JRT,

My interests are solely Great Britain: Victoria to George VI inclusive - maybe a few Lizzies, unmounted mint, strictly bottom end of the market! Your very kind offer is very much appreciated, although they would be wasted on me and my limited interests. I remember some of the stamps you still have, well a few of them anyway. We collected all sorts from all parts of the world, mostly by sending off for approvals, a service which is still available today. The prettier the better. I was surprised to learn a few weeks ago that the average price for a schoolboy's collection was only �10, about $15!

We got to learn alternative names for different countries like Helvetia, Deutsches Reich, Suomi, Polska etc., so there was educational value there too.


'Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant.'

Manfred von Richtofen
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