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January/February 2006Volume 44, Number 1 CONTENTS: From POP to PIP by Harry Dagnall FRPSL; UK Bankers’ Mail Services in the 20th Century by M. J. O’Hara; Dividing Sheets at Somerset House by Ray Simpson FRPSL & Peter Sargent FRPSL.
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November/December 2005Volume 43, Number 6 CONTENTS: Our new book Discovering Seahorses reviewed by Leslie Wilkinson; Returned Letter Wrappers by Bob Galland and Dick Armstrong; Focus on GB; Book Reviews; Index to Volume 43.
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May/June 2005Volume 43, Number 3 CONTENTS: A Second ‘Duke of Wellington 1847 Postcard’ by James Grimwood-Taylor; A Distinctive Maltese Cross of Newcastle upon Tyne by F. W. Taylor; Mrs Georgina Elizabeth Kermode by Jean Alexander FRPSL; Four Cut Sides by Terry Pusterla; Overseas Letter Forwarded with a 1d Black by James Grimwood-Taylor; Book Reviews; Focus on GB; Vetting GB Officials by Michael Astley; One Shilling Green and Carmine of 1900 with inverted GOVT. PARCELS (L30a) by Michael Astley; A Remarkable Coincidence by Gerald Calver; 1d Die 2, Plate 51, Repaired Impressions by Dr Alfred Thomas; Lundy Island Telegraph Creations by Sam Lawrence FRPSL.
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March/April 2005Volume 43, Number 2 CONTENTS: Some Further Thoughts on LCI and LCII Watermarks and on Plating by W. de L. M. Messenger; QV 1887 ½d Vermilion by Terry Pusterla; King Edward VII 1s Die Proof of Frame by Andrew G. Lajer; An 1840 Freight Money Usage by Richard Frajola; 1857 Mixed Franking by Philip Robinson FRPSL; Book Reviews; A Photogravure Puzzle by Harvey J. Russell; Line-Engraved Perforation and Other Matters by W. A. Wiseman FRPSL; KGVI 3d Cylinder 21 no dot/ Control L42 by Janet Bygate; Used Budget Letter Card by Michael Peach; ‘Haste Post Haste’ by Andrew Claridge; Line-Engraved Notes; Multipositives for the KGV Photogravure Halfpenny by A. E. Wilson; £5 Orange ‘Serpentine Flaw’ on Stamp BN; The LH-FL Error by Bob Galland & Karl Louis FRPSL.
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January/February 2005Volume 43, Number 1 CONTENTS: Penny Black Plate 1b Mint Blocks by Karl Louis; Obituary of Dr Robert H. Champion; A Tale of Prussian Blues by Ken McBride; A Question of Numbers (booklets) by Alan Musry; Focus on GB; Pattern Post by Robert Johnson; Large Crown Watermark: Types I and II on C10–13 by Robert J. Maushammer.
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November/December 2004Volume 42, Number 6 CONTENTS: The Post-Office, a reprint of an article from the February 1884 issue of The English Illustrated Magazine; Postcards bought before the First Day of Use by John Forbes-Nixon; Book Review - the SG Specialised, Vol. 1, 13th edition by Scott Treacey; Cyprus or Cypress Green? by Ken McBride; 1841 Covers to Berlin; Focus on GB; Index to Volume 42.
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September/October 2004Volume 42, Number 5 CONTENTS: A Facsimile Stamp for Junk Mail by Harry Dagnall FRPSL; Rose Pink — a Postscript by W. de L. M. Messenger; 10d Embossed Cover from the Re-Issue Period by Alan Huggins RDP, HonFRPSL; End of the Maltese Cross in Edinburgh by David Turner; Focus on GB; Wattses Underprints Revisited by Terry Pusterla; King Edward VIII — Stamps from Booklets by Jack Clark; The Fate of Spoilt Sheets by Don Madden FRPSL; The King Edward VII Column by Trevor I. Harris; Pin Repairs on the KEVII 1d by W. A. Wiseman FRPSL; Book Reviews.
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July/August 2004Volume 42, Number 4 CONTENTS: College Stamp Covers — a Statistical Summary by Vincent West; Semi-Spoiled Sheets by Don Madden FRPSL; Those Cambridge Blues by Bryan Kearsley FRPSL; What was Rose Pink? by W. de L. M. Messenger; Scottish Experimental Stamp Packs by Jim Nicolson; Hybrid Large Crown Watermark Paper: Two New Discoveries by Robert J. Maushammer; The King Edward VII Column by Trevor I. Harris; Line-Engraved Notes; End of the Maltese Cross Obliterator by Howard Hughes; KEVII One Penny Pin Flaws — Addenda by Terry Pusterla.
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May/June 2004Volume 42, Number 3 Andrew Claridge gives an in-depth account of the Early Use of the Black Maltese Cross; Penny Black Plate 3 Block of 42 by Mike Jackson FRPSL and Andrew Claridge; Victorian Reams by Don Madden FRPSL; The King Edward VII Column by Trevor I. Harris.
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March/April 2004Volume 42, Number 2 Terry Pusterla takes an in-depth look at the fascinating Pin Flaws on the KEVII One Penny; King George V ½d ‘New Moon’ Flaw by G. E. ‘Jack’ Clark; SmartStamps: The Shape of Things to Come? by Mike Jackson FRPSL; Security Embossing by Novelli & Co. by Vincent West; Book Reviews; Waste Paper by David Rowse FRPSL; Notes on the Cyprus Green.
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January/February 2004Volume 42, Number 1 This issue features an exemplary account of the early postal history of Great Britain by Malcolm Ray-Smith, presented in its entirety; a piece by Robin Cassell on a Fake (?) Red No. 5 in Maltese Cross; an article on the Stock Exchange Forgery Plate 6; and a piece on the Cambridge Blue Seahorse by John Garnsey.
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November/December 2003Volume 41, Number 6 Austin Barnes reviews Douglas Myall's 3rd edition of the Complete Deegam Machin Handbook; Graeme Webster investigates the KGV 1915 10s (De La Rue) ‘Cambridge’ Blue; Tony Wiseman looks at Registered Envelopes with Brass Rings; Leslie Wilkinson describes High Value Stamps Punched for Use on Telegraph Forms; Mike Jackson asks When Was the First Day of Use of the 2d Blue?; and Volume 41 is rounded off with the Index.
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September/October 2003Volume 41, Number 5 Alan Huggins looks at Covers from the Re-Issue Period of the Tenpence Embossed; Ian Harvey & & Peter Stafford take a long, hard look at ‘Flexography — Fact and Fiction’; Book reviews; Harry Dagnall describes the Size of a Ream of Paper; John Forbes-Nixon writes about the End of the Maltese Cross Obliterator; Terry Pusterla decsribes a new Pin Flaw on the KEVII One Penny; Bob Galland & Andrew Lajer add some records (courtesy of Karl Louis) to The ‘L4’ Late Fee Mark; Gerald Calver illustrates a fresh entry on the 1844 1d Red-Brown Plate 49, Stamp TF.
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July/August 2003Volume 41, Number 4 KGV PHOTOGRAVURE ADVERTISEMENT BOOKLET PANES FROM BB17 EDITION 305 by Jack Clark; 1D RED, DIE 2, PLATE 32, FL by W. de L. M. Messenger; CHARLES WHITING AND THE FIRE AT PERKINS, BACON by Michael J. Salmon; THE FIRST PAPER CONTRACT FOR QV LINE-ENGRAVED STAMPS by W. de L. M. Messenger; MORE ON PAPER; SQUARE DATESTAMP WITH INDENTED CORNERS by Graham Hayward; 1980 BRITISH CONDUCTORS PERFORATION VARIETY by Mike Jackson; THE SOMERSET HOUSE CONTINUOUS PRINTING PLATES FOR 1D ROLL STAMPS by Leslie Wilkinson.
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May/June 2003Volume 41, Number 3 EMERGENCY PRINTINGS AFTER THE FIRE AT PERKINS, BACON by Don Madden; POSTAGE DUE — THE 1951 PROVISIONALS by Peter Worsfold; KGV SEAHORSES — TRIAL IMPRESSIONS by Graeme Webster; and a NEW MULREADY CARICATURE DISCOVERED.
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March/April 2003Volume 41, Number 2 LONDON MAILCOACHES — Revd Christopher M. Beaver presents his in-depth study; Toby Messenger continues THE FIRST PAPER CONTRACT FOR QV LINE-ENGRAVED STAMPS and provides further notes on DIE 2, ALPHABET 3, PLATE 22; Karl Louis and Brian Hazell provide confirmation of a QV 10d JUBILEE variety; in SURFACE PRINTED NOTES Peter Young discusses dirt on the printing plate; and 'trial cancellations'.
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January/February 2003Volume 41, Number 1 TRANSITIONAL SHADES IDENTIFIED AS BEAUFORT HOUSE PRINTINGS? Karl Louis expains the significance of Toby Messenger and Don Madden's ideas; Toby Messenger ; Graham Stockdale discusses the 1d DIE 2, ALPHABET 3, PLATE 22; BOOK REVIEWS; 1844 1d RED-BROWN PLATE 49, TF, a note by PAUL WITHAM; Bill Fletcher on the VALIDITY OF OVERPRINTED GB STAMPS; 4d LATE FEES are explained by Robert Johnson; Peter Chadwick adds another ‘L4’ LATE FEE MARK; Robert Johnson describes THE LATE USE OF THE 10d EMBOSSED; 10d JUBILEE WITH DISTORTED ORNAMENT, a note by Meirion F. Lewis; Alan Musry describes a WILDING BOOKLET DISCOVERY; Bill Barrell describes a CANCELLED BOOKLET; Edgar Smith adds some notes on the 'Dagger' perforations in MACHIN SELF-ADHESIVES TO LOOK OUT FOR.
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November/December 2002Volume 40, Number 6 ADVERTISING RINGS — MICHAEL LOCKTON DESCRIBES A NEW DISCOVERY; Toby Messenger describes the Beaufort House Printing following the fire at Perkins, Bacon; David Rowse finally finds the grave of Joshua Bacon; Douglas Myall relates the 4p Machin Colour Mystery; Toby Messenger continues the account of the First Paper Contract for QV Line-Engraved Stamps; Mike Batty contibutes to the discussion on the Revision of the One Penny, Die 2 Transitional Period; Bob Galland & Andrew Lajer record the known examples of the ‘L4’ Late Fee Mark; plus the Index to Volume 40.
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September/October 2002Volume 40, Number 5 AUSTIN DAVIS RE-EXAMINES THE SHADES OF THE DIE 2 ONE PENNY STAMPS; Vincent West investigates an Oxford Undergraduate and his Unpaid Bills; Kerry Kearton-Gee describes Die 2 Alphabet 3 ‘O’ Flaws; John Phillips considers used imprimaturs of the Surface Printed 1s Plate 6; Harry Dagnall relates the Mystery of the 2½d Newspaper Duty Stamp; Toby Messenger continues his account of the First Paper Contract; Book reviews.
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July/August 2002Volume 40, Number 4 DOUGLAS N. MUIR EXAMINES THE DEMONETISATION OF OBSOLETE STAMPS; THEO BRAUERS SURVEYS THE 1883/84 HIGH VALUES USED ON COVER; Toby Messenger continues his account of the First Paper Contract for QV Line-Engraved Stamps; Notes and short pieces on demonetisation, KGV Photogravure ½d variety, and the Machin self-adhesive 'Dagger' perforation.
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May/June 2002Volume 40, Number 3 TOBY MESSENGER BEGINS AN IMPORTANT SERIES OF ARTICLES EXAMINING THE FIRST PAPER CONTRACT FOR QV LINE-ENGRAVED STAMPS; John McCulloch describes his use of the Fisher-Brown Plating Gauge with a computer; Terry Pusterla takes a new look at Pin Flaw 10 on the King Edward VII 1d Plate 9; John Mayne describes a cover from Togo used with an ‘A01’ cancellation. Other articles feature numberless ‘1844’ cancellations; books; postally used (?) surface printed imprimaturs; and the invalidation or demonetisation of postage stamps.
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March/April 2002Volume 40, Number 2 Dr CONRAD GRAHAM ANALYSES THE NUMBERS ISSUED AND CATALOGUE VALUES OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH STAMPS 1876–1881; Peter Young explains the Invalidation of Victorian Postage Stamps; Using the Fisher-Brown Plating Gauge with a Computer by Raymond Abela and Mike Jackson; A Display Card for the ‘Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case’ by Eric Whitehead.
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January/February 2002Volume 40, Number 1 W. A. WISEMAN INVESTIGATES THE KEVII 1d DIAGONALLY OVERPRINTED ‘CANCELLED’; The End of Free Franking as Told to the Marines; London No. 3 Maltese Cross; Book reviews; London Inland Section Numberless ‘1844’ Cancellations by Meirion Lewis; A Remarkable Coincidence (two Penny Blacks, both Plate 6, and both lettered SF on a re-directed cover!) by John Forbes-Nixon; The End Of An Era — Grover & Co. Ltd Close by Leslie Wilkinson; and Victorian Postal Scales by Austin Davis.
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November/December 2001Volume 39, Number 6 ALLAN JONES INVESTIGATES THE KGV 1½d ‘PENCF’ ERROR. Also included are ‘Threatening Letters’ by Mike Jackson; ‘The ‘Cawardine’ Collection’; ‘More on College Covers’ by Daniel C. Warren MD; ‘Wattses Underprints’ by John Phillips; plus the Index to Volume 39.
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September/October 2001Volume 39, Number 5 IN THIS ISSUE AUSTIN DAVIS LOOKS AT VICTORIAN POSTAL RATES. Also included: ‘Cyprus Green?’ by Douglas N. Muir; ‘Wattses’ Underprints’; an obituary of Donald Forbes-Smith; ‘Airmail Etiquettes’ by Harvey J. Russell; a survey of the 1883 Ninepence Green on Cover by Theo Brauers; ‘Early Use of Penny Black Plate 1b’; ‘King George V Notes’ by Steve Bainbridge; plus a book review and notes.
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July/August 2001Volume 39, Number 4 GRAEME WEBSTER LOOKS AT THE BRADBURY, WILKINSON 2s 6d SEAHORSES. The issue also contains: ‘Army Telegraph Stamps’ by Sam Lawrence; ‘1841 1d red-brown Plate 10 with inverted watermark’; ‘Early Use of Penny Black Plate 1b’; ‘Earliest 1840 Twopenny Blue Block used on Cover’ by George Gati; ‘KEVII One Penny Varieties’ by Terry Pusterla; ‘Plating Postage Due Controls’ by Leslie Wilkinson; plus notes and book reviews.
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May/June 2001Volume 39, Number 3 THIS ISSUE CONTAINS TWO ARTICLES ON POSTAGE DUES: 1929 Postage Due controls by Dr Jean Alexander, and an account of the last week of postage due adhesives related by Graham Mark. The issue also includes notes by Toby Messenger on the possible re-use of Victorian line-engraved plates; notes on Shades by Vic Currie and Supercalendering by Harry Dagnall; research findings on the KGV Seahorse issue by Bryan Kearsley; a preview of Spink's May 2001 sale of items from the Royal Philatelic Collection; and a piece by Harry Dagnall on the possible stretching (or shrinking) of stamps.
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March/April 2001Volume 39, Number 2 THE SECOND EDITION OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM includes an update on Britain's rarest postage stamp; thoughts on the possible re-use of line-engraved plates from Dr David Leivers and Winston Hollins; a fascinating look at modern postal history by Michael Lockton; more on the discussion about the measurement of shades from John Cranmer, Vic Currie and Tony Wiseman; an article on the scarcity of surface printed issues on cover by Gilbert Wheat; and a survey of the college stamp covers in the Royal Philatelic Collection by Vincent West.
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January/February 2001Volume 39, Number 1 THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM includes an article by Robert J. Maushammer on using the Intel QX3 computer microscope to study the KGV Seahorse issue; further thoughts from Chris Harman, Nick Peacock and Frank V. Allan on the possible use of a spectrophotometer for measuring shades; an unusual quadrupel perforation on a Victorian Plate 225 submitted by Fred Taylor; a survey by Peter Mollett of the 1864 Penny Plates with Large Crown watermark reversed; and a review by Alan Moorcroft of Graham Mark's book British Censorship of Civil Mails during World War I, 1914-1919.
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November/December 2000Volume 38, Number 6 THIS ISSUE of The GB Journal includes a study of the Plymouth/Norwich Distinctive Maltese Cross Enigma by David Herrity; Measuring KGV Shades using a Colorimeter by Vic Currie; Winston Hollins' study of the One Penny Plate 129 Die 2; a short update to W. de L. M. Messenger's series on Neale’s Steam Press; and a look at the Scarcity of Surface Printed Issues on Cover by Theo Brauers. Harry Dagnall reviews ROYAL REFORM: Postal reform 1837–1841 as reflected in the Royal Philatelic Collection by Charles W. Goodwyn; and the final issue of the 20th century ends with the INDEX TO VOLUME 38.
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September/October 2000Volume 38, Number 5 THIS ISSUE of The GB Journal includes John Bohn's plea to the FIP to change the rules on the validity of Mulready Caricatures in postal history exhibits; the unique control copy of the ½d Downey Head Die 1a perf. 14; the possible dangers of photocopying philatelic material; a survey of all the known covers bearing an 1880 2s brown; the conclusion of W. de L. M. Messenger's examination of Neale's steam press experiment. Two books are reviewed: De La Rue's QV Revenue Heads and Mails Under London, the story of the carriage of the mails on London's underground railways. A special article puts well-known GB philatelic personality Bill Bird under the spotlight.
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