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Philatelic Societies – a review

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I’ve recently updated the Resources pages. Part of this exercise was to revisit links to philatelic societies and investigate others that I wasn’t so familiar with. In reviewing so many […]

14th October 2018Categories General Philately, Philatelic SocietiesLeave a Comment6

Which country has the world’s worst postal service?

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Which countries should you avoid shipping to? Let’s say you put a few items up for auction on eBay and one lucky winner has an address in Haiti. Would you […]

19th September 2018Categories Analysis, General PhilatelyLeave a Comment16

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