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561. Liberation Of The Channel Islands The Channel Islands lie off the coast of Northern France near to Cherbourg. They were the only part of the United Kingdom officially occupied by Germany during the Second World War.
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562. German War Propaganda Issues During the second world war, both Britain and Germany employed many propaganda stunts. Britain “unofficially” produced bogus German stamps, showing a portrait of Himmler instead of Hitler. ...
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563. New £20 Note The Bank of England issued a new £20 note on 13 March 2007. The note features a portrait of Adam Smith, who is described as one of the fathers of modern economics. It is the same size and colour as the old-style £20 note that features Sir Edward ...
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564. Smilers Smilers is the common name for the Royal Mail scheme for issuing personalised sheets of stamps. The sheets are available with 10 or 20 first class 24/09/2007 | 1 comment(s) | Read more...

565. Mount Pleasant Post Office The area on which Royal Mail Mount Pleasant now stands was originally open fields on rising ground above the River Fleet. In the 18th century, a cold spring on the site was reputed to have great medicinal properties. This attracted many bathers ...
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566. Post Office Railway – London Mail Rail In the 1850’s, the post office realised it needed a quick way of transporting mail short distances between post offices, primarily in London. In 1853 the first ever so called “mail tube” went in to service. Although it was just over 200 metres ...
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567. Kiloware Kiloware - term used to describe stamps sold by weight rather than quality - and unless otherwise indicated the majority of which is one country and common or and current stamps - used with many other terms to give a better or clearer ...
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568. Broken Frame Broken Frame – term used to describe a break in the frame or outer edge of the design of the stamp or vignette, when it has been caused by damage to the printing plate. This then looks like a white break in the coloured line. Rob B...
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569. Broken Letter Broken Letter – term used when an overprint or surcharge has some damage causing malformed or broken letters. When this happens it becomes an aide to collectors to identify specific position on a sheet of stamps. Rob Browning
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570. Bullseyes Bullseyes – a popular name for the first stamps of Brazil which have large white numbers printed on a circle of black. Rob Browning
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