Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. During the Scramble for Africa the territory of Botswana was coveted by both the German Empire and Britain. During the Berlin Conference, Britain decided to annex Botswana in order to safeguard the Road to the North and…

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Malta

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. Malta has been inhabited since approximately 5900 BC. Its location in the centre of the Mediterranean has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base, with a succession of powers having contested and ruled…

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Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group: QEII Designs and proofs 1960s/1970s

Join Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group for a look at some of the designs and proofs that were eventually either rejected or turned into the Islands issues in the 1960s and 1970s. This material is now held in the Jane Cameron National Archives, although when first photographed in 2014, was…

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