XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

I haven't reviewed many new issues recently and that is because there haven't been many new issues! Once the Christmas stamps are out that usually is the end of new issues for the year. I have reviewed most of this year's Christmas issues here. However, there have been one or two new issues that have nothing to do with Christmas including this from Serbia, which was released on 8th December. It is very different and I thought it deserved a review. The stamps show Serbia's fem

It seems I have been reviewing a lot of new issues for the Isle of Man recently. I have checked and it looks like this is the fifteenth new issue this year, and there will be another one next week! Is Isle of Man Stamps & Coins trying to compete with Royal Mail? Do they need this many commemorative stamps? This set was released on 10th October and the theme is "Brewed on Mann". The Isle of Man Stamps & Coins website tells us more about these stamps: "Brewed on Mann capture

Earlier this year a stamp dealer called Robert Laidler , who sent me approvals, told me about these stamps issued by Greenland and...

The latest issue from Jersey Post tells the story of the History of Shipbuilding on Jersey and was released on 15th August. I am quite interested in ships and shipbuilding, and know about some of the large British shipyards in places like Glasgow, Sunderland, Liverpool, Barrow-in-Furness, Bristol and Plymouth. I hadn't realised that Jersey was such a significant shipbuilding centre. The Jersey Post website explains: "During the 19th century, Jersey was a central hub for sh

I have been collecting stamps for a few years now. I think it's a great interest to have but there are people who ask "What's the point...