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 2008 David R Beech, FRPSL, was the Curator and Head of Philatelic Collections at British Library© Acknowledgements to Barry Knight, Head of Conservation Research at British Library. Based on Paper given at the 87th. Philatelic Congress of…...
Originally Published June 2008 The background After his success in reaching the South Pole, Roald Amundsen wanted to continue to the Arctic Ocean with the aim of reaching the North Pole. His ship, “Fram”, was in Buenos Aires after the…...
Originally Published March 2008 B/W illustrations from ArticleColour Illustrations: David Loe (fig1) and Brian Flack (fig2) By Brynjólfur Sigurjónsson, translated by þór þorsteins and edited by Brian Flack An Icelandic parcel card from 1949 with three numeral strikes of 300,…...
