Stamp Collector

Stamp Collector gives you all the information, news, expert advice, market insight and inspiration you need to build your stamp collection and get the most from your hobby. Every issue features the latest prices, expert collecting advice, in-depth guides giving you the lowdown on classic stamp sets, new stamps, postal history, first-day covers and much more. Our stamp stories shed light on intriguing stamps and why they were produced, and our stamp sidelines pages provide an insight into postmarks, first-day covers, Cinderellas, Post & Go and Europa stamps.

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STAMP UPDATE • KING CHARLES III DEFINITIVES UNVEILED

THE MACHIN GIVES WAY TO ‘THE JENNINGS’

NEW DEFINITIVES INSPIRE EXHIBITION

NEW STAMPS HONOUR THE FLYING SCOTSMAN

KIM JONG UN’S DAUGHTER ON NEW STAMPS

The human touch • Georgina Tomlinson, Curator at the Postal Museum, talks about why visitor engagement as at the heart of her work and what visitors can expect from the new The King’s Stamp exhibition that marks a new era in postal history

AUSTRIA • Motoring classics

GUERNSEY • Around the world in six new stamps

JERSEY • View from on high

MONACO • When Brawn pushed Button

IN BRIEF

ISLE OF MAN • A decisive battle

CANADA • Black History Month stamp honours Chloe Cooley

Mutate and survive • No, that headline isn’t Royal Mail’s mission statement, but the motto of Marvel’s band of mutant superheroes, The X-Men, who celebrate sixty years with this new themed commemorative set

Beware forgeries • Stamp forgeries are nothing new but even today philatelists are finding new examples. In this month’s GB column RichardWest grabs his magnifier and takes a closer look at this darker side of the hobby

MARKET INSIGHT • AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

STAMP DETECTIVE • Our philatelic private eye spies another stamp set that’s likely to go up in value

LATEST INTERNET SALES • Your quick reference guide to recent online sales, in association with delcampe.net

Buy stamps from trusted traders • The www.allaboutstamps.co.uk website has never been more popular, offering collectors the chance to buy stamps, discover the latest auction results, keep updated on new stamp issues, and so much more. Find out more in our special guide…

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COLLECTORS’ CORNER

The re-discovery of Timbuktu • Paul Webber traces the steps of the European explorers who made their way to an African city whose wealth and knowledge were fabled, and looks at how postage stamp issues reflected what was discovered there

Poland & Czechoslovakia • In his continuing travels across the continent David Bailey finds out how theTreaty ofVersailles gave rise to two new countries – and the rebirth of an ancient one

Asia’s most valuable stamp • Devlan Kruck delves into the history of a rare and mysterious issue set to become one of the world’s highest-valued stamps

The Collecting Philatelist: Josiah K Lilly Jnr (1893 - 1966)

EXHIBITION NEWS

Roar! • Postal delivery workers may expect the occasional encounter with an over-zealous domestic pet, but as ChrisWest reveals, this stamp depicts an much rarer occupational hazard from the early days of postal history – an attack on a mail coach by an escaped lion!

Belgium definitives 1915 – 22 • David Bailey discovers a set of stamps that served as propaganda as well as for postage during the dark days of the FirstWorldWar

A spring in your stamp step • Dance can tell as many stories as stamps can about people and the...