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.

Tuesday, 30 October 2018

Crimea in Sindelfingen 2018

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I am just back from a visit to the annual Sindelfingen (Stuttgart) stamp show – the Briefmarken Messe Sindelfingen. It’s still very good,...
Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Was There A Post Office?

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In my areas of philatelic specialism the question is often asked, Were these stamps really issued? To answer this, you need answers to s...
Saturday, 22 September 2018

Review: Ahto Tanner, Postage Due & Postal Markings in Estonia 1918 - 1944

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Click on Image to Magnify Ahto Tanner sent me a copy of his 57 page A4 Handbook. It’s very clearly written and presented. It fee...
Friday, 21 September 2018

Transcaucasian Federation 1923: First Star Overprint Issue (Michel 1 onwards)

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Towards the end of his life, the late Dr R J Ceresa accumulated a large quantity of stamps from the first Star overprint issue of the Tran...
Saturday, 15 September 2018

Dashnak Armenia: A Small Reward for Looking Closely

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Click on Image to Magnify Tidying up my stock the other day, I came across these three stamps in a packet. I was about to add them...
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Friday, 31 August 2018

Armenia: the ARTAR catalog again

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One of the frustrations of my job is that I have to work with unsatisfactory catalogues. So for Ukraine I use the Bulat catalogue because it...
Monday, 6 August 2018

Latvian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 1919 - 1920

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Someone once said to me that postal history collectors are really stamp collectors in disguise. Part of the evidence, the fact that pr...
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