Italian Bellini Stamps of 1935
This article features the set of Italian Bellini stamps of 1935 that honor the centennial of Vincenzo Bellini's death. As regular readers of this blog know, composers are a popular…
The Bob Wills Stamp
**The Bob Wills stamp is a part of the Legends of American Music series. Make sure to check out my hub page dedicated to this long-running and important project of the United…
Joseph Haydn Stamps
This article features my collection of Joseph Haydn stamps. Composers are very popular on stamps. In fact, 2022 marks a century for composer stamps. The very first composer stamps are…
Stamp of the Baroque Organ of Olkusz
This article features the 2019 stamp of the baroque organ of Olkusz, Poland in the Basilica Minor of St. Andrew the Apostle. The stamp is from a multi-year series of…
August Music Birthday and Anniversary Stamps
I'm making a switch! I am changing the monthly birthday calendar to a music calendar to include other things besides musicians and composer birthdays. This will still include musician birthdays…
Chinese Musician Stamps 2012
This post features a set of four Chinese musician stamps from 2012. On this blog, I often discuss the way countries celebrate composers and musicians on postage stamps. They can…
Spanish Musical Instrument Stamps 2010
This article features a set of Spanish musical instrument stamps from 2010. Instruments are a common motif on stamps from all over the world. The first stamp sets featuring instruments…
Will Beck Advertising Cover
This post features a wonderful Will Beck advertising cover from 1894. Its a wonderful piece that has both an interesting stamp (a Columbian) and survives with its contents. In fact,…
Liberty Bell Stamps
This post in honor of Independence Day in the United States features Liberty Bell stamps. I have made the point repeatedly on this blog that stamps, like money, are political…
North Korean National Anthem Stamp
This article features the North Korean national anthem stamp in a souvenir sheet from 1996. Stamps are political documents. As such, they often feature nationalistic and patriotic figures and symbols.…