I no longer use surface mail as a means of postage.. these days with postal prices being so high,when a overseas auction winner purchases a heavy item.. to help them and to save yourself having to fork out...
THIS IS A GENERAL INFORMATION GUIDE ONLY AND IN MOST CASES WILL BE LIMITED TO GPO ‘BRITISH POST OFFICE’ EQUIPMENT IF YOU FIND THIS GUIDE HELPFUL, PLEASE VOTE NOTES ON BUYING TELEPHONES SOME COMMON SENSE IS...
This guide is intended to give a brief outline of the history of the pocket watch, from its beginnings in the 16th century, up until the early part of the 20th century. It covers the technical development and...
This guide has been created to assist those of you who are just starting out in the Sea fishing arena. It will hopefully enable you to make the correct choice when purchasing a rod, reel or end tackle. These...
Some Tests to help you to identify Amber from it's imitations The popularity of Amber has increased since the advent of the film Jurassic Park. It has been proved very easy to imitate genuine amber with the...
This is a very simple and straight forward listing of the Del Prado Napoleon at War Series. The numbers are based around the first UK release (some were different on the second release I believe). This listing...
History Toby jugs have been made in this country since about 1770, and there are known examples from Germany before this time, and now various countries from arround the world produce toby jugs. Early...
A new crystal should always be cleansed before you work with it for healing. This is not actually to clean dirt from it, but the unwanted energy it will have gathered from other people. There are many ways...
Here's a guide for civvies: don't be fooled or cajoled into parting with more cash than you need to, just because the ad reads 'CRACK BLACK S.A.S. ELITE SPECIAL FORCES SMOCK - RARE!!!' Most kit you see on...
This is an overview of the postage stamps and postal history of Australia. The various colonies that joined to form the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 had long operated their own postal systems; see the...