Illustrative Credits: Nigel Steer Prompted by the fact that from time to time there will appear in auction catalogue and dealer’s offers the mention of “Steamer cancellation NORMAND”, I should very much like to be granted sufficient space to “kill”…...
-and some objective comments… At one time hundreds of letters were sent out of Norway with nothing but French postage affixed. The majority of them carried 20 centimes stamps, only enough to pay the fee within the boundaries of France,…...
Originally Published in December 1958 The Island of Jan Mayen is a bleak and inhospitable hulk situated on Latitude 71° north, and 9° west or approximately midway between Spitzbergen and Iceland. The island was discovered by the intrepid Henry Hudson…...
Edited and corrected by Patricia Adams Illustrations by Alan Totten Unlike Greenland there are no records of the discovery of the archipelago of Svalbard by the very early sea-faring adventures, but it is assumed that the Island must have been…...
