The first and possibly the greatest!For most school children in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, it was the great ambition to own a Penny Black. It was iconic in every sense the word. It was a symbol of philatelic greatness and a symbol of British world dominance, a symbol of Victorian enterprise and a symbol of the British empire. It...
Millenary of the birth of Saint Stephen, first king of Hungary Hungary, 3Ft | Scott #2033 | Issued August 19, 1970There are those in our hobby who believe that stamp collectors merely accumulate and organize old postage stamps, whereas philatelists use stamps to better understand global history and cultures. Assuming that distinction has any validity, then there must be a...
