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The shop will remain open and we will be dealing with orders as quickly as possible on our return.
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2882. 🇬ðŸ‡ðŸ‡³ðŸ‡¬ðŸ‡¸ðŸ‡±ðŸ‡¬ðŸ‡²ðŸ‡¹ðŸ‡¬ ECOWAS Multicountry Sheet. - *New issues *- 🇬ðŸ‡ðŸ‡³ðŸ‡¬ðŸ‡¸ðŸ‡±ðŸ‡¬ðŸ‡²ðŸ‡¹ðŸ‡¬ *The 2026 ECOWAS Omnibus *- 12 February 2026 - 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States ...
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New Issue: Gaff Schooner Daina (Latvia) - A new Latvian stamp has been issued today. It celebrates a schooner called Daina . WOPA's website tells us about Daina : "The Three‑masted Gaff Schooner Da...
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Bason Bridge Climax rubber cancel 1919 - under Bridgwater not Highbridge - This postcard from October 1919 has a previously unknown Climax rubber cancel for "BASON BRIDGE / BRIDGWATER". The post office in Bason Bridge had close...
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SPAIN ~ 2026 CLNY - Year of Horse Maxicards - Spain 2026 Chinese Lunar New Year - Year of Horse ATM maxicards.
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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...
