PENNY REDS STAMP SHOP

Collecting early examples of postage stamps is one of the world’s best kept investment secrets. The prices of investment-grade stamps have grown consistently over the last century even through two world wars and two stock market crashes. Over the past 5 years, as financial & stock markets tumbled, the Stamp Rarities Index grew by 84.3%. This blog follows the collecting of stamps that can offer the opportunity to achieve wealth diversification and profit potential.

Tuesday, 27 December 2011

London 2012: First class Olympics stamps to go on sale

The Royal Mail's new stamps commemorating the Olympic and Paralympic Games

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Royal Mail said it was the first time a logo had been beside the Queen's head on a "definitive" stamp.

Sets of "everyday" first class stamps displaying the Olympic and Paralympic logos will go on sale next week in shops around the UK.

Saturday, 24 December 2011

Asian stamps -- broke world records 2011

The search by Asian investors for alternative assets has extended beyond art into wine, gems, watches, postage stamps and other memorabilia -- the rarer and more exclusive, the better.

With about two-thirds of the world's stamp collectors in Asia, the stamps and collectibles market has surged, says Geoff Anandappa of stamp and memorabilia retailer Stanley Gibbons.
Hong Kong-based InterAsia Auctions -- which specialises in Asian stamps -- broke world records for Chinese stamps in September, raking in $12.6 million over four days. A 1941 Dr Sun Yat-Sen inverted centre stamp fetched $221,000, up 66 percent from a similar sale a year ago.

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