The arrangement allowed Stanley Gibbons and its sister numismatic firm, A.H. Baldwin & Sons, to get out of a number of intractable debt situations that had been dragging down their finances for several years.
The arrangement allowed Stanley Gibbons and its sister numismatic firm, A.H. Baldwin & Sons, to get out of a number of intractable debt situations that had been dragging down their finances for several years.
The move to phase out stamps without a barcode is an “exciting new chapter in stamps”, according to a leading philatelist.From Tuesday, letters and parcels sent
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here s a first class story about the world s rarest stamp, the mona lisa of the stamp world, that has just been for £6.2 million. it is believed to be the world s most valuable man made item, most valuable man made item. victoria lajer is the managing director of philately the collection and study of postage stamps at stanley gibbons who bought the stamp. its provenance is it was made in british guyana in 1856 due to a shortfall arriving from london, which is where they would usually get their stamps from, and they ran out far too quickly. 50,000 were supposed to arrive and only 5,000 did. so, they asked the local newspaper to print some emergency supplies whilst they waited for the next shipment, and, you know, that s how it was created. it was a very short run and as soon