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Christmas Island

This is my last Trumbology before, in a little more than a week from now, I pass to my successor Karen Quinlan the precious baton of the Directorship of the National Portrait Gallery.

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Christmas Island stamps, issued 1990
Christmas Island stamps, issued 1990
Richard Rowe, February 1615 Letters Received by the East India Company from Its Servants in the East, Vol. II: 1613-1615
Richard Rowe, February 1615 Letters Received by the East India Company from Its Servants in the East, Vol. II: 1613-1615
John Milward, 1615
John Milward, 1615
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1972
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1972
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1972
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1972
Le royaume de Siam, 1707-1741 by Joachim Ottens
Le royaume de Siam, 1707-1741 by Joachim Ottens
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1973
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1973
Chart of the Malay Archipelago and the Dutch discoveries in Australia (detail), 1618-1628 Hessel Gerritsz
Chart of the Malay Archipelago and the Dutch discoveries in Australia (detail), 1618-1628 Hessel Gerritsz
William Dampier, circa 1697-1698 by Thomas Murray
William Dampier, circa 1697-1698 by Thomas Murray
A New Voyage Round the World, 1697 by William Dampier
A New Voyage Round the World, 1697 by William Dampier
A Voyage to and from the Island of Borneo, in the East Indies, 1718 by Captain Daniel Beeckman
A Voyage to and from the Island of Borneo, in the East Indies, 1718 by Captain Daniel Beeckman
H.M.S. Amethyst, in a gale in the Bay of Biscay, 27 September 1856
H.M.S. Amethyst, in a gale in the Bay of Biscay, 27 September 1856
John Murray
John Murray
Admiral Sir George Strong Nares KCB (1831-1915), Arctic explorer and commander of 'Challenger'
Admiral Sir George Strong Nares KCB (1831-1915), Arctic explorer and commander of 'Challenger'
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1972
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1972
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1989
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1989
Captain Pelham Aldrich by Alfred H. Cade
Captain Pelham Aldrich by Alfred H. Cade
Joseph Jackson Lister, 1786-1869
Joseph Jackson Lister, 1786-1869
A Monograph of Christmas Island by the naturalist (3. Blue tailed skink) by Charles William Andrews
A Monograph of Christmas Island by the naturalist (3. Blue tailed skink) by Charles William Andrews
Christmas Island stamps issued in 1978
Christmas Island stamps issued in 1978
Rear Admiral Sir William Wharton by Harry M. Allen (active 1907–1937)
Rear Admiral Sir William Wharton by Harry M. Allen (active 1907–1937)
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll by George Frederic Watts
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll by George Frederic Watts
Admiral Sir William Henry May GCB
Admiral Sir William Henry May GCB
Royal Navy Armoured Cruiser Imperieuse as built with two masts, 1883
Royal Navy Armoured Cruiser Imperieuse as built with two masts, 1883
George Clunies-Ross stamp issued 1978
George Clunies-Ross stamp issued 1978
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1977
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1977
Cosmo Clunies Ross' bungalow at Home Island, Cocos Island, ca. 1915
Cosmo Clunies Ross' bungalow at Home Island, Cocos Island, ca. 1915
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1972
Christmas Island stamp, issued 1972
Map of Christmas Island, 1901
Map of Christmas Island, 1901
Chinese labourers on Christmas Island
Chinese labourers on Christmas Island
SS Cathay, 1924
SS Cathay, 1924
Harold Spencer Jones
Harold Spencer Jones
Albert Einstein, 1922
Albert Einstein, 1922
SNLF soldiers posing with a captured British coastal gun after the conquest of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, April 1942
SNLF soldiers posing with a captured British coastal gun after the conquest of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, April 1942
Christmas Island stamps, issued 1992
Christmas Island stamps, issued 1992
Phosphate mining and loading, 1973
Phosphate mining and loading, 1973
Phosphate mining and loading, 1973
Phosphate mining and loading, 1973
The MV Tampa with 438 rescued asylum seekers. Wallenius Wilhelmsen/AAP
The MV Tampa with 438 rescued asylum seekers. Wallenius Wilhelmsen/AAP
Abbott's Booby Christmas Island stamps issued 1990
Abbott's Booby Christmas Island stamps issued 1990
Christmas Island stamps, issued 1994
Christmas Island stamps, issued 1994
Hastings TG 582 over London, Christmas Island (Pacific), Aug 1956
Hastings TG 582 over London, Christmas Island (Pacific), Aug 1956
Operation Grapple, May 1957
Operation Grapple, May 1957
Running Survey of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean / prepared in August and September 1908 under the superintendence of Sir John Murray
Running Survey of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean / prepared in August and September 1908 under the superintendence of Sir John Murray
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