Pitcairn Islands Stamps: Breadfruit Saga (2015)
Pitcairn Island Post has prepared for releasing a special set of stamps that is devoted to the Breadfruit Saga –
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:18:45+11:00Jun 18, 2017|Fruit on Stamps, History, New Issues 2015, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Ship's Mail, Shipping Archive, Ships, Ships on Stamps, Souvenir Sheets, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Pitcairn Island Post has prepared for releasing a special set of stamps that is devoted to the Breadfruit Saga –
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:18:46+11:00Jun 14, 2017|Articles, British Locals, Cinderellas, History, Newspaper Stamps, Railway Stamps, Train Archive|
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:18:48+11:00May 19, 2017|Australian States, British Empire, History, Post Offices, Postcards, Tasmania|
This attractive coloured picture postcard shows the Post Office in Tasmania, Australia in 1910. Note the horse-drawn double-decker trams (streetcars)!
By PDb Maps|2017-10-11T09:18:49+11:00Apr 26, 2017|Africa, Africa Maps, Algeria, France & Colonies, History, Maps|
For stamp collectors and postal historians of French Colonies, this French map shows Algeria in 1921.
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:18:51+11:00Mar 28, 2017|Architecture on Stamps, Cathedrals & Churches on Stamps, Europe, History, Italian States, Italy & Colonies, Religion on Stamps, San Marino, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:18:51+11:00Mar 28, 2017|History, Postal Carriers, Postal Stationery, Postcards, Ship's Mail, Shipping Archive, Shipping Lines, Ships, Topicals or Thematics, Transport|
The SS Mongolia was a steam turbine-driven twin-screw passenger-and-cargo ocean liner launched in 1922 for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:18:51+11:00Mar 27, 2017|Architecture on Stamps, Berlin, Designers, Exhibitions, Germany & Colonies, History, Hitler, Stamp Profiles, Third Reich, Topicals or Thematics|
The image shows the 24 pf. + 76 pf. green stamp issued for the Second Berlin Philatelic Exhbition and the
By Russell W. Stern|2017-10-11T09:18:52+11:00Mar 17, 2017|"NSW Philatelist", Articles, Barbados, British Empire, British West Indies, Canada and Provinces, Dominican Republic, History, Overprints, Philatelic Publications, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Trinidad, Turks and Caicos Islands, World War I|
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:18:53+11:00Mar 4, 2017|Cinderellas, Events, Exhibitions, History, Spain & Colonies, Topicals or Thematics|
Here are two of the cinderellas issued for the Barcelona Exposition in 1929.
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:18:59+11:00Jan 9, 2017|Aircraft on Stamps, Balkans, Birds on Stamps, Croatia, Fascists, German Occupation, History, Stamp Profiles, Third Reich, Topicals or Thematics, Uniforms on Stamps, World War II, Yugoslavia|
Croat nationalists under Dr. Ante Pavelitch, were encouraged by Nazi Germany to establish a separate republic, ostensibly an independent state
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:00+11:00Dec 18, 2016|Africa, Algeria, France & Colonies, History, Post Offices|
Often described as one of the most beautiful post offices in the World. Built by two French architects during the
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:01+11:00Dec 9, 2016|Czechoslovakia, Designers, Engravers, Flowers on Stamps, History, Hitler, Judaica, Third Reich, Topicals or Thematics, World War II|
This issue commemorated the 15th Anniversary of the Destruction of Lidice. (see:http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/world-war-two-and-eastern-europe/lidice-1942/) It featured a Rose of Friendship and Peace.
By PDb Maps|2017-10-11T09:19:01+11:00Dec 4, 2016|Africa, Africa Maps, History, Maps|
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:01+11:00Dec 3, 2016|Articles, Belgium, German Occupation, Germany & Colonies, History|
Belgium was occupied by the Germans throughout World War One. They attacked Liege, which they captured on August 16, 1918,
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:19:02+11:00Nov 10, 2016|Classic Stamps, Greece, History, Olympics on Stamps, Sports on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Top Ten Articles, Topicals or Thematics|