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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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...
