Stamp Collector gives you all the information, news, expert advice, market insight and inspiration you need to build your stamp collection and get the most from your hobby. Every issue features the latest prices, expert collecting advice, in-depth guides giving you the lowdown on classic stamp sets, new stamps, postal history, first-day covers and much more. Our stamp stories shed light on intriguing stamps and why they were produced, and our stamp sidelines pages provide an insight into postmarks, first-day covers, Cinderellas, Post & Go and Europa stamps.

This is How The Stamp Trade Works • Philatelic Expert Lets You into his Selling Secrets so you can benefit from a totally different (and New) Selling Experience

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LOOKING FORWARD TO A STAMP-FILLED 2021

Writing in this issue…

NEW DEFINITIVES FOR NEW RATES

MAIL COULD SOON BE DELIVERED BY DRONES

IN BRIEF

MILITARY COVER MARKS DENTAL ANNIVERSARY

NEW ‘COMMUNITY’ PAGES AT WWW.ALLABOUTSTAMPS.CO.UK

PTS AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED

AWARDS RESULTS IN DETAIL

POLISH DESIGN WINS EUROPA STAMP JURY COMPETITION

STILL TIME TO ENTER ALL ABOUT STAMP COMPETITION

‘MY FAVOURITE THINGS’ COMPETITION FOR YOUNG COLLECTORS

POSTAL MUSEUM DONATIONS WELCOME

WIN STAMPS WITH THE NEW MONTHLY PRIZE DRAW!

Show birds on show

Definitive Bailiwick birds

IN BRIEF

Coastal Towers

Faroese postal history

Family stamp reflects difficult year

Slovenia honours Tour de France heroes

La Poste to mark centenary of The kid

More Covid stamps

IN BRIEF

AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

Canal Zone variety in demand • Our philatelic private eye spies another stamp set that’s likely to go up in value

LATEST INTERNET SALES • Your quick reference guide to recent online sales, in association with delcampe.net

KGVI 1948 Royal Silver Wedding stamps? • The wedding anniversary of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth gave Britain the perfect excuse for some positivity after a gruelling period of war and shortages. So what should you pay for the 2½d and a £1 stamps and what varieties and covers are on offer? Ed Fletcher investigates

Postcards most horrid

Overseas Rates Change – Part 2

Looks like rain

First scheduled air mail service

The original staycation

The odd ‘one’ out • Are you any good at spotting the odd ‘one’ out? Asks Devlan Kruck. What if there was a sheet of 100 stamps, all the same colour and design, and exactly the same appearance, except for one, which has a couple of very subtle differences, do you think you’d notice?

Adventures of a STAMP NEWBIE • It wasn’t quite a religious experience when beginner Laura McInerney was recently introduced to the stamps of the Vatican, but the encounter prompted a number of questions, as this month’s beginners’ column reveals

Readers’ EXPERT ADVICE • Each month we answer Laura’s questions about the hobby, this month providing an introduction to the stamps of Vatican City. Feel free to send in your advice for Laura

Test your stamp knowledge! • As we often say around these parts, knowledge is power. Improve your grasp of philately and you’ll soon improve your collection, and gain much more satisfaction from the hobby to boot. So what better way to test that knowledge than with a quiz? Test yourself with the teasers here and challenge your collector colleagues…

FROM CANTON TO COUNTRY • In the second part of his in-depth guide to early Swiss stamps, David Bailey tells how the cantonal designs marked the transition from local to a national postal service and created a new visual identity for a new country

Mail on the minor railways • In the final part of his...