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                                              How
                                                it started for me - how was it
                                                for you? - It may be a good
                                                few years since
                                                "Old Codger"
                                                was "Young
                                                Whippersnapper" and began
                                                collecting but in looking back
                                                our contributor is still much
                                                encouraged by today's stamp
                                                collecting scene.
 
A
                                                Window on the World No 2 -
                                                In post war Europe, collecting
                                                provided the impetus to cross
                                                the Channel - Barrie glover
                                                explains.
 
An
                                                Item from my Collection -
                                                Constantinople  - December
                                                1920 -  A charge mark
                                                that appears not to have been
                                                previously recorded is described
                                                and illustrated by John Darnell.
 
New
                                                Issues - Europa 2008 - A
                                                look at the ways in which the
                                                participating countries have
                                                interpreted this year's theme of
                                                "The Letter", with a
                                                listing of the stamps and
                                                designs adopted.
The
                                                Pacific Islands - Chris
                                                Clifford, Vice Chairman of
                                                the Pacific Islands study Circle
                                                describes the collecting
                                                opportunities offered by the
                                                islands of the Pacific.
 
The
                                                Austrian Stamps 1850-1858 - The
                                                postmarks used on the 1850-1858
                                                stamps of Austria and
                                                Lombardy-Venetia are described
                                                by Keith Tranmer.
 
 PLUS
                                                
                                              
                                              -  Regular Features -
 
 
 
                                                
                                                  Michael
                                                  L Goodman's reports on Recent
                                                  Displays at the National PS
                                                  - Paquebots and Similar
                                                  Marks by Alan Randall
                                                  Jones (April 2008) and the
                                                  President's afternoon
                                                  (April 2008)
 
                                                  Stamp
                                                  Fairs Listing covering
                                                  August, September and October
                                                  2008
 
                                                  Note
                                                  from the President, National
                                                  PS News, Letters to the
                                                  Editor, 
                                                  
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