Jan. 18, 2023 Cello The cello is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, D3 and A3. The viola's four strings are each an octave higher. Music for the cello is generally written in the … Continue reading Stamps of 2023: Austria (January 2023)
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Christmas Stamps 2022: Best of the Rest
Over the past several months, I have posted about the 2022 Christmas stamps issued by 15 different postal entities. This article contains images of those that I liked the designs for but never had the time to dedicate a full blog about. If you have favorites that were not included in this year's series, please … Continue reading Christmas Stamps 2022: Best of the Rest
Postcrossing Topical Catalogue 2011-2022
Welcome to my updated catalogue of Postcrossing-themed stamps, issued between 2011 and the present 2022. This covers mainly those stamps officially released by postal administrations around the world. There are also a number of personalized stamps on this topic, some official but most privately created as well as a large variety of pictorial cancellations and … Continue reading Postcrossing Topical Catalogue 2011-2022
The 12 Days Of Christmas Stamps 2014: Day 11 – Spain, Poland & Austria
Spain has been issuing Christmas stamps ever since 1955 and the latest set of two – one in a classic style, the other more modern – were released on 11 November. The Class A stamp bears the image of a stained-glass window depicting a typical scene of the birth of Baby Jesus, with the Virgin … Continue reading The 12 Days Of Christmas Stamps 2014: Day 11 – Spain, Poland & Austria
A History of Christmas Stamps
The history of Christmas stamps is an interesting one as there is quite a bit of disagreement of what was the actual first stamp to commemorate the holiday. It really depends on what your definition of a Christmas stamp is. Does the mere words “Christmas” (or similar term) make it a true Yuletide emission? Or … Continue reading A History of Christmas Stamps
More Outgoing Postcards
I just sent three more Postcrossing cards so that I have my maximum currently-allowed seven postcards travelling. Sent Card #23 will be sent to Riga, Latvia (8,321km); #24 to Saint Petersburg, Russia (8,038km); and #25 goes to Wiener Neustadt (8,773km), a small town about 50km outside of Vienna, Austria. Two of the cards are being … Continue reading More Outgoing Postcards
Mark Joseph Jochim 