Site News

May 9 2009 : Received more images for Volume 4 of Philatelic Bulletin.
May 2 2009 : Addding a lot of missing recent First Day Covers 1997-2005
April 29 2009 : Added more 2009 previews and latest Bulletin
April 25 2009 : Added about 20 FDC images from 2003-2006
April 21 2009 : Added The House of Tudor issue FDC and PP scans. Also filled in more Philatelic Bulletin covers.
April 19 2009 : Starting to fill in all the gaps in the Philatelic Bulletin covers.
April 14 2009 : Receiving more images for early Philatelic Bulletins and other Royal Mail publications.
April 13 2009 : Received official licence to display Royal Mail stamp images for the next three years,
March 31 2009 : Added FDC and PP for CountryDefinitives and Machin Definitives
March 23 2009 : Filled in more Philatelic Bulletin covers and Royal Mail Previews
March 11 2009 : iPhone web app version of the site coming soon... Beta at http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/mobile
March 11 2009 : Added images for Pioneers of Industrial Revolution issue
March 2 2009 : Added details of more of this years issues plus filled in a lot of older images.
February 26 2009 : Added Celebrating Wales issue. Starting the Labs section
February 17 2009 : Added new Machin Definitive scans
February 15 2009 : Added Celebrating Wales, Machin Definitives and Pioneers of Industrial Revolution previews
February 15 2009 : Added Robert Burns and Charles Darwin images.
January 13 2009 : Added Design Classics images.
October 27 2008 : Started to remove all reference to Stanley Gibbons numbering system from the sites at the request of Stanley Gibbons.
October 19 2008 : Added Women of Distinction issue.
September 22 2008 : Added several gorgeous First Day Covers for Germany 1986
September 21 2008 : Added Australia 1970 FDC's and South Africa FDC's
September 6 2008 : Changes to the World site to make country selection work now.
August 25 2008 : Added previews for this years issues and added preliminary programme for next year
August 25 2008 : Corrected a number of 403 Forbidden errors when clicking on images.
August 24 2008 : Started site makeover and move towards rewrite with new features.
March 24 2008 : Adding support for world issues with over 14,400 loaded so far. Country lists available soon.
March 3 2008 : Still here - recently updated with Lancaster GB stamps. Adding more world countries.
January 6 2008 : Added previews for Insects and Cathedral issues. Continue to support for different countries.
December 30 2007 : Begin to move the database to handle stamps from different countries.
November 11 2007 : Added preview for 2008 Resuce at Sea issue
November 8 2007 : Added Lest We Forget miniature sheet and presentation pack.
November 6 2007 : Added the Christmas issues, FDC and miniature sheet
October 28 2007 : Added Jersey 2006/2007 details plus previews of next years GB issues
October 16 2007 : Added Diamond Wedding Anniversary issue
September 30 2007 : After a successful visit to Newport stamp fair added several regional PP, FDC and Investiture Welsh Pack
September 20 2007 : Added British Army Uniforms issue with FDC, PP and Prestige Book
September 4 2007 : Added Birds issue stamps, presentation pack and FDC images
August 19 2007 : Added lots of Guernsey FDC's
August 12 2007 : Added more FDC, PP from visit to Portishead 2007. Added IOM and Jersey stamps for 1982. Added Christmas 2007 preview.
August 10 2007 : Added IOM FDC's. Off to Portishead Fair tomorrow so look out for additions this weekend.
August 5 2007 : Added Stamp Explorer on the Stamps menu.
July 30 2007 : Added about 50 Guernsey/Isle of Man FDC's. The new Scouts issue finally turned up! Working on AJAX Stamp explorer screens
July 27 2007 : Merged Themes and Series pages, started to use jQuery and AJAX, added more Guernsey and Jersey FDC ... still waiting for the Scouts to turn up.
July 22 2007 : Internal changes plus work on Themes pages and added 24 FDC from Silver Jubilee Tour plus start of Jersey FDC scans.
July 19 2007 : Internal changes plus starting to add Jersey issues
July 17 2007 : Added the Harry Potter issue
July 14 2007 : Added Isle of Man issue headers for 1973-2005
July 11 2007 : Started to add Isle of Man stamps with more support for different countries.
July 10 2007 : Prepared the ground to expand the site for Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey issues. Coming soon ...
July 3 2007 : After a short break, back on the case with the new Grand Prix issue
June 10 2007 : Added lots more packs (2004/5) and images after visit to Swinpex 2007
June 5 2007 : Added Machin Fortieth Anniversary issue
June 3 2007 : Added 30 packs and stamps mainly from 1997/2001
June 2 2007 : A visit to Barry Stamp Fair has plugged quite a few holes in the collection - packs and covers. More tomorrow.
May 28 2007 : Added preview images for the fine looking British Uniform issue in September
May 28 2007 : Added Harry Potter issue in July plus more detail for older issues
May 17 2007 : Added Besides The Seaside and New Wembley issues
May 2 2007 : Added preview for 2007 Birds issue plus 1st presentation pack - Shakespeare
April 26 2007 : Added images for 1982 and continued with album page development.
April 24 2007 : Commemorating England FDC plus more work on album pages
April 23 2007 : Added Celebrating England issue, 4 pre dec FDCs and more work on album pages (see above)
April 22 2007 : Internal maintenance changes. Started to add phosphor data. Started Album Page work.
April 17 2007 : Added 1989 images for stamps and presentation packs
April 15 2007 : New search engine for items now live. Issues coming soon with new help instructions.
April 11 2007 : Work on new search engine progressing - should be ready by the weekend
April 5 2007 : Search bar now retains last search term. Preparing for enhanced search facility coming soon.
March 31 2007 : Added Scouts preview and new contributd images
March 27 2007 : New definitive and regional definitive issues for postal rate increase
March 19 2007 : Added FDCs, definitives and internal changes
March 18 2007 : Added regional FDCs. Added value, type and region clauses to search box
March 15 2007 : Added more definitive entries and definitive FDCs
March 13 2007 : Added more definitives and some internal changes
March 12 2007 : Added more definitves and filled in more images
March 11 2007 : Start to add definitives with regionals. Separate defins from machins from comms. Drive from FDCs
March 9 2007 : Started to add definitive and prestige book FDCs
March 7 2007 : Added issue and presentation packimages for 1987. Just received some excellent definitive FDCs so hopefully will add these over the next few days.
March 5 2007 : Added issue images from 1995,1996 and 2000 - start to correct some of the bad images I originally put up
March 4 2007 : Added Machin 40th Anniversary previews
March 4 2007 : Added few filler FDCs and issues plus Grand Prix preview for 2007
March 1 2007 : Added World of Invention issue
February 1 2007 : After a short break, added Sea Life stamps (FDC tomorrow?) and early 70's FDCs
January 12 2007 : Added zoom to most images on site as experiment - but shows most need better scans. Added Penny Black
January 9 2007 : Added actual scans for Beatles issue. More contributed images coming soon.
January 2 2007 : Experimenting with zoom feature for images - see example above
January 1 2007 : Added previews for 2007 and started to work on displays for definitives
December 27 2006 : Reworked Issues page
December 26 2006 : Added more images by Roy Clark
December 17 2006 : Experiment with search bar and direct year access
December 13 2006 : Added 1948 Silver Wedding images
December 12 2006 : Added 2002 Presentation Packs - internal code changes
December 11 2006 : Added FDC from late 60s - internal code changes
December 8 2006 : Added preview images of 2007 issues
December 5 2006 : Added 2004 images plus internal edit/display code
December 4 2006 : Modified display code and added images contributed by Roy Clark
December 1 2006 : Added about 25 First Day Covers - mostly 1998/1999
November 30 2006 : Added Celebrating Scotland issue
November 29 2006 : Added 1958 images from Roy Clark and started to standardise item displays
November 28 2006 : Added around 40 First Day Covers, mainly for early nineties.
November 27 2006 : Added more SG numbers and started to add more search items
November 26 2006 : Started to develop blog and RSS feed. Also added more images.
November 23 2006 : Internal changes plus more early scans
November 9 2006 : Added Lest We Forget issue images
November 8 2006 : Added 2006 Christmas images and prestige books
November 5 2006 : Many more FDC and 2003 scans plus internal changes
October 26 2006 : First FDC scan and started on Machine Vending Books (see 1978/9)
October 22 2006 : Lots of scans and more changes to backend admin of the site
October 16 2006 : Added more scans and links with internal edit pages
October 12 2006 : Lots of internal changes, readying publications, scans, edit pages
October 4 2006 : Some recent changes has had a performance hit so a rethink is in order
October 2 2006 : Added links page
September 29 2006 : Added Machine Vending Books and Folding Counter Books types
September 22 2006 : Added more printing details and started to implement timeline date for events and issues
September 15 2006 : Added sidebar and current/forthcoming issues
September 12 2006 : Added some Prestige Stamp Book details
September 10 2006 : Started to add definitive entries
September 8 2006 : Added scans and more search options such as year ranges
September 7 2006 : Added search page with Spotlight-like search syntax - search
September 6 2006 : Started Millennium series scans, added series links
September 5 2006 : More data, added support for Year Packs and Souvenir Packs
September 3 2006 : Internal DB tidying up - added themes links to displayset, new data
September 2 2006 : Started first article - Article
August 31 2006 : Added support for nested tables in markup - markup test
August 30 2006 : Modified markup parser to work from files and database text fields.
August 29 2006 : Added series, search box in set list and more images
August 28 2006 : Added support for mediawiki style markup to aid contributions and articles for the site - markup test
August 27 2006 : Added more images and provisional 2007 schedule
August 26 2006 : Started to add presentation packs and more detail - Edward Lear