... had a monopoly.
Postage stamps were also a regular favourite, alongside local history and police vehicles. However, not all forces participated as enthusiastically as others, which led to something of ...
... Portakabin on a mudheap."
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The Royal Mail are marking Notts County's 150th anniversary with a set of stamps. Former manager Sven-Göran Eriksson would have got one of hi ...
... we can say is that "dummy issue" UK stamps featuring Sepp Blatter's head in profile may soon be surfacing on Ebay. Meanwhile, the selection of Russia and Qatar as World Cup hosts has infuriated ...
... third-world stamps with players in made-up kit. Even when major clubs are included, the reference is often to a weirdly inconsequential story. The entry on Manchester United features a film set in an ...
... that hundreds of passports had been granted by the consulate in recent years thanks to fake documents and forged legal stamps. A previous legal complaint filed by Curcio had started the probe and led Oyarbide ...
... nostalgic mid-lifers to reminisce. “We didn’t have anything other than our dreams and a Wembley Trophy football which cost one book of green shield stamps!” writes one supportive correspondent. “We played ...
... spending on this scale. We may only be a decade away from a world full of people wearing Chelsea replica shirts and countries where Abramovich’s birthday is a national holiday, Kenyon’s face is on stamps ...
... in Norway seems to capture a certain grace, colour and movement in their figures that made me think: “I want full-size posters of those. Now. Or at least a set of postage stamps.” Especially with titles ...
... pay for all the stamps, and we could do with a couple of trophies. Martin Read, via email Dear WSC Come on Cris Freddi, pull your socks up. How can you omit, in your X-Rated Footballers article in WSC ...
... our goalkeeper plays even though he’s injured). 1946 Win first postwar FA Cup final, 4-1 v Charlton. Centre-forward Jack Stamps, invariably described as “burly”, scores twice in extra time. 1972-75 Win ...
... 24 Patrick Vieira stamps his foot. “Arsenal have tried to renegotiate my current contract but I have told them repeatedly that I’m not interested.” Juventus are said to have agreed a pre-contract with ...
... to be good for at least one statue and several sets of commemorative stamps, though none would be issued in Europe.) While in one sense FIFA and UEFA are competing against each other for supremacy in ...
... a pal. "I gave these tickets to a well-respected friend of mine at face value. If this whole business stamps out ticket touting I will be very happy." He'd be happy, we'd be astonished. ...