November 2010

Contents to Volume 41, Number 6.

The latest news from the stamp world.

Reports from philatelic societies.

Forthcoming Fairs and Auctions.

News of recent auction results.

John Holman looks at stamps featuring Simon Bolivar and John F Kennedy, the Indian Feudatory States of Rajpipla and Shahpura and updates previous reports.

New Royal Mail issue: Wallace and Gromit feature on seven Christmas stamps and ancillary items to be issued on 2 November.

John Deering looks briefly at Birds Post & Go stamps before turning to recent Wales and England country stamps and revised retail booklets.

Richard Ashton examines some of the outstanding material to be offered in this forthcoming auction sale.

The latest news on recent developments and discoveries reported by John Holman.

A supplement to the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue.

Readers’ correspondence.

The Chalon Head portrait of Queen Victoria formed the principal motif of Queensland’s stamps for many years; Richard Breckon discusses the Perkins Bacon printings.

There is much to interest collectors in the philately of the Ottoman Empire as Arapian-Bey reveals.

David Horry identifies rare and other postmarks that are worth looking out for.

Barry Floyd looks at how this African country’s art has been celebrated on its stamps.

Reviews of Iraq Postal History 1920s to 1930s and The History of Mail Bombs.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a country virtually closed to the outside world. Nicholas Pertwee pays it a visit in search of birds and stamps.

Anthony New FSA, FRIBA, MIStruct E, concludes his tour by travelling down the Dalmatian coast before heading towards the borders of Hungary and Serbia.

The ‘Moldau’ collection is assessed by Wolfgang Maassen AIJP, FRPSL.

Peter van Gelder surveys Commonwealth commemoratives of 40 years ago.

Richard Pearse, a reclusive New Zealand engineer, may have been the first man to make a powered flight, as Christopher Moor reveals.

Nimrod suggests some stamps worth looking for from Samoa. Your chance to win one of five Commonwealth and Empire Stamps catalogues (2011 edition)

Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS, reports on how a Girl Guide unit from Birmingham created its own commemorative booklet to mark the centenary of Girl Guiding.

Island Hopper looks at the latest issues from the Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

Dean Shepherd investigates the background to some recent new issues.

David Horry reveals the story behind another unissued stamp. Hugh Jefferies reports on a Qatar mystery stamp and asks how much detail is required in the catalogue.

A 13-page update to the Stanley Gibbons catalogue.