Peter Hellberg (gratefully acknowledging Hal Hoyte, for most source materials) UN-sponsored international peace-keeping operations took place in the former Belgian Congo, in the centre of equatorial Africa, starting now 50 years ago, which the Swedes manned from July 1960 to…...
Originally Published September 2010 In one degree, this subject is a natural follow-up to Stockholm TPO in 2007 “Contacts” by me, as the mail for the archipelago area was the sole responsibility of the same Stockholms Avdelning, (SA, i.e. Stockholm…...
Half a century ago, a British member of the TPO & Seapost Society set forth to Sweden, with the specific objective of collecting the Stockholm suburban railway TPO postmarks on covers. Some thirty years later, they all came into my…...
Originally Published September 2006 This opened-out lettercard (SFF kB7, type with imprinted date 1104, see figure below) was originally sent within Stockholm, to a lecturer, Mr. W. Leche, at the Stockholm College (Stockholms Högskola), from his bank. This sender’s origination…...
