From ancient times the Citizens and Freemen of the City of London have constituted a body corporate known as the “Mayor and Commonality and Citizens of the City of London”. At its head is the Lord Mayor. The Court of Aldermen exercised jurisdiction over a variety of judicial and quasi-judicial…
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Kyle Stamps has two FAT folders of US stamps. One is “sorted” stamps that have been organized to some extent and another “unsorted” folder of totally mixed bags. He spent most of last weekend sorting these glassines and then stocking them in his Mystic US albums!
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From medieval trademark to modern security feature, join Wendy Buckle and the British Thematic Association for a look at watermarks.
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Join the British Thematic Association for the History, Culture & Civilization of Spain Part 1 presented by Edith and Rodney Knight. In 1492 Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue, from a (just about) united Spain. To get to this point, we need to travel from Talyots, Trajan, Egeria, Visigoths, Moors, Abd…
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon, officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Saint Pierre and Miquelon is the remaining vestige of the once vast territory of New France.…
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An illustrated talk on the story and types of stamped to order (aka printed to private order) postcards of Great Britain in the period 1872-1901. Given as a presentation to a joint Zoom meeting of the Postal Stationery Society (UK) and the Postal Stationery Society of Australia.
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Discover more about the postmark that cancelled the world’s first postage stamps with this comprehensive presentation, based on a Large Gold Medal winning exhibit, from Howard Hughes, former President of the Great Britain Philatelic Society.
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Join HRT3 Stamp Chats as he takes a look back at the postage stamps, cinderella stamps and memories from the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair.
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In a Collections Seminar organised at the Royal Philatelic Society London on Tuesday 30th November 2021, Chris King RDP Hon. FRPSL made a start on revealing the history of organised philately in the British Isles. The history of philately is a relatively new subject – either for a museum, where…
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Michael and Charles talk to former White House Chief of Staff to George H.W. Bush, John H. Sununu, and former New Hampshire Senator John E. Sununu, about their deep rooted family history in philately, how the family collection has evolved over the years, and what stamp collecting means to them.…
View More Conversations with Philatelists: Ep. 81 – The Philatelic History of the Sununu Family