Poster Stamps are the ultimate topical collectible and bring as much historical interest to stamp and ephemera collecting as any specialty. First issued in Europe in the late 1800s to promote or commemorate events, poster stamps are growing in popularity in the 21st century as new catalogues are being issued for many different topics and for collectors with chronological / geographic interests. saved
Image of the Week for October 32, 2026.
Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871-1943) a German writer known for horror works, published Grotesken, a collection of macabre short stories in 1910, publisher Georg Müller. This stamp/flyer copies the dustcover of the first printing Ewers was an influencer of H.P. Lovecraft, Aleister Crowley, and Guy Endore.
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