Air Mail Stamps: Made to Fly
I rather like Air Mail stamps of the world, used on airmail covers (of course), which logically is why they were issued. The sight of the familiar blue and red bordered airmail envelope emits a subliminal message, evoking images of ...
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
American Helvetia Philatelic Society
The American Helvetia Philatelic Society (AHPS) is the largest group for collectors of Swiss stamps outside Switzerland. The current organization dates from 1975 but traces its lineage back to 1938, when six Swiss and three Americans founded the original Society ...
Friday, July 11th, 2008
Blatter and the Bahamas
Lot 142 in the Postal History Auction run by Yorkshire Cover Auctions, which closed 5 June 2004, appeared to have a familiar address (see for example NSW Philatelist, Article 449, November 1996). And yes, it was another Blatter cover, this ...
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Corinphila Auctions AG
Corinphila Auctions AG is the oldest stamp auction house in Switzerland. The first Corinphila stamp auction took place in 1925 in Zurich under the name of the founding family of Eduard Luder-Edelmann. Since the “Corporation Internationale de Philatélie“ (“Corinphila”) was ...
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Eagles
A popular name for the 1864 issues of Mexico, which showed an eagle tramping a snake underfoot. Also applied to the 1845 and 1847-9 issues of Geneva. Above: 1864 "Dragon" issue of Mexico Above: 1845, 1846 and 1847-9 issues of Geneva If you ...
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Switzerland – The Different Stamp
As a collector of Swiss stamps I enjoy the unique issues of Switzerland. This country has been very innovative with its stamp issues. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Switzerland Map (1935)Switzerland Map (Gall and Inglis 1871)American Helvetia ...
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Switzerland Map (1935)
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
Switzerland Map (Gall and Inglis 1871)
This map forms part of a recently acquired collection for the PDb archive. They were published in 1871 by Gall and Inglis of Edinburgh. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Spain and Portugal Map (Gall and Inglis 1871)Austrian Empire ...
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Switzerland Philatelic Panorama
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
The Postal History of World War II Mail Between New Zealand and Switzerland
The Postal History of World War II Mail Between New Zealand and Switzerland by Robin M. Startup FRPSL FRPSNZ and Charles J. LaBlonde CPhH; ISBN 0-9085887-3-9; soft cover spiral binding; iv + 131 pages; published 2005 by the Postal History ...
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
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