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