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• One Investment That's Holding Its Value: Collectible Stamps - 18 December, 2008 13:36
  "The collector market for rare stamps is holding its own in turbulent times" - MARGARET STUDER, The Wall Street Journal
   
• £1 Million Portfolio Featured on BBC - 18 December, 2008 16:56
  Working Lunch's Simon Gompertz finds that collectables can be a neat investment - if you know your tat from your treasure. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7789893.stm" target="_blank"> Click here to watch</a>
   
• Britain’s Best Investment Guarantee closes on 30 November 2008 - 27 November, 2008 15:18
  It's the only investment in the world guaranteeing you a minimum 25% gain over the next 5 years. Potential returns are as high as 600% - it has happened before.
   
• CNN - 3 September, 2008 12:32
  Some investors in London are finding wine and rare stamps more attractive than stocks. CNN's Jim Boulden reports.
   
• Stamps lick the competition - 8 August, 2008 11:24
  It is reputed to be the world's most comprehensive collection of postage stamps emanating from Great Britain and the Commonwealth. This article talks about the Royal Philatelic Collection and what a canny investment it could be...
   
• Stamp of approval for alternative investments - 4 July, 2008 13:17
  The credit crunch has thrown the entire investment market into turmoil. Property no longer seems 'as safe as houses' and the stock market is demonstrating all the sings of a classic bear market. However, the GB Rarities Index demonstrates there is a more secure and potentially lucrative alternative investment opportunity in the form of stamps. The Index, now in its 10th year, is produced by Stanley Gibbons, a well-known name in philately and collectibles.
   
• Feature on iBall by Interactive Investor - 15 April, 2008 10:11
  A presentation regarding the Stanley Gibbons Group, highlighting the strength of rare stamp and autograph investment with the company.
   
• PetroChina's Ascent, CNPC H.K.'s Ties, Gross's Stamps: Timshel - Bloomberg - 16 October, 2007 16:23
  Bill Gross, whose Pimco Total Return Fund is the world's biggest bond mutual fund, is one of the largest U.S. collectors of stamps.
   
• Gross gains stamp of approval - Telegraph - 13 June, 2007 12:00
  Pimco's Bill Gross may have turned bearish on bonds, but he's still bullish about the stamp market...
   
• Bill Gross British Stamp Auction - CNW Telbec - 12 June, 2007 16:28
  Legendary investor Bill Gross auctioned his British stamp collection for charity in New York yesterday...
   
• Bill Gross British Stamp Auction Turns $2.5 Million Into $9.1 Million - Bloomberg - 11 June, 2007 16:29
  Early British stamps featuring a young Queen Victoria and owned by billionaire fund manager Bill Gross sold for record prices at auction today in New York...
   
• Collectibles march to the baby boomers' tune - International Herald Tribune - 18 May, 2007 16:31
  Back in the late 1970s - when the world last witnessed spiraling oil prices, out-of-control commodities inflation and U.S. hostilities in the Middle East...
   
• The Last Cheap Asset Class - Daily Wealth - 14 May, 2007 16:33
  In late 2005, I told my readers about what I called a Holy Grail-type investment...
   

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