French Somaliland Drummer Stamps from 1915
This set of 1915 stamps from French Somaliland features a traditional drummer playing a marfa (drum) found in the Horn of Africa and on the Arabian peninsula.
Vatican City Organ Stamps 2014: Part Two
This post is the second in a series featuring the Vatican City organ stamps from 2014. Make sure to read Part One. You can learn more about the topic of…
Colombian Composer Alberto Castilla Stamp
This post features the Colombian composer Alberto Castilla stamp from 1964. As I often say in my posts, stamps are political documents. A country chooses an institution, theme, or person…
Mozart Bicentennial Stamps
This post features the Mozart bicentennial stamps from 1956. The entire musical world seems to celebrate the major milestone anniversaries of important composers. For example, this year, 2020, is the…
Xylophone Stamps
The xylophone is a common and recognizable instrument. Xylophones have wooden bars (or keys) that each sound a specific pitch. A player uses mallets to hit the bars to create…
Vatican City Organ Stamps 2014: Part One
This post features the first of two articles about the Vatican City organ stamps from 2014. Check out part two here. You can learn more about the topic of organ…
Miyagi Michio Japanese Koto Player Postage Stamp
I was excited to find this postage stamp celebrating the centennial of the birth of Miyagi Michio, a blind koto player from Japan. Musicians and composers are rare to find…
German Post Horn Stamps
This post features my collection of German post horn stamps from the middle of the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth. The post horn has been the symbol of…