Peter Williams, with thanks to Rolf Scharning Originally Published March 2010 The etiquettes and the postal history of Europe’s most northerly mainland point (actually it is on an island – Magerøya, so is not strictly “mainland”) are extremely rich subjects…...
Stylistically, the philatelic work of the Norwegian artist, Harald Damsleth, must rate as one of the most powerful and easily identifiable. Even though his loyalties to the Norwegian fascist regime make the themes of most of his commercial illustrations repugnant…...
Between the 30th July and the 1st August 1914, a Mister (or Mrs./Miss ?) E. Auerbach went to the bonded store of the Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) steam cruiser, the “Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm” (PFW, see card opposite), and bought a pre-stamped…...
Originally Published in December 2006Specially produced for a limited number of Spitsbergen tourists in 1900, these lettercards are probably the oddest items in the Spitsbergen catalogue. They certainly earn their place in the catalogue, as they bear a value etiquette…...
