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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FAKE UKRAINE STAMPS FLOOD THE MARKET

CRAWFORD MEDAL SHORTLIST REVEALED

NEW PRESIDENT AT APS

CORONATION MINI SHEET CELEBRATES KING’S CAUSES

CALL FOR IDEAS ON IRISH STAMPS

NEW ZEALAND PETS SET TO STAR ON STAMPS

REPORT QUESTIONS ROYAL OWNERSHIP OF GIFTED STAMPS

IN BRIEF

CREST OF JERSEY ON NEW POST & GO

ANGLO-ZULU WAR EXHIBITION TO BE HELD AT ROYAL

LONG LIVE THE KING! • As we celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, we take the chance to look back on the Coronation of King GeorgeV in June 1911, using souvenirs of the day found in the private collection of Michael Sefi, the former Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection

Peace for Europe • This year the Europa theme is the wish for peaceful coexistence. In his new column on European stamps Michael Burzan looks back on a similar range of stamps issued in 1995 as the continent looked back on the end of the Second World War

Cold war stamp signals

Tiny house of the holy

IN BRIEF

Nature calling

First responders

Speak out about language diversity

Supporting military

Post for peace

The Legend of Robin Hood • Britain’s most famous and best-loved folk outlaw is celebrated in a new ten-stamp set from Royal Mail. In the first of two stamp previews in this issue, we take a look at the legend behind the stamps and detail the range of products available

Blooming lovely • It’s all coming up roses for philatelists as Royal Mail’s first set of Special Stamps with the new King’s head on them show some of the UK’s best-loved garden plants -

What are ‘high values’? • Postal rates are creeping ever upward, so postage stamps with values in the tens of pounds, wonders Richard West as he looks back on the history of high value stamps

AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS • PRICES INCLUDE BUYER’S PREMIUM UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

Abu Dhabi’s Falcons • 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

Cyprus 1955 definitives • Collecting the long pictorial definitive sets released by the once numerous British colonies has always been popular, writes Christer Brunström, as he takes a look at recent offerings for Cyprus definitives of the 1950s

The most precious Olympic rings • In his new stamp market column, Michael Burzan takes a look a unique, unissued mint stamp that was originally intended to celebrate the 1980 Olympics, and asks if it could become the world’s most expensive modern stamp

Finnish Ferry Post

A difficulty with identity

Your Domesday Insurance

Faroe Islands, villages

SOCIETY NEWS

Overprints and surcharges • Overprinted postage stamps hold a particular fascination for philatelists. Christer Brunström demonstrates why as he looks into the particular histories of a variety of overprinted stamp issues

Greece, Romania, Bulgaria • David Bailey’s philatelic tour of Europe continues as he looks eastwards to explore three countries that were formed from the break-up of the...