June 2024

Contents to Volume 55, Number 1

A collection of the latest philatelic news from around the world.

More of the latest reports from the nation’s philatelic societies.

Forthcoming fairs and auctions.

News of recent auction results.

Richard West reveals the collecting prowess of another of the world’s most distinguished collectors, Alfred H Caspary.

Royal Mail’s ten-stamp tribute to a century of commemorative stamps highlights the evolution of their design over the past 100 years – from the British Empire Exhibition issue of 1924 to its modern-day descendents.

In John Deering’s regular round up of news from modern GB collecting this month, he looks at the first King Charles III definitives with an M24L year code and casts an expert eye over the latest wave of counterfeit definitives to arrive on these shores.

Rightly or wrongly, the Mulready postal stationery of 1840 was widely ridiculed by the press and its professional rivals. Peter Chadwick shows how contemporary stationers leaped at the opportunity to mock the Mulready.

Christer Brunström FRPSL continues his investigation of Britain’s private island posts to find out which islands offered genuine postal services and which merely produced stamp-like labels aimed at the collector.

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

Following his examination of the key issues of the Falkland Islands in GSM’s April issue, Noel Davenhill continues his exploration of British colonial stamps with a focus on the Falkland Islands Dependencies, the British Antarctic Territories and South Georgia.

From opulent dolls’ houses to commemorative parcel postmarks, Derek Connell continues his stroll along the road to Wembley, unveiling even more postal items and ephemera associated with the British Empire Exhibition, which took place a century ago this year.

In his latest article on stamp issues from countries that no longer exist, John Moody examines the independence and revolutionary stamps of Zanzibar.

Last month Neil Donen highlighted how orders from collectors for the 1935 Jubilee commemoratives were dealt with by Colonial and Dominion postal administrations. This month we discover how dealers of the period obtained information and stock from various agencies.

Stamps to look out for from Malaya – Kedah.

Gerhard Freund investigates the stamp emergency money adopted by banks and commercial enterprises during times of economic crises.

Mike Dovey of the TPO and Seapost Society investigates how far a ship can venture inland and still obtain a paquebot postmark.

More readers have their say, courtesy of the GSM postbag.

The latest books and catalogues read and rated.

Beginning with issues from Commonwealth nations, Geir Sor-Reime presents his annual review of postal stationery from around the world.

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

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

A summary of recent and forthcoming issues.

Don’t miss your chance to win a £50 Stanley Gibbons voucher in our regular competition.

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

The latest, 14-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue.