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Heligoland is a tiny archipelago in the southeastern corner of the North Sea.
The name Heligoland is generally thought to mean “Holy Land” but others believe it to mean “land of banks, which cover and uncover”. Originally property of the Danish king Valdemar it was inhabited by people who worked the sea and the copper mines on the island. It was also a haven for smugglers until the island turned into a resort for wealthy European clientele.
Aitutaki is a tiny island in the South Pacific. It is one of the Cook Islands and is a dependency of New Zealand.
The original name was Ararau ‘Enua O Ru Ki Te Moana but no one could pronounce that so they renamed it Aitutaki which means ‘to keep the fire going’. (kidding).
Ile Rouad, presently known as Arwad, is located two miles south of the coast of Latakia, Syria.
Arwad Island also called Arados, Arvad, Arpad, Arphad, Antiochia, Rouad, and Ruad Island is Syria’s only inhabited island. The island is no bigger than 0.2 km2 with being 800 meters from northwest to southeast corner and about 500 meters wide.
The island was settled in the early 2nd millennium BC by the Phoenicians. Under Phoenician control, it became an independent kingdom called Arvad Aradus, and it´s thought that it was one of the very first of the first known examples of a republic.
Not so much a country but a political division or province of Austria it was located on the upper area on the Italian Peninsular.
In 1910, the explorer Knud Rasmussen established a missionary and trading post in north-western Greenland, which he named “Thule” (later Qaanaaq).
Thule has given its name to the northernmost United States Air Force airfield, Thule Air Base in northwest Greenland, and to the smaller lobe of Kuiper belt object 486958 Arrokoth, visited by the New Horizons spacecraft (No stamps from there… yet).
The first European to arrive in the area was William Baffin, for whom Baffin Bay was named in 1616. While in the area, Baffin named several places, such as Wolstenholme Fjord, Smith Sound, and Wolstenholme Island. Thule had few other visitors until the late 1800s. The first group of Europeans to spend the winter in the area was the crew of the ship North Star. The bay is named after this ship.
Prince Edward Island, PEI for short, first residents were the Mi’kmaq. The Mi’kmaq first lived here about 2000 years ago and called the Island ‘Epekwitk’, meaning “resting on the waves”.
French explorers were the first Europeans to visit and settle the Island. Jacques Cartier described the Island as “…the fairest land ’tis possible to see!” The French called the Island “Île Saint-Jean.’ To the British, who later occupied the area, the Island was known as ‘St. John’s Island.’ The Island was renamed in 1799 as ‘Prince Edward Island’ in honor of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the father of Queen Victoria.
Batum was the end of the line on the Transcaucasian railway so the town had an international flair. The port was always full of ships on their way to other places. Surrounding the town were large and dismal swamps and the town was known for a rich history having been a Greek Colony (Bathus), a fortified Roman fort, part of the Ottoman Empire and the last sea port annexed by Russia in 1878.
It is known as one of the places the young Joseph Stalin cut his teeth inciting protests, strikes and general unrest around 1901. Batum was also providing the world with 50% of its oil via a rickety pipeline over mountainous terrain from the Caspian Sea.
The United States of Colombia (1862-85) consisted of nine original States: Antioquia, Bolivar, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Panama, Santander, Cauca, Magdalena, and Tolima. Although Magdalena and Cauca did issue stamps but they are not in the Scotts catalog.
Most became sovereign states around 1858, by recognition as Estado de la Federación in the constitution of the Granadine Confederation. With the Constitution of 1886, the sovereign states became departments but continued with their postal services and stamps until 1906, when the national government took over all the services previously performed by the departments.
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The United States of Colombia (1862-85) consisted of nine original States: Antioquia, Bolivar, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Panama, Santander, Cauca, Magdalena, and Tolima. Although Magdalena and Cauca did issue stamps they are not in the Scotts catalog.
Most became sovereign states around 1858, by recognition as Estado de la Federación in the constitution of the Granadine Confederation. With the Constitution of 1886, the sovereign states became departments but continued with their postal services and stamps until 1906, when the national government took over all the services previously performed by the departments.
First Stamps, as follows:
The small quantity of stamps issued, the lithographic printing and the variety of papers used make Antioquia a very special and interesting area of Colombian philately. With many stamps no complete sheet exists and with some stamps the largest multiple is only a pair. There was often a very small quantity of stamps printed, only 258 of some and no more than 1,000 of others. Covers of that period are even scarcer than the classic Colombian covers that are recorded.
Only very few hand stamps (postal markings) were used, and most stamps were cancelled in manuscript with the name of the town of origin.
There are a lot of issues possible for the collector of Colombian States and I don’t think it is a very popular area to collect so there are opportunities there. Most are inexpensive although the scarcer issues are, obviously, more expensive.
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