Stamp Collector - 13 Jun 2025
THE STORY OF THREE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
THE STORY OF THE SAINT-GAUDENS DOUBLE EAGLE
The first mail by coach and rail
How to collect the stamps of Papua New Guinea
THE STORIES THAT PRODUCED THE STAMPS
GB STAMPS
COLLECTING GB
MARKET WATCH
VIEW FROM EUROPE
MAIL OF WORLD WAR II
PHILATELIC FIRSTS
MARKET INSIGHT
AUCTION UPDATE
NEW STAMPS
STAMP UPDATE
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Welcome to Stamp Collector
HOW TO COLLECT PAPUA NEW GUINEA
THE CASTLE OF CURIOSITIES
PAPAL JUBILEE YEARS
STAMP STORY
THE POSTAL HISTORY OF VOTING
COVER EXPLAINED
BACK OF THE BOOK
CLASSIFIED ADS
Jon Aitchison awarded Congress Medal 2025
British Guiana rarity sold
Hong Kong catalogue
Constanze Dennis auction at Grosvenor
Smithsonian Awards
ICSC auction
‘A credit to the society’
Boston 2026 exhibition upgraded
‘Things I Like’
Midpex 2025
Europhilex Awards
IN BRIEF
German postage at Chelmsford
Lancaster Royal Grammar School Stamp Club at Europhilex
RDP ceremony
Archaeological discoveries
First air link from Casablanca to Dakar
Submarine visit of March 1935
Military anniversaries
IN BRIEF
Stavanger 900th anniversary
For sport
The Starting Point of Modernity
Valour and Victory: Stories of World War II
STAMP DETAILS
‘The Chronicles of Narnia’
KEY DETAILS
Collecting ‘Castle’ High Values
Crows, Ships, Trains and Reply Cards
Mint 1893 $5 black Columbian
Dominican rarity
Mulready
Early India issue
Prussian Blue
Early issue of Trinidad
Rare surfaceprinted issue
Popular Newfoundland dogs
US railroad propaganda design
Embossed pair
Canada 1851 12d black on laid paper
£5 orange on white paper
US way marking
Lady Mcleod steamship label
India used abroad
High value from KUT
1949 Omnibus for the UPU
The Stories that Produced the Stamps
THE STORY OF THE SAINTGAUDENS DOUBLE EAGLE
WHY TOKENS REPLACED SMALL CHANGE
WHEN SILVER BECAME TOO EXPENSIVE FOR COINS
A COIN FOR CNUT STRUCK IN LINCOLN
FIRST PART OF THE TRAVELLER COLLECTION SOLD
HETTIE ANDERSON AND THE SAINT-GAUDENS DOUBLE EAGLE
TREASURE HUNT
COIN UPDATE
CNUT AND THE LINCOLN MINT
VIEW FROM THE USA
AUCTION UPDATE
VIEW FROM EUROPE
Welcome to Coin Collector
COIN COLLECTOR EDITORIAL BOARD
ENCASED EUROPEAN STAMPS AS COINS
FOCUS ON MEDALS
NEW COINS
A–Z OF COINS
First auction of ‘Traveller Collection’
Rare gold coin found in secret compartment
Iron Age hoard secured for Museum of Chelmsford
Shanghai Mint Museum on show in London
BANS spring congress
Michael Dolley lectures
Awards for RCM
NEWS IN BRIEF
Coins Without Contact
Importance of Population Reports
When Silver Became Too Expensive
Saint-gaudens Double Eagle
Cnut and the Lincoln Mint
T is for Tokens
T IS FOR TOKENS
Encased European Stamps as Coins
Gallant Airmen on the Ground
George Washington tribute
80th anniversary of VE Day
225th anniversary of Australian proclamation coins
Golden ducat
IN BRIEF
Coat of arms of HM King Charles III
In memoriam Pope Francis
Mail of World War II
First Mail by Coach and Rail
COLLECTING OPPORTUNITIES
How to Collect Papua New Guinea
Across the World During World War II
The Castle of Curiosities
MODERN KNOWLEDGE OF THE
The Postal History of Voting
The Postal History of Voting
Papal Jubilee Years
CURRENT HOLY YEAR
THE PASSING OF POPE FRANCIS
France’s Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth liner
Plurinvest
The fairies from Down Under
A Hawaiian facsimile
UK regional stamp exhibitions and fairs
Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs
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