Previous Issues

February 2017

Included in this month’s GSM, almost a century after Iraq’s first stamps, Freddy Khalastchy FRPSL tells their history and reveals a number of rare and…

January 2017

Inside this month’s issue of GSM, Michael Round explains how, with an issuing period of about ten years, the French Territory of Afars and Issas…

December 2016

Inside this month’s issue of GSM, Colin Hoffman examines the first stamps to bear the name ‘Rhodesia’. Although introduced for purely philatelic reasons, this overprinted…

November 2016

Included in another eclectic mix of articles, Jim Etherington reveals how the postal history of the BEF gives a unique perspective on the fate of…

October 2016

Inside this month’s packed GSM, Christer Brunstrom reveals how, if you are willing to forgo the early rarities, a good representative collection of the Feudatory…

September 2016

In the September issue of GSM, John Holman takes a look at the stamps of the Turks and Caicos Islands in New Collector and Michael…

August 2016

Inside this month’s issue of GSM, Otto Peetoom focuses on more of the commemorative issues of Botswana released since independence and Richard Garcia puts forward…

July 2016

Included in this month’s GSM, the popular French Congo pictorials of 1900 have been widely studied and written about – however, as Michael Round reveals,…

June 2016

In the June issue of GSM, John Holman delivers another report on the latest developments in British postal stationery, labels and postmarks, the latest reports…

May 2016

Inside this month’s packed GSM, Edward Klempka looks at Henry Archer’s perforation machine which solved the problem of effectively separating early postage stamps from their…

April 2016

Included in another eclectic mix of articles, Glenn Morgan discusses the high-tech preparation methods, intricate proofing stages and final inspections needed to create the perfect…

March 2016

Inside this month’s issue of GSM, with its 175th anniversary just weeks away, Edward Klempka takes a look at the history of the iconic Penny…