Romania Stamps - S3E13

Did Romanian stamps predict a revolution? For this episode I pull a Romanian stamp featuring a TV building which starts a conversation about Romania’s first stamps, Moldovia, the Aurochs, and a revolution in 1989.
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[@florinc434]

Greetings from Romania! Another interesting fact - the most expensive newspaper in the world is The "Auroch and the Eagle" ("Zimbrulu and Vulturulu"), bought for 830 000 Euro at an auction. The newspaper was sent in November 1858 with destination Galati. Because the package was weighting very much, on the copy were applied 8 postal marks Aurochs'Head.

[@ExploringStamps]

This is a REALLY interesting fact!! Most expensive newspaper thanks to stamps. Thank you for sharing and thanks for watching in Romania :D

[@whyyoumad5218]

How u doing I have thousands of stamps don't know the value prably like 6 to 7 thousands

[@pravinchandrajobalia5930]

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[@LouisGedo]

Another terrific and informative episode! Your show is the best thing to happen to philatelics in a long time.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Louis, always happy to see that you enjoy and continue to watch the videos. :)

[@chriswhitehouse8982]

I couldn't agree more. I have been a stamp collector for most of my life (over 50 years), and I always learn something new by watching your videos. Thanks!

[@cristixav]

thank you for this episode! I'm glad to have been able to help!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you for your help Cristian, what you sent was super helpful!! :)

[@alexmocanu17]

Greetings from Romania!!!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks for sending the stamps Alex! I hope you liked the video :)

[@alexmocanu17]

@Silence DoGood hi! I did not recieve anything... I hope to get it soon

[@aaronbock9160]

another awesome show cant wait for the next one. i have lots of Romania stamps and have had the pleasure to serve with some Romanian soldiers on NATO missions and they are a great people.

[@mihai187]

Thank you sir!

[@lexethonor294]

The way you talk and present the history is very enjoyably. Wish you the best luck!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you :)

[@RazvanMarc]

Wow, only 7.3k subscribers? This channel should have at least 100 times more. Very good quality content. Keep up the good work!

[@ExploringStamps]

Wow thank you!! comments like this one mean a lot, and thanks for watching :)

[@chriswhitehouse8982]

Now there's 11.6k subscribers + 1 more (I just subscribed1). Thanks.

[@DuluthTW]

I learned so much from this fantastic episode. I think PBS should hire you to do a weekly show. It could air right after Antiques Roadshow or Finding Your Roots. I look forward to every video you make. Thanks for sharing!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks Teresa, that would be cool, a PBS show could maybe attract more to the hobby... hmm I'll have to pitch it to them ;)

[@ianport2185]

Really great & full of memory for me & my generation who grew up in the Cold War. Romania was little known & just one more dictatorship on our continent. The feeling was extraordinary & quite unexpected - suddenly, it was all over & a tremendous sense of hope swept in. Thirty years or more on, well you decide.

[@byronsbrain]

Fantastic! I'm off to find out more about the Romanian revolution....

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh you have to... Google and KZbin it, there are a number of documentaries that are just fascinating to watch.

[@leonbeale5431]

Graham you do such a fantastic job of promoting stamp collecting and I look forward to viewing your videos every time a new one lands. I wish others would copy you and motivate a younger generation of collector and bring the collecting community together. I'm impressed with your level of research and learn a lot from your talks. An idea for future videos would be the various UAE stamps (Manama, Ajman etc) from the 60's/70's which always looked amazing when I was a kid. Also the cultural revolution in China.

[@ExploringStamps]

Those are great suggestions, China will be making an appearance next, not the cultural revolution but that is something that is on my radar... I wish I could make these things a little quicker, there is so much I want to do and cover 😅. Glad you like the videos, thanks for watching!!

[@sarahgoodman6279]

I love learning about famous and important historical figures who were stamp collectors! I really did not know much about Romania and now I want to learn so much more. Their history sounds so rich and interesting!! I love how stamps capture emotions, historical events and rich history of countries and their people!

[@cybertaiga9534]

Amazing video and presentation. Loved this session on Romanian History. It is very intriguing indeed. Salute to all the Romanians here for bringing down dictatorship! Power to the people. Greetings from India.

[@niallmurphy3217]

Full marks, Graham. Excellent video 😉

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Niall, glad you enjoyed it :)

[@mihai187]

It's amaizing how wonderfull you explained the history about us,romanian people. Most of all,about the generation after '89 they dont know nothjng about sistem,country or how manipulated was manny of us.Anyway, wonderfull from you,and i have some stamp,very old,rare which you didnt presented but i am sure you have it. It is a pleasure to know more about stamp from you.I ve just started one month ago to collect. Bless you and peace!

[@garyholdener2470]

So so interesting! Each time I watch your new video and think what an amazing history lesson you somehow top it with your next video and lesson. The amount of rich history you packed into this video is just amazing; I get sucked in every time. Thanks.

[@ExploringStamps]

I can only thank the stamps... they have captured this rich history and make for some very interesting lessons that I love to turn into videos. Thanks as always for watching Gary :D

[@sauravkumar5589]

Superb video!!..I always lookout for watching a new video from your channel as they are informative as well as cover a wide variety of subjects and topics. You are really doing an epic job in regaining interest in philately for all philatelist while creating new found interest among the amateur collectors.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Saurav! Always happy to see that you have watched and enjoyed the video. :) Your words mean a lot!

[@mustangrebus]

Fantastic episode.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you :D

[@Rarehouseplants]

Great information Graham as always. thank you for sharing!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

[@williamault2490]

Great video as always. I’ve seen everyone and love the mix of history, culture, and philately. Please continue this series!!! I’d like to see more Eastern European countries featured and maybe a program on the former Soviet Union.

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh absolutely, I am looking forward to learning more about Eastern Europe through postage stamps! More videos to come, thanks for watching :D

[@YellowfinGrouper]

It was nice to see the moving stamps about the revolution.

[@stampdealer]

NOOOOO!! I was just going to watch 'Charade' this weekend! I've been waiting years to see it! Thanks a lot, Graham!

[@ExploringStamps]

Greg Lamatrice 🤦🏻‍♂️. My bad!

[@alex5308]

I love your videos. I started collecting stamps about a year ago... and I recently had the idea of making a channel similar to the one you’re making. I’m glad to see someone is out there spreading the message and enthusiasm needed to keep the hobby alive

[@VondaInWonderland]

I just found 3 joined Prince Michaels while you were talking. Hehe, it's more fun with you in the background :). I love the idea of taking the news media building over, it wouldn't be possible today, but the thought of it is lovely ♥

[@abuobaidah2531]

Superb and very very informative 🤗

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you 😀

[@srinathnarayanan7343]

Very interesting video about Romania stamps. Thanks for posting it. If you care to take a look at the current Romania stamps, you will be amazed at their diversity, colourful depiction of various facet of life, society, nature, wildlife, arts etc. I have Romania stamps from 2010 onwards and they are really beautiful and well depicted.

[@jimmyg.]

Wow! That was interesting!

[@ExploringStamps]

I thought the revolution was incredibly fascinating, and I love that Romania has captured it in its postage stamps. Thanks for watching James :)

[@jimmyg.]

@@ExploringStamps I didn't know that much about the country. Now me a bits smarter. ;)

[@buckster422]

Top quality video! Your videos are always entertaining and informative. I appreciate the hard work you put in on these.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Greg, glad you enjoyed it :)

[@IIoveasl10]

Great video!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks David :)

[@emadelias4537]

I really enjoyed this episode. Thank you 😊.

[@klaudiakelemen]

Hi ! I also have a nice collection of stamps from Romania and other countries. 😊

[@scotttucker8273]

An other awesome history lesson I enjoy it like all the stories behind all the stamps

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it Scott!! Thanks for watching :D

[@michaelsmo5669]

Thank you Graham. I particularly appreciate references to French history. 1789/1989, history repeats itself often and revolutions are often the same. Mike.

[@my171]

Another great one, Graham! I felt like I was in a Romanian history class! 😆 Auroch...I’ll have to remember that! Such a tricky name for that guy! 😂 Awesome you got the lot of stamps from someone! See, the show must go on; you’re popular & well-liked! I agree with the one who mentioned a PBS show!

[@ExploringStamps]

Lol it is a tricky name... I had to look online for someone online pronouncing it to make sure I had it right... that and 'Wallachia' :)

[@alexmocanu17]

Mulțumesc!!!

[@cuongmaiviet5275]

What a lovely episode , great job. I love it

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks as always for watching!

[@jayzok]

love your channel, ive learned a lot from your videos.

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoy the channel, thanks for watching :)

[@jl2pmontero]

I cannot wait for the next video!!!

[@ExploringStamps]

Working on it right now :)

[@dona7034]

that's another good episode ... greeting from Algeria

[@marcelg.5675]

You Sir and your educating videos made me re- appreciate stamps and their historical value after some years caring for other stuff. It is fascinating - you only have to spend very little amounts of money and you get huge lots of stamps. Of course these stamps are not very precious but that is not the point. Take a look at one of these stamps and ask yourself: what does it tell me about the time and circumstances of beeing there during this time. So even a stamp somebody else would get rid of can tell a story to the one who wants to listen.

[@ExploringStamps]

Exactly! Very well said!! All stamps tell stories, and you don’t need to spend much to get fascinating stamps and learn about their stories 😀. Glad you found the channel, thank you for watching!!

[@josephwolfe1833]

A couple small comments for you. Near the end of the video you showed a series of stamps that had a denomination with two numbers separated by a "+" sign, for example there was a 3L + 1L. These stamps are called semi - postals where part of the money goes to a cause of some sort. Canada issued a set once to help pay for an Olympics. A show on semi - postals might be interesting. Another point is a discussion of fake stamps. I don't really collect Romanian stamps but they issued several with overprints. Quite often these overprints were faked for one reason or another. I have a copy of a Romanian postal tax stamp ( Scott # RA2 ) which has an inverted overprint which would be quite rare if it was for real! A show on reproductions or fakes might also be interesting. Thanks for a fun series!

[@ExploringStamps]

These are all great comments. It just shows that there is no end to learning in this hobby. As you learn something... 2 more things come up, its amazing! I will definitely consider and look into semi postals and fakes (which unfortunately I have acquired a few unintentionally) Thanks for sharing!!

[@chriswhitehouse8982]

@@ExploringStamps I agree. Are are some collectors who only collect semi-postals. I once considered doing this as well. There's a lot to learn because in addition to learning about the history and the country, you also learn about the event that the stamp is raising money for. Postal tax stamps are similar, but your are required to pay the extra money (hence "tax"), whereas with semi-postals, you volunteer to use the stamps or not.

[@imtiazahamed7959]

Wow. I have a lot of Romanian stamps, they are easy to find in India. But never thought about their importance or history due to the easy availability. Great video as usual. Also thank you for your Instagram sticker giveaway.

[@ExploringStamps]

Excellent! Now that I know a bit about Romania's history, I thoroughly enjoy looking through my Romanian stamps. I hope the sticker makes it safely :)

[@IoanLucaVlad]

Congrats for very good Romanian philatelic culture! Nice video

[@JohnWHDJones]

Another great Season 3 issue. Graham, you are doing globally what Mystic StampCompany does in their daily email called “On This Day.....” Focusing on U.S. Stamps which tell the story of an event on the current day for past years. A very interesting and informative daily that enhances our Stamp Collecting Hobby (which we need so badly). Thank you one more time for broadening the spectrum of our hobby and encouraging the younger generation to get with it as an educational tool. Keep up your good work! John

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you John, I can only hope that these videos do help the hobby out a bit. Making them has really made me appreciate philately as an educational tool as you say, so its pleasing to hear that other people find them helpful as well :) Thanks for watching!!

[@GabBandi]

Good video! Greetings from Hungary!

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you liked it, thanks for watching in Hungary :)

[@jorgesilver4754]

Hello, Greetings from Argentina!

[@ExploringStamps]

Greetings! Thanks you for watching in Argentina :D

[@barrydrees3617]

Great episode - I learned a lot! In fact, in my opinion, this may be your best episode ever, Graham! I had seen images of those first Romanian stamps but had never realized that they were Aurochs (I thought that they were just bulls). Interestingly, the name Aurochs doesn't mean anything in English, but it comes from German and means: Ur Ochse, or "Original Ox" since it is believed to be the descendent of all modern European cattle breeds. I noticed that several of your Romanian stamps were CTOs (canceled to order) and thus never actually used for postage. Sadly, many Communist and West African countries produced many of these (I much prefer a stamp that actually was used to post a letter) - do you have a video about them?

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Barry, glad you enjoyed the video. I didn't know about the Aurochs meaning Original Ox... that makes total sense! Yes I have boat loads of CTOs and have used them in several of my videos, often times its the only stamps I can get to support a script, but you are right, I really should make a video about the concept of a CTO. Thanks for watching all the videos so far :)

[@barrydrees3617]

I went back to my Romanian stamps and found several of the Romanian revolution stamps you describe - and was thrilled to see a few with the "flag with a hole" you describe. I had never noticed it before - but now it is very special - many thanks!

[@WallOBrix]

I really like your intro! Very entertaining vid!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you, glad you liked it :)

[@WallOBrix]

@@ExploringStamps yep

[@flow0wgamingomletarcade660]

Hello from Romania 🇷🇴

[@ExploringStamps]

Hello! Thank you for watching in Romania, I loved learning about your country :)

[@estland2768]

Nice video! Greetings from Estonia.

[@TsukiCondor]

Back to school with stamps! Always a win win

[@ExploringStamps]

:D Agreed!

[@cyclingtroll]

Amazing episode! Got your postcard a few days ago, thank you from the foothills of the rockies! ~Tom~

[@ExploringStamps]

Ah excellent, glad to hear it arrived :) Thanks for watching Tom!

[@chantlerdominic1321]

Great video as always, sorry I couldn't watch earlier. Very interesting, I didn't know about this situation in Romania's history. I look forward to the next episode and more philatelic adventures. :)

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks for watching Chantler, glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@rickwilmot9127]

Very interesting. I have a great collection from Romania. Mostly Space, some quite scarce!

[@jeffglant1463]

To your question: I have been starting to trace monarch heritage in Europe using stamps. Did not know a Romanian King was decendent from Queen Vicoria, but I have found royals all over Europe with same heritage. Another winning video essay.

[@lanatabasko]

They were Germans (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen), that's why they fought together with Hitler, there is a set of stamps about the annexation of Odessa, there are stamps with King Mihai, Hitler, Mussolini. I'm not justifying Bolshevism, but it's worth remembering that Romanians also have black holes in history. By the way, in the Slavic culture, the animals that are depicted on the stamps are not extinct, they are called - zubr. Yes, they are quite rare, but there are nurseries, there is also a large population in Belarus, wild ones live in Siberia and 40 km from my house near St. Petersburg)

[@poovappapoovappa936]

So womderfull sir any ho thank you so much sir.👌👌👌

[@Noobsyke]

"The video you requested isn't enabled for community contribution". Its a shame, wanted to add romanian subtitles to this. Let me know if this changes. Awesome content, Graham!

[@ExploringStamps]

Hello Mihai, I had never thought to do that... I think I just changed it to allow community contributions. If you still want to add Romanian subtitles, please let me know if it works. Thanks! - Graham

[@JoseVargas-in8ns]

Excelente programa, un aporte a la filatelia, justamente temprano estaba revisando el álbum correspondiente a Europa Oriental y me fije en esa serie de 1990, sobre la revolución rumana.

[@benhancock8143]

Another great and informative video!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks Ben :D

[@marathomy]

:-) Again a very interesting film with a lot of historic information!

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching the channel 🙂

[@robertcalhoun3123]

Love this episode. Lately I have been exploring Lithuanian stamp after they declared independence but before the UPU recognized them. It interesting to see how they dealt with international mail.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Robert, postal history during independence movements is always fascinating to me... I don't know much about Lithuania but I'm probably going to look into it now that you mention this. :D Thanks for watching!!

[@NisargSutaria]

Awesome :-)

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you :)

[@pbrown10]

Another great episode of Exploring Stamps - thank you! You suggest watching a documentary about the revolution. Is there one in particular you found good?

[@merimackay8722]

I really enjoyed this one!

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it :) Thanks for watching!

[@aricato4399]

Well, Last Year I bought a Packet of Stamps from Amazon India, one of them was a Romanian Stamp depicting Hotel Bradul at Covasna. This was the only Romanian Stamp I have, while I have some Hungarian Stamps.

[@dmytrodoncov5996]

Nice video

[@jerrybrowder3354]

Wow all that information and you back out one thing the most important thing what they're worth

[@KuzcoEmp]

just subbed awesome videos keep it up

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks for subbing, glad you enjoyed the videos :)

[@ericalynn8929]

Again, this was a really good video.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Erica, glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@clairemayes6218]

You should do a video on the Victory & Peace (Victoria and Parliament Houses ) stamp issued back in 1946 at the end of WW2

[@redtony58]

There is an attempt (mostly through selective breeding) to recreate the aurochs

[@ExploringStamps]

I ended up reading about this for HOURS while researching the topic... I didnt know you could try to back breed species .... there were a few attempts and apparently scientists thought they got close. Fascinating

[@redtony58]

@@ExploringStampsThank you for your response. I enjoy your channel. My family name means aurochs in Lithuanian (Lithuanian has different words which retain separate meanings for aurochs and domesticated cattle, lost in modern languages) so the subject interests me. I'll share with you a Lithuanian story about the aurochs and relate it to philately. Two boys are born. One (Lizdeika) is given spiritual gifts and becomes a pagan priest. The other, Gediminas, is given temporal gifts and becomes a great warrior and leader of men. Gediminas is out hunting and at the promontory at the confluence of the Vilnia and Neris rivers comes upon an aurochs which he battles and defeats. That night he has a terrible dream. He is pursued by an Iron (armored) Wolf. He is caught and the Wolf howls the howl of a thousand wolves. Frightened by the dream he goes to Lizdeika to seek an interpretation. Lizdeika tells him that the wolf is angry because he has taken the last aurochs from the land but if he builds his castle on that hill, the wolf will protect and become the guardian of his city there. That is the story of the founding of Vilnius. There is a very good video ''Grand Duke Gediminas The Founding of Medieval Lithuania's Capital Vilnius'' on Baltic Folk's Channel which I highly recommend. Gediminas, Aurochs, the Iron Wolf and Gediminas' castle tower are on many Lithuanian stamps. The Gediminas Tower is the heart of the city (although the hill it's on seems to be collapsing). One of my most cherished stamps is a particular copy Russia Scott 3498 which shows the tower with the Soviet flag over it. This flag was taken down and replaced with Lithuania's national flag when independence was re-asserted. My copy was sent to me by a friend in Lithuania at that time. It's a corner copy and he had written in the selvage. ''This is no more''. It's the first stamp in my collection of modern Lithuania. I hope you enjoyed the story.

[@barrydrees3617]

Yes, they are called Heck cattle (after the German Heck brothers who did the breeding experiments in the 1920s and 30s) and you can see them in the zoo at Munich and Oostvaardersplassen nature park in The Netherlands. There is still considerable discussion among zoologists about whether these or other European cattle breeds are closest to the extinct Aurochs. Perhaps we will have to wait for DNA analysis to settle this? If you are interested in so-called "back-breeding", you should also check out what they are doing with the Quagga (an extinct, partially striped zebra) in South Africa - fascinating. Dinosaurs anyone?

[@barrydrees3617]

Update on back-breeding Aurochs: as I suspected, they are back-breeding current European cattle breeds and checking them against the DNA sequence from Aurochs (6,000 year old bone). So far the resulting animal is called a Tauros (since it will never be exactly like an Aurochs) and they look really cool. Why bother with the long and expensive process of back-breeding when they could just use the DNA sequence as in Jurassic Park? I don't know, but if they want to release them into Nature Parks some day (the stated goal), that might be difficult in the EU if the animals are from genetic engineering.

[@rbullmb]

AWESOME VIDEO! I recall in the movie The Zookeepers Wife, the Nazi officer tells the zookeeper he wants to bring back the Auroch by selective breeding. The Zookeeper laughs because the animal went extinct centuries ago. Thats the first time I ever heard of such as animal.

[@ExploringStamps]

Interesting! I will check that out, the first time I heard about the animal was while making this video :/ They were massive wild cattle.

[@rbullmb]

@@ExploringStamps you show stamp of Vlad the Impaler but don't mention Dracula. LOL

[@ExploringStamps]

:D It was a suggested topic, but didn't fit with the flow of the script for this episode. Glad you spotted it!!

[@barrydrees3617]

I was wondering about that too. He (Vlad III Dracula) is considered by many in Romania to have been a hero of resistance against the Turks. If you travel to Romania, you can buy practically anything with his likeness on it in the airport shops - fun souvenirs!

[@HinataMinato]

Hi there from Slovakia! Will you be doing also Czechoslovakia/Slovakia stamps as we have a really nice onces. I lovw your show...

[@ExploringStamps]

I would love to! I have heard that Slovakia issues beautiful stamps, I look forward to one day learning about its history through philately, thanks for watching :)

[@WeezlyTV]

Hi Graham, awesome episode! Are you planning to do episode also about Czechoslovakia? Thank you.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you David. I havent planned on Czechoslovakia yet, I know I have a few stamps from there so the topic could pop up any time. I look forward to learning about the country and its stamps in the future :) Thanks for watching.

[@YellowfinGrouper]

I got a lot of stamps from.Romania and Hungary during the communist era. Many were celebrating achievements in space exploration. They were cancelled to order and were the basis of a lot of stamp packets for young collectors together with stamps from the countries which now make up the United Arab Emirates.

[@f.k.burnham8491]

I agree with one of the other posters that a show on fakes and forgeries would be quite interesting. I just got a forgery of a U.S. pre-posted envelope in a lot I just bought. Quite interesting.

[@ExploringStamps]

I have unfortunately stumbled upon a number of forgeries while making these videos... so yeah! that is a good topic!! Thanks for watching and I hope to make a video about forgeries in the near future :)

[@amyanna7599]

Have lots of romanian stamps. Collections from before 1998

[@deep200613]

Fantastic episode. Is there any episode on India?

[@ProjectMirai64]

Nice vid

[@adamhudson2511]

Graham...watching your videos is not good for my wallet as, after each episode, I invariably end up searching eBay and HipStamp for various stamps featured in the video and purchasing them. With this one, it was the 1989 and 1990 revolution sets as well as a DVD copy of “Charade.” I had seen this movie about 20 years ago and it had totally slipped my mind. It’s kind of ironic that Audrey Hepburn starred in a movie about rare stamps as she would later become the subject of a modern day rarity. In 2001, Deutsche Post was planning on issuing a stamp featuring Hepburn, who was shown with a cigarette holder in her mouth. Her son objected to the depiction of his mother smoking and Deutsche Post scrapped the idea for the stamp and ordered all 14 million of them destroyed. Three sheets of 10 were, however, sent to the German Ministry of Finance and were used in the mail. Five used copies were later found in kiloware lots and the first one was auctioned in 2006 for €53,000. The second sold for €69,000 and the third for €135,000. Number four went for €75,000 and number five for €67,000, after taxes and fees. Hepburn’s son, Sean Ferrer, was in possession of a mint block of 10 that Deutsche Post had sent him for his approval and decided to auction them in 2010 with all proceeds going to UNICEF, Hepburn’s favorite charity. Against estimates of €500,000, it went for €430,000. You should try to work this stamp into one of your shows because its story is fascinating.

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh I have exactly the same issue Adam... after researching a bit, I end up buying way more stamps than I need ... lol. But the Romanian Revolution stamps of '89 and '90 are awesome additions to my collection, great ones to get!! I do know of the Hepburn stamp, I covered it in my top 10 most interesting expensive stamp video, its so fascinating! check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJeuiJiInNqqh9k

[@alexmocanu17]

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[@ags0301]

Another interesting episode. How do you research your material and how much time do you spend doing that?

[@ExploringStamps]

ooo a good portion of time, several weeks go into researching a topic, I usually research a number of topics at the same time... I first start with some simple Google searches, then that leads me to articles, documentaries, books and more. I am surprised by how much I learn from researching a stamp EVERY time :)

[@Robertbrown08049]

When I think of Romania I think of painted eggs. Did you find any stamps with painted eggs?

[@johngreen3543]

The language of Romania has a Latin base. But the Romans conquered that region during the reign of Trajan and then when Trajan dies Hadrian becomes in charge they withdraw. So for such a short time, how do we get a Latinized base language there? Other countries nearby use an entirely different alphabet and are not Latin based. You can see the western alphabet used on the stamps. Which peeked my interest as a young man. Totally confusing.

[@JulianCollects]

What is the name of your intro? I can't forget that song!! How Awesome!

[@jamesdarnell8568]

There is an electric guitar standing in the corner. Since most other things on the shelves are from past episodes, I'm guessing that the intro chords / riff (calling it a song is a bit of a stretch) were played by Graham himself. That is certainly a way to obtain intro music without risking a copyright strike.

[@ExploringStamps]

Wow, you got that correct James :D... Yes! I strummed a few chords and came up with a quick tune to have something unique... that way it is 100% copyright free :)

[@JulianCollects]

@@ExploringStamps Upload it Graham!! I heard your radio!!

[@yanmarin4445]

stamp ex 2020!

[@ExploringStamps]

Hi Yan, congrats, you are a selected winner. Please email your mailing address to [e-mail] within the next 2 days to claim 1 of the 3 prizes. 🙌

[@yanmarin4445]

@@ExploringStamps Wow I can't believe it!!!! You literally picked one man out of five thousand! (16 thousand : 3=5 thousand)

[@bakhtiarasif5680]

Hay

[@swapanchandra4791]

i Really enjoyed the video i am really sorry that Philatelic interest is waning

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Philately is having a come back, its going to be awesome ;)

[@barbarapasch285]

Why am I seeing so many bulk sales of unexplored and researched stamps on ebay,and Etsy that appear could be quite valuable. Is stamp collecting becoming obsolete?

[@barbarapasch285]

I see people using stamps for arts and crafts projects now and I cannot understand how even a cancelled stamp can't have any value

[@avikghosh9920]

Can you give me some advice on how to get such amazing 19th century stamps from any country at reasonable prices?

[@ExploringStamps]

Always a tough question to answer. eBay is risky but you can find amazing deals or bid on items at pretty low prices, stamps.org has an online store where I get a number of my stamps, also look for other online platforms such as hipstamp.com, all of which you buy directly from dealers or individuals who are selling their collections. Shop around before committing to a purchase :)

[@avikghosh9920]

@@ExploringStamps Thank you very much for your suggestion.

[@eduardoflores6827]

Tengo 2000 estampillas de u.s.a 5 00 de los ex presidentes de u.s.a las vendo son valiosas

[@danielsierra4672]

InInteresting and a pity the huge amount of CTO stamps from Romania

[@ionutdanut2022]

Am si eu timbre as vrea sa le vind

[@mohammedmirhan5829]

I have a romania tractor stamp

[@ahaayyyasyeekkkashooyyy1047]

Hi...im a newSubscriber... I can ask with u brotha, i have rare Liberia stamp with nominal 25cents in left and right and in inside a woman face figure . About the years production i dont know, i trying looking in a goggle, but im never find with a same stamps. Is that ancientstamps? Can u explain with me bro? And about the year this stamps? Thankyou very much... Rgrds; Rend Montemorra. ( ZLataNZaccartaIndonesia).

[@SAJIDKHAN-zm5wk]

Hello bro I am from Pakistan. I like your KZbin channel. I also collect stamps and coins. Do you interested in Pakistani stamps.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you for watching, I’m glad to hear from a collector from Pakistan. Yes I do have an interest in Pakistan stamps of course, fascinating history that I look forward to exploring one day. 😀

[@SAJIDKHAN-zm5wk]

@@ExploringStamps Welcome and love from Pakistan ❤🇵🇰

[@swapanchandra4791]

interest of young people in Philatelic hobby is just going to decreased

[@pripasanraluca2588]

We hawe that animals