There can be few pursuits outside of philately where imperfect items can be more sought after by enthusiasts than the perfect. While a printer would regard with a degree of mortification stamps he produced with an error such as colour ...
I rather like Air Mail stamps of the world, used on airmail covers (of course), which logically is why they were issued. The sight of the familiar blue and red bordered airmail envelope emits a subliminal message, evoking images of ...
Amongst the many WWII Military covers I've handled over the years, occasionally a humorous illustrated cover with the attribution "Clarrie King" would emerge. I noted a number of different cartoon-like illustrations as time went by, but ...
Correspondence between Japan and Australia resumed reasonably soon after the end of WWII. The earliest item I have is a Stationery card dated 17 September 1946, in which a penpal states "Now the war is over & we are privileged ...
Something of a stroll down memory lane for me this issue, and the first occasion on which I have featured covers from a foreign country. The article is prompted as a consequence of having recently sorted and classified our 15-year ...
Were these weird stamps ever used? The short answer to the question is ‘Very much so'. I have recently seen a large holding of commercial covers of Tonga dating from the 1960s and bearing many different frankings from the myriad ...
A collection of mostly mint Kangaroos does not readily fit the profile of a column largely devoted to stamp usage on cover. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Mourning Cover to Arthur A. Bartlett, Prince Edward Island (Canada)Australian 1932 ...
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