Stamp Magazine - February 2020
Get Stamp Magazine along with 5,000+ other magazines & newspapers
Try FREE for 7 days
Latest and past issues of 5,000+ magazines & newspapers
Digital Access. Cancel Anytime.1 Year$99.99 $49.99 Save 50%
Latest and past issues of 5,000+ magazines & newspapersDigital Access. Cancel Anytime.Get Stamp Magazine
1 Year$71.88 $37.99
12 issues starting from February 2021 Digital Access. Cancel Anytime.Buy this issue $5.99
February 2020 issue Digital Access. 
Flash Sale! Save 47% on annual subscriptions. Valid till January 30, 2021
- Magazine Details
- In this issue
Magazine Description
In this issue
"In the February issue of Stamp Magazine, we investigate the history and postal services of Alaska, seeking out local post offices and postmarks from remote islands, from frozen tundra and from America’s maritime border with Asia. We rummage through the Royal Mail archives to find examples of the Queen not giving approval to stamp designs, and explain what it was that she didn’t like. We also ask which famous people started out as postmen, and bring you their amusing stories. Our Commonwealth Classics feature has the inside line on how the 1934 pictorial issue of Grenada was created, while Great Engravers hails the work of Ferdinand Schirnböck, who is synonymous with the last days of the Austrian Empire. Our other regular feature, Black Magic, reveals the close relationship between the Penny Black and the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. In our news pages, you’ll find full details of Royal Mail’s first new issue of 2020, other eye-catching sets from around the world, and the latest exhibition pieces which have come up for auction. Our columnists and readers add their own opinions on the most important matters of the moment."
Cancel Anytime [ No Commitments ]
Digital Only
Ship Of State
Recess-printed, lithographed, typographed and overprinted, the attractive Lakatoi issues of British New Guinea and Papua are a complex series with myriad varieties
Day Of Reckoning
However painstakingly compiled, your collection is destined to be broken up and recycled. It’s not a question of if, but when, and how?
‘Oh Help! Oh No! It's A Gruffalo!'
A Royal Mail stamp issue on October 10 marked the 20th anniversary of the publication of The Gruffalo, the popular children’s picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Man Of Peace
Karl bickel not only transformed and rejuvenated Swiss stamp design in the mid-20th century but also built a monument to peace in his spare time
Roaring Success?
The first stamp issue for Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika in 1935 might have united three postal administrations, but its design and printing were far from uniform
The Finest Cuts For This Year's Christmas Fare
Royal Mail’s Christmas stamps, released on November 5, take a religious approach this year, featuring classy biblical scenes created by paper-cut artists Hari & Deepti.
Beasts Of Burden
Animals harnessed for postal purposes have come in all shapes and sizes. Some of the choices and some of the scenarios might surprise you
King And Kaiser
Johann Kaiser engraved only three stamp designs, but they were the first issues of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, so his place in philatelic history is secure
Whisper Of Wilberforce
A centenary with particular resonance for Sierra Leone inspired one of the finest colonial issues of the 1930s, even if the key protagonist was barely acknowledged
Try, Try Again
With the rugby World Cup currently underway in Japan, what better time to investigate the growing potential for a rugby union thematic collection?
