Gibraltar Postcard: Waterport Street Post Office (1912)
This superb postcard depicts the Waterport Street Post Office in 1912. Boaters were obviously de rigeur for schoolboys...
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:08+11:00Aug 15, 2016|Gibraltar, History, Post Offices, Postcards|
This superb postcard depicts the Waterport Street Post Office in 1912. Boaters were obviously de rigeur for schoolboys...
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:20:21+11:00May 29, 2015|British Commonwealth, Designers, First Issues, Gibraltar, New Issues 2015, Queen Elizabeth, Royalty, Topicals or Thematics|
The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was issued in
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:20:23+11:00May 21, 2015|British Commonwealth, Designers, Gibraltar, New Issues 2015, Printers, Printing Processes, Queen Elizabeth, Royalty, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Elizabeth II (born 21 April 1926) is the first child of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI),
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:20:34+11:00Apr 30, 2015|British Commonwealth, Gibraltar, Music on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
The Gibraltar International Jazz Festival is the first to be organised on the Rock and has been produced by Gibraltar’s
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:20:35+11:00Apr 24, 2015|British Commonwealth, Designers, Gibraltar, New Issues 2015, Queen Elizabeth, Royalty, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
The 2015 Definitive additional value stamps are a continuation of the 2014 Definitives. They have been printed using a special
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:20:51+11:00Nov 5, 2014|British Commonwealth, Christmas Stamps, Gibraltar, New Issues 2014, Stamp Profiles, Stars on Stamps, Topicals or Thematics|
This year’s Gibraltar Christmas stamps are artworks extracted from a magnificent Christmas collage created by 33 artists at the St.Bernadette
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:21:02+11:00Jul 12, 2014|British Commonwealth, Flowers on Stamps, Gibraltar, New Issues 2014, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Gibraltar saxifrage Saxifraga globulifera Desf. var. gibraltarica Ser. A herbaceous perennial which flowers between March and May. The leaves and
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:21:04+11:00Jun 10, 2014|British Commonwealth, Gibraltar, New Issues 2014, Poets on Stamps, Shakespeare on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
William Shakespeare’s birth date is unknown though he was baptised on 26 April 1564 and died on 23 April 1616.
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:21:25+11:00May 20, 2014|British Commonwealth, Designers, Fish on Stamps, Gibraltar, Marine Life on Stamps, New Issues 2014, Printers, Printing Processes, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis (Presence: all year round) Common dolphins are energetic acrobats and one of the fastest of all
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:21:41+11:00Feb 8, 2014|British Commonwealth, Designers, Gibraltar, New Issues 2013, Printers, Printing Processes, Queen Elizabeth, Royalty, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
The Defintive 2014 features the Queen Elizabeth II portrait from the 1953 Definitive as its main design feature. The stamps
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:22:27+11:00Nov 4, 2013|British Commonwealth, Christmas Stamps, Gibraltar, New Issues 2013, Religion on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:22:55+11:00Sep 7, 2013|British Commonwealth, Designers, Gibraltar, Printers, Printing Processes, Queen Elizabeth, Royalty, Stamp Profiles, Stamps on Stamps, Topicals or Thematics|
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:23:05+11:00Aug 31, 2013|British Commonwealth, Designers, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Postal Vehicles on Stamps, Postal Workers, Printers, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:24:07+11:00Nov 20, 2012|Articles, Australia & Dependencies, China, East Africa, Geography, Gibraltar, India, Japan, Shipping Archive, Shipping Lines, Ships, Straits Settlements, Tangier, Tilbury Docks|
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:24:12+11:00Jul 25, 2012|Articles, Congo Free State, Gibraltar, History, King Carlos, King Manoel, Portugal & Colonies|