Edinburgh
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Shop
Opening Days.
Our retail shop, established in 1977, is heading towards
being closed
down. We've
now (as a mix
of retail
sales, mail
order,
auction, and
wholesale)
sold off
probably about
80% of our
stock, but we
do still have
stock, and
we'll be
having a
limited number
of days when
the shop will
be open. Our
next scheduled
dates will be
Saturday 19
July, Friday
25 July, and
Saturday 2
August, 10am
to 4pm each of
these days. After our last auctions were all dealt with, we've been visiting our remaining stock deciding what happens to it all. Much has gone, but there was some of material in our auctions that didn't sell, and we have more stock available to fill some of the spaces that have been emptied. Here's examples of what you could come in and see (or buy from us mail order). Wherever space has been made in the shop, we have filled it. Come in for a browse ! |
| Priced album pages; only
certain boxes
still
available
(Americas,
Europe,
Scandinavia x
3, Thematics,
Maritime,
WW1/WW2,
Omnibus x 2,
Austria,
Canada,
Channel Is
& I.o.Man
x 3,
Czechoslovakia,
France x 2,
Germany x 3,
East Germany,
Greece, Israel
x 2, NZ x 2,
Russia/USSR,
Switzerland,
United
Nations, USA
postmarks).
You can buy
individual
pages at 60%
off the marked
price. Or you
can buy
complete
boxfuls - on
each plastic
tub we have an
approximate
total of all
the retail
prices, and
the price you
would pay if
you bought the
complete box.
(For example,
there a box of
France with a
total retail
price of
c.£1,570 which
can be bought
outright at
just £150, or
one of New
Zealand at
£1,185 retail
for £125.) When odd pages are sold this will be noted, and the price for the box will reduce. |
| Priced Collections; All the cheap collections were sold, some others are still for sale. There's possibly a few new ones to add. |
| UK Phosphor sets; We have a
good stock of
these, and
will soon
produce a new
price list for
them, both for
unmounted mint
and very fine
used. When
available,
that list will
be linked from
here. We often
have some odd
values as
well. |
| Prinz System pages (and Hagner); Stocks are running low on many formats - some are completely sold out. However, we have been making up packs of second-hand pages - some as new or very close to it, others showing wear but cheaper. |
| Kiloware; Some limited stocks are now available of bags of stamps on paper (and some off-paper), at prices much below our old list prices. (This is in a new position in the shop.) |
| Jumble Table; None of that was in our auction, and anything from there is still 20% off the marked price, plus we've added new items. |
| Metal Signs; Last few of these remaining. They were £11.50 each (most shops charge much more !) but they are now either £3.75 or £7.75 or £9.75 each depending on the subject. |
| Unsold Auction Lots; Many
of the unsold
lots from our
last (May)
auctions are
available in
the shop. Some
are already
sold. In
almost every
case the price
would be 10%
above the
lower estimate
(but with no
premium then
added). These
are not out on
display -
you'd have to
look through
our list to
find things
that might be
of interest,
then we'd look
them out for
you. |
| Coins; some selected countries are still available, other areas are completely sold. |
| Banknotes; Some of the notes did very well in the auctions (where our complete stock was offered singly or in groups), but there was quite a bit of duplication, so there were some unsold. |
| UK "Smilers" Sheets; Most of these are now priced at 10% below face value. (E.g. a standard sheet with twenty first class stamps, face value £34, would be £30.60) |
| UK Presentation Packs; We
hope to
produce a new
price list of
these, at
attractive
prices,
including
scarce packs
such as
Botanical,
Forth Road
Bridge,
Geographical,
Westminster
Abbey, and so
on. The early
packs will
have different
prices
according to
grade. We have
traded in
these for
decades, and
have handled
many
thousands, so
you'll not be
sold a "pup"
such as one
with a
replacement
wrapper or
which has been
trimmed. Most
of the modern
decimal ones
are priced
just at their
face value. |
| New Stockbooks; Only a reducing stock remains, still all with 25% off. |
| Stamp Mounts; Hawid and Showgard mounts (black or clear backgrounds) - our stock is now quite varied - some completely sold out, some running down, all at 25% off. We have an overstock on some odd sizes, will have a look at these, and will be offering bigger discounts on a few. Watch this space. |
| Covers; Some areas were
cleared in our
last auctions,
while others
remain on the
shelves.
Between 20%
and 50% off. |
| UK Mint Sets; We still have
most of these.
Remember that
most of the
decimals are
priced simply
at the face
value of the
set plus ten
pence. |
| Kestrel Cover Album Spare Pages; Stocks of these available, either the standard double-pocket, or with the one large pocket. Normal retail is £5.25 per packet of ten. We have them in packs of 20 at £7.95. Or £18.45 per packet of 50. Or £150.00 per full box of 580 pages. |
| Stenlake Publishing Books; Just a few remaining - Old Murrayfield and Corstorphine (£7.50), Old Colinton (£7.50), Old Gorgie (£7.99), Old Fauldhouse (faded cover, £4.00), Old Portobello (£6.99), Old Dalry (faded cover, £6), Wheels Around Edinburgh (faded cover, £4), Old Newington, Grange, Liberton & Gilmerton (£6.99). |
| Frames for Cigarette Cards and Post Office Stamp Cards; These are wooden frames with boards cut to take cards, and glass front and back. We have a remaining stock of these (at least some dozens of frames) which we have yet to check over, but we would be pleased to hear from anybody who wished to express an interest in buying the stock complete. |
| Hard Plastic Coin Cases; WE
have a stock
of some
hundreds of
these. Most
are for the
various
commemorative
crown. Again,
we'd be happy
to hear from
anyone who
might buy the
complete
stock. |
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Making Contact;
Email; murray
@stamp-shop.com
Phone; 0131 552 1220 – the
phones are only answered at limited times, but
the answering machine is regularly updated
giving these times for the following week. |
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Robert Murray Stamp Shop 5 & 6 Inverleith Gardens, Ferry Road, Edinburgh EH3 5PU, Scotland Telephone 0131 552 1220 or 0131 478 7021 (if you get the answering machine, it will tell you when the phones are next being answered live) Email; murray@stamp-shop.com Website address; www.stamp-shop.com Facebook; www.facebook.com/Robert-Murray-Stamp-Shop-159391130937383 |
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Page last updated Monday 30 June 2025.