Jan. 6, 2023 St. Elizabeth’s Church in Pärnu On January 6, Omniva issued AS Eesti Post's first stamp of 2023 picturing St. Elizabeth's Church in Estonia's fourth largest city, Pärnu, located 80 miles (128 km) south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn. A popular summer holiday resort town among Estonians, the original settlement of Perona (Alt-Pernau … Continue reading Stamps of 2023: Estonia (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
A Philatelist’s Tribute to QEII
I tend to wake up earlier and earlier as I become older, often just to urinate and return to bed until the alarm jars me into the shower at a more reasonable hour. Thus, it was just after three o'clock in the morning that I awoke last Thursday, the 8th of September 2022, and discovered … Continue reading A Philatelist’s Tribute to QEII
New Postcrossing Stamps 2022
Updated 7 September to include the Estonian Postcrossing stamp as announced on the Postcrossing Blog. Within the next month, Estonia, Luxembourg and Germany will each release single stamps marking the Postcrossing project, established in July 2005. I joined in late June 2006 and wrote a little about my early experience on my Postcards to Phuket … Continue reading New Postcrossing Stamps 2022
The 12 Days Of Christmas Stamps 2014: Day 6 – Estonia & Serbia
Estonia released this pair of lovely stamps picturing Christmas ornaments on 20 November 2014. They are my second favorite holiday stamp I’ve seen so far this year (following the Finnish Santa Claus special stamp). The Eesti Post press release states: Christmas time is still the most important holiday celebrated in Estonia. For Estonians, Christmas is … Continue reading The 12 Days Of Christmas Stamps 2014: Day 6 – Estonia & Serbia
Mark Joseph Jochim 