Welcome to Andrew G Lajer Philatelist
The number one resource for fine GB stamps & philately
Andrew G Lajer Philatelist has superb British philatelic material added daily specialising in GB stamps, penny black, seahorses, 1d red, 2d blue, postal history etc.
Andrew Lajer previously worked at Stanley Gibbons Ltd for 17 years where he was Director of the Great Britain Specialist Rare Stamp Department before setting up on his own in 1993.
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Latest Catalogue
Our latest catalogue issued for Summer 2022 includes a fine selection of GB Stamps and Postal History.
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New Additions
1901 ½d. Green stationery envelope, advertising John Herdman & Sons Haymarket Flour Mills, Edinburgh
£40.00
SG172 1897 1d. Lilac on rare advertising envelope of Deeside Hydropathic Establishment in Heathcot
£110.00
SG202 1899 1d. Pink envelope with superb advertising for Rolled Oats, going to Hamburg, Germany
£475.00
Events we are Attending
03
Aug
Join us in person for the Autumn Stampex 27th September - 1st October 2022 at The Business Design Centre, Islington. Stand no. 81
OPENING TIMES:
Wednesday: 10am - 6pm
Thursday: 10am - 6pm
Friday: 10am - 6pm
Saturday: 10am...
Philatelic Features
01
Oct
The stamp has been placed on the reverse and cancelled by a red maltese cross with an udc below. Manuscript note at the bottom reads, “one of the first envelopes received by post”. Ref....
14
May
Travelling Post Offices, or TPO's, were trains that were equipt with letter boxes, so that mail could be posted while the train stood idle in a station.
A feature of the TPO was the picking...
