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JANUARY 2016 5

STAMPS

JANUARY 2016 CONTENTS

9 STAMP UPDATE

Bureaux 2016 plans.

Rare Postal Order found.

Finlandia 2017. New S&CM

website and more...

29 WIN! QUIZ OF THE YEAR

Test your knowledge of

the 2015 stamp subjects

in our challenging quiz!

31 STAMPS FOR RABBIE

The 1960s campaign for

a stamp to honour

Scotland’s bard

32 AN AULD ACQUAINTANCE

Covers produced during

and after the campaign

for a Robert Burns stamp

36 AROUND THE ISLANDS

Guernsey, the Isle of

Man and Jersey stamps

40 KGV MEMORIAL STAMPS

The proposed but

ultimately rejected

stamps to mark the

death of George V

45 NEW! WHY COLLECT?

Stamps of Andorra

47 STAMP STORY

The 1956 Sopron

overprints of Hungary

48 DEAD COUNTRIES

Italian stamps in Dalmatia

50 NEW! READER’S STAMPS

Our new series showcases

a Guatemala collection

54 IMPERIAL PENNY POST

The campaigns that

prompted the introduction

of the Imperial Penny Post

58 COLLECTING THE EMPIRE

The stamps and postal

history of St Lucia

62 COVER EXPLAINED

A cover’s journey from

London to India in 1897

64 COLLECT BY THEME

Hats, coins and aeroplanes

in our thematics guides

70 READER SURVEY

Share your views on the

magazine and win!

133 STAMP MISCELLANY

The curious stamps of

Bergedorf, Germany

118 COIN UPDATE

Royal Mint’s 2016 coins.

Plus, Roman tokens and

the latest auction prices

121 MARKET INSIGHT

The latest internet prices

and ‘Coins on a budget’

122 BRITANNIA ON COINS

How the famous seated

figure on the reverses

of most British copper

and bronze coins has

developed and changed

over the years

126 ART & IDENTITY

Paula Hammond takes

a trip to the British

Museum’s exhibition

‘Celts: Art & Identity’

128 BRITISH MUSEUM

Richard Kelleher

examines a coin

depicting lyric poet

Sappho which was

struck at Mytilene on

the island of Lesbos in

the eastern Aegean

14 BPMA UPDATE

News from the British

Postal Museum & Archive

16 MARKET INSIGHT

Latest prices and opinion

21 OPINION

Columnist David Bailey

discusses definitives

24 STAMP SIDELINES

Post & Go, postmarks,

FDCs, presentation pack

errors, Cinderellas, and

stamp errors

69 JOIN S&CM TODAY

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Coin Mart and receive

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73 OUT AND ABOUT

Fairs and auctions.

Plus, the latest philatelic

society news and events

109 NEW STAMPS

The latest new stamps

listed in detail

129 CLASSIFIED ADS Buy, sell

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