A study of mails from, to, and through the
Mediterranean to the end of the nineteenth century
 |
Edited
by F. R. Stubens and published by the Philatelic Specialist Society (PSS)
of Canada Toronto, Ontario © 1993, ISBN 0-9696968-0-9.This book is an anthology of eighteen background and postal history articles,
by the members of the PSS, dealing with "the unequalled importance
of the Mediterranean basin as a highway for the exchange and transit of
mails." [preface page vii]The 8.5 x 11 inch, 89 page cardboard covered book is profusely illustrated
with philatelic material from the authours' collections as well as with
maps (one in colour), tables and graphics. |
Table of Contents
|
Section / Article
|
Authour
|
page |
| Foreword | Edmund C. Walton | v |
| Preface | Fred R. Stubens | vii |
| Benedictus Pesaro, on Corfu, to the Doge of Venice | Bill Liaskas | 1 |
| Marinus Grimani, Doge of Venice, to Jacobus Nemo, Captain of Bassano, 11 march 1605 | Michael Madesker, FRPSL, FRPSC | 3 |
| The Falmouth Packets from the Mediterranean and the "MALTA F" | John N. Tyacke | 5 |
| Mails Between British North America and the Ioanian Islands: The Pre-Adhesive Period | Allan Steinhart, FRPSC | 9 |
| Swiss Mail Across the Mediterranean During the Nineteenth Century | Edmund C. Walton | 13 |
| Mails Via the Isthmus of Suez: The Contribution of Lieutenant Thomas Waghorn | Michel Houde | 17 |
| Mediterranean Shipping Lines in the Nineteenth Century | Alan G. McKanna, FRPSC | 27 |
| Postal Service Between Poland and the Mediterranean | Dr. Miet Kamienski | 31 |
| "Bandit Mail" of Montenegro,or Caveat Emptor | Harry Sutherland, RDP, FRPSL, FRPSC | 42 |
| Mails from and to Greece: Some Unusual Destinations | Ted H Wright | 43 |
| Forwarding Agents in the Mediterranean Basin | Kenneth Rowe, FRPSC | 47 |
| The Suez Canal | Nicholas Coddington | 50 |
| The Hong Kong Mails and the Mediterranean: Selected Covers | Fred R. Stubens | 53 |
| France to Algeria and Tunis, from 1841 to World War I | Peter Lerpiniere | 64 |
| Postal Services in the Macedonian District of the Ottoman Empire in the Nineteenth Century | Andrew Cronin, FRPSL, FRPSC | 73 |
| Foreign Postal Offices in the Ottoman Empire | Dr. Miet Kamienski | 81 |
| An 1866 Letter from Russia to Italy | Piotr Madej | 86 |
| Registered Post Cards | Cliff Guile | 88 |