PhilosateleiaSarah and Shirley
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 (posted by Philatelius at 10:02 pm)
I recently married my beautiful bride, Sarah, and with our official honeymoon over we’re getting settled in and getting back to work. That hasn’t left much time for stamps, but I did pick up some older landscape postcards during our travels that I’ll try to share with you this weekend.
I want to offer many thanks to Shirley C. for a very generous donation to help keep Philosateleia online and ad-free. Shirley’s the latest collector to offer financial support the work we’re doing here, and I’m deeply grateful for the assistance.
New Philosateleian Post stamp pictures Georgia lake
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 (posted by Philatelius at 9:57 pm)
As the proprietor of Philosateleian Post, I’m pleased to announce the upcoming release of my newest local post stamp.
Carters Lake is nestled amongst the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Georgia, and the new stamp’s design is based on an early-morning photo of that body of water. The design measures 1 square inch in size, and like all other Philosateleian Post stamps is issued in the 1 stamp denomination.
The Carters Lake stamp’s scheduled issue date is May 3.
You can obtain a copy of the stamp for your own collection at no charge by sending a self-addressed envelope or postcard with correct U.S. postage affixed to:
Kevin Blackston
Philosateleian Post
PO Box 57622
Jacksonville FL 32241-7622
I’ll affix one of the new stamps to the cover and mail it to you.
If you’re interested in local post stamps, you might wish to join the Local Post Collectors Society, of which I am a member. Dues are a very reasonable $20/year for U.S. members and $25/year for those living outside the U.S.
Have you ever made your own “stamps”? What subject(s) did you feature?
Nice landscape on new local post stamp
Sunday, March 7, 2010 (posted by Philatelius at 9:50 pm)
I recently discovered a local post stamp that I think other landscape collectors might find interesting.
This non-denominated label produced by Local Post Collectors Society Secretary-Treasurer Bob F. for Taos Local Post features a mountain scene. Bob, who was kind enough to send me a few copies of the stamp for my collection, says the photo used for the stamp’s design was taken somewhere between Santa Fe and Taos, N.M.
The exact location depicted is unknown, but based on Bob’s description I suspect the peaks are probably in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which make up the southern end of the Rocky Mountains.
Can you identify the exact peak or peaks pictured?
