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JANUARY 2017 CONTENTS
STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY
9 STAMP UPDATE
Letters gallery. 2017 stamp
schedules. Royal seek new
London home 58
35 QUIZ OF THE YEAR
How well do you know
the stamps issued in 2016?
Win a Royal Mail yearbook
36 UNIFICATION OF A STAMP
Devlan Kruck examines a
perplexing 1d red stamp
38 1967 GB STAMPS
Our in-depth article
recalls and reassesses the
GB stamps issued in 1967
46 AROUND THE ISLANDS
The latest stamps form
Guernsey, the Isle of
Man and Jersey
49 STAMP STORY
The life of Czech leader
Tomas Masaryk
50 THE PENNY POST
From 1840 to 1918
Britons could send an
inland letter for just one
penny, as our guide reveals
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COINS
53 DEAD COUNTRIES 108 COIN UPDATE 18
Stamps from Corfu and Government warns
the Ionian Islands of fake British Virgin 24
STAMP SHOWCASE Islands coins. Shackleton
A collection describing expedition coins, and
the life of Alfred Nobel latest auction results
and the Nobel Peace Prize 114 ROMAN DENOMINATIONS
64 POSTAL HISTORY Denarius Quinarius
Our collecting by county Sestertius As 29
series visits Argyllshire Steve Webb provides a
66 COVER EXPLAINED visual guide to Roman
Two postal items sent coin denominations
around the world in 118 COLLECTABLE COPIES 54
pursuit of a WW2 refugee Paula Hammond takes
68 COLLECT BY THEME a look at pseudonumia
Our regular thematics coins, notable forgeries,
guides include telephones and interesting and 73
on stamps, the printing collectable copies
theme and annual festivals 120 BRITISH MUSEUM
78 STAMPS OF THE YEAR This months focus on 101 NEW STAMPS
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many stamps issued and Medals collections
during 2016, taking in the examines a medal of 122 CLASSIFIED ADS Buy, sell
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Page 14 Royal seeks new home

Royal Mail launch Letters of Our Lives gallery

Royal Mail has launched a special online gallery
to showcase over 1,600 letters and images it
has received as part of its Letters of Our Lives
campaign, launched in 2015 to mark the 500th
Gallery
anniversary of the postal service.
Over the last few months, letters which
highlights
detail everyday heroics on the battlefield,
the worry of waiting for news from the Fascinating letters available to view on
front and the challenges of settling down in the website include:
faraway lands such as Australia in the early
1800s have been submitted. An eye witness account from Paris
Royal Mail joined forces with TV historian written the day after France entered
and Chief Curator Historic Royal Palaces, the First World War. In it, the writer
Lucy Worsley to ask the public to look in says that The scenes at Paris were heart
their attics, rummage around their garages and rending last evening, quite a panic.
search their sheds for any letters or postcards
that relate to key moments in their family A letter from John Doughty, a cabinet
history back in April. Since then, the team has maker who left Newcastle Upon Tyne
been overwhelmed with the response. in 1849 for the USA. He wrote to his
The submissions cover more than 315 years in younger brother talking about his new life.
the UKs history. The earliest letter dates from 10
March, 1699, when Prince George of Denmark A twelve page letter from a father to his
wrote to Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick- son in 1917 giving a detailed description
Lneburg to congratulate on her marriage to of the background to the First World
King Joseph I. The most recent is from New War. He ends the letter suggesting
Year 2015, when good wishes for the coming that his son follows the war in the
year were shared between two lifelong pen-pals. Part of a twelve-page letter sent in 1917 from a father newspapers daily.
Lucy Worsley, said: It has been a real privilege to his son, explaining the First World War
to be able to read these little paper windows A postcard sent to Mary Harris in
on the past and catch a glimpse of another side to great events of history, from heroics on the April 1912 by her friend, Reg. Marys
battlefield to exploring the Amazonian jungle. Im proud to share in the pride of the families who youngest brother, Edward Harris
shared their stories with us. I would urge everyone to visit the gallery and marvel at the power of and her fianc, Michael Rogers were
the human spirit as told by our ancestors. But be warned the site contains over three centuries of stewards on the Titanic and died when
ups, downs, pains and joy so brace yourself! the ship sank. Reg sent Mary a postcard
David Gold, Director of Public Affairs at Royal Mail, said: The response from the public has to see if she has had any news. The
been fantastic. We have been overwhelmed by the number of letters and postcards weve received. postcard featured an image of the ship,
While reading the letters, our team has experienced every emotion, from tears and sadness to joy under the words RIP In Memoriam,
and laughter. Our original hope was that the letters would allow us to build a picture of how life Heroes All. While he meant well, Mary
really was for communities throughout the ages but theyve revealed much more than we could viewed the postcard as cashing in on
have ever imagined. Theyve presented a new side to key moments in history and given us a unique the tragedy.
insight to the thoughts and feelings of communities over the last three hundred years.
All the letters submitted to the campaign are being showcased on a special online gallery on A letter from the famous pioneering
www.royalmailgroup.com/lettersofourlives feminist and physician, Elizabeth
Garrett Anderson, to the speaker at
one of the Royal College of Physicians
of Londons medical societies. In
1865, Garrett had been the first
Englishwoman to qualify in medicine
in England and the first female member
of the BMA in 1873 (the only one for
nineteen years). Despite all this, writing
in 1887 she is asking permission to be
admitted to some dark corner to hear
An April 1912 postcard sent to Mary Harris, whose your lecture on Lupus.
brother and fianc had died on the Titanic

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 Stamp update
Unique 1893 US stamp
pane sold in Germany
An nearly intact pane of 1893 $2 Columbian stamps has been sold
at auction in Germany for 510,000 (approximately 435,722), with
the auction house apparently uncertain of the panes great rarity.
Issued to mark the Worlds Columbian Exposition held in Chicago
in 1893, the sixteen stamp set was the USAs first commemorative
issue and has been pursued by collectors for decades. Before the
Munich auction took place it was widely believed that no mint panes
of the $2 stamp existed. According to the US publication Linns
Stamp News a $1 pane exhibited at the recent New York international
stamp show was given a value of at least $1 million. Now, US
collectors are learning that the incredible pane of 100 stamps was
offered for a starting price of just 10,000.
The lot was finally sold for 510,000 to a German dealer,
but it seems that neither the Munich-based auction house Hans
Mohrmann or the seller were aware of the potential value of the
pane, with little fanfare or advertising preceding the sale.
Writing on the stamp collecting forum stampboards.com, user
billw2 said: I had no idea that any sheets of fifty of these still
survived let alone an entire pane. If this is broken up it will be a
philatelic tragedy of huge proportions, besides, theres plenty of
not so well centred $2 Columbians around as it is. According to
my Brookman book the biggest multiple that he knew of, back in
the 40s or 50s was a block of 25 and I wouldnt be shocked if thats
since been broken up.
The pane is said to have been the property of a German widow
who inherited the pane, along with many German stamps, from
her late husband. The new owner is said to be considering further
offers for the pane, and would consider breaking up the pane if the
financial gain justified it.
Jersey and Isle of Man win awards in China
Stamps issued by Jersey Post have gained third prize in the
twelfth China Annual Best Foreign Stamp Poll, while Isle
of Man stamps marking the Penny Black 175th anniversary
won the Best Stamp Topic Selection Award.
Foreign postal administrations were invited to submit
an entry from their 2015 stamp programme and 29
countries entered designs into the poll. Jersey Post
selected its Links with China Garden Flowers issue for
the competition, designed by Wang Huming and Martin
Mrck. The Isle of Man chose their set of six stamps
celebrating the first postage stamp.
Entries were judged by the polls Evaluation Committee in
conjunction with the Association for Promotion of West China
Research and Development. Prizes were awarded for six categories and
the Chinese public were invited to cast votes by social media or by
post. In total 78,827 votes were cast.
Jerseys Head of Philatelic, Melanie Gouzinis, who attended the
ceremony to accept the award, said: I was delighted to be invited to the
award ceremony and to give a presentation about Jersey stamps.
We have found a real desire amongst Chinese collectors to use stamps as
a means to learn about the cultures of other countries and it was a great
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Rare Bronte covers
fetch over 8,000
A pair of rare covers
written by Charlotte
Bronte to her lifelong
friend Ellen Nussey in
1846 and 1849 recently
sold for 8,100 at
Wiltshire auction house
Henry Aldridge & Son.
The covers, each of which
carries a Penny Red stamp, attracted considerable interest before the
sale, with the story covered by BBC News and Fox News, as well as
local coverage in Yorkshire, the home county of the Bronte sisters.
The first cover, hand-addressed in brown ink by Charlotte Bronte,
is postmarked Leeds Jan 30 1849, Barnsley Keithly and Howarth
and has a black mourning band around its edge. Charlottes sister
Emily had died just weeks earlier, on 19 December, 1848, which may
explain this symbol of mourning.
The second cover, postmarked Leeds MR 31 1846, is also hand-
addressed to Ellen Nussey and on the reverse, has a small slip of paper
with the words attend to time which was affixed by Charlotte Bronte.
Ellen Nussey met Charlotte Bronte at Roe Head School in 1831 and
the pair were lifelong correspondents, exchanging hundreds of letters
until Charlottes death in 1855, and regularly visiting each others
homes. After Ellens death in 1897, hundreds of Charlottes letters
were sold at auction and a number of these were used by the author
Elizabeth Gaskell for her 1857 biography The Life of Charlotte Bronte.
The two covers each had a pre-sale estimate of 800-1,200 and sold
for a combined total of 8,100. Find out more at the Henry Aldridge
& Son website: www.henry-aldridge.co.uk
opportunity for
me to showcase the
work of the Jersey Philatelic Bureau.
Maxine Cannon, Isle of Man Stamps and Coins General Manager, said:
We are most pleased that this stamp set has been recognised in China.
First prize in the category best stamp design went to Germany for
their issue Chiemsee and second prize was awarded to the United
Nations Postal Administration for its Endangered Species Birds of
Paradise stamp issue.
All the entries in the poll will be included in a special stamp exhibition
that will travel around China during 2017.
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2017 stamps
USA provisional schedule (dates TBC)
Love Skywriting (Love series)
Year of the Rooster
Celebrating African
American History and Culture
Work Projects Administration
(WPA) Posters
Sharks
US Flag

Stamp schedules revealed Father Theodore Hesburgh

Flowers from the Garden
John F Kennedy
Delicioso
As we head into 2017, philatelic bureaux around the world are beginning to reveal their Uncle Sams Hat
plans for special stamps to be issued over the next twelve months, with the Chinese New Seashells
Year, Castles and UNESCO World Heritage sites being popular themes. California Dogface Butterfly
The USA has revealed details and designs for many of the stamps to be issued during
2017, including a single stamp issue marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Jersey provisional schedule
Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), 35th president of the United States. The stamp art 5 Jan - Year of the Rooster
features a photograph of Kennedy taken by Ted Spiegel in 1960. No doubt other post 20 Jan - The Royal Legacy of Queen
offices will mark the birth centenary of JFK in the months ahead. Victoria King Edward VIII
In April, Canada Post will mark another centenary, as we continue to look back on 2 Feb - The Crest of Jersey
the events of the First World War, specifically the Battle of Vimy Ridge, in Northern 2 March - Jersey Castles & Forts
France, which took place from 9 to 12 April, 1917 and saw the loss of more than 3,500 11 April - SEPAC Ancient Artefacts
Canadian soldiers. The third part of Guernseys Stories from the Great War series will 12 May - The Royal Legacy of Queen
be issued in November, 2017, consisting of six stamps. Victoria King George VI
Other anniversaries being marked will include the 200th anniversary of the bicycle 7 June - Lions Club 100th Anniversary
(two stamps from Switzerland in March), 950 years since the first written reference to 14 June - Durrell and the
Minsk (Belarus stamps in March), the Lions Club 100th Anniversary (Jersey in June), Darwin Initiative
and 100 years of numbered typhoon signals (Hong Kong, June).
As is customary for many nations, stamps honouring the Chinese New Year will be Guernsey provisional schedule
issued, and the Year of the Rooster will be celebrated on numerous stamps from countries 18 Jan - Year of the Rooster
including New Zealand, Canada, Hong Kong, and Guernsey, many of the designs 15 Feb - WWF Endangered Species
showing colourful versions of the animal. 4 May - Europa: Castles
European castles will take centre stage on many stamps, as the Europa theme for 24 May - Sepac: (Handcrafts)
2017. Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Aland have all revealed their castle designs already, 27 June - Guernsey Folklore (TBC)
including some rather chilly snow castles, and many other nations will be showing off 1 Sep - Princess of Waless
their architectural heritage as the year progresses. Regiment 25th
Royal Mail are set to reveal their 2017 schedule on 27 December. Read our special Anniversary (TBC)
review of the stamps of 2016 on page 78. 8 Nov - Christmas
10 Nov - Stories from Great War
10 Nov - 70th wedding
anniversary: The Queen
and Prince Phillip

United Nations provisional schedule

3 Feb - Flag Series
3 March - Endangered Species
8 March - Wonder Woman
13 April - National Costumes
and Dances
5 June - World Environment Day
21 June - International Day of Yoga
3 August - Silk Road
21 Sep - International Day of Peace
16 Oct - World Food Day

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 Stamp update
In brief
The American Philatelic Research Library
are set to sell the Inverted Jenny stamp
which was returned to the organisation
in June 2015 after being discovered in
Ireland. The stamp was stolen in 1955
from collector Ethel McCoy, who later
donated the ownership of the missing
stamp to the APRL.
The Singapore Philatelic Museum recently
launched a new exhibition featuring
Harry Potter stamps issued by countries
around the world, including Great Britain.
The Collecting Magic: From Stamps To
Wands exhibition runs until 30 June,
2017. Find out more at: http://spm.org.sg
A recent Summit on the Future of
Philately held in Pennsylvania, USA,
has concluded that the stamp collecting
hobby has an image problem and that
the hobby needs a rebranding. Ideas
to tackle the issue included focus on
portraying the hobby as vibrant, creative,
dynamic, active, highly personal,
intellectual, social, and fun; Place
articles into non-philatelic press; and
create a permanent group to address the
growth and identity of the hobby.
Swiss Post has released a special stamp in
honour of electro-pop duo Yello, famous
for the 1985 single Oh Yeah. The stamp
shows a silhouette of members Dieter
Meier and Boris Blank.
The American Philatelic Society have
recently published the book Cataloging
U.S. Commemorative Stamps: 1950
by Charles Posner. The 103-page,
hardbound book tells the story of the
eleven USA stamps issued in 1950, from
concept to finished product. The book
is available to buy at: http://stamps.org
The Milton Keynes Philatelic Society
are holding a stamp fair on Saturday 14
January, from 10am to 4pm at Methodist
Hall, Queensway, Bletchley, Milton
Keynes, MK2 2HB. Stamp Dealers and
members will be selling stamps, coins
and FDCs. For further information visit
www.miltonkeynesphilatelicsociety.co.uk
or call 01908 521220. Read more society
news and event details in our Out &
About section on page 73.
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Festive Guernsey Post & Go
Guernsey Post GG02 Series Post & Go stamps were recently
given a festive twist, with the addition of a seasonal message.
Since 1 December, the GG02 series kiosk, located at
Guernseys headquarters at Envoy House, has been vending
original Guernsey flag stamps with the underprint message
Bouan Nou, which means Merry Christmas in Guernsey
French, along with the locator overprint Envoy House.
Bridget Yabsley, head of philatelic at Guernsey Post, said:
Our Post & Go kiosk continues to be really popular and,
following the great response to last years products, weve
decided to add a festive message this year too.
Available until 23 December, the Guernsey Post & Go
stamps each carry identification numbers unique to the
machine and a session number to show where and when
they were issued. The stamps are available to buy in
collectors strips of six for 3.70 if purchased direct (plus 50p administration charge for
online and phone orders), and the stamps vend in the following values: Local letter 43p,
Local Large Letter 58p, UK letter 57p, UK Large Letter 78p, EUR 20g Letter 64p,
ROW 20g Letter 70p.
Free dealer directory in 2017
The team behind Stamp & Coin Mart are delighted to be working on the 2017 edition
of the PTS Directory, the so-called yellow pages of the UK stamp trade.
The comprehensive guide to UK dealers features listings of every member of
the Philatelic Traders Society (PTS), providing an easy-to-use reference guide to
the trade, and allowing collectors to find dealers for their particular speciality and
region. Editor Matt Hill said: Its great to be working so closely with the PTS on
their official directory and to be able to give copies away to our readers is really
exciting. The 2017 edition will feature revised listings, as well as interviews and
handy guides to stamp collecting.
The directory will also feature guides to having your stamps valued, making sure
your stamps are genuine, selling your stamps at auction, and more. The in-depth
guide, worth 9.99, is set to be given away as a free gift with the April 2017 issue of
Stamp & Coin Mart.
Meanwhile, the official catalogue for the Spring Stampex 2017 event will also be
given away with Stamp & Coin Mart, with the March 2017 issue of the magazine,
giving readers the chance to plan their visit to the show in advance.
Guarantee your copies of the PTS Directory and the Stampex catalogue by joining Stamp &
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Competition winners
Congratulations to the following readers, who won prizes in our November issue. The
following readers won Mr Men & Little Miss presentation packs courtesy of Royal Mail:
Trevor Cramp, Dartford; Cathy Gordon, Southampton; Paul Robinson, Huddersfield; Phil
Newis, Leeds; Patricia Whittaker, Cheltenham; Philip Greenwood, Croydon; Alan Chung,
Harwick; David Walker, Castleford; Karl Borowy, Bolton; Robert Price, Macclesfield.
The following readers won Agatha Christie presentation packs courtesy of Royal Mail:
Tim Woolfenden, Redditch; John Jones, Leicester; Steven Murphy, Cove; Mike Terry,
Bournemouth; Jim Moore, Londonderry; Jackie ONeill, Shepperton; David Page, Desford;
James Bobbett, Street; Stewart Miller, Darlington; Frank Wilson, Spalding.
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UNUSUAL
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
100s Mint or FU virtually all complete
definitive sets many with extra shades,
perfs etc. includes Malta KG6 (both sets)
Dominica 1938, Montserrat 1938, Turks
and Caicos 1938 Rhodesia & Nyasaland
1954, Caymans 38, 50, 53, 62 Gambia good range, 1948 building to 5Mk with
38, 53, sets etc. A superb lot with much
of the QE2 UNM Cat 4100 1,000.00
ALSACE- LORRAINE
13 on album leaf from 1 cent points
down mint expertise Thier to 25c
brown, also 3 re-prints for comparison.
Very fine lot Cat 1900 185.00
AUSTRIA
33 mainly Air Types with 1925 most
to 10sch (mainly FU) 1950 Air set Cat
700+ 100.00
CASTELROSSO
40 inc French Occupation 1920 5c 20c
FU then Italian Occupation complete mint
inc 1932 Garibaldi set Cat 1750 285.00
CEYLON
About 150 from first types to 6d, perf to
2/= mainly FU, the remainder mint inc
later QV to 1R12, K.Ed to 2R, KG5 to R5,
1935 set inc perf 14 pair, KG6 to R5 (both)
A fine lot Cat about 2000 325.00 NATAL
CYPRUS
About 300 Rural Post cancellations
Agridaki to Zyyi. Mainly different and
all on KG6 early QE2 adhesives. A
fascinating lot for the specialist 160.00 of 9 FU, QV pairs, a quadruplet 1/= pen
Very many 100s in Pristine Schaubek
printed album from range OPrints on G.B
inc d bantam, d on 1d red (4) 30
paras, 4d further good QV inc 1892 set to
45pi (M) K.Ed to 45pi, KG5 to 90pi, 1928
British rule set (M) 1934 set (M) KG6
to 1, good QE2 (mainly UNM) to 1995
fairly complete 1350.00
Few 100s from OPrint on G.B 1d red (pl
218) further QV to 4pi (2 different) K.Ed
, KG5 to 6pi, later with useful to 1989.
Mainly FU (few mint) Cat 460 60.00
EL SALVADOR
Few 100s on leaves from 1867 to 2r (M)
1879 to 20c,. 1892 to 1 peso, 1893 to
10 peso, good range officials, dues etc,
1906 to 100 cent, later to 1940s. Tidily
displayed and identified 65.00
FRANCE
About 50 air stamps from 1927 pair, 1936 to provisional range, king Carlos to 500R,
50Fr, 50Fr Banknote, thence fairly complete Ceres fairly complete to 10E, few later
to 1964 Mainly VFU Cat 1750 325.00 Cat 3350
FRENCH COLONIES
100s in large old KABE album from general
issues, Guiana Peace and Commerce types
to 2Fr, 1905 to 2Fr, Guinea 1913 Pictorial
types to 2Fr, Guadeloupe from 1884 P & C
to 40c, 1905 most to 50c, India 1914 vals
to 2Fr,. New Caledonia 1928 vals to 20Fr,
Somali Coast 1915 vals to 2Fr, Strong Indo
China, Morocco P.O;s etc 165.00
GERMANY
WW1 & 2 Occupations 100s inc
Russian set, Guernsey and Jersey
issues , extensive Bohemia & Moravia,
fairly complete Estonia inc 1918 set, few
Laibach etc Cat 385 65.00
Bohemia and Moravia 100s in half
leather , fast bound album, fairly
complete with many gutter pairs and
positional pieces also early range
Slovakia. A very clean lot 55.00
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range perfs 1949 Trade Fair M/S (FU)
French Zone inc 1945 10pf FU useful
further inc Commems, Strong Russian
Zone in sets 325.00
LUXEMBOURG
100s all mint with Welfare Funds
complete 1930-57 1939 20th Anniv M/S,
1956 57 Europas, 56 iron and Steel etc
Clean lot 375.00
MALTA
About 130 from d yellow (5) 1885 to
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interesting lot including K.Ed 1d block
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NORWAY
Professional
100s on plain leaves from 1855 4Sk (FU-
four large Mgins,) 1894 to 60 ore, 1907
2Kr,. 1925 Airs ex 200 ore, 1926 range with
some FU [airs, a block of 4 etc, 1930 Tourist descriptions and pricing
15 ore, 20 ore later to 1955 225.00
(by our full time career philatelists)
PORTUGAL
43 from 1866 50R,. 100R FU, both 4
Mgin, 1867 5R (M) 80R FU, later inc
odd 1950s mint sets inc 53 St. Martin,
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About 150 from 1853 inc 1855 one of
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RUSSIA
Range (about 70) imperfs, mainly in sets FU
inc 1939 World Fair, 1940 Wrangel, 1958
Professional
World Cup pair etc Interesting lot 45.00
VATICAN
100s in Schaubek album from 1929 set, packing and shipping
1933 Holy Year, 1933 Long set , 1938
Archaeological, 1949 set plus Express
pair, 1952 Centenary M/S, 1954 Marian
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Year, later in sets, mainly mint to 1970
Cat 2200 125.00
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FIP appoints new commissions Royal Philatelic

The Fdration Internationale de Philatlie (FIP) has recently revised their list
Society London
of commissions, the teams that govern each philatelic exhibiting class, while also
providing collectors with websites to visit to find out more.
seeks new home
The FIP is the international organisation responsible for the promotion
of philatelic exhibitions and, during the recent Taipei 2016 World Stamp
Championship Exhibition, held a meeting to elect new commissions for each class.
Chair of ABPS National Exhibitions & International Committee, Chris King told
Stamp & Coin Mart: The commissions are the teams that govern each exhibiting
class, and the websites for each are a good first port of call for collectors wanting to
exhibit, providing the rules and regulations, advice and example exhibits.
The websites for each commission outline the subject in more detail, while
also providing details of the aims of each class. For example, the Postal History
website states: we shall try to maintain the popular collecting and exhibiting of
Postal History in such a way that it will neither degenerate into an unpleasant
cheque book competition nor become a pure academic discipline. Our main
aim should be to allow collectors and exhibitors of Postal History to have more
liberty and pleasure in
creating their exhibits.
Commission websites Amongst the
commissions is British
Aerophilately: www.fipaero.org collector Michael Smith,
Fight against forgeries: who represents the Postal
www.fipfakesforgeries.org/fip Stationery class, while The Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL)
Literature: www.fipliterature.org other British philatelists is seeking a new home in the capital having
Maximaphily: www.maximaphily.info involved in the FIP outgrown its popular 18th-century premises
Postal History: www.fippostalhistory.com include Bill Hedley and at 41 Devonshire Place in the Marylebone
Postal Stationery: www.postalstationery.org Frank Walton, the current area of London.
Revenues: www.fip-revenue.org President of the Royal The Royal has been based at 41
Thematic Philately: www.fipthematicphilately.org Philatelic Society London. Devonshire Place since 1925.
Traditional Philately: www.traditionalphilately.dk For more info on the FIP A spokesperson for the Society said:
Astrophilately: www.astrophilatelist.com visit: http://www.f-i-p.ch This is a wonderful heritage building
that dates from the 1790s. However, as
the Society grows, so the need has arisen

New price list from Bill Barrell to find more suitable premises. In recent
years the Royal has expanded in terms of
membership, attendance at meetings and its
Major GB stamp dealers Bill Barrell Ltd BILL BARRELL LTD collections, and continues to do so, meaning
From a recent purchase of a superb collection of 1854/55 1d stars we have pleasure in

have published their latest price list.
Described as a superb and very varied
list of GB stamps and Postal
offering a very attractive selection of plates and varieties - many more available.
that No. 41 is no longer fit for purpose.
1.PL.166 (CH)(SG17). Fine to very fine used 1854 2.PL.185 (QB)(SG17). Very fine used 1854 die 1 1d 3.PL.185 (SG17)(AG). Matched pair 1854 die 1 1d pl.185
The Council of the Royal has looked
long and hard at ways of renovating its
die 1 1d pl.166 S.C.16 lettered CH. (Ref 97616) pl.185 lettered QB S.C.16 tied part SHREWSBURY both lettered AG and both S.C.16 (SG17) showing earlier print
25.00 spoon. (Ref 97725) 30.00 and platewear. Unusual and both show the characteristic
STRONG RIGHT FRAMELINE. (Ref 96740) 45.00

History from 1586 to 2001, the BILL BARRELL

new list includes Corsini mail,
Ltd
5.PL.190 (DJ)(SG17). Superb used 1854 die 1
much-loved headquarters, but no affordable
RY AND
THE POSTAL HISTO IN. 1d pl.190 lettered DJ in a deeper red-brown
SPECIALISTS IN
POSTAGE STAM
PS OF GREAT BRITA shade with neat London 21" Inland
6.PL.190 (PJ)(SG17). Fine used 1854 die 1 1d
numeral clear of Queens profile.
pl.190 lettered PJ with neat cancellation and
scheme has been identified that fulfils all of
BRITAIN.
(Ref 97720) 35.00

very fine postal history, Penny LIST 145 GREAT the present and future needs.
showing BLIND P. (Ref 97726) 25.00

Blacks, and an excellent range of The current President, Frank Walton,

4.PL.185 (AI BK)(SG17) USED ON COVER. 1854 wrapper London to South
Molton, Devon with two fine to very fine die 1 pl.185 S.C.16 lettered AI BK 9. PL.194 (AE)(SG17). Very fine used 1854
(MISSING IMPRIMATUR LETTERING) and BK, tied very fine 46 46" die 1 1d pl.194 lettered AE S.C.16
double numeral. Backstamped SOUTH-MOLTON DE.16.1854. Fine and cancelled neat 466" numeral of 10. PL.194 (DH)(SG17). Small piece with fine

Penny Reds including constant RDP FRPSL, said: Although every member
attractive usage. (Ref 92661) 40.00 Liverpool. (Ref 97649) 25.00 used 1854 die 1 1d pl.194 S.C.16 lettered DH in
a DEEP SHADE tied fine 92" numeral of Cupar
(Fife). H shows EXTENDED SERIF.

varieties. Notable items include a has very fond memories and attachments to
(Ref 97626) 25.00

7.PL.190 (FD)(SG17). Very fine used 1854 die 1 1d 8.PL.191 (RK)(SG17). Fine used 1854 die 1 1d pl.191
pl.190 lettered FD S.C.16 cancelled neat 498" of lettered RK, centred to left but lightly cancelled and showing

very rare 5 telegraph imprimatur. our Marylebone home, the level of support
Manchester. (Ref 97752) 27.50 excellent constant variety MARK IN K SQUARE.
(Ref 97502) 55.00

The 140-page, full colour list for the decision to seek a new home has
11. PL.194 (KG)(SG17). Good used 1854 die 1
1d pl.194 lettered KG S.C.16, one short perf but

12. PL.196 (HE)(SG17). Small piece with fine to very showing FINE RE-ENTRY IN LETTER
13. PL.194 (PK)(SG17). Fine used 1854 die 1 1d pl.194
fine 1854 die 1 1d pl.196 lettered HE showing H SQUARES AND VALUE. Cancelled neat 463"

is available upon request free of

S.C.16 lettered PK, a little off centre but showing very fine
EXTENDED SERIF and fine PUNCH HOLDER FLAW
under H square - unlisted by SG but present on
imprimatur sheet. (Ref 97717) 50.00
constant variety MARK ON QUEENS MOUTH - unlisted by
SG but clearly on imprimatur sheet. Scottish cancellation.
(Ref 97630) 55.00
of Liskeard. (Ref 97628 55.00

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S.G. NO SOURCE CODE, NO DATE CODE U/M S.G. NO SOURCE CODE, WITH DATE CODE U/M S.G. WITH DATE CODE U/M
U2911 50p Grey 0.90 U2959 2nd Large M16L 1.60 U2983 1st Recorded 8.00
U2912 1 Magenta 1.75 U2960 1st Large MA10 2.75 U2983a 1st Royal Mail Signed For MA13 2.75
U2913 1.50 2.00 U2960 1st Large MA11 1.85 U2983a 1st Royal Mail Signed For M15L 2.75
U2914 2 2.50 U2960a 1st Large vermilion MA12 1.50 U2983a 1st Royal Mail Signed For M16L 3.00
U2915 3 3.50 U2960a 1st Large vermilion MA13 1.70 U2984 1st large Recorded 8.75
U2916 5 6.00 U2960a 1st Large vermilion M14L 1.60 U2984a 1st Large Royal Mail Signed For MA13 3.00
WITH SOURCE CODE AND DATE CODE U2960a 1st Large vermilion M15L 1.60 U2984a 1st Large Royal Mail Signed For M15L 3.00
U2917 50p MPIL MA10 1.70 U2960a 1st Large vermilion M16L 1.60 U2984a 1st Large Royal Mail Signed For M16L 3.50
U2917 50p MPIL M11L 1.70 WITH SOURCE CODE AND DATE CODE U2985 Spec.Del.100g MA10 7.75
NO SOURCE CODE, WITH DATE CODE U2961 2nd MBIL MA10 2.00 U2985 Spec.Del.100g M14L 10.75
U2920 1p deep crimson M12L 0.20 U2961 2nd MBIL M11L 2.30 U2985 Spec.Del.100g M15L 10.00
U2920 1p deep crimson M15L 0.20 U2961 2nd MBIL M12L 1.50 U2985 Spec.Del.100g M16L 10.00
U2920 1p deep crimson M16L 0.20 U2961 2nd MBIL M13L 1.50 U2986 Spec.Del.500g MA10 8.50
U2921 2p deep green M12L 0.20 U2961 2nd MBIL M14L 1.50 U2986 Spec.Del.500g M14L 10.50
U2921 2p deep green M14L 0.20 U2961 2nd MBIL M15L 1.50 U2986 Spec.Del.500g M16L 12.00
U2921 2p deep green M15L 0.20 U2961 2nd MBIL M15L NEW BACKING PAPER 2.00 NO IRIDESCENT OVERPRINT
U2921 2p deep green M16L 0.20 U2961 2nd MBIL M16L 1.50 U2991 1p Crimson 0.20
U2922 5p dull red-brown M12L 0.30 U2962 2nd MPIL MA10 1.70 U2992 2p deep green 0.20
U2922 5p dull red-brown M14L 0.30 U2962a 2nd MRIL MA12 2.90 U2993 5p red-brown DLR 0.25
U2922 5p dull red-brown M15L 0.30 U2962a 2nd MRIL M12L 2.90 U2993 5p red-brown WALSALL 0.75
U2922 5p dull red-brown M16L 0.30 U2962a 2nd MRIL M15L 2.90 U2994 10p dull orange DLR 0.35
U2923 10p dull orange M12L 0.30 U2963 2nd MTIL MA10 1.85 U2994 10p dull orange WALSALL 0.75
U2923 10p dull orange MA13 0.40 U2963 2nd MTIL M11L 1.50 U2995 20p bright green 0.45
U2923 10p dull orange M14L 0.40 U2963 2nd MTIL M12L 1.30 WITH ORDINARY GUM
U2923 10p dull orange M15L 0.40 U2963 2nd MTIL M13L 1.30 U3001 2nd blue MRIL 2.25
U2923 10p dull orange M16L 0.40 U2963 2nd MTIL M14L 1.30 U3002 1st gold MRIL 2.25
U2924 20p bright green M12L 0.40 U2963 2nd MTIL M15L 1.30 U3002 1st gold MMIL 1.50
U2924 20p bright green MA13 0.60 U2963 2nd MTIL M15L NEW BACKING PAPER 1.50 U3005 68p MPIL 2.50
U2924 20p bright green M14L 0.50 U2963 2nd MTIL M16L 1.30 ORDINARY GUM - LITHO
U2924 20p bright green M15L 0.50 U2964 1st MBIL MA10 3.30 U3010 1p Crimson MPIL M13L 0.40
U2924 20p bright green M16L 0.60 U2964 1st MBIL M11L 2.00 U3010 1p Crimson MPIL M14L 0.40
U2925 50p slate M12L 0.90 U2965 1st MCIL MA10 1.60 U3010 1p Crimson MPIL M15L 0.40
U2926 68p deep turquoise-green M11L 1.30 U2965 1st MCIL M11L 1.50 U3011 2p Deep green MPIL M13L CARTOR 0.75
U2926 68p deep turquoise-green M12L 3.20 U2966 1st MPIL 1.30 U3011 2p Deep green MPIL M13L ENSCHEDE 0.75
U2927 76p bright rose M11L 1.40 U2966a 1st MRIL MA10 3.50 U3011 2p Deep green MPIL M14L CARTOR 0.75
U2927 76p bright rose M12L 3.20 U2966a 1st MRIL MA12 2.50 U3012 5p Red-Brown MPIL M12L 0.75
U2928 78p M13L 1.40 U2967 1st MSIL MA10 1.50 U3012 5p Red-Brown MPIL M13L CARTOR 0.75
U2928 78p MA13 2.50 U2967 1st MSIL M11L 2.00 U3012 5p Red-Brown MPIL M13L ENSCHEDE 0.75
U2928a 81p Emerald 1.30 U2968 1st MTIL MA10 2.75 U3012 5p Red-Brown MPIL M15L DY14 0.75
U2929 87p yellow-orange 1.80 U2968 1st MTIL M11L 1.50 U3012 5p Red-Brown MPIL M16L 0.75
U2930 88p M13L 1.50 U2968 1st MTIL M12L 3.00 U3012c 5p Red-Brown MPIL M15L DY13 0.75
U2930 88p MA13 2.50 U2968a 1st vermilion MBIL M12L 1.50 U3012d 5p MPIL M13L ELLIPSE AT TOP 0.75
U2930a 97p Bluish Violet 1.80 U2968a 1st vermilion MBIL M13L 3.00 U3013 10p Dull Orange MPIL M12L 0.90
U2931 1 Magenta M11L 3.30 U2968a 1st vermilion MBIL M14L 1.50 U3013 10p Dull Orange MPIL M13L 0.90
U2931 1 Magenta M12L 2.40 U2968a 1st vermilion MBIL M15L 1.50 U3013 10p Dull Orange MPIL M14L DY10 0.90
U2932 1 bistre-brown M12L 1.75 U2968a 1st MBIL M15L NEW BACKING PAPER 1.50 U3013 10p Dull Orange MPIL M14L DY11 0.90
U2932 1 bistre-brown M14L 2.00 U2968a 1st vermilion MBIL M16L 1.50 U3013 10p Dull Orange MPIL M15L 0.90
U2932 1 bistre-brown M15L 2.25 U2968a 1st DEEP SCARLET MBIL M16L NEW ! 1.50 U3013 10p Dull Orange MPIL M16L 1.50
U2932 1 bistre-brown M16L 2.50 U2968b 1st vermilion MCIL M12L 1.20 U3014 20p Bright Green MPIL M12L 1.80
U2932a 1.05 Gooseberry Green M16L 1.80 U2968b 1st vermilion MCIL M13L 1.00 U3014 20p Bright Green MPIL M14L DY10 1.00
U2933 1.10 yellow-olive M11L 2.20 U2968b 1st vermilion MCIL M14L 1.00 U3014 20p Bright Green MPIL M14L DY11 1.00
U2934 1.28 Emerald M12L 2.50 U2968b 1st vermilion MCIL M15L 1.00 U3014a 2nd Blue MPIL M15L Ex. STAR WARS 1.75
U2934 1.28 Emerald MA13 3.50 U2968b 1st Deep scarlet MCIL M16L 1.00 U3015 1st Gold MPIL M11L 2.75
U2934 1.28 Emerald M14L 2.50 U2968c 1st vermilion MRIL MA12 1.50 U3016 1st Vermilion MPIL M13L 1.50
U2934a 1.33 M15L 2.00 U2968c 1st vermilion MRIL M13L 1.65 U3016 1st Verm. MPIL M15L Ex. STAR WARS 1.75
U2934a 1.33 M16L 2.00 U2968d 1st vermilion MSIL M12L 1.30 U3016 1st Verm. MPIL M16L Ex. 90th Birth. 2.00
U2934b 1.47 Lavender-Grey M14L 2.00 U2968d 1st vermilion MSIL M13L 1.50 U3017 50p MPIL M13L ELLIPSE AT TOP 1.50
U2934c 1.52 Mauve M15L 2.25 U2968d 1st vermilion MSIL M14L 1.30 U3017a 50p MPIL M15L 1.75
U2935 1.65 grey-olive M11L 2.75 U2968d 1st vermilion MSIL M15L 1.30 U3019 76p Bright Rose MPIL 3.00
U2936 1.88 M13L 2.75 U2968d 1st vermilion MSIL M16L 1.30 U3019a 81p Turquoise MPIL M14L 7.00
U2936 1.88 MA13 3.75 U2968d 1st DEEP SCARLET MSIL M16L NEW ! 1.30 U3020 87p Yellow-Orange MPIL 3.50
U2937 1.90 bright mauve M12L 3.20 U2968e 1st vermilion MTIL M12L 1.30 U3020a 97p Bluish Violet MPIL 1.75
U2938 2 deep blue-green MA13 5.00 U2968e 1st vermilion MTIL M13L 1.30 U3021 1 Brown MPIL M14L DY10 1.75
U2939 2.15 Greenish blue M14L 3.00 U2968e 1st vermilion MTIL M14L 1.30 U3021 1 Brown MPIL M14L DY11 2.50
U2940 2.25 Deep Violet M15L 3.00 U2968e 1st vermilion MTIL M14L 1.30 U3021 1 Brown MPIL M15L 1.75
U2940a 2.45 Emerald M15L 3.20 U2968e 1st vermilion MTIL M15L 1.30 U3021a 1.05 GOOSEBERRY MPIL M16L 1.50
U2940b 3.15 Turquoise M15L 3.85 U2968e 1st MTIL M15L NEW BACKING PAPER 1.50 U3022 1.33 MPIL M15L 2.50
U2940c 3.30 Bright Magenta M15L 4.00 U2968e 1st vermilion MTIL M16L 1.30 DIAMOND JUBILEE
NO SOURCE CODE, NO DATE CODE U2968e 1st DEEP SCARLET MTIL M16L NEW ! 1.30 U3271 1st No source code 1.00
U2941 2nd 2.00 U2969 2nd large MBI MA10 13.50 U3271a 1st GUMMED MMND 2.75
U2942 1st 2.00 U2969 2nd large MBI MA11 1.75 U3272 1st MTND 1.25
U2943 2nd Large 2.00 U2969 2nd large MBI MA12 1.75 U3273 1st MBND DLR 2.00
U2944 1st Gold 2.00 U2969 2nd large MBI MA13 2.00 U3273 1st MBND WALSALL 3.50
WITH SOURCE CODE, W/OUT DATE CODE U2969 2nd large MBI MA13 NO BREAKS 3.00 U3274 1st MCND 1.40
U2945 2nd MBIL 2.00 U2969 2nd large MBI MA14 1.75 U3275 1st MSND 1.40
U2946 2nd MRIL 2.75 U2969 2nd large MBI MA15 1.75 U3276 1st Large No source code 1.80
U2947 2nd MTIL 1.50 U2969 2nd large MBI M16L 1.75 U3277 1st Large LFE 1.80
U2948 1st MBIL 2.00 U2970 2nd large MFI MA10 6.75 U3278 1st Large LBE 1.80
U2949 1st MCIL 1.50 U2970 2nd large MFI MA11 1.75 3328 1st MPND - Gummed 1.50
U2950 1st MRIL 3.00 U2970 2nd large MFI MA12 2.00 3329 1st Brown - Gummed 1.25
U2951 1st MSIL 2.75 U2970 2nd large MFI MA13 2.00 LONG REIGN
U2952 1st MTIL 1.50 U2970 2nd large MFI MA14 1.75 U3744 1st NO SOURCE CODE O15R 1.00
U2953 2nd YBLM 2.00 U2970 2nd large MFI MA15 2.25 U3744 1st NO SOURCE CODE O16R 1.00
U2954 2nd FOYAL 2.00 U2970 2nd large MFI M16L 2.00 U3745 1st SOURCE CODE S O15R 1.00
U2955 1st YBLM 2.25 U2971 1st Large MBI MA10 2.75 U3745 1st CODE S O15R NEW BACKING PAPER 2.00
U2956 1st FOYAL 2.20 U2971 1st Large MBI MA11 2.00 U3745 1st SOURCE CODE S O16R 1.00
NO SOURCE CODE, WITH DATE CODE U2972 1st Large MFI MA10 4.25 U3746 1st SOURCE CODE C O15R 1.00
U2957 2nd MA10 1.80 U2972 1st Large MFI MA11 1.85 U3746 1st SOURCE CODE C O16R 1.00
U2957 2nd M11L 1.80 U2973 1st large vermilion BIL MA12 2.00 1st SOURCE CODE M 4.00
U2957 2nd M12L 1.25 U2973 1st large vermilion BIL MA13 2.00 1st SOURCE CODE P O16R 2.00
U2957 2nd MA13 1.25 U2973 1st large verm. BIL MA13 NO BREAKS 3.00
U2957 2nd M14L 1.25 U2973 1st large vermilion BIL MA14 2.00
U2957
U2957
U2958
2nd M15L
2nd M16L
1st MA10
1.25
1.25
1.50
U2973
U2973
U2973
1st large vermilion BIL MA15
1st large BIL MA15 NEW BACKING PAPER
1st large vermilion BIL M16L
2.00
2.20
2.00
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U2958
U2958a
1st M11L
1st vermilion M12L
1.75
1.00
U2973
U2974
1st large DEEP SCARLET BIL M16L NEW!
1st large vermilion FIL MA12
2.00
1.75
0121 448 8750
U2958a 1st vermilion MA13 1.40 U2974 1st large vermilion FIL MA13 2.00
U2958a 1st vermilion M14L 1.40 U2974 1st large vermilion FIL MA14 1.75 Email: wesellstamps@talktalk.net
U2958a 1st vermilion M15L 1.40 U2974 1st large vermilion FIL MA15 1.75 Post: wesellstamps P.O.Box 13920,
U2958a 1st vermilion M16L 1.40 U2974 1st large FIL MA15 NEW BACKING PAPER 2.20 Solihull, West Midlands. B91 9HG
U2959 2nd Large MA10 3.50 U2974 1st large vermilion FIL M16L 1.75
U2959 2nd Large MA11 1.60 U2974 1st large DEEP SCARLET FIL M16L NEW! 2.00 FREE POSTAGE ON ALL ORDERS.
U2959 2nd Large MA12 1.60 WITHOUT DATE CODE MINIMUM ORDER 20 PLEASE.
U2959 2nd Large MA13 1.60 U2981 1st Recorded signed for 2.50
U2959 2nd Large M14L 1.60 U2982 1st large Recorded signed for 3.00 If paying by cheque please make
U2959 2nd Large M15L 1.60 payable to: "wesellstamps"

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We buy virtually anything in stamps and covers, from specialised one country collections to general lots and
accumulations, from better quality single items to complete dealers stocks. If its philatelic, we're interested.

Why offer your stamps to us?

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ACCURATE VALUATIONS We have over forty years full time experience as a major buyer in the stamp trade and we buy from all the main
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Latest auction results

A 1933 cover from Karachi to Pernambuco, Brazil sent by
Imperial Airways to London and then by Graf Zeppelin
from Germany, with both Indian and British stamps, was
recently sold at Argyll Etkins autumn auction.

SOLD FOR 1,520

A huge collection of Swiss revenue stamps went under the hammer at

a recent Spink sale. The two large volumes contained approximately
8,000 stamps, featuring complete sets to high values, proofs and essays
for many cantons and a stunning level of completion. The collection
was described as certainly the most complete holding to come to
market for many years.

COLLECTION SOLD FOR: 6,020

A 1901 Trinidad 1p black on red, with the value omitted was recently sold at Robert A Siegel
in the USA. The stamp was described as: A tremendous British Commonwealth rarity with
only three examples known, one of which resides in the Royal [Philatelic] Collection and thus
unavailable to collectors. The lot was also accompanied by an original typed letter from dealers
Bright and Sons of London dated 6 May, 1902 stating: We hear from a correspondent that a
number of unused 1d stamps was issued from your Post Office with the value omitted. We are
desirous of securing some of these, and it is possible that you may know into whose hands they
went and go on to offer 2 each. The same document has a hand-written response stating:
Only seven were sold, four of which were posted on letters and they were thoroughly inked
over by the Postal authorities. Consequently were of no use, S.G. Lewis Postmaster.
To date, none of the used examples have surfaced. All three of the unused examples sold by the
postmaster have been accounted for.

SOLD FOR: 30,064

An entire letter bearing a margined pair of Brazil 1845 60r black stamps was recently sold at
Spink. The entire was sent from Campos to Chambry, France, and was tied by an indistinct
oval handstamp in red, and while in transit at Rio de Janeiro by a red Correio Geral Da
Corte datestamp. The letter was transferred to the British Post Office for onward maritime
transmission with the application of British Rio Janeiro/De 16/1850 double arc, then carried
on the British Linnet steamer and conveyed to Falmouth arriving on 2 February, 1851. The
pair of stamps had been torn on opening, as was the practice at the time, and had been
repaired. The item was described as a remarkable item of great desirability, as well as a key
item for the advanced collection.

SOLD FOR 12,040

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According to auctioneers at the recent Warwick &
Warwick sale, the offering of British Commonwealth
was the best they have offered for some years. Of
particular note amongst the Kenya Uganda and
Tanganyika (KUT) on offer was a 1904-7 50r which
quickly surpassed the estimated 600.
SOLD FOR 1,950
China proved to be popular at the recent
Warwick and Warwick auction, with a
remarkable Peoples Republic collection,
including most of the more desirable issues,
fetching 23,600 and easily surpassing the
15,000 estimate.
COLLECTION SOLD FOR: 23,600
The GB section of the Warwick and Warwick
auction featured a modern rarity in the shape
of a 2006 Victoria Cross prestige booklet pane
with missing bronze colour and phosphor. A
spokesperson said: Considering the catalogue
value is 18,000 and very few are known of, this
could prove to be an astute purchase.
SOLD FOR 4,720
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Is it regummed?
I
n order to determine whether a stamp has been regummed,
a knowledge of stamp printing is required, writes John
Apfelbaum. When stamps are printed, they are printed on a
sheet of paper that is then gummed and perforated. The order
in which this is done is the clue to detecting the type of gum:
on genuinely gummed stamps, the perforations are applied after
the stamp has been gummed. On regummed stamps, the gum
is applied after the perforations have been made. If you take an ordinary fifteen-cent
commemorative and break it from the sheet, you will notice the way the perforations
slightly fray and how the gum does tend to extend around the perforation tips. On
regummed stamps, the gum tends to glob on the perforation tips, extending slightly
beyond them and making the perforation tips brittle to the touch.
This is the major test. But now, we are told, regummers are using high-technology
sprayers to duplicate closely the applied characteristics of genuine gum. More often
than not, they wash the original hinged gum off the stamp, and then reapply it, with
no hinged characteristics. The gum looks original, and is, but it has been tampered
with and such a stamp is not as popular with serious philatelists and is sold at a lower
price. The best advice is to buy never hinged (NH) stamps that date back to about
1920, which is the period when the gum fad began and when reasonable stacks of
philatelic material were available from which true NH material could surface. But,
before 1920, and this is increasingly true for each decade that you go back, a hinge
mark is your surest guarantee that you are indeed buying original gum.
An never hinged stamp never have been
touched with a hinge and the gum must be,
in all ways, pristine. A stamp is either NH or
it is not NH; there is no NH but
But what does never hinged really mean, anyway? It doesnt only mean, as some
literal graders would define it, never having had a hinge. An NH stamp must, of
course, be never hinged, post office fresh. The stamp must never have been touched
with a hinge and the gum must be, in all ways, pristine. A technical description such
as: Small gum soak, and large sticky pieces of black gummed paper stuck to back,
otherwise NH, means no more than, Very Fine but for a small hole, or Super but for
a large disfiguring tear. A stamp is either NH or it is not NH; there is no NH but!
Gum is a vital determinant of stamp value, and probably from today it will always
be so. But, consider this, early no gum stamps are beginning to rise in price as fast as
the original gum (og) ones are. A perfect original gum set of USA Columbians would
sell for about 15,000; never hinged for about 35,000; and no gum for about 9,000.
It might be going too much out on a limb to predict the renaissance of no-gum
stamps; but certainly this prediction is no more outrageous than the prediction 25
years ago of the immense rise of og, NH.
Be cautious in your condemnation of regummed stamps, though. The advent of the
modern sealed stamp mounts has put a severe strain on gum. Gum, especially in hot and
humid climates, tends to sweat or run slightly, which can make a stamp look like it has
been regummed. This is a natural process, but one that is hastened when a stamp is in a
mount. The mount acts as a miniature sweat-box, so if you have your stamps in mounts, be
sure there is adequate ventilation and that the stamps are kept in a cool place all year round.
John Apfelbaum has spent a lifetime learning about stamp collecting. He runs the venerable firm
of stamp professionals Earl PL Apfelbaum, a business that has dealt in only stamps since 1901
and which was founded by his great grandfather. He can be reached at jda2006@aol.com
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SOLD FOR 1,832 SOLD FOR 1,041

German former State Schleswig-Holstein, China, 1961 Table tennis sheetlet MNH SOLD FOR 916
2S dark pink 1850 used (signed with cert.) Cyprus, 1921-23 definitive
KGV MNH & MLH

SOL

IMA

SOL
SOLD FOR 777 SOLD FOR 585 SOLD FOR 477
Germany/Berlin, Issued for the benefit of Poland, 10 kop. Coat of Arms 1860 MH Maroc, entire postal 5c cd Marrakesh 1897 IMA
the victims of the Monetary Reform 1949 pour Mazagan (cert. Calves)
MHN (blocks of four) SOL
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IMA

SOL
Som
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SOLD FOR 405 SOLD FOR 435 SOLD FOR 434

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My local retirement home has fifty
residents; fewer than half of them
familiar with emails, electronic
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www-world. When a group of twelve-
year-olds visited the home for a day
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teacher that the youngsters might
give basic lessons or demos on using
mobile phones and tablets. But
as the day progressed, the seniors
did most of the teaching when
conversations and discussions turned
to written communications in the
decades before the internet; and
to subjects such as pen-pals, love
letters and sending postcards from
holiday resorts. Some of the residents
had letters they had kept from the
Second World War, complete with
envelopes adorned with stamps,
postmarks, S.W.A.L.K. initials, a
censors marks in one case; and even
a card from a German POW camp.
George VI stamps and Dig For
Victory slogans generated some
of the most animated question-
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those youngsters and oldsters who
have pledged to correspond in the old
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made before the twelve-year-olds left
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KANEVILLE COMMUNICATES
Dear Stamp & Coin Mart,
A British friend sent me a copy of
a letter in your November 2016
issue regarding Mattie Garman and
her 1890s attempt to raise money
for a sick friends doctor bills by
asking people to send her used
postage stamps which she hoped to
sell to make something towards the
$100 cost of the medical expenses.
As the whole world would soon
learn, Matties scheme achieved
overwhelming success; so much that
Kaneville was almost swamped by
the numbers of letters that poured
in upon the town during the months
that followed her initial appeal.
Newspapers all over the globe picked
up the story, resulting in what
some called a deluge of stamps
falling upon the local post office.
Literally millions were said to have
been removed from many of the
generously filled envelopes opened
by Kaneville citizens who offered to
help Mattie and her family to deal
with the problem.
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had read a few days earlier about the
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contended with in an age when junk
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registered mail he accepted.
Carry a pouch holding forty 1d and
forty d stamps, and all forms required
for registered mail and parcels.
Carry a tape measure and a spring
balance to measure and weigh parcels.
He was instructed to collect
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could only refuse a parcel if he was
already overloaded.
He had to wear his full uniform
at all times when on duty; and blow
a warning whistle as he approached
each house, or group of houses, to
alert people to bring out their letters
and parcels.
His walk measured a maximum of
sixteen miles and included stretches
across open fields and across stiles.
Throughout he had to adhere to a
strict timetable.
He had to empty any roadside
letterboxes on his route.
He had to carry all collected letters
and parcels back to his sorting office,
and clock his time on arrival.
He had to complete his walk and
his work on seven days a week (no
parcel collecting on Sundays) for a
weekly wage of sixteen shillings.
My postman still delivers junk
mails; but he grumbles less about his
lot since reading my note.
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David Bailey explores the joy of mixtures, reports on a
recent auction and remembers a favourite customer
While stamp collectors are busy with their albums, Meanwhile closer to home, Pierrons report that
catalogues and stamp clubs, another group of a single GB collector has found two missing colour
hobbyists is heading out into the wilds, with errors in bags of kiloware. The first was a missing
diggers, shovels, sieves and pans to look for tiny gold from the 65p Spirit and Faith millennium
fragments of gold. They will then spend the day stamp and the second was a missing gold and
bent double over a freezing stream, swilling dirt phosphor from the William Wilberforce stamp
around and round the pan until theyre down to from the 2007 Abolition of the Slave Trade set.
the last ounce of fine silt. They may then find Despite a steady decline in the use of stamps,
enough gold dust to suck up with a narrow- there is still a vast amount of kiloware available
tipped plastic bottle. Or there again, they may from stamp shops, mail order companies and
not. Fortunately, stamp collectors can hunt for online. So why not get stuck in and get your
philatelic gold dust in warmth and comfort. Just hands dirty, as it were?
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from unsorted stocks of the liveliest bidding I
earlier material. The older saw was for written-up
material is a happy hunting collections of Indian States,
ground for shades, perfins with telephone bidders
and watermark varieties. competing with buyers in
Newer material is generally the room. This is one of
collected by worldwide the most puzzling areas in
networks of charities and can The Audrey Hepburn stamp, a world rarity, the book, with 43 states
bring you stamps that have first discovered in a bag of mixture to collect. Some of these
yet to reach the catalogue, entities were small in area
let alone the dealers. Once you start sorting, its and with low literacy rates, so the stamps are
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mixtures. These were printed in January this
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POST & GO

Review of 2016
As 2016 comes to an end Stuart Leigh looks back
at the Post & Go stamps issued during a busy
year. Kiosk M001 made its official debut at the
British Forces Post Office at RAF Northolt with
the traditional Machin and Union Flag, and a
First Day Cover from their Fife-based charity
postal service. Subsequently, the BFPO kiosk has
been dispensing 2nd Class blue Machins with
an image of the statue Letter to an unknown
Soldier found outside its RAF base at Northolt.
The British Postal Museum and Archive
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Postal Museum issuing stamps with the overprint
The Postal Museum and a new logo in the form
of an envelope. The initial range of stamps at the
beginning of February was the 1st and 2nd Class
Machins, the Union Flag and Heraldic Lion.
At Spring Stampex the first of the three Post
& Go issues for this year was the Royal Mail
Heritage set, commemorating 500 years of
Royal Mail, unusually the Postal Museum issued
only a 1st Class strip. Jersey, Guernsey and
Gibraltar also celebrated with their flag design
having the overprint of 500 Years of Postal
History. At the same time Jersey issued their
Crest Post & Go which was lifted from their
definitive set. Guernsey issued the Bailiwick
Life set depicting animals synonymous with
the island. Meanwhile, Gibraltar issued a set of
stamps, for the Chinese year of the monkey.
STEAM GWR, the railway museum at
Swindon, issued from their machine, the Union
Flag and a single issue of the Travelling Post
Office of the 1890s from the RM Heritage set
with the overprint STEAM GWR Swindon
175, promoting their 175th anniversary; later
in the year the GWR logo image was added to
both stamps. The Postal Museum issued a single
set of the 1790s Mail Coach from the same set
with their new overprint.
The 87th Scottish Congress was held, again
in Perth, in attendance was Royal Mails A011
and A012 machines dispensing Machins,
Union Flag and the Heraldic Lion, with Jersey
issuing their Flag and Crest sets.
This years World Stamp Show was in
New York; GB issued the Union Flag and a
single set of the New York sky-line from the
Sea Travel issue. Jersey had their Flag and
Crests sets, Guernsey had their Flag and the
Bailiwick Life sets, with Gibraltar having the
Chinese monkey and a new local monkey,
the Barbary ape. All had the overprint World
Stamp Show NY2016.
During the summer the Guernsey flag
honoured the Queens ninetieth birthday and
Jersey marked Prince Georges third birthday.
At Autumn Stampex the second main issue
of Royal Mails Post and Go series of Ladybirds
was launched along with the Poppy from
Symbolic Flowers of 2015 having an overprint
commemorating the Battle of the Somme and
image for the centenary of the introduction of
the tank in warfare. The Battle of the Somme
was covered by both Jersey and Guernsey on
their respective flag designs. Jersey also issued
a new set of Beetles, with Guernsey re-issuing
the Bailiwick Life. Gibraltar re-issued the
Chinese monkey and Barbary ape with
an overprint marking the achievement of
Gibraltars Gorhams Cave being granted World
Heritage status.
The final set of Post & Go stamps for this
year was launched in November with the now
usual two 1st Class versions and two 2nd Class,
this year featuring British Hibernating Animals.
There are now seven Naval Museums, which
have commemorated the Battle of Jutland,
Trafalgar Day as well as the Remembrance
Poppy. Plus the Royal Signals Museum, BFPO
with the Great Western Railway and the
Shakespeare Centre all producing ranges of
stamps with various overprints.
Having seen Royal Mails Post & Go kiosks
at numerous stamp shows, Spanish Post,
Correos, bought one and exhibited at their
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dispensing stamps in their Chamartin railway
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POSTMARKS

ANZUK Force
In January 1968 the British Labour Government announced the
withdrawal of forces from Malaya and Singapore, writes David Gwynn. As
a result there was concern as to what would happen when this took place,
and there were discussions around the possibility of a five-power response,
involving the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia and Singapore. The
1970 return of the Conservatives to government in the UK changed the
situation and it was announced that British, Australian and New Zealand
troops would remain in Singapore and Malaysia under the command of the
Australians. This became the ANZUK Force in November 1971.
Part of the ANZUK Support Group was a Postal and Courier Unit.
This used two types of datestamp a double circle steel handstamp
worded ANZUK F.P.O.5 and examples are known with a 2 at the base
and with a 3 at the base. A rubber
packet stamp with the same
wording was also in use. These
handstamps can be found cancelling both Australian and
New Zealand stamps as well as GB. The postal service was launched on 1
September, 1972, and covers with a two line cachet were produced. GB
FDCs were created using the generic BFPS first day covers.
A new Australian government, in 1973, saw a reduction in military
commitments and ANZUK was disbanded. The postal service ended on
14 February, 1974. The units reverted to their national command, and so
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modern security issues which will become very rare with all the labels used on mail. lb 18.00, 1 lb 35.00.
Sale price lb 16.00, 1 lb 31.50.
GB REGIONALS. (On paper). A wealth of variety from all four regions, find those elusive band/perf varieties very
cheaply. Over 7000 8000 stamps/ 2lbs. 1 lb 11.00, 2 lbs 20.00. Sale price 1 lb 10.00, 2 lbs 18.00.
GREAT BRITAIN DEFINITIVES. An 18 kg sack of On paper which is bound to contain much post-mark interest,
possibly Regionals, High Values, much Phosphor, paper and perf varieties. Sorted and delivered only by charitable
institutions. (Delivered to your door, post paid inland). 70.00. Sale price 63.00.
GB MULTIPLES ISSUES. We can offer small amounts. Try to keep up with the recent multiple issues. Increasing
variety, right up to the latest 2016 Shakespeare Quotes, 2015 Star Wars, Comedy Greats, Bridges, 2014 Sustainable
Fish, Buckingham Palace, Remarkable Lives, Children's T.V, 2013 Dinosaurs, Butterflies, Famous Britons, Football
Heroes, Dr Who, Comics, Fashion etc. Try and complete those difficult sets. lb 23.00, lb 42.00.
Sale price lb 21.00, lb 38.00.
GB MODERN COMMEMS NO XMAS ONLY. While Stocks Last! This sells for a small fortune on auction sites as they
are so hard to find these days, we can supply very small amounts. Mostly 2012/2016 issues only with the odd high
value and multiple issues. Limited range as so modern but very sought after. 2 oz 11.00. Sale price 2 oz 9.90
GB SPECIAL CHARITY MIX. A well balanced on paper Charity mix covering Defins, Commems, H.Value Commems,
Tweezers Price H.Value Defins, Pre-decimal, Wildings & Pre QEII. Covers all periods. 1 lb 12.00, 2 lbs 22.00.
120mm long, choice of ends very pointed, pointed, Sale price 1 lb 10.50, 2 lbs 19.00.

spoon, spade or cranked spade end 2.25 GB GOLD & WHITE SELF ADHESIVE HORIZON LABELS. Prices on auction sites have gone crazy. There are an
increasingly larger amount of different types to collect. List price lb 18.00, 1 lb 35.00.
Stamp Hinges Sale Price lb 12.00, 1 lb 20.00.

7042 Pack of 1,000 folded hinges 1.65 GREAT BRITAIN Off paper mixture. The tedious washing of this modern mix has been done for you already by charity
supporters! There are over 500 basic machins to collect. One of each in good nick can cost over 500.00. We can't
Corner Mounts guarantee all in there but you'll have great fun sorting, includes commems, h.v commems & defins, worth the price

2040 Pack of 250 self adhesive corners 6.50 on their own. Guaranteed totally unpicked. At least 10,000 stamps / 1 lb. 1 lb 19.00, 2 lbs 37.00.
Sale price 1 lb 17.00, 2 lbs 33.00.
Watermark Fluid
2045 250ml can 11.00 FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH ON PAPER MIXTURES
Ultra Violet Test Lamps (battery powered) EUREKA! Weve found it. This has to be our best world mixture yet. At least 85% commems with a staggering variety
with around 100 countries/states (yes we have found stamps from that many). Much modern and many high values
2068 Longwave test lamp 13.40 included. Our SUPER WORLD 100. lb 28.00, 1 lb 55.00, 2 lbs 105.00.
2069 Shortwave test lamp 26.95 Sale price lb 25.00, 1 lb 49.00, 2 lbs 94.00.

Stamp mounts - mixed pack of strips
SBKW 200gms in weight black backed 19.95
SCKW 200gms in weight clear backed 19.95
Cutter - to cut mounts to size
7001 Small cutter max size 100mm
7004 Large cutter max size 170mm
Stockcards - with coverfoil in 100s
450 2 strip, 148x84mm
550 3 strip, 156x112mm
Kestrel 4 Ring FDC Album
Padded 4 ring double size First Day Cover album
with 20 double pocket leaves.
Kestrel FDC album with 20 leaves
Kestrel FDC extra leaves x 10 single or double
pocket
3 p&p on all UK orders.
OVERSEAS FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH CHARITY MIXTURE. With over 120 Charity sources in this country it is
not surprising that this is the ultimate mixture of Foreign & Commonwealth stamps essentially on paper. Enormous
variety and mostly modern as it is collected from offices on a day to day basis. Many h. values as many are Air mail
values and a lot will never be seen in approval books! 1 lb 30.00, 2 lbs 55.00, 5 lbs 125.00.
Sale price 1 lb 27.00, 2 lbs 49.50, 5 lbs 112.00.
SPECIAL OFFER NO.2: Buy 1 lb Aus, Canada, N.Z & U.S.A for the discounted price of 62.00. List Price 74.00.
17.95 AUSTRALIA. On paper charity mix, includes modern with dream variety, many Commems and high values, collected from a
school-teacher in the Outback. Approx. 2500 stamps / 1 lb. 1 lb 18.00, 2 lbs 34.00. Sale price 1 lb 16.00, 2 lbs 30.00.
29.00 CANADA. Sold out before, we have been fortunate to get fresh stocks from the increasingly difficult country. A colourful on
paper charity mixture from the Canadian Save the Children Fund of Commems, Defins, Large Pictorials and high values. 1 lb
20.00, 2 lbs. 39.00. Sale price 1 lb 18.00, 2 lbs 35.00.
12.25 NEW ZEALAND. On Paper charity mixture with Commems and higher values includes difficult to find modern. Supplied to us
14.50 exclusively by a N.Z Charity. Approx. 2500 stamps / 1lb. lb 11.00, 1 lb 20.00. Sale price lb 9.90, 1 lb 18.00.
U.S.A. An on paper charity mixture with stupendous variety. There cant be many mixtures so attractive and with such good
count. Approx count 3500 to 4000 stamps. Per 1lb 16.00, 2lbs 30.00. Sale price 1 lb 14.00, 2 lbs 27.00.
AUSTRALIA HIGH VALUES. Many modern issues. lb 36, lb 70.00. Sale price lb 31.00, lb 60.00.
CHANNEL ISLES & ISLE OF MAN. An On Paper mixture of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and I.O.M containing a wealth of
variety, strong in Commems, Booklets, Greetings & h.values. lb 18.00, 1lb 35.00. Sale price lb 16.00, 1 lb 31.00.
11.95 FRANCE CHARITY. Limited stock, supplied by a French Charity and a UK organisation. A great on paper mix of Defins and
Commems including much modern. lb 18.00, 1 lb 33.00. Sale price lb 16.00, 1 lb 29.00.
JAPAN. Commems only, great variety with a high count (modern). lb 22.00, lb 40.00, 1 lb 78.00.
5.25 Sale price lb 19.50, lb 36.00, 1 lb 70.00.
SPECIAL OFFER NO.5: Buy 1 lb Ireland Charity & lb Ireland Commems for the discounted price of 45. List price 56.50.
IRELAND COMMEMS. Includes very modern and rare! lb 21.00, lb 40.00. Sale price lb 18.00, lb 35.00
IRELAND CHARITY. On paper. This emanates from convents throughout the Republic, is mostly modern with a wealth of
Commems. Price 16.50 / lb. Sale price 1 lb 14.00, 2 lbs 27.00.
SPECIAL OFFER NO. 7: Buy 1 lb World, 1 lb British Commonwealth and 1 lb W. Europe Scoop for the discounted price
of 130. List price 150.00.
WORLD SCOOP. An Off paper mix scooped from our oddments tub. Emanating from Charities, Auctions, personal collections
etc. You will find high Cat (please tell us when you do ) & many additions for your collection. Each 1 lb lot is over 7000 stamps,
costing around p each. lb 18.00, 1 lb 35.00, 5 lbs 155.00. Sale price lb 16.00, 1 lb 31.00, 5 lbs 139.00.
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SCOOP. Sold out over the last 8 months, we can now supply more of our popular Off paper mixture
covering old Empire & modern Commonwealth. Several clients found stamps cataloguing 10 to 50 each. No promises but
with at least 7,000 stamps/1lb youll have great fun sorting. lb 31.00, 1 lb 60.00. Sale price lb 27.90, 1 lb 54.00.
WEST EUROPE SCOOP. An Off paper mixture of small and large stamps with much earlier material. Many better and
unusual values. In great demand as our interests in the EEC grow. Approx. 10,000 stamps to 1 lb costing around p
each. lb 28.00, 1 lb 55.00. Sale price lb 25.00, 1 lb 49.00.

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FIRST DAY COVERS

Decimal difficulties
There are certain jobs I enjoy doing, writes Brian Austin, such as
sitting down and spending a few hours listing illustrations on 1937
coronation covers, but there are others that I have to admit I avoid
and one of these is the 1971 first decimals booklets.
These stamps were issued during a postal strike, so were actually
backdated in March once the strike had ended. There are genuine
postmarks on the new values added at working offices, but I dont
think any booklets were done, if you do find a genuine CDS, in
good condition, it would be worth over 100.
The problem with the four booklets (10p, 25p, 30p and 50p) is
that some of the panes appear more than once, so dealers doing sets
of covers only used each pane once. So missing panes, which means it even comes to 50p.
complete sets, or even which booklet you are looking at, can take a At first glance our example looks like a standard Philart Definitive
lot of working out. This makes this months cover a bit of a star. cover, but the printing along the bottom suggests that a special must
Shown here is the 50p booklet with all four panes, if you were to have been produced for each booklet, this single cover is catalogued
go very low tech you could add up the face value of the stamps and at 45, with a matching set of four worth around 150.

CINDERELLAS

The Wine Post

In 1998 New Zealand took a bold step when its government passed
the Postal Services Act which opened the countrys postal operations to
unfettered competition. The New Zealand Posts monopoly on the delivery
of standard letters was broken; henceforth anyone could collect and
deliver mail from and to anywhere at whatever costs their chosen markets
would stand. The only requirement was to register the business as a postal
service with the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development. The
old state-owned New Zealand Post survived the turmoil and retained its
obligation to provide a universal collection and delivery service throughout
the country alongside the more than two dozen local services that sprang
up before the 21st century began. The postage stamps, postmarks, covers
and other ephemera generated by these privately owned postal services;
including new ones that spring up and old ones that fall by the wayside,
offer Cinderellas collectors a rich source of unusual material.
The Wine Post is one of them, a privately owned postal service operated
by Weston Winery, which has the worlds most southerly vineyards as well
From left: this 1991 issue shows the Dodge Truck used by Weston Winery to deliver its first wine
orders; commemorative issued for the Dunedin Food & Wine Festival in 1997; Weston created
Falklands Wine to commemorate Britains Falklands War victory in 1982. The image of a Vulcan
Bomber was used on wine labels and on stamps subsequently issued by the company
as a high reputation for the quality of its wines. The company has issued its
own postage stamps since 1990, initially to individualize its correspondence
and postal packages; later to meet the needs of collectors who appreciate
its conservative issuing policy, its low print runs, and the unusual and
interesting subjects depicted on its stamps.
Following the shipping of wine orders to customers in Antarctica
(primarily personnel at the US South Pole Station and the McMurdo
Station) who admired the stamps, The Wine Company was invited to design
and supply stamps to Antarctica Post. More recently it has supplied definitive
and commemorative stamps for Oceania. If you visit the website winepost.
tripod.com you can view all stamps issued by The Wine Post since 1990.

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hi l at e l i c
Pcuriosities
Britain issued its first and only hologram
stamp in 2001. But as David Bailey
reports, this unique method of stamp
production has been used for decades
#10
Hologram
stamps
H
olography was discovered
in 1948 by Dennis
Gabor, but it didnt
reveal its full potential
until the invention of laser light in the
1960s. Gabor was awarded the Nobel
Prize for Physics in 1971 and this is
commemorated on the 65p value of the
GB Nobel Prize Centennial set.
A hologram is not an image in itself.
It is a record of the interference pattern
created between two beams of laser light,
an object beam (directed at the object) and
a reference beam (which interacts with it).
To gain the full three-dimensional effect,
holograms should be viewed by laser light
shining from behind the image. These are
called Transmission Holograms. Reflection
Holograms are far more common. These
are recorded by using lasers, but can be
viewed in ordinary white light.
The interference pattern is hot
stamped into a clear, high-resolution
film, which is bonded to a reflective
surface, and it is the reflected light which
produces the image. These embossed,
mass-produced holograms are used as a
security device on banknotes and credit
cards. They are also used on stamps.
A Rainbow Hologram or Benton
Hologram is a type of Transmission
Hologram which can be viewed in
ordinary light. A holographic image is
re-photographed through a horizontal slit,
which reduces the all-round properties
of a true hologram. The perspective
effect works only in the horizontal plane;
changing the vertical viewpoint merely
changes the colour of the image. These
can also be mass produced and are used
in banknotes and stamps.
Diffraction gratings or films, which
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Above: Hologram split white light into the colours of the
stamps from Jersey, spectrum, can also be used to create
China and the USA; holographic images.
Below: Great Britains Holograms should not be confused
one and only hologram with lenticular images. These use a ribbed
stamp, issued in 2001 plastic surface to create 3D images or
moving 2D images. They were popular
as toys in the 1950s and were used on
the GB Thunderbirds miniature sheet
of 2011. However, they are too thick and
too rigid for widespread use on stamps.
The first hologram stamp was issued
by Austria in 1988, to mark the Federal
Economic Chamber Export Congress
and featured a 3D image of the
organisations logo.
China and the USA were also early
adopters. Today, around eighty countries
have issued holographic stamps, and
up until 2014 there were 450 or so
individual stamp designs to collect. We
know this because someone collected
them, wrote the first book describing
them and then put his entire collection
Finland captured the up for sale by Spink in London; the
glistening colour of catalogue for this sale is still available at
a snowflake on this the website address below.
hologram issue in 2007 The collector was Hans I Belkhagen, a
www.stampandcoin.co.uk
Professor of Interferential Imaging and
Modern Optics at two UK Universities.
His book, Holography and Philately, is
published by xlibrispublishing.co.uk
and its the best possible guide to the
subject, covering everything from
the background science to errors and
varieties on individual issues.
Holograms used on stamps can be seen
in normal light, but theyre very fussy
about the kind of light they look best in.
Spotlamps, for instance, are much better
than ordinary bulbs or daylight. You then
have to see them from the right angle,
tilting the stamp until the 3D effect
emerges. Holograms are also difficult
to photograph and impossible to scan
using normal equipment, so illustrations
of them in catalogues and magazines
seldom reflect the full depth or beauty of
the image, and neither will sets of stamps
seen at random on stock cards or album
leaves. So if youve been unimpressed
by holograms so far, try viewing them
under the right conditions; you may be
pleasantly surprised.
But is holography just a passing
fad or a permanent addition to the
techniques of stamp production? A
quick online search for new issues to
October this year reveals holographic
stamps from Canada, Japan, Finland,
Croatia, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand and
Indonesia. Holograms are here to stay
and production techniques are still
being refined. If youre looking for a
new, exciting theme to collect, they
could be just the thing.
See the hologram sale catalogue at:
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M=MINT U=USED S/S=SHORT SET M/S=M/SHEET
68 AJMAN MEXICO OLYMPICS (8) U 42P 97 NAMIBIA DEFINS - THE BIRD ONLY (6) M 175P
69 ALBANIA MOSAICS (6) U 48P 86 NICARAGUA ROSES (6) U 98P
89 AUSTRALIA TRAMS (5) U 68P
93 AZERBAIJAN HORSES (7) U 72P 86 NICARAGUA BIRDS 2724/30 (7) U 195P
95 AZERBAIJAN CATS (6) U 82P 89 NICARAGUA BIRDS BRAZILIANA 89 (7) U 74P
96 AZERBAIJAN DOGS (6) U 68P
48/68 N.Z. 12 DIFF: COMPLETE HEALTH SETS MINT120P
54 BAHAMAS SET OF 1/- LESS 3 & 9D D
(9) U 165P
67 BAHAMAS SET TO 15 LESS 11
C C
(9) U 220P 00 NIUE COASTAL BIRDS (4) M 220P
68 BAHAMAS PARLIAMENT CONF: (4) U 49P 86 NEVIS QUEENS 60TH B/DAY (4) M 78P
84 BELIZE HOUSE OF TUDOR? (6) M 125P
07 PALAU BIRDS OF S.E. ASIA, S/LET (4) M 378P
96 BENIN BIRDS, W/PECKER ETC (6) U 84P
61 BULGARIA PELICANS (6) U 120P 68 PANAMA FISH (6) U 74P
79 BULGARIA BUTTERFLIES (4) U 85P 84 PHILIPPINES PARROTS ETC (6) U 95P
85 BR:VIRGINS QUEEN MOTHER (8) M 125P
67 POLAND MEADOW FLOWERS (9) U 85P
93 CAMBODIA DUCKS BANGKOK 93 (5) U 79P
93 CUBA WATERBIRDS (6) U 72P 66 POLAND WOODLAND BIRDS (9) U 65P
05 CUBA LOCOMOTIVES (5) U 78P 85 POLAND DUCKS (6) U 92P
46 EGYPT POST CENT: (4) M 85P
35 FRANCE MAIDEN VOYAGE NORMANDIE U 75P 78 RHODESIA DEFINS: COMPLETE (15) M 145P
72 FUJEIRA TROPICAL BIRDS (5) U 55P 61 RUMANIA BOTANICAL GARDENS (9) U 69P
G.B. 20 DIFFERENT COMPLETE COMMEM ISSUES M 345P 78 RUSSIA TROPICAL FLOWERS (5) U 55P
(ABOVE = ALL FKE DECIMAL ISSUES)
GRENADA (GR) 100 DIFFERENT PICTORIALS M 375P 78 RUSSIA ICE BREAKERS (6) U 38P
95 GUINEA REP: BIRDS S.G. 1629/33 (5) U 55P 93 RUSSIA DUCKS (3) U 38P
59 HUNGARY WATER BIRDS (8) U 75P
86 ST LUCIA ROYAL WED: 890/3 M 95P
66 HUNGARY WORLD F/BALL CUP (9) U 85P
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93 JAPAN BIRDS TEALS, SEA EAGLE (2) M 195P SWISS 30 DIFF: PRO JUV: STAMPS 145P
93 JAPAN BIRDS CRANE, GEESE (2) M 195P
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95 KYRGISTAN BIRD PROTECTION (7) U 145P
91 LAOS LOCOMOTIVES (5) U 95P 74 TANZANIA BIRDS OF PREY (7) U 225P
97 LAOS LOVE BIRDS 1550/5 (5) U 88P 06 TANZANIA ENDEMIC BIRDS (6) S/LET M 385P
53 LIBERIA BIRDS 735/40 (6) U 125P
99 TOGO LOCOMOTIVES (6) U 95P
77 LIBERIA SILVER JUBILEE (3) U 45P
93 MADAGASCAR PARAKEETS (7) U 145P 88 TUVALU BIRD DEFIN: COMPLETE (16) M 335P
65 MALAYSIA BIRDS SET TO $5 (7) U 75P (THE 30C VALUE IN ABOVE SET IS OFFICIAL)
66 MONGOLIA WORLD F/BALL CUP (5) U 75P
76 MONGOLIA PROTECTED BIRDS (7) U 95P 65 YEMEN BIRDS S.G. R72/6 (5) U 98P
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Quiz of the Year
How much do you know about the subjects covered on British stamps during 2016?
Test your knowledge with our challenging quiz and dont miss your chance to win a
2016 Year Book, worth 137, courtesy of Royal Mail, in our online competition

1
In January Royal Mail issued eight stamps entitled Shackleton and the Endurance
Expedition. In what year did Ernest Shackleton and his crew become trapped in the ice
aboard the ship Endurance?

2
The British Humanitarians set of six stamps paid homage to many notable figures, but which
of the Britons was included following a petition signed by more than 105,000 people?

3
Aprils philatelic homage to William Shakespeare featured quotes from a selection of his
famous plays. Which play includes the quote Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs as
featured on a 1st Class value?

4
The HM The Queens 90th Birthday special stamps saw the philatelic debut of which Royal
youngster, who appeared on the accompanying stamp sheet?

5
The fun-filled Animail special stamps featured cute animals that clung on to our letters and
postcards. The stamps featured a woodpecker, chimpanzee, bat, orang-utan, koala, and which
other creature?

6
The 1.52 value in the First World War 1916 stamp set featured a photograph of which
memorial which can be found in northern France?

7 Win a Royal Mail

Pink Floyd were hailed as Music Giants by Royal Mail in July. What was the name of the
former lead singer of the band, who left in the late 1960s and was recalled on the groups later
track Shine on you Crazy Diamond? 2016 Yearbook

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For your chance to win a Royal Mail
Peter Rabbit hopped onto a set of stamps in July to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of
2016 Yearbook, worth over 130 and
illustrator and writer Beatrix Potter. What is the name of the hedgehog featured on one of the
containing all the special stamps from
1st Class stamps?
2016, simply answer the following

9
question on our website:
The eight stamps celebrating the landscape gardens of Capability Brown included which
building which was featured in the hit TV series Downton Abbey? What is the name of the first Master of
the Posts, who was given the role in

10
The Agatha Christie stamps issued in September celebrated the authors books, of which 2 1516 and inspired this years Royal Mail
billion copies are said to have been sold. But which is the authors best-selling novel? 500 stamps?

11
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The Mr Men and Little Miss books were celebrated with a set of GB stamps in October. Winner will be picked at random
Roger Hargreaves was the creator and author of the books, but what is the name of the from correct entries. Closing date
authors son, who went on to write further stories in the series? 13 January, 2017. Editors decision is

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This years Christmas set featured six unique designs across eight stamps. final. Post entries also accepted.
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Growing tired of the post-Brexit debate and the political fallout from the
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historic EU Referendum, Devlan Kruck turns his attention to a more engrossing
I
ts not an attractive sight;
Im slumped on the sofa,
remote control in hand and
flicking aimlessly through the
myriad television channels. Either
Ive completed an entire round of
available stations or slipped into
a form of TV psychosis that has
induced a monotonous loop Brexit
this trigger Article 50 that in
out shake it all about
We definitely dont need any more
on the EU topic in this column
and we wont even mention the US
election but were going to get to
provide a debatable association with
the stamp Ive just unearthed and
to prove that joining things can be
good on one side and not so good on
the other.
With that in mind, this EU stuff
is all about bits of paper. What, who,
where, why, is all written down on
paper. You cant be in unless you
have a bit of paper that documents
it, and you cant get out without
bits of paper being balloted and
other bits of paper ratified. In fact,
paper is ubiquitous from homes
to offices to construction sites to
shops to schools to airports to
palaces. Look around you and there
it is. Banknotes, cheques, vouchers,
tickets, envelopes, magazines, books,
packaging, referendum documents;
need I go on? So much for the
electronic age!
Dont get me wrong, Im not
complaining about this fibrous,
cellulose, pulpy, versatile material.
Its been around since the early 2nd
century AD, developed somewhere
in China (where else?) apparently.
And in the philatelic realm it is
the very essence of what we are
made of. Without it, there really is
no philatelic kingdom, no postal
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The unif ication
of a stamp
but equalling perplexing issue, in the form of a 1d red
The 1d red stamp may
look normal from the
front, but the reverse
shows a clear join
Devlan Kruck is a history and certainly no stamp. Well,
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empirecollectables.com printed on white paper. Comparing
it to the imprimatur for this plate
and position, everything printed
corresponds correctly, no disparity of
the network, profile or background,
and importantly the letters match.
However, Ill grant you there is just
the matter of some kind of gap and
separation in the lower regions of
the artefact, particularly around the
value zone. Sounds familiar.
After turning the stamp over it is
apparent that some kind of knitting
together has been undertaken a
marrying of borders you could say
There is no sign of this affecting
the rest of the faade; the landscape
above this region is unified. It
merits closer exploration and
turning over it is apparent that some
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date. Surprisingly, the watermark has
free passage across both sections. Its
as if it migrates from one part to the
other without interruption.
And like the fallout from the
Brexit vote, the amalgamation of
this stamp is perplexing to grasp,
and well probably never know for
sure exactly what to think, but its a
genuine conundrum. No conclusion
shall be drawn here as to what is
the best explanation, other than to
state that it illustrates an important
distinction between paper joins
designed to repair damage during
the printing process, and paper
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before printing was undertaken. Ive
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An outwardly inconsequential stamp
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 The stamps of 1967

A Short way with stamps

After the drama of Tony Benns time as Postmaster General, culminating in the introduction of pictorial
stamps in 1966, successor Edward Short MP took a more conservative approach to the nations stamps.
Fifty years on design expert Peter Marren reassesses the British stamps of 1967

E
veryone remembers how Tony Benn tried to remove the Queens
head. The story of his tussle with the Palace and his own officials
has been told many times, not least in Benns famous diaries.
Much less well-known is the role of his successor as Postmaster
General, Edward Short, in the production and design of British stamps.
But in his quieter, understated way, Short was just as insistent.
Edward Short was made Postmaster General (PMG) in Harold Wilsons
second Labour government in July 1966. One of his first acts was to
commission a stamp commemorating Englands victory in the World Cup.
But his main contribution came the following year.
1967 was a watershed year in the story of British stamps. It was the
year when the much-loved but dated Wilding stamps were replaced by the
timeless design by Arnold Machin, now celebrating its half-centenary (you
can read more about the Machin on page 58 and in our special features in
the June issue of Stamp & Coin Mart). It was also the year when the old
independent Stamp Advisory Committee (SAC) was replaced by a new one
supposedly more representative of popular opinion but also more directly
under the Post Offices control. Finally it cemented Tony Benns policy of
pictorial stamps that had barely begun when Short took over.
Almost all the special stamps issued in 1967 were the result of
decisions taken by Edward Short, often against the advice of his officials.
It was at his insistence that they were few in number: just six issues
and nineteen stamps, compared with nine issues and thirty stamps
the previous year. Secondly, none of them would commemorate an
anniversary or even a major national event as had been normal up until
then. Every one of them came under Tony Benns definition of pictorial
stamps. And it was also at Shorts insistence that the six stamps based on
art should all conform to the dimensions of the original painting. This
broke the usual rule whereby special stamps were (nearly) always exactly
twice the size of everyday stamps.
The stamps of 1967 were far from being the best stamp designs of
the era, though that was the fault of the briefs rather than the artists.
Lets take them one issue at a time with the emphasis on Edward Shorts
contribution to the finished product.

EFTA (European Free Trade Agreement) 20 February

E
FTA was a free trade agreement
formed in 1960 between eight
European countries who were not
yet members of the European Community.
New Year 1967 marked the achievement
of free trade within EFTA after six years of
negotiation. Hence the Foreign Office was
keen to mark the occasion with a stamp.
Reluctantly, the Post Office agreed.
The trouble was that a trade agreement
is not necessarily the best subject for
a stamp. At first the hope was that a
common design could be reached
between all eight participating
countries. When that proved
impossible in the time, the Post
Office decided to commission
artists in the usual way, leaving the
selection of a theme entirely to
them. Because a major new issue
of National Insurance stamps was
due, there was insufficient time to
print large quantities of stamps at
the baseline letter-rate. Instead,
the two EFTA stamps would
have to be at a higher value that
required much lower print runs.
The Stamp Advisory
Committee chose designs by
Nicholas Jenkins, to recommend
to the Queen, based on the flags
of the EFTA countries. Their
back-up recommendation was for
a schematic design by Peter Wildbur based the movement of trade signified by a
on building blocks each showing the cargo ship and an air freighter. Naturally
national flag (with Britain naturally in the the committee, nearly all of whom were
middle). But Edward Short was having or had been professional designers, was
none of it. He over-rode the committee upset and considered resigning en masse.
by picking two designs by Clive Abbott. But looking at the alternative designs
To him these were the only designs that today, it is hard to disagree with Edward
conveyed what EFTA actually meant: Shorts judgement.

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 BRITISH STAMPS OF 1967

British Flora 24 April

T
he wild flowers issue was entirely Shorts
idea. The original plan was to issue a set
on British trees. But Short had been very
impressed with an illustrated book by Keble Martin
called The Concise British Flora and suggested they
did wild flowers instead. In vain did his officials
point out that wild flowers had been done already,
as recently as 1964 in the Botanical Congress
issue. Short more or less ordered them to contact
Martin and ask him to produce designs for
stamps based on his book.
In keeping with the rules, other artists had to be
commissioned too, and they included David Gentleman and
Richard Chopping, best known for designing book jackets for
the James Bond novels. Nevertheless the SACs first choice was
for Keble Martins designs which could be issued as a se-tenant
block of four. Two more designs by Mary Grierson were also
accepted. Unfortunately the Post Office saw no reason to
match the typography on the two sets of designs and hence it
made an uneven set.
Once again the SAC felt sidelined. Furthermore they were
finding Short brusque and dismissive compared with Benns
willingness at least to listen when the parties disagreed. No
doubt worsening relations contributed to Shorts decision to
disband the SAC and install a more pliable replacement body
the following year. The typography used on the 4d four stamps (top) differed from the two higher values

British Paintings 10 July

A
stamp issue to demonstrate the
excellence of British art had been
Tony Benns idea. Edward Short
was dubious, feeling that there may be
considerable difficulty in selecting suitable
pictures for reproduction as stamps from
the comparatively small choice available.
However he was insistent that one of them
had to be by LS Lowry, whose eightieth
birthday was imminent.
A great many famous paintings were tested for
suitability but little progress was made on the
issue. One sign of division was the SACs failure to include any of Lowrys paintings
on their list. In the end Short dismissed all their suggestions. His final short list was
taken from a book titled The Romantic Era. Unfortunately no one knew the location
of the painting chosen for the 4d letter-rate stamp, Lawrences Master Lambton (after
a long search it was tracked down to a private collection in Durham). A painting by
Stubbs, Mares and foals in a landscape was picked partly because it reproduced well
at stamp size but also because the Queen was said to like it. None of the chosen three
were particularly well-known paintings.
At Shorts insistence, the paintings had to fill the entire area of the stamp. The
Queens head and value would therefore have to be superimposed onto the painting,
a visual disturbance that caused the designer, Stuart Rose, acute embarrassment. This
was not the best way to design stamps, he wrote later. I could not bring myself to
ask another designer to arrange the issues, so I did them myself . On the other hand,
he praised the printers, Harrisons, for their technical skill and accuracy in what, for
Britain, was an untried venture.
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 The stamps of 1967

Sir Francis Chichesters World Voyage 24 July

S
ir Francis Chichesters solo world voyage was big news in 1967.
Two months after his rapturous reception on arrival in Plymouth
a stamp was issued to celebrate the event. But instead of issuing
a 4d stamp as expected, the Post Office decided that the single stamp
should be 1/9, the airmail rate to Australia. This was partly to increase
(as they thought) revenue from the stamp but also because the Post
Office feared a repeat of the England Winners fiasco the previous year
when demand greatly exceeded supply. The pictorial and dramatic
stamp was nicely designed by Michael and Sylvia Goaman though
many pointed out that the unlikelihood of a yacht being in full sail in
mountainous seas. The tiny figure of Chichester was the first time a
living person, other than royalty, had appeared on a British stamp.

Look very closely and youll see a tiny figure on

the Gipsy Moth IV. It might be too small to tell,
but since the stamp marked a solo voyage, it
had to be Sir Francis Chichester, making him
the first non-Royal to appear on a British stamp

British Discovery and Invention 19 September

T
ony Benns list of purely pictorial stamps had
included a set, scheduled for 1967, on British
transport. Edward Short was dissatisfied with that
idea preferring a set on modern technical achievements
even though it threatened to overlap with the British
Technology issue
of the previous
year. In the event
artists struggled
to find enough
unambiguously
recent British
inventions (as it was, even
jet engines and television Office was as uncertain as the artists.
were not entirely British). One gets the impression that his officials were rather
The problem lay in the Post frightened of Edward Short.
Offices inadequate brief. Four designs were picked out of a sub-standard bunch. Clive
Had they specified actual Abbotts for the 4d and 1/- values representing radar and penicillin
achievements the results were mocked for their resemblance to steak-and-kidney pie and
might have been better, apple tart. And none of the stamps mentioned who the inventors
but, it seems, the Post actually were, an oversight put right on the office FDC (above).

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 BRITISH STAMPS OF 1967

Christmas issue 18 October (4d) 27 November (others)

C
hristmas stamps had been established as an annual fixture by 1967. Edward
Short wished to ring the changes on the 1966 idea of childrens designs
and substitute an explicitly Christian theme. There was some discussion
over making Christmas the occasion for charity stamps but no one could make up
their minds which charity should benefit. It was however decided to include a 3d
rate for greetings cards as well as the 4d base letter-rate.
Using Old Masters paintings was, once again, Edward Shorts idea. As with
the British Paintings issue the stamps would have to conform to the dimensions
of the pictures with the Queens head and value inserted into whatever space was
available. In the event this caused a problem with the 1/6 value since the painting
by Louis Le Nain placed the rear end of a cow on one side and an asss head on
the other. Stuart Rose, placed in charge of finding a solution, had to squeeze
the head low down on the design and spell out the value in letters (thereupon
breaking international rules for stamp design).
By issuing the 4d stamp as early as mid-October but delaying that of the overseas
rate until late November, the Post Office made it unlikely that Christmas cards with
the 1/6 stamp would arrive in time. Moreover the gold used for the head, value
and lettering was hard to see in artificial light. Sorters even experienced difficulty
distinguishing the 3d and 4d values which were both dark and of similar size.
Perhaps learning from this, future reproductions of paintings on stamps would leave
space for the Queens head and value on a separate panel.

The painting on the 1/6 stamp left little

room for the Queens head, while the
value had to be written out along the
bottom, breaking international rules for
stamp design

In some respects, 1967 represented the

nadir of British stamp design. There
were improvements the following
year after the establishment of a new
Stamp Advisory Committee and the
appointment of Stuart Rose as the Post 1967 stampsWhat do you think?
Offices first full-time design director.
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 The stamps of 1967

Machin history in 67
Love it or hate it, the Machin portrait of the Queen has stood the test of time to become
one of the most reproduced images in world history. It all started in 1967

A
summary of the stamps
of 1967 would not
be complete without
mentioning the
ubiquitous Machin
definitive, which was introduced
in June of that year, replacing the
previous Wilding portrait which had
featured an early photograph of the
Queen taken by Dorothy Wilding.
As with all breaks with tradition this
design was hotly debated. It was kick-
started by Tony Benn, the Postmaster
General who instituted radical reforms
including a shake-up of stamp design.
Both Andrew Restall, the first Fellow
in Minuscule Design at the Royal
College of Art, and David Gentleman
who had gained a reputation for his
designs for special issues in the early
1960s, came to the conclusion that the
Wilding series was too fussy. from 2s6d to 1,
Soon enough dramatically simple were not released
designs were produced by Restalls until 5 March, 1969,
students, while Gentleman himself and were printed by the intaglio
produced similar essays based on process by Bradbury Wilkinson on
photographs by John Hedgecoe. In the rotary sheet-fed machines. Irreplaceable?
end the Machin design was something This was the first British definitive In March 1981 it was suggested
of a team effort, not unlike the famous series to be printed in its entirety that the Machin be replaced with
Penny Black itself. on unwatermarked paper. After the a new design for definitive stamps
The renowned sculptor Arnold complexity of the Wilding series, to mark the thirtieth anniversary of
Machin produced a series of this seemed to herald a simplicity the coronation. A variety of designs
bas-reliefs. In turn, these were of production in keeping with the were submitted and considered,
photographed by staff at Harrison and classic design. some making it to the essay stage,
Sons with different lighting effects and But what may have seemed like a but it soon became apparent that
from these photographs a vast range of simple, classic design in 1967 soon none would surpass the simplicity
essays and colour trials were compiled. became a complicated stamp series for of the 1967 design. The Machin
Two basic designs were the collector to pursue. Indeed, almost continued, but the thorny issue of
used for the gravure low fifty years on, the design is surely how to replace such a well known
values, the majority of the most complex and challenging image will, eventually, need to be
stamps having the value stamp in philatelic history. considered again
in the bottom left-hand
corner, but the 7d, 8d
and 9d had the value on
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The two top values
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were, in fact, printed one of the most reproduced pieces of artwork of all time. Do you consider
in two colours, the first it a classic that has stood the test of time, or are you longing for a change
British definitives to be to our definitives? Share your views and you could be featured in a special
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MINIMUM ORDER 25, PLEASE. ("DEFS" = DEFINITIVES; "HV" = HIGH VALUES ;"C/W" = COMMONWEALTH)
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K399 CASTLES HV: . . . . . . 8.45 K111 COMMS/XM DECIMAL HV . 22.65 K75 GUERNSEY: LARGE. . . . 8.85 K96 PERFINS: . . . . . . . . 21.25
K46 CHANNEL ISLES: DEFS . 2.75 K172 COMMS/XM.PRE-DEC HV. . 19.85 K143 ISLE OF MAN: . . . . . . 9.85 K221 PRE GEORGE VI: . . . . . 18.45
K45 CHANNEL ISLES:MIXED. 4.85 K112 DEFINS: HV . . . . . . . . 5.65 K517 JERSEY POSTAGE DUES . 25.45 K222 PRE-DECIMAL MACHINS . 2.75
K51 COMMEMS ONLY: . . . 4.95 K61 DOUBLE HEADS: . . . . . . 2.85 K44 JERSEY: LARGE. . . . . . 8.85 K225 REGIONALS: . . . . . . . 2.75
K351 COMMEMS WITH XMAS: 2.85 K137 FRAMA: . . . . . . . . . . 2.75 K165 KGVI ONLY 1936-52: . . . 11.25 K235 SE-TENANTS DEFS . . . . 3.55
K104 COMMEMS:PRE DECS. . 6.10 K108 GREETINGS/MULTIPLES . . 8.45 K407 LARGE 1ST AND 2ND:. . . 2.75 K296 WILDING DESIGN . . . . 6.75

LARGE FORMAT WORLD MIXTURES, p PER 100g ENTIRELY COMMEMS WHERE INDICATED COMM
K14 AUSTRALIA: COMM . . . 6.35 K402 FRAMA: IRISH . . . . . . . 2.75 K472 LAOS: . . . . . . . . . . 17.05 K376 SPAIN: COMM . . . . . . 4.95
K16 AUSTRALIA: COMM HV . 24.75 K420 FRAMA:REST OF WORLD. . 2.75 K448 LIBERIA: . . . . . . . . . 18.45 K256 ST. LUCIA: . . . . . . . . 19.85
K18 AUSTRIA: COMM . . . . 18.45 K88 FRANCE: COMM . . . . . . 9.85 K169 LIBYA: COMM . . . . . . 11.60 K257 ST. VINCENT:. . . . . . . 17.05
K24 BARBADOS: . . . . . . 13.55 K370 FRANCE: COMM HV . . . . 36.65 K170 LIECHTENSTEIN: COMM . 21.25 K260 SWAZILAND:. . . . . . . 15.65
K26 BELGIUM: COMM. . . . 11.45 K100 GERMANY: COMM . . . . . 2.85 K174 LUXEMBOURG: COMM . . 12.85 K264 SWEDEN: . . . . . . . . 12.65
K28 BERLIN: COMM. . . . . 21.25 K400 GERMANY: COMM HV . . . 10.05 K176 MALAWI: . . . . . . . . 15.65 K173 SWISS: COMM . . . . . . 11.45
K30 BERMUDA: . . . . . . . 14.25 K105 GIBRALTAR: . . . . . . . . 12.85 K182 MALTA: COMM . . . . . . 4.95 K267 SWISS: COMM HV . . . . 21.25
K32 BOTSWANA: . . . . . . 14.25 K106 GREECE:. . . . . . . . . . 4.95 K181 MALTA: COMM HV . . . . 16.35 K270 SWISS: DEFS HV . . . . . 4.80
K36 BULGARIA: . . . . . . . 17.05 K109 GRENADA/GRENADINES . . 18.45 K185 MEXICO: . . . . . . . . . 12.85 K271 SWISS: SEMI-POSTALS . . 24.05
K40 CANADA: COMM . . . . 16.50 K456 GUYANA/BR. GUIANA: . . . 18.45 K361 MONACO: . . . . . . . . 18.45 K322 TURKISH CYPRUS: . . . . 22.65
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K38 CANADA: XMAS . . . . . 2.75 K118 HOLLAND: COMM . . . . . 4.25 K196 NEW ZEALAND: COMM. . 10.75 K286 U.S.A: XMAS . . . . . . . 2.75
K47 CHINA PEOPLES REP: . 14.25 K117 HOLLAND: XMAS. . . . . . 2.85 K363 NEW ZEALAND:COMM HV 35.25 K284 U.S: AIR MAILS: . . . . . 6.35
K329 CUBA: COMM. . . . . . 11.45 K123 HONG KONG: COMM. . . . 19.85 K197 NICARAGUA: . . . . . . . 15.65 K382 UGANDA: . . . . . . . . 17.05
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K68 EAST GERMANY: COMM 11.35 K149 ITALY: COMM . . . . . . . 6.10 K208 PAKISTAN:LARGE DEFS . 10.05 K372 WALT DISNEY: COMM . . 10.05
K69 EGYPT: . . . . . . . . . 10.05 K158 JAPAN: COMM . . . . . . . 14.05 K244 R.S.A: COMM . . . . . . . 12.85 K301 ZAIRE . . . . . . . . . . 18.45
K84 FINLAND: . . . . . . . 10.05 K166 KOREA (N): . . . . . . . . 12.85 K242 R.S.A: HOMELANDS . . . 18.45

WORLD MISSION MIXTURES, p PER 100g CONTAIN COMMEMS, DEFINITIVES AND SOME HVs
K11 ARGENTINA: . . . . . . 7.00 K495 FRENCH CONGO: . . . . . 15.65 K175 LUXEMBOURG: . . . . . 6.20 K430 SIERRA LEONE: . . . . . 24.05
K15 AUSTRALIA: . . . . . . 4.25 K102 GERMANY:. . . . . . . . . 2.75 K381 MADAGASCAR: . . . . . . 14.25 K239 SINGAPORE: . . . . . . . 14.25
K367 AUSTRALIA: DEFS HV . . 4.95 K318 GHANA: . . . . . . . . . . 9.35 K178 MALAYSIA: . . . . . . . . 8.65 K401 SLOVAKIA: . . . . . . . . 6.10
K364 AUSTRIA: . . . . . . . . 4.95 K119 HOLLAND: . . . . . . . . . 3.10 K183 MALTA: . . . . . . . . . 5.65 K253 SPAIN: . . . . . . . . . . 3.10
K450 BELARUS: . . . . . . . 22.65 K122 HONG KONG: . . . . . . . 5.30 K189 MOROCCO:. . . . . . . . 10.05 K255 SRI LANKA: . . . . . . . 6.70
K27 BELGIUM: . . . . . . . 3.55 K319 HUNGARY:. . . . . . . . . 17.05 K373 N. ZEALAND: DEFS HV . . 12.85 K262 SWEDEN: . . . . . . . . 3.10
K35 BRAZIL: . . . . . . . . 14.25 K131 INDIA: . . . . . . . . . . . 7.00 K484 NETHERLAND ANTILLES . 19.85 K272 SWITZERLAND: . . . . . 4.25
K333 BRIT C/W:PRE QUE II . 28.25 K136 INDONESIA: . . . . . . . . 10.75 K195 NEW ZEALAND: . . . . . 3.40 K371 TANZANIA: . . . . . . . . 12.85
K491 BURKINA/UPPER VOLTA 18.45 K378 IRAN: . . . . . . . . . . . 17.05 K497 NIGER:. . . . . . . . . . 15.65 K279 TURKEY: . . . . . . . . . 15.65
K42 CANADA: . . . . . . . . 3.55 K139 IRELAND: . . . . . . . . . 2.85 K204 NORWAY: . . . . . . . . 3.10 K291 U.S.A: . . . . . . . . . . 2.75
K39 CANADA: DEFS HV . . . 5.65 K140 IRELAND: DEFS HV . . . . 5.65 K444 PARAGUAY: . . . . . . . 15.65 K476 UKRAINE: . . . . . . . . 17.05
K50 COLUMBIA:. . . . . . . 19.85 K375 IRELAND: XMAS . . . . . . 2.75 K212 PHILIPPINES: . . . . . . 15.65 K421 UN. ARAB EMIRATES: . . 14.25
K305 CZECH REPUBLIC: . . . 12.15 K134 ITALY: . . . . . . . . . . . 7.00 K215 POLAND:. . . . . . . . . 6.35 K442 VENEZUELA: . . . . . . . 15.65
K396 CZECHOSLOVAKIA: . . . 7.00 K159 JAPAN:. . . . . . . . . . . 6.35 K219 PORTUGAL: . . . . . . . 9.35 K477 YUGOSLAVIA: . . . . . . 17.05
K57 DENMARK: . . . . . . . 3.55 K483 KENYA/UGANDA/TANZ.. . . 17.05 K245 R.S.A: . . . . . . . . . . 2.75 K303 ZAMBIA: . . . . . . . . . 14.25
K67 EAST GERMANY: . . . . 3.10 K162 KENYA: . . . . . . . . . . 7.00 K229 ROMANIA: . . . . . . . . 14.25 K304 ZIMBABWE: . . . . . . . 8.65
K379 ESTONIA:. . . . . . . . 14.25 K481 LATVIA: . . . . . . . . . . 14.25 K451 RUSSIA: . . . . . . . . . 12.15
K81 FINLAND: . . . . . . . 3.20 K429 LEBANON: . . . . . . . . . 15.65 K234 SCANDINAVIA: . . . . . . 3.55
K89 FRANCE: . . . . . . . . 3.95 K355 LITHUANIA: . . . . . . . . 14.25 K494 SENEGAL: . . . . . . . . 17.05

OFF PAPER GREAT BRITAIN MIXTURES, p PER 100g

K515 CASTLES HV . . . . . . 14.25 K129 COMM/XMAS PRE-DEC . . . 6.10 K414 GREETINGS/MULTIPLES . 11.45 K164 PRE QUE II: . . . . . . . 24.75
K393 CHANNEL ISLES: . . . . 12.85 K94 COMMS/XM PRE DEC HV . . 15.65 K482 ISLE OF MAN: . . . . . . 19.85 K504 WILDING DESIGN . . . . 14.25
K163 COMM/XM DECIMALS HV 21.25 K97 DEFINITIVES . . . . . . . . 2.75 K95 MISSION: . . . . . . . . 4.25
K171 COMM/XMAS DECIMALS 7.00 K520 DEFINITIVES HV . . . . . . 15.65 K501 PRE DECIMAL MISSION . 5.30
OFF PAPER FOREIGN MIXTURES, p PER 100g
K135 AUSTRALIA: COMM HV . 35.25 K142 CANADA: COMM HV . . . . 56.25 K358 EUROPE WEST: LARGE. . 8.45 K10 SOUTH AMERICA: . . . . 11.45
K461 BRIT C/W PRE 1953: . . 21.25 K395 E. GERMANY COMMEMS:. . 12.15 K500 FRANCE: ALL LARGE . . . 18.45 K283 U.S. AIR MAILS: . . . . . 7.00
K352 BRITISH C/W . . . . . . 6.35 K64 EUROPE EAST: LARGE . . . 4.95 K150 N. ZEALAND: COMM HV . 56.25 K299 WORLDWIDE, NO G.B: . 5.65

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 GUERNSEY

Around the islands

ISLE OF MAN

An eventful year on the Isle

A
s proved by our Stamps of the year feature on page 78, Aeronautical Societys 150th
2016 has been an eventful, stamp-filled year. During the past anniversary with a stamp
twelve months Isle of Man stamps have covered many of the collection celebrating 150 years
major events, while also shining the spotlight on some lesser of innovation in Aerospace.
known, but just as intriguing subjects. For the collector who may have The collection depicts the
missed some of these issues, the recently published Isle of Man 2016 development of cutting edge
yearbook provides another chance to own the many designs. technology over the last 150
Featuring every stamp and miniature sheet issued by the post office years and the Isle of Man has
throughout 2016, along with a wealth of images and fascinating been central to a number of
information about each issue, the yearbook is a wonderful collection of these achievements.
history and the heritage of the Island. The yearbook contains all
In 2016, to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of Her Majesty the this, along with a set of eight stamps created especially to celebrate the
Queen, Isle of Man Post Office together with The Sun newspapers royal fortieth year of Aardman Animations. The stamps feature well known
photographer Arthur Edwards MBE produced a set of stamps. The characters including Wallace & Grommit, Shaun the Sheep and Morph
images used were personally selected by Arthur from his forty-year career with two exclusive stamp images of Morph created on the Isle of Man.
photographing the Queen and her family. Altogether there are sixteen chapters ranging from the celebratory to
In the same year the Post Office commemorated the 100th the commemorative and other subjects include Battle of the Somme, Rio
anniversary of the Theory of General Relativity by producing a set Olympics 2016, Roger Dean, Shackleton and Royal Artillery 300. The
of stamps celebrating the work of two of the greatest minds, Albert information is beautifully presented in a hardback book, limited to just
Einstein and Stephen Hawking. The stamps were personally approved 1,000 copies. It is the ideal way to complete a 2016 collection.
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NEW STAMPS FROM GUERNSEY, ISLE OF MAN & JERSEY

GUERNSEY JERSEY

Welcoming the Year of the Rooster

The islands of Jersey and Guernsey have both issued new stamps
to celebrate 2017 and the start of the Chinese Year of The Rooster

T
he Chinese New Year begins on 28 January with
Year of the Rooster, the tenth of twelve years in
the Chinese zodiac, with the rooster representing
ferocity, courage and faithfulness, as it calls to the sun each
morning, to begin a new day.
In Chinese, the pronunciation of the word rooster (ji) is the
same pronunciation as the world lucky (ji) and so the rooster
has traditionally been seen as a symbol of luck.
Guernsey Post has chosen a red and gold colour theme
for its six Year of the Rooster stamps, with each of the birds
illustrated with a richly patterned design and each scene
featuring a different aspect of Year of the Rooster. The first
stamp shows a rooster crowing as the sun comes up, its body
patterned with feng shui good luck statues.
Next is a bird patterned with a chrysanthemum to represent
nobility and longevity, whilst the tips of its wings have a cloud
design, to represent never ending good fortune. On the third
stamp, a rooster is shown standing on its own and is patterned
with the cockscomb flower, symbolizing good fortune.
Stamp details
Issue date: 5 January, 2017
Design: Wang Huming,
Beijing
Printer: Cartor
Security Printing
Print process:
Offset lithography
Stamp die size:
36mm x 36mm
Miniature sheet size:
95mm x 125mm
Stamp four features two roosters
pecking, each patterned with a
flowering cherry design. This flower
symbolizes courage and hope, in
preparation for the end of the
harsh winter.
On the fifth stamp, a pair of
roosters are shown standing among gold ingots and
coins, to symbolize wealth and fortune. One of the roosters is shown
standing higher than the other; a common device used in China to
congratulate newly appointed officials or a person receiving a promotion.
Finally, two roosters are shown surrounded by pumpkins, a fruit
chosen for it associations with fertility and ongoing prosperity.
Jersey Post has issued the second in its Lunar New Year stamp
series, with a stamp and miniature sheet, each featuring the rooster.
On the 48p stamp, the rooster is shown with the cockscomb flower
(celosia cristata) which was named because of its similarity to a
roosters crest. The Chinese symbol on the stamp is Youji, which
means Year of the Rooster.
The miniature sheet has a 1 stamp with a hen and chicks, and
a rooster in the background, to symbolise family union. A peach
flower symbolises the arrival of spring.
Stamp details
Issue date: 18 January, 2017
Design: Chrissy Lau
Printer: Lowe-Martin, offset lithography
Perforations: 13.3
Stamp size: 30.5mm deep x 40mm wide
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 Stamp stories
A million-pound stamp?
A well known figure in the history of the Czech Republic, Tomas Masaryk had a great
influence over his nation and is remembered on several stamps but, writes Chris West
T
he serious-looking figure
on this stamp is Tomas
Garrigue Masaryk, the
man still regarded as the
father of the modern Czech nation.
His birthday, in March, is still
celebrated as Masaryk day.
As this stamp shows, he
was actually the father of the
Czechoslovak state, not just the
Czech one. However, it is in Prague,
not Bratislava, that his memory is
most revered.
When Masaryk was born, the
bright child of poor parents, both
Czech and Slovakian homelands were
part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
He became a student, then a teacher
of philosophy; then entered politics
as a member of the Young Czech
Party, which campaigned for national
independence. However, he broke
with it because he disliked the anti-
Semitism of some of its members, and
founded his own party, the Realists.
This had a modern-sounding agenda
of democracy, universal suffrage and
equality for women in the workplace.
On the outbreak of the First World
War, Masaryk went into exile. While
in London, he co-founded the School
of Slavonic and East European Studies
(now part of University College
London). In Russia, he helped found
the Czechoslovak Legion, a force
Masaryk was a passionate believer
in democracy, fending off both
Communism and, as the twenties
turned into the 1930s, Fascism
composed of POWs captured by the
Russians early in the war, whom he
convinced to switch sides and fight
against Austro-Hungary. In America, he
raised public awareness of his countrys
cause, and became a friend of President
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Woodrow Wilson.
After the war, Czechoslovakia
became an independent nation
and Masaryk its first President. He
remained in this office for seventeen
years. He was a passionate believer
in democracy, fending off both
Communism and, as the twenties
turned into the 1930s, Fascism.
His country prospered as a result,
and was soon the industrial centre
of Middle Europe. Skoda cars might
have been the butt of jokes in the
1990s, but in the inter-war years, they
were much in demand.
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Masaryk died in 1937, aged 87. This
is probably just as well, as he missed
the betrayal of his country by Britain
and France at Munich, and Hitlers
invasion six months after that.
Masaryks son, Jan, was
ambassador to Britain in the 1930s
and a key part of his nations
London-based Government in
Exile during the War. After that
he returned to his country to be
its Foreign Minister and to keep
it on the democratic path set by
his father. However, history had
other ideas. Stalin organised a
coup in 1948. Masaryk remained
in the new government, but as
a lone, inconvenient, popular
non-Communist. In May, he
fell to his death from a second-
storey bathroom window. People
commented at the time that Jan
Masaryk was such a tidy man
that when he jumped he shut the
window after himself.
This stamp was issued early in
Tomas Masaryk the life of the new nation, in 1920.
first appeared on It was designed by Max vabinsk,
Czechoslovakian an artist famous for his lithographs
stamps in 1920, as and for public art: his work can be
shown above, and seen in the Chapel of the Fallen in
went on to appear on the National Memorial overlooking
a series of other Czech Prague (the memorial is to the
designs, including an soldiers of the Legion that Masaryk
eightieth birthday issue helped to found). The stamps
in 1930 engraver was Eduard Karel, who had
been one of vabinsks teachers.
It has a quirky modern twist to
its story. Not every example of this
stamp is worth 1m. But any one
could have been. On 12 March, 2001,
Mike Pomfrey, a contestant on the TV
show Who Wants to be a Millionaire,
faced his last, million-pound question.
It was Tomas Masaryk was the first
president of which country? If he had
been a philatelist with a special interest
in Central Europe, he would have
known. But he wasnt.
Who says stamp collecting just
costs us money?
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 GB stamps
The Penny Post and
its adhesive stamps
For 78 years (1840 to 1918) Britons could send a letter to any inland address for just one penny.
Ed Fletcher looks at the stamps the letter writers used, at press comments about them, and about
the postal service, during those years
T
he announcement of
the Penny Postage Rate
came before the end of
1839. Heres how the
Evening Chronicle broke the news to
its readers on 27 December:
The following is a copy of a Treasury
Minute dated 26 December 1839: Their
Lordships have decided that the postage
of letters should be prepaid by means of
stamps; and [..] their Lordships direct that
the following stamps be prepared: First,
stamped covers; second, stamped envelopes;
third, adhesive stamps, or stamps on small
pieces of paper with a glutinous wash on
the back, which may be attached to letters
before or after they are written; fourth,
stamps struck on paper of any description
which the public sends to the Stamp
Office for stamping. [..] On the 10th day
of January next, the charge on all letters
passing between one part of the United
Kingdom and another will be one penny
per half ounce; postage to be prepaid.
The effects of the working introduction
of the new rate proved rather more
dramatic that the Treasury anticipated. The
Worcester Journal, for example, reported
on 16 January, 1840 that: the number of
letters despatched by the mails from the
metropolis on Friday was much greater
than expected, amounting to 112,000.
The daily average for January last year was
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p50 Penny post.indd 50
month; since then, from 10 January to 9
February, the number has risen to almost
400. Formerly a letter from the village to
Leeds cost 7d, and a letter from Burley to
London cost 13d. Now a Penny Post office
is established in the village thanks to the
generosity of a local gentleman. That must
have been equivalent to the modern village
getting high speed broadband!
Came the great day 6 May when
Britains general public began to use
Top, from left: an early entire using a 1d black. It was posted in Exeter on 23 Penny Blacks we find newspapers up and
May 1840, cancelled by an orange-red Maltese Cross, and delivered to an down the land heaped with praise for
address in Plymouth. It sold in a 2016 Grosvenor Auctions sale for 270; entire Rowland Hill. But allow me to balance
bearing an 1841 1d red-brown posted in Exeter on 2 May 1844, cancelled with the record by offering a few snippets of
a numeral cancellation, and delivered to Taunton. Above: service speeded up at what the Tory press of the day (bitterly
post offices after 1854 when perforations rendered counter scissors redundant opposed to the Whig governments
support for the project) had to say.
30,000 per day. The Postmaster-General Oxford Herald for 9 May:
has sent orders that post-offices throughout [These] bits of sticking plaster for
the kingdom should close at a much earlier dabbing on letters are filled with a bust
hour, in consequence of the greater time of Her Majesty which is much too vulgar
required to sort the letters under the penny of expression to be mistaken by any loyal
post system. subjects for the graceful original.
A solitary example must suffice here Hereford Journal for 13 May: The
from the numerous reports in press stamps for the Penny Postage have at last
columns on the effects of the Penny Post been issued, and the English government
on small communities. On 15 February, have preserved their character for
1840 the Leeds Mercury told its readers: displaying neither taste nor talent where
Before the advent of the Penny Post fine arts are concerned. The envelope is a
the village of Burley, near Otley, did most wretched production; the penny bit
not average more than 100 letters per of sticking plaster intended as a label of
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free transmission is, if possible, worse.
Such carping was far outweighed by
positive news, as seen in this report in the
Perthshire Advertiser for 18 June:
Three years ago a poor widow living
in Perth had to decline a letter charged at
1s 3d, an amount she could never dream
of paying. But the Penny Post recently
brought a postage paid letter from her
youngest son who told the parent he had
decided to try to contact her again despite
hearing nothing in reply three years earlier.
The widow told neighbours the new
penny stamp had brought her more joy
than a peck of gold.
The introduction of red-brown (1841),
then rose-red (1856) 1d stamps; followed
by the use of identification letters in
all four corners, caused relatively little
press comment, in part because those
innovations had no effect on the cost
of posting a ounce letter. When,
however, perforations of various sizes made
separating sheets of stamps much quicker
(1854-1855) they certainly speeded up
post office queues, relegated counter
scissors to the dustbin of history, and put
smiles on customers faces. Postmasters,
on the other side of the counter, had little
to smile about. As the Stamford Mercury
pointed out on 20 August, 1841: The
gum with which the new [red-brown]
stamps are prepared is extremely tempting
to mice and black beetles. A postmaster in
the Walworth Road last week lost upwards
of 2 worth to the remorseless devourers.
With new gum formulations in use by
1844, 1d red stamps began to be carried
in pockets and purses. The Western
Courier reported in June 1844: England,
which formerly distained paper notes as
p50 Penny post.indd 51
a substitute for silver coins, now has a
paper substitute for coppers, with postage
stamps extensively used as change. The
gentleman who declines to be loaded
down with six copper penny pieces, has
no objection to carrying half a dozen
penny stamps in his waistcoat pocket.
On 5 October, 1871 a new letter rate
of 1d for up to 1 ounce came into force,
doubling the basic weight, though not
altering the use of 1d red stamps on most
letters. The news prompted the Liverpool
Mercury to comment: This is good news
for boarding school misses, separated
lovers and all others who delight in long
letters. The previous ounce rate gave rise
to the feminine practice of crossing and
re-crossing the paper with writing, which
makes some ladies letters as difficult to
de-cipher as the Rosetta Stone.
In January 1880 newspapers were full
of news of a forthcoming 1d postage
stamp to be produced by De La Rue
using a fugitive ink. The York Herald of 1
January said: We are promised a stamp of
a paler red and with better gum. The Pall
Mall Gazette of 6 January said: We have
inspected a proof, and to our minds it is no
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THE PENNY POST 1840-1918
From left: the 1d improvement on the label in present use.
Venetian red, issued in The new stamp, whose colour is a washy
1880, was produced Venetian red, lacks the nobility of the old.
by De La Rue using a The value in words at the bottom is in an
fugitive ink to prevent ignoble type, and the whole has a painful
stamp re-use; the 1d machine-made look. The Government,
lilac Postage And Inland responding to criticism, said the colour
Revenue stamp, issued had been adopted in compliance with
in July 1881, became recommendations of the IPC which had
the standard letter stamp urged that the colours of various classes
during the remainder of be the same for all countries.
Victorias reign; A d stamp, green in colour and the
Edward VIIs 1d scarlet same size as the 1d Venetian red, was
paid the postage on a issued in late 1880. Intended for use on
letter up to 1 ounce newspapers, two were often used to pay
postage on a 1 ounce letter. It was followed
in July 1881 by a new 1d lilac Postage
And Inland Revenue stamp which came
in for some press criticism. The Edinburgh
Evening News of 12 August, for example,
commented: The engraving executed for
the Post Office is discreditable to a country
which spends considerable sums on the
cultivation of design. The portrait of the
Queen is bad enough, and its badness
increased by the crude purple tint. The
worst part is the engraving, which is
scarcely good enough for a bill-head.
Despite all adverse comments this stamp
continued as the standard letter stamp for
the remainder of Queen Victorias reign;
used as the 1d-for-4 ounces preference
on Diamond Jubilee Concession mail in
1897, which allowed heavier postcards
and small packages access to the cheapest
inland rate. Edward VII (1901-1910) had
his own d green and 1d red stamps, of
Two of Edward VIIs d course; both used on letters weighing up
green stamps paid the to 1 ounce. Even as late as the reign of
1d rate on this delightful George V (1910-1936) a letter weighing
hand-illustrated cover up to 1 ounce required only a 1d red, or
sent from London to two d green stamps until the final day of
South Shields on 3 1917. On the following day the huge costs
December 1903. It sold of the Great War pushed the first tier price
in a 2006 Grosvenor of posting a letter into the 1d for up to 4
Auctions sale for 160 ounces category. Penny post had ceased.
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From a recent purchase of a superb collection of 1854/55 1d stars we have pleasure in
offering a very attractive selection of plates and varieties - many more available.

1.PL.166 (CH)(SG17). Fine to very fine used 1854 2.PL.185 (QB)(SG17). Very fine used 1854 die 1 1d 3.PL.185 (SG17)(AG). Matched pair 1854 die 1 1d pl.185
die 1 1d pl.166 S.C.16 lettered CH. (Ref 97616) pl.185 lettered QB S.C.16 tied part SHREWSBURY both lettered AG and both S.C.16 (SG17) showing earlier print
25.00 spoon. (Ref 97725) 30.00 and platewear. Unusual and both show the characteristic
STRONG RIGHT FRAMELINE. (Ref 96740) 45.00

5.PL.190 (DJ)(SG17). Superb used 1854 die 1

1d pl.190 lettered DJ in a deeper red-brown
shade with neat London 21" Inland
numeral clear of Queens profile. 6.PL.190 (PJ)(SG17). Fine used 1854 die 1 1d

(Ref 97720) 35.00 pl.190 lettered PJ with neat cancellation and

showing BLIND P. (Ref 97726) 25.00

4.PL.185 (AI BK)(SG17) USED ON COVER. 1854 wrapper London to South

Molton, Devon with two fine to very fine die 1 pl.185 S.C.16 lettered AI BK 9. PL.194 (AE)(SG17). Very fine used 1854
(MISSING IMPRIMATUR LETTERING) and BK, tied very fine 46 46" die 1 1d pl.194 lettered AE S.C.16
double numeral. Backstamped SOUTH-MOLTON DE.16.1854. Fine and cancelled neat 466" numeral of 10. PL.194 (DH)(SG17). Small piece with fine
attractive usage. (Ref 92661) 40.00 Liverpool. (Ref 97649) 25.00 used 1854 die 1 1d pl.194 S.C.16 lettered DH in
a DEEP SHADE tied fine 92" numeral of Cupar
(Fife). H shows EXTENDED SERIF.
(Ref 97626) 25.00

7.PL.190 (FD)(SG17). Very fine used 1854 die 1 1d 8.PL.191 (RK)(SG17). Fine used 1854 die 1 1d pl.191
pl.190 lettered FD S.C.16 cancelled neat 498" of lettered RK, centred to left but lightly cancelled and showing
Manchester. (Ref 97752) 27.50 excellent constant variety MARK IN K SQUARE.
(Ref 97502) 55.00

11. PL.194 (KG)(SG17). Good used 1854 die 1

1d pl.194 lettered KG S.C.16, one short perf but

12. PL.196 (HE)(SG17). Small piece with fine to very showing FINE RE-ENTRY IN LETTER
13. PL.194 (PK)(SG17). Fine used 1854 die 1 1d pl.194
fine 1854 die 1 1d pl.196 lettered HE showing H SQUARES AND VALUE. Cancelled neat 463"
S.C.16 lettered PK, a little off centre but showing very fine
EXTENDED SERIF and fine PUNCH HOLDER FLAW of Liskeard. (Ref 97628 55.00
constant variety MARK ON QUEENS MOUTH - unlisted by
under H square - unlisted by SG but present on SG but clearly on imprimatur sheet. Scottish cancellation.
imprimatur sheet. (Ref 97717) 50.00 (Ref 97630) 55.00

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Dead Countries
Corfu and the Ionian Islands (Part 2)
Last month we began exploring the various entities which issued stamps across the history of the Ionian
Islands. This month Michael Adkins continues his journey, examining the time-frame of the Second World War
I
n October 1941, Italy initially
invaded Greece from Albania, but
the Greek army pushed Italian
forces back into Albania. This forced
the Germans to shift military plans
in the north and come to the aid of Italy.
With the combined forces of Germany,
Italy and Bulgaria in the east, Greece was
again attacked in April, 1941, and fully
occupied in May. Afterwards, Germany
administered the important cities,
such as Athens and Thessaloniki, the
Bulgarians controlled the eastern portion
of the country, and Italy controlled
much of the Peloponnesian peninsula,
including the Ionian Islands.
Italian occupation in WW2
In April, 1941, Italian forces landed
on Corfu and the other Ionian Islands
and easily took control of the sparsely
defended islands.
On Corfu, the Italians took the available
stock of Greek stamps and overprinted
them: C O R F U. The stamps were
issued for use in early June, 1940 across the
island. At least 46 different stamps were
overprinted, including definitives, air posts,
postage dues and postal tax stamps. These
stamps were used until September 1941.
Italian occupation of
Cephalonia and Ithaca
South of Corfu, Cephalonia (Kefalonia)
was taken by a small contingent of
Italian forces on 30 April, 1941, and
Ithaca was taken the next day.
As on Corfu, the Italians took the
available stock of Greek stamps and
overprinted them for postage. On
Cephalonia and Ithaca, the overprints were
applied to stamp pairs and read: ITALIA
/ Occupazione Militare / Italiana isole /
Cefalonia e Itaca. There are many known
p53 Dead countries.indd 53
variations and errors of the overprint,
which of course command a higher price
(but beware, counterfeits abound).
Italian occupation
of Zante (Zakynthos)
Stamps are also seen from the 1941
Italian Occupation of Zante (Italian
for Zakynthos), with the overprint:
OCCUPAZIONE / MILITARE DI
/ ZANTE / 1-5-XIX in blue, violet,
green or black. The authenticity of these
overprints is more speculative but Greek
stamp catalogues list 48 Greek stamps
with this overprint. I would consider this
in the realm of specialists in the area,
therefore invest with caution.
The Italian occupation
of the Ionian Islands
The Italians ruled Corfu and the
Ionian Islands as a separate entity
from the rest of Greece, as Mussolini
desired to annex the islands into Italy.
This was never realised during the war
due to resistance from the Italian King
Immanuel III and the Germans.
As Italy consolidated their power in
the islands, postal authorities overprinted
ISOLE JONIE, Italian for Ionian Islands,
on Italian stamps to replace the overprinted
Greek stamps. Eight definitive, one air
post and four postage due stamps were
issued across the Ionian islands beginning
in August, 1941 for postage.
However, Italys role in the war came
to crashing end when the Allies invaded
Sicily in July, 1943. Unable to stop the
Allied forces, Italy dropped out of the war
in September, 1943, and shortly afterwards
the Germans attacked Corfu, bombarding
the island and seeking to assume control
and disarm the Italian soldiers.
The Italians surrendered on Corfu but
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on Cephalonia they initially resisted until,
nine days later the Italians surrendered,
and the German army massacred several
thousand Italian prisoners of war, one of
the significant war crimes in WW2.
The German
occupation of Zante
The only known stamps issued under
Above, from left: the German occupation were three local
1941 Cefalonia and Ithaca stamps on Zante. Three Italian stamps
occupation overprints were 25c, 50c and the 50c air post were
normally printed across crudely hand-stamped in black or red
two stamps The Corfu with the inscription / 2--43.
overprint stamps were The 2-X-43 stands for the date of 2
issued on 6 June, 1941, October, 1943. These local overprints
however on 15 June, Italian and have been extensively forged and
authorities withdrew any genuine stamps are extremely rare.
Greek stamps showing As the war was turning against the
King George, King Nazis, British Marines moved on the
Constantine and this postal islands to drive out the Germans.
tax stamp which featured Zakynthos was liberated on 12 September,
the images of Queen 1944, and by mid-October, the Ionian
Olga and Queen Sophia Islands were free of Nazi occupation.
Below, from left: as the After the war, the Ionian Islands were
Italians used all of the Greek returned to Greece, and the islands began
stamps for the fir occupation using regular Greek stamps.
overprints, the Isole Jonie
overprints were applied to Bogus issues
Italian stamps when they Several bogus issues attributed to the
were issued in August 1941 Italian occupation are found with
The validity of the Italian the overprints: Paxo (Paxos), Cerigo
occupation overprints (Kythera), and Santa Maura (Lefkas).
for Zante is unclear. The These stamps were probably produced by
overprint was applied with a creative businessmen to make money in
wooden stamp the philatelic trade.
Fact file
Stamp issuing entities
of Corfu and the
Ionian Islands:
United States of the Ionian
Islands, British Protectorate
(1815-1864)
Greece (1864-present)
Italian Occupation of Corfu (1923)
Italian Occupation of Corfu and Paxos in WW2 (1941)
Italian Occupation of Cephalonia and Ithaca in WW2 (1941)
Italian Occupation of Zante in WW2 (1941)
Italian Occupation of the Ionian Islands in WW2 (1941-1943)
German Occupation of Zante in WW2 (1943-1944)
JANUARY 2017 53
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 MAL 62 MALAYA A substantial collection of Malaya, Malaysia EUR 33 EUROPA - A specialised European thematic Collection of Europa GB 93 CONCORDE - An essay for the 1959 G.P.O Concorde stamp.
with Singapore. Contains several hundred unmounted mint and stamps, spanning from the 1950s to more modern stamps. Includes Italy, A submitted design for the 4d demoniation in blue unwatermarked,
fine used stamps in blocks and singles. Noted: Perak, Selangor, France, Germany, Iceland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Netherlands, imperforate with large margin - unmounted mint essay ex-
Kedah, Sabah, Perlis, Trengganu, Pulau Pinang, Negri Sembilan, G.B. Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Swiss, Finland, Greece, Sweden. Also exhibition sheet ............................................................... Price 12
In 1973
Kelantan, we recommended
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to make your hobby pay for itself. In
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of only unmounted mint blocks of Maldive Island stamps. The cover for the fall of Tikrit. Only 150 of this cover, depicting Saddam BW 347 BRITISH WEST INDIES Gibbons at 1.50
- An excellent per ofstamp.
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Within
mint Maldive Islands Stamps .................................. Price 16 1 year the catalogue value had increased to
destroyed, it is likely on a few covers survived. The cover bears a GB 50 per stamp, an increase of over 3,200%.
Nevis & Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, St Vincent, Cayman Islands, St
QEII stamp, postmarked with circular London SHC 15 April 2003 Pmk. Lucia & others. Also includes PHQ cards and F.D.Cs, including first
BOB 2 WINSTON CHURCHILL One of the scarcest Churchill Together with Iraq stamp overprinted In British Occupation This day cover signed by stamp designer and also scarce proof stamps
covers ever. The combination cover is a dual commemorative Last year we recommended stamp is tied to the cover ourwith customers
a rectangular to buy EFTA
Liberation of Iraq 15-04-Presentation Packs.
and progressive proof stamps ........................................... Price 22
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Palace year.of Our
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multiples and singles us + once unmounted
again saying mint stamps ...............................................Price 11.50
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anniv. Pmk. on the Royal Mail Spitfire commemorative stamp 1950s & 1960s stamps on to more recent. With lots of Puffin stamps, the 75th Anniv. of the scuttling of the pocket battle ship Graf Spee.
issue. From a restricted limited edition of only 50 covers. ....... definitives, commemoratives & Air Mail stamps. Hundreds of unmounted Captain Hans Langsdorff scuttled the ship in full view of 20,000
............................................................................... Price 21 mint Lundy Stamps...............................................................Price 27.50 onlookers before he shot and killed himself. The cover bears two
submarine stamps with B.F.P.O. Battle of the River Plate pmk. dated
SA337 SAUDI ARABIA A small but valuable collection of Saudi B COM 434 ORNITHOLOGY - A fantastic thematic collection of British 13 Dec. 14., and also the scarce Royal Crown and Lion pmk. Dated
Arabian stamps, all different and in superb unmounted mint Commonwealth BIRDS stamps. Only Unmounted Mint in multiples 17 Dec 2014 on the Anniv. date. It is understood that only 60 of this
condition. Contains lots of elusive items, the catalogue value is and single stamps. Several Hundred Brit, Commonwealth Bird Stamps scarce cover exists ...................................................... Price 18.50
in excess of 100 ............................................... Price 23.50 including High Value () pound & ($) Dollar stamps in blocks....Price 39
B. 832 BRITISH AFRICA - A superb collection of only unmounted
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Zambia, Ghana, Bechuanaland, Transkei, South West Africa, Zimbabwe,
handover of Olympic flag
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(Litzmanstdt) 10pf Green (unused). We cannot guarantee this item but scarcer unmounted famous cricketers. Comprising of Unmounted
different (Mainly Foreign) Min sheets ...............................Price 8Mint Great Britain and Gambia, Rhodesia, Lesotho, Tanzania & Swaziland with blocks and
mint blocks British Commonwealth Stamps in blocks of four or singles with several singles, hundreds of unmounted mint stamps .................Price 17.25
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................... 8.75 SJ132 GREAT BRITAIN. British Postal Strike 1971 - Emergency
high value ($) Dollar values. Approx 18 cricket covers including scarce
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to the 1940s or earlier up to more recent. With nursing, doctors
HK 145 HONG KONG A fine collection of used stamps of
3PM
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84 MARGARET
x 1/-, 2/-. 6/-, 7/6d
Minister Margaret
THATCHER
Thatcher.
- The very scarce mourning cover1.50
..................................................Price
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for
covers.
presentation pack paying more
becoming Leader of the Conservative Party in 1975. The first woman to
lead a British Political party. The important cover bears British Margaret
and all forms of medicine. A most interesting subject rarely offered
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fortosale ideal for anyone with some medical
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valuable collection ..........................................................
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with stamp
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plus many others. BRITAIN The SCARCE
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early to modern with Air Mails, Sea Mail, commemorative covers, British local stamps of Lundy Island in blocks, large multiples and
G.114 A WORLDWIDE COVERS & FDCS Fantastic Accumulation Mail postmark
British Commonwealth.inscribed:Foreign,
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used covers, FDC and - 1918 pre packs. this war-torn country. Comprising
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gave up counting. Clearance Price ...................................Price 75.00
Franz Ferdinand 1914 - 2014 Sarajevo The Scarce cover was a severely overprinted with 1950s & 1960s to more recent.crudely With lots
covers, noted designer signed. Local
G85 CARS ON STAMPS. Impressive thematic collection the ideal posts, Islands Post, an printed early Afghan stamps. A lovely lot
of Puffin stamps, definitives, commemoratives & Air Mail stamps. unchecked for catalogue
unsorted group of about 100 covers ......................... Price 21 restricted
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collection for anyone interested in automobiles, all sorts from vin- value andofcontaining
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mint Lundy of Afghanistan stamps Price27.50
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upon of fine used Swiss mainly Commemorative stamps. 100 + RSA SOUTH AFRICA A large and valuable collection of South
cars on stamps ..............................................................Price 11 price to clear..............................................................Price 12.00 Commonwealth
African stampsBIRDS stamps.only
containing Only unmounted
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mulitlples
R45 MINIATURE SHEETS & Souvenir Sheets, various different All different..... ......................................................................Price 7
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in superb condition; Several Hundred
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singles, blocks, plateBird Stamps
blocks,
GB (Exhibition sheets) FOREIGN, odd Brit. Commonwealth. Total G419 SCANDINAVIA: Incudes Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, some
hundred
of 50+ diff ......................................................................Price
different (Mainly Foreign) Min sheets .............. Price 8 8 UN. 872 UNITED NATIONSis- unchecked A lovely collection of only unmounted including
completeHigh sets Value
and()minature
pound & ($) Dollar Hundreds
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from Iceland. The collection for catalogue value, but we
mint stamps, many in sets. Contains several plate number blocks as miniature sheets all unmounted mint ......................Price 27
G126 WORKS OF ART. The rarities of the worlds most famous art have estimated that there must be upwards of 1,000 .........Price 29.50 CR 781 CRICKET - A valuable specialised collection of cricket
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galleries stamps & scarce cricketA rarecovers, including signed covers auto-
subjectsatwe your fingertips.
have ever seen, A superb
insects collection
on stamps. of famous
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impressive collection of Israel, comprising9.80 of SYR 9 WAR IN SYRIA: cover for the war in Syria.
onthem
stamps, over a thousand different not counting duplicates
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depicts Russian Comprising
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illustrated official first day covers (all unadressed). Also noted -
miniature sheets ............................................................Price 21 FA16 - FALKLAND ISLANDS Scarce Referendum Cover - A Great
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rare and sheets, unusualincluding: cover for1949 the Coins
Falkland miniIslands
sheet. Catalogued
Referendum.
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the Syrian Cease($) fireDollar
announcedvalues. Approx 18 cricket
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specialised group of Unmounted Mint (complete sets) Stamps thematic subject 170
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offered for sale ........... 6 Falkland
on with many islanders
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unmounted mint Israel stamps Theincluding
cover
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doublewith penguin postmark U.K Machin
Mint Cricketstamp Stamps with official Royal Mail illustrated postmark date
.......................................................Price 25
............................................................................
RS2a UNIFORMS. Mainly military. Hundreds different. ....Price 12 Price 7.00 plate blocks, multiples tabs. A valuable 27/2/16 in combination with Syrian and United Nations stamps tied
dates 11/3/2013 Shetland P.O. It also has a Falkland Is. PM 84 MARGARET THATCHER - The very scarce mourning cover for
and impressive collection. ..............................................
referendum stamp and Argentine War Malvinas ovpt Price 25 to the cover with red cachet inscribed UN Security Coucil resolution
NY124
Let THE THREE
K2 GREAT BRITAIN. KINGS King George
UNMOUNTED MINTV, COMMEMO
King ED. VII RATIVES
and King Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. One of the scarcest political covers.
stamp,
EUR both tied- to
33 EUROPA the cover with
A specialised European Green CachetCollection
thematic Falklands of no. 2254. 18/12/15 A fragile cessation of hostilities came into force
&George VI. A collection
DEFINITIVES UNSORTED of ACCUMULATION.
British Colonials. Items UNMOUNTEDnoted include MINT
Referendum NO to Malvinas. 99.8% vote in favour of Only 50 ever
in Syria. 97 in existence,
fighting groups mostly nowas
as well in the
collectors
Syrianhands and rarely
Govt. and
STAMPS. In singles and blocks. Approximately
Traffic Light Gutter Pair Missing Phosphor Error coil strips. Well over 100+ stamps, Europa stamps, spanning from the 1950s to more modern stamps.
low price to clear ................................................ Price 12.00 remaining with U.K. 11/3/2013 only 50 of rare covers are offered
Russian for
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signed Lady
up to illustration
a ceasefire. and
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40 ofRoyal Mail 8th
500 stamps, only unmounted mint ....................................Price 18 Includes
known to Italy,
existFrance, Germany, Iceland, Belgium, Luxembourg,
.............................................. Price 18.50 April 2013.cover
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Alfred Nobel and his legacy

Stamp collections can tell us so much about the world and its people, as proved by this months
fascinating collection, put together by Grace Davies, which tells the story of Alfred Nobel and the world
renowned Nobel Peace Prize

Grace Davies Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist

businessman and inventor who left a
large fortune for the establishment of
How long have you been five prizes to be distributed annually
collecting stamps? for the benefit of mankind. They
As an adult, for over thirty were to be for Chemistry, Physics,
years. My collecting and Physiology or Medicine, Literature and
collection has changed a great Peace. The prizes are still awarded and
deal over that time! continue to be highly prestigious.

What attracted you to this subject?

Perhaps the fact that I am a people person. Below: detail from North Korean
In the early years of my Peace collection watercolour artwork. This is unusual,
described in this magazine in September maybe unique, in that it illustrates
2014 I was drawn to Alfred Nobel and Alfred Nobels parents and Alfred
the peace laureates. It is a fascinating subject with two of his brothers, Ludvig and
and in hindsight I am surprised it took me Robert, as children. Unadopted, the
so long to create an exhibit for competition, final mini-sheet was by the same artist.
just eight pages in 2013 and extended to
one frame the next year. I was delighted
to achieve a Large Vermeil at Stampex this
spring [2016] and now have my sights set on
Gold! Can I do it? Who knows?

What is your favourite item in the collection?

Hard to say. Maybe an envelope with form
inside sent to the Secretary of Geneva
University in 1904 asking for nominations for
the Peace price the following year. In 1905
the award went to Bertha von Suttner, an
important person in the Nobel story.

Which item was most difficult to find?

I am still looking for a quality item to
represent Nobels will. The will is such an
important part of our history yet all I can
show is the 1995 commemorative issue from Postmark on the reverse
Sweden and its companion German stamp. of an 1853 entire
from St Petersburg to
What would you say to a collector to encourage Bordeaux. The family
them to start displaying their stamps? moved to St Petersburg
Bear in mind that one is displaying to a in 1842 and Alfred had a
friendly and empathetic audience and enjoy private tutor there before
sharing your collection and enthusiasm. educational travels in
But resist the temptation to describe every Europe. He became
favourite item or every page it takes too fluent in five languages.
long, so watch the clock!

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From left: the Nobel Partners and Japanese

specimen stamp showing oil derricks. After their
fathers death in 1872 Alfred and his brothers
formed the Nobel Partnership with Peter Bilderling
to continue their business interests in Russia. Their
exploitation of oil in Baku contributed greatly to
the oil industry as we know it today.

Below, from left: Explosives, Nitroglycerine

(booklet) and a gold mine in South Africa.
Alfred patented 355 inventions including many
dangerous explosives. In 1867 Nobel patented the
much more stable dynamite of which nitroglycerin
is a key component. This was all very significant
for the South African mining industries.

Cover from the HQ of Dynamit

Nobel, with postmark for
centenary of its founding and
ICI perfin. Nobel was a clever
and persistent businessman and
his enterprises grew into a world
industry. For example, ICI was
an offshoot of Dynamit Nobel
and became the largest producer
of chemicals and explosives
operating factories around the
world. The HQ has remained in
Troisdorf, Germany.

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Swedish FDC 1946 with

Death Commemoratives.
Only the red 20 ore was
issued in booklet form. In
his lifetime Nobel was called
Europes richest vagabond.
He travelled widely and did
not have a permanent home.
In 1891 he moved to San
Remo in Italy and died there
without friends or family on
10 December, 1896.

Above: Swedish booklet for

centenary of Nobels will. Nobel
wrote the final version of his will in
1895; handwritten and short it set
out his wishes clearly. A remarkable
document it nevertheless created
many problems and took three years
to prove. The Nobel Foundation
was finally established in 1900.

Left: die proof in black signed by

engraver and final stamp with Nobel
and symbols of the five prizes. Nobel
had specified that the awards for
science, medicine and literature were
to be administered and awarded in
Stockholm, Sweden and the peace prize
in Oslo, Norway.

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Above: Swedish 1986 booklet strip from issue
commemorating the fortieth birthday of King
Gustav XVI. In Sweden the prizes are presented
by the king and the centre stamp shows King
Gustav presenting the prize for Literature to
Czeslaw Milosz in 1980. Its inclusion shows the
importance of the Nobel Ceremony.
Nobel Peace prize booklet, stamps inside show
laureates as listed. The first prizes were awarded
in 1901. Not surprisingly, the most interesting to
the author is the Peace Prize.
Expert opinion
Some people say that thematic philately is difficult,
that it has too many rules, and that its highly
intellectual, writes Chris King, Chair of ABPS National Exhibitions
& International Committee. Grace Davies epitomises fun and
enthusiasm in philately. She loves her subjects, and tells her stories
with warmth and care. She is a great advertisement for thematic
exhibiting, and proves that it has something for everyone.
There have been important changes recently in the Commissions
which govern the different exhibiting classes. For those who dont
know, there are ten commissions which set the rules and regulations
governing each exhibiting class. So, Traditional Philately, Postal
History, Postal Stationery, and Thematic Philately each has its
Commission. You can see more about these on the FIP website at
http://www.f-i-p.ch/fip-organisation/commissions-sections
Peter Suhadolc, from Slovenia, is the new Chairman of the Thematic
Commission. He is a retired professor of Geology and unsurprisingly
collects Mountains and mountaineering, and Earthquakes and Volcanoes.
The website says: Thematic philately is collecting stamps and other
philatelic items that illustrate a theme: birds, soccer, history, art, way of life,
trees, etc. The term theme has a dynamic meaning implying the personal
elaboration by the collector, who develops a full story around it.
Exhibiting with the ABPS
The Association of British Philatelic Societies (ABPS)
is the national organisation in charge of exhibiting in
the UK. Competitive exhibiting takes place at a
variety of levels within philately and provides a
friendly forum for philatelists to meet, exchange
philatelic research and study, and share knowledge to fellow
collectors, and the general public. To find out more about
exhibiting visit the ABPS website: www.abps.org.uk
www.stampandcoin.co.uk
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Once stamp collections consisted of stamps from one country or a
group of countries. The stamps were usually displayed in date of issue order.
Not any more! A thematic collection consists of the widest possible range
of philatelic material, from the widest possible range of postal authorities,
without any time constraint. Every item selected should be relevant to the
theme and arranged in the most suitable order to tell a story
Whats difficult about this? Collecting with a theme is a great way
to begin a new collection, and Grace uses a simple approach to tell
the story of an individual who greatly influenced the world. Her other
thematic exhibit tells the story of an idea, in this case, peace.
Jim Etherington with his exhibit, 1940: a Desperate Year for Britain,
which recently won a gold medal in Taipei, and was featured on these pages
in a recent Stamp & Coin Mart, uses a historical theme. Thematic exhibitors
are incredibly ingenious with their exhibits. Extracts from a Wartime Diary
1939-45, Australasian Birdlife, Romanesque Architecture, Vocations: be
yourself in Christ, and Olympic and World Football are a handful of titles
from international exhibits. Theres something here for every collector.
A retired nurse in New Zealand has an exhibit on contraception
Many thematic exhibitors use their own experience or enthusiasms to
develop their exhibits which combine subject knowledge with philatelic
knowledge, and this is where it can begin to be a bit tricky. Its quite
a skill to intertwine both of these, to maintain the red thread of a
developing story line, and demonstrate good knowledge of the material.
Part of the attraction of exhibiting is the challenge involved in creating
a story, in a form as satisfactory as a good novel, using the best material
that can be found, and understanding it well enough to please the judges.
Grace, and many other thematic philatelists find thematic collecting and
exhibiting combines their enthusiasms and allows them to share their interests
with others. Go on, start with a club display and see where it takes you.
If you want to know more about thematic collecting visit the British
Thematic Association at www.britishthematic.org.uk. Chairman Barry
Stagg (collects Parachuting and Archery) will be pleased to hear from you.
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 PM7 THERESA MAY: Scarce political cover issued for the SA4 NELSON MANDELA A historic and scarce mourning cover for M27A CORONATION STREET. A specialised and most unusual
appointment of Theresa May as Prime Minister. Depicting Theresa Nelson Mandela. He was a spirit born free, today his spirit is soaring thematic collection of Coronation Street stamps with COMPLETE
May outside 10 Downing Street, with Royal Mail Houses of through the heavens. He is now forever free - Muhammad Ali UNM, MINT SETS. From various British local Islands, including
parliament
In 1973 commemorative
we recommended stamp tied to the and coversoldwith the
illustrated 5/12/13. The1/2p
British definitive cover bears a South Africa
(SGX842) with Mandela stamp with cachet
one phosphor band on side.High
scarcer WeValues
toldand our customers
several 1.00 values. to buy them at
Personalities
special Royal Mail Postmark dated 13 July 2016. Less than 80 of In Memorial 1918-2013 also Royal Mail gold definitive postmarked depicted on stamps include: Jack & Annie Walker, Stan & Hilda
25p each. WE WERE RIGHT!! Today
these covers were ever issued .........................................Price 17 this stamp is catalogued at 55.00 each. If you
Mount Pleasant 5/12/13. Only 50 covers known to exist Price 14. had taken our advice, for an outlay of only 50
Ogden, Ken & Irma Brlow, Jack & Vera Duckworth, Martha
in1973, the
current catalogue value of your investment would be a staggering total of 11,000.00. In 1999 we recommended our customers to buy
Longhurst, Ena Sharples, Mike & Alma Baldwin, Kevin Webster, the Princess
DianaBRITISH
NY155A WelshCOLONIALS:
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Al old time collection Packs. The catalogue value
N-SH 305 SUPER was only
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of Super were telling
Raquelour customers
Wolstenholme, Ray to buy them
Langton, for up
Liz McDonald, Alf to dou-
Roberts,
comprising of mint and used old colonial issues, ranging from on stamps including several issues for: Superman and Batman,
ble catalogue value 5 each. Within only 6 years they
Queen Victoria to King Geo V. Unchecked for catalogue value.
had increased by 3,900%. As everyone knows, investments
also includes Spiderman, X Men and The Incredible hulk, plus
can go
Bet Gilroy, Curly Watts, down
Leonard as well
Swindly, Elsie as up and
Tanner, Reg the
pastlotin
A fine for not necessarily
sorting a guide to the Price
.................................................... future. 13 However, being selective
other superheroes. and taking
Mostly unmounted soundincluding
mint stamps advice is the Holdworth
best way+ others
to make.............................................. Price 12.00
your hobby pay for itself. In
2003 we recommended our customers to buy theseveral Coronation 1 Green
miniature sheets (SG 2380) which
............................................ was catalogued
Price 19.75 by Stanley Gibbons
MM28 MARILYN MONROE A gorgeous at 1.50
collection per stamp.
of Marilyn
STR25 GREAT BRITAIN: Postal History cover Withinfor the 1British
yearPostalthe catalogue value had increased to 50 per stamp, an increase ofstamps.
over 3,200%.
Monroe Few other actresses embodies the term
Strike of 1996. Covers of this official postal strike are much rarer than GB85 GREAT BRITAIN An important error on the 1966 Battle of
Hollywood Movie Star as much as the legendary and iconic
those of the previous GB postal strike on 1971. The cover was sent Hastings 6d. value. The wrong colour gold leaf was used in error
Last year we recommended our customers screen goddess, Marilyn Monroe. This collection contains many
from the UK to St. Helena, and bears a Brit. Local stamp overprinted on the Queens Head. Error yellow goldtoinstead buy of EFTA
normalPresentation Packs.
different unmounted mint and used Marilyn Monroe stamps.
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value was 3.50 each, if you had taken our advice even if you had
Postal Strike Delivery and surcharged 1. Postmarked 6/8/96 bronze gold. We can offer the unmounted mint error plus normal brought
Including them
several elusiveatstamps
full catalogue value. For
...............................Price 11.
in addition a paper cachet inscribed Emergency UK Postal Strike stamp for comparison ................................................. Price 7.50.
an outlay of only 875. Your investment would be worth a massive 10,000 at current catalogue value. An increase of catalogue value of over
Overseas Post; as well as St Helena stamp tied to the cover with a
Jamestown St. Helena Pmk. Dated: Sept 96................Price 1,000% in only CYL29
12.50 one year. CYLINDER Our NUMBERcustomers BLOCKS complemented
A specialized collection us of once again sayingDUES. Unusual collection of POSTAGE DUE
E.213 POSTAGE
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FE188 INDIAN FEUDATORY STATES: An interesting reference unusual to see such a large lot of different cylinder number blocks multiples, all uncat. Mint (mostly unmounted) and used. About
collection of mainly forgeries of the Indian Feudatory States. Victorian 120 stamps in all unmounted mint cylinder number blocks Price 21. 120+ stamps .......................................................... Price 8.00
period includes imperforates and stamps printed on various white,
coloured and buff papers. Noted: Sirmoor, Charkhari, Duttia, Fardikot, NE832 BRITISH ISLES A phenomenal & valuable collection of E.32 TIBET Fantastic group printed on rough and thin Native Type
Indore, Rajpipla, Jammu & Kashmir, plus others. Also some stamps British Local Islands stamps. Only unmounted mint, including paper including listed stamps, and some shades and colours which
unlisted in Stanley Gibbons Catalogue. If genuine the catalogue value Lundy Island, Davaar Island, Cairn Iar, Isle of Easdale, Bernera appear not to be listed in Gibbons Catalogue. Included are blocks
would exceed 1000s (Thousands of Pounds) but these are being Island, Staffa, Stroma, Isle of Pabay, Bardsey, Herm, Calf of Man, and singles. Due to the crudeness of the printing of this type of Tibet
sold as is as forgeries. The collection also includes genuine Indian Hildasay Shetland Islands, Jethou, Alderney, St Marys, Calvey stamps, there is no way we can guarantee any as genuine. If just
SAM.1. POLAND - small general collection, include -
stamps from Queen Victoria to Geo VI .............................. Price 15
Concentration Camp issue inscribed Judenpost for Lodz Ghetto
Nazi Occupation R45 MINIATURE SHEETS & Souvenir Sheets,
Island, Sanda Island, Gugh, St Martins. With blocks, multiples,
(Exhibition sheets) FOREIGN, odd Brit. Commonwealth. Total of 50+
singles & miniature sheets. This important & valuable collection
various different GB
Buying GB Royal Mail 2008
some of the listed stamps were genuine the Catalogue Value would
be hundreds of pounds. We have decided the safest way is to treat
(Litzmanstdt) 10pf Green (unused). We cannot guarantee this item but
PM8 THERESA MAY: Official Royal appointment commemorative
remainder of the collection all seem OK Cheap Price ................... 8.75
different (Mainly Foreign) Min sheets ...............................Price 8
with only unmounted mint stamps and many high values. The handover of Olympic flag
them as suspect and possible forgeries. As such we are offering them
cover. The cover shows Theresa May being received by Her SJ132
nominalGREAT BRITAIN.
face value Is wellBritish Postal Strike 1971 - Emergency
over 150.............................. Price 33
SJ120 MEDICAL
Majesty Stamps with
Queen Elizabeth II, who specialised
instructedlother of to
Anti-TB
form aand Red Overprints on Local Carriage Labels printed by Harrison and Sons from Beijing to London,
for sale at the knock down price of only.......................Price 13.00
Cross stamps. Also Anti-Malaria stamps Red Cross stamps back for Use in Southampton. The complete unm. Mint set of six stamps
Government. The cover bears as official R.M. Buckingham Palace
to the 1940s
stamp, tied toorthe earlier
coverupwith to more
a Royal recent.MailWith nursing,
13/7/16 doctors
illustrated
GB5 GB WINSTON CHURCHILL D-DAY COVER. A spectacular cover
3and
x 1/-, 2/-. 6/-,
valuable 7/6d to..................................................Price
addition any addition to any WWII Collection. The 1.50 presentation pack paying more
E.32 GREAT BRITAIN SPECTACULAR ERROR on 1966 XMAS 3d.
Value (SG713) SHIFT OF GOLD COLOUR, causing Queens Head
and all forms of medicine. A most interesting
Buckingham Palace Postmark. Only 75 of this scarce cover are
for sale ideal for anyone with some medical knowledge to form a
subject rarely
known to exist ............................................................. Price 21
offered G23A
cover OLYMPIC
must
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be over 500
with Churchill
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June 1944.
counting Illustrated
duplicates,
collection .............
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there
Price 11
and Churchills
than full cat value 9.25
Shift Error, superb unmtd mint together with normal stamp for
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have ever seen, insects on stamps. Hundreds of them ............. Price 7 The cover bears a
all unmounted JB 773Sweden.
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of James and
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many high mint values,
and usedincludes Lundy, Includes:
stamps. Summer combination of Royal Mail, Churchill and D-Day stamps. With official Isle of Man.Includes
Hundreds of allRoyal
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Only unmounted Space stamps including Rockets. Space ships and all types of Outer coverbut mini noted
bearing .......................................................Price
Ian Flemings iconic James Bond book issue, 17 with
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Zeppelin, Price 14 June 2014.
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including bears original
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covers. impressive collection ................. Price 31.
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Impressive ACCUMULATION:
thematic collection With mint and on
of Zeppelins Prince George. This superbly illustrated, Royal Baby, Official first day
at least 1300 must be different ..................................... Price 32 BX 486 BOXING
unlisted issues-from A finevarious
collection countries
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used
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over 100 sheets
plus stamps ...........................................Price small Welsh
of three Island rarely
generations: Queen getElizabeth
offered for sale .............
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period in British Price 9.75
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miniature All unchecked for Catalogue value ........Price9.80 13.25
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other British Locals depicting Sea birds, with some multiple blocks.
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stamp collections Humphrey19.75.
.............Price Bogart, Pmk.
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Price 15
excess of 38,000. The reference collection of fake stamps and Z33Emany others. TheSTAMPS
UNORTHODOX whole lot.One ...................................Price
of the most unusual collections 14.00
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noted ..........................................Price 24 astamps.
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amount triangular stamps,Great
including, sheets. self adhesive free form,
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early to modern with Air Mails, Sea Mail, commemorative covers, Cover.local
British Bearing
stamps theofAbram
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large multiples and
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shapedCommonwealth.
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round (circular) covers, diamond
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25/3/14 Postmark. The cover also bears the complete KingFollowing on to puffin stamps
of about 100 covers ..................................................Price 21 .00 gave up counting. Clearance Price ...................................Price
1991, several Russian states issued stamps independently. Many unorthodox stamps .......................................................... Price75.00
13. overprinted with 1950s & 1960s stamps on to more recent. With lots
George VI 1951 Festival stamps with black cachet G.P0. 1951
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for local use thematic collection
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collection for anyone Festival of
Hundreds of Britain
unmounted Official
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................Price 27.50to
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singlesLiberation
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cars on stamps
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States including: Tartarstan, Batum, Amurskaya, Ukraine,11 has Machin
price Royal Mail stamps and official Royal Mail British 12.00
to clear..............................................................Price Jubilee Commonwealth BIRDS stamps. Only Unmounted Mint in mulitlples
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29.50 CR 781 CRICKET - A valuable specialised collection of cricket
unusual dated 13th December 2003. The cover also bears an Iraq Saddam
galleriesand exotic
at your collectionA of
fingertips. well over
superb 100 stamps
collection of famous... Price 21.
paintings W37 ISRAEL - An impressive collection of Israel, comprising of
stamps & scarce cricket covers, including signed covers auto-
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graphed famous tiedcricketers.
to the cover with blackofcachet
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on stamps, over a thousand different not counting duplicates or illustrated official first day covers (all unadressed). Also noted -
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miniature sheetsPOTTER. A fantastic collection of different Harry21
............................................................Price Bohemia and Moravia. Occupation of Poland General government DavisBritain
Great Iraq December
and British2003 In English and
Commonwealth StampsArabic. Originally
in blocks the or
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miniature sheets, including: 1949 Coins mini sheet. Catalogued cover issue was only 100 covers but fewvalues.are believed
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not guaranteed.) plus
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Man Prisoner of Azkaban cover with I.0.M...........................Price
Harry Potter stamp in 6 various outside
covers collectors
including hands
scarce .................................................Price
autographed covers & a quantity of Unm. 21
hundred different from several countries on with other
manyGermany war period Hitler
genuine unmounted mint issues, Mainly genuine
Israel stamps including
combination with official Royal Mail Harry Potter stamp, postmarked unmounted mint/used .......................................................Price 10 Mint Cricket Stamps .......................................................Price 25
RS2aillustrated
UNIFORMS. plate number blocks, multiples and singles with tabs. A valuable
with firstMainly
day issue, military.
Hogwarts Hundreds different.
postmark. ....Price 12
The collection also and impressive collection............................................... Price 25 PMM684PRINCESS
MARGARET DIANA
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scarce mourning Some 1981 cover for
Let K2 GREAT
includes unmountedBRITAIN. mintUNMOUNTED
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Potter stamps and RATIVES
several LOT K2 GREAT BRITAIN UNMOUNTED MINT COMMEMORATIVES Wedding
Prime Issues,
Minister also Thatcher.
Margaret Prince William One ofBirth, including
the scarcest scarcer
political covers.
& DEFINITIVES EUR 33 EUROPA - A specialised European thematic Collection of
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include & DEFINITIVES & DEFINITIVES UNSORTED ACCUMULATION. Items Only sheetlets,
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from countries, cataloguedError andcoil strips.
scarcer Well over
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Argyllshire
At first glance, the more rural regions of Britain might not offer
much for the postal historian, but there is still plenty of material
to discover, as John Scott reveals

T
he smaller Scottish
counties are among
the most difficult
areas in which
to build up a
comprehensive collection which
embraces the various aspects of postal
history that set the postmarks and
letters in the context of the time in
which they were sent. In part this is
because the relative under-population
during much of the Victorian era
meant that fewer people wrote letters
and there was less trade and industry
to sustain a demand for printed
documentation which exists from
other areas.
Back in the 1820s the whole county
of Argyllshire warranted only just over
ten pages in Pigots Directory of Scotland
and was described as mountainous,
bleak and uncomfortable, Glencoe 1
was awful, the coast was rocky and Portaskaig or Tobermory indeed
2 the inhabitants did not live either only one example of the Portaskaig
in elegance or plenty, yet they were Ship mark has been recorded from
happy. In the whole area of 114 by the year 1812. But there are other
81 square miles there were 17,428 ways in which the maritime history
dwellings with 97,316 people served by can be illustrated, either from
55 post offices in the period to 1840. writing paper or from invoices such
There were only two towns of any as those illustrated here.
real significance, the Royal Burgh of Even in such a remote part of
Inveraray which served as the county the country the railways made their
town and Campbeltown towards the mark and the Victorians were mad
end of the Kintyre peninsula. on collecting crests which they cut
Much of the communication out into small squares and mounted
was by sea rather than by road into special albums, throwing away
and consequently the emphasis the rest of the letter or envelope, but
of any study of the county must possibly also cutting off the postage
have a strong maritime emphasis. stamp and even making a neat circle
It is not the place of this article to around the datestamps so that each
encourage readers to make the huge element was preserved, but in a form
financial investment which would which we would denounce today as
be needed to acquire many of the vandalism. One such railway was
maritime postmark rarities such as the Great Western which arrived
the Campbelton Steam Boat mark or in Oban in the 1880s and whose
the ship letters which were landed at crest adorns the writing paper used

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5 4
by travellers. But, back in the 17th
century there was only one thatched
house with five inhabitants what
changed was the advent of tourism
and the popularity of the local
distilling industry. It is an indication
of the late development of the
town that the Cathedral of St. John
commenced building in 1863 but
was not completed until 1968 and it
can be seen, with a degree of artistic
licence, on the hill above the paddle
steamer on their appeal for funding.
No collection of Argyllshire postal
history would be complete without
a representation from such islands
as Iona, Jura and Islay which have
acquired a worldwide following
stemming both from the romance
of the Scottish islands and from
the love of Scotch Whisky. While
St. Columba may have founded a
monastery as early as 600 AD the
island made very little impact in the
annals of the Post Office according
to James Mackay. It was not until
1851 that a receiving house was
opened but from 1860 until 1884
there were no postal markings
used on the island. When a new
datestamp was introduced in 1884
it lasted until at least 1928, despite
the substantial volume of postcards
sent by visiting tourists inspired
by the writings of Sir Walter Scott.
So great was the increase in tourist
traffic during the summer months
that a special mail service was
introduced between Tobermory
and Iona in 1882 but the advent
of the First World War curtailed
the steamer services run by David
MacBrayne although the stationery
and postmarks used on the iconic
floating post offices of the
Clyde continue to fascinate both
maritime and postal historians
through the generations.
1 It took over 100 years
to complete the building
of the Episcopal Church
in Oban, here seen on
an appeal for funds by
Bishop Ewing
2 MacBrayne issued
a series of publicity
postcards showing their
paddle steamers, this
example posted from
Oban in 1910
3 Collecting crests was
hugely popular with
Victorian collectors - this
crest of the Great Western
Hotel in Oban is on a
letter of 1882
4 Oban on a 1900 postcard
5 A 1908 postcard from
Iona, the correct postage
to France was 1d but the
card escaped surcharge
by half the stamp
appearing on each side Scottish Postal History Society
Further reading
The Imperial Gazeteer of Scotland,
The Rev. John Wilson (Ed),
Edinburgh, 1853
Postal Markings of Scotland to
1840, Bruce Auckland,
Kilmacolm, 1995
Islay, Jura and the other Argyll
Islands, James Mackay,
Dumfries, 1979
Mull, Iona, Coll and Tiree,
James Mackay,
Dumfries, 1979
Articles in The Scottish Post,
The Journal of the

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 Cover explained
Travels of a wartime refugee
The markings and transit of two postal items sent around the world in pursuit of a Viennese
refugee, and the story behind them, are detailed by philatelist Dane Garrod
A
fter the Anschluss
(annexation) of Austria
to the Third Reich of
Germany in March
1938, conditions for
Jewish families became quite intolerable
with loss of civil liberties, followed by
open hostility. The Jewish family of
Guttenberg comprising Max, Leopoldine
and their son Fritz, were living in
Apartment 16 at Nussdorferstrasse
in Vienna. For those who had the
wherewithal, it could be seen that it was
time to move on, and the parents of Fritz
made plans for him to leave. By August
1939 Fritz Guttenberg had arrived in
England, and after initial housing at the
Kitchener Refugee Camp at Sandwich,
Kent, he found employment as a trainee
in a tailors shop in London.
Internment as an enemy alien caught
up with Fritz in May 1940, and he
was sent to the Isle of Man, firstly at
Mooragh Camp at Ramsay, and then on
to the Central Camp at Douglas. His
parents knew he had been interned at
Central Camp, as he was permitted to
write weekly. The first of our two items
is a reply from his mother, sent from
Wien (Vienna) on 20 July, 1940, as the
postmark shows. It is prisoner of war
post Kriegsgefangenenpost which
is handstamped in red. Additionally, a
circular German censor mark, Geprft,
is in purple. Upon UK arrival, via the
usual neutral country routes, the British
censors wanted to read and make their
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mark, which they did as shown by the
tombstone shaped red handstamp with
crown and the words PASSED / P.W.16.
It was then forwarded to Central Camp
in Douglas.
The British Government became
increasingly concerned about a German
invasion and sought to remove the
internees in the camps in case they became
freed and joined the German forces. In
June 1940, arrangements were made for
Canada and Australia to receive some of
these internees, and Fritz was one of them.
Initially he was assigned to go to Canada,
as recorded in the Mooragh Camp files,
but was one of the survivors when HMT
Arandora Star was torpedoed off the Irish
coast on 2 July, 1940. Fritz and other
survivors were returned to Liverpool, and
then placed on HMT Dunera bound for
Australia. Apparently, the Mooragh Camp
files were not updated to show Australia as
his destination. When this card arrived
at Douglas, Isle of Man, the address
was crossed through, and left 10/7
Australia was written in red. Upon
arrival in Australia it was censored again
and sent to Fritz with the handstamped
C/o Commandant / Internment Camp
/ Hay N.S.W., where he arrived in
September 1940.
The second item shown also missed
Fritz, as it was sent to Mooragh Detention
Camp, Ramsay. Posted from Taunton,
Somerset, on 17 February, 1944, the cover
had the address crossed through in green
and was forwarded to DOUGLAS,
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The Arandora Star (left) written in the same green crayon. From
which was attacked there it was forwarded to Onchan
off the Irish coast in written in blue and then handstamped
1940, leaving our in purple as NOT AT ONCHAN
letter recipient Fritz CAMP, partly hidden by the later added
Guttenberg in Liverpool, censor tape with 3 Opened by Censor
before he was shipped in red. Truly a multi-coloured cover, with
to Australia aboard the more to be added. A purple handstamp
Dunera (right) H.Q., I.O.M., red crayon AUSTRALIA
DR C (detention centre), and forwarded
with a further purple handstamp of
OVERSEAS. In Melbourne the censor
applied the oblong mark PASSED BY
/ CENSOR / V147 again in purple.
Finally it caught up with Fritz Guttenberg
in Tatura with the INTERNMENT
CAMP / TATURA, VIC. handstamp in
the usual colour. NOT. 3 in red sits in
the middle of the cover, applied at Tatura
to signify Fritz was not in No. 3 Camp.
The postage stamp is missing, having been
removed, or having fallen off, before the
Melbourne mark was applied.
By 1942, the Australians had
reclassified the Jewish passengers from
the Dunera as friendly aliens, and
began releasing them. Many chose to
stay in Australia and 500 joined the 8th
Employment Company of the Australian
Army, including Fritz. When the war
finally ended, Fritz unsurprisingly chose
to remain in Australia, which was from
where the Guttenberg correspondence was
fortunately saved. It is now scattered, but
these two items are enough to tell a small
part of the story of hardship and turmoil
in Europe and beyond.
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1 The postmark shows that a reply
from the internees mother was sent
from Wien (Vienna) on 20 July, 1940.
2 Kriegsgefangenenpost (prisoner of
war post) is handstamped in red and
above in manuscript is Internierten Post,
signifying internee post.
3 A circular German censor mark,
Geprft, is in purple.
4 British censors read the letter and
added the red handstamp with
crown and the words PASSED / P.W.16.
5 When this card arrived at Douglas,
Isle of Man, the address was crossed
through, and left 10/7 Australia was
written in red manuscript.
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6 Upon arrival in Australia, it was
censored again the purple PASSED
BY CENSOR / S.169 and sent to Fritz
9 A purple handstamp H.Q., I.O.M.,
red crayon AUSTRALIA DR C
(detention centre), and forwarded with a
with the handstamped C/o Commandant further purple handstamp of OVERSEAS.
/ Internment Camp / Hay N.S.W., where
he arrived in September 1940.
10 In Melbourne the censor applied
the oblong mark PASSED BY /
7 The second cover was posted
from Taunton, Somerset, on 17
CENSOR / V147 in purple.
February, 1944, the cover had the
address crossed through in green and
was forwarded to DOUGLAS, written
11 Finally it caught up with Fritz
Guttenberg in Tatura with the
INTERNMENT CAMP / TATURA, VIC.
in the same green crayon. handstamp in purple.
8 From there it was forwarded to
Onchan written in blue and 12 NOT. 3 in red sits in the middle
of the cover, applied at Tatura to
then handstamped in purple as NOT AT
ONCHAN CAMP, partly hidden by the
later added censor tape with 3 Opened
signify Fritz was not in No. 3 Camp. The
postage stamp is missing, having been
removed, or having fallen off, before the
by Censor in red. Melbourne mark was applied.
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Thematics A to Z
Phones and philately
Today, it seems we cant-live-without our mobiles, but back in
the 1800s the speaking telegraph was just scientific pipe dream.
Join Paula Hammond as she looks at a philatelic theme that
reminds us its good to talk
A
lthough the name most associated
with the invention of the telephone
is Alexander Graham Bell, the
evolution of the worlds favourite
gadget dates back to at least 1667 when Robert
Hooke first experimented with what he called
an acoustic telephone. In 1844, Innocenzo
Vanzetti proposed a speaking telegraph and
just five years later fellow Italian Antonio
Meucci demonstrated his own electromagnetic
voice transmission device. In 1861 Germany
entered the telephone race with a device that
its inventor, Johann Philipp Reis, called a
telephon. Acknowledging Meuccis work as
his inspiration, Reis demonstrations were
so impressive that Thomas Edison had the
transcripts translated for study.
The telephone was the work of no single
inventor. By the time that Alexander Graham Bell
made that famous first phone call, at least half a
dozen other people had contributed towards the
evolution of this world-changing device. Even
today, controversy rages as to who actually made
the greatest contribution and this means that
philatelists are in the unusual position of being
able to collect celebratory famous first stamps
from many different nations. Reis, for instance,
has had his contribution commemorated three
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T is for telephones
Why collect?
Celebratory stamps available
times by various German postal services: in 1952, marking different famous firsts.
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2003 with an issue produced jointly by the Italian inventors, engineering or
Communications Ministry and the Italian Postal industrial design.
and Telegraph Society. The stamp features a sketch Widely available.
made in 1858 by Nestore Corradi illustrating Visually appealing.
Meuccis ideas.
Interestingly, while US Congress voted in Notable releases
2001 to credit Meucci with the invention of the USA, 1940 - Alexander
telephone, the USPS has chosen instead to celebrate Graham Bell 10c stamp
the work of Bell with issues in 1940 and 1976 (the GDR, 1961 - Johann
centenary of Bells first call). The 10c Bell stamps Philipp Reis Centenary
from the 1940 Famous Americans issue sold out Italy, 2003 - Italian Postal and
almost immediately and are still the highest value Telegraph Society Meucci
stamps from that set. Elisha Grey, who filed his 0.52 issue
telephone patent on the same day as Bell, has yet to GB, 2009 - British Design Classics
have his contribution commemorated. K2 1st class stamp
Alongside the techs is the technology, and USA, 2011 - Dreyfus Desk
this makes a fruitful sub-theme. Old and new Telephone Forever stamp
technology, including telecommunication satellites
feature on a great issue from New Caledonia Expand the theme
(1976). Switchboard operators made an appearance Why not broaden the theme to
in an issue from Indonesia (1964) but the it is include other communication
phones themselves that feature most often. devices, from ham radio (USA,
No collection would be complete without at least 1964) to semaphore (Marshall
a nod to Britains iconic red phone boxes and these Islands, 2016)?
featured most memorably in the 1983 Christmas
12p stamp and the 2009 British Design Classics Collecting links
set. Swedens 1976 centenary issue takes Bells patent The Representation of Science and
as its 100-year mark, and is illustrated with lovely Scientists on Postage Stamps: A
selection of vintage phones. The Dreyfus Desk Science Communication Study by
Telephone is celebrated on USAs 2011 Pioneers Christopher B. Yardley, published
of Industrial Designer Forever stamp. However, as by ANU Press, explores the ways
Bophuthatswanas 1981 and 1984 four-stamp sets in which science and scientists
prove, historic phones come in many weird and have been portrayed on stamps
wonderful designs. So many, in fact, that you might including an illustrated section
want to call a friend to tell them. on telephones.
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 Thematics

Charting the history of

books and printing
Explore the history of communications, from cave paintings through to glossy magazines,
with our guide to creating a thematic on the subject of books and printing

W
ith
thousands
of stamps
dedicated
to the
subject
of books and printing, the history
of written communications
is a fascinating subject which
encompasses ancient technology,
the dawn of the age of printing,
developments of the Industrial
Revolution, and on to the age of
mass media.
Countries around the world have
celebrated their role in the history
of the written world, as well as the
people, anniversaries, inventions
and artefacts connected to the
subject. A collection of stamps can
form a pictorial history of how
communications have developed
over thousands of years, bringing
us through to the modern-day
technology which is part of everyday
life we now take for granted, but
which would have amazed our
ancestors of even a century ago.
Bruce L Johnson, director of the
Graphics Philately Association,
spoke to us about what this theme
offers collectors: Books and printing
make a great thematic because of the
revolutionary nature of both, and
the number of times that fact has
been recognised by stamp-issuing
countries around the world.
This fact was recognised in
1975, when the Graphics Philately
Association (GPA) was conceived
by Robert M. Ritterband, a printer
in California, and Mark Harris
Winnegrad, a librarian in New
York. Printing has been called the
art preservative of all arts, because
Johannes Gutenbergs advances in
the mid-15th century revolutionized
all forms of graphic communication,
especially book production, leading
to a spread of knowledge that
continues to this day.
Books and printing is also a great
thematic because potential participants
can choose their level of participation
a highly focused approach on a single
subject, to a broad constructionist
approach on myriad topics, all related
to graphics philately.
One of the oldest forms of written
Above, from left: communication is prehistoric
Algeria 1981 cave cave paintings, where our ancient
paintings; France, 2007, ancestors drew images of people,
illuminated manuscript; animals and the skies, using this
German stamp of 1954 imagery to record events such as
commemorating the changes in the weather, natural
500th anniversary disasters and the cycle of the year.
of the publication of Europe is home to some of the
Gutenbergs Bible oldest such paintings in the world
and in 1968, France paid tribute
to the celebrated 17,000-year-old
Lascaux Cave Paintings in south-
western France, with an engraved
Below, from left: Austrian stamp showing an animal image
stamp of 1965, part of from the paintings.
a History of Writing These early cave paintings were a
set; stamp showing move away from relying entirely on
the production of early the oral tradition to communicate
manuscripts, Ethiopia, information and pass on a
1989; USA 1952 stamp communitys rules and values. The
to commemorate half next significant step came with the
a millennium of printing use of clay tablets and then papyrus
in Europe in Ancient Egypt, where a hardened

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reed was used as a stylus, allowing
scribes to keep records and the royal
dynasty to celebrate its military and
civic achievements.
In 1973, Iran issued a stamp
featuring the Proclamation of Cyrus
the Great, which dates to 538 BCE
and was inscribed onto a clay tablet.
The charter, promoting respect for
humanity, has been cited as one of the
worlds oldest charters of human rights.
Austrias 1968 history of writing
stamps also include a stamp dedicated
to clay tablet communication.
The word paper is derived from
papyrus and this was the Ancient
Egyptian method of using portable
scrolls to record events. By the
fourth century, parchment made
from animal skins had replaced
papyrus. This would be the material
used to print the first books. A 1989
production of early manuscripts
five-stamp set from Ethiopia depicts
the process.
Although many of us are familiar
with the first printing technology
reaching Europe in the 15th century,
the oldest surviving example of
this method of communication
dates to before AD220 in China;
a three-colour printing of flowers
reproduced onto a piece of silk.
Once the technology reached Europe
via international traders, it would be
just a few years before the printing
press came into widespread use,
allowing large numbers of people
to read the same book. In 1973,
Belgium produced an attractive
printing stamp showing workers at a
printing press, with a board of letters
beside them, and printed papers
hung up to dry.
German silversmith Johannes
Gutenberg (1398-1468) was the
first person to use moveable type
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Israel stamp from 2012
featuring a Hebrew Bible
from the Life in Israel
issue; Latvia 2013
stamp showing antique
books and a printing
press; This 2014 stamp
from Russia marked the
450th anniversary of printing in Europe and within a
book printing in Russia decade or two of his invention, cities
across the continent had their own
printing presses, and books were in & Engraving for almost thirty years,
widespread production. Gutenberg
has been well represented on stamps
over the years, most notably in 1952
when the USA marked the 500th
anniversary of the printing of his
Bible, while 1954 saw a German
stamp on the same subject.
Which countries should collectors
look out for? Bruce told us: Germany
has certainly issued numerous notable
stamps on graphics philately, as has
Austria, but Sweden is perhaps the
most notable country, primarily
because of the amazing work of
Czeslaw Slania (1921-2005). Since
the GPA is concerned with the design
and printing of all stamps (regardless
of whether the subject they illustrate
is books and printing), Slania is
especially significant. With more than
1,000 postage stamps to his credit,
Slania today is widely acknowledged
as having been the worlds foremost
postage stamp engraver.
In 1939, the United States issued
the earliest stamp most directly
related to printing, the Stephen
Daye Press Stamp (Scott #857).
This 3-cent issue commemorates
the 300th anniversary of printing in
America, when Stephen Daye and
Dayes son Matthew opened the first
print shop in the American colonies,
in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
William K. Schrage (1896-1964),
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THE HISTORY OF PRINTING
whose work for the US Government
began in 1918, designed the stamp;
he worked for the Bureau of Printing
where he designed and modelled
almost 100 postage stamps.
In the centuries that followed
Gutenbergs invention, printing
techniques became more efficient,
with inventions including
lithography, screen printing,
photocopying and laser printing.
Here, collectors can look out for
stamps featuring various writing-
inventions including the typewriter
and the computer. Italys 2009 postal
tribute to journalist Indro Monatelli
on the centenary of his birth
shows the writer reading through
a newspaper with a typewriter in
the foreground. In 1993, Austria
honoured Peter Mitterhorer, inventor
of the typewriter, with a stamp
showing his invention.
Computers and digital technology
on stamps brings the story of
communications up to date and there
are plenty to choose from, notably Sri
Lankas 2010 World Post Day stamp
showing an e-mail in space, above
Planet Earth, and a GB 63p value
of 1999 (part of the Inventors Tale
issue), showing a computer inside
a human head, celebrating Alan
Turings work on computers.
Anniversaries tied to the theme
offer a good chance to obtain
attractive additions to this thematic:
possibilities include stamps issued
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A 1973 Belgium value showing an early print
shop and its workers
in 1960 for the 350th anniversary
of the King James translation of the
Bible, 1972 Year of the Book stamps
and 1968 stamps for the 500th death
anniversary of Gutenberg.
There are also many possibilities
for sub themes, including stamps
featuring the Bible and other holy
books such as the Koran, people
associated with the history of books
such as Gutenberg, Louis Braille
and Jean-Francois Champollion
(who deciphered hieroglyphics) and
illuminated medieval manuscripts.
Find out more
The Graphics Philately Association
is a group dedicated to collectors
who have a mutual interest in the
history of graphic communications as
represented on stamps and other postal
material. The Association promotes
the collection and study of philatelic
material relating to the topic and the
study of the various techniques and
processes used in the production of
stamps and postal stationery.
The Associations website www.
graphics-stamps.org has a gallery
of stamps on the subject, including
people, libraries, manuscripts, the
history of papermaking, and book
publishing. There is also a collection
of articles on the subject.
For more information or to join,
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Annual festivals
As a new year begins, we take a look at stamps featuring
well-loved annual events from around the world
1. Chinese New Year
The colourful celebrations of Chinese New
1
Year are now a staple of stamp bureaux the
world over. This 2006 Hong Kong stamps shows
children carrying Chinese lanterns.
2. Valentines Day 2
This February celebration of love lends itself well
to stamp design. Here, a Valentines fairy carries a
heart; one of four 2010 designs from Finland.
3
3. Easter
In 1971, Antigua featured the crucifixion of 4
Christ. This 35c value is part of a set of three
Easter stamps.
4. Mothers Day
Mothers Day is celebrated on different dates
around the world. A mother is shown playing
with her children on this 2011 Mexico stamp. 5
5. Harvest time
This colourful stamp, issued by Poland in
1966, celebrates Harvest Festival, a time of
celebration when crops are gathered. 6
6. American Independence Day
The 4 July is American Independence Day.
In 1976, the US issued a set of Spirit of 76
stamps which marked the 200th anniversary
of the Declaration of Independence. 7
7. Passover
The Jewish festival of Passover commemorates
the Biblical story of the Israelites being freed
from slavery in Egypt. This 1972 stamp from
Israel shows the Israelites leaving Egypt.
8
8. Thanksgiving
This 2001 USA stamp, issued for
Thanksgiving, includes a quilted background,
in tribute to US quilting heritage.
9. Deepvali
In 2012, India and Israel joined forces to issue a
9
Deepvali stamp for the Hindu festival of lights.
10. Christmas
Last month, Britain marked the fiftieth year of
Christmas postage stamps. This 1975 stamp 10
shows angels carrying a harp and lute.
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The Great Britain Philatelic Society held a
meeting at the recent Stampex event, during
which Tom Slemons FRPSL displayed a
section of his collection of the early postal
history of Suffolk. Tom explained the reasons
how, why and when a very diverse range of
marks and charges were made throughout
the county from the earliest known postal
marking from Ipswich in 1707 to the early
months of the Uniform Penny Post. For
Society details visit the website: www.gbps.org.
uk; e-mail: membership@gbps.org.uk.
The members of The Royal Philatelic Society
London were privileged to see a display and
presentation of Revenue stamps from the West
Indies at a recent meeting. The material was
shown by Michael Medlicott, and represented
just a small portion of a collection that
runs to around 10,000 pages. The countries
featured were British Guiana, Grenada,
Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Montserrat, St
Christopher (St Kitts), St Vincent, and
Trinidad & Tobago. Shown were mint and
used, including multiples, sometimes complete
sheets, plus artists sketches, essays, proofs and
The Pacific Islands Study Circle
Founded in 1962, the Pacific Islands Study
Circle (PISC) focuses on the stamps and
postal history of the smaller Pacific Islands
and the Indian Ocean islands of Christmas
and Cocos (Keeling). The group has around
300 worldwide members and is run by
collectors for collectors.
Over the years, the PISC has produced
a number of publications, many of which
are featured on the groups website www.
pisc.org.uk; two of the most recent are The
Picture Postcards of Fiji by John Dear, and
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varieties. For what are in many cases extremely
rare items, the condition throughout was
superlative. For Society details tel: 020 7486
1044; e-mail: adminmanager@rpsl.org.uk;
website: www.rpsl.org.uk
The Association of Sussex Philatelic Societies
recently held its annual South of England
Stamp and Postcard Fair at the Ardingly
showground. Sponsored by Cavendish
Auctions and with over forty dealers spread
over two floors in attendance, the fair continues
to be a highly successful event on the philatelic
calendar. In addition to the dealers tables
visitors were also able to view the exhibition
of Sussex Federation and British Thematic
Association annual competition entries. For the
first time the event was the venue for a British
Airmail Society meeting to which visitors were
invited to view a standing display. The 2017
fair will be held on Saturday 14 October.
The recent meeting of the Huntingdonshire
Philatelic Society was a members evening
when the subject was the letters M and
V. The evening started with stamps from
SPOTLIGHT ON
Collecting Easter Island by Steve Pendleton
and David Maddox.
From time to time, the group runs auctions,
details of which can be found on the website.
Only PISC members can bid on auction
items, and the next auction will feature
material from Tony Eastgate (Gilbert & Ellice
Islands, Kiribati and Tuvalu) and Peter Rodda
(Fiji covers and stamps).
The group holds an annual residential
conference, the most recent being held at
Hitchin in October, where members enjoyed
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Malta, Muscat George VI issues and Malaya
including Japanese Occupation Second World
War issues. Maritime postcards showing
shipping company liners and associated
ephemera including dinner menus and
advertising material were followed by pre-
stamp mail from Musselburgh and Fisherrow
along with postcards. For society details
contact D Birkert on tel: 01480 468037.
At the AGM members of the Birmingham
Philatelic Society voted overwhelmingly to
continue to run their season from February
through to October. The Society will
continue to meet every two weeks either
at the Birmingham and Midland Institute,
Margaret Street, in the City Centre or at
the Friends Meeting House, Cotteridge.
The latter venue will be used for daytime
meetings as it has parking facilities and
is close to Kings Norton Railway Station
and main bus routes from all parts of the
city. Full details of the seasons programme
and news available on website: www.
birminghamphilatelic.co.uk; facebook;
e-mail: alan.spencer9@btopenworld.com
a programmes of talks, displays and social
events. Other meetings are held occasionally
around the UK, including at Midpex and
the London office of Cavendish Auctions at
Putney. Members also keep in touch via the
groups quarterly journal Pacifica.
Annual UK membership is 16 or 7.50
to receive the journal digitally. Details of
non-UK subscriptions and non-sterling
payment rates can be found at www.pisc.org.
uk/membership-info.html where you can also
register as a UK member.
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STAMPS I
n the past twelve months, thousands of postage stamps have
been issued by countries right around the world. Designers
have reduced their artwork down to stamp size, proudly
representing their country whether they produce pragmatic
portraits of their leaders or colourful illustrations celebrating an

OF THE
event, anniversary or personality.
For some collectors the sheer number of new issues produced may
seem like overkill, yet others will argue that you cant have too much
of a good thing. Thematics collectors will have added a variety of

YEAR
nations stamps to their album, and many fans of sports, music, film
and countless other pastimes will have looked at postage stamps in a
new way thanks to the issues dedicated to their hobby or interest.
Each month in Stamp & Coin Mart, we bring you in-depth
listings of the new stamps issued around the world. This month as
we welcome in the new year, we wanted to take a moment or two to
look back on the many stamps issued during 2016, taking in some
of the most notable themes and recalling the most unusual, evocative
and beautiful designs. Which has been your favourite?

GOING FOR GOLD IN RIO

The Olympics year gave collectors of the sports

theme a huge range of stamps to collect as philatelic
bureaux around the world anticipated and then
celebrated the Rio Olympic Games.
As Olympic stamps collector and expert Bob
Wilcock noted in Stamp & Coin Mart, the number
of Rio stamps was relatively small compared to
previous years, but this number gradually increased
as the event got closer, and forming a collection
of Rio 2016 stamps would be a challenge for any
collector.
Brazil eventually got their stamp party started
with a sixteen-stamp miniature sheet issued in June
featuring fun illustrations of both Olympic and
Paralympic sports. The self-adhesive stamps were
oval-shaped and featured the familiar Olympic rings
alongside the Rio 2016 logos. The likes of Cyprus,
Serbia and Israel had already issued stamps by
then, and soon countries including Spain, Slovakia,
Colombia and Romania joined the list.
As the Games took place, Australia issued gold
medal stamps for their victorious athletes, as has SPORT FOR PEACE SPORT FOR PEACE

been a tradition since the Sydney Olympics in

2000, and New Zealand and Japan followed suit. SPORT FOR PEACE UNITED
NATIONS

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2016

Britain, meanwhile, did not issue any stamps for the Sport is a universal language and a
powerful tool for peace. It is based on 2016 47 47 UN
universal values such as fair play, 2016
TeamGB athletes, perhaps deciding that the many teamwork, tolerance and equality.
It brings people together for friendship
SPORT FOR PEACE SPORT FOR PEACE
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stamps issued for London 2012 were still keeping solidarity and, above all, peace.
The United Nations and the
International Olympic Committee have
collectors occupied. That left British collectors to long enjoyed strong ties by cooperat
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UN
pursue the Isle of Man stamps issued before the
build a more peaceful and better world.
In this spirit, the two organizations 2016 47 47 UN
work together to promote the Olympic 2016

Games, which featured images of TeamGB athletes Truce in the global call to cease all
hostilities worldwide during the
SPORT FOR PEACE SPORT FOR PEACE

in action, including the cyclists who dominated the

Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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THINK GREEN!

Protecting the environment has been a hot

topic for years now, and anyone collecting
stamps with a green theme has a wide choice
of stamps to add to their environmentally
friendly stamp album. The number of green
stamps increased dramatically this year, when
PostEurop decided that the theme for the
sixtieth anniversary of Europa stamps should
be Think Green.
To mark the six decades of postal
cooperation, it was decided that a common
design should be used across the continent.
The design, by Cyprus Post artist Doxia
Sergidou, was chosen from 24 entries and
has now been seen on stamps bearing many
different country names, from Azerbaijan
to the Vatican. The stamps show a cyclist
with wind turbines and green trees in the
background; above a hand paints the green
and white colours, painting over the grey
factories of the past. With so many nations
using it, could this be one of the most
widely used stamp designs of all time?
Of course, many countries also took the
chance to add their own designs beside the
standard artwork. Malta took the theme quite
literally, showing two heads side by side, one
full of green thoughts of a safer world, the
other head grey and occupied by traffic and
pollution. Meanwhile the Netherlands chose to
show off the VanMoof bike, an innovative, and
rather expensive, Dutch bicycle. No doubt the
makers of the bikes were rather pleased.
Lichtensteins colourful addition shows the
planet, green fields and trees below a rainbow,
and grey blocks of flats at the bottom. Grey, it
seems, is definitely the antithesis of green.
Countries such as Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Norway, and Greece
created designs that reflected and nicely
complemented the standard artwork. And
Britain? Royal Mail decided to ignore the
Europa theme for this year and did not
include the logo on any of their stamps. A
comment on environmental issues? A result
of the contentious EU Referendum? Or
perhaps just a reluctance to issue a stamp
designed by another postal administration.
For 2017 the Europa theme is Castles, so
prepare for a raft of stunning landscape photos,
historic documents and plans, and illustrations
of medieval characters, as each nation shows
off its history and heritage.

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THE QUEENS 90TH BIRTHDAY
The ninetieth birthday of the UKs longest serving monarch saw
celebrations take place across the UK and in countries around the
world. We take a look at stamps issued for this special birthday
Royal Mail, of course, has featured the Queen many times over the
decades, charting both landmarks in her reign and her ceremonial
role. This time, six stamps were issued featuring photos of the
Queen from childhood through to the present day. She is shown as
a child with her father King George VI, whose untimely death in
1952 made her queen at the age of 25. Next, we see the Queen as a
mother, standing with two of her children, Prince Charles (the heir
to the throne) and Princess Anne. The third black & white photo in
the set shows the Queen with her husband Prince Philip on one of
their overseas tours.
This was followed by a stamp sheet featuring four stamps showing
the Queen and the next three members of her family in line to
throne her son Prince Charles, grandson Prince William and
great-grandson Prince George.
The final three stamps show the Queen attending the
State Opening of Parliament, on a visit to New Zealand
in the Seventies and with Nelson Mandela in 1996.
Gibraltar Post took a similar linear approach,
with nine stamps featuring an image from each
decade of the Queens life. The 12p value
had a 1927 photo of a smiling Princess
Elizabeth, followed by images of her in
the Girl Guides (19p) as a young woman
(22p) with the remaining six photos showing
the monarch from the Sixties through to the
present day. A tenth stamp (5) had a full colour
image of the Queen dressed in formal regalia with a
navy blue sash and a tiara.
Of course, alongside her role of Head of State and the
Commonwealth, the Queen is a mother, grandmother and
great-grandmother and it was these roles which Jersey Post focused
upon for a ten-stamp set showing archive photos of the Queen as
a baby, with her parents and sister, her own children, her husband,
and finally her grandchildren and great-grandchild Prince George.
The background to each stamp has a repeating Happy 90th
birthday message, written in italic-style script.
For Alderney, the Queens more recent years were the focus of a six-
stamp issue showing the smiling monarch at Trooping the Colour and
Birthday Parades; both events at which the public can see the Queen
both during the ceremonies and sometimes afterwards on the balcony
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at Buckingham Palace
alongside other members
of the Royal Family. Each
of the stamps shows the
Queen wearing one of
her trademark brightly-
coloured hats. She is
known to select eye-
catching colours so that even someone at the very
back of a crowd can pick her out. She also tends to choose headwear
with an upturned rim so that her face can be seen and photographers
can capture her to best effect.
The Queen is one of the most photographed people in history
and Isle of Man Stamps enlisted the help of one of the most
experienced royal photographers, Arthur Edwards MBE, for
its Long To Reign Over Us birthday issue. Arthur has
photographed the Queen for almost forty years as press
photographer for The Sun newspaper and has also
accompanied her on over 100 overseas tours.
For the eight-stamp cover, Arthur selected
favourite photos from his own personal
album of images of the Queen.
Of course, its not only our own island
nations who paid tribute to this ninetieth
birthday, as Head of Commonwealth and Queen
of Australia, Canada and New Zealand, the Queen
is a well-known figure in countries around the world.
Australias two stamps, issued on 5 April, highlighted the
Queens involvement with the Armed Forces and her links to
Australia. The first stamp shows the Queen attending a garden party
for the Not Forgotten Association, which is held each year to remember
the contribution of the Armed Forces. Stamp two shows her wearing
a Diamond Wattle brooch which was presented her as a gift from the
people of Australia during her tour of the country in 1954, in the wake
of her Coronation.
With so many images of the Queen to choose from, stamp designers
are spoilt for choice when selecting that perfect image. New Zealand Post
took a novel approach to the challenge by issuing three stamps which,
when tilted reveal two other images, making nine images in total.
The Falkland Islands paid tribute the Queens sense of style with
four stamps carrying the words 90 Years of Style and showing
Elizabeth II carrying an umbrella, wearing a pastel blue outfit, posing
in a ballgown and walking through a field of ceramic poppies created
for the anniversary of the First World War. The theme was echoed in
stamps from Tristan da Cunha (four stamps with photos of Elizabeth
II in different outfits), the Bahamas (four stamps with fashion photos,
including one showing the Queen in the Bahamas), and British Virgin
Islands, with four stamps showing different outfits from over the years.
With several other nations, including Niue, Tokelau, Kiribati and
Palau also issuing celebratory stamps, this has been a strong year for royal
stamps, with some beautiful additions to any collection on this theme.
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SOCIAL ISSUES
Stamps have been used to relay messages to the wider world for
decades, even centuries; they can showcase national achievements
and events, inform citizens of a new initiative or idea, and have
even been used to distribute propaganda during wartime. Postage
stamps can also express messages and reflections on social issues,
from gender inequality to anti-poverty.
This year we have seen many stamps of this nature; reinforcing
global campaigns to improve society and forcing letter writers and
collectors to think about a particular issue. Naturally, the United
Nations Postal Administration are the pioneers of this socially
responsible use of stamps (though theyre not always so serious, as
an Angry Birds stamp sheet in April proved), but many post offices
have either joined forces with the UN or sent messages of their own.
The UN, with post offices in New York, Geneva and Vienna,
began the year with an issue dedicated to Free and Equal
UN for LGBT Equality, with six stamps featuring beautiful
illustrations by artist Sergio Baradat depicting gay families,
transgender people and coming out.
Luxembourg issued a single stamp back in March to celebrate
the Centre pour lEgalit de Traitement (CET). CETs mission is to
promote, analyse and monitor equal treatment between all persons
without discrimination based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation,
religion or belief, disabled and aging.
The UNs LGBT stamps were followed by another colourful set,
this time concerned with gender inequality. The HeForShe stamps
were issued as part of a wider campaign to engage men and boys
as advocates and agents of change for the achievement of gender
equality and womens rights. The campaign encourages them to
speak out and take action against inequalities faced by women and
girls. The striking stamps show half portraits of men and women
with the HeForShe logo in the background. You can more about the
HeForShe Campaign and the solidarity movement at the website:
www.heforshe.org
The, at times, traditional world of stamp collecting was shocked
when Finland issued three stamps in 2014 featuring homoerotic
artwork by Tom of Finland, the pseudonym of Finnish artist Touko
Laaksonen. We shouldnt have been. Stamps have always been used
to express cultures and ideas, the trend for stamps to ask difficult
questions and challenge our current thinking is another example of
the unique format pushing back boundaries and remaining relevant
in our increasingly complex modern world.
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THE STAMPS OF 2016
SHAKESPEARE 400
The 400th anniversary of the death of William
Shakespeare has seen some attractive stamps
from around the world, as our round up reveals
Royal Mail honoured the British-born bard with ten stamps featuring
popular Shakespeare quotes from plays and sonnets. Unlike other
postal authorities, none of the stamps carried an image of Shakespeare,
instead his words were the central feature of the issue design.
Shakespeare was the first non-royal to appear on a British stamp,
back in 1964, on the 400th anniversary of his birth, and his famous
portrait was featured on a 2006 GB National Portrait Gallery stamp.
On these 2016 stamps, the ten chosen quotations are taken from
eight of Shakespeares plays, one from the poem Venus and Adonis and
one from Sonnet 30. Four of the featured plays (Hamlet, Julius Caesar,
The Tempest, Macbeth and King Richard II) are based on Shakespeares
dramatisation of history; whilst the other four tell stories from the
Bards imagination, often bringing in influences from other plays and
writings which Shakespeare had read.
Tristan da Cunha took a non-traditional approach to the anniversary
with four stamps, issued on 4 July featuring cartoon depictions of
scenes from A Midsummer Nights Dream, Macbeth, Hamlet and The
Merry Wives of Windsor. The accompanying First Day Cover carries
illustrations of the Globe Theatre and William Shakespeare.
Ascension Island issued four stamps showing characters from
Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Henry V and Romeo & Juliet. The Henry V
stamp is particularly striking, showing the king in battle mounted in a
horse and carrying a St George banner.
Pitcairn Islands enlisted the assistance of designer Lucas Kukler to
create four stamps which show Shakespeare plays being performed
within the Globe Theatre. The dramatic designs show the Three
Witches gathering in Macbeth (1), Hamlet clutching a skull (1.80)
animal characters from A Midsummer Nights Dream (2), and Romeo
speaking to Juliet on her balcony (2.20). A central panel on the
horizontal strip of stamps features William Shakespeare.
Ghanas four-stamp sheet has paintings of scenes from Romeo &
Juliet (by James Northcote), Hamlet and Macbeth (by Henry Fuseli),
and King Lear (painted by William Blake). The centre of the sheet has
a Shakespeare portrait set against a black background.
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SPACE STAMPS

While British astronaut Tim Peake was taking time out

during his mission on-board the International Space
Station (ISS) to sign seven special stamp covers produced
by the Isle of Man and the Royal Aeronautical Society, it
was the USA who issued the most space stamps in 2016,
with sets dedicated to celestial bodies and successful
space missions, and another set of four paying homage to
one of the worlds most popular science fiction TV series.
Issued on 22 February, the simple circular stamp
dedicated to the Moon, features a detailed photograph of
the full moon, the image capturing the brilliant surface
of Earths only natural satellite. With a Forever value of
$1.20, the stamp covered the international rate, and we
were pleased to see the stamp on letters received in the
Stamp & Coin Mart office.
At the end of May the USAs stamps took another
look at the solar system, this time going much further
than the 238,900 miles to the moon, to take in crisp
photographs of the planets. A sixteen-stamp sheet
featured eight different designs, including an image of
Earth, though Pluto was instead featured on a different
set issued on the same day.
May also saw the US Post helped NASA celebrate
the success of the New Horizons mission, which saw
a spacecraft conduct a six-month-long reconnaissance
flyby study of Pluto and its moons in summer 2015.
NASA technicians had placed a 1991 29c Pluto: Not
Yet Explored stamp onboard the spacecraft before lift-
off, and so it was no surprise that the US issued more
stamps this year to update the world on our exploration
of Pluto. The two stamps showed the New Horizons
spacecraft and an image of Pluto, respectively.
Back down on Earth, USA stamps celebrated National
Parks, early US stamps, soda fountain favourites, and
pickup trucks, but it was the September set of four that
gained most attention, marking the fiftieth anniversary
of the TV sci-fi classic Star Trek. The colourful stamps
featured illustrations of the Starship Enterprise and
Starfleet insignia, a crewman in transporter, the Starship
Enterprise and planet, and the Starship Enterprise, planet
and Vulcan hand salute. Meanwhile Canada Post issued
stamps showing the programmes famous characters
including Captain Kirk famously played by Canadian
actor William Shatner.
The rest of the world also took time to look to the
stars in 2016 while recalling previous landmarks. Spain
issued a single stamp to mark the 35th anniversary of
the launch of the first space shuttle Columbia; Romania
marked 950 years since the passing of Halleys Comet,
observed in 1066; and Russia turned the clock back 55
years to remember the first manned flight into space
in April, while also promoting their GLONASS space
navigation system on a single value in July.

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GREAT BRITAIN
(listed in every issue)
Note: the following item is a re-listing, to correct
and augment information given in December
2016 issue (002)
001Machin definitive booklet, with self-
adhesive stamps. Padlock cover design
(A) First version. Issue date July 28, 2016
Printer: Walsall Security Printing,
Wolverhampton, gravure; Perforations: die-cut
14.75 x 14.25 with elliptical cut-outs on vertical
sides. Two phosphor bands.
Self-adhesive booklet (3.84):
Machin 1st (64p) x six copies, in Post Office red
(orange-red shade, as previously used for
retail booklets). Security overlay has coding
M16L / MSIL
Inside back cover has repeating wavy line text
ROYAL MAIL in grey-blue (stamp surround
has been removed)
Front cover depicts gold padlock bearing an
image of a Machin 1st stamp
6 x 1st on front cover has nearly closed 6 and
no cross-piece on the base of the 1
Inside front cover has stamp validity information
and Royal Mail contacts, in black (bold lettering)
Back cover carries slogan THE FUTURE. IN
SAFE HANDS, Royal Mail logo, and barcode
(B) Second version. Issue date Oct 28,
2016 Printer: Walsall Security Printing,
Wolverhampton, gravure; Perforations: die-cut
14.75 x 14.25 with elliptical cut-outs on vertical
sides. Two phosphor bands
Self-adhesive booklet (3.84):
Machin 1st (64p) x six copies, in revised Post
Office red (deep scarlet shade). Security overlay
has coding M16L / MSIL
Inside back cover has repeating wavy line text
ROYAL MAIL in grey-blue (stamp surround has
been removed)
Front cover depicts gold padlock bearing an
image of a Machin 1st stamp.
6 x 1st on front cover has open 6 and a cross-
piece to the base of the 1
Inside front cover has stamp validity information
and Royal Mail contacts, in black (not bold, in
new Chevin condensed font)
Back cover carries slogan THE FUTURE. IN
SAFE HANDS, Royal Mail logo, and barcode
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Your comprehensive guide to the
latest new stamps from around the world
002 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of
London, six values (two non-denominated)
Issue date: September 2, 2016; Design: by
The Chase, from illustrations by John Higgins;
Printer: Cartor, offset; Perforations: 14.25 x
14.25. Two phosphor bands
1st (64p) - September 2, 1666. Fire breaks out
at a bakery in Pudding Lane (scene
at bakery); Thomas Farriner and his
daughter escape through a window
1st (64p) - September 2, 1666. Fire spreads
rapidly, families flee, many to the
river (family fleeing fire, people
boarding boats on Thames)
1.05 - September 3, 1666. Houses are
pulled down to create breaks and
prevent the fire from spreading
1.05 - September 4, 1666. As the fire
reaches St Pauls citizens witness
the cathedrals destruction,
belongings stored inside fuel
the flames
1.52 - September 5, 1666. Fire dies out
and many gather at Moorfields,
temporary food markets are set up
across London
1.52 - September 11, 1666. Christopher 1.52 - Scene from The Body in the Library
Wren develops plans for
regeneration of the City and
presents them to King Charles II
Notes: the sheets contain horizontally se-tenant
pairs of stamps of the same denomination
003 Ladybirds. Post and Go labels, six self-
adhesive designs
Issue date: 14th September 2015; Design:
Osborne Ross from illustrations by Chris
Wormell; Printer: ISP, digital print and
thermography
Non-denominated self-adhesive labels:
Seven-spot ladybird
Fourteen-spot ladybird
Orange ladybird
Heather ladybird
Striped ladybird
Water ladybird
Notes: philatelic version with preprinted
inscriptions (code C002) was sold as a strip
of six x 1st Class in a Pack (3.84). We
understand labels from operational machines in
post offices or enquiry offices (multiple choice
of values available, thermographic coding) had
M002 coding; machines at stamp exhibitions
issued labels with code A002 or B002. Other
codings may exist
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004 Agatha Christie, Queen of Crime,
1890-1976. Scenes from her novels,
six values
Issue date: September 15, 2016; Design: Studio
Sutherl&; Printer: Cartor, offset; Perforations:
14.5 x 14.5. Two phosphor bands.
006
1st (64p) - Scene from Murder on the Orient
Express (1934). Steam train
underway in moonlight. Moonlight
and smoke clouds combine to
form a silhouette of Hercule Poirot
(fictional detective)
1st (64p) - Scene from And Then There Were
007
None (1940). Island in moonlight
which has profile of a head/skull.
Reflections on sea form rhyme Ten
Little Soldier Boys
1.33 - Scene from The Mysterious Affair at
Styles (written in 1915, published
008
1920). Characters in lamplight in
drawing room at Styles Court
1.33 - Scene from The Murder of Roger
Ackroyd (1925). Body in armchair
before fire, with bloodstained letter,
and silhouette of murderer
holding knife 009
(1942). Outline of body on floor, hat
with ribbon and spectacles of Miss
Marple (amateur detective)
forming her image
1.52 - Scene from A Murder is Announced
(1950). Woman holding paper which
announces the murder, in spotlight
in form of a clock
Notes: the stamps contain microprinting and
special visual effects (including some visible
only under ultra-violet light). To help readers 010
track these clues, there was a report on page
11 of the December 2016 issue of
Stamp & Coin Mart
The sheets contain horizontally se-tenant pairs
of stamps of the same denomination
005 950th anniversary of the Battle of 011
Hastings, premium commemorative sheet
Issue date: October 14, 2016; Design: Silk
Pearse. Flag stamp design by Peter Crowther;
Printer: Cartor, offset; Perforations: 14.5 x 14
with ellipticals on vertical sides (stamps);
Two phosphor bands.
Self-adhesive sheetlet
(sold at 14.95) - contains
1st (64p) x ten copies -
Flag of England (Cross of St George)
Each stamp is adjacent to a differently designed 012
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label, depicting an episode in the run-up to the
battle, the battle itself, and the aftermath, as
shown on the Bayeux Tapestry
LUXEMBOURG
(previously listed in September 2016 issue)
013
006 50th anniversary of Ligue HMC,
one value
Issue date: March 11, 2014;
Design: Apart.lu; Printer: bPost Stamps,
Belgium; Perforations: 11.4 x 11.6
0.60 - Ligue HMC logo, building (artwork)
Notes: Foundation for aid and education of
the mentally handicapped, working for their
integration into society
014
007 50th anniversary of LASEP (Sports
League of Primary Schools), one value
Issue date: March 11, 2014;
Design: Apart.lu; Printer: bPost Stamps,
Belgium; Perforations: 11.4 x 11.6
0.60 - LASEP mascot (cartoon fox in
running vest), children at
sports meetings
008 Centenary of the Red Cross in
Luxembourg, one value
Issue date: March 11, 2014;
Design: Comed; Printer: bPost Stamps, Belgium;
Perforations: 11.6 x 11.4
0.60- Mnschen hllefen / 100ans
016 (graphic inscription)
009 Centenary of Scouting in Luxembourg,
one value
Issue date: March 11, 2014;
Design: Apart.lu; Printer: bPost Stamps,
Belgium; Perforations: 11.4 x 11.6
0.60 - Emblem, and slogan Live It, Love It,
Scout It (in English)
017
010 80th anniversary of the Federation of
Philatelic Societies in Luxembourg (FSPL),
two values in a miniature sheet
Issue date: March 11, 2014;
Design: Ann Melan (photomontages); Printer:
Cartor, France; Perforations 13.9 x 13.9.
Miniature sheet - contains (symbolical)
0.60 - Wooden desk with picture of
Luxembourg Cit (and bridge) on top of it, with
water running off; mock stamp with depiction of
Luxembourg
0.60 - Wooden desk top with stamp
stockbook, loose stamps, magnifying glass,
table lamp, hand holding tweezers
Notes: border includes FSPL logo, phone loaded
with stamp app
018
102 JANUARY 2017
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011 50th anniversary of large-vessel
Shipping on the River Mosel, one value
Issue date: May 8, 2014;
Design: Stefan Klein and Olaf Neumann; Printer:
Cartor, offset; Perforations: 13 x 13
0.85 - Flags of members of the Mosel
Commission (France, Luxembourg,
Germany), bow-wake of
ship, inscription
Notes enlargement of the waterway, 1962-1964
012 175th anniversary of the Independence
of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and
150th anniversary of first recital of Ons
Heemecht (Our Homeland), two values
Issue date: May 8, 2014;
Design: Binsfeld; Printer: bPost Stamps,
Belgium; Perforations: 13 x 13.3
0.60 - Lion of Luxembourg (false colour
drawing, after sculpture by August
Tremont outside Luxembourg
City Hall
0.60 - Raised hand of a conductor, and
inscription noting anthem (1864),
subsequently put to music by Jean-
Baptiste Zinnen
POLAND
(previously listed in June 2016 issue)
013 Distinctive Polish Regional Products.
Korycinski Cheese, one value
Issue date: July 17, 2015; Design: Agnieszka
Sanciewicz; Printer: PWPW, Poland, offset;
Perforations: 11.5 x 11.5 with elliptical cut-outs.
5zl - Cattle in field, a Korycinski cheese
with sliced segment
014 Historic Organs. The Baroque Organ
of the Cistercian Abbey of Jedrzejw, two
values in a miniature sheet
Issue date: June 15, 2015;
Design: Marzanna Dabrowska; Printer: PWPW,
offset; Perforations: 11.5 x 11.5
Miniature sheet - contains 4.20zl - lower
section of the pipe organ; 8.30zl - upper section
of the organ.
Border depicts gilded sculptures from the
organs body frame, and ceiling vaulting
015 Bicentenary of the Birth of Saint John
Bosco, one value in a miniature sheet
Issue date: August 16, 2015;
Design: Maciej Jedrysik; Printer: PWPW, offset;
Perforations: 11.5 x 11.5
Miniature sheet 5.20zl - portrait of Don Bosco,
1815-1888, Italian Father and Teacher of
Youth, founder of the Salesian Congregation,
and eight boys
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016 Radom 2015 Air Show,
two values in a sheetlet of eight
Issue date: August 22, 2015; Design: Andrzej
Gozik; Printer: PWPW, offset; Perforations: 11.5
x 11.5 with elliptical cut-outs
Sheetlet - contains
2.35zl x 4 copies - PZL Orlik turboprop aircraft
2.35zl x 4 copies - PZL SW-4
Puszczyk helicopter
Notes: stamps are se-tenant in chequer
formation with the sheetlet
017 Optimist Sailing World Championships
2015, Dziwnw, Poland, one value
Issue date: August 26, 2015;
Design: Jacek Konarzewski;
Printer: PWPW, offset;
Perforations: 11.5 x 11.5 with elliptical cut-outs
1.75xl - Otimist yachts
Notes: stylised design, printed in
sheets of nine stamps
018 Beauty Captured in Metal.
Microstructures of Metal Castings,
four values in a miniature sheet
Issue date: September 11, 2015;
Design: Marzanna Dabrowska; Printer:
PWPW, offset and screenprinted (serigraphy);
Perforations: 11.5 x 11.25
1.75zl - Image of the microstructure
of ductile iron
1.75zl - Image of the microstructure
of aluminium bronze
1.75zl - Image of the microstructure
of sheet iron
1.75zl - Image of the microstructure of
austempered ductile iron
019 Definitives. Flowers, two values
Issue date: September 15, 2015;
Design: Marzanna Dabrowska; Printer: PWPW,
gravure; Perforations: 11.5 x 11.75
10gr - Water lily
5zl - Red rose
020 Quotations, two values in sheetlets
Issue date: September 23, 2015; Design: Jacek
Konarzowski (cartoons); Printer: PWPW, offset;
Perforations: 11,5 x 11.5 with elliptical cut-outs
Sheetlet 2.35zl x 6 copies - Woman sharing a
living room with a crocodile
Illustrates quotation by Aleksander Fredo from
Zemstva which translates as If you want what
best for me, buy me a crocodile, my love
Sheetlet 2.35zl x 6 copies -
Pack of dogs amid trees
Illustrates quotation by Sefan erominski, from
Popioly, which translates as And the hounds
went into the forest
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021 Warsaw City Post (local post)
Centenary, one value
Issue date: September 23, 2015;
Design: Maciej Jedrysik; Printer: PWPW, offset;
Perforations: 11.5 x 11.5 with elliptical cut-outs
2.35zl - Post Office workers photographed
in 1915, and postmans cap
on hatstand
022 XVII International Fryderyk Chopin
Piano Competition, one value
Issue date: October 1, 2015; Design: Maciej
Jedrysik; Printer: PWPW, offset; Perforations:
11.5 x 11.5 with elliptical cut-outs
1.75zl - Pianist on grand piano, and jury
(graphic repeated four times at
different angles)
Notes: printed in sheetlets of nine stamps with
illustrated borders
023 50th anniversary of Letter of
Reconciliation from Polish Bishops to
German Bishops, one value
Issue date: October 23, 2015;
Design: Maciej Jedrysik; Printer: PWPW, offset
and embossed; Perforations: 11.5 x 11
1.75zl - Cross-shaped seedling sprinkled
with concrete dust (symbolical)
024 Owls of Poland,
four values in a sheetlet of eight
Issue date: October 23, 2015;
Design: Marzanna Dabrowska; Printer: PWPW,
gravure; Perforations: 11.5 x 11.75
Sheetlet - contains
2.35zl - Eagle owl, Bubo bubo
2.35zl - Boreal, or Tengmalms owl,
Aegolius funereus
2.35zl - Barn owl, Tyto alba
2.35zl - Great grey owl, Strix nebulosa
Notes: stamps, depicting heads of owls, are
each composite with an illustrated label and tab,
depicting pairs of owls on tree branches
025 Stars of Stage and Screen,
three values and a miniature sheet
Issue date: October 31, 2015;
Design: Marzanna Dabrowska, after publicity
shots; Printer: PWPW, gravure; Perforations:
11.5 x 12 with elliptical cut-outs
1.70zl - Jerzy Pichelski, 1903-1963, actor
2.35zl - Hanka Pielicka, 1915-2006,
singer and actress
4.20zl - Aleksander Zelwerowicz,
1877-1955, actor
026 Christmas 2015, three values
Issue date: November 16, 2015;
Design: Maciej Jedrysik; Printer: PWPW,
gravure; Perforations 11.5 x 11.5
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1.75zl - The Nativity (
stable scene with animals)
2.35zl - The Annunciation
5.20zl - The Adoration of the Magi
027 250th anniversary of the Founding of
the National Theatre, Warsaw, one value
Issue date: November 19, 2015;
Design: Jacek Konarzowski; Printer: PWPW,
gravure; Perforations: 11.5 x 11
1.35zl - Portrait painting of Wojciech
Boguslawsi, 1757-1829, by
Jzef Rejchan, 1798
Notes: Boguslawski was an actor, founder and
Director of the National Theatre
028 Day of the Rights of Children, one value
Issue date: November 20, 2015; Design:
Aleksander Pietrzak (graphic art); Printer:
PWPW, gravure; Perforations 11.5 x 11
1.75zl - Girl and boy
029 Commemoration of Wadysaw
Bartoszewski, 1922-2015, one value
Design: Agnieszka Sanciewicz; Printer: PWPW,
gravure; Perforations: 11.5 x 11.5
1.75zl - Signature and portrait of the
university professor, historian
and politician
030 Sixth centenary of the Birth of Jan
Dugosz, 1415-1480, one value
Issue date: November 30, 2015;
Design: Jacek Konarzewski; Printer: PWPW,
gravure; Perforations: 11 x 11.5
1.75zl - Dugoscz, priest, diarist / chronichler,
and political emissary (diplomat),
and view of old Krakow
031 Witnesses of Hope. Polish Missionaries,
one value in a sheetlet
Issue date: December 5, 2015; Design:
Aleksander Pietrzak; Printer: PWPW, offset;
Perforations: 11.5 x 11.5 with elliptical cut-outs.
Sheetlet - contains 1.75zl x six copies,
Micha Tomaszek, 1960-1991, and Zbigniew
Srzakowski, 1958-1991 (photograph),
Notes: missionaries in Peru killed in the Maoist
uprising, and golden pattern
032 UNESCO World Heritage Sites: The
Wooden Churches of the Carpathians,
two values
Issue date: December 18, 2015;
Design: Andrzej Gosik; Engraving: Przemysaw
Krajewski; Printer: PWPW, recess and gravure;
Perforations: 11 x 11
5zl - The Church of Saint Paraskiewy,
Kwiato, Poland, 17th century
5zl - The Church of Saint Jerzego,
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Drohobycz, Ukraine,
15th-16th centuries
Notes: joint issue with Ukraine Post
TOKELAU
(previously listed in December 2016 issue)
033 90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, 018
four values
Issue date: May 4, 2016;
Design: Hannah StanCliffe-White, from
photographs; Printer: Stamps and Collectables,
NZ Post, offset. Perforations: 14 x 14.
45c - Elizabeth, Duchess of York, holding
the toddler Princess Elizabeth
$1.40 - Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip
holding their first child, Charles
018
$2.00 - Queen Elizabeth and
Prince Philip c1970s
$3.00 - Recent photograph of Queen
Elizabeth II in pale lemon outfit
034 The MV Mataliki, ferry and transport
ship serving Tokelau, four values and a
miniature sheet
Issue date: August 3, 2016; Design: Hannah
Stancliffe-White (cameo photographs); Printer:
Stamps and Collectables, NZ Post, offset.
Perforations: 14.28 x 14.47
45c - Bow of MV Mataliki
$1.40 - MV Mataliki off Tokelau
$2 - MV Mataliki in port
$4 - MV Mataliki in Tokelau, as seen by
passengers conveyed to her in
a barge
Miniature sheet - contains the four values, in
se-tenant strip
Notes: the ship, built 2014-2015 by Western
Marine Dockyard, Chittagong, Bangladesh,
made its first voyage Tokelau from Apia, Samoa,
starting February 3, 2016
VANUATU
(previously listed in May 2014 issue)
035 10th anniversary of the Underwater
Post Office, Hideaway Island, one value in a
miniature sheet
Issue date: December 11, 2013; Design: Denise
Durkin; Printer: Southern Colour Print, New
Zealand, offset; Perforations 14 x 14
Miniature sheet 350vt - view of the Post Office
by the coral reef, with postal clerk in booth, and
approching scuba diver
Border depicts the fibreglass booth before its
lowering to the sea bed, and Vanuatu Post staff
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036 Fiji-Vanuatu Joint Issue. Completion
of the Southern Cross Submarine Cable
System linking Vanuatu with Fiji,
six values se-tenant in strip with label
Issue date: January 15, 2014; Design: Denise
Durkin; Printer: Southern Colour Print, NZ, offset;
Perforations 14.25 x 14
40vt - Alcatel cable-laying ship le de R,
and workers hauling cable
130vt - Divers on sea bed
checking line of cable
180vt - Computers network
cable connections
Label: globe and map
Fiji stamps F$6.00; F$1.20; F$0.60, three
different designs
Notes: the three Fiji stamps form the right hand
section of the seven-stamp-size se-tenant strip
037 WAN SMOLBAG Community Theatre,
four values
Issue date: May 7, 2014;
Design: Denise Durkin from Wan Smolbag
photographs; Printer: Southern Colour Print, NZ,
offset; Perforations: 13.9 x 14.1
10vt - Poster showing legs of walking
islanders, entitled Step Wan
40vt - Poster advertising performance
of a play promoting turtle
conservation action
120vt - Love Patrol, scene from WSB
(Wan Smolbag) sponsored TV
programme on family values and
reproductive health
034 300vt - Scene from Wan Smolbag play
Las Kad, and pack of cards
038 Cocktails in Paradise. Vanuatu
Cocktails, four self-adhesive values
Issue date: July 23, 2014;
Design: Denise Durkin; Printer: Southern Colour
Print, NZ, offset; Perforations: die-cut freeform
around shape of cocktail glass
70vt - Feel The Heat cocktail,
and volcanic eruption
100vt - Posties Delight cocktail, and
Underwater Post Office
at Hideaway Island
180vt - Sea Breeze cocktail
and drink on caf table
250vt - Paradise Punch: Orange cocktail
and moored yacht at sunset
Notes: stamps are die-cut in a freeform shape of
a cocktail glass. The 180vt is International Post
039 Extreme Sports in Vanuatu, four values
Issue date: October 28, 2014; Design: Design:
Denise Durkin; Printer: Southern Colour Print,
NZ, offset; Perforations: 14.55 x 14, or 14 x
046 14.55 (120vt and 160vt)
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50vt - Kiteboarding
120vt - Off-road driving
(four-wheel drive vehicles)
160vt - Parasailing
190vt - Jet-boating
040 Commemorating Nelson Mandela,
1918-2013, four values
Issue date: December 5, 2014;
Design: Denise Durkin from Press Association
photographs, plus flags of Vanuatu and South
Africa. Printer: Southern Colour Print, NZ,
offset; Perforations: 14.67 x 13.9
40vt - Nelson Mandela raising clenched fist
120vt - Nelson Mandela in
orange University gown
150vt - Nelson Mandela with the
FIFA World Cup trophy
200vt - Nelson Mandela in an armchair
041 Made in Vanuatu, four values
Issue date: March 18, 2015;
Denise Durkin; Printer: Southern Colour Print,
NZ, offset; Perforations: 14.25 x 14
20vt - ACTIV craft cooperative Association
workshop and craft producers with
their products (mats, baskets etc)
80vt - Venui Vanilla: woman packing
organic vanilla pods, and
vanilla plantation
150vt - The Summit beauty and body
care products: array of packaged
products, and planted growing area
300vt - Vanuatu Bijouterie - woman and
crafted costume jewellery, including
a pigs-tusk bracelet
042 Fine Cuisine (Gastronomy in Vanuatu),
four values
Issue date: October 28, 2015; Design:Denise
Durkin; Printer: Southern Colour Print, NZ,
offset; Perforations: 14 x 14.25
120vt - Eratap Beach Resort, Etafe Island
120vt - Francescas
120vt - The Havannah
120vt - LHoustalet
Notes: designs depict table settings at
restaurants in Vanuatu resorts. All values have
an International Post blue flash
043 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games 2016,
four values
Issue date: May 11, 2016; Design: Denise
Durkin; Printer: Southern Colour Print, NZ,
offset; Perforations: 13.75 x 14.25
40vt - Table tennis and fencing
90vt - Taekwando and beach volleyball
150vt - Boxing and rowing
200vt - Rowing and judo
Notes: the 90vt and 200vt values have an
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VATICAN CITY
(previously listed in September 2016 issue)
044 51st International Eucharistic
Congress, Cebu, Philippines, two values
Issue date: February 1, 2016;
Design: Gabriella Tiotto; Printer: Printex Ltd,
Malta, offset; Perforations 13.75 x 13.5
0.95 - The Holy Child of Cebu, a 16th
century figure kept in Cebu basilica;
wheatears and grapes
1.00 - Basilica of St Nicholas, Cebu (16th
century); Sun; cross; statues
045 Fourth Year of the Pontificate of Pope
Francis, four values, and a miniature sheet
Issue date: February 1, 2016;
Designs: from photographs; Printing: Cartor,
France, offset; Perforations: 13.25 x 13.
0.95 - Pope Francis making sign of the
cross, during his thomily at Synod of
Bishops, October 4, 2015
1.00 - Pope with a child, during a Papal
Audience (November 18, 2015)
2.30 Pope smiling, during address
(October 28, 2015)
noting 50th anniversary
of the Vatican II Declaration
3.00 - Pope giving a homily on Saints Peter
and Paul (June 29, 2015)
Miniature sheet: contains the
four-values, in a se-tenant strip
Border: depicts St Peters Basilica, Vatican City
046 Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy,
two values
Issue date: February 1, 2016;
Design: Stefano Morri; :Printer: Cartor, France,
offset; Perforations: 13.25 x 13
0.95 - Feed the Hungry: woman donating
bread to migrants arriving on
Mediterranean beach
1.00 - Give Drink to the Thirsty: a Muslim,
a Christian and a Jew meeting
at a well-head, and their places
of worship (church, mosque,
synagogue)
047 Easter 2016. Stained Glass Windows
from the Church of St Angela Merici, Milan,
two values in a sheetlet
Issue date: February 1, 2016;
Design: from windows by Jnos Hajnal (Italian -
Hungarian artist);
Printer: BDT, Ireland, offset;
Perforations: 14 x 14.6
Sheetlet: four stamps in chequer arrangement
0.95 x 2 copies - Window, The Crucified Christ
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0.95 x 2 copies - Window, Christ
Rising from tomb
048 World Youth Day Cracow 2016, one
value and a miniature sheet
Issue date: May 10, 2016;
Design: Monika Rybczyska (logo).
Printer: PWPW, Poland, gravure (sheetlet)
or recess and gravure (miniature sheet).
Perforations: 11.25 x 11.5, or 11.25 x 10.75
(miniature sheet).
Sheetlet: four stamps (2 x 2)
1.00 Pope Francis and young people
Miniature sheet:
4.50 Pope Francis.
Border depicts young people, Cracow 2016
logo, and words to the Chaplet of
Divine Mercy (1935)
Notes: joint issue with Poland Post
049 Bicentenary of the Gendarmerie Corps,
two values
Issue date: May 10, 2016;
Design: Cynthia Capuana; Printer: BDT, Ireland,
offset; Perforations: 14 x 14.75.
0.95 Papal gendarme in ceremonial
uniform, and view of St Peters
Basilica from the Vatican Gardens
1.00 - Papal gendarme in the current
uniform, and view of
St Peters Square
Notes: established by Pius VII in 1816 after the
Congress of Vienna restored the Papal States
050 Europa 2016. Think Green,
one value in a sheetlet
Issue date: May 10, 2016;
Design: Ms Doxia Sergidou. Printer: Printex Ltd,
Malta, offset; Perforations: 13.75 x 13.75
Sheetlet:
0.95 x 6 copies - Hand recolouring from black
to green view of a cyclist passing factories,
blocks of flats, parkland and wind turbines
Border depicts dome of
St Peters Basilica, cyclist
051 Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy
(Jubilee of Mercy), second issue. Clothe the
Naked and Shelter the Homeless, two values
Issue date: May 10, 2016;
Design: David Marasin; Printer: BDT, Ireland,
offset; Perforations: 14.75 x 14
0.95 - Refugee family receiving aid (warm
clothing and blankets
1.00 - Refugee family being
taken in at a house
Notes: a set of postal stationery illustrated
postcards was also released
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052 Canonization of Mother Teresa,
one value
Issue date: September 4, 2016;
Design: Patrizio Daniele; Printer: Printex Ltd,
Malta, offset; Perforations: 13.65 x 13.75.
0.95 - Saint Teresa of Calcutta with a
young child; portrait in robes of
Missionaries of Charity; church
053 8th Centenary of the Death of Pope
Innocent III, one value
Issue date: September 13, 2016; Design:
Marina Richterova; Printer: Cartor, France,
offset; Perforations: 13 x 13.25.
0.95 - Portrait of the Pope, from a
fresco; map of Ottoman contolled
lands overlain by red cross and a
woodpecker (flying east), St Francis
(of Assisi) and a Crusader knight
054 350th anniversary of the Declaration
of Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted as
Patroness of Luxembourg,
one value in sheetlet of four
Issue date: September 13, 2016; Design:
Daniela Longo; Printer: French Stamp Printing
Works (PhilaPoste), recess;
Perforations: 13 x 13.25
Sheetlet: contains
1.00 x 4 copies - Marian icon (wood and
limestone sculpture) and views of Cathedral of
Luxembourg and St Peters Basilica
Sheetlet has gutter label showing the altar, with
the 16th century icon, of Notre-Dame Cathedral,
Luxembourg - Cit
Notes: a religious Festival was staged in 2016
where the Marian icon was processed all
around the Duchy of Luxembourg
055 75th anniversary of the Death of
Maximilian Kolbe, one value
Issue date: September 13, 2016; Design:
Marco Ventura (painting); Printer: Cartor, offset;
Perforations: 13.25 x 13.
1.00 - Maximilian Kolbe preaching,
with banner bearing his motto,
whilst sheltering unfortunates and
deportees; palm tree (symbolic)
Notes: Polish Franciscan priest, deported to
Auschwitz in May 1941, declared saint and
martyr in 1982 by Pope John Paul II
056 Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy
(Jubilee of Mercy), fourth issue, Visit the Sick
and the Imprisoned, two values
Issue date: September 13, 2016; Design:
Orietta Rossi; Printer: Cartor, France, offset;
Perforations: 13 x 13.25.
0.95 - Prisoners behing bars, their
hands reaching out to touch
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compassionate visitors
1.00 - Woman visiting a sick person,
bowing her head over him
057 Apostolic Journeys of Pope Francis in
2015, one value in a miniature sheet
Issue date: September 13, 2016; Printer: Lowe-
Martin Group, Canada, offset.
Perforations: 12.75 x 13.25.
Miniature sheet 4.00 - Pope Francis waving,
whilst on a Papal journey
Border and background: world map and list of
places visited in 2015
WALLIS and FUTUNA
(previously listed in August 2013 issue)
058 Introduction of New Banknotes,
four values
Issue date: January 24, 2014;
Design: Outre-Mer Stamp Agency, Paris; Printer:
PhilaPoste, France, offset and screenprinting;
Perforations: 13 x 13
50f - 500 Pacific franc banknote, 047
depicting plants
90f - 1000 Pacific franc banknote,
depicting ray and turtle
115f - 5000 Pacific franc banknote,
depicting shell, angelfish and corals
800f - 10000 Pacific franc banknote,
depicting war clubs and traditional
island houses
Notes: these high value stamps were printed in
sheets of 10 (2 x 5) 048
059 Endemic Flora, one value
Issue date: February 18, 2014;
Design: Service de lEnvironnement; Printer:
PhilaPoste, offset; Perforations: 13 x 13
95f - Cyrtandra futunae growing
on beach (artwork)
Notes: this plant is known to grow only
on Futuna
060 Everyday Life, one value
Issue date: March 5, 2014; Design: painting
by Rebecca Kulimoetoke; Printer: PhilaPoste,
offset; Perforations: 13 x 13
95f - Fai Koka, communal making of
ngatu (tapa cloth)
061 Canonisation of Pope John XXIII and of
Pope John Paul II, two values
Issue date: April 27, 2014; Design: F Jaupitre;
Printer: PhilaPoste, offset; Perforations: 13 x 13
100f - Pope John Paul II (Karol Jzef
Wojtyla, 1920-2005
100f - Pope John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe
Roncalli, 1881-1958
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A G Power: 050
Animals: 026 Gardens: 019, 049, 050 Press & publishing: 004
Architecture: 006, 030, 032, 044, 049, 050 Government: 012, 049, 053, 058 Printing: 004
Art: 006, 010, 012, 014, 020, 027, 046, 053, 054,
055, 056, 059, 060 H R
Aviation: 016 Helicopters: 016 Railways: 004
Historians: 029, 030 Red Cross: 008
B Horses: 005 Refugees: 046, 051
Banking: 058 Hotels: 042 Religion: 015, 023, 026, 030, 032, 044, 046, 048,
Battles: 005 Human rights: 028, 056 052, 053, 054, 055, 056, 061
Beaches: 046, 059 Hydrology: 046 Religious art: 044, 047, 054
Bicycles: 050 Royalty: 001, 033
Birds: 024, 053 I
Boats: 002, 039 Independence: 012 S
Bridges: 010 Industry: 016, 041, 050 Sailing: 017, 039
British history: 002, 004, 005 Insects: 003 Saints: 015, 052, 053, 054, 055
International cooperation: 011 Scouts: 009
C Inventions: 010, 014, 035, 036, 038, 039 Sculpture: 014, 044, 054
Cartoons: 002, 007, 020 Second World War: 055
Chemistry: 018 J Ships: 011, 034, 036
Children: 007, 028, 051, 052 Jewellery: 041 Sport: 007, 017, 043
Christmas: 026 Judaica: 046 Stained glass: 047
Churches: 002, 014, 030, 032, 044, 045, 046, 047, Stamp collecting: 010
052, 054 L
Cinema: 025 Languages: 012 T
Cities: 002, 010, 021, 030, 050, 054 Law & constitution: 028 Telecommunications: 010, 036, 037
Computers: 036 Textiles: 041, 060
Cooperation: 036 M Theatre: 025, 027, 037
Costume: 004, 051 Maps: 053, 057 Tourism: 016, 038, 039, 042
Crafts: 014, 041, 060 Marine life: 035, 058 Trade: 011, 013, 016, 021, 034, 041
Medicine: 008, 056 Transport: 034
D Military: 005 Trees: 024
Design: 001, 012, 022 Minerals: 018
Detection/ detectives: 004 Mosques: 046 U
Disasters: 002, 005 Music: 012, 014, 022 UNESCO: 032
Diving: 036 Uniforms: 021, 049
Dogs: 020 N Universities: 029
National Parks: 032
E V
Easter: 047 O Vending machine labels:003
Education: 007, 015, 037 Olympics: 043 Views: 011, 013, 032, 035, 038, 039, 042, 044, 046,
Environment: 050 054
P
F Paintings: 027, 030, 055, 056 W
Family: 037, 051 Papacy: 044, 045, 048, 053, 057, 061 Weaponry: 005, 058
Farming: 013 Peace: 023 Welfare: 006, 008, 015, 028, 037, 051, 052, 056
Fire-fighting: 002 Personalities: 002, 004, 005, 015, 025, 027, 029, 030, Windmills: 050
Fish: 035 031, 040, 044, 045, 048, 053, 055, 057, 061 Women: 025, 052, 056
Flags: 005, 011, 040 Photography: 018, 025, 044, 045 Writers: 004, 020, 029, 030
Flowers: 019, 058 Politics: 029, 030, 040
Food & drink: 013, 038, 041, 042, 044, 046 Ports & harbours: 034 Y
Football: 040 Post offices: 035, 038 Youth: 009, 048
Furnishings: 021 Posters: 037
Posts: 001, 021, 035

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Fake BVI coins warning

The Government of the British Virgin Islands is advising the
public, especially coin collectors, that a number of coins claiming
to be issued in the name of the British Virgin Islands, have been
offered for sale to coin dealers and the general public.
The coins in question are being sold from the website http://
coinsking.ru and feature animals from Novosibirsk Zoo and Sibir
Hockey Club in Russia. According to a press release, the coins are
also being sold by two dealers on internet auction site eBay.
A spokesperson said: All are advised that these coins have
never been approved by the Government, the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office nor Her Majesty the Queen. Immediate
action is being taken to investigate the perpetrators of this
distribution. In the meantime, the Government of the British
Virgin Islands is alerting any potential purchasers that this item is
not an authorised coin.

The seahorses piece is

an official British Virgin
Islands coin, while the
Titanium coin
coins above are fake
celebrates seahorses
Meanwhile, Pobjoy Mint have issued a turquoise titanium coin depicting two
seahorses, on behalf of the British Virgin Islands.
The 2017 coin is available in 990 turquoise titanium $5, uncirculated
cupro nickel $1, and proof sterling silver $10 values. The $5 value is
slightly smaller with a diameter of 36.1mm, while the other two coins have
a diameter of 38.6mm.
A Pobjoy spokesperson said: The coin has been produced in turquoise
titanium to mimic the warm seas where it lives and is also available in cupro
nickel and proof sterling silver. Due to the difficulty of striking titanium coins
and the fact that titanium reacts differently with every strike, each seahorse coin
is technically different from all others. There is also a lined effect that is present
on the coins which is unique to this metal.

Endurance expedition recalled on new 2 coin

Pobjoy Mint have issued a special 2 coin on behalf of South Georgia
and the South Sandwich Islands, which recalls the Imperial Trans-
Antarctic Expedition, also known as the Endurance Expedition,
which saw Ernest Shackleton and his crew become trapped in the
Antarctic ice.
The crew of the Endurance had been forced to spend months in
makeshift camps before they took to the lifeboats to reach Elephant
Island. It was from here that Shackleton and five companions made
their 1,300km boat journey aboard the James Caird to King Haakon
Bay, South Georgia, in search of assistance. After four attempts in
different vessels, Shackleton was able to rescue the men waiting on
Elephant Island who were brought home aboard the Chilean steamer
Yelcho without loss of life. The coin is available in uncirculated cupro-nickel and proof sterling
The new coin shows the Endurance stuck in the ice in the silver. The cupro nickel coin is shipped in a unique Pobjoy Mint blue
background with the crew pulling the sled on the ice pack in the presentation pouch. The proof silver coin is shipped encapsulated in an
foreground. The obverse of each coin features the new effigy design of acrylic capsule for protection and housed in a stunning red box with a
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Auction highlights
The recent Chaucer Covers auction featured a number of coin
lots alongside the first day covers and memorabilia. One of the
highlights of the
sale was a 1999
Britannia Gold
Proof Collection
of four coins,
boxed and with
certificate, which
surpassed the
1,800 pre-sale
estimate.
Milled coinage proved popular at the recent Warwick and Warwick
SOLD FOR coin and banknote auction with a Queen Anne 1703 half crown
2,200 realising well above the estimate.

SOLD FOR 342

In the same sale a
similar, collection, this
time from 1980, sold
for 100 more.

SOLD FOR
2,300

Other coin lots at the Chaucer

Covers sale included a 2000 A triple unite of 1643, from the Oxford mint and featuring a Charles I
Canadian 350 gold coin, which mint mark, was recently sold at London Coins. The rare coin featured
realised 1,300, and a Diana a Declaration on continuous scroll on the reverse, which was the kings
Gold Proof Memorial Coin, promise to protect the religion of the Protestants, the laws of England,
estimated to sell for between the liberty of Parliament. The lot was described as an exceptional coin,
600 and 800, which sold for fully round and well centred. All lettering and detail crisply struck. The
an impressive 5,500. Triple Unite was produced in the early years of the English Civil War
in the period 1642-1644 and it was the most spectacular coin issued
SOLD FOR during a reign known for its numismatic diversity.
5,500
SOLD FOR 66,000

A Celtic gold stater was

one of many British coins
A very rare going under the hammer
MS65-graded at Baldwins recently. The
US 1920-S coin is thought to have been
double eagle used by the Catuvellauni
was recently sold at Heritage Auctions in the USA. The auction and Trinovantes tribes during the time of the king Cunobelin (c.8-
description read: This is a 1920-S whose aesthetic characteristics 41 AD). The coin featured a corn ear with central stalk dividing
seem to have been stolen from a high-grade 1923-D double eagle. It CA-MV, and on the reverse a horse, facing right over CVN and
would be difficult to regret acquiring this piece at any price. branch above.

SOLD FOR 415,094 SOLD FOR 380

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Portugal, Maria II Peca of 6400 reis France, 5F Napoleon Empereur 1808
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Coins on
a budget
This months bargain coin is a silver
groat of Queen Victoria purchased for
2 from a dealer, writes Ed Archer.
Though not particularly rare they are
not as common as the three pence
coins. They were issued between 1838
and 1855 but were withdrawn as they
were often confused with the three
penny bit introduced in 1845. The four
pence did, however, have a life after
1855 as it became part of the Maundy
set of coins; these are still issued even
today but as four new pence.
The groat was not actually called that
in the Victorian era, instead it was often
referred to by its nickname a Joey. It
acquired this strange name as it was
Joseph Hume MP who introduced it
as part of an experiment to introduce
decimalisation. It was to be an irony of
fate that he died the same year as his
four penny bit in 1855.
This coin is sometimes called
the Britannia groat as there is a
seated Britannia on the reverse. The
inscription four pence is round the edge
with the date underneath. On the obverse
is a young head portrait of Victoria. The
inscription on the obverse is: Victoria
D.G . Britatanniar. Regina .F.D. The
inscription translated from Latin reads
Victoria by Grace of God, Queen of all

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Roman values
Steve Webb provides a visual guide to some Roman coin denominations

T
here are several equivalence charts on the internet which
list Roman coin denominations and give information on
relative values; telling enquiring beginners how many of
one coin could be had for another denomination when
a Roman citizen spent money at a market and received
change. My purpose here is to show images of some of the denominations
so that collectors who may not have a particular type in a collecting
cabinet can see at a glance what the coins look like. A catalogue will have
to be consulted for fuller identification of a specific coin; but browse here
first to get a feel for the variety in Roman money.
Debasement and the need to introduce new and generally less valuable
denominations as a result of inflation made monetary affairs as complicated
for Roman citizens as it does for todays new collectors. It helps to remind
ourselves that a sovereign jingling in a pocket or purse in 1900 has little
meaningful equivalence in buying power with todays one-pound coin. The
sovereign has gone as a denomination of the market-place; the one-pound
coin may follow it sooner than we think. Both will, however, continue as
collectors pieces alongside all Roman coin denominations.

27 bc
Some roman republican coins issued circa 200 bc

1. Denarius
Roma, personification of the city, appeared on the earliest silver denarii struck circa
200 BC, and the coins usually carried no legend. Later, as on this example dating from
circa 100 BC, coin issuers (moneyers) identified themselves with initials or monograms.
Reverses on the early issues depicted the Dioscuri, important Roman gods named Castor
(horse breaker) and Pollux (master boxer). They represented darkness and light riding
across the heavens. On the later denarius pictured here the god Saturn takes their place
and drives a quadriga across the sky. The moneyer, Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, eager
to link his family name with the god, added the abbreviated legend L SATVRN as his
monogram on the reverse. Republican denarii were about the size of our modern one-
pence. Moneyers were often minor civil servants and mint officials. They publicised
themselves, and furthered their careers, by issuing coins.

2. Quinarius
The quinarius, or silver half denarius, usually reveals its value with a
V marked on the obverse. In the accompanying illustration from a
TimeLine Auctions catalogue of 2011 a quinarius is placed alongside
a denarius. The image shows the relative sizes of the two coins. The
quinarius displayed is described thus: Obverse has a head of young
Bacchus facing right. The reverse depicts Pegasus springing to the right
from a tablet which is inscribed Q TITI (for the moneyer Quintus
Titius, who held his office circa 90 BC).

3 Sestertius
During the Republic the sestertius was a small silver coin issued only very
occasionally and often anonymously, as this example which dates from 211-
208 BC. It has no further legend apart from the name ROMA in a tablet on
the reverse; and the value (SII) denoting a quarter of a denarius, behind the
goddesss helmeted head on the obverse. On the reverse the Dioscuri gallop
across the heavens.
Anonymously issued coins sometimes have symbols and monograms, usually
on reverses, which may have identified the moneyers; but the officials to
which they refer are not usually known to us. The system of using symbols to
represent a moneyer continued until about 150 BC, by which time the use of
names and initials became more common.

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4. As
The as (pronounced ah-s, plural asses) was a bronze, later copper, coin
which displayed the two-faced bust of Janus on its obverse, and the
prow of a Roman galley on its reverse. Early versions were cast in clay
moulds; but as inflation reduced the bulk of metal in each coin, they
could be struck with hammers to receive their obverse and reverse images.
The bronze example shown dates from 208 BC. Although the reverse is
somewhat worn, the inscription ROMA can be made out beneath the
ships prow.

5. Semis
The word means half in Latin, which is precisely what this coin
was half an as. Some had six pellets to indicate their value in
uncias; others, as this example, had an S as the initial letter of the
denomination. Most featured a bust of Saturn on the obverse, and
the prow of a ship on the reverse. Early issues were cast, but they
were struck from circa 200 BC. The denomination lingered into the
Empire period up to the reign of Hadrian (AD 117-138).

6. Quadrans
The quadrans was a low-value bronze coin worth one quarter of an as.
Three pellets representing its value in uncias featured on one or both
faces. Most quadrans displayed a bust of Hercules as an obverse, while
the reverse featured the prow of a galley. It remained in use throughout
the Republican era, reducing in weight until, circa 90 BC, it was the
lowest denomination of Roman coin issued. Intermittent production
continued into the Imperial 2nd century and the reign of Antoninus
Pius (AD 138161).

AD
Some Roman Imperial coins issued from 27 BC c.400

7. Denarius
In 27 BC the Senate called an end to the Republic and granted the title of Augustus
(Emperor) to Octavian. From that time he had absolute authority over the entire Empire and
its wealth. The denarius, already an important coin in the Roman economy, quickly became
the Empire-wide unit of value. Its many obverses now carried an image of the Emperor and
inscriptions announcing his name and his various titles. Many reverses displayed images of
deities and symbols of the Emperors authority. The coins silver content remained high until
Nero (AD 54-68) embarked on the downward spiral of debasement that led to a bronze
denarius in the reign of Aurelian ( AD270-275). A sad end to a noble coin; but it has left us
hundreds of superb denarii to collect. The example shown is from the reign of Hadrian, and
has Concordia on its reverse. It sold for 105 in a 2011 TimeLine Auction.

8. Sestertius
In striking contrast to the Republican type, the Imperial sestertius was a brass coin
reintroduced by the first Emperor. It remained the largest brass denomination until
the 3rd century, continuously struck at Rome and less frequently at Lugdunum
(Lyon). Its 32-34 mm diameter allowed engravers to produce some excellent designs;
the example here from the reign of Trajan being typical. As a result, sestercii are
much sought after by todays collectors. The rising cost of metal in the 3rd century
made these coins prime targets for forgers who melted them down to use as the base
alloys needed to produce forgeries of small bronze denominations.

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9. Dupondius
The example shown here was issued by Marcus Aurelius in the year 164.
Note the radiate crown. This type of radiate crown bust was used for many
dupondius dies to distinguish them from other copper alloy coins of similar
size which circulated at the same time. Attempts to differentiate copper
alloy coins by the colour of the metal were nullified as a result of repeated
withdrawals and re-meltings which darkened brass hence the need for
radiate crown busts on obverses.
10. Miliarense
In the early 4th century, as part of Constantine the Greats
efforts to revive the Empires economy, a new silver coin was
introduced. Larger in diameter than our two-pence, and with
attractive obverse and reverse designs, the coin a miliarense
proved enormously popular, to the extent that many were
removed from circulation and converted to use as jewellery.
The miliarense is just as popular today with coin collectors.
This example was struck at Constantinople during the reign of
Valentinian I (364-375).

11. Siliqua
This is a modern collectors term applied to many late-Roman silver coins with a
diameter equal to, or under, that of a five-pence. It links to the Latin siliqua graeca
(the seed of the carob tree) which found use when weighing small quantities of
precious metals, etc. Nobody knows what the Romans called the tiny coins which
were the result of rampant inflation in the late 4th century. The example shown
was stuck at Antioch circa 337-347 during the reign of Constantius II. The badge
on the reverse (top of wreath) has a Chi-Rho emblem of Christianity.

12. Follis
In the year 294 (Diocletians reign) a bronze coin with a thin layer of silver was
issued as yet another attempt to control inflation. For convenience when trading
dozens at a time, people kept these coins in a small leather bag known as a follis,
and the bags name seems to have become applied to the coin (the plural is
folles). Over time, down to the reign of Constantine I, the silver content fell to
almost zero, while diameters ranged from around 25mm down to under 15mm.
Numismatists refer to them as AE1 [over 25mm], AE2 [21-25mm], AE3 [17-
21mm], AE4 [under 17mm] (AE is the symbols for bronze.) A selection is shown
in the accompanying image. Folles are probably the commonest ancient coins
found by British detectorists.

All images are used courtesy of TimeLine Auctions and Wildwinds

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 Counterfeit coins

Collectable copies
Once dismissed as either valueless novelties or expensive frauds, fake, counterfeit or
copy coins are now attracting genuine collector interest. Paula Hammond takes a
look at pseudonumia coins, notable forgeries, and interesting and collectable copies

I
n 1998 a very good
friend of mine told
me that a limited
mintage of 1856
Flying Eagle cents had
been produced by a
local company as a
test-run to see if there was a market for
copy coins. He told me that examples
were at the show, looked great, and I
could probably work out a wholesale
deal. He suggested that my customers Top, from left: both sides
might be interested in them. He of copy coin by Carl
mentioned them to me at least three Wilhelm Becker; 1882
or four times and each time I said $3 Omega fake
Im not interested, copies are junk.
Finally I bowed to pressure and went Above, from left: a
over to take a look and couldnt believe fake of a 1904 Straits
how real they looked; the exact size, a Settlements trade dollar;
faithful design and even the finish were both sides of a 1944
correct. I decided to try five of them Henning fake nickel
and posted their availability on the old
Unsnet forum, Rec.Collecting.Coins, Right: an interperative
and by the end of the day I had sold copy of a Greek coin by
nearly fifty pieces. Today, something I Bulgarian Slavey Petrov completely rejected as junk at the start, the market for copy coins has never
is now one of my best product lines I been more buoyant and the appeal is
have and I still continue to sell them by obvious: I cant count the number of
Whats in a name? the thousands.
Ken Potter has been an active
times Ive been called and told what
a joy it was for a collector to finally
collector, dealer, and producer of be able to complete a set of coins
Exonumia generally refers to coin-like objects including silver art bars, medals, and rounds they knew they could never afford
tokens and medals. Pseudonumia deals with items since 1973 and added rare coin to finish with genuine coins, says
produced to exploit numismatists and collectors including reproductions to the mix several Ken. When I saw a collection of
counterfeits, forgeries, electrotypes, and fantasy coins. years ago. As Kens comments show, circulated Indian Head cents missing

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Deadly punishment
The squeamish reader should look away now,
as we reveal some of the punishments once
given to coin forgers Medieval German
counterfeiters were boiled alive in oil. In
Russia they had molten lead poured into
their mouths. Meanwhile, an 1819 imitation
banknote produced by George Cruikshank
highlighted the harsh sentences handed out to
forgers depicting the guilty men being hung.
the key and semi-key dates and saw
it again a week later with those dates
included, specially brown-toned
to match the owners set (we use
Dellers Darkener to brown-tone
copper as a special service), I finally
understood completely the joy of
filling those open holes.
Inspired imitations
Unlike counterfeits, copy or
reproduction coins arent designed
to deceive. Never-the-less, in some
countries its a legal requirement for
replicas to be marked as such and,
in the USA, reproductions must be
conspicuously marked with the words
copy. Some are also made at a smaller
size than the originals.
Deception is always a worry when
youre dealing with collectables and
some coin magazines even refuse to
advertise copy coins. Despite this,
obvious copies are less popular
with collectors who naturally want
reproductions that are as close to
the real deal as possible, and with
modern computer-aided design and
laser scanning, they can look and feel
very real indeed.
Hard-to-find key dates (or date and
mint mark combinations) are popular
subjects for reproduction. If youre
looking for a mint coin to complete a
collection, then replicas can fill those
irritating gaps too. But its the rarities
that are in greatest demand. Kens best
seller has been the 1856 Flying Eagle
cent, which isnt surprising when a
genuine example can cost $10,000
upwards. British rarities such as the
1839 Una and the Lion 5, regarded
as one of the worlds most beautiful
coins, are also popular. A gold-plated
replica from the Windsor Mint costs
around 45. The real thing would set
you back $200,000! No wonder the
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imitation business is booming.
However, replicas can be more than
simply affordable gap-fillers. Some
are collectable in their own right. Of
note are those made by Carl Wilhelm
Becker, who described himself as an
imitator of foreign coins. His ancient
Greek and Roman copies (not always
sold as such) are considered to be some
of the very best. In fact, many of the
British Museums coins are Beckers.
Peter Rosa is another collectable
name. Rosa made over 560 different
replica coins, many from British
Museum casts, which included Becker
reproductions. Finally, look out for the
work of Bulgarian replica maker Slavey
Petrov. Widely considered to be one of
the best recent replica makers, these are
not, despite the name, slavish copies
but modern interpretations, which have
proved both popular and controversial.
Famous forgeries
Ironically genuine counterfeits
coins have also started to attract
collector interest. In some cases its
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the stories linked to the forgeries
that inspire interest. In others, its
the quality of the work.
Take, for instance, Josh Tatums
1883 Racketeer nickels. Tatum gold-
plated the nickels and passed them
as $5 coins, pocketing the change.
As a deaf-mute, prosecutors found
it impossible to prove that Tatum
intended to fraud because he never
asked for the change. Francis LeRoy
Henning was another colourful
counterfeiting character. Wartime
fakes are an interesting area to
collect and Hennings 1944 nickels
are some of the most well known.
Previously arrested for counterfeiting
$5 bills, Hennings counterfeits were
quickly spotted due to their missing
mint mark. But not before as many
Above: an Omega Saint- of 100,000 made it into circulation.
Gaudens $20 gold fake; He also counterfeited nickels dated
Peter Rosa copies of 1939, 1946, 1947, and 1953.
classic coins
Omega coins
Some of the most sought-after and
highly regarded modern fakes are
known as omega coins, after the
unknown forger who signed his
creations with the Greek symbol,
omega. This prolific counterfeiter is
known to have made thousands of
copies of coins such as the 1907 $20
gold double eagles, as well as key
date $3 and $10 coins. These are of
such high quality that collectors are
happy to pay $1000+ for examples of
his work.
Ken Bressett comments in the
American Numismatic Association
video Famous Fakes and Fakers,
that some forgeries are now so sought
after that they sell for more than
the coins they copy. Dodgy dealers
are even faking fakes, which is
always sure sign that collectables are
becoming desirable!
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British Museum
Matthew Boulton and the
technologies of making money
This months focus on the British Museum Coins and Medals collections examines a
medal of Matthew Boulton, the famed manufacturer and industrialist, whose technologies
revolutionised the making of coins in the eighteenth century
B
oulton was born, worked, lived,
and died in Birmingham, which
in the eighteenth century was
fast becoming a powerhouse of
the Industrial Revolution. Between 1760
and 1850 Birmingham residents registered
over three times as many patents as those
of any other British town or city. The toy
industry thrived in Birmingham, toy
was a term used in a wider sense than it
is today and encompassed any metallic
commodity whose ratio of value to weight
was high. So small goods that had high
levels of work in their manufacture, such
as buttons, tweezers, watch chains, buckles
and the like, were known as toys.
At the centre of Boultons success was
his manufactory at Soho which was built
and rebuilt in the 1760s. In 1788 Boulton
established a mint at the Soho site to
produce domestic copper coinage, along
with colonial coins, medals and trade
tokens. During the second half of the
eighteenth century the limited provision
of small coins in Britain was unable to
satisfy demand. Coin production was
labour-intensive and slow and the lack
of suitable coinage caused large numbers
of shop and inn-keepers to issue their
own tokens. These private issues and the
widespread forgery of official coinage
resulted in an unmanageable state of
affairs. Boulton campaigned to persuade
the British Government to rectify the
situation by commissioning large issues of
small denomination coinage. However, he
was not granted permission to do so until
1797 when his famous cartwheel penny
first appeared. The growth of his factory
and the increased need for motive power
led Boulton to direct his attention to the
steam engine. With the help of James Watt
he was able to introduce steam power for
his new coining machinery and a number
of presses were set up at Soho which
revolutionised the production of money.
This bronze medal of Matthew Boulton
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Boulton struck this has on its obverse his draped bust with
medal in c.1803 amid hair in queue. The inscription around
fears that credit for his the edge reads MATT. BOULTON
inventions would be ESQR F.R.S.L. & ED.F.R.I.& A.S.
claimed by the French On the reverse is an inscription in five
concentric circles arranged around a
Images Trustees of head within rays. Another inscription on
the British Museum a wide border around reads (400) M.
BOULTON ERIGEA A SOHO ANGL:
1788 UNE MACH: A VAPEUR PR
: FRAP : MONN: Matthew Boulton
erected at Soho, England in 1788,
a steam powered machine to strike
money. The remaining text translates
as (480). In 1798 he set up a much
better one with eight new balanciers;
(560). These circles and numbers
indicate the diameter and number of
pieces struck per minute; (640) by eight
children without fatigue of the smallest
or the greatest volume; (720) or of 8
combinations one can (800) increase
efficiency to the necessary degree (920).
This medal is believed to have been
struck at the Soho manufactory c.1803
using dies prepared by the French
engraver Rambert Dumarest. It was
commissioned and produced by Boulton
to record the effectiveness of his machine
and also to serve as a public record of
his various improvements since he feared
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It was created as a direct response to
Jean-Pierre Droz at the Paris mint, who
laid claim to have been the inventor
of a method for making multiple dies.
Boulton feared that his successes at
Birmingham and St Petersburg, where he
had supplied coin-making machinery in
1798, would be overlooked and wrote:
I have been induced to engrave a medal
of my own dear self; upon the rev. And
edge of which I have recorded the history
and effects of my mint otherwise it will
be claimed by the French so soon as
they can steal it from St. Petersburg or
Soho... (Letter from Boulton to Ambrose
Weston, 8 September, 1803).
FURTHER
READING
R. Doty, The Soho Mint & the
Industrialization of Money,
London 1998.
JG Pollard, Matthew Boulton
and Conrad Heinrich Kchler,
Numismatic Chronicle, 1970,
p. 295, No. 27.
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A Greek blunder
In 1927 Greece issued a grand set of stamps marking the centenary of their struggles for
independence but, as Christer Brunstrm explains, the stamp release didnt go as smoothly as
the postal authorities would have liked
A
memorable naval
battle took place in
the Bay of Navarino
in Greece on 20
October, 1827.
It was a decisive
battle in the Greek struggle for national
independence which went on from the
early beginnings in 1821 until it was
finally achieved in 1832.
For centuries Greece had been part
of the Ottoman Empire. In the early
1800s, Russia began to support the
struggle for national independence
in the south-eastern part of Europe.
The peoples there all shared the same
Orthodox Christian faith.
In London and Paris the foreign
offices were suspicious of Russias
attempts to increase its influence in
the region and there was a Treaty of
London in 1827 whereby England,
France and Russia decided to seek
greater autonomy for Greece while
preserving the Ottoman Empire.
In mid-1827 the Ottoman navy had
sent a large fleet to Greek waters and
specifically to Navarino Bay. The Allies
also sent naval ships to the area. The
Allied flotilla was commanded by Sir
Edward Codrington (1770-1851). By
then he was already quite famous having
served under Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar.
His orders were to secure and
enforce an armistice between the two
naval forces but instead there was a
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major sea battle with the Allied fleet
being victorious. This battle is quite
exceptional as it was the last major
sea battle fought by sailing ships
only. The main reasons for the Allied
victory were their superior firepower
and skilful gunnery. The struggle for
Greek independence went on for a few
more years with various foreign powers
meddling, as is often the case.
One hundred years on it was time
to celebrate this important event in
Greek history. The Greek postal service
of course wanted to take part and
approached Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.
Ltd. in England in order to have a set of
recess printed stamps produced. But for
some reason the Greek postal authorities
chose to place the order with a local
company instead. The Aspiotis Bros.
printed the stamps using lithography.
As there had recently been a rate
hike, with 1.50 drachma being the local
rate and 5 drachmas for letters going
abroad, these values were the first ones
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From left: the 1927 issued on 20 October, 1927 at Pylos on
1.5D stamp depicting Peloponnesus. This of course was the
Navarino Bay; the 1928 exact date of the anniversary. The 1.5
4D stamp showing the drachma value shows Navarino Bay and
battle taking place a view of Pylos. The 5-drachma value
has a portrait of Sir Codrington.
It seems the Greeks were not too
familiar with the British way of
honouring important personalities by
addressing them with Sir. By the time
the blunder was discovered, the sale of
the stamp had already begun at Pylos.
The stamp was withdrawn and the
Greek postal authorities didnt know
how to solve this tricky problem. On
one hand they didnt want to create an
instant rarity and on the other hand
they still wanted to commemorate the
exploits of the British admiral.
Thus more stamps were added to
the set and issued on 16 March, 1928.
They included a view of the battle on
the 4-drachma stamp and two new
5-drachma stamps showing Russian
admiral van der Heyden and French
admiral de Righy.
Also included in the March 1928
release was a reprinted version of the
Sir Edward Codrington stamp with the
correct name. It had also been decided
to release the Sir Codrington variety for
general sale.
Today the erroneous stamp is far
Spot the difference more common than the corrected
the 1927 5D Sir version although the printing figures are
Codrington and the basically the same.
same value reading Sir The blunder could easily have
Edward Codrington been avoided if the Greeks had only
which was issued the hired Bradbury, Wilkinson to print
following later the stamps.
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