Marconi
Postage Stamps and
First Day Covers from
Solomon Islands
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In 1996, the centennial year of radio communications,
Solomon Islands in the SW Pacific issued a set of four stamps
commemorating Marconi's achievements:
$1.05 - Marconi demonstration on Salisbury Plain c.1896
$1.20 - Marconi maritime installation c.1900
$1.35 - First aeronautical radio - Croydon Airport c.1920
$1.45 - Marconi in Japan during his 1933-34 world tour
I have some spares of this set of four stamps on a First Day Cover (FDC)
- please contact me for price details etc.
Sorry, I no longer have any mint stamps.
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Also Available
Solomon Islands Radio Society FDC
Issued for World Communications Year in 1983, I still
have a small
number of the special H44SI Solomon Islands Radio Society FDCs available
for sale - - please contact me for price details etc.
Sorry, I no longer have any mint stamps.
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Another H44 Ham Radio Cover:
Amateur Radio
from Space Shuttle
This cover is RARE!
Visit some other Marconi, Radio and Philatelic Sites:
International
Marconi Day--Official Site
Marconi Radio Club, Wellfleet
Massachusetts USA
100 Yrs of Radio
Joe Lufts
Philatelic Resources on the Web
Malte Aronsson's
Resource-pages for stamp collectors all over the world!
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