XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

After writing something last year about the worst ever British stamps, I have been thinking about what the world's worst stamps might be. I've explored the internet and I've managed to find some that are far worse than anything Royal Mail has produced! We'll start with something from the USA. The Alcoholism Stamp - USA (1981) This stamp was supposed to send out a positive statement but it failed miserably. No-one wanted to use them on a letter as the person receiving it might

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

I try to review all of the new issues from Royal Mail, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands but it seems this is one I missed. Four weeks ago Jersey issued a set commemorating the island's historic witch trials and somehow it escaped my notice. However, it's still quite a new issue and I don't think anyone will mind too much if my review is a bit late. There haven't been too many stamp issues about witch trials. The only ones I can find are a 50c stamp from Grenada in 2000