Contents to Volume 42, Number 1
June 2011
Contents June 2011
Newsdesk
The latest news from the stamp world
Society News
Reports from philatelic societies
Diary Dates
Forthcoming Fairs and Auctions
Around the Houses
News of recent auction results
New Collector
John Holman looks at early stamps of King George V and celebrates the 90th birthday of Prince Philip
GB News
New Issue: Thomas the Tank Engine stamps and miniature sheet on 14 June
Machin Watch
John Deering reveals the results of recent tariff increases. A look at the latest edition of the GB Concise Catalogue
British Private Posts
The latest news reported by John Holman
GB Specialised Supplement
A supplement to the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue
Postal Stationery Matters
Peter van Gelder reports on Royal Mail issues of the 1990s and the demise of the British aerogramme
Dear GSM
Readers’ correspondence
GSM Bookshelf
Reviews of recent books
Hong Kong’s Birds Definitives
Nick Halewood records some of Hong Kong’s many birds
Raoul (Sunday) Island
Steve Pendleton pays a philatelic visit to the largest of the Kermadec Islands chain
Footsteps of Hašek and Kafka
Otto Hornung recalls the time he worked with Czech journalist Vitězslav Houška
Australian Stamp Issue Policy
Richard Breckon reveals how a Marist Brother helped change the Australian Post Office’s attitude to pictorial issues
The Diarie of Samuel Creeps
Michael Banister selects extracts from the Creeps’ journal
Foreign Postal Stationery A–F
Countries from Aland to France appear in Geir Sør-Reime’s survey of 2009/10 postal stationery
Uganda KGVI Postmarks
David Horry illustrates Ugandan postmarks worth searching for within the King George VI period
Born Again Collector
A return to collecting can be a shock to the system, as Ian Matthews found out
New Zealand First Sidefaces
The First Sidefaces are a major philatelic challenge; Robin Gwynn FRPSL, FRPSNZ, explains why
Fiji Definitive Surcharges
Bryan Jones provides an update to his articles of 2007
Stamps as Cultural Artefacts
The role of stamps as icons of our time is discussed by Jack Trammell
The Hawaiian Missionaries
Paul Brittain continues his series of articles looking at famous stamps
Stamp Hunting/Competition
Nimrod suggests stamps worth looking for from Sweden. Your chance to win a £50 SG voucher
Royal Wedding 2011
Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS, interviews Press Association Royal Photographer John Stillwell
Youth Philately
Erene Grieve suggest that we get involved with Youth Philately and provides advice on doing so
Miniature Works of Art
Stamps depicting works of art in St Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum are discussed by Barry Floyd
Shore to Shore
Harold ‘Dusty’ Miller from the Isle of Man, Alderney’s Royal Birthdays and Jersey Birdlife; Island Hopper previews forthcoming stamp
Stamp News in Brief
A summary of recent and forthcoming issues from around the world
Panorama
Dean Shepherd investigates some recent new issues
Unissued QEII/Catalogue Column
David Horry reveals the story behind an unissued stamp. Hugh Jefferies reports on a Victorian GB flaw and varieties from Malta
Catalogue Supplement
A 16-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue