• Queen Victoria

    Baden-Powell’s Mafeking Siege Stamps 1899-1900

    January 24, 2022 - By 

    This is a transcript of an original London Philatelist article. Numbers of Mafeking Siege stamps printed are shown at the bottom. From: The London Philatelist – The Monthly Journal of The Philatelic Society, London, Editor M.P. Castle, Vice-President of the Society, Volume X, January to December, 1901, Published by The Philatelic Society, London, Effingham House, Arundel Street, London W.C. 1901. Baden-Powell’s Mafeking Siege Stamps,*OFFICIAL DETAILS At the fortnightly meeting of the Junior London Philatelic Society, held in Clapham Hall on 12th January, the President (Mr. Fred J. Melville) read to the members a statement which he had received in reply…

  • Gibraltar KGV Silver Jubilee 1935
    King George V

    The Straits Times, 10 November 1935 – Gibraltar Jubilee

    October 18, 2013 - By 

    This is an old article I found in a copy of The Straits Times from 1935. I thought it was an interesting read and it mentions a rare Gibraltar error on a sheet full of 120 stamps. It also briefly mentions Captain H. St. C. Garrood who designed the nice views of Gibraltar for the KGV definitive and later the KGVI definitives. Hopefully no one will mind me reproducing this here.