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.

Friday, 23 October 2015

Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic 1918 - 1920

›
Most regimes, however short-lived, make it into the stamp catalogues. The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic (LSSR) of 1918 - 1920, despite l...
Sunday, 18 October 2015

Russia 1917 Imperforate Arms Stamps - Do OBRAZETS overprints exist?

›
I have a collection of 1917 Russia Imperial Arms Imperforate stamps, mainly designed to show the earliest dates and place of use - these wer...
Friday, 9 October 2015

"Roughly Opened" - That's Good News!

›
Auction catalogues frequently describe covers as "roughly opened". This is a sort of apology and is meant to indicate that they ha...
Wednesday, 7 October 2015

1918 Latvia Map Stamps and their Postal Use

›
This Blog was made possible by the recent sale of the Dr Hubert Schrödinger "Baltica" collection at Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden. ...
Tuesday, 6 October 2015

1919 Northern Army (OKCA Issue) - Postal Use

›
The world's worst designed stamps were printed in large quantities and miserable looking specimens can be found in every old collection ...
1 comment:
Monday, 5 October 2015

When Is a Stamp Issue a Stamp Issue?

›
Today I was reading articles in a well – known philatelic journal, two of which struck me as largely wish-fulfilment. Of course, wish fulfi...
1 comment:
Thursday, 1 October 2015

Collecting single handstamps

›
Click on Image to Magnify Collectors of single handstamp overprints often ask me for a "nice, clear strike". Frequently, ...
‹
›
Home
View web version
Powered by Blogger.