OCTOBER  & DECEMBER 2015

              
October 2015 

• Postage Due as postal History - Michael L Goodman looks at the researching. arranging and writing up of postage due covers.

• Sugar Loaves, their  history and a philatelic guide - What were sugar loaves? David Hunter answers the question and describes their place in philately.

• One Man's War - The story of World War I postcards exchanged between two Germans - Willy Anderson and Walter Eagers - is explained by Dave Hill. 

• Some Czech Legion WWI material - - an illustrated account by Keith Tranmer.

• New Issues - 

  • New King Felipe definitives from Spain

  • Magna Carta round the world  - a mini omnibus series 

  • Ukraine - recent trams and Funicular stamps  

  • Singapore at Fifty - the third and final set in the series

  • Australia, New Zealand and Singapore Joint Issue marking the fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations with Singapore that includes two stamps that are a bit of a mystery.

• Meeting reports -  Detailed and informative reports on the Display on Ethiopia  given by Tristan Brittan on 8th August and the Country Meeting at Letchworth on 5th September 2015. 

• Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at
  Postmen at War - A history of the Army Postal Services from the Middle Ages to 1945 by Col. E T Vallance.
  Extracts from the Dr Arthur K M Moo Collections  edited by Brian Moorhouse, FRPSL 
  Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise  30th edition 2015
  Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Stamp Catalogue - Cyprus, Gibraltar & Malta
  Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 7, Germany
  Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Stamp Catalogue - Ireland
  
  

• 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 September, October & November 2015

December 2015 

• Confessions of a Philatelic Card Collector - David Silverman admits to being a Maximaphilliac and a PHQophile and explains why.

• A distinguished Anglo-Irish Philatelist and an Exhibition Cover - William Russell Lane-Joynt was one of two Irish philatelist to be honoured on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists .David Potter tells more.

• Mail to the Fleet - Dave Hill describes how during World War I mail to the Royal Navy and Merchant ships was handled by the General Post Office, as distinct from the Army Post Office.

• Austro-Hungarian Fieldpost stamps 1914-18 - the story behind some varieties - Research into these stamps put Keith Tranmer on the trail of Freidrich Hesse of the State Printing Works and  his bogus stamps.

• New Issues - 

  • An historic reign as marked by Canada and the Bahamas

  • Europa 2015 - Old toys 

  • New definitives from Pitcairn Islands 

  • Registration Labels Commemorative and the Parliament IV miniature sheet from Hungary.

• Meeting reports -  Detailed and informative reports on the Display given by the Exhibition Study Group on Saturday 12th September, the Gibraltar Display given by John Corderoy on 10th October  and the Annual Competitions held on 5th November.  

• Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at
  Stanley Gibbons Catalogue - France 1st edition 2015
  Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Stamp Catalogue - Hong Kong
  Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Specialised Stamp Catalogue Volume 2 KEVII - KGVI 14th edition 2015
  My Propaganda & Satirical Postcards of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 by John Cowlin

• Checklist of Articles in the British Philatelic Press - our twice yearly listing covers the period January - June 2015
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• 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 November and  December 2015, and January 2016

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