Posted in general on May 19th, 2010 Comments Off on Thrilling Adventures in Stamps!
It’s the best of all worlds, part Illustrated Classics part comic book collecting and part stamp collecting all wrapped in up nicely drawn comics and stories… If you’re lucky you can find a few online through Golden Age Comics (UK). 1952 Thrilling Adventures in Stamps Comics depicting the Hindenburg story; these comics looked to a […]
Posted in general on Mar 30th, 2010 Comments Off on Stamps as a long term investment!?
Besides ETF, index funds and gold/silver… check out the new collection investment outside of traditional fine art… Just wonder what happens to stamp prices after the post office issues the forever stamp for good and abandons all other stamp endeavors as it shutters its doors over the next few years. Not to mention the slow […]
Posted in general on Mar 26th, 2010 Comments Off on A Green Reason to Collect Stamps – Federal Duck Stamps
A great + green reason to bring back stamp collecting as a national hobby – The Fish and Wildlife Service uses revenue from Duck Stamps to purchase or lease waterfowl habitat. During it’s nearly 80 year history, the Duck Stamp Program has generated over $750 million, which has been used to protect over 5.3 million […]
Posted in general on May 27th, 2008 Comments Off on Video Stamps
Lenticular visual technology isn’t just for paper money… The Netherlands first issued their lenticular “video†stamp in 2006, using a special printing process on a stamp-sized piece of plastic. Each stamp sells for €.39 (46 cents US), and before you think that’s crazy, keep in mind that these are not flat panel displays that we’re […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 6th, 2007 Comments Off on Philatelic Keyboards
It would drive my dad nuts when he’d find the stamps that my younger brother and I stuck around the walls and doorways. They would often be old starter stamp-kits or those Publisher’s Clearing House magazine stamps. This stamp keyboard however is Decoupage madness… Each of these keyboards are made with the stamps of a […]
The US Mint