Where is Bahamas? The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago’s land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago’s population. The archipelagic state consists of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and…
Where is Bahrain? Bahrain, is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island which makes up around 83 percent of the country’s landmass. Bahrain is situated between Qatar and…
Where is Basutoland? Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho. Though the Basotho (then known as Basuto) and their territory had been under British control starting in 1868. Between 1856 and 1868 the Basotho engaged in conflict with the Orange Free State and their king, Moshoeshoe I,…
Where are the Faroe Islands? The Faroe Islands (Føroyar) is an archipelago / island country in the North Atlantic and is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. While part of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Faroe Islands have been self-governing since 1948, controlling most areas apart from military defence, policing, justice, currency, and foreign affairs.…
Baden Franked with the 1851 Baden 9-kreuzer black stamp erroneously printed on blue green paper instead of the intended rose paper (Scott 4b), the cover was listed by Koehler with an opening bid of €800,000 – it sold for €1.26 million. With the buyer’s commission and fee added, the cover sold for €1,524,601.50, or approximately…
Where is Baden? Baden is a historical territory in Southern Germany and is situated just north of Switzerland, on both sides of the Upper Rhine. Bounded by Lake Constance on the south and by the river Rhine on the south and west, the region of Baden stretches from the Linzgau, Lörrach and Freiburg im Breisgau…
Where was Lombardy & Venetia? Lombardy-Venetia was a kingdom in northern Italy that was part of the Austrian empire. It was created in 1815 by resolution of the Congress of Vienna in recognition of the Austrian House of Habsburg-Lorraine’s rights to Lombardy and the former Republic of Venice after the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed…
Where was the Austrian Empire? In 1808, when Emperor Francis II of Austria dissolved the Holy Roman Empire, Austria became the Austrian Empire, and was also part of the German Confederation until the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. The lands occupied by this empire when it first issued stamps in 1850, included all or in part…
Who occupied Austria after WW2? Like Germany, Austria was occupied by Allied Forces in 1945 and it was divided into various administrative zones by their troops. Vienna, like Berlin, was in the middle of the Russian Zone and the city was also divided into zones. The Allied occupation of Austria started on 27 April 1945…
Where was the Anschluss? The Anschluss, or Anschluß, is also known as the Anschluss Österreichs (Annexation of Austria) and it refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. Although this annexation happened almost overnight, it was a long time coming and ‘the idea’ of an Anschluss began after the unification…
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