India Study Circle
Sunday, August 17th, 2008: British Commonwealth, Clubs & Societies, India, LinksThe India Study Circle is for "anyone interested in Indian Stamps, Postal Stationery, Indian States Stamps, Revenue Stamps and all areas of Indian Philately. Membership of The India Study Circle is a great way to learn more about all aspects ...
Advertisement
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008: Glossary, Great Britain, New Zealand, Queen Victoria, Topicals or Thematics, West AfricaSome stamps have been issued having an advertisement printed on the back. The most well-known are certain Queen Victoria issues of New Zealand, but some British stamps were also printed experimentally. Modern self-adhesives from Sierra Leone have advertisements printed on ...
British Air Mail Society
Monday, July 7th, 2008: Airmails, Clubs & Societies, Great Britain, LinksThe British Air Mail Society (BAMS) formerly the British Aerophilatelic Federation (BAeF) was founded in 1985 and incorporates the Aero Philatelic Club, London (1923) and the British Air Mail Society (1958).
Post Office Closures
Sunday, July 6th, 2008: Great Britain, Royal Mail, VideoReport produced by The Guardian. For information and advice on fighting to save your local post office see Post Office Closures - National Action Group
David Cameron on the ‘Save our Post Offices’ campaign
Sunday, July 6th, 2008: Great Britain, Royal Mail, VideoThroughout the world, post offices have been closing at a rapid rate. Thousands of post offices have dissapeared in the UK alone. Conservative leader, David Cameron, has been one of many politicians to come to their defense as you can ...
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 ...
Great Britain: The Travelling Post Offices (1894)
Friday, June 20th, 2008: Great Britain, Travelling Post OfficesIn this article, taken from The Ludgate Magazine (London, 1899), we have a veritable feast for collectors of TPOs. It is certainly unusual to see the operations of travelling post offices in the nineteenth century. The postal system of the country ...
Aberdeen Philatelic Society
Monday, June 16th, 2008: Clubs & Societies, Great Britain, LinksThe Aberdeen Philatelic Society was founded in 1910 by a group of people interested in studying the many branches of philately and is a member of both the Association of Scottish Philatelic Societies and the Association of British Philatelic Societies.
Royal Philatelic Society London
Monday, June 16th, 2008: Clubs & Societies, Great Britain, LinksThe Royal Philatelic Society London, the oldest philatelic society in the world, was established in 1869 as The Philatelic Society, London. The principal objects of the Society are: 1. To promote, encourage and contribute to the advancement of the science and practice ...
Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008: British Commonwealth, Canada, Clubs & Societies, Great Britain, LinksThe Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain's roots go back to the 1930's when a small band of Scottish enthusiasts formed the Scottish Canadian Study Circle. After the Second World War in 1946 the Circle re-launched itself under our present ...
British New Guinea Proof?
Monday, June 9th, 2008: "NSW Philatelist", Australia & Dependencies, British Commonwealth, De La Rue, Philatelic Publications, Printers, ProofsDennis R. Leonard. Recently I noticed two British New Guinea/Papua items offered in the Cherrystone Auction 20 Jan 2005. The question that these items gave rise to was about the status of these so-called proofs.
Royal Mail (UK)
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008: Great Britain, Postal Administrations, Royal MailRoyal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom. Historically, the General Post Office was a government department, but it became The Post Office, a state-owned corporation, in 1969 and then a Public Limited Company wholly owned by ...
Philatelic Collection for Leeds University (1913)
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008: Great BritainValuable Gift by a well-known Leeds Collector. This news article was first published in The Postage Stamp, June 1913. It is announced by the Yorkshire Post (4.6.13) that the University of Leeds has just accepted the offer of a gift of a ...
The Penny Black: Daddy of Them All
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008: Classic Stamps, First Issues, Great Britain, NostalgiaWilliam Cochrane. This is an article written by Richard Albert Hardie back in 1935. It’s a fascinating article, and bound to be of interest to all stamp collectors. Aside from this being the Silver Jubilee year of the reign of King ...
British Postmark Society
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008: Clubs & Societies, Great Britain, Links, PostmarksThe British Postmark Society (BPS) was founded on 1st January 1958, and exists to promote and to co-ordinate the study and collection of British postal markings, particularly of the 20th century and subsequently, and to publish and disseminate the results ...
Britannias
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008: Barbados, British Commonwealth, Classic Stamps, Glossary, Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Trinidad, West IndiesPopular name for the early issues of Barbados, Mauritius and Trinidad, which show a seated figure of Britannia holding a spear.
“All-Up” Mails
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008: Africa, Airmails, Australia & Dependencies, Great Britain, ZanzibarN. C. Baldwin. Periodically, reference is made in ”The Aero Field” to “All–Up” mails and the term appears to have puzzled some new collectors for the publishers have had several requests for an explanation. As the few that have written are ...
Seahorse
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008: Glossary, Great Britain, King George VA popular name for the high value stamps of Great Britain, issued during the reign of King George V.
The Stamps of Southern Nigeria
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008: British Commonwealth, Niger Coast Protectorates, Nigeria, West AfricaWilliam Cochrane. Here are the notes on a paper by B. Morley read before the Brighton branch of the Junior Philatelic Society (UK) almost a century ago (1909). He makes some interesting observations on the stamps on the design of the ...
Bradbury Wilkinson and Co. (BW)
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008: Glossary, Great Britain, PrintersOne of the major stamp printers in Great Britain.