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, 29 January 2019

Stamps Expertisation: Past and Present

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In the past, dealers and experts guaranteed stamps by signing them on the reverse, sometimes by hand and sometimes with a handstamp.  Th...
Monday, 28 January 2019

New Catalog: Joseph Geyfman, Specialized Catalog Local Stamps, Provisionals, 1918 -1922; 1931

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This is a very impressive catalog. With 450 high-gloss full-colour pages it makes full use of the possibilities provided by mode...
Monday, 14 January 2019

New Book: Tobie Mathew, Greetings from the Barricades

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Click on Image to Magnify This extraordinary hardback book has 478 pages which include several hundred full-colour illustrations as...
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Thursday, 15 November 2018

Single Frankings

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One way to combine stamp collecting with doing postal history is to collect covers with single frankings, one cover for each stamp issued....
Friday, 2 November 2018

Russia 1920s Tula Local Revenue stamps for agricultural improvement

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For many countries, fiscal / revenue stamps issued by national governments for general use are very common. In contrast, stamps issued by ...
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...
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