http://www.gbstamp.co.uk/directory/ Most popular Copyright: (C) Stamp Directory The accurately described condition of GB stamps is crucial to the real value and investment potential of your future stamp collection so it is vital to understand the commonly used terms for stamp condition. http://gbstamp.co.uk/article/judge-the-condition-of-british-stamps-before-you-buy-64.html Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:24:34 -0500 Article from the Financial Times about stamp collecting as an alternative form of investment. http://bit.ly/5q3AqM Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:44:08 -0500 Interesting article detailing the potential of a home based business dealing in vintage images from antique real photo postcards (RPPC). http://jotty.co.uk/lifestyle/real-photo-postcards-a-home-based-hobby-and-business-to-enjoy/ Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:36:32 -0400 eBid is a similar website to eBay where stamp collectors and dealers can trade their stamps and covers. eBid have revamped the website for 2010. http://gbstamp.co.uk/article/ebay-alternative-ebid-reveals-fresh-new-look-for-2010-95.html Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:02:35 -0500 Following the success of the 2009 British Design Classics issue the first Royal Mail stamp issue of 2010 will feature the classic art and designs of British album covers.... http://gbstamp.co.uk/article/royal-mail-offer-more-british-design-classics-classic-albums-71.html Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:18:56 -0500 An article that explores the benefits of stamp collecting as a children;s hobby and asking why more parents aren't promoting the hobby to their children? http://gbstamp.co.uk/article/stamp-collecting-gives-kids-a-sense-of-values-and-much-more-8.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:20:36 -0500 Many of us focus on building stamp or cover collections with little regard to eventual profit but I believe our hobby benefits from the more entrepreneurial ideas of some shrewder stamp collectors and hobby dealers. http://gbstamp.co.uk/article/making-profits-from-new-gb-stamp-issues-75.html Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:16:52 -0500 You've seen scratch and sniff cards in magazines aiming to promote a ladies fragrance but this article questions if there's a true market for scratch n sniff postage stamps? http://gbstamp.co.uk/article/what-should-postage-stamps-smell-like-87.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:17:51 -0500 Information about the colour trials undertaken prior to the worlds first postage stamps being issued in Great Britain. http://www.imagesoftheworld.org/stamps/colour-trials-1840.htm Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:44:08 -0400 index of press releases relevant to the UK, Royal Mail, British philately and GB Stamps at StampNews.com http://www.stampnews.com/tags/United_Kingdom.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:29:01 -0400 A work in progress detailing the timeline of Postal History. http://gbstamp.co.uk/article/timeline-of-events-in-global-postal-history-154.html Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:12:57 -0400 Article detailing Captain Dick Merill's trans-atlantic flight in 1937 which aimed to prove the route viability and the philatelic covers produced to help fund the enterprise. http://bit.ly/grqY2j Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:54:13 -0500 This is where you'll find good quality scanned images of mostly Great Britain stamps, definitive and commemorative. There is also the odd foreign or world stamp, plus some postal miscellanea to view too. http://www.blabr.co.uk/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:27:01 -0500 The first ever British Post & Go commemorative stamps were, for many, a surprise issue at Autumn Stampex in 2011. http://gbstamp.co.uk/article/royal-mail-post-and-go-tribute-to-arnold-machin-213.html Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:45:57 -0500