The Captain’s Log by Raymond Casey
…takes a long overdue look at Imperial Russian ship mail in the Caspian Sea.
LINK: BJRP 100, November 2009, Pdf pages 34 – 59 (journal pages 32 – 57)
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WHAT IS “ФИШЕР”
WHAT IS “ФИШЕР”
by Simon Horecky and Ing. Alois Vavra from BJRP 106 pages 4 – 5
1935-36 KUSHKA by Robert Jack
From BJRP No. 105 pages 4 and 5 – Robert Jack
“My cover is to a firm in Berlin and sent from Herat almost year later on the 16 July 1936. It has the same bilingual Russian Kushka postmark, dated 23 July, no Moscow transit, but a Berlin arrival mark of 3 August, giving a transit time of 18 days. It is sent at the normal 150 poul foreign registered rate.”
Some Money for the Abbot
A short article by Philip Robinson, FRPSL from BJRP 104 – November 2014
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POLISH OCCUPATION OF SKALAT
One page article by Edward Klempka from BJRP 103 – November 2013
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Batum Postal History During British Occupation
Misha Alishabaya
BJRP 102 (2012)
A fascinating run through personal, political, military and philatelic history. Stamps, stationery, surcharges and soldiers.
My personal opinion is that philately is an illustration of historical events and human passions.
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