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 and Autumn Auction

As it was decided at the 49th AGM that there would only be one meeting in person per year, which must be the AGM, the competition will be held entirely on-line and will take place towards the end of September.  Members can submit entries to the Webmaster or the Honarary Secretary at any time prior to the end of August.  Entry forms are available in the Member’s area of this web site.

Competition entries will be displayed and judged on this GSC website in order to make it possible for our members from around the world to both view and enter the competition.  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 of the following year’s AGM for people to see, where possible.

Entries will follow the guidelines set out in the GSC Competition Rules, with judging carried out remotely on-line by an appropriately qualified (usually FIP certified) judge.  We look forward to receiving entries from as many members from around the world as possible.

Trophies will be awarded to attendees where possible and kept by them for a year, but must be returned to a Committee member before the next competition.  Where this is not possible due to the cost of postage and/or insurance, winners will be sent certificates, physical trophies 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.

Auctions

In addition, the Autumn Auction will be held via postal bids, providing that the Honorary Auctioneer has received sufficient material to make up an auction worth holding.  Detailed listings and, where possible and appropriate, high quality scans of the lots being auctioned, will be displayed or listed on this website.

Details for submitting lots and the process to follow will be published in the next issue of The Rock, but can also be seen in the Competition Rules on the website.

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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: