On August 27, 2025, the first stamps of the Island of Sark entered postal circulation. A set of 8 commemorative stamps is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Liberation during the Second World War. The first definitives stamps "Flowers" (15 different denominations from 1 pence to 4 pounds) will be available at the island's post office from September 3. Both issues in all versions, including the limited edition minisheet / block and FDC's, are already on sale in our shop!

- part of the territory of Moldova on the left bank of the Dniester with its capital in Tiraspol declared its independence back in 1990 (!) and “wanted” to become part of Russia. This is the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria PMR), has been issuing stamps since 1992

- Two autonomous territories of Georgia have been under the protectorate (essentially under occupation) of Russia since 1993: Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Since the same Year they have been releasing their own stamps

- In 2014, Russia occupied Crimea and part of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine. The last two territories received the formal status of “People’s Republics” (Donetsk and Lugansk), which in 2015 organized an autonomous system for delivering correspondence and issuing their own postage stamps

So, for many years, 5 Russian occupation postal administrations have been issuing stamps: Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Donetsk and Lugansk Republics. And these are not “fantasy” releases! Although scammers have many times issued non-existent stamps as if “on behalf of” them. For more than 30 years, specialists from our company Peterstamps have been closely monitoring the issue of stamps from Russian occupation territories, collecting information, publishing catalogues, offering stamps, FDCs, and real mail to collectors. You can always get acquainted with some of our offers in the relevant sections of the store and make purchases. For any questions, please contact our specialists directly by email: info@peterstamps.com

The most important and frequently asked question of a philatelist is what is the purpose and use of stamps of states not recognized by the world community, if they (according to the rules of the UPU) cannot be used to pay for international correspondence? Postage stamps of Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Donetsk and Lugansk Republics are used in most cases for internal correspondence. For international purposes, Transnistria uses stamps from Moldova, and the rest use national stamps of Russia and, accordingly, Russian postal routes. However, there are many examples of letters to Russian addresses (formally international), sent from these occupation territories and paid for with local stamps

It is impossible to accurately predict what the political map of Russian territories will be like in the future. Complex questions are clearly answered by the laws of history - if the Empire enters an aggressive stage, it will necessarily be followed by decline and collapse. In the present, we can state a fact - postage stamps of Russian occupation territories have already taken their place in private, state and museum collections. This direction of collecting is gaining popularity, and in the world's authoritative catalogs of the future they are guaranteed a place by analogy with the consequences of the collapse of other Empires of the last century and world wars

Peterstamps Team International

... interesting fact! In the year when the international postal operator PetersPost stopped issuing new stamps, the number of orders for them increased. In this article, we tried to answer the most frequently asked questions from philatelists about this unique phenomenon in modern philately and postal services. Click to FDC's picture and read! Get acquainted with a (possibly) new area of ​​collecting for you, the history of which was "put on hold" by the Ukrainian War

Probably, almost every collector would like his favorite theme to be the most popular... however, statistics are a stubborn thing! What is the most popular theme of stamp collecting in the world? It's "Birds"!
New birds "fly" into our store every week, and even more often! In the corresponding section at this link there are already more than a thousand sets and blocks!
Chik-chirik ;-)

The theme of the most popular joint issue of European postal administrations EUROPA CEPT - Archaeological discoveries.

As usual, we will closely monitor the release of new issues and gradually offer them to you. For those collectors who are especially interested in the topic of Archeology, we invite you to follow the link to the corresponding section of our store.

And the topic of EUROPA is widely represented here: 

Europa CEPT. Peterstamps - Webshop

Dear collectors! Dear friends!

Thank you for being with us in the past year.

We wish you pleasant holidays, good health, prosperity, interesting philatelic discoveries!

We are happy to accept orders every day, including holidays. Shipments are made daily, except for December 25-26 and January 1

As always in all the years of our work, starting from 1990, the assortment updates are constant, and 2025 will definitely please us with many new unexpectedly interesting things, we already know! ;-)

Your Peterstamps team 

The 150th anniversary of the UPU is not only a reason to remember the roots of our common wonderful hobby - philately, but also to "refresh" the popular theme of joint stamp issues. The jubilee date became the reason for the largest joint issue, covering the entire planet. We closely monitor new issues, replenishing the corresponding section of the store. We invite you to familiarize yourself!

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