May 2024

Contents to Volume 54, Number 12

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

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

The latest philatelic fair and auction dates

News of recent auction results.

Richard West highlights more of the world’s most celebrated collectors. This month he looks at the formidable collections formed by famous American philatelists Alfred F Lichtenstein and his daughter, Louise Boyd Dale.

We explore the Mesozoic Era with Royal Mail’s Age of the Dinosaurs stamp issue. Featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex and honouring fossil hunter Mary Anning, this set of eight stamps and miniature sheet brings prehistoric giants to life!

In this month’s roundup of modern GB news, John Deering looks in detail of Royal Mail’s postal tariff increase and the new £2.50 King Charles III definitive it spawned. Plus, he provides an overview of the Post & Go issues from The Postal Museum and Mail Rail since April 2023.

Robert Galland continues his study of Britain’s 1d. lilac unified stamp. In this month’s article he explores the stamp’s role at foreign post offices, at sea and in Post Office trials.

Christer Brunström takes us on a tour of Britain’s private island posts and the stamps they produced in an effort to separate those which offered a legitimate postal service from those who simply produced stamps to sell to collectors.

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

We join Derek Connell FRPSL on the road to Wembley for a fantastic presentation of promotional postmarks, commemorative stamps and postal stationery from the 1924 British Empire Exhibition.

The groundbreaking research of Gregor Mendel in the mid-19th century laid the foundation for the modern day understanding of genetics and heredity. Michael Peach looks at commemorative issues from around the world that celebrate his achievements.

Christer Brunström FRPSL talks us through the challenges and rewards for those looking to assemble a collection of New Zealand’s intricate 1898 pictorials.

Philatelic demand for the 1935 Jubilee issue led Colonial and Dominion postal administrations to introduce a series of official information leaflets, order forms, receipts and O.H.M.S. covers to help process orders from collectors. As Neil Donen reveals, today these offer an interesting and largely untapped area of postal history.

In his latest article exploring the stamps of countries that no longer exist, John Moody turns his attention to the issues of the short-lived Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Nimrod highlights the stamps to look out for from Egypt.

Peter van Gelder presents more postal stationery items from around the world.

Geir Sør-Reime concludes his latest annual survey of foreign stamp booklets.

A summary of recent and forthcoming issues.

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

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

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.