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WELCOME
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.
The campaign for a
Robert Burns stamp set
in the 1960s prompted
a number of unofficial
labels and cachets, as
shown on page 32.
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STAMPS
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STAMP UPDATE
Bureaux 2016 plans.
Rare Postal Order found.
Finlandia 2017. New
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website and more…
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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
70
64
62
58
54
50
48
47
STAMP STORY
The 1956 Sopron
overprints of Hungary
DEAD COUNTRIES
Italian stamps in Dalmatia
NEW!
READER’S STAMPS
Our new series showcases
a Guatemala collection
IMPERIAL PENNY POST
The campaigns that
prompted the introduction
of the Imperial Penny Post
COLLECTING THE EMPIRE
The stamps and postal
history of St Lucia
COVER EXPLAINED
A cover’s journey from
London to India in 1897
COLLECT BY THEME
Hats, coins and aeroplanes
in our thematics guides
READER SURVEY
Share your views on the
magazine and win!
133
STAMP MISCELLANY
The curious stamps of
Bergedorf, Germany
COINS
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
73
69
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21
16
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REGULARS
BPMA UPDATE
News from the British
Postal Museum & Archive
MARKET INSIGHT
Latest prices and opinion
OPINION
Columnist David Bailey
discusses definitives
STAMP SIDELINES
Post & Go, postmarks,
FDCs, presentation pack
errors, Cinderellas, and
stamp errors
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