af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jul 14, 2023 | Stamp of the day
At the London Convention of 1814, the colonies of Berbice and the United Colony of Demerara and Essequibo were formally given to Britain. In 1831 the two colonies were unified as British Guiana. The colony would remain under British control until independence in 1966....
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jul 14, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Forming part of British America, Bermuda was governed under royal charter by the Somers Isles Company until 1684, when it became a crown colony. The first African slaves were taken to Bermuda in 1616, but a full plantation economy did not develop, and the slave trade...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jul 12, 2023 | Stamp of the day
British Bechuanaland was a short-lived Crown colony of the United Kingdom that existed in southern Africa from its formation in 1885 until its annexation to the neighbouring Cape Colony in 1895. British Bechuanaland had an area of 51,424 square miles (133,190 km2) and...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jul 11, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho. Stamps from Cape of Good Hope were used in Basutoland from 1876 until 1910. From 1910 until 1933 stamps from South Africa were used. The first stamps of Basutoland were...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jul 11, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The German shepherd was developed by Max von Stephanitz using various traditional German herding dogs from 1899. It was originally bred as a herding dog, for herding sheep. It has since been used in many other types of work, including disability assistance,...
