Australia: Victoria and Tasmania Map (1935)
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Australian States, Maps, Tasmania, Victoria
The Early Stamp Issues of South Australia (1921)
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Australian States, South AustraliaWilliam Cochrane. The following was a paper, accompanied by a display, given at the meeting of the Herts Philatelic Society, London, on October 25th. 1921. by Ernest H. Collins. South Australia was discovered by the Dutch in 1627. Its coast was charted ...
An 1890 NSW Postcard
Monday, June 16th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Australian States, Postal History, PostcardsDavid Benson and Russell W. Stern. David Benson came across a 1890 NSW 1d. postcard which he thought might be an interesting item for recording in the New South Wales Philatelist. The front and reverse of the postcard are illustrated in ...
A Re-Evaluation of Queensland Numeral Cancellations
Sunday, May 11th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Australian States, Postmarks, QueenslandBernard Manning. Author’s Note: This article is based on extracts from a new publication titled QUEENSLAND NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS due to be published shortly. Collecting numeral cancellations is a bit like being a detective. All the rules of observation and deduction, plus intuition ...
The Byrnes Bassett Shipping Line
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Australian States, New South Wales, Postal History, Queensland, Shipping LinesBernie Beston FAP. FRPSL. Following the opening up of the Moreton Bay District to free settlers in 1842, the influx of migrants and squatters increased rapidly. As the best grazing land nearest Brisbane was taken up, adventurous pastoralists scoured further and ...
Why I Love Collecting Queensland
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Australian States, QueenslandBernard Manning. There are many philatelic commonalities amongst the different areas that we all collect. To explain further, if we collect Postal History or stamps of a particular country or period, then our individual reasons for collecting them will in general ...