Australia – The Stamp That Never Was! (1967)
[First published in The Australian Stamp Monthly, 1967. It should be of great interest to collectors of
The Stamps of Venezuela: Escuelas 1871-79 (1925)
[The following article was written by L.W. Fulcher and was first published in the Stanley Gibbons Monthly
The Postmarks of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies (1936)
The following article was first published in the Philatelic Journal of Great Britain (March, 1936) and was written by S.
Markings on a Letter to France 1841)
[Published by kind permission of the author.] I recently acquired a cover which has a 2EDON marking,
Henry Flachskamm, Philatelic Forger
The following has been extracted from Stamp News (March, 1984) which was reprinting from Dr Tyler’s book Philatelic Forgeries –
The Fortunes of Ferrary (1921)
Richard A. Turton The following article concerning arguably the most famous stamp collector and collection of all time, was written
Philatelic Rambles in Jamaica (1933)
The following was first published in the “Philatelic Journal of Great Britain” (June, 1933) and was written by F. F.
Lettering Flaws in the One Penny Steel Plates (1952)
The following article was first published in Australian Stamp Monthly (August, 1952). It was Illustrated by J. Biffs. The Illustrations
Ghost Stamps
Originally published in Postage Stamps, Puffin Picture Book 69 (1951) by L.N and M. Williams. Some stamps show more than
The Peruvian Surcharges (1895)
The following was first published in The MetropoIitan Philatelist (April, 1896). Through the courtesy of the Staten Island Philatelic Society
The Ichang Post-Office (1895)
The following article comes from The Stamp News (February and March, 1895) and should be of interest to collectors of
W.R. Lane Joynt: A Distinguished Irish Philatelist
This article was originally published in Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly (December 1921). An event of considerable interest announced for the beginning
English: the World Language (1892)
English may well be described as the lingua franca of the Internet. I found this philatelic snippet in "The Stamp
Printer’s Type on Stamps (1893)
The following article was first published in Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal (December, 1893) and it stands as a interesting window
Neglected Countries
Ever since childhood I have had a fascination with unusual/neglected countries. Tannu Tuva, Chamba, Obock, all seemed mysterious and challenging.