People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen), also referred to as Democratic Yemen or Yemen (Aden), was a country that existed from 1967 to 1990 as a state in the Middle East in the southern and eastern provinces of the present-day Republic of Yemen, including the island of Socotra. South…
View More People’s Democratic Republic of YemenColony of Aden
The Colony of Aden was a British Crown colony from 1937 to 1963 located in the south of contemporary Yemen. It consisted of the port of Aden and its immediate surroundings. Prior to 1937, Aden had been governed as part of British India (originally as the Aden Settlement subordinate to…
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The State of Aden was a state constituted in Aden within the Federation of South Arabia. Following its establishment on 18 January 1963, Sir Charles Hepburn Johnston stepped down as the last Governor of Aden. In spite of the hopes placed in the Federation, the insurgency in Aden escalated and…
View More State of AdenStamps with Sara: Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) is one of the most valuable spices in the world. The mace is the important part. In Sri Lanka it grows in up country, specially in Kandy. The stamp which Sara talks about was issued in year 2019 in Sri Lanka under Spices of Sri Lanka.
View More Stamps with Sara: Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)British Library’s Philatelic Collections: Philately Dad – Episode 2
A short Q & A show aimed at introducing young children to the pleasure of stamps, stamp collecting & philately. This second installment looks at the following kids questions. What is your earliest memory about stamps? Are there glow in the dark stamps? How do I look after my stamps?
View More British Library’s Philatelic Collections: Philately Dad – Episode 2Thematic: Zoology
Zoology is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. See also Conchology Cynology Felinology Herpetology Hippology Ichthyology Mammalogy Marine Biology Ornithology World Wildlife Fund Animals…
View More Thematic: ZoologyHRT3 Stamp Chats: A Philatelic History Puzzle
A funny thing happened on the way to philately…
View More HRT3 Stamp Chats: A Philatelic History PuzzleAscension Island
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, of which the main island, Saint Helena. The island is named after the day of its…
View More Ascension IslandTangier International Zone
The Tangier International Zone was a 373 km2 (144 sq mi) international zone centered on the city of Tangier, Morocco, then under French and Spanish protectorate, under the joint administration of France, Spain, and the United Kingdom (later Portugal, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States), that existed…
View More Tangier International ZoneTangier International Zone (British)
The Tangier International Zone in 1923 under the joint administration of France, Spain and Britain under an international convention signed in Paris on 18 December 1923. However, Spanish troops occupied Tangier on 14 June 1940, the same day Paris fell to the Germans. Despite calls by Spanish nationalists to annex…
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