Stampede Philately

  A Malayan FDC introducing free primary school education, cancelled in Singapore. Bought this cover with a strange postmark which I have never seen before.  The front of the cover is normal, it was cancelled at the GPO (counter J) but one of the postmarks at the back of the cover has no indication of the delivery post office and the word "Singapore" is missing. Both have been omitted by thick black lines.  Back of cover with a strange postmark. The dealer whom I bought this cover from couldn’t find any records in the Proud Bailey postal history books but he highly suspects that the original date stamp bearing the delivery post office branch was damaged and they had to use a replacement, which was a generic date stamp that only had the date on it.  I was told that the post office likely to deliver this cover was Tanglin Post Office, as this branch delivered mail to the District 10 area.  What Tanglin Post Office looked like in 1962. Image source: National Archiv...

Hi hi hello, welcome back. In this entry, we shall talk about the jargons that we like to use in the hobby. There are many jargons and terms out there but I have selected these few because they get thrown around a lot in the hobby. I will sort them into alphabetical order and also include illustrations from my collection to help new collectors better understand these philatelic jargons. Aerogramme: A piece of gummed and folded air letter. Senders write their messages on them and then fold them up, ready to be sent by air. Attaching another written letter was unusually not allowed as they will be considered as normal mail articles with the added weight. An aerogramme with pre-paid postage and a self-applied stamp. Airmail: Mail sent by an air transport. In the past, special airmail stamps had to be used for an article to be posted by air. Anything else, it was sent either by sea or by rail. Airmail sent via the German Zeppelin “Hindenburg”, affixed with airmail stamps. Block: A single b...