XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

There was an interesting new issue this week, when a particular European country decided to celebrate the success of its national football team. Who could it be? Could it have been one of the teams who this week qualified for the World Cup? No. Was it a former winner of the World Cup or the European Championship? No. Maybe it was one of the women's teams? Wrong again. No, it is San Marino, Yes, the team that currently is ranked 210 out of 210 FIFA international teams! Often

It's been a while since I wrote a review of a new issue and that is because most of the new issues at the moment are Christmas stamps. I'm leaving them for a special post at the end of the month where i will compare them all. Jersey Post has released a new issue today and my sister really likes it - then again, she is really into space. She can tell you the names of all the planets, all the dwarf planets, the moons of Jupiter and tell you all about the Apollo missions. On th

Three special stamps! Three new stamps have been issued especially for Xanthe's Stamp Magazine! Technically they are cinderellas rather than real stamps, and they are fantasy issues. I designed these myself, with some help from my parents and AI with the spaceship one. The cat on the left, who is looking at a stamp album, has been made to look like my cat Tai Pan, who sadly is no longer with us. The other cat is my current pet, Izzy. She looks exactly like this! I will be