A Giant of Philately: Alfred F. Lichtenstein (1876-1947)
This World War II censored cover was posted 'On His Majesty's Service' from Canberra A.C.T. on 17 FEB 1942 with a machine cancel postmark 'REGISTER/VALUABLE/MAIL' on the 3½d overprint on the 3d blue KGVI stamp. It was sent to Mr. ...
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Alfred George ‘Dick’ Salisbury and the 6th Australian Philatelic Exhibition
Covers from the Australian Philatelic Exhibitions fall into the philatelically contrived items, but this one has the virtue of being addressed to an Australian of some considerable note. The cover has an ‘R6' Registration label ‘6th AUST. PHILATELIC / EXHIBTN MELB. ...
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
Australian Airmail Exhibition – October 1937
In September 1931 The Airmail Society of Australia was formed to “foster and stimulate the hobby of aerophilately”. By 1934 it had members in England, Nyasaland, Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa, Iraq, U.S.A. and all states of the Commonwealth of ...
Tuesday, January 8th, 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
Stamps of Liechtenstein: Third Philatelic Exhibition (1938)
This souvenir sheet was issued on July 30, 1938 for the Third Philatelic Exhibition of Liechtenstein celebrated the Birth Centenary of the composer Josef Rheinberger. [caption id="attachment_4150" align="aligncenter" width="223" caption="1938 Liechtenstein Souvenir Sheet featureing Josef Rheinberger"][/caption] It was designed by L. Hesshaimer ...
Friday, March 20th, 2009
Stamps of Romania: Stockholmia Stamp Exhibition Souvenir Sheet (1974)
This multicoloured 10 lei Souvenir Sheet (Scott 2512) for the Stockholmia Stamp Exhibition was issued September 10, 1974. It was designed by Coteanu Rodica and photogravure printed at the Romanian Stamp Printing Office. If you enjoyed this article, you might also ...
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Taiwan’s Indigenous Stamp Exhibition (Video)
Taiwan's postal services, Chunghwa Post, issues a new set of stamps on the island's indigenous culture on the Indigenous People's Day. There are four stamps in the set featuring objects with patterns and designs from Paiwan, Rukai, Amis and Bunun ...
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
The British Library Philatelic Rarities
As part of the London 2010 Festival of Stamps a year long exhibition The British Library Philatelic Rarities will be on show in the permanent Philatelic Exhibition area at the British Library, 96, Euston Road, St Pancras, London, NW1 2DB. ...
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
The First Hawaiian Philatelic Exhibition: A £14,000 Display in Honolulu (1913)
[The following account was first published in The Postage Stamp (June 1913).] As we have noted on several occasions there is an active philatelic life in the Territory of Hawaii. The latest development in the activities of the Hawaiian Philatelic Society ...
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The New York Philatelic Exhibition (1913)
[The following account of the first New York Stamp Exhibition was written by Fred J Melville and originally published in The Postage Stamp, 1913.] Today has proved a great day for American philately. The International Philatelic Exhibition opening in New ...
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
The Pleasures of Stamp Collecting (1975)
[This article originally appeared in the New Zealand Stamp Collector, the official journal of the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand. It is republished by kind permission of the Society.] Investment The Royal Philatelic Society was privileged recently to hear an interesting ...
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Trade Exhibitions – 1851 to 1933: An Australian Perspective
Of all the means used to convince people that they should have one product or another, exhibiting is the most powerful and persuasive method, because it combines all the marketing functions and appeals to all human senses. If you enjoyed this ...
Monday, September 8th, 2008
WIPA 1933 Philatelic Exhibition
This piece of research began as a small article on the WIPA labels of 1933. But like ‘Topsy’, it grew! I was pleased to discover that the RSPV Library is fortunate in owning two of the very detailed WIPA catalogues ...
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
WIPA, the Vienna Exhibition: June 24th to July 9th, 1933
[Originally published in the Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, April 1933.] We have already referred, on many occasions, to the forthcoming great international Stamp Exhibition which is be held in Vienna during the coming summer. Following the usual Continental custom, the ...
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
WIPA: Opening the Vienna Philatelic Exhibition (1933)
[The following has been extracted from The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, June, 1933.] The "WIPA" is open. For two years the philatelic world has staggered under an avalanche of "Wipa" literature. One prospectus has followed another - Werbeschrift they call ...
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
World Philatelic Exhibition, Washington 2006
There is one word to describe this World Philatelic Exhibition – SPACIOUS. There was room to walk, room to talk, and plenty of space to see the displays at each dealers booth. Inside some booths there were easy chairs where ...
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
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