Fiji: Rates of Postage (1921)
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008: Fiji, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Postal RatesHere are postal rates for Fiji issued in 1921. PDb readers and especially postal historians find this sort of information useful. Should any of our members have postal rate information (from any period), we would be happy to publish them. ...
Pacific Islands Mail Services (1915)
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008: "Australian Stamp Journal", Oceania, Pacific Islands, ShipsThis article provides a valuable insight into the postal and shipping arrangements for Pacific island in the early part of the 20th century. Postal historians should find it especially useful. Originally published in Australian Stamp Journal (October 1915).
Australasian New Hebrides Company
Friday, July 11th, 2008: Australasian New Hebrides Company, Australia & Dependencies, Oceania, Pacific Islands, VanuatuMaurice Mishkel. The establishment of the Compagnie Caledonniene des Nouvelles-Hebrides in 1892 was with the explicit aim of establishing French control in the New Hebrides. In 1887, alarmed missionaries persuaded the Victorian and N.S.W. governments to subsidize shipping services to and ...
Galapagos Post Office
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008: Ecuador, Galapagos, Pacific Islands, South America, Tonga, VideoHere is a fascinating video describing how mail was delivered to the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific. In some ways it is similar to the difficulties faced by other Pacific Islands, especially the Tin Can Mail of Tonga.
Stamps and Postal Service of German New Guinea (1910)
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008: Germany & Colonies, Pacific IslandsWilliam Cochrane. There are many collectors worldwide, who are interested in German Colonies. This article is based on material, originally published in 1910, so the colony only had a few years to exist, before the outbreak of the First World War. ...
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.
Self-adhesive stamps of Tonga
Thursday, June 12th, 2008: Pacific Islands, Postal History, TongaRodney A. Perry. Were these weird stamps ever used? The short answer to the question is ‘Very much so'. I have recently seen a large holding of commercial covers of Tonga dating from the 1960s and bearing many different frankings from ...
Odenweller, The Stamps and Postal History of Nineteenth Century Samoa
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008: Book Reviews, Pacific IslandsBill Lloyd-Smith. Robert Odenweller’s book The Stamps and Postal History of Nineteenth Century Samoa is the latest substantial contribution to the philately of an interesting part of the Pacific. It is an attractively printed and bound volume. The book is extensively ...
Fiji: The KGV 1922-1929 Script Watermark Issue
Thursday, April 17th, 2008: Fiji, Pacific IslandsGary Watson, LL.B. The "British Commonwealth Catalogue" published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd is a marvellous general reference work covering ...
The Nauru “Ship” Series: The Post-War Printings
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Nauru, Pacific IslandsGeoff Kellow. In Philately from Australia for September and December 1999, the writer published an article describing the production and printings of the Nauru “Ship” stamps of 1924 up to the time of the Japanese occupation of the island in 1942. ...
Gilbert and Ellice Islands: 10% for Postmasters (1911)
Friday, March 7th, 2008: Gilbert & Ellice Islands, Kiribati, Pacific IslandsWilliam Cochrane. Here’s an interesting note on the Gilbert and Ellice Islands I discovered in Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly (Oct 28 1911). I have been privileged to peruse various interesting communications from Mr. J. Quayle Dickson, chief-postmaster of the Gilbert and Ellice ...
