XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

In Switzerland new stamps are like buses. You wait ages for one and then loads come along at once. Unlike Royal Mail, which create issues of 8-10 stamps and spaces them out throughout the year, Switzerland's issues are often a single stamp (although sometimes as many as four) and they issue a lot of them on the same day. Back in September I reviewed all nine new Swiss issues. At least this time there are only six! PRO JUVENTUTE - GROWING UP IS FUN! The Pro Juventute stamps

I feel that Jersey stamps are interesting but I either absolutely love them or feel disappointed by them. Jersey's stamps are best when they focus on local history and this is a set that I really like. These stamps celebrate 75 years of Jersey Aero Club , which was founded in 1951 and, according to the Jersey Stamp Bulletin (which I received today) "the Club has helped foster and support Jersey's thriving aviation community" ever since. The Bulletin also tells us that "each

The Stafford Stamp Show returned to the County Showground on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th November. We go to most of these, which are held every six months. We were there for only the Saturday. I heard Friday was even better but what can you do when you're at school? Stafford is a pretty big fair. This time there were 39 dealers there, including the Cannock Philatelic Society, which sells albums for the Air Ambulance Charity. They had a stall by the main door selling albums do