I am in the process of browsing thru these 6 volumes and attempting to catalogue my stamps.
Very challenging as one needs sharp eyes to spot the stamps in these 1000 pages per volume catalogue ... wondering why stamps do not have barcode for scanning...it will be much easiet..hahaha...:)
Tough project for me ..... :(
Don't ask me how old is this. I have absolutely no idea.
What is interesting about this small desk clock is the Thai language face dial (instead of the usual roman numerals you see in old antique clocks.
In case you are a twit, the numbers read 1 to 12 in thai. :)
I am sure those who are in their mid 40s and above will remember this rotary phone in your home in the 1970s.
Not bad... an NEC product. Very hardy phone.
:)
Looking at these stamps really spoil my eyesight.
Everything becomes blur nowadays and have to put on these old uncle glasses to see things.
FUG! :(
Sino-Manchukuo Postal Agreement
The Sino-Manchukuo Postal Agreement in December 1934 resulted in the issue in 1935 of new "China Mail" stamps (below) which omitted the name Manchukuo, (the so called face-saving stamps) a compromise to placate the Chinese Government. Instead of the country name of Manchukuo these stamps simply carried the legend 郵政 (Yóuzhèng) meaning Postal Service.
From 10th January 1935 mail was exchanged at 山海關 Shan-hai-kuan (where both China and Manchukuo had a post office).
Special China Mail Stamps (First Issue)
This set was issued to Post Offices on 1st January 1935 for post between Manchukuo and China and is the first to feature the Manchukuo Imperial Crest (which appears on most subsequent Manchukuo stamps).
The stamps were released for sale to the public on 10th January 1935, an imprinted postcard was also made available at the same time. Prior to the launch of these stamps imperforate sets were issued to members of the press for publicity purposes, these are extremely rare due to the small number circulated....
... the history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946. It begins with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still part of the Spanish East Indies.
With the signing of the Treaty of Paris on August 12, 1898, Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States. The interim U.S. military government of the Philippine Islands experienced a period of great political turbulence, characterized by the Philippine–American War.
Beginning in 1901, the military government was replaced by a civilian government — the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands — with William Howard Taft serving as its first Governor-General. From 1901 to 1906 there also existed a series of revolutionary governments that lacked significant international diplomatic recognition.
Following the passage of the Philippine Independence Act in 1934, a Philippine presidential election was held in 1935. Manuel L. Quezon was elected and inaugurated second President of Philippines on November 15, 1935. The Insular Government was dissolved and the Commonwealth of the Philippines was brought into existence. The Commonwealth of the Philippines was intended to be a transitional government in preparation for the country's full achievement of independence in 1946.
After the Japanese invasion and subsequent occupation of Philippines during World War II, the United States recaptured the Philippines in 1945. According to the terms of the Philippine Independence Act, the United States formally recognised the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1946....
