Exciting Updates & Viewer Mail:
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- Опубліковано 31 сер 2022
- We are overdue for some channel updates, also let's talk about World Postcard Day, do a giveaway, and check out some fascinating viewer mail.
#postcards #history #stampcollecting
Giveaway:
3 separate winners will each get 1 lenticular postcard, and 5 World Postcard Day Postcards.
To enter, include the word "lenticular" in a comment below before 10am NYC time September 8th 2022
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LINKS:
The Intaglio Episode: • Printing our own Stamp...
British Library Episode: • Incredible Rarities at...
Atlantic City Postcard Episode: • Touring a City with Ol...
The British Library (Philatelic Collections): www.bl.uk/subjects/philately
Open Press Project: openpressproject.com/
Jerrit's Instagram: jh.artistic...
World Postcard Day: worldpostcardday.com/
Postcrossing: www.postcrossing.com/
Linn's Influential Philatelists: www.linns.com/news/world-stam...
American Philatelic Society: stamps.org/
The Ernest Kehr Award: stamps.org/awards/kehr-award
New Channels to follow:
JET Philatelics : / @jetphilatelics
Snail Mail with Smokey : / @snailmailwithsmokey
Stampman : / @stampmanvideos
Let's Talk Stamps : / letstalkstamps
Stamp Sleuth : / stampsleuth
Other Channels Mentioned:
Richard Philatelist : / richardphilatelist
Ted Talks Stamps : / @tedtalksstamps
Viewer Mail
The Berlin Wall: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_...
Wolfgang on Insta: / wpugnus
The Budapest Stamp Museum: www.museum.hu/museum/10/Stamp_...
Prosperous Suzhou Painting: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper...
Florida Randy's Postcard Books (Randy Moore, Sr)
The Cradle of Aviation: ISBN 978-616-348-166-5
American Indian Chiefs: ISBN978-616-348-164-1
American Patriotism: ISBN 978-616-348-982-1
Swap-Bot stamp collecting group: swap-bot.com/group/41925c7547...
Counterfeiting:
USPS Video: • Counterfeit Stamps
Norvic Philatelics Blog about Machins: blog.norphil.co.uk/2021/03/ba...
Conversations with Philatelists:
vid 1 - • Ep. 79: Debunking Onli...
vid 2 - • Ep: 90 Detecting count...
Richard Philatelist video about Machins: • Barcoded Stamps, A New...
I wonder how many people have started collecting stamps, or dusted off their old collections because of this channel? Such fantastic content! Love every episode.
😊 Thanks Captain Z. I am enjoying all the engagement from new collectors, it really is a special hobby. Thanks for your support.
I have started my collection becuase of this channel !!
Count me as one of them! This channel got me interested
I re-started my childhood collection, and then got hooked on postcrossing as well thanks to Graham...My house now has postcards, stamps, washi and stickers lying around everywhere...
Hey Graham,
Ii would just like to tell you thank you for getting me back into stamp collecting. My dad got me started into this hobby back in the 60's. Got out of it for a while in the 90's when my dad passed away. Tried to start back in 2004 when my son was 10 but he chose the coin collecting route. Put my collection back in storage until I diagnosed with chronic leukemia and I eventually became disable. I found you and your shoes on you tube. I bought a new set of albums and mounts and I have really enjoyed putting all my us stamps in their new home plus all the stamps available on Ebay. Rather than feeling sorry for myself, I enjoying working with my stamps. I hope you feel great about yourself because you have brought a lot of joy to this 64 year old man!
Thanks
Billy Morton
Birmingham AL
Hi Billy 👋, this comment really means a lot to me, thank you so much for sharing.
It is great to see that you are enjoying the hobby as well as the channel. It is always amazing to see how the hobby can inspire and energize us in so many ways. More videos and stamp adventures to come 😊 let’s keep exploring!
Another wonderful episode Graham! Congratulations on your well deserved award. I love seeing all of the diverse pieces of mail that you receive from viewers! I really really love those postcard books that Randy made... I actually was wanting to do something similar to display some of the mail that I've received (with items that don't fit in traditional albums) and Randy has really cemented that vision for me with his postcard books! So well done. And although I'm personal not a fan of the UK's new QR code Machins, you're right that I'd rather have a Machin QR code than no Machin at all! Keep making amazing videos... Take care!
Thanks Lisa 😊. Those books really are something. I am also thinking about what that could look like to memorialize some collections and collecting ideas that I have. Thanks so much for all your support.
another interesting program especially the Lenticular ones. Keep up the good work. I have been a collector of stamps for 70 years.
As a life long stamp collector I want to applaud you for work in education new collectors and life long stamp collectors the great hobby of stamp collecting.
Big congratulations on your great achievements Graham, you totally deserve it.
I’m glad I could help you with the Chinese stamps, and thank you for your shout-out.
At 47:36 - An example of how Richard's mail is often delivered to his flat in the UK 😂😭😭😭😅
@@StampCatStamps Not the case now 😝
Thank you Richard. Had you not told me about the hidden poem, I would have totally skipped over it.
Lol 😂
Congratulations on your well-deserved award! The presentations of your correspondence with your subscribers are always so interesting in order to discover new things. Postcards in Lanticular format are always exciting. Being an amateur astronomer, the aurora borealis always fascinates me! Very good episode and again my congratulations. 👏👏👏👍
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy the episodes and viewer mail, I love learning from everyone. I entered you into the giveaway 😊
Congratulations on the awards and the recognition which you have earned. I always enjoy watching your videos which are very informative. Bhutan issued a number of lenticular stamps starting in 1967, between Scott #91 and 220M (1976).
Congrats on your award and piece in the British Library! Thank you for featuring my little mail packet, too! Always exciting to see what other people have sent you, I learn so much from the viewer mail portions of your videos :) - Heidi
Thanks Heidi!! 😊. It was so cool to receive your postal packet, Laura has the earrings btw, and she loves them.
Dear Dr Graham,
I have this condition where I have a very deep affinity for stamps and I get many of them on the postcards that come from Postcrossing, but yet I don't have a desire to collect stamps the traditional way that philatelists do. I guess I could call myself a stamp collector because I save all the postcards therefore I also save the stamps. I also love buying USPS stamps but I don't collect them the way a normal stamp collector does. I just really love sending them all over so people can enjoy them.
Signed, stuck-on-you.
Oh that totally counts. It is actually a preference today for stamp collectors to not remove the stamps from postal items such as postcards and envelopes, so you are definitely a stamp AND postcard collector. Thanks so much for watching 😊
Congratulations Graham on having one of your "cinderellas" placed in the British Library Collection. Really great that the librarian recognizes the value to future researchers of items like your small art piece. Certainly, congratulations as well on being publicly recognized as a philatelic influencer. The virtual community of collectors (just some of whom you highlighted in this episode) has certainly injected excitement into a hobby that so many people were predicting as fading into oblivion. Thanks for all you do for our hobby.
Thank you Les. Philately certainly has a future with the wonderful online community that is there today...I enjoy interacting with everyone, thank you so much for all your support
BTW Now I understand your quandary regarding mail. I think ina few years you will have plenty to start your own Exploring Stamps Museum.
I think that would be a fun museum, so many amazing things have come my way over the last few years. 😊
@@ExploringStamps Well if the town of Clifton, NJ actively sponsors a local annual stamp and coin show maybe your town or county may have space in a liobrary or elsewhere to house some of the items you have received. Maybe ask the New Jersey Historical Society about where to start or your local county.
Just throwing out some ideas.
Nice thing is your channel could then be part of a non-profit of you end up with a small museum exhibit (or ever-growing one). I mean is there even a philatelic museum (or museum division) in New Jersey or New York?
You are an inspiration so happy you are being recognized. In the last couple of years, I have been going to the swap meet as usual, but picking up stray stamps, and I feel the cigar box full. I started looking at the stamps and their beauty and then I started watching UA-cam videos and I came across yours you make it seem fun and I really enjoy the way you deliver your information and I’m starting to sort through my stamps and organize them and it’s a lot more fun than I thought it would be, I actually started picking these up thinking I would give these to my young nephew one day for him to organize and have some fun with not really taking a Hobby seriously but now I don’t think I’m gonna do that. I’m gonna keep watching and learning. Thank you.
Congratulations on your award and having a piece of art in the British Library!! I have learned a lot watching your channel. You make stamp collecting fun and exciting those Lenticular cards are awesome.
Thank you Carl, so glad to see that you are learning with me through these videos. I entered you into the giveaway 😊. Thanks for watching.
Congratulations on your awards Graham, very well deserved!
Thank you Karen 😊
Congratulations! Well deserved! Always enjoy the episodes! So much interesting topics and subjects! Hello Laura 👋
I always send lenticular postcards to my great grandmother, she enjoys looking at them so much, it is like watching a little child explore the world.
What a wonderful chapter! This episode was really educational and I truly enjoyed viewing your mail! I was so excited and curious about it! Amazing mail and information shared! Thank you!!!
Well done Graham on you award, congratulations, well deserved, you always produce entertaining, dynamic and interacting videos with your audience. Always worth waiting for
Thank you Shane. So glad to see that you are enjoying the channel, it means a lot. Thanks for watching. 😊
Congratulations on your awards! You definitely earned and deserve
them!
👏 👏 👏
Thank you Louis 😊
Famazing as usual. These mail day episodes are more probably more important than you think ,I really enjoy seeing the community interacting with you - Erica.
Thank you Erica, glad you enjoy the mail day episodes! ☺️
@@ExploringStamps Always do :)
Very well done. Congratulations Graham.
On 20:48 what you say: to say that you are a philatelist, is exactly what I did in 1972, age 8 in Paris to today (2022). That is why I have so many stamps.Keep on the good work, David Barban-Colombier.
Greetings from Pine Valley California USA. Always looking forward to your next video. I collect old Post Cards from places I have lived. But I haven’t seen to many lenticular Post Cards in my area . Hope you and the other half are doing well . I work as a rural mail carrier for almost 30 years. What a great job you and your wife are doing for the philatelic community. I collect a variety of subjects on stamps but I hope you could do a episode on the Back of the Book stamp’s .
Thank you Ken, so glad to see that you are enjoying the channel. Both Laura and I are doing well thank you. Old postcards are just the best, and when they are from an area that you are familiar with, even better. thanks so much for watching. 😊
Oh wow, did this episode ever send me cruising down memory lane. Long ago, my mom and I went through Check Point Charlie on a cold snowy day in mid January to tour the east side. Believe it or not, ordinary Americans could do that once. While East Berlin was predictably drab, the people we spoke to were kind and invariably brightened when we told them we were Americans. For World Postcard Day I like to send old linen style cards showing long past scenes from the towns friends are living in now. The books the viewer put together of his postcard specialties blew me away. I try to integrate stamps and postcards together in my collections whenever I can, but Randy definitely works at a higher plane. Finally, mentioning lenticular and 3D stamps reminded me of a time when there was actually such a thing as 3D movies. I saw one once when I was a kid and yes, the action really did seem to jump out at you from the screen. Maybe one day stamps will evolve to do that, too. But in the mean time lenticular ones of dinosaurs and rabbits popping out of magicians' hats will do just fine. Thanks for such an insightful video.
Fascinating! See I didnt know that Americans could at one point just tour the East side. Thank you so much for sharing, Gerry. Glad you enjoyed the episode, and I entered you into the giveaway. 😊
Thank you for yet another amazing episode! I am totally hooked! I think an episode on lenticular stamps would be fantastic! I came across a set from Manama, from 1972 "The 100th Anniversary of Japanese Railways" and found the stamp stunning. It would be really nice to see the first lenticular stamp created and maybe any other ones you might find. Thank you Graham! Oh and the lenticular postcard is stunning - I had seen it in a previous episode and was jealous. :)
Congratulations on your award from the APS . The lenticular stamps are pretty interesting along with the new way of sending letters but I am afraid that this might make the hobby extinct; I didn't mean that the new way of sending letters is a issue it makes a use of the technology the mankind has made but it might make the stamps extinct
An entire episode about lenticular stamps would be interesting. I have some from Bhutan and many of the Art of Magic ones.
As always, I really enjoy your show. Please take care!
Thank you 😊. The Art of Magic stamps are some of my favorite lenticulars. Thanks so much for watching.
Congratulations on your awards Graham, very well deserved! Another great episode! I don't have a lenticular card yet but I think they are beautiful. Thank you for all the information you provide ✨📯✨
Thank you 😊. Glad you enjoyed the episode. I have added you to the giveaway.
I feel very honored to be able to own on of those special stamps and to have my mail featured on your channel at 21:06 to 22:40. Thanks Graham you are a real one in this community!
This is the first time I have seen lenticular stamp. Thank you for sharing.
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching 😊
Thank for the video. Bhutan can be a fun country to collect. Lots of gimmick stamps including many affordable lenticular stamps.
Ah yes Bhutan has some lenticulars that I need to look into. I think I have some of the space stamps from them. Thanks Aaron 😊
Hi Graham, another great episode. In order to answer your viewer about lenticular / hologram stamps, for Canada: one hologram stamp was issued in 1999 for the Millennium serie. Also, in 2009, 3 x 3$ lenticular stamps were for the 100th anniversay of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team. And finally, in 2016 2 x 5$ lenticular stamps were issued for a special Star Trek serie. I used some of them Star Trek a few months ago for my mailart and my correspondants that received those stamps were really amazed and happy. Cheers! Reg
Thanks Reg 😊. I need to look up those lenticular stamps that you mentioned. I saw the star trek ones and got excited about those 🖖. Thanks so much for watching
Oh! I also visited Austria on my trip, which brings their A-Game when it comes to stamps, as you know. I visited a Post Office with a Collectors' counter in Vienna and bought many interesting stamps, including the Covid-19 ones (elephant on toilet paper, bandaid, mask stamp made of mask material), one made of leather, their embroidered and lace stamps, and one *printed on tile* (Can be used on a letter)(But not by me). I also visited a local dealer to track down two really special series of beautiful Austrian "Stamp Day" (or "Tag der Briefmark") stamps that together cover two decades. One series was done by a famous engraver and the other was supervised by him, done in collaboration with several artists. The dealer was super nice and spoke great English (I speak only a tiny bit of High School German) and she told me a lot of fun "stories behind the stamps". She also sold me a terrific stamp of the "Venus of Willendorf", a figurine held in a museum there and of which Austria is quite proud. It is very cool! They called it "3-D" but I think it's what you mean by lenticular. It was issued in 2008. Congratulations on your award btw. Well deserved!
Yay thanks for the postcard, Susan. Glad to see that you incorporated philately into your trip. Speaking to a local dealer in Austria must have been a wonderful experience, Ill have to take a look for the 2008 stamp that you mentioned. Thanks so much for watching 😊
@@ExploringStamps You are quite welcome! I mentioned in my first comment (apparently deleted by UA-cam because I tried to sneakily include a link to the museum) that the volunteers there were so helpful. They gave me some of those postcards and I immediately thought of you. I hope you are able to visit Hungary soon, as they have an amazing stamp history. Many of their local Post Offices have collectors' counters where they have beautiful displays and sell long-out-of-print stamps for very reasonable prices. They also participate in "Stamp Day" (for them, "Bèlyegnap") and have issued lots of interesting stamps for it.
Totally enjoy your channel!! I usually watch your videos while sorting stamps that I have received. Kind of jealous that you get to go to a lot of places we only dream of. Thank You for making stamp collecting such a joy!!!
Congratulations Graham to have one of your own stamps in british library! I just wanted to say that this episode(like every epizode)is amazing. I also wanted to say that LENTICULAR PRINTED stamps are very rade and interesting. Thanks for all your super videos and keep doping like that!
Thanks for another great episode (they're all great). I really enjoy the viewer mail segments. It's like watching you open a treasure box.
😊. Thank you!! So glad that you enjoy the viewer mail segments, I love learning from my viewers.
lenticular. the 1st 3-d stamps came from the country Bhutan in 1967 ish. Bhutan even did record stamps in 1967 ish that you could play. they had a short history of Bhutan along with the national anthem.
You're a philatelic celebrity. No wonder they want to have something made by a man who gave philately some extra years. Especially this is unique work of art and effect of your practical exploration of technology. You're carving your name in philatelic history, bro. Live with that 👍
What a great episode, as always! Has to be thrilling going to your PO Box each time! Keep up the great work and congratulations on your award. You're doing a lot to keep the hobby alive. Regards from Panama.
Btw... lenticular ! 😅
Omg how exciting! Congrats on having a piece in the British Library 😊 Eddy and I are so grateful to have print number 6 in our collection, and it’s inspired us to find out more on printing techniques in philately. Thanks for being so inspiring 😊
😊 I love it! Thanks so much for your support, glad I can share the pride with you both. It is so cool to have a (rare) item in the BL. Thanks for watching.
Your homemade stamps are going to rise in value for sure! I realy like the mail day episodes too!
P.S. Lenticular!
Thank you 😊. Send me your mailing address, and you can have a set of WPD postcards plus a lenticular. explorestamps@gmail.com
That was a long episode..
Acceptance in British Library is great news...Congratulations.
Many vintage 3D / Lenticular stamps are there with many odd stamp collectors. I came across many Bhutan 3D stamps
There is a Rhino too from Bhutan in 1970 wildlife series.
Waiting for 3D episode...
Oh I didnt know that!!! An actual 3d rhino stamp from Bhutan... buying it now. 😬
Thanks for letting me know.
I once did some covers similar to the berlin wall postcard. I mounted a canadian 25 cent piece in a cover for Her Majesty's 95th birthday. It was trickier than I expected!
I always learn so much from your videos. Absolutely hands down my favorite philatelic UA-cam channel! Thank you for always being so wonderful to your viewers whether in person or via the web. Thank you for the Lenticular / world postcard day postcard giveaway as well. I'm looking forward to actually sending out postcards this year.
Another fantastic episode, Graham. So much great stuff to learn about and enjoy. Also, congratulations on all of the great (and well deserved) accomplishments! I was happy to see the lenticular postcards. I actually have a couple of Star Trek Lenticular stamps from Canada Post but I am very hesitant to place them on a letter! All the best!
Thank you 😊. Glad to see that you enjoyed it. Oh I gotta look up those Star Trek Lenticulars, nice!! (Yeah I wouldnt use them either 😉 )
Lenticular!!
Great episode, Graham, and congrats on your awards. You're very deserving of the recognition!
Thank you Angie 😊. You are entered into the giveaway.
Congratulations you are so deserving. All the awards and getting the stamp in getting the stamp in the British Library. As I am one of the lucky recipients of one of the stamps I feel the pride as well. Well done!
Thank you Connie 😊. Glad you can share the pride with me, it is so cool of the British Library to accept the stamp and support the channel.
Hi Graham
Lots of great content again in this episode. Now I have a few weeks holidays I can follow up on some of the links. Australia has issued some “lenticular” stamps on the Great Barrier Reef and Surf Life Saving.
The Wilkens FDC you talked about at the GASS was very interesting! Hubert Wilkins was an Australian Polar explorer. He pioneered aviation in Antarctica. I have been meaning to read the book by Peter Fitzsimmons (ex wallaby player) about him.
Australia’s new Antarctic aerodrome is named after Wilkins. Thanks again for the amazing content on your UA-cam channel and socials.
Thanks Marni. I need to look into the two Aussie Lenticulars that you mentioned.
I managed to get a couple excellent scans for the FDC at GASS, it really is interesting. Nyle that shared it with me, pointed out some other literature as well. I will be compiling the insta stories into a youtube vid for next week, and will include a better look at the cover.
Thanks so much for your support and watching the channel. 😊
great lenticular items. I have the We love lucy ELEPHANT First Day Cover coming your way. it was a lot of fun creating. congrats on you recognition by the APS!
Lenticular printing process gives postcards a whole new look and appeal. Enjoyed this episode and all your previous offerings. Congratulations on getting your stamp into the British Library's Philatelic Collections. Look forward to future episodes. Keep up the great work. You set the "Gold Standard" for Philatelic channels. APS verified that with your latest award.
Thank you 😊. It really means a lot to know that you are enjoying the channel. Thanks so much for watching (and you are entered into the giveaway.)
RE - the China postcard has the complete set of these lovely stamp series. A keeper I would say.
Oh good to know. YES it is totally a keeper!!
Great! Loved the video! Lenticular postcards are just so cool, and with the actual world postcard day, its so awesome! Anyway thanks for the video and take care!
~philately65
Thank you Aaden, lenticular postcards are so much fun. Glad you enjoyed the video 😊
Congrats on the awards and inclusion of your art stamp in the British Library!
Thank you so much! 😊
Hi. I always get super excited when one of your new videos comes out. Looking forward to postcard day and will definitely send a postcard your way. PS Lenticular clouds are common around mountains that force incoming air to rise.
Lenticular clouds are beautiful! 😂. Nice way to enter into the giveaway 👍. Thanks so much for watching.
WOW really enjoyed your show. the word "lenticular" Thanks for all you do. Congrats on your awards and keep those videos rolling. 20 Nov 2022 - should be nice to see the USA in action⚽
Thank you Steven. Looking forward to the World Cup as well 😊.. Thanks for watching.
Great episode Graham. The range of topics covered was nice. Lenticular stamps do deserve an episode of their own. Kudos for all your efforts to keep the hobby alive. Here's to many more awards coming your way 👍👍👍
Thank you so much. Your support and continued viewership really means a lot. Thanks for watching 😊
Hello Graham and congrats on your awards. I've been following your channel for a while now and it makes my day whenever a new episode is released. It would be amazing to receive a postcard from you, lenticular or not. I guess it will be your first card to Iran. 😉
Thank you so much 😊. Glad to see that you enjoy the channel. I have entered you into the giveaway!
Graham, I just want to add my congratulations for all of your well-deserved awards and recognition. I especially think it is more than cool that one of your cinderella 'Exploring Stamps' stamp made it into the philatelic collection of the British Library. I've also visited the British Library Philatelic Collection and it is more than amazing! I am also proud to possess print #13 of your Exploring Stamps stamp and want to thank you for your generosity! As I've always said, your channel content and enthusiasm for this hobby is both amazing and contagious. Thank you for sharing all the interesting mail and stamps your receive from viewers around the world. I am always excited to see all the wonderful stamps and ephemera you receive!
Thank you Gary. That's right!! you have print lucky #13 🙌. It really is cool that the BL has accepted the print. Thanks so much for your support and viewership, it really means a lot.
Thanks Graham for all the work you put into researching stamps. Love the channel and you got me reinterested in collecting stamps which I have put aside years ago. I also collect post cards due to belonging to postcrossing. Would love to include the LENTICULAR postcard in my collection. Regards John.
Thank you John, glad to see that you are part of postcrossing and enjoying the channel. I have entered you into the giveaway 😊
@@ExploringStamps Thank you Graham,
Those lenticular postcards are very cool!
They are! Entered into the giveaway 😊
This is the first time I heard about a lenticular postcard...they seem really cool
They really are! Entered into the giveaway 😊
Congrats on the award Graham 👍. Regarding 3D stamps they were initially produced by some of the Arab countries ie. Ajman, Umm Al Quwain in the early '70s as well as the kingdom of Bhutan in the '60s.
Beautiful "stamps" valid for postage and very collectable. At least that's what I think, but I also collect them 😁
Regards from 🇩🇰, Claus Dittrich Philatech STAMPS
Thank you. I imagined that Bhutan had a role to play in the early lenticular stamps. I will have to explore this further. Thanks so much for watching Claus. 😊
Great Video! Loved the stamps and postcards! Really learn much and also got an update on philately... Thanks! I would have loved the artwork stamps....gonna ready my postcards for October 1st!
LENTICULAR
Thank you, so glad to see that you enjoyed the video. Looking forward to October 1st. Oh and you are entered into the giveaway 😊👍
Well done on another amazing episode, Graham. I loved seeing all the unusual items your subscribers send to you, especially the lenticular postcards and the Norwegian letter using stamps from its ‘dead’ currency. I’ll be at Stampex in few weeks and hope to send some World Postcard Day postcards from there on Sat 1st October.
Thank you Barry, glad to see that you are enjoying the videos. Maybe I will see you at Stampex on that Saturday. Thanks so much for watching 😊
Best advice is telling everyone you collect stamps! I always say stamp collecting is at least 50% begging for stamps. 🤪
😂 totally! Most of the stamps in my childhood collection came from other people 😆
Long time viewer, first time commenter :D
Thank you for another great video. The information about dead currency was definitely the detailed that sparked my interest the most. I never thought this was possible, with all the overprints, and small values to make up bigger, or change out systems like they do in the uk. Great!
Lenticular, please. :)
Yay thanks for watching the channel, Warren. Yeah I really need to look more info into the dead currencies on stamps, I see that other people are commenting other locations that still use dead currencies, this really is interesting. Entered into the giveaway. 😊
Those Lenticular cards are cool, I would much prefer a stamp with a barcode over the random handwritten code. Keep up the interesting videos, I learn something new in every episode.
The lenticular cards really are cool. Cool to know that I'm not alone with the barcode stamps, I totally prefer them over to written codes. Thanks so much for watching. 😊
Another great episode! Congratulations on the award and thank you so much for the shout out.
Thanks Smokey 😊. Keep up the great videos.
Lenticular and BTW, I think the USA stamp commemorating the eclipse of 2019(?)) Is lenticular. Great episode!!!
Thank you Fran!! Entered into the giveaway 😊
fantastic video as usual. Loved your take on the barcode Machin. I replied on your twitter post about how much I disliked them, but compared to the Danish numbers, they don't seem that bad!
Thank you, yup compared to the mobile porto system, I don't think the Machins are that bad... It seems that they are still getting counterfieted... there are a lot of questions now about the future of postage stamps... sad 🥺... Thanks so much for watching!
Another fantastic video Graham! It's always a treat seeing your videos in the notification bell tab!!
Thanks Jack! 😊. Glad you enjoyed it.
Always happy to see another video posted👍. Oh, and lenticular😉
More to come 😊. Entered into the giveaway.
WOW , this video was a blast !!!!! , really interesting topics.
Congratulations on your recognition and award Graham
Regarding the letter from India , it is frecuently happening I used to trade with a friend in India and all the covers came with staples , and warped , it is a real pity becase some Indian stamps are beautifull.
Best regards and keep the awesome work
Congratulations, and more exciting times ahead Graham 🙂
Thank you Mark 😊
Stamps are absolute history that cannot be changed! I’ve been collecting since I was 8 so I was a collector before it was cool…..nay it’s always been cool.
Totally! Stamps have permanently captured our history. And yes, its always been cool 😊
You have a great channel! BTW Belgium recently announced that stamps in Belgian Francs will become obsolete by December 31, 2027. That includes all stamps that were released since oktober 1961, and even some older ones. We're in Euro-currency for over 20 years now. 😂
Thank you 😊, glad that you enjoy the channel! This is interesting!! 😂 Amazing that it has taken 20 years to make this announcement, I'm sure there will be a few stamp dealers and mail enthusiasts that will be moving through their unused stock in the next 4 years, although there is plenty of time still to get through it all. Thanks so much for watching.
So surprised about Denmark's decision! Last year my dad ordered a vinyl record all the way from Denmark to Chile and the box was absolutely covered in stamps! That was my trigger to start collecting, I was so surprised and happy when I received that pizza-box like package. I'll really treasure those danish stamps forever
Wonderful video as always! Congratulations on the recognition, which you deeply deserve. :) I am an avid collector of Lenticular stamps, often classed as unusual or gimmicky stamps. This genre includes items like scented stamps, those printed on unusual materials and holograms. It's a lot of fun!
Thank you 😊. I love the gimmicky stamps, my favs are the Bhutan record stamps, I think I have 3 of them now. Thanks so much for watching.
Congratulations Graham. 🎊 Thank you for the great episode.
I really like the lenticular t-Rex stamps the usps released a couple years back. I have been using those on my recent letters I have been sending.
I JUST got a sheet of those T-Rex stamps, they are awesome. Thanks so much for watching. 😊
My NEWPHEW lives in Japan.
He sent lots of stamps from Oaska , to my mom & I.
There very...beautiful..
Graham great video as usual. As you know I am back in France where it is said that the 1st of January 2023, french stamps will not be available in post office anymore, but on the internet. As you may know, for me, it is sad to know but people that use postage, don't want to have messes with post offices, and never have their post mails or packages arrive. I understand that, but, it still will be a sad day for philately. Keep on doing these great videos. Until our next meeting. David Barban-Colombier
Great episode! It gives me a whole month to gear up for Postcard Day. I really LOVE old postcards, there are so many different styles of them here in the US. Our local stamp show has yet to reopen so the hobby is still on hold but we have your videos. Best to you and yours, Buzza
Thanks Buzza Wuzza! Yes get ready for the big day (WPD). Hopefully your local stamp show opens soon.
Congratulations your award
You deserve it 😘😘
Thank you 🙏
Hi Graham! I loved this video! Learned a lot. Keep up the good work!
Thank you Tracy, glad you enjoyed it!!
Ι sat down and caught up with the episodes I hadnt watched. Amazing work, I am always having so much fun watching your video. Cheers from Greece
Oh thank you!! 😊 Glad you are enjoying the videos, thank you for watching in Greece
Congratulations on your reward you really deserve it!!!! I really like the rabbit in the magic hat I have a set of them I hope they make more lenticular stamps
Thank you Aaron 😊. The magic stamps are some of my favorite to use on outgoing mail, they really are cool. Thanks for watching.
Congratulations! Well done getting your stamp into the British Library. Sorry I missed the giveaway, would have been awesome to have one in my cinderella collection. But that's the way it goes. Yer not fast, yer last. 😆
Thank you James. Yeah the stamps were gone by day 4 or 5. We need to get Jerrit to come up with a new design that we can do a giveaway for 😬. Thanks so much for watching.
I received a letter from Canada recently with a 3d stamp featuring the original Star Trek. Looks amazing. Have a look.
Oh man those are cool! Placing an order on eBay right now. 🖖
Hi Graham: Thank you so very much for sharing so much information in your video presentations, I have been learning a great deal from your sharing,
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Ive been colecting stamps (among many other things) since I was a kid (which I sort of still am) and really enjoy it! I dont really have one specific category I focus on, I just like ones from different countries, etc. Also I really like workers propaganda ones and ones from postal companies other than the countries national operators. LENTICULAR
Hello, I'm a new stamp collector and haven't yet narrowed down my interests. Although I do like WWII themes and watercolor looking stamps. I'm also just a few months in to postcrossing. The lenticular cards are very interesting and I'll be looking into them more. I've learned a lot from your channel and appreciate it very much. (No to barcode, yes to stamps).
Yay welcome to the hobby, Melody. Glad to see that you are enjoying postcrossing, and this channel. Take your time in narrowing down your interests, part of the enjoyment is the discovery period and exploring different specialties. 😊. Thanks so much for watching.
You are a philately boy 🤣🤣 advertising stamp collecting keep it going and congratulations on your awards. Lenticular are very great to look at . PS is the Chinese stamp the biggest ever made ? 👍👍👍. 🇦🇺😎
Hi Graham, thanks for this episode. Very interesting. The frist lenticular stamps I got were from umm al qiwain, 3D trains. Terwille to have them in your album. There are also some Dutch lenticular stamps a short movie and Olympische wintergames. About the letters instead of stamps, yes we do have that @#%& too. And as in Denmark, no post offices anymore. Nog you can go to the supermarket or some other stores. It is impossible to get new stamps. You have to order them via internet.
Oh good to know, thank you Klaas, I will look out for those lenticulars. Sad to see that you also dont have post offices anymore, yeah Im not a big fan of the mobile porto concept but I get why it exists. Thanks so much for watching.
As always, you do a great job on these episodes and provide tons of ideas which inspire me. Hopefully, soon, I will find the time to begin my own philatelic vlogs.
In the meantime, I love the Lenticular (and World Postcard Day) items. I believe I have one Lenticular card in my collection, sent by my sister a few years back from Walt Disney World....
Keep up the great work.
Wonderful video! Thanks!
😊. Thank you Michael
Fabulous Episode Graham. It's pleasing to hear about Lenticular Postcard from you.Lots of love from Bangladesh🇧🇩
Luv to see more modern local posts! Would it be rude of me to plug the stamp chat I did for the APS? It’s titled “Local Posts 101” and it’s about the history of these posts in the US from the 1850s to today!
I’ll have to send you some of my Piggyback Post stamps. My post only runs in October during Stamp Collecting Month, (plus a special holiday run in late November.)
I also luv the interest in lenticular printing. My local post’s theme this year is space, so perhaps I’ll make an animated UFO stamp? Whoops I’m already falling down the rabbit hole looking at how to DIY lenticular printing now!
Was great to see you in Sacramento!
Of course!! It is one of my favorite stamp chats that I have discussed before on this channel. Everyone go watch it: ua-cam.com/video/8I2HvB7hOlA/v-deo.html
Thanks so much CJ, it was great hanging out at the show, I will be posting all those stories soon as a YT video.
Wow, dear Graham! Huge congratulations for the British Library! You are History now and we are very proud of you. My "Graham Stamp" is framed in my office. It was great to see the postcard from the Budapest Stamp Museum. I am sure you recognised the famous "Inverted Madonna" on the front. I was born in Hungary and it would be a honour to be your guide in the Museum and in Budapest of course. You are truly invited, I would be more than happy to host You and Laura in my homeland. Greetings from Ireland, Zsolt
Thank you 😊!! Glad you saw the episode, your print made a small appearance. Yes I totally look forward to exploring Hungary in the future, and that stamp museum is on my list. Thanks so much for all of your support.