Pagination
This is a listing of the publication date and page numbering for each issue of the GB Journal. Issues marked "Undated" have the year only, and those with irregular page numbering (whether due to error, or because of a special edition) are footnoted.
In the early years, issues were somewhat irregularly sized and spaced, with the first six volumes continuing over a period until ten issues had been published. From volume 7 (1969) onwards, each volume has occupied one calendar year, and generally contained six issues. Some volumes, however, had only five, with the sixth usually being replaced with another publication: British Stamp Booklets, 1987-1994 & 1997; and the Cumulative Indexes to the GB Journal, 1976 & 1984. Vol. 24, No. 6 (1986) was cancelled to aid the introduction of a new-style GBJ.
Vol. 43, No. 1 (2005) was the first issue to include colour on a regular basis.
Volumes 1-6: 10 issues per volume
No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 | |
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Vol. 1 1956-58 |
1-12 Dec 1956 |
13-24 Mar 1957 |
25-36 Jun 1957 |
37-48 Sep 1957 |
49-64 Dec 1957 |
65-80 Feb 1958 |
81-92 May 1958 |
93-104 Aug 1958 |
105-116 Oct 1958 |
117-127 Dec 1958 |
Vol. 2 1959-61 |
1-12 Mar 1959 |
13-24 May 1959 |
25-35 Sep 1959 |
36-46 Oct 1959 |
47-57 Jan 1960 |
58-68 Mar 1960 |
69-90 Jun 1960 |
91-101 Sep 1960 |
102-115 Dec 1960 |
116-129 Feb 1961 |
Vol. 3 1961-62 |
1-16 Apr 1961 |
17-32 Jun 1961 |
33-48 Aug 1961 |
49-64 Oct 1961 |
65-80 Dec 61 |
81-95 Mar 1962 |
96-110 [1] Jun 62 |
111-126 Aug 1962 |
127-142 Oct 1962 |
143-158 Dec 1962 |
Vol. 4 1963-65 |
1-15 Feb 1963 |
16-34 Apr 1963 |
35-49 Jun 1963 |
50-64 Aug 1963 |
65-80 Dec 1963 |
66b-81b [2] Jan 1964 |
82-97 Mar 1964 |
98-121 Jul 1964 |
122-136 Oct 1964 |
137-156 Jan 1965 |
Vol. 5 1965-67 |
1-15 Mar 1965 |
16-30 May 1965 |
31-46 Aug 1965 |
47-62 Oct 1965 |
63-78 Dec 1965 |
79-94 Feb 1966 |
95-110 Apr 1966 |
111-126 Jun 1966 |
127-142 Sep 1966 |
143-157 Jan 1967 |
Vol. 6 1967-68 |
1-23 Mar 1967 |
[24-39] [3] May 1967 |
40-55 Aug 1967 |
56-71 Nov 1967 |
72-87 Jan 1968 |
88-103 Mar 1968 |
104-123 May 1968 |
124-139 Jul 1968 |
140-159 Sep 1968 |
160-175 Nov 1968 |
Volume 7 onwards: 5 or 6 issues per volume
No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | |
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Vol. 7 1969 |
1-16 Jan/Feb |
17-28 Mar/Apr |
29-40 May/Jun |
41-52 Jul/Aug |
53-64 Sep/Oct |
65-76 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 8 1970 |
1-16 Jan/Feb |
17-32 Mar/Apr |
33-48 May/Jun |
49-64 Jul/Aug |
65-84 Sep/Oct |
85-100 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 9 1971 |
1-16 Jan/Feb |
17-32 Mar/Apr |
33-48 May/Jun |
49-68 Jul/Aug |
69-88 Sep/Oct |
89-108 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 10 1972 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 Mar/Apr |
41-60 May/Jun |
61-80 Jul/Aug |
81-100 Sep/Oct |
101-124 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 11 1973 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-44 Mar/Apr |
45-64 May/Jun |
65-88 Jul/Aug |
89-112 Sep/Oct |
113-136 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 12 1974 |
1-24 Jan |
25-48 Feb/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Sep |
97-120 Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 13 1975 |
1-24 Jan |
25-48 Feb/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Sep |
97-120 Oct |
121-140 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 14 1976 |
1-20 Jan/Apr |
21-44 May/Jun |
45-64 Jul/Sep |
64-84 Oct |
85-112 Nov/Dec |
|
Vol. 15 1977 |
1-20 Jan |
21-40 Feb/Apr |
41-64 May/Jun |
65-88 Jul/Sep |
89-116 Oct |
117-140 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 16 1978 |
1-24 Jan |
25-44 Feb/Apr |
45-68 May/Jun |
69-88 Jul/Sep |
89-108 Oct |
129-128 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 17 1979 |
1-20 Jan |
21-40 Feb/Apr |
41-60 [4] May/Jun |
61-76 Jul/Sep |
77-96 Oct |
97-116 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 18 1980 |
1-16 Jan |
17-32 Feb/Apr |
33-60 May/Jun |
61-84 Jul/Sep |
85-104 Oct |
105-128 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 19 1981 |
1-16 Jan/Feb |
17-32 Mar/Apr |
33-48 May/Jun |
49-64 Jul/Aug |
65-80 Sep/Oct |
81-96 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 20 1982 |
1-16 Jan/Feb |
17-32 Mar/Apr |
33-48 May/Jun |
49-64 Jul/Aug |
65-80 Sep/Oct |
81-96 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 21 1983 |
1-16 Jan |
BP Index [5] | 25-40 [6] May/Jun |
41-56 Jul/Aug |
57-72 Sep/Oct |
73-88 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 22 1984 |
1-16 Undated |
17-32 Undated [7] |
33-48 Undated |
49-64 Undated |
65-80 Undated |
|
Vol. 23 1985 |
1-16 Undated |
17-32 Undated |
33-48 Undated |
49-64 Undated |
65-80 Undated |
81-96 Undated |
Vol. 24 1986 |
1-16 Undated |
17-32 Undated |
33-48 Undated |
49-64 Undated |
65-80 Undated |
|
Vol. 25 1987 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 Mar/Apr |
41-60 May/Jun |
61-80 Sep/Oct |
81-100 Nov/Dec |
|
Vol. 26 1988 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 Mar/Apr |
41-60 May/Jun |
61-80 Sep/Oct |
81-100 Nov/Dec |
|
Vol. 27 1989 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 Mar/Apr |
41-60 Jul/Aug |
61-80 Sep/Oct |
81-100 Nov/Dec |
|
Vol. 28 1990 |
1-20 Mar/Apr |
21-56 May/Jun [8] |
57-76 Jul/Aug |
77-96 Sep/Oct |
97-116 Nov/Dec |
|
Vol. 29 1991 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 May/Jun |
41-60 Jul/Aug |
61-80 Sep/Oct |
81-100 Nov/Dec |
|
Vol. 30 1992 |
1-20 Mar/Apr |
21-40 May/Jun |
41-60 Jul/Aug |
61-80 Sep/Oct |
81-100 Nov/Dec |
|
Vol. 31 1993 |
1-20 [9] Mar/Apr |
21-40 May/Jun |
41-60 Jul/Aug |
61-80 Sep/Oct |
81-100 Nov/Dec |
|
Vol. 32 1994 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 May/Jun |
41-60 Jul/Aug |
61-80 Sep/Oct |
81-100 Nov/Dec |
|
Vol. 33 1995 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 Mar/Apr |
41-60 May/Jun |
61-80 Jul/Aug |
81-100 Sep/Oct |
101-120 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 34 1996 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 Mar/Apr |
41-60 May/Jun |
61-80 Jul/Aug |
81-100 Sep/Oct |
101-120 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 35 1997 |
1-20 Mar/Apr |
21-40 May/Jun |
41-60 Jul/Aug |
61-80 Sep/Oct |
81-100 Nov/Dec |
|
Vol. 36 1998 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 Mar/Apr |
41-60 May/Jun |
61-80 Jul/Aug |
81-100 Sep/Oct |
101-120 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 37 1999 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 Mar/Apr |
41-60 May/Jun |
61-80 Jul/Aug |
81-100 Sep/Oct |
101-120 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 38 2000 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 Mar/Apr |
41-60 May/Jun [10] |
61-80 Jul/Aug |
81-100 Sep/Oct |
101-120 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 39 2001 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 Mar/Apr |
41-60 May/Jun |
61-80 Jul/Aug |
81-100 Sep/Oct |
101-120 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 40 2002 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 Mar/Apr |
41-60 May/Jun |
61-80 Jul/Aug |
81-100 Sep/Oct |
101-120 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 41 2003 |
1-20 Jan/Feb |
21-40 Mar/Apr |
41-60 May/Jun |
61-84 Jul/Aug |
85-108 Sep/Oct |
109-132 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 42 2004 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-68 May/Jun |
69-92 Jul/Aug |
93-116 Sep/Oct |
117-140 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 43 2005 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 44 2006 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 45 2007 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 46 2008 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 47 2009 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
[73-96] [11] Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 48 2010 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-80 May/Jun |
81-104 Jul/Aug |
105-128 Sep/Oct |
129-152 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 49 2011 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 50 2012 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 51 2013 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 52 2014 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 53 2015 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 54 2016 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 55 2017 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 56 2018 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 57 2019 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 58 2020 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 59 2021 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
121-144 Nov/Dec |
Vol. 60 2022 |
1-24 Jan/Feb |
25-48 Mar/Apr |
49-72 May/Jun |
73-96 Jul/Aug |
97-120 Sep/Oct |
Notes
- Vol. 3, No. 7 started numbering at 96, but 'Society News' appeared on the previous unnumbered page.
- Vol. 4, No. 6 started numbering from one higher than the first page of the previous issue, not the last page, and thus repeated most of its numbering – 66-81 instead of 65-80. The page numbers from this issue are given in the indexes as 66b-81b, as Vol. 4, No. 7 then continued numbering from 82.
- Vol. 6, No. 2 was a 'special number' consisting of A Preliminary Study of the Imperforate Surface Printed Stamps of Great Britain (1855-1880) by Dr. Douglas Latto. The pages were unnumbered, but numbering continued from 40 in the next issue.
- Vol. 17, No. 3 was incorrectly numbered 41-61 on the front cover.
- Vol. 21, No. 2 was the Cumulative Index to The British Philatelist, compiled by Dr J. W. M. Stone, FRPSL. The pages were numbered 1-24.
- Vol. 21, No. 3 started at page 25 in error (instead of page 17).
- Vol. 22, No. 2 was numbered 'No. 3' in error.
- Vol. 28, No. 2 was a special issue produced to coincide with Stamp World London 90. It was edited by Hassan Shaida and gives a general account of the stamps and postal history of Great Britain from pre-1840 through to 1989. Although published as an issue of the GBJ, it is regarded as a separate book, and references in the index are indicated by '(SWL90)' after the entry.
- Vol. 31, No. 1 had pages 19 and 20 transposed.
- Vol. 38, No. 3 had a 16-page pull-out colour supplement on the Royal Philatelic Collection; pages numbered A1-A16.
- Vol. 47, No. 4 was incorrectly numbered and ran from page 25 to 48, thus repeating the page numbers found in issue No. 2. The numbering should have been from 73 to 96.