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NZ 1935 Pictorials This post is about a journey exploring New Zealand (NZ) stamps. More accurately it is the pursuit of a particular issue, the 1935 Pictorials. In the DigiClerk Stamp Collection there are already two sets of 1935 Pictorials. This photo shows two pages of stock book ‘011’ with a colour copy of one…
This post is about New Zealand stamps and includes some of the planned developments for the DigiClerk Stamp Collection. We are digitising and uploading stamps from an old stamp album, The Tasman Stamp Album of New Zealand. The stamps in the album are all from New Zealand and date back to 1855 and as far…
Marriage records We have been busy in our local Sudbury library uploading some Suffolk marriage records onto the People Collection. The records are marriage allegations. Upload and explore! We thought that we should stop and understand what they actually mean. A marriage licence allegation indicates the intention to marry. Definition of a marriage licence with…
Suffolk of old To all you amateur archivists out there we have found some great sources of Suffolk records in our local Sudbury library. Two books: History, Gazetter, and Directory of Suffolk by William White 1844; and Kelly’s Directory of Norfolk and Suffolk 1937. The books gives a great overview of the history, topography, industry…
Today has been spent loading more yachting records onto the Yachting Collection. They have mostly been boats beginning with ‘Q’ or ‘R’ and they have produced some interesting images of some quirky boats. Rana Plast The first photo is of a Rana Plast Skipper and two rather inappropriately dressed gentlemen. Rana Plast appear to still…
In celebration of Bermuda Day 24 May Bermuda, self-governing British overseas territory in the western North Atlantic Ocean. It is an archipelago of 7 main islands and about 170 additional (named) islets and rocks, situated about 650 miles (1,050 km) east of Cape Hatteras (North Carolina, U.S.). Bermuda is neither geologically nor spatially associated with the West Indies, which lie more…
In celebration of Yemen Independence Day 22 May The present Republic of Yemen came into being in May 1990, when the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) merged with the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen). By stipulation of the unification agreement, Sanaa, formerly the capital of North Yemen, functions as the political capital of the…
Celebrating Senegal Independence Day On 4th April 1960 Senegal gained independence from France. Un Peuple, Un But, Une Foi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Coastline coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds the Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver…
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