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8 … 9 … 10 … ready !



There are so many topics and stories hidden in our stamp albums that never come to the public eye …
… because there is too little material to create an exhibit,
… because far too many collectors shy away from the effort of assembling an exhibit or
… because collectors don’t want to accept the strict rules of a jury.

We’ll put an end to that and show, …
… that you can tell a story with just 10 stamps.
… that no great effort is required to do this and
… that you can show what’s in our albums even without rules!

And the best thing about it: it’s fun and you really want more!
Join in …   8 …  9 …  10 …  ready!
The next place on this website is reserved for your story.


You need help ?
Here you’ll get some hint

Visit to the Opera
Jörg Kiefer 


Hoch auf dem gelben Wagen
(German folk song)
Wolfgang Andrée 

Der Große Zapfenstreich (“Grand Tattoo”)
Wolfgang Andrée 

The Song of the Germans (National Anthem)
Wolfgang Andrée 


Filip Višnjić
The Serbian Homer
Manfred Gorol 

St. Cecilia
Yme Woensdregt 

Women Writing Music
Yme Woensdregt 


The Ugly Beethoven
Yme Woensdregt 

How do you Play
a Recorder ?
Peter Lang 

Times of upheaval towards the end of romanticism
Rudolf Wagner 


Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
Louis Op t’Eynde 

Zaha Hadid and Music
Manfred Gorol 

De Stemvork
Louis Op t’Eynde  


Polish Musical Poster Art
Manfred Gorol 

After Corona – What we can
look forward to again
Harald Schönherr 

The German Folksong
Wolfgang Andrée 


H.C. Andersen and his Fairy Tales in Music
Karl-Heinz Büdding 

Curiosities in
Music Philately
Harald Schönherr 

Hansel and Gretel on
the opera stage
Karl-Heinz Büdding 


The Beethoven Monument
and Artistic Freedom
Peter Lang 



Music Makes Everything Better!
Peter Lang 


Hohner, Seydel, Köstler, Koch
and all the others
Norbert Amrein 

David Bowie stamp already sold out ?

As early as on evening of January 5, two days after release, some members of our study group reported that the David Bowie stamp was no longer available from the Deutsche Post’s website. It was still listed in the shop up until the morning of January 7, but when you completed the order you were asked to delete the “David Bowie” item in your shopping cart. In the course of January 8th, the stamp then disappeared completely from the list of offers.
Could it be that the number of stamps was so small that the stamp was sold out after two days? Or has a production error crept in that doesn’t allow the stamp to be sold? Unfortunately, inquiries to the post office have so far remained unanswered.
 
In the meantime, unfortunately, some speculators are up to mischief again on Ebay and other platforms with the mint sheet of 10 and are sometimes demanding 5 times the purchase price. Everyone has to decide for themselves whether they want to pay these prices. The market will probably calm down as soon as the Post publishes a statement or, if necessary, provides a reprint of the stamp.
As soon as we find out more, we will inform collectors on our website.

Stamp of the Month: January 2022


USA 10.9.1997

Nicaragua 22.1.1975
 
Rosa Ponselle

American opera singer Rosa Ponselle was born on January 22, 1897 in Meriden, Connecticut, and died on May 25, 1981 in Baltimore, Maryland. January 2022 will mark her 125th birthday.
 
Rosa Ponselle (actually Rosa Melba Ponzillo) appeared from 1915 with her older sister Carmela as the Ponzillo Sisters in New York cinemas and cabarets. The impresario William Thorner recognized her talent and brought her into contact with the Metropolitan Opera, where she was promoted by Enrico Caruso. In 1918 she made her stage debut alongside Caruso as Leonore in “La forza del destino” by Giuseppe Verdi. The performance made Ponselle famous overnight. From 1918 to 1937 she was part of the Met ensemble for 19 seasons in a row.
Rosa Ponselle is one of the most outstanding coloratura sopranos in opera history. Her repertoire included 23 roles in operas by Mascagni, Weber, Rossini, Ponchielli, Spontini, Mozart and Verdi. Her star role, however, was the title role in Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma. Her last role at the Met was Georges Bizet’s Carmen.
After the end of her active career, she took on a managerial position at the newly founded Baltimore Civic Opera. There she also gave singing lessons. One of her students was Plácido Domingo.
 
The video shows Rosa Ponselle as Carmen in 1936 during test shoots in the MGM film studios.