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Monday, October 01, 2007

All Work and Play

SG, Ltd.

Stanley Gibbons in London has vacancies in their Stand offices, and how many collectors have drempt of a life where you're paid to handle stamps? Looks like they want a Commonwealth and a GB person as well as a buyer/valuer/describer for auction work. Nice work if you can get it. For more: Gibbons

P&J Philatelic

Another stamp outfit is making noise in New York. The offices of P&J Philatelic Co. figure prominently in a new Broadway play called "Mauritius," a story of a tug of war over something of incalculable value. Sounds like an interesting choice for a play as the object of desire could hardly be visible to anyone in the audience. Ah, but the play's the thing, not the set design. And if any publicity is good publicity, maybe a philatelic movie would be a good thing. For more: Mauritius

"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money - Alexis de Toucqueville

St. Rowlands School of Hinge Sticking
The answer to yesterday's stamp question:

Q: The motto "Damus Petimus Que Vicissim" appears on the world's most famous stamp. What does it mean?

A: The latin version of "We give and expect in return" was the official motto of British Guiana and appeared on the One Cent Magenta in 1856.

Today's New Stamp Question

Q: What person appears on more American postage stamps than any other person?

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All Work and Play

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