Grandson gets Muppet stamps from Gustamps

A few days ago Gustamps had the pleasure  of meeting John Freston. Mr. Freston came to Gustamps shop intent on starting up  a collection of British stamps. Mr. Freston told Gustamps he had a budget of £20 and wanted as many British stamps as he could have for that figure. Gustamps salesman offered Mr. Freston a mixed lot of all different mint & used stamps ranging from Queen Victoria to date - Mr. Freston was surprised to see unusual Royal Mail stamps depicting characters from children's books such as Peter Rabbit and Padington Bear. Mr. Freston said to Gustamps' salesperson "whatever will they bring out next - the Muppets?" Gustamps' salesperson  told Mr. Freston that the United States Post Office have already done that. Gustamps sales person showed Mr Freston a set of U.S.A. stamps of the Muppets depicting Kermit, Miss.Piggy and others. Mr. Freston was told that Gustamps price was £3.50 which included a Jim Henson stamp. Mr. Freston bought a set of Muppet stamps to take home to his grandson.

Gustamps would like to thank Mr. John Freston for letting Gustamps publish his experience at Gustamps' to share with other readers.

Video game stamps from Gustamps for Tom's son

Regular Gustamps customer Tom Redman was buying some Persian stamps on a recent visit to Gustamps, when Gustamps' manager remarked to Tom that it was unusual to see Tom without his young son, who usually accompanied him on his visits to Gustamps shop. Tom said his son was at home playing video games. Tom said to Gustamps' manager "I wish there were some video game stamps I could get him, to try and spark off an interest in stamp collecting." Gustamps manager told Tom "there is." Gustamps manager told Tom that France had issued a set of stamps depicting video game characters such as Pac Man and Lara Croft from Tomb Raider. Gustamps manager went on to mention Super Mario and said that Gustamps had the set available for sale at £3. Tom Redman was pleased to buy the French 10 value set for his son in addition to Iran and Persia stamps, for himself.

Thanks from Gustamps to Tom Redman for allowing Gustamps to publish his experience at Gustamps and share it with other readers.

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Gustamps often see prents and grandparents buying stamps for their children and grandchildren.

Tomorrow and the next day Gustamps will give 2 interesting examples of these and how youngsters have benefited from adults visits to Gustamps.

Freebies galore at Gustamps

Gustamps often give away free stamps at the Gustamps shop in Brighton. Free stamps given to collectors at the Gustamps Brighton shop are to help promote stamp collecting to all. Choices are available and callers at Gustamps shop are often asked which free stamps they would prefer. Make sure you visit Gustamps stamp shop in Brighton and pick up some freebies for yourself at Gustamps.

Gustamps stamp valuation service is completely cost free

Although Gustamps have been providing stamp collectors with a free valuation service for over 40 years, Gustamps still come across some people who are not aware of this fact. Two weeks ago one visitor to Gustamps shop told Gustamps he had a collection of stamps which had lain dormant for 30 years. The man told Gustamps he would like to find out what his stamps were worth but added that he did not want to spend a lot on valuation fees only to find out his collection might not be worth much. The man was pleased to find out that Gustamps did not charge anything for a stamp valuation, and he duly received a free stamp valuation from Gustamps. He found out from Gustamps that his stamps had a market value of almost £300 as the Gustamps valuation was free it cost him nothing to find out the value of his stamps. If you have some stamps and wish to find out how much they are worth, please remember that Gustamps professional and expert stamp valuations are totally free of charge.

Gustamps celebrates Magna Carta

For this year's 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, Gustamps will be stocking scarcer commemorative items such as the limited edition cover for Simon De Montfort's Parliament. It is understood that only 100 Special covers exist. Gustamps are hoping to have some available for sale at the Gustamps shop. Gustamps recommend the cover which is one of the scarcer Royal Mail Magna Carta collectible items available this year.

Other collectors for Mr.Ponti

On a regular visit to Gustamps, Carlo Ponti cleared Gustamps stock books and albums of Italian colonial stamps. Having depleted Gustamps stock of these, Mr. Ponti proceeded to buy several classic Italian State stamps from Gustamps. Mr Ponti remarked "No one at my local stamp club is interested in Italian stamps. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only collector of Italian stamps." Gustamps manager told Mr Ponti that he had heard of a study circle specialising in stamps of Italy and Italian colonies. Gustamps manager told Mr Ponti he heard they meet at the Union Jack club in London about four times a year. Thanks to Mr Carlo Ponti for allowing Gustamps to publish his experience at Gustamps Brighton shop and letting Gustamps share it with other readers.