My Stamp Stuff
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Resolute Bay, Canada
Monday, May 19, 2025
Doraemon Post, Takaoka Japan
Friday, May 16, 2025
Digital Quran, Algeria
Monday, May 5, 2025
Philately Week FDC, Osaka Japan
On this cover from Osaka are the 2025 Philately Week stamp issues from Japan Post. Each is postmarked with matching first-day postmarks. On the left is "jo-no-mai" painted in 1936 by Shoen Uemura. The painting depicts a young woman performing the slow and graceful jo no mai dance during a Noh play. And on the right is "Maiko in a Garden" painted in 1924 by Bakusen Tsuchida, depicting a Maiko dancer seated in a Japanese garden.
Friday, April 25, 2025
Traditional Women's Outfits of Eastern Algeria, FDC
The knowledge and skills necessary to craft the Melehfa and Gandoura are recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage belonging to the Eastern region of Algeria.

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. Japan
Friday, April 18, 2025
Forest Hike in Finland
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Lufthansa AWI Charter Flight, Germany
The Lufthansa Airbus stamp on this envelope is pre-printed. The envelope and postmark commemorate the journey of winter staff to Germany's Newmayer III research station in the Antarcitc. They were scheduled to be flown from Munich to the Falkland Islands by Lufthansa charter flight LH-2572 on 10 March 2025.
Friday, April 11, 2025
Big one from Canada
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Kudanminami, Tokyo. Japan
A few older stamps on this cover from the Kudanminami district in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo. The stamps on the left from 1965 commemorate Soma Nomaoi: an annual festival going back 1000 years, that showcases military and horse riding skills. The stamp in the middle from 1988 features the UNESCO listed Itsukushima shrine near Hiroshima. And the stamp on the right from 1989 shows a small gift bowl from Nara's TÅdai Temple, circa 750 AD.
Monday, April 7, 2025
Watrous, Saskatchewan. Canada
Watrous is a small town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Pictured in the postmark is the CBK radio station that has operated outside of Watrous since 1939. It operates a 50kW AM transmitter that provides coverage of the Saskatchewan urban areas of Regina and Saskatoon. The art-deco style main station building is long gone but the antenna and a transmitter shed remain. The station has been fully automated since the 1980's with all programming fed in from CBC studios in Regina.