It is one of the pleasures of dealing in stamps that from time to time one has very interesting items through one's hands. These are not always the most valuable stamps or covers. Sometimes they are just fascinating no matter how much they are worth.

This page is being started now, in November 2006, with just one item from our 4 December auction, but it is our intention to add new items as they are handled, as well as to go back into our archives. It time this should build up into an area where collectors can dip into a story here and there. At times you may find that our researches might be of help in your own; in which case you are welcome !

Obviously, much of what oppears here is going to be in the past tense, and is therefore going to earn us nothing in sales.

	Brief description. Click on the title (or the thumbnail) to go to that page. To come back to this index, either click your "back" button, or press the "return to gallery index" link on each page.	When handled	How handled	Price acquired
	Great Britain. "The Shrunken Stamp". An otherwise perfectly formed King George 6th used definitive stamp but that is about 10% smaller than it should be.	4 Dec. 2006	Auction	£20.
	Norway. Second World War Propaganda Leaflets.	4 Dec. 2006 et seq.	Auction
	Uganda. Consular Stamps (approx.1896). Part of document with four of these very scarce stamps.	7 May 2007	Auction	£350.
	1998 Comedians stamp of Joyce Grenfell – the rare error showing the face value as “30”                         rather than “37”. Fine unmounted mint. Not given a full listing by Gibbons; noted in their                         catalogue as “price £2500”.                         (Royal Mail had planned a new European postal rate and printed the Grenfell stamps as 30p.                         When the rate was not changed, the stamp was reprinted with a 37p denomination, and all                         of the original printing was supposed to have been destroyed. A small number survived; the                         latest information we have is that 35 examples are known.) :   ..                       £1,000 to £2,000.	27 August 2007	Auction	Pre-sale estimate £1,000 to £2,000