vol. 41(6): 1-146

Gibbons Stamp Monthly

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Contents
NEWSDESK
7 Newsdesk
The latest news from around the stamp world plus a report on Autumn Stampex
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
37 GB News
New Royal Mail issue: Wallace and Gromit feature on seven Christmas stamps and ancillary items to be issued on 2 November
39 Machin Watch
John Deering looks briefly at Birds Post & Go stamps before turning to recent Wales and England Country stamps and revised retail booklets
44 The Great Britain Philatelic Collections formed by Lady Mairi Bury
Richard Ashton examines some of the outstanding
material to be offered in this forthcoming auction sale
47 GB Postal Stationery, Postal Labels and Postmarks The latest news on recent developments and discoveries reported by John Holman
50 GB Specialised Catalogue
A supplement to the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue
SPECIAL FEATURES
56 Queensland - the Chalon Head Issues of 1860 The Chalon Head portrait of Queen Victoria formed the principal motif of Queensland's stamps for many years; Richard Breckon discusses the Perkins Bacon printings
59 Ottoman Philately
There is much to interest collectors in the philately of the Ottoman Empire as Arapian-Bey reveals
65 The Postmarks of Malacca within the
King George VI Period
David Horry identifies rare and other postmarks that are worth looking out for
69 Federation of Nigeria: 50 Years of Independence Barry Floyd looks at how this African country's art has been celebrated on its stamps
77 North Korea - Encounters of the Postal Kind
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a country virtually closed to the outside world. Nicholas Pertwee pays it a visit in search of birds and stamps
84 Churches of Croatia on Stamps
Anthony New FSA, FRIBA, MIStruct E, concludes his tour by travelling down the Dalmatian coast before heading towards the borders of Hungary and Serbia
90 The Most Significant Romania Collections in the History of Philately
The 'Moldau' collection is assessed by Wolfgang Maassen AlJP, FRPSL.
94 1960 - What did they Commemorate Then? Peter van Gelder surveys Commonwealth commemoratives of 40 years ago
98 Was a Kiwi the First Man to make a Powered Flight? Richard Pearse, a reclusive New Zealand engineer, may have been the first man to make a powered flight, as Christopher Moor reveals
103 The Girl Guide's Guide to Stamps
Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS, reports on how a Girl Guide unit from Birmingham created its own commemorative booklet to mark the centenary of Girl Guiding
REGULAR FEATURES
33 New Collector
John Holman looks at stamps featuring Simon Bolivar and John F Kennedy, the Indian Feudatory States of Rajpipla and Shahpura and updates previous reports
54 Dear GSM
Readers' correspondence
76 GSM Bookshelf
Reviews of Iraq Postal History 1920s to 1930s and The History of Mail Bombs
100 Stamp Hunting
Nimrod suggests stamps worth looking for from Samoa Competition
Your chance to win one of five Commonwealth and Empire Stamps catalogues (201 1 edition)
112 The Unissued Stamps of Queen Elizabeth II
David Horry reveals the story behind an unissued stamp Catalogue Column
Hugh Jefferies reports
NEW ISSUES
108 Shore to Shore
Island Hopper looks at the latest issues from the Channel Islands and Isle of Man
110 Panorama
Dean Shepherd investigates the background to some recent new issues
113 Catalogue Supplement
A 13-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue