Straits Settlements (1913)
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008: "The Postage Stamp", Philatelic Publications, Straits SettlementsIntroductory notes to the study of the stamps of the colony by noted philatelist Fred J Melville. First published by The Postage Stamp (October 1913). For the specialist the stamps of the Straits Settlements and the allied groups of States offer ...
Messrs. Harmer, Rooke & Co: Stamps in the Sale Room (1910)
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008: "The Postage Stamp", Auction Houses, Editor's Choice, Nostalgia, Philatelic PublicationsThe following is an account of the philatelic auctioneering of Messrs. Harmer, Rooke & Co as published in The Postage Stamp (December, 1910). The Romance of Philatelic Auctioneering It is nearly forty years since the first stamp auction was held in London. ...
Great Scott!
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008: "The Postage Stamp", Dealers, Errors, Nostalgia, Philatelic Publications, United StatesRichard A. Turton. Mr John Walter Scott This entertaining account was first published in The Postage Stamp (October, 1913). It ran as first in a series under the title "Postage Stamp Romances: The True Stories of the Stamp World, Collected by Cornelius ...
The First Hawaiian Philatelic Exhibition: A £14,000 Display in Honolulu (1913)
Saturday, June 28th, 2008: "The Postage Stamp", Exhibitions, United StatesThe following account was first published in The Postage Stamp (June 1913). As we have noted on several occasions there is an active philatelic life in the Territory of Hawaii. The latest development in the activities of the Hawaiian Philatelic ...
Victoria Land (1913)
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008: "The Postage Stamp", Antarctic, King Edward VII, New Zealand, Overprints, Philatelic Publications, Stamp ProfilesWilliam 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. ...