Stamp Collector  |  February 2015
Stamps that aimed to change the world…
How philately fought disease and destitution
• ‘We are not approved’ - stamp designs that failed to receive royal approval • The story of the GB 1881 Penny Lilac
• How World War One changed our coinage
• the ‘telephone stamps’ issued in the first years of the public telephone
• links between philately and golf
• Royal Mail’s Alice in Wonderland stamps previewed
PLUS the usual mix of postal history, news, news issues, opinion, and latest prices…
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Stamp Collector February 2015.