I have discovered that whilst there are loads of colourful Disney stamps available on auction sites such as Ebay, or at stamp dealer stores, the official Disney stamp ring-binder type albums to place them in – now several years out of print – are extremely difficult to obtain.  Disney produced annual supplement pages to include all countries that issued their licensed stamps each year, and illustrated the pages with black and white images showing where and how each stamp in a set should be displayed.   Also for some reason there are no up to date thematic Disney stamp guide books published now.  Brookman guide (last & 2nd edition published 1998 is still available sometimes on Ebay, but there won’t be another print run and when stocks have gone sadly that will become scarce.  I was lucky enough to purchase a brand new Domfil Disney Stamp guide with colour illustrations, from an Ebay seller in France.  Stanley Gibbons co. told me they had sold all their supplies and could not get others because, like the Brookman guide, publication ceased at the end of the 1990’s.

Disney still issues stamps and it amazes me that no albums or guides are available now, and collectors buying lots of loose stamps at bargain prices from auction sites, will have difficulty putting stamps into sets without a thematic guide.  The UK’s Stanley Gibbons catalogue or the American equivalent Scott Guide,  will list individual stamps under the relevant country, but it won’t be as easy as having a Disney stamp guide.   Disney also issue commemorative stamps in larger souvenir panels, the albums I have managed to obtain show hundreds to collect, along with the regular postage stamps.    I think it is interesting for children to collect these colourful stamps as it helps to teach geography in a fun way.  There are 26 Classic Disney Fairy Tales  - a Commemorative set displayed on beautifully illustrated A4 size story panels that have a special hardback album cover.

Anyone wanting to create a Disney memory for a young child’s bedroom could easily buy a souvenir panel and/or stamps of a favourite character or film, and frame them to hang on the wall.

I have seen complete collections of albums containing all every one of 1970’s to late 1990’s Disney stamps and souvenir stamps listed on Ebay at buy it now prices of several thousand dollars listed by stamp dealers in the United States.

I was also fascinated in my Internet search to discover websites selling anything and everything Disney.  Take a look at rubylane.com and type Disney in the search box and you too will be amazed at some of the asking prices for antique older Disney toys and dolls.  He highest prices of course are for items in mint condition.  A rare 1930’s Disney Mickey Mouse book is listed at $500.  A Mickey Mouse alarm clock is listed at almost $375.  There are also figurines, framed pictures, watches, jigsaw puzzles, Mickey Mouse Club comics  – the list goes on, page after page. 

We have an animated Mickey Mouse bedside lamp in our villa and I imagine in time, this too, these colourful moving/talking lamps will be extremely sought after.

Next time you visit one of Disney’s theme parks, maybe you will purchase a future Disney ‘heirloom’.