June 2020

Contents to Volume 51, Number 1

The latest philatelic news from around the world.

More reports from the nation’s Philatelic Societies.

Forthcoming auctions.

News of recent auction results.

Richard West marks his returns to GSM by highlighting more reasons for stamps to be overprinted – from currency changes to celebrating independence.

Royal Mail commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.

District Post cancels are highly sought after but are often confused with the more common Inland Post cancels. Harry Layne helps in their identification.

In another analysis of eminent early stamp dealers and publishers, Michael Peach takes a look at the life of Joseph William Palmer, who opened the first stamp shop on the Strand.

John Deering reveals the hidden secrets of the Tomb Raider retail booklet, examines the new emblem definitives and clarifies a grey area concerning The Queen’s head.

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

In the latest in his long-running series on British Colonial and Protectorate stamps, Noel Davenhill turns his attention to the smallest nation in Africa, Gambia.

Nick Oughton takes us on a philatelic tour of everyone’s favourite topic of conversation.

Joh Groenewald travels to Bermuda to examine the censorship and other postal markings used on prisoner of war mail of the Second Boer War.

Turning the clock back 65 years, Peter van Gelder sees what the various Post Offices of the British Empire and Commonwealth were commemorating back in 1955.

After the German invasion of Poland in 1939, a General Government under German rule was established. Alan Wishart discusses the postal services and the stamps issued in German occupied areas in 1939 and 1940.

The latest book and catalogue releases read and rated.

The discovery of X-rays in 1895 by Wilhelm Rontgen helped transform medical diagnosis. Michael Peach examines the life of Rontgen and the stamp issues commemorating his career.

Christer Brunstrom looks at the stamp issues of the Feudatory State of Charkhari from 1894 until it became part of the Dominion of India in 1947.

Stamps to look out for from Fiji.

Peter van Gelder revisits the Australian cards produced for the USA’s ‘Great White Fleet’ in 1908, highlights pioneering postal stationery from Austria and Wurttemberg, and reveals a British postal strike envelope of 1988.

Geir Sor-Reime begins his annual review of modern foreign postal stationery. In this first instalment, he looks at recent issues from Aland to Greece.

In this month’s article on stamp issues from dead countries, John Moody looks at the colonial issues of the Italian Post Office from 1932 to 1934.

A summary of recent and forthcoming issues.

We highlight the latest new issues from Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man.

Win a £50 Stanley Gibbons voucher.

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

More tongue-in-cheek fun from the Hedley Adams Mobbs collection.

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

Your 10-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue.