Stanley Gibbons catalogue
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The first Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue was a penny price list issued in November 1865 and reissued at monthly intervals for the next 14 years. The company produces numerous catalogues covering diff
The cover of a 1914-15 edition of the "Part One" British Commonwealth catalogue.
Postal history
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Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of postage stamps and covers and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the de
Stanley Gibbons catalogue
…Issues (13th Edition), published in February 1998 with two loose-leaf supplements in 2000 and 2002 Channel Islands Specialised Catalogue of Stamps and Postal History, 2nd edition (1983) Collect British Postmarks, 9th edition (2013) All are based on the same numbering system drawn from 'Stamps of the World', apart…
Pre-stamp 1628 lettersheet opened up showing folds, address and seal, with letter being written on the obverse
With the growth of urban centres across the Western hemisphere in the 19th century Post Offices were located on main arterial routes
First flight cover for Nassau to Miami airmail route in 1929
Zeppelin mail from Gibraltar to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil via Berlin on the Christmas flight (12th South American flight) of 1934