Guam: The First Issue (1899)
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008: First Issues, Guam, Overprints, Pacific Islands, Philippines, Spain & ColoniesThe island of Guam, formerly administered as part of the Spanish Philippine Islands, was occupied by American troops in 1899 during the Spanish-American War.
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 Post (Correos)
Friday, June 6th, 2008: Postal Administrations, Spain & ColoniesCorreos, the Spanish Postal Administration has, in one form or another, existed for more than 300 years. During the Middle Ages, the post belonged to the crown. There was a long period of messengers, royal couriers, runners and of important positions ...
Stamps of the Philippines: The First Issues (1854-74)
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008: Asia, Classic Stamps, First Issues, Philippines, Spain & ColoniesAdhesive stamps were adopted by the Phillipine Islands in February 1854. The stamps were printed in Manila from locally engraved plates. All stamps up to 1874 portrayed Queen Isabella II of Spain and, as in the mother country, new designs were ...
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 ...
West Africa: Fernando Po
Monday, March 17th, 2008: Africa, Fernando Po, Orange Free State, Spain & Colonies, Transvaal, West AfricaWilliam Cochrane. Here is a curious little article, concerning the West African country of Fernando Po, which I discovered in a very early journal, The Stamp Collector’s Magazine (May 1, 1869). It is republished, with little correction, retaining its Victorian style. Shades ...