Thursday, February 23, 2017

Canadian Kiosk Stamps

Canadian ATM stamps are not that common in Canada. There are only a few self-serve kiosks in major cities that dispense them. These were produced in 2016 and feature paintings from the collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Clockwise from top-right:
  • In The Northland by Tom Thomson
  • Little Haven, Nova Scotia by Arthur Lismer
  • Indian War Canoe (Alert Bay) by Emily Carr
  • Winter, Baie-Saint-Paul by Albert Henry Robinson
  • The Front of Winter by James Edward Hervey MacDonald


Saturday, February 11, 2017

Villa La Angostura, Argentina

Villa La Angostura is an alpine village in Pategonia. It's up in the Andes, sitting inside the Nahuel Huapi National Park, surrounded by mountains and lakes. A beautiful tourist town.

Monday, January 30, 2017

Buenos Aires, Argentina

The postmarks on the toucans stamp sheet are from Ramos Mejía: a city on the west side of the greater Buenos Aires area.


Sunday, January 29, 2017

Singapore

Stamps from a set of 5 issued by SingPost on July 2016, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the annual Singapore Youth Festival. The festival "celebrates the rich diversity of youth talent in schools in Singapore" and the stamps contain designs "that symbolise the dynamism and energy of youths and their artistic pursuits in the arts, dance, drama and music".  More here.


Monday, January 23, 2017

TAAF stamps 2017

Some of the new TAAF stamps issued by LaPoste on January 1. I don't purchase as many as I used to. I usually pass on the mini sheets and higher value stamps. It's just getting too expensive to buy them all each year.


The mineral stamps this year feature a well applied spot varnish. And the "Foraminifera" shaped stamp is heavily embossed.




Sunday, January 15, 2017

Martin-de-Viviès, Île Amsterdam, TAAF

Sent from the Marion Dufresne during its fourth rotation through the French Southern Lands.


Friday, December 30, 2016

Antwerp, Belgium

Kittens from Belgium. Making out the postmark was difficult but I'm pretty sure it says "Antwerpen X" which refers to the BPost sorting center in Antwerp.


Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Turrialba, Costa Rica

Turrialba is a city in the center of Costa Rica, in the canton on Turrialba in the province of Cartago. The canton is also the location of the Turrialba volcano which was last active in September of this year.



Monday, December 26, 2016

Beernem, Belgium

The stamps on this cover from Beernem are from a 2011 "This is Belgium" sheet entitled "Strength through Humor", with stamps illustrated and signed by famous Belgium cartoonists.