People who say that stamp collectors are all old people, or middle aged people, are unaware of the newcomers who have YouTube channels. Graham Beck of Exploring Stamps has pointed out one to us and the Digital Philatelist (Digi) brought another to our attention. I want to spotlight them here. A young stamp collector who...

I was mentioned in an episode of #philately, so how can I not boast about it?                            Here it is:                                     ...

The Olympics, an event of brotherhood amongst the nations. The symbol's five rings are supposed to represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from around the world. But let us look back at darker times. It is 1936, Germany is controlled by the Nazi Party, and Hitler wants to show the world that...

Many countries have faced inflation at some time or another, some worse than others. You go into the supermarket and buy the same things as last week and it costs you more but in most cases your salary did not increase accordingly. In Israel in the 1980s we had a joke when going to fill up our cars: "I am not late for...

The Euroleague has just finished and England lost to Italy in the end. I personally didn't watch it, but it brought me back to another point in time. The 1970 FIFA World Cup was held in Mexico from 31 May to 21 June. It was the first World Cup tournament staged in North America, and the first held outside Europe and South...

The Inverted Jenny is one of the most famous postage stamps and one of the most famous stamp errors. It is also one of the most valuable stamps in the world. Whenever this particular error is up for sale, it gets a lot of media hype, worldwide. It has appeared in movies, such as the 1985 movie, Brewster's Millions, in...

Here is a short story for the day because why make a short story long. Actually that is what marketing is all about, taking an issue writing a lot about it without actually saying much, much like the character of Hawthorne in "Yes Minister". Check this out as an example: Anyway on 20th Oct 2020, Egypt issued a £E4 stamp...