No shortage of COVID-19 stamps to fill out collection

On July 24, the United Nations Postal Administration will issue a mini-sheet with six semi-postal stamps to raise money for the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 fund.

Since mid-march, more than a dozen countries have issued COVID-19 stamps as commemorations, fundraising efforts and attempts to bring people together in a time of crisis. While some of these stamps are official issues released by their respective country’s postal administration, many personalized stamps and much-maligned “wallpaper” stamps have also been produced in the past four... Continue reading →

‘Today’s mail, tomorrow’s postal history’: COVID-19 collections take form

Advertising mail sent by Toronto’s Michael Garron Hospital Foundation features pandemic-related indicia. Photo by Jean Wang.

With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing since mid-March, countries around the world have been fighting an invisible enemy for about four months. In that time, while adjusting to the “new normal,” postal administrations have given collectors a plethora of pandemic-related postal history, stamps and postmarks that will serve topical and thematic exhibitors well into... Continue reading →

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