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	Glossary A-G
		Many of her paintings were exhibited and she designed for books, posters, scenery and postage stamps.
		Following a parliamentary investigation into the efficiency of Imperial Airways and British Airways, it was decided in November 1938 to merge the two airlines and form BOAC, (24 November 1939).
		The essential things in a postage stamp are the statement that the thing is a stamp (the words 'postage' etc), the denomination, and some sign that the thing has official origin, (the King's head, a crown, etc).
	www.kg6gb.org /glossary.htm (1826 words)

	Postage stamps and postal history of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The pair of large-format stamps featured a lion in an imposings stance; they were issued twice, in 1924, and then in 1925, the stamps of each year being inscribed with the year of issue.
		The century of the postage was celebrated in 1940 with a set of six depicting Victoria and George VI side-by-side.
		British stamps were used at many of these colonies in their early years, and can be recognized from numbers on the postmarks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_United_Kingdom (1614 words)

	Gibbons Stamp Monthly - Current industry news and reports
		The basic function of the stamp is, and always has been, to indicate the prepayment of postage—a fact often lost sight of as postage stamps have long since acquired many other purposes.
		The stamps had to be easy to handle, they had to show their purpose clearly, they had to bear the mark of authority, and they had to be easy to produce—yet difficult to forge.
		Stamps continued to be regarded as a minor branch of the graphic arts for many years thereafter, although occasionally a real masterpiece emerged, more by accident than design (no pun intended).
	www.gibbonsstampmonthly.com /storyprint.asp?sc=1504 (2086 words)

	British Forgeries of the Stamps and Banknotes of the Central Powers
		The British forgeries of the 5, 10, and 25-heller stamps of Austria
		The British forgeries of the 5, 10, and 15-pfennig stamps of Bavaria
		With the stamps was a long article entitled "Caught red-handed, Wilhelm II prepares annexation," and text which indicated that the stamps had been prepared in advance to be used in Switzerland after the Germans occupied that country.
	www.psywarrior.com /BritishForgeriesWWI.html (4019 words)

	British Stamp History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He stated that 'A stamp is to be put on every letter', the purpose of which was that any delay in the handling of the mail would clearly be seen.
		In none of his early papers was the question of adhesive stamps mentioned, but this appeared later and led to the introduction of the first postage stamp, the Penny Black, on 6 May 1840.
		Further sets of stamps were issued in 1929 for the UPU Congress, in 1935 for the Silver Jubilee of King George V and in 1937 for the Coronation of King George VI.
	free.pages.at /acadav23/oswald_marianne_kraxberger/britishstamphistory.htm (9587 words)

	Category:Postage stamps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For more information, see the article about Postage stamp.
		Lists of birds appearing on stamps by country
		List of entities that have issued postage stamps
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Postage_stamps (90 words)

	World War II Plus 55 - August 30, 1939 - Part 2
		But no empire in the world is greater than that complex and gimcrack assemblage of protectorates, colonies, territories, associated states, and dominions that in 1939 is called the British Empire and Commonwealth.
		British District Commissioners on the island of Tulagi in the British Solomon Islands build a cricket pitch and tennis court near the Chinese laundry, and hear crop theft cases from the neighboring island of Guadalcanal, which lacks any raw materials, and is only of interest to missionaries.
		British rule seems held by the Lee-Enfield rifles of its soldiers and sepoys, as well as the 15-inch guns of its battleships, but the firepower is actually a giant confidence trick.
	www.usswashington.com /dl30au39b.htm (11992 words)

	American Philatelic Society's Chapter Activities Committee Internet Home Page- Stamp Articles for Reprint... tmf
		The manager of the stamp bureau on the island reported that the boat owner did not have a map of the islands, but was able to navigate through the shallows using a Tuvalu postage stamp that pictured the islands in detail.
		In the introduction to the book, the author, Robert Harris, mentions that a collection of stamps formed by Hitler entitled "Enemy Propaganda in Stamps" survived the war and was confiscated by the United States Counter Intelligence Corps.
		The first British stamp showing King George V, issued for the 1924 British Empire Exhibition, caused a public uproar because people thought the British lion pictured on the stamp looked too thin.
	www.stamps.org /cac/artf003.htm (1024 words)

	British Stamps -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		All the stamps of British Somaliland were withdrawn from sale on 25 June 1960; for the week prior to formal unification on 1 July, stamps of Italian Somaliland and Somalia were used.
		Two postage stamps were issued to commemorate the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 - a halfpenny red and a three halfpenny brown.
		The stamps were printed in sheets of 120 which consisted of two panes of 60 (10 rows of 6).
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/23/british-stamps.html (1225 words)

	YourHobby.Com - Stamp Collecting
		China Stamp Society - The China Stamp Society is an international philatelic society organized to promote the collecting of stamps and the study of the postal history of China and related areas.
		Collectors of Religion on Stamps (COROS) - COROS is the acronym for The Collectors of Religion on Stamps; a non-profit philatelic society dedicated to the study and collection of material that has element of religious significance.
		Stamp Exhibition of Southern California - 55th Annual Stamp Exhibition of Southern California Sponsored by the Federated Philatelic Clubs of Southern California.
	www.yourhobby.com /stamps (1375 words)

	British Philatelic Trust, Rowland Hill, promotion of "the study, research and dissemination of knowledge" ...
		British Philatelic Trust, Rowland Hill, promotion of "the study, research and dissemination of knowledge" about philately - UK Philately, Stamps and stamp collecting plus much, much more GB promotion of "the study, research and dissemination of knowledge" about philately
		He also published ‘Postage Stamps and their Collection’ by O Firth [1897], ‘A History of British Postmarks’ by JH Daniels [1898], and ‘The Adhesive Postage Stamps of Europe’ by WAS Westoby, 2 vols [1898 and 1900] (based on articles which had appeared in the Bazaar).
		Responsible for article on the postal reforms of 1840 in ‘The Penny Postage Centenary’ [1940], and the section on telegraph and telephone stamps in Robson Lowe’s Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, Vol.1.
	www.ukphilately.org.uk /bpt/whowaswho/whowaswho-g.htm (1443 words)

	GB 1 penny stamps
		There are surprisingly few 1 penny stamps in the 165 years from the issue of the Penny Black in 1840 until today.
		These are the 1924 British Empire Exhibition issue (GB's first commemorative), SG430, the 1935 Silver Jubilee SG454, and the 1940 Centenary of Postage Stamps issue, SG480.
		The second stamp is an interesting variant, a German propaganda forgery, allegedly "produced at German Labour Camps" (according to Dauwalders, who have a large number available at the time of writing).
	www.snap-dragon.com /gb_1_penny_stamps.htm (849 words)

	Buckingham Palace press releases > Exhibition of items from the Royal Philatelic Collection
		The stamps will be shown with other rare stamps from the Collection, including: the "Post Office" Mauritius penny and twopence; British Guiana and Bermuda items; The Cape of Good Hope "Woodblock" errors of colour; as well as other "gems" from the Collection.
		From 1906, he decided to concentrate his collection on stamps (and their designs) of Great Britain and the Empire; the designs include a sketch of the 1840 penny fl sent to Rowland Hill to show him how the stamp would look.
		The exhibition is open from 6 April 2004 to 11 January 2005 and admission is free.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/page3061.asp (543 words)

	GBPS
		THE LINE-ENGRAVED ½d POSTAGE STAMP OF 1870 is one of the most-loved and widely-collected of Victorian postage stamps.
		It was the first stamp that ever portrayed the effigy of a reigning Sovereign, and except for two minor instances which were quickly detected, the stamps were never forged.
		The British Philatelist was published by Charles Nissen from 1908 to 1954 in forty volumes covering all aspects of GB philately.
	www.gbps.org.uk /books.htm (1840 words)

	Stamp Collecting
		For the first century of the British stamp's life most designs were simple and effective and have become known as Definitives.
		Today these everyday stamps are the simplest in design bearing the Monarch's head and the stamp's value or class of postage.
		The first stamps designed specifically to commemorate a major event appeared in 1924 to celebrate the British Empire Exhibition.
	www.ddavid.com /groundzero/stamp.htm (305 words)

	AskPhil -- Stamp Collecting starts here.
		Adhesive: 1: paper postage stamp with gum on the back intended to be glued on letters, packages, etc. 2: the gum used to affix a postage stamp.
		Aeores: (Fr.) Azores overprint and inscription on stamps of Portugal.
		Airmail stamp: stamp intended to prepay airmail postage; the first recorded is the 25c rose Italian express stamp, 200,000 of which were overprinted in 1917; Flugpostmarke (Ger.), Timbre pour la Poste Aerienne (Fr.), Francobollo di Posta Aerea (It.), Sello de Correo Aereo (Sp.).
	www.askphil.org /b25a.htm (9272 words)

	Stamp2.com - Articles : Cinderella
		As a cele-bration of the Coronation, a spe-cial exhibition was held at Crystal Palace called the 'Festival of Empire'.
		After the Great Exhibition closed, it was purchased by a private company, and moved to a 200 acre park at Sydenham Hill in South London.
		The stamps are not that common to find and we would suggest that not that many were printed.
	www.stamp2.com /articles/cinderella/cinderella24.asp (480 words)

	Philatelists Online - Member Message Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I bought these stamps the other day a back of what looks like 5 rows of 5, and they are green with a 6 on each side in the middle with the nazi eagle spreading it's wings UNUSED and In perfect condition.
		I have a collection of King George VI stamps which were used for Kenya, Uganda and Tanganika between 1945 and 1952 when they were British colonies.
		It is unlikely that another set of these stamps could be found in North America, or, indeed, outside the United Kingdom.
	www.network54.com /Forum/6711/viewall-page-5 (503 words)

	SOUTHERN RHODESIA : Stamps : Airmails : Airmail Rates
		This rate, reduced from 9d on the 1st December 1934 and in effect until the 2d Empire Air Mail Scheme on 30th June 1937.
		The reduced 1½d Empire Airmail Scheme introduced three weeks earlier, when the use of Airmail labels became unnecessary.
		With the onset of WW II, the Empire Airmail Scheme rate of 1½d was dramatically increased to 1/3 on the 7th September 1939 and remained so until May 1947.
	www.rhodesia.co.za /sr_air.html (971 words)

	SPRING TO SUMMER SALE
		SG MS568a, the single stamp from the 1930 mini sheet for the Philatelic Exhibition in Antwerp.
		SG 552fa, the FU pair of postage stamps for the 1952 Centilux Exhibition.
		SG 63, the 1861 5c Jefferson GU with magenta cancel line down the middle of the stamp although bottom row of perfs are missing.
	www.robstine-stamps.com /sale2.htm (5455 words)

	UK Philately, Where to see stamps
		Stamps and related material can also be seen at a number of different locations throughout the country, details of some are shown here.
		The collections, estimated to comprise over eight million items, include postage and revenue stamps, postal stationery, artwork, essays, proofs, covers and entires, "cinderella" material, specimen issues, airmails, some postal history materials, official and private posts, etc, for almost all countries and periods.
		An extensive display of 6,000 sheets of philatelic material is on exhibition, including a section of the Tapling Collection (World 1840-90), the Bojanowicz Collection (Polish Postal History 1938-49), the Model Collection (Germany 1945-46 Provisional Issues), the Moseley Collection (British Africa to 1935).
	www.ukphilately.org.uk /hsee.htm (584 words)

	Philatelic Bibliopole Catalog of Philatelic Books and Literature; New and Used
		New books are stocked from over 100 publishers with emphasis on: US Stamps and Postal History, CSA, Maritime, Fakes & Bogus, Bibliographies, GB and the Empire in addition to Classic Stamps.
		Prices are post paid within the US however for all orders under $30 there is a $3 handling charge.
		Sorry we do not accept credit cards; personal checks and postal money orders are most acceptable and other arrangements can be made.
	www.pbbooks.com (544 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		George V 1865-1936, King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the seas, Emperor of India, was born at Marlborough House, London, 3 June 1865, the second child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
		Particularly notable was the address delivered to both Houses of Parliament on 19 November in which the King dwelt on the dedication of the whole British race to the demands of war and called for a heightened sense of individual and national duty in the years ahead.
		He took exception to the announcement in the official British Gazette that all ranks of the armed forces of the Crown would receive the full support of the government in any action taken in the honest endeavour to aid the civil power.
	www.thepeerage.com /e98.htm (14685 words)

	Imperial Jamboree, Wembley, 1924
		The Imperial aspect of the Scout Movement was demonstrated during the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924.
		The organization of rail and road transport, camp routine, and sanitation, all worked out by Commissioners, Scouters, and co-opted officials, on a voluntary and honorary basis, ran with a smoothness which was then astonishing, but has since become commonplace in the great Scout rallies.
		Held in conjunction with the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, the Jamboree brought together over 12,000 Scouts from the Commonwealth.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /1924-imperial.htm (651 words)

	HISTORY [aboutmalta.com] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bi-centennial of the French Surrender in Malta 1800 - A re-enactment by the Historical re-enactment Group of Malta.
		British Empire Exhibition of 1924 - Includes information about the Malta pavillion.
		Major Maltese Historical Events in September - September is an eventful month in Maltese History, with the victorious end of the Great Siege of 1565, the revolt against the French in 1798-1800 and the Italian surrender in World War II.
	www.aboutmalta.com /HISTORY (726 words)

	Books on Stamps and Postal History
		Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps - Vol 1 GB and Empire in Europe - Robson Lowe - 1st Edition - 1947 - Water stain on cover - (PH3) - £10.50
		Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps - Vol 5 – The Empire in America – Robson Lowe - 1st Edition - 1973 – Part 3: Maritime Provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and P.E.Is).
		Stamps of Paraguay – Phillips C J – 1912 – (Hardbound in Karachi) – (B ) - £7.75
	www.geocities.com /jumbocoins/stampbk.html (1882 words)

	eBay Store - BOOKSONSTAMPS: FOREIGN STAMPS-EUROPE, US COVERS POSTMARKS, US STAMPS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		THE POSTAL HISTORY AND THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF SERBIA
		Early Forged Stamps Detector by Edward L. Pemberton,...
		JOHN PAUL II POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE WORLD 1978-2003 BOOK
	stores.ebay.com /BOOKSONSTAMPS (217 words)

	eBay Australia Shop - BOOKSONSTAMPS: FOREIGN STAMPS-EUROPE, US COVERS POSTMARKS, US STAMPS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		STAMP COLLECTORS GUIDE TO EUROPE OUT OF PRINT and SCARCE
		UNITED STATES TELEGRAPH STAMPS AND FRANKS Stamp Book
		SECRET SERVICE OF THE U.S. STAMP COLLECTORS GUIDE TO EUROPE OUT OF PRINT and SCARCE
	stores.ebay.com.au /BOOKSONSTAMPS (218 words)

	Canada and British North America Philatelic Literature
		1210 The Hawker Stamp of Newfoundland $ 20.00
		1238 The Postage Stamps of British Columbia and Vancouver Island $ 15.00
		A full color presentation of Wellburn’s gold medal collection on his exhibition pages.
	www.jameslee.com /book24.htm (878 words)

	eBay.co.uk - Exhibition, Festival Of Britain, Festival, Empire Exhibition items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		RARE BRASS BADGE FROM BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1924
		Note: Bid counts and amounts may be slightly out of date.
		See each listing for international postage options and costs.
	listings.uk.ebay.com /Memorabilia_Exhibitions_W0QQfclZ3QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ3QQsacatZ426QQsocmdZListingItemList (272 words)

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