I Pen these notes well in advance of the actual auction and I have to think well ahead of the here and now.

May we wish you all the very best for 2026, I hope that we can serve you with building your fine collections throughout this New Year.

2025 was an excellent philatelic year for us, Stampex was one of the best ever & we were happy to meet many existing customers together with making new contacts.  Philately delivers so much enjoyment, both for the collector & those that work in the industry.

Times are changing & evolving, constantly. We have had to take a tough decision to stop sending catalogues overseas. The principle reason being the many delays that we have encounter because of global postal systems with many of our catalogues arriving after the auction close.

Another issue is the ever increasing costs of postal rates & printing. Please check out all our latest sales & offerings on www.philangles.co.uk.

We are here for you and our website is easy to navigate. Many items in the sale are illustrated for your convenience.

Highlights for sale 458 include:

HONG KONG – quality stamps & high values.

GREAT BRITAIN our usual extensive offerings with sensible estimates & many fine high value stamps.

COLLECTIONS of the world offered intact featuring good high value stamps, see Switzerland, Iceland, Norway etc.

NEW ZEALAND with postal fiscals.

AUSTRALIAN STATES collections inc Victoria.

 

And much more.

2026, see us at York and Liverpool where I will be on hand to discuss all things philatelic.

All the best.

Simon Carson & The Philagles Team.