January 2012

Contents to Volume 42, Number 8.

The latest news from the stamp world.

Reports from philatelic societies.

Forthcoming Fairs and Auctions.

News of recent auction results.

John Holman looks at the stamps of Montenegro and the stamps issued by Great Britain 50 years ago to mark the centenary of the Post Office Savings Bank

Royal Mail’s Kings and Queens series closes with five monarchs from the House of Windsor

Brian Kearsley FRPSL and Arthur Weston, report on several new examples in this update to their previous article

Inspired by the classic 1066 and All That Alan Sacks presents his own potted philatelic history of Britain

John Holman presents the recent issues and developments from Britain’s private postal operators.

John Deering reflects on a year crammed with Machin firsts, before discussing recent new issues

A supplement to the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue.

Len Stanway looks back at the colourful 2007 issue, which offers a variety of interesting elements for collectors

Joh Groenewald tells the amazing story of the Transvaal Republic’s last stamps

Barry Floyd offers some advice on creating your own Darwinist stamp collection

A special report from Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS, in Cape Town, South Africa

Peter Martin provides an overview of the Liberty Series that heralded the modern era of US stamp production

Nimrod suggests more stamps worth looking for from . Your chance to win a £50 SG voucher.

Steve Pendleton turns his attention to the southernmost—and in some ways the strangest of the sub-Antarctic isles—Macquarie Island

In the first of a new series we look a how the home computer can help you with your stamp collecting hobby, beginning with a philatelists’ guide to scanning.

Paul Brittain examines the first stamps of Switzerland, France Gambia, Trinidad and India

Josef Charrach, digs deep to present another gem of a thematic article on precious stones.

The latest philatelic publications read and reviewed

David Horry reports on the postmarks of the British Solomon Islands within the King George VI period.

Island Hopper reports on stamps from the Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

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

Dean Shepherd investigates some recent new issues.

David Horry reveals the story behind another unissued stamp. Hugh Jefferies records St Helena and Mauritius varieties.

A 14-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue.