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Subject Title Author Year Issue
Abkhazia Abkhazia Clark Buchi 1994 v4n6p3
Aden, Qu’aiti State Qu’aiti State Change of Government Handstamp on Cover Peter Winders, 2023 v31n1p3
Afghanistan Afghanistan #2 Clark Buchi 1994 v4n4p2
Afghanistan Type I and Type II of Afghanistan's First Issued Stamps Tim Balm 2012 v20n3p8
Afghanistan New #1 for Afghanistan Listed in 2016 Scott Catalogues Tim Balm 2015 v23n4p3
Afghanistan Featured Auction Lots - Afghanistan #1 Auction Manager 2016 v24n4p5
Albania Albania #1 Clark Buchi 1993 v3n5p5
Albania Albania's First Issues reflect struggle Floyd Walker 1998 v7n1p7
Albania Forgery Recent Acquisition Bob Sylvester 1999 v8n2p5
Alexandretta and Hatay Question. Where are Alex. & Hatay Floyd Walker 1998 v6n6p4
Americas Exhibit - The First Issue Postal History of the Americas, full exhibit here Jeff Omdahl 2016 v24n3p7
Annam and Tonkin The Overprint Varieties of A&T Sc#1 Tim Balm 2005 v13n2p8
Andorra Andorra: one country and two ... Floyd Walker 1997 v6n3p5
Andorra Andorra - Forgeries of the First Issues Bob Sylvester 2007 v15n2p7
ANHCo First stamps of Australasian New Hebrides Company (ANHCo) Tim Balm 2020 v28n4p6
Andorra, Spanish Interesting Cover with Spanish Andorra Sc#3-4 Tim Balm 2013 v21n4p6
Annam & Tonkin New Annam & Tonkin Sc#4 Tim Balm 2018 v26n2p6
Argentina Argentina #1 David Olson 1993 v3n4p1
Argentina The First postage Stamps of Argentina and Its Provinces Jesper Andersen 2005 v13n1p10
Argentina The "Almost #1" of Argentina Dave Larkey 2011 v19n1p5
Argentina The Type and Varieties of Argentina #1 Jerry Weirich 2016 v24n3p3
Artsakh One more visit to Artsakh Kurt Streepy 2022 v30n1p3
Australia The Birth of Australia Jesper Andersen 2004 v12n1p3
Austria Austria #N1-N19 David Olson 1990 v1n2p5,n3p2
Austria Austria's First Issue Rodolfo Vazquez 2005 v13n4p5
Azad Hind AZAD HIND Stamps Tim Balm 2019 v27n4p5
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan #1: even the cheapest... Floyd Walker 1999 v7n5p3,5
Azerbaijan The light and dark paper varieties of Azerbaijan' s first stamps Tim Balm 2017 v25n2p6
Azerbaijan Revised Azerbaijan SC#1-10
Catalogue Values		 Tim Balm 2018 v26n2p6
v26n3p6
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 100th Anniversary Sheet Kurt Streepy 2021 v29n4p4
The Azores The Azores Louis Laflamme 2009 v17n2p4
Bahawalpur First Issued Stamps of Bahawalpur Tim Balm 2018 v26n3p6
Bangladesh Interesting Covers Tim Balm 2000 v8n6p9
Bangkok Forgeries of Bangkok #1 Tim Balm 2011 v19n4p6
Barbados New republic Louis Laflamme 2022 v30n1p1
Batum Beware of Batum: Fakes are plentiful Floyd Walker 1998 v7n2p5
Batum Batum #1 - Revisited Tim Balm 2012 v20n3p6
Bavaria Bavaria #1 Clark Buchi 1991 v2n2p6
Bechuanaland Prot. Bechuanaland Protectorate Clark Buchi 1990 v1n3p2,n4p2
Bechuanaland Prot. Confusing First Issues of B.P. Bob Sylvester 1998 v7n1p3
Bechuanaland Prot. The First Issued Stamp of B.P. editorial 2005 v13n1p5, n4p10
Belgium Les Epaulettes - The First Issue of Belgium Louis Laflamme 2021 v29n2p3
Benin Benin #1 Clark Buchi 1994 v4n6p4
Benin Benin and Dahomey Bob Sylvester 2005 v13n2p4
Bergedorf Does Size Make a Difference? Bob Sylvester 1999 v8n1p5
Bhutan The First Issues of Bhutan Robert Louie 1999 v8n2p3
Bhutan The Postal Systems and First Issues of Bhutan Kurt Streepy 2022 v30n2p5
Biafra Interesting Covers Tim Balm 2000 v8n6p8
Biafra New Scott #1 - Biafra Tim Balm 2012 v20n3p8
Bijawar A variation in the Bijawar #1 Paper Color Tim Balm 2016 v24n2p8
Bolivia First Issue of Bolivia Art Bunce 1995 v5n3p4
Bolivia The First Issue of Bolivia Art Bunce 1997 v5n5p3
Bolivia Condors - The First Issue of Bolivia Tony Tidmarsh, 2021 v29n3p3
Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina Fred Clark 1991 v2n1p3
Bougainville Bougainville, possible new first issue Louis Laflamme 2020 v28n1p5
Brazil ...tell the real Brazil #1 from fakes Bob Sylvester 1997 v6n1p1
Brazil ... No one remembers who came second Louis Laflamme 2020 v28n4p3
Bremen The First Issue of Bremen Bob Sylvester 2005 v13n1p3
British Central Africa Watermark is only the first question David Olson 1998 v7n1p2
British Columbia The First Issues of British Columbia and Vancouver Island Louis Laflamme 2006 v14n2p4, n3p6, n4p7
British Guiana A Stamp Rarity on Public Display Tim Balm 2015 v23n3p4
British Honduras British Honduras, One Penny Blue Bob Sylvester 2000 v8n3p4
British Indian Ocean Territory Stamps of the B.I.O.T. (plus Seychelles ZES) Tim Balm 2007 v15n1p7
British Indian Ocean Territory BIOT – Another Dead Country? Tim Balm 2021 v29n3p1
British Indian Ocean Territory BIOT – a Step Closer to Becoming a Dead Country Tim Balm 2022 v30n1p3
Brunswick German States: Brunswick #1 Bob Sylvester 1997 v6n4p3
Buenos Aires The First Issues of Buenos Aires Louis Laflamme 2014 v22n1p3, n2p3
Bulgaria Bulgaria Imposter David Olson 1995 v5n2p5
Bulgaria Bulgaria, a Yawner Country? Bob Sylvester 1999 v8n1p5
Burma Forgeries of the Japanese Occupation "Yano Seal" Stamp of Burma Robert Louie 2008 v16n2p6
Cameroons, Cameroun Kamerun, Cameroun, Cameroons Louis Laflamme 2013 v21n1p3
Canada Canadian Airmail Semi-Officials First Issues Louis Laflamme 2006 v14n4p5
Canada, Dominion The Dominion of Canada's First Issue Louis Laflamme 2007 v15n1p5
Canada, Dominion A Recent Discovery - 3rd Copy of Canada's Rarest Stamp Louis Laflamme 2013 v21n4p5
Canada Province The First Issue of the Province of Canada Louis Laflamme 2006 v14n1p4
Canouan New #1s - Canouan and Mustique Islands editorial 2004 v12n4p6
Caribbean Postal History of the Caribbean Jesper Andersen 2004 v12n2p5, v12n3p3, v12n4p8
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean Netherlands, Curacao and St. Martin #1s for Sale Tim Balm 2011 v19n3p5, n4p5
Carpatho-Ukraine The Stamp from the Country that Lasted Just One Day Paul Talbot 2015 v23n2p4
Carpatho-Ukraine Carpatho-Ukraine has Sc#1 - Again Tim Balm 2021 v29n3p6
Castellorizo One Stamp...tell story of...Castellorizo Floyd Walker 1997 v6n2p2
Central Albania New – Central Albania Sc#1 Tim Balm 2021 v29n1p3
Ceylon Ceylon Clark Buchi 1994 v4n1p6
Ceylon The First Issues of Ceylon - Sri Lanka Bob Sylvester 2005 v13n3p3
Channel Islands The Channel Island ...look at history Mayer, Arthur 1998 v6n6p8
Channel Islands First Issues with Hidden Messages Louis Laflamme 2019 v27n2p3
Chechnya Chechnya Clark Buchi 1994 v4n6p2
Chile Chile #1 Clark Buchi 1994 v4n5p1
Christmas Island First Issues of Christmas Isls Floyd Walker 1996 v5n4p3
Cochin China & Senegal Can You Identify These First Issues? Bob Sylvester 2000 v8n4p9
Colombia and Colombian States The First Issues of Colombia and Colombian States Martin Nadel 2010 v18n1p7, n2p7
Confederate States Forgeries of the Confederate States of America First Issue Robert Louie 2008 v16n1p5
Cook Islands Cook Islands First Issue Bob Sylvester 1995 v5n2p4
Cook Islands (Aitutaki, Penrhyn) The Modest Captain Cook & his... Floyd Walker 1998 v7n3p8
Cook Islands My favorite first issue Jesper Andersen 2003 v11n2p1
Costa Rica Costa Rica Invert David Olson 1995 v5n2p2
Costa Rica Fakes of Costa Rica #1 ... Bob Sylvester 1999 v7n6p1
Costa Rica Costa Rica's First issues Bill Wagner 2012 v20n1p5
Crete Crete #1 Forgery Tim Balm 2011 v19n2p6
Curacao Caribbean Netherlands, Curacao and St. Martin #1s for Sale Tim Balm 2011 v19n3p5, n4p5
Czechoslovak Legion What Was the Czechoslovak Legion? David Olson 1997 v6n3p1
Czechoslovak Legion Czechoslovak Legion Post Sc#1 and 1a Now Reversed Tim Balm 2007 v15p3p3
Czechoslovak Legion The Six Plate Varieties of Czechoslovak Legion Post Sc#1 Tim Balm 2015 v23n1p6
Czechoslovakia Obituary Clark Buchi 1993 v3n4p4
Dahomey Benin and Dahomey Bob Sylvester 2005 v13n2p4
Dalmatia Questions About Dalmatia #1 David Olson 1990 v1n1p8,n2p5,n3p2
Danish West Indies Postal History of the Caribbean Pt.3 Jesper Andersen 2004 v12n4p8
Danube SNC Stamps of the Danube Steam Navigation Co. (DDSG) Tim Balm 2009 v17n3p3, n4p7
Danube SNC New – Danube Steam Navigation Company Sc#1 Tim Balm 2021 v29n1p6
Danube SNC Danube Steam Navigation Company Sc#1 Stamps in Auction #107 Dan White 2021 v29n2p4
Danzig Danzig verses Gdansk Tim Balm 2011 v19n2p7
Denmark Denmark's #1 Isn't Bob Sylvester 1997 v6n2p5
Denmark Recent Acquisition: Denmark #1 Bob Sylvester 2000 v8n3p6
Denmark Scott #2: The first postage stamp of Denmark Jesper Andersen 2003 v11n3p9
Dhar The First Issues of Dhar Sendeep Jaiswal 2016 v24n2p4+
Dhar Dhat Follow-up, Plating the Dhar Stamps in my Album Tim Balm 2016 v24n2p8
Djibouti Africa and the Djibouti Connection Floyd Walker 2002 v10n3p1
Dominica Dominica, One Penny Violet Issues Bob Sylvester 1999 v8n2p4
Dominican Republic The First Issue of the Dominican Republic Louis Laflamme 2010 v18n1p5
East Timor UN Peacekeeping: UNTAET Stamps East Timor Tim Balm 2002 v10n3p9
Egypt Egypt"s First Stamps Rodolpho Vazquez 2009 v17n1p4
England England #1 - GB has a new regional Tim Balm 2004 v12n1p10
Epirus Skull and Crossbones David Olson 1995 v5n1p8
Epirus Finding an elusive piece of a philatelic puzzle Tim Balm 2019 v27n2p6
Epirus A FOrgery of a Forged Cover Tim Balm 2019 v27n3p5
Equatorial Guinea The First Issues of Equatorial Guinea (and Former Colonies) Bob Sylvester 2005 v13n4p3
Estonia Estonia #N1 George Zybert 2002 v10n2p9
Estonia Provisional Cancellations of Estonia #1 George Zybert 2011 v19n3p6
eSwatini Swaziland's name change to eSwatini Tim Balm 2019
2020		 v27n2p6
v28n2p3
Ethiopia Cover with Two #1s: Italian East Africa Sc#1, Ethiopia Sc#N1 Tim Balm 2008 v16n4p8
Ethiopia Cover with Ethiopia Sc#247-49 Tim Balm 2009 v17n1p5
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands #1 Bob Sylvester 1995 v5n1p5
Faroe Islands The Three First Issues of the Faroe Islands Tim Balm 2006 v14n1p8
Faroe Islands The stamps that vanished twice Paul Talbot 2018 v26n2p6
Fiji First Issues of Fiji
correction to illustrations		 Louis Laflamme 2018 v26n2p3
V26n3p5
Finland Finland's First Stamps Rodolfo Vazquez 2005 v13n3p4
France France has isued two official stamps Floyd Walker 1999 v7n5p6
France France was first with postage due... Floyd Walker 1997 v6n3p7
France Identifying Sc#1, 6 and 7 in France's First Issue Napoleon 2004 v12n4p3
France The First Issues of France Louis Laflamme 2016 v24n4p3
France Ten unusual stamps showed up soon after D-day Paul Talbot 2018 v26n1p6
French Antilles The first stamps of the French Antilles Bob Sylvester 2003 v11n4p9
French Colonies French Colony Forgery Bob Louie 2000 v9n1p4
French Colonies The French Colonies: From the General to the Specific (1859-1892) Louis Laflamme 2007 v15n2p6
French Colonies The French in the Far East Louis Laflamme 2011 v19n1p6
French Congo Overprint/Surcharge Details for French Congo First issues Tim Balm 2005 v13n3p6
French Equatorial Africa What Went Together and Came Apart Bob Sylvester 1999 v8n1p4
French Equatorial Africa The First Issue of French Equatorial Africa and its Constituents Louis Laflamme 2007 v15n3p7
French Guiana The First Issue of French Guiana Bob Sylvester 2004 v12n4p10
French Offices in Turkey #1a's for for French Offices in Turkey Now Listed in 2016 Scott Catalogues Tim Balm 2015 v23n4p3
French Southern and Antartctic Territory (FSAT) FSAT covers Tim Balm 2018 v26n1p5
French West Africa French West Africa Louis Laflamme 2008 v16n4p6
Funchal Madeira and Funchal Bob Sylvester 2008 v16n1p4
Galapagos The Galapagos: they had stamps... Floyd Walker 1998 v7n3p6
Gambia Gambia #1 Revisited: Eight clues... Bob Sylvester 1998 v6n6p3
Gambia If it has a watermark, it isn't Gambia #1 Bob Sylvester 1997 v5n5p1
Gdansk Danzig verses Gdansk Tim Balm 2011 v19n2p7
Georgia Georgia Clark Buchi 1994 v4n1p4
Georgia Georgia! Georgia on my mind! Floyd Walker 1998 v7n2p1
Georgia New #1 - Georgia Tim Balm 2014 v22n1p6
German Africa The First Issues of German Africa Bob Sylvester 2006-07 v14n4p6, v15n1p6
Germany Germany Update Clark Buchi 1994 v4n2p3
Germany Is Germany Sc#MC1 a Stamp or a Label Tim Balm 2018 v26n4p5
Ghana Interesting Ghana Cover with Entire First Issue Tim Balm 2008 v16n3p3
Gold Coast Gold Coast & the One-Penny Blue Bob Sylvester 2000 v9n1p5
Great Britain The Penny Black Kurt Streepy 2001 v9n4p7
Great Britain Penny Black Folded Letter with First Day Usage in Recent Auction Tim Balm 2015 v23n4p2
Greece New Sc#1 - Greece Regional for Mount Athos editorial 2009 v17n3p11
Greenland Greenland charged for parcels, not ... Floyd Walker 1998 v6n5p5
Greenland Strange Case of Greenland Clark Buchi 1994 v4n1p3
Griqualand West Griqualand West & Its First Issues Bob Sylvester 1998 v7n3p1
Guadeloupe The first stamps of the French Antilles Bob Sylvester 2003 v11n4p9
Guatemala Forgeries of the One Centavo of 1871 Bob Sylvester 2000 v8n4p6
Guatemala Guatemala's First Stamps Rodolfo Vazquez 2006 v14n1p9
Guayana, Venezuela First Issues of the Venezuelan State of Guayana Tim Balm 2010 v18n4p4
Guayana, Venezuela Small Ships, a 17 Year Mystery finally solved. Tim Balm 2020 v28n2p4
Guernsey Guernsey Stamp Used Before #N1 or #1: Sc#238 bisect (SG#465b) Tim Balm 2009 v17n1p4
Gwalior Original Printing of Gwalior #1 Tim Balm 2011 v19n4p8
Hadhramaut [Qu'aiti State in] Hadhramaut Stamps: Change in Government First Issue or Not? Tim Balm 2015 v23n1p5
Hawaii Discovering the Missionaries Kurt Streepy 2001 v9n4p8
Hawaii First Issues From Hawaii! Kurt Streepy 2001 v9n3p5
Hawaii Hawaii Kurt Streepy 1992 v3n3p2
Hawaii Hawaii Update Kurt Streepy 1994 v4n4p6
Hawaii Auctions - Rare #1s in recent Auction Kurt Streepy 2018 v26n4p6
Hawaii Hawaii change of government update Kurt Streepy 2019 v27n1p2
Heligoland First issues of Heligoland Bob Sylvester 2004 v12n1p11
Heligoland Heligoland #1 variants Tim Balm 2018 v26n3p5
Hungary Hungarian First Issue ... Sandy Larkey 1991 v2n1p9,n2p9
Hungary The Hungarian First Issue & Its Look-A-likes Sandy Larkey 2001 v9n3p9
Hungary Strange Timing and Changing Times Paul Talbot 2015 v23n2p4
Hutt River Hutt River Province Principality Tim Balm 2010 v18n2p3
Hyderabad Hyderabad #1 Isn't the ...First Stamp Floyd Walker 1998 v7n3p2
Iceland Iceland #1 History Paul Talbot 2014 v22n4p6
Iceland Iceland will be the latest dead country after Oct 29, 2020 Tim Balm 2020 v28n3p4
Ile Rouad Ile Rouad #1 editorial 2005 v13n4p10
Ile Rouad Ile Rouad - Overprints Occur in Either Direction editorial 2007 v15n1p3
India The First Issues of India Floyd Walker 2003 v11n1p10
India Forgeries of the Feudatory States of India Robert Louie 2009+ v17n2p6, n3p7, n4p3, n4p5, v18n1p6, n2p5, n3p5
India New Sc#1s - for Indian Feudatory States of Tonk and Kotah Tim Balm 2010 v18n1p2, n2p4
India, Wadhwan The Stamps of Wadhwan - A Detailed Look Tim Balm 2010 v18n3p6
India AZAD HIND Stamps Tim Balm 2019 v27n4p5
India Scott Adds Several Stamps to India’s First Issue Set Tim Balm 2021 v29n1p6
Indo-China Chinese Characters for Indo-China Forerunners Hideki Yamazaki 2005 v13n3p5
Indonesia New Sc#1 - Indonesia editorial 2009 v17n3p11
Inini Inini was one of the least desirable... Floyd Walker 1998 v7n3p3
Inini The Irony of Inini Tim Balm 2005 v13n4p4
Ionian Islands Rhodesia #1 and Ionian Islands #1 Forgeries Tim Balm 2015 v23n2p6
IPSA The Story of IPSA Tim Balm 2004 v12n1p7
Iraq Iraq Floyd Walker 1998 v6n6p5
Ireland The First stamp(s) of Ireland Floyd Walker 1998 v6n6p1
Israel The First Stamps of Palestine, Jordan and Israel Tim Balm 2006 v14n4p8
Italian East Africa Cover with Two #1s: Italian East Africa Sc#1, Ethiopia Sc#N1 Tim Balm 2008+ v16n4p8, v19n4p8
Italy Italy #17 Clark Buchi 1990 v1n2p5
Italy Italy #17 Clark Buchi 1991 v2n3p6
Italy Italy #17 Clark Buchi 1995 v5n3p2



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