Over the years, there have been many governments in exile. A number of these also issued stamps (or labels). To get started, here is a short list of governments in exile. government-in-exile - a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their...

If you are collecting Old stamps and covers of India, I can recommend that you bookmark this on-line document. It is a Gazetteer of India, published for the East India Company in 1857. It is most helpful in locating towns mentioned on old covers. The URL is...

On the Sharjah first officials set (Scott O1-O9; SG O101-109) there is an 8 NP (lowest) face value listed in both catalogues with very minimal catalogue value, yet I have never seen a set offered with this 8 NP stamp. I have confirmed that this stamp really exists. So why does it seem to be...

Does anyone here know anything about two different colours on this Fujeira issue? http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr182/grn_trade/2009/may/may%2011/fujerr.jpg It is from a 1971 set fot the Death Anniversary of G A Nasser. The 10 dirham stamp on the right is in correct colours (Mi 694). The...

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Australia: 29 Dec.1948 (PM.48) 2½d Scout tied to Jamboree souvenir cover by "PAN PACIFIC SCOUT JAMBOREE/ YARRA-BRAE/AUST" hexagonal cancel.

It appears that all this chat about Branch Offices in another thread uncovered something of interest. The Lombard St, Branch office appears to have been the GPO until 1929, when it moved. The Post Office, Lombard Street, formerly the General Post Office, was originally built by "the great...

(RCSD) Ceylon Forged Overprint Here is a scan of (Ceylon Scott #88) with what appears to be a forged overprint. http://www342.pair.com/elerner/stamps/Jun0916/p_0ceyx88-ejl4166.jpg At least, the seller is honest. He has marked the back of the stamp as...

GB - King Pascal Sauvage Prop Postage Stamps ~ A collection of prop replica postage stamps as used in the Rowan Atkinson comedy Johnny English. http://www.leylander.org/johnengl.jpg The four first class and four second class stamps were specially printed featuring the face of King Pascal Sauvage...

Last year, a special spoof stamp was created for April 1 by a Scarborough (Yorkshire, UK) collector. Christopher Phillips, secretary of the Scarborough Philatelic Society, designed the one-off “junk mail” stamp to remind people to place unwanted mail in the wastepaper basket and not be “fooled”...

It appears that RCSD has its own Rock Group, now! http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/view?q=stamps&psc=G&filter=1#5026583177219268514 Blair

Can anyone please help identify the cancellation on this GB Queen Victoria 1 Pound stamp? The cancellation: http://cjoint.com/data/igqbFgM3wg.htm The cancellation in negative to show numbers better: http://cjoint.com/data/igqpUnn5mI.htm

"Unhinged" Stamps Discussions continually arise over the "greater value" of mint stamps that are preserved unhinged. The Caspary collection will likely realize a greater sum of money than any collection offered for sale in the past. The stamps are bringing extraordinarly high prices and in the...

Backstamping of Mail Ended For many years it was required that first class mail be backstamped at the post office of delivery to show the time the mail was received there. In the interests of economy and to save time, Postmaster (General) Albert S. Burleson brought this backstamping to an end in...

"Good Old Days" -- Rarities Cheap Every so often (too often, in fact), someone finds an old dealer's price list or a stamp catalog published in pioneer days and in perusing the prices dashes off an article for the philatelic press, frequently embroidered with nonsense that wasn't in the list, such...

(US) Newspaper Stamps Not Used on Covers The (US) newspaper stamps from 1875 onward were never used on newspapers or covers in the ordinary way, and no doubt many collectors have pondered over their real usage. Because of the low rates on newspapers, publishers were required to deliver papers...

Eagle Carrier Used for Revenue The Eagle carrier stamp (Scott L02) was first issued in 1851, but within a few years it had rapidly fallen into disuse as the ordinary 1=A2 postage stamps were increasingly employed to prepay the carriers' fees. http://www.uspcs.org/OfficialCarriers.jpg

Rodney wrote: If one looks long enough, it eventually will appear :) (The Flag/s are blowing in the wrong direction) Rodney: What do you think of this one ? http://alphabetilately.com/Trains/0922.jpg

Since tomorrow is St. Patriclk's Day, I thought that I would highlight an interesting Irish item. On February 1, 1922, the postmaster general of the Irish Free State issued an invitation for the submission of designs for a permanent definitive stamp issue. By March several designs had been...

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