Harry Potter Fans Stand Up and Cheer! Today Is Snape's Birthday!

Today is the birthday of that powerful and gifted wizard, Severus Snape. Both despised and adored by readers of the popular Harry Potter series, Snape is the villainous Hogwarts professor who teaches and dabbles in the Dark Arts. Is he evil or good? A traitor or double agent? We won't know until the next installment from author J.K. Rowling hits the shelves.

Hints about the seventh and, sad to say, last Harry Potter novel are beginning to trickle out. Excitement is already mounting and the book isn't even finished! It's a bit early to see a pint-sized line curling around the bookstore, but speculation is running rampant among my nieces and nephews -- and their parents. Harry's magical appeal isn't limited to small fry! It's a good thing the films lag behind the books by a year or two so we're guaranteed several more years of wizardly derring-do from the denizens at Hogwarts.

If there's a Harry Potter fan in your family, County Stamp Center has the perfect way to wait out those dreary days until the next film hits the theaters in July. ("That's forever away," laments my niece.) County Stamp Center's collections are a great way to introduce the magic of stamp collecting to the young Muggles in your family. Our Harry Potter worldwide collection features 26 stamps depicting illustrations and scenes from the movies Prisoner of Azkaban, Chamber of Secrets and the Sorcerer's Stone. All the major characters are featured, along with the most famous scenes from each movie and special illustrations. All stamps are mounted in a new Lindner 16-page (8 double-sided pages) stock book. The retail value of this collection is over $45, but you can get it at County Stamp Center, already mounted in a premium stock book, for only $25. Click the post title to order.

County Stamp Center offers many great stamp collections from Disney to Salvador Dali to the Penny Black 150th Anniversary. We have both historic and modern collections from various countries including Iran, Israel, Turkey, Japan, Yugoslavia and Brazil. We also offer comprehensive collections expertly mounted on Lindner pages at an incredible savings over the Scott catalog price. Visit our website and in our stamp search feature click on collections or collections on Lindner pages to take a look at these wonderful offerings. Come to County Stamp Center for all your philatelic needs.