Stamp of the day
OST-SACHSEN: Beautiful letter from 1945
OST-SACHSEN: Beautiful letter from 1945 with so-called “Postmeistertrennungen” (Postmaster perforation). These stamps were used in the town of Loschwitz in the Soviet Zone Ost-Sachsen just after WW2. The stamps were issued imperforate, but the postmasters in the...
NORWAYS first stamp from 1855
NORWAYS first stamp was issued 1. Januar 1855. It is very rare in mint condition with a CV of 35.000 Nkr. (approx. 4.000 €). A cancelled copy have a CV of only 100 €. Many used copies were pen cancelled, and some people tried to remove the cancellation to get a mint...
RARE block from Germany 1933
This block ws issued as a tribute to “10 Jahre Deutsche Nothilfe” (10 years of German emergency aid) on 29. November 1933. It is the most valuable block issue from the German Reich. CV is 6.000 € for a mint (**) copy and no less than 10.000 € for a cancelled copy as...
BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC STAMP FROM SPAIN 1850
I found this beautiful stamp from Spain in a collection that I bought last year from a German auction house. It is one of the first six stamps, that were issued in Spain on 1. January 1850. It shows queen Isabella II and the denomination is 6 Real. As you can see...
Rare French imperforate airmail stamps from 1927
I found this interesting imperforate stamp in an old stock book with only common German stamps. There was also a similar 5 F imperforate stamp. The stamps are issued in connection with the “Exhibition of Flight and Navigation” in Marseilles in 1927. In the Michel...
Denmarks first stamp
DENMARKS first stamp, the brown 4 RBS (Rigsbankskilling) was issued 1. April 1851. The blue 2 RBS shown in the picture, was issued a month later. Its main use was for internal postage in the capital Copenhagen. There are two printings, the Ferslev printing and the...