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Crowning glory
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in this issue
Many postal history collectors will have
enjoyed seeing slogan postmarks
making something of a comeback in
Britain in recent years.
Royal Mail hasn’t made a great deal of
fuss about them, and most Stamp Magazine readers
have been rather more annoyed by the mail which
doesn’t get cancelled than impressed by the mail
which does. But machine-printed slogans have been
adding extra interest to what might otherwise be
commonplace commercial covers.
It is just over a hundred years since slogan
postmarks first appeared in Britain, so now seemed
like a good time to recount their story (see page 52).
Initially they were used largely as government
propaganda and for promoting postal services, and
later for commemorative purposes. Being turned
into company-sponsored billboards in the late 20th
century was not their finest hour, but their 21st
century incarnations have been much more nuanced,
and supporting charitable causes is a commendable
extra string to their bow.
Modern examples are not to everyone’s taste, and
have been criticised on several grounds. One is that
they are not always very legible, which is a shame
when they have something to commemorate.
Another is that Royal Mail doesn’t usually announce
them in advance, even though this would encourage
collectors to seek them out and post more covers.
In many ways, however, it’s quite refreshing not to 40 Definitives, surcharges, postal stationery and Christmas seals of the Danish West Indies
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CONTENTS
august 2018 | Volume 84, Number 8 | www.stampmagazine.co.uk
49 The debut issue of British East Africa 64 Many contrasting approaches to the 1937 Coronation omnibus issue 60 Great engravings by Martin Mörck
52 The full history of the Great British slogan postmark 70 Why plants and flowers have become a popular GB theme
FEATURES 49 commonwealth COMPETITIONs

classics
What makes the 1890-95 first
40 danish west issue of British East Africa such a Win a Royal Academy
indies popular collectable? presentation pack!
Denmark’s almost-forgotten Or a copy of our
colony in the Caribbean issued 60 great engravers GB price guide!
interesting and colourful stamps How Martin Mörck became the
See page 37
from 1855 to 1916, and an array of doyen of 21st-century stamp
Christmas seals which add extra engravers
sparkle to a collection
70 GB THEMES ‘The fight-back starts here!
52 history of the Plants and flowers have been a
slogan postmark recurring theme on British special Collectors of GB unite! You have
For more than a century, machine issues, and definitives too
cancellations have been used in nothing to lose but your chains!’
Britain to promote national events, 77 eyewitness accounts
plug postal services and influence A 1910 postcard sent from the first
see page 35
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WORLD NEWS
Islands celebrate their

historic links with RAF
The British overseas territories whose stamp issues are produced volcanic eruption, opted to remember aircraft which were based
by Pobjoy Mint released a mini-omnibus series celebrating the there. These include the Supermarine S.6B flying boat which won
Centenary of the Royal Air Force on July 2. the Schneider Trophy air race in 1931 at a speed of 357mph.
Although each issued a set of four in a uniform style, illustrating
famous aircraft, they took individual approaches to the theme based
on their own circumstances and historical perspective.
The Falkland Islands has focused on the role of the RAF in
liberating the territory after the Argentinian invasion in 1982. One of
its stamps shows the Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 combat aircraft,
famous for its ability to take off vertically, which was successfully
deployed from aircraft carriers.
Ascension Island, which has been home to a strategically
important airbase since 1942, has chosen to depict one aircraft to
represent each 25-year period of the RAF. Among these is the
Avro Vulcan, whose bombing missions over the occupied Falklands
Islands in 1982 were at the time the longest-range successful
combat flights ever made.
Tristan da Cunha, whose entire population was evacuated to the
former RAF base at Calshot in Hampshire in 1961-63 after a
US high values feature optically-variable ink

The United States has issued three new high-value stamps which
incorporate optically-variable ink, a security feature which is appearing on
US stamps for the first time.
The innovation affects the denominations of the $1 green, $2 indigo and $5
red, so that the numeral appears in different colours depending on the angle
from which it is viewed.
Printed by the Banknote Corporation of America, using a combination of
offset and intaglio techniques, the stamps were released on June 27.
They illustrate the face of the Statue of Freedom which stands atop the
dome of the Capitol building in Washington DC (not to be confused with the
Statue of Liberty in New York). Reminiscent of the motif used for a $5 stamp
in 1923, the design is described by the USPS as ‘a modern take on vintage
patriotic stamp art’.
Great Britain used optically-variable ink as long ago as 1992, when it was
adopted for the cameo head of the Queen on the recess-printed Castle high
values of £1, £1.50, £2 and £5.

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Record-breaking £18m news in brief
realised by auctions of > The centennial

Philatelic Congress
of Great Britain in
Chartwell collection Gateshead on July
26-29 will feature
displays covering
Spink’s long succession of auctions disposing of the Chartwell the history of the
event, and the
collection, which concluded in London in May, is claimed to be the signing of the Roll of
largest-grossing series in British and Commonwealth philatelic Distinguished
history, realising a total of £18m. Philatelists. Visit
The 84-album collection formed over five decades by Sir www.gbcongress.uk
Humphrey Cripps, an English businessman and philanthropist who
> Stanley Gibbons
died in 2000, and tended subsequently by his son Robert, was sold has appointed
in more than 5,000 lots over a period of seven years.
Named after Cripps’ business empire, Chartwell Industries, it Obituary: Graham Shircore as
its new chief
executive, three
included many great rarities. In the first sale, in 2011, his Mauritius
1847 ‘Post Office’ 2d blue sold for more than £1m. Jennifer Toombs months after he
joined as a director
The Cripps family has long been a benefactor to universities when Phoenix Asset
(especially Cambridge colleges), schools, churches, hospitals and The prolific British stamp designer Jennifer Management
museums, and the last auction in the series continued this tradition. Toombs has died at the age of 77. Partners took a 58%
stake in the firm.
Featuring Australian states and Australian Commonwealth In a career spanning more than five
stamps, proofs, multiples, varieties and covers, it raised £2m for decades she designed hundreds of stamps > You can vote for
the Chartwell Philanthropic Educational Programme. for British Commonwealth countries, your favourite stamp
including Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of in this year’s Europa
Man. She also enjoyed a long and fruitful theme, Bridges, at
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association with the Pitcairn Islands. europa2018
Her biggest claim to fame was the
standard design for the 1965-67 Churchill > Michel has
Commemoration omnibus issue, which was published a new
edition of its
issued in 136 values from 34 countries,
Southwestern
from Antigua to the Virgin Islands. Europe catalogue,
To her regret, however, Toombs never covering France,
created an issue for Royal Mail. Spain, Portugal,
Monaco, Andorra
and Gibraltar, priced
€72 (about £63).
Political history > Ireland’s postal
administration, An
seen on stamps Post, has launched a
poll asking people to
Personalised issue is
vote on what
A new book aims Christmas traditions
to illustrate how they would like to
a victim of foul play stamp issues see on this year’s

Christmas stamps.
have reflected key
geopolitical and > Epsom Stamp
The Dutch postal administration, PostNL, issued an apology after it historical events Auctions has
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Swan Postal Sales,
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Inscribed ‘FIFA World Cup Russia 2018’, the design shows a Witnesses Of commission-free
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of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, economist and to every sale
allegedly by Russian military forces. philatelist Ruth catalogue.
The cartoon was designed by the Ukrainian artist Andri Lea, details major > US-based
Jermolenko, one of a series attacking the political developments for every country in philatelists have
Russian regime. the world opposite a selection of stamps. established the
PostNL stated its regret over printing Arranged by geographic region, the text is Philatelic Think
Tank to study the
an image which ‘may be offensive to matter-of-fact and well researched, making
declining
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such abuses can be prevented in future. philatelists and others. The images societies, and the
The terms and conditions for ordering comprise both commemoratives and decreasing
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WORLD NEWS
NEW ISSUE
Finding beauty and

peace in outer space
T
he United Nations has issued a set of
six stamps and three miniature sheets
to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
peaceful co-operation in space.
The UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses
of Outer Space (COPUOS) was established
in 1959. It has previously held three
Unispace conferences, starting in 1968, and
the fourth, in Vienna on June 20-21 this
year, was designated Unispace+50.
Released on June 20, and incorporating
the Unispace+50 logo, the stamps celebrate transmitted by NASA’s Voyager 1 probe in shuttle Endeavour docked with the ISS.
mankind’s achievements in space by way of 1979), and Russian Soyuz and Progress The single-stamp miniature sheets
spectacular photographic images. spacecraft docked with the International feature a view of Bangladesh from the
In typical UN fashion, they include two Space Station, with the glowing backdrop of European Space Agency’s Sentinel 2A
stamps issued in New York (denominated in the southern lights, Aurora Australis. satellite, a spacewalk outside the ISS by an
US dollars and inscribed in English), two The Geneva pair feature a view of Egypt American astronaut, and the comet 65P/
issued in Geneva (denominated in Swiss from aboard the ISS (captured by an Gunn as seen from NASA’s Wide-field
francs and inscribed in French), and two astronaut in 2015), and the launch of China’s Infra-red Survey Explorer.
issued in Vienna (denominated in Euros and prototype space station, Tiangong-1, in 2011. Unispace conferences are a chance for
inscribed in German). The New York pair depicts the centre of UN member states, space agencies,
The Vienna pair show the Great Red Spot, our galaxy, the Milky Way (based on X-ray industry and academia to consider the
Jupiter’s never-ending storm (from images and infra-red images), and the space future of global cooperation in space.

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1855 O R

CHINA 1941
4d ‘Inverted Swan’ SO
L DF
7,57
0 $2 invert
£19
Corinphila’s sale of the Cherrystone sold an example of
Besançon collection offered China’s 1941 $2 black and blue Sun
plenty of wonderful Yat-Sen definitive with inverted centre.
Australian states material, Emanating from the ‘fourth issue’ of
with four lots realising six- the series, printed by the American
figure sums. Among these Bank Note Company in New York, the
was Western Australia’s error was discovered in 1945, when a
famous ‘Inverted Swan’. schoolboy bought a pane of 50.
The 1854-55 4d blue with
its image of a black swan SOLD BY CHERRYSTONE £112,306
apparently upside-down is
misleadingly named,
because in fact it is the
frame which is inverted,
rather than the vignette.
This locally-produced
issue was printed using
transfers from the original
Perkins Bacon plate for the
1854 1d, with a new lithographic frame. The government lithographer in Perth, Alfred Hillman,
inadvertently created the error in 1855 when replacing damaged frames.
It is thought that 388 copies of the variety were printed but it was not reported for some years.
As a result, only 14 examples survive, seven held by institutions and only seven more available
to private collectors, all of them postally used. This one used to belong to Philipp von Ferrary.
SOLD BY CORINPHILA £197,570
HAWAII 1856
Mixed franking
The George J Kramer collection, auctioned by
Schuyler Rumsey, included an unusual Hawaiian
‘missionary’ cover.
Posted from Honolulu to San Francisco in
March 1856, it was a United States return
envelope prefranked with 5c, supplemented by a
Hawaii 1851 5c and a US 1851 3c adhesive.
Although the 5c correctly prepaid the Hawaiian
letter rate, the 3c underpaid the 6c ship letter
rate, so the cover received a circular ‘Ship 6’
postage due handstamp in the clam-shell style.
This is one of only a handful of surviving
‘missionary’ covers (so called because most of
the senders were American missionaries to the
Pacific kingdom) with a mixed franking. SOLD BY SCHUYLER RUMSEY £134,083
AUSTRALIA 1931
Officials in imprint blocks
Among the lots at the inaugural Abacus Auctions sale in
Australia (many of them originally consigned to the now
defunct Mossgreen) was a pair of large multiples of
commemorative stamps with ‘OS’ overprints for official use.
Both the 2d rose-red and 3d blue from the 1931 Kingsford
Smith’s World Flights issue came in marginal blocks of 32,
with the John Ash imprint at the bottom. These are thought to
be the largest imprint blocks in private hands. SOLD BY ABACUS £10,738

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CANADA 1880s
BABN sample sheet
Eastern Auctions in Canada offered
a stunning sample sheet produced
by the British American Bank Note
Company, somewhere between 1881
and 1888, to show off the quality of
its workmanship. This included
various engravings used on its
stamps and banknotes.
The eight identical Queen Victoria
portraits (top centre), for example,
are from Canada’s 1865 series of
revenue stamps. Another portrait
(top left) is from the ‘Large Queen’
definitive series introduced in 1868,
and could be considered a
bicoloured proof of the 3c value. A
third portrait of the Queen in older
age (top right) had postage and
revenue applications.
SOLD BY EASTERN £6,032
GREENLAND 1933 GREAT BRITAIN 1894

Lindbergh flight cover Essays for double stamps
A fascinating lot at Grosvenor’s sale was a De La Rue appendix page
dating from November 1894, affixed with 12 different essays for
double stamps intended for reply-paid postage.
Arranged uncomfortably around a small portrait of Queen
Victoria, their verbose inscriptions included ‘United Kingdom
Double Stamp, ‘For Letter & Reply’, ‘Reply Stamp’, and ‘This half not
valid apart from the other’.
These were trialled in blue, brown and black, all on a blue
background and all with a denomination of 2½d. No stamp of this
type was ever issued.
SOLD BY GROSVENOR £4,200
One of the small number of covers carried by the American aviator

Charles Lindbergh on his flight from Greenland to Iceland in 1933
came up for auction at H R Harmer.
It was posted from Angmangssalik, on the east coast of
Greenland, and addressed to Germany, franked with three of
Denmark’s 1930 King Christian X definitives, cancelled on August
23, 1933. At the top was a typewritten endorsement which translates
as ‘By airplane Colonel Lindbergh from Angmangssalik.’
The cover is something of a mystery, because most sources state
that Lindbergh picked up mail only on the west coast of Greenland,
and those which mention Angmangssalik covers state that they were
all addressed to Denmark. No wonder, then, that there was much
interest in this cover, and it sold for ten times its estimate.
SOLD BY H R HARMER £5,608

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NEW ISSUE
Don’t panic! It’s Dad’s

Army back on parade
R
oyal Mail issued a set of eight stamps won laughs at the expense of their foibles, and mild-mannered bank clerk, played by
on June 26 celebrating the 50th haphazard antics and general John Le Mesurier.
anniversary of the BBC television incompetence.
sitcom Dad’s Army. The concept was based partly on Perry’s 2nd class PRIVATE PIKE
Written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, experiences in the Local Defence The youngest member of the unit, a timid
Dad’s Army ran for nine series, adding up to Volunteers as a young man; six of the and cosseted mother’s boy and Wilson’s
80 episodes in total, broadcast between featured actors served in World War II, and hapless stepson, played by Ian Lavender.
1968 to 1977. In its heyday it attracted more two of them in World War I as well.
than 18 million viewers, making it one of the Designed by Up, from original television 1st class CAPTAIN MAINWARING
most popular British television series ever; stills, the eight stamps recall the series’ The self-appointed commanding officer, a
offshoots included a radio version and a key characters together with their most patriotic but pompous bank manager,
feature film. memorable catchphrases. Only one of the played by Arthur Lowe.
The plot concerned the antics of a Home actors, Ian Lavender, is still alive.
Guard platoon during World War II, a The issue was printed in litho by ISP in 1st class LANCE CORPORAL JONES
motley band of irregulars providing the sheets of 60, comprising two panes of 30, The village butcher, a brave army veteran
last line of defence for the fictional seaside and can be purchased in four horizontally yet responsible for many of the platoon’s
town of Walmington-on-Sea in case of a se-tenant pairs. mishaps, played by Clive Dunn.
German invasion.
Storylines never denigrated the 2nd class SERGEANT WILSON £1.45 PRIVATE WALKER
patriotism or bravery of the characters, but The platoon’s second in command, a laconic A shifty spiv and black-market operator

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warden, played by Bill Pertwee.
OTHER PRODUCTS
Written by Graham McCann, the author of a
book about the series, the presentation
pack investigates its appeal and its writers,
and recalls some memorable scenes.
Besides the usual first day cover and
stamp cards, the stamps also feature in a
retail booklet and Smilers sheets (see
page 24).
VERDICT
COMMEMORATIVE WORTH
The stamp programme has become
who has avoided a call-up to the regular £1.45 PRIVATE FRAZER overloaded with television-based issues
army on spurious grounds, played by A wild-eyed but dour and pessimistic in recent years
James Beck. Scottish undertaker who tends to be a
trouble-stirrer, played by John Laurie. QUALITY OF DESIGN
The major design challenge was linking
PRICES £1.55 PRIVATE GODFREY each character’s catchphrase to a
A gentle retired shop assistant with a big suitable expression
Set of 8 stamps £8.50 heart but a weak bladder, played by
Presentation pack £9.00 Arnold Ridley. WOW FACTOR
It’s nostalgia that will make many people
Stamp cards £3.60
£1.55 CHIEF WARDEN HODGES sit up and take notice, but perhaps only
First day cover £10.62 Captain Mainwaring’s nemesis, the the over 40s
obstructive village greengrocer and air raid

GB COLLECTOR
NEW ISSUE
Favourite haunt of the

Tudors and Stuarts
R
oyal Mail will issue a set of six
stamps and a four-stamp miniature
sheet devoted to Hampton Court
Palace on July 31.
Located beside the River Thames west of
London, this is the most extensive surviving
Tudor building in England, and one of the
grandest palaces in Britain, ranked among
its top historic tourist attractions.
Given by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey to King
Henry VIII, who loved it as a place to hold
court and go hunting, it was developed into
the most modern royal residence of the
early 16th century.
King William III and Queen Mary II brought
a new Baroque style to the Palace in the
late 17th century, with the aid of the
architect Sir Christopher Wren. Since
Victorian times it has been a visitor
attraction, popular for its Baroque gardens
and maze as much as for its magnificent
interior architecture.
Designed by Osborne Ross, and printed in
litho by International Security Printers, the
stamps are available in two se-tenant
strips of three.
1st class SOUTH FRONT

Built for William III and Mary II by Sir
Christopher Wren, the South Front
overlooks the Privy Garden.
1st class WEST FRONT

The grand Tudor architecture of Wolsey’s
Great Gatehouse is a notable feature of the
West Front.
1st class EAST FRONT

Designed in the same Baroque style as the
South Front, the East Front overlooks the
Great Fountain Garden.
£1.55 POND GARDENS

The pools in these gardens originally held
freshwater fish, such as carp, which were
eaten at Tudor banquets.
£1.55 MAZE
Planted at the behest of William III in the
late 17th century, this is the world’s oldest MINIATURE SHEET staged by William Shakespeare in the
hedge maze. early Stuart period.
1st class GREAT HALL
£1.55 GREAT FOUNTAIN GARDEN Rebuilt in 1532, featuring tapestries telling 1st class KING’S GREAT BEDCHAMBER
This ornate garden was simplified by Queen The Story of Abraham and a hammer-beam Rarely used for sleeping in, this was
Anne, who was keen to reduce expenditure roof, this vast space was a dining room for principally a ceremonial room for
on the royal gardens. the Tudor court and the setting for plays welcoming and impressing visitors. Its

ceiling was painted by Antonio Verrio and its
ornate woodwork crafted by Grinling
paintings by Antonio Verrio, commissioned
by William III. PRICES
Gibbons.
Set of 6 stamps £6.66
OTHER PRODUCTS
£1.45 CHAPEL ROYAL Written by Lucy Worsley, the Joint Chief Miniature sheet £4.24
Henry VIII transformed this chapel with a Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the Presentation pack £11.40
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with carved and gilded pendants, best seen stages in the evolution of Hampton
Press sheet £46.64
from the elevated balcony from which the Court’s history and its main attractions to
King and Queen worshipped. today’s visitors. First day cover (stamps) £8.41
A limited-edition press sheet of uncut First day cover (mini sheet) £5.51
£1.45 KING’S STAIRCASE miniature sheets is available, in addition to
The official route to the King’s Apartments the usual stamp cards and first day covers,
boasts spectacular wall and ceiling and a retail stamp book (see page 24).
VERDICT
COMMEMORATIVE WORTH
No particular anniversary is being
celebrated, but this is one of Britain’s
most iconic buildings
QUALITY OF DESIGN
The designs are based on photography,
albeit beautifully captured
WOW FACTOR
Seeing the stamps on cover would
surely encourage people to visit this
spectacular attraction

GB COLLECTOR
news in brief
> Hot on the heels of

Dad’s Army booklet
and Smilers sheet
the Dad’s Army
retail stamp book
comes one featuring
the two 1st class
stamps from the
Hampton Court
Palace miniature
sheet (see page 22), The Dad’s Army stamp issue is accompanied by a retail stamp
along with four 1st book and a Smilers sheet.
class definitives. The booklet has the two 1st class stamps, showing Captain
Mainwaring and Lance Corporal Jones, together with four 1st
> Unlike the 2014
Buckingham Palace class Machin definitives. As with all retail booklets, it is
and 2017 Windsor printed in gravure and is self-adhesive, in contrast to the
Castle issues, the counter sheet stamps from the special issue which are
Hampton Court printed in litho and gummed.
Palace issue does
The website address directing customers to Royal Mail’s
not include a
prestige stamp full complement of Dad’s Army philatelic products is
book. incorporated within a design device in the style of the Union
Flag arrow which famously appeared in the opening sequence
> Moya Greene, the of the programme.
outgoing Chief
Executive of Royal The self-adhesive Smilers generic sheet has five Captain
Mail, was appointed Mainwaring and five Lance Corporal Jones 1st class stamps,
a Dame in the alongside labels reproducing stills from 10 different
Queen’s birthday episodes: The Man & The Hour (1968), Sergeant Wilson’s Little
honours list in June,
Secret (1969), The Armoured Might Of Lance Corporal Jones
for services to
business and the (1969), The Big Parade (1970), Battle Of The Giants (1971), Brain
postal sector. Versus Brawn (1972), The Deadly Attachment (1973), A Man Of
Action (1974), Ring Dem Bells (1975), and Never Too Old (1977).
> Royal Mail missed With a border showing the main characters from the
its annual regulatory
target for delivering platoon inside the church hall at Walmington-on-Sea, it is
1st class mail in the priced £7.50.
2017-18 year, with
91.6% of it arriving
the next working
day, against a target
of 93.0%.
> The Postal

Museum is taking a
travelling exhibition
to the Moving The
Mail event at the
Buckinghamshire
Railway Centre at
Quainton, near
Aylesbury, on
August 12. This
year’s event marks
the 55th anniversary
of the Great Train
Robbery, and John
Maris, who tipped off
the police about the cover of the month
robbers’ hideout,
will be signing
copies of his book. Buckingham’s cover for the Dad’s Army
issue has been produced in association
> Ofcom, the postal with the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society.
services watchdog, It has a background photograph of
has required Royal
Mail to resume daily soldiers charging into battle, reminiscent
deliveries to four of the closing sequence of the television
addresses in series, and the stamps are cancelled in
Altnabreac, Thetford, where many of the scenes were
Caithness, after an
filmed.
interruption of four
years. It had been Covers are priced £18.50 unsigned, or
claimed that the £37.50 signed by surviving cast members.
private road posed a Visit www.buckinghamcovers.com
health and safety
hazard to postmen.

New edition of first HOT OFF THE PRESS
Don Staddon has the inside line on British
day cover catalogue stamp printings, post office supplies and
developments in postal mechanisation
A 36th edition of
Collecting British Definitive printings
First Day Covers has 2018 printings of standard retail booklets of the 1st class
been published by red and 2nd class blue have been reported by specialist
Adrian Bradbury dealer Norvic Philatelics, as well as a business sheet of
of BFDC. the 1st class with a printing date of March 7.
It lists and prices It has also now become apparent that new stocks of the
all known ordinary 2p definitive with the ‘M18L’ year code were printed on
and special first-day February 9, alongside the 10p, 20p and £1 values already
postmarks for every reported (July issue, page 23).
commemorative and Counter sheets of 2018 printings the 1p and 5p make-up
definitive stamp values are expected to become available soon.
issue, and for booklet
panes and varieties, Post & Go varieties
up to March 2018. The 50th Anniversary of the Machin stamps were due to
Many of these are be withdrawn from sale by the Post & Go kiosk at The
illustrated, and Postal Museum at the end of June. The standard Machin
digital files detailing design will be vended instead, for all values; it will be
those which are not the first time this has been available with the current
shown in the book location-specific Postal Museum overprint.
can be downloaded
via a website link. Post & Go errors
The 288-page guide is priced £29.75 plus postage and packing. Abnormal Post & Go stamps continue to appear on the
Visit www.bfdc.co.uk/catalogue market, notably 2nd class values machine-printed on
what are supposed to be 1st class designs, and vice versa.
This is something of a puzzle because we are led to
Last man standing believe that 2nd class spools will not fit into 1st class
slots. A cynic might conclude that these varieties are
being deliberately concocted to fill the void left by cut-
Royal Mail enlisted Private Pike to help launch the Dad’s Army backs in exhibition and commemorative overprints!
stamps to the national media. Ian Lavender, who played the
youngest member of the platoon in the series, is the only actor
shown on the stamps who is still alive.
slogan Postmarks
Slogan postmarks promoted the Hay Festival (the
literature festival in Hay-on-Wye) on May 25 and marked
the 65th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation on June 1,
the 300th anniversary of Chippendale (the furniture
maker) on June 2 and the 150th birth anniversary of
Robert Scott (the polar explorer) on June 6.
There was also a slogan for the 250th anniversary of
the Royal Acadamy of Arts, backing up the special stamp
issue of June 5, although it does not appear to have been
introduced until June 8.

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ROUSSE 62
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LETTER OF THE MONTH
Delving deeper to find the inspiration

behind the Royal Academy artwork
Your report on the Royal Academy
of Arts stamp issue (July issue,
page 20) noted that Royal Mail’s
advance publicity failed to give
any information about the
featured art itself, which was
get in touch disappointing. However, I found
an article on The Guardian’s
These pages are devoted to giving website which delved deeper.
you the opportunity to have your say. It described Grayson Perry’s
Whether you want to praise or painting as ‘a witty take on the
complain, suggest or advise, add RA’s summer exhibition,
information or correct it, or just get presenting highlights from his
something off your chest, we’d love own oeuvre reinterpreted as if by
to hear from you. other artists’. These include a
statue of his alter ego, Claire, in
Send your letters to: the style of Sir Eduardo Paolozzi,
Stamp Magazine, MyTimeMedia Ltd, and an image of his motorcycle in
Suite 25, Eden House, Enterprise the style of Andy Warhol. herself with her dying mother.
Way, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 6HF Yinka Shonibare’s design was apparently Barbara Rae’s and Norman Ackroyd’s
Or send an e-mail to: inspired by a photograph he found in the paintings are fairly self-explanatory,
guy.thomas@mytimemedia.com RA’s archive, of a crowd queueing patiently showing landscapes in Edinburgh and the
in the rain to see an exhibition of paintings Outer Hebrides respectively, while a
The Editor reads all letters, but is by J M W Turner in the 1950s. One of the different source claims that Fiona Rae’s
unable to answer them all personally. colourful umbrellas, in the bottom right, is abstract work Queen of the Sky depicts
We reserve the right to edit letters decorated with the African print that is his birds in flight.
for publication. trademark. Interestingly, The Guardian mentioned
Tracey Emin’s drawing in black gouache, that the latter artist was a childhood
entitled Saying Goodbye, is the most stamp collector.
intimate of the set, because it portrays Alec Levy, Bromley
Keep the Machin image
of the Queen sacred, if
it’s not too late
I thoroughly enjoy the Devil’s Advocate
columns penned by John Crace, but
would like to respond to his support for
Royal Mail’s right to exploit the Machin
portrait of the Queen for further profit
(June issue, page 35).
This image has already been used on
many different items, ranging from plates
to tea shirts, although I don’t believe the
manufacturers have always had the
appropriate authority to do so.
In my opinion, the time has now come for
its use to be restricted to definitive
stamps only.
Royal Mail has already made enough
money from the Machin portrait. I, for one,
have spent well over £10,000 buying stamps
which will never be used for postage. So let
Her Majesty have control over the image
rights, and let’s keep it sacred.
Incidentally, I must inform John that
there have been mugs commemorating
British royal divorces, albeit produced
outside the UK!
Mike Warren, via e-mail
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soapbox
Are you aware of the various levels at which young collectors can dip
a toe in the water of competitive exhibiting? David Rossall explains
Those of us who have been involved in topic and deciding how to present it in a sheets, this competition is aimed at the
school clubs know how much enjoyment reasoned fashion. more experienced collector who has
can be gained from helping children put progressed through the other levels.
together a competition entry, and how Stamp Active Competition
much satisfaction they themselves get The next step is the Stamp Active Giving it a go
when they see what they can achieve. Competition, which we are now running Please encourage children to enter
In a bid to attract more entries from twice a year, at both Spring Stampex these competitions, to find out how
around the country, the Stamp Active and Autumn Stampex. This is for rewarding it can be (both for them and
Network wants to spread awareness of youngsters up to 16 years of age, in four you), to help them realise their potential
the range of competitions that exist for age groups, and accepts exhibits of a and broaden their collecting horizons.
young collectors. minimum of four pages and a In the past, involvement at youth level
maximum of 24. has led to participation at international
My Favourite Things Entries can be on any theme, country level, and the youngsters don’t know
The starter-level competition is My or idea, and the subject matter is limited how far they can go until they try.
Favourite Things, a one-page only by the child’s imagination. As the Full details of all the competitions can
competition for primary school children, rules say, they are judged on be found on the Stamp Active website,
with three age-related classes. presentation and originality. with rules, entry forms, examples of
Its title allows them great scope to previous winning entries and details of
choose almost any topic that interests British Youth Championships the generous prizes offered by our
them, and with only one page to The top level is the British Youth sponsors, who are the Isle of Man
complete it does not require a great deal Championships, open to anyone up to the Philatelic Bureau, the Great Britain
of material or writing up. age of 21. There are five age classes, Philatelic Society and Stanley Gibbons.
However, it does give them the starting at under-12s. Visit www.stampactive.co.uk
experience of selecting material on a With a minimum requirement of 16 David Rossall, Stamp Active Network
ABOVE: Stamp Active Competition frames at Stampex, where youngsters up to 16 years of age can exhibit alongside adult collectors
Signed For, and yet underpaid! Auctioneers’ own credit crunch

When Royal Mail delivered a being underpaid. At the start of this year, new card expenditure to £1,000, and
package sent via its Signed For How can this happen when the legislation was introduced that another refusing to accept
service, not only were the item would have been weighed stopped businesses from credit cards altogether.
stamps scribbled through in and the postage rate checked charging their customers for Dealers or auctioneers who
biro rather than properly when it was handed in at the using credit cards. Since then, I pull this sort of stunt are only
postmarked but I was asked to post office? have noticed one philatelic hastening their own demise.
pay an additional £3 for the item Derek Hyde, Lower Denby auction house limiting credit Malcolm Goyns, via e-mail

YOUR VIEWS
Rare first day postmark on 1948 Channel Islands set Stamp mosaic world
In response to the Soapbox column by post offices he listed where the stamps
record confirmed
Russell Morris about the Liberation of the were placed on sale. The nearest of these
Channel Islands stamp issue of 1948 (June would have been Manchester. Stamp Magazine readers will recall the
issue, page 31), I have a first day cover Addressed to Canada, it was cancelled at attempt by Peter Boyd to claim a world
which he suggests is a rarity. 7pm. On the back of the cover, the sender record for the largest stamp mosaic at the
It was postmarked at Bootle in Liverpool, wrote a return address in Derby. Southern England Stamp Show in
not close to one of the eight mainland head Mike Moody, via e-mail Farnborough last year.
We are very pleased to report that its
success has been confirmed, and it has now
been entered into the Guinness Book of
World Records.
Congratulations to Peter on this superb
effort, and thanks to all those people
involved in staging the bid, including
Jonathan Hollis, Richard Bond and the staff
of the Farnborough Leisure Centre.
Melvyn Philpott, Machin Collectors Club
& Southern England Stamp Show
Souvenirs of the 1890

Penny Postage Jubilee
I am compiling a book on the philatelic
history of the 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee,
which I hope will be published later this year.
I would be grateful for details and scans of
any rarities or unusual items that relate to
the celebrations at any of the associated
events, such as the Guildhall and South
Kensington exhibitions and formal dinners.
These might include registered covers but
Hopeless to rail against Royal Mail bean-counters... also ephemera such as invitations or tickets.
If you feel able to contribute, please contact
Judging from what Don Staddon says is now organisation, because it’s a waste of time. me. E-mail: davies1890@btinternet.com
the modus operandi at Royal Mail (June If evidence is needed that some of its staff John Davies, via e-mail
issue, page 30), there is surely no end in know nothing about the products they sell, I
sight to the curse of pen cancellations. was told about an employee who did not
Obviously, the bean-counters have seen know what an ‘E’ stamp was, and
the cost cutting advantages of using a biro compounded his lack of knowledge by
to cancel stamps rather than employing suggesting that it was a ‘collectable’, and as
people in the Revenue Protection such could not be used on mail!
department to handstamp mail which has I suspect Moya Green, the outgoing chief
escaped being machine-cancelled.
Royal Mail likes to trumpet the fact that it
executive, knows what has been happening
on her watch, but considers that her job is to
HOT TOPICS
will address customers’ complaints. In manage incompetence, rather than to
reality, this is just window dressing. I have resolve it. You can debate the philatelic
given up firing off letters to the Ray Howes, Weymouth issues of the day, and exchange
opinions and information with
...but revenue protection is not a consistent concern other collectors, in the Forums
section on our website. Visit
www.stampmagazine.co.uk
I bought a mounted mint collection of Great The company claims this policy is to
Britain, with a total face value of £250 or so, protect its revenue. However, when I receive
intending to use the stamps when sending registered mail from overseas (containing
society packets, seek their return from the lots I have bought at auction), I am rarely
packet manager and form a used collection asked for a signature, apparently because
with a grandson. there is a language barrier.
There have been more successes than If I make a claim, in the absence of a
failures, thanks to Royal Mail’s practice of signature, Royal Mail’s losses will be
instructing staff to deface commemorative greater than the value of my stamps which it
issues with pen marks, whether they have flagrantly defaces.
already been cancelled or not. John Mayne, Bridgnorth
32 www.stampmagazine.co.uk AUGUST 2018

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YEAR ZERO
An imminent change at the helm of Royal Mail provides the ideal excuse for a radical rethink
of your special issue purchasing policy. Are you brave enough to break your chains?
A
fter eight years as Chief The Star Wars presentation All of the stamps in these THE AUTHOR
John Crace is
Executive of Royal Mail, pack? That will be £12.35. The products are unlikely ever to be a GB collector
Moya Greene has Queen’s 90th Birthday used to pay for postal services, specialising in
announced that she will step limited-edition prestige stamp remember, so this is tantamount early booklet
panes, and
down from the board in July. In book? Only £59.95. The Game to a licence to print money. a newspaper
September, she will leave the Of Thrones ‘Essos bundle’? A So here’s a thought. How columnist
company altogether, with a snip at £71.98. about we stamp collectors
£1m pay-off. Nice work if you decide the fight back starts
can get it! here, and we declare
During her eight years in Greene’s departure as Year
charge, Greene oversaw the Zero? From now on, we say
controversial privatisation of ‘enough is enough’, and
the organisation and settled ignore every new special
(if not to everyone’s issue that Royal Mail
satisfaction) a long-running pumps out.
pensions dispute with the Bear with me. I’m not
unions, in the process asking you to give up the
becoming the darling of the hobby you love, just to rethink
financial media. the way you go about it.
It’s fair to say, though, that There are tens of thousands
this 64-year-old Canadian of stamps out there, from all
businesswoman will be less around the world. Most of us
fondly remembered by the have collections that only
public in general, and by begin to scratch the surface
stamp collectors in of what is available. So rather
particular. than grudgingly trooping off
Postal deliveries in many to the post office and handing
areas have become less over the best part of £30 a
reliable, little care or month (if you are a mint and
attention is given to the used completist) for stamps
proper cancellation of you know you are going to
stamps on covers in transit, dislike and will never look at
and there has been an ever again, use the money to start
increasing number of another collection.
commemorative sets for Religiously buying new
which the politest description issues will not be an easy
I can think of is ‘dross’. habit to break, but it can be
For many philatelists, the done, and it could prove a
unrelenting escalation in the significant protest. It would
use of biro cancellations and be nice to think that Royal
the Star Wars (twice) and Mail would be taken aback by
Game Of Thrones stamp ABOVE: Royal Mail’s Star Wars issues were marketed in pricey ‘bundles’, but it wasn’t compulsory the decline in its revenue
issues have marked a new to buy an entire bundle. Come to think of it, it wasn’t compulsory to buy any of the products at all stream, and change its ways.
nadir in the 500-year history If it didn’t, we would at least
of the postal service. have conclusive evidence that it
Like many of her
‘I’m not asking you to give up the hobby doesn’t care.
predecessors, Greene regarded
collectors as a small but
you love, just to rethink the But just as important is the
impact the withdrawal of our
dependable revenue stream. way you go about it’ custom would have on us. No
They could be relied on to snap longer would we feel like a cash
up any stamp, because to fail to cow being milked. We would be
do so would leave an unwanted WHAT DO YOU THINK? liberated, free to buy what we
hole in their collections; all appreciate rather than what fills
Royal Mail had to do was come Will there ever be a Year Zero for you? If so, what would spaces in our album pages.
up with a pretext (a weak one provoke it? And how do you think Royal Mail would react? Collectors of Great Britain
would often do), and wait for the E-mail your comments to guy.thomas@mytimemedia.com unite! You have nothing to lose
money to roll in. but your chains! ■
AUGUST 2018 www.stampmagazine.co.uk 35

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danish west indies
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Relinquished 100 years ago, Denmark’s only Caribbean colony has been largely
forgotten. But the stamps of the Danish West Indies make colourful collectables
■ Report by David A Norris
D
enmark’s history as a ABOVE: The Danish possession of St Thomas in 1672 Kingdom of Denmark-Norway
colonial power is often flag flying over and nearby St John in 1675. Later, took direct control over the islands.
overlooked, even though it Charlotte Amalie on in 1733 the company purchased They reverted to the Danish crown
spanned four continents. St Thomas, from a St Croix, a larger landmass 40 miles when the union between the two
Its possessions in the North 19th-century print to the south, from France. countries was dissolved in 1814.
Atlantic (Iceland, Greenland and When the company got into
the Faroe Islands) were natural financial difficulties in 1755, the Sweet and sour
remnants of its Viking heritage, but This was a small colony, totalling
its empire also included small around 130 square miles, with a
colonies in Africa (on the Gold population which peaked at
Coast), Asia (in eastern India) and around 40,000. Its economy was
America (in the Caribbean). fuelled by the sugar trade, but the
Its two and a half centuries of large harbour of Charlotte Amalie
rule in the Danish West Indies left on St Thomas also became an
a legacy which still has an impact important port for freight,
in the region today, and the last 60 passengers and mail arriving in or
years of the regime left a rich array leaving the Caribbean. The Royal
of collectables for philatelists, Mail Steam Packet Company, for
including stamps, postal stationery example, found it a more
and Christmas seals. convenient centre of operations
than any of the British islands.
Holy trinity Although Danish was the official
The Danish West Indies (Dansk language, most islanders spoke
Vestindien), sometimes called the English due to the prevailing
Danish Antilles, comprised more British influence in the region.
than 50 islands, of which the The economy began to weaken in
largest and most populated were the wake of the abolition of slavery
St Thomas, St John and St Croix. in 1848, because the sugar
The privately owned Danish ABOVE: 1866 3c rose, from the 1855-72 first issue of the Danish West plantations were no longer
West India Company took Indies, issued imperforate and with yellow burelage profitable. By the dawn of the

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ABOVE: The 3c red and blue from the 1873 series with a 2c provisional surcharge effected in 1902, and the 4c blue and brown bisected for use as a 2c stamp in 1903
years after they were introduced dampness of the ship’s hold.

in Denmark. Although they could be salvaged,
The first issue was a square- they needed to be regummed.
format 3c carmine with what was Two apothecaries on St Croix,
essentially the same design used named Riise and Beuzon, were
for the mother country’s engaged to do the work, with
national-rate stamp, depicting a mixed results. Riise used
crown, sceptre and sword framed higher-quality gum than Beuzon,
by a wreath. resulting in two distinct varieties.
In its outer frame were the From 1866 the stamp was printed
inscriptions ‘KGL’ (an abbreviation in a new shade, rose, and from 1872
of ‘kongelig’, meaning ‘royal’), it was perforated. When a 4c blue
‘Post’ and ‘FR.M’ (an abbreviation was added in 1873, the burelage
of ‘Frimaerke’, meaning ‘stamp’). was abandoned.
These were flanked by multiple Until 1877, when the Danish West
impressions of the symbolic Indies joined the Universal Postal
caduceus (representing commerce) Union, its stamps were valid for
and posthorn (representing postal postage only within the islands, or
services). The name of the colony to Denmark. Thanks to the
was not included. existence of a British post office in
Issued imperforate, the stamp St Thomas, many letters posted
was covered with a yellow overseas were pre-paid using
burelage, a network of faint wavy British stamps.
stamp age, therefore, this was ABOVE: 3c red and lines intended to deter
already a colony in decline. blue from the long- counterfeiters. Rectangular reversion
running 1873 series, When the first shipment from In May 1873, the Postmaster
Square start with inverted frame Denmark was opened, the postal General decided it would be more
Postage stamps for the Danish West clerks found that the sheets were efficient to print Danish West
Indies were issued from 1855, four stuck together, due to the Indies stamps in the same
did you know?

Trade in the Danish West Indies attracted a
cosmopolitan assortment of people of many
nationalities in the 18th and 19th centuries, and
they included several famous names.
One of the founding fathers of the United
States of America, Alexander Hamilton (born on
the British island of Nevis), spent part of his
youth in Christiansted on St Croix, where his
mother ran a shop in the 1760s.
The celebrated French impressionist painter
Camille Pissarro was born to a merchant family
living on St Thomas in 1830, and spent most of
ABOVE: The 8c brown from the 1900 definitive series, and the 5c blue from the same issue
his youth there.
with a 5b overprint necessitated by currency reform in 1905

danish west indies
ABOVE: 1907 40b grey and red definitive,

ABOVE: The 1905 series used a silhouette portrait of King Christian IX for the low values such as the 20b, and a view of portraying King Frederik VIII
Charlotte Amalie harbour and the Danish naval vessel Ingolf for the high values such as the 1f
format as the Denmark definitives

introduced in 1870, which were
‘For many collectors, just as
rectangular and bi-coloured. interesting as the postage stamps
The design had a numeral of
value in a central crowned circle, of the Danish West Indies are
an oval frame containing the
country name and the value in
its Christmas seals’
words, and intricate scrollwork
filling the four corners. Stock shortages, and delays in
As with the mother country’s procuring new supplies from
stamps, examples can be found Denmark, made several
with an inverted frame, where the provisional overprints necessary.
scrollwork is printed upside-down, The 7c received a surcharge of 1c in
although only a specialist would 1887, and the 50c a surcharge of
spot the error. 10c in 1895. ABOVE: 1907 Christmas seal portraying Queen
Nine denominations were issued, Louise, wife of the late King Christian IX
ranging from 1c to 50c, the top Arms akimbo
value being the only one printed In 1900 a new design was arrived from Denmark, comprising
using just one colour. introduced, again based on the two very different styles.
contemporary stamps of Denmark, Six stamps ranging from 5b to
postal Stationery illustrating the royal coat of arms,
which featured three lions passant.
50b showed a left-facing silhouette
portrait of King Christian IX,
This time there were only four inscribed ‘Christian den Niende’, in
Postal stationery issued for the Danish West values, ranging from 1c to 8c, each an ornate frame.
Indies included postal cards and envelopes printed in a single colour. In contrast, three higher values of
imprinted with embossed stamps. More creativity was required 1f, 2f, and 5f carried a view of
when certain values were slow to Charlotte Amalie harbour and the
arrive from Copenhagen. Besides Danish naval vessel Ingolf. This
arranging 2c on 3c and 8c on 10c was the first and only pictorial
surcharges in 1902, the authorities postage stamp design of the Danish
officially permitted the bisecting of West Indies.
4c stamps to create further 2c The colony’s final two definitive
values in 1903. series would feature royal portraits
only. In 1907 a set of eight ranging
Bits and pieces from 5b to 50b had a full-face
Currency reform in 1905 pegged image of King Frederik VIII (who
the Danish West Indian daler had come to the throne in 1906),
(dollar) to the French franc, so that and in 1915 a set with identical
stamps were no longer values had a right-facing profile of
denominated in cents but in bits King Christian X (who had
and francs. There were 100 bits succeeded his father in 1912).
(equivalent to 20c) to the franc, and
five francs to the daler. Fragmentary evidence
After the first 5b stamps were There were only five post offices
ABOVE: Cut-out of an embossed 2c stamp, in a design based on created by surcharging existing 4c, serving the Danish West Indies:
that of the 1873-series adhesives 5c and 8c values as a provisional Charlotte Amalie (which used a
measure, a new definitive series ‘St Thomas’ postmark) on

ABOVE: 1908 Christmas seal ABOVE: 1909 Christmas seal showing ABOVE: 1910 Christmas seal (the only one in the annual series
portraying Queen Charlotte Amalie, the Danish naval vessel Ingolf in the issued in horizontal format) portraying Prince Valdemar and his
after whom the town was named harbour at Charlotte Amalie late wife, Princess Marie
ABOVE: 1911 Christmas seal portraying ABOVE: 1912 Christmas seal showing a map ABOVE: 1913 Christmas seal portraying
Princess Alexandrine, wife of Prince Frederik linking the colony to the soon-to-be- Prince Frederik (later to become King
(soon to be King Christian X) completed Panama Canal Frederik IX)
ABOVE: 1914 Christmas seal showing palm ABOVE: 1915 Christmas seal portraying ABOVE: 1916 Christmas seal illustrating the
trees in front of a setting sun King Christian X Southern Cross constellation
St Thomas, Cruz Bay on St John, postage stamps of the Danish West theme. The 1907 seal depicted
and Christiansted, Frederiksted Indies are its Christmas seals. Queen Louise, wife of the late King
and King’s Hill on St Croix. The first of these appeared in Christian IX, who had also
Postmarks on used stamps 1907, three years after Denmark appeared on the mother country’s
usually reveal part of the name of itself issued the world’s first such pioneering 1904 design. In 1908, the
the office, and that is often enough charity labels. Usually printed in design portrayed Queen Charlotte
to establish exactly where they two colours, they are easily Amalie, the wife of King
were mailed. identified by the inscription ‘Jul’ or Christian V, after whom the main
‘Julen’ (like the English ‘Yule’, town on St Thomas had been
Seasonal cheer meaning ‘Christmas’), and by the named in 1691.
For many collectors, just as absence of a denomination. The 1910 seal showed
interesting and attractive as the From the start, royalty was a key Christian IX’s youngest son,

danish west indies
Caribbean falling, it began to

consider a similar exit strategy.
Disposing of the Danish West
Indies was not so easy, because any
European power purchasing it
would have risked a clash with the
United States (whose foreign
policy, under the long-standing
Monroe Doctrine, did not tolerate
attempts to establish new European
colonies in the Americas).
Negotiations to sell the islands to
the US itself stalled twice, but were
galvanised by the advent of World
War I. German submarines were
already targeting American ships
in the Atlantic, and President
Woodrow Wilson’s administration
worried that Germany might
overrun Denmark and set up a
U-boat base in the West Indies.
ABOVE: 10b postal stationery card, uprated with 5b adhesive from the 1907 series, with the addition of a 1911 Christmas seal, In a treaty signed in August 1916,
posted from the Danish West Indies to Germany and cancelled with the circular datestamp of St Thomas on December 28, 1911 the USA agreed to pay Denmark
$25m in gold for the islands, and
Prince Valdemar, with his wife, For 1914 the design resembled a the official transfer of power took
Princess Marie, who had died in travel poster, with palm trees in place on March 31, 1917, six days
1909. In 1911 the subject was front of a setting sun, and for 1916 before the American declaration of
Princess Alexandrine, wife of it depicted the Southern Cross war on Germany.
Prince Frederik, who would take constellation, which is most The islands were designated an
the Danish throne in 1912 as associated with the southern ‘organised unincorporated
Christian X; in 1913 it was their hemisphere but is visible as far territory’ of the United States and
young son, also Prince Frederik, north as the West Indies. renamed the United States Virgin
who would succeed his father as Islands. Although the remaining
King Frederik IX in 1947; and in Price of progress Danish-issued postage stamps
1915 it was Christian X himself. Denmark had sold its Indian and which were already in the hands of
Other themes were more African colonies to Great Britain in residents were legitimised for
parochial. The 1909 seal depicted the mid-1800s. With the population continued use, they were soon
the naval vessel Ingolf (as seen on BELOW: 20b blue and and prosperity of its outpost in the replaced by US stamps. ■
the 1905 stamp issue), a frequent green from the final
visitor to the islands, while 1912’s stamp issue of the
featured a map linking the colony Danish West Indies in postage dues
to the Panama Canal, which was 1915, portraying
still being built at the time. King Christian X
Two issues of postage due stamps were made by the Danish West
Indies, both in the early 20th century.
In 1902 a four-stamp set with denominations of 1c, 4c, 6c and 8c
had the royal cypher of King Christian IX at the centre of its design
and the inscription ‘Portomaerke’.
In 1905 currency reform necessitated a new set with values of
5b, 20b, 30b and 50b, this time with a numeral at the centre of the
design and the inscription ‘Efterporto’.
ABOVE: 1902 1c postage due ABOVE: 1905 50b postage due

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Day in the sun

The 1890-95 first issue of British East Africa represented a peak in lithographic
printing, and gave a commercial company its brief spell in the philatelic limelight
■ Report by John Winchester
W
hen Britain persuaded RIGHT: British East
the Sultan of Zanzibar to Africa 1890-95 1r
lease it a large area of carmine, depicting
the eastern seaboard of Africa in the emblem of the
1887, a royal charter was granted to Imperial British East
the Imperial British East Africa Africa Company
Company for its administration.
In the long term, this territory
would be the basis for the colony of
Kenya & Uganda. In the short term,
it would be the first example of a
British company being granted the
right to have its name inscribed on
a colony’s stamps.
The contract for printing these was

awarded to Bradbury Wilkinson,
best known as a banknote printer
but one with a reputation for fine
lithographic work.
The design was based on the
IBEAC emblem, a blazing sun
surmounted by the Imperial
Crown, embraced by a horseshoe-
shaped frame inscribed with the
company name. A banner below
had the motto ‘Light and Liberty’.
Ten denominations were
requested, in annas and rupees.
The six lowest, from ½a to 1r, were
in a small format with a beaded
frame, while the four highest, from this did not extend to every stamp. handstamped surcharge in violet,
2r to 5r, had a larger format with The outer margins of sheets were initialled in manuscript by one of
additional scrollwork. left imperforate, so stamps can three IBEAC officials.
exist with one or two imperforate Subsequent printings, from 1893,
The issue was printed on thin sides. Examples of the lower values were on thicker, coarser paper. The
white wove paper which carried also exist completely imperforate. following year, further reductions
the watermark of the papermaker, The 4a yellow-brown, 8a blue and in international postage rates
William Collins & Sons, although 1r carmine were supplemented at brought two new surcharges,
the end of the year by identical creating denominations of 5a and
‘It was the first British company designs printed in grey. These were
originally intended for fiscal use,
7½a as a stop-gap measure until
permanent stamps of this value
granted the right to have its but were not needed as such. could be printed in 1895.
name inscribed on stamps’ In 1891, following a reduction in By now the fortunes of the
postage rates, three new values Company were waning, and the
MARKET values were issued, of 2½a, 3a and 4½a.
The first two of these were printed
British Government assumed
control of the territory in July 1895.
in black on coloured paper. Remaining stocks of the stamps
The basic stamps are relatively affordable,
In the same year, when stocks of were overprinted ‘British East
catalogued at prices from £2.50 to £30 mint, but
the ½a and 1a were running low, Africa’ until new designs arrived
perforation and other varieties are much more
the ‘Mombasa provisionals’ were in 1896, now portraying Queen
expensive. Beware of forgeries.
issued. These were 2a, 3a and 4a Victoria and inscribed ‘British East
stamps with a locally applied Africa Protectorate’. ■

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Subliminal
messages
For a century, British cancelling machines have used slogan postmarks to inform
and cajole the public, and promote and celebrate events. Here are the highlights
■ Report by David Gwyn
B
ritain’s earliest cancelling
machines, which came into
use in the late-Victorian era,
postmarked stamps with either
straight or wavy lines. These lines
were perfectly effective, but it was
realised that they could easily be
replaced by some other element,
and it was not long before the
postal authorities began to
experiment with pictorial motifs
as alternatives.
In North America, where most of
these machines originated, flags
were inserted; these were trialled
in Britain, too, but they did not
prove successful and are rare on
postally used covers.
Around 1900, some Bickerdike ABOVE: Britain’s first country was having to dig deep to message around the country, and
machines were fitted with bars slogan cancellation finance the waging of World War I, they took their place as part of the
which incorporated the royal was this exhortation which had been in progress for government’s extensive
cypher, initially ‘VR’ for Queen to ‘Buy national war more than three years with no end propaganda campaign.
Victoria and later ‘ER’ for King bonds now’. This in sight. It encouraged citizens to
Edward VII. example, from a ‘Buy national war bonds now’, as Post Office services
Although it would take almost single-impression the patriotic way of saving their Once the war was over, the General
two decades (and a national crisis) cancelling machine in money. Post Office realised that slogans
for it to materialise, the ultimate Birmingham, is dated A similar but more warlike could play an important peacetime
evolution of these experiments December 31, 1917 slogan read ‘Feed the guns with role in encouraging the public to
would be the slogan postmark: a war bonds’, and various types can help it provide an efficient service,
cancellation which doubled as a be found from the last year of and in publicising its expanding
simple message, intended to the conflict, from both utilities.
inform, cajole or warn the public. single-impression (Columbia) and In an era when most urban and
continuous-impression (Krag or suburban areas received at least
Wartime propaganda Alma) cancelling machines. two deliveries a day, advising
The first true slogan came into use Slogan postmarks proved an people to ‘Post early in the day’
on December 10, 1917, when the excellent way to spread a simple made sense. Similarly, ‘Post early
for Christmas’ reflected the fact
that the quantity of mail posted
during the festive period expanded
hugely, causing backlogs.
Also within the GPO’s remit was
a relatively new-fangled device
called the telephone, which was
already well established in
governmental and business use,
but less so in private use. The
ABOVE: A second World War I slogan was the more graphic ‘Feed the guns with war bonds’. This example, from a continuous- population needed some
impression cancelling machine in Ipswich, is dated November 8, 1918, three days before the Armistice encouragement just to use the

‘Slogan postmarks
began life as part of
the government’s
wartime propaganda
campaign, but the
GPO realised they
also had a useful
peacetime role’
Industries Fair, which was held at a
purpose-built exhibition centre in
Castle Bromwich, near
ABOVE: Two versions of the ‘Post early in the day’ slogan, from 1922 and 1937
Birmingham, and simultaneously
at White City in London.
Slogans publicising this annual
event (which was settled in Castle
Bromwich but had various London
venues) would continue until 1958,
with an interruption during
World War II.
The British Empire Exhibition of
1924-25 at Wembley in London was
heavily promoted by means of
slogans used as much as two years
in advance. The 1924 design
included a pictorial element, in the
form of the event’s lion motif
(similar to the commemorative
stamps), while the 1925 one was
non-pictorial.
Postal facilities were provided at
the exhibition itself, and a
cancelling machine with an
Empire Exhibition dater die had
a ‘Wembley Park 1924’ or
ABOVE: ‘Post early for Christmas’ slogan, used in Worcester in 1932 ‘Wembley Park 1925’ slogan
below a lion symbol.
growing network of public

telephone boxes (the familiar
cast-iron red box was introduced in
1926), let alone to have a handset
installed in their own homes.
Slogans designed to familiarise
the public with the concept
included ‘The telephone saves time
and money’, ‘Get the telephone
habit’, ‘Say it by telephone’ and the
even more personal ‘You are
wanted on the phone’.
British industry
Slogans were also used extensively
in the inter-war period to publicise
the various exhibitions and fairs
that were being organised to
showcase British manufacturing
and boost the struggling economy.
The first example was created in
1922 for the two-week British ABOVE: ‘The telephone saves time and money’ slogan, on a postcard from Aldershot in 1931

GB Slogan postmarks
In the second year, the GPO also

had an exhibit in the Government
Pavilion demonstrating a
cancelling machine, which used a
‘PO Exhibit Government Pavilion
Wembley’ slogan.
Slogan postmarks were employed
again as a part of the publicity
campaign for the 1938 Empire
Exhibition, which was held in
Glasgow. In the interim, a
ubiquitous slogan in use at post
offices around the country simply
proclaimed ‘British goods are best’.
War and peace

The outbreak of World War II once
again led to a refocusing of the
government’s priorities on the
war effort.
The threat to the country’s food
supplies, primarily from attacks on
transatlantic shipping by German
submarines, was apparent early on,
and a ‘Grow more food/Dig for
victory’ slogan appeared well
before the end of 1939. ABOVE: ‘British goods this postmark is one of the earliest The immediate post-war years
This continued in use for several are best’ slogan, collectables in UN philately. brought a series of slogans aimed
years, augmented by another that from London in 1926 at encouraging thrift, such as
read ‘Help to win on the kitchen Rationing and regeneration ‘Don’t waste bread/Others need it’
front’. A third war-related slogan Peace brought its own domestic and ‘Save your waste paper for
was ‘Save waste paper metals challenges, not least the need to salvage’, and good citizenship,
bones rags’. rebuild civilian manufacturing such as ‘Lend a hand on the land’
Other wartime slogans were and commerce, amid serious and ‘Blood donors are still
generic, such as ‘Post early in the shortages which ensured that urgently needed’.
day’, continuing from peacetime, certain foods, clothes and fuels Others were aimed at plugging
and ‘Post early for Christmas’, continued to be rationed. gaps in the labour market, such as
which reappeared in 1943.
When the conflict came to a close
in 1945, a pictorial cancellation
with a ‘V’ and two bells was
brought into use for a couple of
weeks in May, following VE
(Victory in Europe) Day on May 8,
and again in September, following
VJ (Victory over Japan) Day on
August 14-15.
With victory, of course, came
hope for a more peaceful future,
and the founding meeting of the
General Assembly of the United
Nations, in London in January
1946, was celebrated with a
slogan that was in use from BELOW: ‘British
December 1945. Industries Fair’
With a globe motif and a ‘United slogan, used in
Nations London 1945’ inscription, Nottingham in 1933 ABOVE: ‘British Empire Exhibition 1924’ slogan, used in London in December 1922
ABOVE: ‘British Empire Exhibition 1925’ slogan, used in Nottingham in March 1925

ABOVE: Slogans in support of the war effort in World War II included ‘Help to win on the kitchen front’ and ‘Grow more food/Dig for victory’, seen from 1940 and 1941 respectively
‘A distinguished career in nursing’

and ‘Volunteer for a forces career’.
A succession of slogans tried to
cajole the population into safer
driving, as the private use of cars
increased. Examples included
‘Road users please mind the
children’ and ‘Take no chances/
Keep death off the roads’. To some,
these were useful public health
warnings; to others, they were
hectoring by a nanny state.
ABOVE: ‘V’ for Victory pictorial slogan used in June 1945, less than a month after Victory in Europe Day Several post-war slogans were
clearly intended to be read by an
overseas audience. One expressed
the nation’s gratitude for
international food aid during and
after the conflict, proclaiming
‘Britain says thank you for food
gifts’. Others encouraged tourism
with ‘Britain for holidays/Visitez la
Grande Bretagne’ and ‘Fly by
British Airlines’.
Uplifting events
Slogan postmarks also began to
ABOVE: ‘United Nations London 1945’ slogan of December 1945, just before the first meeting of the UN General Assembly celebrate optimistic and joyful
events once more.
The annual British Industries Fair
resumed, with accompanying
slogan postmarks, and 1946 saw
one produced in support of an
innovative exhibition at the
Victoria & Albert Museum in
London, called Britain Can Make It.
The first venture organised by the
new Council of Industrial Design,
this was intended to highlight the
need for a modern approach to
product design to ensure that the
country’s manufacturing industry
would prosper.
LEFT: Public In 1947, the marriage of Princess
information slogans Elizabeth, the heir to the throne,
introduced in the late and Philip Mountbatten occasioned
1940s included ‘Save a machine cancellation with a motif
your waste paper for comprising the initials of the happy
salvage’ and ‘Blood couple in a lovers’ knot with
donors are still wedding bells. In the absence of a
urgently needed’ stamp issue, this was the best

GB Slogan postmarks
philatelic commemoration RIGHT: ‘Festival of

available at the time. Britain’ pictorial
The International Festival of slogan cancellation
Music & Drama in Edinburgh in used in London in
1948 was also celebrated with a April 1951, a month
slogan, as was the Royal National before the event
Eisteddfod of Wales at Bridgend in opened
the same year, and the London
International Stamp Exhibition at
Grosvenor House in 1950. RIGHT: ‘Long live the
The Festival of Britain, which Queen’ slogan, used
symbolised the country’s in South Shields on
emergence from post-war gloom by June 10, 1953, eight
attracting millions of visitors to days after the
London’s South Bank in 1951, was Coronation
similarly publicised. The cancelling
machine installed at the event itself
also had a dedicated slogan that
incorporated the Festival emblem RIGHT: The
within wavy lines, and this is liberalising of the
commonly found on first day rules governing the
covers of the commemorative use of slogan
stamps issued for the occasion. postmarks in the
Rather more prosaically, the last 1950s led to localised
slogan of the reign of King advertising and
George VI informed the public that sponsorship
the postage rate for letters to
Europe had gone up to 4d.
Elizabethan expansion
The new Elizabethan age was
heralded by the use of a slogan improving the breed
inscribed ‘Long live the Queen’,
illustrating a crown. It continued Two problems the GPO had to address in the 1950s and 1960s were slippage and legibility.
with a change of emphasis in the Slippage was where the slogan die slipped while a letter was passing through the
use of these postmarks. cancelling machine, causing the slogan to blur. The solution to this involved adding ‘skid
Up to this point, GPO policy had lines’ (an extra element of horizontal lines) to the slogan design. First to receive this
allowed slogans promoting its own treatment was the Edinburgh Festival slogan of 1950.
services, supporting Government Legibility could always be compromised when slogans were applied over stamps, and
campaigns and commemorating this began to matter more if they were sponsored. The solution was to transpose the
events deemed to be of national or slogan die with the dater die, leaving the slogan to the left, clear of the stamp. Bath was
international importance. Now, it the first town to enjoy a transposed slogan, in 1963.
‘It was in the 1950s

that promotional
slogans were opened
up to local interests
for the first time’
ABOVE: ‘Skid lines’ in a 1967 local slogan promoting Redbridge Arts Festival
was opened up to local interests for
the first time.
In September 1956 a cancellation
was used to mark the centenary of
the town of Rochdale in
Lancashire. Another 13 local event
and anniversary slogans would
appear before the end of 1958.
The guidelines were loosened
further in 1965, when Stanley
Gibbons was allowed to sponsor
a slogan advertising its ABOVE: Transposed dies, in a 1964 slogan promoting Brighton and Hove as a holiday resort
Centenary Stamp Show at the

Royal Festival Hall in London.
Initially this kind of sponsorship
was permitted only for a specific
event or anniversary, but in the
1980s it would be opened up to
advertising everyday products.
With localised promotions
encouraged and sponsorship
accepted, the number and variety
of slogans continued to expand,
featuring everything from amateur
dramatics to zoos. This
ABOVE & LEFT:
liberalisation provided the GPO
Slogans encouraged
with valuable additional revenue.
the population of
Norwich to use
Promoting postcodes
postcodes after the
Perhaps the most familar of the
city was chosen for
many slogans promoting postal
their experimental
efficiency are those encouraging
introduction in 1959,
the public to use postcodes.
and after its sorting
The experimental introduction of
office was
postcodes began in Norwich in
mechanised in 1976
1959, and slogans such as ‘Norwich
addresses need postal codes’ set
the ball rolling. In the 1960s this
was followed by the universal
‘Remember to use the postal code’,
as the system was introduced in
other areas.
In 1976, as the mechanisation of
sorting offices made coding even
more important, a new slogan read
‘Norwich has a mechanised letter
office/Please use postcodes’.
By the 1990s, ‘Be properly
addressed/Postcode it’ became a
familar reminder.
Awkward moments
Generally the use of slogans has
been trouble-free, but there has
plastic dies
ABOVE: Newport’s 1968 slogan had to be remade when it was pointed out that ‘Mole wrench’
was a brand name, and the reference was changed to ‘self-grip wrench’ In 1958 a short-lived experiment took place using
a plastic die for the ‘Post early for Christmas’
slogan, which incorporated a pictorial element in
the form of a row of holly leaves.
Four sorting offices used it, including
Croydon, but it was clearly not considered a
success. Plastic dies were never used again.
ABOVE: The ‘I’m backing Britain’ slogan of 1968 was criticised for implying (when juxtaposed
with a definitive stamp) that it was quoting the Queen herself

GB Slogan postmarks
been the odd embarrassing

situation.
Probably the best known example
came in 1960, when World Refugee
Year was marked with a pictorial
slogan that incorporated an open
hand motif. When this was struck
across a Wilding definitive, the
way the hand was splayed out
made it look as if the Queen was
thumbing her nose at the world.
In 1968 the Postmaster General,
Edward Short, asked the GPO to
introduce a slogan bearing the
phrase ‘I’m backing Britain’, in
support of a short-lived campaign
to persuade British workers to
boost the economy by working an
extra half an hour a day for no
additional pay. This time, when it
was struck over one of the new
ABOVE: The last of the business-sponsored slogans in 1998 were among the first of the inkjet-printed slogans
Machin definitives, the design
could appear to suggest that the
Queen herself was being quoted. RIGHT: Bilingual
Also in 1968, a slogan produced English/Welsh slogan
for Newport, Monmouthshire, read marking St David’s
‘Ship through Newport (Mon) the Day in 2016, used
home of the mole wrench’. After because the letter
this had been in use for some was addressed to
months, it was realised that Mole Wales, even though it
was a brand name, so it had to be was sorted in the
replaced by one which reading Cumbria, Dumfries
‘home of the self-grip wrench’. and Galloway mail
centre
Millennium modernisation
A watershed for slogan
cancellations came in the 1997-99
period, when the introduction of
new technology coincided with a
change of policy. sponsored slogans exist, from late (including those linked with
The advent of two new types of 1997 and early 1998 (advertising prostate cancer, strokes and mental
machine, Integrated Mail Quality Street, Demon Internet, health), to publicise events (for
Processors (IMPs) and Intelligent Gold Blend coffee and the Men In example British Science Week), to
Letter Sorting Machines (ILSMs), Black video), and the variety of applaud achievements (such as
made it possible for much larger slogans shrank significantly during Booker Prize winners) and to
volumes of mail to be handled at a the 2000s, largely limited to advertise new stamp issues.
smaller number of regional mail BELOW: Slogan reminders about using postcodes Computerisation means that
centres. IMPs were able to include a congratulating the and posting early for Christmas. slogans for use with IMPs can be
slogan in their postmarks, but Duke and Duchess of created and changed quickly, so
these were computer-generated Cambridge on the Inkjet renaissance they can respond to events and be
and inkjet-printed, so steel dies arrival of their son, Only in the past five years have in use for short periods. A good
became a thing of the past. Prince Louis, on slogans made something of a example is the congratulatory
At around the same time, Royal April 23, 2018, comeback, with new examples slogan for the birth of the Duke
Mail stopped accepting business brought into use on appearing on a monthly basis. and Duchess of Cambridge’s third
sponsorship of slogans. As a result, the day the birth was Royal Mail has used them to child, Prince Louis, which
only a few inkjet-printed announced promote its chosen charities appeared within hours of the birth
being announced on April 23, 2018.
Another capability of an IMP is
that it can identify an item of mail
bearing a Welsh postcode and print
a slogan that is either entirely in
Welsh or bilingual.
The legibility of inkjet slogans is
variable, but postal historians once
again have an interesting variety of
them to look out for. ■

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Whether depicting sailing ships or portraying historical characters, Martin Mörck is
working hard to preserve the art of engraving in an era when it is undervalued
■ Report by Adrian Keppel
RIGHT: Martin
Mörck’s first
engraved stamp was
Sweden’s 45ö
definitive of 1977,
depicting a tawny owl
T
he perfect modern He got his first engraving tools fishing on the oceans. But the lure
ambassador for the hand- when he was just 15 years old, and of the burin ultimately proved just
engraved, recess-printed soon got the hang of the process, as strong as the call of the sea, and
stamp is Martin Mörck, who has but he was never formally trained he established himself as a
created more than 600 stamps for as an engraver. He did, however, freelance engraver so he could
more than 20 countries, and is still enrol on a general art course which enjoy the best of both worlds.
active today. opened up the chance to become an A testament to his love of boats is
He sees stamps as unique pieces apprentice to Arne Wallhorn, one his portfolio of marine-related
of design, appreciating the artistic of the most distinguished stamp stamps. Among the highlights are
value of each and every one, and engravers of his day. Sweden’s 1999 issue
has a reputation as a workaholic, Thus, at the age of 22, Mörck commemorating the Australia 99
regularly working 60 hours a week. came to engrave his first postage International Stamp Exhibition,
stamp: Sweden’s attractive 1977 45ö which illustrated four ships after
Born in 1955 in Gothenburg, definitive depicting a tawny owl. classic paintings, and the same
Sweden, but a Norwegian citizen country’s 2008 Sailing Ships set,
like his father, Mörck was raised in Mörck had another competing again of four different designs.
a creative family. His father was passion: seafaring. Soon after this In both cases, the postal
both a graphic artist and a breakthrough stamp, he upped administration produced black
stamp collector. sticks to spend the next year or so prints of the engraved parts only,

ABOVE: For Sweden’s 1992 Europa issue commemorating the 500th Anniversary of Columbus’ Discovery of America, three ABOVE: Mörck’s image of Sir Winston Churchill
separate engravings were turned into a composite design by Mörck’s additional engraving work on the actual printing cylinder for Jersey’s two 2015 miniature sheets
show off the engraver’s skill to

dramatic effect.
‘His portfolio of marine-related Marshal Michel Ney, who
commanded one flank of
stamps is a testament to Mörck’s Napoleon’s army.
Mörck’s most peculiar issue in this The same year, he was asked to
theme, however, must be Sweden’s love of ships and boats’ depict Sir Winston Churchill for
1992 Europa set marking the 500th Jersey’s two miniature sheets
anniversary of Christopher the country, and regards the marking the 50th anniversary of
Columbus’ discovery of America, 2003-14 Expeditions series of his death, and produced what must
again depicting sailing ships of miniature sheets as among his be one of the largest engraved
varying antiquity. favourite projects. stamp portraits ever, spending
According to a brochure When Sweden published a some 200 hours on it.
published by the postal authority, promotional folder of large artwork Mörck also created some
Mörck engraved separate dies for celebrating the talents of its stamp beautiful stamps for China’s
the main images of the three engravers in 2004, Mörck submitted Composers series, portraying Bach,
stamps, and then stepped in again a magnificent scene from Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart in
to engrave lines linking the three Greenland. And when the Art du 2010, and Chopin, Liszt, Mahler
designs on the actual printing Timbre Gravé organisation (of and Schubert in 2017.
cylinder, to create booklet panes which he is the only non-French
with a composite image. member) wanted a special In a world where a diminishing
With the cylinder set up to print engraving in 2007, he did likewise. number of countries is issuing
36 panes at a time, he had to hand-engraved stamps, Mörck is
engrave the same lines 36 times, Portraits present the biggest BELOW: The 2008 doing his utmost to promote and
and specialist collectors can challenge to any engraver, and in miniature sheet in preserve the art.
distinguish the minor differences recent years, several of Mörck’s Greenland’s long- Especially noteworthy is a
between panes. have caught the eye. running Expeditions training programme he initiated in
For Belgium’s 2015 issue series, recalling China, because the work of his
Another recurring theme in commemorating the 200th Adolf Nordenskiold’s students there is already beginning
Mörck’s work is Greenland. He has anniversary of the Battle of voyages in the to filter through into the stamp
engraved more than 70 stamps for Waterloo, he engraved a portrait of 19th century catalogues. ■

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trade works, please read on… When I
was 15, I did. I wondered if there was some se-
…but did it really? What was the real reason?
How could a Dealer pay a higher price than a
Collector? It doesn’t make sense, does it? Col-
5 Why is that? Because, as the world
revolved the Stamp Market, imper-
ceptibly Changed, and incrementally –
cret source of supply? So, I bought my 1st stamp lectors are customers. Customers usually pay Massively
mixture, (wholesale I thought), broke it into 50 the highest price, unless… for a Collector, this So, although few will tell you this, it’s
smaller units, advertised it in Stamp Magazine was… clearly evident that the problem for most
‘Classifieds’, and waited for the orders to roll in… 7
Wrong Presentation Wrong Place 7 Sellers of Stamps today is no longer absent
I’m still waiting, 48 years later !... therefore Wrong Price7 stock – but absent collectors in the place
they choose to sell their stamps in. Simply
Wrong Offer 7 Wrong Price 7 Wrong Place 7
(naïve seller4 = H me but I was only 15 at
the time!)
3 Fast-forward 48 years later
to a British Empire collection, lot #1 in
an International Stamp Auction – Estimated
put, other Dealers, Auctions, Stamp Fairs have
not invested in marketing to have a strong Cus-
tomer-core. To be fair, this is not true of all – but
2 Three years later, attending

first public stamp auctions I wondered
how some bidders seemed to buy everything,
my at £3,000, but we were the highest bidder at
£21,000 – YES – some 7×higher. Including Buy-
er’s Premium in the extraordinary sum of £4,788
it is true of most – so that our nearest compet-
itor ‘Apex’ had 800 bidders in a recent auction.
In my most recent 20,000+ lot UPA 65th Auction
paying the highest price? It didn’t occur to we actually paid GBP£25,788= upon a £3,000 es- we had 2,261 different bidders from 54 different
me that they were probably Auction Bidding timate… however, we broke it down into sets, countries, 95% of whom were Collectors. Some
Agents, paid by absent (dealer) bidders to rep- singles, mini-collections etc. We made a profit. other well-advertised auctions only have 200
resent them. I wondered why two collectors sit- Some might say it found its price. Others may bidders (a high percentage of whom are dealers
ting side by side muttered to each other “he’s a say: – so that, essentially they are Dealer-dominated
dealer” as if that justified him paying the high- 7
Wrong Estimate Wrong Presentation 7 auctions) – so that when you sell through them
est price… 7
Wrong Structure Wrong Protection of Price 7 – you’re paying up to 18% (including VAT) sell-
– Lucky for the seller that 2 well-healed er’s commission and the buyer is paying up to
About The Author � Andrew found his 25% and more in Buyer’s Premium, credit card
Father’s stamps at the age of 10. A year later at bidders saw the potential value that day
or it could have been given away… the seller fees, on-line bidding fee, delivery and insurance
Senior School he immediately joined the School etc… AND all of that so that your stamps
Stamp Club. He ‘specialised’(!) in British, but could easily have lost out couldn’t he? or she?
So, by un-peeling the layers of obfusca- may be sold, wait for it – TO DEALERS
soon was interested in Queen Victoria which he (and some collectors), but Dealers, that nat-
could not afford. The 2nd to last boy wearing tion, hopefully we can all agree:
urally must make a profit to survive…
short trousers in his school year, he religiously
bought Post Office New Issues on Tuesdays
with his pocket money. He soon found that he
enjoyed swapping / trading stamps as much as
The Secret is Simple –
it’s ALL About: TIMING,
6 Now, let’s examine the cost
implications – Example: Your
stamp collection sells in public auction for
collecting them. Aged 19, eschewing University Plus the 3 Philatelic ‘P’s – £800. Upon a 25% buyer’s premium, the dealer
he quickly found a philatelic career in London, pays £1,000 and it could be more. He breaks
leading to creating his own companies in Presentation 4Place 4and Price 4 it into £2,000+ selling price (much lower and
4
stamps. Andrew has authored many interna- he’ll go out of business). The auction charges
tionally published Stamp ‘Tips’ articles, appear- Understanding the problem… you a seller’s commission of up to 18% (VAT
ing on Local Radio and National TV promoting I always remember the car trade had included) upon the £800 sale price. This is
Philately with Alan Titchmarsh. Andrew’s area of their own little ‘bible’ – Glass’s Guide. I’ve no GBP£144. Therefore you receive approaching
expertise is unusual – in so far as his grounding idea, I’ve not even looked - in this internet-dom- £656 – which is approximately 33% of the deal-
in collecting and wide philatelic knowledge has inated world, it may even have disappeared. er’s £2,000+/- retail selling price - BUT… now
given him a deep understanding of Philately. Well, there’s an insider Stamp Trade publica- that we have identified the problem…
He has studied Philately for the past 45 years, tion for Stamp Dealers called “The Philatelic
in combination with Commerce and Marketing Exporter”. There’s nothing that special about Isn’t the Solution Staring us
Expertise, enabling him to create synergies in it – and you won’t learn much or find massive- Right in The Face ?
ly reduced prices by subscribing – BUT – it is
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‘lifetime’ interlinked Stamp Selling Systems, sell-
ing unit-priced stamps through to handling col- a forum, a paper focal point, a last ‘bastion’ in Why Pay an Auction to Sell
lections & Rarities up to £700,000 each. Today this on-line transparent world that we inhabit… to Dealers: Sell to Collectors in-
Andrew is fortunate to be co-owner with his whereby dealers (and auctioneers) can try and stead ?In our example with buyer’s premium,
Wife, of Universal Philatelic Auctions (aka UPA) communicate with each other. I publish my own sellers commission, lotting fees, extra credit
– the Largest No Buyer’s Premium Reducing-Es- articles there… card charges, VAT and even insurance - you’re
timate System Stamp Auction in the World, cre- Recently I discussed the outcome of my 10 already being charged in different ways up to
ating records selling stamps to 2,261 different years’ simple research, asking dealers and auc- 40% of the selling price to sell, possibly or prob-
bidders from 54 different countries in his latest tioneers ‘what is your biggest problem?’ ably, to the wrong person.
auction. Andrew stopped collecting To a man, (why are we almost all men), they
replied – “my biggest problem is Why not direct that 40% cost you’re pay-
stamps aged 18 reasoning that his ing to sell to Collectors instead? Sounds
enjoyment of stamps would be in stock, if I can get more of the right
stock I can sell it easily” good, so why hasn’t this been done before ?
handling them and selling them…
Strange that, nobody ever asked
me the same question back – be-
cause my answer would have been
entirely different (and I don’t treat
8 Truth is, it Has been done be-
fore…Sometimes the ‘old’ ways are the
best ways aren’t they? But in today’s enthusiasm
it as a problem) – I seek to satisfy to obscure the obvious so that money may be
collectors taken, almost surreptitiously, in numerous dif-
This is the reason why my compa- ferent ways, (without us apparently noticing
ny has such massive advertising. This until we see the cheque in our pocket) – the
is the reason why we spend up to 8% transparent ‘seller pays’ has been deliberately
of turnover – up to £200,000 per annum ‘obscured’ – so much so that, amazingly, the
REQUE in marketing costs. (Most dealers don’t latest 2017 European Auction Selling Legisla-
ST MY
‘TIPS O
THE TR
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F even sell £200K per annum). tion just introduced – now requires auctions
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that charge ‘buyer’s premiums’ to warn the want to agree a specific price and know that they
buyer in advance. Just imagine going into the are paid precisely this amount. No client is treated
petrol station, and being warned that the price like a number and no client is forced like a square
you’re paying to put fuel in you tank is not the peg into a round hole. M
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real price, you have to pay a premium! Obvious-
ly, there would be an uproar… OK, What Do I Do Next?
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a). You contact UPA to discuss with
How can you cut out the Andrew or a highly-qualified Auction Valuer/
middleman and sell to Col- Describer what you have to dispose of and your
lectors instead? Well, I can think of two options bearing in mind your specific interests
ways. 1). DIY - Do It Yourself selling on eBay. / requirements
That may be fine for lower grade material – but, b). If you wish, get a 2nd opinion, but
would you risk auctioning relatively unprotect- investigate what type of auction / dealer you
ed rare material on eBay ? We don’t and we’re are dealing with. Is it a Dealer’s auction with
professionals, so we should know what we’re relatively few collectors? Can you see where
doing. Or 2). Cut out the extra middle-man. Use / how the Dealer sells? If you can’t easily see
my company UPA, which reaches collectors any pricelists or high quality selling catalogues
instead. Here’s how it works: Continuing from – that Dealer may sell your stamps to other
our previous Example: dealers…
The auction sold your stamps to a dealer for c). Finally you ask U P A to collect your
£1,000 – but You received circa £656 stamps, insure in transit for an estimated re-
UPA sells them to collectors for you for up to placement retail value…C B S
£2,000 – even after 40% commission you receive
up to £1,200. Up to £544 more. Now that’s amaz-
ing, isn’t it? G 16 What Happens then? A mem-
ber of my Team telephones/e-mails
you to confirm safe receipt. ‘Overnight’ valu-
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Can You ‘Deliver’? Obviously,
nothing is as simple as that, and as we auction
Contact UPA: 01451 861 111
ations, unless simple, are rare. Valuing stamp
collections that have taken tens of years to
create takes time. Depending upon your priori-
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL:
stamps to collectors some collections may ties / timescale I, or an experienced member of
‘break’ to the example £2,000+/- but the stamps Dear Folk at UPA, my Team will contact you to discuss your re-
may be sold for more or less – especially as we I’ve dealt with the public for 37 + years, and as quirements and the options available to you for
reserve all lots at 20% below, (Estimate £2,000 both a consumer, and a businessman, I have the sale of your collection. Provided only that
= £1,600 reserve) and not everything sells first created huge numbers of orders from all over you feel well-informed and comfortable do we
or even 2nd time so prices may come down… the world from a complete range of suppliers agree strategy T D
Naturally, it’s not that straightforward for a deal-
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from all aspects of our daily lives.
er either – he may sell at a discount to ‘move’ But I don’t believe I have ever encountered How Strong is the Stamp
stock OR, like many dealers he may be sitting such sensitivity, such kind thought, such and Cover Market? Everybody
on the same unsold stamps, that you see time understanding as I have with you in our knows that the strongest areas are GB and Brit-
and time again, in dealer’s stocks years later initial meeting, our subsequent successful ish Empire. Post-Independence / QEII material
and still at the same unattractive prices… So, transaction, and now this. sells but if hinged at considerable discount.
I think it is more reasonable for you to expect I recall well the item you highlight, and Mint hinged material pre 1952 is regarded as the
up to 36% to 50% more, indirectly or directly via realise that this one item has such colossal industry ‘norm’ and therefore desirable – but
my Collector’s Secret Weapon: Universal personal value, I could never part with it. genuine never-hinged commands a premium.
Philatelic Auctions, which moves material more It has been an absolute pleasure dealing Europe sells but at reduced levels, Americas
quickly, by incrementally reducing estimate (and with yourself, and I am more than willing for is good, as generally is Asia but the ‘heat’ has
reserve) price in a structured selling system… you to use this e-mail as commendation to come off China which is still good – and Russia
which can still be good. East Europe is weak-
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others who may be thinking of disposing of
Q.❱ What is the Collector’s their collection. er. Overall, Rarities throughout
‘Secret Weapon’? Many, many thanks for a memorable can command their own price
experience, and I will try to emulate your levels and real Postal History
A.❱ It’s called the has good demand.
Unique UPA Reducing thought and care in my own business sphere.
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This is a rather long explanation, I don’t want
to bore you, but 17 years ago, when my wife and
Yours sincerely
D. E. B. Bath, UK
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cuss your collection with U P A. Con-
tact Andrew or an experienced member of his
I set up Universal Philatelic Auctions I detected Team now… B C
In Hindsight Dealers warned me 17 years
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that the stamp trade’s biggest problem then was
not what sold – but what didn’t sell… So, ago that my idea wouldn’t work. 17 years later Guarantee: I want You to be
because I didn’t want to try to keep on offering I think I’ve proven that it does. (Reader: Please absolutely Sure So If You’re not
the same either unsaleable or overpriced stock Request a complimentary UPA catalogue – us- sure we’ll transport and return your stamps for
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(and reserve) Selling System. Simply put, if a
lot doesn’t sell in the 1st auction we reduce the OK, Cut to the Chase far less than the cost of driving 100+ miles each
estimate (and reserve) by 11% and unlike other Andrew, what’s the offer? All way and 3 to 6 hours in your home valuing your
dealers and auctions WE TELL YOU – ‘US’ of my Selling Systems are based upon stamps U
selling to Collectors Globally, so that
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TELL YOU ‘US2’, if unsold after a 3rd UPA to Collectors. If you wish to benefit by tee: We can do a better job valuing your
auction we reduce by a further 13% and WE up to 50% or more, depending upon your stamps in our office than in your home. If you
TELL YOU ‘US3’ and so on till the lot finds its circumstance and type of material, by cutting don’t agree I’ll pay you an extra £50 for you to pay
somebody trusted to open the boxes and put your
price, is sold or virtually given away...4 out the middleman – then this offer may be
for you. Generally ‘time’ is the enemy in our albums back, in the same place, on the shelf they
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that combinations of ingredients can sell stock. Now is the time to let ‘time’ do
produce powerful results. So we created the the ‘heavy-lifting’ and consider making ‘time’ Act NOW: Contact Andrew or
unique combination of my UPA Reducing Es- work for you, so that at UPA you can make an experienced member of his Team
using the on-line selling form at our website, by
timate System, married (in stone), with UPA’s
fair ‘NO BUYER’S Premium’ policy, PLUS each
time your friend. I fax, telephone or by mail. We’ll work harder for
lot carries my total ‘no quibble’ guarantee –
this formula is the reason why within the span 14 AND the SMALL PRINT? Some
lots are too small in value for us to offer
you not to regret the decision to sell all or part
of your collection…C B
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of 4 auctions (one year)… 90%-95% of lots bro- this system. Other lots may not be suited to selling
ken from a collection have sold. This Unique in this manner (e.g. surplus mint British decimal
Philatelic Selling System Formula is the rea- stamps best used for postage) – especially if the
son why we are the largest stamp auction in market is heavily compromised by stock overhang Andrew McGavin, Philatelic Expert,
the UK today with 2,261 different bidders in in specific areas. Some Collectors will not wish to Author, Managing Director
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1937 Coronation covers
Crowning glory
First day covers of the British Empire’s 1937 Coronation issues come in many
varieties. That’s hardly surprising, because so do the stamps themselves
■ Report by Alastair Gunn
omnibus issues, which have an

old-fashioned quality to them. And
perhaps the most collectable of all
are those commemorating the 1937
Coronation of King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth, which come in a
huge variety.
Omnibus
You will find the Coronation issue
catalogued as an omnibus set of
202 stamps, which conveys the
sheer size of the series but conceals
its true complexity.
Some 45 countries, from Aden to
the Virgin Islands, issued a set of
three stamps of the standard
design, portraying the King (to the
right) and Queen (to the left),
flanking symbols of monarchy
including the crown, orb and
F
ABOVE: The 1937 irst day covers have become postmark suggests, or at all. sceptres, with the date of the
omnibus design for mass-produced over the past In contrast, when philatelic first Coronation, ‘12th May 1937’,
the Coronation of 50 years or so, which day covers were in their infancy, in inscribed at the top and the
King George VI and inevitably limits their interest the first half of the 20th century, country name at the bottom.
Queen Elizabeth was value. An increasingly large they were more earthy, more The values varied according to
issued in sets of proportion of them are philatelic characterful, and more evidently region and currency, but typically
three by 45 countries fabrications, in the sense that they pieces of postal history. ranged from ½d to 3d or their
have not actually been entered into Among the most appealing are approximate equivalents in cents,
the postal system where their those of the British Empire with no high values included. The
colours used included bright blue,
green, red, orange and purple,
giving the stamps plenty of
vibrancy.
Under contracts placed by the
Crown Agents, printing was
shared between Bradbury
Wilkinson and De La Rue, and the
date of issue was that of the
Coronation itself, May 12.
Omnibus plus
That accounts for 135 of the stamps,
but also considered part of the
omnibus are a further 67 different
designs from 13 different countries.
New Zealand produced a design
which was similar to the standard
set, and its dependencies Niue and
the Cook Islands overprinted it for
their own use.
ABOVE: Swaziland’s Coronation set on a first day cover produced by the Westminster Stamp Company in London, with an embossed Alternative depictions of the
gold motif, illustraions of the King and Queen, and a Bremersdorp cancellation of May 12 King and Queen were issued by

Omnibus set
COUNTRY STAMPS
Aden 3
Antigua 3
Ascension 3
Bahamas 3
Barbados 3
Basutoland 3
Bechuanaland 3
Bermuda 3
British Guiana 3
British Honduras 3
British Solomon Islands 3
Cayman Islands 3
Ceylon 3
Cyprus 3
Dominica 3
ABOVE: Trinidad & Tobago set on a first day cover produced by the Ruislip Stamp Company in Britain, with conjoined portraits of Falkland Islands 3
the King and Queen (which can be found in at least four different colours) and a Trinidad registration postmark of May 12 Fiji 3
Gambia 3
Gibraltar 3
Gilbert & Ellice Islands 3
Gold Coast 3
Grenada 3
Hong Kong 3
Jamaica 3
Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika 3
Leeward Islands 3
Malta 3
Mauritius 3
Montserrat 3
Newfoundland 3
Nigeria 3
Northern Rhodesia 3
Nyasaland 3
St Christopher & Nevis 3
St Helena 3
St Lucia 3
ABOVE: Bechuanaland Protectorate set on a plain first day cover from Wingfields in Britain, cancelled at Mafeking on May 12
St Vincent 3
Seychelles 3
Sierra Leone 3
Somaliland 3
Straits Settlements 3
Swaziland 3
Trinidad & Tobago 3
Turks & Caicos 3
Virgin Islands 3
‘First day covers of

the British Empire
omnibus issues have
an old-fashioned
quality which makes
ABOVE: Ascension set on an unillustrated first day cover addressed to Britain, tied by the island’s oval registration cancellation.
This is correctly dated May 19, as Ascension’s issue was released a week after the Coronation
them characterful’
1937 Coronation covers
RIGHT: British
Honduras set on a
locally produced first
day cover (note the
printer’s imprint in the
bottom left corner)
with an unusual
clocktower
illustration and a
Belize registration
cancellation of May 12
Great Britain (also overprinted for ‘The number of Coronation stamps printed
the Morocco Agencies) and by
Canada. was huge, so it’s not surprising that there are
Quite different sets based on
profile portraits of the King alone so many first day covers to be found’
were issued for the Australian
dependencies of Nauru, New
Guinea and Papua (although
diversification
Australia itself did not take part),
and for South Africa and South
West Africa (in both cases in
bilingual pairs).
The two countries which went
their own way most spectacularly
were Southern Rhodesia, which
issued a bicoloured pictorial set of
four depicting Victoria Falls and its
railway bridge as well as the King
and Queen, and Newfoundland,
which released a bicoloured
pictorial set of 11 in addition to the
standard set of three.
Worldwide covers ABOVE: South West Africa’s Coronation 2d and 3d stamps (both of the type inscribed in
The sheer number of Coronation
Afrikaans) on a printed first day cover, posted from Windhoek to Britain on May 12
stamps printed was huge: a total of
a hundred million for distribution
to the colonies, and more than
thirty million for stamp dealers,
the majority of whom were based
in Britain. It is hardly surprising,
then, that there are so many first
day covers to be found.
There are various ways you
might approach a collection. You
could attempt to find one cover
from each country which
participated, for example, or as
many as you can from one chosen
country, or one of each design
ABOVE: Newfoundland’s Coronation 15c (from its additional set to the omnibus issue) on
created specially for the event?
first day cover with an embossed Coronation label, posted in Corner Brook on May 12
Most of the printed, pictorial
covers were made by British cover

Alternative
approaches
BRITISH DESIGN
Great Britain 1
Morocco Agencies 3
NEW ZEALAND DESIGN

New Zealand 3
Cook Islands 3
Niue 3
ABOVE: British Guiana set on a coloured locally produced first day cover, but with a Foreign Section cancellation of May 12
AUSTRALIAN DESIGN
Nauru 4
New Guinea 4
Papua 4
OTHER DESIGNS
Canada 1
Newfoundland 11
South Africa 10
Southern Rhodesia 4
ABOVE: St Vincent set on a locally produced first day cover illustrated with one of the poorer images of KingGeorge VI, South West Africa 16
addressed to the USA and postmarked in Kingstown on May 12
LEFT: Grenada set on a

first day cover
produced in Australia
by John Gower,
unusually illustrating
Princess Elizabeth,
addressed to Adelaide
and cancelled at GPO
Grenada on May 12
producers such as Westminster, difficult to identify the company

Ruislip and Wingfields, and these which created these, because not
are fairly readily available to all of them carry an imprint.
collectors based in the UK. An even harder task might be to Australia did not participate
A bigger challenge would be to collect first day covers produced in the omnibus, but
concentrate on locally produced neither locally nor by a British launched a new definitive
covers, which will probably have dealer but in a third country, series portraying the King
been printed in much more limited such as those offered by John and Queen on May 10.
numbers. In many cases it can be Gower in Australia. ■

HK97 HONG KONG A scarce combination cover for M332 MOROCCO An interesting & unusual group of of unmounted mint Great Britain and British Common-
the Hong Kong handover from UK to China. The cover Morocco stamps, includes French Morocco, Spanish wealth stamps in blocks of four or singles with several
depicts Chris Patton (last Governor of Hong Kong), Morocco, British P.O.S in Morocco. Dating back to circa. high value ($) Dollar values. Approx. 18 cricket covers
and Prince Charles. Bearing a British Machin issue 1940’s including overprinted stamps. ......…..Price £9.90 including scarce autographed covers & a quantity of
with scarce British Forces Postal Service transfer of unm. Mint cricket stamps. …. ....................... Price £25
sovereignty of Hong Kong, Royal Mail Crown postmark JA13 JANE AUSTEN The highly collectable commemo-
inscribed in dual language, English & Chinese, dated rative cover for the 200th anniv. Of Jane Austen. (A MA275 MALTA A quality collection of Maltese un-
30th June 1997. Also bears PRC China stamps, tied restrictive issue of only 60 covers. Bearing Royal Mail
mounted mint stamps. Over 100 stamps dating back to
to the cover with a red squared cachet in English and Jane Austen stamps with official Jane Austen illustrated
Chinese for the Hong Kong handover also dated 30th anniv. PMK. ................................................. Price £8.60 King George VI to more modern. ................ Price £11.50
June 1997. Possibly, one of the scarcest Chinese related
Hong Kong covers. ......................................... Price £35 M37a MONKEYS A specialist colourful collection of WL82 WEIGHTLIFTING An unusual thematic collection
monkeys on stamps. Blocks & singles including mint & of weightlifting stamps, including mint and used stamps
KE8 KING EDWARD VII SCARCE ABDICATION COVER used stamps. A multitude of monkey and ape stamps in blocks and singles, many better and elusive stamps
This valuable cover commemorates the abdication of worldwide. .................................................. Price £7.50 noted, including the scarce Greek Olympic weightlifting
K.E.VII illustrated with an iconic portrait of the King, the champion and medal winner, Leonidas Sampanis. Sam-
cover bears the complete British issue of the K.E.VIII RU10 TSAR NICHOLAS II OF RUSSIA, ABDICATION panis was found to have cheated by taking drugs. His
stamps tied to the cover with purple cachet inscribed COVER An historic commemorative cover for the 100th medal was withdrawn and the special Greek Sampanis
“G.P.O. Postage Stamp Issue September 1936” in anniv. of the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia on 15th postage stamps were withdrawn from sale over night.
combination with Royal Mail House of Windsor Royal March 1917. Bearing a striking illustration of the Tsar and The scarce Sampanic drug cheat stamp is only one in
badge stamps postmarked with official Windsor Castle his Royal “double eagle” emblem. The Royal cover bears a this specialist weightlifting collection of well over 100
abdication postmark. Only 80 of this scarce cover are Royal Mail Royal Lion stamp, with Royal Mail Buckingham
stamps. The entire collection. .................... Price £14.25
known to exist. .............................................. Price £26 Palace illustrated postmark dated 15.03.2017. The cover
is from a severely restricted and limited issue of only 50
GB482 GREAT BRITAIN Impressive collection of over covers. ............................................................. .Price £8.50 SC18 SCOTLAND A political cover for the 2014 Scottish
500 British stamps dating back to K.G.V. including Wild- Independence referendum; one of the biggest events in
ing, Machins and commemoratives. Includes mint but VR7 GREAT BRITAIN POSTAL HISTORY 1d BLACK Scottish history. The referendum gave the option to over
mainly used stamps also contains miniature sheets & VALUABLE COVER Issued to commemorate the four million Scots to vote for independence. The cover
F.D.C’s. With decimal & pre-decimal G.P.O. & Royal Mail first known use of the 1d Black. This scarce cover is bears both Scottish & Royal Mail UK stamps. Pmkd. With
issues............................................................. Price £23 illustrated with the Mulready design and bears an im- Scottish official pmk. Dated 18/9/14 (the referendum
perforate 1d Black stamp (four margins). Issued by the date). Although over four million people voted barely 100
BUR7 BURMA, JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF WWII A Royal Mail ex-special exhibition sheet tied to the cover of this scarce cover were ever produced, surely making
small, but important specialised collection of Japanese with superb red Maltese Cross postmark. In addition, this one of the scarcest of all Scottish commemorative
Occupation stamps including SGJ72, on buff paper plus the cover bears duel Royal Mail official postmarks both covers. ..............................................................Price £13
two similar stamps in unissued colours, blue and green, “Bath” one dated 2/5/15 exactly 175 years to the day
these are of unknown origin, but maybe colour trials of the first 1d Black ever postmarked. A second official
B98 BOLIVIA A specialised collection of Bolivian stamps
or proofs. These are offered as is, without guarantee Royal Mail postmark in Red inscribed “Bath” 2/5/1840
ranging from early and older stamps to more recent.
but form part of a larger group of other Japanese Oc- ties Royal Mail 1d Black and 2d Blue commem. stamps
cupation stamps plus various King George VI military to the cover on first official day of issue 6/5/15. The Containing mint & used with many better overprinted
administration stamps with values to 5 rupees. Stamps cover’s restricted issue of only 75 must surely make and engraved stamps, 100s of different Bolivian stamps.
are issued circa. 1938 to about 1946. Mainly unused / this highly desirable cover one of the rarest of all Royal The fine collection. ......................................... Price £15
unmounted mint............................................ .Price £17 Mail 1d Black commemorative covers. ……..Price £38
N-R472 RYUKYU ISLANDS Rarely offered for sale, this
R88A NAZI GERMAN Occupation of World War II various E2R.GP1 GREAT BRITAIN Rare Machin gutter pair is a superb collection of the stamps of The Ryukyu Is-
Croatia Bohemia and Moravia. Occupation of Poland cover. One of the most sought after Machin definitive lands. Containing only superb unmounted mint stamps.
General government (Theresienstsdt and Lodz Ghetto covers. The Royal Mail illustrated cover bears the scarce Only 65 different Ryukyu Island stamps. ... Price £18.75
these may not be genuine) plus various other Germany blue 2nd class definitive Machin gutter pair with gold
period Hitler issues. Mainly genuine unmounted mint/ coronation anniv. Royal Mail crown design in Gutter SCI.8H ALBERT EINSTEIN A special cover commemo-
used............................................................... Price £10 Pair. The cover is postmarked with the official London rating the 100th Anniversary of Einstein’s theory of rela-
E2R Coronation Anniv. postmark dated 1/1/13. This is tivity. The illustrated cover depicts Einstein and bears
CIND21 “CINDERELLA STAMPS” An amazing esoteric of postal history importance as the Machin Coronation
a Royal Mail commemorative officially postmarked by
collection of worldwide Cinderella stamps: includes Gutter Pair is scarce as mint and rare used on cover. ....
unissued, bogus, forgeries, phantoms, reprints, essays, ..................................................................... Price £27 the Royal Mail with Mount Pleasant 11/05/16 postmark.
propaganda issues, proofs and printers progressive In combination with Jersey Einstein commemorative
proofs. Also noted better local issues, postal strike SF9 SCI-FI An impressive thematic collection of science issue tied to the cover with large circular red Theory of
stamps. From a multitude of countries plus spectacular fiction stamps and covers, including several differ- Relativity cachet dated 11/05/16. The cover came from
GB KEVII one pound green imperforate unmounted mint ent British “Dr Who” covers & PHQ cards. Also noted: a severely restricted issue of only 60 covers. ................
(faux), also India Queen Victorian four Annas red and Star Wars stamps, Star Trek stamps and miniature ...................................................................... Price £18
blue inverted head (faux). Spanish Civil War communist sheets. Lot includes scarcer covers and “$” values with
legion issue, private delivery company stamps, GB unmounted mint & used and mini sheets. All Sci-Fi. ...... AG23 BATTLE OF AGINCOURT The scarce cover issued
unadopted designs (essays) plus other items. If only a ...................................................................... Price £21 to commemorate the 600th Anniversary of the Battle
few of these stamps were genuine the catalogue value of Agincourt. The cover is superbly illustrated with the
would be in excess of £20,000. But these are sold “as M884 MEXICO A superb accumulation of only unmount- arms of King Henry V and bears the official British Royal
is” not guaranteed as genuine. The spectacular collec- ed mint Mexican stamps, including sheets, multiples, Mail Postmark, depicting King Henry V, dated 25/10/15,
tion of Cinderella Stamps mint and “used”. ................... blocks and singles. Well over 400 unmounted mint
six hundred years to the day of the historic battle. Only
................................................................ .Price £14.30 Mexican stamps and several miniature sheets. Many
older beautifully engraved unmounted mint stamps, all 50 of this scarce cover exist. ........................ Price £15
J477 JAPAN A superb collection of Japanese stamps genuine, with a catalogue value of approx. £200. ..........
with fantastic selection of used commemoratives ...................................................................... Price £29 LOT K3 GREAT BRITAIN, COMMEMS & DEFINS.
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GB THEMES
Britain in bloom
It’s a growing theme! From symbolic emblems to garden favourites, plants and
flowers have featured on more British stamps than you probably realise
■ Report by Jeff Dugdale
P
lants and flowers are an
unusually deep theme on
British stamps because they
have appeared copiously on
definitives as well as
commemoratives. For philatelists
who are also gardeners, there are
potentially hundreds to investigate.
The first clearly identifiable

examples are laurel leaves, on the
1½d, 2d, 2½d and 3d values in the
Queen Victoria 1887 series. These
reappeared on various designs in
the King Edward VII and King
George V series.
The symbolism on the King
George VI definitives from 1937
was more formalised, as it included
the national flowers of the four
nations in the United Kingdom: the ABOVE: 1964 holly (in Christmas sets), poppies front of a grassy knoll.
English rose, the Scottish thistle, 10th International (in remembrance sets) and roses. His attention was limited to four
the Welsh daffodil and the Irish Botanical Congress of Britain’s best known species:
shamrock. The Wilding definitives 6d, illustrating The first commemorative set in primrose, daffodil, bluebell and
of Queen Elizabeth II carried dog rose this theme marked the 10th snowdrop, all of which are easily
similar motifs. International Botanical Congress, recognisable but in decline.
Regional definitives have also held in Edinburgh in 1964. Almost exactly 30 years later, in
included national flower emblems, Four stamps designed by Michael 2009, one of the sets of 10 in the
starting with Scotland’s thistle, and Sylvia Goaman illustrated Endangered Species series focused
Northern Ireland’s flax plant and spring gentian, which is common even more intently on wild flora
Guernsey’s lily in 1958, and adding across Europe but rare in Britain; which is under threat. Delicately
Wales’ daffodil from 1999 and dog rose, which is found widely in drawn images featured a range of
England’s Tudor rose from 2001. British hedgerows; honeysuckle, less well-known species, from the
In special issues, scores of which is common in gardens and dwarf milkwort to the marsh
different species can be found, with in wild meadows; and the saxifrage, only one of which had
a good balance between the wild fringed water lily, often seen in appeared before (the lady’s slipper
and the cultivated. Those garden ponds. orchid in the 1998 Endangered
appearing most often have been Just three years later, the 1967 Species set).
British Wild Flowers set of six Happily all 10 plants featured are
featured a total of 12 species, examples of recent conservation
skilfully illustrated by Keble success, supported by the creation
Martin and Mary Grierson: of nature reserves.
hawthorn, bramble, larger
bindweed, viper’s bugloss, ox-eye Leading the way in terms of
daisy, coltsfoot, buttercup, bluebell, celebrating cultivated plants was
red campion, wood anemone, dog the 1976 set noting the Centenary
violet and primrose. of the Royal National Rose Society,
LEFT: 1937-47 King with Kristin Rosenberg’s
George VI 1d red Similar in concept but contrasting illustrations of four flowers
definitive, adorned in execution was the 1979 Spring offering perhaps the most striking
with the English rose, Wild Flowers issue, where designer stamps in this theme.
Scottish thistle, Peter Newcombe gave the set of ‘Elizabeth of Glamis’ is a salmon-
Welsh daffodil and four a pleasing unity by depicting pink floribunda named after the
Irish shamrock each plant in the left foreground, in Queen Mother, ‘Grandpa Dickson’

checklist
Date Issue Stamps
1946 Victory 1
1948 Olympic Games 2
1953 Coronation 4
1961 Post Office Savings Bank 2
1963 National Nature Week 2
1964 International Botanical Congress 4
1967 British Wild Flowers 6
1971 Anniversaries 2
1976 Royal National Rose Society 4
1977 British Wildlife 4
ABOVE: 1979 Spring Wild Flowers 11p, showing ABOVE: 1976 Centenary of the Royal National 1979 Spring Wild Flowers 4
bluebells in their natural environment Rose Society 8½p, featuring the ‘Elizabeth of 1980 Christmas 2
Glamis’ variety
1981 Butterflies 4
Three issues have looked at plants 1982 British Textiles 2
in a very different way, by
1982 Christmas 1
concentrating expressly on
flowerheads as works of art. 1983 British River Fish 3
The first, in 1987, was based on 1983 British Gardens 1
photography, with the Austrian-
1985 Insects 4
born Alfred Lammer taking studio
portraits of four colourful flowers 1987 Flower Photographs 4
against a black background. 1988 Linnean Society 1
Only one of these, the poisonous
1989 Greetings 1
autumn crocus, is native to Britain.
The North American blanket 1991 Greetings: Good Luck 2
flower and echeveria are imports 1991 World Congress of Roses 5
ABOVE: 1987 Flower Photographs 22p, from the Americas, and the globe 1993 World Orchid Conference 5
portraying the globe thistle thistle from eastern Europe.
A comparable issue appeared in 1995 Cats 1
‘No fewer than 2004 to celebrate the bicentenary of 1995 Four Seasons: Springtime 5
the Royal Horticultural Society, 1995 Christmas 1
three issues have based on more ethereal
1996 Robert Burns 1
photographs of varieties of
concentrated clematis, dahlia, delphinium, 1997 Greetings: Flower Paintings 10
expressly on dianthus, miltonia and lilium.

Between these issues, in 1997, a
1998 Endangered Species 1
2000 Water & Coast 1
flowerheads as booklet of 10 Greetings stamps was
2000 Life & Earth 3
based on 19th-century flower
works of art’ paintings, the majority of which 2000 People & Places 2
were by Georg Ehret. Close-up
2000 Stone & Soil 1
a lemon-yellow hybrid tea rose, views of species of magnolia, tulip,
‘Rosa Mundi’ a shrub rose with fuchsia, iris and others made for a 2000 Tree & Leaf 1
semi-double light crimson flowers, colourful set. 2001 Pond Life 4
and ‘Sweet Briar’ known for its
2002 Christmas 3
pink flowers and aromatic leaves. A major contribution to this theme
Comparable in style but rather was also made by the Millennium 2004 Royal Horticultural Society 6
more formal was the 1991 set series in 2000, with no fewer than 2006-08 Lest We Forget series 3
marking the World Congress of five different sets making
2007 Endangered Species: Birds 1
Roses in Belfast, for which Yvonne reference to special projects
Skargon illustrated the ‘Silver involving plants. 2009 Charles Darwin 1
Jubilee’, ‘Madame Alfred Carrière’, If you want to delve deeper, set 2009 Endangered Species: Plants 10
‘Harvest Fayre’ and ‘Mutabilis’ yourself the challenge of 2010 Classic Album Covers 1
varieties alongside Rosa moyesii. identifying the flora which
In contrast, the 1993 set of five appears incidentally in the 2011 Morris & Company 5
commemorating the World Orchid background of many other stamps, 2014-17 First World War series 4
Conference in Glasgow returned to such as the 1977 British Wildlife, 2015 Bees 6
less ornate look, with five varieties 1981 Butterflies, 2001 Pond Life and
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A wide-eyed picture postcard of 1910 is a gem of British aviation history
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■ Report by Norman Watson
S
ome of the most interesting
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are those sent as souvenirs of
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from August 1910 has an account of
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The Scottish International

Aviation Meeting, held at Lanark
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It was such a big event that the
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area was used by more than 1,000 ABOVE: Picture
motor cars, even though these, too, postcard sold at
were in their infancy. the Scottish
Around 20 aviators from around International Aviation
the world attended, competing for Meeting in 1910,
cash prizes in various categories. A illustrating the
new altitude world record was set American pilot John
by the American pilot John Drexel, Drexel and his
who climbed to 6,750ft in his Blériot monoplane
Blériot monoplane.
RIGHT: A spectator’s
Drexel appears on the picture side excited message, and
of a postcard sent from the event the ½d stamp
on August 8. Addressed to a Miss cancelled with the
Huntrods in Workington, and scarce ‘Lanark Grand
signed by someone named Ed, it Stand’ handstamp on
gives a brief account of what must August 8, 1910
have been amazing scenes.
‘Had a gorgeous day and seen pilots took to the skies on four, five Although this is a 23mm circular
over a dozen machines. The or six of the days, Chávez flew only steel datestamp, as used in 25,000
weather is perfect. Wind also once. He was to die the following post offices, it is one of the hardest
lately none. Saw Chavez rise month when he crashed after to find. It seems it was normally
4500 feet. Oliver can hardly be becoming the first pilot to fly reserved for telegraphic use, and
dragged away.’ across the Alps. that most of the mail was taken to
The visitor was fortunate to see the town’s head office, where the
the celebrated Peruvian aviator What makes the postcard even standard ‘Lanark’ twin-arc
Jorge Chávez; while several of the more interesting from a postal datestamp was applied.
history viewpoint is that its King When ‘Lanark Grand Stand’
‘This was the first time a special Edward VII ½d stamp has the
scarce ‘Lanark Grand Stand’
cancels are found, they are often
weakly or partially struck, so this
event postmark was available at cancellation, the first special event
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an aviation meeting in Britain’ aviation meeting in Britain. handstamps, catalogued at £350. ■

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ESTONIA info@praga2018.cz MACAO Centre, Portsmouth Drive, Phayathai, Bangkok 10400,
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Pirita Tee 28, 10127 Tallinn, Estonia. August 31- Venue: Venetian Macao Convention & Show 2018, PO Box 753, Dunedin 9054, www.thailand2018.org
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UK Sweden. Fax: +853 28718018 ITALY 52 Upper Street, Islington,
Northern National Exhibition Contact: Lars Nordberg, secretary_2@macao2018.org.mo Italia 2018 London N1 0QH.
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Racecourse, York YO23 1EX. 233 43 Svedala, Sweden Lavoro 8, 37135 Verona, Italy. Society, PO Box 290, Lingfield,
Contact: Association of British Tel: +46 725 44 65 98 October 5-7 Contact: Unione Stampa Filatelica Surrey RH7 9AX
Philatelic Societies www.malmex2018.se IRELAND Italiana Tel: 01342 830225
www.abps.org.uk Stampa 2018 Irish National comunicazione@usfi.eu Fax: 01342 837888
September 12-15 Stamp Exhibition www.italia2018.eu info@thepts.net
August 15-18 UK Venue: Griffith College Conference www.thephilatelictraderssociety.co.uk
CZECH REPUBLIC Autumn Stampex Centre, South Circular Road, November
Praga 2018 World Stamp Venue: Business Design Centre, Dublin 8. 28-December 3 May 29-June 2
Exhibition 52 Upper Street, Islington, Contact: Stampa, PO Box 12624, THAILAND SWEDEN
Venue: Clarion Congress Hotel London N1 0QH. Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, Thailand 2018 World Stamp Stockholmia 2019
Prague, Freyova 33, Vysocany, Contact: Philatelic Traders Republic of Ireland Exhibition Venue: Waterfront Congress Centre,
19000 Prague. Society, PO Box 290, Lingfield, info@stampa.ie Venue: Royal Paragon Hall Nils Ericsons Plan 4, Stockholm,
Contact: Organizing Committee, Surrey RH7 9AX www.stampa.ie Exhibition & Convention Centre, 5th Sweden.
Praga 2018 World Stamp Tel: 01342 830225 Floor, Siam Paragon, Rama I Road, Contact: Stockholmia 2019
Exhibition Association, Opletalova Fax: 01342 837888 November 9-11 Bangkok. stockholmia2019@meetagain.se
1337/29, 11000 Praha 1, Czech info@thepts.net NEW ZEALAND Contact: Philatelic Association of info@stockholmia2019.se
Republic www.thephilatelictraderssociety.co.uk Armistice Stamp Show 2018 Thailand, 2nd Floor, Sam Sen Nai www.stockholmia2019.se
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July 10-12 CH-4015 Basel, Switzerland. info@murraypayne.com Lancashire BB5 5JP.
english-language
Spink London Contact: Jean-Paul Bach AG www.murraypayne.com Contact: The Laurels, Manchester POSTAL SALES
David Pitts collection of British Tel: 041 61 281 81 15 Road, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 2PF
North America Fax: 041 61 281 80 26 July 27 Tel: 01254 393740 Apex
Venue: 69 Southampton Row, info@bach-philatelie.ch Martello sales@ajhstamps.co.uk info@apexstamps.com
Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET. www.bach-philatelie.ch Venue: The Holiday Inn, Ashford, www.ajhstamps.co.uk www.apexstamp.com
Contact: Spink Kent TN24 8QQ.
county
Tel: 020 7563 4000 July 25 Contact: Martello Philatelic Auctions August 11
county@stampauctions.co.uk
Fax: 020 7563 4066 Brian Reeve Tel: 01303 269712 Bil & Co
www.stampauctions.co.uk
info@spink.com Venue: Unit 120, Trident Business info@martelloauctions.com Venue: Washingborough Community
www.spink.com Centre, 89 Bickersteth Road, www.martelloauctions.com Centre, Fen Road, Washingborough, Mowbray
Tooting, London SW17 9SH. Lincolnshire LN4 1AB. mowbray.stamps@xtra.co.nz
July 11 Contact: Brian Reeve August 1 Contact: Bil Tilbury www.mowbrays.co.nz
AJH Stamps Tel: 020 8672 6702 Warwick & Warwick Tel: 01400 230769
Venue: The Dunkenhalgh Hotel & brian@brian-reeve-auctions.com Venue: The Court House, Jury Street, billtilbury@btinternet.com Sajal philatelics
Spa, Clayton-le-Moors, www.brian-reeve.com Warwick CV34 4EEW. www.bilandco.co.uk brian@brian-reeve.com
Lancashire BB5 5JP. Contact: Warwick & Warwick www.brian-reeve.com
Contact: AJH Stamps July 25 Tel: 01926 499031 August 11
Sandafayre
Tel: 01254 393740 Murray Payne info@warwickandwarwick.com Somerset
stamp@sandafayre.com
sales@ajhstamps.co.uk Multiples & Rarities of the British www.warwickandwarwick.com Venue: Hill Farm, Hemyock,
www.sandafayre.com
www.ajhstamps.co.uk Commonwealth Cullompton, Devon EX15 3UZ.
Venue: PO Box 1135, Axbridge, August 8 Contact: Somerset Stamp Auctions Universal
July 16 Somerset BS26 2EW. AJH Stamps Tel: 01823 681358 info@upastampauctions.co.uk
Jean-Paul Bach Contact: Nina Reading Venue: The Dunkenhalgh Hotel & shirley@somersetstampauctions.com www.upastampauctions.co.uk
Venue: Schöllenenstrasse 2, Tel: 01934 732511 Spa, Clayton-le-Moors, www.somersetstampauctions.com
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16 includes this World War II airmail cover sent be expedited by ‘Onward Air Transmission’, at a
from neutral Ireland to neutral Switzerland. time when mail routes were often longer and Dalkeith
Sent on October 21, 1940, from Dublin to required transits in order to avoid war zones. www.dalkeith-auctions.co.uk
Gersau, and franked with a 6d lilac from But it was usually struck only on the top cover in Delcampe
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July 13 Contact: Folkestone Venue: Chequer Mead Arts
London Stamp Fair Centre, De La Warr Road,
(stamps, postal history, Tel: 01304 829827 RH19 3BS.
postcards) Time: 10am-3pm
Venue: Royal National Hotel, Telford Contact: Malcolm Green
Bedford Way, Russell Square, (stamps, postal history, Tel: 01342 327554
WC1H 0DG. postcards)
Time: 9am-4pm Venue: Belmont Community July 20-21
Contact: Kate Puleston Hall, off Tan Bank car park, York
Tel: 020 8946 4489 Wellington, TF1 1LU. (stamps, postal history,
Time: 10am-3pm coins)
July 14 Contact: Bob Pilkington Venue: The Grandstand,
Derby Tel: 01299 211737 York Racecourse,
(stamps, postal history) York YO23 1EX.
Venue: Nunsfield House July 15 Time: Friday 11am-6pm,
Community Hall, 33 Boulton Bowdon Saturday 10am-4pm
Road, Alvaston, DE24 0FD. (stamps, postal history, Contact: Kate Puleston
Time: 9.30am-4pm postcards) Tel: 020 8946 4489
Contact: H V Johnson & Co Venue: Mercure Hotel,
Tel: 01909 563394 Langham Road, WA14 2HT. July 21
Time: 10am-4pm Exeter
Chichester Contact: Howard Hatton (stamps, postal history,
(stamps, postal history, Tel: 0161 766 9031 postcards)
postcards) Venue: America Hall,
Venue: Donnington Parish Hall, Dronfield De La Rue Way,
Stockbridge Road, (stamps, postal history) Pinhoe, EX4 8PX.
Donnington, PO19 8QR. Venue: Coal Aston Village Hall, Time: 10am-4pm
Time: 10am-3.30pm Coal Aston, S18 3AY. Contact: Michael Hale
Contact: Chris Rapley Time: 9.30am-4pm Tel: 01749 677669
Tel: 07711 677760 Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Tel: 01909 563394 Hull
Folkestone (stamps, postal history) Contact: H V Johnson & Co Venue: Union Church, Keynsham
(stamps, postal history) July 18 Venue: St James Centre, Tel: 01909 563394 Union Crescent, CT9 1NR. (stamps, postal history)
Venue: Trinity Church Hall, East Grinstead 169 First Lane, Time: 9am-3pm Venue: The Fear Institute,
Sandgate Road, CT20 2UQ. (stamps, postal history, Hessle, HU13 9EY. Margate Contact: Clive Baker Keynsham High Street,
Time: 9am-1.30pm postcards) Time: 9.30am-4pm (stamps, postal history) Tel: 01843 862707 BS31 1DG.
Time: 9.30am-4pm
July 22 Contact: Kevin Noble Fairs
Bexley Tel: 07599 001101
(stamps, postal history)
Venue: The Freemantle Hall, Morley
Bexley High Street, (stamps, postal history)
DA5 1AA. Venue: St Mary’s Church
Time: 9.30am-3pm) Hall, Commercial Street,
Contact: Lorne Webb LS27 8HZ.
Tel: 01424 751518 Time: 9.30am-4pm
Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Sherborne Tel: 01909 563394
Venue: Digby Memorial Hall, Northampton
Digby Road, DT9 3NL. (stamps, postal history,
Time: 10am-4pm postcards)
Contact: Solent Stamps Venue: The Abbey Centre,
Tel: 01489 582673 East Hunsbury, NN4 0RZ.
Time: 10am-4pm
July 28 Contact: T Brittain
Addlestone Tel: 07957 158299
(stamps, postal history,
postcards) Petersfield
Venue: Community (stamps, postal history)
Centre, Garfield Road, Venue: Community Centre,
KT15 2NJ. off Love Lane, GU31 4BW.
Time: 10am-4.30pm Time: 10am-4pm
Contact: David Milton Contact: Solent Stamps
Tel: 01895 637283 Tel: 01489 582673
Ealing July 29
(stamps, postal history, Bracknell
postcards) (stamps, postal history)
Venue: Polygon Complex, Venue: British Red Cross
Ealing Parish Church, Centre, 21 Martins Lane,
St Mary’s Road, W5 5RH. RG12 9EN.
Time: 10am-4pm Time: 9am-1pm
Contact: T Brittain Contact: T Brittain
Tel: 07957 158299 Tel: 07957 158299

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(stamps, postal history, Lichfield Wimborne WC1H 0DG.
postcards) (stamps, postal history) (stamps, postal history, Time: Friday 9am-4pm
Venue: Azelia Halls, Venue: Boley Park Community postcards) Contact: Kate Puleston
Croydon Road, BR3 4DA. Hall, Ryknild Street, Venue: Allendale Centre, Tel: 020 8946 4489
Time: 9am-3pm WS14 9XU. Hanham Road, BH21 1AS.
Contact: Ray McQuade Time: 10am-4pm Time: 10am-4pm August 11
Tel: 020 8395 9285 Contact: JRS Fairs Contact: Solent Stamps Derby
Tel: 01785 259350 Tel: 01489 582673 (stamps, postal history,
Deal postcards)
(stamps, postal history) Norwich August 5 Venue: Nunsfield House
Venue: The Landmark Centre, (stamps, postal history, Botley Community Hall,
129 High Street, CT14 6BB. postcards) (stamps, postal history, 33 Boulton Road,
Time: 9am-1pm Venue: Gate 1, Hewett School, postcards) Alvaston, DE24 0FD.
Contact: Peter Barrett Cecil Road, RN1 2PL. Venue: Women’s Institute, Time: 9.30am-4pm
Tel: 01304 829827 Tim: 10am-3.30pm North Hinksey Lane, Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Contact: Ian Billings, Norfolk OX2 0LT. Tel: 01909 563394
Huddersfield & Norwich PS Time: 9am-1.30pm
(stamps, postal history) Tel: 07765 858457 Contact: T Brittain August 12
Venue: St Thomas Community Tel: 07957 158299 Chesterfield
Centre, Manchester Road, Ruislip (stamps, postal history,
Longroyd Bridge, (stamps, postal history, Bowdon postcards)
HD1 3HU. postcards) (stamps, postal history, Venue: Chester Street Club,
Time: 9.30am-4pm Venue: Methodist Church Hall, postcards) Chester Street, S40 1DL.
Contact: A Campbell Ickenham Road, HA4 7BZ. Venue: Mercure Hotel, Time: 10am-4pm
Tel: 01484 681559 Time: 10am-4.30pm Langham Road, Contact: Howard Hatton
Contact: David Milton WA14 2HT. Tel: 0161 766 9031
Leicester Tel: 01895 637283 Time: 10am-4pm
(stamps, postal history, Contact: Howard Hatton Wokingham
postcards) Stourbridge Tel: 0161 766 9031 (stamps, postal history,
Venue: Derby Room, (stamps, postal history, postcards)
The Holiday Inn, postcards) August 10 Venue: St Crispin’s Centre,
Doncaster Contact: Robert Uden St Nicholas Circle, Venue: Methodist Church London London Road,
(stamps, postal history) Tel: 01303 238807 LE1 5LX. Centre, New Road, DY8 1PA. (stamps, postal history, RG40 1SR.
Venue: Park Social Club, Time: 9.30am-3.30pm Time: 9.30am-1.30pm postcards) Time: 10am-3pm
Eden Grove Road, August 4 Contact: John Suschitzky Contact: Chris Proctor Venue: Royal National Hotel, Contact: T Brittain
Edenthorpe, DN3 2LS. Beckenham Tel: 0116 235 0441 Tel: 07813 260752 Bedford Way, Russell Square, Tel: 07957 158299
Time: 9.30am-4pm
Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Tel: 01909 563394
Peterborough
Venue: The Holiday Inn,
Thorpe Wood, PE3 6SG.
Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: Richard Lewis
Tel: 01945 700594
Southport
postcards)
Venue: Royal Clifton Hotel,
Promenade, PR8 1RB.
Time: 10am-4pm
Contact: Howard Hatton
Tel: 0161 766 9031
August 3
Diss
postcards)
Venue: Diss Youth &
Community Centre,
30 Shelfanger Road,
IP22 4EH.
Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: David James
Tel: 01328 855003
Hythe
Venue: United Reformed
Church, East Street,
CT21 5ND.
Time: 10am-4pm

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July 10 Venue: Public Hall, Tel: 01789 842112 District S&PC Tel: 01322 559210 Contact: Michael Mawdsley
Rochdale PS Bromley Road, Beckenham Weapons & Military Tel: 01202 604741
GB Railway Letter stamps BR3 5JE. July 18 Venue: Upton Community Centre, July 24
& Netherlands East Indies Time: 7.30pm Grimsby & Poole Road, Upton, Poole Spalding & August 6
by Richard and Yvonne Contact: David Rennie District PS BH16 5JA. District SC Petersfield &
Wheatley Tel: 020 8778 7001 Club Auction Time: 7.30pm Show & Tell District PS
Venue: Unitarian Chapel, Venue: Grimsby Central Hall, Contact: Michael Mawdsley Venue: The Frasier Room, Trans-Siberian Railway
Clover Street, Rochdale, July 16 Duncombe Street, Tel: 01202 604741 Gosberton Road, Surfleet, (part 2) by Peter Pugh
OL12 6TP. South Midlands DN32 7EG. PE11 4AB. Venue: Petersfield
Time: 7.30pm SC Time: 5.30pm (viewing), July 20 Time: 7.30pm Community Centre,
Contact: Peter Grimshaw St Vincent Revisited 7pm (auction) Bexley PS Contact: Frank Wilson Love Lane,
Tel: 01706 367240 by Terry Harrison Contact: Chris Dodsworth Auction Tel: 01775 766117 GU31 4BW.
Venue: Barford Memorial Hall, Tel: 01652 654928 Venue: Freemantle Hall, Time: 7.30pm
July 11 Church Street, Barford, Bexley High Street, August 1 Contact: David Allen
Bromley & CV35 8EN. July 19 DA5 1AA. Benfleet & Tel: 01730 261244
Beckenham PS Time: 1.30pm Poole, Time: 7pm District PS
King George VI Contact: John Gledhill Bournemouth & Contact: A Smith Edith Cavell, Queen Astrid & August 8
Fernando Poo Bromley &
Venue: Jubilee Hall, Beckenham PS
Italy & colonies study circle St Barnabus Church,
Church Road, Hadleigh,
The Southern Hemisphere
Venue: Public Hall,
SS7 2EJ. Bromley Road, Beckenham
Time: 7.30pm BR3 5JE.
A total of 22 members of the Italy & In Lecce, Alessandro Agostosi from Contact: Laurence Gardiner Time: 7.30pm
Colonies Study Circle and their Padova gave a fascinating display of laurencewgardiner1 Contact: David Rennie
partners, travelling from the UK and ship mail transiting via Brindisi, @hotmail.com Tel: 020 8778 7001
the USA, enjoyed a visit to the Puglia including scarce covers from unusual
August 2 August 14
region of Italy from May 17-26, staying destinations, generating much Poole, Rochdale PS
in Bari and Lecce. discussion about rates and routes. Bournemouth & Annual General Meeting &
In Bari, the secretary of the local There were also tours of Brindisi, Districts S&PC Members’ Displays
philatelic society, Sergio De including the original P&O Science & Inventions Venue: Unitarian Chapel,
Venue: Upton Community Clover Street, Rochdale
Benedictis, gave the group a very International Hotel, Otranto, with its
Centre, Poole Road, OL12 6TP.
interesting presentation on the Polish famous 12th-century mosaic in the Upton, Poole Time: 7.30pm
Corps which arrived in the region as Romanesque Cathedral, and Lecce BH16 5JA. Contact: Peter Grimshaw
part of the allied invasion of Italy in itself, with its attractive old town. Time: 7.30pm Tel: 01706 367240
World War II. A 2019 trip to the Amalfi coast is
Petersfield &
The party also visited the already in the planning stage.
impressive war cemetery, the For more information about the
UNESCO World Heritage Site of
Alberobello, and Bari’s only
activities of the Study Circle, contact
Richard Harlow. Tel: 020 8977 873.
district PS
stamp shop. Or visit www.icsc-uk.com
Petersfield & District Philatelic
Society is seeking new members.
Current members collect
stamps, postal history and
postcards, and anyone with any of
these interests is very welcome,
whether a beginner or an
experienced collector.
Meetings are held in the
evenings at Petersfield
Community Centre on the first
Monday of the month, often with
displays by guest speakers.
Last season’s themes included
Belgium, New Zealand, Barbuda,
El Salvador, GB used abroad and
U-boats, as well as competitions
and informal gatherings. The
average attendance at meetings is
about 25.
For further information contact
David Allen. Tel: 01730 261244. Or
ABOVE: Members of the Italy & Colonies Study Circle on tour in Bari, in the Puglia region of Italy visit www.petersfieldstamps.org

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................................................................... Price £8.75 comparison). .................................................... Price £8 PRC10 CHINA A glorious collection of stamps of China.
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November 1968, last call at Southampton. Second cover able old error. ............................................. Price £9.75 100 covers in existence. Superbly illustrated for the
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posted on arrival. Unusually the cover has a British SEA32 SOUTH EAST ASIA An impressive collection cover bears a Royal Mail Navy Ensign stamp with the
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Paquebot postmark dated 28 October 1968. Both covers Cambodia, Maldives Islands, Vietnam, Singapore, Philip- postmark. ................................................... Price £8.75
for only. ...................................................... Price £8.30 pines, Indonesia, Burma. Approx. 370 stamps in blocks,
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KGVL23 KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA King George ................................................................. Price £21.50 on stamps. With Indian and African elephants on stamps
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the left revealing a white area on the right of the oval Machin item is a special printing by Harrison and Sons.
frames interior superb unm. Mint King George VI error. .. With Post Office official approval of the 1p Machin ELV32 ELVIS PRESLEY A hand-picked collection of Elvis
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printer’s item, rarely seen. ........................ Price £11.50 from his days in the army through to his star -studded
E28 POSTAGE DUES Unusual collection of Postage Due performances. Both the photographic and colourful,
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blocks of multiples, uncatalogued. Mint (mostly unm.) postal history. The official Royal Mail PHQ card for the and present for his worldwide fans. Includes scarcer
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When Jersey produced locally designed stamps under German occupation in
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ollowing the fall of France in 1940, Jersey, however, would go one better.
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