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 ...
Alex van Rensburg The following was first published in the Philatelic Journal of Great Britain (June, 1933) and was written by F. F. Lamb. Like most collectors of British Colonial stamps, I have always had a liking for the stamps of Jamaica, ...
Extracted from Australasian Stamps (November 1998) and written by Varro E. Tyler whose Focus on Forgeries is available as a 158 page illustrated book here. Because of the relatively low catalogue value of this attractive set of stamps, collectors are astonished ...
First published in Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal (October, 1926) and written by Stanley Phillips. I have for some years felt that the stamps of the Scandinavian group of countries deserved more attention at the hands of English collectors, as a body, ...
Richard A. Turton First published in Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal (June 1, 1927) and written by Gordon A. Clayton. The Chinese have, for many centuries past, been in a very lethargic state of mind: their rulers have been able to overawe them, ...
The following article was first published in Australian Stamp Monthly (August, 1952). It was Illustrated by J. Biffs. The Illustrations this month deal with flaws in the lettering of the stamp and, when applicable, the surrounding area. No fewer than six ...
Originally published in Postage Stamps, Puffin Picture Book 69 (1951) by L.N and M. Williams. Some stamps show more than their designers intended. Look at this Serbian stamp upside-down, and in the part formed by the two heads will be seen ...
The following was first published in Stamps (April, 1935) and was written by John J. Haag, P.J.A., Cachet Editor of that publication. The best cachet for the year 1934. For the third year the readers of Stamps have selected the cachets they ...
The following article was written by Oscar Karl Goll and first published in Stamps (April 6, 1935). With the 75th anniversary on April 3 of the founding of the Pony Express [1860-1935], this story is dedicated to the memory of the ...
Richard A. Turton. This rare and very early article was first published in The Stamp-Collector's Magazine (1869). It was written by F. P. Hassen, of the Buenos Aires post-office. Above: Paraguay 1870 1r, 2r and 3r That much doubt and confusion should exist ...
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