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Ethiopian stamps (Part 1)
An exhibit of early stamps from Ethiopia from the beginning of the Posts in 1894 to joining the Universal Postal Union in 1908 Contents Introduction I have been collecting stamps of Ethiopia for several years, but it had always been a solitary pursuit except for link up online with the Ethiopian Philatelic Society, whose few…
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PostDay – 8th Feb 2023
On this page: Postcard from Fukuoka This is the unmistakable style of the great master of Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock printing, Hokusai. There are fishing boats like these under the looming Great Wave off Kanagawa (1831), from Hokusai’s masterpiece Thirty-six Views of Mt Fuji. Here too is the dynamic heave and dip of a great swell,…