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

Collecting in the USA • The editor-in-chief of the American Philatelic Library talks about the importance of respecting, and learning from, the philatelic tradition, at the same time as looking for ways to make stamp collecting accessible to all

NEW STAMPS

Steaming ahead • On its 100th birthday, Royal Mail is paying tribute to the UK’s most famous steam locomotive – the legendary Flying Scotsman

Machin history • As we begin a new era in British stamps with the unveiling of King Charles III designs, Richard West reflects on a little known chapter from the story of the Machin

MARKET INSIGHT

Gibraltar’s 1953 definitives • In our regular guide to prices paid for a specific set of stamps, Christer Brunström profiles the intriguing definitives of Gibraltar

COLLECTORS’ CORNER

Papua lithograph one penny • Nicholas Oughton examines varieties to be found in the Papua lithograph, bi-color issues: 1907-1911

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Liechtenstein, Germany and Switzerland • As his grand tour of the continent continues, David Bailey turns back to the centre of Europe to discover three countries that could hardly be more different

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Aloe, aloe – aloe? • Chris West looks at the history behind a unique stamp image that’s particularly fascinating because it’s the sole design to have been used on its country’s stamps

Tonga definitives 1953 • David Bailey discovers a magnificent set that depicts the history and geography of the far-flung British Protectorate

Crowned heads • Has the forthcoming coronation of King Charles lll made you curious about how coronations have been commemorated on postage stamps? It has us, and we’ve been investigating so you can start adding coronation pages to your ‘Royalites and Monarchies’ thematic collection

O is for Optical • Adjust your focus as Paula Hammond introduces you to stamps featuring optical illusions

Great exhibitions • International exhibitions are about more than just displaying objects. Paul Webber explores how they can showcase innovation, reflect national identity and even provide a glimpse of the future – and how that has been reflected on stamps

The 1971 Postal Strike • In part two of his overview of the most famous postal strike in British history, Maurice Buxton explores the way that private posts functioned during the seven-week period that the Post Office workers were striking

Between the Sheets: An American in Germany • A family letter sends John Scott on the trail of a prestigious 19th-century US financier and the experiece of taking the waters in a fashionable spa town

After the Fire… 1668 • The background to this 354-year-old surviving letter which mentions delay due to the Great Fire of London is described by philatelist and historian Dane Garrod

Chronicles of NOELLA BRY • A philatelic distraction based on real...