STAMP ARCHIVE RELEASE NOTES
Stamp Archive Patch Notes Versioned notes for user-visible features, improvements, and fixes.
v0.9.89 Latest Oct 7, 2026
Use stamp-archive.com for catalogue links and account return links.
• Publish canonical links and sitemaps under the official Stamp Archive domain. • Return email confirmation, Google sign-in and password recovery to the official website. v0.9.88 Oct 7, 2026
Keep catalogue images compatible with future hosting and view infrastructure availability.
• Preserve prepared catalogue thumbnails and display images across supported image hosts. • Provide administrators with a storage and infrastructure overview that clearly marks unavailable measurements. v0.9.87 Oct 7, 2026
Submit collectible variants and errors for administrator review.
• Choose a contribution type and link variants or errors to their base stamp. • See collectible kinds and related family members while keeping collection ownership independent. • Country and year catalogue totals count base stamps; approved collectibles remain searchable. v0.9.86 Oct 7, 2026
Save favorite countries, browse owned and missing stamps, and contribute catalogue information.
• Save favorite countries to your account and expand related issuers without leaving the page. • Mark the stamps on the current page as owned or unowned, and browse or sort complete matching results. • Use matching contribution and correction fields, and submit stamp information and images for administrator review before publication. v0.9.85 Oct 7, 2026
Stamp pages keep image credits and rights information with simpler catalogue information.
• Keep image sources and rights details visible. • Remove catalogue data source details from public stamp pages. v0.9.84 Oct 7, 2026
Search within a country and browse years with consistent stamp counts and filters.
• Choose countries with catalogue data from a searchable year selector. • Show three related issuers at first, with a link to view all. • Open the earliest available year in each decade and filter by issuer or postal period. v0.9.83 Oct 6, 2026
Stamp lists now show the prepared thumbnail of the active representative image.
• Kept existing catalogue thumbnails as a fallback when no representative thumbnail is available. • Preserved the existing no-image display and detail gallery behavior. v0.9.82 Oct 5, 2026
US and German stamp pages display corrected face-value information.
• Restored verified Forever and non-machineable surcharge labels. • Leave unclear variable-value and semipostal denominations unconfirmed. v0.9.81 Oct 5, 2026
Four-digit year searches now avoid cold catalogue timeouts while preserving complete results.
• Year searches return complete results more reliably. v0.9.80 Oct 5, 2026
Unusual search input no longer interrupts catalogue browsing.
• Return normal empty results for punctuation-only searches. • Keep result counts and page navigation reliable. v0.9.79 Oct 5, 2026
Public catalogue navigation now omits internal identifiers and empty issuer metadata.
• Removed internal Stamp identifiers from public search suggestions. • Simplified related-issuer summaries when no direct count or date range is available. • Added the site icon used by browser tabs. v0.9.78 Oct 5, 2026
Individual designs and issue titles are easier to distinguish.
• Removed catalogue identifiers from displayed titles. • Show year-only records without inventing a day or month. v0.9.77 Oct 4, 2026
Search navigation, sign-in redirects, and quick collection controls now recover more predictably.
• Kept typed country names as literal search terms when a separate country filter is selected. • Rejected malformed sign-in return paths before redirecting. • Restored collection and wishlist controls to the last confirmed state after overlapping save failures. v0.9.76 Oct 4, 2026
Moving between catalogue pages is more responsive.
• Improved country, year, theme and series browsing. v0.9.75 Oct 4, 2026
Catalogue navigation and filters now leave more room for stamps on smaller screens.
• Condensed Countries, Years, Themes, and Series navigation into a touch-friendly mobile row. • Moved secondary Theme filters into a compact panel while keeping search immediately available. • Added removable active-filter labels and compact result, page-size, view, and Quick Mark controls. v0.9.74 Oct 4, 2026
Search results are complete and collection controls recover from interrupted updates.
• Show complete result counts across all pages. • Handle punctuation in names and denominations reliably. • Protect saved collection and wishlist information during simultaneous changes. v0.9.73 Oct 4, 2026
Stamp information uses consistent catalogue terms, clearer denominations, and compact identification labels.
• Added searchable standard vocabulary and existing Theme and Series choices to stamp information editing. • Displayed euro cent denominations as euro amounts while retaining historical and compound source denominations. • Removed public catalogue-number labels from stamp details while preserving searchable internal identities. v0.9.72 Oct 4, 2026
Search terms and filters now remain active together across issuer and country changes.
• Kept keyword matching active when a postal authority is selected. • Preserved advanced filter values when the filter panel is collapsed. • Refreshed postal authority choices after changing country and cleared incompatible selections. v0.9.71 Oct 3, 2026
Country, issuer and stamp pages load more efficiently.
• Improved catalogue navigation and stamp detail loading. v0.9.70 Oct 3, 2026
Country catalogue headers now fit cleanly on narrow mobile screens.
• Stacked catalogue summary cards on small screens. • Allowed long postal authority names and official links to wrap without horizontal overflow. v0.9.69 Oct 3, 2026
Added a verified recovery cohort across United States and related historical postal issuers.
• Added source-verified base stamps that passed issuer, date, denomination, design and duplicate checks. • Restored source records only where existing catalogue fields provided an unambiguous identity. • Kept ambiguous, year-only, collision, monetary and variant records outside publication for later review. v0.9.68 Oct 3, 2026
United States related issuer navigation now follows the verified source hierarchy.
• Mapped every verified United States source branch to its existing postal authority. • Separated catalogue grouping nodes from actual issuing authorities. • Preserved all existing stamps, issues, collections, images and source records. v0.9.67 Oct 3, 2026
Postal period counts and results now follow verified historical issuer relationships.
• Kept postal periods separate from related issuer catalogue counts. • Made postal period cards, year navigation and filtered stamp results use the same verified scope. • Prevented date-only automatic period assignments when the issuing authority is not approved for that period. v0.9.66 Oct 3, 2026
Historical stamps can now preserve a known denomination without inventing an unverified modern currency code.
• Kept original denomination text and structured units visible when a historical currency is unknown. • Allowed catalogue editors to leave an unverified currency blank. • Preserved existing verified ISO currency labels and catalogue data. v0.9.65 Oct 3, 2026
Added a verified exact-date recovery cohort across Germany and related historical postal issuers.
• Added source-verified base stamps that passed issuer, date, denomination, design and duplicate checks. • Kept year-only, monetary, collision, overprint and ambiguous records outside publication for later review. • Preserved existing catalogue identities, collections, images and Saar attribution. v0.9.64 Oct 3, 2026
Historical issuer pages now link back to their parent catalogue grouping.
• Added parent catalogue groups to related issuer breadcrumbs. • Preserved the shared navigation for every country and issuer hierarchy. v0.9.63 Oct 3, 2026
Added verified German postal issuer and catalogue grouping structure without changing stamps or issues.
• Added missing historical German issuer and grouping nodes from the verified source hierarchy. • Preserved existing stamp, issue, collection, image and source records. • Kept ambiguous Saar attribution unchanged until exact source evidence is available. v0.9.62 Oct 3, 2026
Added 1,145 verified historical German stamps and clearer surcharge denominations.
• Added 1,145 historical German stamps. • Show denominations such as 10+2 Pfennig with their base value and surcharge. v0.9.61 Oct 3, 2026
Catalogue source matching now preserves denomination units, historical monetary systems and surcharges consistently.
• Improved duplicate protection across shared catalogue import paths. • Validate source-linked matches with the same denomination and duplicate safeguards. • Kept uncertain source records outside automatic publication without changing existing catalogue entries. v0.9.60 Oct 2, 2026
Related postal issuer catalogues now offer decade and year navigation using their own registered stamps.
• Browse available decades and years, or return to all years, within a related catalogue. • Keep sorting and page-size preferences while navigating between years. • Retained compact stamp cards and numbered pagination with safe handling of out-of-range pages. v0.9.59 Oct 2, 2026
Related United States catalogues can now preserve and browse multi-level source hierarchies without changing the main catalogue scope.
• Added child catalogue navigation with direct and descendant stamp totals. • Separated catalogue navigation branches from confirmed postal authorities and parent-country membership. • Added 535 duplicate-checked normal stamp records while preserving existing collector and image data. v0.9.58 Oct 2, 2026
The United States catalogue now includes additional verified normal stamp listings while preserving existing collector data.
• Added duplicate-safe StampWorld BASE comparison and guarded catalogue import for future countries. • Expanded the United States catalogue with 912 verified normal stamps and retained ambiguous records for later review. • Corrected structured cent and dollar values so imported denominations display in their original units. v0.9.57 Oct 2, 2026
Related issuer groups distinguish their own stamps from stamps in child issuers.
• Show direct and descendant stamp totals separately. v0.9.56 Oct 2, 2026
Future country builds now separate authoritative catalogues, StampWorld BASE gap checks and private StampData image matching.
• Preserved existing United States and Germany StampData catalogue records while blocking new StampData catalogue writes. • Added a candidate-only StampWorld BASE comparison that requires independent verification before any later explicit import. • Kept specialist variants deferred and limited StampData image use to a separate private/local provenance-aware workflow. v0.9.55 Oct 1, 2026
Initial country builds now keep specialist variants separate and preserve uncertain historical dates and currencies without guessing.
• Initial country builds import BASE stamps while deferring variants and errors for later dedicated review. • Year-only catalogue records no longer become fabricated January 1 issue dates. • Historical denomination units remain separate from evidence-backed monetary systems, and catalogue reference sites remain outside automatic image discovery. v0.9.54 Sep 30, 2026
Country totals, year navigation, Postal Period navigation and Stamp lists now use one catalogue scope.
• All years includes only the primary issuer and related issuers explicitly included in the country catalogue. • Postal Period filters keep the same catalogue scope as country and year Stamp lists. • Included issuers without a verified Postal Period remain available under All years without being forced into a period. v0.9.53 Sep 30, 2026
United States postal periods and related historical issuers are separated from production and service categories.
• Preserved the four verified United States postal periods without turning catalogue headings into extra periods. • Added a separate historical postal administration and a clearly labelled local-postmaster catalogue grouping. • Kept service classes, printing methods, formats and geographic mentions out of the issuer list. v0.9.52 Sep 30, 2026
Catalogue values distinguish postal denomination units from monetary systems.
• Recognized source denominations display readable unit names while preserving their original text. • Advanced search supports denomination-unit filtering. • Historical fractional values and non-value postal rates have a shared catalogue foundation. v0.9.51 Sep 30, 2026
Stamp identification supports structured physical features while keeping every collectible independent.
• Identify confirmed grills, embossing, luminescence, watermarks and printing features on Stamp detail pages. • Catalogue grouping headings are distinguished from actual related postal issuers. • Existing Stamp links, Collections, postal periods and catalogue scope are preserved. v0.9.50 Sep 30, 2026
Collectible types and variants use the same independent Stamp pages and Collection controls as other stamps.
• Browse 24, 50 or 100 stamps per page with a remembered page-size preference across catalogue views. • Identify source-supported collectible types, watermarks, overprints and errors on each Stamp detail. • Preserved existing Stamp links, issue relationships, Collections and image associations. v0.9.49 Sep 29, 2026
Catalogue cards now prioritize useful issue facts while keeping internal catalogue identifiers on detail and administration screens.
• Removed internal Stamp numbers from list cards across country, year, issuer, search, Collection, and discovery views. • Added localized face-value labels and factual colour text with a compact visual swatch when source data is available. • Extended the shared card contract and Collection query so future countries inherit the same metadata display without country-specific UI code. v0.9.48 Sep 29, 2026
Country pages can now browse explicitly included historical postal issuers while preserving each issuer's identity and postal-period boundaries.
• Browse historical states, territories, occupations, postal offices abroad and regional issuers. • Use consistent country totals and year results without counting stamps twice. v0.9.47 Sep 29, 2026
Seven additional Germany stamps now have representative images.
• Added seven confirmed stamp images while preserving existing images. v0.9.46 Sep 29, 2026
Catalogue images now show their known source and keep unknown rights information explicit without hiding otherwise validated images.
• Show available image source and rights details on stamp pages. • Clearly indicate unknown rights information. v0.9.43 Sep 29, 2026
Germany now separates historical states, regions, occupation administrations, colonies, and foreign post offices from the mainline catalogue.
• Added independently sourced catalogue records under 44 Germany-related postal authorities without changing the Germany mainline count. • Added repeatable private-reference completeness accounting that never stores private catalogue identifiers, prices, prose, or images. • Preserved existing IDs, collections, year completeness, and image records while making repeated catalogue reconciliation produce no new rows. v0.9.42 Sep 29, 2026
Home and country browsing now focus on the main catalogue navigation.
• Removed extra featured and popular country areas. v0.9.41 Sep 29, 2026
Germany gained 14 distinct colour, watermark and printing variants.
• Added 14 collectible variants while preserving existing stamps and collection links. v0.9.40 Sep 28, 2026
Countries can now present related postal issuers and catalogue-recognized stamp variants through shared global structures.
• Added a shared postal issuer hierarchy with compact related-issuer browsing on country pages. • Added independent collectible variant groups while preserving per-stamp collection, image, Theme, and Series behavior. • Kept sheet, booklet, pane, and coil formats separate from collectible stamp variants. v0.9.39 Sep 28, 2026
Germany's seven confirmed catalogue gaps now resolve to distinct stamps or documented existing canonicals.
• Added the missing distinct Germany stamps from 1911, 1917, 1918, and the first 1949 Federal Republic issues. • Linked the 1877, 1906, and 1915 printing or colour variants to existing canonical stamps without creating duplicates. • Completed Germany's source-backed year matrix while preserving separate issuers and all existing catalogue identities. v0.9.38 Sep 28, 2026
Germany's previously unresolved catalogue years now distinguish confirmed missing releases from documented no-release years.
• Added source-backed year evidence for the remaining historical Germany catalogue gaps. • Made verified no-release years require authoritative evidence or independent source agreement. • Kept German occupation, Berlin, GDR, Saar, and other separate issuers outside the Germany mainline catalogue. v0.9.36 Sep 28, 2026
Germany gained a historical catalogue covering stamps from 1872 onward.
• Added German stamps, postal periods, themes and recurring series. • Keep image licences and required attribution visible. v0.9.35 Sep 28, 2026
Catalogue browsing now uses clearer classifications, compact stamp cards, and numbered pages.
• Added high-confidence Theme and recurring Series links to the United States catalogue while preserving existing Korean and Japanese records. • Made country and Series pages show compact individual Stamp cards in pages of 24. • Added accessible numbered pagination with preserved filters and safe handling for invalid page numbers. v0.9.33 Sep 28, 2026
Stamp images retain their known source and rights information.
• Keep existing images and make known and unknown rights information clear. v0.9.31 Sep 28, 2026
Stamp detail pages can show supporting views with image credits and rights information.
• Support reverse, tab, booklet, sheet, watermark and detail images. • Keep representative images and their credits visible. v0.9.30 Sep 28, 2026
Filled historical United States catalogue gaps with clearly identified issued stamps while preserving official-source priority.
• Added clearly dated and denominated United States stamp designs from a reviewed secondary catalogue where official historical coverage was incomplete. • Kept official and public-institutional facts authoritative and prevented booklet, coil, reprint, and other minor variants from creating extra catalogue stamps. • Preserved existing catalogue IDs, collection links, WNS references, and manual values while recording source provenance for new stamps. v0.9.29 Sep 28, 2026
Added independently confirmed United States stamp identities and richer source-backed catalogue details.
• Reconciled US Stamp Gallery and The Swedish Tiger records using dates, denominations, and stamp designs. • Added verified issued-stamp records without treating booklet, coil, reprint, or other minor format differences as new stamps. • Preserved existing catalogue IDs and collection links while adding source provenance and missing factual metadata. v0.9.28 Sep 27, 2026
The United States catalogue receives updates for newly registered stamp releases.
• Add newly registered United States stamps. • Add available stamp images while keeping existing catalogue information. v0.9.27 Sep 27, 2026
Expanded source-attributed historical image coverage for the United States catalogue.
• Added matched public-domain and free-license historical stamp images from public institutional and Wikimedia sources. • Stored compact v4 thumbnails and detail images without external hotlinks. • Kept issue pages focused on individual stamp cards when no independent sheet or block image exists. v0.9.26 Sep 27, 2026
The United States catalogue now includes substantially broader WNS-backed stamp coverage and catalogue images.
• Added more verified United States stamp issues and individual designs from the international postal registry. • Added compact v4 catalogue images with source attribution and no external image hotlinks. • Preserved existing catalogue identities, postal periods, collection links, and official USPS releases. v0.9.25 Sep 27, 2026
More catalogue stamps can show verified postal images.
• Show stamp thumbnails and larger detail images. • Keep image credits, notices and takedown support available. v0.9.24 Sep 27, 2026
The United States catalogue now includes many more verified historical and modern stamp releases.
• Expanded United States coverage with source-backed historical stamps and official USPS subject records. • Added the latest released Linda McCartney stamp designs through September 27, 2026. • Improved year coverage while keeping uncertain identities out of the public catalogue. v0.9.23 Sep 27, 2026
The United States catalogue now includes a much broader set of verified USPS stamp releases.
• Added verified USPS releases through the current official announcement set. • Kept uncertain groupings out while publishing safe records with available factual details. • Preserved the historical pilot, postal periods, individual stamp browsing, and collection support. v0.9.22 Sep 27, 2026
Country catalogue builds can now publish safe partial records without waiting for manual follow-up.
• Made identity-safe catalogue records available even when optional details or images are unavailable. • Kept ambiguous records out of the catalogue while allowing independent verified records to continue. • Simplified public postal period status labels to a clear Partial coverage indicator. v0.9.21 Sep 27, 2026
Country and year catalogues now open directly as individual stamp grids.
• Removed the Issues and Individual stamps selector from country-year catalogue pages. • Made individual Stamp cards the single default listing while preserving Issue relationships and detail pages. • Kept postal period filters, sorting, pagination, and collection actions in the streamlined view. v0.9.20 Sep 27, 2026
Country catalogues now share source-backed postal period navigation, with verified United States periods added.
• Added verified Classic, Bureau, Post Office Department, and United States Postal Service period cards to the United States catalogue. • Made postal period counts and year navigation work through one shared country catalogue experience. • Kept research and attribution status visible when a verified period has limited catalogue coverage. v0.9.19 Sep 27, 2026
United States has been added with an initial historical catalogue sample.
• Added 24 verified United States issues spanning 1847 to 2023. • Added 51 individual stamps with official or trusted English titles and source references. • Made the United States available in country and year catalogue navigation. v0.9.18 Sep 27, 2026
Korean stamp entries gained concise English display titles with their official originals preserved.
• Complete missing English stamp titles. • Keep official Korean titles available alongside the display title. • Replace numbered placeholder titles with clearer information. v0.9.17 Sep 27, 2026
Catalogue pages now keep real source titles visible while verified English translations are prepared.
• Removed generic numbered and untitled labels from public catalogue titles. • Kept official original titles visible until a trusted English title is ready. • Standardized translation handling for future country catalogues. v0.9.16 Sep 27, 2026
Issue pages now focus on individual stamps and make better use of verified English catalogue titles.
• Removed redundant issue gallery media when individual stamp images already identify the issue. • Made no-media issue pages more compact around their individual stamp cards. • Expanded safe checks for verified English stamp titles while preserving neutral fallbacks when sources remain incomplete. v0.9.15 Sep 26, 2026
Stamp pages now load smaller catalogue images and present key information in a more compact layout.
• Reduced stamp thumbnail and detail image transfer sizes while preserving catalogue identification quality. • Made stamp details more compact on desktop and mobile, including a smaller no-image state. • Added regular rechecks for missing English stamp titles while protecting reviewed and community-edited names. v0.9.14 Sep 26, 2026
Added clearer information about the archive's purpose, catalogue sources, and image-use policy.
• Explained the archive's role in stamp identification, research, and collecting. • Added a dedicated sources and image policy page with reporting guidance. • Made available catalogue and image attribution easier to review on stamp pages. v0.9.13 Sep 26, 2026
Members can help complete country catalogues with their own scans and photographs.
• Keep image credits, contribution limits and takedown protections consistent across countries. v0.9.12 Sep 26, 2026
Japan has been added to the Stamp Archive with an initial catalogue sample.
• Added an initial Japan Post catalogue sample with official Japanese source records. • Added image-free catalogue support for the first Japan issues and stamps. • Kept Japanese originals separate from neutral English labels across stamp details. v0.9.11 Sep 26, 2026
Members can suggest their own scans and photographs for review.
• Submit private scan or photo suggestions. • Suggest external reference links without copying external images. • Send private image rights reports. v0.9.10 Sep 26, 2026
Improved English catalogue titles and series naming for Korean stamps.
• Replaced unverified descriptive romanizations with clear neutral catalogue labels. • Removed untitled issue and series labels from public browsing. • Kept official English and reviewed catalogue names as the preferred display values. v0.9.9 Sep 26, 2026
Improved navigation reliability, catalogue performance, accessibility, and site security.
• Made country periods and event calendars scroll without adding extra Back-button steps. • Fixed Series alphabet filtering, Theme result filtering, and stamp-versus-issue link labels. • Kept stamp and issue pages usable when optional related information is temporarily unavailable. v0.9.8 Sep 26, 2026
Improved stamp image efficiency and made issue navigation match the media that is actually available.
• Reduced catalogue image transfer sizes while preserving stamp detail and proportions. • Removed the public image zoom layer for a simpler, faster detail view. • Sent single-stamp issues without separate issue media directly to the stamp page. v0.9.7 Sep 26, 2026
Improved stamp image loading while preserving catalogue detail and original sources.
• Loaded high-resolution originals only when the image viewer is opened. • Reduced display image transfer sizes while keeping thumbnails and source images available. • Completed missing catalogue image variants for consistent detail views. v0.9.6 Sep 26, 2026
Improved collection marking reliability when moving between catalogue pages.
• Kept catalogue pages available during temporary member-state connection issues. • Prevented interrupted collection updates from reaching the global error page. • Preserved instant Owned and Wishlist feedback during navigation. v0.9.5 Sep 25, 2026
Improved daily Korea Post updates and kept scheduled stamps separate from released issues.
• Added stronger checks for incomplete official catalogue feeds. • Kept one failed record from interrupting other daily catalogue updates. • Excluded future scheduled stamps from Latest Issues and Today's Stamp. v0.9.4 Sep 25, 2026
Site changes have their own patch notes alongside a separate philatelic events area.
• Browse versioned public patch notes. • Show patch notes and upcoming events in separate home-page sections. v0.9.3 Sep 25, 2026
Improved public English titles and catalogue metadata while preserving official originals.
• Improved English display values for Korean catalogue records. • Kept official original titles available as reference data. • Strengthened review and catalogue safety checks. v0.9.2 Sep 25, 2026
Collection marking and account navigation are simpler.
• Owned and wishlist controls respond immediately. • Browse owned stamps, wishlist items and country statistics. • Use clearer account controls. Earlier database notices are preserved separately. View legacy notices →