Cool Timeline
Year of the Fire Horse
The Chinese New Year begins on February 17th this year, 2026 being the year of the Horse – to be precise the Year of the Fire Horse. Horse is the 7th animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac signs, coming after the Snake and before the Goat. Recent years of the…Read More
Black Heritage – Part 18
The subject of 2025’s Black Heritage stamp series is Allen Toussaint (1938–2015), an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues music from the 1950s to the end of the century. Toussaint was described as “one of popular music’s great backroom…Read More
U.S. Postal Service 250th Anniversary
Issued in 2025 to celebrate a major U.S. Postal Service anniversary, the minisheet “250 Years of Delivering” is a superbly illustrated pane of 20 interconnected stamps representing the ubiquitous presence of USPS throughout the years — and the vital role the postal system has played in connecting Americans since 1775. The 250th…Read More
Recently Added to Stock
A small selection of stamps added to PostBeeld’s stock recently can be seen below. Please note: for each country featured in the article, there will have been many more stamps added to PostBeeld’s freestampcatalogue.com website. Vesak (or Wesak, Buddha Day) is the most sacred Buddhist festival – commemorating the birth,…Read More
Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown
In 2016 Great Britain’s Royal mail produced a set of eight special stamps to mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. Capability Brown is remembered as ‘the last of the great eighteenth century artists’ and as ‘England’s greatest gardener’. Nicknamed ‘Capability’ from his habit of describing locations…Read More
The World’s First Public Steam Railway
The commemorative Miniature Sheet issued by Great Britain in 2025 honoured the 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway – the World’s first steam-powered public railway. The four First Class stamps capture milestone events in the history of the Railway. From left to right the stamps show: The Railway’s opening…Read More
English Gardens Stamp Issue 1983
Great Britain is rich in gardens and garden landscapes. Gardening is in the British blood! Every week, you can watch a programme about gardens and gardening on BBC Television or another channel. Nearly every country estate is, or was, surrounded by gardens and parks. In 1983, the British Post Office…Read More
More Christmas 2025 Stamps
Germany’s Deutsche Post produced the 2025 Christmas period “Winter Landscape” stamp seen above and below a Nativity scene. Correos (the Spanish postal service) has launched a new series of Christmas stamps called “Christmas Cities.” This theme aims to showcase the cities across Spain that embody the Christmas spirit during the…Read More
The Druid Theatre Company
A theatre company founded in 1975 with the bold intention of creating Ireland’s first professional theatre company outside of Dublin has had its 50th anniversary commemorated with stamps issued by Ireland’s an post. There were few resources with which to build a theatre company in the West of Ireland in…Read More
Correction – Christmas 2025 Stamps
In the Christmas 2025 Stamps article just published the Australia 2024 Christmas stamps shown have been inserted by mistake. Below are the stamps that should have appeared in the article. A collaboration between the Isle of Man Post Office (IOMPO) and students from University College Isle of Man (UCM) has…Read More
