Easter Island (Rapa Nui or Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. It is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. The island is most famous for its…
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Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The literal meaning of the term “Honduras” is “depths” in Spanish. The name could either refer to the bay of Trujillo as an anchorage, fondura in the Leonese dialect of Spain, or to Columbus’s alleged quote that “Gracias…
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Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. Denmark proper, which is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The unified kingdom…
View More DenmarkMarine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather than on…
View More Thematic: Marine BiologySharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the…
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Kamerun was an African colony of the German Colonial Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today’s Republic of Cameroon. Kamerun also included northern parts of Gabon and the Congo with western parts of the Central African Republic, southwestern parts of Chad and far eastern parts of Nigeria.…
View More KamerunAnguilla is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles. The name Anguilla is from the Italian anguilla, meaning “eel” (in turn from the Latin anguilla, diminutive of anguis, snake) in reference to the island’s shape.…
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Gregg Redner gives an introduction to the fascinating world of Belgian Railway philately. Topics covered include a history of 19th-century parcel delivery in Belgium, how the French ex-patriots helped reinvent parcel delivery, the first Belgian Railway stamp issue of May 1, 1879, later Belgian Railway stamps, waybills, cancellations and varieties.
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Bob Toal, Philatelic Society of Lancaster County member, postal history dealer and author, discusses Livermore and Knight-Printed Matter Advertising Cards: 1890-1919.
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“Dominica, The Development & Study of the Postal System & Island Post Office, Mid-1700s through WW II (Some Unusual Aspects)” with Peter McCann. The British Empire Study Group.
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