JUNE & AUGUST 2015

June 2015

• British Guiana - The \Waterlow Lithograph definitives 1860-1875 - Simon Richards gives a detailed account of the Waterlow definitives of 1860 issued to meet the demand for new values that resulted from the take over of the postal service by the colonial administration.   

• A Pub with a Stamp Room - 2 million stamps were stuck on the walls of his "stamp room" by Richard Sharpe, landlord of the Rising Sun pub in Bersted. Dave Hill tells the story. 

• Vienna 1933 Exhibition Medals "Find" - Jack Shamash found two medals at a North London auction. 

• Checklist of Articles in the British Philatelic Press - our twice yearly listing covers the period July - December 2014.
  

• New Issues - 

  • Gibraltar - additional definitives and a "Penny Black"

  • The Potato Essays - a sheet from Tristan da Cunha showing the designs used in the dependency's 1946  petition for its own stamps.

  • The ANZAC campaign - The second issue from New Zealand in its World War I series plus a joint issue from Australia and New Zealand marking the Australian and new Zealand Amy Corps itself

  • From Hungary, the centenary of Budapest's first bus service, from Slovakia an eye-catching stamp for the 20th annive             rsary of the country's bone-marrow transplant unit, and some colourful nature stamps from the Falkland Islands.

• Meeting reports -  Detailed and illustrated reports on the Displays on the Antarctica and Shackleton's Voyage given by Tony Hoad  on Saturday 14 March  and "Great Britain Postal History with a difference" given by Don Davies on Saturday 11th April. Also covered are the displays given at the Country Meeting at Westbex, Thatcham, Berkshire on 28th March 2015.

• Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at
  Nevis: The Stamps and Postal History 1863-1890 by Federico Borromeo and Charles Freeland.
  Besieged in Paris - An Englishman's account of the Franco German War 1870-71 by Ashley Lawrence 
  Australasian Crash Mail and Other Incidents Volume One 1917-1930 by Brian R Peace
  The Battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands in 1914 by Tony Walker, published by the Forces Postal History Society.
  Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 22 - United States of America and UN (New York)  

  PLUS -  Other Regular Features - 

• The President's Piece, National PS News, Message from the Editor

• Letters to the Editor

• Other Philatelic News   

• Stamp Fairs Listing -  June, July & August 2015

                 August 2015

• London 2015 - Islington invaded by philatelists - the Editor's account of four days at London 2015 .

• Wei Hai Wei - the last Treaty Port of Hong Kong - Part 2 - Nick Kerridge continues his account of Wei Hai Wei under British administration by looking at the social element and its development during that period.

• When a shipping company ran a bank - The P & O once had a Banking Arm to serve its wealthy clients. David Hunter explains with examples of covers and perfins. 

• New Issues - 

  • New definitives from Jersey

  • Pet welfare from Canada

  • Ascension - Part III of the series marking the 200th Anniversary of British settlement

  • The 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo is marked by Belgium

  • The Netherlands releases the third issue in a series marking the Bi-centenary of the establishment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

  • Stamps from Australia for the Centenary of the transfer of responsibility for lighthouses from the States to the Commonwealth Government..

• Meeting reports -  Detailed and informative reports on the Display on the Falkland Islands given by Kim Stuckey on Saturday 9 May and the President's Display on Lundy Island given on 13 June 2015.

• Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at
  Holography and Philately by Hans J Bjelkhagen.
  European Stamp Issues of the Second World War: Images of Triumph, Deceit and Despair by David Parker 
  Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise  30th edition 2015
  Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Stamp Catalogue - Southern & Central Africa
  Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Stamp Catalogue - Bangladesh, Burma, Pakistan & Sri Lanka
  
  

• PLUS -  Other Regular Features - 

  • The President's Piece, National PS News, Message from the Editor

  • Letters to the Editor

  • Other Philatelic News   

  • Stamp Fairs Listing -  August, September & October 2015

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