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Why I Love Collecting Queensland

Submitted : Thu, Jan 24 2008, 10:29

Bernard Manning. There are many philatelic commonalities amongst the different areas that we all collect. To explain further, if we collect Postal History or stamps of a particular country or period, then our individual reasons for collecting the...

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[More related posts here] tags : A C Chalon , Aboriginals , Australia , bacon , Bowen , Chalon Heads , Eromanga , Irvinebank , Maytown , Moreton Bay

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How to look after your Collection – A Basic Guide

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David R Beech FRPSL Curator and Head of the Philatelic Collections at the British Library Based on a Paper given at the 87th Philatelic Congress of Great Britain, Derby on 8th July, 2005 Introduction Many philatelists understand that the...

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German Inflations

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William Cochrane The title of this essay should really be entitled, “A look at the Hyperinflation period in Germany and its postal history”. It is a vast subject with much to interest the serious philatelist. There is not a lot of informati...

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Ballarat Post Office 1914 Postcard

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The Ballarat Post Office in Victoria, Australia, with the exception of the Melbourne General Post Office, was the largest Victorian building of its kind. It is the third building erected onto the current site since 1858. It is located on the cor...

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[More related posts here] tags : 1914 , Ballarat , Heritage Victoria , Post Office , Sturt and Lydiard Streets , William Wardell

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WIPA 1933

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William Cochrane. 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 (figs.2 and 3)...

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Belgium – Letters Using High Value Stamps Issued 1929-1936

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Michael Barden. With the advent of longer distance airmail routes during the latter part of the 1920s and into the 1930s, higher value definitives were required than had been available hitherto. 5 & 10 Fr values of both the small Montenez and ...

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[More related posts here] tags : 1929 , 1936 , Antwerp , Belgium , Bombay , Brussels , Canberra , Grivegnée , High Value Stamps , Houyoux

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Aniline

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also anilin (ăn'ə-lĭn) n. the organic base or parent substance for many dyes and drugs. In its pure form, aniline is a highly poisonous, oily, colorless liquid with a distinctive odor. It was first obtained (1826) from indigo but now produced synthet...

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[More related posts here] tags : aniline , chemicals , dyes , erbicides , explosives , fungicides , intermediates , petroleum refining. , pharmaceuticals , photographic chemicals

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Ballon Monté

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A French expression meaning "balloon with pilot". It can be found on mail during the siege of Paris (1870-71). For this a higher rate of postage was charged. Balloons were used because there were no other way to leave the city as the Germans had surr...

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[More related posts here] tags : 1870-71 , Ballon Monté , Ballon non Monté , siege of Paris

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Adhesive

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(ăd-hē'sĭv, -zĭv) n. a stamp which has to be affixed to a letter, postcard or packet with gum or other. As apposed to a stamp already printed on the envelope. A schoolmaster from England, Rowland Hill invented the adhesive postage stamp in 1837, an ac...

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Arrow, Arrow-Block

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Arrows, and similar marks, printed in the margins of sheets as register marks for printer and perforator. An arrow-block consists of four or more stamps, with an arrow in the margin.

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