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Philately
PHILATELY (Gr. 4LXor, loving, and &rfXs~s, free of tax), the study and collection of postage-stamps and other marks of prepayment issued by post-offices. The fancy for collecting postagestamps began a…
‘Japanese Philately’: the cultural side of stamps
One of the great pleasures I get from working at Linn's Stamp News is reading the many hundreds of stamp publications that come to Linn's offices every week, and I…
The International Society for Japanese Philately
The International Society for Japanese Philately was founded in Canada in 1945. Membership is worldwide and open to any philatelist of ethical reputation. The Society is non-political and non-commercial with…
A History of Russian Philately Part 3
25 October 1917J (= 7 November 1917G) With the support of the armed forces, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power in Petrograd. Elections a couple of weeks later showed them to…
A History of Russian Philately Part 2
1 Jan 1858J - 2 March 1917J 1 January 1858J Russia officially adopts its first stamp - an imperforate 10 kopek stamp, good for the postage of a letter weighing…
A History of Russian Philately Part 1
A History of Russian Philately Part 1 255BC - 31 December 1857 Ninth Century Wow. Twelve hundred years ago. Way back then, the earliest known Russian writings referred to messages…
An Introduction to Hungarian Philately
Early History Magyar tribes migrated from Asia and settled in the Carpathian Basin in 896AD. The Kingdom of Hungary, founded by King St. Stephen in 1000AD, had a turbulent history…
Postage stamps and postal history of India
The postage stamps and postal history of India are complicated by the patchwork of British and local rule prior to partition in 1947. For the states with their own stamps,…
Driven Wild Boar Hunting – Lithuania
Shoot : This is a 15% discounted package we have negotiated on your behalf. We can arrange for small groups or individuals looking to take guns up for this shoot…
Hunting in Sweden
Moose tracks in the moss or hare-hunting in newly-fallen snow. Duck-hunting by the lake as the sun sets. Pointer dogs at work in the autumn-speckled mountains. Hunting offers the hunter…
Ethics: Photograph or Photo Illustration?
A discussion of ethics in photojournalism and editorial portraiture. This morning, I photographed a teacher who had recently won a national mentorship award. Due to time constraints, I had to…
Beginnings of Photography
The First, the name. We owe the name "Photography" to Sir John Herschel, who first used the term in 1839, the year the photographic process became public. (*1) The word…
HowTo Make a Good Seapix
While there are quite a few tips and tricks I can suggest, these are the six "cardinal" rules that I think every underwater photographer should know. Even though there are…
Russian walrus hunting: history of crisis in the 19th century
The interest towards the walrus studies in academic circles all over the world became obvious quite recently. Numerous biological and historical publications have appeared lately. The aim of this paper…
Of Fly Rods & Steelhead
By Rick Stahl I pity the man that comes easy to the sport of steelheading. This is the guy we’ve all heard about, the one that buys a fiberglass fly…
The Traveling Sedge
By Rick Stahl When asked what their favorite time to fish, most hardcore still water fly fisher’s agree that late June and caddis fly hatches are at the top of…
A Thought on the Fraser
By Marc Laynes The Fraser river is the largest river in British Columbia, winding its way from Mount Robson to the Strait of Georgia, a length of over 850 miles.…
Which Came First; The Sturgeon or the Egg?
Part I By Marc Laynes My rod twitched slightly, and then I could feel the fish gently pick up the bait. I waited for the fish to take the bait,…
Kokanee On The Fly
By Nick Basok When most people think of flyfishing locally or in the Interior - they generally think of Cutthroat, Rainbows or Brook Trout. In this article I'm going to…
Steelhead 101
By Rick Stahl The tell tale tug of a steelie is the drug that keeps us up to our armpits in ice water, dreading going back to the warmth of…