Nov 18 2008
It’s disappointing that Condi Rice isn’t going to be around White House as McCain’s VP for the next four years. She made cover on the Times magazine. Thought it’s going to be a great read. Only some what. But the interview with Karl Rove is pretty entertaining. ….
Are you going to send him a little [...]
Nov 05 2008
According to David Lu, his 中国集邮学报 that was re-launched on April 18, 2006 with 1,000 in circulation, cost HK$128 and US$25 had won Gold at the Israel and Czech’s World Philately within its category 以色列及捷克世界邮展中获文献类期刊组的镀金奖. He went on to say that this award is the highest 该类别中国邮刊(并非专著)在世界邮展中获得的最高奖 a Chinese magazine (not a monograph) had [...]
Oct 27 2008
I was updating the Block of Four stamp and came to face MD Chow’s acquisition of it again. I had written about his throny pass to the ultimate prize, the BoF that had elevated him to be the King of Chinese Philately.
R. A de Villard 费拉尔 was the original owner of this rarity. [...]
Mar 06 2008
This picture is THE stamp of China, forwarded to me by David Lu.
Each country has its own Holy Grail of stamp, this one is for China - a block of four $1 Small Character Surcharge on 3¢ Red Revenue Stamp 红印花加盖小字当一元 四方连, the block of four 四方连 for short, for those in the know. Perhaps the Inverted Jenny is [...]
Oct 26 2007
Allan Gokson’s (Kwok Chih-fong 郭植芳) Obituary
It is with a feeling of great personal loss that I report the demise of my good friend of almost 30 years, and a long-time member of the China Stamp Society, Allan Gokson, C.S.S. #178.
He was born in Sydney, Australia on 21 April 1911, and died in his sleep [...]
Jul 19 2007
Got this map today, finally I’m going to frame them, the bond (5% Canton-Kowloon Railway) that financed part of the railroads on this map - from Canton or Guangzhou to Shenzhen. It’s copyrighted by Wilhelm Kuhlmann in 1985 who wrote the China’s Foreign Debt, cataloging China’s loans 1983. For some reason, the map is tad confusing, as far [...]
Apr 23 2007
This article was published in Journal of China Philately 中国集邮学报 (Vol. 1, page 272-282) by The China Stamp Society, Inc. PRC Chapter - 美国中年集邮会中国分会会刊第一卷第272-282页 on 4/18/2006 under the title of Putting My Stamp on the History 庐山真面目.
I knew the name M. D. Chow, the King of Chinese Philately, in the same way a modern [...]
Apr 23 2007
WeiLiang Chow 周炜良 (1911 - 1995; Shanghai - Baltimore)
- Ph.D., 1936, University of Leipzig
- Chairman, Mathematics Department, Johns Hopkins University
Former Chairman of the Mathematics Department of the Johns Hopkins University, was tutored at home until he moved to the United States at the age of 16. He attended Asbury College and the University of Kentucky, received his B.A. [...]
Mar 28 2007
The First Encounter
Soon after moving to Hong Kong from Beijing in the late 70s, I spotted a newspaper ad for a stamp convention. Intrigued by the notion that my idle hobby could possibly merit any kind of gathering, I decided to stop by in the hopes of meeting fellow teenagers who shared my interest in [...]