Like its US parent at this period, this British reprint edition of SFS carried the description "The Original" Science Fiction Stories, on the front cover, the title page and the spine. Nevertheless, its formal title is simply Science Fiction Stories.
Throughout its 12-issue run, it was published in the UK by Strato Publications of London and, at least from #6 onwards, distributed by Thorpe & Porter of Leicester. This is the same combination that published Galaxy and several other US magazines in British reprint editions in the 50s and early 60s. SFS1 was also printed in Britain.
I have not compared the contents of the reprint with the original, but the covers correspond as follows. Since the UK issues do not carry dates, the publication dates are those given in SFFWF:
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BRE #
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BRE issue date
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Equivalent US cover
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1
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1957/12
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1957/09
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2
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1958/03
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1957/11
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3
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1958/06
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1958/05
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4
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1958/09
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1958/06
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5
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1958/12
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1958/07
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6
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1959/02
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1958/08
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7
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1959/04
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1958/11
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8
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1959/06
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1959/01
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9
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1959/09
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1959/02
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10
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1959/11
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1959/09
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11
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1960/02
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1959/05
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12
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1960/05
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Does anyone have this information? |
All of the images were scanned from copies in my own collection. Can anyone provide a scan of #12, or better scans of those that are heavily marked?