1794 Letter from Prisoner-of-War in Cuba
Friday, June 13th, 2008: Cuba, France & Colonies, Military, Naval, Postal History, Ships, Spain & ColoniesGeoffrey Lewis. 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 ...
Spain: First Floating Trade Fair Stamp (1956)
Saturday, May 10th, 2008: Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Ships, Spain & Colonies, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Trade Fairs, United StatesThis 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 ...
A Tale of Two Submarines in Sydney Harbour (1960)
Thursday, April 17th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Ships, United StatesMaurice Mishkel. 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 ...
Additional Information on HMAS Sydney
Friday, April 4th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Field Post, Naval, Postal History, ShipsRonald. M. Lee. 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 ...
Stamp Issues of Peru (1858-1909)
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008: Chile, Peru, Ships, South America, SurchargesWilliam Cochrane. 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 ...
R.M.S. Homeric
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008: Paquebots, Postcards, Shipping Lines, Ships, United StatesWilliam Cochrane. 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 ...
Postcard: White Star Liner “Suevic”
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008: Shipping Lines, ShipsThe 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 ...
HMAS Sydney
Friday, March 14th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Naval, Paquebots, Postal History, ShipsTony Lyon. 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 ...
Yacht Type
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008: Classic Stamps, Germany & Colonies, Glossary, Ships, Topicals or ThematicsA popular name for the design of stamps used in German Colonies after 1900, which features the imperial yacht HOHENZOLLERN.
The Royal Australian Navy in Zanzibar
Thursday, February 14th, 2008: Africa, Australia & Dependencies, Postcards, Ships, Top Ten Articles, ZanzibarWilliam Cochrane. 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 ...
British Forces Post Office (BFPO)
Friday, February 8th, 2008: Air Force, Army, Glossary, Naval, Post Offices, ShipsPost Offices for members of the British Army and Royal Air Force. The Royal Navy uses the longer title of BFPO ships.