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Such is the fame and hullabaloo that
surrounds a certain American postage
stamp that some observers will glance
at the main image on our front cover and
think there is something vaguely wrong
with it. But I assure you the aeroplane is supposed
to be that way up!
The United States’ 1918 airmail 24c is part of our
consciousness largely because one sheet of it was
discovered with the central vignette inverted, and the
100 stamps in question sell for a large amount of
money whenever they come onto the market.
In a way, though, this is rather a shame, because
the issue deserves to be remembered more for what
it represented in everyday life: a major landmark in
the development of mail services.
This expensive but attractive two-colour stamp
was the means of paying for a letter between New
York and Washington DC to be expedited by air — an
innovation, 100 years ago this month, which would
revolutionise the delivery of written communications
around a vast country.
And this was no gimmick. Many aviators had made
headline-grabbing one-off trips carrying souvenir
covers, but this was something altogether different:
a commercial airmail service to be provided on every
working day, continuing indefinitely.
Unsurprisingly, there were teething troubles.
Planes could break down or crash, and their pilots
could get lost. But the ambitious concept was quickly 40 Everyone recognises this famous error, but what was the real achievement behind the stamp issue?
confirmed as viable, and soon expanded, bringing
huge benefits to the American economy.
That 24c stamp is more than just a pretty picture.
Guy Thomas, Editor 8 WORLD News

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49 The big impression made by the first pictorial definitives of the Cayman Islands 52 Collecting London district postmarks 58 Engravings by Claude Durrens
62 Early self-adhesive issues can be interesting for their backing paper 68 British stamps glorifying in battle victories 97 Detective work in communist China
FEATURES 49 commonwealth COMPETITIONs

classics
The Cayman Islands’ first pictorial
40 earliest days definitive series in 1935 doubled as Win a Reintroduced Species
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was established 100 years ago Claude Durrens created many fine
See page 37
on the American east coast. How images for France and its colonies,
difficult was it to get such an from Marianne to bananas
ambitious project off the ground?
68 GB THEMES ‘With all due respect, the Queen
52 london’s From Hastings to D-Day, glorious
district posts victories in battle have been now looks nothing like the woman
The division of London into postal celebrated on many British stamps
districts based on compass points whose image graces our stamps’
in 1857 was an experiment on 75 eyewitness accounts
the road to postcodes, and their A 1945 letter from the liberated
see page 35
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WORLD NEWS
United States celebrates

100 years of airmail
The United States has issued the first of two stamps marking the
100th anniversary of its airmail service.
The Forever (50c) value illustrates a Curtiss JN-4H ‘Jenny’
biplane, as did the country’s first airmail series in 1918, but this
time from the front rather than from the side.
This stamp is printed in blue, and a second stamp with the same
design will be issued later this year in carmine red; these were the
two colours used to print the famous 1918 24c value, and its even
more famous printing error, the Inverted Jenny.
The Curtiss Jenny was the US Army aircraft deployed when the
world’s first regularly scheduled air service for civilian mail was
inaugurated on May 15, 1918. It started by plying a route between
Washington DC and New York, via Philadelphia, but rapidly
expanded to serve Boston and Chicago (see page 40).
Although inscribed ‘Airmail’, this is not an airmail-rate stamp.
The USA abolished its domestic airmail rate in 1977, and its The design, which is suitably evocative of the period, is
international airmail rate in 2013. Post travelling long distances intaglio-printed, but from an illustration which has been created
is now routinely transported by air. digitally rather than engraved by hand.
Alderney’s royal anniversary Greenland

set sings the national anthem issue painted
Alderney’s stamp issue celebrating the 65th
anniversary of the Coronation carries the
by the Queen
words of the first verse of the British
national anthem, God Save The Queen. Greenland has released a charity stamp
Released on May 10, they accompany and a miniature sheet reproducing
photographic images of Queen Elizabeth II paintings by its monarch, Queen
from events which include royal tours, state Margrethe II of Denmark.
occasions, birthdays and jubilees. The Queen is well known for her
The origins of the anthem are not entirely watercolour landscapes, which have been
clear, but in its present form it dates back at widely exhibited, but this is the first time
least to the 18th century. her artwork has been used on stamps.
One is a 14kr+1kr semi-postal issued in
sheets of 10, with the surcharge going to
the Association for Greenlandic Children, of
which she is a patron.
The miniature sheet includes this along
with six further painted designs, with values
of 2kr, 5kr and 10kr, and labels with the
Queen’s portrait and royal cypher in gold.

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Inscription error mars news in brief
India commemorative > The four

luminaries invited
to sign the Roll of
A stamp issued by India to mark the 50th anniversary of Auroville,
Distinguished
an Indo-French experimental international township in Tamil Nadu, Philatelists this
contained an embarrassing error of spelling. year are Robert
The word ‘Jubilee’ was misspelt as ‘Jubliee’ on the 5r design, and Abensur from
also on the first-day cancellation of February 25. France, Gustaf
Douglas from
Auroville was named after the Indian philosopher Sri Aurobindo Sweden, Cheryl
and established by the French-Indian spiritual guru Mirra Alfassa. Ganz from the
Both are portrayed on the design, flanking an architectural United States and
landmark of the township. Geoffrey Lewis from
Australia. The
Endorsed by UNESCO, the community was set up with the aim of
ceremony will take
being ‘a universal town where men and women of all countries are place during the GB
able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all Philatelic Congress
in Newcastle upon
Israel revels in
politics and all nationalities’.
Tyne in July.
> Part of the

its national Collection of Prince
Albert of Monaco
achievements
will be displayed at
the Royal Philatelic
Society London on
May 17.
Israel has marked the 70th anniversary of
its independence with a single stamp design > Among this year’s
attempting to sum up the accomplishments Federation of
of the nation. European Philatelic
Associations award
The 5s value commemorates Israeli winners are Brian
inventions ranging from cherry tomatoes to Trotter, for his book
USB memory sticks, and drip irrigation to Southern African
smartphone technology, along with symbols Mails: Routes, Rates
& Regulations
alluding more generally to advancements in
1806-1916, and the
academia, agriculture, business, cinema, Czechoslovak
music, space, sport and science. Philatelic Society of
Israel came into being with a declaration Great Britain, for its
of independence on May 14, 1948. promotional work.
Erene Grieve awarded > Stanley Gibbons

has published a
ABPS Congress Medal Obituary: 9th edition of its

King George VI
Commonwealth
Erivan Haub
Erene Grieve, a tireless volunteer who has inspired many young
collectors, has been awarded the 2018 Congress Medal by the
catalogue, priced
£39.95, and a fifth
edition of its India
Association of British Philatelic Societies. The German collector and catalogue, priced
Since she started setting up school stamp clubs in Pembrokeshire philatelic businessman £29.95.
in 1997, Grieve has travelled around the UK running 1,000 Erivan Haub has died at > John Connor, a
workshops in more than 500 schools, reaching 30,000 children. the age of 85. King George VI and
She has been the youth His personal collections Channel Islands
officer for the South encompassed German collector who was
Chairman of the
Wales Philatelic States, classic Austria
Purbeck Stamp &
Federation for 10 years, and Switzerland, US Postcard Club from
the youth co-ordinator postmaster provisionals, private postal 2011-17, has died at
for the Raflet Postal agencies and Zeppelin mail. As a result he the age of 78.
Stamp Club for 17 years owned some of the world’s most famous
> Spink’s auction on
and a Stamp Active stamps, such as the Baden 1851 9kr black May 9 included the
volunteer for 18 years. on green error of colour and the Alexandria Dr Paul Ramsay
Grieve has also served 1846 5c ‘Blue Boy’ error of colour. collection of
15 years as Chairman In 2012, along with the Dieter Michelson hand-painted
envelopes, which
and Secretary of and Karl Louis, he established the Global
was sold to raise
Haverfordwest Philatelic Philatelic Network, acquiring some of the funds for the Royal
Society, which has world’s best known auction houses, such as Philatelic Society
regular presentation Heinrich Köhler in Wiesbaden, Corinphila London, supporting
evenings for its in Zürich, H R Harmer in the USA and its move to new
premises in 2018.
younger members. John Bull in Hong Kong.

WORLD NEWS
NEW ISSUE
Canadian portraits of
the Queen as a Princess
C
anada has issued a stamp to mark the from a sitting at Clarence House in London two-sided sheet shows the covers and
65th anniversary of the Coronation of in July 1951, seven months before the inside panels of 12 booklets.
Queen Elizabeth II, based on a Queen’s accession, when she was aged 25. Karsh was born in Armenia, then in the
striking portrait captured by the famous The booklet cover has a different portrait Ottoman Empire, in 1908, and was a refugee
Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh in from the same sitting, which was used for from the Armenian genocide. He settled in
1951, when she was still Princess Elizabeth. Canada’s definitive stamp issue of 1953. Canada in 1923, and opened a photographic
Released on April 20, the Permanent Collectors are being offered a limited- studio in Ottawa in 1932.
domestic-rate stamp (sold at 85c) comes in edition uncut press sheet, claimed to be the He photographed Elizabeth II on five
hang-sell self-adhesive booklets of 10. first product of its kind based on booklet occasions, two of them before she became
The stamp’s black-and-white portrait is panes rather than miniature sheets. Each Queen and three afterwards.

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WORLD NEWS
NEW ISSUE
Brains and bravura of

the ‘dam busters’ raid
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mark the 75th anniversary of the such as flying low under enemy fire (65p), 24-year-old Wing Commander Guy Gibson,
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cleverest and most daring bombing the bouncing bomb (82p) and breaching a being presented to King George VI at RAF
missions of World War II. dam (94p). Scampton on May 27, 11 days after the raid.
Formally known as Operation Chastise, The other two designs show a group of Gibson was subsequently awarded the
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in Germany’s Ruhr valley, with the intention bomb designer Barnes Wallis (£1.12). a famous film, The Dam Busters, in 1955.
of destroying their hydroelectric power
stations, disrupting water supplies and
flooding factories and mines downstream.
Its secret weapon was Barnes Wallis’
9,000lb bouncing bomb, codenamed
Upkeep, which was designed to be released
at a very low altitude and with back-spin. It
would bounce across the water until it met
the wall of the dam, spin down its face and
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The mission required selecting some of
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Flying from RAF Scampton in
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19 specially adapted Avro Lancaster
bombers, the Squadron successfully
caused catastrophic breaches of the Möhne
Dam and Eder Dam, while the Sorpe Dam
received minor damage.

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TOGO 1915 R
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1919
French occupation
O
SO
L DF
1,84
6 Rarest overprint variety
overprints on piece £ 32
The rarest stamp of Czechoslovakia caused a stir at a Burda auction
by appearing on the philatelic market for the first time in generations.
Christoph Gärtner’s special sale of the Peter Zgonc collection of
Dating from the birth of the country, out of the ashes of the Austro-
Togo included one of the most desirable items in all of German
Hungarian Empire in the aftermath of World War I, this was an Austria
colonial philately.
4k green definitive on granite paper, with the diagonal ‘Posta
This comprised examples of both the 1m red and the 5m red and
Ceskoslovenska 1919’ overprint inverted.
black from the 1900 definitive series, with the ‘Togo Occupation
A huge number of both Austrian and Hungarian stamps were
Franco-Anglaise’ overprint of 1915, on piece together with three
overprinted in 1919, but there are rare varieties among the kronen
copies of the similarly overprinted 5pf green.
values printed on granite paper and with overprint errors.
Only three examples of the overprinted 5m survive, and the 1m is
Austrian and Hungarian stamps which had just been invalidated
thought to be unique. Separately, these high values have catalogue
could be traded in for these overprinted stamps, but the exchange
prices of £66,000 and £83,000 respectively.
was subject to a 50% surcharge of the original value, which was
donated to charity.
SOLD BY GÄRTNER £321,846
SOLD BY BURDA £320,793
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN 1850
Earliest known usage
A special golden jubilee auction held by Swedish auction
house Postiljonen offered many rarities, and one of the
highlights was this cover front franked with the first two
stamps of Schleswig-Holstein.
The 1850 1s blue and 2s pink, both with good margins,
were cancelled by very crisp strikes of the circular ‘18’
numeral obliterator of Kiel.
A separate Kiel datestamp reveals that the cover,
addressed to Hamburg in the German Confederation, was
posted during the initial rate period of 1850, making this
the earliest known usage of the stamps on cover.
SOLD BY POSTILJONEN £31,592

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Great Britain 1840
Penny Black first day cover
Even though Bolaffi’s latest sale was headlined by rare Italian States material,
it was a British first day cover which emerged with the top realisation.
This was a lovely cover sent from London to Norwich, franked with a pair of
Penny Blacks and datestamped May 6, 1840, on the reverse.
In fine condition with mostly good margins and the corner letters RE and RF,
the stamps were lightly cancelled with red Maltese cross postmarks.
SOLD BY BOLAFFI £60,921
AUSTRALIA 1913 CANADA 1899

Varieties in monogram block Port Hood provisionals
Sought-after monogram and imprint blocks were a feature of The Calgary collection
Spink’s special sale of the Kangaroo & Map issues of Australia, one of Canada, sold by
of the most interesting being this corner strip of three of the 5s grey Siegel, included what is
and yellow from the 1913 (first watermark) series. thought to be the only
The margins included the monogram of the printer, J B Cooke, certified unused set of
and two of the stamps showed the ‘Spencer’s Gulf short’ and ‘break Port Hood 1c and 2c
in coast of Gulf of Carpentaria’ varieties. provisionals.
This is one of only two such strips in private hands. These comprise 3c
definitives cut vertically
SOLD BY SPINK £23,000 into one-third and two-
third sizes, with
handstamp surcharges
to redesignate them as
1c and 2c values
respectively.
They were created by the postmaster at Port Hood, Nova Scotia,
when a reduction in the basic postage rate from 3c to 2c, effective
from January 1899, left him with a shortage of 2c stamps.
Around 200 ‘sets’ were surcharged, the vast majority of which
were used on covers postmarked on January 4 or January 5.
On this mint pair, which originate from two different stamps, the
overprint ‘1’ in blue is very faint, but the ‘2’ in violet is clear.
SOLD BY SIEGEL £20,710
NEWFOUNDLAND 1919
Transatlantic airmail attempt
A star turn at Felzmann’s ‘Per Ardua Ad Astra’ sale of
airmail was one of the 25 covers which were intended to
be carried on the second attempt to fly an aeroplane
across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Britain,
by Frederick Raynham and C W F Morgan in 1919.
Addressed to Liverpool and carried ‘kindness of Major
Morgan and F P Ranham (sic) Esq’, it bears the 3c stamp
endorsed ‘Aerial Atlantic Mail’ in manuscript by W C
Campbell, the Secretary of the Postal Department, and
initialled by Dr J A Robinson, the Postmaster, cancelled
in St John’s on April 19.
Unfortunately, when the delayed attempt eventually
got underway on May 18, the Martinsyde plane crashed
on take-off. The mail on board ended up being shipped
to London, and did not arrive until January 7, 1920!
SOLD BY FELZMANN £10,531

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NEW ISSUE
British owls pose for a

family portrait gallery
R
oyal Mail’s upcoming special stamp countryside, and largely sedentary rather 1st class Little Owl (adult)
issue, released on May 11, is devoted than migratory, so they keep to the same Introduced in the 19th century, the little
to Owls. territory all year round. owl, Athene noctua, has a less rounded face
It features the five species of owl which Designed by Atelier Works, after than the other species and lives in woodland
live and breed regularly in Britain, by way of photographs, the stamps are printed in litho with open grassy areas nearby. It hunts
one se-tenant strip of five illustrating adults by International Security Printers. insects, swooping down on them from a
and another showing juveniles. perch or chasing them on the ground.
Usually hunting for small mammals at 1st class Barn Owl (adult)
night, owls are among the most successful Unmistakeable with its white and gold 1st class Tawny Owl (adult)
predators in the bird world, thanks to plumage and heart-shaped face, the barn The tawny owl, Strix aluco, is Britain’s
eyesight which excels in low-light owl, Tyto alba, is mostly nocturnal but largest and most common owl, but is rarely
conditions, acute hearing and the ability to might sometimes be seen on summer seen because it is strictly nocturnal. A
fly almost silently. evenings. It hunts in flight over open powerful predator, often swooping on prey
Although rarely seen, they are country, and gets its name from its from a favourite watch point, it is even
widespread in areas of woodland or open tendency to nest in farm buildings. known to eat smaller owls.

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1st class Short-Eared Owl (adult) winter and may be found in roosts bird, long-eared owlets beg for food with a
Named after its tiny ‘ear’ tufts, the comprising ten or more birds. call which sounds like a squeaky gate.
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hunting in daylight by flying close to the Barn owlets are typically reared, in a clutch The presentation pack studies the typical
ground and dropping feet-first on its prey. of about four, in a cavity in an old building. characteristics of owls in general, such as
It is also nomadic, breeding mainly on their hearing, eyesight, plumage and
open moorland but becoming more 1st class Little Owl (juvenile) distinctive calls.
widespread in winter. Little owlets leave the nest about seven
1st class Long-Eared Owl (adult)

weeks after they hatch, although they
cannot fly until several weeks later. VERDICT
Easily distinguished from other species by
its large ‘ear’ tufts, the long-eared owl, 1st class Tawny Owl (juvenile) COMMEMORATIVE WORTH
Asio otus, breeds mostly in pine forests but Tawny owlets leave the nest long before There is no particular rationale for this
likes to hunt in open countryside, either on they can fly, climbing to safe spots in trees set beyond meeting a popular theme
the wing or from a perch. It disperses in while their parents continue to bring
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Set of 10 stamps £6.70 Short-eared owlets are reared in nests on with the feel of portraiture
the ground, hidden amongst moorland
Presentation pack £7.20
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news in brief
> A stamp issue

Royal Mail barred
from trademarking
celebrating the
wedding of Prince
Harry and Meghan
Markle is expected
on May 19, although
the details were not
Machin portrait
been confirmed by
Royal Mail in
advance. A miniature
sheet is thought
likely, in the same
vein as the royal
wedding of 2011.
Royal Mail attracted adverse press
> Royal Mail chief coverage in April after it emerged that it
executive Moya had applied to register the Machin
Greene is to stand portrait of Queen Elizabeth II as a
down in September
after eight years in trademark.
the post, during The plan was thwarted by opposition
which she steered from Buckingham Palace, amid claims
the company that the Queen herself objected to it, and
through
amid speculation that the postal service
privatisation and
oversaw a large had intended to use the image to make
increase in profits. money from inappropriate
She will depart with merchandising.
an expected pay-off According to The Sun newspaper: ‘The
of almost £1m.
move could have reaped millions in sales
> Greene, who was for the under-pressure company, by
the first non-British pasting Her Majesty on everything from
head of Royal Mail, tea towels to key rings.’
will be replaced by
Based on a specially commissioned
another. The
Canadian will be bas-relief sculpture by Arnold Machin,
succeeded a the iconic portrait has been used on
German, Rico Back, Britain’s definitive stamps since 1967.
who is currently When it was introduced, Royal Mail was
head of Royal Mail’s
European parcels publicly owned, but the organisation has
delivery subsidiary, since been privatised.
General Logistics The Department for Business, Energy
Systems. & Industrial Strategy has now stepped in
to apply for the trademark on behalf of
> The Voices From
The Deep temporary the Government.
exhibition at The A Royal Mail spokesman said: ‘We
Postal Museum in welcome the fact that BEIS has made
London displays this application, which is designed to
relics and
remarkably well ensure we protect this iconic image of
preserved letters the Queen.’
salvaged from the
wreck of SS
Gairsoppa, which
was torpedoed by a
German U-boat in
1941. Included in the
New chief executive
general admission
fee, it will remain
on display until
for Postal Museum
January.
The Postal Museum has appointed Laura Wright as its new chief
> The presentation executive officer.
pack of the new Wright was previously CEO of Tate Enterprises Ltd, which is
country definitives
responsible for generating income for the group of art museums
issued in March was
initially sold by post which includes the Tate Britain and Tate Modern in London. She will
offices at £16.30, take up her post on June 25.
instead of £16.15. ‘I’m looking forward to working with everyone at the museum to
Royal Mail says establish it as a must-see attraction,’ she said.
buyers can claim a
refund by taking a The founding director of The Postal Museum, Dr Adrian Steel,
receipt back to stepped down in December 2017 following its successful launch last
their branch. July as one of London’s newest tourist attractions.

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Shakespearean drama HOT OFF THE PRESS
Don Staddon has the inside line on British
of Stratford postbox stamp printings, post office supplies and
developments in postal mechanisation
Royal Mail decorated a postbox in
Stratford-upon-Avon in April to Definitive printings
celebrate the birth anniversary of We are informed by Royal Mail that counter sheets of all
William Shakespeare. Machin definitives will be printed by International
The box in the High Street was Security Printers for the foreseeable future. This
covered in quotes from five of his plays: confirms that the switch from De La Rue earlier this year
The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, Twelth was not just a temporary measure.
Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and
Much Ado About Nothing. Post & Go varieties
The selection was mocked in some When the Post & Go set commemorating the 50th
quarters because the deaths of Romeo anniversary of the Machin definitive was originally
and Juliet were caused by a letter offered by the vending machine at The Postal Museum, in
failing to be delivered! June 2017, it was as 1st class values only, and this should
Shakespeare was born in Stratford in have been the case when they reappeared at the same
April 1564. The exact date of his birth is kiosk on March 26. One lucky purchaser, however, was
not known, but it is traditionally somehow able to buy strips with the six different
celebrated on April 23 because he was standard values.
baptised on April 26. Museum staff were informed, and put a stop to the
bonanza, but by this time, to judge from what has been
offered for sale on eBay, quite a few strips must already
Colourful collars have been purchased.

Elsewhere, both September’s Mail By Air and
mark dealer’s jubilee February’s Mail By Sea sets have been reported with 2nd
class values, which was never the intention. It is
understood that more than one post office was
Hampshire-based GB dealer Rushstamps has been celebrating its responsible for allowing kiosks to dispense these.
diamond jubilee by producing a set of philatelic collars and using
them on its outgoing mail.
Rarely seen in modern times, collars were popular in the early
20th century as decorative frames for postage stamps. Strips of five
different self-adhesive designs are also available at £3.50.
Rushstamps was started in March 1958 by Allan Grant, and he is
still at the helm 60 years later.
Post & Go cut-backs

It has been confirmed that there will be no Post & Go
kiosks at the major party political conferences this year,
further evidence of activity being cut back by Royal Mail.
Slogan Postmarks
Surprisingly there was no evidence of a slogan postark
being used to mark the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air
Force at the start of April. In fact the proliferation of
slogans as a whole slowed down during the month.
Our enquiries suggest that this was due to the absence
of the member of staff who is responsible for these at
Slogan for CHOGM Royal Mail.
Forgeries
A slogan postmark commemorated the Commonwealth Heads of
The fact that forged stamps are sold by some corner
Government Meeting which was held in London from April 16-20.
shops and vendors on eBay is well known, but the
newsletter of the British Decimal Study Circle has been
reporting the existence of a different type on scam mail.
Since these particular forgeries are not on public sale
anywhere, the most likely place for collectors to find
them is probably kiloware.

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LETTER OF THE MONTH
Bahamas’ 1935 flamingos design

was first proposed by De La Rue
Your Commonwealth Classics feature on the Bahamas 1935 8d stamp (March issue,
page 51) caught my attention, because it was an early collecting area of mine.
Although Waterlow printed the stamp, the statement that it came up with the idea of the
flamingoes illustration is not correct.
There was a proposal in 1930 from
De La Rue for an airmail stamp with a
get in touch very similar design, although this was
not issued.
These pages are devoted to giving Sketches and proofs were retained in
you the opportunity to have your say. the De La Rue archive, until it was sold
Whether you want to praise or in the 1970s, and The Postal Museum
complain, suggest or advise, add holds photographs of these.
information or correct it, or just get Douglas N Muir,
something off your chest, we’d love Senior Curator of Philately,
to hear from you. The Postal Museum, London ABOVE: Bahamas 1935 8d, printed by Waterlow
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Biased against Brexit

Normally I enjoy John Crace’s Devil’s
Advocate column, but his comments about
the campaign for stamps celebrating Brexit
(April issue, page 37) were about as biased ABOVE: Earlier proposal for an airmail 6d, prepared in 1930 by De La Rue
as one could be.
He makes much of the fact that only 52%
voted to remain in the European Union, yet
ignores the fact that no government has
Campaign against pen cancellations met with
received as much as 50% of the vote since sympathy but no promise of remedial action
the 1930s.
Also he made no mention of the stamp Following John Gray’s appeal for collectors who are unhappy with pen cancellations to
issues celebrating joining the EU in 1973. e-mail Royal Mail’s chief executive, Moya Greene, directly (April issue, page 31), I rallied to
W R Violen, Holland-on-Sea the cause by sending a scan of the latest defacement I have received.
Of course, Ms Greene didn’t reply directly to me, but I had a response from Rebecca
Redmond, ‘one of Moya’s senior team’. It was a lot of mail-merge about loss of revenue, but
Cost-cutting exercise also offered the gem that ‘we do have a service for anyone who wishes to collect stamps
with a postal cancellation’.
There have been many complaints about the I tried to impress upon her that the volume of philatelic mail is tiny compared with total
defacing of stamps by pen, and the failure to mail, so any potential loss of revenue from uncancelled stamps is minuscule. In turn she
use the wavy-line handstamp supplied to sent me a presentation pack by way of compensation for my ruined stamps.
sorting offices. I used to have an American-made rubber handstamp which read ‘Philatelic mail: please
Revenue Protection departments used to cancel lightly’. I’m thinking of getting a new one made that reads ‘Philatelic mail: please do
have staff to handstamp mail which had not not pen-cancel’, just to see what effect it might have.
been machine-cancelled. My understanding John Winchester, Rugby
is that this task was taken away from them,
probably as a cost-cutting exercise, and the Other Stamp Magazine readers have reported received replies from Moya Greene’s office. In most
responsibility delegated to delivery offices. cases these have offered sympathy and in many cases mint stamps in compensation, but
Don Staddon, Haywards Heath promises of a policy to eradicate the problem have not yet been forthcoming. -Ed

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The 1948 stamps celebrating the third anniversary of the liberation of the Channel Islands
were far from perfect, but still hold a strange fascination, says Russell Morris
May 10 this year is the 70th

anniversary of one of Great Britain’s
most bizarre stamp issues, the 1948 set
of two which itself marked the third
anniversary of the liberation of the
Channel Islands from German
occupation in 1945.
In many ways the issue can be
considered a complete insult to
Channel Islanders. Nevertheless it
fascinates me, and I have put together a
a collection based on it.
Strange concept
The rationale behind the stamps was
apparently to give the resident
population a much needed ‘pick me up’,
and the struggling tourism industry a ABOVE:1948 Liberation of the Channel Islands 2½d blue, illustrating islanders collecting seaweed from a beach
boost, yet they carried no explanatory
inscription. How can you issue
commemorative stamps which do not
disclose what is being commemorated,
and which relate to a specific part of
Britain but do not state where?
The designs, which illustrated
islanders collecting vraic (seaweed)
from a beach for use as a fertiliser,
also attracted some criticism. In my
opinion they are quite attractive, but a
letter to the local press at the time
described them as ‘a couple of
exhausted horses dragging broken
down carts of refuse’!
Another element which backfired was
the issue date. For the Channel Islands,
Liberation Day is officially May 9, but in
1948 this fell rather awkwardly on a
Sunday. Thus, while clearly proclaiming, ABOVE: Registered postal stationery bearing a first day franking of the 1948 Liberation set, posted from
‘3rd Anniversary of Liberation, May 9, Torteval in Guernsey (a post office which is now closed) to Hildenborough in Kent
1948’, all first day covers were
postmarked on May 10! and perforation extensions can be as first day covers appeared, many of
Even more strangely, whilst the seen either on the left or on the right, which are extremely amateurish.
stamps were on general release in the but not on both. Interestingly, a number of players and
Channel Islands, they were available at Four constant varieties of the 2½d officials from Tottenham Hotspur
only nine head post offices in the United have been identified, although a couple Football Club were visiting Guernsey at
Kingdom: Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, of these are bordering on fly-speck the time, including Len Duquemin
Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, London and philately. The most obvious is the ‘break (known as ‘the Duke’), who was a
Manchester. I have never seen a first day in wheel’ variety, which manifests itself Guernseyman. A few covers were signed
cover from any other place, so if you as a little white blob on the bottom right on the reverse by members of the squad.
have one it might be unique! of the wheel of the cart, on the fifth Finally, if you visit the German
stamp in row 20. Occupation Museum in Guernsey, look
Stamp varieties out for a collection of eight war-related
The stamps were printed in Cover varieties covers, two of which are Liberation first
photogravure by Harrison & Sons in For me, however, the most interesting day covers, sent to the then Bailiff of
sheets of 120, the 1d scarlet from facets of this issue are its postmarks Guernsey, Sir Victor Carey. In 2005 his
cylinder number 2 and the 2½d and local first day covers. grandson kindly donated these to a
ultramarine from cylinder number 4, Lots of different postmarks are charity auction, and my bid for this
perforated 15x14. available to collectors, and many of the desirable lot was ‘way over the top’, but
Cylinder numbers can be found post offices involved no longer exist. A still not enough to deter the Musuem!
towards the bottom right of each sheet, plethora of envelopes designed for use Russell Morris

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Font changes identified on Horizon labels Royal Mail should

In response to your news story about the upgrading of the Horizon software which is used in handle complaints
post offices (May issue, page 25), I can report that there have definitely been changes to more helpfully
Horizon labels.
The font used for printing the top line, the service indicator, is bolder and slightly In common with John Gray (April issue,
different, most noticeable when you compare certain letters. page 31), I too have complained direct to
I believe the upgrade is being introduced gradually (I know that my local branch had to Royal Mail’s chief executive, Moya Greene,
close for the day so the new printers could be installed), and the earliest examples I have after being dissatisfied with the responses I
seen of the new-style labels date from October 2017. received from the Plymouth office, about
Alan Bush, via e-mail UK matters, and the Stoke-on-Trent office,
about overseas matters.
Besides the usual problem of stamps
being pen-cancelled, my big issue was that
three separate items I posted to Germany,
two at £1.57 and one at £1.17, landed on my
own doormat the next day!
Apparently the covers were faced the
wrong way when passing through automatic
sorting machines, and the system read the
printed return address label, hence the red
‘tram lines’ on the reverse.
It apprently didn’t occur to the delivery
staff that there was something unusual
about inward items of airmail paid for using
British stamps!
The local sorting office told me it did not
Singapore has a pub named after the Penny Black give refunds, and that I must complete a
form, but they did not stock the form and I
The recent correspondence about beers named after famous stamps (January issue, page must write to the Stoke office.
30, and February issue, page 28) reminded me of visits to Singapore during my many years I submitted a claim, and followed up with
working in south-east Asia. a telephone call, to be told that I should
On one day off I decided to take a walk along Boat Quay, where I stumbled upon a allow 30 days for a reply, which seems an
delightful pub called the Penny Black, which styles itself as a ‘Victorian London pub’ and excessively long time.
has the legendary stamp depicted on its hanging pub sign. Eventually I received six 65p stamps by
The excellent beer and food required me to visit frequently! way of compensation, but this was not a full
John Howe, via e-mail reimbursement of my costs, and my
concern about a recurring problem was
not addressed.
With 1st class mail (at least from here)
rarely reaching its destination within the
advertised timescale, I have become weary
of the continual poor service offered by
Royal Mail.
John Mayne, Bridgnorth
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public IMAGE?
Is the Machin portrait of Queen Elizabeth II fair game for exclusive use by Royal Mail on general
memorabilia? Or does its iconic status, and that of its subject, make it a special case?
R
oyal Mail has got itself house, but one person’s piece of woman whose portrait graces our THE AUTHOR
John Crace is
into a spat with the tat is another’s valued souvenir. postage stamps. What Royal Mail a GB collector
Queen over the rights to The precedent is clear. One of was trying to trademark was an specialising in
what is perhaps the most the royal family’s useful idealised image, one that is only early booklet
panes, and
recognised image of her. As a functions is to promote British recognisable because it has been a newspaper
frequent critic of the postal business, so if entrepreneurs fixture on the nation’s stamps for columnist
authority, whose side of the can make a few bob by such a long period of time, and
argument do you think I’m on? exploiting the royal brand, one with which the monarch which image he or she may use,
You’re probably wrong... where’s the harm, providing the herself is entirely content. but I don’t own the photo, and I
Faced with a 5% drop in memorabilia isn’t disrespectful? When we consider intellectual can’t control where it will be
revenues, Royal Mail had been So much for the principle of the property rights, Royal Mail’s case published. Moreover, if someone
hoping to generate extra cash matter. When we get to the actual becomes even more compelling. else wants to buy a copy, they
by trademarking Arnold details, the Palace’s objections As a general rule, it is the have to ask the snapper.
Machin’s famous profile portrait become even more mystifying. person who creates a piece of In this case, although the
of the Queen, which has The image in question is more art who owns the copyright, not Queen was given a say over the
featured on British stamps for than 50 years old, and, with all the subject of it. If a final design that first appeared
more than 50 years. due respect, the Queen now looks photographer takes a photo of on Britain’s definitive stamps in
Presumably it was planning to nothing like the 40-year-old me, I might get some say over 1967, the ownership of the image
knock up some ought to have
tea towels and resided with
key rings to flog Royal Mail, who
to unsuspecting commissioned
tourists. Machin to create
Her Maj took the original bas-
exception to this, relief sculpture.
and has now put In which case it
the kibosh on the should be free to
plan by halting use it how it
the trademarking chooses, within
process. But for reason.
almost the first If the Queen is
time in recent unhappy that
years, I find Royal Mail is
myself taking trying to make an
Royal Mail’s side. extra buck by
Put aside for a plastering images
moment whether of its stamps on
you think the non-philatelic
company’s souvenirs, then
money-making she should really
plans can bite her lip. It’s
sometimes be a part of the job.
bit grubby. That’s ABOVE: The recent trademarking spat was one in the eye for Royal Mail, but who should have Just as there
a red herring. intellectual property rights over Arnold Machin’s famous sculpted image of the Queen? are many
There’s been privileges that
plenty of other come with being a
downmarket ‘As a rule, it is the person who creates a piece of art member of the
clobber knocked royal family, so
up over the years who owns the copyright, not the subject of the image’ too there are
that has been irritations.
given the royal seal of approval: Over the course of her reign,
royal wedding mugs (though WHAT DO YOU THINK? the Queen has generally been
strangely no royal divorce very good at making sure she
mugs), royal birth coasters, Should Royal Mail have the right to exploit the Machin image maintains a dignified silence
Buckingham Palace jigsaws, fully, or is that inappropriate now that it has been privatised? about things she dislikes. On
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Usa airmail 1918
Blue-sky thinking
Establishing the first permanent scheduled airmail service for
civilian use in 1918 was a bold venture by the USA, and deserves
to be remembered for more than just a famous stamp error
■ Report by John Winchester
T
he carrying of mail by
aeroplane was pioneered in
the British Empire. The first
aerial delivery was from Allahabad
to Naini in India in February 1911,
and this was followed by the first
scheduled aerial post between
Windsor and Hendon in England
in September the same year.
Both, however, were temporary
arrangements. In the United States,
where Wilbur and Orville Wright
had made the world’s first flight in
a heavier-than-air machine in 1903,
plans were already being made for
a permanent service.
Ovington flight
A Texan Congressman named
Morris Sheppard had introduced
an Aerial Mail Bill into the House
of Representatives in 1910, urging
the Postmaster General, Frank
Hitchcock, to investigate the
feasibility of a service. Although it
was defeated, Hitchcock went ABOVE: The airmail pilot, Earle Ovington, and science of aviation encourages hope
ahead regardless. Postmaster of New constructed a temporary post that ultimately the regular
He endorsed early attempts to York City hands a office, named Aeroplane Station conveyance of mail by this means
catapult aircraft from the decks of mailbag to pilot No1, to offer commemorative may be practical,’ he wrote in his
ships in 1910, and then authorised Torrey Webb before flown covers. annual report for 1911.
a one-off airmail flight on his flight from New The public responded He petitioned the federal
September 23, 1911, exactly two York to Philadelphia enthusiastically, nearly making the government for $50,000 in funding,
weeks after Britain’s first venture. on May 15, 1918, the scheme a victim of its own success. but it was not forthcoming. In these
At an air show on Long Island in first day of the United When the huge sack of 640 letters early days of flight, many still
New York, attended by celebrated States’ airmail and 1,280 postcards was forced into doubted the practical usefulness of
early aviators such as Claude service the tiny cockpit of the Blériot XI the aeroplane.
Grahame-White, Tommy Sopwith monoplane, the pilot was left with
and Harriet Quimby, Hitchcock little room to work the controls. Carlstrom flight
swore in the first official US Ovington flew five and a half Hitchcock was succeeded as
miles from Garden City to Mineola, Postmaster General by Albert
where he dropped the mailbag Burleson in 1913, but fresh impetus
from his plane. It burst on impact for the concept of airmail came in
with the ground, leaving the 1915, when a new National
Postmaster of Mineola to scurry Advisory Committee for
around collecting up its Aeronautics was established and
scattered contents! the enthusiastic Otto Praeger was
Further mail-carrying flights appointed Second Assistant
were made by Ovington over the Postmaster General.
following weeks, prompting Having demonstrated great
Hitchcock to proclaim that aerial dynamism in reforming
delivery was the coming thing. Washington DC’s obsolete postal
ABOVE: Airmail 24c with a Washington DC ‘first trip’ postmark of May 15 ‘The progress being made in the system, Praeger now took on

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wishful thinking
When the US Parcel Post was established in 1912,
a set of 12 dedicated stamps was issued, ranging in
value from 1c to $1. Many of these illustrated
different ways of transporting parcels, and the 20c
depicted a Wright-type biplane with the inscription
‘Aeroplane carrying mail’.
It was the first stamp issued by a postal
authority showing an aeroplane, but at the time
it was very much wishful thinking, as there
would be no such airmail service until 1918.
ABOVE: Souvenir postcard flown over New York by Earle Ovington on October 1, 1911,
postmarked at the temporary Aeroplane Station No1 at Garden City
the cost of around $82,000 per

month. Informed by Praeger that
the scheme had ‘a good possibility
of success’, NACA then won
government funding of $100,000 for
a service that would link
Washington DC, Philadelphia and
ABOVE: Souvenir cover flown by Victor Carlstrom on November 2, 1916, from Chicago to New
New York, a distance of just over
York in a publicity stunt financed by The New York Times
200 miles.
In February 1918 a revised tender
responsibility for mobilising the was opened for operators to carry
whole nation’s mail, and would United up to 300lb of mail on this route at
states
•
come to be regarded as the ‘father an average speed of 100mph, and at
of the air mail service’. this point in stepped the military!
new york
One of the events which Colonel Edward Deeds, an
•
convinced him of the viability of industrialist now serving with the
air transportation was a Army Signal Corps, announced
flamboyant publicity stunt philadelphia that the Army was prepared to
sponsored by a newspaper. operate the service in order provide
The New York Times backed an flying experience for its pilots, now
attempt to fly non-stop between
Chicago and New York, a distance •washington DC
that the United States was engaged
in World War I.
of 967 miles. It had a Curtiss The War Department would
biplane built specially for the
ATLANTIC supply a dozen planes, together
mission, and hired a Swedish-born
OCEAN with six pilots and mechanics to
US Army Lieutenant, Victor run the service for a year, and it
Carlstrom, as the pilot. subcommittee to consider the would be run by Major Reuben
Carlstrom took off from Chicago feasility of starting regular Fleet, the officer responsible for
on November 2, 1916, carrying inter-city airmail flights, although flight training, assisted by Captain
about 1,000 letters and postcards. there was some debate over Benjamin Lipsner, who was in
He was forced down by a loose fuel whether it should be operated by charge of aircraft maintenance.
pipe about halfway to New York, private companies or by the postal
but completed the journey the service itself. Logistical concerns
following day, breaking distance Tenders were sought from three Preparing the aircraft and the
and speed records in the process. aircraft manufacturers, of whom airfields for the service presented
only the Standard Aero some challenges, especially given a
Army intervention Corporation came up with a planned start date of May 15, 1918.
Praeger’s reforming zeal was now concrete proposal, offering to Major Fleet was unhappy that
instrumental in getting a NACA provide five aircraft and pilots at the Curtiss JN-4H two-seater

Usa airmail 1918
ABOVE: Frank Hitchcock, US Postmaster ABOVE: Albert Burleson, US ABOVE: Otto Praeger, Second Assistant ABOVE: Major Reuben Fleet, Officer-in-Charge
General from 1909-13 Postmaster General from 1913-21 Postmaster General from 1915-21 of the Aerial Mail Service in 1918
‘There was some debate over whether an airmail and Washington’s Potomac Park
polo field were selected, with
service should be operated by private companies or by Bustleton Field in Philadelphia as
the intermediate stop.
the postal service. Then the army stepped in’ A chain of back-up landing fields
was also designated, where trucks
biplane selected for the role had or relief planes would be standing
insufficient range, and appealed for by to collect the mail should any
a delay in the hope of obtaining the aircraft fail.
latest variant, the JN-6H. At the
insistence of Burleson, however, the Stamp issue
original schedule was maintained. To cover the initial airmail rate for
This left the manufacturer little items weighing up to 1oz, the Post
time to make the necessary Office Department issued a single
modifications to six aircraft, which 24c stamp. Although Italy and
involved adding larger fuel tanks, Austria had previously sold
and removing the seat and controls overprinted stamps specifically
ABOVE: The world’s first purpose- from the forwardmost cockpit to for airmail use, this was the
designed airmail stamp, the 1918 24c create a mail compartment. world’s first purpose-designed
blue and red, illustrating the Curtiss Choosing the starting and airmail stamp.
JN-4 ‘Jenny’ biplane finishing points was complicated Designed by Clair Aubrey
by the fact that the Mineola airfield Huston at the Bureau of Engraving
in New York was in full use for & Printing in Washington, it
army training, while Washington depicted a Curtiss JN-4 (popularly
had no airstrip at all. Eventually known as a ‘Jenny’) and was
New York’s Belmont Park racetrack printed in two colours, with the
did you know?

Although the Curtiss JN-4 biplane depicted on the 1918 airmail set
is similar to the aircraft used for the first scheduled airmail
service, it is not exactly the same: the image shows the unmodified
two-seater training plane, not the modified model which was
actually used.
However, the registration number on the fuselage, 38262, is the
correct number of the aircraft which made the first flight out of
Washington DC.
When work on the stamp began, none of the planes had been
assembled or allocated a serial number, so the designer had to
make do with a photograph of an unmodified version and a
ABOVE: As postage rates were reduced, ‘guesswork’ registration number. This number was then held back
the 24c was followed before the end of from other assignments in order to match the stamp!
1918 by the 16c green and 6c orange

complete sheet of 100 stamps with
the vignette inverted from the New
York Avenue post office in
Washington. He was even more
delighted when it subsequently
emerged that this was the only
such sheet in existence.
Postal inspectors tried to
confiscate it, but Robey held firm,
selling it to the Philadelphia-based
dealer Eugene Klein for $15,000.
Klein later sold it on to wealthy
collector Colonel E H R Green, who
broke it up into key blocks and
singles. A century later, the
record price for a single
‘Inverted Jenny’ is $935,000.
The big day

Both the northbound and
southbound routes of the service
would be inaugurated
simultaneously on May 15, with
scheduled take-off times of
11.30am in both directions.
Lieutenant George Boyle would
fly the first leg of the northbound
flight from Washington to
Philadelphia, from where
Lieutenant Howard Culver would
continue to New York. Meanwhile,
Lieutenant Torrey Webb would fly
from New York to Philadelphia,
with Lieutenant James Edgerton
frame in carmine rose and the airmail service was inaugurated, a ABOVE: The unique continuing on to Washington.
vignette in blue. It might easily remarkable discovery was made by plate block of four of Along with hundreds of excited
have become renowned as a William T Robey, a 29-year-old the famous ‘Inverted spectators, most of the important
classic design in its own right, but stockbroker’s clerk and small-time Jenny’ error, which dignitaries gathered at Potomac
would in fact become famous for stamp collector. Looking out for changed hands for Park in Washington. They included
the most celebrated error in the possibility of printing errors in almost $3m in 2005 President Woodrow Wilson and his
American philately. two-colour stamps, Robey was wife Edith, Major Fleet, Postmaster
On May 14, the day before the delighted to be able to buy a Burleson, Second Assistant
ABOVE: President Woodrow Wilson (centre) and his wife Edith were among the dignitaries at the ABOVE: Major Reuben Fleet’s last-minute advice to wayward pilot
Potomac Park Polo Field in Washington DC on the day the airmail service was inaugurated Lieutenant George Boyle proved to be somewhat in vain

Usa airmail 1918
‘A 24c stamp was

issued to cover the
initial basic airmail
rate. By the end of
the year, the price
had been reduced
to just 6c’
Praeger and Congressman
Sheppard, sponsor of the 1910 Bill.
Speeches were made, and Major
Fleet ceremonially strapped the
route maps to Lieutenant Boyle’s
leg. Four mailbags (which included ABOVE: ‘First trip’ cover of May 15, 1918, from Washington to New York, sent between offices of the Otis Elevator Company
a ‘first trip cover’ addressed by
President Wilson to the New York
postmaster and destined for a Red
Cross auction) were driven to the
waiting aircraft, in a truck painted
in a new United States Air Mail
Service livery, and strapped into
the front cockpit.
Mixed results
There was an embarrassing delay
when the aircraft refused to start
and it realised that its fuel tank
was empty, and when Boyle was
eventually cleared for take-off he
only just cleared the trees at the
end of the airstrip. But worse was
to follow when it became apparent
that he was flying in the wrong ABOVE: ‘First trip’ cover of May 15, 1918, from Philadelphia to Washington, addressed to none other than William T Robey,
direction! who was about to become rich as the purchaser of the ‘Inverted Jenny’ sheet
Not helped by an unreliable
compass which was vibrating
excessively, he had picked the and flip over. The southbound route fared
wrong railway line out to follow of Boyle was unhurt, but grounded. much better. Webb was in the air
Washington, and headed south So, even though Culver kept to the by 11.29am, while speeches were
instead of north-east. schedule and flew from still being made, and successfully
After an hour he decided to land Philadelphia to New York, arriving handed his two mailbags
in a field near Waldorf in Maryland to an enthusiastic welcome at (containing 2,457 letters) to
to ask for directions, only for the 3.37pm, his plane was carrying no Edgerton in Philadelphia one hour
plane to nose into the soft earth mail from Washington. later. Edgerton completed the
second leg with a perfect landing
on the polo field at 2.58pm, to be
greeted with a firm handshake by a
somewhat relieved Major Fleet.
Albeit with less than perfect
efficiency, the Aerial Mail Service
had been inaugurated.
Into the future

Further setbacks were to follow
before these flights became a
matter of routine.
On the second day of the service,
Lieutenant Stephen Bonsall crash-
landed on the Brighton Racetrack
ABOVE: ‘First trip’ cover of June 3, 1918, for the extension of the airmail route from New York to Boston, subsequently signed by in New Jersey while flying from
the Postmaster General Albert Burleson, the inventor Admiral Bradley Fiske and the Arctic explorer Robert Peary New York to Philadelphia, and his

mail had be collected by truck.
On the third day, poor Boyle lost
his way again on route from
Washington to Philadelphia, and
compounded his error by wrecking
the aircraft when he landed in
Virginia, out of fuel. He was
swiftly relieved of his duties.
Despite these mishaps, the
overall feeling was one of
optimism, and before the year was
out the service had been hugely
improved and made much
cheaper to use.
President Wilson indicated his
desire to see it extended further
north-east, to Boston, and this
commenced as early as June 6, with
4,400 items of mail carried on the
ABOVE: 1958 cover commemorating the 40th
first flight from New York.
anniversary of the air mail service, posted
Burleson began to look at ways of
from the east coast to the west coast, with a
making the service more widely
slogan postmark cancelling a 6c airmail
available, to ensure that each flight
stamp of the day
carried its full weight capacity, and
to that end the postage rate was
reduced to 16c per ounce on July 15. LEFT: 1968 10c airmail stamp issued to
A new 16c stamp was duly issued, commemorate the 50th anniversary of the
with the same design but printed service, once again illustrating the original
in a single colour, green. Curtiss JN-4 biplane with the registration
By August the Post Office number 38262
Department was ready to take over
LEFT: Benjamin operations from the Army, and to

Lipsner, who had left introduce the much-anticipated
the US Army to link from New York to Chicago, via
become the first Cleveland. Captain Lipsner
civilian resigned his Army commission to
Superintendent of the become the first civilian
Aerial Mail Service, Superintendent of the Aerial
hands a mailbag to Mail Service.
pilot Walter Miller at A further reduction in the
the inauguration of postage rate followed in December,
the New York to to just 6c per ounce, which
Chicago route in necessitated the issue of a third
September 1918 stamp, the 6c orange.
Just 15 years after the Wright
brothers’ pioneering flight, the
world’s first permanent scheduled
airmail service for civilian use was
already well established. ■
rival claimant
A rival claimant to be considered the first regularly scheduled airmail service was the one
established by the Austro-Hungarian Army Air Service on March 31, 1918, six weeks before the
US Aerial Mail Service commenced.
For the remainder of World War I, it used German-built Hansa-Brandenburg biplanes to link
Vienna with Krakow (now in Poland) and with Lvov and Kiev (now in Ukraine).
It carried mostly military and official mail, although civilian mail was permitted on some
flights. Postage could be paid using Austrian definitive stamps specially overprinted with
‘Flugpost’ and in some cases surcharged.
The service lasted only just over six months. The last flight was on October 15, by which time
the Austro-Hungarian Empire was in a state of collapse.

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Every month, hundreds of collections in the price range £20 to £500+, strong in European countries plus some
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when you can quickly buy direct, the price asked is the price you pay, no buyer's commission and post free in UK
(even for large boxed lots) - plus fuller describing!
Here are a just few of the lots available GERMANY - BERLIN
FINLAND 6401 : Mainly mint range (nearly all u/m)with good
to buy at the time of going to press : 5636 : 1891 Russian period 7R Arms unmounted erly issues incl 1949 1M Dove with red BERLIN
mint and very fresh (SG 145) (1 stamp) ... ... £125 ovpt (u/m and signed Schegel BPP but short cor-
BELGIUM - OFFICIALS
6336 : Mint range with 1928 set including the 1F50 FINLAND ner, not counted in valuation), UPU set (SG 54/60,
5635 : 1875-1900 cancels - interesting range of couple with very slight paper adhesions, rest u/m),
(2) and 60c, + various 1930s to 1950s with several
mainly 1875 to 1889 Arms with values to 32p, plus Goethe (SG 61/63, 10pf with very faint crease, rest
better (35 stamps) ... ....................................... £30
a few later 19th century, ALL with dumb cancels, u/m), 1950 Orchestra (SG 72/73 cat £205), 1951
BULGARIA coloured cancels (blue, violet), straight-line and Stamp Day,1952 Beethoven, Olympics, Celebrities
5764 : 1879 Lions basic set of five fine used (SG boxed cancels, pen-dated cds, fine numeral “440” (SG 91/100 cat £160), 1953 Bells clapper central
between 1 and 8, cat £545) (5 stamps) ... ... £125 fully struck, lovely lot for specialist (36 stamps) ...£85 (SG 102/05 cat £100), Uprising, and most others
to about 1981 (600 stamps) ... ..................... £375
BULGARIA FRENCH COLONIES - DAHOMEY
5767 : 1885 50 on 1F Lion (SG 40 cat £750) mint 6437 : Mint range (some u/m) of eary of early to GERMANY - WEST
(1 stamp) ... .................................................... £100 middle period, with 1913-17 set, also Parcel POst 6398 : 1949-1980 apparently complete unmounted
1969 to 5000F on 100F u/m, cat 1100 Euros (about mint collection except the Posthorns set, in two
BULGARIA 200 stamps) ... ............................................... £150 Lindner hingeless albums ( green boxed multiring
5142 : 1932 Strasbourg Flight set mint light hinge dual-system albums, all matching). Includes the
(SG 323/25 cat £250) (3 stamps) ... ............... £75 FRENCH COLONIES - TUNISIA good early sets e.g. 1949 Parliament, German
6438 : All periods range mainly mint from 1906-18 stamps, 1950 Bach, 1951 Lubeck Church,
BULGARIA to 5F mint, 1916 and 1918 Prisoners of War mint, Wuppertal Exhn, Rontgen etc, and all the Charity
5402 : 1933 second Balkan Olympics set mint light
1926-41 pictorials to 20F mint plus Parcel to 20F, sets from the neginning. 1951 Posthorns have 2pf
hinge (SG 326/32 cat £1100) (7 stamps) ... . £275
further chartities, airs, dues, parcel post, postwar to 30pf and the good 70pf (SG 1058 cat £550) all
BULGARIA good range mainly mint incl a few imperfs, through unmounted mint, but the other five values are un-
5137 : 1935 Gymnastics set, mint very light hinge to about 2000, (about 650 stamps) ... .......... £250 used part gum or used. About 1000 stamps, cat
(SG 357/62 cat £350) (6 stamps) ... ............. £120 GERMANY about 4000 Euros (weight 6 kilos) ... ........... £500
CHINA - P.R.C. 6402 : 1872-1944 mint and used collection in stock HUNGARY
5276 : 1950 surcharges on North Eastern Prov- book with main strength in III Reich, includes turn 6447 : 1871-1914 mainly used ranges with 1871
ince basic set of 14 unused (SG 1436/49 ex “a” of century and inflation, 1930 IPOSTA min sheet engraved Franz Joseph basic set used (SG 8/13
numbers, cat £600) (14 stamps) ... .............. £200 (margins stained and faint crease, stamps fine and cat about £300 as cheapest shades), 1k Newspa-
u/m, SG MS464a cat £600, retail £175 for the stamp per first posthorn (SG N8 four margins cat £50),
CHINA - P.R.C. block u/m), 1936 Olympics min sheets u.m (SG later 19th century range of Letter type incl several
5274 : 1950 Flags set unused, originals (SG 1464/ MS613a cat £275), 1937 Nurnberg min sheet mint mint, 1900 Turuls, 1913 Flood Relief set used (but
68 cat £375) (5 stamps) ... ............................ £125 (SG MS638 cat £110), 1939 Danzig ovpt set mint 5K is mint, SG 136/52 cat £120+), and 1914 War
CHINA - PROVINCES - NORTH-EAST (SG 704/17 cat £75), and many other III Reich Charity set used (SFG 153/69 cat £140) (240
commems from 1930s to 1944 incl SA & SS last stamps) ... ...................................................... £100
5360 : 1948 Parcel Post $500,000 on $5,000,000
issue u/m, plus further III Reich etc loose in pack-
used ( SG P84, cat £250) (1 stamps) ... ......... £85
ets (about 1000 stamps) (weight 1 kilo) ... ... £375 HUNGARY
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 6449 : 1915-1944 mint and used collection (some-
6256 : 1945-1969 collection of mint (hinged) and
GERMANY times both) with good range of WWI and inflation
6399 : 1928 2M and 4M Zeppelins unmounted period, 1927 Air 4f imperf, 1932 Madonnas set used
used (often both) mounted in three albums (red
mint (SG 444/45, Michel 423/24, cat 420 Euros), (SG 535/38 cat £110), 1933 Air set used (SG 554/
Grafton springbacks, English size, on plain pages),
couple short perfs on the 2M, otherwise fine (2 62 cat £275), good run of WWII period mint (nearly
fairly complete, (weight 6½ kilos) ... ............. £150
stamps) ... ........................................................ £75 1000 stamps) ... ............................................. £100
FALKLANDS
GERMANY - III REICH HUNGARY
6350 : 1882 4d grey-black wmk Crown CA upright
6431 : 1938-1945 mint (hinged) collection on plain 6213 : 1933 Air set mint light hinge (SG 554/62 cat
(SG 6 cat £600) mint very light hinge with sheet
leaves, all in sets and fairly complete, includes £425) (9 stamps) ... ......................................... £95
margin (slightly short perf SE corner due to line
1938 Motor Show, 1039 Postal Employees, Winter
perf intersection), with RPS certificate (1 stamp) ...
charities, Brown Ribbons, through to 1945 SA and HUNGARY
....................................................................... £175 6218 : 1949 Roosevelt post and air miniature
SS (these are u/m). (250 stamps) ... ............. £125
sheets, mint light hinge (Mi Block 10 + 11) (2
GERMANY - ZONES stamps) ... ........................................................ £75
6363 : Thuringia 1945 rouletted min sheet on buff
paper, light hinge (SG MSRF10, Michel Block 2vt HUNGARY
cat 2600 Euros) (1 item) ... ........................... £450 6216 : 1934 LEHE Exhibition miniature sheet mint
light hinge (SG MS658 cat £225) (1 stamp) ...£50
GERMANY (DDR)
6085 : 1949-1977 nearly complete collection in ICELAND
Schaubek printed album (nice maroon & gold cloth 6097 : 1933-1964 mint (mainly u/m) collection on
springback binder), with many early better East stock sheets, with 1934 Air set light hinge (SG
Germany mint or used (but no Mao), through to 208/13 cat £40) later 1930s incl better e.g. 1935
1977 nearly complete, including min sheets (cou- Falls & Mt Hekla (SG 214/15 light hinge, cat £45),
ple earlier sheets h ave small faults or rust spots), 1939 10a fish green and 25a scarlet fish both u/m,
also 1945-48 Russian Zones . About 2000 stamps, 1944 Republic u/m, 1947/52 Airs, 1950-54 Views
only a few more needed for completion (weight 3½ u/m to 5K (SG 296/307), 1952 Bjornsson u/m, 1956
kilos) ... .......................................................... £250 Power Plants u/m (SG 335/42 cat £38). Total cat
about £675 (150 stamps) ... ......................... £150
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COMMONWEALTH CLASSICS
Booby prize
The Cayman Islands’ first pictorial definitives, issued in 1935-36, tempted
affluent tourists with a glimpse of life in a tropical paradise
T
he Cayman Islands had
always lived in the shadow
of Jamaica, 250 miles away
to the south-east. Its first colonists
arrived from there in 1658, and it
used Jamaican stamps from 1889.
After postal autonomy was
established in 1900, the islands’
first dedicated issues comprised
typographed key-type stamps.
Recess printing was adopted from
1921, but the series that truly put
this colony on the philatelic map
was its first pictorial set in 1935.
The printers, Waterlow & Sons,

based the issue on a selection of
hand-painted artist’s impressions
which are preserved in the Royal
Philatelic Collection. These
resulted in five formalised designs,
four in horizontal format and one
in vertical format. ABOVE: Cayman two stages: eight on May 1, 1935,
Although these took different Islands 1935 2s and the remaining four in January
approaches to inscription and ultramarine and of the following year.
ornamentation, all featured an black, depicting the All were recess-printed in two
oval-shaped medallion portrait of red-footed booby colours, on paper with the Multiple
King George V (from a master die Script CA watermark, perforated
used for the 1925-29 issue of RIGHT: The 10s black 12½. Specimen stamps had the
Northern Rhodesia) framed by and scarlet top value, word perforated diagonally.
rope, a product closely associated illustrating conch The booby design was used for
with the Caymans. shells and palm trees both the 1d ultramarine and scarlet
The pictorial elements included and the 2s ultramarine and black.
an island map, conch shells,
hawksbill turtles scurrying down a The issue was a timely one, with
beach and a cat boat (the locally the first of a new breed of visitors
flying in to the Cayman Islands
‘The issue was timely, with the from Jamaica via Pan-American
Airways. The exotic images of
first of a new breed of visitors island life helped both to promote
flying in to the Cayman Islands tourism and to generate additional
revenue from philatelic sales.
via Pan-American Airways’ built single-masted sailing vessel). Indeed, stamp sales soared from
The design which made the a modest £722 in 1931 to an
greatest impression on collectors, impressive £8,604 in 1935,
MARKET values however, was the one depicting the admittedly assisted by the Silver
red-footed booby, a large seabird Jubilee commemorative stamps
with an inquisitive nature, known which were released just five days
This series is catalogued at £200 for the set of
as much for being clumsy in after the definitives.
12, either mint or fine used, with the three
take-off and landing as it is for The concept of using pictorial
highest denominations accounting for much of
being agile in flight. stamps as tourist publicity was
that. Beware of forged George Town postmarks
here to stay, and would be reprised
dated August 23, 1936, found on all values.
Twelve denominations, ranging with the King George VI definitive
from ¼d to 10s, were released in issue of 1938. ■

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Compass points
Created in the mid-19th century, the district post offices of London resonate today as
the forerunners of Britain’s postcode system. How and why did they come about?
■ Report by Norman Watson
M
any collectors have been
enticed into forming an
‘initial’ collection of
Victorian stamps — not some kind
of preliminary assortment, but the
targeting of stamps bearing the
initials of their name. In the case of
Penny Blacks or Penny Reds, for
example, this works if one of your
names begins with any letter from
A to T and the other with a letter
from A to L.
For a small group of us whose
initials which don’t fall within
these strictures, such as WC, SW or
NW, there is an amusing
alternative approach, in the form of
postmarks from London’s district
post offices. In many ways, a study
of these proves more interesting.
Established in 1857 in an attempt
to make the capital’s post more
manageable, the districts were
organised to correspond with the
points of the compass. ‘NW’, for
example, stood for the North
Western district office, located in
Camden Town.
The background to this
reorganisation lay in the way
London’s postal service became
one the busiest in the world in
mid-Victorian times, outgrowing
ABOVE: Map of the

new London postal
did you know?
districts, as shown in
Illustrated London Although the General Post and the
News in 1857, London Twopenny Post co-existed
showing how they as separate postal systems in the
were loosely based 1801-57 period, they overlapped. You
on a circle with a can find covers with both a properly
radius of 12 miles cancelled adhesive stamp and a
Twopenny Post handstamp.
This small envelope sent from
London to Bath on December 16, 1840,
has a Penny Black (from plate 6) tied
by a red Maltese cross cancellation,
with a ‘TP Portugal St’ handstamp
alongside it, as well as a fine strike of
‘Too Late’ in red.

LEFT: 1862 cover from
Western Central
district, with a Penny
Red cancelled by an
early ‘WC 7’ circular
barred obliterator
with no date element
its existing infrastructure. Its LEFT: 1868 cover from

lasting legacy lies in the South Western
influence it had on the later district, with a Penny
development of postcodes. Red cancelled by the
‘SE 27’ duplex
Capital growth handstamp,
In the middle of the 19th century, alongside a fine
London was growing at a pace far strike of the ‘Found
in excess of the mushrooming in SW without
boundaries and high-rise contents’ cachet
developments of more recent times.
It was being transformed into the
world’s largest city, and the
keystone of the British Empire.
Its population grew from one
million in 1800 to 6.9 million in
1900. The coming of the railways, ‘A poster campaign encouraged the public to help the
technological innovation, easier
communications, the Great reform process by adopting the initials of the districts’
Exhibition of 1851, improving
literacy and social mobility all Reform proposals
boosted commercial and industrial A reorganisation and subdivision
development, and contributed to of London’s postal arrangements
the growth of the suburbs. was required, but this was
Opened in 1829, the General Post complicated by the fact that there
Office in St Martin’s Le Grand, just was not one unified system but two
north of St Paul’s Cathedral, was overlapping systems.
responsible for collecting, sorting Whilst the General Post carried
and delivering the capital’s mail. mail into and out of the capital
But it could no longer cope with the with postage rates starting at 1d for
increase in postal traffic caused by a basic letter, the London
London’s expansion. Its impressive Twopenny Post hastened its
exterior, with soaring pillars and distribution within the confines of
Georgian elegance, belied its the city at twice the price. The
sub-standard interior, with poor organisations had separate post
lighting, ventilation and sanitation. offices, and separate letter carriers
Following the postal reforms of covering the same ground.
1840, it was operating well beyond Seeing the potential for mayhem,
its intended capacity. The penny Sir Rowland Hill had proposed
post had made letter-writing merging the two institutions as
cheaper and more popular. The early as 1837, but was told this was
number of letters handled doubled impossible for operational reasons.
roughly every 20 years, rising from When he was appointed Secretary
564 million in 1860 to 1.2 billion in to the Post Office in 1854, however, ABOVE: Oval obliterations of the North Western, Northern and Western
1880 and 2.3 billion in 1900. he revived his scheme. districts, of different serial numbers and types, on Penny Reds

london postal districts 1857-1900
did you know?

One of the headaches caused for the General Post Office by London’s rapid
expansion was the duplication of addresses. Not only were new streets often given
the same names as existing streets, but house numbers in the same street could
even be duplicated.
A report for the Postmaster General in 1854 noted: ‘In the construction of new
streets, the building of houses may commence at both ends, and on each side, at the
same time. The four corner houses are sometimes all called number one.
‘The other parts of the streets may afterwards be built by different persons...
Each set of houses having number one will cause seven houses in the same street
to be of the same number.
‘On arriving at a house in the middle of the street, I observed a brass number 95
on the door, the houses on each side being numbered respectively 14 and 16. A
woman came to the door. When I requested to be informed why 95 should appear
between 14 and 16, she said it was the number of a house she formerly lived at in
another street... The brass plate being a very good one, she thought it would do her
for her present residence as well as any other.’
The Postmaster General’s report

for 1855 stated: ‘We propose that
London be divided into ten
districts, each with a district
sorting office, viz: two central and
eight out-districts; the out-districts
stretching through the environs of
London and beyond until they
reach the 12-mile circle by which
the present London District is
bounded.’
The key advantage would be that
the General Post Office building
would no longer be the only
clearing house. Instead of all the
mail posted in London having to be
sent to St Martin’s Le Grand to be
cancelled, sorted and sent on its
way, this work could be done on a
more localised basis.
The project to reorganise
London’s mail was duly introduced ABOVE: 1872 1d postal stationery envelope from South Eastern district, uprated with a pair of Penny Reds to pay the 3d rate to
a year later. The overlapping Germany, cancelled with the ‘SE 23’ duplex, and also featuring the cachet of the Bermondsey tanners Oastler, Palmer & Co
functions of the General Post and
the Twopenny District Post were
subsumed by a new Circulation
Department, headed by a newlt
appointed Controller of the London
Postal Service.
Dividing by ten
An area which was approximately
circular, with a radius of 12 miles
from St Martin’s Le Grand, was
divided into 10 separate postal
districts.
There were two central hubs:
Western Central (WC), based at 126
High Holborn, and East Central
(EC), based at St Martin’s Le Grand.
Around these were eight sectors,
organised on the points of a
compass: Northern (N), North
Eastern (NE), Eastern (E), South ABOVE: 1874 cover sent from the Western Central district to Retford in Nottinghamshire, bearing three Penny Reds
Eastern (SE), Southern (S), South cancelled by three separate strikes of the ‘WC 4’ obliterator

‘Victorian postal
clerks wielded their
brass and wooden
handstamps with
commendable care,
leaving many fine,
upright strikes for
collectors’
varying thickness between the
initials and the number, making
some visually much heavier
than others.
In stark contrast with most
ABOVE: 1896 postcard from West Central district to Bow, with ‘E’ for Eastern district included at the end of the address, showing modern cancellations, Victorian
how the Victorian public gradually began to adopt the compass points as an early form of postcode postal clerks wielded their brass
and wooden handstamps with
Western (SW), Western (W) and commendable care, resulting in
North Western (NW). many fine, upright strikes and
The eight new district offices helping to make district office
were opened between 1856-58, numeral cancellations eminently
located in areas such as Islington, collectable.
Bethnel Green, Southwark and They are also relatively easy to
Pimlico. find, being used on London’s mail
Leaflets were printed and until the end of the 19th century,
distributed by letter carriers and occasionally beyond.
(postmen) to explain the According to the pre-eminent
arrangements to the public. historian of London postmarks,
Surviving records show that John Parmenter, 14 different types
35,000 leaflets were required for of North Western district
the busy Northern district, for obliterators were used at the office
example, but only 17,000 for the at 57 Eversholt Street in Camden
more sparsely populated North Town, but a complete collection
Eastern district. ‘NW’ cancellation types on cover
A poster campaign also would add up to nearly 100
encouraged people to help the different examples!
reform process by adopting the
initials of the districts. A GPO Postcode pioneers
report said: ‘It has been suggested In late 1866, the North Eastern
to residents in London and the district was merged into the
neighbourhood that they should Eastern District, as it was handling
give the initials of the district in a much smaller quantity of mail
which they live whenever they Initially these comprised simply ABOVE: 1898 cover than other offices.
communicate their own addresses, the district code abbreviation and a from Western district Two years later, the Southern
either in the inside of the letters, or number set in horizontal bars. In to Edinburgh, with a district was absorbed into the
in any other way; and it is hoped time, they would become duplex pair of the ½d orange neighbouring South Eastern and
that their correspondents will cancellations, incorporating a cancelled by a South Western districts, as its office
carefully repeat the initials when circular dated die alongside an comparatively late was deemed to be too far away
directing letters in reply.’ upright barred oval obliterator. usage of the ‘W 26’ from a railway terminus.
Some covers demonstrate that Handstamps were issued to each duplex Unsurprisingly, a study of
Londoners did gradually begin to office in numerical sequence, around 15,000 used Penny Reds
get into the habit of adding although the sequence often suggests that NE and S are the
‘compass points’ to the addresses comprised more than one style of scarcest district initials.
on outgoing mail, anticipating obliterator. When worn ones were A century later, during the early
modern postcodes. withdrawn for repair, or lost ones 1970s, London was integrated into
were replaced, examples of the national postcode system.
Handstamp varieties completely different types might Postcode areas which are still in
Circular or oval cancelling be issued in haphazard fashion. use today correspond directly with
handstamps were prepared for use For example, strikes of ‘NW’ may the eight surviving districts: WC,
by each district office. have one, two, three or four bars of EC, N, NW, E, SE, SW and W. ■

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great engravers
Fruitful endeavours
From bananas to Marianne, French engraver Claude Durrens was responsible
for around 400 stamp designs, and won multiple awards for his efforts
■ Report by Adrian Keppel
C
laude Durrens appears to RIGHT: One of Claude
have come from a family Durrens’ award-
steeped in architecture, but winning engravings
what attracted him to the creative was of the fishing
arts was the notion that the hand is barquentine Côte
the tool of the mind, and that holds d’Emeraude, for the
true for whatever materials you’re three-coloured 1972
working with. 90c stamp in France’s
As a student at the School of Fine Sailing Ships series
Arts in Toulouse he showed more
interest in painting and decoration,
and then his teacher guided him
towards engraving.
This turned out to be a smart
move. The student would graduate
in 1940 with a school prize, and go
on to engrave 400 beautiful stamps
for France and the French colonies.
Originally from Cenon, a suburb

of Bordeaux, Durrens (1921-2002)
continued his studies in his home
city after World War II, and then
received a scholarship for a
three-year course at the Academy
of Fine Arts in Paris.
He studied under the famous
stamp engraver Robert Cami, and
‘In a fine career spanning four

decades, Durrens was awarded
the Grand Prix de l’Art
Philatélique five times’
in 1952 won the coveted Prix de
Rome state bursary, which allowed
him to continue his studies in Italy
for three years.
While in Rome he married a
fellow artist, Janine, and after their
return to France the couple soon
become well-known figures in the at a plantation and dockers loading Technical Achievements.
art world, with Claude gaining the fruit on a ship, this was the This was the start of a fine career
widespread recognition for his French colony’s last issue before spanning four decades, during
wood engravings. becoming an independent republic. which Durrens was awarded the
Durrens’ first French assignment Grand Prix de l’Art Philatélique
It was in 1958 that he got his first came quickly afterwards, when he five times.
chance to design and engrave was asked to engrave a design by On three occasions this was for
stamps: Cameroun’s pair Jacques Combet, depicting an oil French stamps he both designed
celebrating the banana industry, derrick and pipeline in the Sahara, and engraved: portraying the
issued in 1959. Illustrating workers one of a 1959 set noting French theologian Jean-Baptiste Lacordaire

the other for the background
colours (printed in indirect recess).
Durrens was also involved in

creating several Marianne
definitives for France, although his
own designs were never adopted.
In 1967 an old design by the late
Henry Cheffer was dusted off and
selected, and Durrens was asked to
engrave it. Remarkably, the stamp
was awarded the Grand Prix de
l’Art Philatélique, the only time this
has been won by a small-format
definitive.
In 1975 he was chosen to engrave
a Marianne design by Roger
Excoffon, although this was never
issued. The engraving was so fine
that the plates quickly wore out,
and the finesse of the original
portrait was lost when a more
in 1961, depicting the Chateau de Côte d’Emeraude in 1972. ABOVE: Durrens’ first deeply engraved die was made, so
Joux in the Tourist Publicity series Interestingly, the 1966 De La Tour stamp designs were eventually project was abandoned.
in 1964, and reproducing stamp can also be found in an for Cameroun’s 1959 In both cases Durrens had
Georges De La Tour’s painting imperforate souvenir sheet issue celebrating its submitted designs of his own, and
The New-Born Child in the French produced for the French Postal banana industry, in the latter case proof printings
Art series in 1966. Museum, which also shows the including this 20f were made and a single sheet of
Twice it was for engravings made two separate dies that need to be 100 stamps ended up on the
for designs by others in the Sailing engraved for a multi-coloured philatelic market.
Ships series: the barque Antoinette recess-printed stamp: one for the A further Marianne essay, in
in 1971 and the barquentine design itself (printed in recess) and 1989, also got as far as being
LEFT: Rare proof engraved. Although this was not
block of four of the adopted for the stamp design
Marianne de Durrens, itself, Durrens’ image was used in
printed in 1975 but philatelic products accompanying
not officially issued the issue. ■
ABOVE: Originally designed by the late Henry Cheffer, the Marianne de

Cheffer definitive set of 1967 was engraved by Durrens

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samuel Jones & Co
Butterfly house
The British company which provided the paper for world’s first self-adhesive
stamps was known for its distinctive trademark. So not only can its products
prompt an interesting collectable, but so too can its logo
■ Report by Vladimir Kachan
I
n technical terms, the historical ABOVE: Samuel Jones on all sorts of philatelic material breakthrough, as it allowed the
significance of the British & Co paper mill in and ephemera, making for a varied printer to be provided with blank
company Samuel Jones & Co Camberwell in the thematic collection. paper which was already gummed,
lies its development of non-curling 1960s, with its tiled rather than having to apply the
gummed paper, and later the paper butterfly mural London luminary gum to sheets which had already
on which self-adhesive stamps Founded in 1810, Samuel Jones & been printed.
could be printed. Co started developing non-curling The company’s gummed paper
In cultural terms, it also became gummed paper in 1905 at its was predominantly used for
recognised for its distinctive factory in Camberwell, London. posters, but in 1924 it won a
butterfly logo, which can be found For stamp production, this was a contract to supply paper for British

ABOVE: Sierra Leone
1964 World’s Fair 1d
with green backing
paper, and Samuel
Jones imprint on the
ABOVE: Samuel Jones & Co exhibition catalogue reverse
cover from the 1920s, promoting the company’s
non-curling gummed papers
postage stamps. It also

manufactured other types of
coated paper, self-adhesive tape,
envelopes and fancy stationery.
In 1912 the company adopted a
new emblem, an illustration of the
‘Camberwell beauty’ butterfly,
partly because of its local
connections and partly because it
helped to demonstrate its capacity
for multi-coloured printing.
Philatelists can find this logo on
the meter marks of the company’s
outgoing post, on publicity
material and later on the stamp
paper printed by the company.
By the 1960s, Samuel Jones’ paper
mill in Southampton Way had
become one of the largest
manufacturing plants in south
London. Equally prominent was
the huge mural mounted at the top
of the building, constructed using
coloured tiles, showing the ABOVE: Front and reverse of a Samuel Jones publicity postcard used on the day of issue of
Camberwell beauty. Sierra Leone’s pioneering self-adhesive set, February 10, 1964
Revolution of 1964
When the world’s first self-adhesive
postage stamps were issued by
Sierra Leone on February 10, 1964,
they were printed on paper
supplied by Samuel Jones & Co.
Designed in a free-form shape,
matching the shape of Sierra Leone RIGHT: Sierra Leone
itself, the set of 14 commemorating 1966 Gold Coinage
the World’s Fair in New York were 10c, with Samuel
printed by Walsall Lithographic Jones imprint on the
Company (forerunner of Walsall reverse of the
Security Printers) using a backing paper

samuel Jones & Co
camberwell beauty
A butterfly native to Eurasia and North America, Nymphalis antiopa is popularly known as
the Camberwell beauty in Britain and the mourning cloak in the United States.
It was dubbed ‘Camberwell beauty’ by the author Moses Harris, because its earliest
recorded discovery in Britain was in Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell (about three miles
south of London Bridge) in August 1748.
It was described and given its Latin name by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in
1758, although historically you might also see it referred to (including in Samuel Jones
& Co publicity material) as Vanessa antiopa.
This is a large species, with a wingspan of up to 70mm, which is easily
distinguishable from any other butterfly. Its dorsal (top) markings are dark maroon, or
occasionally brown, with ragged pale-yellow edges and iridescent blue spots; its
ventral (underside) markings have grey striations,
with the same yellow edges.
The Camberwell beauty feeds mostly on sap and
decaying matter, and less commonly on nectar
from flowers, and has a comparatively long
lifespan of 11-12 months.
It does not participate in long-distance
migration, but hibernates in tree cavities and
underneath loose tree bark; the yellow wing band
becomes whitish after hibernation.
In cold weather these butterflies will seek out
ABOVE: Sierra Leone 1969 Anniversary of Self-
direct sunlight for heat absorption, typically
Adhesives 2c, with Samuel Jones & Co advert
sitting on tarmac and spreading their black-velvet
(in Spanish) on the reverse of the backing paper
wings. Amusingly, if they fold their wings they
always turn with the sunshine, so they act like a
combination of lithography and
living compass!
thermography.
There was a gimmicky element to
the issue, but also a practical one:
in the hot and humid climate of
Sierra Leone, this type of adhesive
promised to be more durable than
conventional gum.
The stamps came in sheets of 30
on green or yellow backing paper
which carried the Samuel Jones &
Co imprint and butterfly logo on
the reverse.
Among the first day covers
produced was an airmail postcard
carrying an advertisement for the
company, including an illustration
of the Camberwell beauty.
Backing paper imprints

More free-form self-adhesives
followed from Sierra Leone over
the following years, with further
direct evidence of Samuel Jones’
involvement.
In 1966, for example, several
stamps in a circular gold-foil
embossed set depicting coins had
the company imprint on the reverse
of the backing paper. The
inscriptions ‘Samuel Jones & Co
Ltd, London’ and ‘Makers of
quality adhesive papers’ were
interspersed with butterfly logos.
In 1969, three stamps in a set
marking the fifth anniversary of ABOVE: The Camberwell beauty butterfly depicted on stamps of Germany in 1962, Hungary in 1966, Poland in 1977,
the first self-adhesives, designed in San Marino in 1993 and Sweden in 1993, and on a postal card of Romania in 1965
the shape of scrolls, carried adverts

LEFT: Gibraltar 1974 for the company (in various
Universal Postal languages) on the backing paper,
Union booklet pane of with the address of its Croydon
three, with Samuel head office and butterfly emblem.
Jones and Walsall Furthermore, when Gibraltar
Security Printers issued a booklet of three
publicity on the rectangular self-adhesive stamps
reverse of the commemorating the centenary of
backing paper the Universal Postal Union in 1974,
illustrating letterboxes, the backing
paper had publicity information for
both Samuel Jones & Co and
Walsall Security Printers, giving us
another representation of the
Camberwell beauty trademark.
Surviving relic
In 1981 Samuel Jones & Co left
London and moved to a new
building in St Neots,
Cambridgeshire. It was now part of
the Wiggins Teape Group, and
would in turn become part of
‘Philatelists can find the

butterfly logo on the company’s
meter marks, publicity material
and stamp backing paper’
Princeton Packaging.
When the old factory in
Camberwell was demolished in
1982, the butterfly mural was
carefully relocated to the wall of a
different building in nearby Wells
Way, a difficult operation carried
out so skilfully that it looks as
BELOW: Preserved though it has always been there.
and relocated, the In recent years the company was
ABOVE: Samuel Jones & Co branded stationery, used in London in 1936 original trademark revived as an independent entity,
mosaic is still on Samuel Jones UK Ltd, still using a
public view in butterfly logo, but it ceased
Camberwell trading in 2014. ■
ABOVE: Samuel Jones & Co meter mark, used in London in 1970
ABOVE: Samuel Jones & Co meter mark, used in St Neots in 1981
ABOVE: Samuel Jones & Co meter mark, used in Huntingdon in 1998

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GB THEMES
Fighting spirit
Many of the most decisive battles in British history have been commemorated
on the nation’s stamps, and sometimes in surprisingly graphic detail
■ Report by Jeff Dugdale
T
he popularity of battles as a
theme in British stamps
must be due partly to the
nation’s relative strength in warfare
in recent centuries, giving it plenty
of glorious victories to celebrate.
Another contributing factor,
however, is that two major
anniversaries happened to fall in
the years when the special stamp
programme was being opened up
to pictorial treatment.
The 25th anniversary of the Battle
of Britain in 1965 and the 900th
anniversary of the Battle of
Hastings in 1966 set a precedent for
future issues of this kind.
The Battle of Britain is considered

existential in that it saved the
British Isles from German invasion, ABOVE: 1965 25th for the Norman conquest, which events which led to a fortuitous
a fate which had already befallen Anniversary of the comprehensively swept away the outcome: the approach of the
most of western Europe, in 1940. Battle of Britain 4d, era of Anglo-Saxon rule, making Armada off Cornwall, the English
The 1965 issue was quite unlike showing a Junkers 1066 a key date in British history. fleet leaving Plymouth, the
anything seen before, with a Ju87B being attacked The 1966 stamp designs by David engagement off the Isle of Wight,
se-tenant block of six 4d stamps by a Supermarine Gentleman were inspired by the the attack of English fire-ships near
capturing the drama of a dogfight Spitfire Bayeux Tapestry, a contemporary Calais, and the remnants of the
accompanied by a 9d illustrating pictorial account of the battle and Armada being ravaged by storms
anti-aircraft artillery and a 1s 3d the events leading up to it. in the North Sea.
showing vapour trails over the The 6d value showed Norman
London skyline. ships crossing the English Channel, The bicentenaries of the two most
It was also controversial in the 1s 3d the Norman cavalry important British victories of the
depicting a swastika, albeit on the charging a phalanx of English Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of
tail of a shot-down plane. infantry, and a se-tenant strip of six Trafalgar in 1805 and the Battle of
A more recent miniature sheet 4d designs details of the fighting, Waterloo in 1815, were both
marking the 75th anniversary, in including the death of Harold. celebrated by reproducing a
2015, was based on photographs selection of paintings on wide-
and had much less impact. BELOW: 1966 Battle Stamps marking subsequent format stamps.
of Hastings 4d, anniversaries of major battles have The 2005 Trafalgar issue
Duke William of Normandy’s reproducing a scene had a lot to live up to, but have replicated scenes from a panorama
victory over King Harold of from the Bayeux done their best, with long sets full by William Heath, which give an
England at Hastings paved the way tapestry of vivid illustrations. imperfect sense of the main events.
A good example was the 1988 set Confusingly, the six values are in
marking the defeat of the Spanish reverse chronological order, from
Armada in 1588, a defining the 68p pair showing the Franco-
moment in the England’s growth Spanish fleet putting to sea to the
into a naval superpower. The 1st class design recalling Nelson’s
demise of the invasion force sent by death on HMS Victory.
King Philip II, in an attempt to The 2015 Battle of Waterloo set of
dethrone Queen Elizabeth I, was six was based on paintings by three
handsomely illustrated in a 19th-century artists. This time they
se-tenant strip of five. presented events in chronological
Although superficially similar, order, from The Defence of
the designs charted a sequence of Hougoumont on a 1st class value to

checklist
Date Issue Stamps
1964 Shakespeare Festival 1
1965 Battle of Britain 8
1966 Battle of Hastings 8
1974 Medieval Warriors 4
1982 Maritime Heritage 5
1983 British Army Uniforms 5
1986 Royal Air Force 5
1988 Spanish Armada 5
1990 Gallantry Awards 5
1992 English Civil War 4
1994 D-Day 5
1997 British Aircraft Designers 5
ABOVE: 1988 Spanish Armada 18p, illustrating English ships engaging the Spanish off the isle of Wight 1999 The Soldiers’ Tale 3
2001 Royal Navy Submarine Service 1
2004 Crimean War 6
2005 Battle of Trafalgar 6
2006 Victoria Cross 6
2006 Lest We Forget 1
2007 Military Uniforms: British Army 6
2007 Lest We Forget 1
2008 Age of Lancaster & York 2
2008 Military Uniforms: RAF 6
2009 British Design Classics 1
2009 Military Uniforms: Royal Navy 6
ABOVE: 2015 Battle of Waterloo 1st class, showing the Scots Greys charging the French line 2010 Evacuation of Dunkirk 4
2010 Age of the Stuarts 1
The French Imperial Guard’s Final 1853-56 was based on early
Assault on a £1.52 value. photographs of actual named 2013 Atlantic & Arctic Convoys 4
soldiers who served at battles such 2014 First World War I, part 1 6
The most recent battles as Balaklava and Inkerman.
2015 First World War I, part 2 6
commemorated on British stamps
are those of World War II: the Battle Overseas battles referenced on 2015 Battle of Waterloo 10
of the Atlantic, in which the Royal single stamps or miniature sheets 2015 Battle of Britain 6
Navy fought to protect convoys of include Agincourt, where King 2016 First World War I, part 3 6
merchant ships from the threat of Henry V routed a French army in
2017 First World War I, part 4 6
German U-boats, and D-Day, the 1415, Jutland, where the British and
seaborne invasion of Normany by German fleets met inconclusively 2018 Royal Air Force 2
allied forces which began the in 1916, and the Somme and
liberation of France in 1944. Passchendaele in 1916-17, where
In stark contrast to previous huge numbers were killed trying to RIGHT: 2010 Age of
issues, the four-stamp miniature end the stalemate of World War I. the Stuarts 60p
sheet of 2013 and five-stamp set of Commemorations of clashes on portraying the
1994 recalling these struggles were British soil are limited to Parliamentarian
based on photographs. Bannockburn, where the Scots general Sir Thomas
Other notable sets in this theme defeated the English in their war of Fairfax at the Battle
have recalled campaigns rather independence in 1314, Tewkesbury, of Naseby
than individual battles, and have where King Edward IV reclaimed
done so by depicting combatants the English crown during the Wars
rather than actual conflict. of the Roses in 1471, and Naseby,
Four stamps in 1992, marking the where the Royalists were crushed
350th anniversary of the English by the Parliamentarians in 1645.
Civil War of 1642-51, illustrated a Other important battles such as
pikeman, a drummer, a musketeer Flodden in 1513, The Boyne in 1690
and a standard-bearer in uniform, and Culloden in 1746 have been
while six in 2004 marking the 150th ignored, probably for reasons of
anniversary of the Crimean War of national sensitivity. ■

ATTENTION OWNERS OF LARGE/ VALUABLE COLLECTIONS –
Are You THINKING of SELLING?

This is
HOW THE STAMP TRADE WORKS
Philatelic Expert Lets You into his Selling Secrets so you can benefit from
a totally different (and New) Selling Experience
by Andrew McGavin
1 If You want to learn how the stamp
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
7
‘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
A
F even sell £200K per annum). tion just introduced – now requires auctions
FREE B DE’
ANDREW PROMOTING PHILATELY ON OOKLE
THE ALAN TITCHMARSH SHOW ITV T
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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?
9
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-
10 Sounds Good Andrew, but

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
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Yours sincerely
D. E. B. Bath, UK
18 What Should I Do Next? Dis-
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
19
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
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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
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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
12 Any Scientist will tell you lives, and for most dealers not being able to came from. U U
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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
A
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
my recent auction.E use time and systems to leverage price, others will Universal Philatelic Auctions UPA
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eyewitness accounts
A life in hiding
Like Anne Frank’s diary, this remarkable Dutch postcard from 1945 was written by
a Jewish family who had been hiding from Nazi persecution during World War II
■ Report by Norman Watson
F
ew items of postal history
can be as poignant as this
Netherlands 7½c postal
stationery card, in which the story
of a Jewish family’s survival in
Nazi-occupied Europe unfolds.
It parallels the story of Anne
Frank, who gained posthumous
fame for the wartime diary
documenting her experiences
while in hiding in Amsterdam, not
least because it was written in the
small town of Bussum, just 20
miles from the Dutch capital.
Bearing a Laren datestamp of
June 25, 1945 (seven weeks after the
surrender of German forces in the
Netherlands), with a Dutch censor
mark alongside, it was written
mostly by Emmy Steinert to her
former nurse, Sister Elfriede
Salberg, in New York.
In good but imperfect English, ABOVE: Postal
Emmy’s words underline the stationery card of
dreadful persecution of Jews June 25, 1945, sent by
during the war, and yet in many Emmy Steinert in the
ways they only scratch at the Netherlands to her
surface of the horror. former nurse in
‘It is only today, 21st June 1945, New York
that I found back your address. We
lost nearly all our things, but we LEFT: Part of Emmy’s
are marvellously still alive and that message detailing
is the principal thing. her family’s five
‘Emile, Hugo, Otto and I, we kept years in hiding from
us nearly three years in hiding. The the Nazis
expression here is “under water”.
We had to flee several times. Emil RIGHT: Steinert,
and I were together and the boys photographed in 1946
had another hiding place. Good
sacrificilly (sic) friends helped us to been deported to Lodz, was forced of a shoemaker in Amersfoort, and
escape from the hands of these to dig his own grave before being later in that of a family in Bussum.
beastly murderers. executed. While they were there, the house
‘We have had awful years, but Emmy, her husband and their was twice searched; on the first
not to compare with what our two sons escaped capture as occasion they hid in the toilet, and
family and friends had to suffer in German soldiers ransacked her on the second in a hideaway
Poland, where our Paul died too. house, hiding initially in the home constructed below the kitchen
My mother died in October 1941, floor, under the stove.
and I am so glad that she never
knew where we had to pass
‘The message underlines the Had they been discovered, they
would have faced the inevitable
through.’ dreadful persecution of Jews, frogmarch to the theatre in the
What Emmy didn’t spell out Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam,
(but what we now know from her but it only scratches at the which had become a deportation
granddaughter Sylvia) is that centre for Jews awaiting transfer to
Paul, her brother-in-law, who had surface of the horror’ the Nazi death camps. ■

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May 25-27 ipf@netvision.net.il info@praga2018.cz Taipa, Macao. Contact: Associazione Filatelica
ITALY info@israelphilately.org.il www.praga2018.cz Contact: Tel: +853 2871 8063 Numismatica Scaligera, Corso
Veronafil www.israelphilately.org.il Fax: +853 2871 8018 Cavour 2, 37121 Verona, Italy
Venue: E A Fiere di Verona, August 31- secretary_2@macao2018.org.mo Tel: +39 045 800 7714
Viale del Lavoro 8, June 8-10 September 2 www.macao2018.org.mo veronafil@veronafil.it
37135 Verona, Italy. ICELAND SWEDEN www.veronafil.it
Contact: Associazione Filatelica Nordia 2018 Malmex 2018 October 5-7
Numismatica Scaligera, Corso Venue: Sports Centre, Venue: Malmömässan, IRELAND November 28-
Cavour 2, 37121 Verona, Italy Gardarber, Iceland. Mässgatan 6, SE-215 32 Malmö. Stampa 2018 Irish National Stamp December 3
Tel: +39 045 800 7714 Contact: Michael Smith, UK Contact: Lars Nordberg, Exhibition Thailand
Fax: +39 045 800 7714 Commissioner Maskinmästaregatan 2, Venue: Griffith College Conference Thailand 2018 World Stamp
veronafil@veronafil.it Tel: 01256 364231 233 43 Svedala, Sweden Centre, South Circular Road, Dublin 8. Exhibition
www.veronafil.it mikesmith.fhilatelist@gmail.com Tel: +46 725 44 65 98 Contact: Stampa, PO Box 12624, Venue: Royal Paragon Hall Exhibition
www.nordia2018.is www.malmex2018.se Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, Republic of & Convention Centre, 5th Floor,
May 25-27 Ireland Siam Paragon, Rama I Road,
AUSTRALIA July 13-15 September 12-15 info@stampa.ie Bangkok.
Newcastle Stamp & Coin Expo ESTONIA UK www.stampa.ie Contact: Philatelic Association of
Venue: Newcastle Showground EstEx 18 Autumn Stampex Thailand, 2nd Floor, Sam Sen Nai Post
Exhibition Centre, Brown Venue: Estonian Fair Centre, Venue: Business Design Centre, November 9-11 Office, Phaholyothin Road, Phayathai,
Road, Broadmeadow, Pirita Tee 28, 10127 Tallinn, 52 Upper Street, Islington, NEW ZEALAND Bangkok 10400, Thailand
New South Wales 2292. Estonia. London N1 0QH. Armistice Stamp Show 2018 info@thailand2018.org
Contact: Greg Laidler Contact: estex2018@refs.ee Contact: Philatelic Traders Society, Venue: More FM Arena, www.thailand2018.org
glaidler@bigpond.com www.estex2018.eu PO Box 290, Lingfield, Surrey Edgar Centre, Portsmouth Drive,
www.newcastlephilatelicsociety.org.au RH7 9AX Dunedin. February 13-16
August 15-18 Tel: 01342 830225 Contact: Secretary, Armistice UK
May 27-31 CZECH REPUBLIC Fax: 01342 837888 Stamp Show, PO Box 753, Spring Stampex
ISRAEL Praga 2018 World Stamp info@thepts.net Dunedin 9054, New Zealand Venue: Business Design Centre,
Israel 2018 World Stamp Exhibition www.thephilatelictraderssociety.co.uk armisticestampshow@outlook.co.nz 52 Upper Street, Islington,
Championship Venue: Clarion Congress Hotel Prague, www.armisticestampshow.com London N1 0QH.
Venue: International Convention Freyova 33, Vysocany, September 21-24 Contact: Philatelic Traders Society,
Center, 1 Shazar Boulevard, Prague 19000. MACAO November 23-25 PO Box 290, Lingfield, Surrey
Jerusalem. Contact: Organizing Committee, Macao 2018 International Stamp ITALY RH7 9AX
Contact: Israel Philatelic Federation, Praga 2018 World Stamp Exhibition Exhibition Italia 2018 Tel: 01342 830225
PO Box 3301, Tel Aviv 6103201, Israel Association, Opletalova 1337/29, Venue: Venetian Macao Convention Venue: E A Fiere di Verona, Fax: 01342 837888
Tel: +972 3 629 5547 11000 Praha 1, Czech Republic. & Exhibition Centre, Estrada da Baía Viale del Lavoro 8, info@thepts.net
Fax: +972 3 525 9706 Tel: +420 222 541 395 de Nossa Senhora da Esperança, 37135 Verona, Italy. www.thephilatelictraderssociety.co.uk
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C5473 Ceylon A fabulous collection of hundreds of different
Ceylon and Sri Lanka stamps. Definitive and commemorative
stamps dating back to QV,with Edward V11, George V ,a superb
group of George V1 engraved stamps, following through to QE
11 and later independent Sri Lankan stamps.A perfect collection
to build upon…………………………………… Price £18.50
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UK & WORLDWIDE EXHIBITION


May 14-16 Venue: Wiesenstrasse 8, June 6-7 Contact: Worthing Stamp Auctions
english-language
Schlegel 8032 Zurich, Switzerland. Mayfair Tel: 01903 235846 POSTAL SALES
Venue: Hollywood Media Hotel, Contact: Corinphila Venue: Westbury Hotel, worthingstampauction@btconnect.com
Kurfürstendamm 202, Tel: +41 44 389 9191 37 Conduit Street, London W1S 2YF. www.worthingstamps.com Apex
Berlin, Germany. info@corinphila.ch Contact: Mayfair Philatelic Auctions info@apexstamps.com
Contact: Auktionshaus Shlegel, www.corinphila.ch Tel: 020 3019 3630 June 10 www.apexstamp.com
Kurfürstendamm 200, info@mpastamps.com Essex Stamp Auctions
county
10719 Berlin, Germany. June 2 www.mpastamps.com Venue: Marriott Hotel, Old Shire
county@stampauctions.co.uk
Tel: +49 030 8870 9962 Edgar Mohrmann Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex
www.stampauctions.co.uk
mail@auktionshaus-schlegel.de Venue: Bärenallee 43, June 8-9 EN9 3LX.
www.auktionshaus-schlegel.de D-22041 Hamburg, Germany. Auction Galleries Contact: Essex Stamp Auctions Mowbray
Contact: Edgar Mohrmann Hamburg Tel: 01376 585357 mowbray.stamps@xtra.co.nz
May 15 Tel: +49 40 68 94 700 Venue: Kleine Reichenstrasse 1, rob@essexstampauctions.com www.mowbrays.co.nz
Corbitts www.edgar-mohrmann.de 20457 Hamburg. www.essexstampauctions.com
Venue: Britannia Hotel, Ponteland Contact: Auction Galleries Hamburg Sajal philatelics
Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE13 8DJ. June 4 Tel: +49 40 33 71 57 June 11-15 brian@brian-reeve.com
Contact: Corbitts Robert Murray info@auction-galleries.de Christoph Gärtner www.brian-reeve.com
Tel: 0191 232 7268 Venue: Stewart’s Melville Club www.auction-galleries.de Venue: Steinbeisstrasse 6 & 8, 74321
Sandafayre
collectors@corbitts.com Pavilion, 523 Ferry Road, Edinburgh Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany.
stamp@sandafayre.com
www.corbitts.com EH5 2DW. June 9 Contact: Philatelic Christoph Gärtner
www.sandafayre.com
Contact: Robert Murray Stamp Bil & Co Tel: +49 7142 789 400
May 15 Shop, 5&6 Inverleith Gardens, Venue: Washingborough Community info@auktionen-gaertner.de Universal
Spink UK Edinburgh EH3 5PU Centre, Fen Road, Washingborough, www.auktionshaus-gaertner.de info@upastampauctions.co.uk
Chartwell Collection of Australian Tel: 0131 552 1220 Lincolnshire LN4 1AB. www.upastampauctions.co.uk
States & Commonwealth murray@stamp-shop.com Contact: Bil Tilbury June 13-14
Venue: 69 Southampton Row, www.stamp-shop.com Tel: 01400 230769 Grosvenor VANCE
London WC1B 4ET. billtilbury@btinternet.com British Empire & Foreign Countries mail@vanceauctions.com
Contact: Spink UK June 6 www.bilandco.co.uk Specialised Great Britain www.vanceauctions.com
Tel: 020 7563 4000 Warwick & Warwick Venue: 399-401 Strand, London
info@spink.com Venue: The Court House, Jury Street, June 9 WC2R OLT.
www.spink.com Warwick CV34 4EW. Worthing Stamp Contact: Grosvenor Philatelic english-language
Contact: Warwick & Warwick Auctions Auctions ONLINE SALES
May 17-19 Tel: 01926 499031 Venue: The Richmond Room, Town Tel: 020 7379 8789
H R Harmer info@warwickandwarwick.com Hall, Chapel Road, Worthing, West info@grosvenor-auctions.co.uk Dalkeith
Venue: Suite AB, 2680 Walnut www.warwickandwarwick.com Sussex BN11 1HA. www.grosvenorauctions.com www.dalkeith-auctions.co.uk
Avenue, Tustin, California Delcampe
92780-7052, USA.
Contact: H R Harmer lot to be desired www.delcampe.net
Tel: +1 714 389 9178 McCusker

info@hrharmer.com www.jamesmccusker.com
www.hrharmer.com The Schlegel auction of May 14-16 includes a special section of ship mail
Mowbray
from the 18th and 19th centuries, with British interest in about a www.mowbrays.co.nz
May 18 quarter of the lots.
Martello Philatino
Venue: Holiday Inn, Canterbury Road,
Among the more affordable gems is a pair of fronts, sent in 1822 and
www.philatino.com
Ashford, Kent TN24 8QQ. 1824 by Admiral Lord Exmouth, who acquired fame for leading
Contact: Robert Uden Britain’s naval bombardment of Algiers in 1816 in an attempt to end the RASMUSSEN
Tel: 01303 269712 www.bruun-rasmussen.dk
slave trade there.
info@martelloauctions.com Regency
The earlier one was underpaid from Richmond to Chichester, the later
www.martelloauctions.com www.regencystamps.com
one a free franking to Portsmouth.
May 19 Hand-written and signed by Exmouth himself, they come with a Rogers
Spink China certificate of authenticity from the Universal Autograph Collector’s Club. www.michaelrogersinc.com
Venue: 4/F and 5/F, Hua Fu This lot has a starting price of only €80 (about £70).
Commercial Building, 111 Queen’s Sammarinese
Road West, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. www.filsam.com
Contact: Spink China Sandafayre
Tel: +852 3952 3000 www.sandafayre.com
china@spink.com
www.spink.com Skanfil
www.skanfil.no
May 30
Stamp Center
Brian Reeve
www.thestampcenter.com
Venue: Unit 120, Trident Business
Centre, 89 Bickersteth Road, StampFair
Tooting, London SW17 9SH. www.stampfair.com
Contact: Brian Reeve
Tel: 020 8672 6702 Stanley Gibbons
brian@brian-reeve-auctions.com www.stanleygibbons.com
www.brian-reeve.com Torres
www.antoniotorres.com
May 30-June 2
Corinphila TRAFFORD BOOKS
Besançon collection of Australian www.traffordbooks.co.uk
States, part 2

WHAT’s on: FAIRS To include an event in this listing, we need at least two months’ notice.
UK stamp FAIR E-mail: guy.thomas@mytimemedia.com

May 9 Folkestone May 13 Wimborne
Cheltenham (stamps, postal history) Chesterfield (stamps, postal history)
(stamps, postal history) Venue: Trinity Church Hall, (stamps, postal history, Venue: Allendale Centre,
Venue: St Andrew’s United Sandgate Road, CT20 2UQ. postcards) Hanham Road, BH21 1AS.
Reformed Church, Time: 9am-1.30pm Venue: Chester Street Club, Time: 10am-4pm
Montpellier Street, GL50 1SP. Tel: 01304 829827 Chester Street, S40 1DL. Contact: Solent Stamps
Time: 10am-4pm Time: 10am-4pm Tel: 01489 582673
Contact: Mark Grimsley Hastings Contact: Howard Hatton
Tel: 07773 566994 (stamps, postal history, Tel: 0161 766 9031 May 20
postcards) Amersham
Ripley Venue: Christ Church, May 16 (stamps, postal history,
(stamps, postal history) London Road, St Leonard’s East Grinstead postcards)
Venue: Ripley Village Hall, on Sea, TN37 6GL. (stamps, postal history) Venue: Jubilee Scout Hall,
High Street, GU23 6AF. Time: 10am-3.30pm Venue: Chequer Mead Arts Rectory Hill, HP7 0BT.
Time: 12.30–3.30pm Contact: Chris Rapley Centre, De La Warr Road, Time: 10am-4.30pm
Contact: Martin Mathewson Tel: 07711 677760 RH19 3BS. Contact: David Milton
Tel: 01932 565814 Time: 10am-3pm Tel: 01895 637283
Weston-Super- Contact: Malcolm Green
May 11 Mare Tel: 01342 327554 Bowdon
London (stamps, postal history, (stamps, postal history,
(stamps, postal history) postcards) May 19 postcards)
Venue: Royal National Hotel, Venue: Victoria Methodist Hull Venue: Mercure Hotel,
Bedford Way, Russell Square, Church Hall, Station Road, (stamps, postal history) Langham Road, WA14 2HT.
WC1H 0DG. BS23 1XU. Venue: St James Centre, Time: 10am-4pm
Time: Friday 9am-4pm Time: 10am-4pm 169 First Lane, Hessle, Contact: Howard Hatton
Contact: Kate Puleston Contact: Michael Hale HU13 9EY. Tel: 0161 766 9031
Tel: 020 8946 4489 Tel: 01749 677669 Time: 9.30am-4pm
Contact: H V Johnson & Co Dronfield Venue: Herne Parish Hall, Southampton
May 12 Worcester Tel: 01909 563394 (stamps, postal history) Herne Street, CT6 7HE. (stamps, postal history)
Derby (stamps, postal history, Venue: Coal Aston Village Hall, Time: 10am-3.30pm Venue: Methodist Hall,
(stamps, postal history) postcards) Margate Coal Aston, S18 3AY. Contact: Chris Rapley St James Road, Shirley,
Venue: Nunsfield House Venue: Perdiswell Leisure (stamps, postal history) Time: 9.30am-4pm Tel: 07711 677760 SO15 5HE.
Community Hall, 33 Boulton Centre, Bilford Road, Venue: Union Church, Contact: H V Johnson & Co Time: 10am-4pm
Road, Alvaston, DE24 0FD. WR3 8DX. Union Crescent, CT9 1NR. Tel: 01909 563394 May 25 Contact: Solent Stamps
Time: 9.30am-4pm Time: 10am-4pm Time: 9am-3pm Hythe Tel: 01489 582673
Contact: H V Johnson & Co Contact: David Grant Contact: Clive Baker Herne (stamps, postal history)
Tel: 01909 563394 Tel: 01299 824829 Tel: 01843 862707 (stamps, postal history) Venue: United Reformed May 27
Church, East Street, CT21 5ND. Doncaster
Time: 10am-4pm (stamps, postal history)
Contact: Robert Uden Venue: Park Social Club,
Tel: 01303 238807 Eden Grove Road,
Edenthorpe, DN3 2LS.
May 26 Time: 9.30am-4pm
Addlestone Contact: H V Johnson & Co
(stamps, postal history) Tel: 01909 563394
Venue: Community Centre,
Garfield Road, KT15 2NJ. Harrogate
Time: 10am-4.30pm (stamps, postal history)
Contact: David Milton Venue: Masonic Hall,
Tel: 01895 637283 Station Avenue, HG1 5NE.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
East Malling Contact: H Proctor
Venue: East Malling Village
Hall, New Road, ME19 6DD. Peterborough
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm (stamps, postal history)
Contact: Michael R Thompson Venue: The Holiday Inn,
Tel: 01474 325507 Thorpe Wood, PE3 6SG.
Time: 10am-3pm
Keynsham Contact: Richard Lewis
Venue: The Fear Institute,
Keynsham High Street, Southport
BS31 1DG. (stamps, postal history,
Time: 9.30am-4pm postcards)
Contact: Kevin Noble Fairs Venue: Royal Clifton Hotel,
Tel: 07599 001101 Promenade, PR8 1RB.
Time: 10am-4pm
Morley Contact: Howard Hatton
(stamps, postal history) Tel: 0161 766 9031
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall,
Commercial Street, LS27 8HZ. May 28
Time: 9.30am-4pm Felbridge
Contact: H V Johnson & Co (stamps, postal history,
Tel: 01909 563394 postcards)

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Taplow Ruislip Contact: JRS Fairs Scarborough PS
(stamps, postal history, (stamps, postal history, Tel: 01785 259350 Tel: 01723 368475
postcards) postcards)
Venue: Taplow & Hitcham Venue: Methodist Church Hall, June 16 Sittingbourne
Woman’s Institute Hall, Ickenham Road, HA4 7BZ. Bristol (stamps, postal history,
Institute Road, SL6 0NS. Time: 10am-4.30pm (stamps, postal history, postcards)
Time: 10am-4.30pm Contact: David Milton postcards) Venue: Carmel Hall,
Contact: David Milton Tel: 01895 637283 Venue: Shirehampton Public Ufton Lane, ME10 1JB.
Tel: 01895 637283 Hall, Station Road, Time: 10am-3.30pm
Wanstead Shirehampton, BS11 9TX. Contact: Chris Rapley
June 6 (stamps, postal history, Time: 9.30am-4pm Tel: 07711 677760
Stowmarket postcards, coins) Contact: Kevin Noble Fairs
(stamps, postal history, Venue: Our Lady of Lourdes Tel: 07599 001101 June 17
postcards) Church Pastoral Centre, Amersham
Venue: Stowmarket Football 51 Cambridge Park, E11 2PR. Hull (stamps, postal history,
Club, Bury Road, IP14 1JQ. Time: 10am-4.30pm (stamps, postal history) postcards)
Time: 10am-3pm Contact: Gordon George Venue: St James Centre, Venue: Jubilee Scout Hall,
Contact: David James Tel: 020 8989 5082 169 First Lane, Hessle, Rectory Hill, HP7 0BT.
Tel: 01328 855003 HU13 9EY. Time: 10am-4.30pm
June 10 Time: 9.30am-4pm Contact: David Milton
June 9 Chesterfield Contact: H V Johnson & Co Tel: 01895 637283
Derby (stamps, postal history, Tel: 01909 563394
(stamps, postal history, postcards) Bowdon
postcards) Venue: Chester Street Club, Salisbury (stamps, postal history,
Venue: Nunsfield House Chester Street, S40 1DL. (stamps, postal history) postcards)
Community Hall, 33 Boulton Time: 10am-4pm Venue: United Reform Church, Venue: Mercure Hotel,
Road, Alvaston, DE24 0FD. Contact: Howard Hatton Fisherton Street, SP2 7RG. Langham Road, WA14 2HT.
Venue: Felbridge Village Hall, St Nicholas Circle, LE1 5LX. Time: 9.30am-4pm Tel: 0161 766 9031 Time: 10am-4pm Time: 10am-4pm
Crawley Down Road, RH19 2NT. Time: 9.30am-3.30pm Contact: H V Johnson & Co Contact: Solent Stamps Contact: Howard Hatton
Time: 10am-3.30pm Contact: John Suschitzky Tel: 01909 563394 June 15-16 Tel: 01489 582673 Tel: 0161 766 9031
Contact: Chris Rapley Tel: 0116 2350441 Stafford
Tel: 07711 677760 Orpington (stamps, postal history, Scarborough Dronfield
Lichfield (stamps, postal history, postcards) (stamps, postal history, (stamps, postal history,
June 1 (stamps, postal history) postcards) Venue: Ingestre Suite, postcards) postcards)
Diss Venue: Boley Park Community Venue: Christ Lutheran Staffordshire County Venue: Westborough Venue: Coal Aston Village Hall,
(stamps, postal history, Hall, Ryknild Street, WS14 9XU. Church, 227 Poverest Road, Showground, Weston Road, Methodist Church, Coal Aston, S18 3AY.
postcards) Time: 10am-4pm Petts Wood, BR5 1RD. ST18 0BD. Westborough, YO11 1TS. Time: 9.30am-4pm
Venue: Diss Youth & Contact: JRS Fairs Contact: Keith Jupp Time: 10am-5pm (Friday), Time: 10am-4pm Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Community Centre, 30 Tel: 01785 259350 Tel: 07746 124846 10m-4pm (Saturday) Contact: Chris Phillips, Tel: 01909 563394
Shelfanger Road, IP22 4EH.
Time: 10am-3pm Stourbridge
Contact: David James (stamps, postal history)
Tel: 01328 855003 Venue: Methodist Church
Centre, New Road,
London Stourbridge, DY8 1PA.
(stamps, postal history) Time: 9.30am-1.30pm
Venue: Royal National Hotel, Contact: Chris Proctor
Bedford Way, Russell Square, Tel: 07813 260752
WC1H 0DG.
Time: Friday 9am-4pm June 3
Contact: Kate Puleston Bowdon
Tel: 020 8946 4489 (stamps, postal history,
postcards)
June 2 Venue: Mercure Hotel,
Beckenham Langham Road, WA14 2HT.
(stamps, postal history, Time: 10am-4pm
postcards) Contact: Howard Hatton
Venue: Azelia Halls, Tel: 0161 766 9031
Croydon Road, BR3 4DA.
Time: 9am-3pm Porstmouth
Contact: Ray McQuade (stamps, postal history,
Tel: 020 8395 9285 postcards)
Venue: Cosham Community
Deal Centre, Wootton Street, PO6 3AP.
(stamps, postal history) Time: 10am-4pm
Venue: The Landmark Centre, Contact: Solent Stamps
129 High Street, CT14 6BB. Tel: 01489 582673
Time: 9am-1pm
Contact: Peter Barrett Sevenoaks
Tel: 01304 829827 (stamps, postal history)
Venue: Stag Plaza,
Leicester London Road, TN13 1ZZ.
(stamps, postal history) Time: 10am-4pm
Venue: Derby Room, Contact: Robert Uden
The Holiday Inn, Tel: 01303 238807

WHAT’s on: SOCIETIES To include an event in this listing, we need at least two months’ notice.
selected UK philatelic SOCIETY


May 9 May 21 by Kath Mlingiller Venue: RPSL, 41 Devonshire June 13 Reformed Church, Whiteladies
Bedford PS South Midlands SC Venue: Grimsby Central Hall, Place, London W1G 6JY. Bedford PS Road, BS6 6SA.
Allsorts & Bourse To the Ends of the Earth Duncombe Street, DN32 7EG. Contact: Phil Waud Summer Social & Tea Cup Time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Bunyan Meeting by Alan Godfrey Time: 7pm Tel: 07484 629171 Competition Contact: Mike Breward
Free Church, Mill Street, Venue: Barford Memorial Hall, Contact: Trevor Smith Venue: The Bunyan Meeting Tel: 01179 567853
Bedford MK40 3EU. Church Street, Barford, CV35 8EN Tel: 01469 572354 June 11 Free Church, Mill Street,
Time: 7pm Time: 1.30pm Telford S&CC Bedford MK40 3EU. Taw & Torridge SC
Contact: Julie Barnard Contact: John Gledhill June 7 Visit by Redditch PS Time: 7pm Servicemen’s Mail from
Tel: 01234 765092 Tel: 01789 842112 Kingston Upon Venue: Ketley Community Contact: Julie Barnard World War I by Roger Wine
Thames PS Centre (the Old School), Tel: 01234 765092 Venue: Castle Hall, Castle
Bromley & May 23 Postcards Holyhead Road, Street, Barnstaple, EX31 1ET.
Beckenham PS Bromley & Venue: Surbiton Library Telford, TF1 5AN Carmarthen & Time: 7.30pm
Cayman Islands (part 2) Beckenham PS New Hall, Ewell Road, Time: 7.30pm District S&PC Contact: Andrew Austen
by James Podger President’s Competition Surbiton, KT6 6AG. Contact: Richard Camp Chairman’s Display Tel: 01271 329762
Venue: Public Hall, Bromley Venue: Public Hall, Bromley Time: 8pm Tel: 01952 247783 Venue: 132b Priory Street,
Road, Beckenham, BR3 5JE. Road, Beckenham BR3 5JE. Contact: Christopher E Oliver SA31 1LR. June 15
Time: 7.30pm Time: 7.30pm Tel: 020 8940 9833 June 12 Time: 7pm Kingston Upon
Contact: David Rennie Contact: David Rennie York PS Contact: C Williams Thames PS
Tel: 020 8778 7001 Tel: 020 8778 7001 June 10 Members’ Evening Tel: 01267 236680 Sport & Pastimes
Great Britain PS Venue: Priory Street Venue: Surbiton Library
Stratford Upon May 24 Interrupted Mail during Centre, 15 Priory Street, June 14 New Hall, Ewell Road,
Avon PS Maidstone & World War II by David Tett YO1 6ET. Bristol ps Surbiton, KT6 6AG.
One-Sheet Competition Mid-Kent PS Time: 11am Time: 7.30pm GB Postage Dues Time: 8pm
Venue: Community Sports Ireland by R How AGM & Members’ Displays Contact: Jeremy Piercy by David Williams Contact: Christopher E Oliver
Centre, Alcester Road, Venue: Mote Park Indoor Time: 2.15pm Tel: 01904 646390 Venue: Redland Park United Tel: 020 8940 9833
Stratford upon Avon CV37 9DH. Bowls Club, Willow Way,
Time: 7.15pm Maidstone, ME15 7RN.
Contact: Colin Fountain
Tel: 01789 841606
Time: 10.30am
Contact: Brian Stonestreet
scandinavia ps
Tel: 01622 675784
May 14
The Scandinavia Philatelic Society held its annual weekend meeting in Redditch,
Telford S&CC May 31
Around the World on Covers Maidstone & Worcestershire, with members and guests travelling from as far afield as
by Douglas Nottingham Mid-Kent PS Swansea, Chelmsford, Warrington, Hassocks and Oslo.
Venue: Ketley Community Hungary by Bill Hedley After the AGM on Saturday, Josh Spoor gave the invited display on the subject
Centre (the Old School), Venue: St Paul’s Church Hall, of airmail routes from blockaded Sweden during World War II, an unusual
Holyhead Road, TF1 5AN Boxley Road, Maidstone,
subject which aroused a lot of interest.
Time: 7.30pm ME14 2AH.
Contact: Richard Camp Time: 7.30pm The society’s new President, Pat Adams from Chelmsford, showed her
Tel: 01952 247783 Contact: Brian Stonestreet collections of Norwegian postage dues and ship marks.
Tel: 01622 675784 An eclectic range of further displays included Swedish Lloyd ferries, Danish
May 17
postal stationery, Finland’s wartime mail, Norwegian polar exploration, Faroe
Bristol ps June 5
AGM & Wiltshire 16-Sheet Blackpool & Islands postal history, Greenland post offices and Bjornholm posthorn
Competition Fylde PS cancellations.
Venue: Redland Park United AGM & Members’ Choice For further details of the society’s activities, contact the Secretary,
Reformed Church, Venue: Bostonway Community Susan Oliver. E-mail: susan.m.oliver@virgin.net
Whiteladies Road, BS6 6SA. Centre, Bostonway, FY4 4YB.
Time: 7.30pm Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Mike Breward Contact: David Bond
Tel: 01179 567853 Tel: 01253 767763
Burnley & West London PS

District PS AGM & Display
AGM & Short Displays Venue: The Church Hall,
Venue: Central Methodist Woodlands Avenue,
Church, Hargreaves Street, Acton, W3 9BU.
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MAL 62 MALAYA - A substantial collection of Malaya, Malaysia with FE188 INDIAN FEUDATORY STATES - An interesting reference R88A NAZI GERMAN Occupation of World. War II various Croatia
Singapore. Contains several hundred unmounted mint and fine used collection of mainly forgeries of the Indian Feudatory States. Victorian Bohemia and Moravia. Occupation of Poland General government
stamps in blocks and singles. Noted: Perak, Selangor, Kedah, Sabah, period includes imperforates and stamps printed on various white, (Theresienstadt also Lodz Ghjetto these may not be genuine) plus
Perlis, Trengganu, Pulau Pinang, Negri Sembilan, Kelantan, Sarawak, coloured and buff papers. Noted: Sirmoor, Charkhari, Duttia, Fardikot, various other Germany war period Hiijer issues. Mainly genuine
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stamps ................................................................................ Price £17 unmounted mint/ used ........................................................ Price £10
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R. 472 RYUKYU ISLANDS - Rarely offered for sale, this is a superb would exceed £1000s (Thousands of Pounds) but these are being JB 773 JAMES BOND. An outstanding collection of James Bond
collection of the stamps of The Ryukyu Islands. Containing only superb sold “as is” as forgeries. The collection also includes genuine Indian Stamps. Includes official Royal Mail James Bond combination
unmounted mint stamps. Over 100 different Ryukyu Island Stamps stamps from Queen Victoria to Geo VI .................................. Price £15 cover bearing Ian Fleming’s iconic James Bond book issue, with
....................................................................................... Price £18.75 BX 486 BOXING - A fine collection of Boxing Stamps Over 80 Stamps first day of issue 8/1/2008 Royal Mail Postmark. The cover was
MI 349 MALDIVE ISLANDS - An impressive stamp collection of only in blocks and singles, including champion boxers such as Muhammad reposted on 1/5/2012 (four years later) with Royal Mail
unmounted mint blocks of Maldive Island stamps. The collection is Ali. Mainly fine to used, mint noted, with Great Britain Royal Mail 2012 “British Hero James Bond 5oth Anniv Postmark. The James Bond
rich in thematic commemoratives. Several hundred mint Maldive Olympic Games Gold Medal Boxing Stamps...................... Price £9.75 Collection continues with many Unmounted Mint James Bond
Islands Stamps ................................................................... Price £16 Commemorative Stamps and Miniature Sheets: Including, scarcer
PM8 THERESA MAY - Official Royal appointment commemora-
BOB 2 WINSTON CHURCHILL - One of the scarcest Churchill tive cover. The cover shows Theresa May being recieved by Her unlisted issues from various countries ............................ Price £26
covers ever. The combination cover is a dual commemorative of 50th Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who instructed her to form a Government.
anniversary of Churchill’s death in conjunction with the 75th Anniv. of M6 PRINCESS DIANA – Worldwide collection. Some 1981 Wedding
The cover bears as official R.M. Buckingham Palace stamp, tried to
the Battle of Britain. Depicting the iconic war poster with Churchill’s the cover with a Royal Mail 13/7/16 illustrated Buckingham Palace Issues, also Prince William Birth, including scarcer sheetlets, V SCAR
quote:“Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” The cover Postmar. Only 75 of this scarce cover are known to exist..... Price £26 CE GUTTER PAIR F.D.C’s SIGNED BY THE DESIGNER (stamp designer)
bears the Royal Mail Churchill Commemorative stamps issue with
LU 328 LUNDY ISLAND - A superb collection of unmounted mint also various worldwide 1997 Princess Diana Memorial Issues. The
Churchill Blenheim Palace Pmk. Dated 24/1/15 Anniv. Of Churchill’s
death. The cover was unusually reposted on 16/7/15 with Battle of British local stamps of Lundy Island in blocks, large multiples and whole collection.............................................................. Price £13.00
Britain spitfire anniv. Pmk. on the Royal Mail Spitfire commemorative singles + miniature sheet. Starts off with King George VI period.“Lundy
& Atlantic Coats Air Lines Ltd.“Following on to puffin stamps HRH7 RARE ROYAL COVER Extremely rare Royal Cover for HRH
stamp issue. From a restricted limited edition of only 50 covers. ........
overprinted with 1950s & 1960s stamps on to more recent. With lots Prince George. This superbly illustrated, Royal Baby, Official first day
............................................................................................ Price £21
of “Puffin” stamps, definitives, commemoratives & Air Mail stamps. cover, bears a gutter pair originally printed for Princess Diana’s 21st
SA337 SAUDI ARABIA - A small but valuable collection of Saudi Hundreds of unmounted mint Lundy Stamps .................. Price £27.50 birthday, which was overprinted for the birth of her son Prince William
Arabian stamps, all different and in superb unmounted mint condition. dated 19/07/1982, the cover was re-posted with Royal Mail stamps of
Contains lots of elusive items, the catalogue value is in excess of £100 B COM 434 ORNITHOLOGY - A fantastic thematic collection of Brit- three generations: Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles & Prince William.
....................................................................................... Price £23.50 ish Commonwealth BIRDS stamps. Only Unmounted Mint in multiples
Officially postmarked by the Royal Mail for Prince George’s christening on
CH 739 CHURCHILL - A fantastic thematic collection of Winston and single stamps. Several Hundred Brit, Commonwealth Bird Stamps
including High Value (£) pound & ($) Dollar stamps in blocks...Price £39 23/10/13 at St James’ Palace London. The cover has been signed by the
Churchill stamps; comprising of hundreds of mint and used Churchill stamp designer – only 40 of this rare cover are understood to exist and are
stamps, including blocks, noted scarcer unmounted mint blocks of GB.51 - GREAT BRITAIN SCARCE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN COMMEM. destined to be vital to any future Prince William and Prince George
exile govt. Churchill stamps dating back to 1952 unlisted in Stanley Cover. Bearing the Abram Games stamp designer official Royal Mail
Gibbons Catalogue (seldom seen). All aspects of the great man’s life stamp collections.....................................................................Price £19.75
Commem. Stamp cancelled with iconic Festival of Britain 25/3/14
are portrayed in this collection. Hundreds of Winston Churchill stamps Postmark. The cover also bears the complete King George VI 1951 Malay. 2 SINGAPORE – A fantastic collection of Singapore stamps.
............................................................................................ Price £18 Festival stamps with black cachet “G.PO. 1951 Festival of Britain Mainly in fine used condition and containing definitives and commem-
HK 145 HONG KONG - A fine collection of used stamps of Hong Kong. Official Stamp Issue” The edition was limited to only 100 of these oratives of Singapore. Hundreds of different stamps........Price £16.25
Almost all the stamps pre date the handover to China. Including $ important covers ............................................................ Price £11.25
values and popular Chinese New Year Commemoratives. Totally un- E.32 TIBET Fantastic group printed on rough and thin “Native Type”
J18 GREAT BRITAIN SCARCE WORLD WAR L COVER - A scarce paper including listed stamps, and some shades and colours which
checked for catalogue value, over 100 Hong Kong stamps... Price £11
commemorative cover for the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdi-
CL5 CLEMENT ATTLEE - A scarce political cover commemorating the appear not to be listed in Gibbons Catalogue. Included are blocks
nand, the accepted incident that initiated World War l. The cover bears
70th anniv. of Clement Attlee becoming prime minister. Attlee won GB Royal Mail, British Legion commem issue with official Royal Mail and singles. Due to the crudeness of the printing of this type of Tibet
a landslide election victory in 1945 bringing the Labour party into postmark inscribed:“Outbreak of World War l - 1914 - 1918 Westmin- stamps, there is no way we can guarantee any as genuine. If just
power. The scarce cover depicts Clement Attlee in his World War ster Abbey dated 1/1/2014” Additionally the cover also bears Austro some of the listed stamps we re genuine the Catalogue Value would
I army uniform. The cover bears the official Royal Mail Attlee Hungarian military stamp with blue cachet “Bosnien Herzegowina be Hundreds of Pounds. We have decided the safest way is to treat
commemorative stamp issue with London 26/7/15 postmark. Only 50 Franz Ferdinand 1914 - 2014 Sarajevo” The Scarce cover was a se- them as suspect and possible forgeries. As such we are offering them
of this scarce political cover are known to exist .............. Price £19.25 verely restricted issue of only 75 covers and hard to locate... Price £15 for sale at the knock down price of only .................. ...... Price £13.00
MC.334 - MUSIC - An awesome & valuable collection of music E.E. 543 EASTERN EUROPE - Includes Russia, Roumania Hungary, GS 9L GRAF SPEE - The very scarce WWII Commemorative Cover for
stamps begins with an orchestra of musical instrument stamps. Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Poland. Several hundred different
The specialist classical section includes: Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, the 75th Anniv. of the scuttling of the pocket battle ship Graf Spee.
stamps ........................................................................... Price £13.25 Captain Hans Langsdorff scuttled the ship in full view of 20,000
Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Bartok. Also jazz and popmusic stamps, with Louis
Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Oasis, Marlene Dietrich. With G.B. Royal UN. 872 UNITED NATIONS - A lovely collection of only unmounted onlookers before he shot and killed himself. The cover bears two
Mail stamps of Freddy Mercury, The Beatles and Pink Floyd. A multiple mint stamps, many in sets. Contains several plate number blocks as submarine stamps with B.F.P.O. Battle of the River Plate pmk. dated
of other issues for Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Kylie well as single stamps. Approx. 120 Mint United Nations stamps plus 13 Dec. 14., and also the scarce Royal Crown and Lion pmk. Dated
Minogue, Elvis Presley and many more> Hundreds of stamps - mint Miniature Sheets .............................................................. Price £9.80 17 Dec 2014 on the Anniv. date. It is understood that only 60 of this
and used with several miniature sheets. The best Music collection we scarce cover exists ......................................................... Price £18.50
have ever seen ............................................................... Price £29.25 FA16 -FALKLAND ISLANDS - Scarce Referendum Cover - A rare and
unusual cover for the Falkland Islands Referendum. The illustrated AF 21 AFRICA - A massive collection of Africa including mint and
SAM.1. POLAND - small general collection, include - Nazi Falklands flag cover is inscribed 11/3/2013 Falkland islanders vote on used stamps and Miniature Sheets. Countries noted include: Tunisia,
Occupation Concentration Camp issue inscribed ‘Judenpost’ for Lodz Self Datermination. The cover bears a British Q.E.2. stamp with double
Ghetto (Litzmanstdt) 10pf Green (unused). We cannot guarantee this Mozambique Company, Ghana including overprints on Gold Coast.
penguin postmark dates 11/3/2013 Shetland P.O. It also has a Falk- Tanzania, Belgium Congo, South Africa, Rwanda, Cameroun, S.W.
item but remainder of the collection all seem OK Cheap ... Price £8.75 land Is. referendum stamp and Argentine War “Malvinas” ovpt stamp,
Africa, Lesotho, French Somali coast, Sudan, Sierra Leone - plus many
SJ120 MEDICAL - Stamps with specialised lot of Anti-TB and Red both tied to the cover with Green Cachet “Falklands Referendum NO
to Malvinas. 99.8% vote in favour of remaining with U.K. 11/3/2013” others. A glorious collection of over 500 stamps, mostly all different
Cross stamps. Also Anti-Malaria stamps Red Cross stamps back to the
only 50 of rare covers are known to exist ....................... Price £18.50 singles with some unmounted mint blocks .......................... Price £29
1940s or earlier up to more recent. With nursing, doctors and all forms
of medicine. A most interesting subject rarely offered for sale ideal for RA. 8 DESERT RATS WAR COVER - A Sought after British Cover GB 93 CONCORDE - An essay for the 1959 G.P.O Concorde stamp.
anyone with some medical knowledge to form a valuable collection A submitted design for the 4d demoniation in blue unwatermarked,
issued for the 70th Anniv. of the Desert Rats Battle for Migliano on
.............................................................................................. Price £7 imperforate with large margin - unmounted mint essay ex- exhibition
1/12/1944. The cover depicts Migliano and the iconic Desert Rat
G.114 A WORLDWIDE COVERS & FDC’S - Fantastic Accumulation of Emblem, it bears the British Spitfire Commemorative with scarce sheet ................................................................................... Price £12
Commercial & Philatelic covers & FDC’s including special pmks, early B.F.P.O 3181 Desert Rats 7th Armoured Brigade Postmark. On the
to modern with Air Mails, Sea Mail, commemorative covers, noted Anniv. Date 1/12/14. Most of this scarce cover are now in specialist BH 44 BHUTAN - The collection from the Himalayan Kingdom of
designer signed. Local posts, Islands Post, an unsorted group of about collections......... .....................Recommended at our .. Price of £12.50 Bhutan comprises solely of unmounted mint stamps with blocks
100 covers .......................................................................... Price £21 and singles and miniature sheets. A glorious lot of well over 100
HRH. R3 KING RICHARD III - An important historic cover issued for unmounted mint stamps................................................. Price £11.50
RS2a UNIFORMS. - Mainly military. Hundreds different....... Price £12 the reburial of Richard III “The Last Plantagenet King of England”. The
Lot K2 GREAT BRITAIN. UNMOUNTED MINT COMMEMORATIVES cover depicts King Richard who was buried at Leicester Cathedral B. 832 BRITISH AFRICA - A superb collection of only unmounted
& DEFINITIVES UNSORTED ACCUMULATION. - Items noted include 530 years after his death at the battle of Bosworth Field. Only 60 mint stamps from British Africa. Countries noted include: South Africa,
Traffic Light Gutter Pair Missing Phosphor Error coil strips. Well over of this scarce covers are in existence. The historic cover bears the Zambia, Ghana, Bechuanaland, Transkei, South West Africa, Zimba-
500 stamps, only unmounted mint ...................................... Price £18 British Royal Lion stamp postmarked with the official Royal Mail bwe, Gambia, Rhodesia, Lesotho, Tanzania & Swaziland with blocks
illustrated “Rest in Peace” Leicester Cathedral Pmk.. on 26/3/2015. Few and singles, hundreds of unmounted mint stamps ...........Price £17.25
R45 MINIATURE SHEETS - & Souvenir Sheets, various different GB available .............................................................................. Price £16
(Exhibition sheets) FOREIGN, odd Brit. Commonwealth. Total of 50+ POL. 14 MARGARET THATCHER - One of the scarcest political covers
different (Mainly Foreign) Min sheets ..................................... Price £8 SH. 73 SHETLAND ISLANDS - Impressive cover for “Up-Helly-AA” The ever. Issued to commemorate the 40th Anniv. of Margaret Thatcher
Viking Fire festival at Lerwic, when a Viking long boat is set on fire. The becoming Leader of the Conservative Party in 1975. The first woman
NY146 ENTOMOLOGY - One of the most unusual thematic subjects cover bears the Shetland Island Local Stamps depicting Vikings and
we have ever seen, insects on stamps. Hundreds of them ..... Price £7 to lead a British Political party. The important cover bears British
a blazing Viking ship tied to the cover with Hildasay - Shetland Island
Margaret Thatcher stamps with (Royal Mail) “Iron Lady” Grantham
SJ53a BARDSEY ISLAND. - (Welsh Local Issue) A superb specialised cachet in blue, in combination with Royal Mail Stamp postmarked with
group of Unmounted Mint (complete sets) Stamps from this small the Celtic “Up-Helly-AA” Lerwic pmk .............................. Price £13.25 Prime Minister pmk. Dated 14/10/2014 as well as the scarce Big
Welsh Island rarely get offered for sale ............................. Price £7.00 Ben Anniv. postmark dated 11/2/2015. This cover which is mostly in
Alb. 7 ALBANIA - A lovely collection of Albanian stamps, including collectors hands is rarely offered for sale ..............................Price £23
NY124 THE THREE KINGS King George V, King ED. VII and King scarcer older stamps issued for King Zog, unmounted mint. Unusual
George VI. - A collection of British Colonials. UNMOUNTED MINT items noted include 1952 stamps issued by the Albanian Govt, in SW. 86 SWITZERLAND - A great starter collection to build upon of
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price to clear .................................................................. Price £12.00 with blocks and singles mint and used ................................ Price £15 .............................................................................................. Price £7
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