Para's amazing stamp collection

[tcm]

Para very kindly sorted out the puter, all working fine. I went round to collect the bits and pieces, no problem at all.

Now back at the boat in canaries, geting stuff sorted for transat in late november. Weather v windy so partly to see what it'll be like for next few days (we want to put the sail back on) and partly to show how flaky it is, i thought it a good idea to actually show swmbo how we get a weather forecast on board.

So, i dug out the satphone which para had nicely repacked in a used envelope for me. The stamp on the envelope caught my eye - it seemed to be in an old style, with an image of a young Elizabeth 2nd. I initially thought that perhaps new stamps were being made in the old style, retro-stamps perhaps. But looking closer the stamp said "3d" on it. And looking even closer, the postmark is .... 1953!

Perhaps para has oh, loads of ancient envelopes knocking about - or perhaps he has accidentally given me a valuable item from his collection? Or is it a special present to me, a valuable post-coronation special edition?

[Telo]

Smart move by Para - most of the posties hate even trying to get the money out of people because the sender didn't use the right the correct stamp, or, in Para's case, re-used the stamp that delivered his demob papers at the end of his National Service.

[ParaHandy]

But looking closer the stamp said "3d" on it. And looking even closer, the postmark is .... 1953!

jings ... the value orra stamp (there wur 240p's tae ra poond then?) is 17p today which means ra post office is a cheating shower of minging, whinging, cross-dressing, government lick-spittle lackies run by a fitba' retread

[DaveS]

a young Elizabeth 2nd

Nae Liz the twa!

Next time you're up, have a look at Scottish pillar boxes. You'll find that those less than 60 years old have an E R insignia rather than EII R. There's a reason...

[claymore]

Para ra philaterer...jings, whit age can dae ta a man. D'ye still mind they philandrin days Para, er are they but a dim whisp o manx mist?