Beatrix Potter Blog

There are quite a number of places where you can buy old postage stamps. A place that it is becoming more rare is stamp shops. There aren’t too many stamp shops around these days. I think that is because like a lot of areas retail has moved towards the internet. If you do come across [...]

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So what determines the value of old postage stamps? Well that depends on normal market forces – supply and demand. You need to think about the supply and demand for all old postage stamps in general. What affects supply? How old the old postage stamps are do affect the value because the old they are [...]

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Old postage stamps have recently become of interest to me. My Grandad was a serious collector of them and since I have inherited his stamps collection, it is now my responsibility to move the collection forward. I have started to add to the old postage stamp collection now. When I was looking for First Day [...]

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