September issue
Postal history of Venezuela
From the many definitive series portraying the national hero SimÓn Bolívar, to political map stamps, to bizarre choices of paper, there is plenty to learn about this undervalued country
Thematic guide to crocodiles
Feared and revered as apex predators in many tropical countries, crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials have been appearing on stamps since 1894
Commonwealth Classics
Zanzibar’s lovely recess-printed 1913 series had a nautical flavour
Early Elizabethans
International telecommunications are hard to convey on stamps, as the last British set of 1965 proved
Strange But True
The United States stamp bedevilled by an incident with an incinerator and a careless spare parts order
Talking Point
It is not only the Government that must scrutinise the bid for Royal Mail. Collectors have questions too
Soapbox
British commemorative stamps, now 100 years old, must continue to move with the times
