af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | apr 22, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Horses were domesticated approx. 3.500 years ago. For hundred of years horses have been pulling the plough and thus being the main reason why agriculture could produce food for the population. Todays stamp from Germany (1922) celebrates this fact.
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | apr 20, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The 14th country to issue stamps was British Guiana. On 1. July1850 British Guiana issued their first four stamps. These stamps were printed by the local newspaper, the “Royal Gazette” in Georgetown. They are called “Cotton reels” – cirkular stamps with just the...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | apr 19, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The 13th country to issue stamps was Saxony. On 1. July1850 Saxony issued their first stamp, the iconic “Sachsen-dreier”. Todays stamp is very rare and expensive. The CV is no less than 10.000 €/$ for an unused copy and 8.600 €/$ for a used copy. Saxony was a kingdom...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | apr 18, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The 12th country to issue stamps was Austria. On 1. June1850 Austria issued their first five stamps – all showing the Austrian coat of arms. Todays stamp is the blue 9 Kreuzer stamp – the highest denomination. The kingdom Lombardy-Venetia issued similar stamps on the...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | apr 18, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The 11th country to issue stamps was Victoria, a British colony, that is now part of Australia. On 3. January 1850 Victoria issued todays one penny stamp showing the portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901). She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and...
