We begin with the 1963 Independence issue (SG1/14). Although not to every collector’s taste, stylistically, supplies of this …
Brazil offers a rich architectural history – not least the magnificent array of religious buildings that have been …
Eighty years ago, on 12 May 1937, King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey and the first …
King George VI had never expected to become King, but acceded to the throne upon the abdication of his …
In the 1920s and especially 1930s the British colonies around the globe increasingly moved away from basic functional designs …
When General Sir Herbert Kitchener was leading the campaign that would eventually reconquer the Sudan from the brutal Mahdist …
The “Wildings” were a series of definitive postage stamps most notable for the superb Dorothy Wilding portrait of Queen …
Although the provision of adhesive postage stamps for use in India was considered as early as 1850, and …
The Machin series was a definitive stamp series that followed the Wildings. The Stamp Advisory Committee expressed a …
Issued in 1929, the £1 PUC stamp was the second commemorative stamp to be released after the British …