Stamp Collector

Publisher: Collette Lloyd Associate Publisher: Matt Hill Editor: Matt Hill matthewh@warnersgroup.co.uk Contributors: Brian Austin, David Bailey, Christer Brünstrom, Nicola Davies, Ed Fletcher, Dane Garrod, David Gwynn, Paula Hammond, Devlan Kruck, St

1 If You want to learn how the stamp trade works, please read on… When I was 15, I did. I wondered if there was some secret source of supply? So, I bought my 1st stamp mixture, (wholesale I thought), broke it into 50 smaller units, advertised it in S

The recent results of the PTS Awards were a nice reminder of how our hobby continues to adapt to the world around it. Winners included the stamp enthusiast behind a popular YouTube channel, and an experienced stamp dealer who pushed himself out of hi

Nicola Davies is Head of Collections at the Royal Philatelic Society London, the oldest philatelic society in the world, established in 1869. Nicola writes about Royal’s collection each month in our exclusive column (page 59), this time focussing on

The Great Britain Philatelic Society (GBPS) has launched its own YouTube channel, to host videos of Society Zoom meetings and other presentations provided by members. John Davies of the GBPS said: ‘These videos are intended as a member benefit and so

The Royal Army Dental Corps (RADC) is a specialist corps in the British Army that provides dental care services to its personnel and their families in war and in peace. The Corps is part of the Army Medical Services (AMS) and celebrates it 100th birt

The results of the 2020 Europa Stamp Jury Competition have been revealed with Poland taking first place for its stamp showing the postal routes along the Vistula River. The annual competition asks a special jury of eight philatelic experts to select

Stamp Active Network (SAN) has announced this year’s one page competition open to collectors up to the age of eighteen, based on the ‘philately of favourite things’. A spokesperson for SAN explained: ‘It could be favourite flowers, authors, toys, ani

As a thank you to our growing number of loyal Stamp Collector subscribers, we’ve introduced a new Subscriber Prize Draw which will take place every month giving one lucky subscriber a range of new stamps, covers and presentation packs from post offic

Isle of Man Post Office’s latest stamps feature popular and unusual species of birds captured by photographer Luke Stephenson, who has spent a number of years photographing the varied species of show bird. This distinctive style shows the birds with

Guernsey Post’s philatelic bureau has announced the release of a new set of definitive stamps depicting some of the colourful birds found regularly in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The new designs follow the release earlier in 2020 of definitive stamps

Award-winning playwright August Wilson will feature on a USA stamp, to be issued on 28 January. One of America’s greatest playwrights, Wilson is hailed as a trailblazer for helping to bring non-musical African American drama to the forefront of Ameri

A stamp, originally planned to be jointly issued by China and India in April 2020 to celebrate seventy years of bilateral relations, has been cancelled. A simple statement on China’s State Post Bureau website confirmed the cancellation but gave no re

My small collection of murder-related postcards always goes down a treat when I display it at clubs, writes Richard Stenlake. In August 1908, 68-year old Caroline Mary Luard and her husband had parted company while out for a walk in Fish Pond Wood, n

Last month Stuart Leigh looked at the Post & Go stamps issued from kiosks located in Post Offices following the Overseas Rate changes on 1 September, at the same time the kiosks located in various museums started to re-open after lockdown closures. O

1919 was an important year in European history, writes David Gwynn. The First World War had ended with the defeat of Germany and its allies. The Paris Peace Conference was taking place to share out the spoils of war and decide the fate of Germany its

COLLECTING FOR BEGINNERS Doctors have the Hippocratic Oath. Boy scouts have their promise. Even the mafia has a code. All of which has led me to wondering recently: what sort of etiquette should be expected of stamp collectors? The thought struck whe

The world’s smallest independent country, known as the Vatican City State, is not only landlocked, it’s entirely surrounded by Rome, the capital of Italy. It has an area of just 108.7 acres, and a permanent population of 783 (only Pitcairn, Tristan a

One of the RPSL’s main objectives when managing and developing its collections is to preserve the history of philately. One important facet of this is documenting the various ways in which people have become involved in organised philately and the ro

The scramble for Africa in the late 19th century saw many countries become distant pockets of the British Empire, and the region and period provide much interest to philatelists, as many pioneering colonial postal services were introduced across the

If you know what a ‘B – Blank’ is, chances are you appreciate the calibre of collections/collectors that we seek to serve. If you have a collection of this calibre that you are developing or considering disposing of – contact our Managing Director An