Gibbons Stamp Monthly - May 2004 Issue now online

The May 2004 issue of Gibbons Stamp Monthly has just been published on
www.gibbonsstampmonthly.com and is ready for you to browse in it's
entirety.

It is totally free and all the regualar features are included as well
as:

King George VI Varieties

Richard Lockyer OBE begins a two-part review of King George VI issues
of Great Britain.

2002–2003 Postal stationery

Geir Sør-Reime continues his annual survey of postal stationery with
foreign countries A to F.

Missionary Mail from Tristan da Cunha

Tristan is the remotest inhabited island in the world. Robin Taylor
uses the letters and journal of its missionaries to
reveal the difficulties of life there during the 19th century.

Pioneer Airmails of India 1911–29

An afternoon display by members of the Académie Européenne de
Philatélie takes place on 29 April at the Royal Philatelic Society,
London. Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS is showing two frames of his
pioneer Indian airmails.

Self-adhesive Stamps of Australia—Instigators of a Global Revolution

Self-adhesive stamps were not widely used until the 1990s. Richard
Breckon talks about the background to their
introduction in Australia which helped launch a global revolution.

Ireland in Transition—The Irish Overprints of 1922–37

May sees the sale of one of the finest collections of Irish stamps and
postal history. James Mackay reviews what is
probably the most interesting period of Irish philately.

The Shakespeare Festival Stamps—Part 1

John Holman recalls the planning behind a major issue of the 1960s—one
that tested the new Philatelic Bureau.