War Tax Stamps - The British Empire’s Effort 1914-1920
Friday, September 5th, 2008: "NSW Philatelist", Barbados, British West Indies, Canada and Provinces, Dominican Republic, Overprints, Philatelic Publications, Trinidad, Turks and Caicos Islands, World War ICyril McColough and Russell Stern There are many stamps issued during World War I, which reflect the momentous events of those years. Occupying countries issued stamps to indicate their claims for the occupied territory, and if the occupied country still held ...
Stamps of Latvia: The First Issues (1918)
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008: Baltic States, Europe, First Issues, Overprints, Russia, Stamp ProfilesIssued from December 1918, the wheat-ears and sunrise emblem for this series was designed by Ansis Zuhrul and lithographed by A. Schnackenburg of Riga. Shortage of paper led to surprising materials being used. At first the stamps were printed on ...
Blatter and the Bahamas
Monday, June 30th, 2008: "NSW Philatelist", Bahamas, British West Indies, De La Rue, Overprints, Philatelic Publications, Postal History, SwitzerlandRussell W. Stern Lot 142 in the Postal History Auction run by Yorkshire Cover Auctions, which closed 5 June 2004, appeared to have a familiar address (see for example NSW Philatelist, Article 449, November 1996). And yes, it was another Blatter ...
Victoria Land (1913)
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008: "The Postage Stamp", Antarctic, King Edward VII, New Zealand, Overprints, Philatelic PublicationsWilliam Cochrane I discovered this article in The Postage Stamp (1913). I have read through literally thousands of philatelic articles and have barely seen any reference to these issues. It gives good historical background to the stamps and their postal usage. ...
Stamps of Montenegro: Constitution Issue (1905)
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008: Montenegro, Overprints, Stamp Profiles, YugoslaviaPrince Nikita, who governed Montenegro, as if were his private estate, was forced to grant a constitution in 1905.
Guam: The First Issue (1899)
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008: First Issues, Guam, Overprints, Pacific Islands, Philippines, Spain & ColoniesThe island of Guam, formerly administered as part of the Spanish Philippine Islands, was occupied by American troops in 1899 during the Spanish-American War.
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 ...
Habilitado
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008: Central America, Glossary, Overprints, South AmericaSpanish for ‘rehabilitated’, overprinted on obsolete stamps to denote their revalidation for postal use. This overprint is often found on Latin American stamps.
Handstamp
Saturday, April 5th, 2008: Cachets, Glossary, Handstamps, Overprints, PostmarksA postmark, overprint, cachet or other such mark applied to a stamp or postal item by hand.
Nyassa - First through Fifth Issue - 1898-1911
Sunday, March 16th, 2008: Africa, East Africa, Nyassa Company, Overprints, Portugal & ColoniesThis article was written by Bertram W. H. Poole and first published in Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News Feb 25, 1911 Volume XXV, Number 8, Whole Issue Number 1052. The Portuguese colony of Nyassa is a large district of Mozambique in ...
Notes on Tasmanian Revenue Stamps 1827-1990
Monday, January 28th, 2008: "Philately from Australia", Articles, Australia & Dependencies, Overprints, Philatelic Publications, Postal History, Revenues, TasmaniaBill Lloyd-Smith. Tasmanian revenue stamps have a long and fascinating history. Their genesis arose in 1826 when the Governor, Sir George Arthur, tried to control the press when certain people published articles that he did not like. Thus he introduced a ...
AIF overprints on King George V stamps: New discoveries
Sunday, January 20th, 2008: "Philately from Australia", Articles, Australia & Dependencies, Cinderellas, Overprints, Philatelic Publications, Postal HistoryRonald M. Lee. For many years philatelists have been puzzled by these overprints, who produced them, and the circumstances which led to their production. Fig 1. First category of covers – Those without cancellations. Note stamps applied after cancellations. The solution was thought ...
