The Ballarat Post Office in Victoria, Australia, with the exception of the Melbourne General Post Office, was the largest Victorian building of its kind. It is the third building erected onto the current site since 1858. If you enjoyed ...
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The 19th century headquarters of the General Post Office in St Martins-le-Grand in the City of London. This was the main Post Office building, which moved to St Martin's Le Grand from Lombard Street in 1829. If you enjoyed this article, ...
This entertaining account was first published in The Postage Stamp (October, 1913). It ran as first in a series under the title "Postage Stamp Romances: The True Stories of the Stamp World, Collected by Cornelius Wrinkle from Authentic Sources. No ...
[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.] One of the earliest districts to be developed in British Central Africa, starting indeed before ...
This postcard will be of interest to railroad enthusiasts. It depicts a Texas J1 class locomotive, a 2-10-4, heading into the super elevation of Pennsylvania’s Horseshoe Curve, with a consist of Pennsylvania bituminous. It was taken from an original oil painting ...
On Wednesday 26th December 2007, the world's first stamp made entirely from cork was issued in Portugal. Designed by the Portuguese engraver Joao Machado, it is made from wafer-thin "paper cork", a thickness of just 0.35mm, and is ...
This is an interesting picture postcard of the Port and Lighthouse at Alexandria in Egypt (c.1914). It was probably purchased in early 1915 by one of the vast number of soldiers stationed in Egypt, prior to engagements in places such ...
Here is a splendid sepia-toned picture postcard depicting Sheffield Cathedral almost a century ago. What is particularly interesting is the double-decker tram in the foreground. One would have to be well-rugged on the upper deck in winter! External links BBC South Yorkshire: http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/panoramas/sheffield_cathedral_outside_360.shtml If ...
[This chapter entitled "Soviet Communications" in The Children's Picture Atlas in Colour (published in 1965) contains much of interest for postal historians and especially airmail enthusiasts. The Air Routes charts and Railways maps should prove to be particularly useful.] Above: The ...
[The following account was first published in The Postage Stamp (June 1913).] As we have noted on several occasions there is an active philatelic life in the Territory of Hawaii. The latest development in the activities of the Hawaiian Philatelic Society ...
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