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Also new to this catalogue is an expansion of the Post & Go labels, available from self-service machines from a few select larger post offices since 2008. Because of their limited availability, these are still quite scarce, but the rather attractive bird and farm animals of the series introduced so far suggests that they may well prove a popular collecting area.
Even if one is no longer an avid collector, as a book this is superbly laid out. Anybody with the slightest interest, or an eye for design, will relish looking at the pages and different designs through the ages, from the classic Victorian and Four Kings issues to today’s multicoloured conconctionsconcoctions, miniature sheets and booklet covers. For those of us who may say ‘they’re not what they used to be’, there is some satisfaction in looking at the May 2010 issue for the Festival of Stamps and centenary of the accession of George V, which incorporated facsimiles of some of the most striking stamps of the King’s reign, as well as others for cats, dogs, wildlife in general and the Winnie the Pooh drawings of E.H. Shepard.
As ever, this 400-page volume is not inexpensive, but it is the undoubted leader in its field, for which there is no substitute.
