Since September 2020 a group of philatelist colleagues from Latin America have been meeting every Thursday at 8pm EST, to discuss the current status of […]
Postal Stationery 1952
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Illustrated Postal Stationery” Postal Stationery 1937 (and 43) “The Italians” Postal Stationery 1952 In the previous […]
Postal Stationery 1937 (and 43) “The Italians”
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Illustrated Postal Stationery” Postal Stationery 1937 (and 43) “The Italians” Postal Stationery 1952 From 1912, Venezuela […]
Oldest Venezuelan Catalogue of Venezuela Stamps
This is post 4 of 4 in the series “Catalogs of Venezuela” Oldest German Catalogue of Venezuela Stamps Oldest French Catalog of Venezuelan Stamps Oldest […]
Coro a La Vela y Viceversa: 19th Century References
This is post 1 of 1 in the series “Coro a La Vela y Viceversa Labels” It’s been almost ten years since I wrote my […]
Oldest American Catalog of Venezuelan Stamps
This is post 3 of 4 in the series “Catalogs of Venezuela” Oldest German Catalogue of Venezuela Stamps Oldest French Catalog of Venezuelan Stamps Oldest […]
Oldest French Catalog of Venezuelan Stamps
This is post 2 of 4 in the series “Catalogs of Venezuela” Oldest German Catalogue of Venezuela Stamps Oldest French Catalog of Venezuelan Stamps Oldest […]
Oldest German Catalogue of Venezuela Stamps
This is post 1 of 4 in the series “Catalogs of Venezuela” Oldest German Catalogue of Venezuela Stamps Oldest French Catalog of Venezuelan Stamps Oldest […]
The Last Series of Los Godos
There’s a saying in Spanish that goes something like: There’s no worse blind man than the one who doesn’t want to see. Popular proverb Almost […]
Cyanotype on Our Postal Stationery
Shortly before the Golden Age of Postcards exploded across the globe – between 1898 and 1918 – incipient technological advances in offset printing and photography […]
Video: The Postal Stationery of Venezuela
About a month ago I had the opportunity to make my second presentation for Mi Oficina Philatelic Society , perhaps one of the best things […]
Last Minute Service
I recently acquired the postal stationery shown above. This is a TP11, sent from Caracas to Ravensburg, Germany, on April 2, 1898, with an uprate […]
First Venezuelan SPECIMEN?
UPU members were required to send a number of their new pieces (both stamps and postcards) to Bern, where they were then distributed to the […]
Varieties in Postal Stationery from 1899 to 1912
Today I would like to present some varieties that I have been able to find recently in the PS issued between 1899 and 1912. Many […]
The Coro and La Vela Railway and Improvement Co.
Little has been written about this enigmatic piece. I am only aware of a very accurate article written for the Caracas Philatelic Club’s Monthly Gazette […]
The “Sucre Issue” of 1911 – The Error that is not such
Until now, the nature of this PS, identified as H&G16, has always been a mystery. Many thought it was an error, not sure if it […]
“The Barbarism of the Spanish Colonies”
Kind of related to our 2020 pandemic, I found a Postal Stationery from 1891, unfortunately very current, where the sender makes a description of his […]
