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The Gallery – Ilze Brüggemann, Collage and Postcard Artist (Full Interview)
*Published Winter 2025 Last year, freelance writer and translator Ilze Brüggemann published a book, Map Cards for Africa, that expressed her love for her home of South Africa and the surrounding nations through her hobbies of philately and deltiology. Using stamps, postcards, and objects symbolizing important elements of her own life and history, Ilze creates…
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The Stamps of Antarctica – Hal Vogel (Full Article)
*Published Winter 2025 Antarctica was the last of the seven continents to be discovered. When Englishman Edward Bransfield confirmed in early 1820 the existence of previously unknown islands below South America in latitudes south of 60 degrees, he thought they might be part of the theorized, but never sighted, continent. However, he was not sure.…
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Screentime — Kendra Gaylord (Full Interview)
*Published Summer 2024 We first learned about Kendra Gaylord thanks to her funny and informative TikToks about stamps – but we soon learned that’s just one facet of her work. As the host of the Someone Lived Here podcast and a YouTuber with almost 100,000 followers, Kendra tours historic homes, connects history and pop culture,…
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The Gallery — Dani Leviss (Full Interview)
*Published Summer 2024 A cachetmaker and science editor from the New Jersey area, Dani Leviss grew up in a philatelic household, with her father the co-founder of Barry and Gerry Covers and the BGC cachet line. She was designing first day cover cachets and learning the ropes of the trade for as long as she…
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Stamp Trek — Collecting Poland by Thomas Bieniosek
*Published Summer 2024 Poland issued its first stamp in 1860, when it was ruled by the tsar of Russia (1). The stamp is modeled after the first Russian stamp, is inscribed in both Polish and Russian, and paid the postage for a one-ounce letter within Poland or to Russia. The tsar ended the use of…
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Screentime – James Gavin, The Digital Philatelist (Full Interview)
*Published Spring 2024 In June 2020, Australian philatelist James Gavin launched The Digital Philatelist, an online index of philatelic resources aimed at helping the modern philatelist find useful information about the hobby more easily. Today, the award-winning site directs visitors to everything from society websites to philatelic Etsy shops to instructional YouTube videos – all…
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The Gallery – Margarete Miller (Full Interview)
Margarete Miller, Collage Artist *Published Spring 2024 A collage artist from the San Francisco Bay Area, Margarete Miller started out making collage art and gluebooks as a hobby, using the artform as a creative outlet when her children were young. Today, her hobby has become her passion; through her website, collage classes, and the Vintage…
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The Gallery – Tonia Jillings (Full Interview)
Tonia Jillings, Postage Stamp Artist *Published Winter 2024 On her inspirations I have always enjoyed being creative. I received a BA Hons in Design Craft, and worked within an art department supporting students. My stamp interest started back in 2014 when my family saw me saving some beautiful Hong Kong bird stamps off of packaging that was…
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Michael’s Stamps – Free Stamp Collecting Starter Kits (Full Article)
By Michael Lynn *Published Winter 2024 I was recently asked what I thought one could do to help the hobby of stamp collecting to grow. I was happy to answer this question as I have been working on a project to support new collectors for the past year: Michael’s Stamps – Free Stamp Collecting Starter…
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Duck Stamp Hero (Full Interview with Kira Sabin)
“I want to make the Federal Duck Stamp Contest more accessible.” Meet Kira Sabin, who is introducing TikTok to the world of duck stamps.