Publisher's Note by Kevin Morgan

“What do I get for my money?” was a question posed to me by a recent overseas prospective subscriber to Stamp News.

‘Well,” I responded to his email, “each month we produce a full colour A4 size magazine of about 100 pages, which includes the following:

Firstly there are about 14 or 15 articles, from beginner to in depth, covering the stamps of Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Cinderellas and Revenues, Postal History, Postcards, Moderns, Handy hints, Market movements, etc.

Next are the regular features such as the News Pages, Worldwide New Issues Guide, the most up to date available. The Auction Diary, An Australian Stamp Price Guide, a Calendar of events, Club and Society pages, Book and catalogue reviews, Classified ads., letters pages, Etc, etc.

Then there are of course our many advertisers, who between them offer a vast array of products and services to tempt almost every philatelic palate.

Finally every month there is a free gift, and we also strive to see that philatelically relevant stamps are used on your copy of Stamp News as often as possible.”

Needless to say, that collector has subscribed and also recommended two of his friends.

Now I come to a brand new offer to existing subscribers:

For each new subscriber you can secure for us, who purchases a minimum of a 12 month subscription we will add 3 months free of charge to your own subscription.

This is not a time dated or limited offer, but will be available for all time, so put on your thinking cap, contact all of the other collectors you know out there and tell them about Stamp News, and the comprehensive coverage we offer. In no time at all you could be reading Stamp News for free! Make sure they mention your name when subscribing, and we will do the rest.

If you are reading this and are not yet a subscriber, also bear in mind that as well as the free gifts and stamps on the envelope, Stamp News is with subscribers usually 3 to 4 days before it gets into the newsagencies. Not only that, on a 12 month subscription you are getting two issues free and saving time and petrol money getting to the newsagent.

On to a different subject now.

We want to know what you want, via our letters column. If you would like something different included in Stamp News that we don't already have please let us know. (We are already working on a Great Britain and British Commonwealth Column by the way) If you have a funny anecdote or story which is stamp related, then we want to know about it. And don't forget every month, if we have an outstanding letter then it will be awarded “letter of the month” and the writer will get a free 12 month subscription!

Happy stamping Kevin Morgan