XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

It is my birthday today (I'm now 14). I wanted to write something for my birthday about stamps and I knew about some of the Greetings stamps Royal Mail created in the 1990s and of course the Smilers stamps. Very few of these were actually about birthdays, but I really liked this set from 2025 (the year my sister was born). There were also happy general celebration stamps like this one from 2006... ...but there is something special about having the words "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" on

The next issue from Royal Mail will be released on 9th July. Normally Xanthe reviews all the Royal Mail stamps but I am doing this one as the theme is moths. I love moths and I know quite a lot about them. Moths haven;t appeared on British stamps very often although an elephant hawk-moth appeared in the Brilliant Bugs set of 2020. And there was also this one, which was in the 2008 Insects set. This is the first set that Royal Mail has totally dedicated to moths. We have ha

The following stamp fairs will take place in July. Wednesday 1st July CIRENCESTER - The Bingham Hall, King Street, GL7 1JT Time: 9.30am - 3.30pm Contact: Simon Collyer, 07966 565151 (ampfairs.co.uk) Thursday 2nd July NORTH CORNELLY - The Choral Suite, Green Acre Motel, 111 Heol Fach, CF33 4LH. Time: 9.00am - 1.00pm Contact: Mark Grimsley Stamp Fairs, 01492 545107 Friday 3rd July CANTON (CARDIFF) - St Catherine's Church Hall, Kings Road, CF11 9DE Time: 9.00am - 1.00pm Con