Publications

The Rock – Newsletter of the GSC

The Gibraltar Study Circle newsletter, “The Rock”, has been published from 1975 when the Circle was founded, to the current day.  The full archive copies of the newsletter are available to members in pdf format on CD with a subject matter index initially set up by Professor David Stirrups.  It is an unrivalled source of information on Gibraltar Philately and Postal History.

Some samples of the “The Rock” front pages and contents can be seen here.

Other Publications

The Gibraltar Study Circle has published a number of books and papers written by members covering a wide variety of Postal History, Postal Stationery, Philatelic and associated subjects.

Books

Originally made available to the general public for a nominal charge to cover the cost of publication, many of these publications are now out of print.  Those that are still available are listed on the GSC Shop page.  Others do appear on some well-known auction websites from time to time.

  • British Post Offices and Agencies in Morocco 1857 – 1898
    by Dr Kenneth Clough
  • British Post Offices and Agencies in Morocco 1857 – 1907 and Local Posts 1891 – 1914
    by Dr Kenneth Clough
  • Gibraltar: Collecting King George VI
    by Edmund Chambers
  • GIBRALTAR: Embroidered Silk Postcards – 2nd Edition
    By Eric D Holmes
  • Gibraltar: Errors, Flaws & Varieties 1886-2008
    by R.G.W. Burton
  • Gibraltar: The Link with the Sea
    by Sam Smith
  • Gibraltar:  New Constitution Double Overprint
    by Edmund Chambers
  • Gibraltar Postal Stationery 2nd Edition
    by Wally Jackson, updated in 2006 by Eric Holmes & Robert Neville
  • Gibraltar: The Postal History & Postage Stamps Vol.1 to 1885
    by Geoffrey Osborn
  • Gibraltar: Quarantine and Disinfection of Mail
    by Garcia/Vandervelde

Study Papers

Study papers are available to members only.

  • 1 – Postal Stationery Post Cards
  • 2 – Issued Stamps 1925-1932
  • 3 – Postal Stationery Registered Envelopes
  • 4 – Postal Markings 1806 To 1886
  • 5 – British Post Offices In Morocco 1857 – 1898
  • 6 – Adhesive Stamps Of The 1931 – 1933 Rock Issue
  • 7 – Issued Stamp 1930 King George V Inscribed Three Pence – Sg 109
  • 8 – Bibliography
  • 9 – Coil Stamps
  • 10 – First Day Covers
  • 11 – Queen Elizabeth II Varieties
  • 12 – Errors And Varieties 1886 – 1985
  • 13 – Forwarding Agents
  • 14 – Withdrawn
  • 15 – Local Specimen, Muestra And Ultramar Overprints
  • 16 – King George V 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue.  Bradbury Wilkinson Plate Production And Usage
  • 17 – 1950 New Constitution Double Overprint
  • 18 – Gibraltar Zeppelin Mail – A Survey
  • 19 – GB Used In Gibraltar – G Cancellers 1857 To 1859
  • 20 – Zeppelin Mail From Gibraltar 1929 – 1936
  • 21 – 1950 New Constitution Double Overprint – Addenda And Corrigenda No 1 Parts 1 To 4
  • 22 – KEVII And KGV Booklets
  • 23 – GB Used In Gibraltar – A26 Cancellers on Line Engraved & Embossed issues 1859-85
  • 24 – GB Used In Gibraltar – A26 Cancellers on Surface Printed Issues 1859-81
  • 25 – Ship Letters
  • 26 – GB ‘Provisional’; ‘Unified’ And ‘Fiscal’ Issues Used In Gibraltar 1880-86
  • 27 – Gibraltar Postage Stamps & Postal Stationery Varieties On U.P.U Specimen Overprints
  • 28 – Gibraltar Airmails
  • 29 – The Cosarios of Cadiz and their marks on mail from Gibraltar