Stamp Magazine | June 2021
Our June issue reflects on the philatelic legacy of Prince Philip, finding that he was widely featured on British and Commonwealth stamps, and not only as the Queen’s consort.
We also present a thematic guide to the human heart, finding stamps, covers and cancellations devoted to the organ itself, blood circulation, hypertension, health-monitoring and cardiac surgery.
Commonwealth Classics tells the story of one of the most beautiful pictorial issues of Bermuda, while Great Engravers celebrates the work of Hubert Woyty-Wimmer, both for Austria and for De La Rue in London. Black Magic studies the back of Penny Black covers, to reveal how the new adhesives were sometimes used as seals.
Our news pages have details of Royal Mail’s special issue remembering the Wars of the Roses, and Gibraltar’s sortie into the curious realm of cryptocurrency stamps. If you don’t know what they are, we’ll try to explain in plain English...
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Stamp Magazine June 2021.