February 2026
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The Stamps and Postal
History of the British Virgin
Islands Part 2
– In this final instalment
Giorgio Migliavacca
examines the territory's
commemorative issues.
More thoughts on Virgins -
Michael Round
and
the editor discuss the Michael
Jackson issue, adding “British”
to the territory’s title and the
currency change surcharges.
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More
non PC Philately – the album
speaks again -
Michael Round
examines more old stamp albums.
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Meeting Reports
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Illustrations
and detailed reports
on the
display by Wendy Buckle
FRPSL
“Paper, past and present“
to our November London meeting.
Also a detailed report of the
December 2025 online meeting
where Michael L. Goodman showed
Counterfeit Machins,
while Peter Mellor showed some
items passed down from a
grandfather.
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Newsmix -
Royal Mail “special stamp
programme” for January to June
2026; the huge Siam collection
digitised by the British
Library, and the Opening of the
Jolly Postman Exhibition at the
Postal Museum. In his column the
editor describes his visit to
the Postal Museum at Chiang Mai,
Thailand.
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Book
Reviews –
Reviewed this issue are
The Rocket Mail of India
by Markand Dave FRPSL,
Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth & British Empire Catalogue
1840-1970, 128th ed
2026,
A New Perspective on Airmail Operations during the Siege
of Przemysl
1914-1915
by Dr Jerzy W Kupiec-Weglinski,
FRPSL, and
Philately on Essex (“the Blue Book”) 15th ed
2026,
edited by L C Stanway FRPSL.
April 2026
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Non-PC Philately: Tintin in the
Congo - Michael
Round
ventures into literary territory
with Tintin in the Congo, a classic
but controversial cartoon book by
Hergé.
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James William Negus and the
City Philatelist
- Brian Birch recalls
how he bought a set of stamp
magazines which once belonged to
James Negus, a former librarian of
the NPS librarian and editor of Stamp Lover. The article
describes the magazine - The City
Philatelist, a short-lived Irish
publication – and the results of his
research into its editor, S F
Bickers.
Meeting reports
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Full
reports on the
Bulgaria
display by Dr. Roger Morrell given
to the January 2026 London meeting
and the virtual “Peter Brack
Memorial Display” of modern
Brazil
given by Rick and Janet Nelson in
December 2025.
National PS News includes
the Obituary of former National PS
President Christopher Oliver,
the spring tide of new GB issues and
news of Boston 2026.
Book Reviews
– Reviewed
this issue are
Not
intended for this Purpose,
by Theo Brauers, which examines
British Stamps & Postal Stationery
issued in 1840 used to Overseas
Destinations, and
Stanley
Gibbons
Commonwealth Stamp Catalogue:
Brunei ,Malaysia and Singapore, 6th
ed. 2026.
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from the Editor
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Letters
to the Editor
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Other
Philatelic News
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Highlights
from the
Next
National
PS
Auction
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Stamp Fairs Listing
- for
the following two months.
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