Geoffrey Lewis. Published by kind permission of the author. I recently acquired a cover which has a 2EDON marking, which I had not seen previously. The cover has also quite a few other markings. Which ones can you identify and explain? Related ...
The following has been extracted from Stamp News (March, 1984) which was reprinting from Dr Tyler's book Philatelic Forgeries – Their Life and Works. In the fall of 1902, W.T. Wilson of Birmingham sent the following letter to The London Philatelist ...
William Cochrane The following article was first published in Australian Stamp Monthly (December, 1952) and written by Alec A Gavin. The little Registered Label (R6 in P.O. phraseology) plays a very important part in a vital post office activity, and the collection ...
Kevin Morgan Originally published in Stamp News Australasia (December 2007). Republished by kind permission of the author. Each year since 1957 Australia has issued Christmas stamps to facilitate the mailing of greeting cards to inland addresses, sometimes at a reduced postage rate. ...
Russell W. Stern Previous articles have examined the stamp production of a number of stamp printing companies. This article is intended to be a look over a variety of matters dealing with the production of stamps and the subject of the ...
Richard A. Turton The following article concerning the rural stamps of Russia was originally published in Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly (September 1910) and written by Fred W. Edwards, FRPSL, FCS. In an elementary introduction to the Rural Stamps of the Russian Empire, as ...
Betty Van Tenac FAP FRPSL. Chess is the oldest of all games of pure mental skill - those in which the element of chance does not enter. Further, no game has been as influential in cultural history as chess. I was ...
Cyril 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 ...
Richard A. Turton The following article concerning arguably the most famous stamp collector and collection of all time, was written by Fred J. Melville and published in Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly (August, 1921). A Magnet for Rare Stamps The story of Von Ferrary ...
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