Tag: Aruba
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Philatelic Round-Up! #3
Week of 28 May 2023 Åland Post Artist Video Åland Post recently uploaded a brief video in which Christopher Relander, the photographer who designed the upcoming Bark Boat in a Jar stamp, explains his inspiration and design process. While the audio is in Swedish, there are excellent English subtitles. I wish more postal administrations/philatelic departments…
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Aruba 2023, Part 1 (2023)
Aruba released a miniature sheet containing three stamps on January 22 to commemorate the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit which began on that date. Designed by Yohandy Larmonie, the diamond-oriented stamps have denominations of 220, 320, and 520 Aruban cents. The miniature sheet was printed by offset lithography. The design of this souvenir sheet…
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Recently-Received Mail – 1 October 2015
The school term finally ended yesterday and I’m preparing to get back-on-track with my philatelic pursuits, including putting together another “Stamp Issuers” article for this blog in the very near future. After a lengthy period of no mail deliveries, I had a nice batch trickle in during final exams week. The mail brought a few…