Stamps of Austria: Stamp Day (1986)
This interesting stamp celebrated Stamp Day in Austria for 1986. It featured a Nuremberg Letter Carrier from a 16th Century
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:18:41+11:00Jul 6, 2017|Austria, Designers, Engravers, Postal Carriers, Postal Workers, Stamp Days, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
This interesting stamp celebrated Stamp Day in Austria for 1986. It featured a Nuremberg Letter Carrier from a 16th Century
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:18:50+11:00Apr 21, 2017|Balkans, Bicycles on Stamps, Bulgaria, Express Stamps, Motor Bikes on Stamps, Postal Carriers, Postal Vans, Postal Workers, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
I have taken a liking to arly Express stamps, so you can expect to see more... These ones were issued
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:19:20+11:00Apr 3, 2016|Africa, History, Morocco, Post Offices, Postal Workers, Tangier|
This fine engraving published by David Syme and Co. Melbourne shows the Post Office at Tangiers in northern Morocco near
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:20+11:00Mar 30, 2016|Express Stamps, Motor Bikes on Stamps, Postal Carriers, Postal Vans, Postal Workers, Russia, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Train Archive, Trains, Transport|
This is an interesting looking set featuring express mail vehicles. That's a powerful-looking locomotive! Mind you I wouldn't like to
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:20+11:00Mar 29, 2016|Aircraft on Stamps, Asia, Bicycles on Stamps, China, Motor Bikes on Stamps, New Issues 2016, Postal Carriers, Postal History, Postal Services, Postal Vehicles on Stamps, Postal Workers, Postboxes, Stamp Profiles, Taiwan, Topicals or Thematics|
This year the Chinese Postal Service (CPS) celebrates its 120th anniversary. It was officially launched on March 20, 1896 and
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:21+11:00Mar 20, 2016|Australian States, History, Post Offices, Postal Workers, Victoria|
Title: Williamstown Post Office, Cole St., facing Nelson Place. Author/Creator: Andrew Rider 1821-1903 photographer. Date: ca. 1862 Description: 1 photographic
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:32+11:00Nov 17, 2015|History, Postal Vans, Postal Workers, Railroads or Railways, Railways, Train Archive, Travelling Post Offices, Victoria|
This image shows a parcels delivery train of the Victorian Railways in about 1940. Travelling Post Offices images are rare,
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:35+11:00Oct 25, 2015|Australia & Dependencies, History, Post Offices, Postal Carriers, Postal Services, Postal Vans, Postal Workers|
This photograph by K.J. Halla shows a postal van and employees at the yard of the Mail Exchange branch of
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:37+11:00Sep 18, 2015|Bicycles on Stamps, Designers, Engravers, France & Colonies, Postal Carriers, Postal Services, Postal Vehicles on Stamps, Postal Workers, Stamp Days, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Uniforms on Stamps|
This Stamp Day issue from France showed a Rural Postman of 1894. Designed and engraved by J. Deulpin. Resess Perf
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:38+11:00Sep 14, 2015|Designers, Engravers, France & Colonies, Hats on Stamps, History, Postal Carriers, Postal Workers, Stamp Days, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Turkestan (Turkistan), Uniforms on Stamps|
This stamp featured a Rural Postman of 1830 and celebrated Stamp Day in 1968. Designed and engraved by Béquet. Perf
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:20:11+11:00Jun 30, 2015|History, Postal Carriers, Postal History, Postal Workers, Postboxes, United States, United States of America|
This fine image was sent to us by one of our regular readers. I shows an American postman on his
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:20:34+11:00Apr 30, 2015|Africa, Bicycles on Stamps, Burkina Faso, Designers, France & Colonies, Postal Carriers, Postal Services, Postal Vehicles on Stamps, Postal Workers, Stamp Days, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Upper Volta, West Africa|
This 30 fr. multicoloured stamp depicted a Postman on his Cycle and celebrated Stamp Day in 1967. Designed by Brequet.
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:20:37+11:00Mar 22, 2015|Postal Administrations, Postal Carriers, Postal History, Postal Services, Postal Workers, Russia|
More than 44,000,000,000 postal items were handled by the Soviet postal service in 1971 and 100 million were served daily.
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:20:39+11:00Feb 22, 2015|Airmail Stamps, Airmails, Animals on Stamps, Belgium, Designers, Engravers, Europe, Postal Carriers, Postal Workers, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
This fine 50f. blackish-violet Air stamp was the top value of a set of five featuring Forms of Postal Transport
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:22:00+11:00Dec 31, 2013|Designers, Exhibitions, Finland, Post Offices, Postal Workers, Posthorns, Scandinavia, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|