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Scottish Author Robert Louis Stevenson Featured on Samoa Postage Stamps

Robert Louis Stevenson – 100th Ann Death on Samoa Stamp 1990

Hi Mairiuna! I have to tell you I had much pleasure reading your article about Robert Louis Stevenson, one of our favourite Scottish writers.

Furthermore, it was great to see such a nice variety of beautiful book covers […]

Scottish Painting ‘The Vanguard’ by John A MacWhirter Becomes ‘Western Cattle in The Storm’ on US Postage Stamp

Mairiuna! upon watching a You Tube video about United States postage stamps, I discovered that one of the featured stamps, the $1 value of the 1898 Trans-Mississipi Exposition Issue, internationally known as the “Cattle in the Storm” stamp, was designed from a 19th century painting of Scottish painter, John A. MacWhirter. 🙂

Imagine…this stamp was […]

Solution to Sherlock Holmes Philatelic Stamp Mystery…

Hi Mairiuna ! I doubt you have been able to find the solution to the stamp mystery, since you would need a magnifying glass and the physical copies of the stamps to find the hidden letters.

That’s why I will give you the solution right now!

The letter D is found on The Hound […]

Mystery on Sherlock Holmes Postage Stamps…

. In 1993, Great Britain issued a set of five stamps commemorating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the very famous detective characters: Sherlock Holmes and his companion, Dr John Watson. .

Sherlock Holmes on Stamps – GB -1993

Five great novels are depicted on the stamps: The Reigate Squire, The Hound of […]