1794 Letter from Prisoner-of-War in Cuba
Since 2002, Guantanamo Bay in Cuba has been the location of various combatants captured in Afganistan. When was the start of Cuba’s association with prisoners-of-war? Go back 104 years to 1898. Cuba was the scene of the Spanish-American War. A few ...
Friday, June 13th, 2008
A Tale of Two Submarines in Sydney Harbour (1960)
As luck would have it, these 2 covers turned up on the same day from two different sources, and surprisingly the two submarines noted were related in time and place, even to the point that the two had been berthed ...
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Additional Information on HMAS Sydney
Prompted by Tony Lyon’s interesting article on this subject I decided to comment on several points raised and add information about other Sydney mail known to me. The navy has always been security conscious in times of war and generally it ...
Friday, April 4th, 2008
Australia’s First Seaplane Carrier, H.M.A.S. “Albatross”
This cover is unusual in that it appears to be printed to celebrate the christening and launching of the HMAS Albatross on 23 February 1928, but the cover was not posted until 10 years later from SYDNEY/ 4 15 A ...
Monday, January 19th, 2009
Australian National Maritime Museum
The Australian National Maritime Museum mission is to bring maritime heritage to life and preserve it for future generations, through exhibitions, programs and events that are creative, inclusive, enjoyable and memorable development and management of the National Maritime Collection research, acquisition, conservation, interpretation, ...
Austro-Hungarian Navy (Video)
The once mighty Austro-Hungarian Navy. Pictures: 1. Coat of Arms of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 2. BB SMS Viribus Unitis at Trieste 3. CA SMS Kaiserin und Königin Maria-Theresia 4. CL SMS Novara 5. Emperor Francis Joseph I. 6. BB SMS Viribus Unitis 7. Austro-Hungarian Sailor 8. CA SMS Erzherzog ...
Friday, July 24th, 2009
British Forces Post Office (BFPO)
Post Offices for members of the British Army and Royal Air Force. The Royal Navy uses the longer title of BFPO ships. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Milanji: An Unknown Post Office in British Central AfricaCanadian Forces Philatelic ...
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Handling of Overseas Mails (1936)
This extremely informative article originally appeared in Shipping Wonders of the World in 1936. It explains in some detail the carriage of letters and parcel posts by ships and their ports of call in the 1930s. If you enjoyed this article, ...
Monday, December 15th, 2008
HMAS Sydney
The HMAS Sydney (II) was launched 22 September 1934. It arrived in Australia 2 August 1936 and remained in home waters until departing Fremantle in April 1940 where she was part of an escort of a convoy to the Middle ...
Friday, March 14th, 2008
Indo-Pakistan War Letters 1965 and 1971
Indo-Pakistan War 1965 In 1965, August 5th, Pakistan, believing that India having suffered defeat in 1962 against China would not react to a quick war over the disputed territory of Kashmir, crossed the Line of Control disguised as Kashmiri locals and ...
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Norwegian Shipping (1937)
Here is a fascinating article concerning Norwegian Shipping between the two world wars. Originally published in Shipping Wonders of the World in 1937, it will be of much interest to shipping enthusiasts and Scandinavian postal historians. If you enjoyed this article, ...
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Pacific Islands Mail Services (1915)
This article provides a valuable insight into the postal and shipping arrangements for Pacific island in the early part of the 20th century. Postal historians should find it especially useful. Originally published in Australian Stamp Journal (October 1915). If you enjoyed ...
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Postcard: White Star Liner “Suevic”
The SS SUEVIC was the fifth of the Jubilee-class liners built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast specifically for the White Star Line Australian run. She was launched on December 8, 1900, and set sail on her maiden voyage to ...
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
R.M.S. Homeric
Having always had a love of ships and naval history, I suppose, as a philatelist, it was only a matter of time before I developed an interest into maritime postal history. Like many philatelic pursuits it has become quite ...
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Royal Mail Steamer Titanic Years (1909-1912)
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Sea Transport of the Nations: Japanese Shipping (1935)
This is the first in a series of articles related to ships and shipping, originally appearing in Shipping Wonders of the World and published in 1935. Should any of our readers have any images of ships, especially mail ships, we ...
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Ships on Postcards: S.S. COLUMBUS
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Spain: First Floating Trade Fair Stamp (1956)
This interesting stamp (SG 1254/Scott 848) was issued 1956. The ship, CIUDAD DE TOLEDO, with a tonnage of 10, 123, was used to transport Spain’s first floating Trade Fair of national products around the world, was built by the Cia Euskalduna ...
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
SS Koombana
3668 tons. Built, 1909. Foundered, with 126 lives, on West Australian coast near Balla Balla, 20th March 1912. No survivors. [caption id="attachment_3733" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="SS Koombana, 1909-1912."][/caption] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...SS WarildaWalhalla Post Office, Victoria, Australia 3825 ...
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
SS South Australian
SS South Australian. 716 tons. Built 1876. First Steamer of ASSCo. Sold, 1898. Sister ship to Victorian. [caption id="attachment_3734" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="SS South Australian, 1876."][/caption] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...SS KoombanaSS WarildaAlfred George ‘Dick’ Salisbury and the 6th ...
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
SS Warilda
7713 tons. Built, 1912. Torpedoed and sunk while a hospital ship in English Channel, 3rd August 1918. 123 lives lost. Sister ship to Wandilla and Willochra. [caption id="attachment_3730" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="SS Warildabuilt 1912, sunk 1918"][/caption] If you enjoyed this article, you might ...
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Stamp Issues of Peru (1858-1909)
This article endeavours to give a philatelic history of Peru from the mid-nineteenth- century, with reference to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company and description of the early issues. It also contains useful historical information pertaining to Peru at this period. Much ...
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Stamp Oddities: “Wyatt Earp”
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
The Royal Australian Navy in Zanzibar
Recently I was in a country bookshop and looking through a shoebox of old postcards. I started going through it, examining the reverse sides of the cards looking for any stamps of interest. Most stamps had been removed, but I ...
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
The Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company
The Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company was incorporated in 1839 by Royal Charter, with a subsidy of ₤240,000. Supplemental charters extending the operations of the Company were granted at intervals, one in 1904 containing an ‘all British’ clause confining control of ...
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
The S.S. Normandie Arrives (1935)
When the S. S. Normandie arrived in New York Harbor on June 3rd, 1935, amid a fanfare of steamer whistles, and the otherwise noisy welcome of an exuberant American public, it carried aboard nine thousand seven hundred and fifty three ...
Monday, February 9th, 2009
The United States Navy: An Illustrated History (1937)
[Originally published in Shipping Wonders of the World in 1937] The two most striking features of the modern United States Navy are the strength and power of the battleships and the number of destroyers and submarines. If you enjoyed this article, you ...
Monday, September 29th, 2008
USS Colorado (1923)
[caption id="attachment_3732" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="USS Colorado, 1923"][/caption] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...New York City Map (1923)SS South AustralianSS Koombana
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Yacht Type
A popular name for the design of stamps used in German Colonies after 1900, which features the imperial yacht HOHENZOLLERN. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Intermediate Type of the 2M “Deusches Reich”Stamps and Postal Service of German New ...
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
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