Collection guides

African philatelic material

Stamps, airmails and other philatelic material from Africa

Americas and Oceania philatelic material

Stamps and related philatelic items from a wide area

Artwork for postage stamps

Original artwork prepared in the production of postage stamps

Asian philatelic material

19th and 20th-century stamps and related material from Asia

Banknotes

Banknotes from the Crown Agents, and of English Treasury Notes

British and Irish philatelic material

Stamps, related philatelic material, and philatelic literature from Brtain and Ireland

Chinese stamps

19th and 20th-century stamps from China

European philatelic material

Stamps, airmails and related material from the continent

Philatelic collections

Stamps, revenue stamps, postal history items and related materials

Pioneer airmails

Stamps, envelopes and souvenir postcards carried by early aeroplanes

Revenue stamps

A wide range of stamps for collecting tax

Security printing

Examples of dies, plates, and presses for security printing of stamps