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On this day in history… November 01 1512 – Michelangelo’s paintings on ceiling of Sistine Chapel in the Vatican first exhibited 1604 – William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello” first presented 1800 – John Adams becomes the first US president to live...

Updated: Removed 'BFPO Parcelforce Worldwide services for HM Forces parcel size options' as this is no longer accurate. The British Forces Post Office (BFPO) provides a mail service to serving British forces personnel and their families worldwide, including...

Lack of time prevents this from being the usual comprehensive Review of the Philatelic Year - you probably all have your own high points and low points.  I suppose one of my low points was discovering that if I wanted to send postcards from New Zelaand...

Click here to buy! Up To Mametz by Wyn Griffith This is the rare 1931 Edition “Added to the burden of fatigue and grief we were governed by a dark feeling of personal failure. Mametz Wood was taken, but not by us, it seemed; we were the rejected of...

Jules Verne Stamps; First Day Covers ; France—3 June 1955 Robert Fulton; 1765-1965 American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat.  In 1800, he was commissioned by Napoleon...