October 2019

Contents to Volume 50, Number 5

The latest philatelic news from around the world.

More reports from the nation’s Philatelic Societies.

GSM talks to the CEO of Stanley Gibbons, Graham Shircore, about the reasons for the company’s brand new look and the recent changes to its products and services.

Vincent Schouberechts highlights a few of the exceptional maritime postal history pieces that will be on display at MonacoPhil 2019.

Forthcoming fairs and auctions.

News of recent auction results.

In another back-to-basics article, Richard West turns his attention to the area of ‘Thematics’.

Royal Mail releases its latest Music Giant issue, focusing on the albums of Elton John, and celebrates ships of the Royal Navy.

In the first of a new series of articles, Edward Klempka looks at the essays and early Railway letter stamps of England.

John Deering dissects a new version of the 12x2nd retail booklet featuring an M18L year code and highlights some very unusual Post & Go printings.

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

As the Channel Islands celebrate 50 years of postal independence, Gerald Mariner provides a definitive guide to the definitive issues of Guernsey.

Discover how new research has redefined thinking on an unusual example of this high value issue, which was previously dismissed as bogus.

Joh Groenewald examines more postal history items produced by prisoners of the Boer War, this time from those held on St Helena.

Mac McClaren of the Malaya Study Group, discusses the finer details of the 1892 provisionals.

Stamps to look out for from the Leeward Islands.

Win a £50 Stanley Gibbons voucher.

Noel Davenhill returns with another instalment of his long-running series charting the philatelic history of colonial stamps up to the early Elizabethan period.

Ever considered collecting reptiles on stamps? With thousands of species and a plentiful supply of stamp issues to choose, Barry Floyd explains why you should become a cold-blooded collector.

This October marks the 150th birth anniversary of one of the world’s most influential men, Mahatma Gandhi. Using stamp issues and unique postal history, Pradip Jain illustrates Gandhi’s incredible life.

In another article looking at the stamp issues of countries that no longer exist, John Moody discusses the issues from the Spanish colony of Fernando Poo and Netherlands New Guinea.

A summary of recent and forthcoming issues.

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

More new issues from Jersey, the Isle of Man and Guernsey.

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

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

A 17-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue.