michael adams scribbled
Stamps have disappeared from the majority of envelopes and long distance contact is usually by email.
What about the cards & albums that appear every time there's a football or rugby world cup? I thought they were Panini.
Spinks are still going. They have an auction on today.
Could well be. I don't really keep up.
Another thing that had a big impact on collecting were sites such as eBay. As they take a lot of the fun out of collecting - the thrill of the chase, finding bargains in unikely places etc. Now all possible, if at all, sat in an archair.
Stanley Gibbons were always the d's bs in the stamp world. There used to be postal auctions as well. Spinks were mainly known for coins. Gibbons for their Stamp catalogues Spinks for their their coin catalogues.
Another thing that may or may not influence prices is if whether any billionaires or oligarchs take up stamp collecting as a hobby maybe.
michael adams
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The Green Shield Co started Argos in order to have a sales outlet with the same stock held for redeeming the stamps. With Argos shops alongside Green Shield they shared the same store and product codes. When interest in the stamps faded away the sales outlet became dominant.
And the buying power, buying network and transport infrastructure.
A pretty brilliant move, I always thought.
replying to Harry Bloomfield, S teve Panting wrote: The use of these stamps was discontinued in 2000. Though you may be able to redeem them through the Post Office, there are collectors that will pay more than the face value for them. Some are worth 10 times the face value. There were about 13 different issues. You might try selling them on ebay or something.
чацвер, 26 лістапада 2015 г. у 15:01:01 UTC+3 карыстальнік Harry Bloomfield напісаў:
This stamps is object of Philatelistic collections (like more convenient post/mail stamps)
Some history oh telephone stamps see:
Yerwot? Brian
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