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
Straits Settlements (1913)
Introductory notes to the study of the stamps of the colony by noted philatelist Fred J Melville. First published by The Postage Stamp (October 1913). For the specialist the stamps of the Straits Settlements and the allied groups of States offer ...
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Straits Settlements Centenary (1967)
The former British Colony in the Malay Peninsula known as "The Straits Settlements" consisted of Singapore (with which were included the Cocos or Keeling Islands and Christmas Island), Penang (including the Province of Wellesley and a strip of land known ...
Friday, June 5th, 2009
Straits Settlements Map (1935)
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
The Post Office in the Straits Settlements (1921)
The following was originally published in Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly (November, 1921). Mr. T. A. Melville (pictured below), Acting Director of Posts and Telegraphs in the Federated Malay States, who was for many years in the Post Office Department of the Straits ...
Wednesday, July 9th, 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
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