Stamps: Making an Enquiry and Terms and Conditions

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We number postage stamps principally by Stanley Gibbons (SG) but also use Yvert (Yv) and Michel (Mi.) extensively. If you have a problem understanding any catalogue numbers, please ask us for help.

For collectors of Railway Thematics, our premier listing, the struggle with numbers can be eased if you are armed with the 3rd Edition (1999) of Stanley Gibbons 'Collect Railways on Stamps' catalogue, and / or the Domfil Railway catalogue. Our listing usually carries numbers from both these catalogues, where applicable.

Where a stock listing is posted on our website, it is generally complete for that country or subject. We check Wants Lists for other subjects or countries when they arrive but we do not keep them on file nor re-check them periodically.

Sending an Enquiry
If you are working from other catalogues and sending us an enquiry, we can interpret most numbers from the main four catalogues (except for Yvert where some of our catalogues are not up-to-date!)

However,please try also to supply a description, to save us having to look up every stamp on your enquiry in a catalogue.There simply are not enough hours in the day! Please be sure to specify whether you are looking for mint (and whether hinged - m/m - is acceptable) or used. Please note that we do not generally stock very low value stamps.

Payment Details
We often only have one copy of each item we list, so speed of ordering is important. Our prices are in British Pounds (Sterling). With the exception of customers in Britain, from whom we request an Upper Limit Cheque , please do not send payment with your order; we will invoice (bill) you for the stamps still available. We regret that we do not currently accept Credit Cards. In exceptional circumstances, we will accept payment via Paypal, subject to a small charge to contribute towards Paypal's charges.

Postage and Packing
Postage & Packing are charged extra, at cost. Smaller orders are sent by ordinary post and we send more valuable consignments by registered insured post, except to the U.S.A., for which neither the British Post Office nor our insurers will provide cover on account of the high risk. We usually send stamps to the U.S.A. by ordinary airmail or International Recorded, and have, so far, not lost anything, but such sendings are at the buyer's risk.

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