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Jersey's most recent issue celebrates Jersey's International Connections. This is a set of six stamps. The Jersey Stamps website says: "Jersey's International Connections, illustrated by Daniel Allison, highlights key moments where people, products and ideas have travelled internationally, shaping reputations and forging relationships that continue to resonate today." The stamps show: The Cod Industry (large cod being caught in a net by fishermen) Jersey Jumpers (an America

The Isle of Man's latest issue celebrates John McGuinness, a famous motorcyclist. I know nothing about any kind of motor racing and I had never heard of John McGuinness, but Isle of Man Stamps & Coins fortunately tells us a bit about him: "This 2026 stamp issue from Isle of Man Post Office celebrates 30 years since John McGuinness MBE first competed at the Isle of Man TT in 1996, marking one of the most successful and enduring careers in the history of the Mountain Course.

So far I have reviewed two magazines, Stamp Collector and The Cinderella Philatelist. This week I'm looking at a very different magazine, The New Puffin Journal. You may not have heard about it unless you are interested in Lundy, an island in the Bristol Channel that issues its own stamps. The New Puffin Journal is published by the Lundy Collectors' Club. It is a much smaller magazine that the others I've mentioned and I think it's important to say that it's not a stamp magaz