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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatic Association
Monday, June 16th, 2008: Clubs & Societies, India, Links, NumismaticIn 1975, the dream of Philatelists of Mangalore, Karnataka, India came true with Shri. NV Shenoi, Director General of Post and Telegraph Department, Govt. of India inaugurating the Mangalore Philatelic Club. The objective of the Club was to promote philatelic ...
South Africa to England Ocean Mail Services (1876-34)
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008: Africa, Australia & Dependencies, India, Postal Services, Rhodesia, Shipping Lines, South AfricaWilliam Cochrane. This information has been extracted from the Official Year Book of the Union of South Africa and of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland (1933-4).
The White Lion of the Mountains: A letter from Tibet, the Mysterious Land (c.1913)
Monday, April 28th, 2008: Asia, Bhutan, India, Russia, TibetWilliam Cochrane. Whilst searching through our philatelic archives, I came across this fascinating letter from Tibet. It is a sad indictment of British Imperialism. Sent from a correspondent to Roessler’s Stamp News, originally published c.1913:
Turbulent Tibet: Viewed from a Philatelic Standpoint (1910)
Monday, April 14th, 2008: Asia, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, TibetWilliam Cochrane. This fascinating article by D.B. Armstrong originally appeared in the British journal, The Postage Stamp (August 20, 1910). It is all the more fascinating, given that it is written in the dying days of the Imperial Chinese Empire. Such ...
Scinde Dawk
Sunday, March 16th, 2008: British Commonwealth, Classic Stamps, Glossary, IndiaA popular name for the first stamp issued in India in 1852.
Native Paper
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008: Asia, Glossary, Indian States, Papers, TibetLocally made paper mainly used in some Indian States, Tibet and Oriental countries. The texture quality and thickness vary considerably.
India Post
Friday, January 4th, 2008: India, Indian States, Postal AdministrationsThe Indian Postal Service, with 155,333 post offices, is the most widely distributed post office system in the world. The British East India Company established post offices in Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai from 1764-1766. Since then each province formed in its ...