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 AUGUST, OCTOBER & DECEMBER 2020

 


AUGUST 2020

  • Tennyson Through Philately ,Part 1, Keith Johnson begins a series of articles about the Poet Laureate describing material from his award winning displays..

  • Civil Censorship in South Africa during World War 2, Chris Oliver concludes his two part study

  • Cover from Twickenham to Algeria, John McCallum examines a modern airmail cover

  • HMS Opal, a cover relating to a naval ship, by Jack Shamash

  • Salisbury House in World War 1, mail from internment camps in Southern Africa, by Paul N.Davey

  • Rogues Gallery, British Guianaa, Michael Round thought he had bagged a bargain, but it was a fakee.

  • New Issues, new format
     -
    Flavia
    del Giudice looks at Roman Britain, and the new GB set issued June 18th
     - Michael Thompson describes some of the "Ghost Stamps" of the postponed Tokyo Summer Olympics..
OCTOBER 2020
  • Tennyson Through Philately, Part 2, Keith Johnson' second article on the Poet Laureate through philately.

  • A postcard that cuts across several collecting areas by Susan McEwen, FRPSL - The story of a postcard that links railways, the Empire Exhibition and Postage Dues and Malaya.
     
  • From Afghanistan to British India - The circuitous routing of mail is described by Dr A N Khan, FRCP, FRCR.

  • The Forgotten Silk Routes of Indo-Tibet - Briti Deb looks at the ancient silk routes and their portrayal on stamps.

  • Horizon labels, de-cypher and de-mystified. Peter Wain guides us through these labels and the variations to look out for.

  • Some Egyptian postcards - Dave Hill shares some recently purchased Egyptian postcards and postmarks and the sories they have to tell.

  • Obituary - Allan Boyce 1937-2020

  • Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at
    Catalogo Especializado de Sellos e Historia Postal de la Republica Argentina by Guillermo Jalil and Jose Gottig 

    "A few books on forgeries"
    - Michael Round looks at five books on the subject of forgeries that have been published over the years.

  • New Issues
     -
    New Falkland set features penguin 50p pieces

     - Liechtenstein honours Great Renaissance painter
DECEMBER 2020
  • Butterflies as Emblems, trademarks and logos - Vladimir Kachan looks at some philatelic items for a collection.

  • Storytelling Ramayana through Ancient paintings - Briti Deb relates some ancient stortelling traditions through stamps

  • Tennyson through Philately Part 3 - The final instalment of Keith Johnson's series on the poet.

  • Checklist of articles published in the British Philatelic Press, January to June 2020 - compiled by Rodney Knight.

  •  Obituary - Ray Goodey 1930 -2020

  • Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at

    - T
    rinidad and Tobago - The Stamps and Postal Stationery by Peter Ford

    - International Postal reforms by James Grimwood-Taylor.
          Vol. 1 Postal Reforms and the Historical Background to the Postage stamp 1550-1839
         
    - McNeil's Giraffe; The african Sketches of a Scottish Postmaster by Anita McCullough

EACH ISSUE CONTAINS THESE REGULAR FEATURES
  • The President's Piece, National PS News, Message from the Editor

  • Letters to the Editor

  • Other Philatelic News     

  • Stamp Fairs Listing - for the following two months.

 

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