Stamp Magazine - February 2018

In this issue

In the February issue we talk to illustrator Andrew Davidson about his work on British stamps, and how his specialities of wood engraving and gouache painting have helped to create many memorable issues across three decades. We also study how the controversial life and eye-catching art of Gustav Klimt have been celebrated on stamps in the century since his death, notably in his native Austria, and why New Zealand’s first day covers have become such a popular collectable. Our series on the Great Engravers celebrates the unheralded work of Lydia Mayorova for the Soviet Union, and our regular Commonwealth Classics slot features Gibraltar’s attractive first pictorial issue of 1931. In our news pages you’ll find details of cutbacks in Royal Mail’s philatelic services, while our Devil’s Advocate columnist argues that the hobby is better off without stamp investment schemes.