Hello everyone..   well I found some Christmas Island stamps today. so here they are.

I have been writing recently about Christmas stamps - I had a few scans sent to me - but  thought these might interest you.  They do have a Christmas theme and whether you celebrate Christmas or not, well the season is the season after all. Any holiday excuse is ok by me!!!

Do you like them?  I do.. always have, only because it is Christmas

Something else to challenge you. What about this...............

Today I made some time to sort some stamps. I occassionally soak off envelopes the many stamps I accumulate  and then press flat under heavy books.. and today I just sorted all sorts that I had accumulated under lots of heavy books,....   surprised even myelf.

Found the above  ....I don't even know what envelope it came from..   it is not damaged to make this image I can assure you.  Does anyone recognise the stamp.. is it even a stamp I wonder???  Am I rich!!!!!!!!!!!

I have much more...... tomorrow..   December 1st.. and the announcement of my Christmas Competition  ............       Dont miss out..      have a great weekend..  

Enjoy your stamps..   Michael

I have dropped to 18 on the Top 50 stamps sites...   ye gods how did this happen.. are you not voting for me..     what did I do wrong...        I know....... I did not give you the opportunity to vote..        ok.. here it is        click and vote  

 I don't take it too seriously  but make this your Christms present to me...  ...

so, back to Christmas Stamps.. and here are some from Jersey..   do they really need to issue 12...    some theme there I seem to recall.. 12 stamps of Christmas was it !!!!!!!!!!!

so yes,. you guessed, it another revenue raising exercise .... and the web site won't even show a decent picture of the stamps.. big boooo to Jersey Post.... right folk  

and I have not edited the scale / size of this image from their website.........

Enjoy your stamps  .............  Michael

Hello everyone..  ..   Year Books.. I saw the Australaia Year Book for sale the other day and now I read the The Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau has released its 2007 Year Book.  It contains all the commemorative stamps, miniature sheets and souvenir sheets issued during the year.  

Now that had me thinking.. does Royal Mail issue a Year Book fro GB issues.. I am sure they used to.. but with the number of issues from Royal Mail these days could anyone afford such a heavy tome!!!!!!!!!  

I guess Gibralter Post have a more conservative stamp issuing policy..    but then again.. stamp issuing as revenue raising as they are only 200 people on the island eh      oh but they have some nice Christmas stamps..  what do you think? 

Enjoy your stamps.. Michael

something very different for me.. I found an envelope in some material I was looking at today. I thought I might sell it on ebay..     so I looked at eBay to see what Belgium stamps were for sale....  not that much as far as I could see.. but I did find this..  a steal eh!!!!!!!!!   it seems the same goes for people trying to sell Belgium stamps as it does for those selling GB or Australia or US..      check out top right hand corner of the stamp.   

Anyway.. I was going to sell the envelope shown below.. an airmail envelope.. very nice.. the revese lip has a crease  but stamps seem fine to me...   what do you think I should ask for it??

email me cddstamps@gmail.com if you have a view............  enjoy your stamps...Michael

I hope you like this...  not often seen.. and not yet mine...   one day I would like own such a sheet .... 

I am writing about this stamp.. anyone have any stories or details of the printing etc..please email me.   I am trying to put an exhibition entry together on the issue... of the two stamps  this and the 2 1/2d.     write me at cddstamps@gmail.com 

New Topic:  I don't always say who wins what.. but since I have had no emails recently..no one has won anything..   hey..saved me the postage   

Also, I think I am behind on some emails...  from earlier this month..will try to catch up this week..  And since Christmas is coming...   one month today..  I would be really pleased if you could send me a scan of your countries Chtistmas issue. so I can share with others..

Look forward to hearing from you.. best wishes... Michael

Hello everyone..  back again..   was out at dinner last night and then to see the film Elizabeth - the Golden Years  ..   out of ten.. say a 6...   ok a 5..   ok ok ok, a 4  ........one of Sir Francis Drake's relatives obviously did something to piss off the producer / director  because he (Sir Francis Drake) never got a mention..  strange...     apart from the fact the screen writers have probably never read any history of the period and so got more facts wrong than I do in an average year of writing about stamps   .. it was an ok film..     I slept well during the part where Cate whats her name ponces around on some white horse which would not stand still because some idiot was probably poking it with a stick, she trying to give some Joan of Arc type rendition to the troops.. who were probably drunk anyway...... being scared s less given how big the Spanish Armada supposedly was..     not that, in actual fact, there were that many troops hanging round the white cliffs of Dover at the time..  since all the action was down Plymouth way.. and I dare anyone to tell me it was off Gravelines..   cos I knew that ...     and anyway.. final point.. for those of you who do go to see the film..    some  fun but please don't believe that much of it is close to the reality of the time...   for example  Mary Queen of Scots was probably not that young or able.. know what I mean.. and the beheading of her was probably not the real reason Philip of Spain decided to have a go at jolly old England,...  it is more likely that he was getting a bit fed up with that guy Drake ripping apart his shipping and plundering all that gold  that the spaniards themselves had plundered....       and  well, there was just so much that was inaccurate........  enjoy as a fantasy  based on events that happened somewhere sometime

but to stamps..  and Elizabeth II   ...and you wondered when I would get to her..  me there revelling in the drama of Elizabeth I... 

so my challenge to you..  has anyone seen a copy of these stamps..even one of them .. actually used????    I will find a prize for every person that sends a scan of any of these (used)  stamps to me..   by lets say end of day 25th November 

email me at cddstamps@gmail.com and include your mailing address  

You know where I am going with this..     How do I get GB Commemoratives used???  save buying them and posting to myself and risking damage by the Post Office...

I wonder if my GB fan club will treat me to a used set of these 4 stunning     stamps  peal them off the mini sheet and send on a couple of letters..   not too close to the edge of course...   I may send a Christmas present in response.

Have a great weekend.. enjoy your stamps.. keep warm if you are in the UK, or the northern US.. I will be sunning myself..     Michael

is it to get letters from you..  very rewarding  I have to say.........  and those who write usually send me something  really special and I think go out of their way to send me something nice.. like this envelope. well cover really.... .. thank you..    I was thrilled to get this in my PO Box.

It is Christmas soon and I know you are wondering what to get me for Christmas    . you arn't.. oh well.. if I have changed your mind.. then just send me a lovely envelope for my cover collection.. and if it has a plane (as in aircraft)  theme to it all the better.

I may be sending my Christmas Cards again this year..   what a collectors piece they are .. not seen one before..   well that means I may not have your mailing address..

Ok I am in a frivolous mood tonight... just picked up some excellent GB material from my PO Box..   as well as the above envelope..  I must go and organise some stamps... I am writing a piece on the GB  Royal Silver Wedding issue of 1948.. if you have any interesting stories or details about the issue please write to me..  

oops got to go,.., we have lightning come in.

Bye.. enjoy your stamps..  Michael

Hello,   a popular topic this one..  green things...  and no I wont pontificate on the topic.... there are others that do that better than me I am sure......         I just want to show the stamps that were issued in 1992 by the Royal Mail.   The stamps were designed based on ideas submitted by children in response to a competition organised by a television program and the Royal Mail.

I think the result was actually quite good..   a nice blend of green colours and green themes.    

Do you remember this issue...  seems like yesterday but it was 15 years ago......more importantly.. do you remember or know the name of the television program?

win this cover????.. email me at cddstamps@gmail.com    send me your mailing address with the answer....    3rd correct answer wins..  if no 3rd correct answer by tomorrow night I will be selling this for US $4.0  inclusive of postage and packing  to anywhere in the world.  I'll let you know tomorrow..  

Enjoy your stamps.. best wishes..... Michael

Hello everyone, I hope you like this stamp..   something different for a change... 

I received this today, one of a set of stamps from Russia.. very nice... this appealed to me .. it being "Australian" so to speak...

Hope you like it...

and my sincere apology for all the different fonts in previous writings..  

 I write on the train to and from work and sometimes embed a few scripts.. and while the text is the same when I send it, for some reason unknown to me, the blog seems to reformat...

Anyway hope you have enjoyed the writings none the less.

Best wishes.. enjoy your stamps

.........Michael   

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 Getting away from eBay tonight..   and anything to do with A380 related stamps, or fakes  ,  for memorabilia sake…… 

Where would you find the Cowbay Hall of Fame….    some guy called Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explored the region for Spain in 1541.?????

Today, November 16^th is quite a memorable day in the history of this …   area…. shall I say.. for fear of giving it away……  where am I talking about ..?  ok a clue..  here is a commemorative stamp,, with some details shaded out………

Prize    ………..  a  Singapore Post A380  miniature sheet  plus the remnants of a miniature sheet ( cos I used the stamps  ha ha on my covers …) which was postmarked in Singapore on 25^th October…….     beats any fake item you can waste your money on, on eBay………..      anyway.. the prize   to the  owner of the  10^th correct answer will do..    if you also copy me (and them)  the email addresses of 10 people you have emailed my blog address to…I won't write to them.. I just want you to show me you have passed on the word)    I am determined to spread the word !!!!!!!!!!!  I say with a smile.. I know I cannot change the world.. but together we can .. and you include your postal address…    so I can send you the prize