Australasian New Hebrides Company
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 from ...
Friday, July 11th, 2008
Fiji: Rates of Postage (1921)
Here 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. ...
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Fiji: The KGV 1922-1929 Script Watermark Issue
The "British Commonwealth Catalogue" published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd is a marvellous general reference work covering a vast ...
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Galapagos Post Office
Here 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. If you enjoyed ...
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Gilbert and Ellice Islands: 10% for Postmasters (1911)
William 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 ...
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Guam: The First Issue (1899)
The island of Guam, formerly administered as part of the Spanish Philippine Islands, was occupied by American troops in 1899 during the Spanish-American War. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Nyassa – First through Fifth Issue – 1898-1911Habilitado1794 Letter ...
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Odenweller, The Stamps and Postal History of Nineteenth Century Samoa
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 illustrated, ...
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Pacific Islands Mail Services (1915)
This 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). If you enjoyed ...
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Self-adhesive stamps of Tonga
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 the myriad ...
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Society of Australasian Specialists/Oceania
"The Society of Australasian Specialists was founded in July 1936 by a small group of collectors interested in Australasian philately. In 1965, the American Society of Australian Philatelists, later to become Oceania, Inc. was established for the same purpose as ...
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Solomon Islands Stamps
Website is dedicated to the stamps and postal history of the British Solomon Islands. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...The British Solomon Islands: A Small Group for the Moderate Specialist (1910)Pacific Islands Mail Services (1915)Gilbert and Ellice Islands: ...
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Stamps and Postal Service of German New Guinea (1910)
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. It ...
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
The British Solomon Islands: A Small Group for the Moderate Specialist (1910)
This article was originally published in "The Postage Stamp", 15 October 1910. For the collector who, whilst maintaining his interest in his general collection, is desirous of indulging his specialistic tendencies to a moderate extent, there are a number of small ...
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
The Nauru “Ship” Series: The Post-War Printings
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. This ...
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
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