News

This month, we’re featuring Eddy Verfaillie [Defail], a dedicated stamp collector, contributor, and editor of Colnect’s stamp catalog. Among his achievements after becoming our community member are about 14k new items added to stamp and philatelic product catalogs as well as more than 247k edits. Discover his six-decade collecting journey, passion for philately, and insights into modern stamp collecting. Read more >

We've fixed a bug that prevented viewing items from a chosen value in multi-country lists and property lists having a country filter applied and a flag simultaneously when using the multiple selection feature. Read more >

As Free Premium Membership Weekend is over, we'd like to know your thoughts on it. Please, come here to fill out the survey! We really hope that after this week you ended up having a nice image of Colnect’s Premium features and even found more friends for trading and swapping! Let us wish all Colnect collectors a happy and successful year. Leave a feedback >

As we've previously announced, the Free Premium Weekend has now started. Don't miss your chance to try all the premium features Colnect offers, for free! Give it a go now, click Start.

This weekend all of Colnect's premium services will be freely available to all members. The promotion will begin on Thursday noon and end at Monday noon. Relevant timezone UTC+0. Read more >

Did you ever pay attention to caps that bottles are usually closed with? Most likely you did and noticed that bottle caps often bear various images and inscriptions. Actually exactly they and their great variety make caps collectible. And yes, of course, they are not simply collected, but catalogued too, in particular on Colnect. 67,776 bottle caps in our catalog right now, cool? Take the cap off the bottle of a festive drink and let's go celebrate this milestone. Read more >

Colnect has dozens of categories of various collectibles, but many more could be added. We welcome you to let us know which new categories you'd like to see on Colnect and to personally help happen. Read more and vote >

UPDATE: we're back into full operation after ~3 hours of service outage and ~6 more of partial service. Some data of the previous ~12 ours was lost. If you still don't see your inventory counters, please add or remove an item from any of your lists. Please accept our apologies for this event. Read more >

We've fixed the issue preventing multiple selection of counties when a parent country on the hierarchical list does not have the counter. Read more >

This month, we’re excited to introduce crido1969, a passionate collector specializing in lottery tickets and Zodiac-themed collectibles, Colnect's translator and lottery ticket catalog editor. He joined Colnect back in 2017 and since then made a significant contribution to it: submitted about 10k new items, sent and processed thousands comments, made almost 95k edits and several thousands of translations. Without further delays let's go read the interview with this collector. Read more >

Due to recent phishing attacks on Colnect we recommend you to change your password to a strong one. Read more >

Meet a new long awaited category on Colnect: Drink Cans. The catalog starts with a nice number of 1,111 items and for sure it will rapidly grow. Everyone is most welcome to list their drink can collections on Colnect and submit new items to the catalog. Read more >

Breaking news! Colnect's sport card catalog has surpassed the incredible milestone of 2,000,002 items! All sports and sport cards lovers are welcomed to celebrate this achievement together with us! Read more >

We've improved the Top Collectors List feature, so now you can not only see who offers most items from a chosen country or theme, but also who has most items corresponding to these filters in their collection. Read more >

You can now quickly access our image search feature and the advanced search form directly from the top bar search using respective buttons. Read more >

When staying at a hotel you usually get a key card to unlock your room door. A great variety of such hotel key cards exist and more than 155,551 of them are already cataloged on Colnect. And that it is what we invite you to celebrate together with us. Read more >

We are sad to tell you that one of our dedicated editors and coordinators, Michael Haser [Hoppel] passed away recently. He was a member of our community for almost 17 years and made a great contribution to Colnect. Read more >

We've interviewed another one of our dedicated stamp catalog editors - Silvia Raquel Chesta [silvia1972]. She became a member of our community back in 2014 and greatly contributed to the stamp catalog since then. Besides editing she actively helps with adding new stamp issues to the catalog. Almost 16k new items and about 110k edits are currently the results of her immense work on Colnect. Enjoy reading the interview with Silvia. Read more >

Please, let us know whether you are interested in a channel for quick updates on Colnect. Read more and vote >

Colnect's themes lists now include links to relevant Wiki pages where you can find info about each theme. Read more >

When visiting museums, visitor attractions and tourist sites in different countries, especially in Europe, you can get a 0€ banknote as a souvenir. Such items are also called Memo Euro and since recently have their own catalog on Colnect. And now we celebrate its first milestone of over 7,777 items. Read more >

You can now filter items by their condition not only in collection lists, but also in custom personal lists. Read more >

We've finally completed all the Wiki articles for countries in the stamp, coin and banknote catalogs, so clicking the W icon near a country name will now show you some info about collectibles from that country. Read more >

Colnect's stamp catalog coordinator is looking for a volunteer editor who would help with adding new stamp issues to the catalog. If you are interested in helping with this task don't miss the opportunity. Read more >

This month we prepared an interview with Poseydon, an editor of Colnect's gift card and transport ticket catalogs. He joined Colnect back in 2011 and eventually became an active contributor, in particular he submitted 23k new items to different catalogs and made over 100k edits. Let's read the story of this passionate collector. Read more >

If you not only use bank cards for their primary function of accessing and managing funds, but also keep them for collecting purposes then you should come with us to celebrate a new milestone on Colnect. And namely 77,777 bank cards in the catalog. Read more >

Would you be interested in having the possibility to manually mark or highlight item series in your personal collection lists, in particular to show their completeness? Read more and vote >

Do you like playing trading card games? And what about their collecting? You like it too? Cool, then you came to the right place! Colnect has a catalog of trading card games and it just hit a great milestone of 244,442 items. So play, collect and celebrate together with us! Read more >

When travelling by public transport you usually get a document that confirms purchasing an entrance or seat to journey on a transport. It's called a transport ticket. Since not only simply looking transport tickets exist, but also nice colourful ones, they become interesting collectibles. On Colnect we have catalogued 105,501 transport tickets and we welcome you to join us in this journey. Read more >

Do you want the country filter on the marketplace to show only those countries that correspond to the "match with my list" filter when it's applied? Read more and vote >

Since the 19th century people used pieces of thick paper or thin cardboard called postcards to write a message and mail it without an envelope. And while in the modern digital age messages are usually sent in a different way, postcards are still being issued, catalogued and collected. In Colnect's catalog you can find more than 456,789 postcards and we are going to celebrate this incredible milestone. Read more >

New fields have been added to two Colnect catalogs: "Attachment Type" to the tea label catalog and "Third Picture" to the tea bag catalog. Read more >

We welcome you to get acquainted with one of Colnect's stamp catalog editors Charles Nelson [CENstamps]. Soon after becoming a member of our community he started contributing and by now made about 75k edits in the stamp catalog and submitted almost 15k new stamps to it. The interview with this collector is awaiting you. Read more >

As the new improved image search model provides better search results it's now used by default. Searching with older models is optionally still available too. Read more >

When you go to the cinema, concerts, events, etc. it's usually needed to acquire a ticket which is called an admission ticket. Ranging from simple pieces of paper or plastic containing only some data about the place and event you visit till colourful paintings like pieces these items are naturally collected and catalogued. In particular on Colnect 22,222 of admission tickets are now catalogued. Read more >

A new "Include expired" filter has been added to the Colnect marketplace. It allows you to view all your expired sale listings on one list. Read more >

Small pins worn as a membership indication, some symbol or just because of bearing nice images are called lapel pins. Due to a vast variety of attractive designs and usages they also become popular collectibles. Colnect's lapel pin catalog already counts more than 55,555 items and for sure such an achievement needs to be celebrated. Read more >

Nowadays AI is widely used in different areas, so perhaps it's time to have it more integrated into Colnect. We'd like to know your ideas about how AI could be useful on Colnect. Read more >

Sometimes coin-like objects are used for various purposes instead of coins. These are called tokens and due to a great variety of their shapes, compositions and usages, they are also interesting collectibles. And thus as other collectibles, they have their own catalog on Colnect, which meanwhile surpassed a significant number of 68,886 items. Read more >

Let's read the interview with Eyüp Güçmen [kolleksiyon], a plastic card and banknote collector. He joined Colnect back in 2006 and eventually became not only an active collector in our community, but also a contributor, translator and editor. Read more >

Would you like to have the possibility of marking items to your personal collection lists directly on the page with image search results? Read more and vote >

Fruit stickers are small nice labels which for sure you often see on fruits or vegetables. Besides fun images these stickers also provide such details as variety, country of origin, brand, growing or packaging company. Have you noticed that Colnect's fruit sticker catalog has reached a milestone of 25,552 items? What are you waiting for then? Let's celebrate it! Read more >

One of the sweetest categories on Colnect, sugar packets, just surpassed a number of 155,551 items in the catalog. Take a cup of your favourite tea or coffee, with a sugar packet, of course, and let's go to celebrate this nice milestone. Read more >

We've improved the appearance of QR codes for Colnect apps on the respective help page. Read more >

Colnect coin, token and medal catalogs now show info about item sizes, not only diameter as previously. Read more >

The beta version of a new image search model is available on Colnect, so we invite you to try it and provide us with feedback. Read more >

We've added the text search field in the marketplace, so you can now find sale listings by keywords in item names and sale descriptions. Read more >

We've prepared an interview with Kevin Hall [Kevin-Hall], one of active Colnect's stamp catalog editors. He became a part of Colnect family back in 2017. Soon after it he started contributing to Colnect and by now made over 310k edits in the stamp catalog as well as submitted thousands of new stamps to it. Let's get acquainted with this dedicated collector. Read more >

Do you remember calling your friends and relatives from a public telephone booth? Just insert the card and dial the number to start the conversation. Such cards are called telephone cards or phonecards and they were most widely used in the late 1980s-2000s. A huge variety of phonecards was produced during that time and caused a real collecting mania and this adventure continues till now even though the number of phonecards being issued dropped drastically. Phonecard catalog was the first catalog on Colnect and now it has reached an incredible milestone of 888,888 items. We welcome everyone to celebrate this great achievement. Read more >

Once bought or expired a sale listing on the marketplace can be now reopened with the same details. Read more >

Filter removal now causes a redirect to a property list page in cases when an excessive number of items would have been shown instead. Read more >

Besides being a means of payment coins are highly sought collectibles. Thousands of them are issued annually not only for circulation, but also solely for collectors. In Colnect's coin catalog you can now find over 200,002 items and this milestone we are going to celebrate. More help of our dear members joining in the efforts of growing the catalog is always most welcomed. Read more >

We've improved the postal code validation in addresses on the marketplace. Read more >

When consuming portioned drinks and foods you might have noticed they are sealed with foil or plastic lids that often look attractive due to colourful images they bear. On Colnect these collectible lids can be found in the mini cup lids catalog which just reached the number of 81,818 items. Read more >

This month we interviewed an avid coin collector and one of Colnect translators, Martin Valent [aldaer]. He joined us back in 2015 and several years later started contributing to Colnect. So we go ahead to read the interview. Read more >

Should full panes in the stamp catalog remain as separate items or should they be listed as minor variants of respective stamps? Read more and vote >

We've added a new stamp minor variant visibility option that allows you to completely hide minor variants from item lists in the catalog. Read more >

Nice small pieces of cardboard or paper attached to tea bags and called tea labels have their own catalog on Colnect, which celebrates a new awesome milestone of over 33,333 items. Read more >

185 years passed after the world's first postage stamp appeared and during this time a vast variety of stamps was issued. Colnect started cataloguing them back in 2008 and now its catalog reached an incredible milestone of 1,515,151 items. We are happy to celebrate this achievement and welcome you to join us! Read more >

Medals commemorating events, those given as a reward and even souvenir medals are naturally highly collectible and, of course, catalogued. On Colnect the catalog includes over 34,567 medals and we invite you to celebrate this milestone. Read more >

"See also" suggestions above the top bar search results are now better highlighted and linked to a more full and relevant countries list. Read more >

We invite you to read the interview with Ilisoi Laurentiu [batiscaf], a collector of stamps and other collectibles. He became a member of our community almost 6 years ago, soon after that started contributing to Colnect and eventually became an editor of several Colnect catalogs. Read more >

Please, let us know which monthly statistics about your sales on the marketplace you'd like to see in your seller settings. Read more and vote >

Over 555,555 new items were added to the music record catalog on Colnect. Check out the new addition right now! Read more >

We've applied a change to the visibility of item details in catalogs, so now viewing complete catalog data is available for logged in members only. Read more >

We've redesigned the account settings page, so now it not only looks nice and modern, but it's also more convenient to use. Read more >

Paper napkins are not only widely used everyday items, but also nice collectibles showing various brandings as well as interesting colourful images. And, of course these collectibles have their own catalog on Colnect, which just hit the number of 44,444 napkins. Read more >

You are most welcome to share your opinion whether the agency issue emission should be retained or eliminated in the stamp catalog. Read more and vote >

Updating your account settings became quicker and easier as you don't need to click the "Update Account" button anymore. Read more >

This month we interviewed Tonia Vatsikas [ANTOINETTE], a dedicated collector, contributor and translator. After joining our community back in 2014 she started actively contributing to Colnect and recently became Colnect translation manager. We invite you to learn the collecting story of this passionate collector. Read more >

A paper clip is an everyday tool you may use to hold papers together. But did you know that these clips are collected? Yes, they are, as many of them exist in the world varying from simple ones till really nice small masterpieces. In particular on Colnect the paper clip catalog has 100,001 items. So let's celebrate this milestone. Read more >

It's a great day for Memo Euro collectors as we have launched the new Memo Euro category after moving respective items from Colnect's banknote catalog. Read more >

Sellers are welcomed to help us with testing the new tool to list items on Colnect's marketplace in bulk. Read more >

Are current stamp minor variants visibility options enough or should the option to completely hide minor variants from the item lists be added? Read more and vote >

When going into some food service establishment to have a glass of beer or other drink you might have noticed that it's usually served with an article (normally a piece of cardboard, but other materials happen to be used as well) to put under the glass. Such articles are called beer coasters. A great variety of them exist in the world, just having nice images or promoting beer brands, breweries, events, whatever. Naturally they are highly collectible and, of course, catalogued. Colnect's catalog already includes 188,881 of them. Read more >

During the 4+ years that have passed since the introduction of our comprehensive top bar search on Colnect, we have gathered some stats about the most popular search queries, which we'd like to share with you. Read more >

For the first month of a new year we prepared the interview with another one of our catalog coordinators and namely Zdravko Podhraski [IRENA]. He joined Colnect back in 2012, contributed a lot, became an editor of several catalogs and eventually the philatelic product catalog coordinator. Without any further delays let's go reading the interview. Read more >

We've changed the way the search box works on huge property lists, so now a chosen single option applies a filter immediately by default. Read more >

Let's say goodbye to 2024 and welcome 2025. During the year that passed Colnect saw various improvements and changes to be the best place for collectors worldwide, so let's sum up the achievements of the past year. Read more >

Last special variants were recently transformed into minor variants, so now the special variants feature is completely removed from the stamp catalog. Read more >

You can now quickly access any Colnect app just by scanning respective QR codes with your mobile device. Read more >

Getting a discount, insurance, different kinds of access, becoming a member and so on is often possible with the help of cards, which in general are called functional cards. Colnect's catalog of such cards has surpassed a number of 82,828 items, so we are going to celebrate this milestone. Welcome to join us. Read more >

Would you like to increase your sales on Colnect's marketplace? Then a new marketplace feature we just added is exactly for you. Become a featured seller right now! Read more >

We've added QR codes on the share icon, which allows you to easily open the respective page on your mobile device. Read more >

We are glad to announce that our translators team has now a new translation manager. Read more >

The bottom of pages with huge property lists now shows 100 most popular options of a list. Read more >

While traveling by aircraft you might have noticed on board cards instructing passengers about what to do in emergency cases. Besides the practical use of such safety cards they may be interesting collectibles. That's why some time ago the safety card catalog was added on Colnect and now it has reached a number of 6,116 items. Read more >

We're now showing both front/back (obverse/reverse) pictures in thumbnail view for 3 categories. Read more >

Are you into Korean popular music, aka K-Pop? Then you'd love our new K-Pop Merch category on Colnect. Read more >

With great sadness we announce that our friend Juan Esquinas juanesquinas has passed away on September 28th 😭 Read more >

The ability to import pictures in our music catalog is currently available for item lists. Read more >

We proudly announce the release of two brand new apps by Colnect at once: World Coins and World Banknotes. For sure they will come in handy not only for experienced collectors, but also for beginners in the fascinating world of coin and banknote collecting. Read more >

Let us introduce another one of our dedicated stamp catalog editors Chrisliaf. He joined Colnect back in 2018 and since then made a significant contribution to the stamp catalog by adding over 20k new items to it and making almost 220k edits. So we welcome you to read the interview. Read more >

We've implemented the possibility for sellers to offer discounts on the marketplace. Read more >

A new field called "Composition" has been added to our tea bag catalog. Also it can now include info about tea bags size. Read more >

Being a means of payment banknotes are also highly sought collectibles. Collecting banknotes along with coins and other related items belongs to numismatics. Colnect has its own banknotes catalog and it just reached the number of 158,851 items. Read more >

We've added a new filter to our music record catalog, so now you can filter music records by labels and also search them by label codes. Read more >

We've prepared an interview with Wolfgang May [wolle], a phonecard and gift card collector. He became a Colnect's member almost 17 years ago and eventually started actively contributing, also as an editor of our gift card catalog. So let's go ahead and read a short interview with this collector. Read more >

When you brew tea with a tea bag you might have noticed that they usually have a small label attached to the tea bag with a string. Such labels are not only practically useful, but also may be interesting collectibles as they often contain nice images, tea brands and even proverbs or famous sayings. On Colnect we have the catalog of such labels, which now has over 31,313 of them. Read more >

Would you like the "Best Matches" feature to consider the item condition marked in personal collection lists? Read more and vote >