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We're the largest dedicated site for stamp auctions and anything philately related, from rare stamps to box lots, we've got it all. If you enjoy stamp collecting, visit us now!

Welcome to Sandafayre's photo gallery, a non-commercial feature provided as a service to philately. Here you can look at many of the world's scarce and famous stamps issued since Rowland Hill created his famous 1d Black in 1840! To use the Gallery simply click on a country from our extensive list below and you will be shown results pages of 'thumbnail' images of stamps for that particular country. Just click on one of those thumbnail images to see a larger image of the stamp and a short description. There may be many results pages for certain countries - use the Previous and Next links to navigate your way around. The Gallery is being updated all the time; we hope you will visit often!

The News & Articles feature has been compiled by Sandafayre, with the help of stamp society's and clubs from all over the world. Here you will find useful information and articles on a variety of subjects, as well as interesting news from Sandafayre. Below you will see a list of society's and clubs for whom we have pages. Just click on the one that interests you, and you will see their "home page" with useful information and links to some of their articles. If you would like your society or club to be featured on Sandafayre.com for free, click here for more information. The Bird Stamp Society The British Aerophilatelic Association The Civil Censor Study Circle The Ethiopian Collectors Club The Forces Postal History Society France and Colonies Philatelic Society The Hungarian Philatelic Society of Great Britain

The Indian Ocean Study Circle Italy and Colonies Study Circle Sandafayre News If you like commonwealth, then look out for the Allen Estate in the Sandafayre auction 544. The British commonwealth collections formed by Mr Allen have everything, very fine quality, studies of listed & unlisted shades, flaws & varieties, attractive blocks & other multiples, "Specimen" overprints- even some unusual postmarks- in fact anything that would add interest to his strong basic collections. There is usually more mint than used and they are arranged separately- so avoiding mixed m/u sets. Specialist collectors or traders will certainly enjoy trawling through these fascinating lots so we highly recommend them to anyone who likes 'out of the ordinary' accumulations. Lots from this estate are clearly shown at the

Sandafayre -the worlds largest mail bid company! Real people in a virtual world. History Sandafayre Ltd is a well established company trading for over 25 years from Knutsford, Cheshire, just south of Manchester, England. We were one of the first ever mail bid auction companies; distance selling stamps and philatelic material by post and have grown to be the biggest mail auction company for stamps in the world. Internet We are probably the largest speciality auction on the Internet! Our web site offers more stamps than Ebay! More boxes and cartons than BoxLot.com! More collections than I-Collector.com! With the added bonus that we also offer printed catalogues as well!

Philately Each year our catalogues offer over $25million of stamps with auctions closing every week. Our team of 10 full time professional describers has over 300 years of philatelic experience behind them and work from purpose built, high security premises with huge vaults holding millions of stamps. Administration Overseeing the smooth transfer from our catalogues to delivery to your door we have a highly efficient and responsive administration team, a separate accounts division, scanning and web division all taken care of by 2 IT professionals and last but not least a very skillful and motivated packing / shipping department dedicated to getting your purchases out to you as quickly, securely and cost effectively as possible!

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