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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Guildford,Surrey,England,UK,castle,ground,grounds,green,hobby,hobbies,pastime,pastimes,bowl,older,old,people,members,OAP,pensioner,pensioners,English,middle,Conservative,Tory,maintained,by,Guildford Borough Council,GBC,Castle Grounds,GU1 3SX,GU1,CGBC,Castle Green bowlers,Lawn Bowls
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RPCFN8 - . CGBC, Castle Green bowlers, Castle Grounds, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK, GU1 3SX. Photographed on 18 June 2023. CGBC - The home of Lawn Bowls in central Guildford. We are lucky to play on a green situated in Guildford's beautiful and award winning Castle Grounds, as the bowling green attracts many thousands of visitors every year from all over the world. Bowling in this wonderful setting epitomises a scene that is typically British, especially when accompanied by a brass band on the nearby bandstand. Our club is affiliated to Bowls England, Bowls Surrey, WSBA, & EWBA. Anyone joining the club is assured a warm welcome, whether they are experienced bowlers or wishing to try their hand at this wonderful game. We welcome all ages (over 16 please) and all physical and mental abilities. For stone walls, the historical context is that medieval castles can contain several building phases as fortifications were strengthened, domestic accommodation improved and later sections fell into ruin. Looking at party politics, the longer history is that political photographs gain meaning over time as candidates, parties and constitutional debates evolution
A routine campaign scene can later become evidence of a turning point, an unsuccessful candidacy or a movement that developed further. For stone walls, the 2026 context is that castles remain major heritage attractions, but conservation requires continuous work to manage weathering, visitor access and fragile masonry. In 2026, party politics remains relevant because digital campaigning dominates much modern politics, but physical posters, rallies and street demonstrations remain visually important
Their presence highlights the continuing role of public space in democratic expression. Further relevant search phrases include fortress, historic ruins, medieval architecture, castle history, historic site, tourism, heritage conservation, ruined castle, defensive architecture, visitor attraction, and political campaign.
Castle Grounds, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK, GU1 3SX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Filey,Yorkshire,North Yorkshire,Seaside,YO14,on a beach,near Filey,a,detecting,detector,sand,on,Filey beach,lost,instrument,watches,rings,pickup coil,tone,meter,looking,find,finding,hobby,inductive,sensor,hobbies,flat,cap,prospecting,beach combing,hunting,for,jewellery,club,finds,unsupervised
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4MPX6 - There are various types of hobby activities involving metal detectors:
Prospecting is looking for valuable metals like gold, silver, and copper
Metal detectors are also used to search for discarded or lost,[31] valuable man-made objects such as jewelry, mobile phones, cameras and other devices. Some metal detectors are waterproof, to allow the user to search for submerged objects in areas of shallow water.
General metal detecting is very similar to coin shooting except the user is after any type of historical artifact. Detectorists may be dedicated to preserving historical artifacts, and often have considerable expertise. Coins, bullets, buttons, axe heads, and buckles are just a few of the items that are commonly found by relic hunters
in general the potential is far greater in Europe and Asia than in many other parts of the world. More valuable finds in Britain alone include the Staffordshire Hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, sold for £3,285,000, the gold Celtic Newark Torc, the Ringlemere Cup, West Bagborough Hoard, Milton Keynes Hoard, Roman Crosby Garrett Helmet, Stirling Hoard, Collette Hoard and thousands of smaller finds.
Beach combing is hunting for lost coins or jewelry on a beach. Beach hunting can be as simple or as complicated as one wishes to make it. Many dedicated beach hunters also familiarize themselves with tide movements and beach erosion.
Metal detecting clubs exist for hobbyists to learn from others, show off finds from their hunts and to learn more about the hobby.
Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO14 9LA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Filey,Yorkshire,North Yorkshire,Seaside,YO14,on a beach,near Filey,a,detecting,detector,sand,on,Filey beach,lost,instrument,watches,rings,pickup coil,tone,meter,looking,find,finding,hobby,inductive,sensor,hobbies,flat,cap,prospecting,beach combing,hunting,for,jewellery,club,finds,unsupervised
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4MPX9 - There are various types of hobby activities involving metal detectors:
Prospecting is looking for valuable metals like gold, silver, and copper
Metal detectors are also used to search for discarded or lost,[31] valuable man-made objects such as jewelry, mobile phones, cameras and other devices. Some metal detectors are waterproof, to allow the user to search for submerged objects in areas of shallow water.
General metal detecting is very similar to coin shooting except the user is after any type of historical artifact. Detectorists may be dedicated to preserving historical artifacts, and often have considerable expertise. Coins, bullets, buttons, axe heads, and buckles are just a few of the items that are commonly found by relic hunters
in general the potential is far greater in Europe and Asia than in many other parts of the world. More valuable finds in Britain alone include the Staffordshire Hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, sold for £3,285,000, the gold Celtic Newark Torc, the Ringlemere Cup, West Bagborough Hoard, Milton Keynes Hoard, Roman Crosby Garrett Helmet, Stirling Hoard, Collette Hoard and thousands of smaller finds.
Beach combing is hunting for lost coins or jewelry on a beach. Beach hunting can be as simple or as complicated as one wishes to make it. Many dedicated beach hunters also familiarize themselves with tide movements and beach erosion.
Metal detecting clubs exist for hobbyists to learn from others, show off finds from their hunts and to learn more about the hobby.
Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO14 9LA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,Filey,coast,coastal,store,material,woollen,supplies,patterns,display,hobby,35,supply,stuffed,colorful,hobbies,Belle Vue St,of,stories,handicrafts,yarn,balls,wool shop,craft,pattern,YO14 9HU,knitter,knitting,knit,ball,sirdar,shop,handicraft,colourful
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD23YJ - . Balls of knitting wool, in The Beachcomber shop in Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK,. Photographed on 25 September 2022, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Filey, coast, coastal, store, material, woollen, supplies, patterns, display, hobby, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,coast,coastal,shop,store,handicrafts,handicraft,material,stories,sirdar,ball,woollen,of,knitting,knit,35,Belle Vue St,YO14 9HU,hobby,hobbies,knitter,colourful,display,colorful,craft,pattern,patterns,stuffed,wool shop,supplies,supply,yarn,balls
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD2410 - . Balls of knitting wool, in a shop in Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK,. Photographed on 25 September 2022, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, coast, coastal, shop, store, handicrafts, handicraft, material, stories, sirdar, ball, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,coast,coastal,shop,store,handicrafts,handicraft,material,stories,sirdar,ball,woollen,of,knitting,knit,35,Belle Vue St,YO14 9HU,hobby,hobbies,knitter,colourful,display,colorful,craft,pattern,patterns,stuffed,wool shop,supplies,supply,yarn,balls,Filey
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD2415 - . Balls of knitting wool, in a shop in Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK,. Photographed on 25 September 2022, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, coast, coastal, shop, store, handicrafts, handicraft, material, stories, sirdar, ball, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,coast,coastal,shop,store,handicrafts,handicraft,material,stories,sirdar,ball,woollen,of,knitting,knit,35,Belle Vue St,YO14 9HU,hobby,hobbies,knitter,colourful,display,colorful,craft,pattern,patterns,stuffed,wool shop,supplies,supply,yarn,balls
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD2418 - . Balls of knitting wool, in a shop in Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK,. Photographed on 25 September 2022, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, coast, coastal, shop, store, handicrafts, handicraft, material, stories, sirdar, ball, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4 2TG,looking,out,at,Lymm Rd,Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,happy,brown,working,horses,stabling,stables,housing,over,a,stable,door,doors,wooden,animal,mammal,aware,equestrian,domesticated,well,looked after,hobby,leisure,lifestyle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTWGJC - . This scene at Lymm Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2TG in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The principal subject is Horse looking out from stable at Lymm Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2TG. The broader subject matter reaches into local history, street-side transport, changing land use, roadside transit, passenger information, visual archive, public transport stop, period detail, local character, transport accessibility, historical comparison, surface public transport, everyday life, and passenger transport. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into passenger information and accessibility, not least because of the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. Future viewers can use this scene from Lymm Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2TG to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after changed technology. Further associations within the scene are bus infrastructure, changing streetscape, public realm, contemporary social history, local mobility, place identity, before-and-after reference, and local bus network. The recorded references to Thelwall, looking, stable, and Horse preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Lymm Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2TG, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another strand within the photograph is passenger information and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense urban centres in a form that can be compared with future views of Lymm Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2TG. The scene captures a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Lymm Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2TG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4 2TG,looking,out,at,Lymm Rd,Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,happy,brown,working,horses,stabling,stables,housing,over,a,stable,door,doors,wooden,animal,mammal,aware,equestrian,domesticated,well,looked after,hobby,leisure,lifestyle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTWGJD - . Made at Lymm Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2TG in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through Horse looking out from stable at Lymm Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2TG. Other connected aspects include public transport stop, historical comparison, bus infrastructure, documentary photography, surface public transport, local history, place identity, local mobility, changing streetscape, local character, archival record, regional identity, passenger information, and street-side transport. Today's relevance is strengthened by accessibility, integrated transport and the continuing question of how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. Small period details of building condition and alterations at Lymm Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2TG may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. The wider setting retains connections with public-transport wayfinding, changing land use, bus route infrastructure, transport accessibility, everyday life, community identity, visual archive, and social history. Details involving Thelwall, stable, Horse, and looking make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Lymm Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2TG may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes accessibility and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare without losing the local specificity of Lymm Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2TG. The period view preserves period character before later change alters the scene.
Lymm Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2TG
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,sweet,in,a,frame,framed,Christian,religious,handicraft,handicrafts,Victorian,home,homemade,heritage,past,antiques,relic,relics,curio,curios,art,design,designs,classic,religion,needlework,hobby,pastime,pastimes,skills,old,lost,niche,faded
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP9HT0 - . Photographed at England, Great Britain , UK in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The photograph centres on Lord Have Mercy, home made embroidered needlework, in a frame. Other connected aspects include historic townscape, local character, conservation interest, heritage asset, regional identity, contemporary social history, period building, period detail, place identity, architectural character, historical comparison, changing streetscape, social history, and built heritage. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with maintenance, embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at England, Great Britain , UK, details that may look very different after different community use. The location also brings in conservation architecture, adaptive reuse, visual archive, community identity, heritage landmark, urban fabric, historic streetscape, and period architecture. Elements such as embroidered, Mercy, needlework, and frame add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around England, Great Britain , UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Its period value extends to maintenance and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the specific setting of England, Great Britain , UK. The location additionally provides evidence of energy retrofit and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change as part of the longer story of England, Great Britain , UK. A further contemporary connection is embodied carbon and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change when considered against later change at England, Great Britain , UK.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Hereford,Herefordshire,market,England,UK,HR1 2AA,HR1,and,other,comics,in,retail,shop,hobby,collector,genre,superhero,Buttermarket,row,rows,of,shelf,shelves,back,issue,issues,trade,buy,sell,trades,trader,modern,Bronze,Silver,age,store,QcomicStore
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPH6RC - . This dated editorial view of Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents Qs, Marvel and other comics stall, in Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA. The frame also records themes of changing streetscape, shopfront economy, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, public realm, documentary photography, local enterprise, historical comparison, social history, period detail, local history, local character, changing land use, and high-street commerce. Today's relevance is strengthened by business rates, store closures and the continuing question of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA, details that may look very different after new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with specialist retailer, place identity, small business, commercial streetscape, everyday life, bricks-and-mortar retail, visual archive, and local trading. Elements such as other, Herefordshire, Marvel, stall, and comics add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is business rates and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding when considered against later change at Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA.
Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Bridgewater Canal,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 3EL,fishermen,fish,club,group,sport,leisure,activity,English,British,pastime,bank,towpath,of,catch,maggots,bait,seated,landing,bringing,in,hooked,got,bite,one,man,net,netting,out,accessories,hobby,angler,roach
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG40FR - Angling is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook or angle (from Old English angol) attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth. The fishing line is usually manipulated via a fishing rod, although rodless techniques such as handlining and longlining also exist. Modern angling rods are usually fitted with a reel that functions as a cranking device for storing, retrieving and releasing out the line, although Tenkara fishing and cane pole fishing are two rod-angling methods that do not use any reel. The hook itself can be additionally weighted with a dense tackle called a sinker, and is typically dressed with an appetizing bait to attract the fish and enticing it into swallowing the hook, but sometimes an inedible fake bait with multiple attached hooks (known as a lure) is used instead of a single hook with edible bait. A bite indicator, such as a float or a quiver tip, is often used to relay underwater status of the hook to the surface.
When angling, the fisherman (known as the angler) will first throw the hook (i.e. cast) to a chosen area of water, and then patiently wait for fish to attack and eat the hookbait. It is also not uncommon for the angler to scatter some loose bait (groundbait) around the spot before even casting the hook, in order to better attract fish with scents. If a fish has succumbed to its own feeding instinct and swallowed the hook (i.e. bite or strike), the hook point will pierce into and anchor itself inside the fish mouth, gullet or gill, and the fish in turn becomes firmly tethered to the fishing rod via the fishing line. Once the fish is hooked (often colloquially called fish-on), any struggles and attempts to escape will pull along the line, causing the bite indicator to signal the angler, who jerks the rod to further secure the hook anchorage (i.e. setting the hook) and then tries to retrieve the line back, pulling the fish closer in the process.
Bridgewater Canal, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Bridgewater Canal,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 3EL,fishermen,fish,club,group,sport,leisure,activity,English,British,pastime,bank,towpath,of,freshwater,a,maggots,medium,success,catch,landing,bringing,in,hooked,got,bite,lone,holding,his,accessories,hobby,angler,perch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG40J2 - Angling is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook or angle (from Old English angol) attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth. The fishing line is usually manipulated via a fishing rod, although rodless techniques such as handlining and longlining also exist. Modern angling rods are usually fitted with a reel that functions as a cranking device for storing, retrieving and releasing out the line, although Tenkara fishing and cane pole fishing are two rod-angling methods that do not use any reel. The hook itself can be additionally weighted with a dense tackle called a sinker, and is typically dressed with an appetizing bait to attract the fish and enticing it into swallowing the hook, but sometimes an inedible fake bait with multiple attached hooks (known as a lure) is used instead of a single hook with edible bait. A bite indicator, such as a float or a quiver tip, is often used to relay underwater status of the hook to the surface.
When angling, the fisherman (known as the angler) will first throw the hook (i.e. cast) to a chosen area of water, and then patiently wait for fish to attack and eat the hookbait. It is also not uncommon for the angler to scatter some loose bait (groundbait) around the spot before even casting the hook, in order to better attract fish with scents. If a fish has succumbed to its own feeding instinct and swallowed the hook (i.e. bite or strike), the hook point will pierce into and anchor itself inside the fish mouth, gullet or gill, and the fish in turn becomes firmly tethered to the fishing rod via the fishing line. Once the fish is hooked (often colloquially called fish-on), any struggles and attempts to escape will pull along the line, causing the bite indicator to signal the angler, who jerks the rod to further secure the hook anchorage (i.e. setting the hook) and then tries to retrieve the line back, pulling the fish closer in the process.
Bridgewater Canal, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WBC,South Warrington,Cheshire,North West England,UK,fasteners,BEA,plane sized case,Haberdashery Case of craft items,buttons,cotton,yarn,felt,material,wool,1960,1960s case,1960s,sew,sewing,cotton reel,sewing bee,BBC,hobby,pastime,popular,Great British sewing Bee,materials,green,home sewing,home,sower,crafts,reality show
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy T3RF53 - . This location-led image captures the social and built context of the recorded location, in a time-specific record from 2019. The principal recorded subject is Haberdashery Case of craft items, buttons, cotton, yarn, felt,material,fasteners,materials. The location can also be described in terms of airport terminal, airside activity, aircraft operations, passenger flight, air travel, ground handling, air transport connectivity, air transport, commercial aviation, aviation decarbonisation, civil aviation, and flight operations. The wider contemporary story of airline networks now includes route economics alongside noise, while policy and investment increasingly consider lower-emission flight. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of the recorded location may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison, specifically in relation to Haberdashery Case of craft items. The resulting scene connects with flight network, passenger mobility, aviation logistics, airport economy, airport infrastructure, airport operations. The record also refers to BEA airline case, The Great British Sewing Bee, airline case, hook & loop tape, Newey hooks, Winfield. Other relevant facets include airline industry, and international travel. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, aircraft fleets also connects with ground handling, operational resilience and efforts aimed at more efficient airports. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal signage and branding, commercial identity, physical infrastructure, community life, and local continuity without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. Taken together, these details make the photograph a useful record of historic fabric, planning and redevelopment, everyday services, social change, and movement through the area in a form that can be compared with later photographs.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,German,Rhineland,Rhine,City Centre,city,60547,Frankfurt,Airport,telescop,plane,spotting,jets,planes,apron,terminal,view from,terminals,view,binocular,at,Plane,observation,deck,spotter,German Airport,Fraport,Lufthansa,CityLine,hobby,Lufthansa Cargo,Condor,AeroLogic,runway,Iran war,jet fuel shortage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RGKEYR - Frankfurt am Main Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF) (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main, also known as Rhein-Main-Flughafen) is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres. It is operated by Fraport and serves as the main hub for Lufthansa including Lufthansa CityLine and Lufthansa Cargo as well as Condor and AeroLogic. The airport covers an area of 2,300 hectares (5,683 acres) of land and features two passenger terminals with a capacity of approximately 65 million passengers per year, four runways and extensive logistics and maintenance facilities.
Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany as well as the 4th busiest in Europe after London Heathrow Airport, Paris“Charles de Gaulle Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The airport is also the 13th busiest worldwide by total number of passengers in 2016,[6] with 60.786 million passengers using the airport in 2016. In 2017 Frankfurt Airport handled 64.500 million passengers and in 2018 nearly 70 million. It also had a freight throughput of 2.076 million metric tonnes in 2015 and is the busiest airport in Europe by cargo traffic. As of summer 2017, Frankfurt Airport serves more than 300 destinations in 5 continents, making it the airport with the most direct routes in the world.
The southern side of the airport ground was home to the Rhein-Main Air Base, which was a major air base for the United States from 1947 until 2005, when the air base was closed and the property was acquired by Fraport. In 2017, passengers at the airport increased by 6.1% to 64,500,386 compared to 2016. The airport celebrated its 80th anniversary in July 2016
Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,pink red,France,French,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15NFT - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2015 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The subject captured here is 1f 1.00 Postes Republique Francaise BEQUET face pink red Stamp. The surrounding context encompasses stamp design, public realm, collectable stamp, local character, documentary photography, place identity, commemorative issue, historical comparison, postal ephemera, before-and-after reference, period detail, regional identity, philatelic collecting, and postal story.htm Target=_Blank>history. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commemoration and national identity, not least because of the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after conservation work. The photograph additionally reflects postal graphic design, visual archive, paper communication, local history, contemporary social history, everyday life, community identity, and changing streetscape. Details involving Postes, Republique, Francaise, Stamp, and BEQUET make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to commemoration and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of digital communication and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location. The scene captures part of the area's social history for future local research.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Russia,Yuri Gagarin,Space,program,Moscow,Rouble,Russian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15NY2 - . An on-location photograph from Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012 in 2015, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is 4 Kon Kopek Mockba 1966 CCCP USSR space stamps. Another layer of the photograph includes community identity, philatelic collecting, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, paper communication, place identity, historical comparison, postal ephemera, postal graphic design, commemorative issue, local character, everyday life, public realm, postal artefact, and documentary photography. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with national identity, collecting and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects. Small period details of public access and movement at Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012 may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. A second descriptive layer includes philatelic material, social history, stamp design, regional identity, visual archive, contemporary social history, archival record, and collectable stamp. Elements such as Kopek, space, stamps, and Mockba add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects national identity and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs within the specific setting of Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012. Its period value extends to postal services and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs as part of the longer story of Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012. It also preserves period character as part of Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012's history.
Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Romania,Popescu,birds,brown,Romanian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15NYT - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2015 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is 1991 Posta Calidris Alpina bird Egret Aurel Popescu brown Stamp. The frame also records themes of postal history, visual archive, postal graphic design, social history, documentary photography, public realm, stamp design, regional identity, paper communication, changing land use, postal ephemera, philatelic collecting, everyday life, and archival record. The modern context includes continuing discussion of mail history, collecting and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. The location also brings in philatelic material, period detail, before-and-after reference, local character, collectable stamp, local history, historical comparison, and contemporary social history. The recorded references to Popescu, Calidris, Alpina, Stamp, and Egret preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Its period value extends to mail history and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of declining letter volumes and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material within the real-world context of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is national identity and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication within the specific setting of the recorded location.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Bloc,Block,East,Europe,Avocet,bird Egret Aurel Popescu brown,Romanian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15P0B - . Made at the recorded location in 2015, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through 1991 Posta Romana 1l50 Recurvirostra Avosetta bird Egret Aurel Popescu brown Stamp. The locality and subject together evoke philatelic material, historical comparison, place identity, changing land use, social history, everyday life, philatelic collecting, postal ephemera, postal history, community identity, postal graphic design, period detail, public realm, and regional identity. The wider contemporary story combines collecting, digital communication and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects. The image fixes building condition and alterations within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. The wider setting retains connections with local character, postal artefact, local history, visual archive, changing streetscape, paper communication, collectable stamp, and contemporary social history. Elements such as Stamp, Popescu, Romana, Avosetta, and Recurvirostra add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. At the recorded location, that broader theme is grounded in a specific dated example. The scene further reflects collecting and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication within the specific setting of the recorded location. Its period value extends to declining letter volumes and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The image fixes part of the area's social history for later comparison. It also preserves details of everyday use within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Romania,Aurel,Popescu,Romanian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15P12 - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2015 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The principal subject is 1991 Posta Romana Limosa Limosa bird Egret Aurel Popescu Stamp. The frame also records themes of changing streetscape, historical comparison, postal artefact, visual archive, local history, local character, paper communication, community identity, philatelic material, place identity, everyday life, postal ephemera, postal history, and before-and-after reference. The modern context includes continuing discussion of commemoration, postal services and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. Further associations within the scene are period detail, regional identity, commemorative issue, postal graphic design, stamp design, documentary photography, philatelic collecting, and public realm. The combination of Egret, Aurel, Popescu, Stamp, and Limosa anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. This individual view of the recorded location gives the general theme a clear period reference. The image also provides a reference for commemoration and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material within the real-world context of the recorded location. Another useful connection is declining letter volumes and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material within the specific setting of the recorded location. The scene further reflects postal services and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark for future local research.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Scop pine,Romania,Romanians,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,retro,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15PBF - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2015, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through 1994 Posta Romana tree 3095L Tilia Platyphyllos Scop pine Stamp. The surrounding context encompasses visual archive, changing land use, postal graphic design, before-and-after reference, postal history, paper communication, philatelic collecting, postal ephemera, local character, everyday life, place identity, local history, stamp design, and collectable stamp. For current editorial use, commemoration and digital communication provide additional context, especially through the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes archival record, social history, commemorative issue, changing streetscape, postal artefact, documentary photography, regional identity, and contemporary social history. The recorded references to 3095L, Platyphyllos, Stamp, Posta, and Romana preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The particular scene at the recorded location gives that point a stronger documentary anchor. Its period value extends to commemoration and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of commemoration and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location. The record includes period character within the wider story of the recorded location. Image F15PBF also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15PBW - . An identifiable period record of Asa Sul CLS 113 Bloco D Loja 35/36 - Asa Sul, BrasÃÂlia - DF, 70376-540, Brazil in 2015, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Brazil 50 Joauuim Murtinno Correio purple stamp. The setting additionally reflects historical comparison, local history, collectable stamp, philatelic material, community identity, stamp design, social history, philatelic collecting, regional identity, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, archival record, changing land use, and local character. Today's relevance is strengthened by national identity, postal services and the continuing question of the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around Asa Sul CLS 113 Bloco D Loja 35/36 - Asa Sul, BrasÃÂlia - DF, 70376-540, Brazil before new ownership alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes public realm, postal ephemera, place identity, postal history, visual archive, postal artefact, contemporary social history, and commemorative issue. The combination of Brazil, stamp, purple, Murtinno, and Joauuim anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Asa Sul CLS 113 Bloco D Loja 35/36 - Asa Sul, BrasÃÂlia - DF, 70376-540, Brazil, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image also provides a reference for national identity and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material when considered against later change at Asa Sul CLS 113 Bloco D Loja 35/36 - Asa Sul, BrasÃÂlia - DF, 70376-540, Brazil. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of Asa Sul CLS 113 Bloco D Loja 35/36 - Asa Sul, BrasÃÂlia - DF, 70376-540, Brazil.
Asa Sul CLS 113 Bloco D Loja 35/36 - Asa Sul, BrasÃlia - DF, 70376-540, Brazil
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Russia,green blue 3k 3Kon USSR Soviet,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15PCF - . This authentic period view of Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012 in 2015 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is CCCP 4Kon 4K 1988 noyta Kremlin ship war warship green blue 3k 3Kon USSR Soviet stamps. The frame also records themes of postal history, collectable stamp, postal graphic design, philatelic collecting, local history, stamp design, postal artefact, social history, visual archive, documentary photography, postal ephemera, local character, philatelic material, and community identity. From a 2025-onward perspective, postal services and collecting are closely linked to this subject, alongside the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012 may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. Further associations within the scene are changing streetscape, contemporary social history, paper communication, changing land use, before-and-after reference, everyday life, archival record, and commemorative issue. Details involving warship, stamps, Kremlin, noyta, and Soviet make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes postal services and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs within the specific setting of Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012. Another strand within the photograph is commemoration and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects as part of the longer story of Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012.
Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Russia,hammer sickle USSR Soviet,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15PCM - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2015, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through CCCP 10Kon 1966 soldier army olive colour color hammer sickle USSR Soviet stamp. The broader subject matter reaches into historical comparison, postal graphic design, changing land use, documentary photography, collectable stamp, changing streetscape, postal artefact, community identity, social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, postal history, philatelic collecting, archival record, period detail, and postal ephemera. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with commemoration, mail history and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at the recorded location, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The surrounding story also includes local character, visual archive, contemporary social history, everyday life, local history, commemorative issue, philatelic material, and paper communication. Details involving colour, hammer, stamp, color, and 10Kon make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. In this frame, the recorded location turns the broader subject into a place-specific record. The wider significance includes commemoration and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication within the specific setting of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is commemoration and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material as part of the longer story of the recorded location. It also preserves a trace of local identity as part of the recorded location's history. Image F15PCM also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Czechoslovak,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15PN8 - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2015, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The subject captured here is Ceskoslovensko 50h 1968 j.chudqmel b.kousa Telc stamp. Another layer of the photograph includes collectable stamp, visual archive, contemporary social history, place identity, archival record, commemorative issue, paper communication, stamp design, local history, postal artefact, changing land use, philatelic collecting, philatelic material, and local character. For current editorial use, national identity and collecting provide additional context, especially through the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material. Small period details of equipment and working practice at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. A second descriptive layer includes changing streetscape, everyday life, community identity, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, regional identity, postal history, and postal graphic design. The combination of Ceskoslovensko, kousa, stamp, and chudqmel anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes national identity and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs within the specific setting of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is commemoration and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate graphic design and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,mail,hobby,mark,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,building,buildings,tower,Rostock,Warnemunde,Rostock-Warnemunde,80,Gotonysmith,mail,hobby,mark,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15PR3 - . Made at the recorded location in 2015, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR Rostock-Warnemunde 80 Stamp. The frame also records themes of community identity, historical comparison, changing land use, philatelic collecting, changing streetscape, postal ephemera, commemorative issue, local character, stamp design, archival record, before-and-after reference, social history, philatelic material, and public realm. The wider contemporary story combines graphic design, collecting and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after redevelopment. The subject also sits alongside collectable stamp, everyday life, paper communication, postal history, postal graphic design, contemporary social history, documentary photography, and visual archive. Elements such as Stamp, Deutsche, Demokratische, Republik, and Rostock-Warnemunde add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The setting at the recorded location adds a precise local dimension to the wider subject. The wider significance includes graphic design and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is collecting and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location. The image fixes details of everyday use within the wider story of the recorded location. Image F15PR3 also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15PRB - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2015 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR Sowjetisches Ehrenmal Berlin-Treptow 1M Stamp. The image also relates to historical comparison, collectable stamp, public realm, archival record, period detail, changing streetscape, place identity, visual archive, postal ephemera, philatelic collecting, philatelic material, community identity, postal graphic design, and regional identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with national identity, mail history and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after changed technology. Further associations within the scene are before-and-after reference, postal artefact, local history, local character, documentary photography, everyday life, social history, and stamp design. The combination of Stamp, Deutsche, Demokratische, Sowjetisches, and Republik anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The dated record from the recorded location makes the broader context more tangible. A further contemporary connection is national identity and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The wider significance includes collecting and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is national identity and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material within the real-world context of the recorded location.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15PRG - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2015 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. At the centre of the view is Deutsche Bundespost 20 red stamp - Theodor Heuss 1959. The surrounding context encompasses place identity, everyday life, documentary photography, philatelic material, period detail, postal ephemera, postal graphic design, changing land use, local character, commemorative issue, collectable stamp, contemporary social history, postal artefact, and changing streetscape. For current editorial use, postal services and graphic design provide additional context, especially through the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material. Small period details of building condition and alterations at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following replacement signage. The surrounding story also includes public realm, paper communication, stamp design, before-and-after reference, community identity, local history, postal history, and archival record. Elements such as Bundespost, Theodor, stamp, Heuss, and Deutsche add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is postal services and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material when considered against later change at the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate graphic design and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The record includes period character before later change alters the scene. The frame retains a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15R15 - . An on-location photograph from Budapest, Hungary in 2015, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is Magyar Posta 1987 Dudas 10Ft castle house Keszthely Festetics-kastely SZE SZEK stamp, Hungary - Peter Magyar - Péter Magyar. The wider scene also brings together postal history, visual archive, stamp design, commemorative issue, documentary photography, local history, before-and-after reference, philatelic collecting, changing streetscape, philatelic material, regional identity, place identity, paper communication, and contemporary social history. For current editorial use, graphic design and mail history provide additional context, especially through how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects. As a dated visual record of Budapest, Hungary, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects public realm, collectable stamp, archival record, postal ephemera, postal graphic design, period detail, postal artefact, and everyday life. The recorded references to Posta, Magyar, Keszthely, Peter, and castle preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Budapest, Hungary, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is graphic design and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects in a form that can be compared with future views of Budapest, Hungary. The wider significance includes graphic design and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects within the real-world context of Budapest, Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15R1K - . Photographed at Budapest, Hungary in 2015, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The image documents Magyar Posta vertel Jozsee 10Ft Keszthely Festetics-kastely 1988 Stamp, Hungary - Peter Magyar - Péter Magyar. The setting additionally reflects public realm, everyday life, collectable stamp, postal history, period detail, stamp design, changing streetscape, social history, changing land use, historical comparison, philatelic material, local history, community identity, and local character. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with commemoration, mail history and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around Budapest, Hungary before different community use alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with philatelic collecting, place identity, documentary photography, postal artefact, commemorative issue, before-and-after reference, postal graphic design, and regional identity. The combination of Jozsee, Hungary, vertel, Peter, and Stamp anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Budapest, Hungary helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is commemoration and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication within the real-world context of Budapest, Hungary. The scene further reflects mail history and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material within the specific setting of Budapest, Hungary. Its period value extends to declining letter volumes and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication as part of the longer story of Budapest, Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15R1W - . Recorded at Budapest, Hungary in 2015, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The subject captured here is Magyar UjPesti Allami 20f Budapest postmark Stamp, Hungary - Peter Magyar Budapest. The image also relates to local character, contemporary social history, postal ephemera, period detail, everyday life, visual archive, stamp design, public realm, social history, postal graphic design, postal history, changing streetscape, philatelic material, and collectable stamp. Current relevance extends to graphic design and digital communication, particularly through the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs. The archival value lies partly in recording public access and movement around Budapest, Hungary before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects local history, commemorative issue, community identity, changing land use, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, place identity, and archival record. The combination of Hungary, Budapest, Magyar, Allami, and postmark anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Budapest, Hungary, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of graphic design and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication when considered against later change at Budapest, Hungary. A further contemporary connection is commemoration and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication without losing the local specificity of Budapest, Hungary. The wider significance includes collecting and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material in a form that can be compared with future views of Budapest, Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15R23 - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2015, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Millstatt 1s Republik Osterreich 1970 O.Zeiller Brown Stamp. The wider scene also brings together postal graphic design, commemorative issue, contemporary social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, social history, local history, local character, philatelic material, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, place identity, documentary photography, historical comparison, postal ephemera, and postal history. For current editorial use, postal services and collecting provide additional context, especially through the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains lettering, decoration and surface detail, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes paper communication, postal artefact, collectable stamp, period detail, everyday life, philatelic collecting, changing land use, and visual archive. Elements such as Brown, Osterreich, Stamp, Millstatt, and Republik add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The dated record from the recorded location makes the broader context more tangible. The image also provides a reference for postal services and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Another useful connection is mail history and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference. Image F15R23 also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15R2D - . Made at 4 Khayaban-e-Johar, H 9/4 H-9, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 44000, Pakistan in 2015, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The frame specifically shows Pakistan Postage Rs1-50 rs brown mosque Stamp. Another layer of the photograph includes postal history, period detail, documentary photography, everyday life, local history, visual archive, social history, local character, philatelic material, public realm, place identity, postal ephemera, contemporary social history, and paper communication. The modern context includes continuing discussion of collecting, mail history and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. Small period details of local activity and public use at 4 Khayaban-e-Johar, H 9/4 H-9, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 44000, Pakistan may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The surrounding story also includes postal graphic design, regional identity, philatelic collecting, archival record, changing land use, stamp design, postal artefact, and before-and-after reference. References to brown, Postage, mosque, Stamp, and Rs1-50 give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at 4 Khayaban-e-Johar, H 9/4 H-9, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 44000, Pakistan helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is collecting and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs without losing the local specificity of 4 Khayaban-e-Johar, H 9/4 H-9, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 44000, Pakistan. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison for future local research.
4 Khayaban-e-Johar, H 9/4 H-9, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 44000, Pakistan
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,Pakistani,Muslim,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RDJ - . An identifiable period record of 4 Khayaban-e-Johar, H 9/4 H-9, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 44000, Pakistan in 2015, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The principal subject is Pakistan Postage Rs2 rs red mosque Stamp. Other connected aspects include postal artefact, public realm, historical comparison, regional identity, everyday life, community identity, social history, philatelic collecting, changing streetscape, visual archive, changing land use, documentary photography, local character, and period detail. The modern context includes continuing discussion of declining letter volumes, postal services and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within 4 Khayaban-e-Johar, H 9/4 H-9, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 44000, Pakistan at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. Further associations within the scene are place identity, local history, postal graphic design, paper communication, archival record, contemporary social history, postal ephemera, and philatelic material. The combination of Postage, Stamp, mosque, and Pakistan anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at 4 Khayaban-e-Johar, H 9/4 H-9, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 44000, Pakistan matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of declining letter volumes and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material as part of the longer story of 4 Khayaban-e-Johar, H 9/4 H-9, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 44000, Pakistan. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use within the wider story of 4 Khayaban-e-Johar, H 9/4 H-9, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 44000, Pakistan.
4 Khayaban-e-Johar, H 9/4 H-9, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory 44000, Pakistan
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Poland,Polish,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RE3 - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2015, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Polska 5.00zt Norbert Barlicki 1880-1941 Stamp. The broader subject matter reaches into collectable stamp, everyday life, postal history, visual archive, postal graphic design, changing land use, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, local character, paper communication, social history, local history, and place identity. Current relevance extends to national identity and digital communication, particularly through the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with public realm, historical comparison, postal artefact, postal ephemera, stamp design, commemorative issue, philatelic collecting, and philatelic material. The recorded references to Polska, Norbert, 1880-1941, Barlicki, and Stamp preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned, a context made more specific by the recorded location at the recorded location. Its period value extends to national identity and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of mail history and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The frame retains details of everyday use for future local research.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Romania,Romanian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RF3 - . This scene at the recorded location in 2015 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The image documents Posta Romana 15L Abies Alda Mill tree stamp. Another layer of the photograph includes philatelic material, postal ephemera, documentary photography, postal artefact, period detail, collectable stamp, philatelic collecting, paper communication, changing streetscape, everyday life, archival record, local character, regional identity, and postal graphic design. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with collecting, graphic design and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. The surrounding story also includes local history, postal history, before-and-after reference, changing land use, place identity, commemorative issue, visual archive, and historical comparison. The recorded references to Romana, stamp, Posta, and Abies preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The photograph from the recorded location links the broader issue back to a specific real place. Another useful connection is collecting and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects within the specific setting of the recorded location. The scene further reflects mail history and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Its period value extends to declining letter volumes and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location. Image F15RF3 also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,hobby,perforation,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Romania,Romanian,Gotonysmith,post,hobby,perforation,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RFA - . Made at the recorded location in 2015, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The image documents Posta Romana 350L treeAcer Pseudoplatanus L 1994 Stamp. The broader subject matter reaches into local history, postal artefact, community identity, stamp design, visual archive, changing streetscape, changing land use, everyday life, commemorative issue, social history, historical comparison, postal history, paper communication, and place identity. The wider contemporary story combines mail history, collecting and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes before-and-after reference, philatelic material, archival record, philatelic collecting, postal ephemera, regional identity, contemporary social history, and documentary photography. Elements such as treeAcer, Posta, Stamp, Romana, and Pseudoplatanus add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is mail history and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate national identity and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects when considered against later change at the recorded location. The image fixes details of everyday use for future local research.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,stamp,Used,and,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Romanian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RFG - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2015, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The scene records Posta Romana Porto 40b blue stamp. Another layer of the photograph includes philatelic collecting, place identity, changing land use, postal artefact, historical comparison, local history, postal graphic design, changing streetscape, public realm, paper communication, stamp design, community identity, regional identity, and period detail. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into national identity and declining letter volumes, not least because of how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after new construction. Other useful contextual ideas include local character, postal ephemera, visual archive, postal history, documentary photography, archival record, collectable stamp, and commemorative issue. Details involving Porto, stamp, Romana, and Posta make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. At the recorded location, that broader theme is grounded in a specific dated example. Another strand within the photograph is national identity and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate postal services and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for collecting and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material within the real-world context of the recorded location.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Bloc,Block,East,Europe,Romainian,Bucurest,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RFR - . This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2015 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The image documents Posta Romana 5 Stamp. The wider scene also brings together stamp design, place identity, changing land use, social history, contemporary social history, documentary photography, postal graphic design, postal artefact, local history, community identity, philatelic collecting, postal history, paper communication, and period detail. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with digital communication, declining letter volumes and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around the recorded location before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects postal ephemera, public realm, visual archive, everyday life, local character, philatelic material, regional identity, and commemorative issue. The combination of Posta, Stamp, and Romana anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate digital communication and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for national identity and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another useful connection is national identity and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,antwerp,portrait man men stamp white,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RG1 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2015, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Postes Antwerpen Belgie Belgique 6f50 side head portrait man men stamp white. The image also relates to everyday life, contemporary social history, postal graphic design, visual archive, documentary photography, philatelic collecting, archival record, place identity, before-and-after reference, paper communication, changing land use, postal ephemera, commemorative issue, and local character. Today's relevance is strengthened by mail history, declining letter volumes and the continuing question of the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after changed technology. The location also brings in historical comparison, collectable stamp, period detail, philatelic material, postal artefact, community identity, postal history, and local history. References to stamp, Belgie, Antwerpen, Belgique, and white give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for mail history and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Another useful connection is declining letter volumes and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The period view preserves period character within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,worldcup,francais,philately,player,team,ball,boot,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,deportes world Cup worldcup sport stamp,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RGC - . Postes Lao Laos 100K France 1998 98 football deportes world Cup worldcup sport stamp. Photographed on 26 July 2015. France98, France football in 1998 stamps from Laos, 1997. Looking at the subject's development, sports venues and objects often carry strong associations with particular eras, clubs and events
Changes in branding, safety standards, broadcasting and stadium design mean relatively recent images can acquire historical value rapidly. As background, printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, labels, cards, stamps, posters and logos combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use, so surviving examples can become valuable records of popular culture and commerce. For the 2026 context, professional sport is increasingly shaped by digital broadcasting, data, sponsorship and sophisticated venues, while heritage grounds and physical memorabilia retain strong emotional appeal for supporters. Against the 2026 backdrop, digital-first communication means many everyday printed objects are disappearing
Older tickets, labels, cards and signs therefore provide valuable material for stories about changing design, retail and consumer behaviour. The wider historical story is that sporting images document not only competition but venues, equipment, supporters and the commercial culture surrounding games
Stadiums, tickets and memorabilia can quickly become historical as clubs rebuild grounds, sponsors change and technology alters the spectator experience. Historically, sport is closely tied to local identity and popular culture
Grounds, trophies, simulators and match-day material show how professional and recreational sport are experienced away from the action itself, while preserving details that may later disappear. Closely associated editorial terms include fan culture, sporting heritage, match day, trophy, sporting culture, club history, sports memorabilia, and graphic design.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RGR - . Postes Lao Laos 200K France 1998 98 football deportes world Cup worldcup sport Stamp. Photographed on 26 July 2015. France98, France football in 1998 stamps from Laos, 1997. From a heritage perspective, sport is closely tied to local identity and popular culture
Grounds, trophies, simulators and match-day material show how professional and recreational sport are experienced away from the action itself, while preserving details that may later disappear. In the longer view, ephemeral design is especially useful to social historians because it was created for immediate use rather than posterity
A ticket, label or novelty card can reveal contemporary humour, branding, consumer habits and printing style in a compact object. As of 2026, sport combines global media reach with intense local identity
Older grounds, tickets and equipment therefore work well for stories about fan culture, commercialisation, sporting heritage and the changing match-day experience. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that much ticketing, advertising and personal communication is digital, making older printed ephemera increasingly distinctive as evidence of pre-digital communication
Physical cards, labels and tickets also provide a contrast with QR codes, apps and paperless transactions. As background, sports venues and objects often carry strong associations with particular eras, clubs and events
Changes in branding, safety standards, broadcasting and stadium design mean relatively recent photographs can acquire historical value rapidly. The wider historical story is that sporting images document not only competition but venues, equipment, supporters and the commercial culture surrounding games
Stadiums, tickets and memorabilia can quickly become historical as clubs rebuild grounds, sponsors change and technology alters the spectator experience. Other closely matched search terms include match day, professional sport, trophy, sporting culture, and club history.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,cup,worldcup,francais,philately,player,team,ball,boot,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RNA - . Postes Lao Laos 700K France 1998 98 football deportes world Cup worldcup sport stamp. Photographed on 26 July 2015. France98, France football in 1998 stamps from Laos, 1997. Historically, sports venues and objects often carry strong associations with particular eras, clubs and events
Changes in branding, safety standards, broadcasting and stadium design mean relatively recent images can acquire historical value rapidly. Looking at the subject's development, printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, labels, cards, stamps, posters and logos combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use, so surviving examples can become valuable records of popular culture and commerce. In 2026, sport combines global media reach with intense local identity
Older grounds, tickets and equipment therefore work well for stories about fan culture, commercialisation, sporting heritage and the changing match-day experience. For the 2026 context, much ticketing, advertising and personal communication is digital, making older printed ephemera increasingly distinctive as evidence of pre-digital communication
Physical cards, labels and tickets also provide a contrast with QR codes, apps and paperless transactions. The historical context is that sporting images document not only competition but venues, equipment, supporters and the commercial culture surrounding games
Stadiums, tickets and memorabilia can quickly become historical as clubs rebuild grounds, sponsors change and technology alters the spectator experience. In the longer view, sport is closely tied to local identity and popular culture
Grounds, trophies, simulators and match-day material show how professional and recreational sport are experienced away from the action itself, while preserving details that may later disappear. Other strongly related concepts include match day, professional sport, trophy, sporting culture, and club history.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,stamp,Used,and,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Romania,Romainian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RNN - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2015, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The defining feature is Quercus Robur L 60L posta romana 1994 stamp. The wider scene also brings together place identity, regional identity, changing land use, local character, postal ephemera, contemporary social history, documentary photography, public realm, community identity, postal history, stamp design, postal graphic design, historical comparison, and everyday life. For current editorial use, graphic design and collecting provide additional context, especially through the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. For later comparison, the photograph preserves building condition and alterations at the recorded location, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The surrounding story also includes before-and-after reference, postal artefact, philatelic material, commemorative issue, local history, philatelic collecting, archival record, and changing streetscape. References to Robur, romana, posta, Quercus, and stamp give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes graphic design and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs within the real-world context of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is postal services and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication within the specific setting of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate postal services and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs as part of the longer story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,cents,Classic,Francais,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RPD - . Made at the recorded location in 2015, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The scene records Republique Francaise 15c Stamp. The image also relates to paper communication, philatelic collecting, postal ephemera, contemporary social history, postal graphic design, local character, changing land use, local history, community identity, visual archive, changing streetscape, collectable stamp, regional identity, and historical comparison. Current relevance extends to national identity and graphic design, particularly through the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs. For later comparison, the photograph preserves equipment and working practice at the recorded location, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes archival record, commemorative issue, stamp design, postal artefact, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, postal history, and period detail. Details involving Francaise, Stamp, and Republique make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The photograph from the recorded location links the broader issue back to a specific real place. The location additionally provides evidence of national identity and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is digital communication and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The frame retains a trace of local identity within the wider story of the recorded location. Image F15RPD also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RR4 - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2015 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. At the centre of the view is RP Romina 1leu Posta red stamp. The locality and subject together evoke regional identity, visual archive, social history, philatelic collecting, collectable stamp, local history, contemporary social history, philatelic material, paper communication, place identity, changing land use, postal ephemera, public realm, and historical comparison. For current editorial use, commemoration and digital communication provide additional context, especially through the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. The surrounding story also includes documentary photography, postal history, community identity, local character, archival record, before-and-after reference, period detail, and postal artefact. Elements such as stamp, Romina, and Posta add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The particular scene at the recorded location gives that point a stronger documentary anchor. The setting also helps illustrate commemoration and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for collecting and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another useful connection is declining letter volumes and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Romania,Romana,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,hobby,perforation,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Romainian,Romania,Cure,Gotonysmith,post,hobby,perforation,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RRM - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2015, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The photograph centres on Sterna Hirundo Bird Posta Romana Aurel Popescu stamp. The frame also records themes of community identity, historical comparison, postal history, postal artefact, postal graphic design, visual archive, public realm, commemorative issue, archival record, period detail, contemporary social history, local history, philatelic collecting, and paper communication. From a 2025-onward perspective, mail history and national identity are closely linked to this subject, alongside the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at the recorded location, details that may look very different after altered transport patterns. The surrounding story also includes collectable stamp, everyday life, before-and-after reference, place identity, local character, documentary photography, changing streetscape, and stamp design. Details involving Hirundo, Aurel, stamp, Romana, and Sterna make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object, which places the wider issue within the real-world setting of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of mail history and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material as part of the longer story of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is graphic design and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material when considered against later change at the recorded location. The view records evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: amimal,stamps,Australia,illustration,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,Australia,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Australia,Austrailian,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,col,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Australian,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,Australia,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR4X3 - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
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The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Canberra , ACT, Australia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5M4 - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5MK - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5N1 - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5P0 - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5P4 - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5PH - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5PX - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
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The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Keywords: stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Australia,Austrailian,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Australian,Vintage,delivery,date,Gotonysmith,ashore,on shore,shore,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Australian,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,Australia,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5RG - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Keywords: boat,sea,sand,galleon,warship,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Australia,Austrailian,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Austr,Gotonysmith,sails,sail,sailing,clipper,warship,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Australian,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,Australia,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5RK - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Keywords: stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Australia,Austrailian,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Australian,Vintage,delivery,date,Gotonysmith,historic,men in a boat,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Australian,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,Australia,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5T1 - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Keywords: Used,and,postmarked,Australia,Austrailian,Stamp,boat,boats,sea,sand,ocean,seas,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,Gotonysmith,historic,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Australian,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,Australia,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5T7 - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4KYH - . A mixture of franked Australian postage stamps. The photograph was taken on 21 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with mixture, franked, Australian, postage, stamps, page, mix, Australia, sheet and used, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference ED4KYH, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Australia
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Keywords: Billy,Island,boat,trip,trips,at,Seahouses,NE,England,Northumberland,Seals,Seal,Golden,gate,Longstone,Lighthouse,Serenity,StCuthbert,St,Cuthbert,shed,ticket,office,offices,tourist,tourism,11am,departure,travel,GB,great,britain,british,maritine,seaside,town,towns,family,fish,Gotonysmith,fishing,hobby,ticket,tickets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB60 - . Tickets being sold from Serenity sheds at Seahouses, for Farne Island trips, NE England, UK. Photographed at Seahouses, NE England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. The image metadata records 2 people in the frame. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Ticket, sheds, Farne, Island, Trips, Seahouses, tour, Shiel, Islands and Billy, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Seahouses, NE England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB61 - . Billy Shiel boat Tickets being sold from sheds at Seahouses, for Farne Island trips, NE England, UK. Photographed at Seahouses, NE England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Ticket, sheds, Farne, Island, Trips, Seahouses, Shiel, Islands, Northumberland and Billy, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Seahouses, NE England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NNF - Oscar Harris shop negatives envelope from Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
These were the sleeves that negatives and small contact prints were returned in, back in the day, 1930's 1940's etc.
The envelope shows an elegant lady holding a 1930's, 1940's box 6x6 medium format camera.
Oscar Harris shop, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCJ1 - . An on-location photograph from Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 2009, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows Black & Green 1957 Buick classic car
Dave Weatherby with his award winning American 1957 classic car. A broader reading of the photograph includes local history, commercial frontage, regional identity, street-level business, community identity, before-and-after reference, everyday life, documentary photography, high-street commerce, local character, customer footfall, bricks-and-mortar retail, social history, and retail property. From a 2025-onward perspective, store closures and commercial rents are closely linked to this subject, alongside the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The image fixes equipment and working practice within Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. The photograph additionally reflects specialist retailer, small business, historical comparison, shopfront economy, local enterprise, changing land use, town-centre trading, and period detail. The combination of Buick, Green, award, American, and classic anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of store closures and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses when considered against later change at Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. The view records evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison. Image D8HCJ1 also remains a dated record of Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: cat,big,Australia,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,Used,and,postmarked,Australia,Austrailian,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phi,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,zoo,animal,animals,wild,loose,out,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Australian,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,Australia,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5KX - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps “ see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF21YG - This is a bingo hall in Edinburgh, in Nicholson Street, up from North Bridge.
Bingo or Housey Housey as some pensioners still call it is a gambling game of unknown origin. Players mark off numbers on a ticket as they are randomly called out, in order to achieve a winning combination.
The first column contains numbers from 1 to 9, The second column numbers from 10 to 19, The third 20 to 29 and so on up until the last column, which contains numbers from 80 to 90 (the 90 being placed in this column as well).
When called, numbers often aquire the types of preambles below:
Kelly's Eye 1, One Little Duck 2, Cup of Tea 3, Knock at the Door 4, Man Alive 5, Tom's Tricks 6, Lucky 7, Garden Gate 8, Doctors Orders 9, Tony's Den 10, Legs Eleven 11, One Dozen 12, Unlucky for Some 13, Key of the Door 21, Dirty Gertie 30, Down on your Knees 43, Heinz Varieties 57.
Nicholson St, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, EH8 9DT
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,Africa,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RT1 - . This dated editorial view of Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda in 2015 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. At the centre of the view is Uganda 5c plant flower Condia abyssinica Stamp. Further facets of the scene include regional identity, philatelic collecting, changing land use, contemporary social history, local history, postal graphic design, stamp design, public realm, passenger information, public transport stop, public-transport wayfinding, community identity, place identity, and bus route infrastructure. Today's relevance is strengthened by graphic design, national identity and the continuing question of how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects. From a 2025-onward perspective, bus funding and decarbonisation are closely linked to this subject, alongside the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda before conservation work alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects collectable stamp, local character, documentary photography, archival record, before-and-after reference, postal history, everyday life, and roadside transit. The recorded references to Condia, abyssinica, plant, flower, and Stamp preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is graphic design and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects within the specific setting of Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison. The view records period character within the wider story of Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda.
Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda
