Armenia to Zemstvo: A Philately Blog

This Blog is now closed but you can still contact me at patemantrevor@gmail.com. Ukraine-related posts have been edited into the book by Trevor Pateman "Philatelic Case Studies from Ukraine's First Independence Period", edited by Glenn Stefanovics. It is 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.

Monday, 10 July 2017

Private Overprints on Imperial Postal Stationery Cards

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For some countries, it is very common to find official postal stationeries modified with private overprints of company names and sometimes a...
Thursday, 29 June 2017

Inside the Laboratory of a BPP Pruefer

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Stefan Berger, the new  expert for Armenia appointed by Germany's Bundes Philatelistscher Pruefer , is now open for submissions. He has ...
Sunday, 25 June 2017

The Problem of Large Format Items

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Albums and many other philatelic accessories were originally created for collectors of single stamps and, in many ways, they still are. Lar...
Tuesday, 20 June 2017

A Comedy of RRRRs

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Click on Image to Enlarge  This is just the first act of the comedy.To see the rest of this enjoyable farce, go to Christoph Gaertn...
Wednesday, 14 June 2017

Review: Kaj Hellman and Jeffrey C Stone, Agathon Faberge

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This remarkable book closes with two complimentary remarks made by contemporaries speaking about Agathon Fabergé; one described him a...
Saturday, 10 June 2017

Dr R J Ceresa

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Dr Raymond J  Ceresa, who was best known for his encyclopaedic series of Handbooks on 1917 - 23 Russian area stamps and postal history, died...
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Sunday, 4 June 2017

Is the SPhA a Reliable Partner?

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After the creation of the Soviet Union, all stamp issues previously in use were quite rapidly withdrawn from sale. Imperial stamps at last ...
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