FEBRUARY & APRIL 2018

February 2018

• A Philatelic Observation of Butterflies and Moths in Medicine - A thematic article on butterflies that goes further than usual as Vladimir Kachan looks particularly at their use in medicine.
  
  

• How to not to handle the packet - some horror stories - Barbara Priddy recalls a few surprises and offers tips for the smooth operation of a Circulating Packet.
  
  

• Pushing back the Frontiers of Forensic Philately - Paul Leonard BSc. (Hons.),CSc., FRPSL looks at opportunities to utilise science-based evidence to assess philatelic material in his report on the 3rd International Symposium on Analytical Methods in Philately held at the Royal Philatelic Society, London in October 2017.
  
  

• It's all Greek to me, with a touch of Albanian - Four stamps issued by the short-lived Republic of North Epirus has Dave Hill looking into one aspect of the Balkan Wars and their aftermath. 
   

• Meeting Reports - Detailed and informative reports on the Members Displays given at the Christmas Meeting on Saturday 2 December 2017 and on the Aviation Crash Mail Display given by Paul Cahill at our first meeting at the Postal Museum on Saturday 13th January 2018.
  
  

• New Issues -
    -  Iraq  - marking the centenary of the "Baghdad in British Occupation" stamps.
    -  Spain celebrates two of her South Sea Navigators.
    -  The Halifax tragedy of December 1917 is commemorated by Canada.
    -  New Trams and a new Funicular in Luxembourg.
    -  The 200th Anniversary of the death of Captain Bligh is marked by the Pitcairn Islands.
  
  

• Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at
  Nowherelands, an atlas of vanished countries 1840-1975 by Bjorn Berge
  Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps Catalogue 1840-1970 120th ed.
  Stanley Gibbons "Collect British Stamps" 2018 69th ed.
  SG Commonwealth Catalogue - Brunei, Malaysia & Singapore (5th ed 2017)
  
  .PLUS -  Other Regular Features - 

  • The President's Piece, National PS News, Message from the Editor

  • Letters to the Editor

  • Other Philatelic News   

  • Stamp Fairs Listing -  late January, February & March 2018.

April 2018

• Some West Indies forgeries and fantasy stamps - Tracing the footsteps of a Spanish forger - Antigua, Nevis, Grenada and Montserrat attracted the attentions of  Plácido Ramón de Torres as Gerhard Lang-Valchs explains.
  
  

• On your marks ! Charge, + instructional and explanatory marks - Dave Hill explains how he deals with some of the instruction marks and labels in languages other than English that have come his way.
   

• How to handle the packet  Part 2- Barbara Priddy continues her guide by looking at the circulation list and remittance advice slip. the Circulation Packet. 
   

• Meeting Reports - Detailed and informative reports on the displays of Belgium given by Nick Martin on Saturday 3 February and of Germany from 1555 given by Derek Mauri on Saturday 10 March. 
  
  

• New Issues -
    -  Malaysia  commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the Sarawak Legislative Assembly.
    -  Three striking designs from France (Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival), Germany (Tafel) and Iceland (novelist Jón Thoroddsen).
    -  Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics stamps from South Korea and Slovakia.
    -  When is a stamp not a definitive?  Italy's classification of its new issues explained with a look at three stamps from the Italian Artistic and Cultural Heritage series.
  
  

• Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at
  The Riddle of the Registered Ovals of Jamaica and Trinidad 1949-1962 by David Horry
  Postage stamps of the Russian Federation 1992-2017 - catalogue published by Pochtobie marki Rossykoye Federaliy
  Meter Stamps from Kyiv by Andry Bilous.
  
  .PLUS -  Other Regular Features - 

  • The President's Piece, National PS News, Message from the Editor

  • Letters to the Editor

  • Other Philatelic News   

  • Stamp Fairs Listing -  late March, April & May 2018.

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