vol. 42(2): 1-146

Gibbons Stamp Monthly

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Contents
NEWSDESK
7 Newsdesk
Record for Indian stamp; Young collectors at 399; Sheffield ABPS National Exhibition review
22 Society News
Reports from philatelic societies
26 Diary Dates
Forthcoming Fairs and Auctions
30 Around the Houses
News of recent auction results
BRITISH STAMPS
36 GB News
The final set of Olympic and Paralympic Games stamps depicting Olympic sports are issued on 27 July
37 Machin Watch
John Deering discusses the Morris & Co prestige booklet and the third in the Birds Post&Go stamps
43 The Fascination of Early Diplomatic Bag Labels From the end of the 19th century much diplomatic mail was dispatched to British Missions abroad in Diplomatic Bags. Bryan Kearsley and Arthur Weston survey some of the labels attached to such mail
48 GB Specialised Catalogue
A supplement to the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue
SPECIAL FEATURES
50 Uganda: Queen Victoria Issues of 1898
George T Krieger takes a look at all the aspects, from design to usage. of the 1898 definitive set
58 Fiji - The Definitive Surcharges. A Five-year Exercise in Economy
In Part 2 of this article, Bryan Jones examines surcharges on the 23c. value of Fiji's Birds definitives and speculates on what will happen next
64 'Post Office' Mauritius
Paul Brittain reveals the story behind the famous ld. and 2d. 'Post Office' stamps of Mauritius of 1847
66 Spanish Cathedrals and Churches on Stamps Spain's churches and cathedrals have appeared on many, of its stamps, often finely engraved. Anthony New, FSA, FRIBA, MIStructE, begins a philatelic tour
72 The Postmarks of Tanganyika Within the King George VI Period, 1937-1954
David Horry concludes his review of postmarks worth searching for on the stamps of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
78 The Coronation of 1911
Although Britain did not issue a stamp to mark the Coronation of King George V, Peter van Gelder shows that there is still much interesting material to collect
83 Rarities of the Emirates
Although the Gulf Emirates have a poor reputation amongst collectors there are, as Jakob von Uexkull reveals. some very scarce items—and interest is growing and prices rising
88 David Beech celebrates 20 Years as Head of The British Library Philatelic Collections, 1991-2011 Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS, interviews David Beech who selects some of his favourite items from the Collections
93 Foreign Postal Stationery G-N
Geir Sør-Reime continues his survey of foreign postal stationery with countries from Germany to Norway
97 Reflections of a Born Again Collector
In the second of his articles on returning to collecting, Ian Matthews asks what makes a stamp collector?
100 Website Review
Dean Shepherd reviews the new Stanley Gibbons website
REGULAR FEATURES

33 New Collector
John Holman looks the 1951 Great Britain definitives of King George VI, dead and new countries and the Delhi Coronation Durbar of 1911
56 Dear GSM
Readers' correspondence
57 GSM Bookshelf
Reviews of recent books on Fiji's 2006-9 definitive surcharges and Abram Games and the Festival of Britain
75 Stamp Hunting
Nimrod suggests stamps worth looking for from the New Hebrides
75 Competition
Your chance to win one of five 2011 Great Britain Concise Catalogues
108 The Unissued Stamps of Queen Elizabeth II
David Horry reveals the story behind an unissued stamp Catalogue Column
Hugh Jefferies reports on some more varieties
NEW ISSUES

102 Shore to Shore
Island Hopper reports on Alderney Birds, Jersey Shipwrecks and Manx Cats
104 Stamp News in Brief
A summary of recent and forthcoming issues from around the world
106 Panorama
Dean Shepherd investigates some recent new issues
109 Catalogue Supplement
A 16-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue