• Old Norfolk Post Offices Cover
    Books - Old Norfolk Post Offices

    New Book : Old Norfolk Post Offices

    January 17, 2016 - By 

    Today I am pleased to announce the launch of my new book entitled “Old Norfolk Post Offices – A Picture Postcard Tour” by Roger A. Davie. Here’s the preface from the book and some further details… Over the past few years I have been collecting postcards of old Norfolk post offices and also hunting around to see if they still exist. But this was not on foot or by car, this was a virtual tour as I did this using Google Earth – the ambitious and sometimes controversial mapping program we have all no doubt heard of by now. Finding…

  • Fritton Old Post Office
    Old Norfolk Post Offices

    Fritton, Norfolk

    May 18, 2015 - By 

    Fritton is a village in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 9 km (5.6 mi) south-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 11 km (6.8 mi) north-west of the Suffolk town of Lowestoft. It should not be confused with the village of the same name near Morning Thorpe in Norfolk. ~Wikipedia

  • Catfield Old Post Office
    Old Norfolk Post Offices

    Catfield, Norfolk

    May 18, 2015 - By 

    Catfield is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 19.7 miles (31.7 km) south-east of Cromer, 17.3 miles (27.8 km) north-east of Norwich and 136 miles (219 km) north-east of London. The village lies 2.7 miles (4.3 km) south-south-east of the nearby town of Stalham. ~Wikipedia

  • Spot on King's Cheek flaw
    Flaws - King George VI

    Falkland Islands Dependencies Map Flaws Part Two – Spot on King’s Cheek

    May 14, 2015 - By 

    Further to John Spencer’s comment here… John kindly sent me some images of another flaw that appears on the Falkland Island Dependencies Map set of stamps. I reproduce here the comments he sent me. Many thanks John ! Plate1 R5/1 Saunders and Harding in their Study Paper No 4 and later Goldberg gives a description for stamps in this position as: Small breaks in top frame line at either end. Defective 2nd E in WEDDELL. However, the most prominent feature is the spot on the King’s lower right cheek/chin/around his mouth. Possibly it was assumed to be a blemish or…