AIDS on Stamps showcases how the AIDS epidemic has been seen on stamps from around the world.
News
- February 21, 2008
- More new stamps. First, this South Africa stamp that came out in 2004. I don't know the Scott number for it, can any of you look it up? Second, these stamps from Togo came out in 2007.
- January 30, 2008
- This 2003 stamp is an oldie. It's a part of a larger (and rather ugly) souvenier sheet from St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
- January 23, 2008
- Another day, another souvenier sheet. This time from Angola. Note the red ribbon on the banner in one of the small pictures.
- January 22, 2008
- I finally got my hands on a scan of this stamp. This is 2007's Life Ball stamp featuring Nadja Auermann. Life Ball is, for those not in the know, a major fashion show/charity event in Austria each year to raise money for AIDS. About ten cents per stamp sale is donated to charity.
- January 21, 2008
- Guine Bissau released this stamp and souvenier sheet in 2007.
- January 15, 2008
- Paraguay just released these two beauties in 2007.
- December 11, 2007
- Macedonia and Serbia have released new stamps in celebration of Worlds AIDS Day (December 1). It wouldn't surprise me to learn other countries have done so as well.
- November 24, 2007
- Thanks to Gwen for bringing the new British Virgin Islands stamp to my attention. She kindly ID'ed the Lesotho stamp as being from 2001. Also, I now have a scan of the 2000 Mexico stamp. Finally, I updated my wanted list with several new stamps.
- October 29, 2007
- A number of new stamps have come to my attention, particularly in the last few days. Take a look at these babies from Lesotho, Egypt, Papau New Guinea, and Kiribati. The Lesotho stamp confuses me a bit, as there is no year on it (the others are all 2007) so I have no idea when it was produced. Since I bought it this year I am lumping it with the 2007 stamps until more information becomes available.
- September 17, 2007
- I got my hands on volumes 4 and 5 of the Scott catalogue today. As a result I was able to fill in a few of the missing Scott numbers, as well as nixed a few (false) rumors about new AIDS stamps.
- September 15, 2007
- The site goes online. Huzzah!
- September 8, 2007
- Work begins on this new site, AIDS on Stamps. Mostly I want to build a showcase of my collection along with information of interest to other collectors and onlookers.