June 2012

Contents to Volume 43, Number 1.

The latest news from the stamp world.

Reports from philatelic societies.

Forthcoming Fairs and Auctions.

News of recent auction results.

Gibbons Stamp Monthly launches its new mobile App

John Holman presents another eclectic mix of philatelic advice for new stamp collectors.

Royal Mail’s Diamond Jubilee issue revealed, plus new changes to the 2012 and 2013 stamp programmes.

John Deering brings another update on Britain’s definitive stamps,

John Holman reveals more developments in Downstream Access mail and Universal Mail’s popular Tourist stamps, as well as another helping of Railway and Island issues.

Glenn H Morgan and John Holman report from Buckingham Palace to offer a rare glimpse inside the Court Post Office of the Royal Household.

Douglas Muir reveals an important new discovery in the field of British Return to Sender labels.

The latest supplement to the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue.

Discover the stamps, stationery and Cinderellas issued to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

Margaret Morris looks at how this rare celestial spectacle has been represented on stamps from around the world.

David Horry investigates the life and work of Roger Wells, whose study of contemporary postmarks during the middle of the 20th century has left a vital legacy for collectors.

Hugh Osborne explains the use of sheet numbers on the Falkland Islands’ ‘Birds’ definitives.

Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS meets former Olympic champion, Lord Coe.

Geir Sor-Reime provides the first of a three-part listing of recent foreign postal stationery issues.

Nimrod highlights some important stamps of Tanzania. Plus, your chance to win a £50 Stanley Gibbons voucher.

Discover how some very affordable pieces of postal history can offer a unique insight to the mercantile history of the British Empire.

Another new philatelic publication from the GSM Bookshelf is read and rated.

Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS supplies a special report on the ‘Meeting of the Queens’ exhibition in Berlin.

More wise words from an ordinarie collector of stamps.

Your chance to win one of ten sets of Australia Post’s Diamond Jubilee commemorative collectables.

Peter van Gelder’s roundup of new postal stationery finds.

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

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

A special roundup of new Diamond Jubilee issues.

David Horry reveals the story behind an unissued stamp of Trinidad and Tobago. Hugh Jefferies’ latest comments as SG catalogue editor.

A 13-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue