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STAMP
Where did the year go? It seems like only yesterday we were looking forward to the London
2015 stamp exhibition and the many stamps to be issued in the year and here we are
contemplating the stamps to come in 2016. Time flies, and we’ve certainly had fun over the past
twelve months, covering all manner of subjects and continuing to celebrate our hobbies.
The next twelve months have plenty in store for us, including another hectic schedule from
Royal Mail and the Royal Mint, who have recently revealed their 2016 stamp and coin schedules,
respectively. The 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare is just one of the
many anniversaries to come, and it’s no surprise that both stamps and coins will be issued in 2016 to celebrate
the life of the famous writer.
As any GB collector will tell you, the Bard has received his fair share of philatelic honours over the years,
beginning with the 1964 Shakespeare Festival stamps – the first stamps to depict a ‘commoner’. Stamps for
Scottish poet Robert Burns were not quite as forthcoming, as our piece on page 31 reveals, but at least the
campaign for a Burns stamp produced a few other Burns-related covers and labels, as shown on page 32.MEET THE EXPERTS...
Matt Hill, Editor
[email protected]WELCOME
Stamp & Coin Mart Advisory Board
Mike Jackson, philatelic publisher and author
Richard Johnson, President, International Federation of
Stamp Dealers’ Associations (IFSDA)
Birthe King, Danish and UK national judge, FEPA Board Director
Chris King, President, Royal Philatelic Society London
Victoria Lajer, dealer in GB stamps
Paul Skinner, Head Curator, British Library Philatelic Collections
Frank Spencer, new issues dealer and thematics expert
Rick Warren, Chairman, Philatelic Traders’ Society (PTS)
Find out more about the Advisory Board on our website: http://stamp.cm/scm-boardStamp & Coin Mart is
a proud member of the
Philatelic Tradersʼ SocietyThe campaign for a
Robert Burns stamp set
in the 1960s prompted
a number of unofficial
labels and cachets, as
shown on page 32.Chris King is the Chair of ABPS National Exhibitions and
International Committee and a member of the Stamp
& Coin Mart Advisory Board. Chris provides his expert
opinion in the first of our new ‘Reader’s Stamps’ articles,
on page 50, produced in association with the ABPS.John Apfelbaum has spent a lifetime learning about
stamps and stamp collecting. He runs the US-based firm
of stamp professionals Earl PL Apfelbaum. John discusses
the challenge of collecting the stamps of Venezuela in his
regular ‘World View’ column on page 18.The Fitzwilliam Museum’s Richard Kelleher has a
background in field archaeology and has studied the
history of coins for many years. He writes our exclusive
monthly series on the British Museum’s renowned coin
collection, see page 128.p4 Contents JAN.indd 4 27/11/2015 15: