XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

The next issue from Royal Mail issue will be released on 14th October and feature Winnie the Pooh. All of us will know about Winnie the Pooh and his friends Eeyore, Piglet, Owl, Tigger and Christopher Robin. This year marks the centenary of the publication of A.A. Milne's book, Winnie the Pooh, which 100 years later is as popular as ever. I received a card from Royal Mail yesterday, which tells us that "this charming collection of special stamps celebrates the centenary of W

Ireland isn't a country that creates a huge sets (are you reading, Royal Mail?) and this issue of four stamps celebrates modern Irish literary fiction. I don't know a lot about Irish fiction. It's fair to say, I often don't know much about the subjects on commemorative stamps, which is why stamp collecting is so interesting - it teaches you so much about the world. You might thing that the stamps show book covers but actually they don't. These are designs by The books are:

Sometimes new stamps come out so quickly you can miss an issue. This happened with this issue. I was so looking forward to reviewing the Isle of Man's set about the life of John Harrison that I didn't notice that the Isle of Man Stamps and Coins had issued another set about National Treasures just ten days previously. It's easy to do when so many new issues come along at once. I know that I try to review every new issue from Royal Mail, The Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Alde