Gibbons Stamp Monthly

Plot

Inside this month’s issue of GSM, Noel Davenhill returns with the latest in his long-running series on British colonial issues. This month, he provides a focus on the stamps from the ‘golden era’ of the former British Crown colony, Sierra Leone and Devlan Kruck reveals the truth behind a curious reprinting of the Penny Black in the 1860s. Initially thought to have been made at the request of royalty, these were incorrectly labelled ‘Royal Reprints’; a name which would mislead collectors for decades.