Stamp Magazine  |  April 2022
In our April issue tell the story of the soldier philatelist, Major Edward Evans, who used his 19th-century army postings as a springboard for worldwide research that made him one of the pioneers of an emerging hobby.
We also recall Britain’s very first decimal stamps, the recess-printed Machin high values of 1970, and investigate the delights and challenges of collecting them on commercial cover.
Amongst our regular features, Commonwealth Classics focuses on Australia’s iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge design of 1932, while Victoriana examines a cover with an unusual mixed franking of Great Britain and India. Our long-running Great Engravers series concludes with Elsa Catelin, the modern heiress to a proud French tradition.
Our news pages have full details of the dawn of a new era for British stamps, as all new definitives adopt ‘barcodes’. We also give our verdict on the Platinum Jubilee commemorative set, and highlight interesting new issues from around the world and the latest big prices at auction.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Stamp Magazine April 2022.