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in this issue
From my point of view, there were two
main revelations at spring stampex,
neither of which was the unexciting court
of honour featuring sophie ellis-Bextor’s
childhood stamp collection.
One was, of course, the Royal Mail stand, which
was hugely diminished in terms of size and impact
compared with recent shows.
You couldn’t buy Post & Go stamps from vending
machines, even though this is the natural way for
them to be purchased. nor could you browse the rest
of the company’s vast portfolio of products very
easily, at least not without looking like you were
trying to jump the queue. there are reports, too, that
the stocks of definitives and booklets held in the
backroom were unimpressive.
Although the costs of exhibiting were thus greatly
reduced, all this must surely have had a negative
impact on both casual and specialist custom.
We don’t know for certain whether this downsizing
is a temporary (budget-balancing?) retrenchment or
a long-term (focus-shifting?) policy decision. Maybe
Royal Mail itself doesn’t know yet, but its
accountants will be poring over the figures.
the second revelation was to be found in the
nearby ranks of exhibition frames, which for the
first time featured displays by members of the
ephemera society.
i have to admit that i was not captivated by British
book tokens and hungarian lottery tickets, but i was 84 The life and times of St Patrick, on stamps of Ireland and Great Britain
transfixed by a study of toilet paper from the 1950s
and 1960s. A bit like Brexit, it came ‘soft’ or ‘hard’,
and left half the population feeling sore.

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42 Postal workers at war 92 The undervalued artistry of Jan Aarts 102 Farming and forestry as a GB theme 129 Faith but not much charity

96 Postal history from the days when life on the Falkland Islands was simple, before the Argentinian invasion 49 Classic pictorial issue of Transjordan

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Royal Mail ship leaves

St Helena for final time
RMS St Helena, the last working Royal Mail
ship, was given an emotional farewell as she
left the island after which she is named for
the final time in February.
The day before her scheduled departure
date of February 10 was declared a public
holiday in the British overseas territory, with
waterfront parades and fireworks display. An
open day offering islanders a look around the
ship was hugely oversubscribed.
On the day itself, crowds gathered to watch
the ceremonial presentation of the ‘paying
off’ pennant to the ship’s captain, a flotilla of
small boats circling her anchorage, and the
vessel herself steaming past the harbour in
‘full dress’, with ensigns and pennants flying.
The celebrations marked the official end of
RMS St Helena’s 27 years’ service as the
supply ship and mail ship for the remote
South Atlantic island, sailing from Cape Town in South Africa. out, and there was one further anticlimactic hiccup: the ship
The moment had been postponed for several years while unexpectedly had to return to the island two days after her
problems with St Helena’s newly constructed airport were ironed departure due to a medical emergency on board!

Alderney set celebrates Europa theme a

50 years of the Wombles bridge too far?
Alderney has issued a set of stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Wombles, This year’s Europa theme has caused a few
the children’s book and television characters created by Elisabeth Beresford. headaches for some of Europe’s smaller
The furry animals with pointed noses (and a penchant for recycling human rubbish) were postal administrations.
inspired by a visit to Wimbledon Common in London, and that is where the stories are The theme is Bridges, which is not
based. But the author lived on Alderney from 1967, wrote several of the books there, and something the Channel Islands, for
even named one of her characters after the island. example, have in abundance.
The six stamps illustrate a selection of the most popular Wombles, including Great Uncle Jersey’s set of four, issued on March 9,
Bulgaria, Bungo, Orinoco, Tobermory, Tomsk and Madame Cholet. Oddly they do not include shows some resourcefulness by featuring
Alderney, although she is depicted in the border of the miniature sheet. one bridge, one reservoir walkway and two
The first of six Wombles books was published in 1968, and the animated television series tidal causeways, all of which ‘play their
began in 1973. The Wombles previously featured on Guernsey stamps in 2000. part in creating accessibility and linking
local landmarks’.
Guernsey is believed to be taking a
similar approach to its set of six, due to be
released in May.

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 world News AUCTIONS | GB COlleCTOr | leTTerS | COMMeNT | COMPeTITIONS | feATUreS | eVeNTS | STrANGe BUT TrUe
Sierra Leone issued York fair to news in brief

500 stamps in a year host national > American

collector Bill Gross
According to figures newly released by US-based catalogue
publisher Scott, one country issued 504 stamps in 2016.
exhibition is to sell his
collection of United
States stamps in a
Sierra Leone’s esoteric and eccentric output included series of auctions
A competitive exhibition will be held
commemorations of Lionel Messi, Claude Monet, Donald Trump, conducted by
alongside York stamp Fair, this year, on Robert A Siegel,
space tourism, the Toyota Corolla and cricket. Many of these were
20-21 July. starting in
part of extended series of four-stamp miniature sheets.
A full national exhibition under the September. Siegel’s
Of those countries whose issues have been fully catalogued, the president Scott
auspices of the Association of British
next most prolific were Djibouti with 248, Solomon Islands with 246, Trepel expects the
Philatelic Associations, it will encompass first sale, of about
France with 228 and Australia with 185. Great Britain scored 115.
all the usual FIP classes and is expect to 150 rarities, to
extend to more than 150 frames. It will also realise more than
meet the qualifying requirements for entry $9m (about £6.5m),
breaking the record
into international exhibitions such as
for a single-day
London 2020. stamp auction.
Further information is available from
the ABPA, or from Peter Chadwick. > The 100th
E-mail: pvchadwick@gmail.com Philatelic Congress
of Great Britain will
be held at The Jurys
Inn in Gateshead

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> India’s postal

Dauwalders of Salisbury have taken over authority has set up
from the Duncannon Partnership of Reigate a philatelic
as exclusive UK agents for Lighthouse scholarship, to
encourage
(Leuchtturm) albums, pages and
collecting amongst
accessories, and as the UK distributors of young people.
Hawid mounts and accessories. Selected children
The new arrangements follow the with a good school
retirement of Duncannon’s proprietors record pursuing
philately as a hobby
Terry and Barbara Liddle. will get a grant of
For details of how to purchase these 6,000r (about £70)
products, which are manufactured in per annum.
Germany, visit www.worldstamps.co.uk
> The Court of
Honour at Spring
Stampex featured
No United States commemoratives the singer Sophie
Ellis-Bextor’s

until three years after a subject’s death

childhood stamp
collection.

> Stanley Gibbons

The United States Postal Service has revised its has published a
guidelines to state that stamps will not commemorate second edition of its
North-East Africa
individuals until at least three years after their death.
catalogue, priced
This is the first time the waiting period has been revised £31.95.
upwards. Historically it was 10 years, later reduced to five
years; since 2014, no timespan has been enshrined in the > An international
selection criteria, which is overseen by the Citizens’ exhibition is to held
in Plovdiv, Bulgaria,
Stamp Advisory Committee. in May 2019.
In 2017, there were memorial issues for three people
who had been dead less than three years: Dominican- > Guernsey Post’s
born fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, and philatelic bureau is
the first philatelic
educationalists Robert Panara and Theodore Hesburgh.
service to be given
Like previous guidelines, the new rule makes an a UK Customer
exception for US Presidents. It continues to state that Service Excellence
living people will not be considered for commemoration. award.

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 WORLD NEWS
NEW ISSUE

Australia’s former life

as British penal colonies

A
ustralia has marked the 150th
anniversary of the last ship which
arrived transporting convicts from
Britain, with a set of three stamps depicting
former penal colonies.
One $1 domestic-rate value features Hyde
Park Barracks in Sydney, New South Wales,
the first government-built barracks for
convicts. Opened in 1819, it served as the
principal depot for male convicts in NSW
until 1848.
The design also shows a ticket of leave
(dispensed for good behaviour) issued to
convict William Anson in 1828, and a
lithograph of a Sydney chain gang.
Another $1 value illustrates the
Penitentiary at Port Arthur, Van Diemen’s
Land (now Tasmania), which was a penal
settlement for men from 1830-77 and is
now a World Heritage Site.
This design also features a graphic of a
love token, believed to have been sent to his
parents by John Camplin, who was October 1867 and arriving at Fremantle in Cook had mapped the coastline and claimed
convicted of stealing a silver watch at the January 1868. She was carrying 280 it for Britain), Van Diemen’s Land from
age of 15, and whose death sentence was prisoners, more than 60 of whom were 1803, Queensland from 1824 and Western
commuted to life imprisonment. Irishmen sentenced for their part in the Australia from 1850.
A $3 international-rate stamp depicts the Fenian Rising of 1867 in support of Irish Many of prisoners had been convicted of
Convict Establishment at Swan River, independence. petty crimes such as theft, at a time when
Western Australia, built (using convict There were 108 other passengers, mostly more serious crimes were often punishable
labour) in the early 1850s and later known of whom were ‘pensioner guards’. These by death. The penal system was built on
as Fremantle Prison. were contracted military personnel (often forced labour, which helped to build thriving
Also shown is a fragment of text, in the travelling with their families) who were British settlements in a comparatively short
form of a poem, from The Wild Goose, a given land in the colony so they could space of time.
newspaper written by Irish political remain as settlers. Sentences were typically of seven years,
prisoners aboard the convict ship In total, more than 160,000 convicts were after which the convicts were free to remain
Hougoumont. transported to Australia by the British as settlers or return to Britain. A stigma
A three-masted frigate built in Burma, government over an 80-year timespan. attached to ex-convicts who settled,
Hougoumont was the last convict ship to sail There were penal colonies in New South although many of their descendents now
to Australia, departing from Portsmouth in Wales from 1788 (just 18 years after James consider this a badge of honour.

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NEW ISSUE

Mapping a rugged and

inhospitable landscape

R
emote, mountainous and glaciated,
with a rocky coastline and numerous
offshore skerries, South Georgia was
never going to be easy to map. But a new
issue from this South Atlantic territory tells
us how it has been accomplished.
Released on February 5, it notes three key
landmarks in the story, starting with the
work of a British explorer who will be
commemorated on many stamps in 2018,
Captain James Cook.
Uninhabited South Georgia was first
sighted by a London merchant, Anthony de
la Roche, in 1675, but he did not attempt a
landing on its rocky shores. It was Cook,
aboard HMS Resolution, who made the first
circumnavigation and the first landing in
1775, raising the British flag at what is now
called Possession Bay and claiming it for
King George III.
Cook also produced the first map of South
Georgia, and gave some of its prominent
features names which persist to this day.
Most telling is the way he named the mountainous and glaciated interior using satellites, and on photogrammetry, which
southernmost tip Cape Disappointment, as traditional mapmaking techniques, and makes it possible to map contours
this was where it became clear to him that their work culminated in the publication of a precisely, monitor the rate at which glaciers
this was not the great southern continent he definitive map by the Directorate of are retreating and even differentiate
was searching for. Overseas Surveys in 1958. The 7,640ft between types of vegetation.
Cook, his map and HMS Resolution are (2,330m) Mount Carse in the south of the A pair of £1.25 designs show a satellite,
depicted on a se-tenant pair of 70p values. island is named after the expedition leader. the BAS map and a detail from the
Progress in understanding the geography A pair of 80p values show Carse, his map Geographical Information Systems web
of the island was made in the 19th and early and one of his surveyors at work. portal, which allows anyone to access maps
20th century by whalers and sealers, and by Modern technology has revolutionised which are rich with information about all
Russian-led and German-led expeditions. mapping in recent times, ensuring that manner of features, from wildlife colonies
But its interior was not comprehensively South Georgia can be viewed in detail like to historic sites.
mapped until the South Georgia Survey never before. A British Antarctic Survey Although South Georgia is about the size
series of four expeditions, which were led team produced a comprehensive map of the of Cornwall, it has mountains twice as high
by Duncan Carse in 1951-57. island in 2017, based on high-resolution as any in the British Isles, and they are
Carse and his team surveyed the images from Digital Globe Worldview permanently capped with snow and ice.

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BraZil 1845 BUrMa 1937

90r proving piece Interpanneau set
OR
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The highlight of Spink USA’s sale of the second stamp issue of Brazil, the
SO
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,18 0 Cavendish’s sale of the Derek Filby
‘Inclinados’ series, was a used marginal block of 15 of the 90r value on
greyish paper, from the bottom left corner of the sheet, which is an
£8 8 collection of Burma saw a set of
interpanneau blocks stealing the limelight.
important proving piece. The high values in the definitive series
The upper row is of type II stamps and the bottom two rows are of type I, demonstrating issued when Burma was separated from
why the rare vertical pairs of type I stamps exist, when the rows in most sheets (printed India in 1937, comprising overprinted King
from different plates) alternate between the two types. George V stamps of India, are always in
This is the largest of three such multiples known, and as such is now regarded as a major demand. Interpanneau blocks of four are
rarity and a sought-after exhibition piece, coming complete with a Moorhouse certificate — rare, but here was one of each value.
although when it was first offered for sale at a public auction, in the 1970s, its significance
was not recognised and highlighted. SOLD BY CAVENDISH £9,000
Named after their italic numerals (in contrast with Brazil’s first, third and fourth issues),
the ‘Inclinados’ comprised nine values from 10r to 600r, all printed in black.

SOLD BY SPINK USA £88,180

rUSSia 1858
Unique combination on cover
In a Spink USA auction of Russian rarities, the highest
realisation was for this 1858 cover, with a unique combination of
two of the country’s earliest stamps.
Addressed to Port Kunda, then in the Russian Empire but now
in Estonia, it was franked with the imperforate 10k blue and
brown and the perforated 20k orange and deep blue.
As the only cover known with both stamps used together, it
was previously part of the famous Small, Mikulski and
Bianchi collections.

SOLD BY SPINK USA £88,000

UNiTED STaTES 1870s

Rare medicine revenue
The latest part of Siegel’s sale of the Grant Inman
collection focused on private-die medicine revenue
stamps, including many rare items which hadn’t been
seen on the market for decades. One of the highlights was this 8c copies which are known to survive.
stamp produced for the father-and-son firm of James & William Swaim’s Panacea was marketed as a cure for the impurity of blood
Swaim in the 1870s. and juices, including those caused by indiscretions from one’s youth
The imperforate corner marginal example with its intricate and — now better known as syphilis!
spectacular serpent design, printed on ‘old paper’ (the paper stock
used before the introduction of silk paper), is one of only two SOLD BY ROBERT A SIEGEL £13,696

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QUEENSlaND 1896 TiBET 1911
Proof of the unissued 6d Combination cover
Status Amongst some classic Great Britain lots, it was a combination cover
International’s from Tibet which yielded the most eye-catching result in the
auction included this December auction of Warwick & Warwick.
interesting Posted in 1911, the registered cover from Lhasa to Peking was
progressive proof originally franked with 2c, 4c, 7c and 10c values from the
from Queensland, overprinted series issued for the Chinese Post Offices in Tibet, all
dating from 1896. tied by ‘Lhasa Tibet’ circular datestamps.
The 6d green was India stamps of ½a and 4a were added later, cancelled with
never issued with ‘Yatung-Tibet via Siliguri’ circular datestamps.
this design, although Registration marks and labels from both Tibetan towns and from
some used copies Shanghai in China add extra interest to this item, which was
are recorded, apparently posted from one British civil servant to another.
probably stemming Despite a number of folds and some soiling, it eventually sold for
from a trial printing nearly ten times its estimate.
which should have
been destroyed. SOLD BY WARWICK & WARWICK £2,800
What makes this
item special is that it
is a progressive
proof, with the
ornaments around
the numerals of value in the lower corners not yet added, and that
the bottom portion of the 1895-96 2d value (issued in blue), on which
the 6d design was based, can be seen at the top.
A 6d green was eventually issued with an amended design in 1898.

SOLD BY STATUS INTERNATIONAL £2,926

GrEaT BriTaiN 1887 NEW ZEalaND 1961

Hand-illustrated cover
Hand-illustrated and coloured covers of the late Victorian and
Edwardian era are always popular, and this wonderful example
turned up in Schuyler Rumsey’s sale in the USA.
Whilst it was highly personalised, celebrating the second birthday
of one Dorothy Ruth Palgrave Murray, this happened to coincide
with Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887, and the illustration
referred to this as well.
The postal address was squeezed into the corners around the
image, and, naturally, the cover was franked with the 3d purple on
yellow from the 1887-92 series, commonly known as the ‘Jubilee’
issue. It was postmarked in London on May 25.
Health issue proofs
Cherrystone’s auction included two lots comprising proofs for New
Zealand’s 1960 and 1961 Health issues, both illustrating birds.
For stamps which were recess-printed in two colours, each lot
consisted of two black proofs of a background engraving and two
black proofs of a bird engraving. Together, they showed perfectly
how these stamps were produced.
The 1961 pair featured the kotuku (great egret) and karearea
(New Zealand falcon).
SOLD BY CHERRYSTONE £639

SOLD BY SCHUYLER RUMSEY £723

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NEW ISSUE
Supreme machines of
the Royal Air Force
R
oyal Mail will celebrate the centenary
of the Royal Air Force with a set of six
counter-sheet stamps and a
four-stamp miniature sheet on March 20.
Established on April 1, 1918, through the
merger of the Royal Flying Corps (the air
arm of the British Army) and the Royal
Naval Air Service (the air arm of the Royal
Navy), the RAF is the world’s oldest
independent air force, in the sense that it is
not part of another branch of the military.
It played major roles in winning World
War I and World War II (not least in
protecting Britain from invasion by
Germany in 1940), in projecting British
power during the Cold War, and in waging
more recent conflicts such as the Falklands
War, the Gulf War, and the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq. It has also engaged in
search-and-rescue and humanitarian work.
The sheet stamps illustrate six key
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aircraft which span the 100 years of its
history, as painted by the renowned
aeronautical artist Michael Turner. The
stamps come in three horizontally
se-tenant pairs.
The miniature sheet, designed by Turner
Duckworth, focuses on the RAF’s famous
Red Arrows aerobatic team, with
photographic views of four spectacular
aerial manoeuvres. Set up in 1965 and
based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, the
Red Arrows fly Hawk T1 aircraft in close
formation at speeds in excess of 600mph.
The set was litho-printed by International
Security Printers.
1st class LIghtNINg F6
Built by English Electric (and later by BAC),
this was the first supersonic aircraft to
enter service with the RAF, in 1959, and the
fastest British-made fighter of all time. The
power of its two Rolls-Royce engines
allowed for a rate of climb faster than any
other jet, and it was the RAF’s principle
interceptor for 20 years.
1st class hUrrIcaNE MkI
Designed by Hawker Aircraft and
introduced in 1937, this single-seat fighter
did the lion’s share of the work in winning
the Battle of Britain in 1940, accounting for
more than 55% of German losses, and in
repelling bombing raids in 1941-42. It was
known for being easy to maintain.
£1.40 VULcaN B2
Built by Avro (and later by Hawker Siddeley),
this iconic delta-wing aircraft entered
service in 1956. Designed as a high-altitude
bomber, it was responsible for Britain’s
nuclear deterrent until that duty was
passed to Royal Navy submarines in 1969,

and served as a tactical bomber in the
Falklands War of 1982.
£1.40 tYphOON Fgr4
Developed by the Eurofighter consortium
which includes Britain’s BAE Systems, this
multi-role fighter was first deployed in
2003. Capable of flying at altitudes up to
55,000ft and speeds up to Mach 1.8, it saw
active service in Libya in 2011 and remains
the principal aircraft defending UK skies.
£1.57 SOpWIth caMEL F1
Built by the Sopwith Aviation Company and
introduced in 1917, this biplane was the
most successful Allied fighter and
reconnaissance aircraft of World War I.
Although it was difficult to fly, it was
credited with shooting down almost 1,300
enemy aircraft on the Western Front with
its twin synchronised machine guns.
£1.57 NIMrOD Mr2
Developed by Hawker Siddeley for maritime
patrol and anti-submarine roles, this
aircraft carried sophisticated radar and
electronic surveillance equipment in its
extended nose and tail. The MR2 version
entered service in 1979 and was deployed in
the Falklands War and in the Gulf War, as
well as in search-and-rescue operations.
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£1.40 pYthON
The python formation has five Red Arrows
flying at close quarters with smoke trails.
OthEr prODUctS
The presentation pack offers an overview of
the RAF’s history, information about the
aircraft featured on the stamps, and a
special feature about the Red Arrows.
Press sheets of 12 uncut miniature sheets
are available in a limited edition of 600, and
there is a choice of coin covers in addition to
standard first day covers.
The stamps also appear in retail and
prestige booklets (see page 24).

PRICES
MINIatUrE ShEEt
1st class FLYpaSt
VERDICT
The way the Red Arrows traditionally make cOMMEMOratIVE WOrth
Set of 6 stamps £7.24 an initial flypast at the start of a display is This is a major anniversary for a
also known as the Big Battle formation. military force Britain can be proud of
Miniature sheet £4.10
Press sheet £54.12 1st class SWaN QUaLItY OF DESIgN
Presentation pack £11.85 The Red Arrows’ ultra-precise swan Painted images have more character
Stamp cards £4.95 formation is reminiscent of a bird in flight. than photographs can ever achieve
First day cover (stamps) £9.11
£1.40 SYNchrO WOW FactOr
First day cover (mini sheet) £5.34 The synchro manoeuvre involves two Red It is not only plane-spotters who will
Coin cover from £17.50 Arrows flying past each other in opposite stop and take notice of these stamps
directions at an altitude as low as 100ft.

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news in brief

> The Sun newspaper

Smaller Stampex
stand sets a new
claimed in February
that five Cabinet
ministers now back
its campaign for
stamps to
commemorate

tone for Royal Mail

Britain’s departure
from the European
Union in 2019.

> The dates of this

year’s Owls and Old
Vic stamp issues
have been switched, Royal Mail’s downsized stand at Spring
so the former will Stampex in February disappointed collectors
appear on May 11 on various levels.
and the latter on The lack of the usual Post & Go kiosks
August 30.
meant that there was no way of buying
> Slogan postmarks machine-vended copies of the new Mail By
used in February Sea pictorial set on site, and that no event-
included ‘World specific overprint was available this year.
Cancer Day’, ‘100
The withdrawal of stand-alone display units
Years since the
Representation of made it harder for customers to view stamp

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the People Act 1918’, issues and other products on sale. Instead
‘Supporting Team GB these were on view beneath glass sales
at Pyeongchang 2018 counters, and not easy to see until you had
Winter Olympics’,
‘Valentine’s Day reached the front of the queue to be served
2018’ (with a quote by the counter staff.
from a poem by John Stock levels were also criticised by some,
Donne), and ‘London especially the lack of availability of the most
Fashion Week’.
recent printings of Machin definitives.
> The Postal Although they were otherwise helpful, the
Museum produced staff were not prepared to leave items on the
its own presentation counter during the buying process, so they
pack of the Post & had to be carried to the backroom where orders were being processed (for posting if required, with free postage and
Go Mail By Sea set.
packing for bulky purchases). Only one till was then available for payment.
> The threat of a The new stand design is intended to give Royal Mail the flexibility to attend a wider range of events, including
postal strike was non-philatelic exhibitions, according to Tony Devine of the Stamps & Collectibles division, writing in the February
averted in February issue of the British Philatelic Bulletin.
when Royal Mail and
But its introduction also appears to reflect a more cost-conscious and security-conscious approach, while the
the Communication
Workers Union came withdrawal of Post & Go facilities is thought to herald a general reduction in the deployment of roving Royal Mail
to an agreement kiosks and their commemorative overprints.
over pay, working
hours and pension
arrangements after
a long dispute.
Postage rates changing on March 26
> Royal Mail’s chief
executive, Moya Most postage rates will be revised on March 26, and a handful of
Greene, who was
new definitive values are expected to meet new higher rates.
criticised last year
for becoming a Basic 1st class postage will increase from 65p to 67p, and 2nd
non-executive class from 56p to 58p. The price of a 1st Large stamp will rise from
director of EasyJet, 98p to £1.01, while that of a 2nd Large goes up from 76p to 79p.
is to take up a Other increases will see the postcard, Europe up to 20g and
similar role at
Rio Tinto. Worldwide up to 10g rates rise from £1.17 to £1.25, and the
Worldwide up to 20g rate from £1.40 to £1.45. However, the Europe
> One of the eight and Worldwide up to 100g rates are being reduced by 2p each, to
Penfold pillar boxes £1.55 and £2.25 respectively. As a consequence, all the
in Cheltenham is
international rates are now multiples of 5p.
being used to make
a mould for a Royal Mail said the changes were necessary to ensure the
replica, to replace sustainability of the postal service, with its universal service
another which was obligation (the requirement to deliver to every address in the UK).
destroyed nearby. New definitives will appear on March 20. Although details had not
The ornate
150-year-old boxes been announced as we went to press, Machins of £1.25, £1.45 and
are Grade II listed £1.55 can be expected as a minimum; the £2.25 rate could be met by
buildings. an extra printing of the existing value, first issued in 2015.

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Royal Air Force
prestige stamp book...
The prestige stamp book linked to the Royal Air Force issue
comprises 26 pages, including five panes of stamps.
Two panes bring together the six counter sheet stamps (including
duplicate copies of the Lightning and Typhoon designs), in new
se-tenant arrangements, while a third has the four miniature sheet
stamps, also in a different layout.
A fourth commemorative pane has four 1st class stamps
(including a duplicate) from the 2015 Battle of Britain issue,
featuring Hurricane and Spitfire crews, while the fifth pane
comprises three 2p, three 5p and two £1.17 definitives and a central
label featuring the famous RAF roundel.
With text and photographs exploring the story of the RAF and the
Red Arrows, the standard book is priced £18.69.
A numbered limited edition with a slightly different cover, a
certificate of authenticity and a leaflet featuring enlarged versions
of the stamp artwork is priced £45.
...and retail booklets
Two retail books of six 1st class values will also include stamps
from the new commemorative issue, in self-adhesive guise rather
than with standard gum.
The RAF Centenary booklet issued on March 20 contains one each
of the Hurricane and Lightning designs, together with four Machins.
The Red Arrows booklet, which will follow on May 11, will have one
each of the Flypast and Swan designs.
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Don Staddon has the inside line on British
stamp printings, post office supplies and
developments in postal mechanisation
Definitive printings
The 50p slate grey definitive has appeared for the first
time with a 2017 year code and a security underlay on its
backing paper. The printing date was October 23, 2017,
and the code appears as ‘M17L’. This value’s only previous
printing in counter sheets had a 2012 year code.
A 2017 reprint of the Special Delivery up to 100g stamp
with security backing paper was also seen at Stampex,
with a printing date of October 2.
Christmas printings
The sheets of Christmas 1st class stamps given to Royal
Mail staff at the end of last year (February issue, page 21)
came from a printing of July 18.
Comprising two panes of the children’s competition-
winning design only, with the matrix intact, they differ
from the counter sheets printed on July 8, which had the
Madonna & Child design in the upper pane and were
stripped of the matrix before distribution to post offices.
We understand that the later printing was also intended
to provide reserve supplies in case stocks of the initial
printing ran out, but we are not aware of any of these
sheets reaching post offices or the philatelic service.
Christmas booklets
There was a reserve printing of the 12 x 1st class and
12 x 2nd class Christmas booklets, stocks of which were
on sale at the Royal Mail stand at Stampex. They comprise
the Madonna & Child design alone, and were printed
entirely from cylinder numbers W1.
post & go maChines
The planned roll-out of Post & Go machines to many more
Royal Mail delivery offices appears to have been shelved.
Presumably this is part of the same policy review which
has seen the use of roving machines at philatelic events
cut back this year.
post & go non-postal labels
Although there were no Post & Go kiosks vending postally
valid British stamps at Spring Stampex, a machine at the
Stamp Active stand for young collectors had one
(alongside the kiosks for Guernsey, Gibraltar and Jersey
stamps) offering non-postal labels, with proceeds going
to youth philately.
With a Stamp Active motif, a Cartor logo and a 2018
Stampex Exhibition underlay, they came with a
‘Specimen’ overprint, with or without a smiley face!
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 YOUR VIEWS

LETTER OF THE MONTH

How many Indians have been

get in touch
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you the opportunity to have your say.
Whether you want to praise or
complain, suggest or advise, add
information or correct it, or just get
something off your chest, we’d love
to hear from you.
commemorated on British stamps?
I noticed that there was a great deal of media interest in one particular stamp in the Votes
For Women set: the 1913 photograph of Sophia Duleep Singh, who (although born and
brought up in Britain) was the daughter of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire in Punjab.
Given that India was ‘the jewel in the crown’ of the British Empire until 1947, that set me
wondering, how many Indians have been featured on British stamps?
Mahatma Gandhi, who was honoured on the centenary of his birth in 1969, is the most
obvious example, but with a little research I discovered a few more.
The actress Vivien Leigh (1985, 2013) was born in Darjeeling, and the comedian Spike
Milligan (2015) was born in Ahmednagar. The author Rudyard Kipling, who was born in
Bombay, hasn’t been portrayed in person but his Just So stories were celebrated in 2002.
These examples offer some evidence about how deeply entrenched the British were in
India in the days of the Raj. Can anybody offer any further examples?
Jim Sullivan, Crewe

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When satire turns

into prophecy
Many years ago I recall seeing a cartoon
which portrayed the Postmaster General of
the day (was it Tony Benn?) making an
announcement at the Despatch Box in the
House of Commons: ‘Following the success
of the recent commemorative stamps, I am
announcing special issues for Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday...’
These days, I fear, it is almost true!
Edward Vaughan, via e-mail

is that fugitive ink in

those marker pens?
With regards to the ongoing
correspondence about Royal Mail
mutilating British stamps with felt-tip pen
and market-pen cancellations, a thought
struck me.
What is the likelihood, and what are
possible implications, of this heavy ink
soaking through a cover and damaging its
contents?
Bob Trower, Woodley
Buy stamps for enjoyment, not for investment
I was pleased to hear of the demise of the dubious investment scheme operated by Stanley
Gibbons (January issue, page 8). It has long been my opinion that the cost of buying a
stamp is justified only partly by the market value of the stamp, and mostly by the
enjoyment I get from collecting.
I enjoy searching dealers’ stocks, scouring the internet, researching aspects of postal
history and talking to other collectors. If I get 25% back from the resale of the stamps I buy,
I am quite happy to have paid 75% for the enjoyment that is associated with my hobby.
If I went to the cinema to watch a film, I would not expect to get any money back from the
subsequent sale of the ticket.
Malcolm Goyns

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Soapbox
are you fed up with scribbled pen cancellations ruining the stamps on your mail?
John gray urges us all to complain direct to the chief executive of Royal Mail

‘Disgraceful desecration’.
‘Vandalism’. ‘Vicious
attack’. these are just
some of the descriptions
applied in recent letters to
Stamp Magazine on the
subject of the cancellation
of stamps with biro or
felt-tip pen.
Royal Mail is rightly
concerned about revenue
protection, and has
instructed its staff to
cancel stamps that have
evaded the mechanical
cancellation by ‘intelligent
letter sorting machines’
(iLSMs) or integrated mail
processors (iMps), so they
cannot be reused for
postage.
Self-inking wavy-line
handstamping tools for
use on uncancelled
stamps were introduced in
2015, but these are greatly ABOVE: The cover which started John Gray’s extended conversation with Royal Mail about improper cancellations
inferior to circular
datestamps, which provide the ‘need to ensure cancellation of handstamps might be unavailable.
information about the place and date of uncancelled stamps to protect revenue’. For my part, i persisted in sending him
posting. in any case, they appear to be i replied asking why the wavy-line images of pen cancellations, and
rarely used, and the overzealous use of handstamping tool hadn’t been used, but eventually obtained an
pen cancellations is on the increase. received no answer. i also received no acknowledgement that some of the
reply to a subsequent e-mail, so i copied cancellations were ‘shocking’,
AIMING HIGH my next attempt to Moya greene, and ‘excessive’ and ‘completely over the top’.
So what can we do to persuade Royal received a response within three hours.
Mail to change its treatment of ‘i am sorry to hear that you have had CO-ORDINATED CAMPAIGN
uncancelled mail? i believe letters to problems with stamp cancelling the strength of feeling in the philatelic
philatelic magazines or complaints to procedures and have asked my senior community against the widespread use
local delivery offices are unlikely to team to look into this for you of pen cancellations by Royal Mail staff
influence Royal Mail policy. these are straightaway,’ it said. So started my long is obvious, and i believe it is now time to
the wrong targets! correspondence with caleb carter. communicate this to the very top of the
the correct target is Moya greene, the organisation.
chief executive of Royal Mail, who, i PARTIAL RESPONSE Starting now, i urge you to send
believe, is not sufficiently aware of the this has been a very civilised images (colour scans or photographs) of
depth and intensity of feeling of stamp conversation. What emerges clearly pen cancellations direct to Moya greene.
collectors on pen cancellations. from it, however, is that pen cancellation e-mail: moya.greene@royalmail.com
this is my conclusion following an is still regarded by Royal Mail as an i suggest that each e-mail should
extended exchange of views with a effective method for revenue protection, contain a single image and a polite
member of her executive team. particularly for multiple stamps on one request that Royal Mail stop using pen
envelope where a single handstamp will cancellations. if you have multiple
STARTING A CONVERSATION not suffice, for padded envelopes which covers which are improperly cancelled,
My correspondence with Royal Mail cannot be processed by machine, or for please send multiple e-mails, and
started with a letter to the manager of envelopes with hand-written addresses continue sending an e-mail for each
my local mail centre in peterborough, which cannot be read by a machine. further cover you receive.
following the delivery of mail cancelled in each case, Mr carter emphasised i believe an avalanche of e-mails is our
with a black felt-tip pen. that the stamps ‘will be cancelled by a best means of persuading Royal Mail to
Within a few days, i received an e-mail pen if a handstamp is unavailable’, change its policy on pen cancellations.
reply apologising ‘for the way in which although he completely failed to it’s over to you!
you received the postage’ and explaining address the question of why John Gray, Cambridge

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 YOUR VIEWS

Collecting high-value covers is a risky business

David Binstead (February issue, page 26) makes a valid point about the Royal Platinum
Wedding Anniversary issue apparently being sold only with collectors in mind, and ignoring
sales for postal purposes.
Of course, the miniature sheet can be used in its entirety as postage, but imagine doing
that and finding that when your covers arrive through the letterbox they have been cancelled
with a ballpoint pen scribble, or a felt-tip slash!
Robin Restall, Cambridge

Ukraine redefining the term ‘space fillers’

As a collector on the theme of space travel, I just about had a heart attack when I discovered
Ukraine’s recent sheets of stamps portraying individual astronauts, cosmonauts and
taikonauts. They seem to be never-ending.
There are already 10 different sheets containing 28 different stamps each, priced at about
£40 apiece. If the idea is to portray everybody who has ever been into space, that will mean
more than 500 stamps in all, which will require an outlay of more than £700.
I might have expected Mali to do this, but Ukraine?
Jeff Dugdale, Fochabers Universal penny cuppa
I was interested to read (January issue,
page 30) that the Penny Black has featured
on various beer labels. I wonder if readers
are aware that a tea has also been named
after the world’s first stamp?
Sadly I have only ever seen it on sale in
one shop, a Co-Op supermarket, and only
then for a short time.
Gordon Hendry, Witney

We could find no recent reference to this

brand, and we suspect it is discontinued. Its
selling point was that it cost one penny per tea
bag (£1 for a pack of 100), so maybe that
concept proved financially unsustainable? -Ed

Strange selection
What was the point in putting a well-known
singer’s ordinary-looking stamp collection
in a special display cabinet at Stampex?
Richard Aston, Cardiff

hot topicS
You can debate the philatelic

popular culture is OK in moderation issues of the day, and exchange

opinions and information with
other collectors, in the Forums
John Crace’s Devil’s Advocate
section on our website. Visit
column (December 2017) asked
www.stampmagazine.co.uk
whether the number of issues
dedicated to television series and
movies diminishes the reputation of
British stamps. Not necessarily.
Back in 2005, a set of six stamps
honoured successful television
shows on ITV, and it was very well
done. What Royal Mail should avoid,
however, is the huge issues of 15
stamps at a time.
Mike Dornbrock, Cedar Falls, USA

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HOLD THE FRONT PAGE
Satire aside, issuing stamps to commemorate Brexit would be a terrible idea.
The notion is too divisive, and the timing is all wrong
I
suppose we should all be
flattered. After decades of
not taking the slightest
interest in stamps, newspapers
have suddenly decided they’re
a big story.
Inevitably, angst over Britain’s
impending departure from the
European Union has been the
driving factor. On January 4 (in
fairness, this may have been
a ‘slow news day’ early in the
new year) The Sun’s front-
page splash was ‘Royal fail’,
backed up by ‘No special
stamps for Brexit’.
Other papers were quick to
follow suit, with the Daily
Telegraph and the Daily
Express piling in to demand a
Brexit commemorative issue
for March 29 next year.
Regular readers of this
column may remember that I
suggested this idea last year
(October issue, page 33). I did
so as a tongue-in-cheek
piece of gentle satire, and it
never occurred to me that
anyone, let alone the editors
of three national
newspapers, would take it
the slightest bit seriously.
But apparently they have.
So forgive me for the
returning to the subject to
cut the jokes and explain why
Brexit stamps would actually
be one of the worst ideas in
philatelic history.
We are often told by the
likes of Boris Johnson,
Michael Gove and David Davis
that the Brexit vote was the
largest public mandate ever.
Let’s get that in perspective.
More than 17 million people
voted for Britain to leave the
EU, but more than 16 million
voted to remain. By no
standards is that an
overwhelming majority.
Far from expressing the ‘will
of the people’ (a phrase that
gets bandied around a lot by
politicians), the referendum was
actually one of the most divisive
acts in political history. Called
by the then Prime Minister,
David Cameron, as a sop to the
Eurosceptics in the
Conservative Party, if anything
it has made the infighting even
more bitter, not just inside the
party but around the country.
Bizarrely, we now have a new
Prime Minister, Theresa May,
ABOVE: Would you believe it? Titillation, football and philately on the
front page of The Sun. And it’s philately that gets top billing!
‘I suggested Brexit stamps as a tongue-in-
cheek piece of gentle satire, and it never
occurred to me that anyone would take it
seriously. But apparently they have’
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Is speculation about Brexit stamps a shot in the arm for
philately? Would an issue be a shot in the foot by Royal Mail?
E-mail your comments to guy.thomas@mytimemedia.com
DEVIL’S ADVOCATE
who is pushing through Brexit
but, when asked if she would
vote ‘leave’ if the referendum
were held now, is unable to
answer. She’s a leader who
doesn’t even believe in her
government’s own policies.
Try to imagine designing a set
of stamps that reflects this
degree of disunity and
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THE AUTHOR
John Crace is
a GB collector
specialising in
early booklet
panes, and
a newspaper
columnist
incoherence. It’s unthinkable.
The whole point of British
commemorative issues is that
they celebrate things that
we, as a country, generally
agree upon. Or, at least, don’t
vehemently disagree on.
While some of us may be
thrilled when Jane Austen is
honoured as one of the
country’s greatest authors,
at least those who haven’t
read her novels aren’t likely
to object to them being
illustrated on stamps. The
same level of acquiescence
does not apply to Brexit.
Think too of parallels from
history. If stamps had been
in existence in 1066, would
most of the country have
been thrilled to have a
commemorative issue for
the Battle of Hastings? I
sincerely doubt it. The
Anglo-Saxon majority were
mourning the loss of King
Harold, and concered about
their future under foreign
conquest.
Likewise, Oliver Cromwell
would have been a bit
previous in issuing stamps to
celebrate the execution of
King Charles I in 1649. Not
least when you consider that
monarchism remained
strong enough to get the
rightful heir restored to the
throne just 11 years later.
Timing is crucial for
commemorative stamps, and
the time for a Brexit issue
will be in 25 years’ time — and
then only if Brexit has proved to
be a success. It may be just as
likely that the 2044 stamp
programme will be celebrating
the 20th anniversary of our
readmission to the EU. ■
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NEW ZEALAND. On Paper charity mixture with Commems and higher values includes dif-
ficult to find modern. Supplied to us exclusively by a N.Z Charity. Approx. 2500 stamps / 1lb. ½
lb £11.00, 1 lb £20.00.
U.S.A. An on paper charity mixture with stupendous variety. There can’t be many mixtures so at-
tractive and with such good count. Approx count 3500 to 4000 stamps. Per 1lb £16.00, 2lbs £30.00.  
IRELAND CHARITY. On paper. This emanates from convents throughout the Republic, is
• GREAT BRITAIN PRICE LIST 1840 TO mostly modern  with a wealth of Commems. Price £16.50 / lb. 
EUREKA! We’ve found it. This has to be our best world mixture yet. At least 85% commems
DATE. COPY ON REQUEST with a staggering variety with around 100 countries/states (yes we have found stamps from that
many). Much modern and many high values included. Our SUPER WORLD 100. ½ lb £28.00, 1
lb £55.00, 2 lbs £105.00.
OVERSEAS FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH CHARITY MIXTURE.With

A must for all GB Collectors

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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. 
EUROPEAN COMMEMORATIVES. New in the spring again it has been remarkably
successful. Mostly  Commemoratives from all corners of Europe (No GB). Great variety with
high values and semi-postals. Includes very interesting stamps from the new Russian States,
Iceland, Faroes, Greenland, Vatican, Monaco, San Marino, United Nations and Liechtenstein.
A must for all collectors of Europe. ½ lb £28.00, 1 lb £55.00.
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. ½ lb £18.00, 1lb £35.00. 
COMMEMORATIVES & LARGE ONLY ON PAPER MIXTURES. Special
offer. Buy 2 different lots of the Commems & Large mixtures below deduct 50% from the price,
4 items deduct 10%, 8 items deduct 20%! ALDERNEY 2oz £25, ¼ lb £48.00.  AUSTRA-
LIA ½ lb £19, 1 lb £35.00.    AUSTRIA ¼ lb £35, ½ lb £68.00. BELGIUM. ¼ lb £23, ½ lb
£45.00.   BHUTAN ¼ lb £35, ½ lb £68.00.  BOTSWANA ¼ lb £18, ½ lb £35.00. CANADA
¼ lb £40, ½ lb £70.00. CYPRUS ¼ lb £30, ½ lb £58.00. DENMARK ¼ lb £18, ½ lb £35.00.
ETHIOPIA ¼ lb £26, ½ lb £50.00. FALKLANDS 2 oz £25, ¼ lb £48.00  FINLAND ¼ lb
£20, ½ lb £39.00. FRANCE ¼ lb £23.00, ½ lb £42.00. FRENCH AFRICA ¼ lb £47, ½ lb
£90.00. GERMANY ½ lb £16, 1 lb £30.00. GERMANY H.V COMMEMS ¼ lb £22, ½ lb £40.
GIBRALTAR ¼ lb £30, ½ lb £58. GREECE ¼ lb £31, ½ lb £60. GUERNSEY ¼ lb £33, ½ lb
£65.00. HOLLAND ¼ lb £18, ½ lb £35.00.   IRAN ¼ lb £30.00, ½ lb £58.00.IRELAND ¼ lb
£21, ½ lb £40.00. ISLE OF MAN ½ lb £33, 1 lb £59.00.  ITALY ¼ lb £32, ½ lb £60.00. JAPAN
¼ lb £22, ½ lb £40.00.  MALAWI ¼ lb £20, ½ lb £38.00.  MALTA ½ lb £16, 1 lb £30.00. NEW
ZEALAND ¼ lb £23, ½ lb £44.00. NORWAY ¼ lb £23, ½ lb £45.00.   SPAIN ¼ lb £23.00, ½ lb
£44.00. SWEDEN ¼ lb £23, ½ lb £45.00. SWISS ¼ lb £23, ½ lb £45.00.  THAILAND ¼ lb £23,
½ lb £45.00 U.S.A ½ lb £25, 1 lb £48.00.
OFF PAPER MIXTURES
FRANCE. An amazing collection of over 500 different Commemoratives only from 2011 to
2016 all in complete sets!! List price £65, sale price £55.00. 
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 ½ p
each. ½ lb £18.00, 1 lb £35.00, 5 lbs £155.00. Sale price ½ 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. Sev-
eral clients found stamps cataloguing £10 to £50 each. No promises but with at least 7,000 stamps/1lb
you’ll have great fun sorting. ½ lb £31.00, 1 lb £60.00. Sale price ½ 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 ½ p each. ½ lb £28.00, 1 lb £55.00. Sale
price ½ lb £25.00, 1 lb £49.00.
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TEL: 01296 662420 • E-mail: courtphilatelics@aol.com
Payment: We accept cheque, postal orders or all major credit & debit cards. Paypal pay-
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A/C no. 10088313, sort code 16-1620. NO MINIMUM ORDER.
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AUSTRALIA ANTARCTIC (most issues in lists) G118 2013 4 CU CARNIVOROUS PLANTS S/A CAT £5 (16) 60p C024 1999 16 CU CANADA AIR FORCE CAT £11.20 (10) £4.75
D679 1979 16 CM SHIPS CAT £12 (10) £3.25 B254 2014 9 X 70c GREETINGS SG 4145-53 CAT £9 (16) £5 D215 1999 68 CU MILLENIUM £29
E144 1979 16 CU SHIPS FROM FDC CAT £22 (16) £1.75 D213 2014 £1.40 GREETINGS GOLD RING CAT £2.10 (16) 45p C336 2000 10 CU RIVERS AND LAKES S/A CAT £8 (10) £3.75
D044 1994 4 CU HUSKIES CTO CAT £7.50 (10) 75p C984 2014 4 CU BUSH BALLADS S/A CAT £4 (16) 35p B290 2002 8 CU MOUNTAINS CAT £8.80 (16) £1.25
E236 1998 4 CU ARCTIC TRANSPORT FDC CAT £12 (‘10) £2.25 E271 2014 5 CU EQUESTRIAN EVENTS CAT £7 (16) 95p G385 2003 8 CU ASTRONAUTS CAT £8 (16) £2.75
C545 2011 4 CU ICEBERGS S/A CAT £8 (16) 75p G102 2014 2 CU SUBS & AIRCRAFT CAT £2.80 (16) 95p C996 2008 96c AUDREY HEPBURN S/A CAT £3 (14) £1.50
AUSTRALIA ANTARTIC USED M/S E409 2014 2 CU SUBS AND AIRCRAFT S/A CAT £2.80 (16) 45p X087 2008 $1.60 CHURCHILL S/A CAT £4.50 (14) 75p
D470 2008 M/S POLAR YEAR CAT £10 (12) £2.95 B179 2014 6 CU THINGS THAT STING CAT £8.40 (16) £3.75 C581 2010 4 CU ROADSIDE ATTACTIONS CAT £5.75 (14) £1.75
B416 2009 M/S SOUTH MAGNETIC POLE CAT £11 (16) £2.95 C241 2014 5 CU CENT. WW1 CAT £5 (16) 95p D427 2010 $10 WHALE SG 1762c CAT £13 (16) £6.75
G253 2009 M/S PRESERVE POLAR REGIONS CAT £11 (16) £2.95 B030 2015 4 CU S/A LIGHTHOUSES 45p D077 2011 4 CU RECORDING ARTISTS CAT £6 (14) £1.95
E294 2010 M/S MACQUARIE ISLAND CAT £11 (13) £4.55 C394 2015 65c CHRISTMAS GREEN DOVES EMBOSSED 50p E003 2012 $1.80 TITANIC CAT £5.50 (16) £1.25
E292 2011 M/S ICEBERGS MS202 CAT £8.50 (16) £3.45 D436 2015 4 CU S/A COLLECTIONS 45p E356 2012 $2 DIAMOND JUBILEE CAT £1.25 (14) 95p
E293 2011 M/S AUSTRALASIAN EXPEDITION CAT £10 (16) 2.95 D703 2015 4 CU S/A AUSTRALIA WALKS 45p D795 2013 $1.85 RAOUL WALLENBERG CAT £2.75 (14) 75p
E487 2012 M/S CENTENARY PHILLIP LAW CAT £12 (16) £4.75 G386 2015 5 CU S/A CATS 50p E447 2013 $1,85 PHOTOGRAPHY SG 2924 CAT £2.75 (16) £1.25
E481 2012 ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION M/S CAT £11.50 (16) £3.75 D305 2015 4 CU TOURIST TRANSPORT S/A CAT £5.60 (16)45p C105 2013 5 CU ADOPT A PET CAT £6.75 (14) £1.95
E482 2013 ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION M/S CAT £11.50 (16) £3.75 B262 2016 2 X 65c CHRISTMAS EMBOSSED 95p E088 2013 4 CU RECORDING ARTISTS CAT £5 (16) 75p
E483 2014 ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION M/S CAT £11.50 (16) £3.75 D055 2016 2 X $1 JEWELLED BEETLES 40p E149 2013 7 CU HOCKEY CAT £8.50 (14) £2.95
AUSTRALIAN INT USED (100+ MORE IN LISTS) D274 2016 3 X $1 BUTTERFLIES S/A 35p G479 2014 6 CU NHL LEGENDS DEFENCEMEN CAAT £9 (16)£3.35
A1 2014 $2.60 QUEN’S BIRTHDAY 75p D987 2016 CHRISTMAS TWO 65c EMBOSED 95p E217 2014 $2.50 KAMAGATA INCIDENT CAT £4.50 (16) 75p
A2 2014 $7.40 WILDERNESS £3.25 CANADA (750+ more in lists) E362 2014 $2.50 EMPRESS OF IRELAND £2.75
A3 2015 $1.85 JOINT ISSUE £2.75 E359 1897 15c JUBILEE SG 132 CAT £120 (14) £37 C033 2014 5 CU GHOSTS £1.75
A4 2015 $1.95 JOINT ISSUE £3.25 D004 1898 2c IMPERIAL PENNY CAT £7 (16) £1.65 D178 2014 $2.50 PHOTOGRAPHY SG 3058 CAT £4.50 (16) £1.35
A5 2015 $2.75 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY £1.75 B810 1908 7c QUEBEC GD/FINE USED SG 192 CAT £65 (13)£18 E376 2014 5 CU COUNTRY SINGERS CAT £7.50 (16) £1.45
A5 2015 $2.75 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY S/A £1.75 E370 1908 10c QUEBEC SG 193 GOOD+/FINE CAT £85 (16 £25 C676 2015 5 P VALUES PHOTOGRAPHY £1.75
A6 2015 $2.75 X 2 LONG MAY SHE REIGN £2.50 E467 1908 15c SG 194 GOOD/FU CAT £95 (14) £29 D505 2015 6 CU HOCKEY GOALIES £1.75
A7 2015 $2.75 BIKE £1.35 B811 1912 50c SEPIA SG 215 CAT £3.75 (16) 55p E479 2015 5 CU HAUNTED £1.95
A8 2016 $2.95 MONOTREMES £1.25 B091 1922 20c OFFICIAL SG S4 CAT £6.50 (14) £1.25 E365 2015 $2.50 PHOTOGRAPHY “SMILE” £1.75
AUSTRALIAN USED (900+ more offers in lists) C085 1927 12c HISTORICAL SG 272 CAT £4.50 (16) 45p E300 2015 5 CU DINOSAURS CAT £7.50 (16) £2.25
C231 1913 3d ‘ROO MIN CAT £10 (13) 95p C092 1927 20c HISTORICAL SG 273 CAT £14 (16) £1.95 C518 2015 5 CU PETS CAT £7.50 (16) £2.25
C544 1913-14 4d ‘ROO CAT £26 (16) £2.55 C093 1928 5c AIR SG 274 CAT £4.75 (11) £1.35 C943 2016 6 CU NHL £2.35
D498 1913-14 6d MIN CAT £20 (13) £2.75 C095 1928-9 12c QUEBEC BRIDGE SG 282 CAT £20 (16) £1.55 E020 2016 4 CU BIRDS £1.55
D806 1928 3d KOOKA SG 106 CAT £6.50 (16) £1.35 B824 1928 50c BLUE NOSE SG 285 CAT £55 (16) £17 E280 2016 5 CU STAR TREK £2.50
G240 1929 3d AIR SG 115 CAT £4.25 (16) 75p D443 1928 $1 PARLIAMENT SG 285 CAT £85 (16) £24 G198 G198 $2.50 PHOTOGRAPHY GREY OWL £1.95
D293 1934 9d SHEEP SG 152 CAT £50 (16) £12 C356 1929 20c HARVESTING SG 283 CAT £20 (16) £1.75 E248 2017 5 CU BIRDS £1.45
D903 1935 3d SILVER JUBILEE CAT £11 (16) £1.35 D973 1930 20c OFFICIAL SG S6 CAT £8.50 (16) £1.25 E346 2016 5 CU HAUNTED £1.75
G276 1964-5 2/5d WREN RARE SG 367a CAT £8 (13) 75p C037 1930 50c GRAND PRE SG 302 CAT £17 (11) £4.75 E492 2017 5 CU FORMULA 1 £2.75
D722 1965 3 CU GALLIPOLI CAT £5.10 (16) £1.45 C498 1930 $1 MOUNT CAVELL CAT £40 (16) £12 G122 2017 5 CU STAR TREK £1.95
D160 1994 8 CU TRIANGULAR ROOS CAT £6.50 (16) 75p C135 1932 3 CU OTTAWA SG 315-7 CAT £12.30 (16) 75p D549 2017 5 CU OPERA £1.75
D650 1995 3 CU PEACE PACIFIC CTO CAT £4.40 (16) 45p B508 1932 6c ON 5c AIR SG 318 CAT £24 (16) £1.75 FALKLAND ISLANDS
D244 1996 16 CU AUSSIE FOOTBALL S/A CAT £13 (10) £1.35 D424 1932-3 4c GEORGE V SG 322 CAT £15 (16) 95p E470 1952 9 CM TO 1/- CAT £70.50 (13) £29
E335 2000 25 CU CTO FACES OF AUSTRALIA CAT £13 (13) £3.75 B168 1935 5c SILVER JUBILEE SG 338 CAT £9 (16) 75p INDIA
G100 2001 10 CU ROCK AND ROLL S/A CAT £6 (16) 55p C218 1935 13c SILVER JUBILEE SG 340 CAT £10 (16) £1.35 B080 1935 7 CU SILVER JUBILEE CAT £17.30 (16) £1.75
C507 2004 5 CU RAILWAYS CTO STRIP CAT £5 (16) 95p C148 1935 50c PARLIAMENT SG 350 CAT £7.50 (14) £1.55 NIGERIA
D853 2006 10 CU ROCK POSTERS S/A CAT £8.50 (13) 95p C533 1937-8 50c VANCOUVER SG 366 CAT £16 (16) £2.95 B066 1938-51 2/6 MIN CAT £3.50 £1.25
C128 2012 4 CU BATHURST RACES S/A £5.50 (13) 95p C534 1937-8 $1 CHATEAU SG 367 CAT £16 (16) £1.75 B067 1938-51 5/- MIN CAT £3 95p
B418 2012 5 CU CITY TRANSPORT CAT £10 (16) £2.50 C156 1946 $1 FERRY SG 406 CAT £6.50 (16) 95p PAKISTAN
D827 2012 5 CU CITY TRANSPORT S/A CAT £11.25 (16) 65p D616 1951 $1 FISHERMAN SG 422 CAT £6 (16) £1.50 1948 10r OFFICIAL SG O26 CAT £80 (16) £13
E345 2012 $3 SUNFLOWERS SG 3749 CAT £9 (16) £1.55 D453 1983 10 CU FORTS SG 1090-9 CAT £8 (16) 65p NEW ZEALAND (200+ IN LISTS)
D988 2012 $5 APPLES SG 3750 CAT £14 (16) £2.95 D632 1994 12 CU TREES CAT £10.80 (‘10) £4.95 C084 1935-42 14 CU PICTS CAT VALE £36 (16) £4.50
G495 2012 5 CU MEDICAL DOCTORS CAT £10 (16) £1.45 C579 1995 10 CU GROUP OF SEVEN RARE £2.75 D945 1935 1 CU HEALTH SG 576 CAT £3.75 (16) 55p
X018 2012 5 CU MEDICAL DOCTORS S/A CAT £10 (16) 55p D049 1995 4 CU BRIDGES CAT £10 (16) PRICE £1.45 C010 1936-42 6d SG 585b CAT £4.50 (11) 50p
E351 2012 1 CU OLIVIA N JOHN S/A CAT £1.90(13) 95p D581 1996 25 CU HISTORIC AUTOS FROM MS1684 CTO £6.95 D380 1936 1 CU HEALTH CAT £3.75 (16) 75p
D823 2013 10 CU MUSIC LEGENDS S/A CAT £15 (16) £2.95 D947 1996 10 CU CINEMA £2.75 D712 1937 3 CU CORONATION CAT £4.75 (16) 45p
B236 2013 $10 ‘ROO SG 2983 CAT £19 (16) £5.50 D909 1998 10 CU CANALS CAT £14 (16) £1.75 D727 1938 1 CU HEALTH SG 610 CAT £3.25 (16) 45p
E463 2013 4 CU HEADLINE NEWS S/A CAT £7 (16) £1.35 D617 1998 10 CU MINISTERS CAT £7.50 (16) £1.75 MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IN OUR LISTS

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post office rifles

Postmen at arms
although best known as a fighting unit in World War i, the post Office rifles
battalion can trace its origins back as far the 1850s, and was originally deployed by
the army expressly to provide postal services
■ Report by Hannah Ellis

F
ew escaped the clutches of
World War I. Answering the
call to arms to serve their
country were men from all walks
of life, many of whom were little
more than boys.
They enlisted in their droves in
locally raised battalions or
‘community forces’, often based on
school classes and sports teams,
but a number of units were also
raised by professional
organisations. One such example
was the Post Office Rifles,
comprising postal workers who
swapped mail for machine-guns,
and served with distinction at
ABOVE: 1st class some of the conflict’s most
stamp from the 2016 ferocious battles.
The Post Office At This unit was not a creation of
War miniature sheet, 1914, however. Its foundations were
reproducing a laid more than 50 years earlier, in
photograph of the the aftermath of the Crimean War,
Post Office Rifles and it was at its purest form
battalion taken during the Boer War at the turn of
during World War I the century.
Volunteer riflemen
Britain and its allies had struggled
to victory against Russia in the
Crimea in 1853-56, with logistical
and tactical failures becoming all
too apparent. By 1859 the
consensus was that the military,
which was garrisoned at all
extremities of a vast Empire, was
severely undermanned should
another major war break out
closer to home.
When this duly transpired, in the
guise of the Second Italian War of
Independence (contested largely by
the major powers of France and
Austria), the threat of getting
caught up in a wider European
conflict was taken very seriously,
and the government’s response
was the establishment of the
Volunteer Force.
The Secretary of State for War
circulated a letter amongst the

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Lord Lieutenants of the counties
ordering the formation of local
volunteer corps, readied for muster
in the event of an enemy invasion.
They were the forerunners of
today’s Territorial Army.
Raised by Viscount Bury in 1860,
the 21st Middlesex Rifles Volunteer
Corps (Civil Service Rifles) drew its
members from the ranks of
London’s civil servants. The
recruitment campaign garnered
particular interest among staff of
the General Post Office, which
resulted in there being sufficient
numbers to create an exclusive
unit, officially titled as the Post
Office Company.
Auxiliary policemen
This additional manpower was
conceived to allow Britain to retain
‘The recruitment campaign for a volunteer
corps in 1860 garnered particular interest
among staff of the General Post Office, and
there were sufficient numbers to create an
exclusive unit’
a measure of home defence when
despatching its regular army to
fight abroad. Soon, however, the
military was tasked with dealing
with domestic unrest, emphasising
the need for volunteer policemen.
When the Irish Republican
Brotherhood organised the Fenian
Rising of 1867 in support of
independence for Ireland, it failed
to capture much public support
and many of its leaders were
quickly arrested. However, a series
of bombings followed, in London
and Manchester, culminating in 12
people being killed at Clerkenwell
Prison in London during an
attempt to liberate dissidents
awaiting trial.
The plan failed, but the
Clerkenwell explosion convinced
the Government that further
measures were required to
guarantee the capital’s safety. More
boots were needed on the streets,
and these materialised in the shape
of auxiliary policemen known as
special constables.
Some 1,600 volunteers from the
General Post Office were among
those who trained as special
constables. They found themselves
tasked with safeguarding the
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capital’s notable buildings and
important infrastructure,
including their own places of work
— after all, disruption of the
postal service would have been
seen as a devastating blow to
19th-century society.
Postal staff only
Once the immediate threat posed
by the Fenians had passed, a
number of the GPO special
constables approached their
supervisor, Major John L du Plat
Taylor, to request the formation of a
GPO volunteer rifle corps.
In civilian life, du Plat Taylor was
personal secretary to the
Postmaster General, whose
permission was required (along
with that of the War Office) to
bring the idea to fruition. This
familiarity worked in his favour,
and the 49th Middlesex Rifle
Volunteers Corps (Post Office
Rifles) was duly formed under his
command in 1868, comprising ABOVE: Cigarette card produced by John Player & Sons in the 1930s,
special constables and personnel illustrating a Post Office Rifleman during the Egypt campaign of 1882, when
from the Civil Service Rifles who the unit became the first volunteer force to come under enemy fire
were employees of the postal
service.
A reorganisation within the
Volunteer Force saw the unit
renumbered as the 24th Middlesex
Rifle Volunteers Corps in 1880, and
only two years later it would
receive its first battle honours.
Under fire in Egypt
Following the outbreak of the
Anglo-Egyptian War in July 1882,
in which Britain reacted to put
down a nationalist uprising against
its ally the Khedive of Egypt, two
officers and 102 servicemen
volunteered to form the Army Post
Office Corps, which received a
royal warrant.
The detachment was deployed a
mere 17 days later, tasked with
providing postal and telegraphy
services but in a war zone. Mail
from home was despatched three ABOVE: Post Office Rifles (8th City of London Battalion, London Regiment)
times a week, stamps and postal cap badge of the early 20th century, inscribed at left and right to note the
orders were readily available battalion’s service in Egypt in 1882 and South Africa in 1899-1902
april 2018 www.stampmagazine.co.uk 43
post office rifles

from military post offices, and ABOVE: Stretcher-

roaming field post offices allowed bearer detachment of
soldiers on the front line to the 24th Middlesex
communicate with their families. Rifle Volunteers
Although its role may be viewed (Post Office Rifles)
as a logistical one, this unit became on parade in London
the first volunteer force to come in 1897, two years
under enemy fire, while attached before the Boer War
to the Headquarters 2 Division
during the Battle of Kassassin in
the Nile delta.
The British prevailed but the
relentlessness of the Egyptian
attack made the encounter more
taxing and costly than expected,
and the experience of the Post
Office Corps highlighted that no
servicemen are excused from the

‘Following the outbreak of the

Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882,
two officers and 102 servicemen
volunteered to form the Army
Post Office Corps’
realities of war, whether or not they
are classified as frontline troops.

Extended in Sudan
The Corps was deployed to Sudan
in 1885 as part of the British RIGHT: Postcard
Expeditionary Force to relieve the produced for the Post
siege of Khartoum, setting up Office Rifles when
similar postal arrangements with the battalion was
mail deliveries scheduled daily by billeted in Cuckfield,
train to field post offices. West Sussex, in
A novelty was introduced in the 1914-15

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© ROYAL MAIL GROUP, COURTESY OF THE POSTAL MUSEUM, 2018
form of embossed envelopes and
note paper, which could be bought
by soldiers at 1d, bringing in some
useful revenue. It was the first time
stationery had been sold at army
post offices, and is credited as
being the precursor to the field
service postcard of World War I.
The expedition was a disaster,
because it arrived too late to save
the lives of General Charles
Gordon and his garrison at
Khartoum, who were overrun by
the Mahdi army after a siege
lasting almost a year. But the Post
Office Corps’ letter and parcel
service was warmly applauded,
with its 10-day delivery times
considered impressive.
The publication of an Army Post
Office Corps Field Manual in 1888
set out a template for providing
postal services in future
campaigns.
Challenged in South Africa
In 1899 the Corps faced its biggest
challenge to date, when more than
100 men were mobilised at the
onset of the Second Boer War and
sent to southern Africa aboard
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LEFT: Recruitment hospital’s wounded, allowing
poster for the Post correspondence to be intercepted
Office Rifles in May and rerouted at the sorting office.
1915, less than a year From 1900 the Corps operated
into World War I five travelling post offices. These
were basic to say the least,
consisting of a box truck with a
makeshift interior, and they
were vulnerable to attack by
enemy guerrilla forces, but they
served their purpose as well as
could be expected.
Losses in action
On June 7, 1900, 18 members of the
Corps accompanying the mail to
advance positions came under
attack at Roodewal railway station
near Bloemfontein in the Orange
Free State, and could defend
themselves only by fashioning
barricades from the 2,000 bags of
mail waiting for onward delivery.
Six hours of fighting ensued,
during which the commanding
BELOW: Sergeant officer and two of his men were
Alfred Knight was the killed before the unit was forced
only Post Office to surrender.
Rifleman to be The survivors were taken away
awarded the Victoria as prisoners of war (after being
Cross, following his granted the time to bury their
heroics during the fallen comrades) and the mailbags
1917 Battle of were looted of all items of value,
Passchendaele including stamps and postal
RMS Dunottar Castle.
A base army post office was
established in the Cape Colony’s
main Post Office building in Cape
Town, followed by a second one in
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, when a
two-pronged attack was adopted
against the Boers of Transvaal and
the Orange Free State.
The mail was delivered weekly
from Britain to Cape Town by ship,
taking two weeks to arrive. Once
sorted, letters and parcels were
carried by local postal services to
© ROYAL MAIL GROUP, COURTESY OF THE POSTAL MUSEUM, 2018
field post offices, or by steamship
to Natal.
It was hard to keep track of
military units in the field, and
when towns such as Ladysmith
and Mafeking were under siege
their mail accumulated in the
depot until a safe route could be
re-established.
But the greatest difficulty was
successfully delivering mail to
casualties who had been evacuated
from the front line for medical
attention, so the unit devised a new
supporting role of its own: a group
of civilians was entrusted with
maintaining a roll of each field
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battle honours over the course of

the war, including representation
at the Somme in 1916, and Ypres
and Cambrai in 1917.
In total, more than 1,800 of them
would lose their lives, with more
than 4,000 wounded. Their
greatest losses came during the
Capture of Wurst Farm, part of the
Battle of Passchendaele, in
September 1917, where over half of
© ROYAL MAIL GROUP, COURTESY OF THE POSTAL MUSEUM, 2018

the force were incapacitated in one

form or another.
It was a skirmish that would see
no fewer than 40 gallantry medals
awarded, including a Victoria
Cross for Sergeant Alfred Knight of
the 2/8th Battalion, for his bravery
in single-handedly capturing two
German machine-gun nests.
Knight, a 29-year-old from
Birmingham who was employed in
peacetime as a clerical assistant in
the GPO’s North Midland
Engineering District, was the first
and only Post Office Rifleman to
receive this highest honour.

orders. Boer veterans’ attempts at ABOVE: The Post Great War heroics Loss of identity
cashing in the postal orders would Office Rifles The influx of volunteers from the The story of the Post Office Rifles
continue until as late as 1909! marching in column General Post Office following the leaves us looking at postal workers
during World War I outbreak of World War I in 1914 in a whole new light, and
Peacetime rethink necessitated the formation of a highlights the all-consuming and
By the end of the war in 1902, the ‘second line’ sister unit to the Post indiscriminate nature of modern
number of men deployed by the Office Rifles, and eventually a war. But sadly the battalion would
Army Post Office Corps had third one. The original unit was become a victim of post-war
quadrupled to around 400. Since redesignated the 1/8th Battalion, reorganisations.
they were crucial to operating a whilst new ones became the 2/8th It lost its distinct identity when it
postal service in the occupied and the 3/8th respectively. was merged with the 7th Battalion
Transvaal and the Orange Free Deployed to France and Belgium (whose members had no postal
State, the last detachment didn’t in March 1915, the battalion was connection) in 1921, and finally lost
leave South Africa until 1903. BELOW: Post Office soon bedded down in trench its Post Office Rifles name
On their eventual return to Rifles Cemetery at warfare. Its operational change altogether when it was
Britain, servicemen regained their Festubert, near placed it in the line of fire more amalgamated with the 32nd
peacetime positions at the Post Béthune, where the than ever before, resulting in a Anti-Aircraft Battalion of the
Office, focusing on military skills unit earned battle greater number of battle honours Royal Engineers in 1935.
only during scheduled training honours soon after but also an inevitable rise in By a convoluted route, its legacy
every September. its arrival in France casualty figures. can crudely be traced to today’s
Following the Territorial & in 1915 The postmen earned a total of 19 Royal Logistic Corps. ■
Reserve Forces Act of 1907, which
unified infantry, artillery and
engineering units into single
voluntary forces, the 24th
Middlesex was once again
renamed, now coming to be known
as the 8th (City of London)
Battalion, London Regiment (Post
Office Rifles).
Although it continued to recruit
from the civilian General Post
Office, the regiment was also
relieved of its postal duties, which
passed to the Corps of Royal
Engineers. In essence, its role was
now simply to provide
infantrymen.

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Arabian sights
a joint effort between British and arab designers gave Transjordan’s ‘Tourism’
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■ Report by John Winchester
T
he semi-arid lands to the
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RIGHT: Transjordan
1933 2m black and
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Jerash, an ancient
Roman monument
RIGHT: The 500m
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brown showed the
Treasury at Petra,
modern Jordan’s
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Y favourite stamp is probably the same as my wife’s – the GB PUC £1.
Just take a look at the design / engraving – and in single
monochrome – utterly magnificent. Strictly speaking I should say
the 1d black – it’s iconic and an amazing work of design/art in the first place
as this stamp represents in communication terms the ‘Apple i-phone’ of its
time – also barring damage to the actual paper – the 1d black is virtually
indestructible … the colour is so ‘fast’ that you can soak a 1d black in a
1/10 part solution of ‘milton/water’ (nappy bleach) … the paper will turn
white but the black will remain unaffected. This is the reason why you
sometimes see a magnificent used 1d black but the paper is too white –
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lower value … as with most things it is a question of degree … value?

Reader: That’s all very interesting Andrew, but where is this going ..?
When I was, theoretically, growing up (in my teens)
you could ask me the retail price of virtually any
British commemorative set (think ‘special issue’ for the
indoctrinated) and I would know it as black is to white.
But nowadays, in value terms, what is black and what
is white? – courtesy perhaps more than anything of the
internet … so much is ‘grey’ and blurred around the edges
… that ‘retail’ price depends more than ever upon the
quality of what is being retailed and no longer does one
price fit all … Just search on-line for an ‘Agatha Christie’
booklet – don’t look at what sellers wish for – look at
reality – click ‘completed’ – far fewer do … actual ‘sold’
prices can be 50% of each other
… now look at fixed retail prices, consider the postally
valid ‘face value’ and finally the ‘catalogue’ value … you
could be forgiven for throwing your arms up in the air. The
point is making sense of it all … not just for ‘bog standard’
commodity price items but for stamps with character –
generally pre-QEII and pre 1950 / 1940 classic stamps of
which they’re not making any more (excepting on-line
auction offers of modern fakes/reproductions) … so it
follows that if you can be confident of just four things:
1. the supplier is real and reputable (and internet ratings
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 THEMATIC GUIDE: sT pATrICk

Sinner to saint
He described himself as a sinner and a slave, but he became ireland’s patron saint.
St patrick is hard to trace in history, but what about on irish and British stamps?
■ Report by David Currie

O
f all the Christian saints, RIGHT: The first
perhaps the most famous portrayal of
is St Patrick, the patron St Patrick on stamps
saint of Ireland, whose legacy is came in Ireland’s
celebrated by Irish communities striking high-value
worldwide on March 17 every year. definitives of 1937.
Historically, little is known about The 5s purple was the
his life as a missionary and a middle value in a set
bishop. Although he wrote a of three
Confession, it is more theological
than autobiographical, and
includes no firm dates. Nobody has
a clue what he looked like, because
no contemporary portraits or
statues survive. Even the dates of
his birth and death are uncertain,
although it is clear that he was
active in the 5th century.
Despite all this, the ‘Apostle of

did you know?

Although St Patrick is
widely venerated by
Christian churches, he has
never been formally
canonised by a Pope.
during the first
millennium of the Roman
Catholic Church,
sainthoods were typically
conferred at a regional
level, rather than in Rome.
The 1,500th anniversary
of St Patrick’s death was,
however, celebrated by a
set of four Vatican City
stamps in 1961.

Ireland’ makes an interesting of Britannia had been lost by 410,

subject for a thematic collection,
based largely on the stamps of
Ireland and Great Britain.
Child of empire
Patrick was not Irish, in fact, but
Romano-British. The Roman
Empire’s control over its province
and pagan Saxons were beginning
to infiltrate what is now England,
but in many parts Roman culture
was still predominant and the
people continued to identify
themselves as Roman.
As a young man with a
privileged upbringing, Patrick

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PoRTRAiTS
ABOVE: Stained-glass portrait of St
Patrick, from a window in St Patrick’s
Cathedral Armagh, issued in 2010
would have been familiar with the
trappings of imperial power and
luxury, even if it was fading. He
wrote in Latin, calling himself
Patricius.
He recorded that he was born in
the village of Bannavem Taberniae,
which must have been somewhere
in West Britain; theories has to its
location range from Cumbria (near
Hadrian’s Wall) to Somerset (near
the Roman baths at Aquae Sulis).
The Christian faith had been
spreading rapidly around the
Roman Empire for a century,
co-existing with ancient pagan
beliefs in multiple gods, and
Patrick was born into a Christian
family. His father was a deacon and
his grandfather had been a priest,
although his Confession admits that
as a young man he was not devout.
Slave in exile
Opportunist Irish pirates were
raiding the coast of West Britain
during his adolescence, and in one
such raid, at the age of just 16,
Patrick was captured and enslaved.
Taken to Ireland, he was sold to a
pig farmer, for whom he worked
for six years.
From Patrick’s written account,
historians have suggested this
might have been near Slemish
mountain in Co Antrim, or the
mountain now known as Croagh
Patrick in Co Mayo. It was during
these years, working outdoors in
all weathers, that he reflected on
his upbringing and fully embraced
the Christian faith.
He eventually escaped servitude
and made his way to south-east
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ABOVE: Russian Orthodox-style icon of ABOVE: Symbolic representation
St Patrick, from a painting by a modern of St Patrick, with biship’s mitre,
artist, issued in 2012 staff and shamrock, issued in 2015
‘Born in Great Britain, Patrick
was captured and enslaved by
ABOVE: Patrick was born in West Britain,
Irish pirates at the age of 16’ perhaps near the Roman baths at Aquae
Sulis (Bath) in Somerset or perhaps near
Ireland, where he managed to Hadrian’s Wall in Cumbria, seen on British
persuade a ship’s master to take stamps of 2012 and 2005 respectively
him to Gaul (modern-day France).
Legend has it that the ship was
carrying a cargo of Irish
wolfhounds.
Religious convert
It was in Gaul that Patrick studied
to become a priest, and he is said to
have stayed in the cathedral town
of Auxerre (where he may have
been a pupil of St Germanus), at
Marmoutier Abbey in Tours (where ABOVE: He was part of Romano-British
he was influenced by the teachings culture, which was largely Christian.
of St Martin of Tours), and at Lérins This exquisite Roman mosaic of Christ,
Abbey on the French Riviera shown on a British stamp of 1993, was
(where he may have met the discovered in a villa in Dorset
theologian St Vincent of Lérins).
SeRViTude
ABOVE: Patrick first went to Ireland as a slave, having ABOVE: Legend has it that Partick escaped servitude on a
been abducted by pirates. A 2016 stamp from Ireland ship carrying a cargo of Irish wolfhounds, the ancient
depicts him, with his hands bound, at Slemish mountain hunting breed featured on a stamp in 1983
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ViSion

ABOVE: Ireland’s attractive 1948 airmail issue celebrated St Patrick’s vision of the Angel Victor urging him to heed the Vox Hiberniae (the voice of the Irish) and return to the
country as a missionary. The angel is shown soaring over four sites associated with the saint, including Croagh Patrick (left) and the Rock of Cashel (right)

As well as a clear understanding was to seek to convert a powerful named Dichu, donated a barn
of the tenets of Christianity, he also local chieftain, establish a church, for the purpose.
learned that his faith must be appoint a priest to minister to the Another of his high-profile
demonstrated in action. After church and then move on to a conversions was the King of
returning to his family in Britain, different area. Cashel in Co Tipperary. Legend
he had a vision of the angel Victor His first known church was at has it that the Rock of Cashel, the
urging him to heed the Vox Saul, near Downpatrick, where his ancient fortress which later
Hiberniae (the voice of the Irish) first convert, a local chieftain became a religious site, was
and return to the land of his
servitude as a missionary.
Patrick followed his vision, and SAinTly followeRS
sailed to Ireland once again.
According to tradition he landed at
Strangford Lough in Co Down, St Patrick’s missionary zeal inspired many followers in the years following his death.
near the town today known as Perhaps his most influential disciple was St Columcille (St Columba), from gartan in
Downpatrick, in 432. Co donegal, who is celebrated as the ‘Apostle of the Picts’. After leaving ireland for
Scotland with 12 companions in 563, he founded the
daring missionary famous monastery on the island of iona and travelled
Patrick is often credited with through the great glen, converting pagan Picts to
bringing Christianity to Ireland, Christianity (and reputedly encountering the loch
ness monster).
The unrelated St Columban (St Columbanus), from
‘After a vision of an Bangor in Co down, founded a string of monasteries
angel urging him to from around 590, in what is now france and
northern italy.
heed the voice of the less successful was St Brendan the navigator, from
Tralee in Co kerry, who set out with 16 monks in
Irish, Patrick around 512 to evangelise the inhabitants of islands

returned to the land north of the British mainland. According to legend,

they encountered whales, icebergs, sheep and sea
ABOVE: St Columba on Iona, portrayed in
Great Britain’s 1997 Religious
of his servitude as a monsters but almost no people! Anniversaries set

missionary’
and rescuing it from Celtic
paganism, but it would be more
accurate to credit him with
organising the existing scattered
groups of Christians into what
became the Celtic Church.
Although his theology accorded
more or less with the continental
Church, he did not adopt its
ABOVE: St Columban, portrayed by Ireland in 2015 to ABOVE: St Brendan the Navigator, portrayed by Ireland
ecclesiastical organisation but
mark the 1,400th anniversary of his death in 1994 in a joint issue with the Faroe Islands
rather encouraged free-standing
communities. His effective policy

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legendS
ABOVE: St Patrick’s Day 2007 stamp showing
the shamrock, which the saint is said to have
used as an allegory of the Holy Trinity
created when Patrick banished
Satan from a cave and his
adversary took a bite out of a
nearby mountain.
Most courageously, Patrick is said
to have incurred the wrath of the
High King of Ireland, Laoghaire,
when he lit his paschal fire (Easter
bonfire) on the Hill of Slane in
Co Meath before the pagan
monarch and his druids lit their
own fire celebrating the Celtic
festival of Beltane.
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ABOVE: Patrick’s missionary work in Ireland is thought to have
ABOVE: The 1961 design marking the 1,500th started on the shores of Strangford Lough, photographed for a 2004
anniversary of the death of St Patrick stamp from Great Britain
depicted him with snakes beneath his feet,
alluding to the myth that he banished these
reptiles from Ireland
LEFT: Depicted on a £5 definitive of 1990,
St Patrick’s Bell Shrine is one of Ireland’s
most cherished holy relics. The iron and
bronze bell which it houses was said to
have been removed from St Patrick’s tomb
by St Columcille
BELOW: Bangor Abbey, whose 1,400th
ABOVE: The Rock of Cashel, featured in the 2017 Royal Sites of
anniversary was marked by this slogan
Ireland set, was said to have been created when Patrick banished
postmark in 1958, is reputed to have been
Satan from a nearby cave
founded on a site where St Patrick had a
vision of a valley filled with angels
When confronted by Laoghaire,
Patrick converted him to the
Christian faith, or at least
persuaded him to tolerate his
preaching.
legendary figure
Patrick’s story is surrounded by
myths and legends, of which
several stand out. ABOVE: St Patrick’s lighting of the paschal fire on the Hill of Slane was
One is that he created an illustrated on stamps of 1982 and 2006, reproducing paintings by
enduring national symbol of Vincenzo Valdrè and Sean Keating
Ireland by using a shamrock
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CelTiC CRoSSeS ChuRCheS

The churches which
Patrick organised
often incorporated
Celtic religious
symbols into
Christian ones. The
prime example of
this is the Celtic
cross, essentially a
Christian cross
superimposed on a
pagan sun disc. ABOVE & RIGHT: A 1991 stamp marking the 800th
Celtic crosses Anniversary of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, and a
made of wood may 1995 design illustrating St Patrick’s House at
have stood outside Maynooth College, an ecclesiastical university
many early ABOVE: Celtic cross at
churches, although Monasterboice, depicted in
they do not survive Ireland’s 2010 High Crosses set
today. high stone
crosses became popular from the 9th century,
and are distinctive features of many of
ireland’s historic religious sites.

(three-leafed clover) to teach

pagans the doctrine of the Holy
Trinity. As a result, icons of the
saint often show him with a cross
in one hand and a shamrock in
the other.
Another is that he banished
snakes from Ireland by chasing ABOVE: 1979 Monaco stamp featuring ABOVE: 1978 Pakistan issue celebrating
them into the sea, which is St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, USA St Patrick’s Cathedral in Karachi
essentially an allegory for casting
out paganism. It is true that there
are no wild snakes on the island to monastery which was established rest together.
this day; in reality, though, the in the late 12th century by John What kind of a character was
fossil record suggests there never de Courcy, the Norman conqueror St Patrick? He left us a glimpse of
have been any. of Ulster. his faith and humility in his
To augment the status of the Confession: ‘I am a sinner, a simple
Repentent sinner shrine, de Courcy disinterred the country person and the least of all
After his death, in 461 according to remains of St Brigid from Kildare believers… I turned with all my
one plausible source, Patrick is and St Columcille from Durham heart to the Lord my God, and he
thought to have been buried at and reinterred them in St Patrick’s had mercy on my youthful
Downpatrick, where his Irish grave, where all three saints now ignorance.’ ■
mission began.
His grave, which soon became a
pilgrimage site, now lies within the
grounds of Down Cathedral, the
CeleBRATionS
successor to a Benedictine

noRTh of iRelAnd PS
The author is a member of the north of ireland
Philatelic Society, which was founded in 1907
and retains an active membership today.
it meets at the mcCracken memorial
Presbyterian Church hall in malone Road,
Belfast, on the second friday of the month, at
7pm, and new members are always welcome. ABOVE: Ireland has issued St Patrick’s Day stamps annually since 2003, starting with this set
comprising a portrait and illustrations of the traditional parades in Dublin and New York

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6395 : 1934 Football postage set mint light hinge
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6378 : 1912-24 mint definitives, most ovpt issues
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6384 : 1912 mint definitives for Nisiros complete,
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6142 : 1912-21 issues for Caso, mint light hinge,
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5556 : 1950-Air set of six mint light hinge (SG 539/
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5585 : 1946 Balkan Games set mint light hinge
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6435 : 1850-1937 used collection in Schaubek
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Art of Aarts
Despite a choppy relationship with the postal authorities, Jan aarts engraved
several of the most eye-catching Dutch stamps of the early 20th century
■ Report by Adrian Keppel

‘S
o as not to waste any more RIGHT: The 3c yellow
of my precious time, I will from the Netherlands’
abandon the engraving of 1913 Independence
the two Jubilee stamps with Centenary set,
immediate effect,’ wrote a livid portraying King
designer in a telegram to the stamp Willem II,
committee of the Netherlands. exquisitely engraved
The fact that the authorities did by Jan Aarts
their utmost to keep him on board
speaks volumes for the renown of
Professor Johannes Josephus Aarts,
one of the foremost Dutch artists of
the early 20th century.

Born in The Hague, ‘Jan’ Aarts

(1871-1934) studied at the city’s
Royal Academy of Art and taught
there from 1897.
Starting out as a painter, he soon
found himself seeking a medium
with more precision and control
over form and decoration, and
began drawing in black and white,
and later engraving. After
experimenting with wood, he
finally found his niche in copper
engraving.
Almost single-handedly, Aarts
was responsible for a revival of this
art form in the Netherlands, and
the development of a new genre.
Leaving traditional imagery
behind, he moved towards a more
human approach, both in style
and theme, illustrating the farmer,
the beggar and other subjects in
life-like ways.
In 1910, the Professor’s chair at
the Engraving Department of the
Royal Academy of Visual Arts in
Amsterdam became vacant, and
Aarts, by now the most influential such as Debora Duyvis, Sem Hartz, to engrave a new 10g banknote
engraver in the country, was Hubert Levigne and Engelina (which would eventually be issued
offered the position. He would Reitsma-Valença. in 1917). Although proofs of this
remain in the post until his death, did not win over the postal
teaching future stamp engravers When preparations began for a authorities, who described it as
large set of commemorative stamps being ‘not without room for
to mark the centenary of the improvement’, the designer of the
‘Almost single-handedly, Aarts nation’s independence in 1913, stamps expressed a preference for
was responsible for reviving and Aarts imposed himself on the
Dutch postal authorities as being
Aarts as the engraver.
The experience was not a
modernising copper-engraving the best choice for engraving them. gratifying one. Starting in
At that time, he was being December 1912, it took Aarts until
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dies, and he complained about
insufficiently prepared reference
material and that fact that even
ministers thought they should have
a say in the engraving process.
The planned date of issue had to
be postponed until the end of the
year, but the stamps, portraying
King Willem I, King Willem II,
King Willem III and Queen
Wilhelmina in elaborate large-
format frames, were the grandest
and most self-assertive yet issued
by the Netherlands.
When the time came for another
important commemorative issue,
marking the 25th anniversary of
Queen Wilhelmina’s accession in
1923, Aarts was once again
commissioned to engrave it.
This set would have two designs,
one portraying Wilhelmina in
profile and the other a stylised
image of an enthroned queen.
Aarts worked on the latter first,
and it was when he was informed
that a die by Enschedé’s in-house
engraver, Jan Warnaar, was
preferred to his that he exploded
with rage and threatened to
abandon the project altogether.
The head of the stamp committee
managed to calm the situation with
a compromise solution, and an
amended Aarts engraving of the
enthroned queen was eventually
adopted, while Warnaar engraved
the profile design.
Ironically, Aarts’ engraving of the
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LEFT: Aarts’ dramatic Queen’s portrait was used to print
engraving of an colour proofs of that stamp before
enthroned queen was Warnaar’s die was finished, and
used for one low these are on the philatelic market.
value and three high
values in the 1923 set Aarts’ rather uneasy relationship
celebrating the 25th with the postal authorities ended
anniversary of Queen on another sour note, when he was
Wilhelmina’s asked to engrave several values for
accession the 1927 issue marking the 60th
anniversary of the Dutch Red
ABOVE: His portrait Cross Society, portraying King
for the same issue Willem III and Queen Wilhelmina.
was not adopted, but He duly submitted essays and
it was used to print worked on amendments to them,
colour proofs but at a late stage in the process
they were eventually rejected.
There remains a suspicion that
his talents were undervalued by
the powers-that-be, but at least he
had the satisfaction of watching his
pupils shape the future of Dutch
stamp engraving. ■
ABOVE: Black proof
of Aarts’ die for the
portrait of Queen
Wilhelmina, which
was ultimately not
adopted for the 1927
issue honouring the
Dutch Red Cross
Society
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falkland islands 1978-82

Lost innocence
postal history from colonial outposts has a certain extra charm if it dates from
before they came to the attention of the wider world. Consider the Falkland islands
in the years leading up to the argentinian invasion of 1982
■ Report by Alastair Gunn

© PHOTOGRAPH BY FRED STREBEIGH

O
ne of the fascinating
aspects of postal history is
the way it can introduce
you to different worlds and times,
in many cases when life was
simpler and more innocent.
This doesn’t always mean the
19th century or earlier. In the field
of British Commonwealth
collecting, one such bygone era was
the Falkland Islands before the
1982 war.
This watershed can serve as the
finishing point or the starting point
for a collection. An interesting
range of material can be found at
affordable prices, and new
discoveries can still be made
ABOVE: The Falkland because so many collectors ignore
Islands in 1978, with modern covers.
its sparse population,
an economy based on Unknown territory
sheep-breeding and Before the Argentinian invasion of
no reason whatsoever April 2, 1982, few British people
for the world to take were aware of the existence of the
any notice of it Falkland Islands, a remote and
underpopulated archipelago in the
South Atlantic Ocean.
The Government had asserted its
sovereignty over the islands in
1833, and philatelists admired the
splendid pictorial stamp issue
which marked the centenary of
British administration in 1933. But
not many British people could
pinpoint this self-governing
overseas territory on a map.
Even fewer understood the
simmering resentment in
Argentina over the status of the
territory (known there as the Islas
Malvinas), or that country’s
unstable politics, under the rule of
a military junta which was anxious
to boost its prestige.
What was best known about
Argentina was that it had hosted
and won football’s World Cup in
1978, after which one its star
players, Osvaldo Ardiles, had
become a cult hero playing in
England for Tottenham Hotspur.
Also in the British consciousness
was a snapshot of recent

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ABOVE: Registered commercial mail of March 1980, posted from Port Stanley on East Falkland to Bertrand & Felton Ltd, a family-run wool producing company based at Roy Cove
on West Falkland, franked with three stamps from the newly released Dolphins & Porpoises special issue, paying total postage of 36p, and a Stanley registration label
ABOVE: The 2p and 3p values in the 1978 Mail
Ships definitive series, unusually used in
combination on a cover sent within Port Stanley
in November 1981, shortly after the local letter
rate had been raised from 3p to 5p
ABOVE: Post Office official registered cover of February 1980 from Fox Bay on West Falkland to Golding Island, one of the smallest
inhabited islands in the group. The address is simple because the island comprises nothing more than a sheep farm
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Argentinian political history, the
story of Eva Perón, thanks to the hit
‘The majority of
musical Evita, which had opened in mail was sent
London’s West End in 1978.
domestically, and
Feudal relic
Although the Falkland Islands has much of it derived
a land area which is about half the
size of Wales, its population in
from government
1980 was only around 1,800 people, departments’
and falling.
Humans were vastly which created a feudal mentality’.
outnumbered by penguins and by There was a military presence on
sheep, as the economy was heavily the islands, but it was a token one.
based on producing and exporting The garrison was limited to around
wool, and the land was tightly held 80 Royal Marines, and plans had
in large estates. already been announced to
The islands’ government was withdraw the only Royal Navy
making plans to buy up these ship based in the region, the ice
estates and subdivide the land, but patrol vessel HMS Endurance.
the Falkland Islands Newsletter It would take the Argentinian
described land ownership before occupation and the subsequent war
the invasion as ‘a feudal system of liberation to change the nature
of life in the Falklands, robbing it
of its innocence.
Stamps and usage
There were only two post offices in
the Falklands: one at Port Stanley,
the capital, on the biggest and most
populous island, East Falkland,
and the other at Fox Bay on the
other main island, West Falkland.
There was, however, a significant
overseas market for Falkland
Islands stamps, and therefore a
Philatelic Bureau based in Stanley.
Commemorative sets had been a
regular element of its output since
the early 1960s, and it also
produced issues for the Falkland
Island Dependencies (the smaller
and even more remote South
Georgia and the South
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Sandwich Islands). ABOVE: Rare usage Many but not all of their cancelled. The most common
The definitive series in use in of two examples of unstamped covers have ‘On Her sender of departmental mail to
1982 was the Mail Ships pictorial the £1 high value Majesty’s Service’ inscriptions. overseas addresses was the
set comprising 15 values ranging definitive on cover, Government House was known for Philatelic Bureau.
from 1p to £3. Three special issues paying the £2.10 using high-quality envelopes with
had been produced in 1978, four in airmail rate to the a blue embossed crown on the Private mail
1979, four in 1980 and seven in 1981, UK in February 1981 reverse, while the Chief Secretary’s The majority of private mail was
the dominant themes being office often reused and resealed sent domestically, and examples
philately, royalty and local flora old envelopes. addressed to overseas destinations
and fauna. A ‘Falkland Islands Official Paid’ are challenging to collect.
The postage rate for local letters postmark can occasionally be Falkland Islanders might have a
was 3p until late in 1981, when it found on this mail, but not all few relatives and friends overseas,
was increased to 5p. Covers posted departmental domestic mail was but there were few tourists sending
at other rates can be harder to come
by, although the other low values
up to 25p can be found on domestic
covers, with local registered mail,
for example, costing 36p in 1980.
Stamps can also often be found
overpaying basic rates, presumably
because senders who lived
nowhere near a post office used
whatever values they had to hand. RIGHT: The Farm
The biggest challenge for the Animals stamp issue
postal historian is finding postal of January 1981,
usage of the three top values in the illustrating the
definitive range, of 50p, £1 and £3. landscape and
When you consider that £3 was 100 agrarian economy of
times the rate for a local letter, how the Falkland Islands,
much mail would require this? with a Philatelic
Bureau first day
Departmental mail cancellation
A lot of the Falklands’ internal mail
derived from government
departments, and these are
interesting in reflecting the variety
of authorities required even by a
minor overseas territory.
The departments entitled to send
unstamped mail included
Government House, the Colonial
Treasury, the Chief Secretary, the
Customs & Harbour authority, the
Police Force, the Public Works
Department, the Education
Department, the Senior Medical
Officer, the Government Air
Service, the Post Office, the
Philatelic Bureau and the
Grasslands Trial Unit (an ABOVE: Registered cover of July 1980 from the Philatelic Bureau in Port Stanley to Bristol in the UK (opened by Royal Mail in order
agricultural research centre). to work out customs charges), paid by way of a philatelic franking of the 1980 London International Srtamp Exhibition set of six

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‘The postage rate for
local letters was just
3p, rising to 5p in
1981, so it is hard
find postal usage of
the high value
definitives of 50p,
£1 and £3’
postcards and mail with a
commercial purpose was scarce.
Non-natives spending time in the
islands for work purposes would
use the mail to write home, of
ABOVE: Registered cover of September 1980 from the Philatelic Bureau to the same client, this time on OHMS stationery and course, but there were not many of
unstamped, with a Falkland Islands ‘Official Paid’ cancellation these given the small size of the
population.
Aerogrammes were available, in
several different types: with the
Falklands coat of arms and an
imprinted Mail Ship 9p stamp;
with the coat of arms and a printed
indication of the postage paid; and
Christmas issues in a range of
styles. In all cases, commercially
used (as distinct from
philatelically contrived) examples
are hard to find.
The islands’ regular circular
datestamps had a fixed internal
pattern showing the day and
month on one line and the year just
below them. Occasional varieties
ABOVE: The Chief Secretary’s department frugally reused covers. This example is a window envelope which had been received include the month appearing
from the UK, reused in October 1979 for official correspondence with the Grasslands Trial Unit before the day, or the year plug
inserted upside-down.
A hexagonal ‘T’ mark was used
for mail with postage due. ■

BELOW: Grasslands Trial Unit oval cachet and

Port Stanley circular datestamp of March 29,
1982, four days before the Argentinian invasion

ABOVE: 9p aerogramme used on its first day of issue in October 1979, addressed to the UK from the post office at Fox Bay

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Down on the farm

agriculture is essential to any economy, so food products, farm animals and farm
work duly feature on a wide range of British stamps, with a few nods to forestry
■ Report by Jeff Dugdale

A
n efficient and productive
farming industry is vital to
the national economy, so it
is not surprising that this is a busy
theme on British stamps.
Animals lead the way, especially
cattle, horses and dogs. Crops lag
slightly behind, and a handful of
farm vehicles augment a collection.

The 1989 Food & Farming Year

issue celebrated British crops very
well, illustrating the variety of
produce in four distinct groups.
The 19p featured vegetables and
fruit, including cauliflower,
cabbage, sprouts, leeks, apples,
pears, strawberries, green beans
and tomatoes, while the 27p
concentrated on meat and fish
products, including a joint of ham
and a selection of pies.
The 32p showed dairy products,
such as milk, yoghurt and various
cheeses, while the 35p majored on
cereal products, including bread,
biscuits, cake and breakfast cereals.
It was all shown in mouth-
watering detail, as if laid out on a
kitchen worktop, with the
backdrop of a tile pattern matching
the subject of each design.
A rather more simplistic ABOVE: 1989 Food & aubergine and Brussels sprout. technological progress, such as
depiction of some of the vegetarian Farming Year 19p, Most but not all of these are easily using satellites to analyse the yield
options came in the 2003 Fruit & illustrating a variety cultivated in the British climate. from agricultural land.
Vegetables set, where free-form, of home-grown fruit One stamp in the 1986 Industry Looking back further in time, one
self-adhesive designs illustrated and vegetables Year set noted agriculture, showing stamp in the 1986 issue marking
strawberry, apple, pear, tomato, a cornfield and a loaf of bread. the 900th anniversary of the
orange, lemon, potato, red pepper, Domesday Book pictured peasants
In 1999, the four stamps in The working in the fields in Norman
Farmers’ Tale set touched upon the times, and one in the 1981 Folklore
history of farming. set remembered the medieval
An upland landscape illustrated harvest festival of Lammastide.
strip farming, which began in
medieval times; hands peeling a Only once has a complete set been
potato (introduced from South devoted to one class of livestock,
America in the 16th century) and that was the British Cattle
alluded to the significance of issue in 1984.
imported foods; a horse-drawn Illustrated breeds included the
rotary seed drill (invented in the Highland, famous for producing
18th century) noted advances in the prime beef even in harsh
mechanisation of farming; and an conditions, the Hereford, which is
ABOVE: 1946 Victory 2½d, with its illustration of a tractor alluding to the aerial view of a combine harvester the world’s most widely distributed
role of agriculture in building prosperity in peacetime at work noted 20th-century beef breed, the Welsh black, known

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Date Issue stamps
1946 Victory 1
1963 Freedom from hunger 2
1964 international Geographical congress 1
1966 landscapes 3
1968 British Paintings 1
1973 British trees: Oak 1
1974 British trees: horse chestnut 1
ABOVE: 1999 Farmers’ Tale 64p, with an aerial ABOVE: 2005 Farm Animals 1st class,
view of a combine harvester at work showing free-range turkeys 1978 horses 1
1979 Dogs 1
1981 Folklore 1
1984 British cattle 5
1986 industry Year 1
1986 Domesday Book 1
1989 Food & Farming Year 4
1992 Four seasons: Wintertime 2
1994 Four seasons: summertime 1
1995 National trust 1
1999 the Farmers’ tale 4
2000 tree & leaf 4
2003 Fruit & Veg 10
2003 Pub signs 1
2005 Farm Animals 10
2005 independent television 1
2008 Working Dogs 1
ABOVE: 1984 British Cattle 16p, celebrating the high-quality beef produced by the Highland cow 2010 Britain Alone 1
2014 Working horses 1
for the mothering abilities of its prosperity by illustrating a factory,
cows, and the Irish moiled, farmed a ship, new housing and a tractor. 2015 Magna carta 1
for both beef and milk. The odd One of the famous works of art 2016 Pink Floyd 2
one out was the Chillingham, from reproduced in the 1968 British
a wild herd in Northumberland. Paintings set was The Hay Wain by
In contrast, the Farm Animals set John Constable, with a horse-
of 2005 showed a variety of life on drawn farm cart of the early 19th Arable and pastoral farmland,
a small-scale farm, drawn in a century as its centrepiece. and forests, can also be illustrated
delightfully naive style. In 10 More recently, the Britain Alone by means of various sets showing
stamps we see Suffolk sheep, set of 2010 carried a photograph of landscapes, not least the British
saddleback pigs, dairy shorthorn a land girl on a tractor, recalling Journey series of 2003-06.
cattle, Bagot goats, light Sussex that the wartime upheavals of 1940 The Endangered Species set of
chickens, Norfolk black turkeys, included the deployment of women 1998 and Action For Species series
khaki Campbell ducks, Emden in jobs which had previously been of 2007-10 highlighted the bird,
geese, Clydesdale horses and a male-dominated. insect, plant and mammal species
Border collie sheepdog. which are declining in Britain,
Most of the poultry species have A smaller number of stamps partly due to changes in farming
not appeared on British stamps allude to forestry, including one of practices, such as monoculture and
otherwise, but you can find the Working Horses designs of the use of pesticides.
working sheepdogs and working 2014, but the theme is best served On the other side of the coin are
horses on a handful of stamps, and by the 2000 Tree & Leaf set, noting many stamps featuring species
cattle on the design illustrating the millennium projects such as Yews which farmers regard as pests.
Royal Welsh Show, a key event in for the Millennium, the National Badgers, illustrated in 1963, 1977,
the agricultural calendar, in 1994. Seed Bank and Forest For Scotland. and 2004, are now being culled in
their thousands in the hope of
Farm vehicles make less regular
appearances, although it was one of
‘Only once has a complete set reducing bovine tuberculosis.
An unlikely addition to the
these that kickstarted the theme. been devoted to one class of theme is the 2016 Pink Floyd set, in
Back in 1946, one of the designs in which two record sleeves show a
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eyewitness accounts

Widow of Windsor
In the first in a new series on documentary postal history, a letter written by Queen
Victoria’s secretary in 1862 reveals the depth of her mourning for Prince Albert
■ Report by Norman Watson

Q ueen Victoria and Prince

Albert had married just
three months before her
portrait appeared on the world’s
first postage stamps in May 1840. It
was a happy marriage but tragedy
struck in December 1861, when
Albert died of typhoid fever at the
age of only 42.
Victoria’s grief was all-
consuming. For many years she
wore nothing but black, avoided
London and rarely appeared in
public. She became widely known
as ‘the widow of Windsor’.
Her heartbreak is laid bare in a
previously unrecorded letter
written by her private secretary
just weeks after Albert’s death.

The letter was written on black-

edged mourning paper by General
Sir Charles Grey, who served as
private secretary to Prince Albert
from 1849-61 and to the Queen
from 1861-70. It was sent from
London on March 16, 1862, to a
diplomat at the British Legation
in Dresden.
Charged 6d, it was stamped with
a 4d pale red and pair of the
1854-57 1d red, tied by the London
‘50’ numeral cancellation. An
Aachen transit mark was struck
alongside a red ‘P’, denoting the
letter was paid to its destination.
‘The poor Prince’s
blotting book remains
open on the table by
his spectacles, as if
ready for use’
‘I fear I have not replied to your
last letter, written on the day of the
poor Prince’s funeral,’ Sir Charles
told his friend. ‘You receive letters,
of course, through the Foreign
Office free. However, I am anxious
to have no delay and shall therefore
post it and prepay…’
ABOVE: Cover of
March 16, 1862, from
Sir Charles Grey in
London to Sir Charles
Murray in Dresden
RIGHT: Part of the
letter giving an
account of Queen
Victoria in mourning
for her late husband
He sent the letter the day after remain on the table! This she did at
watching the Queen inspecting the
memorial to her late husband at
Frogmore also, where I have been
told the poor Prince’s blotting book
Frogmore in Windsor, and offered remains open on the table by his
an eye-witness account of her spectacles, as if ready for use. Do
mood and behaviour. not, however, repeat this.’
‘She got through it pretty well…
Her courage supports her through The recipient of the letter was the
all her trials.’ author and diplomat Sir Charles
The letter confirms other Murray, who had served as Master
contemporary reports that Prince of the Household in the court of the
Albert’s private rooms were young Queen from 1838-44.
maintained as he would have liked He had one other claim to fame:
when he was alive. while serving as Consul-General in
‘She cherishes every recollection Cairo from 1846 he had arranged
of him…she surrounds herself with the transportation of a hippo to
his possessions. The rooms recall England, earning the nickname
him everywhere, his hat and gloves ‘Hippopotamus Murray’. ■

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 ATTENTION OWNERS OF LARGE/ VALUABLE COLLECTIONS –
Are You THINKING of SELLING?
This is
HOW THE STAMP TRADE WORKS
Philatelic Expert Lets You into his Selling Secrets so you can benefit from
a totally different (and New) Selling Experience
1 If You want to learn how the stamp
trade works, please read on… When I
was 15, I did. I wondered if there was some se-
cret source of supply? So, I bought my 1st stamp
mixture, (wholesale I thought), broke it into 50
smaller units, advertised it in Stamp Magazine
‘Classifieds’, and waited for the orders to roll in…
I’m still waiting, 48 years later !...
Wrong Offer 7  Wrong Price 7  Wrong Place 7
(naïve seller4 = H me but I was only 15 at
the time!)
2 Three years later,  attending
first public stamp auctions I wondered
how some bidders seemed to buy everything,
my
paying the highest price? It didn’t occur to
me that they were probably Auction Bidding
Agents, paid by absent (dealer) bidders to rep-
resent them. I wondered why two collectors sit-
ting side by side muttered to each other “he’s a
dealer” as if that justified him paying the high-
est price…
About The Author � Andrew found his
Father’s stamps at the age of 10. A year later at
Senior School he immediately joined the School
Stamp Club. He ‘specialised’(!) in British, but
soon was interested in Queen Victoria which he
could not afford. The 2nd to last boy wearing
short trousers in his school year, he religiously
bought Post Office New Issues on Tuesdays
with his pocket money. He soon found that he
enjoyed swapping / trading stamps as much as
collecting them. Aged 19, eschewing University
he quickly found a philatelic career in London,
leading to creating his own companies in
stamps. Andrew has authored many interna-
tionally published Stamp ‘Tips’ articles, appear-
ing on Local Radio and National TV promoting
Philately with Alan Titchmarsh. Andrew’s area of
expertise is unusual – in so far as his grounding
in collecting and wide philatelic knowledge has
given him a deep understanding of Philately.
He has studied Philately for the past 45 years,
in combination with Commerce and Marketing
Expertise, enabling him to create synergies in
‘lifetime’ interlinked Stamp Selling Systems, sell-
ing unit-priced stamps through to handling col-
lections & Rarities up to £700,000 each. Today
Andrew is fortunate to be co-owner with his
Wife, of Universal Philatelic Auctions (aka UPA)
– the Largest No Buyer’s Premium Reducing-Es-
timate System Stamp Auction in the World, cre-
ating records selling stamps to 2,261 different
bidders from 54 different countries in his latest
auction. Andrew stopped collecting
stamps aged 18 reasoning that his
enjoyment of stamps would be in
handling them and selling them…
REQUE
ST MY
THE TR
A
FREE B
ANDREW PROMOTING PHILATELY ON OOKLE
THE ALAN TITCHMARSH SHOW ITV
108
by Andrew McGavin
…but did it really? What was the real reason?
How could a Dealer pay a higher price than a
Collector? It doesn’t make sense, does it? Col-
lectors are customers. Customers usually pay
the highest price, unless… for a Collector, this
was…
7
Wrong Presentation   Wrong Place 7 Sellers of Stamps today is no longer absent
therefore Wrong Price7
3 Fast-forward 48 years later 
to a British Empire collection, lot #1 in
an International Stamp Auction – Estimated
at £3,000, but we were the highest bidder at
£21,000 – YES – some 7×higher. Including Buy-
er’s Premium in the extraordinary sum of £4,788
we actually paid GBP£25,788= upon a £3,000 es-
timate… however, we broke it down into sets,
singles, mini-collections etc. We made a profit.
Some might say it found its price. Others may
say:
7
Wrong Estimate Wrong Presentation 7 auctions) – so that when you sell through them
7
Wrong Structure Wrong Protection of Price 7 – you’re paying up to 18% (including VAT) sell-
– Lucky for the seller that 2 well-healed
bidders saw the potential value that day
or it could have been given away… the seller
could easily have lost out couldn’t he? or she?
So, by un-peeling the layers of obfusca-
tion, hopefully we can all agree:
The Secret is Simple –
it’s ALL About: TIMING,
Plus the 3 Philatelic ‘P’s –
Presentation 4Place 4and Price 4
4
Understanding the problem…  you a seller’s commission of up to 18% (VAT
I always remember the car trade had
their own little ‘bible’ – Glass’s Guide. I’ve no
idea, I’ve not even looked - in this internet-dom-
inated world, it may even have disappeared.
Well, there’s an insider Stamp Trade publica-
tion for Stamp Dealers called “The Philatelic
Exporter”. There’s nothing that special about
it – and you won’t learn much or find massive-
ly reduced prices by subscribing – BUT – it is
a forum, a paper focal point, a last ‘bastion’ in
this on-line transparent world that we inhabit…
whereby dealers (and auctioneers) can try and
communicate with each other. I publish my own
articles there…
Recently I discussed the outcome of my 10
years’ simple research, asking dealers and auc-
tioneers ‘what is your biggest problem?’
To a man, (why are we almost all men), they
replied – “my biggest problem is
stock, if I can get more of the right
stock I can sell it easily”
Strange that, nobody ever asked
me the same question back – be-
cause my answer would have been
entirely different (and I don’t treat
it as a problem) – I seek to satisfy
collectors
This is the reason why my compa-
ny has such massive advertising. This
is the reason why we spend up to 8%
of turnover – up to £200,000 per annum
in marketing costs. (Most dealers don’t
‘TIPS O
F even sell £200K per annum).
DE’
T
5 Why is that? Because, as the world
revolved the Stamp Market, imper-
ceptibly Changed, and incrementally –
Massively
So, although few will tell you this, it’s
clearly evident that the problem for most
stock – but absent collectors in the place
they choose to sell their stamps in. Simply
put, other Dealers, Auctions, Stamp Fairs have
not invested in marketing to have a strong Cus-
tomer-core. To be fair, this is not true of all – but
it is true of most – so that our nearest compet-
itor ‘Apex’ had 800 bidders in a recent auction.
In my most recent 20,000+ lot UPA 65th Auction
we had 2,261 different bidders from 54 different
countries, 95% of whom were Collectors. Some
other well-advertised auctions only have 200
bidders (a high percentage of whom are dealers
– so that, essentially they are Dealer-dominated
er’s commission and the buyer is paying up to
25% and more in Buyer’s Premium, credit card
fees, on-line bidding fee, delivery and insurance
etc… AND all of that so that your stamps
may be sold, wait for it – TO DEALERS
(and some collectors), but Dealers, that nat-
urally must make a profit to survive…
6 Now, let’s examine the cost
implications – Example:  Your
stamp collection sells in public auction for
£800. Upon a 25% buyer’s premium, the dealer
pays £1,000 and it could be more. He breaks
it into £2,000+ selling price (much lower and
he’ll go out of business). The auction charges
included) upon the £800 sale price. This is
GBP£144. Therefore you receive approaching
£656 – which is approximately 33% of the deal-
er’s £2,000+/- retail selling price - BUT… now
that we have identified the problem…
Isn’t the Solution Staring us
Right in The Face ?
7
Why Pay an Auction to Sell
to Dealers: Sell to Collectors in-
stead ?In our example with buyer’s premium,
sellers commission, lotting fees, extra credit
card charges, VAT and even insurance - you’re
already being charged in different ways up to
40% of the selling price to sell, possibly or prob-
ably, to the wrong person.
Why not direct that 40% cost you’re pay-
ing to sell to Collectors instead? Sounds
good, so why hasn’t this been done before ?
8 Truth is,  it Has been done be-
fore…Sometimes the ‘old’ ways are the
best ways aren’t they? But in today’s enthusiasm
to obscure the obvious so that money may be
taken, almost surreptitiously, in numerous dif-
ferent ways, (without us apparently noticing
until we see the cheque in our pocket) – the
transparent ‘seller pays’ has been deliberately
‘obscured’ – so much so that, amazingly, the
latest 2017 European Auction Selling Legisla-
tion just introduced – now requires auctions
that charge ‘buyer’s premiums’ to warn the
buyer in advance. Just imagine going into the
petrol station, and being warned that the price
you’re paying to put fuel in you tank is not the
real price, you have to pay a premium! Obvious-
ly, there would be an uproar…
9
How can you cut out the
middleman and sell to Col-
lectors instead?  Well, I can think of two
ways. 1). DIY - Do It Yourself selling on eBay.
That may be fine for lower grade material – but,
would you risk auctioning relatively unprotect-
ed rare material on eBay ? We don’t and we’re
professionals, so we should know what we’re
doing. Or 2). Cut out the extra middle-man. Use
my company UPA, which reaches collectors
instead. Here’s how it works: Continuing from
our previous Example:
The auction sold your stamps to a dealer for
£1,000 – but You received circa £656
UPA sells them to collectors for you for up to
£2,000 – even after 40% commission you receive
up to £1,200. Up to £544 more. Now that’s amaz-
ing, isn’t it? G
10 Sounds Good Andrew, but
Can You ‘Deliver’?  Obviously,
nothing is as simple as that, and as we auction
stamps to collectors some collections may
‘break’ to the example £2,000+/- but the stamps
may be sold for more or less – especially as we
reserve all lots at 20% below, (Estimate £2,000
= £1,600 reserve) and not everything sells first
or even 2nd time so prices may come down…
Naturally, it’s not that straightforward for a deal-
er either – he may sell at a discount to ‘move’
stock OR, like many dealers he may be sitting
on the same unsold stamps, that you see time
and time again, in dealer’s stocks years later
and still at the same unattractive prices… So,
I think it is more reasonable for you to expect
up to 36% to 50% more, indirectly or directly via
my Collector’s Secret Weapon: Universal
Philatelic Auctions, which moves material more
quickly, by incrementally reducing estimate (and
reserve) price in a structured selling system…
11
Q.❱ What is the Collector’s
‘Secret Weapon’?
A.❱ It’s called the
Unique UPA Reducing
Estimate System... L
This is a rather long explanation, I don’t want
to bore you, but 17 years ago, when my wife and
I set up Universal Philatelic Auctions I detected
that the stamp trade’s biggest problem then was
not what sold – but what didn’t sell… So,
because I didn’t want to try to keep on offering
the same either unsaleable or overpriced stock
I created the unique UPA Reducing Estimate
(and reserve) Selling System. Simply put, if a
lot doesn’t sell in the 1st auction we reduce the
estimate (and reserve) by 11% and unlike other
dealers and auctions WE TELL YOU – ‘US’
= once unsold. If unsold after the following
auction we reduce by a further 12% and WE
TELL YOU ‘US2’, if unsold after a 3rd UPA
auction we reduce by a further 13% and WE
TELL YOU ‘US3’ and so on till the lot finds its
price, is sold or virtually given away...4
12 Any Scientist will tell you
that combinations of ingredients can
produce powerful results. So we created the
unique combination of my UPA Reducing Es-
timate System, married (in stone), with UPA’s
fair ‘NO BUYER’S Premium’ policy, PLUS each
lot carries my total ‘no quibble’ guarantee –
this formula is the reason why within the span
of 4 auctions (one year)… 90%-95% of lots bro-
ken from a collection have sold. This Unique
Philatelic Selling System Formula is the rea-
son why we are the largest stamp auction in
the UK today with 2,261 different bidders in
my recent auction.E
UNIVERSAL PHILATELIC AUCTIONS SM 04/18
4 The Old Coalyard, West End, Northleach, Glos. GL54 3HE UK
Tel: 01451 861111 • Fax: 01451 861297
www.upastampauctions.co.uk • info@upastampauctions.co.uk
Contact UPA: 01451 861 111
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL:
Dear Folk at UPA,
I’ve dealt with the public for 37 + years, and as
both a consumer, and a businessman, I have
created huge numbers of orders from all over
the world from a complete range of suppliers
from all aspects of our daily lives.
But I don’t believe I have ever encountered
such sensitivity, such kind thought, such
understanding as I have with you in our
initial meeting, our subsequent successful
transaction, and now this.
I recall well the item you highlight, and
realise that this one item has such colossal
personal value, I could never part with it.
It has been an absolute pleasure dealing
with yourself, and I am more than willing for
you to use this e-mail as commendation to
others who may be thinking of disposing of
their collection.
Many, many thanks for a memorable
experience, and I will try to emulate your
thought and care in my own business sphere.
Yours sincerely
D. E. B. Bath, UK
In Hindsight Dealers warned me 17 years
ago that my idea wouldn’t work. 17 years later
I think I’ve proven that it does. (Reader: Please
Request a complimentary UPA catalogue – us-
ing the contact details further below)
13
OK, Cut to the Chase
Andrew, what’s the offer? All
of my Selling Systems are based upon
selling to Collectors Globally, so that
95% of stamps sold by UPA are sold directly
to Collectors. If you wish to benefit by
up to 50% or more, depending upon your
circumstance and type of material, by cutting
out the middleman – then this offer may be
for you. Generally ‘time’ is the enemy in our
lives, and for most dealers not being able to
sell stock. Now is the time to let ‘time’ do
the ‘heavy-lifting’ and consider making ‘time’
work for you, so that at UPA you can make
time your friend. I fax, telephone or by mail. We’ll work harder for
14 AND the SMALL PRINT? Some
lots are too small in value for us to offer
this system. Other lots may not be suited to selling
in this manner (e.g. surplus mint British decimal
stamps best used for postage) – especially if the
market is heavily compromised by stock overhang
in specific areas. Some Collectors will not wish to
use time and systems to leverage price, others will
want to agree a specific price and know that they
are paid precisely this amount. No client is treated
like a number and no client is forced like a square
peg into a round hole. M
15
OK, What Do I Do Next?
a). You contact UPA to discuss with
Andrew or a highly-qualified Auction Valuer/
Describer what you have to dispose of and your
options bearing in mind your specific interests
/ requirements
b). If you wish, get a 2nd opinion, but
investigate what type of auction / dealer you
are dealing with. Is it a Dealer’s auction with
relatively few collectors? Can you see where
/ how the Dealer sells? If you can’t easily see
any pricelists or high quality selling catalogues
– that Dealer may sell your stamps to other
dealers…
c). Finally you ask U P A to collect your
stamps, insure in transit for an estimated re-
placement retail value…C B S
16 What Happens then?  A mem-
ber of my Team telephones/e-mails
you to confirm safe receipt. ‘Overnight’ valu-
ations, unless simple, are rare. Valuing stamp
collections that have taken tens of years to
create takes time. Depending upon your priori-
ties / timescale I, or an experienced member of
my Team will contact you to discuss your re-
quirements and the options available to you for
the sale of your collection. Provided only that
you feel well-informed and comfortable do we
agree strategy T D
17
How Strong is the Stamp
and Cover Market?  Everybody
knows that the strongest areas are GB and Brit-
ish Empire. Post-Independence / QEII material
sells but if hinged at considerable discount.
Mint hinged material pre 1952 is regarded as the
industry ‘norm’ and therefore desirable – but
genuine never-hinged commands a premium.
Europe sells but at reduced levels, Americas
is good, as generally is Asia but the ‘heat’ has
come off China which is still good – and Russia
which can still be good. East Europe is weak-
er. Overall, Rarities throughout
can command their own price
levels and real Postal History
has good demand.
18 What Should I Do Next?   Dis-
cuss your collection with U P A. Con-
tact Andrew or an experienced member of his
Team now… B C
19
Guarantee: I want You to be
absolutely Sure So If You’re not
sure we’ll transport and return your stamps for
FREE up to £200 in actual shipping cost at our
expense. It sounds generous (and it is), but it’s
far less than the cost of driving 100+ miles each
way and 3 to 6 hours in your home valuing your
stamps U
20 My
Double Cast Iron Guaran-
tee:  We can do a better job valuing your
stamps in our office than in your home. If you
don’t agree I’ll pay you an extra £50 for you to pay
somebody trusted to open the boxes and put your
albums back, in the same place, on the shelf they
came from. U U
21
Act NOW: Contact Andrew or
an experienced member of his Team
using the on-line selling form at our website, by
you not to regret the decision to sell all or part
of your collection…C B
A
Andrew McGavin, Philatelic Expert,
Author, Managing Director
Universal Philatelic Auctions UPA
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April 20-21 Israel 2018 World Stamp CZECH rEpUBliC Tel: +853 2871 8063 Numismatica Scaligera, Corso
UK Championship Praga 2018 World Stamp Fax: +853 2871 8018 Cavour 2, 37121 Verona, Italy
ASPS Scottish Congress Venue: International Convention Exhibition secretary_2@macao2018.org.mo Tel: +39 045 591086
Venue: Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Center, 1 Shazar Boulevard, Venue: Clarion Congress Hotel www.macao2018.org.mo Fax: +39 045 591086
Perth PH2 0TH. Jerusalem. Prague, Freyova 33, Vysocany, veronafil@veronafil.it
Contact: Association of Scottish Contact: Israel Philatelic Prague 190 00. OCTOBEr 5-7 www.veronafil.it
Philatelic Societies Federation, PO Box 3301, Contact: Organizing Committee, irElAnD
www.scottishphilately.co.uk Tel Aviv 6103201, Israel Praga 2018 Association, Opletalova Stampa 2018 Irish National Stamp nOvEMBEr 28-
Tel: +972 3 6295547 1337/29, 11000 Praha 1, Czech Exhibition DECEMBEr 3
MAy 25-27 Fax: +972 3 5259706 Republic Venue: Griffith College Conference THAilAnD
iTAly ipf@netvision.net.il Tel: +420 222 541 395 Centre, South Circular Road, Thailand 2018 World Stamp
Veronafil info@israelphilately.org.il info@praga2018.cz Dublin 8. Exhibition
Venue: E A Fiere di Verona, Viale del www.israelphilately.org.il www.praga2018.cz Contact: Stampa, PO Box 12624, Venue: Royal Paragon Hall
Lavoro 8, 37135 Verona. Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, Exhibition & Convention Centre, 5th
Contact: Associazione Filatelica JUnE 8-10 SEpTEMBEr 12-15 Republic of Ireland Floor, Siam Paragon, Rama I Road,
Numismatica Scaligera, Corso iCElAnD UK info@stampa.ie Bangkok.
Cavour 2, 37121 Verona, Italy Nordia 2018 Autumn Stampex www.stampa.ie Contact: Philatelic Association of
Tel: +39 045 591086 Venue: Sports Centre, Gardabaer, Venue: Business Design Centre, Thailand, 2nd Floor, Sam Sen Nai Post
Fax: +39 045 591086 Iceland. 52 Upper Street, Islington, London nOvEMBEr 9-11 Office, Phaholyothin Road, Phayathai,
veronafil@veronafil.it Contact: Michael Smith, N1 0QH. nEW ZEAlAnD Bangkok 10400, Thailand
www.veronafil.it UK Commissioner Contact: Philatelic Traders Society, Armistice Stamp Show 2018 info@thailand2018.org
Tel: 01256 364231 PO Box 290, Lingfield, Surrey RH7 9AX Venue: More FM Arena, Edgar Centre, www.thailand2018.org
MAy 25-27 mikesmith.fhilatelist@gmail.com Tel: 01342 830225 Portsmouth Drive, Dunedin.
AUSTrAliA www.nordia2018.is Fax: 01342 837888 Contact: Secretary, Armistice Stamp FEBrUAry 13-16
Newcastle Stamp & Coin Expo info@thepts.net Show 2018, PO Box 753, Dunedin UK
Venue: Newcastle Showground JUly 13-15 www.thephilatelictraderssociety.co.uk 9054, New Zealand Spring Stampex
Exhibition Centre, Brown Road, ESTOniA armisticestampshow@outlook.co.nz Venue: Business Design Centre,
Broadmeadow, New South EstEx 18 SEpTEMBEr 21-24 www.armisticestampshow.com 52 Upper Street, Islington, London
Wales 2292. Venue: Estonian Fair Centre, Pirita MACAO N1 0QH.
Contact: Greg Laidler Tee 28, 10127 Tallinn, Estonia. Macao 2018 International Stamp nOvEMBEr 23-25 Contact: Philatelic Traders Society,
glaidler@bigpond.com Contact: Exhibition iTAly PO Box 290, Lingfield, Surrey RH7 9AX
www.newcastlephilatelicsociety.org.au estex2018@refs.ee Venue: Venetian Macao Convention Italia 2018 Tel: 01342 830225
www.estex2018.eu & Exhibition Centre, Estrada da Baía Venue: E A Fiere di Verona, Viale del Fax: 01342 837888
MAy 27-31 de Nossa Senhora da Esperança, Lavoro 8, 37135 Verona. info@thepts.net
iSrAEl AUgUST 15-18 Taipa, Macao. Contact: Associazione Filatelica www.thephilatelictraderssociety.co.uk

ABOVE: The ASPS Scottish Congress in April takes place once again in the historic city of Perth

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March 8 Scarsdale collection of France Venue: Wilhelmstrasse 48/1, 65183 Contact: Philatelic Christoph Gärtner
engliSh-language
robert a Siegel Calgary collection of Canada Wiesbaden, Germany. Tel: +49 7142 789 400 poStal SaleS
James Myerson collection of Venue: 9th Floor, 6 West 48th Street, Contact: Heinrich Köhler info@auktionen-gaertner.de
pioneer flight mail New York, NY 10036, USA. Tel: +49 611 39381. www.auktionshaus-gaertner.de apex
Venue: 9th Floor, 6 West 48th Street, Contact: Robert A Siegel info@heinrich-koehler.de info@apexstamps.com
New York, NY 10036, USA. Tel: +01 212 753 6421 www.heinrich-koehler.de april 8 www.apexstamp.com
Contact: Robert A Siegel stamps@siegelauctions.com proVincial
county
Tel: +01 212 753 6421 www.siegelauctions.com March 28 philatelicS
county@stampauctions.co.uk
stamps@siegelauctions.com brian reeVe Venue: Parish Hall, Benson,
www.stampauctions.co.uk
www.siegelauctions.com March 15-17 Venue: Unit 120, Trident Business Oxfordshire OX10 6LZ.
poStiljonen Centre, 89 Bickersteth Road, Contact: Provincial Philatelics, 90 MoWbray
March 9 Venue: Oresundshuset, Hans Tooting, London SW17 9SH. Park Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire mowbray.stamps@xtra.co.nz
argyll etkin Michelsensgatan 9, Malmö, Sweden. Contact: Brian Reeve OX11 8QR . www.mowbrays.co.nz
Brian Brookes collection of Contact: Postiljonen AB, Box 537, Tel: 020 8672 6702 Tel: 01235 511083
Channel Islands S-201 25 Malmö, Sweden brian@brian-reeve-auctions.com www.provincialphilatelics.co.uk Sajal philatelicS
Venue: The Regus Conference Centre, Tel: +46 40 25 88 58 www.brian-reeve.com brian@brian-reeve.com
1 Northumberland Avenue, steinar.fridthorsson@postiljonen.se april 11 www.brian-reeve.com
London WC2. www.postiljonen.se april 4 groSVenor
Sandafayre
Contact: Patrick Frost WarWick & WarWick Great Britain
stamp@sandafayre.com
Tel: 020 7930 6100 March 16-17 Venue: The Court House, Jury Street, Venue: 399-401 Strand, London
www.sandafayre.com
philatelists@argyll-etkin.com corinphila Veilingen Warwick, CV34 4EW. WC2R OLT.
www.argyll-etkin.com Venue: Mortelmolen 3, 1185XV Contact: Chalon House, Scar Bank, Contact: Tel: 020 7379 8789 uniVerSal
Amstelveen, Netherlands. Millers Road, Warwick, CV34 5DB info@grosvenor-auctions.co.uk info@upastampauctions.co.uk
March 10 Contact: Corinphila Veilingen Tel: 01926 499031 www.grosvenorauctions.com www.upastampauctions.co.uk
corinphila Veilingen Tel: +31 20 624 97 40 info@warwickandwarwick.com
Venue: Mortelmolen 3, 1185XV info@corinphila.nl www.warwickandwarwick.com april 11-12 Vance
Amstelveen, Netherlands. www.corinphila.nl robert a Siegel mail@vanceauctions.com
Contact: Corinphila Veilingen april 7 David Wingate collection of USA www.vanceauctions.com
Tel: +31 20 624 97 40 March 19-24 chriStoph gärtner Venue: 9th Floor, 6 West 48th Street,
info@corinphila.nl heinrich köhler British & French Occupation of New York, NY 10036, USA.
www.corinphila.nl Geoffrey Noer collection of Faroe Togo Contact: Robert A Siegel engliSh-language
Islands Venue: Schlosshotel Monrepos, Tel: +01 212 753 6421 online SaleS
March 13 Matteo Lucibello collection of Domaene Monrepos 22, Ludwigsburg, stamps@siegelauctions.com
robert a Siegel Baltic States Germany. www.siegelauctions.com dalkeith
www.dalkeith-auctions.co.uk
delcaMpe
LoT To bE dEsirEd www.delcampe.net
MccuSker
www.jamesmccusker.com
on March 10, corinphila Veilingen will sell the first part of the World War ii postal history collection
MoWbray
built up over half a century by the late stefan drukker, and british commonwealth interest may be
www.mowbrays.co.nz
found in this 1943 airmail cover sent from Jamaica to switzerland.
it received both American and German censor marks, the latter being the Parisian X mark, and also philatino
www.philatino.com
bears an unusual label stating that the German censor is not responsible for the ‘distortion’ of
letters. The starting price is €100 (about £90). raSMuSSen
www.bruun-rasmussen.dk
regency
www.regencystamps.com
rogerS
www.michaelrogersinc.com
SaMMarineSe
www.filsam.com
Sandafayre
www.sandafayre.com
Skanfil
www.skanfil.no
StaMp center
www.thestampcenter.com
StaMpfair
www.stampfair.com
Stanley gibbonS
www.stanleygibbons.com
torreS
www.antoniotorres.com
trafford bookS
www.traffordbooks.co.uk

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16th March & 6th April Royal National Hotel, London
2nd April Loughborough www.jcstamps.co.uk
7th April Lichfield
13th-14th April Bracknell
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March 7 Time: 9am-1.30pm (stamps, postal history, Contact: Chris Rapley Time: 9.30am-4pm Armada Way, PL1 2ER.
Stowmarket Tel: 01304 829827 postcards) Tel: 07711 677760 Contact: H V Johnson & Co Time: 10am-4pm
(stamps, postal history, Venue: Chester Street Club, Tel: 01909 563394 Contact: Solent Stamps
postcards) Inverurie Chester Street, S40 1DL. Orpington Tel: 01489 582673
Venue: Stowmarket Football (stamps, postal history, Time: 10am-4pm (stamps, postal history, Sevenoaks
Club, Bury Road, IP14 1JQ. postcards) Contact: Howard Hatton postcards) (stamps, postal history) March 23
Time: 10am-3pm Venue: Garioch Heritage Centre, Tel: 0161 766 9031 Venue: Christ Lutheran Church, Venue: Stag Plaza, Exeter
Contact: David James Loco Works Road, 227 Poverest Road, London Road, TN13 1ZZ. (stamps, postal history,
Tel: 01328 855003 AB51 4FY. March 16 Petts Wood, BR5 1RD. Time: 10am-4pm postcards)
Time: 10am-4pm London Contact: Keith Jupp Contact: Robert Uden Venue: Clyst St George
March 10 Contact: Chad Neigbor, (stamps, postal history) Tel: 07746 124846 Tel: 01303 238807 Parish Hall, Woodbury
Bristol North East Fairs Venue: Royal National Hotel, Road, EX3 0RE.
(stamps, postal history, Tel: 01674 832823 Bedford Way, Russell Square, March 18 Sherborne Time: 10am-4pm
postcards) WC1H 0DG. Amersham (stamps, postal history) Contact: Solent Stamps
Venue: Shirehampton Public Margate Time: Friday 9am-4pm (stamps, postal history, Venue: Digby Memorial Hall, Tel: 01489 582673
Hall, Station Road, (stamps, postal history) Contact: Kate Puleston postcards) Digby Road, DT9 3NL.
Shirehampton, BS11 9TX. Venue: Union Church, Tel: 020 8946 4489 Venue: Jubilee Scout Hall, Time: 10am-4pm Hythe
Time: 9.30am-4pm Union Crescent, CT9 1NR. Rectory Hill, HP7 0BT. Contact: Solent Stamps (stamps, postal history)
Contact: Kevin Noble Fairs Time: 9am-3pm March 17 Time: 10am-4.30pm Tel: 01489 582673 Venue: United Reformed
Tel: 07599 001101 Contact: Clive Baker Hull Contact: David Milton Church, East Street,
Tel: 01843 862707 (stamps, postal history) Tel: 01895 637283 March 21 CT21 5ND.
Derby Venue: St James Centre, East Grinstead Time: 10am-4pm
(stamps, postal history) Weston-Super- 169 First Lane, Bowdon (stamps, postal history, Contact: Robert Uden
Venue: Nunsfield House Mare Hessle, HU13 9EY. (stamps, postal history, postcards) Tel: 01303 238807
Community Hall, (stamps, postal history, Time: 9.30am-4pm postcards) Venue: Chequer Mead Arts
33 Boulton Road, postcards) Contact: H V Johnson & Co Venue: Mercure Hotel, Centre, De La Warr Road, March 24
Alvaston, DE24 0FD. Venue: Victoria Methodist Tel: 01909 563394 Langham Road, WA14 2HT. RH19 3BS. Broughty Ferry
Time: 9.30am-4pm Church Hall, Station Road, Time: 10am-4pm Time: 10am-3pm (stamps, postal history,
Contact: H V Johnson & Co BS23 1XU. Eastbourne Contact: Howard Hatton Contact: Malcolm Green postcards)
Tel: 01909 563394 Time: 10am-4pm (stamps, postal history, Tel: 0161 766 9031 Tel: 01342 327554 Venue: St Aidan’s Centre,
Contact: Michael Hale postcards) 408 Brook Street, DD5 1BZ.
Folkestone Tel: 01749 677669 Venue: St Mary’s Church Dronfield March 22 Time: 10am-4pm
(stamps, postal history) Hall, Decoy Drive, (stamps, postal history) Plymouth Contact: Chad Neigbor,
Venue: Trinity Church Hall, March 11 Hampden Park, BN22 9PP. Venue: Coal Aston Village Hall, (stamps, postal history) North East Fairs
Sandgate Road, CT20 2UQ. Chesterfield Time: 10am-3.30pm Coal Aston, S18 3AY. Venue: Guildhall, Tel: 01674 832823

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March 25
alFreton
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Genesis Centre,
Main Hall, Church Street,
DE55 7AG.
Time: 10.15-4pm
Contact: John Hales
Tel: 01773 541694

DoncaSter
(stamps, postal history)
Venue: Park Social Club,
Eden Grove Road,
Edenthorpe, DN3 2LS.
Time: 9.30am-4pm
Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Tel: 01909 563394

peterBorough
(stamps, postal history)
Venue: The Holiday Inn,
Thorpe Wood, PE3 6SG.
Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: Richard Lewis
Tel: 01945 700594

Southport
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Royal Clifton Hotel,
Promenade, PR8 1RB. postcards) IP22 4EH. Venue: Boley Park Community april 14 Venue: Grove Green
Time: 10am-4pm Venue: Mercure Hotel, Time: 10am-3pm Hall, Ryknild Street, BriDgwater Community Centre,
Contact: Howard Hatton Langham Road, WA14 2HT. Contact: David James WS14 9XU. (stamps, postal history) Penhurst Close, ME14 5BT.
Tel: 0161 766 9031 Time: 10am-4pm Tel: 01328 855003 Time: 10am-4pm Venue: Westfield United Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: Howard Hatton Contact: JRS Fairs Reformed Church Hall, Contact: Brian Stonestreet
March 31 Tel: 0161 766 9031 lonDon Tel: 01785 259350 West Street, TA6 7EU. Tel: 01622 675784
aDDleStone (stamps, postal history) Time: 10am-4pm
(stamps, postal history, april 2 Venue: Royal National Hotel, MancheSter Contact: Michael Hall ruiSlip
postcards) FelBriDge Bedford Way, Russell Square, (stamps, postal history, Tel: 01749 677669 (stamps, postal history,
Venue: Community Centre, (stamps, postal history, WC1H 0DG. postcards) postcards)
Garfield Road, KT15 2NJ. postcards) Time: Friday 9am-4pm Venue: Sale Grammar School, DerBy Venue: Methodist Church Hall,
Time: 10am-4.30pm Venue: Felbridge Village Hall, Contact: Kate Puleston Marsland Road, Sale M33 3NH. (stamps, postal history) Ickenham Road, HA4 7BZ.
Contact: David Milton Crawley Down Road, RH19 2NT. Tel: 020 8946 4489 Time: 10am Venue: Nunsfield House Time: 10am-4.30pm
Tel: 01895 637283 Time: 10am-3.30pm Contact: George Wewiora Community Hall, Contact: David Milton
Contact: Chris Rapley april 7 Tel: 0161 427 2101 33 Boulton Road, Tel: 01895 637283
keynShaM Tel: 07711 677760 BeckenhaM Alvaston, DE24 0FD.
(stamps, postal history) (stamps, postal history, norwich Time: 9.30am-4pm telForD
Venue: The Fear Institute, loughBorough postcards) (stamps, postal history, Contact: H V Johnson & Co (stamps, postal history,
Keynsham High Street, (stamps, postal history) Venue: Azelia Halls, postcards) Tel: 01909 563394 postcards)
BS31 1DG. Venue: Charnwood Bowls Croydon Road, BR3 4DA. Venue: Gate 1, Hewett School, Venue: Belmont Community
Time: 9.30am-4pm Club, Leisure Centre, Browns Time: 9am-3pm Cecil Road, NR1 2PL. ipSwich Hall, off Tan Bank car park,
Contact: Kevin Noble Fairs Lane, LE11 3HE. Contact: Ray McQuade Time: 10am-3.30pm (stamps, postal history, Wellington, TF1 1LU.
Tel: 07599 001101 Time: 10am-4pm Tel: 020 8395 9285 Contact: Ian Billings, Norfolk postcards) Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: JRS Fairs & Norwich PS Venue: Kesgrave War Contact: Bob Pilkington
Morley Tel: 01785 259350 Deal Tel: 07765 858457 Memorial Community Centre, Tel: 01299 211737
(stamps, postal history) (stamps, postal history) Twelve Acre Approach,
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall, april 4 Venue: The Landmark Centre, StourBriDge Kesgrave, IP5 1JF. april 15
Commercial Street, LS27 8HZ. StowMarket 129 High Street, CT14 6BB. (stamps, postal history) Time: 10am-4pm BowDon
Time: 9.30am-4pm (stamps, postal history, Time: 9am-1pm Venue: Methodist Church Contact: Bob Harvey (stamps, postal history,
Contact: H V Johnson & Co postcards) Contact: Peter Barrett Centre, New Road, DY8 1PA. Tel: 01473 723863 postcards)
Tel: 01909 563394 Venue: Stowmarket Football Tel: 01304 829827 Time: 9.30am-1.30pm Venue: Mercure Hotel,
Club, Bury Road, IP14 1JQ. Contact: Chris Proctor kettering Langham Road, WA14 2HT.
trowBriDge Time: 10am-3pm leiceSter Tel: 07813 260752 (stamps, postal history) Time: 10am-4pm
(stamps, postal history) Contact: David James (stamps, postal history) Venue: ISE Lodge Contact: Howard Hatton
Venue: St James Church Hall, Tel: 01328 855003 Venue: Derby Room, The april 8 Community Centre, Tel: 0161 766 9031
Union Street, BA14 8RU. Holiday Inn, St Nicholas cheSterFielD St Vincent’s Avenue,
Time: 10am-4pm april 6 Circle, LE1 5LX. (stamps, postal history, NN15 5DR. DronFielD
Contact: Solent Stamps DiSS Time: 9.30am-3.30pm postcards) Tine: 10am-4pm (stamps, postal history)
Tel: 01489 582673 (stamps, postal history, Contact: John Suschitzky Venue: Chester Street Club, Contact: Gordon Tregidgo Venue: Coal Aston Village Hall,
postcards) Tel: 0116 2350441 Chester Street, S40 1DL. Tel: 01536 746800 Coal Aston, S18 3AY.
april 1 Venue: Diss Youth & Time: 10am-4pm Time: 9.30am-4pm
BowDon Community Centre, lichFielD Contact: Howard Hatton MaiDStone Contact: H V Johnson & Co
(stamps, postal history, 30 Shelfanger Road, (stamps, postal history) Tel: 0161 766 9031 (stamps, postal history) Tel: 01909 563394

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March 7 DiStrict S&pc March 17 Time: 7.30pm March 26 thaMeS pS
griMSBy & Postal History of West great Britain pS Contact: John Thompson rugBy & The Seventies
DiStrict pS Wales by B Toye Before & After the 1840 Tel: 024 7641 3477 DiStrict pS Venue: Surbiton Library New
Brazil by John Benjamin Venue: 132b Priory Street, Wyon-Whiting Essays Malta by Colin Searle Hall, Ewell Road, Surbiton,
Venue: Grimsby Central Hall, SA31 1LR. by Alan Huggins March 21 Venue: Overslade Community KT6 6AG.
Duncombe Street, DN32 7EG. Time: 7pm Time: 11am newport & Centre, Buchanan Road, Time: 8pm
Time: 7pm Contact: C Williams Before the Penny Black gwent pS CV22 6AZ. Contact: Christopher E Oliver
Contact: Trevor Smith Tel: 01267 236680 by Alan Holyoake Cover Love by Roy Holliss Time: 7.15pm Tel: 020 8940 9833
Tel: 01469 572354 Time: 2.15pm Venue: Civic Centre, Godfrey Contact: Theo Schilderman
March 15 Venue: RPSL, Road, Newport, NP20 4UR. Tel: 01788 542358 april 9
leaMington & Burnley & 41 Devonshire Place, Time: 7pm rugBy &
warwick pS DiStrict pS London W1G 6JY. Contact: Roy Bentley March 27 DiStrict pS
The Yorkshire Dales Early GB Mails Contact: Phil Waud Tel: 01633 892410 Solihull pS Early Egypt by John Davis
by Clive Jones by David Sigee Tel: 07484 629171 Burma by M Whittaker Venue: Overslade Community
Venue: Oddfellows Hall, Venue: Central Methodist March 22 Venue: Solihull Cricket & Centre, Buchanan Road,
Clarence Terrace, Warwick Church, Hargreaves Street, March 19 BriStol pS Tennis Club, Marsh Lane, Rugby CV22 6AZ.
Road, Leamington, CV32 5LD. BB11 1DU. South MiDlanDS Sc Ups & Downs of Aviation B91 2PF. Time: 7.15pm
Time: 7pm Time: 7.30pm GB Registered Mail by Trevor Radway Time: 8pm Contact: Theo Schilderman
Contact: Nick Bridgwater Contact: Dr Barry Evans by Steven Harrison Venue: Redland Park United Contact: Paul Woodness Tel: 01788 542358
Tel: 01926 423685 Tel: 01282 616156 Venue: Barford Memorial Hall, Reformed Church, Tel: 01564 776879
Church Street, Barford Whiteladies Road, BS6 6SA. telForD S&cc
March 13 March 16 CV35 8EN. Time: 7.30pm March 28 Travelling Post Offices
Solihull pS kingSton upon Time: 1.30pm Contact: Mike Breward BroMley & (part 2) by Clive Jones
GB Late Fees by J Tweed thaMeS pS Contact: John Gledhill Tel: 01179 567853 BeckenhaM pS Venue: Ketley Community
Venue: Solihull Cricket & Detecting Fakes & Forgeries Tel: 01789 842112 Stuart Henderson Centre (the Old School),
Tennis Club, Marsh Lane, by Paul Leonard and John taw & torriDge Sc Entertains Holyhead Road, TF1 5AN.
Solihull B91 2PF. Shaw March 20 Southern African Campaigns Venue: Public Hall, Bromley Time: 7.30pm
Time: 8pm Venue: Surbiton Library coventry S&pS by Richard Stock Road, Beckenham BR3 5JE. Contact: Richard Camp
Contact: Paul Woodness New Hall, Ewell Road, Provisional GB Postal Venue: Castle Hall, Castle Time: 7.30pm Tel: 01952 247783
Tel: 01564 776879 Surbiton KT6 6AG. Stationery by John Gledhill Street, Barnstaple, EX31 1ET. Contact: David Rennie
Time: 8pm Venue: Hearsall Baptist Time: 7.30pm Tel: 020 8778 7001 april 10
March 14 Contact: Christopher E Oliver Church Hall, Queensland Contact: Andrew Austen coventry S&pS
carMarthen & Tel: 020 8940 9833 Avenue, Chapelfields, CV5 8FE. Tel: 01271 329762 March 29 Jamaica by George Dunbar
MaiDStone & Venue: Hearsall Baptist
MiD-kent pS Church Hall, Queensland

gLoucEsTERsHIRE TRI-cLub MEETIng Ireland by R How

Venue: Mote Park Indoor
Avenue, Chapelfields, CV5 8FE.
Time: 7.30pm
Bowls Club, Willow Way, Contact: John Thompson
Maidstone, ME15 7RN. Tel: 024 7641 3477
The third annual gloucestershire Tri- by rotation, this year by cheltenham Ps Time: 10.30am
club meeting was held in January, at the century Hall in shurdington. Contact: Brian Stonestreet april 11
Tel: 01622 675784 BeDForD pS
bringing together members of the Those who attended were treated to
Visit from Milton Keynes PS
philatelic societies of cheltenham, five excellent displays from Ken april 2 Venue: The Bunyan Meeting
gloucestershire and stroud. Hamilton on us postbus mail, Mike peterSFielD & Free Church, Mill Street,
Providing interaction between a wider Jelbert on Rhodesia’s ‘double-heads’, DiStrict pS MK40 3EU.
group of collectors than the average Dr Roaul Feld on Austrian naval history, Competition Night: Years Time: 7pm
Ending in 5 Contact: Julie Barnard
society meeting, this mid-winter Peter Adams on much-redirected mail, Venue: Petersfield Community Tel: 01234 765092
daytime event has proved extremely and barry stagg on John Williams, the Centre, Love Lane, GU31 4BW.
popular, particularly with those 19th century missionary whose life Time: 10am St alBanS,
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CUB24 Fidel Castro An unusual mourning cover for the death of Fidel
Castro.The cover bears a Royal Mail definitive stamp with Royal Mail
memorial arboretum postmark dated 25/11/2016. The cover is
illustrated with an iconic picture of the Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro . Only 50
of this scarce stamp are known to exist…………………..Price £14.50
WD 399 Walt Disney A fantastic collection of only unmounted mint stamps
covering the Walt Disney theme mostly British Commonwealth countries
noted including Lesotho, St.Vincent, Grenada, Sierra Leone, Antigua, Turks &
Caicos Islands, Anguilla, Maldives & Barbuda. Other countries noted include
Bhutan, Gambia and stamps of the Union Island. All the favourite Disney
characters are included, namely Mickey & Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck,
Goofy. Famous Disney films include 101 Dalmatians , The Lion King,
Hunchback of Notre Dame and Pocahontas. Several complete sets in
miniature sheetlets format plus a mass of other mini Disney stamps.
Hundreds of stamps, plus special mint sheetlets…………Price £23
TB3 Tony Blair Seldom offered for sale, apolitical cover marking Tony
Blair’s re-election in 2001, for a second term as UK prime minister. A sought
after cover bears an illustration of Tony Blair, flanked by John Prescott, Gor-
don Brown (Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor of the time respectively)
The cover has a quote from Tony Blair “Our mandate is to carry on the work
we have started”. Bearing Royal Mail stamp and postmark dated 7th June
2001. Mostly, now in collectors hands and rarely available ………Price £22
F84 Football A colourful collection of football stamps from around the
globe many countries included. Includes GB stamp 1966 World Cup
England winners ,other stamps noted from British local islands, depicting
Portsmouth FC, Wimbledon AFC, Coventry City .Bobby Moore (West Ham
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counting any duplication…………………………………Price £9.75
HK97 HONG KONG A scarce combination cover for the Hong Kong handover
from UK to China.The cover depicts Chris Patton(last governor of Hong Kong )
and Prince CCharles.Bearing a British Machin issue with scarce British forces
Postal Service transfer of sovereignity of Hong Kong, Royal Crown postmark,
inscribed in dual language English and Chinese for the Hong Kong handover
also dated 30th June 1997. Possibly ,one of the scarcest Chinese related
Hong Kong Covers……………………………………………Price £35
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Helping itself
Ceylon’s charity surcharges of 1956 were supposed to help fund a major Buddhist
festival. But the proceeds ended up swelling the coffers of the postal authority
■ report by John Winchester
I
n Ceylon, where the majority of the
population practise Therevada
Buddhism, 544 BC was considered the
date when the Buddha reached parinirvana
(nirvana after death). Since the Buddha
himself prophesied that his influence
would last for 5,000 years, and that a great
renewal would take place at the mid-point
of this period, the dawn of the year 1956
caused great excitement.
The government set about making
preparations for a national festival, the
Sambuddha Jayanti, to be funded partly by
a special stamp issue. Surcharges would be
added to the two middle values in a set of
four, printed by Courvoisier in Switzerland.
Inscribed ‘Buddha Jayanti Surcharge’
vertically on the right-hand side, these
semi-postals of 4c+2c and 10c+5c were
issued on May 10. Sales were brisk, and
soon more than 20,000 rupees had been
raised for the fund.
At this point, it was discovered that the
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provisions of the Special Stamps Act had
not been followed, and that the charitable
nature of the issue had not received the
necessary approval of the House of
Representatives. So what should the postal
authority do with the substantial sums
raised by the surcharge? Its solution was
brazen: it would keep the money!
You might have thought that this episode
would have left the authority cowering in
embarrassment, but apparently not. Two
years later, the unsold stocks of the stamps
were reissued with the charitable wording
and surcharge simply concealed by an
obliterating bar.
At least, they should have been. Sloppy
overprinting meant that some stamps
receiving bars which were inverted, or
shifted so far to the right that they
appeared on the wrong side of the stamps,
making them premium collectables.
ABOVE: Ceylon 1958 Buddha Jayanti 10c, with the So if the authorities were hoping nobody
original 5c surcharge obliterated by an overprint would notice, they got that wrong too. ■
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