Psywarrior.com
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008: Airmails, Germany & Colonies, Links, MilitaryPsywarrior is an historical website dedicated to the Millitary use of Psychological Operations. Collectors of rocket mail should find this article on German Rocket Leaflet Campaign of interest.
War-time Reporter Meets General MacArthur
Friday, June 27th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Military, Postal History, World War IIMaurice Mishkel. The newspaper wrapper that prompted this research is postmarked PAID AT SYDNEY/-14 MY 43/ N.S.W. and is addressed to Lewis Sebring, Tribune Herald Newspaper, USA Army Hdqrs., (General Douglas MacArthur), AUSTRALIA. This was sent by "Reveille", Official Organ, R.S.L ...
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 ...
1794 Letter from Prisoner-of-War in Cuba
Friday, June 13th, 2008: Cuba, France & Colonies, Military, Naval, Postal History, Ships, Spain & ColoniesGeoffrey Lewis. Since 2002, Guantanamo Bay in Cuba has been the location of various combatants captured in Afganistan. When was the start of Cuba’s association with prisoners-of-war? Go back 104 years to 1898. Cuba was the scene of the Spanish-American War. A ...
The Stamps of Syria (1927)
Thursday, May 29th, 2008: Egypt, Lebanon, Middle East, Military, Overprints, SyriaThe following article was first published in Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal (September 1927). The postage stamps of Syria offer a wide and interesting field of study to the general collector as well as to the most minute and exacting of philatelic ...
An Unusual WWI Postcard to a Soldier in Egypt
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, MilitaryMaurice Mishkel. This home-made postcard was made from cut-outs of red Australian KGV heads and postage due stamps pasted to the front of a blank "Graphic' post card that was sent, presumably under cover (as there were no stamps for postage ...
Canadian Forces Philatelic Society
Thursday, April 17th, 2008: Clubs & Societies, Links, MilitaryThe Canadian Forces Philatelic Society (CFPS) was formed in 1975 for stamp collectors who are members of the Canadian Forces, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Department of National Defence civil servants, and their families. Membership is also open to retired members ...
Captain Ronald Edgar Smith, 2nd Son of James “Philosopher” Smith
Friday, April 11th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Military, Postal HistoryMaurice Mishkel. A large number of covers have been seen at stamp auction sites addressed to Westwood Forth, Ulverstone Forth or Ulverstone either to Lieutenant, Captain or Major R.E. Smith over the past 3 years, but none compare with the present ...
Prisoner of War Mail
Saturday, April 5th, 2008: Cachets, Censored mail, Glossary, Military, Postal StationeryA letter or other postal item to or from a prisoner of war, which usually bears some evidence such as a cachet, censor label or other mark to indicate this fact. Special postal stationery or local stamps have also been ...
“V” Mail Service
Friday, April 4th, 2008: Airmails, Glossary, Great Britain, Military, United StatesSpecial airmail service, operating in 1942 for United States’ servicemen. Similar to the British Airgraph Service.
Slow boats from Danzig to China and back
Thursday, March 13th, 2008: China, Danzig, Germany & Colonies, Military, Postal History, Top Ten ArticlesGiles du Boulay. The message from Danzig on the back of this card is a simple enquiry: why has it been so long since we have heard any news from you? The writer’s anxiety may well have been heightened when the ...
British Forces Post Office (BFPO)
Friday, February 8th, 2008: Air Force, Army, Glossary, Military, Naval, Post Offices, ShipsPost Offices for members of the British Army and Royal Air Force. The Royal Navy uses the longer title of BFPO ships.
Airgraph
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007: Airmails, Glossary, Middle East, Military, United States, World War IIUsed by British forces in the Middle East during World War II. A special form was used for the message and the recipient’s address. This, when completed, was autographed and the negative flown to the appropriate post office. Here a ...
Army Post Office (APO)
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007: Glossary, Military, PostmarksThe organisation responsible for handling soldiers’ mail. Generally such mail can be recognised by the distinctive postmarks, which usually have the letters “APO”, “FPO” or some other inscription.