16th-18th September

16 September 2021

Australia. Latest new issue: Full Steam Ahead with 5 different stamps, the same five but in self-adhesive (also available from the booklet as a strip) and of course a mini sheet.

17 September 2021

Luxembourg. On and off over the last few days, I have been working on an accumulation of Luxembourg. Sadly the stamps were disorganised but once I had them sorted, I found items for my stock as well as more back-up.

18 September 2021

Zambia. I worked on a collection of this country and added plenty of new material. There are a few items even up to the mid-1990s.  

4th-8th September 2021

4 September 2021

More French Colonies: today Dahomey, Dedeagatz, Diego Suarez, Fezzan, Gabon, Great Comoro and Guadeloupe. Lots of new material.

6 September 2021

Australia new issues. 17 Gold Medal Winners.

7 September 2021

French Guinea. Several new items added to stock. This finishes book one of a four volume collection. I will work on something different before returning to the French Colonies.

8 September 2021

Commonwealth. I put away stamps from three small collections: Falklands, Pitcairn and St Christopher-Nevis. In each case, the period covered was 1953-mid 1970s and although not complete, each gave a fair representation of their stamps. There were a few items needed to fill gaps left by eager customers!

Rhodesia + Nyasaland. The best part here was the Malawi collection which had stamps from the first issues through to about 1985. Much of this was new to my stock and although there was only one copy of each, is proving very useful. There were smatterings from Northern and Southern Rhodesia as well as Rhodesia + Nyasaland. Lastly the UDI period of Rhodesia was well stocked and this was especially welcome as I have sold lots of these recently.

18th-26th August 2021

18 August 2021

French Colonies. Recently I bought a fabulous collection in 4 volumes. Today I made a start, working on General Issues, French Equatorial Africa, French West Africa, the Alaouites and Alexandria. There are plenty of new items now in stock. This only scratches the surface, with much more to come.  

19 August 2021

French Colonies. More sorted: Algeria, Anjouan, Annam + Tonking, Benin and Cameroun. Again there are lots of new items for stock with top values including some very scarce Algerian stamps.

21 August 2021

French Cols: new material from the following: Kavalla, French POs in China, Indo-Chinese POs in China (General + Canton), modern Comoros, Congo and Ivory Coast.

24 August 2021

Australia new issues. A set of Bonsai trees with 3 stamps plus a self-adhesive high value and mini sheet.

26 August 2021

French Somali Coast with Afars + Issas. More from the same French Colonies collection. This area was very strong and completely transformed my stock of this part.

12th-13th August 2021

12 August 2021

Sweden. My Swedish supplier has sent me a bumper lot following a wants list I gave him. The period covered was 1938-2008 and he managed to fill the majority of gaps in my stock over those years. A few other stamps had sold out since I ordered from him but these can be taken care of next time. In addition I have from him the latest new issues including stamps depicting porcelain, votes for women and another stamp showing Queen Silvia.

New Zealand. New issues showing Matariki-the Family of Light (4 stamps plus mini sheet). One stamp plus two self-adhesives to continue the Scenic Definitives series and a strip of 5 Kiwi stamps.

13 August 2021

Denmark. This used to be one of my strongest countries when I had a regular supplier in the country. Sadly he passed away a few years ago and my stock had become thin in places despite some good purchases. Now I have new suppliers and they have managed to fill almost all the gaps I tried to fill. This new influx covers the years 1907-2013 and compliments the range of mini sheets and back of book issues received a few weeks ago.

25th July- 11th August 2021

25 July 2021

Andorra. Once upon a time, I had a fabulous stock of Andorra but after a period without any takers, I sold the lot. Now there is renewed interest. I have bought two collections of French Andorra with a small range of Spanish as well. The French selection is strong from the first set of overprints right through to the 2000s.

28 July 2021

Ireland new issues. The subjects: Pride, centenary of the Truce and Irish Singer Songwriters.

2 August 2021

Australia new issues. A single stamp before the Tokyo Olympics plus 4stamps, 4 self-adhesives and a mini sheet for modern sculpture. The missing pigeon stamp has also arrived.

3 August 2021

Over the last few days I have been working on my San Marino stock. It needed re-organising plus I had two new collections to merge in and the Europa stamps wanted to be included. My coverage is very strong up to the 1970s with a smattering after that. Lots of high values in the early period.

10 August 2021

Canada new issues. Two stamps commemorating John Turner and Stan Rogers plus stamps and mini sheet for the Blue Nose. The Blue Nose mini sheet was also overprinted for the CAPEX show.

11 August 2021

Australia new issue. Four stamps and four self-adhesive stamps depicting their Volcanic Past.