World of Stamps
Myriad philatelic content from around the world, such as first day covers, block stamp sets, maxicards, may be found at this website.
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
USPS Powwows: Celebrating Native American Culture"
Post Danmark Cover
This cover included a June 2025 souvenir sheetlet showing the theme "Nordisk Mytologi - Mytiske Steder" (Nordic Mythology - Mythical Places), specifically "Hólm Høje" and "Feggeklit".
It also came with a souvenir sheetlet celebrating classic Danish films including: "Kosmorama", a silent film from 1910; "Lykkehjulet" (The Wheel of Fortune), another silent film from 1910, with Urban Gad credited; "Café Paradis" (Paradise Cafe), a film from 1950; and "Olsen-banden" (The Olsen Gang), a film from 1968.
Another sheetlet included the 2013 Europa stamp from Denmark featuring an electric postal bicycle, reflecting Denmark's commitment to sustainable mail delivery.
A single stamp issued in 1976 commemorated the 100th anniversary (1876-1976) of the Carlsberg Foundation. It featured Professor Emil Hansen, a former director of the Carlsberg Laboratory.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
USPS William Jennings Bryan & Scopes Monkey Trial
The cachet on the envelope depicted the core conflict of the Scopes 'Monkey Trial' by illustrating "Evolution" on the left (showing early humans and fire) and "Creation" on the right (showing Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden).
High school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating the Butler Act, a Tennessee state law which outlawed the teaching of human evolution in public schools. The trial was deliberately staged in order to attract publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, where it was held. Scopes was unsure whether he had ever actually taught evolution, but he incriminated himself deliberately so the case could have a defendant. Scopes was represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, which had offered to defend anyone accused of violating the Butler Act in an effort to challenge the constitutionality of the law.
Scopes was found guilty and was fined $100 (equivalent to $1,800 in 2024), but the verdict was overturned on a technicality.
William Jennings Bryan elicited mixed views during his lifetime and his legacy remains debated amongst historians. That said, many recognise he played a major role in shaping U.S. public policies for more than 40 years. Known as “The Great Commoner,” William Jennings Bryan is remembered for his impassioned speeches on a variety of topics, including anti-trust, anti-imperialism, prohibition, populism, and trust-busting.
He is best known for his role in the Scopes Trial, hence the cachet design. Since his death in 1925 -- a week after the trial and in Dayton (Tennessee), incidentally -- scholars have warmed to his motives, if not his actions in the Scopes Trial because he rejected eugenics, a practice that many evolutionists of the 1920s favoured.
Source: Wikipedia and Mystic Stamps
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Islamic Republic of Iran Post Solidarity with Bosnian Muslims
The three stamps depicted various scenes, including children, a man raising his hand in a gesture of solidarity, and a Muslim woman in a yellow headscarf, all set against backgrounds that included architectural elements reminiscent of Bosnia-Herzegovins mosques, symbolising support for the Bosnian Muslim community. The face value of these stamps were 40 Ris and 10 Ris denominations.
The cachet shown on the envelope contains various Iranian cultural and symbolic elements, including a mosque, the Iranian flag, and Olympic rings, suggesting a blend of national identity, religious significance, and perhaps a nod to sporting achievements.
Islamic Republic of Iran Post Ayatollah Khomeini
Thursday, June 19, 2025
China Post 50th Anniversary of Three Battle Victories
Friday, June 13, 2025
Deutsche Bundespost Berlin Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin
The stamp featured the building which was inaugurated on 22 January 1931 as the Haus des Rundfunks ("House of Broadcasting"), on Masurenallee in Berlin-Westend. It was the official seat of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft. Designed in 1929 by the architect Hans Poelzig (1869-1936), this triangular-shaped building was the world's first self-contained broadcasting centre and included a large concert hall.
A total of 7,820,000 stamps were printed using an offset lithography method.
USPS 200 Anniversary of US-Morocco Friendship
The Treaty of Peace and Friendship, ratified on 18 July 1787, marked the beginning of the longest unbroken amity treaty in American diplomatic history. Morocco was the first country to give naval salute to the US on 20 December 1777, before it was an independent nation. The Treaty of Marrakech was signed on 23 June 1786, in Marrakech.
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Deutsche Post Games of the XXII Olympiad
The covers featured stamps of athletes participating in various Olympic events which were painted by painted East German artists. The stamps were marked with "Spiele der XXII. Olympiade 1980" ("Games of the XXII Olympiad 1980").
10 DDR Stamp: Depicts a gymnast on a balance beam, with a sculpture by Erich Wurzer.
20+5 DDR Stamp: Shows runners at the finish line, with an oil tempera painting by Lothar Zitzmann.
50 DDR Stamp: Features a rowing team in a four-person scull, with a painting by Wilfried Falkenthal.
20+10 DDR stamp: featured a swimmer painted by Prof Will Sitte.
10 DDR stamp: depicted two Judokas in action painted by Erhard Schmidt
50 DDR stamp: showed two cyclists in a sprint by Siegfried Schreiber.
The 1980 Summer Olympics were notable for a boycott led by the United States and other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Deutsche Post XIII Olympic Winter Games
20 DDR stamp: depicts a figure skater in motion painted by Joanna Starke.
25+1 DDR stamp: illustrates ski jumpers painted by Günther Schültz.
10 DDR stamp: represents a bobsled team painted by Günther Rechen.
30 DDR stamp: shows speed skaters painted by Axel Wunsch.
The stamps included the text "XIII-OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE 1980," which translates to "XIII Olympic Winter Games 1980". Postmark cancellation originated from Berlin, East Germany (DDR).
The 1980 Winter Olympics are remembered for events like the "Miracle on Ice," where the U.S. men's hockey team defeated the Soviet Union. Speed skater Eric Heiden also achieved a historic feat by winning five gold medals. This event marked the second time Lake Placid hosted the Winter Games, the first being in 1932.
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Afrique Occidental Francaise - AOF onDahomey woman
French West Africa (AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger. The capital of the federation was Dakar. The federation existed from 1895 until 1960.
Afrique Occidental Francaise - AOF Bacongo woman
French West Africa (AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger. The capital of the federation was Dakar. The federation existed from 1895 until 1960.
This vintage postcard is from the original photo used to design the Bacongo woman by Pierre Gandon for these 1947 French Equatorial Africa definitive stamps.