2021-06-06 12:11
I think this is the most monochrome I could have gone for today... thanks to George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln, featured on this set of 6 stamps issued in 2016 and tha… Read More
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A place to show some bits and pieces of my philatelic collection, including stamps, covers, FDCs, mini and souvenir sheets, as well as facts and stories related to each of them.
2021-05-30 17:51
Even though I love animals in general, I cannot deny that the smaller guys have an extra special place in my heart - I dont know if it is cos they seem more helpless than the grown / bigger… Read More
2021-05-16 19:43
On 30th November 2012. the USPS issued a set of 6 stamps to commemorate the achievements of Lady Bird Jonhson, who is best remembered for awakening the nation’s environmental cons… Read More
2021-05-09 19:09
Been a while since I've posted some 'domestic' issues, so I shall use today's opportunity on the 'Buildings' theme for that :)There is really a lot of interesting architecture in… Read More
2021-04-18 16:42
One of the things everyone is looking forward to in spring here, are the cherry blossoms in the city centre. Too bad they dont last long, and the picture here doesn't do them justice, but I… Read More
2021-04-11 18:04
This cover comes probably with one of the worst scribbles of hiding an address 😄Today's Sunday Stamps topic is air travel... something I've been missing terribly for over a… Read More
2021-04-04 17:36
First of all, Happy Easter to all of you folks celebrating it today! Here in Macedonia according to the Orthodox Calendar, we shall celebrate it at the end of the month... whether… Read More
2021-03-28 18:49
I don't know about you, but I love children's literature even though it's been decades since I belonged to that age group. But there is something so beautiful in it, something so unspoilt an… Read More
2021-03-25 14:27
Sometime, at the end of last year, I received this envelope in the mailbox. At first glance it looks as if it had gotten chicken-pox or that has been otherwise contaminated. … Read More
2021-03-21 19:09
You are gone for a few months (that almost turned into a year) , you come back, and bang! Blogger has taken a whole new look on the inside! Not some drastic changes, but just enough to… Read More
2020-06-30 22:00
Was trying to find appropriate date to publish this article but I'm too eager to write it and not willing to wait too long for it. In last two articles (you can check it HERE and HERE if you… Read More
2020-06-14 11:58
I almost did a wrong theme today, that is, I almost did a future post two weeks ahead and was trying to find something suitable for anniversaries.Then I went over to Sunday Stamps to check i… Read More
2020-05-31 12:55
Well, hello there! After missing last week's food theme (even though you are talking to a real foodie here), here I am back again this week with stamps featuring things made of wood...Not an… Read More
2020-05-25 17:15
Today’s date used to be very important in former Yugoslavia, it was president Tito's chosen birthday and also youth day of entire country. As hinted few weeks ago here I'm with second… Read More
2020-05-17 12:23
Hello guys Since few days ago, we have entered some summer heat, even though it is just like middle of May, but temperatures have gone above 35 ℃ ☀ which is too much for this… Read More
2020-05-12 17:24
When it comes to stamps and philately, errors and faults are kinda inevitable. They dont happen frequently (fortunately) and often dont even leave the printing plant.But sometimes they do, a… Read More
2020-05-10 20:22
I was a bit surprised to see how scarce mothers / children are in my stamps collection. My initial choice was a cat FDC, since the mother cat and the kitty were featured ON the FDC, but not… Read More
2020-05-07 16:13
Hope you are ready for another guest post here 😀! Today is real birthday of one of the most influential but also very controversial personalities of past century. He was an politicia… Read More
2020-05-03 10:54
After almost a year, here is a new post for the Sunday Stamps edition, which seems to have gone back to themes after the alphabetic posts :) Today's theme is Water - and even though the pr… Read More
2020-04-25 12:32
Well hello there! It's been a while, no?After having updated my postcards' blog the other day, it would be fair to post something here as well, right?So after a little bit more than four mon… Read More
2019-12-14 18:00
After the long silence here as well, and after putting my postcards blog back to life, it would be also fair to show some attention to this guy here before the year comes to an end... and I… Read More
2019-06-02 16:25
Might be a too obvious O, but not much else came to my mind... and I do like this set of stamps issued by the back then Czechoslovakia, on 26 October 1963, commemorating the Summer Olympic G… Read More
2019-05-19 16:13
Another Sunday is about to come and go, and before it does, it is time for another Sunday Stamps episode - this one right on time :) It is time for the letter M, and one lovely chubby creat… Read More
2019-05-13 18:36
Well, I will do a bit of cheating on this week's Sunday Stamps and post on a Monday but I was away on a trip yesterday and in most cases would just miss the show, but being that L is for one… Read More
2019-05-05 16:35
After some absence, again, here I am back for one not so common letter, but I realized this FDC is something I've been wanting to post for a long while, and it is a very dear one to me, so h… Read More
2019-04-14 13:36
After having missed the previous two entries, here we are back with the letter H. And the main reason for my absence is actually lack of inspiration. Has it ever happened to you? Flipping th… Read More
2019-04-08 17:01
Hi folks,This time I have something little bit different.Few days ago, on April 6th we celebrated day of the city here in Sarajevo. This date is also related to quite few important historica… Read More
2019-03-27 17:16
I came across a post on FB today which reminded me what day it was (one of the times when FB is actually useful for something).Quoting that post: On this day, 51 years ago, it was said… Read More
2019-03-24 18:31
Boy, this Sunday Funday flew so fast! It is almost 8 pm, and I can say that I've been anything but productive today... so at least lets get an update done :) I recall I wanted to post these… Read More
2019-03-17 11:02
It is time for letter D today and even though the title has no D or whatsoever, this is a D-related post... I just hope it wont spark any controversy as this actual issue of stamps had :) A… Read More
2019-03-10 14:16
This warm day of March may fool you that spring has arrived, being it is 22 C right now, but the following days shall prove me wrong cos it's gonna be all cold and rain again... meh. I don't… Read More
2019-03-03 13:54
Nice chilly Sunday over here, which is kind of the perfect weather... not too cold, not too hot... just ideal. And it is time for our second letter of the alphabet, that has nothing to do w… Read More
2019-02-24 17:42
As I had promised (to myself), I am back to Sunday Stamps as the new A-Z cycle begins. Will start the new season with one of my favourite themes - Astronomy.The year of 2009 was dedicated to… Read More
2019-02-05 14:14
So, after the revival of the postcards' blog, it is about time to bring this one back to life too. Though it has not been as neglected as the Postcards one, still, it's been a few months sin… Read More
2018-10-07 10:46
The first two words that crossed my mind for today were Horse and Halloween.Until while browsing through my stamps I came across the Hedgehogs. And I knew that this was it!I love horses, but… Read More
2018-09-30 11:44
Well, the weekend getaway plans had failed, so I could do my Sunday duty properly for a change :)And coming with a double G today, with Mr. Galielo Galilei (though maybe I could sneak in Gal… Read More
2018-09-24 11:56
I should seriously get back to the scheduled posts, cos Sundays end up being days I am away from the laptop and unable to join on time the Sunday Stamps game. (just a note to self for next S… Read More
2018-09-17 19:27
A Sunday Stamps post done on a Monday... but at least I didn't totally miss it like last time.I wanted to do something Entertaining today, but then the choice fell on this set of Endangered… Read More
2018-09-02 11:46
Well we are already into our third week of the new A-Z round, and it is time for some C's todayAnd my C today is dedicated to these Coral Reefs issued by the USPS on 26th August 1980.Four di… Read More
2018-08-26 10:55
The days between Sunday Stamps seem to pass really quickly, so here we are at the second episode of the third season of the A-Z game.I seem to have quite a lot of B-related stamps, so it was… Read More
2018-08-20 06:51
Well it would be my first time to do a Sunday Stamps on a Monday, and I almost kinda skipped it since this time I didn't even manage to do a scheduled post but, being that this is the beginn… Read More
2018-08-12 10:09
Another Z day and another ZOO post. Just as last time, so I really need to dig in a bit better for the next round of Z and find something different.I do really like though this set of USSR s… Read More
2018-08-05 19:05
For the previous Y, I went with stamps from Yugoslavia and that one is more or less like a very safe bet for me, having an abundant amount of stamps from there.And in order not to be repetit… Read More
2018-07-29 19:57
And here comes the so much dreaded letter X for the Sunday Stampers (ok, Ill speak on my behalf only), or Scrabblers... though the latter can be really rewarding with points if you nail it :… Read More
2018-07-22 09:37
I was a bit indecisive about today's post since I had two super duper things on the menu, but in the end I opted for this one, and decided to leave the other for a different letter in the th… Read More
2018-07-15 14:43
Going with the Viaducts for the letter V today, the choice for Croatia is totally unintentional but kinda suited prior today's World Cup Final, where Croatia and France shall fight the battl… Read More
2018-07-08 10:32
Good Sunday to all! This is gonna be a scheduled post since I will be away for the weekend, but I hope it turns out fine.U may seem like a tricky letter when it comes to stamps but it surely… Read More
2018-07-01 14:32
Letter T is very tempting for Trains lets say, but trying to be not so transparent and predictable, I will go with some Titanic stamps today, all issued in 2012, commemorating the 100th Anni… Read More
2018-06-24 10:59
In 2013, on two occasions, the Russian post issued stamps featuring Sports Legends who have participated in some of the Olympic Games or are anyhow related to them.I know the world right now… Read More
2018-06-17 19:08
The regular visitors to this blog may have expected to see some Railway stamps today but this train lover has decided for something completely different (partly because it was one of the ver… Read More
2018-06-14 14:12
Just a single item in the mailbox today, but the one of the kind which you feel like immediately sharing. Plus I did say I would try to post more frequently and not only on Sundays, so I am… Read More
2018-06-11 20:09
I can't say I have frequent visits from the postman these days, and for certain not as I used to have some years ago. But he surely does bring joy to my mailbox when he comes, and today was… Read More
2018-06-10 09:30
I know I said that for this round of the alphabet I will (try) not to go with the easiest solution - countries, but I feel kinda lazy today (tell me something new) and just can't put those b… Read More
2018-06-06 12:18
A great cover from Malaysia, a whole-set-of-stamps (if we don't take into account the souvenir sheet), the kind I ultimately like the most. On 28th December 2015, POS Malaysia issued a set… Read More
2018-06-03 11:28
Hello all! Very hot Sunday today here, and if this should be taken as a premonition about the actual summer temperatures, then I guess I should start thinking of moving elsewhere for the su… Read More
2018-06-01 16:17
For a while now I've been posting here on Sundays only (if I post in the first place, that is). I've been trying to break that bad habit for a while now, but by the time I decide to do it, a… Read More
2018-05-27 08:00
I did Owls for the previous O-post, and here we are with Owls again - how could I not post owls again with such a cover in hand?! :D Will leave you guessing whose fault it is (though if y… Read More
2018-05-20 12:23
Well hello everyone! After some breath of fresh air last week, here we are back to my standard ramblings and modest collections, sorry :D But at least now I have someone to chip in for the… Read More
2018-05-13 15:30
Good afternoon folks, it is a Sunday and a day for new post here at myphilatelicpassion.blogspot.ba. First of all want to say thx to Ana for letting me use her blog and (ab)use her faithful… Read More
2018-05-06 18:03
If I wasn't as lazy as I am right now, I probably would have been more inventive with the L letter, but unfortunately I am, so I would just go with the first thing that crossed my mind, whic… Read More
2018-04-22 10:10
Good Day Sunday Stampers, and welcome to the J edition of our second A-Z round! I know the title may be misleading, but this is indeed a J-related post since out of the 5 people featured… Read More
2018-04-08 22:27
After a lovey half-day trip out in the nature, back home to spend a cozy evening and do my contribution for today's Sunday stamps... and before I get down to the stamps, just wanted to show… Read More
2018-04-01 14:10
Well, before anything I would like to wish Happy Easter to everyone celebrating it today (Here in Macedonia we shall have Easter next week, in accordance with the Orthodox Calendar...) Bu… Read More
2018-03-25 11:16
Believe it or not, this post was started for the previous F episode, but I guess I somewhat overestimated myself and didn't finish it in the end, so it has been hanging around half-written i… Read More
2018-03-18 15:12
Hello World! Or at least that teeny tiny part of it that cares about reading this.It is a vowel letter day, which I decided to dedicated to Elephants as Endangered species portrayed on these… Read More
2018-03-11 15:46
Hello all from a beautiful springy Sunday!Unfortunately, I had to miss the previous edition of Sunday Stamps (which most probably would have seen a bunch of cats featured here), but here I a… Read More
2018-02-25 11:40
We seem to be having a little snow this morning, but the kind that just fools you and never really stays so you just cant be joyful about it. Speaking of which, we haven't had any real snow… Read More
2018-02-18 12:28
So a new round of the A-Z game starts today, and let's see how well I do this time. I just have this feeling that this second round is gonna bring more creative and out of the ordinary posts… Read More
2018-02-04 11:28
Good Day Sunday Stampers and anyone else who might have just stumbled upon today's post. Today we are about to close the circle of the first A-Z edition, with a letter not so popular among w… Read More
2018-01-28 12:48
Stamps-wise, being a Yugoslav-kid, letter Y is always like an easy solution for me. The difficult part is what in particular to choose from the wide range of Yugoslavian stamps I have :)) (t… Read More
2018-01-21 11:42
At first, the thought of finding a suitable match of a stamp and the letter X may seem a bit intimidating and discouraging and you think to yourself, "I will probably opt out of this week's… Read More
2018-01-14 11:05
So I wonder, why in the English language, almost everything related to 'wine' starts with the letter 'v' actually and not 'w' - so why it is not a wineyard but a vineyard (ok, this is more o… Read More
2018-01-07 13:18
Merry Christmas to you all celebrating it today, me included!And isn't there a better way (read excuse) to start the posts in 2018 than with something Christmassy related :)Issued a bit way… Read More
2017-12-01 11:20
this weather outside has kinda totally ruined my plans for the day, so if we're gonna stay at home, at least lets spend it in some productive way (where productive doesn't mean cleaning or w… Read More
2017-11-27 10:58
I am a bit late with my entry for this Sunday Stamps' edition, but I was away for the day yesterday and just didn't manage to squeeze this post in, so here comes this post on a cold, gloomy… Read More
2017-11-22 20:32
a lovely mail-day today! this one in particular has been sent in order to 'celebrate' my getting back to blogging (and I thought it had its revengeful motives behind it) so yeah, in order to… Read More
2017-11-19 17:31
P could stand for many things, but my brain is like switched off from the creative-box today, so I just couldn't come up with something else than Poland or Portugal... or Papua New Guinea, b… Read More
2017-11-12 10:34
O is for today's Sunday Stamps, and I have these four cute Owls to share for the occasion. Don't know about you, but I find owls totally adorable... a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e!Unfortunately the have be… Read More
2017-11-07 14:45
On October 3rd, the Croatian post issued these two locomotives' stamps - seems that each year, the do dedicate an issue to trains and railways, which I absolutely support :)The history of ra… Read More
2017-11-05 16:44
Good Day to all Sunday Stampers, Followers, Random by-passers... and everyone else :)It's been a sunny Sunday here, but one of the kind where you rather stay indoors all day long in your paj… Read More
2017-11-02 09:35
well, it is time to get back this blog to life as well...you know, once you get it going, it is ok...but when you get into the hibernating mood...it is much more difficult to get out of it a… Read More
2017-09-09 19:20
So, even though my initial concept was to be back here regularly... as you already know, it never works this way. And this time I think that whole Photobucket screw up had a much wider influ… Read More
2017-07-02 20:56
Hello everyone! It has literally been long time no see... more precisely, almost a year :) As some of you know, I lived in China for 9 months... those of you who didn't know, now you do :) A… Read More
2016-07-31 08:08
Good morning on this terribly hot summer morning! Back to another edition of Sunday Stamps, this time on the subject of horses. This lovely set comes from Bulgaria, issued back in 1991, sho… Read More
2016-07-24 13:06
Hello Sunday Stampers, food-lovers, regular and random visitors :) As you can see, today's Sunday theme is food - yum yum yummie! I personally love food (I think it is a bit obvious if you… Read More
2016-07-17 08:26
Hello to all the Sunday Stampers out there, to all interested in stamps, to all interested in science and well, to just anyone who has ended up here for one reason or another :). For today… Read More
2016-07-15 14:28
wasn't really planning on posting something here today...but then the postman came this morning (took me by surprise I must say since I really dont take part in any exchanges or so..even my… Read More
2016-07-14 13:35
Recently Dimitris was very kind to give me these two fabulous FDCs, and being that (as I've recently realized) I haven't posted any Greek stamps before, I think that this is like the perfect… Read More
2016-07-10 13:51
Here I am back to Sunday Stamps after being absent for a while (will spare you the excuses..)And I am back for the subject of Red...and I think I have quite a lot of red here....though I am… Read More
2016-07-06 17:47
After some weeks of silence, here I am back again with this amazing cover featuring one of the latest fantastic sets issued by USPS, showing the planets in our Solar System. I have had these… Read More
2016-06-10 15:47
I've mentioned before that I was born in the Year of the Monkey, so for that occasion, here comes another issue from this year, this time from Canada. Some countries seem to have something… Read More
2016-06-05 17:21
Hello Sunday Stampers and all you regular/random followers. Another one of my favourite subjects is on the agenda today and that is canines, i.e dogs. Again pretty much a difficult decision… Read More
2016-05-29 11:36
Wohoo! Today's Sunday Stamps edition is related to one of my all-time favourite subjects and that is lighthouses!! I'm in love with lighthouses! There is something so special about them, som… Read More
2016-05-25 11:56
You know I adore cats (well, animals in general, but cats have a pretty special place in my heart). Some of you know i used to have two of them, but unfortunately, both of them died within a… Read More
2016-05-23 16:52
You probably know that one of the topics I lose my mind for, is space and here comes a whole sheet of this year's Correos commemorative issue for the 35th Anniversary of the launching o… Read More
2016-05-22 10:09
My initial thought of 'i have so many butterflies' stamps' in the end proved terribly wrong but luckily I did find a few things for today's edition of Sunday's Post and eventually the choice… Read More
2016-05-19 10:47
Well today it would be the 135th anniversary actually, but this are the only stamps I have related to it....plus this is like the first ever Turkish related post here, so inaugurating a new… Read More
2016-05-15 06:27
If there is something I don't lack when it comes to stamps, that is definitely flowers. But then another dilemma came up and that was, which ones to actually choose for today's Sunday Stamps… Read More
2016-05-10 14:41
Last week a fantastic cover landed in my mailbox, featuring the Canadian set of Weather Wonders stamps, issued in 2015. Each of these stamps illustrates a unique weather phenomenon, where e… Read More
2016-05-08 09:44
Ok Sunday Stampers, I may be cheating a bit on this one since the map ain't actually ON the stamp itself but on the envelope...but I just couldn't resist posting this one....You know that in… Read More
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