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THE WORLD’S BEST PHILATELIC MAGAZINE
DECEMBER 2016
MAGAZINE
TM
The Pitcairn
Islands’ 1940
definitives
Christmas fare
for Great Britain
collectors
Female aviators
Stamps hailing the sensational
impact made by women in the
early years of powered flight
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COLLECTING GROUP
Full steam ahead
Postal history
and ephemera
of the Great
Northern
Railway
Stars in our eyes
Astronomy
as a stellar
theme on
GB special
issues
Murray Payne Ltd
British Commonwealth & King George VI Specialists
Auction 27
December 6-7th 2016
A carefully selected blend of Specialised and interesting
material for the discerning Collector
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WELCOME
It’s a pleasure to be able to bring you a
feature about railway stamps and postal
history in this issue, because the
development of Britain’s rail network
went hand-in-hand with the expansion of
its postal service in the Victorian era.
The opportunity to send letters was hardly new,
but its affordability certainly was, following Rowland
Hill’s reforms. Steam locomotion, meanwhile, was
cutting-edge technology, drastically reducing journey
times around the country and quickly muscling in on
the profitable business of carrying parcels as well as
other goods.
Both services were about modernisation and
economic growth, even if one was louder, smokier
and more sensually exciting than the other.
Railway philately is a complex collecting area,
because (in contrast to the postal service), it was not
subject to a state-imposed monopoly in the 19th
century. Routes were created by separate
companies, requiring separate Acts of Parliament,
working in their own ways and issuing their own
stamps. Studying the story of one particular railway
can be illuminating, however, and that is the
approach we have taken (see page 38).
The Great Northern Railway carried passengers
between London and York, with branch lines offering
access to most of the cities and seaside resorts of
eastern England. It also produced newspaper
stamps, parcel stamps, agricultural sample stamps
and latterly letter stamps. It even printed stationery
and postcards, so you can slip seamlessly from
philately into ephemera whenever it suits you!
IN THIS ISSUE
38
A trainload of collectables from the heyday of the Great Northern Railway
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WORLD NEWS
Eyecatching new issues from
the Netherlands to Hungary and
Belgium to Bangladesh
14 AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Exhibition pieces under the
hammer from Great Britain, Nova
Scotia, the Falkland Islands,
Cyprus, Tasmania and more
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This mourning cover from Nova Scotia to
India is one of the latest auction highlights
20
GB NEW ISSUE
Full details of this year’s
Christmas stamp issue
22
GB COLLECTOR
A 21st-century error discovered,
new Post & Go designs and a
special seasonal Smilers sheet
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26 LETTERS
What’s the point of pictorial
stamps if they are defaced in
transit? Might television coverage
be a poisoned chalice?
33 DEVIL’S ADVOCATE
What is to be done about Stanley
Gibbons? And who should do it?
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DECEMBER 2016
20
Our verdict on Royal Mail’s Christmas set
CONTENTS
DECEMBER 2016
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Volume 82, Number 12
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50
The global celebrities and unsung heroines of women’s aviation
68
Astronomy as a theme on GB stamps
59
Stamps of Upper Yafa
47
First definitive series of the Pitcairn Islands
62
Postal history of the ‘false armistice’ of November 1918
105
Shipshape but fundamentally flawed
FEATURES
38
THE GREAT
NORTHERN RAILWAY
Parcel stamps, goods stamps,
letter stamps, covers and
ephemera from one of Britain’s
key communication routes of
Victorian and Edwardian times
47 COMMONWEALTH
CLASSICS
In 1940, the first stamp issue of
the Pitcairn Islands recalled its
settlement by naval mutineers
COMPETITIONS
Win a Mr Men & Little Miss
presentation pack!
Or a copy of our
GB price guide!
See page 35
59 FORGOTTEN COUNTRIES
The sultanate of Upper Yafa briefly
issued stamps during the British
withdrawal from Aden in 1967
50 THEMATIC GUIDE TO
FEMALE AVIATORS
Women played a prominent role
in the early story of aviation, and
many of them became worldwide
celebrities in the process. Philatelic
commemoratives can add up to an
impressive collection
68
GB THEMES
Stamps relating to astronomy are
among the most stunning designs
in a Great Britain collection
72 WHAT’S ON
Exhibition, auction, fair and society
dates for your diary
‘The parlous current state of
Stanley Gibbons should be of
concern to us all’
see page
33
62 THE FALSE
ARMISTICE OF 1918
Days before World War I actually
ended, erroneous reports that
the killing was over spurred
premature celebrations across the
United States, and created some
fascinating postal history
78 NEW ISSUE GUIDE
Detailed listing of the latest stamp
issues from around the world, with
a handy thematic checklist
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105 STRANGE BUT TRUE
The SS
Great Eastern
was a
magnificent ship, but it couldn’t be
in two places at once
DECEMBER 2016
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