Tag Archive: great britain

Jan
24

January 24th, 2012

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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.  …

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Sep
27

Interesting Inks — Weekly Feature #368

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Philatelists pursue some quite arcane byways. One of these is the difficult and often subjective topic of describing and differentiating colours. This week we offer a clue to the colour ultramarine. It comes from an archival page believed to be from the De La Rue printing firm. It is the top quarter of a ledger …

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