XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

Royal Mail has issued a new set of stamps today - it's fourth set of the year so far (and we're still in February!) These stamps take a look at roses and, as you might imagine, they are quite pretty and show ten different varieties of roses. These are: Second Class: Dog Rose Rosa canina , Rosa ‘Queen Elizabeth’, Rosa ‘Just Joey’, Rosa ‘Paul’s Himalayan Musk’, Rosa ‘Étoile de Hollande’ First Class: Rosa gallica ‘Versicolor’, Field Rose Rosa arvensis , Rosa ‘Charles de

Royal Mail's next new issue will be released on 19th February. It commemorates Hornby Railways. Hornby is a very famous brand of model railway, which has been made in the UK since 1920. The first trains were clockwork but later this changed to electric. The original business was based in Liverpool and founded in 1901, not so far from where I live. This year is Hornby's 125th anniversary, but to start with it made Meccano so their trains are only 106 years old! There are eigh

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

The next issue for Royal Mail is Monopoly and will be released on 16th October. This is to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the board...

Royal Mail's next issue, due to be released in Thursday, depicts British ducks. A GB issue dedicated to ducks is long overdue. While...