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…
The Segulharpa Stamp
This post is about a postage issue from Iceland in 2014, the segulharpa stamp. Readers of this blog know that musical instrument stamps are popular across the globe. Musical instruments…
Musical Instrument Stamp Set from Angola in 1991
This post features the musical instrument stamp set from Angola in 1991. Sets of instruments are very popular features from countries around the world. On this blog, you can see…
April Musicians Birthdays with Stamps
It is time to celebrate April musicians birthdays with stamps. A lot of musicians and composers appear on stamps. You can read about many of them on this blog, from…
Accordions on Stamps
This post features my collection of accordions on stamps. It is the latest in my collections that depict specific instrument types. These collections are never complete, I will continue to…
Hurdy-Gurdy Stamp Board
This article features my hurdy-gurdy stamp collection; it's my hurdy-gurdy stamp board. Occasionally, I feature collections of stamps depicting specific instruments. You can see my trumpet stamps, saxophone stamps, and…
Myanmar Instrument Stamps
This article features a set of Myanmar instrument stamps from 1998. Instruments are a common motif on stamps from all over the world. The first stamp sets featuring instruments were…
Central African Republic Instrument Stamps
This post features a set of Central African Republic Instrument stamps from 1970. Such sets, featuring common instruments from a country have been popular since the 1950s. As such, you…
Thailand Musical Instrument Set 1982
In 1982, Thailand produced a set of eight stamps featuring traditional musical instruments. Each stamp features either one or two instruments that are floating on a rather non-descript background. There…
Côte d’Ivoire Instrument Stamps 1977
Sets of postage stamps featuring musical instruments are pretty common issues from many countries around the world. I've previously written about such sets from Ethiopia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, and…