XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

In the last few days there have been three new sets of religious stamps released, which I am going to take a look at. Sometimes collectors overlook stamps with religious themes, but I think that they can be every bit as interesting as other stamps and we can learn a lot from them. MALTA - Festa The first of them is from Malta. This is a place I have been to and while I was quite young I just about remember it. Malta has strong Roman Catholic traditions, and is supposed to be

I have already reviewed the recent Winter Olympics issue from Estonia , but in the last few days there have been several other Olympic-related issues from various countries. I have decided to review these together. The first one is this from Liechtenstein. It is a single stamp and reminds me of some of the historic Olympic posters. Design Quality - This feels like a classic poster from history. The Olympic flame stands out boldly against a dark nighttime background. It emp