Thursday, 4 October 2018
New in our shop - Stampex FDCs, and maximum cards
We've put a few new items in our shop today, new Machin first day covers and Mail by Bike Maximum Cards, which are found most easily by looking at Recent Additions.
Other philatelic blogs (open in new tabs)
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SPAIN ~ 2026 CLNY - Year of Horse ATM Maxicard - Spain 2026 Chinese Lunar New Year - Year of Horse ATM maxicard, special cancelled on February 17, 2026, First day of horse new year. Exclusive limited Go...
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2885. 🇨🇾 Cyprus Commemorates Event Of The Greek War Of Independence. - *New issues -* *🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -* 26 March 2026 - 75th anniversary of the Cyprus Red Cross - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Baltic Banknote High Security...
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Early Strip Maps - John Ogilby 1675 & 1698, Bowen & Owen 1720 and Paterson 1785 - I managed to acquire a number of early maps in a recent auction of some material from the Bath Postal Museum (sadly closed). The earliest maps I acquire...
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UK Stamp Fairs in April - The following stamp fairs will take place in April. Wednesday 1st April CIRENCESTER - The Bingham Hall, King Street, GL7 1JT Time: 9.30am - 3.30pm Conta...
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I'm going to cry... - This morning, I was monitoring a Royal Mail webpage. Before 8am, they had announced business and retail postal/service rate changes... but no mention abo...
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STAMP COLLECTOR March 2026: Australia decimal postal history - I am pleased to mention that the March 2026 STAMP COLLECTOR has my article on how to collect Australian decimal postal history. It also is the lead stor...
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Poland - Poste Restante Return to Sender Marking - A contact in Poland to whom I sent some items recently as Poste Restante to their local post office didn't pick them up in time. Today I got this return...
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Christmas 2025 produces a mixed bag of modern postal history! - *We always expect at the busy Christmas period there will be oddities in the mail. No longer postmarks from Universal machines, but sometimes oddities o...
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Almost Everything Must Go - Firstly, my apologies for being conspicuous by my absence for nearly three years. Whilst the King's definitives are similar in design to Machins, I decid...
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priced to sell or priced to get rid of? - The thing about buying stamps from an online marketplace is, in my humble view, you get what you pay for. You can buy a nice set described as Mint Ne...
