af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | sep 28, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The first set of commemorative stamps was issued on November 16, 1894, the 60th birthday of Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi. A total of nine different stamps were issued. But the Chinese postal service came into being only two years later. A full 18 years after the issuance...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | sep 27, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Three series of “Large Dragons” were published in the period from 1878 until 1883. In the fall of 1885 a new series of “Small Dragons” was issued. Three values, were issued with the face value of 1, 3 and 5 candareens. The dragons were smaller...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | sep 26, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Regular government postal service in China is known from the Zhou dynasty in the 1st millennium BC. During the Yuan dynasty under Kublai Khan in the 12th century, China was integrated into the much larger Mongolian Örtöö system. Marco Polo reported that there were...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | sep 26, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The first stamp from Finland, which did not alone show the Finnish coat of arms, was issued in 1922, five years after the country’s independence. It was published in honor of the “Red Cross”. This stamp has a face value of one Markka and an...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | sep 24, 2023 | Stamp of the day
In 1875 a single stamp with a face value of 32 penni was issued. It shows, like all other stamps from Finland at the time, the Finnish coat of arms This is the first stamp from Finland with “normal” perforation (14:13½). Today’s stamp is a fine cancelled copy....
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | sep 23, 2023 | Stamp of the day
In 1866, six stamps with six different denominations were issued. Denominations were in a new currency, “penni” and “markka”. The stamps are available in no less than five different types of rouletting. Collecting these stamps is truly for...
