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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'in all' mail in 1683 - Prior to 1797 there were only six Post Roads from London. If mail was going from a place on one post road to somewhere on another post road then it went...
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2929. 🇮🇲 Isle Of Man - Supercar Island. - *New issues -* *🇮🇲 **Isle of Man Post Office *- 24 June 2026 - ‘Petrolcarhedonism, Supercar Island 2026’ - 6 stamps. Designed by *The 572 *from pho...
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New Issue: Saba Butterflies (Caribbean Netherlands) - A few months ago the Netherlands issued a new set of stamps about the butterflies of Saba. I reviewed them here. They are part of a four-part series lookin...
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ATM NEWS ~ Macau 2026 Specialized World Stampex - Macau 2026 Specialized World Stampex Issue Date: June 26, 2026 Label Size: 43 x 25.4 mm Printer: France Cartor Security P...
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STAMP COLLECTOR June 2026; Tomas Masaryk founder of Czechoslovakia - [image: Czechoslovakia; Tomas Masaryk in philately.] 'Stamp Collector' magazine June 2026 I thought I would mention the June 2026 'Stamp Colle...
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would you buy this????????????? I hope not!! - Ok I have not written for 5 months. Sorry, too many things to write about. Why bore you, just joking. The stamp scene is full of brilliant stamps ...
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Wales - Hi. Around Christmas last year, I had a small trip to Wales during which I sent myself a number of covers. This is mainly because many postal markings f...
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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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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...
