September 2010

Contents to Volume 41, Number 4.

The latest news from the stamp world.

Reports from philatelic societies.

Forthcoming Fairs and Auctions.

News of recent auction results.

John Holman looks at Czech stamps designed by Alfons Mucha and the Indian Feudatory States of Nawanagar and Orchha; plus updates and reports from readers

New Royal Mail issues: Medical Breakthroughs, Garden Birds Post & Go stamps.

Derek Connell’s souvenirs of London 2010.

John M Deering examines recent booklets, iridescent overprints and the Machin and George V double head.

Downstream Access Mail, Tourist stamps, Railway Letter stamps and Island stamps feature in John Holman’s survey of recent happenings.

Robert W Catto visits Scotland’s capital, reviewing stamps that depict the city’s heritage.

Michael Peach and Peter van Gelder tell the story of Herbert Weston, better known as Victor Marsh, well-known for his use of postal stationery cut-outs.

A supplement to the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue.

Readers’ correspondence.

Reviews of works on Sicily and Newfoundland.

Richard Garcia looks at the early years of the post office in Gibraltar.

Michael Banister selects more extracts from the journal of an ordinarie collector.

P J Lanspeary reviews this popular thematic collecting subject.

More scarce and rare cancellations identified by David Horry.

Nimrod suggests some stamps worth looking for from Dominica. Your chance to win a £50 SG voucher in our easy-to-enter competition.

John Scott explores some unusual branches of postcard collecting.

Peter van Gelder reports from London 2010 and stationery items from South Africa and Western Australia.

The background to the stamps of the first years of Federation is outlined by Richard Breckon.

Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS, reports on a new issue from the Isle of Man.

Dean Shepherd investigates the background to some recent new issues.

Island Hopper previews the Isle of Man’s Pope Benedict XVI miniature sheet, Freshwater Fish from Jersey and Guernsey’s National Trust Treasures

David Horry reveals the story behind another unissued stamp. Hugh Jefferies reports on a Falkland Islands watermark and varieties on British King Edward VII and George V stamps.

A 15-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue.