Peter

Social Philatelist

[Peter @stampden]

@BarbadosStamps I use the following scale:

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[Peter @stampden]

3/3) Isolated, homesick, and driven to despair, he contemplated throwing himself overboard. Instead, he turned to the only lifeline available to him: a letter.

I discovered his story through a single envelope:

https://t.co/dkWcfDW2hE

Read, enjoy, like, comment and subscribe!

[Peter @stampden]

1/3) In 1852, a fifteen-year-old boy left Cornwall carrying a newly issued midshipman's ticket.

His first voyage took place on the pioneering first official mail service between Britain and Australia by steamship.

#philately #history #Australia

[Peter @stampden]

2/3) Four years later, he found himself on another historic voyage: helping transport the descendants of the Bounty mutineers to Norfolk Island aboard a ship commanded by a tyrannical captain.

[Peter @stampden]

@ArchivumVatican Thank you for leaving a comment. I've left a reply. I really appreciate you taking the time to do so. Once an article goes live, it's difficult to know whether anyone is actually reading it unless they leave a like or a comment, and only a small proportion of readers do either.

[Peter @stampden]

A new article...

➡️ Early UK-Australian maritime postal history;
➡️ The 1856 relocation of the descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers; &
➡️ Efforts to circumnavigate the authority of a temperamental sea captain.

All linked by a single cover:
https://t.co/dkWcfDW2hE

#philately

[Peter @stampden]

There were three ships named Morayshire. The second, launched in 1853, carried the descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers from Pitcairn to Norfolk Island in 1856. However, these commemorative stamps depict the third ship of 1875. More at:

https://t.co/dkWcfDW2hE

#philately

[Peter @stampden]

@ahab20220905 Addressed "Dear Friends", this postcard was received by the Duluth Chief of Police Oscar Freeborn Brewer (1892-1969) and his wife Helga Maria Karlenberg (1900-71). She was born in Sweden and came to Duluth in 1913. They had one daughter, Lois Marie (1922-2005).

[Peter @stampden]

#Sunday Early morning Woodpecker watching in Karuizawa.

[Peter @stampden]

@NPhilatelics The laird is secretly envious. The cottage is far easier and cheaper to heat and maintain 😂

[Peter @stampden]

#Saturday Holiday cottage in the country 😌

[Peter @stampden]

#postboxsaturday evening

[Peter @stampden]

Decision made! A new Social #Philately history will be released Tue, June 3, at 1900 UTC - a new midweek timeslot to avoid bunching up with other philatelic newsletters. Exploring the power of letters in the mid-Victorian maritime world, it will also be offered as a PDF download.

[Peter @stampden]

I've been publishing my Social #Philately articles and histories on the first Sunday of each month, but ChatGPT tells me that the optimal time would be Tuesday to Thursday, between 9:00 pm and 1:00 am Japan time. Should I go for a new midweek timeslot?

https://t.co/ooM2cCrSYW

[Peter @stampden]

@heycapybaras ChatGPT is our new master 🤣

[Peter @stampden]

I've been publishing my Social #Philately articles and histories on the first Sunday of each month, but ChatGPT tells me that the optimal time would be Tuesday to Thursday, between 9:00 pm and 1:00 am Japan time. Should I go for a new midweek timeslot?

https://t.co/ooM2cCrSYW

[Peter @stampden]

3/3) Naval records show that Bonsall was ordered to the USS Brooklyn in Nov 1885 and was still serving on the vessel in 1889. Bonsall died of Bright’s Disease on 10 Dec 1894 at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Philadelphia and was buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery.

[Peter @stampden]

1/3) I was watching the video from @The_RPSL, on YouTube, "Postal History: what is more interesting, the postal or the history aspect?", presented by Simon Martin-Redman FRPSL, and just had to leave a comment about who sent and received the pictured USS Brooklyn cover.
#philately

[Peter @stampden]

2/3) The 1887 cover was almost certainly sent by Edward Bonsall to his wife Georgianna. Edward (b.1836, France) served as a Boatswain in the US Navy. By the time of the 1880 Census, Bonsall and his wife Georgianna were residing at the Washington Ave. address shown on the cover.

[Peter @stampden]

A trip into the mountains... Ah! The silence 😂

[Peter @stampden]

#Sunday