On June 6, the Royal Mail released a new series of stamps featuring some of the UK's favorite dog breeds.   The collection, featuring a Dalmatian, Jack Russell Terrier, Labrador Retriever, Border Collie, Whippet, Siberian Husky, Chihuahua, Cocker Spaniel, Pemb...

Today, Bulgarian Posts validated a special postage stamp dedicated to one of the most iconic actors of world cinema - Marcello Mastroianni.   The theme of the issue is "History of World Cinema. 100 Years Since the Birth of Marcello Mastroianni". Through this b...

At the Lyaskov Monastery "St. Peter and Paul", a postal-philatelic edition "150 years since the founding of the Peter and Paul Theological Seminary" was validated.   The theme "Monasteries as a support for the Bulgarian spirit and statehood" dates back to the ...

145 years of Bulgarian Postal Communications - the anniversaries of the establishment of Bulgarian Postal Communications and the release of the first Bulgarian postage stamp into circulation are celebrated.   On May 1, 1879, the first Bulgarian postage stamps,...

China has been accused of flooding Britain with fake Royal Mail stamps. The Daily Telegraph reported that sources close to Royal Mail said the fakes from the Asian country were causing a surge in complaints that stamps bought from legitimate shops were being d...

After a month-long lull in philatelic life, it's good to write something that shows that despite the difficult moments, there are also positive ones.   In the period from January to March 2024, three rotational meetings of the philatelic societies from the cit...

Of the 28 postal issues of China issued in 2023, today I will present to you the five most interesting and beautiful.   1. We will start with the postal issue dedicated to the Chinese martial art from the family of internal styles of Wushu - "Taijiquan". It in...

The official validation was carried out by Eng. Ognyan Atanasov and Pepa Markova, chief expert at Bulgarian Posts EAD.   The official ceremony for the validation of the two postage stamps was held at the Art Gallery "Vladimir Dimitrov - Master" Kyustendil. It ...

On 12.01.2024, voting in the competition "The Most Beautiful Bulgarian Postal Issue for 2023" published on the website philatelybg.eu ended. The competition included 42 postal issues validated in 2023 by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Repu...

It has been an exciting, diverse and turbulent year in philately terms, filled with validations, exhibitions and other philatelic events. The year 2023 was marked by both good and not so good moments, which we will celebrate a little later.   1. General philat...