December 2017

Contents to Volume 48, Number 7

The latest news from around the philatelic world including auction results from Stanley Gibbons and why there are ‘growing’ concerns for a recent issue from New Zealand.

More reports from the nation’s Philatelic Societies.

Forthcoming fairs and auctions.

The latest reports and important upcoming sales from auction rooms at home and abroad.

Royal Mail commemorates The Queen and Prince Philip’s Platinum Wedding anniversary.

John Deering looks at the recent Star Wars retail booklets, reveals more M17L printings and guides us through the Royal Navy Submarine Museum’s Post & Go inscriptions.

Based on his three-frame exhibit, which won a large vermeil at the National Competition in York, Peter Chadwick looks at some less common and less well-known facets of the mail system in Britain before 1840.

Using a variety of covers, Michael Peach provides a guide to the use of three halfpence postage in Victorian Britain.

The latest supplement to the GB Specialised Catalogue.

Richard Garcia MBE, FRPSL examines a selection of stamps from Gibraltar that had to be altered during the design stages before being issued to the public.

Readers have their say, courtesy of the GSM postbag.

Pragya Jain discusses India’s pre-stamp postal history and the famous Scinde District Dawks of 1852.

Brian Livingstone investigates why none of the Crown Colonies issued definitive stamps with a portrait of King George VI until almost a year after he came to the throne.

Another chance to win a £50 Stanley Gibbons voucher.

In 1951, after more than 50 years of use, the iconic ‘Camel’ definitive was replaced with a new pictorial set. Richard Stock FRPSL takes a look at its production.

After two decades and almost 500 school visits, Erene Grieve gives an update to the Stamps in Schools project, which aims to introduce school children to philately.

Steve Pendleton discusses a little known island with an interesting philatelic history.

Christopher Moor presents the various stamps issued by New Zealand that reflect the successes and failures the country has made in its endeavours to win ‘Auld Mug’.

Nimrod highlights some desirable stamps to look out for.

The production and use of Zanzibar’s provisional Republican overprints following the 1964 revolution.

Christer Brunstrom is on deck to offer some helpful advice for those looking to explore new thematic waters.

Peter van Gelder returns to GSM with another selection of new postal stationery finds.

A summary of recent and forthcoming issues from around the world.

Alison Boyd looks into the stories behind some more new stamp issues.

Get in the festive mood with the new Christmas issues from Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

More faux fun from the Hedley Adams Mobbs collection.

Hugh Jefferies offers more comments from the Catalogue Editor’s chair.

Your 14-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue.