Hello, well the weekend is here. How good is that, and for your enjoyment we hope, please note we have loaded 357 new Barbados listings in the online store at https://hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps covering 1852 to 1938. What are you doing this weekend? 😀 We would be most happy if you visited us. http://cddstamps.com

Enjoy the weekend and enjoy your stamps. Michael

It is Friday 13th. Some may not have even noticed. Others may be freaking out with paraskevidekatriaphobia yep that is what is called the phobia of Friday 13th.

I am just thinking of stamps, boring as I am :-) Found this one for you. Perhaps not scary enough!

Have a great day and an even better weekend

Michael cddstamps.com ........ where you might just make your weekend even better buy filling some gaps in your collection from here.

Hello, some things take time don't they; sorting some of my Hong Kong from my years living there is one of them. But I finally did and now I have them listed in the online store.

A chance to improve your Hong Kong collection or just enjoy looking by clicking this link.

and, I even had to update the advertising copy as we finally have over 39,000 listings in the store. That doesn't mean we are not selling. Far from it September so far has been very good, I think it shows that if we offer the selection you can successfully add to your collection. Thanks for keeping us so busy. Enjoy your philately .... Michael cddstamps.com

Hello, I had an interesting email from a collector colleague this week and it inspired me to tell you about this stamp. Just in case you don't know of course.

This was from the 1938 Presidential issue SG 799 (Scott 803) This is an interesting stamp because firstly, there was no postal mail value on its own of ½c when it was issued so it was used as a make up value stamp, and secondly, Benjamin Franklin was not a US President. A fun trivia question that one, "what US President's issue stamp features someone who was not a President? Actually there was one other person,namely Martha Washington. There was also a third stamp that did not show a President and that was the 4½c value because it showed the White House.

Learning from stamps. So fulfilling. Oh one other piece of trivia, do you know how many of the ½c value were issued? Must be a competition there for readers. Send me an answer over the weekend and I will find some stamps to send for free to whoever gets the closest. email me at cddstamps@gmail.com and please include your mailing address if you want to win.

Have a great philatelic weekend Michael cddstamps.com

Hello, for those of you who collect North Borneo I thought I would show a couple of stamps for you.

This is SG 158 SC# 136 Mint Hinged with the Chocolate Brown shade and with perf 13½ x 14

This is the Apple Green shade, SG 168 SC# 142 also Mint Hinged with perf 13½ x 14 There are many more in the cddstamps online store. We hope you can visit us and enjoy looking around. Best wishes and enjoy your stamps Michael cddstamps.com