Whilst on the subject of the benighted North Ingermanland can anyone tell me whether covers (genuine rather than philatelic) are relatively common or uncommon as the case may be? Alan

New Stamps Misspell 'Motorcycle' Sep 01 1:11 PM US/Eastern By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON

Mette, Can you answer a question for me please. Are the current Danish definitives (Queen, shield and wavy line) issued in cylinder of plate blocks and if so are they collected as such ?. Alan

Telegram workers meet at reunion A reunion has taken place of more than 120 former telegram boys who between them have 3,000 years of service with the Post Office (PO). Many of the workers, some of whom are still employed by the PO, donned their uniforms for the meeting. Most of them began work...

I would imagine that Stanley Gibbons call on their retail and auction business plus many other sources to produce the price values in their catalogues. Is anyone aware how Scott obtains information to produce their own catalogues?.

In this months SG Magaine,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, US ‘Forever’ stamp The US Postal Service has informed the Postal Rate Commission of its proposals for a ‘Forever’ stamp. The stamp will not carry a denomination and it will be a ‘non-expiring’ stamp. The stamp would be valid for the...

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What is a missing perf ? (Im talking about UK Macins in particular) Is it a completley unpunched perf hole or its been lightly punche and the 'chaff' is still attached (or something else). Anyone have an answer ?? Thanks Alan

USPS to change stamp rules November 2006 Commemoration period to be reduced The USPS is set to announce in January that it is reducing the period after death that individuals can be commemorated with stamps. Currently set at ten years, there are now plans in place to change the rule to five...

Are stamps issued by IOM, Jersey & Guernsey valid for use in the UK ?

I just saw this block on eBay showing the Danish World Cup soccer team. The top two rows seem ok to use but the lower row !!!!!!!!!!!! http://cjoint.com/?hdtLMc2LMl

May 28, 2004 Does Queen Get Her Mail on Time? You've Got to Wonder By SARAH LYALL EWCASTLE, England - Even by the shaky standards of today's British postal service, it seemed a bit excessive to Margaret Clare, not receiving any mail at all for three months. "When you move into a new house, you...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/06/27/nmail27.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/06/27/ixhome.html MPs are sent letters about misdelivered mail by post watchdog - but none of them arrives By Roya Nikkhah (Filed: 27/06/2004) The postal services watchdog, Pos****ch, has lodged an...

Just one of the items listed by Stanley Gibbons on ebay: "1923-24 1r red-brown and blue-green (slight crease), 2r carmine and brown (tone patch, not visible from front), otherwise fresh, part o.g. (cat £60)" Their buy it now price £12.95

This is the mark.... http://cjoint.com/?gyrmQGTbEF Card.. http://cjoint.com/?gyrnx2XCVH

I have some odd UK Framas lying around. Does anyone know if they they are still valid for postage ? Alan

Help! Beatles stamps prove global hit LONDON: Britain’s Royal Mail released a first-ever series of stamps featuring The Beatles on Tuesday, and immediately forecast they would break global records for sales of a single issue. Demand from countries including Japan, the United States and Canada...

Does anyone know if the Kuwait Philatelic Bureau is still operating? My wife started collecting the country's stamps in 1980 and had been regularly receiving new issues. Then after the beginning of last year nothing more arrived. She has still a positive account balance. I have tried mailing the...

Apart from the need to fit in the entire name of the protectorate is there any reason for the large cancellations? http://www.geocities.com/stamppna/Gilbert.jpg Alan

Just thought i'd bring this site to all and sundries attention http://www.italianstates.com one of the better philatelic sites about. Alan