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NL 357, January/February 2016 (32pp)

1 Editorial — Paul Ramsay
3 The President Writes — Bob Galland
3 New Members
3 Dates
4 Forthcoming GBPS Meetings
4 GBPS Competitions Day
by Robin Cassell [S]
5 Dealers' Directory
5 KGV Photogravure Perforations
by Ian Harvey [S]
6 Volunteer Required for Prestigious Appointment [S]
6 Telegraph & Telephone Stamp Society
by Mark Talbot [S]
6 Tips & Tricks [removing self adhesive stamps]
by Brian Gash [S]
6 Worpex 2016 [S]
6 Congress Study Group Launched [S]
7 So You Think You Know Your Perforation Varieties?
by David Escott [L]
8 Society Displays: Supermarket Philately
Display by Jean Alexander
Report by Don Davies
14 Society Displays: Members' Displays, 2015 Redditch Regional Meeting
Report by Phil Waud
24 Telegraph Stamps Website Update
by Steve Panting [M]
25 Book Review: Please, Mr Postman by Alan Johnson
Review by Alan Sacks
25 Book Review: SG 'Part 1' 2016 Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840‑1970
Review by Mike Jackson
25 Two Pence VR Official
by Brian Watson [S]
26 The Stamp Doctor – Thoughts of a Novice Collector
by Bob Harding [M]
26 More Tips & Tricks [eBay images]
by Bob Harding [S]
27 New Book: Archer Perforation Fingerprints by David Escott
28 Pages from a Competition Winner: A Jubilee Reminiscence — John Davies
32 GBPS Publications [M]




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NL 358, March/April 2016 (44pp)

1 Editorial — Paul Ramsay
2 Member Contact Details
by Ian Harvey [S]
2 New Members
3 The President Writes — Bob Galland
3 Dates
4 Collecting First Issues
by Nick Blackburn [M]
5 Dealers' Directory
6 Mobile‑Friendly GBPS Website
by Maurice Buxton [M]
6 The Stamp Doctor – A Thoughtful Response
by Nigel Borlase‑Hendry [M]
7 Forthcoming GBPS Meetings
7 Diamond Jubilee Festival
by Tim Ledlard [S]
8 Society Displays: Pre‑Adhesive Mail
Display by Colin Narbeth
Report by Maurice Buxton
17 Post Office Airmail Leaflets on the GBPS Website
by Maurice Buxton [M]
18 Society Displays: Joint Meeting with the Channel Islands Specialists Society 2015
27 'Delay Bomb Explosion'
by Maurice Buxton [M]
28 Society Displays: Members' Displays, 2015 Stanley Gibbons Reception
Report by Ian Harvey
38 Pages from a Competition Winner: The Halfpenny (Decimal) Machin — Larry Haber
42 Book Review: Archer Perforation Fingerprints by David Escott
Review by Ray Simpson
43 Book Review: SG Collect Channel Islands and Isle of Man Stamps 30th Edition 2016
Review by Mike Jackson
43 Seven Weeks [delayed postcard, 1915]
by Ian Harvey [S]
44 Press Releases: Four Rooms
from Boundless Productions
44 Press Releases: CCC Launches Collector‑Friendly Website
from Collectors Club of Chicago
44 Press Releases: Share Price Movement
from Stanley Gibbons Group PLC
44 Press Releases: Post & Go to Change Following the Postal Museum Brand Launch
from British Postal Museum and Archive








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NL 359, May/June 2016 (28pp)

1 Editorial — Paul Ramsay
2 Annual Collectors Meeting in Paderborn, Germany [M]
2 New Members
3 Forthcoming GBPS Meetings
3 Dates
4 The President Writes — Bob Galland
5 Dealers' Directory
6 Society Displays: Royalty and the Mails at Windsor
Display by Philip Lindley
Report by Allan Jones
10 Annual Competitions
by Robin Cassell [S]
10 2016 Competition Results
11 Society Displays: Spoon Cancellations of Great Britain and Ireland
Display by Graham Booth
Report by Howard Hughes
19 Worpex 2016 [S]
19 Speaker Wanted – Amersham Philatelic Society
by Chris Marsh [S]
19 Members' Wants
20 An Imperforate 2s 6d Wilding Castle Printed in Black (Rather than Brown)
by Peter Shaw [M]
20 £1.50 Enschedé Castle Missing Head
by Peter Shaw [S]
21 New Book: GB Used Abroad: Cancellations and Postal Markings by John Parmenter and Ken Gordon
21 Assistance with QEII Castles
by Simon Everest [S]
22 Response to the Perforation Identification 'Quiz'
by David Escott [L]
23 Rate of Handstamping
by Peter Chadwick, Mike Jackson [L]
24 Pages from a Competition Winner: The Collection of Postage Due Fees in Ireland 1914‑1926 — Robert Benninghoff
26 Melton Mowbray Post Office
by Mike Jackson [M]
27 Press Releases: British First Day Cover Producer Closes
from Bletchley Stamp Art
27 Press Releases: Stamp Active Competition Results for 2016
from Stamp Active Network
27 Press Releases: Stanley Gibbons Sponsors Youth Competitions
from Stanley Gibbons Group PLC
28 Press Releases: Post & Go Mail Coach to Stay at the Postal Museum
from The Postal Museum
28 Press Releases: New RDPs to Sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in Cambridge
from Philatelic Congress of Great Britain
28 The Halfpenny Machin [coil strip with FBO on cover]
by Ray Downing [S]






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NL 360, July/August 2016 (36pp)

1 Editorial — Paul Ramsay
3 New Members
3 Dates
4 The President Writes — Howard Hughes
4 Member Contact Details
by Ian Harvey [S]
5 Dealers' Directory
6 Society Displays: Edward VII – First Day to Funeral
Display by David Milsted
10 Society Displays: Ireland – The British Connection
Display by John Sussex
Report by Don Davies
12 Society Displays: King George V & VI Commemoratives
Display by Stephen Weir
Report by Janet Bygate
16 Queries About QEII Items
by Howard Hughes [S]
16 Victorian Combination Covers
by Ray Simpson [S]
17 Society Displays: First Flights
Display by John Roe
Report by John Davies
22 Postage Rates from the USA
by Edward Caesley [M]
23 London Postal History Group Archive on GBPS Website
by Maurice Buxton [L]
24 Penny Red Stars Used Abroad
by Mike Batty [S]
24 O.U.S. Official Underprints
by Andy Donaldson [S]
25 £3 Enschedé Castle with the Missing Queen's Head
by Peter Shaw [M]
25 Members' Wants
26 The GBPS Trading Forums
by Maurice Buxton [L]
30 Update of Specialised Volume 3, QEII Pre‑Decimal
by Ian Harvey [S]
30 1d Red, Provisional Perf. 16 (SG 36, SG Spec. C11)
by Graham Stockdale, Ray Simpson, Mike Williams [M]
31 1½d PUC Flaw
by Philip Robinson [M]
31 Clevedon Post Office
by Austin Davis [M]
32 Pages from a Competition Winner: GB Line Engraved One Penny Stamps Used in Malta with 'A25' Cancellations — Martin H. Lloyd
36 Unusual London Cancellations on Seahorses
by Bryan Kearsley [M]
36 Press Releases: Crawford Philatelic Library to be Available Online
from Royal Philatelic Society, London








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NL 361, September/October 2016 (40pp)

1 Editorial — Paul Ramsay
2 Scans for Specialised Volume 3 QEII Pre‑Decimal
by Ian Harvey [S]
3 The President Writes — Howard Hughes
3 Stamp and Postcard Festival [S]
3 Dates
4 Forthcoming GBPS Meetings
4 Press Releases: 80th Anniversary of King Edward VIII Stamps
from The Postal Museum
5 Dealers' Directory
6 Society Displays: The First Low Value Surface Printed Postage Stamps
Display by Bob Galland
Report by Bob Galland
13 Christmas 1966
by Bob Rogers [S]
13 Queries About QEII Items
by Glenn Morgan, Mike Jackson [S]
13 New Members
13 GB at the Royal, London
by Phil Waud [S]
14 Society Displays: The Castle Issues of Great Britain 1952‑1999
Display by Peter Shaw
Report by Don Davies
21 Book Review: SG Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue, 2016
Review by Mike Jackson
22 AGM 61 Reports
27 AGM 61 Minutes
30 M & S Ltd [Millington & Sons] Jersey
by Max Melrose [M]
30 GB Journal Back Issues
by Michael Kirwan [S]
31 Society Displays: Members' Displays, 2016 AGM
Report by Ian Harvey
36 Pages from a Competition Winner: Insured Mail Irregularities — Maurice Buxton
40 Unusual London Cancellations on Seahorses
by Julian Tweed [S]
40 Press Releases: Stamp Active Launches 'All Creatures Great and Small'
from Stamp Active Network




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NL 362, November/December 2016 (32pp)

1 Editorial — Paul Ramsay
2 GBPS Competitions Day
by Robin Cassell [S]
2 Forthcoming GBPS Meetings
3 The President Writes — Howard Hughes
3 New Members
3 Dates
4 Dealers' Directory
5 Jury Summons Wanted
by Maurice Buxton [S]
5 Help Reconstructing C10 Plate 43
by Walter Kaltwasser [S]
5 Calling Midlands Members
by Howard Hughes [S]
5 Help with the Mail Coach and Stage Coach Era
by Matthew and Cheryl Toomey [S]
5 Press Releases: Closure of the Search Room, Freeling House
from The Postal Museum
6 Society Displays: Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain
Display by Clive Jones
Report by Maurice Buxton
12 Society Displays: Suffolk Postal History
Display by Tom Slemons
Report by Ian Harvey
18 Research: Philatelic Myths
by Ray Simpson [L]
20 Update to Specialised Volume 3 – Rolls
by Paul Ramsay [L]
22 Overland Mail Labels
by Rainer Fuchs, Maurice Buxton [M]
23 Philatelic Wallpaper
by Bob Galland [S]
24 4d Late Fee Cover
by Alexios Papadopoulos [M]
24 Book Review: SG 'Part 1' 2017 Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840‑1970
Review by Mike Jackson
25 Airmail Rates to British Guinea via Natal (Brazil) – Help Wanted
by Bernie Beston, Maurice Buxton [M]
26 Unusual London Cancellation on Seahorses
by Allan Jones, Max Melrose [L]
27 Press Releases: London Transport's Poster Collection
from Friends of the Postal Museum
28 Pages from a Competition Winner: Great Britain Victorian Propaganda Envelopes — Richard Hobbs
32 Press Releases: The Great War Stamp Pack Error
from Packs & Cards
32 Halfpenny Overprints
by Ian Spencer, Maurice Buxton [S]