Welcome to The Gibraltar Study Circle (GSC) web site.

Are you interested in the Stamps, Postal History or Stationery of Gibraltar or Morocco?

If so, come join us!

The GSC is a global non-profit society founded by Wally Jackson in 1975.  It aims to expand the knowledge of the philately of Gibraltar in all its forms for the benefit of collectors (philatelists) from all levels and walks of life. This includes postal history, stamps, postal stationery and associated overprints from Gibraltar and any of these used in Morocco.

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Upcoming Meetings

Annual General Meeting Weekend, Friday 8^th to Sunday 10^th May 2026

To be held at:

The Red Lion Hotel, Red Lion Lane, Basingstoke RG21 7LX, United Kingdom. (map)

The proposed itinerary for the weekend, covering Friday to Sunday, will be published in the next edition of The Rock, journal of the GSC, to be published in April.  The AGM itself will be held on Saturday 9th May 2026 at the Red Lion Hotel, Basingstoke from 14:00.  We are trying to get remote access (like ‘Zoom’) set up for the AGM so that members can take part from anywhere.  More will be announced about this as soon as we can get it sorted out.

2026 Competition Weekend

Nothing has been arranged for this as yet, but the intention is that the weekend will run as normal from the Friday evening to the Sunday lunch time.  The competition itself will be displayed and judged on-line in order to make it accessible to our members from around the world, but the Award Ceremony, together with displays of either the real competition entries or print-out of the pdf entries for people to view, will take place on the Saturday afternoon.

Entries will follow the guidelines set out in the GSC Competition Rules, and the judging will be carried out on-line by a Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) certified judge.  We look forward to receiving entries from as many members as possible.

Trophies will be awarded to attendees on the day and kept by them for a year, but must be returned to a Committee member before the next competition.  Winners not attending will be sent certificates, but the cost of posting and insuring trophies is prohibitive, so will not be sent.

Don’t forget, this is a good chance to “try out” an exhibit at a club level to get feedback before submitting it to a regional or national competition.

More details will follow asap.

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Meetings

A weekend meeting is held in the Spring of each year for the Annual General Meeting, with an on-line Competition being held each Autumn.  Competitions are only open to GSC members.  Members can find more details including entry forms by logging in.

The locations of the meetings are varied to make it easier for people to get to at least one meeting a year.

Families of members are made most welcome.  We try to encourage the social side of the meetings to ensure it is not just about the philately.

We also organise meetings in Gibraltar every few years to which all members are invited.  The last visit was in October 2019, with another planned for later this year.

Auctions

There are two auctions of general philatelic material per year.  Due to the lack of members atending the meetings these are being moved on-line, arranged to coincide with the two annual events – the AGM and the competition.  These auctions typically comprise around 400 lots with bidding accepted both in person and via post from members worldwide.

Postal Packet

The GSC offers an on-line Packet.  This used to be a postal packet but has been moved on-line to open the packet up to overseas buyers.  This provides members with:

• an inexpensive way of obtaining more common material
• an outlet for their surplus philatelic items.

Publications

Books

Prior to the formation of the GSC, information about the Postal History and Stamps of Gibraltar was scarce.  There were just two or three publications from the early part of the century, such as “The Postage Stamps Of Gibraltar“, by Sir Geoffrey Duveen – Published in 1932, updated 1972

Study Papers

Many of these publications started life as Study Papers.  These are exploratory publications putting forward the research of the authors, expressing the ideas and concepts and asking for others to contribute to the knowledge on the subject.  Once sufficient knowledge has been garnered, the Study Paper is put into book format for a more formal publication.  Members of the Study Circle have issued 26 Study Papers on various topics including: