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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Wambrook climax rubber cancels, 1911 & 1922 - Wambrook had three different climax rubber cancels; below are examples of the first (from 1911) and the third (from 1922). A second cancel is known used...
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2830. 🇵🇰 Pakistan Commemorates United Nations Anniversary. - *New issues *- 🇳🇷 *Nauru Post *- 26 October 2022 - Birth centenary of Hammer de Roburt, first president of Nauru - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet ...
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Spain postal activities (including postby.me tourist operator) - Hi. This is following on from a post I made recently about postal experiments and covers I sent during my trip to Gibraltar this year. Here I will fo...
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Is it too early for Season's Greetings? - No, not for me it isn't... I send Christmas/New Year/Season's greetings cards in the post, and many of those go overseas. Postal services can be on the s...
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STAMP COLLECTOR magazine Dec. 2025; vexillology philately - *STAMP COLLECTOR* magazine December 2025 Time to mention my first article for a long time for this magazine, January 2016 had been the previous text ...
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Unusual surcharge label appears over two years after stamp invalidations - *Following on from the previous post of an Antigua stamp being accepted through the mail at Sheffield Mail Centre, JW has sent this image from Reddit of ...
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ATM NEWS ~ Aland - Aland Common Trees - Aland Common Trees Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) European spruce (Picea alies) white birch (Betula pubescens) pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) Issue D...
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30c Marie-Adélaïde Official - Variety: Retouched "e" of "Officiel" - + René Berlingin Certificate (!) - * 30c Marie-Adélaïde Official* *with retouched "e" * *Berlingin Certificate* [image: Picture of Berlingin] * René Berlingin * *1911-1986* S...
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New King Charles III Horizon Labels - Today 31st July 2023 is the last day of validity for the old style Machins without a barcode. So it is now an official fact and a sad day. It is also guar...
