Great Britain's Stamps And Postcards

Stamp collecting is an interesting and popular hobby. Art is involved with the design of the stamps and history and geography are the backbone of the knowledge attained in the collecting.

The act of collecting of Great Britain stamps and postcards has a great deal of help in several organizations. The Norvis Philatelics company is a good resource for up-to-date news about new stamps of Great Britain as well as new postmarks. The London Festival of Stamps is a year-long celebration of postal heritage with stamps and stamp design. It happens every 10 years and this year will be at the Business Design Center. There will be special stamps issued for this festival. Plus, there will be an eight-day exhibition of international stamps in May. The Kings and Queens Series will have two sets in 2010. The Battersea Dogs and Cats will have a block of 10 stamps and the Scottish Stewarts will have seven stamps. On February 1, 2010, a Girl Guiding Centenary miniature sheet was added to the collection. This festival will also mark the accession of George V, who was known as the philatelist king.

Fife, Scotland has a stamp and postcard club that holds auctions, has displays and offers a stamp identification service, and a stamp swapping day. It was founded in 1936 and has been on the Internet since 1997. The Ten O'clock Show is a dealer who buys and sells stamps and does evaluation as a no-obligation service to anyone in the United Kingdom. They do online stamp auctions and work with inherited stamp collections going to people who have no knowledge or interest.

If you want to start a collection, you have a great deal of help with online services and eBay. A trip to one of these festivals is fun.