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Cinderella - Southampton Strike Post stamp set from 1971 overprinted on Herm Island stamps -
Cinderella - Caldey Island 1979 set of 4 -
Wounded Entire 1861 Southport to Dewsbury, with 1d red Star deep red tied by Southport 594 duplex cancel. Backstamped by Dewsbury arrival mark dated JY 2 61. Letter is no longer complete, but all pieces are in there! -
Sydney 2000 Gold Medal Winner's sheet, only found in 2000 Anuual Collection -
Athens 2004 Gold Medal Winners min sheet of 17, only available in the 2004 Annual Collection -
London 2012 min sheet - history of London 1908. Limited edition 9574 of 10000. Issue price GBP14.95 -
Italy - massive parcel piece from Italy to Mildura "Contains Mineral sample for gift". Contains 7 copies of SG2896 the €2,80 Lace Making Textile stamps, plus 12 x €3,00 SG2742, and a block of 10 of the €0,02 Women in Art issue SG2706. Face Value of stamps is €55,80, cat value is £150. A bit battered, but an impressive high postage value parcel front. -
Herm Island - collection of stamps from the De La Rue Printers Records. Total of 64 stamps -
1970-1980 Stamp Pack selection in plastic zip lock bag. Includes 1970 Selected Issues ($20), 1971 Selected Issues ($45), 72 Christmas ($20) -
London 2012 min sheet - 30 x First Class stamps showing each of the disciplines at the XXX Olypmpiad. Issue price GBP30.00 -
Lundy Island - collection from the De La Rue Printers Records. Total of 151 stamps plus 1 min sheet -
The Greek Post Office (ELTA) decided to copy what Australia did, and issue an "Instant" digital print stamp for every Olympic medal winner. In fact the design is VERY similar to the Australian issues. Like Australia, at a later date, offset copies were also printed of medal winner stamps. This idea proved a great success in Greece, and the general public were the ones out there buying these issues for patriotic reasons etc. Only a small % of those will ever re-enter the stamp market. The controversial stamp was issued to honor Leonidas Sampanis, the Bronze Medal winner in weightlifting in the 62 kilo weight class. Sampanis won his medal on Monday 16 August and the stamps were on sparing sale in limited offices starting Tuesday August 17. Sampanis later failed his drug test (twice) and on Sunday 22 August the IOC stripped him of his medal. Consequently, on Sunday August 22, ELTA ordered that all remaining stamps be taken off sale nationally and immediately returned to their central office and NONE were to be sold. I bought one of these sheets in 2004 from a local dealer, and paid $500 for it - that seems more than a little above the odds when you look at what they are fetching on sites like Ebay. Comes with copies of the articles in Stamp News from the time for reference
