10th September 2026
Greetings to all philatelists reading this. Your ready response to our latest September/October catalogue confirms that the "Stamp Season" has well and truly begun.
As always, our stocks and the Special Items listings have been updated today so you can see what is still available. Our present stocks are pretty extensive so should last some time before we need to find reinforcements. However, there are always certain odd values within all of those "long sets" which are difficult to get and are, of course, the first to go.
Although the stock items receive a good daily demand, I’m a little disappointed that the Special Sale Items are not receiving enough attention, especially some of those delightful covers and postcards. I think my interest in the history and romance of the early years of philately sometimes outweighs that of the stamps themselves. Some of those early covers took madly extensive journeys to find their destinations using combinations of string-bag aeroplanes, horse-wagons, railways, runners and even camel-trains. And all for a very small fee. Contrast that with today’s postal costs and service!
We notice, more and more, these days, demand for thematic items within the French Colonies rather than following the geographical aspect. I understand the appeal as the French Colony countries have produced many beautifully engraved examples of aircraft, ships, plants, animals, birds, maps etc and am very pleased to supply them to those stamp-lovers.
Whatever your preference, enjoy your collecting as much as we do attempting to fulfil your needs.
Best regards
Terry Garcia.
Next update: 20th September 2026.
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