Here's an interesting pair of stamps that I found while sorting through some unfiled Austrian stuff. My first thought was "that's an interesting color for a cancel," but upon closer examination this isn't something I've ever seen. After closer inspection,

The more I deal with catalogs (especially specialized catalogs) from other countries, the more I get frustrated with the Scott Catalog.  I think my biggest source of frustration are the pictures, or lack thereof. I understand that there’s not room to print a picture of every single type of

I never knew my grandfather was a stamp collector. Ok, so maybe that isn’t totally accurate. I vaguely remember him giving me a bunch of stamps and some tongs as a young kid…but I had no interest. I was too busy playing DOOM and playing around with Windows