Trevor Pateman's Philately Blog

This Blog is now closed but you can still contact me at patemantrevor@gmail.com. Ukraine-related posts have been edited into a book "Philatelic Case Studies from Ukraine's First Independence Period" edited by Glenn Stefanovics and available in the USA from amazon.com and in Europe from me. The Russia-related posts have been typeset for hard-copy publication but there are currently no plans to publish them.

Sunday, 13 July 2014

Russia 1917: Eyewitnesses to the Revolution

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Click on Image to Magnify Just occasionally you can find eyewitness accounts of the Russian Revolution on postcards or in letters. ...
Thursday, 10 July 2014

More About Armenia 1920 Overprints - Combined Surcharges

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Emptying one of my stockbooks which did not sell in a recent auction, I pulled out all my working notes on the 1920 Combined Surcharges - th...
Saturday, 5 July 2014

Every collector should know the answer to this question: When were Biro pens introduced?

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I am not going to tell you when. You can Google it if you don't know. The Biro pen was invented some years before it came into common us...
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Monday, 23 June 2014

1914: A Very Cross Stamp Dealer

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Click on Images to Magnify " Dear Sir. For the last time I am writing to you to ask you to return me my stamps. I am reall...
Monday, 2 June 2014

Carpatho-Ukraine: Forgeries do not come simpler than this ...

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Before World War Two, the long eastern tail of Czechoslovakia went under the name of Podkarpatska Rus and enjoyed some autonomy from Prague....
Friday, 30 May 2014

Russia in World War One - Prisoners of War

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This is another example of Look Inside! For Russia, First World War Prisoner of War - related correspondence is very common: cards from pr...
Thursday, 29 May 2014

Russia OBRAZETS overprints: Genuine or Forged?

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Russian OBRAZETS [Specimen] overprints are usually attractive, whether Imperial or Soviet. They are characteristically bold and often printe...
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