The Loop
Sunday, May 19th, 2013
The message from Danzig on the back of this card is a simple enquiry: “why has it been so long since we have heard any news from you?” The writer’s anxiety may well have been heightened when the card came back over three months later as the addressee could not be traced.Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
This article tracks the first ten years of Chile airmail, from the inaugural pioneer official airmail services between Santiago and Valparaiso in 1927 to the subsequent links to the United States and Europe. Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Penny Post Office in Winter: Population = 1
Sunday, May 12th, 2013
Sunday, May 12th, 2013
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
Australian Stamp Variations: Driving and Soccer in Australia (2006)
July 2006 began with a special ‘Soccer in Australia’ block of nine with tabs to supplement the stamps issued in May. The second issue in July – ‘Extreme Sports’ – had no variations! This is a rare occurrence these days. The last stamp to be issued as a gummed sheet stamp alone was the $1 lyrebird ‘Bush Wildlife’ stamp in 2005.
Australia Post made up for this with the August ‘Driving through the Years’ issue of five 50c stamps. This issue contained 28 variations.
I begin with some new Australia Post policies related to stamp variations.
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
Cetinje, Montenegro Via Suez From Mackay, Qld: 1894 Postcard
The Queensland Universal Postal Union 1½d postcard has the ’Rays 33′ on the printed stamp with a MACKAY/ D/ JY 21/94/ QUEENSLAND postmark alongside, as well as a transit BRISBANE/ JY 24/ 94/ QUEENSLAND postmark. In addition there is a transit SUEZ/ A/ 27 ( ) 94, as well as a partial transit of CONSTANTINOPLE (date illegible). The postcard is addressed to Frau Leonie B. Bergner, Citinje (sic), Monte Negro (sic), Europe (Figure 1 below).
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
In 2009, the Finnish postal service depicted the traditional sauna in a five-stamp self-adhesive booklet.
