7 februari 2025

Postcard from St. Helena: Boer Prisoners in Blikjesdorp and Dutch Sympathy, 1902

This postcard is an example of early 20th-century postal correspondence from St. Helena to the Netherlands. It was sent from St. Helena on May 7, 1902, and addressed to G. A. H. van Trotsenburg in Zaandam, Netherlands. The postcard arrived in Zaandam on May 28, …

Postcard from St. Helena: Boer Prisoners in Blikjesdorp and Dutch Sympathy, 1902 Lees meer

When the timing is wrong – postcards to E.W. Rose 1931

In this blog entry I will try to understand why the five picture postcards below were initially unsuccessful in reaching their proposed addressee: E.W. Rose. A philatelist approached me during our last auction because he had read somewhere that I fancied postal items with a …

When the timing is wrong – postcards to E.W. Rose 1931 Lees meer