Here are some of the videos I posted this past year....
They are in order from Oldest to newest, you can also check my Philately playlist for the older videos as well: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMdv3hONuf0ck0yFsMuD2xzkclcp3BQa
Here are some of the videos I posted this past year....
They are in order from Oldest to newest, you can also check my Philately playlist for the older videos as well: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMdv3hONuf0ck0yFsMuD2xzkclcp3BQa
This will just be a post with all the stamps that I added to my collections in March 2023
March 5
German States Hamburg 1859
Number 2 in both Scott and Michel catalogs
March 12
1956 Northern Countries common issues
Scott lists these as Northern instead of Nordic. Always nice to see them all together
1969 Northern Countries common issues
Always nice to see them all together
March 21st
Germany 1949 Bizone MiNr Block 1a
Scott number 664a
I always loved this bloc
Austria 1948 Kunstlerhaus semi-postals
Scott B245/B251, Michel 878/884
Kunstlerhaus, home of the leading Austrian Artist Association. 80th Anniversary
Switzerland 1960 Pro Patria Block 17
Scott B297, Michel block 17
Slovenia 1993 Europa CEPT contemporary art
Adding this to my CEPT collection
Modern-ish German mint stamps
This will just be a post with all the stamps that I added to my collections in January 2023
January 1st
Netherlands 1852 King William III 5 cent pair
The first stamps issued in the the Netherlands in 1852. A nice pair. There are 6 different plates of this stamp.. once I figure out which plate this is, I will add it here
Netherlands 1907 Postage Due set
Overprints on the M. A. de Ruyter set of 1907. There are 2 types of the fraction stamps
Netherlands Juliana and Number stamps from Booklets
These stamps are from several booklets
January 23
Switzerland 1923 airmail stamps
Michel number 179/184. I think these are real beauties....
Europa CEPT various years
These will go towards completing my Europa CEPT collection from 1956-2000, still have a long way to go......
Austria 30 year anniversary of Carinthian plebiscite
1950 Michel numbers 952/954, Scott number B269/B271
Switzerland 1915/1921 Tell tête-bêche pairs
Michel 138 type II, 158, 160a
I love tête-bêche pairs... of course the real nice ones to have are the French Ceres and Napoleon ones
Netherlands 1952 Stamp Centenary of Dutch Postage
Scott# 336-39 NVPH 592/595
There are 2 sets with identical stamps but in different colors. There were only 205,700 sets issued of the 4 pictured here. The ones in different colors were issued by the millions... 242 million for the 2 cent stamp (in violet color instead of brown)
Netherlands 1872 King William III 2.5 Guilders
NVPH number 29, Scott number 33. This is the first 2 color stamps issued in the Netherlands
Netherlands 1893 Princess Wilhelmina 2.5 Guilders
NVPH number 48, Scott number 53
And here they are side by side, father and daughter :-)
Netherlands 1920 Queen Wilhelmina 10 guilders surcharged with 250 cents
NVPH number 105, Scott number 105... look at that.... the same catalog number
This will just be a post with all the stamps that I added to my collections in October 2022
October 2nd
Switzerland 1852 Michel no 12
Michel number 12, Scott number 12 as well
Not the best margins unfortunately… Hopefully in the future I will get a cleaner specimen
Austria MNH stamps and some used sheets
Just filling in gaps in my collection :-)
Switzerland 1999 125 year UPU anniversary
This is a pretty cool design
Monaco 1983 Europa CEPT mini sheet
This sheet can go in a Monaco collection as well as in a Balloon, Space or Europa CEPT thematic collection
Switzerland Vignette from year album/yearbook 1999
October 7th
Germany 1926 airmail stamps
Michel 378/84 Scott C27/34... I always liked this set
October 25th
Netherlands 1967 Amphilex sheets
I have been eyeing these for a while now and they are finally part of my collection
On the sheets are stamps from the first 3 issues
Europa CEPT mini sheets and booklets
Just adding these to complete at least the common issues... still have ways to go
French Colonies Peace And Commerce 1877
I love these stamps from France, I loved them even more when they are imperforated like they were issued for the French Colonies
Michel catalog number 28, Scott catalog number 32
Belgian Telephone tete beche gutter pair stamps
These can't be found in the Michel or Scott catalogs
Luckily I have a buddy that has the Belgian COB catalog
Looks like catalog number TE29/TE32..
October 28th
Swiss stamps from 1989 -1999
Didn't have most of these... so this is a good percentage of stamps that I am adding to my Switzerland collection
This will just be a post with all the stamps that I added to my collections in September 2022
September 1st
Belgium 1925 Kings Leopold I and Albert I
Scott numbers: 172/184
Michel numbers: 191/203
September 2nd
Germany 1912 Semiofficial Flight Stamp Margateten Volksfest Winged Man 50pf
Michel number 4a
Could these be Daedalus And Icarus? The catalog just says winged man
France 1942 Private Issue Legion Des Volontaires
Action committee of the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism
Michel II/V
September 12th
Austria number 1
That completes the first issue for Austria (1-5)
Now my messy page 1 looks like this
September 12th
Netherlands 1928 Olympic Games set
NVPH catalog 212/219, finally I completed this set :-)
I only need 99 stamps to complete Netherlands till 1990 including semi postal stamps...
September 17th
Europa CEPT stamps
Europa CEPT stamps from Iceland, Germany, Yugoslavia and Greece
Netherlands Booklets
The Tintin (Kuifje) one is my favorite
France 1949, centenary of French stamps
Scott number 626
Netherlands William III 1913 5 Guilder
Just missing the 10 guilder from this set now :-)
Franz Joseph stamps from Austria
I already have a bunch of these but I need to check the various types as well as the numerous perforations that exist for these stamps (always a pain in the neck :-) )
This will just be a post with all the stamps that I added to my collections in July 2022
July 2
Lombardy and Venice 1850 Scott #3
Austria 1935 Scott B118/B121
I always loved this set and Now I have added it to my collection
July 7
Japan Moonin stamps
I got these as a swap with someone from the UK, I thought they looked cute so I got them. Don't have too many Japanese stamps but I am working on changing that :-)
Don't know the year or catalog numbers for these
July 21
Japan 1929 Airmail C3/C7
Japan 1937 Semi-postals B1/B3
Will update this post once I get more stamps in July