today's eBay hopeful!

It just keeps getting better. Star hopeful today is the character offering this philatelic gem. It's a magnificent average used copy of the exceedingly rare 14p Wedding stamp - sold as seen! The price - a mouthwatering £1.99 buy it now, plus 50p post and packing of course. I can see potential bidders just queueing up to get their hands on it ...

new website items

I'm putting some more revenue stock on today including the above nice set of NZ unemployment relief stamps.

wow - eBay bargain!!

Today's classic 'bargain' on eBay is this gem. It appears to be an ordinary Machin 3 1/2p definitive. The hopeful poster doesn't say whether it's mint or used, and the magnificently blurred picture doesn't really give a clue.

The price of this classic - starting at 99p. Post and packing is an amazing £2.00!! What are they packing it in - 24 carat gold??

australian antarctic territory

I'mcurrently putting some nice AAT material on the website, found at the back of a rather bland Australia stockbook! (There are also some very nice OS Australian stamps and postage dues to follow).

new issue

The new insect stamps are really good. They've been kept really simple on a plain background.

I'm currently using these to stamp kiloware lots - either in blocks of ten or complete sheets of thirty.

themes on the website

All stamps now being listed are also, where appropriate, listed under themes. This is the thumbnail for 'planes and helicopters'. All the thumbnails are from my own camera! If you look in the distance you can make out the Isle of Wight - this was on a recent trip to Prague.

more in hope than expectation

There's a new star in the eBay firmament!

This character advertises 10 stamps with the description 'Mixed lot of 10 stamps uk and worldwide used postage stamps.Will not be ones in the picture.I have a lot of stamps so please bid so I can clear some space in my cuboard.They have been stored in a cuboard so they are in quite good condition'. Starting at 1p - but with post at £1.00.

But wait - you can get 100 stamps (picture again nothing to do with what you'll get!) but postage is a bargain at just £5! £5 for 100 stamps ... oh dear!

No bidders so far of course ...

unusual revenue specimens (click to buy)

I've just managed to get my hands on several matched pairs of the Southern Rhodesia revenues in proofs, both perf and imperf. All will be listed today on the website.