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AUGUST 2021

 


August 2021

  • A Philatelic Tribute to Michelangelo's Masterpiece - Flavia del Giudice takes a good look at the Costine Chapel through the Italian Michelangiolesca definitive series of 1961.   

  • Broadcasting Mail - Following the feature on BBC mail in June 2021 Stamp Lover, Peter Mellor shows how the BBC expected their correspondents to pre-pay tyheir letters and lpooks back to the days of experimental broadcasting in 1922.

  • The Butterflies you can find in Canadian philatelic material - Vladimir Kachan shows how butterflies can be found in the counrtry's 19th century cancels.
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  • Why shouldn't all Philatelic Societies consider running Zoom meetings?- unkown to most of us before the pandemic Huw Williams  explains how Societies might take advantage of the new technology.

  • Avec "Les Poilus", or "The Hairy Ones" - Dave Hill explins through a postcard from World War One.

  • Rare NPS Cover error comes to light! - Michael Goodman reports on errors found in the special Nationmal Philatelic Society cancellation used on souvenir covers sold on the Society's stand at the November 2011 Christmas Ideal Home,

  • New Issues - And now for the Olympics.

  • Book Reviews - Detailed and informative reviews are a regular feature of the magazine. In this issue we look at
        -
    Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise  catalogue 2021
        - Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Specialised  catalogue - Volume 1, part 1 Queen Victoria
        - Australian Airmails across the Pacific Ocean 1937-1951
    by Laurence Kimpton
        - Pan American's Final Flight
    by Jon E. Krupnick
       


    EACH ISSUE CONTAINS THESE REGULAR FEATURES
    • The President's Piece, National PS News, Message from the Editor

    • Letters to the Editor

    • Other Philatelic News     

    • Stamp Fairs Listing - for the following two months.


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