The Philatelist
Abhishek BhuwalkaMusings on postal history, social history, philatelic literature, and philatelic history
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Wreck of HCS Walpole, 1808
This article was first published as “Wreck of the HCS Walpole, 1808” in India Post 60 no. 1 whole no. 238 (January-March 2025). India Post is the journal of the India Study Circle for Philately.
One of the earliest shipwrecks from w...
'The Third Man' of Afghanistan
The title of this article has been inspired by that post-World War II film noir, The Third Man. It is widely regarded as the best British movie of all time.
The Zurich-based auction house Corinphila Auktionen AG sold the Camellia PL...
A Tribute to Wolfgang Maassen
In November 2025, Masssen retired as the President of Association Internationale des Journalistes Philatéliques. Earlier this year, Claudio Manzati, the new editor of FEPA News, asked me to write a small piece about him. This was published...
Indian Inland Postal Rates, 1957-2019
During the initial days of Covid-19, I stumbled upon a way of tabulating the postal rates of India of the last few decades. Even though I do not collect modern postal history, for the benefit of those who do, and also because I got obsessed...
The Special 'G.P.O / MADRAS / OVERLAND MAIL' Stamp
Many postal historians cannot resist the charms of ‘Overland Mails’.1 The words evoke imagery of those early days when pioneering individuals and companies carried letters across virgin untamed lands battling and overcoming problems of all...
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Philatelic literature and bibliography. Philatelic history. Indian postal history especially mails going to foreign destinations. See my website - philaliterature.com - for my library, publications, and shop.
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