Every eight years or so the Seven Seas people publish their stamp catalog. So for the last eight years I have been stockpiling Australian stamps. I have a paid service where the post office sends me the new issues. There are many variations but I get at least one of each, however they are now in unopened envelopes, in boxes, also stuffed in folders etc. The latest SSS edition arrived yesterday, twice the size and in shiny hardback. So maybe it will take some months to clear this backlog. It is a lot of work to publish one of these catalogs, however in future I am going to try a more timely system , as I don't think I can wait another eight years for the next one and also I may draw the line at collecting Australian stamps beyond the end of this year anyway. I still have some gaps up to 2025 but largely the collection is in the 90 percentile for completion however the hunt to fill the gaps will continue and gets more precise as you get closer to 100%.
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