AUGUST 2025

• An Alphabetical postmark tour of Madagascar by Chris Oliver

• Non - PC Philately again - Michael Round examines the 1932 issue of Gabon which features tribes and villages and what philatelic writers commented at the time.

• Meeting reports - German  Occupation of the Channel Islands, presented by Alan Moorcroft at the Online Meeting on 9 June 2025. Not only stamps but memorabilia shed light on a grim period of British wartime history. Members Displays given after the Annual General Meeting on Saturday 12 July 2025, that included Swaziland by Michael Round, Birds by Julia Todd and Abu Dhabi by Richard West, whilst Paul Leonard spoke about the forensic analysis of stamp colours and the meeting was also shown a selection of Photographs from the Society’s Archives including the 1999 Centenary Dinner.

  The issue also includes the Reports and Accounts presented at the 2025 Annual General Meeting. 

• Book Reviews – Detailed reviews are a feature of the magazine. Included in this issue are St Helena – The Philately of the Anglo Boer War Years by B.J. Mabbett and W.P. Vevers, The Madman's Guide to Stamp Collecting by Robert Irwin, and Stanley Gibbons Catalogue – Hong Kong 7^th ed. 2025.

• Proof Reader’s Corner – Reflections and observations by Michael Round.

• News Coverage includes The new Post Office Kiosks, the line-up for the 2025 Stuart Rossiter seminar, the opportunity to design a postcard for Autumn Stampex and an Obituary for Alan Huggins, RDP. In his column, the Editor criticises the recent exhibition at The Postal Museum and wonders whether written bar codes on covers are a threat to the use of stamps.

• EACH ISSUE CONTAINS

  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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