OCTOBER & DECEMBER 2016

              
October 2016 

• Collecting World War One - Part 3. -  Dave Hill continues his series explaining how he breaks down his collection of postal history material from this conflict and now he looks at Italy, the USA and Switzerland.
  
  

• A postcard sent when Great Britain and the Empire was on the brink of War. Michael Goodman muses on the writer of an idyllic picture postcard sent on that fateful day - 4 August 1914
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• The 98th Philatelic Congress of Great Britain  - A report from Chris Oliver..
  
  

• New Issues - 

• Magna Carta 1516 - Belgium and Luxemburg commemorate the House of Thurn & Taxis

• Royal Copenhagen porcelain from Denmark

• The Historic Gates of Gibraltar

• Travelling Post Offices in Argentina.

• Meeting report -  A Detailed and informative report on the of Basutoland given by Allen Wood FRPSL at the Saturday Meeting on 15th August 2016 
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• Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at
  GB Used Abroad : Cancellations and Postal Markings by John Parmenter  and Ken Gordon
  Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Catalogue - Northern Caribbean, Bahamas & Bermuda 4th ed. 2016
  Stanley Gibbons Collect Channel Islands and Isle of Man Stamps 30th ed. 2016
  Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Catalogue - Indian Ocean 3rd ed. 2016 
  
  .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 2016

• How an Old Album threw light on 19th Century Forgeries - Gerhard Lang-Valchs studies the ways in which the work of the forger appeared in some of the nineteenth century catalogues, with particular reference to Newfoundland stamps of 1866.
  
  

• Checklist of Articles in the British Philatelic Press - our twice yearly listing covers the period January - June 2016
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• Twists and Turns of Danish History on line - Michael Goodman reports on this year's Stuart Rossiter Memorial Lecture.
  
  

• New Issues - 

  • Europa 2016 - "Think Green"

  • Falkland Islands Definitives - a new value appears

  • Austria marks the Centenary of the Death of Emperor Franz Joseph I E 

  • A new series of Austrian Classic Stamps

  • Birds from Norfolk Island - the first issues under the island's changed status.
    
    

• Meeting reports -  A Detailed and informative reports on Aspects of Switzerland, the display given by Frank Parsons on Saturday, 10 September 2016, Aspects of Rhodesia  by Christopher Cooksey FRPSL on 8 October 2016  and on the entries in this year's Competitions Day on 5th November 2016. 
  
  

• Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at
  Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue - Arabia (1st edition, 2016)
  Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Catalogue - Australia (10th edition 2016) 
  Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue - French Colonies (1st edition, 2016) 
  The Maritime Connections to and from New South Wales before 1876 by Paul Wijnants 
  Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840-1970 (119 edition 2017)
  St. Lucia by Charles Freeland
  Gravure Stamp Cylinders by Glenn H Morgan FRPSL 
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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, December 2016 & January 2017.

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