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THE UK’S NUMBER ONE STAMP MAGAZINE
Volume 41 Number 8
January 2011
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Classic Locomotives:
New miniature sheet from
Royal Mail
63
31
68
72
108
Mew Collector:
John Holman
Children’s TV:
Jeff Dugdale
New Zealand postmarks:
David Horry
Von Stephan:
Michael Peach
Shore to Shore:
Island Hopper
Contents
NEWSDESK
7 Newsdesk
Lady Mairi Bury collection fetches over £3million;
Falklands presentation; Irish watermark discovery
20 Society News
Reports from philatelic societies
24 Diary Dates
Forthcoming Fairs and Auctions
28 Around the Houses
News of recent auction results
Contents
SPECIAL FEATURES
63 Classic Children’s Television
With the forthcoming issue of Gerry Anderson stamps
from Royal Mail in mind, Jeff Dugdale recalls some
memorable children’s television programmes illustrated
on stamps
68 Collecting the Postmarks of New Zealand in use
during King George VI’s Reign
David Horry provides a general introduction to the
many cancellations available to postmark collectors from
the Dominion of New Zealand during the years 1937 to
1953
72 Heinrich von Stephan (1831–97)
Probably second only to Sir Rowland Hill in the field
of postal reform, von Stephan was instrumental in
the eventual establishment of the Universal Postal
Union. Michael Peach looks at the stamps issued to
commemorate his achievements
87 Malaya and the Colour Scheme of the Universal
Postal Union
In the first of a two-part article, Rob Holley explains how
the UPU’s colour-coding scheme caused problems in
Malaya
93 Sweden’s Modern Local Posts
Since the late 1800s Sweden has benefitted from private
local posts; Christer Brunström looks at those introduced
since state monopolies ended in 1994
99 Important Great Britain Internal Pioneer Airmail
Discovered
A special report by Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS, on a
recently discoverd postcard carried by air
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BRITISH STAMPS
35 GB News
New Royal Mail issues: Classic Locomotives miniature
sheet, Garden Birds Post & Go stamps
36 An Exhibition of Exhibitions
Souvenirs of Derek Connell’s visits to the exhibitions that
took place as part of the London 2010 Festival of Stamps
44 Edward VIII
John Holman brings together the philatelic aspects of this
controversial king’s short reign
48 GB Specialised Catalogue
A supplement to the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue
51 Stamping Around with Charles Dickens
Alan Sacks continues his philatelic tour through Dickens’
life and times
55 Machin Watch
Wallace and Gromit Christmas stamps, recent booklets
and Post & Go varieties are reviewed by John Deering
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Dear Reader
As it is customary at this time of year, on behalf of all of us at
GSM,
I would like to wish all readers and their families a very happy and
successful 2011.
By successful, of course, I mean philatelically successful – may
all the stamps which you already have increase rapidly in value and
those you are still looking for be offered to you at bargain prices!
A bit of a tall order, perhaps, but, as a couple of stories in this issue
demonstrate, if you keep your eyes open, the opportunities for
success are out there.
Peter Jennings may not have really ‘discovered’ the item which
he reports on in his article this month, but with a bit of research
he did discover a lot about it and that it appears to be an item of
considerable importance in the story of pioneer airmails in the UK.
The Irish inverted watermark reported in this month’s Newsdesk
really is a new discovery and, if one turns up in fine condition it will
turn a stamp worth a few pence into one worth several hundred
pounds – the same would hold true if you find an Edward VIII stamp
with a George V watermark (see Catalogue Column) – although in
that case the price would be even higher!
Of course, it’s not only a matter of keeping our eyes open; being
aware of what the potential offered by the stamp in front of us is a
matter of being aware of what is already known – and that brings
me back to the topic of last month’s column – building a philatelic
library. There I referred to my need for the Australasia volume of
Robson Lowe’s Encyclopaedia. Two readers very kindly responded
by letting me know where I could get one, so it looks as though my
Christmas will be a happy one! Thank you both.
As I always approach the writing of this section of the magazine
with little idea of what I am going to say, it occurs to me that perhaps
I could avoid worrying about it in future by just publishing a part of
my ‘wants list’. Well, maybe not.
Since the last issue went to press, it has been announced that
Prince William is to marry in April. Inevitably, there will be plenty
of philatelic interest in this and we await details of commemorative
stamp issues with interest (and a little trepidation?).
In preparation for the big event, we have brought together a
number of previous
GSM
articles on Royal Weddings, anniversaries,
visits and birthdays, together with a special article on Prince William
himself by John Holman. Details are given elsewhere in this issue.
Finally, may I commend the 16-page Australasia guide included
in this issue – I particularly enjoyed David Smitham’s article on New
Zealand coils; indeed, it inspired me to pick up a few ‘counter coil
pairs’ when I visited the Stanley Gibbons shop on the Strand – but
don’t worry I left some for everyone else.
Happy New Year
.
Your £1 Stanley Gibbons
Voucher can be found on
page 146
REGULAR FEATURES
31 New Collector
John Holman explains a philatelic term (compound
stamps), looks at Upper Volta, Upper Yafa and Paquebot
postmarks and reports on a reader’s response
60 Dear GSM
Readers’ correspondence
86
GSM Bookshelf
Reviews of recent books
1
04 Stamp Hunting
Nimrod suggests stamps worth looking for from Belize
Competition
Your chance to win a £50 SG voucher
114 The Unissued Stamps of Queen Elizabeth II
David Horry reveals the story behind an unissued stamp
Catalogue Column
Hugh Jefferies reports
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Newsdesk
NEWSDESK
Postage could rise by
5 pence in 2011
As Royal Mail gets itself in
shape for its inevitable sale,
the regulator (Postcomm) has
announced plans to allow the
ailing company to raise the cost
of posting a letter by as much
as 10 per cent. Under the new
proposals Royal Mail could
increase prices for a first class
stamp by as much 5p, as well as a
4p rise for second class stamps.
In the new deal, Postcomm
will relax price control by giving
Royal Mail flexibility to increase
prices on stamped mail by up to
10 per cent, which could mean
an extra £280m in revenue.
Nigel Stapleton, the Chairman
of Postcomm, who will be
standing down from his position
when his appointment ends in
January 2011, said, ‘There is
broad consensus that there is
a risk to the Universal Service
unless Royal Mail quickly
becomes a lot more efficient.
To help fund Royal Mail’s
modernisation, Postcomm has
allowed Royal Mail to increase
the prices of stamped mail by
double the rate of inflation over
the past five years.’
The Great Britain philatelic
collection of Lady Mairi Bury,
one of the finest to appear on the
market in the last quarter of a
century, has sold at Sotheby’s for
a total of £3,045,924, exceeding
the pre-sale expectations of
£2.6million.
The top lot of the sale was
‘The Balance of Lady Mairi’s
collection of King Edward VII’
stamps. The 91-page mounted
collection more than tripled its
pre-sale lower estimate of £20,000
by selling for £66,000.
Elsewhere, an unused 1840
Two Pence Blue, Plate 1, sold
for £43,200, against a pre-sale
estimate of £8,000–10,000, and
a complete sheet of 120 2d. blue
stamps doubled its estimate when
it sold for £30,000. Another big
seller in the three-day sale was a
‘VR’ Official Penny Black; which
made £36,000 (est £15,000–
20,000).
Commenting on the sale,
Richard Ashton, Sotheby’s
Worldwide Philatelic Consultant,
said, ‘The auction has afforded
collectors the opportunity to
PHILATELIC NEWS
World
Great Britain
Local
Society News
Lady Mairi Bury Collection
•
Falklands Presentation
•
Bond Stamps
Artwork for Sale
•
Dangerous Fakes
•
Lord Mayor’s Parade
•
Royal
Engagement Cover
•
China Stamps
•
Cover Artist Honoured
•
PUC
£1 Facsimiles Offered
•
Exhibitions
Lady Mairi Bury
collection fetches over
£3million at Sotheby’s
own philatelic objects associated
with a leading light in the
stamp world, as Lady Mairi
was duly esteemed in her field
and honoured with numerous
philatelic awards. It is pleasing
to think that collectors can now
derive the same enjoyment from
these stamps as Lady Mairi did’.
All prices include buyer’s
premium.
Irish watermark
discoveries
Unused 1840
2d. blue from
Plate 1 and ‘VR’
official – two of
the items from
the Lady Mairi
Bury collection
£220,000 paid for
half a stamp
A rare bisected 1872 German
postage stamp has sold for
¤261,000
(£220,000) at auction
in southern Germany. The sale,
which took place in the German
town of Bietigheim-Bissingen,
witnessed a long bidding war
between two German collectors.
Between 1872 and 1874 stamps
in the northern German town of
Syke were in such short supply
that postal officials decided that
the remaining stamps should
be cut in half. As the makeshift
solution was only in place for a
short period of time, there are
very few letters with the bisected
stamps in existence.
The stamp on offer was all
the more desirable as it featured
as the cover image on a book
about the bisected stamps of Syke
written by Rolf Rohlfs in 1982.
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Monacophil 2011
This year’s guest of honour at Monacophil 2011, which takes place
between 2 and 4 December 2011, will be the Royal Philatelic Society
of London, which will be displaying an exhibition focusing on British
Commonwealth philately. Items from the collection of Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II will take pride of place, together with collections
belonging to the Royal and its members.
Visitors to the event will have the privilege of looking at pieces,
which have never been exhibited before. In addition, 100 world
rarities will be exhibited from the collections of HSH Prince Albert II
of Monaco, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, various postal museums
and members of the Club de Monte-Carlo.
One of the highlights of the exhibition will be a fascinating letter
sent by the governor of Darfur, Rudolf Slatin, during his period of
captivity with the Mahdists (1883–1895).
During his captivity in Omdurman, he was forbidden to write to
his family. Nevertheless, he managed to send ONE letter, written on
a piece of his own shirt, to Suakin, where it was sent on to his sister in
Vienna by registered mail.
The 2�½d. Thomas Moore
stamp illustrated above
(Ireland SG 152) may
appear to be fit only for the
waste paper basket, with its
slogan cancel, foxed perfs
and missing corner, but
we can be grateful that its
owner, Mr B Standley, did
not do so without taking a
careful look at it!
For, as Mr Standley
discovered, the stamp has
an inverted Multiple ‘e’
watermark. It has now been
verified by the SG Catalogue
editor and will be listed as
152w in the 2012 edition of
‘Part 1’.
The stamp was printed in
sheets of 120 (divided into
two panes of 60), so there
would have been at least
119 other inverted
watermarks produced—but
how many have survived?
Not many, we suspect—
especially if they were I
similar condition to Mr
Standley’s example.
As always, it shows how
it pays to keep our eyes
(and mind) open—even
in the most unpromising
circumstances.
In other Irish watermark
news, David MacDonnell
reports the discovery of SG
32, the Thom overprinted
‘Rialtar’ 1�½d., with Royal
Cypher watermark inverted
and reversed. The used
stamp, which has an AIEP
certificate, will also be
added to the catalogue, as
32y.
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Newsdesk
PHILATELIC NEWS
Canada Post
launches stamp
design contest
Canada Post is calling on resident
stamp aficionados and philatelist
wannabes to design a new stamp
based on the theme of mental
health.
Canadians can submit
their designs online to www.
deliverhope.ca. The submission
that proves most popular online
will become one of 20 semi-
finalists to be submitted to the
Stamp Advisory Committee
(SAC). One of those designs will
become the 2011 Mental Health
stamp.
‘We’re asking entrants to
convey important themes about
mental health in a single image
and make the winning stamp
an ambassador for awareness’,
said Mary Traversy, senior vice-
president, Transaction Mail, at
Canada Post.
This will be the first time the
postal service has organised a
stamp design competition in its
159-year history. The SAC will
choose five designs from the 20
semi-finalists. These five designs
will be voted on by the public
from 14 February to 14 March.
The winning design will be
announced in April 2011.
Study group donates
complete collection to the
Falkland Islands Museum
In Brief
Titanic
stamp on
show in London
A Ceylon 5c. stamp recovered
from the wreck of RMS
Titanic
is
one of a new collection of paper
artefacts to go on display at a
special exhibition in London.
The stamp forms part of the
current ‘Titanic: The Artifact
Exhibition’, which is running
at The O2 Bubble in North
Greenwich until May 2011. This
is the first time the new paper
objects have been publicly
displayed after sitting at the
bottom of the Atlantic ocean for
nearly a century.
As well as the stamp, other new
paper artefacts retrieved from the
Titanic’s
debris field on the floor
of the Atlantic Ocean include a
postcard of London’s Houses of
Parliament and sheet music for
the ship’s orchestra.
The new items are being
shown alongside hundreds of
other previously exhibited relics
from the
Titanic,
which build a
true picture of what life was like
on the ill-fated luxury cruise ship
China stamps from
China
Sukey Cameron, Falkland Islands Government representative, with
Stefan Heijtz of the Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group
HMS
Warrior
covers
The world’s first ceramic stamps
have been unveiled in east China.
The limited edition stamps,
which are valid for postage, were
released as a promotion for
the 2010 China International
Ceramic Fair that took place in
Jingezhen in mid-October.
The China National Philatelic
Corporation says it limited
production to 10,000 sets of the
stamps. Each stamp is about
0.3mm in thickness and is
hand-made. It is claimed that
the ceramic stamps, which use
patterns based on 11 World
Expo-themed stamps released by
China since 2007, will not fade,
corrode or catch fire.
‘Each of these ceramic
stamps is unique in the world.
It overcomes the limitation of
paper stamps and shows the
world the creativity of Jingdezhen
as the ceramic capital of China in
modern times’, said Liu Jingbo,
director of the Jingdezhen
Municipal Philatelic Corporation.
On 4 November representatives
of the Falkland Islands Philatelic
Study Group (FIPSG) and the
Falkland Islands government
gathered in London for an
official reception to witness the
donation of a complete basic
collection of Falkland Island
stamps to the islands’ national
museum. At the reception at
Falkland House, Sukey Cameron,
the Falkland Islands Government
representative, accepted the
collection, and will carry it to its
new home at the Museum and
National Trust in Stanley.
The Study Group began to
compile the collection after the
project’s leader and initiator,
Stefan Heijtz of the FIPSG, learnt
that the Museum did not have a
complete collection for display.
Thanks to kind donations from
FIPSG and stamp dealers such as
Stanley Gibbons, who donated
the last two missing stamps, the
collection was completed in an
amazing seven months.
The Falkland Islands National
Stamp Collection was created
in the spirit and honour of Nutt
Cartmell, probably the most well
known local Falklands stamp
collector in modern times.
Stefan, who handed over
the complete collection, had
this to say about the donation.
‘It is my honour and pleasure
to hand over this collection to
the Falkland Islands Museum.
I am sure it will be treasured
and admired by generations to
come, both locals and visitors,
since the stamps show so much
of the history, culture, nature,
everyday life and development of
a country.
‘A big thank you to all
contributors; without you this
would not have been possible!’
In a statement read out at
the ceremony, Leona Roberts,
the Museum Manager, thanked
the Group and contributors for
their efforts and generosity. ‘I
understand that particular thanks
are due to Dr John Henshall,
who helped with many of the
rarer stamps, and to Stanley
Gibbons Ltd for a couple of very
generous donations. However, I
know that this was a group effort
and I would like all members
of FIPSG to know that if the
Museum can ever be of any
assistance to them, they need
only to get in touch and we will
do what we can.
‘I wish that I was there with
you today to thank you all in
person for supporting this
important project. This is truly a
remarkable donation, not just to
the Museum, but to the Falklands
as a whole and we are extremely
grateful. Thank you again.’
The Royal Navy Philatelic Society,
located at Portsmouth Historic
Dockyard, has announced the
release of a new commemorative
cover celebrating the 150th
Anniversary of the Launch of
HMS
Warrior.
The limited edition
of 500 covers will be available in
two unsigned and three signed
versions.
Plain covers with no signatures
are available or £10.90 each
and special covers with four 72p
stamps are available for £17.00
each. Signed covers start from
£15.30 each for double signed
examples, rising to £21.00 for
triple signed and £52.00 for
multi-signed covers. Prices
stated are for non members,
membership of the society
attracts a 50 per cent reduction.
The stamps used throughout
will be cancelled using the
Society’s own sponsored BFPS
postmark. Application forms for
the cover are available from The
Royal Naval Philatelic Society, 19
College Road, HM Naval Base,
Portsmouth, PO1 3LJ, England
or via the Society’s website www.
rnphilatelic.org
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Newsdesk
PHILATELIC NEWS
ABPS Announces
National Philatelic
Exhibition
Bond Stamp art up for sale
In Brief
Malta celebrates the
150th anniversary of
its first stamp
The ABPS National Philatelic
Exhibition will take place in
Sheffield on 6 and 7 May 2011.
The event will include a
multi-frame picture postcard
exhibition, and will be held
at Pond’s Forge International
Sports Centre, Sheffield.
Sue Hillier, the event secretary
commented, ‘We are planning
several special events during
the course of ABPS Sheffield
2011. As well as the expected
competitive philatelic displays
we are planning a very special
Court of Honour showing a
variety of interesting and unusual
material. There will also be
meetings and talks on a variety of
subjects, and the annual dinner
will take place at the prestigious
Cutler’s Hall.’
For further information see the
website www.sheffield2011.org.uk
AFDCS Honours
ArtCraft Artist Susan
D Jorritsma
A series of original paintings, used by Royal Mail as part of the set of
stamps issued in tribute to Ian Fleming on his 100th birthday and the
50th anniversary of
Casino Royale,
his first 007 novel, have been offered
for sale by an American memorabilia company.
The illustrations by Barnett Plotkin were previously published on
the covers of the 1979 James Bond Jove paperback book series and
later chosen by Royal Mail to illustrate the commemorative stamps.
The original paintings, which were used on the 54p (Goldfinger),
78p (For
Your Eyes
Only)
and 78p (From
Russia With Love)
are now available
as part of a sale of
original illustration
art at the Just Kids
Nostalgia website www.
justkidsnostalgia.com
Dangerous fakes on market
The American First Day Cover
Society has chosen Susan D
Jorritsma for its 2010 Court of
Honor first day cover.
The series, which always uses
a Christmas theme, honours
cachet artists who have, over the
years, contributed so much to
the hobby through the beauty
of their art. It began in 1981
and the first artist honoured was
Ralph Dyer. There has been a
new Court of Honor f.d.c. every
year since then.
Jorritsma has been designing
ArtCraft cachets for the
Washington Press since 1980 and
has been ArtCraft’s lead cachet
designer since 1989.
The green-and-red engraved
2010 AFDCS Court of Honor
cachet is available serviced with
the 2010 Angel with a Lute and
‘Forevergreens’ stamps, with a
variety of postmarks, as well as
unserviced. Each cover comes
with a very informative stuffer
card.
The 2010 Court of Honor first
day covers range in price from
$5.00 to $7.50, depending on
the postmark and number of
stamps.
The entire series can be seen
on the society’s website, www.
afdcs.org/court_of_honor.html.
Falkland Islands and Hong Kong
stamps with faked inverted
watermark varieties
On 1 December MaltaPost issued
a commemorative miniature
sheet to celebrate the 150th
anniversary of the first Malta
stamp.
The miniature sheet
contains a single stamp with a
denomination of €2.80. The
stamp-on-stamp design depicts
the Queen Victoria Halfpenny
with an ‘M’ cancellation mark on
a local cover addressed to Musta.
The sheet celebrates the first
Malta stamp, which was issued
for local use on 1 December
1860.
20,000 miniature sheets
have been issued. To accompany
the miniature sheet MaltaPost
has also issued the fourth in
its series of commemorative
folders.
Korea Post-persons
to wear recycled
plastic bottles
Two groups of fake stamps
have recently been discovered
circulating on the market.
The first concerns King Edward
VII and King George V used
stamps that have been skilfully
rebacked to simulate inverted
watermark varieties. Two
examples are shown here, Hong
Kong SG 83 20c. and Falkland
Islands SG 43 �½d. A well known
and respected expert has recently
rejected 30 examples as fakes,
which are thought
to originate from
Canada and are on
noticeably thicker
paper than genuine
examples.
The other
group involves the
1937 Coronation
issues of Mauritius
and Seychelles
which have had
their country and
denomination
tablets digitally
replaced to purport
to come from Hong Kong, whose
Coronation issues are catalogued
much higher. The same process
has also been applied to certain
1948 Silver Wedding issues.
Under close inspection a certain
amount of shadowing of the
original country’s name can be
detected.
The examples shown here
were acquired by Tristan Brittan
in Hong Kong.
Korea Post has announced that
as of November their delivery
workforce will be wearing
uniforms made of recycled
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
bottles and beverage containers
as part of its eco-friendly
strategy.
The new uniforms are made
from thread created from
recycled PET bottles, with each
uniform using material from
just over 11 containers in their
construction. In all, 389,000
bottles were recycled to make the
35,000 uniforms needed for the
workforce.
The introduction of the new
‘green’ uniforms is part of the
postal service’s ‘Green Post 2020
policy’ introduced last year,
which aims to promote green
growth and to reduce carbon
emissions from post offices and
postal vehicles.
It has been estimated that by
using the recycled material to
make the uniforms, Korea Post
has reduced its carbon footprint
by 22,000kg. It would take 1300
50-year old trees a year to absorb
that much CO
2
.
G.S.M. January 2011
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