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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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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ATM NEWS ~ France - 2026 FFAP Congress Paris - 2026 FFAP Congress Paris Issue Date: June 11, 2026 Label Size: 80 x 30 mm Printer: Philaposte Quantity: 22,500...
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2897. 🇳🇿 New Zealand Celebrates Foraging. - *New issues -* *🇳🇿** New Zealand Post *- 6 May 2026 - ‘Foraging’ - 4 gummed stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps . Designed by Nick...
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A response from Royal Mail - A few weeks ago, I wrote this letter to Royal Mail . I am pleased to say that Royal Mail have replied, so I am sharing the response here. Firstly, I'd like...
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Maps of Bath from 1676, 1764, 1818, 1835 and 1911 - This first "Map of Bathe" is from "A discourse of Bathe, and the Hot Waters There" by Thomas Guidott in 1676, with the engraving by F.H. Van Houe. The ne...
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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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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...
