Ночью 27 мая 1905 года Вторая тихоокеанская эскадра встретилась с силами противника. Было это недалеко от острова Цусима. Так началось сражение, которое вошло в историю. В этом бою «Аврора» потеряла своего капитана Евгения Егорьева. Командование тогда принял старший штурман Прохоров. На рассвете 28 мая доктор Кравченко, который всё это время…
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The second of four US cover albums from the seven carton Apfelbaum collection Kyle’s Stamps had purchased. Covers from NASA, ships, trains, airmail, etc.
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Today is the day that Bill was looking forward to the whole week: He will receive his first very own collection that Reinhard put together for him for a starting budget of 1000€.
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Join Caledonian Philatelic Society for a selection of postal history material from among other places, Sardinia, Tuscany and Venice, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia and Cape of Good Hope, with interesting background to the stamps and covers and in some cases the writers.
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In todays podcast Ourdadsstamps finds out who Dorothy Wilding was and how she helped create one of the most iconic images on British stamps. From her early beginnings in Bond Street, to her receipt of the Royal warrant, and on to her photographs of Queen Elizabeth II which were to…
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Richard Colberg, postal historian, President of the Lebanon Stamp Collectors Club, and longtime friend of the Philatelic Society of Lancaster County presented on The Postal History of Lititz. Lititz, a town in northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1756 as Litiz. A post office was established there 50 years…
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Dr. Charles J. DiComo, President of the Philatelic Society of Lancaster County and the Empire State Postal History Society, shares a presentation entitled “Wafers Seals on U.S. Folded Letters and Covers, 1840 – 1860’s”. When writing letters was primarily reserved for Royalty, the custom was to seal letters with wax…
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Join the Hong Kong Philatelic Society for a look at Hong Kong branch offices (part 2).
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Talk about stamp collecting with Ted the Talking Stamp Collector. In 1914, the Stickney Rotary Press started a revolution in the production of postage stamps and for almost 50 years was the workhorse of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. It also introduced a new field of collecting for philatelists…
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Это одна из моих самых любимых серий марок.. именно с них начался мой осознанный интерес к филателии…У каждого парусника здесь своя невероятная история.. Например барку «Седов» уже больше ста лет.. только представьте сколько курсантов отправлялись в свою первую экспедицию на этом паруснике.. English subtitles: This is one of my favorite…
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