List of Billig's Philatelic Handbooks The Billig's books are often quite confusing as there are at least four different series that go by similar titles. This listing is intended to give a working...
This is the story of 2 New Zealander's who started up and successfully ran the first overland Bus Service between Damascus and Baghdad back before WWII when the only routes were tracks across the desert....
The Royal Philatelic Collection By Sir John Wilson Editor Clarence Winchester 1952 - London - The Viscount Kemsley at the Dropmore Press 14" by 10" - Approx. 700 pp This book is by many book collectors and...
Imperial China Regular government postal service is known from the Chou Dynasty in the 1st millennium BC. Marco Polo reported in the 12th century that there were 10,000 post stages. In addition, private...
Here's an article I saw on the Linn's Stamp site. The article is by Rick Miller who has written many interesting articles on aspects of stamp collecting. Please vote on this guide if you've enjoyed this...
Liquidation of Empire A magnificent book in German language dealing with the German Propaganda forgeries during the second world war.Under the assumed "Unternehmen Wasserwelle" Himmler had the security police...
Turkish stamps pre 1920 period are referred as Ottoman Empire stamps.You can find images of each stamp and their cross rference catalog numbers for Scott,Michel,Yvert Tellier ,Pulko,Pulhan Burak cataloge...
Siam had to sacrifice part of its territory to settle the crisis when France blocked the Chao Phraya River with two of its warships. It proved to be an object and priceless lesson for the Siamese, as during...