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Famous stamp collectors |
Ad Indusophon – a great female philatelist |
 Ad Indhusophon was the wife of late Prakaipet ‘Pet’ Indhusophon, one of the most popular international philatelists of the 1970s and 1980s. When Ad married ‘Pet’ in 1970, her career in philately was destined. She was intrigued about all this intensive talk about the pieces of paper, which her husband adored. Pet was a keen collector and postal historian of his home country, Siam, for which he won the Grand Prix d’Honneur at India ‘89 and in which year he also signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. |
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Anatoly Karpov’s writes about his collection |
 At the place where I was born (Zlataoust in South Ural), and lived during the first 14 years of my life, all the kids and schoolboys collected pins. As common hobby I started to collect pins also and I still have huge collection of sport, Olympic and chess pins. As boys at that time we were dreaming of becoming pilots or officers and my first stamp happened to be the U.S.S.R. stamp which commemorated 40 years of the Red Army in 1958 showing a pilot, a tank commander, and an infantry officer together. |
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The famous Cyril Harmer Newfoundland airmails |
 The late Cyril Harmer followed in his father’s footsteps at the helm of the auction house (Harmers) that still bears his name. He joined the business in 1921, and was its Chairman and Managing Director from 1967 to 1976. Also, he assembled what was without doubt the finest collection of the Airmails of Newfoundland. This collection was sold, on February 26, 2002, by Harmers in West London for a total of £803,000. |
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Dr. Arthur Woo’s classic birds |
 Dr. Arthur Woo started to collect stamps just after World War II and recalled: ‘The first stamps that I collected were those of Hong Kong. My second country was USA and I didn’t collect selected issues from the whole world until a few years later. As in most countries we all started to collect stamps when we were schoolchildren – in Hong Kong it was no different’.
But, why does he now go for classic birds? Woo said: ‘It’s simply the beauty of the Western Australia Swan, the Guatemala Quetzel, the Colombia Andean Condor, the USA 1869 Eagle and Shield etc. These wonderful designs, coupled with patience and determination, enabled me to form the collections I have now’. |
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Freddie Mercury's first album |
 The late, much-missed, flamboyant Queen rock star Freddie Mercury was once a diligent schoolboy, called Farrokh Bulsara, who quietly updated his treasured stamp album on his parents' kitchen table in India. Young Farrokh's passion for stamps was sparked by his father Bomi - a civil servant who had his own British Commonwealth collection including a variety of Zanzibar (where Farrokh was born on September 5, 1946) fiscals. |
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Top Japanese collector Hiroyuki Kanai |
 Hiroyuki Kanai began collecting stamps almost from the moment he could talk. Born in 1925, the son of a wealthy Osaka industrialist, he spent most of his pocket money on a passion that has grown and evolved over three quarters of a century. ‘I started collecting stamps when I was five years old. 70 years have passed already. When I was 13, I was already a serious stamp collector. I founded two philatelic societies at university,’ he said. |
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Top GB collector Pichai Buranasombati |
 Although born in Thailand Pichai Buranasombati – known simply as ‘Pichai’ – spent many of his formative years in Great Britain and developed an early love for British stamps. In March 2001 his stunning collection of Great Britain early line engraved issues (1840-41) went under the hammer at auction in London, closing a chapter in his long love affair with early Great Britain issues. |
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Prince Rainier’s impressive collection |
 It wasn’t until 1917 that the collection which today belongs to His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III of Monaco began to take shape. That year it was bought by Prince Albert I of Monaco from the late Reverend G.G. Barber – an English pastor who lived in Monaco. Barber had gathered many philatelic rarities such as various postmarks used on covers to Monaco and to Menton, the Sardinian and French issues cancelled in the Principality from 1851 to 1885, and the first Monaco stamps issued with the head of Prince Charles III in 1885. The collection included different varieties of shades and essays for some of the earliest Monagesque issues. |
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Ross Burden on his penguin collection |
 Since 1985, I’ve had an abiding passion for penguins – through continent and career changes. Since the days of the first Polar explorers, the penguin has been burnt into the collective minds of the Western World. Although true that they were, and are, known to the native peoples of the Southern Hemisphere, the squat waddler in dinner dress is known to us all.
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Tales by Mail - Book 1, by Karen Cartier
 Tales by Mail is for children of all ages, perhaps up through 60 or so. It brings together stories literally from around the world ... from Botswana to Denmark, from New Zealand to the Faroes, from Saar to Israel.
The stories are short, each with a message, and each illustrated by a stamp issued by the country of the story's origin. Each who reads this book no doubt will develop a different favorite story, which is to be expected. Formatted simply, each story is preceded by a full-color illustration of the commemorative stamp that no only is impressive in its own right but also serves through its design to set the stage for the story that follows.
For those who wonder of the relationship between a stamp design and what is "behind" the design, this book serves as an excellent example.
Teddy Bears Celebrate 100th Anniversary
 Teddy bears, enormously popular symbols of human caring and loving, are being honored by the U.S. Postal Service with the issuance of the Teddy Bears commemorative stamps. The 2002 issuance of the stamps coincides with the 100th anniversary of teddy bears.
The Teddy Bears pane of 20 self-adhesive stamps depicts four lovable, cuddly teddy bears. Photos of the bears appear in the header; details of the photos appear on the stamps. The four stamp designs are repeated five times each on the pane. All four teddy bears were manufactured in the United States and are now owned by private collectors. The Ideal bear dates to circa 1905, the Bruin bear from circa 1907 and the Gund bear from circa 1948. The unlabeled "stick" bear dates from the 1920s. Mass- produced stick bears were characterized by their short arms, thin legs and upright posture. The Ideal bear, the Bruin bear and the stick bear belong to Paul and Rosemary Volpp of Carson City, Nev. The Gund bear belongs to Helen Sieverling of Pasadena, Calif.
The idea of the teddy bear was born in 1902 when President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a captive bear during a hunting trip. Washington Post cartoonist Clifford Berryman depicted the incident on the front page of the newspaper, and soon toymakers began to manufacture the "teddy" bears associated with the president's name. People in all walks of life love teddy bears, and enthusiasts—known in the teddy bear world as arctophiles—pay top dollar for the collectibles.
Today there are teddy bear magazines, clubs, collector shows and programs, both educational and medical, that feature these little stuffed companions. Teddy bears have had endless books, songs and poem written about them. Widely viewed as symbols of security and comfort, teddy bears are often used by police officers and hospital staff to calm the young and old alike in traumatic situations
Second Set Of Penguin Stamps
 British Antarctic Territory has issued its second set of penguin stamps on a miniature sheet and in a booklet from the Port Lockroy Post Office.
The 12 airmail postcard values feature photographs of Chinstrap, Emperor, Adelie, Gentoo and Macaroni penguins, including juveniles.
All the photographs were taken by members of the British Antarctic Survey.
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