Scott National Album: added the complete set of US Postage Due stamps issued between 1959 and 1985 with black denominations in stamp centre.
Mike's Big Blue Collection - Parts I to XXI
This blog will track an ambitious project to digitize my worldwide stamp collection housed in Scott's International Postage Stamp Albums Parts I to XXI (1840 to 1985). Supplementary pages (courtesy of Mr. Bill Steiner) are included for any stamps I have that were omitted from the Scott albums. Various country specific albums have also been added for reference purposes. I hope this digital collection will serve as a useful reference for fellow collectors.
Monday, April 29, 2024
US Stylized Eagle Officials
Scott National Album: added the complete set of US Stylized Eagle Official stamps issued between 1983 and 2009.
Monday, May 23, 2022
The Complete Zimbabwe Collection - Postage Dues
Just added the postage due stamps of Zimbabwe. Four series of postage due stamps were issued over the period 1980 to 2000.
The Complete Zimbabwe Collection - 2000 to 2004
Just added the 2000 to 2004 stamp issues for Zimbabwe. In January 2000, Zimbabwe issued its 5th definitive stamp issue with the theme of Fauna, Industry and Development. An additional four vales were added to this issue in June 2003.
This period saw the second series of a number of earlier issues - Wild Fruits, Butterflies, Wild Flowers and Aloes of Zimbabwe. The 2004 National Birds issue in souvenir sheet format was part of a joint issue with several Southern African countries. The Aviation issue in 2001 will have some appeal to aircraft enthusiasts while the African Folklore stamps of 2001 and the Spiders of Southern Africa issue in 2003 are quite interesting.
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Marshall Islands Crypto Stamps
Added the Marshall Islands "Beautiful Beaches" Mi10 crypto stamps issued on May 10, 2019. These crypto stamps were issued in 100,000 panes of six stamps. Each pane contains six identical QR codes which, when scanned, provides an opportunity for first-time owners that register these panes to acquire 100 Mi10 cryptocurrency tokens or coins for each pane registered. When all 100,000 panes have been registered, the total number of Mi10 cryptocurrency tokens or coins minted caps out at 10,000,000.
Crypto Stamps Marshall Islands
Friday, May 13, 2022
The Complete Zimbabwe Collection - 2005 to 2009
Just added the 2005 to 2009 stamp issues for Zimbabwe. Over this period, inflation in Zimbabwe was rampant. At the beginning of 2005, the most expensive commemorative stamp was Z$40,000 rising to Z$10,000,000 over a three-year period! This resulted in the introduction of "Letter" denominated postal rates - the Z(imbabwe), A(frica), E(urope) and R(est of World) rates - to avoid printing Z$ amounts on stamps where the postal rates were changing almost daily. You can find the Z$10,000,000 stamp as part of the 2008 Rats and Mice of Zimbabwe set.
Zimbabwe's 6th definitive stamp issue took place in 2005 with the introduction of the Birds of Zimbabwe series. Additional definitive values were issued in 2007.
My favourite issues over this period are the Bridges of Zimbabwe set in 2006, the National Animals set in 2007 and the 2009 Contemporary Paintings by Zimbabwean Artists. The National Animals set was part of a joint issue with several Southern African countries.
US Postage Dues
Scott National Album: added the complete set of US Postage Due stamps issued between 1959 and 1985 with black denominations in stamp centre....
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Just added the 2010 to 2014 stamp issues for Zimbabwe. Over this period, Zimbabwe issued its 7th set of definitive stamps - Sculptures of Z...
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Added the Marshall Islands "Beautiful Beaches" Mi10 crypto stamps issued on May 10, 2019. These crypto stamps were issued in 100,0...