1908 1pi deep blue on blue "Emperor Franz Josef"
Austria Offices in the Turkish Empire
One Year Anniversary
On February 12, 2011 the "Big Blue" blog began as a way to provide a checklist for collectors of the Scott International 1840-1940 Part I album.
Since then, 144 blog entries have been published, and 112 countries have been covered. The checklist database is expanding every week. And the scope has been enlarged to include a discussion of a countries stamps and issues, as well as adding coverage for the Deep Blue (Steiner) albums.
A deep THANK YOU to my readers. Your participation and comments have been most helpful. And THANKS to Bob of "Filling Spaces" fame, who continues to inspire, and a must read!
And this year should be even better. :-)
There is clearly more information available now for world wide classical era collectors. We have two blogs devoted to, in part, "filling" the Scott International Part I. Not least, the blogs have demonstrated that an impressive classical collection can be accumulated without necessarily a large expense.
The intersection of history and stamps and postal history that the classical era provides, giving almost a three dimensional perspective, is hard to beat. And the interest is worldwide, as evidenced by Big Blue's audience count. Here, listed below for your curiosity, are the stamp collecting countries that have visited Big Blue during the first year.
Top Ten Countries (Updated July, 2013) |
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Australia
Italy
France
India
Greece
Netherlands
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All Countries (96 Total February 12, 2012)
Update July, 2013- 158 countries. Afganiastan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua-Barbuda Argentina Armenia
Aruba Australia Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus Belgium Belize
Benin Bermuda
Bolivia Bosnia & Herzogovina Botswana Brazil
British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
Cameroun Canada Cayman Islands
Chile China Colombia
Cook Islands
Congo (P.R.C.) Costa Rica Croatia
Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji Finland France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon Georgia Germany
Ghana Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guyana
Haiti
Heligoland Hong Kong
Honduras Hungary
Iceland India Indonesia Iran
Iraq Ireland
Isle of Man Israel Italy
Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan
Jersey Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait Latvia Lebanon
Libya Lithuania
Macao
Macedonia (Republic)
Madagascar Malaysia Malawi
Mali Malta
Mauritius
Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) New Zealand Nigeria Norway
Oman Pakistan
Palestinian Territories Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Reunion Romania Russia
St Kitts & Nevis
Saint Maarten
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
Salvador El Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan
Tanzania Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela Vietnam Yemen
Comments? Please Do!
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