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…...
Early Ångbåts Cancels used on the Göta Kanal Introduction. In 1869, some of the canal companies approached the Postal Authorities, with a proposal to include carrying the mails, while conducting their shipping business. The captains of each steamship would be…...
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…...
