Counterfeit Postage Stamps (1921)
The following article concerning the forging of postage stamps was originally published in Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly (November 1921) and written by Fred J. Melville. The Inadequate Decision of the Madrid Convention of the Postal Union Philately and philatelists can render, and have ...
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Philatelist H.A. Slade (1910)
The following was first published in the "The Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly", September, 1910. The Hon. Secretary of the Herts Philatelic Society, Mr. H. A. Slade, is every inch a Hertfordshire man. He was born at St. Albans in 1865, was educated ...
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Rural Stamps of the Russian Empire (1910)
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 ...
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Stamp Collecting in Nazi Germany (1937)
I came across this fascinating article in the Australian Stamp Monthly (November 1, 1937). It talks of the arrest of stamp dealers in Germany, philatelic trade reorganisation, a ban on Danish welfare stamps and the National Philatelic Exhibition, held at ...
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
The Fortunes of Ferrary (1921)
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 ...
Monday, September 1st, 2008
The Pony Express: A Rider’s First Hand Account (1921)
[An account by "Uncle Dan" Drumheller (Daniel M. Drumheller), who rode the route. Extracted from Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly (July, 1921).] Pioneer Transportation and the Pony Express The main interest in travel was to overhaul the immense freight outfits of Major & Waddell. ...
Friday, July 11th, 2008
The Post Office in the Straits Settlements (1921)
The following was originally published in Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly (November, 1921). Mr. T. A. Melville (pictured below), Acting Director of Posts and Telegraphs in the Federated Malay States, who was for many years in the Post Office Department of the Straits ...
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
W.R. Lane Joynt: A Distinguished Irish Philatelist
This article was originally published in Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly (December 1921). An event of considerable interest announced for the beginning of the New Year is the dispersal by auction of the collection formed by the one and only Irish philatelist who ...
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
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