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.
EACH ISSUE CONTAINS
THESE REGULAR FEATURES
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The President's
Piece, National PS News, Message
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.
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
PHILATELIC SOCIETY RECEIVE
SIX ISSUES OF "STAMP LOVER"
A YEAR
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One of the largest general
philatelic societies in Great Britain
