Choosing a Stamp Album (1911)
This article by Chas. E. Jenney originally appeared in Mekeel's Stamp Weekly in 1911. In the days of my early
Stamps of Great Britain: Before Perforation
This curious article appeared in 1908 in the St. Martin's-le-Grand Circular. Before the days of perforation, and when penny postage
Stamps of Malta: Anzac Centenary (2015)
Commemorating the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) On 25 April 1915, thousands of young men of the Allied
Post-Offices on Wheels (1929)
This article, by Cecil J. Allen, M. Inst. T., was originally published in Collins’ Railway Annual in 1929. It is
Video: Sexton Blake Stamp Collector! (1938)
This is a feature film is about Sexton Blake, a Sherlock Holmes type detective, who also resides in Baker Street.
Post Office Advertisement Postcard (1948)
This colourful postcard was used for Post Office advertising in the 1940s. Possibly used in conjunction with a board game?
Messrs. Harmer, Rooke & Co: Stamps in the Sale Room (1910)
The following is an account of the philatelic auctioneering of Messrs. Harmer, Rooke & Co as published in The Postage
The Language of Stamps
Most of us will be familiar with the Language of Flowers. In Victorian times flowers were often sent to convey
Their Designs: A Philatelic Poem (The Eastern Philatelist, February 1889)
I spend an enormous amount of time ferreting through old tomes and philatelic journals looking for material, which may of
Great Scott!
This entertaining account was first published in The Postage Stamp (October, 1913). It ran as first in a series under