Stamp Magazine  |  October 2022
In our October issue, we examine the imaginative and creative ways in which stamp issuers have drawn our attention to conservation issues in the 21st century, engaging all our senses: sight, touch, smell, taste and hearing.
We also reveal how Britain’s huge postal backlog in the latter days of World War II was sorted, by an unconventional American military unit that was all-female, all-black and no-comprise.
Our monthly series on Britain’s special issues in the early years of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at the 1960 set noting the First Anniversary of the European Postal & Telecommunications Administrations Conference, which sounded dull in theory but featured the nation’s very first two-colour commemoratives.
Commonwealth Classics recalls the first issue of Rhodesia in 1892, with designs seeking to emphasise the prestige of the British South Africa Company, while Victoriana features a Penny Red cover with not one but two experimental cancellations.
Our news pages have analysis of Royal Mail’s Transformers special issue, a preview of Stampex, details of eye-catching new stamps from around the world, and the latest highlights from the auction rooms.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Stamp Magazine October 2022.