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…
Helsinki Opera House Stamps
This post features the Helsinki Opera House stamps from Finland in 1993. Music institutions such as theaters, symphony halls, and opera houses are common features on postage stamps. Such buildings…
Celebrating Important September Music Events and Birthdays with Stamps
It is time to celebrate September Musician Birthdays with stamps. A lot of musicians and composers appear on stamps. You can read about many of them on this blog, from…
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…
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…
Arturo Toscanini on Stamps
This article features the famous conductor Arturo Toscanini on stamps. Of course, musicians of all types are popular topics on stamps. This includes classical composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart,…
Clara Schumann Stamps
This post features Clara Schumann stamps. Composers are very popular themes on stamps from many countries. The very first composer stamps were by Austria in 1922. Many others followed, including…
Beethoven on Stamps
**This post featuring Beethoven on stamps was originally published on December 17, 2020. It was updated on February 19, 2022. One of the most beloved and influential composers in all…
February Musicians Birthdays with Stamps
It is time to celebrate February musicians birthdays with stamps. A lot of musicians and composers appear on stamps. You can read about many of them on this blog, from…
Austria Composer Stamps: The Musician’s Fund Issue (1922)
Austria introduced a series of stamps celebrating famous composers in 1922. The seven composers featured represent titans of western music.