August 2017

Contents to Volume 48, Number 3

The latest philatelic news from around the world.

More reports from the nation’s Philatelic Societies.

Forthcoming fairs and auctions.

News of recent auction results.

Hugh Jefferies offers the beginner a few pointers on collecting colours and shades.

Another chance to win a £50 Stanley Gibbons voucher.

Royal Mail celebrates contemporary British architecture and continues its commemoration of World War I.

Edward Klempka looks at postal fraud, particularly in Britain, from the pre-stamp period to the end of the 20th century.

John Deering casts a collector’s eye over the Machin Definitive 50th Anniversary products from Royal Mail and provides a comprehensive checklist of special imprints from The Postal Museum’s Post & Go machine.

Learn how to correctly identify true imperforate examples of Britain’s first low value surface-printed stamps.

The latest supplement to the GB Specialised Catalogue.

Rod Vousden traces the development of Antigua’s 1938 King George VI definitives and sees how the scenes have changed over the years.

Malayan philately and postal history is a diverse and challenging area. Martin Roper provides an introduction to what membership of the Malaya Study Group has to offer.

Sixty years after its release, Susan McEwen discusses the pictorial issue of the Federation of Malaya, released as part of the celebrations marking its independence.

Due to the death of King George VI, new commemoratives and a definitive for Gibraltar were never issued. Richard Garcia discusses each of the proposed design.

Reviews of the latest philatelic publications.

Unusual names, unexpected languages and a lack of wording can make it difficult to identify a stamp. Christer Brunstrom highlights some anonymous troublemakers.

Between 1980 and 1992, the Seychelles issued stamps specifically for its outer islands. Steve Pendleton takes a look at the short-lived Zil Eloigne Sesel era.

Nimrod highlights some desirable stamps to look out for from St Helena.

Some of the strangest bird behaviours have been depicted on stamps, as P J Lanspeary reveals in another feathery philatelic write-up.

Geir Sor-Reime concludes his alphabetical listing of foreign issues from 2016.

Nicholas Pertwee concludes his study of Japanese steam engines on stamps.

Peter van Gelder turns to 1957 to see what the world’s post offices were celebrating 60 years ago.

A summary of recent and forthcoming issues.

New issues from the Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey.

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

More faux philatelic fun from the Hedley Adams Mobbs collection.

Hugh Jefferies offers his thoughts from the Catalogue Editor’s chair.

Your 15-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue.