Recommendations For Magazine Subscriptions

Looking to expand my knowledge base, and looking for your suggestions on magazine subscriptions. More from a generalists perspective rather than deep immersion articles about the finer points of color varieties of the 1987 test strips used by the Vatican. I'll get to those down the road.

Was thinking maybe Linn's, but I get the impression from various posts on these boards the value may not be there anymore.

Anywho, looking forward to hearing your suggestions.

-Lance

American Stamp Dealer & Collector.

I really enjoy LaPosta.

You can sample back issues at the following link. Becoming a subscriber is well worth it in my opinion.

http://www.lapostapub.com/BackIssuesDL.html

Enjoy
Hobsun

I actually find Kelleher's quarterly (?) magazines to be very well researched and illustrated with surprisingly little self-promotion.

Personally I do not subscribe other than
Turkey Bulletins
Australasia Cinderella Soc.
I belong to both.

For the budget consious.......
The rest I buy at auctions.
for example 30 years of Australian Stamp News $40

Gibbons Stamp Monthly 50c each (Tops of Title Pages ripped off)
presumed Book stores "hand backs"

In terms of auction house publications, Spink's Insider magazine may be of interest - not all stamps, of course, which is probably an advantage. In the happy days of visiting France, I'd pick up France Timbres magazine, which is a good read.

I subscribe to the following which are usually informative and a decent read:

Royal Mail Philatelic Bulletin
Gibbons Stamp Monthly

The United States Specialist (US Stamp Society)
The American Philatelist (American Philatelic Society)
Kelleher's Quarterly

All good suggestions, but I would in particular second docgfd's nod to the American Stamp Dealer and Collector as one that is probably a little off the beaten path for most collectors but is right up the generalist's alley without being either too basic or too specialized.

Lance,

I don't know your level of collecting but you might want to consider a membership in the American Philatelic Society https://stamps.org/

Their magazine, The American Philatelist, is geared toward a wide audience so you might not find every article or issue of interest but there are good, informative articles in it. Past issues are available online.

You also have access to their library and can get discounts on stamps for sale at their store. https://classic.stamps.org/StampStore

Dan

You might consider just getting the monthly issues of Linn's rather than a full weekly subscription. I signed up for the monthly physical issue plus the weekly digital. The monthly issues have some good articles on topics of interest to worldwide collectors.

Dale

I receive:

The American Philatelist (American Philatelic Society)
Kelleher's Quarterly
Linn's (weekly digital, monthly print)
Haiti Philately (Haiti Philatelic Society)
SOSSI Journal (Scouts on Stamps Society International)

Wow, I was only expecting a couple responses. I appreciate all the suggestions and will look into each of these.

-Lance

It depends on your interest. I do not usually find anything in Kelleher very interesting as I am not a real postal history buff. The APS journal is also hit or miss. Specialist society publications can be very narrowly focused.

I am more a generalist and find Gibbons Stamp Monthly better for what I like to read and as expected a stronger focus on British Commonwealth. If you subscribe, you have access to their back issues.

What I think is missing in the hobby is reading lists to help people find prior articles since most are all still relevant. In this modern age of searching unless you are knowledgeable about a subject it can be difficult to quickly narrow down the best articles.

I like and subscribe to Kellehers and American Stamp Dealer and Collector

Since I belong to the APS, I get their magazine, I get the Kelleher's magazine and my wife gets the magazine from the International Society of Japanese Philately. Nothing else I've looked at has really gotten me interested. I gave up my sub to Linn's decades ago when they just started to pile up unread because there wasn't a lot that we were interested in reading.