Stamp Magazine - November 2017

The November issue of Stamp Magazine, on sale from October 12, includes these great features: Russian Revolution The stamps and postal history surrounding the October Revolution of 1917 reveal a country divided, badly governed and thrown into turmoil, as the Bolsheviks emerged triumphant Enschedé’s Machin trials The postal archives reveal the story behind the first contracts for printing British definitive stamps to be placed with an overseas supplier, from 1989 to 1995 Pneumatic post of Paris When a pressurised-air system was created to deliver the mail around the French capital faster, in the 19th century, it relied for many years on purpose-designed postal stationery Commonwealth Classics The inaugural definitive issue of Uganda, in 1898, saw local wildlife sharing the bill with Queen Victoria Great Engravers Our new series examining the most skilful of stamp artists starts at the very beginning, in 1840 GB Themes We do like to be beside the seaside, and that has been well reflected on British stamps