The Philatelic Database – Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles

Let’s go back in time some 60 years. World War II had just ended and many countries were busily rebuilding their ruined economies. Family life was slowly coming back to normal after many years of privations during the war.

This attractive airmail issue of Peru was recess printed by Waterlow and Sons. Perf. 12 1/2. There were two stamps in the set. 2s. blue and 5s. brown. They featured a Fairley fighter and were issued February 1, 1934.

Here’s a very useful video for collectors of Peru, produced by the American Philatelic Society:

The following article was first published in the “Oxford Junior Encyclopaedia” (1957) and is a sound introduction to the various different railway systems around the world at the time.

The following was first published in The MetropoIitan Philatelist (April, 1896). Through the courtesy of the Staten Island Philatelic Society we are enabled to publish the official decree, authorizing the issue of the new stamps surcharged with the portrait bust of General Morales Bermúdez. We reprint the original Spanish as furnished, and follow with our [...]

This article endeavours to give a philatelic history of Peru from the mid-nineteenth- century, with reference to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company and description of the early issues. It also contains useful historical information pertaining to Peru at this period. Much of this article is based on a paper given by A. De La Torre [...]