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1858 Fraser River Gold Rush Diary on Global News

One of four known diaries from the 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush – and the only one written by...

Our 1400th Milestone in Canadian Coin News

“After more than 26 years of weekly sales, All Nations Stamp & Coin will mark its next...

All Nations Stamp and Coin 1400th Auction Milestone

Vancouver’s All Nations Stamp and Coin continues its annual tradition of conducting a...

Kamloops, B.C. 22 Nov 1885 Marcus Smith last Letter to his wife

Kamloops, BC 22 Nov 1885 C.P.R. engineer Marcus Smith last letter to his wife Mentions railway...

Fraser River Gold Rush Diary, offered for sale

One of four known Fraser River Gold Rush diaries. The only one written by a Canadian and the only...

The passion for the stamp! Mornings with Simi

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-passion-for-the-stamp/ Simi interviews Brian who talks...

Julian G. Maksymczuk Award to Brian Grant Duff

The Ukrainian Philatelic & Numismatic Society have awarded Brian Grant Duff the Julian G....

Beaver aircraft stamp fails to take off with Canadian aviators – Global News article

Canada Post unveiled a new stamp to to honour the De Havilland Beaver — a Canadian aviation...

Restoring West Vancouver’s oldest Pioneer house

Built about 1872, Navvy Jack House is a rare surviving example of an early pioneer building in...

New Canada Post stamp for Ukraine Humanitarian Relief

Brian Grant Duff, owner and operator of the All Nations Stamp and Coin shop in Vancouver, says the stamps could be difficult to find.

“It’s going to be hard to get because they only made 50,000 booklets, so 500,000 stamps, in booklets of 10 … I understand that post offices will probably get something like 100 booklets each and the first day cover is extremely limited and hard to get they only made 7000 examples.”

News update – Petition Canada Post for stamp to help Ukrainian Refugees

Canada Post are to re-issue 2011 Sunflower post as a fund-raiser for Ukraine!19th May 2022 post ...

Global News TV – Brian Grant Duff looking to help Ukrainian Refugees

Brian was on Global News TV today (Sunday May 30th 2022) talking about the Petition for Canada...

Cape of Good Hope #180 13 Apr 1900 3d Blue Siege of Mafeking Cover

Siege of Mafeking cover rediscovered A newly rediscovered Siege of Mafeking cover franked with a...

1,350th Auction noted in Canadian Stamp News

Canadian Stamp News “All Nations Stamp & Coin, based in Vancouver, B.C., hit another...

Petition calls for Canada Post to print a Ukraine relief charity stamp

Global News Online > “Brian Grant Duff, owner-operator of Vancouver’s All Nations Stamp...

12d Black Sale Brokered

All Nations and Canada Stamp Finder brokered the sale of the finest of two known pairs of the 170...

Canadian Stamp News report on our Milestone 1300th Auction

CSN article: All Nations marks 1,300 auctions “Thirteen-hundred auctions is 26 years of...

Global News BC > The Old Hastings Mill Store’ in financial jeopardy

The Old Hastings Mill Store’ in financial jeopardy A museum – house in Vancouver’s oldest building – is in financial jeopardy.’The Old Hastings Mill Store’ survived the Great Fire of 1886 but the pandemic could force its...

Online auction only today – no live auction at store

The radio replaces the live floor at today’s auction. For the first time in 1255 sales,...

News: The Mayfair Find – Rare colonial B.C. stamps come home for auction

John Mackie writes in the Vancouver Sun. In the early 1860s, a young man wrote to postmasters around the world, enclosing money for sheets of stamps to be sent to his home in Mayfair in London. So they did. Now eight of the “Mayfair find” stamps have come home to B.C. in the Feb. 29 All Nations Stamp and Coin auction.