- How
                                                it started for me - how was it
                                                for you? - It may be a good
                                                few years since
                                                "Old Codger"
                                                was "Young
                                                Whippersnapper" and began
                                                collecting but in looking back
                                                our contributor is still much
                                                encouraged by today's stamp
                                                collecting scene.
 
                                                 
                                                 
                                              - A
                                                Window on the World No 2 -
                                                In post war Europe, collecting
                                                provided the impetus to cross
                                                the Channel - Barrie glover
                                                explains.
 
                                                 
                                                 
                                              - An
                                                Item from my Collection -
                                                Constantinople  - December
                                                1920 -  A charge mark
                                                that appears not to have been
                                                previously recorded is described
                                                and illustrated by John Darnell.
 
                                                 
                                                 
                                              - New
                                                Issues - Europa 2008 - A
                                                look at the ways in which the
                                                participating countries have
                                                interpreted this year's theme of
                                                "The Letter", with a
                                                listing of the stamps and
                                                designs adopted.
 
                                                 
                                                
                                               
                                              - The
                                                Pacific Islands - Chris
                                                Clifford, Vice Chairman of
                                                the Pacific Islands study Circle
                                                describes the collecting
                                                opportunities offered by the
                                                islands of the Pacific.
 
                                                 
                                                 
                                              - The
                                                Austrian Stamps 1850-1858 - The
                                                postmarks used on the 1850-1858
                                                stamps of Austria and
                                                Lombardy-Venetia are described
                                                by Keith Tranmer.
 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                PLUS
                                                
                                              
                                              -  Regular Features -  
                                               
                                              
                                              
                                                - 
                                                  
Michael
                                                  L Goodman's reports on Recent
                                                  Displays at the National PS
                                                  - Paquebots and Similar
                                                  Marks by Alan Randall
                                                  Jones (April 2008) and the
                                                  President's afternoon
                                                  (April 2008) 
                                                   
                                                    
                                                - 
                                                  
Stamp
                                                  Fairs Listing covering
                                                  August, September and October
                                                  2008 
                                                   
                                                    
                                                - 
                                                  
Note
                                                  from the President, National
                                                  PS News, Letters to the
                                                  Editor, 
                                                  
                                                  
                                               
                                               
                                             
        
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