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THE UK’S NUMBER ONE STAMP MAGAZINE
Volume 41 Number 6
November 2010
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Wallace and Gromit feature on
Royal Mail’s Christmas stamps
98
New Collector
with John Holman
Nigerian art:
Barry Floyd
Croatian churches:
Anthony New
Issues of 1960:
Peter van Gelder
Did Richard Pearse beat the Wright
brothers?: Christopher Moor
Contents
NEWSDESK
7 Newsdesk
The latest news from around the stamp world plus a
report on Autumn Stampex
22 Society News
Reports from philatelic societies
26 Diary Dates
Forthcoming Fairs and Auctions
30 Around the Houses
News of recent auction results
Contents
SPECIAL FEATURES
56 Queensland – the Chalon Head Issues of 1860
The Chalon Head portrait of Queen Victoria formed the
principal motif of Queensland’s stamps for many years;
Richard Breckon discusses the Perkins Bacon printings
59 Ottoman Philately
There is much to interest collectors in the philately of the
Ottoman Empire as Arapian-Bey reveals
65 The Postmarks of Malacca within the
King George VI Period
David Horry identifies rare and other postmarks that are
worth looking out for
69 Federation of Nigeria: 50 Years of Independence
Barry Floyd looks at how this African country’s art has
been celebrated on its stamps
77 North Korea – Encounters of the Postal Kind
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a country
virtually closed to the outside world. Nicholas Pertwee
pays it a visit in search of birds and stamps
84 Churches of Croatia on Stamps
Anthony New FSA, FRIBA, MIStruct E, concludes his tour
by travelling down the Dalmatian coast before heading
towards the borders of Hungary and Serbia
90 The Most Significant Romania Collections in the
History of Philately
The ‘Moldau’ collection is assessed by Wolfgang Maassen
AIJP FRPSL.
,
94 1960 – What did they Commemorate Then?
Peter van Gelder surveys Commonwealth
commemoratives of 40 years ago
G.S.M. November 2010
BRITISH STAMPS
37 GB News
New Royal Mail issue: Wallace and Gromit feature on
seven Christmas stamps and ancillary items to be issued
on 2 November
39 Machin Watch
John Deering looks briefly at Birds Post & Go stamps
before turning to recent Wales and England Country
stamps and revised retail booklets
44 The Great Britain Philatelic Collections formed by
Lady Mairi Bury
Richard Ashton examines some of the outstanding
material to be offered in this forthcoming auction sale
47 GB Postal Stationery, Postal Labels and Postmarks
The latest news on recent developments and discoveries
reported by John Holman
50 GB Specialised Catalogue
A supplement to the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue
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98 Was a Kiwi the First Man to make a Powered Flight?
Richard Pearse, a reclusive New Zealand engineer, may
have been the first man to make a powered flight, as
Christopher Moor reveals
103 The Girl Guide’s Guide to Stamps
Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS, reports on how a Girl Guide
unit from Birmingham created its own commemorative
booklet to mark the centenary of Girl Guiding
100 Stamp Hunting
Nimrod suggests stamps worth looking for from Samoa
Competition
Your chance to win one of five
Commonwealth and
Empire Stamps
catalogues (2011 edition)
112 The Unissued Stamps of Queen Elizabeth II
David Horry reveals the story behind an unissued stamp
Catalogue Column
Hugh Jefferies reports
REGULAR FEATURES
33 New Collector
John Holman looks at stamps featuring Simon Bolivar and
John F Kennedy, the Indian Feudatory States of Rajpipla
and Shahpura and updates previous reports
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G.S.M. November 2010
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Newsdesk
NEWSDESK
Stanley Gibbons Donation to Falklands National Collection
•
Gibbons Buy Benhams
•
Stamp Rugs
•
Post Van Auctioned
•
Philatelic Awards and Winners
•
Smithsonian Donation
•
Philalux
Cancelled
•
Autumn
Stampex Report
ABPS residential
weekend workshops
The ABPS Exhibitions
Committee is organising two
weekend workshops designed
to help collectors improve their
exhibiting skills. The sessions are
aimed at those who have mainly
displayed at club and society level
and who now wish to consider
the more formal disciplines
associated with exhibiting. Those
who have exhibited only once
at national level, or have not
exhibited for many years are
also welcome to attend, as will
Federation judges wishing to
sharpen or renew their skills.
The workshop will comprise
four sessions: Philatelic Research,
Treatment, Presentation, and
Judging. Presentations include
talks by Francis Kiddle and Colin
Hoffman on ‘How do I know
what I’ve got?’, Brian Trotter
and Richard Stock on ‘How
to construct an exhibit from
introductory page onwards’ and
Chris King and Frank Walton
with a talk on ‘Presentation,
Layout and the use of IT in
creating an exhibit’.
Sunday mornings will see
a practical judging workshop
looking at exhibiting from
the point of view of the Jury
room. This will form part one
of a federation-level judging
qualification. Part two will be
a full day training session at a
subsequent national exhibition.
The first of the ‘Exhibiting
at National Competitive
Exhibitions’ weekend workshops
will take place on 4–6 March
2011 in Newcastle at The Holiday
Inn, Emerson Road, Washington,
NE37 1LB. The second will take
place in Royal Leamington Spa
on 11–13 March 2011 at the
Best Western Falstaff Hotel,
16–20 Warwick New Road, Royal
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire,
CV32 5JQ.
The cost per person for
each weekend, including room
and meals, is £175. For more
information and an application
form visit the ABPS website at
abps.org.uk or contact Chris
King, chris.king@postalhistory.
net 020 8346 1366.
G.S.M. November 2010
PHILATELIC NEWS
World
Great Britain
Local
Society News
Stanley Gibbons donates to the Falkland
Island National stamp collection
where Philip Kinns, Director
of Philately at Stanley Gibbons,
handed over the rare stamp to
Stefan Heijtz, in the presence
of Hugh Osborne, chairman of
FIPSG.
Speaking to
GSM,
Stefan told
us how amazed he has been at
the response by fellow collectors
and businesses, such as Stanley
Gibbons, and how quickly the
collection has been put together.
‘It all started earlier this year with
the collection and the album
being put together in March; so
it’s taken not much more than
six months, which is
amazing’, he revealed.
‘There have been some
major contributors,
which has helped a lot.
I am delighted.’
When asked how
important a complete
collection will be for the
Museum and, in particular, the
Islanders, Stefan replied, ‘It is
very important to them. They
are very proud of their heritage
as far as stamps and philately is
concerned. It seems everybody
in the Falkland Islands is a stamp
collector one way or another. If
you go to anybody’s house they
will always show you some stamps
and covers, which is what I
experienced when I was there for
three months last year.’
Following the donation from
Stanley Gibbons, the collection
is almost complete. ‘We’re only
after one more stamp,’ Stefan
revealed. ‘All we need now is the
1933 Centenary £1 (SG 138).
If anyone finds one, they know
where to put it!’ he laughed.
Once this final gap in the
collection is filled, the FIPSG
will donate the complete
collection to the Falklands
Islands Museum and National
Trust at a special ceremony at
Falklands House on Broadway,
London. If anyone can help
with a mounted mint or unused
example of the missing stamp,
please contact Stefan Heijtz:
stefan@novastamps.com
Left to right: Stefan Heijtz, Philip Kinns and Hugh
Osborne and the stamp donated by Stanley Gibbons
For over 150 years Stanley
Gibbons has been helping people
complete their collections, so
when it heard about the plight of
a passionate group of philatelists,
looking to create and then
donate a specially compiled
album of mint Falkland Islands
stamps to a worthy cause, it had
to step in to help.
Over the past few months the
Falkland Islands Philatelic Study
Group (FIPSG) has undertaken
an epic mission to create a
complete collection of Falkland
Islands stamps (up until the end
of 1999) and then donate it to
the Falkland Islands Museum and
National Trust.
The Study Group decided
to embark on the initiative as a
tribute to the late Nutt Cartmell,
one of the best known and highly
respected Kelper (a nickname
given to Falkland Islanders)
philatelists. The idea to create a
complete collection as a fitting
tribute to Nutt came when
FIPSG member, Stefan Heijtz,
on a visit to the Islands last year,
discovered that the Falkland
Islands Museum in Stanley does
not contain a basic Falklands
stamp collection. ‘When I learnt
about this I was, of course, very
disappointed,’ remarks Stefan. ‘I
had believed
that there was
a good basic stamp collection
in the Museum, which could be
used for illustration purposes
in connection with temporary
displays and for educational
reasons.’
As the Museum did not
have funds to purchase such a
collection, Stefan offered to put
one together, which would be as
complete as possible, and then
donate it them. The Museum was,
of course, delighted at the news.
A ‘call to arms’ was circulated
to all members of the FIPSG
and thanks to the generosity of
Stefan and other members of the
FIPSG, such as Malcolm Barton
and Robin Murchie, a collection
of mounted mint stamps was
virtually completed in a very
short space of time, with only a
few of the rarer stamps missing
from the collection.
When Stanley Gibbons heard
of the plight of the Study Group
and their worthwhile cause, the
company offered to donate an
unused example of the Falkland
Islands 1928 South Georgia 2�½d.
on 2d. Provisional (SG 115) to
help complete the collection.
The presentation of the stamp
was made at Autumn Stampex,
7
Newsdesk
PHILATELIC NEWS
UPU announces
letter-writing winner
Stanley Gibbons buys Benhams
A young schoolgirl from Viet
Nam has won the 2010 UPU
International Letter-writing
Competition. 11 year old Ho Thi
Hieu Hien was awarded first prize
in the 39th UPU International
Letter-writing Competition for
Young People for her letter to the
well-known Chinese film director,
Zhang Yimou.
The theme for this year’s
competition was ‘Write a letter
to someone to explain why it is
important to talk about AIDS
and to protect oneself against
it’. In her letter, Ho Thi Hieu
Hien explains how she intends
to make films to explain why
protection against HIV infection
is so important. ‘In my films
I shall convey love and pain,
ingratitude and ignorance while
imparting knowledge about
AIDS prevention in a gentle yet
forceful way in order to awaken
the human conscience,’ she
writes.
Viet Nam has been one of the
stalwarts of the international
competition for two decades,
coming second in 2009 and third
in 1993, 1999 and 2004, and
obtaining special commendations
on several occasions. Almost
two million children from 60
countries (1.3 million from Viet
Nam alone) took part in the 2010
competition. This is the fifth time
that Viet Nam has come in the
top three but the first time it has
won the gold medal.
The theme chosen for the
2011 competition is ‘Write a
letter to someone to explain why
it is important to protect forests.’
You can read the winning letter
and the runners up at www.upu.
int/en/2010ilwc.html
In Brief
Anne Dummer
Award 2011
Stamp Active Network is seeking
nominations for the Anne
Drummer Young Collector of
the Year Award 2011. Junior or
school stamp club leaders can
nominate a young collector (up
to 18 years) who is not only an
enthusiastic collector but, more
importantly, seeks to share and
promote their hobby with their
colleagues and friends.
The annual award was set in
the memory of Anne Dummer
who was very keen to promote
stamp collecting amongst young
people.
Nominations, to be received by
the end of January 2011, should
be made in writing, by e-mail
or post, to David Rossall, Stamp
Active Network, 15 Woodlands
Grove, Kilmarnock, KA3 1TY,
davidrossall@talktalk.net. The
results from the nominations
will be announced after
Spring Stampex 2011 and the
presentation of the trophy will be
organised at a suitable philatelic
venue.
Stanley Gibbons has bought the
trade and assets of the Benham
first day cover and collectibles
business. The company bought
the business from Flying Brands
Limited for the sum of £1.5m.
Benham, which trades in
Jersey and the UK, is the leading
publisher of high quality first day
covers. Its other activities include
that of mail order collectibles
retailer and distributor of new
issue stamps.
Commenting on the news,
Stanley Gibbons Chief Executive
Officer, Michael Hall said, ‘The
Benham name is as synonymous
with quality first day covers as
the Stanley Gibbons name is with
philately.’
He adds that the new
acquisition to the Stanley
Gibbons family will, ‘…provide
opportunities for Stanley
Gibbons to diversify into other
collectibles markets and add
specialist skills in volume
mail order, collector club
management and in-house
design.’
Rugs you wouldn’t stamp your feet on
UK based firm, Rug Maker, has officially been granted a licence by
Royal Mail to manufacture an exclusive line of rugs based on the
iconic Royal Mail Machin stamp design.
The rug collection, which can be used on the floor or hung on a
wall, incorporates a wide palette of designs based on various Machin
denominations, ranging from the 1p stamp to the Large Recorded
stamp. Each design is available in a variety of sizes ranging from 1.20m
× 1.00m (47in × 39in) to 3.00m × 2.30m (118in × 91in). Other sizes
are available to order a long as they are proportional to the actual
stamps they represent.
Each Stamp Rug is made from 100 per cent New Zealand wool
and hand made by weavers in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Prices
start from £695 including VAT. For more information visit
www.stamprugs.com
Bill Hart Award
presented at
Stampex
USPS denied price
hike
There’s good news for collectors
of modern American stamps;
a request by the United States
Postal Service to raise the cost
of its first class stamps from 44c.
to 46c. has been denied by the
Postal Regulatory Commission,
the independent organisation
that overseas the service.
The USPS requested the 2c.
increase back in July, which
would have come into effect
in January 2011. According
to USPS, the price rise was
needed in order to help tackle
financial difficulties brought
about by growing use of
electronic communication and a
diminishing demand for stamps.
The Postal Service saw a net loss
of nearly $1.6 billion in August
2010, taking the total loss for the
fiscal year to $7.7 billion so far.
The 2010 winner of the Bill
Hart Award, given to those
who have undertaken
outstanding work in helping
encourage the young to discover
the joys and benefits of stamp
collecting, has been awarded to
Susan Oliver, the Exhibitions
Secretary of the Stamp Active
Network.
For many years Susan has
worked tirelessly on behalf of
the Stamp Active Network, in
particularly the exhibitions
department, which provides
youth activity areas at stamp
events around the country.
Fittingly, Susan was presented
with her award during Autumn
Stampex.
G.S.M. November 2010
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Newsdesk
PHILATELIC NEWS
Employee shares for
Royal Mail
The Government is gearing itself
up for the sale of Royal Mail once
again, following the publication
of Richard Hooper’s updated
report on the maintenance of
the universal postal service in
the UK.
In his new report Hooper
reiterates the need for private
sector capital to be introduced
into Royal Mail in the form
of a sale to a partner/trade
investor or by selling stock. The
report also recommends a new,
less burdensome regulatory
framework with responsibility
for regulation moving from
Postcom to Ofcom. In his
report Hooper also suggests an
element of employee ownership
to encourage greater employee
engagement within Royal Mail,
a proposal supported by Business
Secretary Vince Cable at the
recent Libdem conference.
At the conference the Business
Secretary announced that,
‘… employees in Royal Mail
will benefit from the largest
employee shares scheme of any
privatisation for 25 years. The
Liberal Democrats were the first
and only party to call for
an employee stake and we
are now implementing it in
Government.’
However, Billy Hayes,
general secretary for The
Communication Workers Union
described the plan to offer Royal
Mail employees shares, as ‘deeply
patronising’ for people who have
invested their working lives in
this public service.
‘The British public currently
owns 100 per cent of Royal Mail
and now 90 per cent is to be sold
off to the banks and financial
institutions that have created
Britain’s current financial crisis.’
he said.
Vintage Royal Mail van raises
£8000 for charity
In Brief
Isle of Man and the
Holy See release
Papal visit joint
cover
The Isle of Man Post Office and
the Post Office of the Holy See
have issued a joint cover with
special handstamp cancellations
to mark the beatification of
Cardinal Newman by His
Holiness Pope Benedict XVI at
Cofton Park, Birmingham, on
Sunday 19 September 2010.
The Most Reverend Vincent
Nichols, the former Archbishop
of Birmingham (2000–2009) and
now Archbishop of Westminster,
gave his support to the cover. He
said, ‘I am pleased to welcome
the joint initiative of the Holy
See and the Isle of Man in issuing
a special cover for the postage
stamp marking the Visit of Pope
Benedict XVI to the United
Kingdom and the Beatification
of Cardinal John Henry
Newman.’
A limited edition of 2500
numbered covers have been
produced to mark the occasion.
Buyers admire a Morris Minor post van offered in auction by Royal Mail
in support of Barnardo’s
A beautifully restored Morris
Minor post van was the centre
of attention for hundreds of
buyers at British Car Auction’s
Blackbushe auction centre on 13
September. The van was donated
for the sale by Royal Mail with
all the proceeds going direct
to Barnardo’s, the Royal Mail’s
chosen children’s charity.
The van, which was sold in
the correct vintage livery of
forty years ago, raised £8000 for
Barnardo’s following some very
competitive bidding in the BCA
auction hall.
‘BCA is delighted to help
Royal Mail raise such a
significant amount for
Barnardo’s through the sale of
this vehicle,’ confirmed Tim
Naylor, PR Manager, BCA.
‘Barnardo’s deserves support for
the vital role it plays in bettering
life every day for countless
children throughout the UK.’
BCA kindly waived its fees for
the sale.
The 1970 Morris Minor van
was finished in pillar-box red
and was used for deliveries in
Christchurch, Bournemouth and
Poole during its initial six years
service. It then went into private
ownership for a number of years
before going back into the Royal
Mail fold in the late eighties
when a team of four dedicated
Royal Mail employees at the Isle
of Wight workshop worked in
their spare time to restore the
van to its former glory.
Since its restoration, which
was completed in 1992, the van
was used by Royal Mail at local
displays, fetes and festivals and it
has raised money for charity at
a number of events around the
Isle of Wight and other parts of
the UK.
Maltapost to have its
own postal museum
Philalux cancelled
SG to attend Stafford
Stamp Show
The Stanley Gibbons team
will be attending the Stafford
Stamp Show, which takes
place on 12 and 13 November
at the Staffordshire County
Showground, Ingestre Suite,
Weston Road, Stafford ST18 0BD.
The SG stand will offer ex-
warehouse stock of album pages,
stamps, collections and covers.
Also available to buy will be a
range of catalogues, philatelic
literature and accessories.
Readers who will be attending
the show can make orders for
all current stock beforehand by
contacting Eileen Thomas on
01425 481 067. Orders can then
be picked up at the show to avoid
postage costs.
The organising
committee behind one
of Europe’s biggest
stamp exhibitions has
announced that the
event, planned for next
April, has had to be
cancelled.
Philalux 2011 was
due to take place
between 28 April and
1 May 2011. However, thanks to a lack of funding, the committee has
announced that it will not now go ahead. In a statement released on
28 September organisers revealed that ‘Due to budgetary constraints
the sponsor P&T Luxembourg (Luxembourg Post) has recently
decided to cancel its participation.’
It’s not the first time the exhibition has run into trouble. The event
was originally planned to take place in July 2010, under the name
of Philalux 2010. However, the decision was taken by the organisers
to postpone the event until April 2011. Now the European stamp
exhibition has been cancelled altogether, despite Luxemburg Post,
the would-be sponsor of the event, issuing a miniature sheet (shown
above) celebrating Philalux 2011 on 16 June 2010.
Maltapost chairman, Joe Said,
has announced that the postal
authority will be setting up
its very own postal museum.
Speaking at the inauguration
ceremony of a philatelic
exhibition showcasing the
postage stamp artwork of the
late Emvin Cremona, Said
revealed that premises have
already been earmarked for the
museum.
The new building will house
artefacts related to the postal
services collected over the years
since the service was introduced
in Malta. The exhibitions will also
allow visitors the opportunity to
learn about the technique and
art involved in stamp printing.
Steve Hiscocks
GSM
is sad to report that Steve
Hiscocks, one of the leading
authorities and much published
author on the Telegraph Stamps
of the world, passed away on 4
October.
Dr Hiscocks, who had been
suffering from poor health for
some time, had just returned
home from a family holiday when
he died.
An article on the telegraph
stamps of South and Central
America is due to appear in a
future issue of
GSM,
as will a full
appreciation of his work and
contribution to philately.
G.S.M. November 2010
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