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First Class: A History of Britain in 36
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and he analyses GB’s stamps of 1966 on page 42.
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STAMPS
9
STAMP UPDATE
Serbia honours British war
heroines. 2015 yearbooks.
Unique stamp sheet
featuring 27 nations’
stamps. Limited edition
Star Wars PSB and more…
36
ENDURANCE STAMPS
Royal Mail’s latest stamps
look back on the
Endurance
expedition
39
KING EDWARD’S STAMPS
The story of the King
Edward VIII definitives
issued eighty years ago
42
1960s STAMP REVOLUTION
Peter Marren assesses
the GB stamps of 1966,
which saw a change in
design and approach
48
AROUND THE ISLANDS
Guernsey, the Isle of
Man and Jersey stamps
51
52
NEW!
WHY COLLECT?
Stamps of Monaco
DEAD COUNTRIES
Stamps of Hyderabad
74
70
66
62
58
55
STAMP STORY
How the USA’s simple
locomotive stamp of 1869
captured the period
NEW!
READER’S STAMPS
Our new series showcases
a stunning collection of
New Zealand errors
MAIL TRAIN ROBBERIES
The trials of the Travelling
Post Office over the years
COLLECTING THE EMPIRE
The stamps and postal
history of St Helena
COVER EXPLAINED
We follow the journey
of a 1934 airmail cover
COLLECT BY THEME
Our in-depth thematics
section provides inspiration
for icebergs, coins, and
planes on stamps
109
STAMP MISCELLANY
The story of an intriguing
pair of USA stamps
from 1925, celebrating
Norwegian immigrants
98
97
94
COINS
COIN UPDATE
Celtic coins auction.
‘Dished’ Magna Carta
coin. Tokens and the
latest auction results
MARKET INSIGHT
The latest internet prices
and ‘Coins on a budget’
CAMPGATE COINS
Steve Webb highlights
an inexpensive Roman
series that offers wide
collecting potential and
a few puzzling questions
still in need of answers
102
BRITISH COINS OF 1936
We examine the
notable coins produced
or planned for the ‘year
of the three kings’
104
BRITISH MUSEUM
An 18th-century French
medal commemorating
a battle from Napoleon’s
Egyptian campaign
now held at the
British Museum
85
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28
25
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REGULARS
BPMA UPDATE
News from the British
Postal Museum & Archive
MARKET INSIGHT
Latest prices and opinion
OPINION
The future for
British stamp shops
STAMP SIDELINES
Post & Go, postmarks,
FDCs, Cinderellas, stamp
errors, and pre-cancels
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