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Past Bird of the Year Issues
BirdLife International is a global family of 123 national partners covering all continents, landscapes and seascapes and the official scientific source of information on birds for the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List. BirdLife International’s mission is to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with…Read More
Rubik’s Cube
The Rubik’s Cube (Magic Cube) is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and architecture professor Ernő Rubik. It was patented in Hungary in 1975 and gained extraordinary worldwide popularity during the 1980s. Both Hungary and Kyrgyzstan produced stamps to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its appearance. The player’s task…Read More
Recently Added to Stock
A fine collection of Vatican City stamps has been added to PostBeeld’s stock, a selection of which is seen here, along with many other interesting items. Check the Freestampcatalogue.com website often for the latest stock updates. Pope Pius XI (31 May 1857-10 February 1939), was elected Pope and head of the…Read More
New Great Britain Myths & Legends Stamps
Great Britain’s Royal Mail has issued eight new square First Class stamps telling the story of some of the United Kingdom’s popular myths and legends – from the heroic Beowulf to the legendary Loch Ness Monster. Artist Adam Simpson’s beautiful and evocative illustrations bring to life these fabled figures of…Read More
Denmark’s PostNord will deliver its final letter at the end of 2025!
PostNord will deliver its final letter in Denmark at the end of 2025 and focus its business on one core service from 2026: Parcels. Our goal is to become the Danes’ preferred parcel courier. Research shows a decrease of more than 90 percent. in the volume of letters handled by PostNord…Read More
Irish Independence
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed on the 6th of December 1922 to end the Irish War of Independence and declare Ireland as an autonomous state, free from English rule. The south of Ireland would now embrace twenty-six counties, then known as the Irish Free State. Northern Ireland, comprising six counties,…Read More
Jakub Obrovský (1882-1949), Jakub of all Trades
Jakub Obrovský was a Czechoslovak artist, sculptor, stamp designer and writer. The stamp at the top of the story was issued by Czechoslovakia in 1987, his 105th birth anniversary. He designed the above 1919 stamps commemorating one year of independence for Czechoslovakia, the country created in 1918, when it declared…Read More
Gimmicky Stamps are not a New Thing
We see all over the world that postal services are pouring all their creativity into issuing stamps in all kinds of shapes and, literally, flavours. This is primarily to encourage collectors to include these special issues in their collection. We already have stamps in three-dimensional form, in the form of…Read More
PostBeeld Online Auctions
Dear readers/PostBeeld clients, in case you are not aware PostBeeld holds an online auction that takes place on the first day of each month. Bidding is always possible from the 16th day of the previous month. In the auctions PostBeeld will offer different items than those found in our webshop.…Read More
The Year of the Snake
The Chinese New Year is upon us, this year being the Year of the Wood Snake. International designer Tiger Pan combined two traditional Chinese cultural elements for this Liechtenstein stamp sheet – the snake as a sacred animal that symbolises luck, wealth, wisdom and longevity, and the concentration game mahjong.…Read More
