The film The Edge of the World (1937) is based on the real life (1930) evacuation of "Hirta" one of the Outer Hebrides islands that forms St Kilda). The film was made on another island Foula. Not much philately, but in the film we see the Post Office and a letter plays a prominent role in the...

Thought this might be of interest: News Scandinavian stamps burnt February 2006 Yemeni man sets light to collection in protest.

On a new page I give some information about the currency redenomination and show how it is reflected on selected current covers received recently from Romania. I display and discuss some stamps that were postally used about 5 months after the start of the redenomination, and the respective...

I am chasing a story of dumped mail in Britain. The story I want shows in Google as......... Association for Postal Commerce... which dumped millions of items of mail in Britain's biggest-ever postal scandal ... November 18, 2005 -- The latest issue of the PostCom Bulletin is ... www.postcom.org/...

If anyone can offer any ID, news, gossip catalogue numbers, links, on (any of) these it would be appreciated. http://cjoint.com/data/kmkX5ajkPm.htm Thanks

Hi, I have come across two overprinted stamps I have never seen before. They seem to have Spanish text, but I suspect they might be Latin-American. The 1941 coat of arms overprint is unknown to me: a href="http://home.no.net/bhb2/images/5cts-1.jpg" target="blank"5 cts/a a...

"Freebie Stamp Project" As mentioned in another message, I would let everyone know what the happy number was in another message. Here it is, finally... With the last batch of packets made up, I've broken the 205,000 stamps donated mark. These are all packets of 100, except where noted. To...

G'day Robert, a blast from the past with names you may recognise. I wonder, are you still publishing the PPS stamp News? http://cjoint.com/data/icnhaseJR4.htm Although in the UK I write generally on Australian stamps and I am the Chairman of the Papuan Philatelic Society which has many...

After Swiss Post first stamp made of Swiss wood and Gibraltar Post Wood from HMS Victory, Souvenir of the Battle of Trafalgar, here the last cry, New Zealand's 2004 Olympics, "The World's First Action Replay...

Recently, when I set up my page about Bluenose I found an old RCSD-post by Bob Ingraham mentioning that the stamp was intended for parcel post. With Bob's permission I have quoted this on my web page http://w1.1429.telia.com/~u142900356/frame_CanadaBluenose.htm I have been unable to have this...

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I just found this Globe & Mail on Google News (Canada) and thought you would like to know about it. U.S. gives warning about hackers Huge attack would target Windows By*KEITH DAMSELL TECHNOLOGY REPORTER Friday, August 1, 2003 - Page B3

Texas, Australia, that is. http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=196 (Remove gum to reply)

In relation to the recent thread about "Meaning of mlrd" I announced a couple of days ago that I was going to translate an extensive article about the Hungarian hyperinflation 1945-46, written by a Danish philatelist and first published in the Danish Philatelic Magazine No. 8/2003. The work is now...

I recently purchased, from a used book agent, a copy of the out-of- print three-volume set entitled "This is Philately", by a Mr. Kenneth Wood. A (now deceased?) airmail specialist, the book is a snapshot of philately from the early 1980s, and I have been greatly enjoying it, having now finished...

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Can anyone please identify the stamp in this imperforate block of four for me? From the crown and currency, I would say that it is Danish West Indies between 1905 - 1917, but I cannot find it listed. http://cjoint.com/data/fmmA1TN8dU.htm Thanks

hiya I am new to all this what magnification of magnifying glass is useful to see the plate numbers with on penny reds cheers Paul woolley

Does anyone know whether the old UK stamps with 1/2p values are still valid for postage there?.

Hi there, I have uploaded a scan of three stamps i can't seem to find in my SG cat. craigscorner.mysite.freeserve.com If anyone has the time to look i would appreciate it. Please respond to this thread as opposed to email.