Hi group, Â A stamp friend sent me blocks of four of numerous wild cats from Zimbabwe (like the attached example). With space at a premium in my collection,...
Dear Marci, I personally prefer to collect single stamps as well, but if you came across such blocks with traffic lights you should keep them intact. Regards ...
I would echo Greg's comment. I think we all normally go for single stamps, but it would be a shame to split up traffic-light blocks like that. Patrick ... ...
Dear Greg, Â Thanks for your reply. I always have kept them intact, so I guess I'll continue. Â Happy 4th!! Â Regards, Â Marci Marci Jarvis, Editor Cat...
Thanks, Patrick. Guess I'll keep them intact.  Marci Marci Jarvis, Editor Cat Mews, Journal of the Cats On Stamps Study Unit http://www.catsonstamps.org ......
I heard back from one of the "experts" I consulted about the blocks of four stamps. He said the colors of the ink shown add no value to the stamps and he...
Attached images are YoT issues from Mongolia, Micronesia & Mozambique captured from Herricks recent announcement of new issues. Just for everyone's info on how...
Again captured from Herricks, these sheetlets feature the full 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, where the tiger is the 3rd animal. I am not sure the year of...
Hi group, Â You are invited to view "Dick Whittington & His Cat" on the Philatelic Materials page of the Cats on Stamps web site. There are also photos of...
Myanmar released a stamp to commemorate 60 Years of Diplomatic Relations with China. The stamp features both the gateway to the new capital of Myanmar on the...
Hi group, Â Two pictorial postmarks with cats appear in today's Postal Bulletin. The Catskills festival is the same as two previous years. The other has a...
Greetings from sunny France and the Basque Coast! Vanuatu issued a set of four domestic cat stamps on 14 July 2010. See http://www.vanuatupost.vu/cats.html ...
The Singapore Post will issue the Singapore Youth Olympic Games (SYOG) stamps 14 August. There are 4 stamps, featuring the game mascots - Lyo (a young lion)...
For Singapore Post's participation in Bangkok 2010, 25th Asian International Stamp Exhibition, a souvenir sheet will be released on 4 August. The design is ...
Hi all! While browsing the Royal Mail Shop, I came accross this Smilers Sheet issued by Benham. I completely missed this one in the first round. Has anyone on...
I don't know if this is better..... I don't have it.... It is lovely ...... Bridget ... From: Geir Arveng To: catstamps@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 25,...
Hi all! I do not know what the Plautus Festival is, but it is its 50th anniversary, and thre's a Tiger on the stamp. Issued 17 July 2010. It seems to be an...
Yes it is lovely.......but I wonder - at 24.95 and afranking value of 3.90, will it ever see any postal use? I doubt it, and I am still undecided on whether...
I don't think Royal Mail makes them with any postal use in mind! There are so many sheets like this now, with all kinds of subject. But then, prestige booklets...
Geir, Â The Plautus Festival is a series of theatrical performances to honor the ancient playwright, Plautus. I'm not sure about the significance of the...
Hi all, Here is the translation of the info from the Italian Post website: Right field on burgundy logo Plautus Festival Sarsina represented by an old...
Recently I come across new machine cancellations on locally sent envelopes, featuring the Singapore Youth Olympic Games (SYOG). This one in the attached image...
Greetings:  On Oct. 12, Great Britain will issue a 10-stamp set of Winnie-the-Pooh stamps for the theme, Children's Books. Tigger is on one of the stamps...
Marci, Look at the 88p stamp - isn't it a cat on the right? Regards, Nahum ... Nahum Shereshevsky Translations, Editing and Technical Writing 04-832-0902 ...
