eng406992004Oct 29, 20211 minMy Collecting Journey 008Stanley Gibbons had been the most impressive amongst them all. Embossed in my young mind was the highly presentable postal history - each...
eng406992004Oct 29, 20211 minMy Collecting Journey 007One of my first dealer “haunt“ was Stanley Gibbons. Who would not be charmed by the oldest stamp dealer brand in the world? I rummaged...
eng406992004Oct 29, 20211 minMy Collecting Journey 006For 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...
eng406992004Oct 29, 20211 minMy Collecting Journey 05Still in Club Street adventure. Whilst wondering around, a 30+ year-old man approached me. “Are you looking for stamps?” He would ask in...
eng406992004Oct 29, 20211 minMy Collecting Journey 04Over at Club Street, second hand dealers are strewn all over. I vividly remember this 50+ ragged Chinese man who peddled stacks Bank of...
eng406992004Oct 29, 20211 minMy Collecting Journey 02I 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...
eng406992004Jul 11, 20211 minMy Collecting Journey 03I 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...
eng406992004Jul 7, 20211 minMy Collecting Journey 01I started collecting at 9. What attracted me was the colourful China stamps trapped beneath the glass pane of the writing table. Why...