Composers and Musicians - Musical Stamps

West Berlin Postage Stamp featuring Johann Joachim Quantz

August 21, 2023Composers and Musicians

In 1973, the West Berlin postal service, known as the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin, celebrated the two hundredth anniversary of the death of composer, flutist, and flute maker Johann Joachim Quantz…

Celebrating July Musicians Birthdays with Stamps

July 1, 2023Composers and Musicians2 Comments

It is time to celebrate July Musicians Birthdays with stamps. A lot of musicians and composers appear on stamps. You can read about many of them on this blog, from…

A Consideration of The Buddy Holly Stamp

June 28, 2023Legends of American Music3 Comments

**This Buddy Holly 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…

Czech Music Festival Stamps (1957)

October 17, 2022Composers and Musicians

This post features a set of six musicians on music festival stamps from Czechoslovakia in 1957. Some countries celebrate their musical culture on stamps more than many others. Germany and…

Celebrating October Musicians Birthdays with Stamps

October 1, 2022Composers and Musicians

It is time to celebrate October Musicians Birthdays with stamps. A lot of musicians and composers appear on stamps. You can read about many of them on this blog, from…

Celebrating Important September Music Events and Birthdays with Stamps

September 1, 2022Composers and Musicians

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

August 29, 2022Composers and Musicians, Opera

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

August 22, 2022Composers and Musicians, Legends of American Music

**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

August 15, 2022Composers and Musicians

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…

August Music Birthday and Anniversary Stamps

August 1, 2022Composers and Musicians

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…