Danish West Indies (part 2)
In April 1905, in connection with the change of the currency from cents to bits, the issuance of a new series of stamps depicting King Christian IX began. The series consisted of six values: 5, 10, 20,...
The Meng franking
Channel Islands in the Second World War (part 2)
The period of use of halved 2 Penny stamps from December 27, 1940, ended on February 18, 1941. Because all contacts with Great Britain had been severed by order of the German occupier, a solution was sought to the shortage...
Campione d’Italia
A small town on Lake Lugano in Switzerland is named Campione d'Italia. The town is Italian, but is entirely surrounded by Swiss territory: an exclave. The town belongs to the Italian province of Como. This special circumstance arose in...
