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THE UK’S NUMBER ONE STAMP MAGAZINE
Volume 44 Number 5
New Collector: John Holman
October 2013
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Collecting Lilacs and
Greens: Part 2—Used
Abroad: Richard C W
Malim, John F Roe,
Patrick Cassels
The Postmarks of
Northern Rhodesia
During the King George
VI Period, 1937–1953:
David Horry
Those Magnificent Men
and Their
Almost
Flying
Machines:
Part 1:
Ian Hamilton
New Zealand's
Specific Purpose
Revenue Stamps:
David Smitham
New Zealand's
Stamps of
Endeavour:
Christopher Moor
Contents
NEWSDESK
7 Newsdesk
The latest news from around the world including Royal
approval of Britain's Christmas stamp competition.
18 Society News
The latest reports from the nation’s Philatelic Societies.
24 Diary Dates
Forthcoming fairs and auctions.
28 Around the Houses
News of recent auction results.
62 GB Specialised Catalogue
The latest supplement to the Great Britain Specialised
Catalogue.
SPECIAL FEATURES
65 The Postmarks of Northern Rhodesia During the
King George VI Period 1937–53
David Horry investigates the cancels of Northern
Rhodesia.
69 Creating a Jewel of the Jubilee: Part 7—The
European Connection: Norway
The monarchy of Norway as depicted on stamps.
74 Great Britain and Australia: The First Autogiro Mail
Peter Martin reveals how the autogiro was used around
the world for postal deliveries.
82 Those Magnificent Men and Their
Almost
Flying
Machines!:
Part 1
Mankind’s various, and often unsuccessful, early attempts
to take to the skies, as shown on stamps.
88 The 1988 Provisional Definitives of Ghana:
The C80 Overprints
Nicholas Pertwee returns with another study from one of
the most fascinating periods in Ghana's stamp history.
126 New Zealand’s Specific Purpose Revenue Stamps
Discover the lesser-known ‘Specific Purpose’ stamps of
New Zealand, courtesy of David Smitham.
132 Registration Stamps, But Not As We Know Them!
Malaysia’s ‘PosDAFTAR’ Registration System
Can Malaysia's registration labels be classed as stamps?
Len Stanway argues in their favour.
138 New Zealand's Stamps of
Endeavour
Christopher Moor explores New Zealander’s relationship
with HMS
Endeavour
through stamps.
G.S.M. October 2013
BRITISH STAMPS
36 GB News
Royal Mail's new Merchant Navy and Dinosaur issues.
38 Collecting Lilacs and Greens: Part 2—Used Abroad
How to build an effective—and affordable—collection of
‘Lilacs and Greens’ used abroad.
46 Striking the Right Note
Artist, Jennifer Toombs talks about her unadopted
philatelic tributes to composer, Benjamin Britten.
49 Machin Watch
More new developments and new discoveries from
Britain's Machin and Post & Go scene.
56 Queen Victoria Embossed Penny Pink Envelopes
Michael Lockton examines the history of the attractive
embossed penny pink envelope.
58 50th Anniversary of Great Britain’s First Pictorial
Air Letters: 1963–2013
Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS celebrates the 50th
anniversary of Great Britain’s first pictorial air letters.
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Dear Reader
With an uncharacteristically fine British summer, and the
accompanying distractions of holidays, gardening and obligatory days
out, now behind us, this is the perfect time to retreat indoors and
immerse yourself with your collection. To help you while away the
first, ever-darkening autumn evenings, we are proud to present this
bumper, 198-page issue of
Gibbons Stamp Monthly.
With an even larger
selection of articles and features to choose from, I’m sure you will find
plenty to keep you occupied during the upcoming chilly evenings.
I would like to start off this issue by introducing Alison Boyd as the
new sub-editor on
Gibbons Stamp Monthly.
Alison brings with her many
years of editorial experience, which I’m sure will benefit the editorial
team and the magazine greatly.
As a keen sailor, Alison is a great lover of all things nautical, which
is why she is perfectly placed to ‘cut her
GSM
teeth’ with a report on
Royal Mail’s latest commemorative issue. With 2013 marking the 70th
anniversary of the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic, this
latest issue from Royal Mail makes a timely salute to Britain’s long and
distinguished Merchant Navy heritage. You can enjoy Alison’s first
editorial voyage for
GSM
on page 36.
I hail from central England, which is about as far away from the
coast as you can travel without heading to the one of the opposite
side of the country. This means, discarding the odd leisure barge and
resident shopping trollies found on and in the Midland’s substantial
canal network (it has more waterways than Venice, don’t you know), I
have very little knowledge of any type of water craft whatsoever. In fact,
what I know about sailing and ships you could probably write on the
back of the proverbial postage stamp—which brings me nicely onto
one of the topics introduced by John Holman in his latest offering
for new collectors. This month, John explains how the reverse of a
postage stamp can be just as interesting and important as the design
on the front. From varieties in watermark and gum, to security
markings and advertising slogans, John explains why every collector
should ‘ flip over’ their stamp collection.
Another offering found in this month’s eclectic mix of articles
to help see you through the first autumn evenings of 2013 is
Peter Martin’s study of the autogiro and its short, but important,
contribution to postal history. In his article, Peter traces the
development of this amazing aircraft from its first flight in the early
1920s to its revolutionary role in delivering the mail. Illustrated with a
very attractive array of covers and postcards, this is a great introduction
to an often overlooked area in both postal and aviation history.
Ian Hamilton continues the high-flying theme by looking at how
stamps can be used to chart the history of mankind’s obsession with
achieving flight—from the not-so-successful early attempts of the early
‘birdmen’, both real and mythical, right up to the Wright bothers’ first
successful attempt at sustained flight.
If you prefer to collect the high-flyers of GB stamps then make sure
you take a look at this month’s study of the overseas use of the Lilacs
and Greens issue of 1883–84. Richard Malim, John Roe and Patrick
Cassels explain how, despite the relatively limited scope of the series,
you can still build up an interesting collection of stamps and variations
without the need to spend large sums of money
on the scarcer material.
So, with the weather already taking a turn for
the worst, make yourself a hot drink, and settle
down with this latest, bumper issue of
GSM.
We
hope you enjoy it.
Your £1 Stanley
Gibbons Voucher can
be found on page 194
153 Stamp Hunting
Stamps to look out for from the Solomon Islands.
153 Competition
Your chance to win a £50 Stanley Gibbons voucher.
164 The Unissued Stamps of Queen Elizabeth II
More tongue-in-cheek fun from the Hedley Adams Mobbs
collection.
164 Catalogue Column
Hugh Jefferies presents his latest comments as SG
catalogue editor.
142 An Introduction to the Postal Stationery of the
Orange Free State
The political development and history of the Orange Free
State as seen in its postal stationery.
148 The Inter-islands Stamps of the Comoros
In a ground-breaking study Joh Groenwald examines the
relationship between the stamps of the Comoros Islands.
REGULAR FEATURES
31 New Collector
John Holman tells us why we should always 'look on the
back' in his latest column for new collectors.
71 Canadian Column
The first secret date of the Canadian Bank Note Co.
125 Bookshelf
Philatelic publications reviewed and rated.
147 The Diarie of Samuel Creeps
More wise words from an ordinarie collector of stamps.
152 Dear
GSM
More readers have their say, courtesy of the
GSM
postbag.
EDITORIAL OFFICE
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Editor
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Sub-Editor
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Editor’s Assistant
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Publisher
ROBERT SWAIN
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