Join Graham Beck as he looks at the #MurderMystery #Postmark Link: thedigitalphilatelist.com/exploring-stam… #stampcollecting #stampcollection #stampcollector #philately #philatelic #philatelie #filateli #exploringstamps #postalhistory #postcards #Murder #MadeleineSmith

FIRST ISSUE of the Day: 🇯🇵Japan Sc/SG #1 issued April 20, 1871. The stamps were printed using two plates for the Dragon and one plate for each value. Each plate is made up of 40 slightly different, individually engraved, images. firstissues.org/countries/japa…

FIRST ISSUE of the Day:🇭🇺Hungary Sc #1/SG#2 issued May 1, 1871. The first stamps designed specifically for Hungary were issued showing emperor Franz Joseph. The first printing was withdrawn because of the poor printing quality of the portrait. #philately #stamps #stampcollecting

So who can tell my why this set of stamps from the Faroe Islands (2014) are in my collection? #SpotTheHabsburg

It’s that time of year again! ✂️

Here we go then, my 1500 Member Mega Mystery challenge. Simply work out where this stamp was issued, Guess correctly and you could win a fab gift 😀😀 Good luck! #stampcollecting #philately #timbre #briefmarken #postage #postzegel #stamps #sellos

"Thickly Habsburgian" = my new favorite adjective. Beautiful examples! #Stamps

I love this time of year for all the new issues announcements.

Ethiopia Folk Instruments #stamps 1966 themusicstamps.com/ethiopia-folk-… #musicalstamps #philately #stampcollecting

Reminds me of the time when Croatian Post almost accidentally used an image of Thomas Jefferson instead of Luka Sorkocevic. Do other professionals get mixed up often or are composers alone in this? linns.com/news/world-sta…

Thanks to American Philatelic Society StampChat and our new endeavors on Tweeter and Facebook, we are 1 new member short of a 20% increase in membership this year. Like and retweet and we will give away that membership along with a starter collection. Winner selected Dec 14th #philately #stamps

Mega Mystery Machin Competition 😀 Simply work out the value of the Machin in the photo, guess correctly and you will be in with a chance of winning some stamps. Winner announced over the weekend. Good luck!! #stampcollecting #philatelic #philately #timbre #stamps #philatelist

I have unique artwork to show you… Work in Progress, Beautiful Angel, Christmas 1992 stamp #christmas #christmasangel #1992 #holisticart #angelart #stampangels #PeaceAndLove #peaceful #religious #allsaintschurch

A few more stamps for #WorldViolinDay

A new A-Z will start tomorrow. This time it's stamps that commemorate any National Holiday, Celebration, Event. Either the country of issue or the name of the event can be used. So for "A" it can be any Holiday/Celebration/event that begins with "A" or......

It's here!!! The Latest and greatest episode of Ted Talks Stamps. See it here: youtu.be/t066KskHykQ

What's the collective noun for a group of Machin #stamps? A march of Machins? A monarchy of Machins? A gallery of Machins?

Some Austrian occupation and military stamps #philately #stamps #stampcollecting #briefmarken #timbre #sellos #francobolli #postzegels #classicstamps #philategram #austria #montenegro #serbia #crnagora #srbija