The American Bank Note Co., -- Centenary The American Bank Note Co., of New York, recently marked the centennial of its corporate formation. It was on April 29, 1958, that the documents were executed and seven firms, whose twenty-six partners, included the world's leading engravers (one firm was

On March 13, 2007 Armenia released a stamp in a joint Armenia-Iran issue. http://www.armenianstamps.com/images/ArmenianStamps-393FDC.jpg The face value of the stamp was 350 drams (about 97 US cents). http://www.armenianstamps.com/images/ArmenianStamps-393.jpg Unfortunately, I cannot find any...

Here is an interesting postcard. It is from Ethiopia in 1905 and is a picture postcard to Zanzibar. http://www.cjauctions.com/ebayimages/st1541.jpg Postage is paid by a 1905 - 5 centimes on ½ guerche green (Scott 43). Ethopia converted to a new currency on January 1, 1905. Old currency was 16...

The latest official inflation figure for February is reportedly 165,000%. Should the inflationary pressure maintain its recent momentum till year end, then Zimbabwe’s official inflation will be 2,017,000 % by mid year further worsening to 24,672,000% by year end. Once inflation reaches such high...

Yesterday I got a message from Mette, She is not well and could be offline for as long as six months. She sends greetings to members in this group. But, I think that she will need all of her energy to fight for recovery. Blair

The following are the almost daily changes in the number of Zimbabwean Dollars it takes to purchase ONE US Dollar on the parallel market. (The official bank rate trails the parallel market by about one week.) May 2008 190,000,000 (1st)

The Rocket Post (2004) (UK) (Based On True Story) This film is about a German rocket scientist going to a remote Scottish island to help develop a rocket for improving the postal service. The scenery is breathtaking. Blue skies, white sand, green pastures and authentic cottages are just a few

Mr. Waghorn's Route To India "Give me your mail," he told England, "and I'll deliver it to India in 90 days." (Written by John Brinton) On November 4, 1838, a young lady in New York wrote exciting news to her sister in India. There was a new service that promised to deliver

Overland Mail A privately run mail service between England and India established by Thomas Waghorn via the 'Overland Route', i.e. by land across Egypt from Alexandria to Suez. An experimental service started in 1829 met with only a small measure of success, mainly due to the unreliability of the...

Hawaii and the UPU For two years Arthur Brickwood, Hawaii's venerable Postmaster General, resisted joining the Universal Postal Union. In January, 1881, King Kalakaua left on a ten month tour of the world and left his sister Princess Lydia Liliuokalani in charge of the kingdom. By the time...

I recently had my attention drawn to the following cinderellas from Benguet in the Philippines. http://cjoint.com/data/kfblfiyNeW.htm "Where is Benguet?" you may ask. Benguet Province is the highest and coolest of Northern Luzon, Philippines. It straddles

Used U. S. Envelopes Those who like to tackle something in the stamp collecting line that is tough and not easy to finish might consider used envelopes. For a real "chase," and something that will use up excess energy over a long period, this is it. I have seen few good collections of used...

Does anyone have a copy of Wawrukiewicz, Anthony S. and Henry W. Beecher 's "U.S. International Postal Rates, 1872-1996. (CAMA, Portland, OR) handy? I am looking for the US outgoing (to the Middle East) International Airmail Rates (basic letter weight) in effect during 1952. Thanks Blair

For the information of regulars he The micro-state of the Free Vinland Republic has issued a cinderella stamp for H C Andersen 1805 - 2005. Issued: 2005 (29th August.) Event : Hans Christian Andersen, birth bicentenary. Printed: on white paper. Multicoloured Perf : 12. Denomination: 15...

Here is an in interesting cover which I noticed from dk.fritid.filateli 1934 cover to Adolf Hitler, Berlin returned Cover from Kolding (Denmark) in 1934 addressed to: Herr Reichkansler (Reich Chancellor) Adolf Hitler Berlin, Deutschland (Berlin,...

Here is an in interesting cover which I noticed from dk.fritid.filateli 1934 cover to Adolf Hitler, Berlin returned Cover from Kolding (Denmark) in 1934 addressed to: Herr Reichkansler (Reich Chancellor) Adolf Hitler Berlin, Deutschland (Berlin,...

Interrupted Perfs Designed to give added strength to 'coil' stamps for use in stamp-vending machines. One or more of the transverse punches are removed, giving a broken line of perforation between each stamp, and thus leaving one or more 'bridges' of unbroken paper to take the strain of operating...

Imperf variety of Michel # VIf with center image shifted down approximately 3mm. This stamp is from a series that was prepared but was not issued due to the overthrow of the government by the communists. No gum. http://www.rigastamps.biz/catalog/912719.jpg There must have been an earthquake. 8^)