The Thailand 2013 World Stamp Exhibition opened at Bangkok's Siam Paragon this past Friday. In part, it marks the 130th anniversary of the Kingdom of Siam's first official postage stamps. The 4th August 1883 release of those first five adhesives came some 43 years following the issuance of the world's first prepaid stamps, Great Britain's … Continue reading Siam’s First Stamps
Thailand 2013 World Stamp Exhibition
Owls “Coming Soon”
Today is the first day of issue for Thailand's new 4-stamps and souvenir sheet depicting owls. I love buying stamps on the day of release. Sometimes the clerk will let me use the old handstamp to add a Phuket postmark to the official first day cover. I dragged myself out of bed much earlier than … Continue reading Owls “Coming Soon”
Get Ready for a Thai Stamp Onslaught
The next two-and-a-half weeks will see a veritable avalanche of new issues emanating from the mail bags of Thai Post with no less than seven separate releases scheduled. For a country that usually sees between one and three stamp issues in any given month that's quite a change. But a pleasant one for a collector … Continue reading Get Ready for a Thai Stamp Onslaught
Return To A Lifelong Hobby
I’ve collected stamps on-and-off for more than 30 years now. Sometime around my tenth birthday I was given my mother’s old worldwide “Modern Stamp Album” – 1935 edition. The blue cloth cover was faded and many of the hinged were brown and brittle with age but it was a great start to what would become … Continue reading Return To A Lifelong Hobby
Mark Joseph Jochim 