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Stamp Magazine - December 2016

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In this issue

In the December issue of Stamp Magazine, we consider the philatelic legacy of the Victorian railways, by investigating the stamps, covers, labels, stationery and postcards of the Great Northern Railway, which connected London with York. We also examine the thematic potential of pioneering female aviators, many of whom became worldwide celebrities and have been richly commemorated on postage stamps. An eye-opening feature presents covers and letters of November 7-8, 1918, when many American civilians and servicemen were taken in by the ‘false armistice’, and thought the Great War was over when it wasn’t. Elsewhere, we revisit the unusual first definitive issue of the Pitcairn Islands, tell the story of the forgotten stamp-issuing country of Upper Yafa, and examine how the theme of astronomy has been attractively treated on British stamps. Our GB Collector section has full details of the Christmas issue, and there’s all our regular coverage of world news, auction highlights, diary dates and new issues.

Stamp Magazine Description:

Publisher: MyTime-Media-Ltd.

Category: Hobbies_Craft

Language: English

Frequency: Monthly

"As Britain's longest-running independent philatelic magazine, Stamp Magazine offers a wide range of news, features and opinion to interest, entertain and inform you, whatever you collect.

Our news pages are lively and well-informed, and the GB Collector section gives you the inside line on all upcoming British issues. Our features are the best-written and best illustrated in the world of philately, and our regular columnists pull no punches. Stamp Magazine publishes 12 great issues a year."