Arizona is a state in the Western United States. Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in…
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Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. The driest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since early times by the San, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since then, the Bantu groups,…
View More NamibiaSouth West Africa (Suidwes Afrika) was the name for modern-day Namibia when it was under South African administration, from 1915 to 1990. Previously the colony of German South West Africa from 1884–1915, it was made a League of Nations mandate of the British-ruled Union of South Africa following Germany’s defeat…
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German South West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. German rule over this territory was punctuated by numerous rebellions by its native African peoples, which culminated…
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Learn the story behind the stamp that started it all for me, as well as the history behind the events at Fort Sumter.
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An in depth look at postage stamp forgeries and fakes and the difference between the many types of bogus postage stamps in existence. Presented by Harry Pedersen – former President of the Arapahoe Stamp Club in Denver Colorado.
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This presentation by the Winnipeg Philatelic Society describes French and Canadian postage due stamps.
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Hugh Jefferies MBE has been a collector for nearly 65 years and the editor of the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue since 2003. In this talk, he traces the development of the catalogue since its first edition in 1865 and explains how it has adapted to meet the changing needs of collectors…
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Jon Aitchison, RNCP, FRPSL presentsa talk at the Royal Philatelic Society London on the subject of Herm Island.
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The British Empire Study Group presents The Penny Post Before Stamps Were Forever with Dr Catherine Golden.
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