For centuries, the area of southwestern Ukraine known as Transcarpathia, Ruthenia, or Carpathian Ukraine was part of the Habsburg Empire rather than czarist Russia. Thus, prior to 1939, the stamps of Austria, Hungary, and then Czechoslovakia had been used in Transcarpathia. Russian or Ukrainian stamps were never employed. Early in 1939, plans were drawn up [...]
Without question, the most popular collectable US silver dollars are the Morgan 1878-1921, Peace 1921-1935, and Silver Eagles 1986-present. These are the most readily available and (relatively) inexpensive of the collectable silver dollars. Approximately a billion of these coins have been minted. There are several key dates and hard to acquire coins in this grouping. [...]
Stamp collecting is truly a fascinating way to have fun, to relax, and to enjoy the storytelling each postage stamp brings to the table. A stamp being an open window on a small part of the world, the more you look at it, the more it can teach you. Learning about the way other people [...]