April 2019

Contents to Volume 49, Number 11

The latest news from around the philatelic world.

GSM reports back from the Spring Stampex exhibition held at the Business Design Centre, London, in February.

More reports from the nation’s Philatelic Societies.

Forthcoming fairs and auctions.

The latest report from the auction rooms.

Richard West continues his look at the different methods of stamp printing with a focus on the letterpress process and highlights the delights of stamp card collecting.

CRASH! BAMM! Royal Mail’s new ‘super’ stamp set featuring popular Marvel comic book heroes.

In his concluding article on the stamp designs of David Gentleman, Richard West examines the so-called David Gentleman Album – a collection of experimental designs for British stamps that includes ideas for replacing the portrait of The Queen.

John Deering reports on a never-before-seen litho value found in the recent Leonardo da Vinci p.s.b., the first stamps to appear with the M19L date code and new tariff Machin and emblem stamps.

GB specialist Edward Klempka shows us how to spot the differences between the various printings of the Wilding Castle high values.

The latest supplement to the Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Specialised Catalogue.

Vincent Schouberechts gives us a sneak peek of the philatelic and social events to be offered by the MonacoPhil exhibition in November.

Chang Kok Kay outlines how the BMA instigated the restoration of a desperately needed postal service in Malaya after its liberation from Japan in 1945.

Barry Floyd gives new meaning to the phrase ‘getting the collecting bug’.

More readers have their say, courtesy of the GSM postbag.

Peter Van Gelder returns with another varied selection of postal stationery items.

Christer Brunstrom highlights one of the key sets in St Helena philately – the 1934 bi-coloured pictorial issue marking the centenary of British colonisation.

Alan Wishart FRSPL looks at the first issues of Crete following its hard-fought independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1899.

Geir Sor-Reime presents his latest annual survey of foreign stamp booklets.

Nimrod highlights some key issues from Barbados for collectors to look out for.

John Moody unearths the stamp issues left behind by more ‘dead’ countries.

The postal history of one of the world’s most remote workplace environments is discussed by Hugh Osborne.

A summary of recent and forthcoming issues.

The latest issues from Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey.

Your chance to win a £50 Stanley Gibbons voucher.

Alison Boyd investigates the stories behind some of the latest stamp issues from around the world.

Another gem from the Hedley Adams Mobbs collection.

Hugh Jefferies tells us what to expect from the new Volume 3 of the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue.

Your 13-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue.