Stamp Collector

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 benefft from a totally different (and New) Selling Experience

WELCOME

MEET THE EXPERTS…

2020 GB stamp subjects revealed

IN BRIEF

Countdown to London 2020… Something for every collector

STAMP UPDATE

Collectors corner

MARKET INSIGHT

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

USA’s 1898 ‘Western Cattle In Storm’ $1 • The stark tones, crisp engraving and evocative subject of this $1 value from the USA’s 1898 Trans-Mississippi commemorative set has long been popular with collectors, with some observers calling it America’s most beautiful stamp. Ed Fletcher finds out if it’s possible to add it to our albums

STAMP SIDELINES • Your regular guide to stamp-related collectables

Visions of the Universe • Two centuries of astronomical discoveries are at the heart of Royal Mail’s latest issue, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society and the British astronomers and astrophysicists who have deepened our knowledge of the universe

Tiny works of art… • We collectors are concerned about their production, printing, provenance and scarcity, but do we sometimes overlook the aesthetic appeal of postage stamps? David Bailey takes a look at the designers, illustrators, and artists of British stamps and celebrates their often remarkable contribution to our hobby

Long tails and symphonies • Our island nations welcome in a new year with stamps marking the start of Year of the Rat in the Chinese Zodiac, though the residents of the Isle of Man would prefer not to mention the rodent by name, and the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven

Land of the midnight sun

Why collect Scandinavia? • The Nordic area is a treasure trove for stamp collectors writes Christer Brunström

Norway’s Early Stamps • Ed Fletcher provides a brief overview of Norway’s early stamps to tempt beginners into starting a collection of these intriguing and often beautifully produced designs

Messages from a Baltic archipelago • The autonomous Finnish province of Åland has had a long, eventful and illustrious postal history, writes Bill Ross in his quick guide

Post from the world’s largest island • Brian Hague, President of the Scandinavia Philatelic Society, takes us on a whistlestop tour of Greenland, providing an insight into the huge island’s postal history

The island of Bornholm • Situated in the Baltic Sea, between the southern tip of Sweden and the north coast of Germany, Bornholm has, since 1660, been a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, writes Peter Rooke, Chairman of the Scandinavia Philatelic Society, as he provides an introduction of the region's postal history

Whaling postal history • A controversial collecting area?

Spitzbergen, Svalbard • Pat Adams of the Scandinavia Philatelic Society takes us on a trip to Spitzbergen, on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, found between mainland Norway and the North Pole

WANT TO READ MORE? • If our special feature has given you a taste for Scandinavian stamps and postal history, don’t...