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…
Opéra de Monte Carlo Centennial Stamp Set 1979 (1st Edition)
This article features the Opéra de Monte Carlo centennial stamp set from 1979. That year, Monaco actually created two sets of postage stamps celebrating the centennial of the world famous…
Vienna Philharmonic Stamps
Happy New Year! This article features the Vienna Philharmonic stamps. One New Year's tradition across much of the world is to gather together on New Year's day and watch a…
Gothenburg Opera House Stamp 1994
This article features the Gothenburg Opera House stamp from Sweden in 1994. Opera houses, symphony halls, and theaters, are fairly common themes on postage stamps. Such buildings are often among…
Dresden State Opera Stamp
This article features the Dresden State Opera stamp from Germany in 1991. The stamp honors the 150th anniversary of the Semperoper house in Dresden. Gottfried Semper was the designer of…
Viennese Burgtheater and State Opera House Stamps
It may seem strange that a blog devoted to music-themed stamps would feature stamps with buildings. However, many countries celebrate famous musical institutions by featuring them on stamps. National theaters…
The Khedevial Opera House Stamp
I love it when I learn about something completely new because of a postage stamp. This post is about one of those topics that was new to me thanks to…
Kirov Ballet and Opera House Stamp
This post is about the Kirov Ballet and Opera House stamp from 1983. In that year, the Soviet Union celebrated the 200th anniversary of the this important institution with a…
La Scala Opera House Stamps
In 1978, Italy celebrated the bicentennial of Milan's La Scalla opera house with a set of two postage stamps.
Beethovenhalle Commemorative Stamps
In 1959, the Beethovenhalle in Bonn was opened. The third concert hall on this site in Beethoven's hometown, its dedication concert was accompanied by a release of this series of stamps featuring Beethoven, Handel, Spohr, Haydn, and Mendelssohn.