XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

Apologies that I haven't written very much recently. My dad has not been well and he helps with the editing. Also, there's a lot of thing that happen in schools in December and it is fair to say that I have been a bit distracted.demanded that the Royal Mail should rule out snowmen, parcels and snowflakes from its Christmas stamps and use only Christian themes in future. However, last week I was looking on the Jersey Stamps facebook page. They have issued a fabulous set of Chr

The following stamp fairs will take place in December. Wednesday   3rd December CIRENCESTER  - The Bingham Hall, King Street, GL7 1JT Time: 9.30am - 3.30pm Contact: Simon Collyer, 07966 565151 ( ampfairs.co.uk ) Thursday 4th December NORTH CORNELLY - The Choral Suite, Green Acre Motel, 111 Heol Fach, CF33 4LH. Time: 9.00am - 1.00pm Contact: Mark Grimsley Stamp Fairs, 07773 566994 Friday 5th December CANTON (CARDIFF) - St Catherine's Church Hall, Kings Road, CF11 9DE Time

Instead of reviewing different countries' Christmas stamps individually, I thought it would be better to look at them together. I'm not going to give any lengthy reviews - I'll just make a few short comments and give a mark. Here are a few of my thoughts about the different new Christmas stamps from around the world. I've tried to cover as many of them as possible, but no doubt there will be a few countries I have missed. Great Britain I will start with our own Christmas stam