Other GB Topics and Resources
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The Postal Museum Blog Current TPM blog – regular posts on the Postal Museum holdings and related topics. |
British Postal Museum and Archive Blog Old BPMA blog – archive of posts on BPMA holdings and related topics. |
Philatelics.org (Simon Campden‑Main) A wealth of mostly GB-related philatelic information available as PDF files. |
Stamps of the World wiki (GB section) Information on GB stamps with many illustrations |
GB Post Office Telegraphs (Ian Pinwill and Paul Ramsay) Very detailed look at and record of known material, with masses of illustrations. |
Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain (Stephen Panting) Detailed site, both Post Office and private issues. |
Distant Writing (Steve Roberts) A detailed history of the British telegraph companies between 1838 and 1868. |
Postage Labels of the UK Blog dealing with the modern "Post and Go" and counter labels. |
Revenue Archives (Mike Bending) Illustrated listings of GB revenues and some related topics |
GB Protective Underprints and Overprints (Andy Donaldson) Detailed research site, illustrations and usage notes. |
Commercial Overprints of Great Britain (Mark Matlach) Site dealing with private security endorsements printed on stamps prior to use. |
Earsathome.com (Eunice and Ron Shanahan) Pages on many stamp and postal history topics, strength in GB. |
Philatelic Evangelist (Devlan Kruck) Blog on stamp/postal history topics, strength in GB. |
W Reginald Bray (John Tingey) Companion site to The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects. |
stampprinters.info (Glenn Morgan) A worldwide stamp production resource from 1840, many specialist GB pages. |
Newspaper Wrappers (Jan Kosniowski) Worldwide articles, many specialist GB pages. |
Stampdomain.com GB pages Links to various articles |
Turnpike Roads in England and Wales Listing of Turnpike routes, useful for tracing postal routes |
The Paston Letters Go Live (British Library) Blog post linking to digitisations of these famous early English letters |
Trial of Jeffreys, Benjamin, and Sarpy (Old Bailey Online) Transcript of the trial of these notorious early forgers! |
British Forces Philatelic Service Fundraising for Forces charities through philately. |
GB Cover Collector (Geoff Childs) Illustrated listings of Special Event covers. |
Royal Engineer First Day Covers (Darrell Drury) Online resource displaying covers relating to the Corps of Royal Engineers. |
British Post Office Buildings Site concerned with documenting purpose-built British post office buildings and their architects. |