




Alankomaat / Netherlands
Radio Oranje was a wartime resistance programme from London, as was the case with so many occupied countries. Scheveningen Radio near Haag was an important coast radio communicating with vessels on sea. The development of internet and satellite communications have made coast stations largely obsolete and many countries have stopped HF broadcasts.





Algeria


Andorra
Radio Andorra and Sud Radio were popular entertainment stations in the era when most European countries had a government monopoly radio. In the 1980s many countries finally permitted private commercial stations and the old international stations lost their market. These stamps commemorate the closure of Radio Andorra and the radio announcers.




Angola


Argentiina
Argentine cover commemorates the 50th anniversary of wireless postal service in South Orkneys. Even today wireless, in form or another, is the way of communication with remote and sparsely populated corners of the world.



Ascension

Australia
Another way to keep in touch with the mainland was international shortwave broadcasting. Australian foreign service Radio Australia was the most important source of information in Pacific. Norfolk Island wanted to celebrate it as well.





Bahama

Belgia / Belgium
Card to Dutch pirate Radio Veronica, 1964. Jeannette from Antwerpen requests Cliff Richard's The Young Ones. On the picture side a Nordmende transistor radio, suitable for Veronica listeners.



Bolivia

Bosnia


Brasilia




Bulgaria




Chile


Dominica

Djibouti

Ecuador
A Christian station HCJB was founded by American missionaries in Ecuador in 1931. It became one of the strongest shortwave stations in the whole world. "The Voice Of Andes" also relayed the programs of Radio Nacional del Ecuador, that didn't have a shortwave station. HCJB transmitted in numerous languages, for example in German and Swedish and Finnish.


Egypti

Viro / Estonia


Espanja / Spain






Etelä-Afrikka / South Africa




Grönlanti / Greenland

Falklandin saaret / Falkland Islands

Grönlanti

Hollannin Antillit / Netherlands Antilles






Intia / India


Irlanti / Eire


Islanti / Iceland

Iso-Britannia / Great Britain

Israel




Italia


Itävalta / Austria



Japani / Japan


Jugoslavia / Yugoslavia


Kamerun / Cameroon


Kanada / Canada


Kiina / China

Kiribati

Kolumbia / Colombia


Kuuba / Cuba

Komorit / Comores

Unkari / Hungary


Latvia

Liberia

Luxemburg / Luxembourg


Madagaskar

Man-saari

Meksiko / Mexico

Moldova





Monaco


Nauru

Nepal

Montserrat

Neuvostoliitto / Soviet Union










Norja / Norway


Paraguay



Polynesia

Puola / Poland




Ranska / France




Ruotsi / Sweden

Saksa / Germany

































Serbia




Salomonin Saaret / Solomon Islands

St.Lucia

Slovenia




Suomi / Finland








Surinam / Suriname

Sveitsi / Switzerland



Syyria

TAAF

Tanska / Denmark


Telefunken
Munchen 19.5.1973. In IBRA 1973 philatelic exhibition was introduced a Telefunken mail sorting machine. Demonstration mail was stamped with a Telefunken stamp. Only available at the philatelic exhibition. Very rare.

Tsekkoslovakia / Czechoslovakia

Uruguay


Vatikaani / Vatican




Wallis & Futuna

YK / United Nations (Wien)

Yhdysvallat / United States


