#Stamp collecting
Stamp collector promotes hobby for youths
William Melver has been involved in stamp collecting for more than 50 years, since he was a 13-year-old growing up in Texas. Now the West Hill resident would like to see more young people pick up the hobby that he said has enriched his life so much. "Stamps are such great media for teaching or relating stories, from historic events to geography and culture," said Melver, who is a member of several
If there were cities on Mars…
Founder of the Mars Society and popularizer of ideas about Mars colonization, an American aerospace engineer Robert Zubrin told the reporter from "My Planet" about his plan of a manned mission to Mars, Mars Direct. MP (My Planet): I'll start with a general question - the theme of spaceflight has been abandoned for several decades already after its peak in the 60-70s. And now we are back to it agai
Raphael the Italian painter through philately
FindYourStampsValue.com is pleased to present the second philatelic article provided by eCharta auctions (the first one can be found here: https://www.FindYourStampsValue.com/?p=17158). This time we will plunge into the history of the great Italian painter Raphael through the philatelic issues of all times. We hope both philatelists and art lovers would enjoy the article. Raffaello S
The Transition of Hong Kong's Philatelic Ownership
The team of FindYourStampsValue.com thanks its young friend philatelist Ethan Chiu for the collected and provided material on Hong Kong philatelic history. Not many people know that stamps ever issued by Hong Kong cannot be considered as Chinese by origin, even if the city of Hong Kong is a part of today's China. Surprisingly, there are many British stamps featuring the words "Hong Kong". Let's se
