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AKPhilately: ECSC

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Hi, I'm Adrian and this is my blog on all things philatelic. Thank you for stopping by here and reading my blog. Hope you like it! Sunday, October 16, 2011. To mark the 20th anniversary of the ECSC, Luxembourg issued a stamp in 1972, depicting a bronze by R. Zilli portraying Robert Schuman. Just in case, like I did, you wonder why Luxembourg would portray him rather than "one of their own", I found out that he was actually born in Luxembourg, albeit more or less on the Lorraine border with France. As I p...

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Hi, I'm Adrian and this is my blog on all things philatelic. Thank you for stopping by here and reading my blog. Hope you like it! Sunday, September 18, 2011. What is it with that woman? Why is it that I'm always enchanted by Victoria on stamps? Must be something Freudian! But once again I just had to give in and get the latest GB issue from Royal Mail, featuring the royals from the House of Hanover. And that meant buying low value commemoratives which are priced at over a £1 each! Since late May it took...

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AKPhilately

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Hi, I'm Adrian and this is my blog on all things philatelic. Thank you for stopping by here and reading my blog. Hope you like it! Sunday, September 25, 2011. Forgive me but I've just received another batch of wonderful Europa stamps, from my dear friend Paulo, so I can't help myself, but I just have to show some of them to you. They make me feel so happy! I promise I won't touch the subject again for some time. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Blogs you shouldn't miss! Plenty to read in new Agatha Ch...

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AKPhilately

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Hi, I'm Adrian and this is my blog on all things philatelic. Thank you for stopping by here and reading my blog. Hope you like it! Tuesday, July 19, 2011. No, not the Poltergeists (sorry, but I am from that tender age), but the new French definitives, which I talked about here. Just got them sent to me by Eric. For helping him with his frog cover project. I'm still getting used to the design itself, but they're slowly growing on me. And here's the new version for the ecopli rate. What do you think? As I ...

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AKPhilately: Update

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Hi, I'm Adrian and this is my blog on all things philatelic. Thank you for stopping by here and reading my blog. Hope you like it! Sunday, December 29, 2013. Hello to everyone who still happens upon this blog every now and then! The blog I sent you to, two years ago, has now been discontinued. So, as an update to my previous message I can now send you all to my latest blog, which deals with everything concerning stamp engravers. You'll find it by clicking HERE. Hope to see you there! Image: Geschiedenis ...

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AKPhilately

http://akphilately.blogspot.com/2011/09/errare-humanum-est-ive-just-finished.html

Hi, I'm Adrian and this is my blog on all things philatelic. Thank you for stopping by here and reading my blog. Hope you like it! Thursday, September 22, 2011. I've just finished a few features on errors in philately, so I'm probably still very much focused on that, but it's not why I bought this set. I only got it because I thought they looked nice! It is the 1952 set issued by the German Democratic Republic or DDR, marking cultural anniversaries. And it is the top value which displays the error. It wa...

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AKPhilately: Roll on 2012 !

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Hi, I'm Adrian and this is my blog on all things philatelic. Thank you for stopping by here and reading my blog. Hope you like it! Saturday, November 12, 2011. Ooh, yes, 2012 is going to be a great year for GB issues! And I haven't said that since 1999! We had already had the fantastic news about those great Olympic definitives, which will be issued on 5 January. It's so good and beautiful that I don't even know where to start! I'm in need of a myriad of superlatives! Life is good again! A trimester comm...

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AKPhilately

http://akphilately.blogspot.com/2011/09/gentlemen-i-believe-it-was-dutch.html

Hi, I'm Adrian and this is my blog on all things philatelic. Thank you for stopping by here and reading my blog. Hope you like it! Thursday, September 29, 2011. I believe it was the Dutch engraver Sem Hartz who once said when talking about recess-printed stamps that they are the gentlemen among stamps. And how true is that! He had just as outspoken an idea about multicoloured stamps: rubbish! Not being an expert at all, it is great to see that even within engraving there are different styles. Compare...

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AKPhilately: I see green

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Hi, I'm Adrian and this is my blog on all things philatelic. Thank you for stopping by here and reading my blog. Hope you like it! Monday, October 31, 2011. Well well well. I only recently reported on a major change in the French definitives (see here. And here's yet another one! This is turning out to be a very nice and varied set! I love the design, think it's quirky, and I like the idea behind it. And it's a perfect sideline in a collection of this set. No airplanes.didnt we call that surface mail?

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AKPhilately: Purrfect (sorry!)

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Hi, I'm Adrian and this is my blog on all things philatelic. Thank you for stopping by here and reading my blog. Hope you like it! Friday, October 07, 2011. Just a short note today. I love cats and as such I've always been interested in cats on stamps. Downside? They're pretty much all horrific. I can't think of a single cat stamp I like! Until now, that is. For when I went to the Prestwick stamp fair this weekend, I finally found cat stamps I not only like but absolutely adore! So here they are:. Anyway...