#United Kingdom stamps
300 years since birth of gardening great Capability Brown. Eight stamps introduced by Royal Mail
FindYourStampsValue.com is glad to inform that Royal Mail has issued a set of eight stamps to celebrate the splendid landscape gardens of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, on the 300th anniversary of his birth. This stunning set of eight Special Stamps reveals the gardening icon's most notable works, which also happen to be some of the UK's finest and most famous landscape gardens. Lancelot "Capability
The 1899 Straits Settlement 4c stamp will auction in Singapore. Its estimated value is announced!
FindYourStampsValue.com would like to let our readers know about an upcoming Spink stamp auction during which a great number of rarities are to be sold. One of them is an 1899 Straits Settlement 4c stamp that is valued at US$22,269-29,693 ahead of an auction at Spink Singapore. Be the lucky one to own this precious philatelic item! Straits Settlements (on or near the Malacca Strait, hence the name
1861 Perot provisional cover fetched US$121,000 at Spink
FindYourStampsValue.com hurries to inform that a lucky stamp collector has got an exclusive rarity at Spink auction recently! This is an important Perot provisional on an 1861 cover that has been sold for £80,000 (US$121,126) in a sale at Spink London. The stamp is the first issued in Bermuda under the island's first postmaster, William Perot. Prior to the introduction of the stamp, post and the r
A £11,602.25 stamp is needed to send a letter to Mars! Philately on Red Planet is to be quite expensive hobby!
FindYourStampsValue.com would like to share the latest postal news with our readers. This one is very exciting and surprising at the same time. Keeping in touch with your Martian pen pal won't be cheap according to the British postal service. Five-year old aspiring future astronaut Oliver Giddings of Lytham St Anne's in Lancashire asked the Royal Mail how much it would cost to post a letter to the
"Lady Mcleod" stamp was hit at Spink London auction. The lot was sold at a great price!
StaтpNews.com would like to inform our readers about the latest auction news. During the recent philatelic sale at Sink London an 1847 Trinidad "Lady Mcleod" stamp has become an extremely popular lot that was sold for £34,000 (US$51,775). It led the auction of the Vestey collection on September 24. The Lady McLeod was a steamship that operated in the Caribbean in the 19th century. Spink comments:
It was red and turned purple. A puzzle for philatelists…
Let's solve the philatelic riddle: for years it was red and turned purple. Have you guessed it? Yes, it is the classic everyday 63p stamp, which features the Queen Elizabeth's profile by sculptor Arnold Machin that has switched from its regular red to regal purple. Royal Mail decided to change the color of this stamp to underline the importance of longest reigning Queen – Elizabeth II. Its iridesc
The wide variety of stamps was put on sale in at Bristol charity shop
FindYourStampsValue.com got to know that thousands of nostalgic stamps have gone on sale to help raise money for charity. Volunteers at the Oxfam book shop in Queens Road, Bristol has spent months rearranging the donated stamps, which were previously not on display. Placed into thick stamp folders of 100 each, they include stamps from as far back as the Second World War. Three folders are going fo
The Antarctic Marine Food Web – scientific issue by British Antarctic Territory
FindYourStampsValue.com got information that British Antarctic Territory Post has released six stamps on theme "The Antarctic Marine Food Web". It is believed to be a real scientific stamp issue that is dedicated to the study of food chains and food webs in general. In this case, the Southern Ocean makes an excellent case-study: the feeding relationships are relatively simple, the diversity of spe
Stamp exhibition on occasion of the 60th birthday of Now Yeovil and District Philatelic Society
FindYourStampsValue.com got to know that Now Yeovil and District Philatelic Society is celebrating its 60th birthday with a new exhibition at Yeovil Library. The display includes stamps featuring the head of six British monarchs, including some offerings dating back to the early reign of Queen Victoria. There are also more local collections on display, including stamps of Yeovil Town and Westland
Plymouth's Tinside Lido is to be depicted on a new Royal Mail stamp
FindYourStampsValue.com got to know that Royal Mail will issue a new stamp issue which will depict Plymouth's great attraction iconic Tinside Lido. The stamp is set to launch on September 18. It is part of a collection featuring Britain's seaside towns as well-loved national institutions and magical places to which holiday makers flock every summer for their precious two weeks of entertainment by
