XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

So, this is a set that I just HAVE to review. How many countries dedicate stamps to celebrate PHILATELISTS? Not many, although I have just discovered that Hungary has for many years and in 2017 Greece did the same with this interesting set (below). No women on there, I see... but fantastic to recognise philatelists. These stamps from Hungary are the latest in a serious of "personalised stamps" (I think a bit like the Smilers stamps some of you will remember) and they are bas

Today Hungary released a new set of stamps celebrating dachshunds. This set has been designed by Imre Benedek with photography by Andrea Jülingné Tóth, Ádám Szalai and Zsófia Koppány. Dachshunds are very popular dogs in Hungary. They are not native dogs but they have become a huge part of Hungarian culture. The famous Hungarian filmmaker Homoki-Nagy István often showed dachshunds in his films and every year in Budapest dachshund owners from across Hungary gather for a huge si

A few days ago Xanthe wrote a review of the new Easter stamp for Croatia, so today I am reviewing a different Easter stamp, this time from Hungary. As Xanthe has already said, a lot of European countries have a tradition of issuing Easter stamps. This is very different from Croatia's stamp, which showed part of a religious service. Here we have a fun and very colourful stamp showing an egg and Easter bunny made up of flowers. There are also plenty of flowers in the picture. T