XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

Apologies for not doing a few more reviews in the last week. There have been some fantastic new issues from around the world so Xanthe and I will try to update you with them in the next few days. The first one is from Tristan da Cunha and celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Blue Belt Programme. The programme has three "key pillars": Climate, Nature and People. The Tristan da Cunha Marine Protected Zone was established in 2021 and is an internationally recognised Blue Park.

Last year at Stampex I picked up this very unusual piece of military history. I meant to write about it months ago but didn't get round to it, so I apologise. But I thought it is better late than never, and this is such a great piece. I bought this from Stephen Taylor, who is a dealer speciaising in US postal history. He had a lot of military themed items, especially from World War II, which I was interested in. I bought a few things from him, but I found this very interesti

A few days ago, we wrote to Royal Mail to suggest some ideas for future commemorative stamps. You can read our suggestions here. Royal Mail has sent a response very quickly, and here is what they have to say (in a slightly abridged form): "Thank you very much for taking the tiume to compile and share such a thoughtful and wide-ranging set of suggestions for the Special Stamp Programme. We know a great deal of research and consideration has gone into these proposals, and we