About us


My wife Wendy, myself and the cat, Scrap live in Swindon in the county of Wiltshire. I have had a life-long interest in history and the arts: Wendy is a Librarian and we both have degrees in English and History. For the last 18 months we have been part-time trading on the internet in stamps, coins, postcards and postal history, in fact just about anything that will pack flat in an envelope. We try to find more unusual and interesting material but it is question of what turns up in the auctions.
My philatelic collecting interests are China, Poland, some aspects of South Africa, and thematics on coins and currency and the history of Europe between 1600 and 1789. I had a large collection of Chinese coins but that was sold at auction several years ago. I continue to have an interest in numismatics in general. Wendy collects stamps and postal history of Latvia and Central Lithuania and the City of Vilnius. She also has collections concerned with various aspects of printing and books.

The content of this website is available from the buttons below. There are a variety of files which you are invited to read,concerned with collecting. I hope you will find something of interest.

Gruss aus Swindon! - a few lines about the much maligned town where we live.

My Auntie was Haile Selassie's Fishmonger - philatelic collecting in general with ideas for developing new collections.

1. Intro
2.Choosing
3.Doing

I like this...Interesting items from collections, not all philatelic. This page will be changed on a regular basis.

SWINPEX 2002 Our club organised stamp fair

Clubs and societies.

Links to other sites on the Web

Gruss aus Swindon
clubs and societies
My Auntie was Haile Selassie's Fishmonger - Introduction
My Auntie was Haile Selassie's Fishmonger - Choosing
My Auntie was Haile Selassie's Fishmonger - doing
Swinpex
I like this...



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