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The Young Collector - October 2011 (no. 44)

Youth Philately News (Editorial) Our Editorial takes a glance at this edition's features (outlined below), looks ahead to some of the great stamp shows being held in 2011 and beyond, and gives us some great websites to get more details on these and other major stamp events coming up. Stamp Detectives [Get out your magnifying glass to see how many theme items you can find in the philatelic items illustrated.] There are 11 questions to answer.  This edition's theme is Symbols on Stamps Find the Differences [Study the two images and find the 10 differences in the two pictures] This issue features the Papua New Guinee stamp Feature Articles Dragon Philatelic Know How Word Search [see how quickly you can find all 24 words in the Word Search grid] This edition's theme is  Mythical Creatures

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Other back issues at a glance

February 2011 (No. 42) Puppets Download Now	June 2011 (No. 43) Horses Download Now	October 2011(No. 44) Dragons Download Now
February 2010 (No. 39) Dolphins Download Now	June 2010 (No. 40) Murray River Download Now	October 2010(No. 41) Mammals Download Now
February 2009 (No. 36) Wool Download Now	June 2009 (No. 37) 200 Years of Postal Services Download Now	October 2009 (No. 38) Tennis Download Now
February 2008 (No. 33) Postal Services Download Now	June 2008 (No. 34) Antarctica Download Now	October 2008 (No. 35) Australian Fauna Download Now
February 2007 (No. 30) Birds Download Now	June 2007 (No. 31) Communications Download Now	October 2007 (No. 32) Stars, Sky & Space Download Now
March 2006 (No. 27) Sports Download Now	June 2006 (No. 28) Deserts Download Now	October 2006 (No. 29) Dangerous Animals Download Now
March 2005 (No. 24) Explorers of Australia Download Now	June 2005 (No. 25) Australian Aborigines Download Now	October 2005 (No. 26) Down on the Farm Download Now
February 2004 (No. 21) Tasmania & Tasmanians on Stamps Download Now	June 2004 (No. 22) Australian Antarctic Download Now	October 2004 (No. 23) Dogs Download Now
February 2003 (No. 18) Fresh Water in Australia Download Now	June 2003 (No. 19) The Murray River Download Now	October 2003 (No. 20) Bugs and Butterflies Download Now
March 2002 (No. 15) Aussie Culture Download Now	June 2002 (No. 16) In the Australian Outback Download Now	September 2002 (No. 17) Fairies and Magical Beings Download Now
Autumn 2001 (No. 12) Designing a Stamp Download Now	Winter 2001 (No. 13) The Radio Story Download Now	Spring 2001 (No. 14) Australian Marsupials Download Now
Autumn 2000 (No. 9) Carrying the Mails & Canberra Download Now	Spring 2000 (No. 10) The Olympic Games Download Now	Summer 2001 (No. 11) Christmas Carols Download Now
Autumn 1999 (No. 6) Pirates Ahoy at Australia 99 Download Now	Spring 1999 (No. 7) Pirates, Buccaneers & Privateers Download Now	Summer 1999 (No. 8) Christmas Customs and Symbols Download Now
September 1997 (No. 3) Aerophilately Part 2 Download Now	Summer 1998 (No. 4) The Gum Trees of Australia Download Now	Summer 1998/99 (No. 5) Down to the Sea in Ships Download Now
	March 1997 (No. 1) Welcome to our First Issue Download Now	June 1997 (No. 2) Aerophilately Part 1 Download Now

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