- Universalmuseum Joanneum Grazon September 5, 2023
The two Austrian stamps in this article feature the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz, Austria, considered the biggest of its kind in Central Europe, comprising nine buildings of historic interest available for its five million items in 20 collections. The Kunsthaus’s futuristic design has likened it to a baby hippo, sea slug, porcupine, whale and a “Friendly The post Universalmuseum Joanneum Graz appeared first on Freestampmagazine - Stamp Collecting Blog.
- United Nations Promotes Saving Endangered Specieson August 29, 2023
In 2018 the United Nations Postal Administration issued a beautifully-illustrated set of stamps to celebrate 25 years of its Endangered Species series featuring 12 threatened flora and fauna species. The €0.80 U.N. Vienna stamps here above show the leafless fat-stemmed succulent plant Hoodia (Hoodia pilifera); a frog native to Madagascar, the Malagasy painted Mantella (Mantella The post United Nations Promotes Saving Endangered Species appeared first on Freestampmagazine - Stamp Collecting Blog.
- Revisiting Old Articles – United States of America Unsafe Stampson August 24, 2023
This article was originally published in December 2013: The United States Postal Service (USPS, which is heavily in debt) is destroying an entire run of stamps because the activities illustrated on three of the stamps in the fifteen stamp series have been deemed unsafe by the Presidential Council for Fitness, Sports and Nutrition.The stamps were The post Revisiting Old Articles – United States of America Unsafe Stamps appeared first on Freestampmagazine - Stamp Collecting Blog.