The Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada presents Tom Gosse and the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia in World War II. By 1942 the Japanese occupied many countries in SE Asia. The presentation shows how the Japanese operated such an incredibly large postal network. They used existing postal services and philatelic items…
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The Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada presents Dr Gregg Redner and the Belgium First Montenez Issue. The stamp was the work of Georges Montenez (1873-1930) from Belgium. The topic of this presentation is the ‘Special Printing’ which was produced as a souvenir sheet for the 1921 Brussels International Philatelic Exhibit.…
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The Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group presents Nigel Kay as he takes a look at the stamps and postal history of the 6 stamps of the Falkland Islands Queen Elizabeth II Interim Issue.
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The first stamps of Czechoslovakia depict St. Vitus Cathedral at Hradcany Castle. In this presentation, Robert Lauer provides an overview of the stamps, postal history and postal stationery of this complex issue.
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Jerry Kalyn, President of the Ukrainian Philatelic and Numismatic Society, provides an overview of Ukrainian philately covering the period from 1918 to the present including the first stamp issues, trident and Western Ukraine overprints, occupation issues, provisional to modern.
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The High Value Packet (HVP) service was introduced in 1930 to “repatriate” either Scottish or English used notes between receiving and issuing banks, or to send notes from outlying banks to Head Office. This was before the days of security firm deliveries. The HVP service offered additional security to sending…
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This presentation by Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada is based on Kem Pugh’s book dealing with the forgeries by Giovanni Patroni. There is much to be done in identifying all of Patroni’s forgeries. Patroni’s British North American (BNA) forgeries are not well identified in the literature, and they are often…
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In this module, Winnipeg Philatelic Society discusses the value of a stamp collection, with some pointers on how to use “catalogue value” (too high) to value a collection.
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The Hong Kong Philatelic Society (HKSC) hosts a double presentation by two eminent philatelists: HKSC Vice-President Ingo Nessel – “Hong Kong Mail to Dead Countries,“ Richard Whittington – “Trans-Siberian Mail” early period.
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Únete a Mi Oficina por Alemania – Contrastes de Guerra. Join Mi Oficina for Germany – Contrasts of War. Support Document Alemania – Los Contrastes de la Guerra (PDF)
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