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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Advertising card for The George, Commercial Inn & Post House, Ilminster - Below is an undated advertising card for The George Inn and Hotel in Ilminster. Queen Victoria stayed there at the age of 7 months in 1819 (as Princess ...
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2870. 🇲🇲 Myanmar Commemorates Tea Industry. - *New issues -* *🇲🇲 **Myanmar Post *- 26 February 2026 - Myanmar Tea - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Myanmar Post from ph...
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New Issue: Jersey's Pollinators - Bees (Jersey) - Jersey has issued this absolutely remarkable set today showing bees. Xanthe asked if I want to review this because I am into nature and really like bees. I...
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SINGAPORE ~ 2026 CLNY - Year of Horse Maxicard - Singapore 2026 Chinese Lunar New Year - Year of Horse ATM Maxicards.
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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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February is the shortest month - As we approach February., I look for new people to write to, hoping for more than a one-off correspondence, though whether they'll become good penpals i...
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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...
