Geography

Soviet Communications (1965)

Friday, September 19th, 2008: Geography, History, Russia, USSR

Richard A. Turton 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 ...

Venezuela: The “Little Venice” of the Caribbean (1923)

Friday, September 12th, 2008: Geography, History, South America, Venezuela

William Cochrane The Philatelic Database Library has recently acquired a set of weighty tomes entitled Peoples of All Nations, published by Educational Book Company in seven volumes in London in 1923. We hope to publish many of the illustrations and text ...