My Collecting Journey

My Collecting Journey 008

Stanley Gibbons had been the most impressive amongst them all. Embossed in my young mind was the highly presentable postal history - each...

My Collecting Journey 007

One of my first dealer “haunt“ was Stanley Gibbons. Who would not be charmed by the oldest stamp dealer brand in the world? I rummaged...

My Collecting Journey 006

For the next few years, I would make a weekly pilgrimage to Club Street and the car boot man would be the first guy I look for. It...

My Collecting Journey 05

Still in Club Street adventure. Whilst wondering around, a 30+ year-old man approached me. “Are you looking for stamps?” He would ask in...

My Collecting Journey 04

Over at Club Street, second hand dealers are strewn all over. I vividly remember this 50+ ragged Chinese man who peddled stacks Bank of...

My Collecting Journey 02

I started off with a made-in-China cardboard based album. it must have been bought by my dad. I went around asking for stamps and I was...

My Collecting Journey 03

I picked up cycling at 9. What has this got to do with stamps?! Well it opened a whole new channel for me. My projection was no longer...

My Collecting Journey 01

I started collecting at 9. What attracted me was the colourful China stamps trapped beneath the glass pane of the writing table. Why...