Stamps: Making an Enquiry and Terms and Conditions
We number postage stamps principally by Stanley Gibbons (SG) but also use Yvert (Yv)
occasionally and Michel (Mi.) extensively. Some railway lists may also carry Domfil numbers. If you have a problem understanding any catalogue numbers, please ask us for help.
Sending an Enquiry
If you are working from other catalogues and sending us an enquiry,
we can interpret most pre-2001 numbers from the main four catalogues, but we suggest you add the year and description as well. 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
UK Customers: We often only have one copy of each item that we list, so we suggest that you email us with your order but please do not pay until your order has been confirmed and a total provided. Exceptionally, UK customers, if they wish, can post us an Upper Limit Cheque with their order, details here: Upper Limit Cheque .
We accept cash and cheques at fairs and by post. We can only accept Credit or Debit Cards at fairs (and even then not at the York fair where we do not carry the technology to do so). Provided a total has been agreed, inland customers may pay by cheque or by inland transfer to our bank account. Please ask us for the bank details (which changed in October 2025) and also please let us know by email if you have made payment this way. We do not usually accept Paypal payments from UK customers.
Overseas Customers: Our prices are in British Pounds (Sterling). Payment Methods available:
1. Cash. We accept Cash payment in Pounds Sterling or Euros for sums up to £200; we use the xe.com current exchange rate (a middle rate between bank buying and selling prices) for conversion to/from Euros. Please pay to the nearest 5 Euros and we will carry a small debit or credit forward to your next order. However, the risk of sending cash by post lies with the buyer and we do not recommend it.
2. U.K. Cheques and Bank Drafts. Payment may be made by UK cheque, if you hold one, or by Bank Draft in Sterling (which must be drawn on a British Bank). Payment may also be made directly to our bank account, please request bank details, but any fees, i. e. both sender's and receiver's fees, must be paid by the customer. For sums in excess of about £400.00, Sterling Bank Draft or International Bank Transfer may be a cheaper method for you than PayPal (see below).
3. PayPal: This is often the cheapest method of payment for the majority of our overseas customers, except for large amounts. For PayPal payments from non-EU countries, we may add up to 4.6% to our invoice. Our PayPal account is not the same as our usual correspondence account. It is shown on our invoices or we can provide it to you by email.
Postage and Packing
Postage & Packing are charged extra, at cost plus a few pence. As a rule, smaller orders are sent by ordinary post and we send more valuable consignments by registered insured post. The threshold that we suggest for using registered post varies considerably according to destination country. In most cases involving valuable sendings, we discuss with our customers the postal service to be used in order best to balance cost and any possible risk. Please let us know of any special concerns that you have.
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