A New Era for All Nations Stamp and Coin
An article in local Dunbar Life magazine about Firmin Wyndels, the new owner of All Nations Stamp and Coin, and his passion for stamps and postal history Dunbar Life: A New Beginning for an Iconic Business Dunbar Life: A New Beginning for an Iconic Business "..Firmin...
Our 1,550th Milestone auction is open!
View and bid online here Consisting of 200 Lots of PREMIUM material including - A stunning selection of mint Victorian era Canada - More than 40 Canada / Provinces Imperforate Pairs - Canadian "Errors, Freaks and Varieties" - Canadian Semi-Official Stamps and Proofs -...
Sneak-Peek of Milestone Sale 1550
Something is brewing at All Nations.. Sneak-Peek of Milestone Sale 1550 on March 7th 2026 Only 100 known, Lot 18 Canada #103ii. VF unused 1908 Quebec Tercentenary 20c imperforate pair. No gum as issued, 2025-2026 Unitrade $1000 Angel of the Last Judgement, Lot 30...
Congratulations to Firmin Wyndels
Congratulations to Firmin Wyndels on his first auction as the new owner of All Nations Stamp and Coin. Up now at https://archive.allnationsstampandcoin.com/auction/ Sign up for All Nations auction mailing list here Read more here
News Release from Weeda Stamps Ltd and All Nations Stamp and Coin
The Victoria based group of companies that includes Weeda Stamps and Garden City Philatelic Auctions, owned by Firmin Wyndels on Vancouver Island, is expanding to a lower-mainland British Columbia operation by acquisition of All Nations Stamp and Coin, operated by...
All Nations Stamp and Coin milestone 1500th auction
Vancouver's All Nations Stamp & Coin brings their milestone 1500th auction to market Saturday March 8 at 130pm Pacific. The 215 lot $100,000 sale offers online viewing and bidding on on their website at https://www.allnationsstampandcoin.com Commencing with...
All Nations Triple Anniversary 1,475th online Auction
All Nations' 1475th milestone online auction is on September 7th, closing at 1.30 pm. The auction marks triple anniversaries in 2024: 75 years of All Nations, 40 years in the stamp and coin business in Vancouver and Toronto, and 25 years of owning All Nations. 225...
2004 at the Bay and All Nations
Memories from 40 years in the stamp and coin business by Brian Grant Duff When watch repair moved, we were able to take their adjacent space and begin bidboard auctions at our downtown Bay location. Jurgen Gothe was an occasional client who bought coins as gifts. CBC...
CBC: How Canada Post lost $3bn in six years
Please watch CBC news item "How Canada Post lost $3B in six years" and consider sharing and asking concerned citizens and collectors to write their MPs asking for their party's positions on saving Canada Post. Let's make this an (early) election issue....
Jill Bennet on CKNW 980 talks to Brian Grant Duff about stamps
Jill Bennett on CKNW Radio 980 interviews Brian Grant Duff about cost of postage and the future of stamps.
StampOutWar limited edition Ukraine support maxicards
Montreal artist Linda has chosen All Nations to auction their StampOutWar limited edition Ukraine support maxicards starting April 20 2024 All proceeds to Canada Ukraine Foundation. Linda's story of the international collaboration, now approaching 50 countries, was...
DunbarLife magazine feature Brian Grant Duff and All Nations
DunbarLife is the local magazine for Brian and the store. They have featured All Nations Stamp and Coin's 75th Anniversary and Brian's 40 years in the business. Dunbar Life magazine article All Nations Stamp & Coin Brian Grant Duff Dunbar Life:...
A newly rediscovered unused 1860 5c Connell brought $6655 in All Nations’ milestone 1450th auction
An original New Brunswick #5 1860 5c Connell with RPSL Certificate.
Our 1,450th auction of stamp and coin rare and scarce is live
All Nations' milestone 1450th auction is Saturday 16 March closing at 130pm. View and bid in our 1450th Auction here With attractive singles and revenues from the Kerrisdale collection, purchased in the 1970s, our initial offering of rarities from the Brewery...
Brian is on CTV with a USPS semipostal idea
Brian Grant Duff, owner and operator of All Nations Stamp and Coin in Dunbar is campaigning for the United States Postal Service to create a commemorative stamp honouring T-Swift, and hopes people can raise Stamp Awareness with the petition. The Swift Stamp would...
All Nations Stamp and Coin are celebrating 75 years
2024 All Nations Stamp and Coin are celebrating 75 years of serving the collecting community. 1949 George VI to 2024 Charles III All Nations conducts weekly online auctions. The firm's 1450th sale is Saturday 16 March at 130pm.All Nations advises, appraises,...
Honour the Living. Raise money for charity. Taylor Swift Stamp Campaign
Honour the Living. Raise money for charity. Please sign and share the Taylor Swift stamp campaign. Brian Grant Duff : As an avid stamp collector and a fervent admirer of Taylor Swift, I am personally invested in the creation of a commemorative stamp to honor...
Peace to Us Artwork by Linda in our 25th November auction
The artist behind the Stamp Out War project has consigned their unique philagraph Peace to Us to Vancouver' All Nations 25th November online auction All proceeds from the sale of the signed and certified 27.9x35.2cm graphite, charcoal, colour pencil, and watercolour...
Stamp Out War! Support Ukraine by Linda
Linda has written an article of distinction about the birth of the Stamp Out War project and the genesis of the Ukraine maxicards. "On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. A few days later, I dug through my visual archives looking for a relevant...
Unused 1855 10d Cartier from the Dale-Lichtenstein collection
Canada #7 F/VF unused 1855 10d Cartier on thin, crisp, hard wove paper. From the Dale-Lichtenstein collection. 2023 Greene certificate stating genuine in all respects. We made a good buy on it and passed on the savings to a great client. Sold for $6,750.
All Nations offered Gerald Wellburn’s 45 page album in our 2020 auctions. See the full album as we posted: 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush
All Nations and Canada Stamp Finder brokered the sale of the finest of two known pairs of the 170 year old 12d Black, for $165,000 in August 2021. This pair is illustrated in Howes’ Canada handbook and has previously graced the Pack, Adler, Jephcott, Leggett, Hillmer, and Cantor collections.
See Canadian Coins News: Rare used 12-penny black pair brings $165K used $3 Jubilee stamp, which was tied by a Winnipeg cancel and sold for $708 on a $400 estimate.[/caption]
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Our 1,550th Milestone auction is open!
View and bid online here Consisting of 200 Lots of PREMIUM material including - A stunning selection of mint Victorian era Canada - More than 40 Canada / Provinces Imperforate Pairs - Canadian "Errors, Freaks and Varieties" - Canadian Semi-Official Stamps and Proofs -...
Congratulations to Firmin Wyndels
Congratulations to Firmin Wyndels on his first auction as the new owner of All Nations Stamp and Coin. Up now at https://archive.allnationsstampandcoin.com/auction/ Sign up for All Nations auction mailing list here Read more here
2007 at All Nations and The Bay
In 2007 Vancouver 2010 Olympic coin program began. The Bay and the Mint were Olympic sponsors but I was not an authorized Olympic coin dealer. Even though Vanoc workers were buying Vancouver 2010 coins from us, the Olympic brand demanded we stop selling Vancouver 2010, and all other Olympic coins. As a longtime Mint coin seller and Bay associate, I kicked up a fuss, then complied since our lawyer clients advised the Olympics would break me
2006 at the Bay and All Nations
Memories from 40 years in the stamp and coin businessby Brian Grant Duff 2006 at the Bay and All Nations Discovered a Columbia Mission label and cover which Jack Wallace acquired. Jack was a lifelong collector of stamps and postal history, specializing in the...
2005 at the Bay and All Nations
Memories from 40 years in the stamp and coin businessby Brian Grant Duff 2005 at the Bay and All Nations Jim Hennok, our old Queen Street East dealer neighbour in Toronto, died. He was an avid collector, and expert marksman, who left everything to his employees. I...
2004 at the Bay and All Nations
Memories from 40 years in the stamp and coin business by Brian Grant Duff When watch repair moved, we were able to take their adjacent space and begin bidboard auctions at our downtown Bay location. Jurgen Gothe was an occasional client who bought coins as gifts. CBC...
2003 at All Nations and the Bay
Memories from 40 years in the stamp and coin businessby Brian Grant Duff 2003 at All Nations and the Bay Coin and Stamp department Auctioned the Blair Henshaw Aids awareness collection. It was donated to Simon Fraser University by the buyer. Blair Henshaw There is a...
2002 at All Nations and the Bay Coin and Stamp department
Memories from 40 years in the stamp and coin businessby Brian Grant Duff 2002 at All Nations and the Bay Coin and Stamp department Helped promote the Canadian Numismatic Association show in Vancouver. Got to see the Bank of Vancouver $5 banknote on display there. A...
2001 at All Nations and the Bay Coin and Stamp department
Memories from 40 years in the stamp and coin businessby Brian Grant Duff 2001 at All Nations and the Bay Coin and Stamp department Canada's first postage stamp, the 3d Beaver, turned 150. The Royal Canadian Mint produced a 3d Beaver stamp and coin set. The 3d Beaver...
1998: Memories of Eaton’s stamp and coin department Vancouver
1998: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation actually paid me to do a series of early morning radio broadcasts about the federal government threatening to remove the Queen from Canada’s stamps.
1997: Eaton’s coin and stamp department Vancouver
1997: Eaton’s Coin and Stamp department Vancouver
Helped Dan clear out his storage in the basement of the Georgian Club, once a bank. The bulk of items stored there were Leonard Frank postcards and Royal Hudson Train cinderella stamps, which are 50 years old this year.
2000: All Nations and The Bay Coin and Stamp Department
Memories from 40 years in the stamp and coin businessby Brian Grant Duff All Nations and The Bay Coin and Stamp Department 2000 Ran the Bay Coin and Stamp department for a year and a half by myself. David Hamilton operated All Nations for us. The Bay shop was on the...
1996: Eaton’s coin and stamp department
1996: Eaton’s coin and stamp department
Eaton’s started moving the department around. Everytime we changed locations we lost a third of our clients. The Bank of Canada issued the last two dollar banknote. The last two dollar bill and first $2 coin were popular with collectors.
1999 at Eaton’s and All Nations
Memories from 40 years in the stamp and coin businessby Brian Grant Duff 1999 at Eaton's and All NationsThe Royal Canadian Mint issued monthly millennium quarters and a $2 coin for Nunavut. Our website downtownstamps.bc.ca began. Eaton's went bankrupt and we escaped...
1995: Eaton’s coin and stamp department
1995:We hired Tracey Bell to impersonate Marilyn Monroe promoting the U.S. Marilyn stamp. Didn’t sell like Elvis but I still see popular culture issues as a way to introduce people to our hobbies.
1994: Eaton’s coin and stamp department
1984: Eaton’s got a postage stamp marking their 125th anniversary. There are two different types of plastic packaging around the booklets.
1993: Elvis at Eaton’s
Dan was at PHILEX in Toronto when the U.S. Elvis stamp was released and managed to secure some for sale at our Eaton’s stamp and coin department. Most news media covered the sale and people were lined up for two weeks to buy sheets, blocks, t-shirts, and first day covers of the 29c Elvis stamps.
1992: Canada 125 coins at Eaton’s
To mark Canada’s 125th birthday, the Mint issued 25c coins showing scenes from the provinces and territories, plus a commemorative aureate Dollar. The circulating versions were popular with collectors and the public and introduced new collectors to the hobby.
Our 1,450th auction of stamp and coin rare and scarce is live
All Nations' milestone 1450th auction is Saturday 16 March closing at 130pm. View and bid in our 1450th Auction here With attractive singles and revenues from the Kerrisdale collection, purchased in the 1970s, our initial offering of rarities from the Brewery...
1991: The impact of GST
The GST began and impacted store visits and purchases. We started bid board style auctions to offset the losses. We also stopped handling antiquities as border crossing became more difficult. A cruise ship visitors shuttle to Eaton’s helped.
1990: Began operating Eaton’s Stamp and Coin department
We had drinks with George Holschauer and Bill Simpson, among my ancestor’s uniforms, at the Imperial War Museum. I stood next to Fred Eaton as he acquired the largest known multiple of Canada’s Seaway Invert stamp, at the Christie’s auction, for Ron Brigham.
1989: Return to Vancouver
Macdonald’s invited me to their Toronto headquarters to discuss commemorative covers from the 1988 Soviet-Canadian Polar Bridge Expedition with a Russian delegation. It was an important meeting as Macdonald’s was expanding into Russia at the time. I was paid in Big Mac and Taxi passes.
1988: Detroit, Montreal, Virginia Beach, Wellburn auction
I wrote the stamp column for the Canadian Antiquer and Collector. Show visits included a train trip to Montreal and an earthquake during the show at Place Bonaventure, where the lights went out and we all lay across our displays in the dark, sheepishly rising when the lights returned.
1987: Memories from 40 years in the stamp and coin business
(Part 4) 1987 Toronto shows and the Wellburn book We became regulars at Dave Bastedo's PHILEX, and Mike Madesker's STAMPEX shows. Our innovations included portable professional displays and hiring models to hand out auction catalogues. Our stamp auction catalogues...
1986: Toronto and Chicago
Brian Grant Duff is celebrating his 40th anniversary of serving the collecting community in Vancouver and around the world. (Part 3) 1986 Toronto and Chicago Fred Eaton and I run monthly auctions in our Queen Street East location. John Beddows is among the...
1985: Toronto and New York
Brian Grant Duff is celebrating his 40th anniversary of serving the collecting community in Vancouver and around the world. (Part 2) 1985 Toronto and New York The Eaton brothers move from Kerrisdale to Richards street downtown, near their father's old...
(Part 1) 1984 Memories from 40 years in the stamp and coin business
Brian Grant Duff is celebrating his 40th anniversary of serving the collecting community in Vancouver and around the world. It all started in 1984. 1984: Eatons and the Bay. After a year at U.B.C., I took a Summer job that never ends working for Daniel and...
All Nations Stamp and Coin are celebrating 75 years
2024 All Nations Stamp and Coin are celebrating 75 years of serving the collecting community. 1949 George VI to 2024 Charles III All Nations conducts weekly online auctions. The firm's 1450th sale is Saturday 16 March at 130pm.All Nations advises, appraises,...
Party like it’s 1949!
Vancouver's All Nations Stamp & Coin celebrates 75 years in business in 2024 Proprietor Brian Grant Duff marks 40 years operating coin and stamp shops in Vancouver and Toronto this year. All Nations conducts weekly online auctions. The firm's 1450th sale is...