Percussion Instrument Stamps from Laos 1970
This post features a set of percussion instrument stamps from Laos made in 1970. Readers of this blog know that musical instrument stamp sets are quite popular. They have been…
An Early American Stampless Cover
While I love musical stamps (hence this vanity blog), my collection includes a variety of postal material. My focus just happens to be on music and music-related material. For example,…
Checklist of Musicians on U.S. Stamps
This post is a checklist list of musicians on U.S. stamps. It is an unusual post for me, but it is a list I made for myself for my own…
Japanese Song Issue: Series One
The "Japanese Song Issue" is a series of postage stamps that Japan created between 1979 and 1981. The stamps feature children's songs (or folk songs) and each have a few…
Robert Schumann Musical Stamp Error
This post is about the East German Robert Schumann musical stamp error from 1956. Stamp collectors, and even those who do not know much about stamps, are aware that from…
Bolivian Post Horn Stamps
Post horns are small signal instruments that were carried by postal riders in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The rider would blow the horn to announce the arrival (and departure)…
Chickering & Sons Advertising Cover ca. 1857 to 1861
A Chickering & Sons advertising cover in my collection is from ca. 1857 to 1861 and an early example of this type of advertising for pianos. In 1854, the company's…
Oaxacan Cathedral Organ Stamp
The Oaxacan cathedral organ is on a 2013 stamp from Mexico. Organ stamps are fairly common and a great resource into their variety is the Pipe Organs of the World…