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328 2011
334 2012
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352 2015
359 2016
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370 2018
377 2019
383 2020
389 2021
395 2022

Pages from a Competition Winner

335 5d Machin Cylinder Blocks — Martin Bomford
310 The 5d Royal Blue Pre‑Decimal Machin Definitive — Tony Walker
283 The 1880 Provisional Issue — C.Dupplin
391 1883‑84 Lilacs and Greens — John Roe
346 The 1888 British Bechuanaland Half‑Penny Vermilion — Tony Stanford
378 The 1890 London Philatelic Exhibition — John Davies
295 The 1919 Railway Strike — Max Melrose

325 At Sixes and Sevens [6d and 7d Wildings] — Mike Osborne

385 Bank Note Duty – Congreve Compound Plate Printing — Chris Harman
320 The Battle of the Falkland Islands 1914 — Tony Walker
334 British Post Office Telegraph Stamps — Chuichi Ota
399 Britons Adjust to Decimal Postage — Duncan Barber
364 Brunel's Steamship – "Great Britain" — Graham Booth

359 The Collection of Postage Due Fees in Ireland 1914‑1926 — Robert Benninghoff

316 'A Distinct and Separate Service' – Registration of Overseas Mail 1795‑1841 — Maurice Buxton
342 The Decimal Castles 1988‑1999 and the Problems Encountered — Peter Shaw
340 Delivered by Royal Mail — George King
347 The Demonetised Stamps of Queen Victoria (1841‑1901) — David Leathart
337 The Development of British Postage Printed On‑Site — Glenn Morgan
318 Downey Head Die 1A — Fred Smallbone

349 Early Merchant Post — Alan Holyoake
344 Edinburgh and District Penny Post — Tim Ledlard
371 Elliot's Imitation of the Jubilee Envelope — John Davies
327 Embossed Adhesive Stamps Overprinted Large 'Inland Revenue' 1860 to 1864 — Chris Harman
329 The Englishman Who Posted Himself — John Tingey
379 Evolution in Reverse: The Post Magazine Address Panel and its Decorative Borders — Phil Cheetham
355 Evolution of British Stamp Perforation 1840 to 1880 — Ray Simpson
288 Exeter Cancellations 1840‑1860 — Michael Lockton

336 Failed Frees: A Reappraisal of Handstamps — Bob Galland
339 The First Three Surface Printed Postage Stamps — Bob Galland
331 Flying Down to Rio — Iain Stevenson
370 Fores's 'National' Series of Mulready Caricatures — Robin Cassell
392 From Line Engraved to Surface Printed – The 1879 and 1880 Tenders — Malcolm Suttill

360 GB Line Engraved One Penny Stamps Used in Malta with 'A25' Cancellations — Martin H. Lloyd
390 Genesis [1839‑40] — Nicholas Amor
280 The Great Britain 1d Black — Simon Beresford‑Wylie
312 Great Britain Line‑Engraved Plates 1‑11, 1840‑1841 — Jennifer Burnett
356 Great Britain Parcel Post 1882‑1935 — Nick Wraith
372 Great Britain Underprints 1982‑1987 — Mary Pugh
362 Great Britain Victorian Propaganda Envelopes — Richard Hobbs

358 The Halfpenny (Decimal) Machin — Larry Haber

345 The Imperforate Issues of Great Britain (1840‑1853) Cancelled Contrary to Regulations — Chris Jones
361 Insured Mail Irregularities — Maurice Buxton
297 The introduction of Registered Mail — Alan Holyoake
281 It Began With Mulready — John Bohn

357 A Jubilee Reminiscence — John Davies

275 KGV – The High Value Stamps — Leslie Wilkinson
294 KGV photogravure issue – trials to issued stamps — Peter Tanner
286 KGVI 10s Dark Blue — Peter Dawson
282 KGVI 10s Ultramarine — Peter Dawson

298 Line‑engraved issues 1840‑1879 — W.Kaltwasser
276 The Liverpool Penny Post — Nick Wraith
384 London Late Fees to Overseas — Michael Lockton
330 London Numbers in Maltese Cross — Graham Booth
365 London Stamp Exhibitions 1890‑1960 — Stephen Teuma

393 Machine Cancellations and Postmarks Produced in Great Britain During the Early Trial Period 1857‑59 — Tim Schofield
293 Machine vended booklets Series 4 S/Series A‑D — Robin Tibbenham
356 Mail from the United Kingdom to the Italian Peninsular from the Late 18th Century to the GPU — Ken Burr
292 Mail in Northumberland 1600‑1739 — Al Hurst
353 The Maltese Cross — Howard Hughes
304 Manuscript franks, 1652‑1715 — Rex Clark
322 Military and Army Telegraphs — Tony Stanford
389 Multiple Strikes of the Maltese Cross — Chris Hibbert

386 The Official Protective Underprints Service — Andy Donaldson
363 An Olympic Effort — Glenn Morgan
400 One Penny Plate 1 — Graham Wylde
354 The Origins of Express Mail — Alan Holyoake
274 Overseas Postal Rates from the 1840s to the Start of the General Postal Union — James Grimwood‑Taylor

311 Parcel Post Labels and Associated Postmarks of the Channel Islands 1895‑1913 — Max Melrose
348 Parcel Post Private Labels — Max Melrose
400 The Pools and the Post — Maurice Buxton
399 Post in the Jubilee Years 1887‑1902 — Phil Waud
305 Post Office (Parcels) Act 1882, Early labels and cancellations — Max Melrose
284 Post Office Act 12 Car II c35, 29 December 1660 — A.Green
373 The Post Office Savings Bank (1) — Maurice Buxton
374 The Post Office Savings Bank (2) — Maurice Buxton
315 Postal Art — John Bohn
321 Postal History of Northumberland – the Early Years — Al Hurst
292 The Postal Reform, 1839 — Orvar Sundström
298 The Postal Reforms — Malcolm Suttill
287 Postally Used OW Official Overprints 1896‑1904 — David Milsted
368 Postmarks of Leith from 1800 to 1840 — Robin Morton
367 The Pre‑Decimal Machin High Values — Tony Walker

314 Queen Victoria 'Army Official' Issues 1896‑1904 — David Milsted
390 Queen Victoria ½d Pink Stamped to Order Postcards — Maurice Buxton
326 Queen Victoria ½d Vermilion Army Official Issue — David Milsted

381 Red Cards: Mail Deemed Unacceptable at the Postcard Rate — Maurice Buxton
307 Registered Letter Envelopes Issued Between January and August 1878 — Edward Caesley
383 The Repaired Impressions of Die 1 Penny Red Plate 17 — Kevin Maunder
332 Returned Letter Wrappers — Bob Galland
277 Royal Navy — Tony Walker

380 Smallpox – Vaccination and Anti‑Vaccination Postal History and Ephemera — Chris George
366 Suburban Receiving Houses of London — Dave Simmons

323 The Transition from Red to Black Ink During the Maltese Cross Era — Howard Hughes

397 The Victorian 5s Postage Stamps 1867‑1901 — Chris Symonds
306 Victorian First Days — Nick Amor
350 Victorian High Values for Postage — Max Melrose
328 The Victorian Letter Card — Iain Stevenson
377 The Victorian £1 Oblong Postage Stamps 1883‑1901 — Chris Symonds

317 Welsh Postal History — Richard Thomas
338 Wesleydale (with Bedale – Post Town) — Malcolm Suttill
341 Wings and Squadrons of the Royal Naval Air Service in World War 1 — Tony Walker
289 A wounded soldier's journey home — Eddie Weeks

















Pages from a Competition Entry

382 The 2d Jubilee of Queen Victoria — Phil Waud
375 The 4d QV Jubilee — Phil Waud
376 The 1880 1d Venetian Red Interlude — Howard Hughes
351 Book Tokens — Iain Stevenson
336 The College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge — Malcolm Suttill
347 The Dover Patrol in WW1 — Tony Walker
404 The Embossed Issues 1847‑1854 — Carlton Jones
345 GB Unappropriated Dies Stamps Produced for the Bechuanaland's Use — Tony Stanford
337 Great Britain Security Machins: The Security Pattern Lettering Issues from 2009 — Michael Dodd
351 Just After Official Paid — George King
352 King George V Commemorative Stamp Issues — Mary Pugh
339 The Low Value Printing Changes 1879‑1880 — Malcolm Suttill
335 The Maltese Cross Cancels — Rod Paige
285 The One Penny Postage Stamps of Great Britain 1840‑1864 — Tim Burgess
313 Penny Pink Cut‑Outs — Michael Lockton
311 The Two and a Half Penny Pink — George King
369 Undeliverable Mail of World War II — Bob Galland