Funny how Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology phrase their forecasts.
I have become an avid peruser of the Bureau’s home page (and must commend them for finally realising that it was silly to bury this information several clicks into the website when it is the main service they provide we great unwashed). It has been a given [...]
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Poste Restante
Poste Restante refers to ‘a department in a post office where letters remain until they are called for’ and is what is normally written on those letters. It comes from the French: poste, mail + restante, feminine present participle of rester, to remain.
It is easy now to stay in touch with family and friends back [...]
Rush in now for Blue Mauritius on ebay – only 99p!
Well. How about that?! Someone’s selling my book on ebay with a starting price of 99 pence! Quick! Someone snap up this bargain!
When does a stamp lover become a stamp?
A little snippet from The Stamp Lover, vol.1, no.1, June 1908, p.23.
Years ago I remember a newspaper paragraph stating that a gentleman got so keen on specialising the stamps of Peru that in time his “mania” (so the paper said) led him to the delusion that he himself was actually a Peruvian stamp. Our Editor [...]