vol. 44(10)

Gibbons Stamp Monthly

Plot

Included in this month’s GSM, Peter van Gelder presents another varied selection of postal stationery items including: a two-part German story; Christmas aerogrammes from Australia; and a mystery card from New Zealand and despite the limited legitimate use of Canada’s smallest stamp, the ½c. ‘Small Queens’ of 1882, it still makes a hugely fascinating topic of study, as John Hillson FRPSL FCPS reveals.
Malaya - provisional issues of the 1899-1901 great stamp shortage
The 'Boy King' of Iraq- The stamps of King Faisal II
Crash Mail Covers from the pioneering but ill fated 1927 flight from Britain to AUstralia
The diminutive definitive Canada's ½c. Small Queens of 1882