Author: lasoksmith

George V Badge Issue of St. Helena.

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Ian Lasok-Smith.  Owner, Publisher and Editor “The Philatelic Register”

Philatelic Traders Society (Gold Membership)

One Man’s War – Victor Broomhead

The Story of an ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances.

Victor Broomhead was 20 years old and a trainee bus driver in Derbyshire in October 1939, when he received his call up for military service.

His first posting was to Palestine and although his unit was later transferrd to Cyprus, Victor himself was posted to Egypt and was consequently taken captive when the Afrika Korps over-ran Tobruk.

With the Germans preoccupied with prosecuting the war, they handed over prisoners to the Italians. After being transported across North Africa, Victor then spent time in an Italian prisoner of war camp in Tarhuna, south east of Tripoli.

As North Africa began to fall to the Allies, British prisoners of war were eventually moved and Victor arrived in a new camp in occupied Poland.

Freedom from captivity for Victor eventually came in April 1945 and he arrived home in England on 7th May, the day before Victory in Europe Day.

John Wilson from the Forces Postal History Society, in a superb article  charts, by way of letters and documents from the time, Victor’s journey.

The Forces Postal History Society kindly gave permission for the article to be published in The Philatelic Register in 2021 and it was serialised over 4 issues and can be downloaded from the attachments below.

One Man’s War. Part 1

One Man’s War. Part 2

One Man’s War. Part 3

One Man’s War. Part 4

The Republic of Venice Posts

The Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a sovereign state and maritime republic in parts of present-day Italy (mainly northeastern Italy) that existed for 1100 years from AD 697 until AD 1797. Centered on the lagoon communities of the prosperous city of Venice, it incorporated numerous overseas possessions in modern Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Greece, Albania and Cyprus. The republic grew into a trading power during the Middle Ages and strengthened this position during the Renaissance. Citizens spoke the Venetian language

The republic was ruled by the doge, who was elected by members of the Great Council of Venice, the city-state’s parliament, and ruled for life. The ruling class was an oligarchy of merchants and aristocrats. Venice and other Italian maritime republics played a key role in fostering capitalism.

In the article that can be downloaded from the attachment below Richard Harlow describes the complexities of and the difficulties encountered in collecting and studying the postal history of The Republic of Venice

Republic of Venice Posts

Why Collect Italy.

In the pdf issue of The Philatelic Register published in August 2021 I published on behalf of The Italy and Colonies Study Circle an obituary for Richard Harlow who was a founder member of the Society. The obituary can be read by downloading the attachment below.  I also attach Richard Harlow’s own view on why Italy and it’s stamp and postal history provide a rich field of collecting interest.

Richard Harlow Obituary

Why Collect Italy?

Latin American Philatelics

Dealers in Latin America & British Commonwealth Stamps & Postal History

LatinAmericanPhilatelics.com

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Established in 1990 we have been specialising in the Stamps and Postal History of Latin America for over 30 years. Our stock contains stamps, postmarks, proofs, essays, postal stationery, and postal history from all of the countries in South and Central America and the Caribbean.

In addition to this we have an extensive general and specialised stock of British Commonwealth and the rest of the world.

We also run regular ‘All World’ Postal Auctions with six sales per year. Each sale includes over 1500 lots including collections & accumulations, philatelic literature, stamps, postmarks, postal history, revenues, and Cinderella.

CDDStamps – Great Britain & British Commonwealth

CDDStamps.com

Michael, the owner of cddstamps, has collected Great Britain and British Commonwealth stamps for more than fifty years. He owns cddstamps.com and has been a part-time dealer since late 1999 selling through his website and several portals. He writes about stamps at cddstamps.blogspot.com and aerophilately at cddstamps.wordpress.com. He can be contacted at [email protected]. He is a member of the Great Britain Philatelic Society (GBPS), The Modern British Philatelic Circle (MBPC), The American Philatelic Society, the ADPS Stamp Dealers’ Society of the UK, and the Internet Philatelic Dealers Association (IPDA) where he is the General Secretary

British Aircraft Designers

Roger B West  is a well known philatelist and an acknowledged expert in the stamps of St Helena. In 1994 he edited the handbook “Madame Joseph Forged Postmarks” which has been widely acclaimed as one of the most important philatelic reference works.  He is also the owner of a long established stamp business Avion Stamps. Roger has generously provided a number of articles (Tag: RBW) for publication in The Philatelic Register.

As each these Musings and Observations are published I will leave the reader to make their own judgment as to where on the spectrum between humourous and thought provoking each article sits.

British Aircraft Designers

Got Guatemala? Maybe it’s time you should

“Guatemalan philately is a window on Latin America……..from liberal revolutions to the cold war”.

The above is taken from the opening paragraph of the article by David Lindwall of the International Society of Guatemala Collectors which can be read in full by downloading from the link below.

Maybe it will be the introduction to a rich new field of collecting for some.

Got Guatemala?