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Archives for December 2022

Venezuela – the final specialized catalogue for 2022

Asofilca Venezuela Specialized Stamp Catalogue

Just as I’d pressed ‘send’ on my recent post about new Latin American catalogues, along comes yet another (very welcome) reference work. This time, it is Venezuela’s turn. The last generation of specialized catalogues of Venezuela were originally published by Juan Jose Valera. He had been releasing updated editions since 1964 and old copies can […]

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