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Australian Special Event Sheets Has Philatelic History Been Created

by Mail Man

A Special Event Sheet (SES) is a version of a gummed Souvenir Stamp Sheet produced by Australia Post at selected events during the year. The stamps on the sheet are from their “generic base stock” and have tabs attached. Read the full story: Australian Special Event Sheets: Has Philatelic History Been Created? Tags: Australian Special Event, [...]

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Rejected Essays

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From Bill Welch Collection From the early 1880s until the mid-1890s, Seebeck sought new stamp contracts by offering suggested designs to the governments of a number of Latin American governments. Most declined. Venezuela Early 1880s There is no documentary evidence that these are Seebeck essays. However, the vignette is very similar to the portrait of [...]

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Booklets Offer More

by Mail Man

Travel the world on the magic carpets of philately. Stamp booklets take you back in time, reveal facts about historical events, shed light on cultural activities and help you learn about everyday living in distant lands. Booklets arouse your passion about current and past world activities, facts you might never have known but will enrich [...]

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Stanley Gibbons Acquire Britain’s Rarest Stamp

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Read full postal service article: The Philatelic Database - Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles Tags: stamp, Acquire, Stanley, Britain’s, Gibbons, Rarest

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Australia: Lancefield Post Office, Victoria 3435 (2009)

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Read full postal service article: The Philatelic Database - Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles Tags: Australia, Office, article, service, philatelic database, Philatelic, 3435

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Philippines Amp New Guinea Map 1907

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Read the full story: Philippines & New Guinea Map (1907) Tags: new guinea map, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, New Guinea

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Canada Map (1949)

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Read full postal service article: The Philatelic Database - Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles Tags: database archive, Read, Canada, 1949, philatelic database canada map

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PIMCO Founder Bill Gross’ Rare Stamps on View in London This Weekend

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Read full postal service article: The Philatelic Database - Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles Tags: bill, This, Rare

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A Nice Honduras Cover

by Mail Man

Here is another gem from the Bill Welch collection. Seebeck was criticized for the number of stamps issued, but odd values say postal use. The 75 centavos value on this 1890 cover paid 6 times the foreign letter rate of 10c per 15 grams, the registration fee of 10c and the acknowledgement of receipt fee [...]

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Australia: Euroa Post Office, Victoria 3666

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Read full postal service article: The Philatelic Database - Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles Tags: database archive, service article, Australia

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“AllUp” Mails

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Periodically, reference is made in ”The Aero Field” to “All–Up” mails and the term appears to have puzzled some new collectors for the publishers have had several requests for an explanation. As the few that have written are probably only a small proportion of those who have been mystified the following notes may be of [...]

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Australia: Eurora Post Office, Victoria 3666

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Read full postal service article: The Philatelic Database - Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles Tags: Office, Australia, 3666

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New Zealand: Wekaweka Post Office, Whangarei 300 (2004)

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Read full postal service article: The Philatelic Database - Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles Tags: Office, Post, Whangarei, 2004

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Stamps of Czechoslovakia: The Allegory of the Chainbreaker

by Mail Man

We discovered this highly-informative article by W. L. Russell on the popular “Chainbreaker” issues of Czechoslovakia, which originally appeared in the Australian Stamps News (February 1, 1947). It gives detailed lists of the amounts printed and finally issued. There is even a useful list of the plate flaws. It makes for fascinating reading… Has it [...]

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The Seebeck Advertising Underprints

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The advertising underprints on the stamps of New Zealand are well known. Less well known are those of El Salvador. Shown here are examples from the Bill Welch collection of the settings of nine on the 1894 Liberty issue. These probably were created after Seebeck’s death in 1899 in an unsuccessful effort to market reprints [...]

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Stamp Collecting in Nazi Germany (1937)

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Read full postal service article: The Philatelic Database - Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles Tags: Collecting, stamp, 1937, Nazi, Germany

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Africa Map 1899

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Read the full story: Africa Map (1899) Tags: 1899, Economic Development, United States, africa map, Fred Astaire, Business and Economy

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The Pleasures of Stamp Collecting (1975)

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Read full postal service article: The Philatelic Database - Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles Tags: stamp, Pleasures, Collecting, 1975

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Victoria Australia Map Gall and Inglis 1871

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Read the full story: Victoria, Australia Map (Gall and Inglis 1871) Tags: victoria australia, Australia, 1871, Statutory Bodies, Australia Map Gall, Inglis, Gall

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American States Crossword Puzzle

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This month we bring you a special addition to our regular crosswords. This challenging puzzle focuses on American States and should get the ol' synapses firing. Enjoy! Read the full story: American States Crossword Puzzle Tags: crossword puzzle, United States, States, Video Games, Crossword, States Crossword Puzzle

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