Previous Issues

July 2018

Included in this month’s GSM, Adrian Kepple looks at the 32-year career of Polish stamp engraver Piotr Naszarkowski and Cinderella collector Christer Brunstrom looks back…

June 2018

Inside this month’s issue of GSM, the free franking privilege of archbishops and bishops is examined by Robert Galland and Joe Peters explains how the…

May 2018

In the May issue of GSM, John Moody investigates the philatelic legacy left behind by the Gold Coast of Africa and the island of Labuan…

April 2018

Inside this month’s packed GSM, Derek Connell explains, 9 September 1911 saw the first of numerous pioneering flights that were used to carry mail between…

March 2018

Included in this month’s GSM, a contemporary Dutch booklet provides an invaluable guide to the first stamps of the Netherlands, Cyril Parsons provides a rare…

February 2018

Included in another eclectic mix of articles, George Rab details the overprinted stamps in use in newly-formed Pakistan following partition in 1947 and Edward Klempka…

January 2018

Inside this month’s issue of GSM, David Milsted FRPSL details the most intensively studied of all British departmental issues and David Smitham looks at the…

December 2017

Included in this month’s GSM, Pragya Jain discusses India’s pre-stamp postal history and the famous Scinde District Dawks of 1852, readers have their say, courtesy…

November 2017

In the November issue of GSM, Christer Brunstrom takes us on a guided tour of Transjordan’s 1933 pictorial issue and GSM’s roving reporter is back!…

October 2017

Inside this month’s packed GSM, Cyril R H Parsons reviews the traditional printing practices that gave way to more modern methods during King George VI…

September 2017

Included in another eclectic mix of articles, specialist King George VI dealer Dickon Pollard offers advice on how to avoid the pitfalls associated with the…

August 2017

Inside this month’s issue of GSM, Hugh Jefferies offers the beginner a few pointers on collecting colours and shades, Martin Roper provides an introduction to…