February Stamp Fair at Salisbury Cathedral
A stamp fair featuring 15 dealer stands has been organised for Friday 10th and Saturday 11th February 2012 within the grounds of Salisbury Catherdral. The event has been organised by the Machin Collectors Club in conjunction with the well know local stamp dealers, Dauwalders. [...]
Stampex Diamond Jubilee Post and Go Commemorative Faststamps Issue
The second ever Post & Go commemorative faststamp issue will unsurprisingly be used to mark the Diamond Jubilee of HM The Queen. As with the first commemorative Post & Go stamps, these Jubilee faststamps will be exclusively available from Hytech machines during Spring Stampex. [...]
Charity Stamps and Kiloware
Maybe you can find Channel Islands stamps in kiloware? Browse a great selection of GB kiloware and on paper stamp mixes from Europe, the British Commonwealth and worldwide. Always plenty of charity stamp mixtures and kiloware. Buying kiloware can prove rewarding for the stamp collector who enjoys sorting bulk stamp lots for the odd rarity or interesting item.
Tearfund to Benefit from Stanley Gibbons First 2012 Public Auction
A fine collection of Great Britain stamps and covers from the reign of King George V will be sold By Stanley Gibbons on behalf of the "Tearfund" charity during their first 2012 public auction, sale number 5865, being held at 399 Strand, London on Thursday 22nd March. The proceeds of the collection being sold as 310 individual lots are being donated to the "Tearfund" charity. [...]
Avoid Paying Too Much for Sheep on eBay
Browsing eBay today I was surprised to see that a number of collectors have been paying over the odds for the forthcoming Royal Mail Post and Go Sheep stamp issue that hasn't even been released yet! [...]
Enter The Dragon Royal Mail Celebrates Chinese New Year on Special Stamp Sheet
There’s nothing quite like the experience of a Chinese New Year, a two-week cultural celebration full of colour, energy, and, of course, plenty of fireworks. To mark the start of the Year of the Dragon, Royal Mail released a limited-edition sheet on 20th January which feature celebrations by Chinese communities around the UK alongside 10 self-adhesive 1st Class Fireworks stamps. [...]
Bletchley Park Are Putting Their Stamp on the Alan Turing Centenary Year
Four special First Day Covers are being released by Bletchley Park on 23rd February 2012 marking the birth centenary year of Alan Turing, the mathematician, wartime code-breaker and visionary pioneer of modern computer science. [...]
Talk by the Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection at The British Postal Museum and Archive
Marking The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year, Michael Sefi, the Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection introduces and discusses aspects of this famous collection at The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA). [...]
Preview of the Royal Mail British Comics Issue Due in March 2012
Royal Mail will be issuing a special stamp issue on 20th March 2012 celebrating 75 Years of classic British Comics. Here's a preview of what the stamps will look like and details of the iconic - and now keenly collected - comics they will be featuring [...]
CLICK TO SEARCH POST & GO STAMP OFFICES
