https://www.balkanphila.com Postal history, stamps, archives, postcards, ephemera, books Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:33:04 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.balkanphila.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png https://www.balkanphila.com 32 32 https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1970-yemen-camp-al-mansur-osaka-expo70-blocks-cover/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:35:56 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=100130 Yemen: 1970 registered cover with Osaka Expo70 miniature sheets from Camp Al-Mansur.

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]]> https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1938-aden-camel-water-cart-1a-dhow-to-exeter/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:26:11 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=99421 Aden: 1938 photo postcard titled ‘Water Cart’ to Exeter franked with 1a Dhow and tied by Aden datestamp.

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]]> https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1964-aden-hadhramaut-quaiti-government-service-to-germany/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:59:07 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=96689 Aden States Hadhramaut: 1964 (16 Mar) registered ‘On Qu’aiti Government Service’ registered cover to Peter Rover, Germany franked 15c., 50c. and 2/- tied oval Mukalla bilingual oval date stamps, envelope returned with violet handstamp, arriving back and re-sent with address label partly over return cachet.

]]> https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1965-aden-seiyun-towns-9-covers/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:52:46 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=96687 Aden States Seiyun: Group of nine unaddressed envelopes from a variety of towns with Al Radood, Bor, Ghurfah, Hutat Ahmed Bin Zin, Mudodah, Sah, Seiyun, Taribah and Tarim, some slight creases.

]]> https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1980-yemen-pdr-crater-national-bank-musical-instrument-cover/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:46:04 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=93147 Yemen PDR: 1980 National Bank cover to London franked with 110f. Musical Instruments Simsimya (lyre) tied by Crater, Aden datestamp.

]]> https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1952-aden-seiyun-registered-to-zurich/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:21:37 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=91903 Read More "1952 Aden Seiyun Registered to Zurich"]]> Aden – Seiyun: 1952 (9 JUL) registered cover to Zurich, Switzerland franked 5c on 1a, 10c on 2a and 1/- on 1r tied double-ring Seiyun date stamps, registration at right with faults at left, envelope endorsed at top in red “BY AIR UP TO ADEN ONLY”, reverse with Aden transit, Italian transit and arrival cds (27.VII.)

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