Philosateleian Blog
USPS offers sneak peek of 2012 stamps
We still have over four months left in 2011, but the USPS is already beginning to unveil some of the new commemorative designs coming next year.
By following 2012 Stamp Preview: A Stamp a Day, you can keep up with all the new stamps planned for next year. So far two issues have been unveiled: a fanciful two-stamp design picturing cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., and a stamp honoring Edgar Rice Burroughs, who is best known for his “Tarzan” character featured over the years in numerous books, radio and television shows, and other media.
In past years, the USPS has released a more comprehensive list of upcoming issues later in the year. What do you think of this new project?
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition and its stamps
The 1904 World’s Fair, or Louisiana Purchase Exposition as it was also known, was a major event that attracted nearly 20 million visitors. Its primary connection to philately is the set of five commemorative stamps issued for it, and I’m pleased to be able to present those here.
It has been several years since I did much with the stamp gallery portion of Philosateleia because I’ve been focusing my energies on the free stamp album pages—and because I have a life away from my hobbies. Nevertheless, I would like to upgrade various pages in the gallery as my schedule permits, and this lovely commemorative set seemed as good a place as any to start.
Please take a look around and let me know what you think. Is this sort of display helpful? Leave a comment here, or send me a message. I’d love to hear from you.
Minor stamp album update
Last month, I released the Summer 2011 Supplement for The Philosateleian. At the time, I did not have die cut info for some of the new coil stamps. Now I do.
I’ve updated 2011 page 3, and you can download it from the updates & supplements page. Enjoy!
Summer 2011 update for The Philosateleian
Over the past three months, the USPS has issued over 60 new stamps! The Summer 2011 Supplement (317 KB, 6 files, 14 pages) for The Philosateleian U.S. Stamp Album includes spaces for all of those stamps, and it’s now available for download. I hope you enjoy.
If you’ve missed any previous supplements, visit the updates & supplements page. You can download all the pages that have changed since you last updated your album.
Philosateleian search upgrade
I’m working on the ongoing project of updating Philosateleia’s layout, and in the process discovered this week that Philosateleia’s search engine wasn’t doing all it should have been doing. A new back end is now in place, and you should find Philosateleia’s search feature to be greatly improved.
It seems Philosateleia’s existing search provider was not returning full result sets for searches. For example, a query for “American Indian” was returning only 16 results. Following the switch to the new search engine, that same query now returns over 200 results.
If you’ve tried searching Philosateleia in the past and couldn’t find the information you needed, please try again. I appreciate any feedback you offer.