Continue reading »]]> In May of 1946 the Belgian postal authority authorised a reduction in the postal rates paid at the time.  A typographed surcharge was applied to the governments supply of the 1Fr.50¢, 2Fr. and 5Fr. stamps.  As for the local post offices they were authorised to apply handstamps with the ‘-10%’ reduction on site.  Hundreds of types and sizes are known.  This is an excellent collection of the 1946 Provisionals with a wide assortment of the local overprints.  Should be almost impossible to duplicate.  There are at least 92 different overprints represented in this collection with the basic value for the most common type in mint at $12.60.  This Powerhouse Provisional collection is housed in ‘The American Album’.  To view many more scans of this fine collection please check it out on our website.  Our Price $1500.

Continue reading »]]> It has been another productive week with plenty of interesting items making their way into our inventory.  Still more Brazil, Portugal and other Latin countries see additions.  Also Italy, with concentration on back-of-the-book material.  Some British Commonwealth in the form of sets and singles.  For Canada we have added more select items in early used and mint including mint never hinged Newfoundland.  For the collector of China a selection of fresh mint stamps from before World War II are new as well.

Continue reading »]]> The last number of days have been spent much as the few weeks before, namely in the adding to inventory of stamps from Latin countries.  Portugal and Italy in particular see many new additions.  For the British Empire many singles and sets have been added from such places as Dominica, Gibraltar and Great Britain itself including British Offices Abroad.  Germany and France are two popular areas we have not overlooked with some sets and singles having been added.  For our mainstay of Canada we have added postmarks by the province with the most popular provinces to collect leading the way; Quebec, Manitoba and B.C.  Also; Canada Officials both the overprinted and perforated varieties have been added to inventory in significant quantities.

Continue reading »]]> Over the last week we have mostly finished the work of adding the recently acquired tremendous collection of Latin America and Portuguese Colonies to our inventory.  For the last number of days the area seeing the most growth has been Brazil where we have had to add another box to our red boxes.  More Canada mint in the Semi-Classic era as well as used Classics make their way into inventory.  Lately we have been adding many imperf.  stamps which are usually found in perfed., and the last few days have not been an exception.

Continue reading »]]> We are back into our accustomed mode of new inventory additions in that we are once again adding to our three most popular areas.  Once again we are adding interesting used Canada along with some fresh mint.  For the British Commonwealth we have added items from Labuan, Samoa, Australia, Indian States and Great Britain itself.  Our other popular area lately has been China to which we have added some mint never hinged pre-World War II items, sets and singles from The People’s Republic of China as well as sets from The Republic of China.  Outside of our top three we have added a few items including some used part sets from Italy, some early Afghanistan singles and seldom seen Worldwide imperf. sets and singles usual occuring perfed.

Continue reading »]]> George VI 2d. Imperium Type in a Plate number pair.  Mint never hinged Very Fine.  Stanley Gibbons cat. £2,80 for normal stamps.  The Imperium series was generally printed in two entries; the first was for the Duty Plate: the country and the value, the second was the Head Plate: the frame, portrait and ornamentation.  This interesting example shows a #2 in a circle for the Duty Plate entry and a #3 in a circle for the Head Plate Entry.  Our Price: $15.

Continue reading »]]> The last number of days have in large part been spent cataloguing and describing a rather extensive and choice collection assembled by a discerning collector.  The focus of that particular collector was Portugal and her Colonies as well as Latin America.  In addition to the seldom seen better items from those areas we have also added some Interesting British Empire material to our inventory in the form of the Leeward Islands, Fiji, and Officials from South Australia.  Busy as we were we still found time to add some items from Canada and Newfoundland with mint and neatly cancelled used items coming to light.  Also, it seems the heat is still on for the area of China where stamps from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of China, Hong Kong as well as Macao, the latter courtesy of our discerning Portuguese area collector, have all been added.  Lastly, for those with a penchant for the odd and curious, we have added a few sets from Tannu Tuva.

Continue reading »]]> Edward VII Key Type 1/2d. bicolour pair.  Used with a virtually complete ‘St. John NB Ship Letter’ postmark Very Fine.  This Philatelic Nugget harkens back to a time when St. John was a very important centre of commerce and ship building.  A time when trade between the Caribbean and the Maritime Provinces was much more active than today.  This is a very scarce and highly desirable item, especially in light of the fact that it is largely complete.  Our Price: $250.

Continue reading »]]> It has been an interesting week since our last update, with an eclectic mix of stamps making their way into inventory.  As far as Canada goes, it is always worth checking in that we are almost always diligently adding new material to our inventory in the form  of mint and used earlier stamps.  War Tax issues have been particularly popular and we have added a few more to this category.  Norway stamps in key mint singles and sets have been added.  For the British Commonwealth look for British Pacific with countries such as New Zealand, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Niue.  Sierra Leone sees a few new and interesting items added as well.  Once again we have been fortunate enough to add some exciting People’s Republic of China and Republic of China to inventory also.