Welcome to 3 Centuries Postal History
3 Centuries Postal History is where you can *still* discover and acquire amazing items from the collection of world-renowned postal historian Michael Goodman (1930-2010).
Over more than six decades, Michael amassed an extremely wide range of high quality Worldwide Postal History, with British and Commonwealth items a speciality, as well as World Postal Stationery in all its many forms, many thousands of interesting Postcards, and GB Stamps dating back to 1840.
You'll also find selected items from his philatelic library, including rare and out of print philatelic literature (more books are available at https://www.hhsales.co.uk/) and some fascinating items of Ephemera, including many rare antique newspapers.
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1888 AMERICAN EXCHANGE IN EUROPE special advertising env UK to USA w/2½d
This is an advertising envelope for the AMERICAN EXCHANGE IN EUROPE sent to the USA with possible enclosures in 1888 at the 2½d rate with a Queen Victoria Jubilee adhesive.Read More£60.00 -
1899 Jerusalem Xmas Day pmk reused on Xmas Day 1900 from Warsaw with registered label
This is a commemorative postcard issued for the beginning of the 20th century with a Jerusalem postmark of 25th December 1899. It was addressed and sent to Germany. A year later, it was restamped and registered in Warsaw with the 14 kopeck adhesive and brown label, and posted to Hirschberg, Germany, with a fresh message on the reverse.Read More£80.00 -
1840 Mulready Southgate No. 3 Caricature Hand-Coloured Envelope Maltese Cross
September 1840 Southgate No.3 Mulready caricature envelope. Superb hand-coloured example used prepaid from SHOOTERS HILL to Harbledown, Canterbury with red Maltese Cross and Greenwich Penny PPaid.Read More£5,250.00 -
1889 Illustrated satirical art publication
Extraordinary (and extraordinarily scarce) copy of a single-sheet, folded concertina-style calendar/book of 12 pages and front cover.Read More£125.00 -
1905 Romania Danube shipmail postmark TULCEA-GALATI on Sulina real photo PC 10 bani
This is a real photo postcard of Sulina, Romania, from the turn of the 20th century, with a pictorial ship postmark of the TULCEA-GALATI steamer dated from 1905, to Newcastle on Tyne. Good condition.Read More£250.00 -
1947 King George VI registered letter scarce size G - blue inside with Henlow Camp postmark
Scarce and nicely used 5½d size G King George VI registered envelope (Huggins RP64) sent locally from Henlow Camp, Bedfordshire in 1947.Read More£30.00
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If you have any questions about an item, please use the contact form from the main menu, taking care to include the title of the item to which your question relates.
And do keep coming back - new items are being added all the time. Even 15 years after Michael passed away, there are many more items to add!