The recent Stanley Gibbons Auction held at their 399 Strand premises on December 15th confirmed that Asian philatelic material is again proving very popular with the China offers, in particular, more than doubling their lower pre-auction estimates.
Stanley Gibbons has announced that it has purchased the business of Nigel Haworth, the specialist stamp dealer, who previously traded as M & N Haworth.
For HAMPEX 2010 Stanley Gibbons will be providing "goody bags" to all children attending and prizes for the winners of the various junior competitions running throughout the day. The HAMPEX Junior workshop will commence at 10AM Saturday 16th October 2010 and is scheduled to finish at 12.30PM with a light lunch provided.
I found an interesting news release in my inbox today advising me about a new website, www.market-movements.com, which is planning to supply up to date market valuation advice for British stamps including First Day Covers. Read on for the full text of the news release.
Philatelic Congress of Great Britain, held in Kenilworth in July, saw collectors from across the world gathering to witness 6 new additions to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists and the re-introduction of the Congress Cup for the best paper presented over the course of the weekend.
The best-selling and most widely-read philatelic publication, Gibbons Stamp Monthly, is sporting a new look for the September 2010 edition including a striking new cover design and new page layout.
The British Government used the Isle of Man to intern enemy aliens during both World War 1 and 2 and foreign nationals were brought to the island from all parts of Great Britain.
During the 19th and earlier part of the 20th century, numeral postmarks used a number (or a combination of letters and numbers) to indicate the place stamp cancellations were made. This article consists of a long list, indexed in Post Office number order (alphanumerics at end), to help stamp collectors and postal history students identify the Scottish cities, towns or villages where items were originally posted.
Based on an article at Wikipedia, this is a rough timeline of various significant events in postal history, including dates relating to postage stamps. My aim is to gradually fill in gaps that exist in terms of British Postal history.
Popular garden birds will feature on the new Post & Go pictorial stamps to be made available on September 17th in a small number of Post Office branches and the Edinburgh Philatelic Bureau. Post & Go stamps will be the first of a Birds of Britain series of pictorial stamps planned for issue by self-service Post & Go terminals.
County names look set to be dropped from the official postal addresses used in the UK. Royal Mail is consulting on their plans to delete counties Postal Address Finder (PAF) database sold to companies and public bodies.
On October 13th 2010 two experts on writing and publishing for the philatelic press will take centre stage during a seminar for the National Philatelic Society titled "How to Publish a Society Journal".
Before postage stamps were issued in Great Britain there was, in fact, a well established and effective British postal system. The biggest difference was the recipient usually paid for any mail delivered rather than the sender.
The SG Ringwood Open Day takes place on Saturday 31st July between 9am and 1pm and follows a successful first Open Day for the company in April this year. Some tempting offers will be available to vistors including a 10% discount off almost everything in the SG product range just for starters!
In just a few days the Royal Mail will issue the UK's second set of ten Special Stamps featuring various Olympic and Paralympic events. The stamps will be available from Post Offices and the philatelic Bureau exactly two years before the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games is due to take place.
Following on from the index list we recently published of early english Post Office numbers, this list indexes all the known early welsh post office numbers and locations.
