
Articles by Melise Richter


Watermarks and their Detection
Stamps are printed on paper which sometimes has a watermark. This watermark is created during the manufacture of the paper. A dandy roll (which […]


Stanley Gibbons and his Company
To anyone involved in philately, Stanley Gibbons means the stamp catalogue we refer to constantly to identify our stamps. But how did this catalogue […]


The History of Post Boxes
The first red pillar post boxes in Great Britain were erected in Jersey in 1852. From 1857 wall post boxes appeared, especially in the rural […]




Album K – Z
Welcome to the next Richter Family Stamp Collection Update. Although we are far from finished sorting our stamps, we decided to start sorting out […]