XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

I hope you enjoyed my review of Stamp Collector last week. This week I am reviewing a very different kind of stamp magazine, The Cinderella Philatelist. A Cinderella stamp looks like a stamp but isn't issued by an official postal service. Examples of Cinderella stamps include: Charity seals (like Christmas seals) Advertising labels Exhibition or souvenir stamps Propaganda labels Local or private-post stamps Scouts stamps Fantasy or unofficial “country” issues A lot of people

I collect all kinds of stamps but I am especially interested in butterflies. Recently I bought a small collection of butterfly stamps that included these. I thought they were very attractive and they're very nicely done. I like the fact they are triangles and the background is plain so the beautiful butterflies really stand out. These are unusual butterflies and I have not seen most of them before. The one on the top left is definitely a Ulysses butterfly and the one on the

Discovering Cinderellas in Devon and Cornwall The MS Oldenburg, Lundy's passenger ship Last week I went on holiday with my family. We...