Portugal & Colonies

Selos-postais.com

Thursday, October 9th, 2008: Links, Portugal & Colonies

Selos-postais.com is an interesting site that is a must for collectors of Portuguese material. Postal historians, with an interest in this part of the Iberian Peninsula, will find much of interest in this site. Unfortunately the text is completely in ...

Portugal: King Manoel the Unfortunate (1910)

Friday, June 13th, 2008: Brazil, King Manoel, Philatelic Biographies, Philatelic Publications, Portugal & Colonies, Reprints, Royal Philatelic Society London

The Antiquarian. Here is a short piece, originally published in The Postage Stamp (15 October, 1910), concerning the dethronement of Manoel of Portugal and his philatelic pursuits. Related posts:Portugal and Colonies: A Brief History (1861-1910) “Historia” Here is a very brief history ...

Portugal and Colonies: A Brief History (1861-1910)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008: Congo Free State, Gibraltar, History, King Carlos, King Manoel, Portugal & Colonies

“Historia” Here is a very brief history of Portugal and Colonies from 1861 until 1910, useful to stamp collectors and postal historians alike. Related posts:Portugal: King Manoel the Unfortunate (1910) The Antiquarian. Here is a short piece, originally published in...Stamps of Portugal: ...

Portuguese Philatelic Society

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008: Clubs and Societies, Links, Portugal & Colonies

The Portuguese Philatelic Society (PPS) founded in 1962, is a British based philatelic society and its members are from all around the world. The society is mainly focussed on the philately of Portugal and its ex-colonies. The PPS publishes its ...

Stamps of Portugal: The “King of Spain” Reprints (1903)

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008: "London Philatelist", "The Postage Stamp", King Alfonso, King Carlos, King Manoel, Philatelic Publications, Portugal & Colonies, Reprints

The Antiquarian This fascinating article, which is extracted from The Postage Stamp (15 October, 1910) and refers to the researches of a Portugal specialist, J. N. Marsden, in the London Philatelist, with useful background material, concerning the reprints of the stamps ...

Stamps of Horta: The First Issues (1892-1905)

Monday, June 2nd, 2008: Atlantic Islands, Azores, Bisects, Classic Stamps, First Issues, Horta, Portugal & Colonies

This district of the Azores had its own stamps from 1892 until 1905, and subsequently used the stamps of the Azores until 1931. The only point of interest in what is Related posts:Stamps of Moheli: The First Issues (1906-12) Moheli, the ...

Nyassa - First through Fifth Issue - 1898-1911

Sunday, March 16th, 2008: Africa, East Africa, Nyassa Company, Overprints, Portugal & Colonies

This article was written by Bertram W. H. Poole and first published in Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News Feb 25, 1911 Volume XXV, Number 8, Whole Issue Number 1052. The Portuguese colony of Nyassa is a large district of Mozambique in ...

Portugal: World’s First Cork Stamp (2007)

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008: Designers, News, Portugal & Colonies, Stamp Profiles

On Wednesday 26th December 2007, the world's first stamp made entirely from cork was issued in Portugal. Designed by the Portuguese engraver Joao Machado, it is made from wafer-thin "paper cork", a thickness of just 0.35mm, and is ...