XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

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

As some of you will know, I have been looking at different ways to get your stamps. So far, I have considered: 1. Approvals 2. Kidstamps (if you're a young person!) 3. Philatelic Bureaux 4. Stamp fairs Today I have going to look at Ebay and ask how this compares to the others. Lots of people are buying stamps online and Ebay has millions of listings - just today I found 840,000 listings for GB stamps, and that is without looking at the rest of the world. That's a lot of s

Jersey's latest issue is a set of six stamps celebrating the Royal Air Force Association of Jersey' 100th Anniversary. There is also a £5 miniature sheet. Both were illustrated by Harry Milburn, who was inspired by historical RAF recruitment posters. Jersey Post's website states that "each stamp reflects an important element of RAFA Jersey's work". It is interesting that RAFA Jersey was founded in 1925, 18 years prior to the creation of the national RAFA organisation in 1943