Robert Murray Stamp Shop, Edinburgh
Established 1977
Retail shop, auctioneers, mail order
www.stamp-shop.com



Beatles stamps
On 9 January 2007, the British Post Office issued a set of stamps commemorating The Beatles.
Robert Murray Stamp Shop in Edinburgh is able to supply all the products - mint sets, miniature sheets, first day covers, and stamp postcards.

See pictures from BBC website (opens new window)

We are now filling orders, and the items we can supply are listed below. The prices listed are the prices for our shop customers. There is however a handling charge applied to orders from people who are not able to come in to our shop to collect in person.

The following mint items all have prices which are the same as Post Office prices ! 
Item
Description
Price
Mint set
The full set of six stamps unused, as sold by the Post Office, and valid for postage.
£3.36
Mint miniature sheet
Four different designs of stamps printed together in one small sheet, unused.
£1.28
Presentation pack
The mint set and the mint miniature sheet, all in a specially printed folder.
£5.15
Stamp Cards
Set of postcards with enlargements of the stamp images.
£3.30



Odd items
Please contact us if you wish to purchase stamps in unequal quantities, or in blocks, etc.


The following First Day Covers are also available from us from stock. (These are no longer available from Royal Mail.)
Item
Description
Price
Please note that we are now sold out of all first day covers with just the normal stamps. We still have some stocks of miniature sheet first day covers.
Stamps first day cover
The set of stamps on a specially printed envelope, with a postmark dated the first day of issue. (We will have a choice of postmarks available.) (Read here about UK FDCs, and why you might find our covers to be a better buy than those marketed by Royal Mail.)
CHOICE OF POSTMARKS AVAILABLE; Penny Lane Liverpool, Abbey Road London, "HELP" semaphore design Liverpool. See pictures (broadband). .
Penny Lane
SOLD OUT
Abbey Road
SOLD OUT
HELP
SOLD OUT
Miniature sheet stamps first day cover
As above, but with the miniature sheet rather than the set.
CHOICE OF POSTMARKS AVAILABLE; Strawberry Fields Liverpool, The Cavern Liverpool. See pictures (broadband).
Strawberry Fields
£2.50
Cavern
£2.50

Post and packing charges; Open new window to see postage charges.  

Orders (we accept payments by Maestro, Delta, MasterCard, and Visa) can be made by telephone to Robert Murray Stamp Shop in Edinburgh - 0131 552 1220 or 0131 478 7021 or 0845 0500 886. (From other countries +44 131 552 1220 or +44 131 478 7021)
If you prefer to pay by cheque, cash, or postal order, please telephone or email in advance to check availability and postage costs.
We are willing to accept orders by email. You can also use Skype ("Stampshop") but email first to fix time.

Warning; There are many items being offered on the market as "stamps" showing The Beatles *, but which are not in fact real stamps. To the best of our knowledge, all such productions from Abhkazia, Buriata, Karelia, Chuviashia, and the like are what are described in the philatelic world as "illegals". Illegals are labels (not stamps), which are produced by people who have no authority from the country named on the labels, and who normally ignore such niceties as copyright and intellectual property. They normally pick on countries (or areas/provinces, etc.) which do not have the financial ability to take international legal action.
If you know exactly what they are and still decide to buy them, then that is your choice. But don't expect anybody in the future to recognise them as postage stamps. And don't expect to be able to sell them for anything more than a laughable sum.
[* The same applies to many issues of film stars, pop and rock bands, golfers, and so on.]

Robert Murray Stamp Shop, 5 & 6 Inverleith Gardens, Edinburgh, EH3 5PU. Tel 0131 552 1220. Email beatles@stamp-shop.com
Page last updated Monday 29 January 2007. Copyright Robert Murray 2006, 2007.

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Robert Murray Stamp Shop, Edinburgh
Established 1977
Retail shop, auctioneers, mail order
www.stamp-shop.com