Sarawak on the Island of Borneo was an interesting place in the early part of the last century, ruled by an english family, the Brookes also known as the the White Rajahs. The Sarawak Government isssued stamps in its own right some of the best being the 1932 and the 1934 rajah issues. This latest...

Any ideas if these were produced for anything in particular? http://www.geocities.com/stamppna/FIP-01.jpg -- It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing

Taken from Fred Melville's - Phantom Philately Jacques Lebaudy was possessed of great wealth and a vivid imagination, he marked out a strip on unclaimed coast-line on the west of Africa, between Capes Bojador and Juby , with an indefinitely spacious hinterland, and from Paris proclaimed himself...

From Fred Melville's Phantom Philately "A label which has figured from time to time as a Jacobite stamp is probably only an advertisement for the propaganda journal of the London "legitimists" "In the Evening Post June 30 1909 it is stated " some fifteen years ago the London Jacobites, a body...

Why does Iceland Post use those silly labels instead of postage stamps *annoyed look*. Nice stamps thoough alan -- It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing

This is a lovely Cinderella, a Delandre Label for the Belgium War Effort. www.geocities.com/stamppna Does anyone know if there is a catalogue of these? Alan --

My faith in French design has been restored after the Warhol monstrosity. http://www.geocities.com/stamppna/

Evening/Morning/Afternoon All On the Austrian Stamp Yahoo group, we're having a discussion about various forms of software in particular, the Michel Perfoscope and Ez Grader. I can't see either replacing the perf gauge, But do others have any experience with using this sort of software?

This in itself isn't that rare a cover from the British Post Offices in Constantinople to San Francisco (received Dec 28 1897). It's the person it's addressed to A Mr. M F Greary Numistatist Philatelist Any ideas who he might be? http://www.geocities.com/stamppna/BPO.jpg

A slightly curious item, these also exist so i'm told for Matabeleland. Were the BSAC thinking of issuing stamps for these territories. http://www.geocities.com/stamppna/Mahonaland.jpg Alan

http://www.geocities.com/stamppna/France-RedCross.jpg A lovely stamp. :) You can see i'm playing with my new scanner :) I won't put the andy warhol thing that the Franch recently issued. *urk* horrible looking thing it is.

http://www.geocities.com/stamppna/Austria-Air.jpg This is imperf. My Netto catalogue doesn't list this as an imperf issue. Is there anything in Michel? Can I say a Merry Christmas to all on this group, it has been a pleasure to read most of the posts. (Trolls excepted).

http://public.fotki.com/MississippiAL/philately/us71.html ....and won on eBay for $22.50(cat. value $150-60). This is the 30-cent value from the 1861-62 definitive issue which replaced the previous demonetised issue, and made so due to Southern stocks of the latter on the eve of the Civil...

...pre-treatment with 'Spray n' Wash Stain Stick', a warm bath in 'Ajax Antibacterial Orange' dish liquid, a baking soda pre-rinse, and lastly a final rinse in cool, filtered water comes... http://public.fotki.com/MississippiAL/philately/us116u.html ....United States Scott #116, in 100% sound,...

...the 10 cent value from the "Pictorial" issue of 1869. I recently acquired this used copy from the APS StampStore... http://public.fotki.com/MississippiAL/philately/us116r.html ....and upon its receipt my worst suspicions were confirmed. While I did not have the stamp expertised, the upper...

Dear Fellow Philatelists, Within "alt.binaries.pictures.trading"(no need to blush, as it's utterly empty aside from my upload) I've uploaded a scan(.jpg format-113 KB) comparing one mint and one used copy of Netherlands Scott #43, both depicting a young Queen Wilhelmina from the definitive issue...

which countries issue postal ID cards?

This covers a range of different issues of French Indochina. Can someone tell me what the purpose of the 1/10c, 1/5c, 2/5c and 4/5c issues was?

Bill Gross's British Stamps Outperformed Pimco Fund (Update1) By Linda Sandler June 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Gross's British stamps, which go on auction in New York on June 11 to benefit a charity, have proven to be a better investment than his bond fund. The manager of the world's largest bond...

Deutsche Post Faces `Bloodbath' as Mail Monopoly Ends (Update2) By Jann Bettinga Enlarge Image The headquarters of Deutsche Post in Bonn. Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Post AG may be defenseless against invaders into its lucrative home turf as the rest of Europe backtracks on promises to throw...