1. Rare Postage Stamps
Rare Postage Stamps are a part of the postal histories of postage systems the world over and often date back to over a hundred years or more.
2. Rare Canadian Stamps
Canada has a very interesting postal history right from French control (1608-1763) to the Dominion of Canada since 1868. In the interim period, Canada also had British and provincial control. We take a look at some of the Rare Canadian stamps thr...
3. Royal Mail Stamps
Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom. Historically, the General Post Office was a government department, which included and still does the Royal Mail delivery business; but it became The Post Office, a state-owned corpo...
4. Revenue stamp
A revenue stamp, tax stamp or fiscal stamp is a type of adhesive label used to collect taxes or fees on various items. Many countries of the world have used them, for documents, tobacco products, liquor, drugs, playing cards, hunting licenses and...
6. Rare Stamps
If you’re a stamp collector, then there may be stamps of different values in your collection. There are probably rare and valuable stamps that you’d like to own. But if you’re new to the world of stamp collecting, you may not be aware of the rare...
7. Royal Mail Facing Record Fines
Royal Mail is facing a record fine, estimated to be larger than the £11.4m fine it received in 2006, for failing to adequately prevent mail being lost, damaged or stolen.
8. Royal Mail Commemorative Sheets
Royal mail has introduced yet another new product to add to its already bulging range of products. They are called “Commemorative Sheets” and the first one went on sale on the 1st of April, while another is planned for later i...
9. Real Football Stamps – Euro 2008. The Euro 2008 competition may be a sore point for British football fans, but Austria is celebrating the event with what is being described as one of the most sought after stamps of the year.
10. Religious Arguments Over Stamps – Christmas 2005.
In 2005, Royal Mail set about designing its traditional Christmas issue, and decided as religion as a subject, for the first time in
many years. They decided to use paintings of the Madonna and Child taken from around...
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