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.

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After the creation of the Soviet Union, all stamp issues previously in use were quite rapidly withdrawn from sale.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