last week one of my friends asked for foreign stamps for her 8 year old grandson, so I gave her those I could find - gotta sort thru the mess & find the others.

When I was about 12 I was given my Greataunt's stamps. She was born in the early 1890s & had many older stamps - including a Green? penny but not a black penny, which was the world's first postage stamp, issued 1840. She also had a set of stamps issued by the Commonwealth countries in 1953 for the Queen's coronation this lot but her stamps came from the edge & had a perforated bit of white paper on the bottom. I can't find any info on such stamps (any stamp collectors here?)

I added any stamps I could find, or buy, especialy art & paintings, & was still sporadically collecting in 1970 when Australia celebrated 200 years since Captain Cook "discovery" of the east cast of Australia., so I bought this mini-sheet

Years later Mum took over the unwanted albums & added to them, I assume my nephew or niece has it now.