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    Books - Queen Victoria

    Book: Barbados – The Britannia issues, M Fitz Roett

    October 17, 2025 - By 

    This book is the second edition of Fitz Roett’s book examining the early Britannia issues of Barbados. The editors have taken the opportunity to thoroughly review and update the content since the first edition was published in 2013, as well as making changes to the layout and formatting. Where possible, different images of blocks and covers have been used than those in the first edition. Profusely illustrated in colour, in addition to background details on each stamp and issue, the book provides detailed listings of known blocks and covers along with their provenance. An essential book for the Barbados collector.…

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    Norvic Machin Security Checklist

    February 5, 2020 - By 

    A listing of stamps by value and type, with details of the Royal Mail products which produced each one, showing the more detailed numbering system we use. Dates of issue or discovery, and dates of printing are shown where known. A cross-reference table of the stamps based on the Stanley Gibbons catalogue is also included. The latest version includes the numbers in Gibbon’s Concise 2019. Also includes a table showing which stamps were issued in each year. This is a very useful and professional guide to identifying stamps of this type. As notified on the Stampboards forum today by Ian…

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    Stanley Gibbons Goes Digital

    May 15, 2019 - By 

    Stanley Gibbons has stepped into digital publishing this week with many catalogues now available to buy in PDF format. This means you can now view them on phones, tablets and PCs. This of course makes them somewhat more portable, especially if you always have your phone or tablet with you. Gibbons have also updated their My Collection app to make use of the 2019 Stamps of the World data set and have made a host of changes and improvements based on user feedback. Another benefit of offering digital is that the retail price is quite lower than the usual printed…

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    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…