Under the subtitle 'British Architecture', a series of four stamps and a block containing the four stamps featuring images of several notable buildings found in England, Wales, and Scotland was issued on March 1, 1978. Buildings that...
A series of four stamps was issued to commemorate the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837, 150 years ago. The series appeared on September 8, 1987, and the stamps show a great deal about moments from...
On September 8, 1987, the Royal Mail issued a series of four stamps featuring a great deal from the Victorian era. The series was issued to commemorate the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne in 1837, when 150...
Much has been written about the world's first postage stamp, the so-called Penny Black. And even more stamps have been issued featuring the image of this stamp to commemorate the 100th, 150th, and 175th anniversaries of the stamp. And...
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was born in Landport near Portsmouth. He became one of the most important English writers during the Victorian era, the time of the Industrial Revolution. From his novel 'A Tale of Two Cities' ('Between London and Paris'),...
The first series of stamps issued to commemorate a specific event in the Cayman Islands was dedicated to the Legislative Assembly with representatives from Jamaica and the islands in 1832. There it was decided that henceforth the Cayman Islands would have a vote...
The only British territory occupied by German troops during the Second World War was the Channel Islands. On June 15, 1940, the British government had decided to secretly demilitarize the islands and called upon the population to...
In a small stamp packet I received as a budding collector, there were a few stamps from Labuan. I didn't know exactly where to look for the country, but my father told me it was part of North Borneo. Not belonging to the...
During a visit to a stamp society, I came across a registered envelope that caught my attention. This envelope was stamped on September 28, 1900, with a stamp from a post office with a strange name: 89 Finsbury Pavement BOEC Waar...
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