OCTOBER & DECEMBER 2018

              
October 2018 

• The obsession with butterflies of Lord Walter Rothschild - Vladimir Kachan describes the Victorian passion for butterfly collecting.

• A postcard to an iconic property and a postcard about a major biblical discovery - Two redirected postcards catch the eye of Michael Goodman. One is addressed to Cragside, the Northumberland home of the Armstrongs and the second to Cambridge which has biblical connections.

• What the Stuart Rossiter Trust does for philately - With its annual memorial lectures and its important publishing role, the Trust does a great deal for philately as Susan McEwen explains.

• "Undercover Mail" after the 1967 Six Day War - John Davies explains how mail destined for Gaza and the West Bank has been intercepted and held by the Israeli authorities.

• Caesar's Wife - or Stamp out vandalism at Home - Whilst deploring Royal Mail's vandalism, Michael Round asks where we collectors are entirely blameless in this regard and describes his battle to retrieve stamps affixed to Packet envelope. 

• The 100th Philatelic Congress of Great Britain held in Gateshead - This year's congress is described in this report by Christopher Oliver.

• Meeting Reports - Detailed and informative reports on the Members' Displays given on Saturday 14 July 2018. 
  
  

• New Issues -
    -  Isle of Man - 125 years of the Manx Electric Railway  
    -  Malta commemorates Operation Husky
    -  Stamps from the Czech Republic publicising PRAGA 2018 
    -  Birds of Canada

• Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at
  Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise 2018
  Stamps as witnesses to history, a guide to political philately by Ruth Lea
  Bahamas George VI Head Type Stamps 1938-1953 by Philip MacMurdie
  
  .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 2018

December 2018 

• Never on a Sunday and other Belgian curiosities - Dave Hill explains how the background to the "Do not deliver on a Sunday" labels on Belgian stamps and how the scheme worked in practice and  then takes a quick look at a couple of aspects of post World War II Belgian - envelopes printed using surplus Allied maps and the 105 reduction in postal charges.

• The sideways duplex handstamp - By  combining an obliterator and the town of postings, Duplex cancels saved time in cancelling mail and were trialled in 1853. Ray Barton describes the sideways duplex handstamps that were introduced on 30th May 1854 and were widely used until the early 1870s.

• Checklist of Articles in the British Philatelic Press - our twice yearly listing  covers the period January - June 2018.  

• Keith Tranmer (1928-2018) - An obituary on this distinguished philatelist who was a regular contributor to Stamp Lover for many years. 

• "Provocative" Lecture on Aerophilately - Michael Goodman reports on this year's Stuart Rossiter Lecture.

• Meeting Reports - Detailed and informative reports on the Display on Morocco Agencies (KGVI and QEII) given by Barrie Cook given on Saturday 13 October 2018 and on the Annual Competitions on Saturday 3 November 2018 

• New Issues -
    -  Climate Change - three unusual stamps from Finland.  
    -  Ascension remembers RMS St Helena 
    -  Europa 2018 - Bridges.  
    -  Canada marks the Centenary of the 1918 Armistice
    -  Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep - a new high value definitive from Canada
    -  Slovenia - Stamp Centenary 

• Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at
  Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Catalogue - East Africa with Egypt & Sudan 4th ed. 2018
  Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 7 - Germany 12th ed. 2018
  British Printed Papers by Post 1836-1876 by Gavin Fryer RDP, FRPSL
  Sammy the Stamp by Pip Comfort
  The Sub-Office Postmarks of Sheffield by Frank Walton RDP, FRPSL, RDYP.
   
  .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 2018 & January 2019.

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