In Sri Lanka you can find the Temple of Tooth where you can find the tooth of Lord Buddha, the most venerated sacred relic of the Buddhists. Did you know that the oldest dentist depicted on a stamp is Hsey Re an Egyptian dentist of 2700 BC? The toothbrush was in use in China in the 15th century. Adrian Basu, a dentist, has done an excellent job of collecting all these interesting facts and putting them together with the stamps. Know more about dental facts and the stamps relating to dentistry, books on stamps and more at this excellent site.

In July 1998, America issued a semipostal stamp to raise money to fund breast cancer research. A semipostal is stamp in which a small part goes towards charity or a cause. Mike Smith, who has been working for the American Cancer Society since 1979 got interested in this stamp and especially the First Day Covers of this Stamp. He has displayed this beautiful collection on his website. This is a site worth the visit.

Alphabetilately, a mixture of Alphabet and Philately, introduces a person unfamiliar with the terms with the A-Z of philately. This site designed by William M. Senkus is an excellent starting point into the world of philately. The good things about this site are the numerous graphics i.e. stamp and envelope images that have been used to illustrate a point. Starting from A is for Advertising Covers, B is for Bisects this site takes you through the alphabets to Z is for Zeppelin Post. On the whole, a topper site.

Twenty Years ago Emmanuel DELPERDANGE found the stamp shown on the left. The man had six fingers! That started his interesting quest for stamps with design errors. Today he has found and collected more than 1500 stamps with design errors. One should appreciate the fact that finding design errors in stamps requires a very close study of the stamp and an extensive knowledge about the subject. He has done a stupendous job of collecting these stamp images on his website. A place worth the visit.

There is a very interesting link between science and philately. Maiken Naylor has done an excellent job of collecting stamps, which portray the history of science on this site. The site covers Astronomy and Cosmology, Mathematics, Instruments and Measurements, Biology, Physics, Geology and Chemistry. The site is artistically laid out with a lot of information and stamp images. It is an introduction to science though the colorful world of stamps. This site is a must for parents who think their children are wasting their time collecting stamps while they should be preparing for their exams instead. Stamps are an excellent medium for education - the site drives home this point clearly.

Rich Ellis's has an interesting hobby. He collects stamps and currency with images of Carnivorous Plants. Man eating plants has been a theme of many horror movies. The carnivorous plants known to world today digest insects and small animals like frogs (thankfully not humans) to supplement the much needed nitrogen. This site has lots of information on these plants. It has a very good collection of scanned images of stamps with these plants. The beauty of these stamps has to seen to be believed.

Myggan's Philatelic Page has an excellent collection of Italian Railway Stamps, Cancels and Stationeries, Dolphins on Stamps, and Stamps on Federal State of Padania. The Italian Railway section has a list of stamps with the stamp images and description. There is railway cancels page with image and description. The dolphin collection has a country wise listing of stamps with dolphins. The site is neatly arranged and navigation is straight and simple. I have not seen any recent stamps though. The last update seems to be in 1999. An interesting site to visit.

The official site of Australian National Botanical Garden has a interesting page featuring about 60 stamps with the beautiful Australian Flora. You will find these stamps arranged with their respective information details. The navigation is simple with each stamp on a separate page. A very beautiful site to visit. While there have a look at the garden and the goodies it contains.

Sanford L. Byrd has done an excelent job of collecting stamps depicting personalities and themes of African-American origin. The site is well laid out with lots of stamp images. This takes some time to load if you are using a slow Internet connection. But this is a small price to pay for the extent of material you can find here. There is a separate section for Martin Luther King Jr. An excellent site if you are interested in this theme.

Odd Johansen's, a bridge engineer in the Norwegian Public Road Administration, with philately as a hobby has brought out through stamps the beauty of the bridges. He has traced the history of bridges from the natural bridges formed by Nature to the modern bridges aesthetically designed to match the surroundings and to serve the purpose of "bridging the gap".

While hunting for philatelic sites on bridges I found another site with some 50 cards (beautiful ones) on bridges across the globe. This site is also worth a visit after you know something about bridges.