Postage
'Postage Stamps' are those stamps which move the mails.
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Types of stamps (common to all classes) :
- The Definitive
- The Commemorative
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Here, I pause to ponder. I imagine that the definitive originated around the practicle idea of issuing enough stamps to meet the expected needs of the post office to supply enough stamps to keep things moving. Eventually the idea to help celebrate - or promote - a special event (like the 1893 Columbian Exposition, Chicago, USA) brought the 'commemorative' type into existence.
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Some classes (or functions) of postage stamps:
- Standard
- Airmail
- Official
- Parcel Post
- Special Delivery
- Certified or Registered
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The list can go on but the idea, here, is primarily that of 'function' as most catalogs divide stamps this way.
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Note: In the U.S. a relatively new class (Express Mail - a modern variation of 'Special Delivery') has not been noted in catalogs as a distinct class with its own coverage even though the US Postal Service issues stamps denominated for that purpose. (circa 2000)
Filahome's Encyclopedia: Semi-Postal or Charity stamps
Charity stamps are sold at a higher price than the face value. The difference is generally paid to charity organisations such as: catastrophe funds, philatelic organisations, children's welfare, Red Cross and war victims. Charity stamps are often referred to as semi-postals. Some are denoted with overprints..
The July 1998 Breast Cancer Research SemiPostal FDC Collection of Mike Smith (of the American Cancer Society)
a double/hybrid: Postal/Revnue & Philatelic
Filahome's Stamp Collecting Encyclopaedia - Regionals
In general with regionals are meant British stamps issued for use in Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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But there are more countries (Germany and Spain) which have issued regional stamps and therefore regionals are stamps issued for use in a specific part of a country.
Stamps issued for the use of members of official expeditions of exploration are called expedition stamps. - via a Antarctic Cover
Meter Stamp Society Guide to Collecting
Privetly issued, publically sanctioned
International Philatelic Association of Joint Stamp Issues Collectors
Joint stamp issues are stamps released by two or more postal administrations on the occasion of a common event or anniversary and which are characterized either by a common design or the same date of issue or both.
Airmail
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FIP Commission for Aerophilately
Click on Contacts - Commissions
see also: FIP Commission for Astrophilately - under Commissions also
FISA - International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies
IAPC - Internationaler Aero-Philatelisten Club (German only)
The British Aerophilatelic Federation
Airmail Society of New Zealand
British Aerophilatelic Federation
American Air Mail Society (AAMS)
Samuel J. Pezzillo - Professor of Classics
The good professor offers the following links at the bottom of his home page:
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Aerophilately and Postal History Interests:
--AAMS Awards
--AAMS Membership Application
--On-line version of the AAMS's Collecting Airmail
--Postal History Puzzler --- Solve the Puzzle
--Cinderellas, Labels, and other non-postal items
American Air Mail Society - Exhibiting Awards
From Professor Pezzill
Irish Air Mail Society
Justin Milliun's Airmail Stamp Museum - 'Symbols on Airmail Stamps'- jmilliun@ieee.org
CMCC - Winged Messenger: Airmail in the Heroic Era 1918 - 1939 [En, Fr]
Introduction and contents:
"For Mankind, the act of flying through the air has never been an aimless exercise. The whole purpose has usually been to accomplish some other piece of related business, that is, war, the movement of goods and people, intelligence-gathering, exploration of unknown tracts of the globe and, why not ... the carrying of mail. Flying is not the end, but rather the means to achieving other goals that may not always be romantic or awe-inspiring.
This is not to deny that, in the execution of their task, the pilots were not an adventurous, almost heroic lot far from it. The whole history of airmail in Canada and throughout the world during the first few decades of this century derives from the work of a remarkable generation of pilots, or "winged messengers". They opened up the skies to the movement of mail.
They laid the groundwork for today's international airmail system.
Contents:
Airmail and the Postal Village | Canadian Airmail: A Late Bloomer | Experiments | Building the System Region by Region | Bringing Home the Goods | The Bush Pilot | Credits
Aerophilately of Mexico
Ken Sanford's Aerophil - Aerophilatelic & Commercial Aviation Literature & Crash Covers - kaerophil@cs.com
good airmail and zepplin links too. aj.
Zeppelin Study Group / Zeppelinpost-Arbeitsgemeinschaft - [English/German]
m Bund Deutscher Philatelisten e.V.
Naval Airship Association Home Page - zeppelin's
not philatelic but...
The Zeppelin WebRing
Germany's Zepplin Museum ; not philatelic
Catapult Mail
".. dedicated to catapult mail sent from the two german ships "S/S BREMEN" and "S/S EUROPA". So if you collect catapult mail, this is the site for you.
Catapult Mail - old url
change your bookmarks!
The Hungarian Air Mail Web Site
A useful site for the Hungarian airmail specialist.
.SEE ALSO: The Virtual Aircraft Museum
Pan Am Archives at the University of Miami
Pan Am Organisation Download photos of Pan Am aircraft
David's Airline Link Page Many airline links & aircraft photos
Amelia Earhart Web Site
Dealer: Brookman (catalogs), Barrett & Worthern : Clippers and Zepplins - sales@coverspecialist.com
Even has a dedicated 'search engine' for them. aj. 8/00 (alt url : www2.xtdl.com/~brookman/)
Airmail Collector Postal Auction, Aerophilately,Airmail covers, stamps, literature and ephemera
See Also: Space, Science and Technology
And 'Aerograms' below.
Postal Stationery
Linn's Refresher : Don't ignore the stamps on postal stationery - By Michael Baadke
"We're used to our postage stamps having perforations or die-cut edges all around and an adhesive on the back. The stamps that are found on postal stationery don't fit this description, however. ...
What Do You Know About Postal Stationery? - by Professor Rodney L. Mott
Postal Stationery may be defined to include all the stationery issued by the postal authorities on which a design has been made showing its value for postage. The most common forms are: stamped envelopes, stamped letter sheets (including aerogrammes), postal cards, letter cards, and newspaper wrappers. Some countries use other kinds of stationery, such as postal savings forms, money order forms, or telegraph forms, and these are also Postal Stationery, if they have value stamps printed on them.
There are many other forms used by post offices which do not have value designs printed on them. These are, of course, collectible, although they are not, strictly speaking, Postal Stationery. Among them are formula cards, penalty envelopes, and aerogramme forms to which adhesives must be affixed. Likewise the great variety of pre-stamp letters, with their very interesting, and often historic, postal markings, belong to the field of Postal History, rather than Postal Stationery. Picture post cards, also, belong to another category if they do not have value stamps printed on them.
US U275 - The U275 story by Henry Stevens
The U275 story was very well written up by Rob Haeseler in Linn's Stamp News July 20, 1998. For a photocopy image you can print and read...
'Postal Stationery: A Worthy Collectable' - by Gaston Barrette, SOSCU
Subtitle: Postal Stationery and The Stamps on Stamps Topic
The Postal Stationery Society of Australia
"Postal Stationery is stationery issued by the postal authorities which has an impressed stamp indicating the prepayment of a postal service. Usually the imprinted stamp will indicate the value of the postage paid although many modern issues just have an indication that postage has been paid. The most familiar are stamped envelopes, aerogrammes, stamped postcards, letter cards, and newspaper wrappers. ... "
Canadian Postal Stationery Study Group
Belgian Postal Stationery Society
United Postal Stationery Society (UPSS)
Aerogrammes
T.E. Jones
36 Cobham Road
Accrington
Lancashire BB5 2AD
England
Author of The Aerogrammes of the Arabian Gulf - Postal Agencies Issues 1942 - 1966 and The Aerogrammes of the Arabian Gulf - Post Independence Issues. The Post-Independence Issues catalogue is available from T.E. Jones for £5.50 plus postage. The update is available for £1.50
plus postage. (from Ohmygosh : www.ohmygosh.on.ca/stamps/dubai/resource.htm)
In Praise of the Humble Aerogramme - by Mr. Tom A. Adami
"Call it what you will an air letter, an airletter sheet, a letter sheet, an aerogram etc., there is a lot to be said in defence of the ubiquitous ‘aerogramme’ . Only a relatively recent innovation in the world of postal services, the aerogramme has been taken up by almost every country with a few notable exceptions. Countries such as Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Croatia, Russia, and some others. ..."
"AEROGRAMMER" - THE AEROGRAMME SOCIETY
Hello and welcome to the Aerogramme Society. The Aerogramme Society is the only truly international philatelic society devoted to the study, research and collecting of aerogrammes.
Contact the Society:
toma@dynamite.com.au
tomadami@hotmail.com
adami@un.org
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Appy to:
AEROGRAMME SOCIETY,
PO Box 215,
DICKSON, ACT,
2602, AUSTRALIA
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If you have a general enquiry then please write to:
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TOM ADAMI,
UN-ICTR ARUSHA
PO BOX 4782, GRAND CENTRAL STATION,
NEW YORK, NY 10017, USA
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"NOTE: THIS IS THE ONLY RECOGNISED WEB SITE FOR THE AEROGRAMME SOCIETY. THE WEB SITE AT www.aerogramme.com (below) IS NOT THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE SOCIETY AND WE DO NOT ENDORSE ANY INFORMATION THAT IS ON THAT SITE.
The Aerogramme Society Home Page
circa 1997 - several articles and resources
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Aerogramme Society,
PO Box 380,
Mitchell, ACT,
2911, Australia
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Aerogramme Society,
1754 Westwood Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Lighthouse aerogrammes
Aerogramme Related Societies
Postal Cards
(vs. post cards)
Dealer: Henry Stevens (United States Postal Stationery) ; notes: The U.S. Government did not invoke copyright protection for its postal cards till May 12,1978..
Henry's GE Cards, S64, UX47
A short story about the GE cards and how to tell type 1 from type 2 at a glance.
James Majka's Postal Stationery Home Page
Hi! Welcome to my Postal Stationery Web Site. I have been interested in philately and stamp collecting for most of my life.
About ten years ago, I thought I would try out Government Postal Cards as a new collecting specialty and have been hooked ever since!
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Postal cards encompass a wide breadth of US postal history. Used cards are complete covers in miniature, each with their own stories' to tell. I think postal cards are much more popular with collectors than either the stamp dealers or the catalog editors give them credit for. ...
Postal Stationary of Belgium - By Ludo Thomassetti, collector.
Everything about the postal stationary of Belgium since 1871. All kind of sorts, the postal rates, etc
Variations
(or Other Sub Species)
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Collecting Canadian Plate Proof Stamps - Beyond 1 of Each - by Larry Christopher
... And so I was faced with a decision, what to collect next. I wanted to continue to study and enhance my Canada collection, so my choices appeared to be:
..plate blocks, covers... Mmm,
too much material available, no challenge.
- Collect Canadian plate proofs of the Pence and Decimal issues. Now
here was something that appealed.
...The proofs of these two issues are rare, much rarer than the stamps which are so dear. However, the limited demand has kept prices reasonable, unlike the stamps that imitate them. I had a few plate proofs but I did not really know what was cataloged. So I got out the old Unitrade catalog and listed the various proofs commonly available. ... about 80 varieties .. I next sat down at Word and created album pages. I will email this set free to anyone who asks but here are my conditions: ..."
He then goes on to deal with:
- Canadian Plate Proofs of the 1851 and 1859 Issues
- Part 1 - The Printers Finest Work - The Pence Issue Proofs
- Part 2 - The Decimal Issue Proofs
- Part 3 - The Trade Sample Sheets
- The American Bank Note Company; noting especially, "In 1990 the world of proof collecting and understanding Canadian stamps was stood on its ear. This was the year that the United States Banknote Corp purchased the A.B.N.C., the printers of early Canadian stamps. An announcement was made that the archives of the ABNC would be sold at auction. This archive contained material which had never been seen by the public. Two auctions were held at Cristie's Auctions in New York. The first auction contained a number of proofs which had been used for display, and results were not encouraging. The second sale, on September 13, 1990 was a different story. Much of the material was claimed by Canada Post at the last minute and witdrawn and even then it is said that this sale brought more money to the USBC than they paid for the ABNC! This proof material shed a lot of light on the history of these early issues on our stamps. As well there is now more proof material available for collectors, although not all of it has come up for sale yet."
March 16. 1996 larryc@smartt.com
The Museum of United States Essays & Proofs
The Museum of United States Essays & Proofs is dedicated to the study and appreciation of the artistry in early U.S. postage and revenue stamp design, as seen through the actual handiwork of the designers and engravers -- ... The Museum now has over 300 pages filled with high resolution scans of Essays (preliminary drafts and unadopted designs) and Proofs (carefully made printings of the adopted designs, akin to proof coins). ...
James E. Lee U.S. Stamps, Covers, Essays, Proofs, Postal History, Fancy Cancels
Henry Gitner Philatelists, Inc. - Artist Die Proofs
 - Robert Buxton's SPECIMEN STAMPS - listing UPU specimen stamps of the Commonwealth. (sell/trade)
Because, universally, those stamps that were overprinted or perforated 'Specimen' were limited in number, they are much rarer that ordinary stamps. Hence their fascination .. (his site has loads of good data too - aj.)
LA PAGINA DE JORDI - ATM'S
Stamps from the Vending Machine
The First Postal Vending Machine Stamps (ATM-Stamp) In PR China
(Mar 1998) Automatic Machine Labels of the Spanish Postal Service (used in Andorra) - by Phillipe Louviau
Philately - U.S. Plate Number Singles
normanj's Home Page APNSS STAMPS
(American Plate Number Singles Society)
We are a group of collectors interested mainly in Used Plate Number Singles. These are single stamps on which there is a "plate number" printed. For example.. We do not stop there. Many collect mint blocks, which are "intact blocks" of either 4, 6, or even 8 stamps showing a plate block number. What is a "plate block number" the next time you get a sheet of stamps, look for the "tiny" numbers printed on the sheet. This is what we collect, stamps with numbers.
Plate Number Coil Collectors Club (PNC3) an APS affilate : pnc3@juno.com
Site includes:
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--PNC Master List by Catalog Number & Denomination - Two different printing options.
--PNC Listings and Checklist
Plate Number Coil (PNC) Exchange List by Douglas Boynton Quine
NVI (stamps with no value indicated) Club (France) - Alain.Vailly@irin.univ-nantes.fr
From their 'Encyclopedia', "At the moment, about 2000 stamps have been issued by about 100 countries. As far as possible, one can find here: - images of the stamps issued ; - information concerning their printing ; - information related to their use. "
LIVE EMAIL LINK : Carole M. Madan, Christmas Philatelic Club cpc#1533 mailto:madancm@mindspring.com
Carole specializes in COMMEMORATIVE plate blocks. In addition, Carole also collects stamp paraphenalia such as postal point of sale information, stamp Christmas ornaments etc.
Error Stamps
The Crazy World of Errors On Stamps - Emmanuel DELPERDANGE's Home Page
Fun sturff..
Stamps Gone Awry : a one page exhibit by Tom Fortunato
What are Error Stamps? from Steve Crippe
Stam Goldfarb - The World's Largest U.S. ERROR STAMPS ONLY Dealer
Jack Nalbandian Inc., East Greenwich RI - Stamps, U.S. Errors, Freaks, Oddities, Foreign, Wholesale
AVBstamps - discount postage - us varieties; errors - precancels
B.O.B.
(The Back of the Book)
Revenues and Philatelics
I include Philatelics like First Day Covers and Maximum Cards (see 'Other") along with Revenues as a government doesn't sell them for postal uses.
Eric Jackson's Revenue Stamps For Collectors (also holds http://www.revstamp.com/)
Taxes have always been with us; when the first postage stamps made their appearance in 1840, revenue stamps had already been in use for over 200 years. The early stamps were embossed or printed on the document being taxed but there is a known use of a tax stamp, as an adhesive, used in Furstenberg, Germany, dated March 20, 1725. (Opening paragraph from Eric's page offering an application for join the American Revenue Assoc., which goes on, "Founded in 1947, the ARA is a non-profit corporation serving the needs and interests of ALL collectors of revenues, tax stamps, stamped paper, telegraph and railroad stamps, and general non-postal Back-of-the-Book mate rial---U.S. and foreign, federal, state, provincial, local, municipal and private. The ARA is by far the largest, oldest and fastest-growing national or international society fulfilling this goal. ...and... Beyond revenue stamps as such, lies the rich and endless field of other non-postal Cinderellas --- stamps, stamped paper, seals, labels, things and devices issued publicly and privately, officially and unofficially, to serve a bewildering variety of purposes. ... (the only possible thing about this site that 'bothered' me was I could not find any form or street address except a reference in 'Terms of Sale' to PA residents have to pay tax. Nor was there a phone number - my eyes must be getting bad. aj)
U.S. product tax stamps 1862-1965; an exhibit.
...I have managed to show examples of all six Proprietary revenue series in actual use. But that's just a cover for my enjoyment of the fascinating range of interesting packaging and the long-forgotten brands and products that used to be found on store shelves, stamp-taxed by Uncle Sam.
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brucebaryla@ciociola.com
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Extreme Philately - Baryla's - Civil War (US) photographer tax stamps... CD-ROM offer
Revenue stamps were required on photographs sold in the U.S. from 1864 to 1866, part of a taxation system to pay for the war against the Confederacy.
This is the most comprehensive interactive catalogue of the markings used by photographers to cancel these stamps, with over 500 color photographs and illustrations.
Also included on the CD-ROM is "The Civil War Sun Picture Tax", the story of the Civil War stamp tax on photographs, told through the finest philatelic research collection on the subject.
brucebaryla@ciociola.com
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Illegal Drug U.S.Tax (Revenue) Stamps for sale
Stamps Products & Services Page © 1996 B. McDonald's Revenue Stamps
State Revenue Society Homepage
Vera Trinder Ltd. - Book List on Fakes, Forgeries, Fiscal and Revenue Stamps
National Duck Stamp Collectors (Society?)
Federal, State, International, and Junior duck stamps
Michael Jaffe, Duck Stamp Specialist and Brookman Stamp Co.
Filahome Stamp Collecting Encyclopaedia - Fiscal stamps (Revenues : tax stamps; not postage)
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The publisher, David Lee, BIA Exec. Sec. , September 3, 1999 : A thorough study of the U.S. airmail stamp issue of 1941-44, Sc. #C25-31, discussing historical context, stamp design and development, plate and die details, quantities issued, first day of issue information, data on stamp usage, routes and rates. Well illustrated with over 200 cover and stamp photos. (Mass Market Paperback - 231 pages - August 20, 1999)
Sanabria North American Airmail Catalog
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by Stephen R. Datz, Richard, Sine - Paperback - 120 pages (October 1, 1996)
U.S. Airmail Stamps
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Hardcover Miniature edition (October 1996) $3 to $4 (on sale Aug. 2000)
The 1999 Comprehensive Catalogue of United States Stamp Booklets : Postage and Airmail
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by Robert Furman; Paperback (January 1999)
How to Detect Damaged, Altered and Repaired Stamps
by Paul W. Schmid - Paperback - 105 pages (September 1996)
1994/95 Errors
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The Duck Stamp Story
- : Art, Conservation, History
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: Detailed Information on the Value and Rarity of Every Federal Duck Stamp by Eric Jay Dolin, Bob Dumaine (Paperback - March 2000)
The Duck Stamp Story
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by Eric Jay Dolin, Bob Dumaine. Hardcover (April 2000)
The Canadian revenue stamp catalogue (1994) by E. S. J. Van Dam
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Complete reference & pricing on Canadian revenues, ducks, etc 100 page full colour catalogue listing and pricing all known Canada & Provinces revenues, Telephone & Telegraph Franks, Duck, Hunting & Wildlife conservation stamps. This is the most complete and up to date catalogue used by all Canadian revenue collectors, stamp dealers and auctioneers.
The International Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Philatelics
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(Serial) by R. Scott Carlton (Hardcover - June 1997)
All About Stamps : An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Philatelic Terms
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by Wayne L. Youngblood. Paperback (September 2000)
The Mystery Box
Twenty tales of suspense, adventure, and history. by Frederick Highland - Hardcover - 240 pages 1st Edition - May 1998
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Review: The American Philatelist
"This collection of short fiction by APS member Frederick Highland is just the ticket for an afternoon read. The author purchased a sandalwood box of stamps from a pawnshop in Macao "when American guns were first being heard in Viet Nam," and over the ensuing years he has woven one tale after another using these stamps as his inspiration. .. following every 3-4 page tale, a description and history are given for each of the stamps used as illustration.
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There is a real element of historical fiction in several of the tales; after all, each is based on one or more stamps that were actually issued. ... Even Nick and Nora Charles show up. And you will not want to miss the last enigma, "The Philatelic Hall of Shame". ...
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "... blows "Silas Marner" out of the water."
From Scott's Stamp Monthly: "this book takes a fresh approach to mixing stamps, history and lore...
Midwest Book Review (Shelly Glodowski), May 98: "Written all in good fun .."
The publisher, Ana Maria Gallo, publisher@themysterybox.com , July 14, 1998, "Who ever knocks stamp collecting is a chump!"
The Wild Side : Philatelic Mischief, Murder & Intrigue
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by Stephen R. Datz. Paperback (October 1990) usually about $10
Titanic: A Postal Collection
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Airmail Stationery Used by and for POWs and Internees by Gustav Pohlig, Neil M Russell
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Special Order : (2000) Paperback
Jusqu'a Airmail Markings by Ian McQueen
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Special Order; Spiral-bound
Aerogrammes, Airmail Letter Cards, Air Letters - Paul R Adby
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Special Order; 4-6 wks : Spiral-bound (October 1997) from QB Software
British Commonwealth Revenues - J. Barefoot
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Published 2000 - 240 pages - J. Barefoot Ltd Paperback - Special Order
Baltic States Revenues
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by J. Barefoot - Special Order 4-6 wks: Published 1998 J. Barefoot Ltd - Paperback
Recommended. aj.
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