Stamp Collector

Stamp Collector gives you all the information, news, expert advice, market insight and inspiration you need to build your stamp collection and get the most from your hobby. Every issue features the latest prices, expert collecting advice, in-depth guides giving you the lowdown on classic stamp sets, new stamps, postal history, first-day covers and much more. Our stamp stories shed light on intriguing stamps and why they were produced, and our stamp sidelines pages provide an insight into postmarks, first-day covers, Cinderellas, Post & Go and Europa stamps.

Stamp Collector • www.allaboutstamps.co.uk

WEIRD? SOMETIMES. WONDERFUL? ALWAYS!

MAJOR AWARDS ON OFFER AT LONDON 2022

ORGANISING COMMITTEE: THE SHOW MUST GO ON!

IN BRIEF

PTS AWARDS 2021 WINNERS ANNOUNCED

STAMPEX TO HOST LIVE AUCTION IN AUTUMN

PROJECT RECORDS HEALTH OF POSTAL WORKERS

MUSEUM WINS ACCESSIBLE AWARD

NEW CHAIRMAN FOR US ‘COUNCIL OF PHILATELISTS’

New stamp honours ‘queen of CanLit’

UN to celebrate ‘Sport for Peace’

Serbia serves up a stamp for Novak

Year of the Tiger

Sir Barry Gibb – Singer, Songwriter, Producer

IN BRIEF

Back to Beijing

The Renyin tiger

An eccentric entertainer

Centenary of the Death of Sir Ernest Shackleton

AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS PRICES INCLUDE • PRICES INCLUDE BUYER’S PREMIUM UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

Chinese sport set in demand • Our philatelic private eye spies another stamp set that’s likely to go up in value

LATEST INTERNET SALES • Your quick reference guide to recent online sales, in association with delcampe.net

Ceylon’s Victorian issues • During its early Crown Colony period, Ceylon used classicVictoria portrait stamps in two currencies. Ed Fletcher sketches the island’s historical background and provides some useful recent price guidance on these popular stamps

A review of 2021

I can’t believe it is butter!

Covering the wedding… by train

English TPO in Victoria

STAMP QUIZ • How much do you really know about stamps? Find out with our regular quiz!

SOCIETY NEWS

Danish railway charity stamps

The long journey of the U4 dive bell • In our series of articles written by members of philatelic societies, David Bravery of the Austrian Philatelic Society describes how his interest in a corner of Europe, and his subsequent search for U-Boat postal history, led to an intriguing discovery

Stamps: the weird and the wonderful • It’s not often you’ll hear our hobby described as weird and wonderful, writes Devlan Kruck. But there are aspects of stamp collecting which are exactly that. They might not get the airtime, or the accolades they deserve, but they’re still fascinating philatelic avenues, as this extensive celebration of the unusual reveals

CELEBRATED SETS Ethiopia’s defiant definitives, 1919 • In his latest guide to a classic stamp set to add to your album, David Bailey looks at a set from Africa and finds an ancient kingdom, a dynastic crisis, skulduggery at the Post Office, and a new religion

Your expert guide to the world of philately • CURATOR’S PICK

THE ROWLAND HILL MEDAL

Alfred F. Lichtenstein (1876-1947)

Join today and guarantee your copy of the official London 2022 exhibition catalogue! • The Stamp Collector team are proud to be working with the London 2022 organising committee to publish the official exhibition catalogue. The special souvenir guide will be included with the March 2022 issue of Stamp Collector, and subscribers will receive it with their copy at no extra cost!

The man who didn’t sail round the world • It’s one of those things we learnt at school: the first man to sail round the world was Ferdinand...