Great Britain

India Study Circle

Sunday, August 17th, 2008: British Commonwealth, Clubs & Societies, India, Links

The 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 ...

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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008: Glossary, Great Britain, New Zealand, Queen Victoria, Topicals or Thematics, West Africa

Some 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, Links

The 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, Video

Report 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, Video

Throughout 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, Suez

The 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 Offices

In 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, Links

The 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, Links

The 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, Links

The 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, Proofs

Dennis 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 Mail

Royal 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 Britain

Valuable 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, Nostalgia

William 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, Postmarks

The 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 Indies

Popular 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, Zanzibar

N. 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 V

A 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 Africa

William 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, Printers

One of the major stamp printers in Great Britain.