The Philatelic Database – Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles

Further to my article in October Stamp News about the remote Penny Post Office between Prince George and Jasper in Canada that handles all its mail by rail, I received an email from the Postmaster and her husband on Christmas Day. The population of 5½ in summer increased to 6 when the previous Postmaster gave birth to her second child in September.

This recently acquired photograph is a historic and nostalgic addition to our ever-expanding post office archive.

This charming old coloured postcard shows the Halifax, Nova Scotia Post Office in Canada in 1909.

This article, originally published in the “New Zealand Stamp Collector” (June 1973), gives an interesting history of the former Wellington Post Office, as it was about to be pulled down.

Pelican is a city in the northwestern part of Chichagof Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 163.

This photograph was kindly provided by Andrew Hamilton. It claims to be the smallest post office in New South Wales. If this is the case, it can only refer to an active post office. All states of Australia had much smaller post offices in the past.

So what makes Penny famous? It is the only remaining town in Canada that the mail is delivered by train.

This photograph was sent to us by Noel Routley. Noel was Postmaster at Korong Vale in northern Victoria in the 1980s.

This charming colour image of the post office at Orrs Island, Maine shows a woman in Edwardian dress at the entrance. Could she be the postmistress? It seems quite likely.

This article by CD Twynam, was originally published in GSM, October 1956. African articles are extremely popular and we are pleased to republish this obscure piece.

This post office situated on the Great Ocean Road of south west Victoria is almost unique in that it has a fine ocean view.

Here’s a curiosity sent to us by one of our readers. It was entitled “America’s Smallest Post Office”. It may well be. However, if any of our reader know of a smaller one, they might like to send us a picture of one…

This fascinating postcard tied with a French Indo-China stamp and cancelled Tonkin 1904 depicts a view of the colonial Pho-Lu post office more than a century ago.

Recently I acquired a post card of the St. Petersburg post card in Florida and I was curious as to why the post office was called “Outdoor” post office.

I spoke with Phil Stager, who kindly sent me the following article.

Guildford is a small settlement situated on the Loddon River, 130 kilometres (81 mi) north-west of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia.