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Maharaja Portraits of Cochin (For the background contained in this post I am deeply indebted to Ron Rice who wrote a clear and detailed arti...
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Illustrated below are George the 5th Indian Empire Stamps showing some of the printings, varieties and overprints issued during his reign. ...
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Below are illustrated the 4 Pies issue of the Cochin Maharajas with some of the surcharge, official overprint, recess and litho printings an...
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Below are a small selection of early New Zealand postage stamps with values of halfpenny, 1 penny, and twopence.
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I like Japanese postage stamps for their design and for the cancels they use on stamps. I think sometimes the stamps are more attractive wit...
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Illustrated below are some of the Queen Elizabeth the 2nd issues for Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika when these now seperate countries were gov...
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Some of the earliest issues of the Indian State of Hyderabad from the turn of the 20 Century and earlier bear the legend Post Stamp and carr...
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Illustrated below is the 5 Shilling Sea Horse stamp. With a detail of the portrait medallion.
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Illustrated below are two album pages of Egyptian stamps. The earliest are from the French Occupation of Egypt. The legend on these stamps i...
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Issued during a period of runaway monetary inflation between 1921 and 1923 in Germany.The Mark devalued so rapidly in these years that overp...
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The Austalian Kangaroo Postage Stamp-An Old Album Page
Canada-Postage Stamps-"Harvesting With Horses"-Issued 1928
Canada-Two Commemorative Postage Stamps of Confederation-1927
British Empire Stamps-George the 5th Definitives-Indian 1 and 2 Rupees-1913-Illustrated
An Early Australian Postage Stamp-1888 1 Shilling Kangaroo-Illustrated
George the 6th-1939-48-High Value Postage Issues-Illustrated
Illustrated is a set of the George the 6th 1938 issue of high value stamps. With a detail of the 1Pound value below. The set consisted of 2/6 (red-brown,issued 1939) 2/6 (yellow-green, issued 1942), 5 Shilling (red) 10 Shilling (dark-blue, issued 1939), 10 Shilling (ultramarine, issued 1942), and a 1 pound (brown, issued 1948). The 1 pound more highly valued lightly used.
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