The Mighty Maltese Cross

The Mighty Maltese Cross

To many people, a tree is a tree. However, if you’re a botanist then there is a bit more to it than that. For starters, trees are perennial plants with a trunk, branches and leaves and there are around 100,000 different species, and even if you select just one of...
The Faces of the Romanov Empire

The Faces of the Romanov Empire

Unlike the world news we in the philatelic realm can swerve the international cyberattack squabble and get our faces into something far more tangible regarding Russia this month and that’s the news we have The “Nikolai” Collection of Romanov Essays and Proofs to...
The Quantum Science of a Stamp

The Quantum Science of a Stamp

 In the world of philosophy and indeed specifically science, they talk about ‘objective reality’. It apparently means that something is actual, or it exists independent of the mind. So in simple terms an objective reality is a universal truth that can be demonstrated...