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Dummy Stamps Newsletter was first launched in the Summer of 2006 by the compiler of stampprinters.info
A Vermeil medal was awarded to the newsletter at the 2012 Iphla International Philatelic Literature Exhibition, Germany.

Each issue relates to items from the world of British dummy philatelic material from postage and (some) stationery stamp printers, with an occasional excursion abroad when relevant to Britain somehow, such as the stamp output of Cartor (FRA), a Royal Mail preferred print supplier.

Dummy Stamps Newsletter (DS) comprises a minimum of four sides of A4 each quarter, but often has more pages sometimes with a supplement or appendix.


A typical front page.

All current and back copies of Dummy Stamps Newsletter can be viewed online below as PDF files, downloaded as a PDF file for printing on your colour / black and white printer, or can be saved as a file on your PC / Mac / Tablet or Phone for screen viewing / printing at any time.

There have been 746 PDF pages of A4 text and 2,909 images published as of Q4 2020, covering subjects rarely written about elsewhere, but often of such importance to the development of the production stages of stamps.

 

the latest issue(s) of ds
Issue 61 - Quarter four 2020 (1.5mb, 4 pages)

 

         British Stamp Exhibitions and Philately and the Letter Box eBooks were entered into Italia 2018 and both achieved gold medal level, with the former also winning Best in Class. Information sheets on downloading for FREE are at: BSE4 Marketing Sheet 2019 and PLB4  Marketing Sheet 2019

 

 

title pages for those binding

their printed copies

DS Title Page - Issues 1-25

DS Title Page - Issues 26-50

DS Title Page - Issues 1-50

Title Page - Supplements and Appendices to DS  

Title Page - UK Coil Testing Research Papers

 

 

cumulative index

Traditionally useful, your compiler is no indexer!

The use of CTRL+F within a PDFworks best, as it can search on
every single word in each document.

An index for issues DS26 to DS50 will not, therefore, be compiled.

Cumulative Index for Issues 1 to 25

 

 

merged and bookmarked copies of ds

Issues 1-25 combined (49.0mb, 228 bookmarked pages)
Issues 26-50 combined (41.0mb, 271 bookmarked pages)
Issues 1-50 combined (69.0mb, 500 bookmarked pages)

 

 

individual back issues

Issue 1 - Summer 2006
Issue 2 - Autumn 2006
Issue 3 - Winter 2006/07
Issue 4 - Spring 2007
Issue 5 - Summer 2007
Issue 6 - Autumn 2007
Issue 7 - Winter 2007/08
Issue 8 - Spring 2008
Issue 9 - Summer 2008
Issue 10 - Autumn 2008
Issue 11 - Christmas 2008
Issue 12 - Winter 2008/09
Issue 13 - Quarter Two 2009
Issue 14 - Quarter Three 2009
Issue 15 - Quarter Four 2009
Issue 16 - Quarter One 2010
Issue 17 - Quarter Two 2010
Issue 18 - Quarter Three 2010
Issue 19 - Quarter Four 2010
Issue 20 - Quarter One 2011
Issue 21 - Quarter Two 2011
Issue 22 - Quarter Three 2011
Issue 23 - Quarter Four 2011
Issue 24 - Quarter One 2012
Issue 25 - Quarter Two 2012
Issue 26 - Quarter Three 2012
Issue 27 - Quarter Four 2012
Issue 28 - Quarter One 2013
Issue 29 - Quarter Two 2013
Issue 30 - Quarter Two 2013
Issue 31 - Quarter Three 2013
Issue 32 - Quarter Four 2013
Issue 33 - Quarter One 2014
Issue 34 - Quarter Two 2014
Issue 35 - Quarter Three 2014
Issue 36 - Quarter Four 2014
Issue 37 - Quarter One 2015
Issue 38 - Quarter Two 2015
Issue 39 - Quarter Three 2015
Issue 40 - Quarter Four 2015
Issue 41 - Quarter One 2016
Issue 42 - Quarter Two 2016
Issue 43 - Quarter Three 2016
Issue 44 - Quarter four 2016 
Issue 45 - Christmas 2016
Issue 46 - Quarter One 2017
Issue 47 - Quarter two 2017
Issue 48 - Quarter three 2017
Issue 49 - Quarter four 2017
Issue 50 - Quarter one 2018
Issue 51 - Quarter two 2018

Issue 52 - Quarter three 2018

Issue 53 - Quarter four 2018
Issue 54 - Quarter one 2019 LoRes (3mb, 18 pages)

or

Issue 54 - Quarter one 2019 HiRes (41mb, 18 pages)
Issue 55 - Quarter two 2019 (2.3mb, 4 pages)
Issue 56 - Quarter three 2019 (2.2mb, 4 pages)
Issue 57 - Quarter four 2019 (2.7mb, 4 pages)
Issue 58 - Quarter one 2020 (1.7mb, 4 pages)
Issue 59 - Quarter two 2020 (1.9mb, 4 pages)
Issue 60 - Quarter three 2020 (2.4mb, 6 pages)

See top of this list for current issue(s).

 

With sincere apologies for the lateness of recent uploads to those readers not registered. A software glitch had been beyond the technical capabilities of the compiler, but this has now been partly overcome.

 

Hopefully all readers will have timely access to these newsletters going forward.

 

 

supplements

Hinckley Supplement - 2009
A Harrison Timeline Supplement
WIFAG Printing Presses and its Dummy Stamps
Abram Games Supplement
Crown Agents Stamp Bureau Dummy Stamps Display

 

 

appendices

Appendix 1 - 1935 GVR St Andrew's Cross vertical delivery green labels
Appendix 2 - 1936 GVR green 'poached egg' vertical delivery green labels
Appendix 3 - 1957 QEII Scouts double-size FTPO vertical delivery red labels
Appendix 4 - 1962 QEII Multiple Crown FTPO counter sheet-printed red labels
Appendix 5 - 1967 QEII no-wmk FTPO horizontal  grey labels and blank
horizontal delivery labels for Type G coil machines
Appendix 6 - 1970 QEII Decimal training labels in counter sheet format.
Appendix 7 - Belgian Printing Works Visit, 1997
Appendix 8 - Frogmore Paper Mill Visit, 2009
Appendix 9 - 1967 QEII no-wmk FTPO horizontal  grey labels and
blank horizontal delivery labels for Type G coil machines
Appendix 10 - 1984 Frama Stamp Trials and Publicity Labels
Appendix 11 - 1989 Greetings Coil for Sunday Times Postcard Freebie