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Independent Antiques & Fine Art
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The Bermuda 1950 provisional issue Newspaper Wrappers can be found both CTO and commercially used.

Can you tell the difference?
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There are numerous stamp auctions around the world and many now have an English version in addition to their own language

See the updated listing of philatelic auctions from around the world
#stamps #philately
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Canada is unique in the philatelic world as being the only country to have ever produced postal stationery postage due newspaper wrappers. Items which are rarely seen.

Canada Postage Due Newspaper Wrappers
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Resource page for GB stamps, GB postal stationery and GB postal history
#stamps #philately

Do you have a useful link that could be added to this page?
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In 1933 a philatelic exhibition in Vienna was commemorated with the issue of a special stamp.
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Austria Stamps and Austria Postal History
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a Postal Stationery Newspaper Wrapper + a Whisky Jug = Social Philately?
Social Philately attempts to link philately with the social or economic history of the selected subject or topic.

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The first settlers, British, arrived in 1629. They were driven out by the Spanish in 1641 who were driven out by the British in 1666. The Spanish returned in 1703 & held the islands till 1783 and finally ceded it to Britain.

Bahamas Stamps Postal History
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On the 1st March 1898 the first definitive stamps, depicting the "Camel Postman", were issued; this design continued to be used till 1948. The design is based on an original sketch by Colonel E S Stanton.

Sudan Stamps and Sudan Postal History
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The popularity of postal stationery has been growing over recent years but it is still a very under appreciated area of philately, with postal stationery newspaper wrappers the most neglected

Take a "tour" of the page on Newspaper Wrappers on Stamp Domain
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On the 1st of July 1867 the colonies of Canada, New Brunswich and Nova Scotia federated to form the Dominion of Canada and the first stamps were issued on 1 April 1868. #stamps #philately

Canada Stamps and Canada Postal History
https://t.co/yg3L5GaNEV

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Most Philatelic Clubs start their annual season in September.
See the updated listing of Local Philatelic Clubs and Societies in the UK
and find your local club. #stamp #philately

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Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.
Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
~ Henry Ford

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The facility to obtain Stamped to Order newspaper wrappers in GB was introduced in 1855 & was discontinued on 31 October 1973. A total over 2,300 different GB stamped to order newspaper wrappers are known. Illustrated is an example from 1859.

GB wrappers
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There are a good handful of claimants to the title of "Inventor of the Postage Stamp"
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Petition: Do not prorogue Parliament https://t.co/fJT1Bv2bG4