Exploring Stamps‘ Graham Beck visits the island of Malta in the Mediterranean through Stamps commemorating the Chess Olympiad held there in 1980.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.12 – Malta Chess StampsAuthor: James Gavin
Exploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.9 – Australia’s First Stamp
The controversy surrounding the British Monarch as head of state in Australia is as old as the country itself depicted in these early stamps including the Roo Stamp and valuable King George V stamp. Learn more with Exploring Stamps.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.9 – Australia’s First StampExploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.5- French Flying Machine
The Blériot XI airplane featured in this aviation stamp was the first to cross the English Channel and commemorates the formation of the Guatemala air force. Learn more about this aircraft with Exploring Stamps‘ Graham Beck.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.5- French Flying MachineBahamas Philately: 1978 Architectural Heritage – 18c The Hermitage Cat Island
In February 1940, Monsignor John Hawes, an Englishman, purchased eight acres on the top of Como Hill, Cat Island for £35. Hawes was a qualified architect before entering the church, and did a great deal of architectural work for the church throughout the Bahamas. Within the week of arriving on…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1978 Architectural Heritage – 18c The Hermitage Cat IslandBahamas Philately: Art Investors Co. (4EK Series)
The address on the card refers to a business named Art Investors Co. Details Publisher: 324 Datura St., West Palm Beach, Fla. 33401, PH. 848-3478 Distributor: Printer: Regensteiner Publishing Enterprises, Chicago Process: Photographer: Year: 1974 Series: 4EK
View More Bahamas Philately: Art Investors Co. (4EK Series)Malawi Philately: 1973 – 100th Anniversary of the Death of David Livingstone
In 1973, Malawi celebrated the 100th anniversary of the death of David Livingstone. The stamp released depicted the stained glass window of the church of the Livingstonia Mission. Dating from 1894, the mission church has a beautiful stained-glass window overlooking the main entrance. The window depicts David Livingstone with his…
View More Malawi Philately: 1973 – 100th Anniversary of the Death of David LivingstoneMalawi Philately: 1972 18th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
The Empire Parliamentary Association was founded on 18 July 1911. As well as Members of the UK Parliament, the meeting was attended by representatives of the then dominion Parliaments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Newfoundland and South Africa. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association emerged from the Empire Parliamentary Association at a…
View More Malawi Philately: 1972 18th Commonwealth Parliamentary ConferenceZambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 25n Peace
The Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Crash Site marks the place of the plane crash in which Dag Hammarskjöld, the second and then-sitting Secretary-General of the United Nations was killed on 17 September 1961, while on a mission to the Léopoldville Congo Republic. The site is located 10 km from Ndola, in…
View More Zambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 25n PeaceZambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 10n Death in Honour
On 18 September 1961, Hammarskjöld was en route to negotiate a cease-fire between United Nations Operation in the Congo forces and Katangese troops. His airplane crashed near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia). Hammarskjöld perished as a result of the crash, as did all of the 15 other passengers. The circumstances of…
View More Zambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 10n Death in HonourZambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 15n Peace
The dove has been a symbol of peace and innocence for thousands of years in many different cultures. In the story of Noah in the Bible, when the flood waters receded, Noah sent out a dove which returned with an olive leaf, to show that the Biblical flood was over…
View More Zambia Philately: 1971 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) – 15n Peace