Our office will be closed from 12-24 April, although we may be able to access the internet and allow blog-comments through to be published.
The shop will remain open and we will be dealing with orders as quickly as possible on our return.
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Uniform Fourpenny Post not prepaid from Dulverton, December 1839 - The entire below was sent from Dulverton to Tiverton on 11th December 1839, with "to be delivered immediately" on the front. The Uniform Fourpenny Post ...
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2864. 🇮🇪 An Post To Commemorate United States Rebellion. - *New issues -* *🇮🇪 ** An Post *(postal service of the *Republic of Ireland*) *- * 24 February 2026 - 250th anniversary of the American rebellion - ...
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New Issue: Post & Go - Parishes - Part I (Jersey) - Just a few days before Guernsey issued its new issue celebrating the island's parishes, Jersey brought out its own set. Is this a coincidence? Like Guernse...
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ATM NEWS ~ Spain - 2026 CLNY - Year of Horse - 2026 Chinese Lunar New Year - Year of Horse Issue Date: February 17, 2026 Label Size: Printer:
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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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STAMP COLLECTOR Feb 026; King Emmanuel III Italy - [image: Stamp Magazine with King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy thematic article] STAMP COLLECTOR magazine February 2026 Tme to mention my next article...
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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...
