Belgium Registered Airmail Letter to Gwalior – A Cover Story
Saturday, July 19th, 2008: Belgium, India, Indian States, Postal HistoryMichael Barden. The sender ostensibly mailed this envelope to his wife in India. Earlier in the 1930's the Belgian postal authorities had frowned on self addressed post-restante letters, as they were always out of pocket from the return journey. This assertion ...
Why Poortman stamps printed on the Wifag press are shorter than those from the Stickney press
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008: Belgium, Printers, Printing ProcessesMichael Barden. The engraved portion (effigy) of stamps printed from the new Swiss Wifag press in 1951 were soon observed to be some 0.4 - 0.5 mm shorter than those previously printed using the old US made Stickney press. Notwithstanding the ...
The Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008: Argentina, Australia & Dependencies, Belgium, British Commonwealth, British West Indies, China, Cuba, Egypt, Great Britain, India, Japan, Morocco, Shipping Lines, Ships, South America, Straits Settlements, SuezThe Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company was incorporated in 1839 by Royal Charter, with a subsidy of ₤240,000. Supplemental charters extending the operations of the Company were granted at intervals, one in 1904 containing an ‘all British’ clause confining control of ...
Belstamps.com
Monday, June 23rd, 2008: Belgium, LinksBelstamps is website portal dedicated to Belgian philately. On the site you will find: Belgian dealers Clubs and associations Philatelic events in Belgium Useful links towards other websites
WWI - Belgium Armoured Car Division in Russia
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008: Belgium, Censored mail, Field Post, Military, Postal History, Postcards, Postmarks, RussiaMichael Barden. In August 1914, Belgian Lieutenant Charles Henkart, put his two armoured Minerva cars at the Army's disposal. Cockerill & Co (Engineers) in Hoboken had added some armour plating and a Hotchkiss machine gun to each as shown below. Despite ...
Belgium – Letters Using High Value Stamps Issued 1929-1936
Saturday, January 12th, 2008: "Philately from Australia", Articles, Belgium, Philatelic PublicationsMichael Barden. With the advent of longer distance airmail routes during the latter part of the 1920s and into the 1930s, higher value definitives were required than had been available hitherto. 5 & 10 Fr values of both the small Montenez ...
Belgian Study Circle
Sunday, December 9th, 2007: Belgium, Clubs & Societies, LinksThe Belgian Study Circle welcomes all postage stamp, stationery and Cinderella collectors/postal historians to their website. Also a great reference for Belgium history.