Countries Collection (page 5)

Jingoistic British propaganda card
Soldiers representing the Dominion countries stand together over the words We don't want to fight..etc WW1 Date: circa 1914

Mycenaean Art. Greece. Mycenae. Royal Tombs. Circle A. Greec
Mycenaean Art. Greece. Mycenae. Royal Tombs. Circle A. Double circle within which there are six Shaft Graves. 14th century B.C. Province of the Argolid. Peloponnese region

Eighty Years War (1568-1648). Sack of Antwerp (4 November 1576) by Spanish tercios during the reign of Philip II of Spain. Facsimile of a copper engraving of F. Hogenberg. Colored

East of Ilot Gabriel island sea shore with black basalt rocks a wind-battered Common screwpine tree with aerial roots visible endemic for Mascarenes (Mauritius and Reunion) June North of Mauritius

Colonial Africa. Delimitation of the new Franco-German borders in Congo. Commissioners of both countries in the swampy jungle of the Lobaye Valley, actual Central African Republic

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Victoria Falls
Black and white lantern Slide of Victoria Falls - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Nyanga Forest - Zimbabwe

Russia - a compact woods kolok ( kolki for plural) consisting of birch only (Betula sp.). forest steppe near town of Chelyabinsk - Russian

Snow melts in arctic tundra spring. Aerial view from a helicopter. landscape near Kara sea, Taimyr peninsula, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic. July

Massawa - Old town with local residents. Eritrea - Africa

Valley - Seen from the old road from Asmara to Massawa, built by Italians during colonialism. Eritrea - Africa

Pine taiga - forest with forest floor covered in lichens; typical in the basin of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; spring. Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia;

Egypt - A Bedouin old man in traditional clothes walks in the Arabian desert at midday. 50 km from Hurghada town

Semi-tundra aerial, North Siberia. Helicopter view over frozen lakes in semi-tundra near river Taz; early spring; North Tumen region, Russia

Clothes drying in snowfall, Siberia. A typical scene in Krasnoselkup settlement, yards and houses covered in snow, clothes normally dryed outside all year round, winter; North Tumen region

Semi-tundra in spring, Siberia. Snow melts in semi-tundra, near river Taz; spring; North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Juan and Eva Peron at Pan American Games
Juan Peron (1895-1974), President of Argentina, and his wife Eva (Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, 1919-1952) at the Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, March 1951

Karakum / Qaraqum / Kara Kum / Garagum Canal - water comes from water pump in sluices. goes along Kopet-Dag Mountain Range - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Frozen river meanders in Taiga-forest, a tributary of river Taz. Aerial, early spring, North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

If Germany Wins -- the Kaisers sons, WW1
A rather sickening and defeatist (or perhaps tongue-in-cheek) item, suggesting what might happen if Germany wins the First World War

Map of Germany, Belgium, France illustrating Armistice
A map illustrating the Armistice at the end of World War One. The black line shows the battle line on Armistice Day, 11th November 1918

Karl Anton Werther
KARL ANTON baron von WERTHER Prussian ambassador to France in 1869 : in less than a year the two countries would be at war... Date: 1809 - 1894

ACWW, Ugandan Student Nesta Rugumayo - Lady Aberdeen Scholar
Established in 1933, the ACWW ( The Associated Country Women of the World ) by 1962 had registered its first Lady Aberdeen Scholar at a British university

The First Balkan War - An Allegory
The First Balkan War in allegorical depiction, showing the Forces of the Cross (the countries of the Balkan League: Serbia, Greece)

The Illustrated London News Royal Tour 1953 issue
Front cover of The Illustrated London News special number commemorating the six month royal tour of 1953 when Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited Australia, New Zealand

Steerage of a North German Lloyds Atlantic Steam-ship, 1872
Engraving showing the steerage of a North German Lloyds Atlantic Steam-ship, 1872. Emigrants from many countries, heading for North America, are shown in this image. Date: 1872

Olivier De Serres
OLIVIER DE SERRES French agronomist who created a medel farm at Pradel, introduced new plants from other countries, and pioneered new farming methods

Postcard explaining the currency of Chile, South America, with equivalent values for other countries. circa 1905

Three printed coloured maps: Fairburns New Chart Exhibiting the Route of General Buonaparte in the Mediterranean Sea; with the Countries through which the French Army must pass

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Paris, France - Arc de Triomphe. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Fiji. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - South Australia. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Belgium, Malines. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Trinidad. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - New Zealand - the Spa Taupo Hot Lakes. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Ethiopia, bearing the portrait of Menelik II. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Bosnia Herzegovina. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Hungary. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Victoria, Australia. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Montenegro. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Western Australia. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Tasmania, Australia. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Tonga. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - New South Wales (NSW), Australia. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - China. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - France. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Norway. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Serbia. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

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