November 2011

Contents to Volume 42, Number 6.

The latest news from the stamp world.

Reports from philatelic societies.

Forthcoming Fairs and Auctions.

News of recent auction results.

John Holman celebrates 20 years as contributor of the New Collector column; he looks at more stamps with their own unique names and some other anniversaries that occur this month.

Christmas stamp issue; Olympic definitives and 2012 stamp programme.

Brian Livingstone reviews the role played by the Friends of the British Postal Museum & Archive.

John Deering reports on Post & Go isuues at Stampex, the Aerial Post prestige booklet and Arnold Machin souvenir sheet and Birds 4 Post & Go stamps.

A collector on the fringes of philately, John Scott reveals the sources of his finds.

A supplement to the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue.

Readers’ correspondence.

The latest news provided by John Holman.

In Part 2 of his article looking at the Palestinian National Authority, Professor Paul J Phillips looks at aspects of its postal history.

Peter van Gelder reviews the souvenirs produced for the Johannesburg National Philatelic Exhibition in 1936.

Before the United States issued its first stamps a number of US cities produced their own issues for local use; Peter Martin provides the details.

David Smitham reassesses these important items in the development of New Zealand’s 1898 pictorial series.

The work of two different printers, the Birds definitives of the 1960s provides much of philatelic interest, as Hugh Osborne reveals.

Christer Brunström highlights some examples of Cinderella stamps issued by hotels in remote destinations.

Continuing his series on famous stamps, Paul Brittain examines the background to stamps from Hamilton and St George in Bermuda.

Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS, takes a helicopter trip to mark the centenary of the UK’s first aerial post.

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

Josef Charrach pinpoints some of the many attractive precious stones illustrated on stamps

Anthony Cole provides a listing of the UPU folders and their contents that were distributed to delegates at the Paris Congress in 1947

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

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

Toby Shepherd investigates some recent new issues.

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

A 19-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue.