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in this issue
You can’t miss it. there’s a theme that
runs through this issue of the magazine
like a watermark. it’s the 250th
anniversary of the start of Lieutenant
James Cook’s first voyage of discovery to
the Pacific in July 1768.
We asked John Winchester to investigate how
Cook’s achievements are reflected in the stamps of
the region he was exploring (see page 42), and these
leave no doubt that his legacy was enormous. he
charted all of new Zealand and a huge expanse of
Australia, and members of his crew studied and
sketched the strange flora and fauna they found,
from shrubs to kangaroos.
For balance, we also invited Alastair Gunn to put
an alternative point of view. he argues that Cook’s
first voyage had pernicious consequences in terms of
encouraging imperialism, and that his second and
third voyages are actually more worthy of
commemoration (see page 33).
the dichotomy emphasises the point that when
British people assess Cook, we do so from a
european standpoint, considering how his
explorations opened up a new world of wonder and
exciting possibilities. From a Maori or Aboriginal
standpoint, however, first contact with europeans
was a more disconcerting and traumatic experience.
that being the case, Royal Mail has probably taken
a suitable approach to its special issue (see page 22).
the stamps allude to cartography, botany, astronomy 42 How have New Zealand and Australia commemorated Captain Cook?
and art — all valid contributions to human culture
and knowledge — rather than discovery. After all,
one man’s ‘discovery’ is another man’s ‘invasion’.

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Singapore celebrates
Trump/Kim summit
Singapore has produced a miniature sheet
commemorating the historic summit between Donald
Trump, the President of the United States, and Kim Jong
Un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea which it hosted
on June 12.
The first ever meeting between the leaders of the two
countries took place at the Capella Singapore hotel on the
Singaporean island of Sentosa. Although no peace treaty
was formally agreed, it held out the hope of nuclear
demilitarisation on the divided Korean peninsula after
years of increasing tension and sabre-rattling.
Issued on July 20, the sheet has a single $10 stamp
reproducing a Straits Times photograph of the historic
handshake between Kim and Trump against the backdrop
of the Singapore skyline. The border has a wider
photograph of the two leaders shaking hands in front of
their national flags.
Sentosa was formerly the site of a British military base,
and a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in World War II.

Copyright mistake UN definitive marks

costs United States Nelson Mandela Day
Postal Service $3.5m The United Nations has issued a definitive stamp to mark the
centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s revered
The United States Postal Service has been ordered by a federal anti-apartheid leader and first democratically elected president.
judge to pay a sculptor $3.5m in royalties, after infringing copyright The 2f stamp, serving as a definitive issue for use at its Geneva
by using his artwork on a definitive stamp without permission. headquarters in Switzerland, carries a portrait of Mandela
The court case came about after the 2010 Lady Liberty stamp, engraved by Martin Mörck, alongside a quote in French which
which was intended to illustrate a detail of the famous Statue of translates as ‘It is easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are
Liberty in New York, inadvertently used an image of Robert those who make peace and build.’
Davidson’s version of the sculpture, which was created for a New It was issued on July 18, which was Mandela’s birthday and is now
York-themed hotel in Las Vegas. Nelson Mandela International Day, designated as such in 2009 by
Davidson successfully claimed that his statue was materially the UN General Assembly in recognition of his contribution to the
different from the culture of peace and freedom worldwide.
original one — he
said it was more
sexy and sultry! —
and thus it was
protected under
copyright laws.
The USPS is
reported to have
printed more than
three billion of the
Forever 1st class
stamps before
the error was
noticed in 2011,
and a further
seven billion
subsequently.

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 world News AUCTIONS | GB COlleCTOr | leTTerS | COMMeNT | COMPeTITIONS | feATUreS | eVeNTS | STrANGe BUT TrUe
A century of Czech news in brief

stamps arranged in > The Crawford

Medal, awarded
annually by the

one miniature sheet Royal Philatelic

Society London to
the most valuable
The Czech Republic has issued a stamp-on-stamp miniature sheet contribution to the
study of philately in
to mark the 100th anniversary of the first issue of Czechoslovakia, book form, has been
and to promote the Praga 2018 international philatelic exhibition presented to Hugh V
which takes place during August. Feldman for United
It has images of 33 previous Czechoslovak and Czech designs, of States Railroad
Routes & Contracts
which 14 are on
1832-1875.
postage stamps
and the others > The Pakistan Study
on perforated Circle is being
labels. All are relaunched in Britain
after several years
presented in the of inactivity, and a

World Cup
style of pages in meeting for all who
a stock book. are interested will be
The 27k value held in Staffordshire
illustrates
Czechoslovakia
tribute misses on August 26. For
details contact Mike
Roberts. E-mail:
issues of 1918,
1919, 1931, 1938, the target mike@mikerobe.co.uk

> The American

1945, 1947, 1953
Lung Association
and 1962. Poland’s decision to honour its top tried to halt the
The 44kc value contemporary football star with a issue of ‘scratch-
shows Czech postage stamp on the eve of the World Cup and-sniff’ stamps
Republic stamps Finals backfired. by the United States
in June, claiming
of 1998, 2003, Robert Lewandowski is the national
that the chemicals
2010, 2013, 2014 team’s captain and all-time leading used in their
and 2016. goalscorer, and bagged a European record impregnated
Both of 16 goals in the qualifying campaign. fragrances could
denominations However, the 29-year-old failed to find the pose a health risk.
The Frozen Treats
include the net at all in the Finals, as Poland lost their set went ahead as
emblem of first two games and were quickly eliminated planned.
Praga 2018. from the tournament.
> The 2018 Stuart
Rossiter Memorial
Lecture will be
Austria’s EU design a Get philatelic given by Frank
Walton, entitled

butt of British jokes slang into the

‘Should
aerophilately be a
subset of postal

dictionary!
history?’ The event
A stamp issued to will be held at 5pm
commemorate Austria’s on November 9 at
presidency of the European the Royal Philatelic
Society London.
Union for the second half of The Oxford English Dictionary is appealing
Tickets are free but
2018 was rather unfairly for your help in expanding its coverage of must be requested
pilloried on English- the vocabulary used in hobbies, including in advance.
speaking social media. philately. E-mail: rexdixon@
The €1.35 value released As part of its 90th birthday celebrations, btinternet.com
in June, showing the 12 stars it is launching a number of public word > Winchester &
of the European Union flag appeals, and the latest is entitled ‘the District Stamp
and a map of the member language of hobbies’. Society has been
countries outlined in gold, Stamp Magazine readers are requested to wound up after 70
years due to falling
was inscribed ‘EU Rats’ visit its website and pass on slang and
membership, and
because ‘Rats’ translates colloquial expressions (as distinct from has donated its
as ‘Council’. technical terms) used among the philatelic postal history
It was not, as some Brexit community. Terms which are in common collection to the
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 WORLD NEWS
NEW ISSUE

Heritage railway still

going strong aged 125

T
he Isle of Man’s set of six stamps celebrating the 125th
anniversary of the Manx Electric Railway are all based on
photographs by railway enthusiasts, following a competition
launched last year.
Four different winners have their images used on the stamps
themselves, while some of the runners-up see theirs used on
philatelic products such as the presentation pack, the first day
cover and a prestige booklet.
Issued on June 30, the set includes the island’s Europa stamp on
this year’s theme of bridges. Four of the designs will also be used
for the Isle of Man’s variable-value self-adhesive definitives (the
equivalent of Great Britain’s Post & Go machine-vended stamps),
replacing the existing Triskelion design.
Opened in 1893, and acquired by the Isle of Man Government in
1957, the Manx Electric Railway links the east coast towns of
Douglas, Laxey and Ramsey, and also connects with the Douglas
Bay Horse Tramway in Douglas and with the Snaefell Mountain still in use, and they are the oldest electric trams in the world which
Railway at Laxey. remain at work on their original line.
Operating on what is known as the Manx Standard Gauge (of 3ft or The 1st class value illustrates tramcars No6, No22 and No16 at
914mm), it extends for 17 miles. This makes it the longest of the Derby Castle Terminus, the EU (Europa) design shows No9 crossing
island’s seven railways, which is the most extensive narrow-gauge Ballure Viaduct and the RoW (rest of the world) value features No16
network in the British Isles. pulling a mail van at Onchan Head.
In contrast to the slightly shorter Isle of Man Railway (linking The £1.25 shows No1 at Laxey, the £1.87 No1 and No2 at Derby
Douglas with Castletown and Port Erin), which is steam-powered, Castle and the £1.93 No7 at Bulgham Rocks.
the MER is electrified using overhead line. It takes a scenic route Designed by DM Design, the stamps were printed in offset
which is popular with tourists, but has a seasonal timetable, and lithography by Lowe-Martin.
may be closed in winter months. Wider celebrations of the anniversary will including a festival
Two of the three tramcars which went into operation in 1893 are organised by the Department of Transport from September 1-8.

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NEW ISSUE
Faces of people caught
up in the Great War
T
he last of Jersey’s annual series of
World War I commemoratives,
entitled Armistice & Remembrance,
poignantly focuses on the ordinary people
ensnared in the conflict.
Six stamps issued on August 4 portray
Jersey servicemen and women from a
variety of backgrounds, using original
wartime photographs.
Sourced from the archives of La Société
Jersiaise, from the Jersey Museum, from
the Victoria College Book of Remembrance
and from surviving descendants, the
original black and white images have been
restored and colourised by Olga Shirnina.
‘Restoring the photographs was a
meticulous process,’ says Jersey Post. ‘We
spent a lot of time researching the details,
from the colours and materials of the
uniforms and the badges right down to the
subjects’ eye and hair colours. It’s been an
emotional process; for some family
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members, these stamps will be the first time
they have seen their relatives in colour.’
The 50p value portrays Private Charles
Moody of the London Regiment, Post Office
Rifles. Having lied about his age to join up,
he was wounded at Passchendaele in 1917
and recovered in a German field hospital.
The 65p portrays 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth
Dunlop of the 4th Battalion, South
Staffordshire Regiment. Although he was
living in South America when war broke out,
he returned to his native Jersey in order to
volunteer for military service, and was killed
at the Battle of Loos in 1915, aged 33.
The 76p portrays Petty Officer George
Jeune of the Royal Naval Reserve. When his
armed trawler was attacked by a U-boat in
the North Sea, and his commanding officer
was severely wounded, he took command,
transferring the surviving crew to smaller
boats as the ship sank, and was awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal.
The 82p portrays Private Clifford Brée, of
the Royal Army Medical Corps, 2nd West
Lancashire Regiment. Having joined up in
April 1915 and been sent to the Western
Front in France, he was awarded the
Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry
when recovering wounded men under a gas
and artillery barrage.
The 94p portrays Lieutenant William
Bruce of the 59th Scinde Rifles. He was
posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
after leading a successful night attack on
an enemy trench near Givenchy in France in
1914, continuing to organise its defence
against counter-attacks despite being
severely wounded.
The £1.12 portrays Madeleine Norman of
the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military
Nursing Service Reserve. One of more than
10,000 civilian nurses recruited in 1914-18,
she worked mostly on the mainland treating
wounded returnees from the front.
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cancellations, a clean mix. Includes modern security issues which will become very rare with all
the gold labels used on mail. ½ lb £18.00, 1 lb £35.00.
GB MULTIPLES ISSUES. Try to keep up with the recent multiple issues. Increasing
Philatex stand 50
variety, right up to the latest 2017 Songbirds, 2016 Mr Men, Shakespeare Quotes, Star Wars,
Comedy Greats, Bridges, 2014 Sustainable Fish, Buckingham Palace, Remarkable Lives, Chil-
dren’s T.V, 2013 Dinosaurs, Butterflies, Famous Britons, Football Heroes, Dr Who etc. Try and
Stampex
RHH, London SW1
complete those difficult sets. ¼ lb £24.00, ½ lb £45.00.
GB MODERN COMMEMS NO XMAS ONLY. Business
5 - 7 Design Centre,
November
While Stocks Last! This sells for a small fortune on auction sites as they are so hard to find these
days, we can supply very small amounts. Mostly 2012/2017 issues only with the odd high value stand G4B, London, N1 0QH
12-15 September
and multiple issues. Limited range as so modern but very sought after. 2 oz £13.00.
GB SPECIAL CHARITY MIX. A well balanced on paper Charity mix covering Defins,
Commems, H.Value Commems, H.Value Defins, Pre-decimal, Wildings & Pre QEII. Covers all
periods. 1 lb £12.00, 2 lbs £22.00.

Stephen T. Taylor
FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH ON PAPER MIXTURES.
SPECIAL OFFER NO.1: Buy 1 lb Aus, Canada, N.Z & U.S.A for the discounted price
of £62.00. List Price £74.00.
AUSTRALIA. On paper charity mix, includes modern with dream variety, many Commems 5 Glenbuck Road
and high values, collected from a school-teacher in the Outback. Approx. 2500 stamps / 1 lb. 1 lb
£18.00, 2 lbs £34.00.
Surbiton Surrey KT6 6BS
CANADA. Sold out before, we have been fortunate to get fresh stocks from the increasingly
difficult country. A colourful on paper charity mixture from the Canadian Save the Children
Phone: 020 8390 9357
Fund of Commems, Defins, Large Pictorials and high values. 1 lb £20.00, 2 lbs. £39.00.
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 info@stephentaylor.co.uk
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- www.stephentaylor.co.uk
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
mostly modern  with a wealth of Commems. Price £16.50 / lb.  Your American dealer in Britain
EUREKA! We’ve found it. This has to be our best world mixture yet. At least 85% commems
with a staggering variety with around 100 countries/states (yes we have found stamps from that
many). Much modern and many high values included. Our SUPER WORLD 100. ½ lb £28.00, 1
lb £55.00, 2 lbs £105.00.
OVERSEAS FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH CHARITY MIXTURE.With
over 120 Charity sources in this country it is not surprising that this is the ultimate mixture of
Foreign & Commonwealth stamps essentially on paper. Enormous variety and mostly modern
as it is collected from offices on a day to day basis. Many h. values as many are Air mail values
and a lot will never be seen in approval books! 1 lb £30.00, 2 lbs £55.00, 5 lbs £125.00. 
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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HONG KONG 1886 O R

GermANY 2001
DF
Unique postmark SO
L
,738 Unissued Hepburn stamp
£5 3
This Hong Kong postal stationery card from 1886, A fine used example of Germany’s unissued 2001 stamp
offered by Spink China, looks inconspicuous until you study its rather honouring Audrey Hepburn came up for sale at Felzmann.
faint postmark. The imprinted Queen Victoria 1c stamp is cancelled by a After the 110pf + 50pf stamp was printed as part of the Film
rectangular, unframed ‘Kowloon Customs/Mail Matter’ handstamp, Industry issue (with humanitarian relief surcharges), the family
which is unique in this style. of the actress, who had died of a smoking-related cancer,
Addressed to the Imperial Maritime Customs department in Tamsui, objected to her being pictured smoking a cigarette.
the message on the reverse concerns responsibility for shipping losses. Permission to use the photograph was denied, and the
print-run of 14 million was destroyed. Only a few stamps
SOLD BY SPINK CHINA £53,738 escaped onto the philatelic market, some of them postally used.

SOLD BY FELZMANN £44,648

meXICO 1862 AUstrALIA 1913

Spanish occupation cover Perforation error
Soler y Llach’s auction included a rare cover sent within Mexico in 1862 from a region which It was an Australian lot which yielded the
was temporarily under Spanish occupation. highest price at Feldman’s spring series of
Posted from Veracruz to Puebla in February 1862, it was franked with two blocks of four auctions in Switzerland: a partly
of the Spanish Antilles 1r green, as used in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Since these were not imperforate marginal multiple of the 1913
recognised by the Mexican postal authorities, the cover was charged 12r postage due. Kangaroo & Map 3d olive (die I).
The Veracruz region had been seized by Spanish troops as part of a coalition arrangement The block of four, from the bottom right
with France and Britain, after Mexico had defaulted on its international loan repayments. corner of the sheet, showed a perforation
The Spanish occupation lasted for only three months, from January to March 1862, although error resulting in the two upper stamps being
a French intervention in Mexico would continue until 1867. imperforate at the bottom, and the two lower
stamps being imperforate on three sides.
SOLD BY SOLER Y LLACH £14,128
SOLD BY DAVID FELDMAN £40,000

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GreAt brItAIN 1935 persIA 1917
2½d Prussian blue with control number Rare Turkish
Examples of the 1935
surcharge block
Silver Jubilee 2½d
Prussian blue error of One of the lots in Cavendish’s sale of the
colour always sell Bernard Lucas collection of Persia sold for
well, but Grosvenor’s more than 18 times its pre-sale estimate!
latest Great Britain It was a mint marginal block of 12 of the
auction offered an ‘12 Chahis’ on 1kr provisionals of 1917,
extra special one: a known as the Kermanshah surcharges
marginal mint copy because that is where they were
with both the control issued during the Turkish occupation of
number W35 and cylinder number 34 ‘no dot’ in the left margin. the region.
Only six of the stamps are known with control numbers (three from ‘dot’ panes and three The catalogue description (compiled after
from ‘no dot’ panes), and this particular one was described as being the finest. the vendor had died) said that the block was
In total, four sheets of the 2½d, the top value in a set of four, were released in Prussian thought to be from remaindered stock
blue rather than the standard blue. which had been sold to dealers. The bidders
appear to have thought differently.
SOLD BY GROSVENOR £10,000
SOLD BY CAVENDISH £5,500

GreAt brItAIN 1841

Rare Mulready caricature
Mayfair’s sale of the Grand Prix-winning collection of Irish postal history put together by
Patricia Stilwell Walker included some fine caricatures of the Mulready postal stationery of
1840, the most spectacular of which was one published by Ackermann & Co of London.
Its image depicts the Irish political reformer Daniel O’Connell feeding Irish peasants into
a print mill, turning them into coins for ‘poor Dan’s wallet’, while the Foreign Secretary Lord
Palmerston exclaims ‘I’m all abroad’.
The entire was sent on January 30, 1841, from Templetown in Co Wexford to London, this
being the earliest
known usage of only
four surviving
examples of this
caricature.
The upside-down
placement of the
Penny Black was
probably deliberate,
intended as an
insult to the
British crown.

SOLD BY MAYFAIR
£5,500

UNIteD stAtes 1934

Inaugural ‘duck stamp’
Daniel Kelleher’s auction featured a rarity from one of the most popular cinderella sidelines
of United States philately, the so-called ‘duck stamps’.
It was an imperforate copy of the very first federal duck stamp, issued in 1934 after the
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act introduced a tax on those who visit wildlife refuges.
The $1 design depicts two mallards landing on a lake. Coming from the top of the sheet, it
has a very large upper margin.
To this day, a new design is issued annually, following a competition amongst artists. The
face value has risen to $25, with the proceeds of sales going to wetland conservation.

SOLD BY KELLEHER £5,321

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NEW ISSUE
Captain Cook’s epic
voyage of discovery
R
oyal Mail will mark the 250th
anniversary of one of the greatest
voyages of discovery in history on
August 16, with the Captain Cook set of six
counter sheet stamps and the Endeavour
Voyage miniature sheet of four.
Lieutenant James Cook set sail from
Plymouth on August 26, 1768, on the first of
his three voyages to the outer reaches of
the known world. Also on board HMB
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Endeavour were nearly 100 men, including
astronomers, artists and scientists.
The three-year expedition made scientific
observations of the transit of Venus (across
the face of the Sun) in Tahiti in 1769,
circumnavigated and mapped New Zealand
for the first time, made the first European
contact with the east coast of Australia in
1770, and completed a circumnavigation of
the globe in 1771.
In the process, it revealed unprecedented
information (to European eyes) about the
lands, peoples, flora and fauna of the
Pacific, setting new standards for
cartography and scientific enquiry.
The sheet stamps were designed by
Howard Brown, and printed in litho by ISP in
sheets of 60, which yield se-tenant pairs.
The miniature sheet, designed by Webb &
Webb Design, was also printed by ISP.

2nd class JOSEPH BANKS, NATURALIST
The ship’s botanist Joseph Banks, from a
painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, the red-
tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda, as
illustrated by Sydney Parkinson, and the
red passion flower, Passiflora aurantia, from
a sketch by Parkinson finished later by
Frederick Nodder.
2nd class THE ENDEAVOUR VOYAGE
The Chief Mourner of Tahiti and a scene
with a canoe, from an illustration by Tupaia,
the Polynesian navigator who joined the
crew of Endeavour in Raiatea, in the
Society Islands.
1st class CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
Captain James Cook, from a contemporary
painting by Nathaniel Dance, and HMB
Endeavour from Triumph of the Navigators, a
modern painting by Robin Brooks.
1st class THE ENDEAVOUR VOYAGE
Drawings of their observations of the
PRICES
Set of 6 stamps £5.40
Miniature sheet £4.24
Presentation pack £10.15
Stamp cards £4.95
First day cover (stamps) £6.90
First day cover (mini sheet) £5.51
Coin cover £17.50
transit of Venus, in Tahiti in 1769, by
Lieutenant James Cook and by the ship’s
astronomer Charles Green, and a
photograph of a traditional sextant.
£1.45 THE ENDEAVOUR VOYAGE
Illustration of the scarlet clianthus,
Clianthus puniceus, by Sydney Parkinson,
and a portrait of a Maori Chief with full
facial moko (tattoo), engraved after a sketch
by Parkinson.
£1.45 SYDNEY PARKINSON, NATURAL
HISTORY ARTIST
Self-portrait of Sydney Parkinson, the
ship’s official artist, and the blue-black
grassquit, Volatinia jacarina, from an
illustration by Parkinson.
MINIATURE SHEET
1st class CHARTING A COURSE
A map drawn by Lieutenant Henry Roberts
showing the route taken by Endeavour
around New Zealand, New Holland
(Australia) and the East Indies.
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1st class LIFE ON RAIATEA
The boathouse and canoes on Raiatea, in
the Society Islands, after an illustration by
Sydney Parkinson.
£1.45 MAPPING NEW ZEALAND
A Maori clifftop fort built on an arched rock
in New Zealand, after an illustration by
Sydney Parkinson.
£1.45 DISASTER AVOIDED
Making repairs to Endeavour on the
Endeavour River, in what is now
Queensland, Australia, after the ship was
damaged on the Great Barrier Reef.
OTHER PRODUCTS
The presentation pack, written by the
historian and author Nigel Rigby,
explores the story of the voyage of
Endeavour in detail.
A limited-edition coin cover is available in
addition to the standard first day cover and
stamp cards.
VERDICT
COMMEMORATIVE WORTH
This was arguably the most important
voyage of discovery ever made by a
British ship
QUALITY OF DESIGN
The emphasis on contemporary
illustrations is well justified, yet the set
struggles for coherence
WOW FACTOR
The historical significance of many of the
designs may be lost on casual viewers
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news in brief

> The Midlands

Smilers service is
suspended for an
Special Handstamp
Centre in
Birmingham was
due to closed by
Royal Mail in late
July, and its work

indefinite period
transferred to
Tallents House in
Edinburgh.
Following the
closure of the
Northern England
SHC in South Shields
last year, Edinburgh The future of personalisable stamp sheets is
already handles first in serious doubt, as Royal Mail has suspended
day covers for its Smilers service for an indefinite period.
Scotland, Northern Prospective purchasers will find a notice
Ireland and the
north of England. posted on the company’s online shop which
says: ‘Please note that the Smilers service is
> The Dad’s Army going to be put on hold for an indefinite period
generic Smilers after July 26. Customers will not be able to
sheet (August issue,
order personalised Smilers sheets after this
page 24), whose
retail price was set time, either via the Royal Mail website or by
by Royal Mail at post. All orders received before then will be
£7.50, was initially fulfilled as normal.’
sold in post offices It appears that the suspension is linked to
at £13.90 until a
communication the redevelopment of the website, which is
error was resolved. currently a work in progress, but it is unclear
This follows a whether the service will be reintroduced at a
similar muddle over later date. Following the discontinuation of
the pricing of the
business customised sheets in March
country definitives
presentation pack (February issue, page 20), a decision to
in March. terminate it completely would come as no
great surprise.
> 70% of Royal Mail Smilers comprise sheets of postally valid
shareholders voted
against the pay stamps with se-tenant non-postal labels
package offered to which can be personalised with a photograph
the company’s supplied by the customer. Introduced amid a
incoming Chief blaze of publicity in 2000, they have benefited
Executive at its
from scant marketing in recent years and
annual general
meeting in July, their sales have inevitably suffered from the
although the vote decline in social letter-writing.
was only advisory. Although Smilers generic sheets (with
Rico Back has a standardised rather than personalised
salary of £640,000,
with potential labels) have continued to be offered to
bonuses of £2m. collectors as many as six times a year, most of these expected to live on. As premium products, sold at more
have not been available for personalisation. than the face value of the stamps and seldom postally
> Stanley Gibbons Even if this is the end of personalisable sheets, used, they should continue to be money-spinners for
has published the
generic sheets and commemorative sheets are Royal Mail, even if their raison d’être no longer exists.
2018 edition of its
Great Britain Concise
catalogue. Now in
hardback format, it
is priced £24.95. Hampton Court Palace retail booklet
> A slogan postmark
used in mid-July Accompanying the Hampton
celebrated the Court Palace issue on July 31
winner of the Golden (August issue, page 22) was a
Man Booker Prize
retail stamp book which
(a one-off award
crowning the best includes two of the stamps
work of fiction from from the miniature sheet.
the past five The booklet of six features
decades), which was the 1st class Great Hall and
The English
Patient by Michael the 1st class King’s Great
Ondaatje, published Bedchamber designs, plus
in 1992. four 1st class definitives.

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Spelling error in
slogan postmark
Some examples of a slogan postmark used nationwide in mid-June
included an embarrassing spelling mistake.
The slogan congratulating Benjamin Myers on winning the 2018
Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction can be found inscribed
‘Congraulations’ in error.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS
Don Staddon has the inside line on British
stamp printings, post office supplies and
developments in postal mechanisation
Definitive printings
With very few exceptions, printings of the full current
range of Machin definitives have now been reported by
International Security Printers, with the year code ‘18’ in
the security overlay.
In many cases you will be lucky to find them in post
offices, but they should be available from the Royal Mail
stand at Autumn Stampex.

slogan postmarks
Slogan postmarks were used in late June and early July
to celebrate all the institutions shortlisted for the Art
Fund Museum of the Year award: The Postal Museum in
London, along with the Brooklands Museum in Surrey,
Ferens Art Gallery in Hull, Tate St Ives in Cornwall and
the Women’s Library in Glasgow.
As it turns out, the crown went to Tate St Ives, an art
gallery designed to display works by artists with local
connections, which completed a major redevelopment in
last September.

Philatelic souvenirs
auctioned for charity
A collection of Game Of Thrones stamp enlargements autographed
by cast members of the television series has been auctioned to
raise money for Royal Mail’s favoured charity.
Six enlargements of designs from January’s issue were available,
signed by Emilia Clarke (who plays Daenerys Targaryen), Peter
Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Lena Headey
(Cersei Lannister), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Maisie
Williams (Arya Stark).
The auctions were conducted on eBay between June 28 and
July 8, with the proceeds going to Action For Children.
post & go at stampex
Event-specific Post & Go overprints have dried up this
year, and it has been confirmed that there will be no
Royal Mail kiosk installed at any of the political party
conferences. However, we understand there is the
possibility of machines making a reappearance at
Autumn Stampex in September, after missing Spring
Stampex in February.

post & go varieties

The Postal Museum’s Post & Go kiosk was due to cease
vending the 50th Anniversary of the Machin stamps on
June 30, but one collector visiting on July 1 (a Sunday)
found them still available, so the last day of sale needs to
be reassessed.

British Stamp Market

Values 2019 on sale
British Stamp Market Values 2019 is now available from the
publishers of Stamp Magazine, giving realistic market prices for all
stamps and philatelic products issued since 1840.
It includes definitives, commemoratives, miniature sheets,
regional issues, booklets, officials, postage dues, Post & Go,
Smilers sheets, presentation packs, yearbooks and more.
More clearly laid out and easier to use than comparable price
guides, it is also cheaper, priced £12.99.

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If you want a proper
cancellation, you have
to request one
For the benefit of collectors in America who
are tired of receiving covers from Great
Britain cancelled by ink pen, may I share
what I have learned about how to avoid this?
For many years I have been entering
envelopes into the postal system in Bristol,
hoping to receive them in the United States
with Bristol cancellations. However, they
always arrive with ink scratches or no
cancellation at all.
On my last trip to the UK, I went to a Royal
Mail office and explained my frustration.
To my surprise, the clerk explained that
all covers to the Americas posted in a
postbox are placed into a mailbag
uncancelled, and it is left up to US post
offices to cancel them, but that if I took my
covers to a post office and asked for them to
be handstamped, it would happen.
I did as she said, taking five covers with
£1.40 postage affixed to a post office. All
five arrived at my American address
cancelled in accordance with my wishes.
Mike Brown, Carmel-by-the-Sea,
California, USA
32 www.stampmagazine.co.uk september 2018
LETTER OF THE MONTH
Royal Mail steadfastly refusing to
budge on pen cancellations
My e-mail to the outgoing Chief Executive of Royal Mail, as part of the campaign against
pen cancellations promoted by John Gray (April issue, page 31), elicited an enlightening
response from a member of the company’s ‘senior correspondence team’.
After the usual defence about Royal Mail needing to take measures to protect its
revenue, stating that ‘the drive to prevent stamp fraud is part of a fervent top-down
commitment to reducing revenue loss’, it promised that ‘our postmen and women are
absolutely encouraged to use the handstamp tool’ in cases where there has been no
machine cancellation.
However, there was a sting in the tail: ‘But if its use would cause an item to suffer a
delay, then marking with a pen is an accepted alternative. Having taken all commercial
considerations into account, I’m afraid I must confirm that we have no plans to prohibit
the use of pens.’
So not only is the use of pens officially sanctioned, but Royal Mail is refusing to
reconsider this policy.
Graham Homer-Wooff, via e-mail
Is the Dad’s
Army set a
brexit issue in
disguise?
Despite Royal Mail’s
insistence that there will be
no special stamp issue
commemorating the United
Kingdom leaving the
European Union, it strikes me
that it has nevertheless
subliminally sneaked in a
reaction to Brexit — albeit a
balanced one — within the
recent Dad’s Army set.
Together, the famous
despondency of the Scottish
doom-monger, Private
Frazer, and the never-say-die
bullishness of the Home
Counties characters, such as
Lance Corporal Jones, seem
to sum up the two trains of
thought currently prevailing
in the UK.
Jeff Dugdale, Fochabers

Soapbox
Stamp issues commemorating captain cook have an unfortunate tendency to mark his
most dubious achievements rather than his most impressive ones, says alastair gunn
the british stamps to be issued on
august 16 mark the 250th anniversary of
the first voyage of discovery led by
Lieutenant James cook. as such, they
perform much the same role as previous
stamps which appeared in the 1968
anniversaries set and the 1999
travellers’ tale set.
Why must all cook commemoratives
centre on his first voyage? to many
people, this is the part of his story which
is least praiseworthy.
ADMIRABLE ATTRIBUTES
cook joined the Royal navy in 1755 and
served his country in the north
american theatre in the Seven Years
War of 1756-63, where his seamanship
and cartography proved impressive. in
peacetime, he made a map of
newfoundland which was so accurate
that it was still being used into the
20th century. in short, this early
incarnation of cook was an admirable
man, albeit not necessarily one meriting
a stamp issue.
Later, cook’s second and third voyages
of discovery also showed off his
navigating and surveying skills.
the second, in hMS Resolution
(1772-75) was notable for his
circumnavigation of antarctica which
proved that there was no habitable great
southern continent. that was a massive
achievement, certainly worthy of a
stamp issue.
the third voyage, again in hMS
Resolution (1776-79), saw cook map
much of the west coast of north
america, and test the prospects of a
navigable sea route between alaska and
Siberia, so again he made a huge
contribution to our understanding of
global geography.
unfortunately, he was killed when
trouble broke out in hawaii and he tried
to resolve it by kidnapping the king, so
we can only question his ability to deal
with native populations.
ExpLODING THE MyTH
Least worthy of commemoration is the
first voyage, on hMb Endeavour
(1768-71).
it started off by sailing to tahiti to
observe the rare astronomical
phenomenon that was the 1769 transit of
Venus, which it was hoped would
improve mankind’s knowledge of
the solar system. the results,
ABOVE: United States cover bearing both 1978 13c stamps commemorating James Cook’s exploration of Hawaii
and Alaska on his third voyage of discovery, cancelled on the 200th anniversary of his death in Hawaii in 1779
ABOVE: British Antarctic Territory 1973 ½p stamp
celebrating Cook’s circumnavigation of the Antarctic
during his second voyage of discovery, a major
achievement without imperialist consequences
however, were inconclusive.
it continued with orders to search for
terra australis, the hypothetical huge
southern continent. this could not be
found because it didn’t exist.
cook then sailed to new Zealand,
accurately mapped it, and continued to
explore the east coast of australia,
including parts of what we now know as
Victoria, new South Wales and
Queensland. once again his cartography
was impressive, but a myth has to be
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addressed: cook was not the discoverer
of either australia or new Zealand.
the first european to visit australia
had been the Dutch explorer Willem
Janszoon, who discovered its western
coast in 1605-06, more than 160 years
earlier. the first to visit new Zealand
had been another Dutchman, abel
tasman in 1642, and he had also found
the island we now call tasmania.
IRREpARABLE DAMAGE
the real problems with commemorating
cook’s first voyage, however, are its
long-term consequences.
as a man of his time, cook claimed
both new Zealand and the eastern coast
of australia for great britain. but these
lands already had inhabitants. Maoris
had arrived in new Zealand some 300
years before the europeans, and the
aborigines had been living in australia
for at least 50,000 years.
For these peoples, cook’s legacy is
dispossession, racism and poverty, as as
the mapping of these lands was rapidly
followed by imperial conquest.
WRONG TARGET
Stamps commemorating the life of
James cook as a whole might be
appropriate, issued perhaps on the
anniversary of his birth in 1728 or his
death in 1779.
Stamps specifically commemorating
his first voyage to the pacific, whose
dominant achievement was a land-grab
by the british empire, are inappropriate
for modern times.
Alastair Gunn
september 2018 www.stampmagazine.co.uk 33
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Far from a frosty reception at Iceland’s Australian stamp issue

international philatelic exhibition on a sticky wicket?
Iceland is a country of 339,000 souls, which is about two-thirds of the population of Further to your news story about the
Edinburgh. At a time when many of them were painting their faces in readiness for the Australia Post $1 stamp commemorating
World Cup in Russia, the Nordia 2018 international stamp exhibition demonstrated the way the 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of Britain
this island punches well above its weight in philately too. (July issue, page 8), the Aboriginal players
Hosting a landmark stamp show was considered an important part of the celebrations for also gave demonstrations of how to throw
the centenary of the nation’s independence. It was held over three days in June, in the the boomerang, according to Sir John Major
Reykjavik suburb of Gardabaer, and I decided to attend and exhibit. in his book More Than A Game.
Visitors were greeted by Iceland’s President, Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson, who was Incidentally, in view of recent
designated ‘Protector’ of the exhibition, and the host postal administration provided lunch controversies I thought that perhaps the
on the opening day of the event, which wouldn’t happen at Stampex! stamp should have been printed on
There were almost 100 exhibits, including about a dozen from British-based collectors, sandpaper?
ably shepherded by the UK Commissioner Michael Smith, with superb displays by the Nordic David Bond, via e-mail
countries adding the ‘wow’ factor.
Heartiest congratulations to all concerned.
Norman Watson, perth

Great engravers series

is an artistic triumph
As a keen collector of engraved stamps,
I would like to commend you for your
Great Engravers series, which is superbly
written by someone who knows a lot about
the subject.
Adrian Keppel gives due credit to artists

Claim compensation
for stamps which are
vandalised in transit!
Given that the incoming Chief Executive of
Royal Mail, Rico Back, will receive a basic
salary of £640,000, and a potential annual
bonus of 200% of that salary (July issue,
page 22), shouldn’t the bonus be conditional
upon ensuring that all mail is properly
cancelled?
Universal Postal Union regulations say
that all stamps should be postmarked
showing the date and location of posting. In
contrast, the cancellation of stamps by biro,
which has become all too common, is
vandalism of private property.
As complaining to Royal Mail seems to
have had no effect, may I suggest that
collectors should formally claim
compensation for all postal items damaged
in this way in transit?
Claim forms should be available from
post offices, I believe.
John Davies, Birkenhead
stanley Gibbons pricing who are not always credited on the stamps
themselves, and provides a welcome insight
needs a thorough into their work.
It’s the first page I turn to as soon as I get
revaluation my copy of Stamp Magazine.
Ed Wolk, Ottawa, Canada
Although Stanley Gibbons catalogues
cannot be faulted in regard to the
information they give, the pricing resembles hot topicS
a house built on quicksand.
Like every collector, buying material
You can debate the philatelic
through auctions and the internet, I know
issues of the day, and exchange
Gibbons’ prices are just a fantasy. I would
opinions and information with
like to suggest a radical solution.
other collectors, in the Forums
Firstly, all stamp values of £30 or less in
section on our website. Visit
all its catalogues should be reduced by 90%
www.stampmagazine.co.uk
at once.
Secondly, the company should speak to
specialist societies to find out what prices
are actually being paid, and amend their
pricing accordingly.
Apart from a handful of rare and famous
stamps, I suspect that all others would see
a 50%-70% reduction. Collectors would
then have a true benchmark against which
to buy and sell.
S J Belcher, Swindon

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Anthony Baker John Curtin Richard Gash
Arun Stamps John Hawkin Robert Uden
Avery Stamps John Rice Stamps Roy Hollis (Cover Love)
B B Stamps Keith Attwood Simon Burke (Allworldph.com)
Bill Barrell Lester Mortimer Simon Hemmings
Bill Pipe (+ Postcards) Machin Collectors Club/Sutton Stamps Simon Shaw
Brian Lythgoe Malcolm Lacey Stanley Gibbons
Brian Morris Mark David Stamps (+ Postcards) Stephen Prescott (Postcards)
Buckingham Covers Mark Weaving Ted Irwin (Postcards)
Chaomo Wang Martin Appleton Thematix
Chas Stamps Martyn Lawrence (Postcards) Tom Hamilton
Chris Hockaday M’c’N Stamps Tony Kirk (Postcards)
Clarendon Stamps (Brian McCarty) Martin Wybrow Tristan Britain (+ Postcards)
Collectnet(Nigel Steen) Mike Collier (Postcards)
David Taylor (Postcards) Mint GB Stamps (Mark Johnson) There will also be clubs and societies
Derek Fulluck MV Stamps (+ Postcards) represented, but details not available
Eric Wilding Neil Sargent at the time of going to press.
Frank Goldberg Nigel Stow E. & O.E.

Some postal administrations are hopeless at disseminating information about
their new issues. What are the repercussions for the hobby as a whole?
A
lan Benjamin, who was
the philatelic consultant
to Tonga, once told me
that on a visit to the islands he
came across stamps of which he
was unaware being sold from
post offices. Asking about these,
he was told that no stocks had
been supplied to the Philatelic
Bureau, and that therefore
collectors would not
be interested in
acquiring them.
He tried to explain
the flaw in this logic,
but whether his
message got
through is not clear.
One would think
that most postal
administrations
would realise that
collectors want to
know about
everything that is
issued, so they can
then make informed
decisions as to what
to include in their
collections. Yet even
our own Royal Mail
occasionally seems
to miss this point.
One recent case
concerns the ‘fan
sheets’ of the 2017
David Bowie stamps,
widely promoted to
Bowie enthusiasts
yet kept almost
‘Some countries have stopped publicising their stamp
secret from issues. How many are being issued around the world
philatelists. The
fact that these were today, of which we are blissfully unaware?’
traditionally
gummed, while the standard
stamps were self-adhesive,
meant they were different
stamps as far as collectors
are concerned.
These are specific examples,
but the lack of information
disseminated by postal
administrations about new
issues has become a more
general problem, with
interesting repercussions.
The market has changed in
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recent years. New issues are for catalogue editors. THE AUTHOR
Richard West is
not seen as the cash cow they Frank Spencer, who compiled Stamp Magazine’s
once were, so there are fewer a New Issue Guide for Stamp Editor at Large
philatelic agents controlling Magazine for many years before and a Past
President of the
new issues. Some countries are his untimely death last year, National Philatelic
even issuing stamps purely to would often complain at the Society
meet postal needs! lack of publicity he received
Although that is a refreshing from postal administrations to how many stamps are being
approach, the disadvantage is keep the listings as up-to-date issued today, of which we are
that some have stopped telling and accurate as possible. blissfully unaware?
It is possible to
envisage a scenario
(with echoes of the
1850s) in which
stamps are being
produced and used
domestically, but
about which we will
remain in the dark,
unless or until an
odd example turns
up in the future —
by which time they
will be scarce, and
it will be hard to
piece together their
background.
But then comes a
further question:
does anybody care?
Although some
countries are now
more restrained in
the number of
stamps they issue,
ABOVE: Are there modern stamps from the likes of Anguilla, Brunei, Fiji, Malawi and Zambia many completist
which will go uncatalogued today, and will need to be discovered by future researchers? collectors have
long since been put
off by the antics of
their agents, and
there may be no
going back.
We are all aware
of the simple axiom
the rest of the world what they Where was the official of supply and demand: stamps
are doing. That makes life very information from countries such that are in short supply can be
difficult for those few dealers as Anguilla, Brunei, Fiji, Malawi, valuable, but only if they are in
who still offer worldwide new Trinidad & Tobago and Zambia? high demand. If no-one wants
issues, and even more difficult All of which begs the question: them, they have no value.
On the other hand, as we
know, many collectors are in
WHAT DO YOU THINK? their element when researching
the past. Future generations
Have you found it difficult to keep abreast of modern stamp may find themselves delving
issues in your collecting area? Is it frustrating or refreshing? away in whatever records they
E-mail your comments to guy.thomas@mytimemedia.com can find, trying to discover what
was happening today. ■
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captain cook

Far horizons
James Cook’s first voyage of discovery to the pacific, in 1768-71,
was promoted as a scientific venture, and it was. but its subtext
was discovering new lands and claiming them for britain
■ Report by John Winchester

B
ritain emerged from the
Seven Years’ War in 1763 as
the world’s pre-eminent
seafaring nation and fastest-
growing colonial power, with
important territorial gains in North
America and India.
King George III was now keen to
extend British interests to the
furthest corners of the world. That
meant the Pacific and Southern
oceans, which remained almost a
blank canvas.
A Royal Navy expedition to
circumnavigate the globe, which
set off in 1766, had resulted in
Philip Carteret finding the Pitcairn
Islands and Samuel Wallis
discovering Tahiti. Further south
and west, Australia and New
Zealand were known to exist but
had not been well explored.
The idea persisted that there was ABOVE: Australia 1963-65 7s 6d high value definitive portraying James Cook, the first European to discover Australia’s east coast
a vast southern continent, dubbed
terra australis incognita (unknown Scientific mission observe and measure the transit of
land in the south) waiting to be A pretext for another voyage of Venus in 1769.
discovered. Finding and claiming it discovery presented itself when the Their relative orbits mean that
would confirm Britain’s status as a Royal Society petitioned the King the planet Venus passes directly
global superpower. to launch a scientific expedition to between the Sun and the Earth
only twice in a century, but this
was more than simply a rare
opportunity to view an
astronomical phenomenon: it was a
chance to determine the size of the
solar system, no less.
Astronomers knew that
measurements of the exact time
taken for Venus to cross in front of
the Sun’s disc, taken at two widely
separated points, would enable the
distance between the Earth and the
Sun to be calculated. Newly
charted Tahiti would be the perfect
location for a vantage point on the
other side of the globe.
The King lent his full support to
an expedition, with the intention
that it might subsequently be
redirected towards discovering
new lands. It would need to be led
by someone who combined
astronomical knowledge with
ABOVE: Papua New Guinea 2018 miniature sheet showing the route taken by Cook on his first voyage of discovery from 1768-71 substantial navigational skills, and

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ABOVE: Norfolk Island stamps of 1978 depicting James Cook alongside the Yorkshire village of
Staithes, where he worked as a haberdasher’s apprentice (top), and the nearby port of Whitby,
where he joined the merchant navy (bottom)
the outstanding candidate was
Lieutenant James Cook.
Cartographer extraordinaire
Born in 1728, at Marton in North
Yorkshire, Cook was the son of a
farmhand and began his working
life as a haberdasher’s apprentice in
Staithes. But he was drawn to the
sea, and later found employment
with the Quaker shipowner John
Walker of Whitby, starting as an
ordinary seaman on colliers
transporting coal from Newcastle
to London.
He built up his seafaring skills by
tackling the treacherous currents,
sandbanks and ill-lit headlands of
the east coast of England, and
latterly the Baltic Sea, and
supplemented these by studying
mathematics, navigation and
astronomy.
In 1755 Walker offered him the
command of a new collier, but the
ambitious Cook preferred to try his
fortune with the Royal Navy.
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ABOVE: HM Bark roots by selecting as his expedition
Endeavour, ship a Whitby collier, renamed
illustrated on stamps HMB (Bark) Endeavour. Although
from Great Britain in she was just 105ft (32m) in length
1968 (along with and 29ft (9m) wide, she would
Cook’s signature) and carry no fewer than 94 men,
Australia in 1995, including 11 civilians.
from a painting by Chief among the civilians on
Oswald Brett board were Charles Green, the
assistant to the Astronomer Royal,
Joseph Banks, an aristocratic
naturalist, Dr Daniel Solander, a
Swedish botanist, and Sydney
Thrust straight into action when Parkinson, a botanical artist.
the Seven Years’ War broke out in The mission was formally
1756, Cook served with distinction announced as the taking of
in North America. By 1759 he was scientific measurements during the
given command of HMS Pembroke, transit of Venus, but the London
a 64-gun ship of the line, taking Gazetteer revealed that it was
part in the siege of Quebec. He ‘likewise to attempt some new
quickly established a reputation for discoveries in that vast unknown
cartography, surveying the tract above the latitude 40º south.’
treacherous St Lawrence River to Endeavour slipped out of
create a safe passage for General Plymouth on August 25, 1768, to
James Wolfe’s fleet. begin what would become one of
By the end of the war in 1763, the greatest voyages of discovery in
Cook had a track record of turning maritime history.
press-ganged naval recruits into a
fighting force. After mapping the Atlantic to Pacific
coastline of Newfoundland in Endeavour headed south across the
1763-67, his surveying and Atlantic Ocean to Madeira, where
navigational abilities were also a essential supplies were purchased,
talking point in Admiralty circles. including more than 3,000 gallons
In 1768 he was an obvious choice to of Madeira wine!
command the ambitious expedition From there she crossed the
to the Pacific. equator, where the ‘crossing the
line’ ceremony was performed on
Bold endeavour new initiates, who had to endure a
Cook was commissioned as a triple ducking in sea water from
Lieutenant, and went back to his the main yardarm. Cook himself
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ABOVE: 1968 miniature sheet from French Polynesia marking the bicentenary of the discovery of Tahiti,
placing Cook’s arrival in 1769 (right) in the context of earlier visits by Samuel Wallis in 1767 (left) and
the Frenchman Louis-Antoine de Bougainville in 1768 (centre)

ABOVE: Portrayed on stamps of New Zealand in 1969 and Australia in

1986 are the Swedish botanist Daniel Solander (shown with a shrub
named after him), the English naturalist Joseph Banks (also shown
conferring with Dr Solander) and the Scottish botanical artist Sydney
Parkinson, all of whom sailed on Endeavour

ABOVE: Designs from Norfolk Island in 1969 and Tuvalu in 1979 taking different approaches to
was eligible for this, but escaped commemorating the observation of the transit of Venus in Tahiti in 1769. The latter appears to show
with his dignity intact by forfeiting Charles Green, the assistant to the Astronomer Royal, looking directly at the Sun through his
four days of spirit rations. reflecting telescope, which would not have been a sensible or fruitful approach
A frosty reception awaited in Rio
de Janeiro, where Portuguese would not lose a single life to indigenous people.
officials were initially reluctant to scurvy, which was most unusual in One incident which threatened to
believe that such a modest vessel the mid-18th century. have serious consequences was the
was part of the British Navy, even The New Year passed as theft of the astronomical quadrant
less that its mission was to take Endeavour continued south, and the which had been provided by the
astronomical measurements. desolate landscape of Tierra del Royal Society, together with two
Stops such as this, however, were Fuego claimed the lives of two reflecting telescopes and two
very important to Cook’s servants of Banks who went ashore clocks. After a chase across the
forward-thinking attempts to on a plant-hunting expedition. island led by Banks and Green, the
protect the health of his crew from Cook was no doubt relieved to quadrant was eventually
the ravages of scurvy, as they were round the notorious Cape Horn at recovered, in pieces but repairable.
an opportunity to pick up fresh the southern tip of South America Cook established three separate
fruit and vegetables. His insistence two weeks later, and to begin to observation points for the transit
that the men should eat fermenting steer a course to the north-west on June 3, 1769. Besides Cook
cabbage (sauerkraut) and drink fruit across the Pacific Ocean. Noting himself and Green, who were the
juice aroused some opposition, but the pattern of the waves, however, two official observers, Solander
was fully justified: the expedition he already began to doubt the had his own telescope and made an
existence of a southern continent. independent assessment.
Despite their efforts, and a
Transit in Tahiti cloudless sky, the results were
Endeavour reached Tahiti seven disappointing, as all three
weeks before the transit of Venus, disagreed on the precise timing of
giving Cook and his crew ample the transit. Judging the precise
time to form good relations with moment when the rather indistinct
the island’s population. outline of the planet broke the edge
Two years earlier, Wallis had of the solar disc proved subjective,
encountered a hostile, stone- due to a phenomenon later named
LEFT: St Helena throwing crowd and had to the ‘black drop effect’, caused by
stamp of 1979 respond with cannon fire. Cook atmospheric haze.
illustrating the strived instead to gain the respect As Endeavour sailed away from
portable observatory of the locals, by establishing firm Tahiti, Cook worried that the
carried by Cook on rules of behaviour for his crew. primary element of his mission had
Endeavour and set up Generally there was little trouble, been a failure. It was now even
in Tahiti in June 1769 apart from petty theft, by the more important to accomplish

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PorTrAiTS of Cook
Most of the stamps depicting James
Cook are based on one of the three
principal portraits made during his
lifetime or just after his death.

DANCE PORTRAIT
Most commonly used is the portrait
painted in May 1776 by Nathaniel
Dance-Holland (commissioned by
Joseph Banks), showing Cook in full
dress uniform sitting at a table and
pointing to Australia on his chart. it ABOVE: 1776 portrait of Cook by Nathaniel ABOVE: Rarotonga (Cook Islands) ABOVE: Canada 1978 Bicentenary
can be seen on stamps of Australia, Dance-Holland 1920 1½d definitive of Cook’s Third Voyage 14c
Canada, Cook islands, Great
Britain, Norfolk island and others.

WEBBER PORTRAIT
An alternative is a portrait painted
by John Webber in 1782, of Cook
standing in uniform, leaning against
a rock, with a turbulent sea behind
him. Three different versions
survive, in one of which he is
holding a hat and a telescope. The
image has been adapted for stamps
issued by Australia, Cook islands,
kiribati, Norfolk island, Tonga
and others.

HODGES PORTRAIT ABOVE: 1782 portrait of Cook by ABOVE: Cook Islands 1979 ABOVE: Australia 1970 Cook
Probably the most accurate John Webber Bicentennary of the Death of Cook 20c Bicentenary 5c
likeness is a painting by William
Hodges, who was a member of
Cook’s second voyage, completed in
1775. A rugged portrait against a
dark background, it rarely occurs
on stamps, but a fine example can
be found from South Georgia.

OTHER IMAGES
Various other philatalic depictions
appear to have been loosely based
on one of the contemporary
paintings, but are not straight
reproductions.
The first stamp ever to portray
Cook, from New South Wales in
1888, was the winning entry in a
design competition, and is of
uncertain pedigree. ABOVE: 1775 portrait of Cook by William Hodges ABOVE: South Georgia 2010 William Hodges 95p

FAR LEFT: Cook Islands

1932 1d, loosely based
on the Dance portrait?

CENTRE LEFT: Great

Britain 1970 10s booklet
cover, loosely based on
the Webber portrait?

LEFT: New South Wales

1888 Centenary 4d, of
uncertain provenance

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ABOVE: New Zealand 1906 Christchurch Exhibition 3d illustrating the landing of Cook in
October 1769, suggesting a more peaceful first contact with the Maoris than history records
ABOVE: New Zealand 1935-36 2s olive-green definitive, showing Captain Cook at Poverty Bay,
apparently before any encounter with the natives
ABOVE: New Zealand 1940 Centennial 1d chocolate and scarlet, depicting Endeavour, Cook’s
chart and Cook himself, from a statue
his second assignment: finding the
southern continent.
South, then west
Following carefully prescribed
instructions, Cook set a southerly
course. He was hoping for a
glimpse of the towering snow
peaks optimistically reported on
the horizon by Wallis’ expedition,
although in retrospect these had
probably been nothing more than
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ABOVE: The 4c value surgeon’s assistant Nicholas Young,
in New Zealand’s whose keen eyes picked out a
1969 issue marking distant promontory on October 7,
the bicentenary of 1769. This was named Young
Cook’s arrival alludes Nick’s Head, perhaps after his
to the way his inevitable hangover!
mission evolved from
observing the transit Charting New Zealand
of Venus in Tahiti to Endeavour slipped into a bay to the
searching for north of the headland and a shore
unknown lands party was dispatched in two small
further south boats on October 8. The first
contact between Britons and
Maoris, however, would not be a
happy one.
Most of the local inhabitants
watching from the beach ran back
into the trees, but a small group
tried to steal one of the boats.
Muskets were discharged, and one
was killed. More Maori deaths
followed in two further skirmishes,
much to Cook’s regret.
This failure to forge friendly
‘Cook promised two gallons of
rum to the first crewmember to
sight New Zealand, and the
prize was won by a 12-year old’
relations with the locals, and to
provision the ship effectively,
caused him to name the anchorage
Poverty Bay. He was forced to
weigh anchor, and decided to
follow the shoreline southwards,
charting it as carefully as possible.
Eventually he reached the body
of water today known as the Cook
cloud formations. Strait, which separates the North
By 40° south, no land had been Island from the South Island. By
spotted. Cook had little option but sailing through this, and
to turn west and head for New subsequently completing a 2,500-
Zealand, a land no European had mile circumnavigation of the South
visited since the Dutch explorer Island, he was able to ascertain that
Abel Tasman had discovered it, New Zealand was not part of some
127 years earlier. great southern continent.
To cheer the crew, Cook promised
two gallons of rum to the first finding Australia
sailor to spot land, and the prize The crew were becoming restless
was won by the 12-year old and longing to return home, but

ABOVE: New Zealand’s 1959 issue marking the centennial of Marlborough province used an
image of the careening of Endeavour at Ship Cove, in Queen Charlotte Sound, in January 1770
ABOVE: New Zealand’s 1990 Stamp World London miniature sheet comprised a stamp showing
Endeavour with a border illustrating Cook’s chart, produced in 1769-70. This example was
cancelled at the NZ Post stand at the exhibition
Cook was faced with a dilemma.
Should he return by way of Cape
Horn, offering a last chance to find
the fabled southern continent, or by
way of the Cape of Good Hope,
giving an opportunity to chart the
unrecorded eastern coastline of the
large landmass then known as
New Holland?
The latter option was favoured,
largely because Endeavour needed
repairs, and these could be effected
in the Dutch East Indies.
Cook set a course westward,
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ABOVE: A stamp in the eastern coast of New Holland,
Great Britain’s 1999 now known as Australia.
Travellers’ Tale set
awkwardly Botany Bay
juxtaposed the They headed north up the
portrait of Cook by coastline, seeking a safe anchorage.
Nathaniel Dance- Almost a week passed before a
Holland with the suitably large cove came into view
illustration of a Maori and they dropped anchor. Making
chief by Sydney landfall on April 29, 1770, they
Parkinson hoisted the Union flag and carved
the ship’s name on a tree to claim
British possession of this new
territory.
Banks and Solander were
overwhelmed by the lush and
diverse nature of the vegetation,
adding considerably to their
herbarium specimens. Noting this
enthusiasm, Cook decided to call
the harbour Botanist’s Bay, which
was later shortened to Botany Bay.
Once again, when the Europeans
came face to face with the local
population there was mistrust and
a failure of communication. The
Aborigines showed some hostility,
and a lack of interest in trading
with the new arrivals.
After a week Endeavour set sail
again, continuing northwards,
charting the coastline but failing to
explore the significant inlet which
would one day be known as
originally expecting to arrive at Sydney Harbour.
Van Dieman’s Land (now known as The terrain of the region
Tasmania), which, like New reminded Cook of Glamorgan, and
Zealand, had been discovered by he named it New South Wales.
Tasman in the 1640s.
In fact, the prevailing winds reef encounter
pushed Endeavour further north, Further north, the water became
and when, after three weeks in much shallower, as Endeavour
open sea, Lieutenant Zachary become ensnared within the
Hicks spotted a headland 1,250-mile long Great Barrier Reef.
(originally named Point Hicks, now Cook was cautious, posting
known as Cape Everard), it soon lookouts and leadsman, as there
became apparent that the crew had was a very real danger that sharp
become the first Europeans to find coral spars would pierce the
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ABOVE: Australia marked the Bicentenary of Cook’s Discovery of the East Coast in 1970 by issuing a se-tenant strip of five 5c values telling the story of 1770. The designs show Cook
and Endeavour; a sextant for navigation; the landing at Botany Bay, encountering spear-carrying Aborigines and a kangaroo; the scientists (left to right) Sydney Parkinson, Joseph
Banks, Charles Green and Daniel Solander, with botanical sketches and a chart; and the proclamation of British sovereignty by hoisting a flag

LEFT & ABOVE: The fourth issue in Australia’s 1984-88 series celebrating the Bicentenary of
Australian Settlement concentrated on the scientific element of Cook’s voyage, showing plant
species studied by Joseph Banks and illustrated by Sydney Parkinson. Banksia serrata, one of the
shrubs named after Banks, was featured on a 33c adhesive and on 33c postal stationery

ship’s wormy timbers, but charting

work continued at what was
thought to be a safe distance from
the shoreline.
During the night of June 11, a
splintering groan announced that
Endeavour had become impaled on
the reef. Within minutes, seawater
was gushing through the hull.
Cook, attired in his nightshirt, was
soon on deck directing the
unloading of cannon, the launching
of lifeboats and the pumping of
floodwater. A sail and oakum
(tarred fibre) were deployed to
fother the leaks.
Despite jettisoning nearly 50 tons
of weight, the ship remained fast
for 24 hours, until the second high
tide allowed her to break free.
Cook was able to locate a narrow
estuary, with a steep sandy beach
on which to ground her, for the
ship’s carpenters to make the
necessary repairs.
This meant a seven-week stay on
what Cook named the Endeavour
‘The homesick crew’s first
encounter with cosmopolitan life
for two years was in the world’s
most disease-ridden port’
River, giving Banks and Solander
plenty of time for botanical study.
Most famously they identified and
collected five different species of
the evergreen shrubs and trees in
the genus now known as Banksia;
today there are 173 recorded
species, all but one of them
endemic to Australia.
During one expedition they also
spotted a strange beast which
moved by bouncing on its large
hind legs. ‘What to liken it to, I
cannot tell,’ wrote Banks in his
journal.
Parkinson made a sketch of it,
and relations with the local
Aborigines were friendly enough
to ascertain that they called it a
gangurru. It was this exchange that
prompted the word kangaroo to
enter the English language.
Disease and disaster
Once Endeavour had found a way
out of the reef, at what Cook called
Providential Channel, she
continued to the northern tip of the
landmass, finding the Torres Strait
which separates Australia from
New Guinea.
After passing Timor, and
following the coast of Java, she
sailed into the port of Batavia (now
Jakarta), capital of the Dutch East
Indies, on October 11, 1770.
Stopping here gave her exhausted
and homesick crew their first
encounter with cosmopolitan life
for two years. Unbeknown to them,
however, they had entered what
was probably the world’s most
disease-ridden port, its canals and
marshes a breeding-ground for
waterborne diseases such as
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LATer ACHieVeMeNTS
Although James Cook’s first voyage of discovery remains the most
celebrated, it was followed by two more which were hugely
significant in improving human understanding of global geography.

SECOND VOYAGE
Cook’s second voyage (1772-75), in HMS Resolution,
circumnavigated the globe at latitudes as far as 71°S in search of
the great southern continent, but narrowly failed to find Antarctica.
it did, however, chart South Georgia and the South Sandwich
islands, and visit the Cook islands (named after him in the 19th ABOVE: One of the malaria-carrying mosquitos.
century), easter island, the friendly islands (Tonga), Norfolk stamps in Jersey’s Before long, seven of the crew
island, New Caledonia and Vanuatu. 1984 Links With had died, including the ship’s
Australia set surgeon, William Monkhouse.
reproduced a painting Even after leaving Batavia, the
of Cook landing at nightmare continued, as dysentery
LEFT: Botany Bay, and killed Green and Parkinson. By the
Australian claiming possession time Endeavour had crossed the
Antarctic of Australia on behalf Indian Ocean and sailed into Cape
Territory of the British crown, Town on March 16, 1771, the death
1972 7c by John Gilfillan, who toll had climbed to 31, and new
was born in Jersey crewmen had to be recruited for
BELOW: South
but emigrated to New the final leg of the
Georgia 2018
Zealand and later circumnavigation, back to Britain.
Australia
70p pair
returning home
Arriving at the British island of
St Helena in May, Cook was
amazed to see a huge fleet of
British naval ships, assembled in
readiness for conflict following a
decline in relations with Spain.
Before she reached home, indeed,
there would be speculation in the
British press that Endeavour had
THIRD VOYAGE been sunk by the Spanish.
Cook’s third voyage (1776-79), also aboard Resolution, aimed to The English coast was sighted on
locate the fabled North West Passage around America. He charted July 10, 1771, and before long
the entire north-west coast of the continent, from California to Endeavour was sailing up the
Alaska, and explored the Bering Strait until he was halted by sea Thames Estuary to dock at
ice. He was exploring the Hawaiian islands when he was killed Woolwich on July 17.
during a confrontation with the indigenous population. When Cook reported back to the
Admiralty, he was conscious that
the expedition had not been
entirely successful. The
measurements of the transit of
Venus were less accurate than had
LEFT: been hoped, and the great southern
USA 1978 continent had proved elusive. On
Hawaii 13c the other hand, he had returned
with detailed charts of New
BELOW: Zealand and eastern Australia,
Norfolk Island accurate coordinates of numerous
1979 20c pair small islands, thousands of natural
history specimens and
illustrations, new astronomical
observations and territorial claims.
He was promptly raised to the
rank of Commander, and became
(along with Banks) something of a
national celebrity, yet he was far
from finished with maritime
exploration. Two further voyages of
discovery lay ahead. ■

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COMMONWEALTH CLASSICS

Eager beaver
the Colony of Canada defied convention in 1851 by producing one of the world’s
earliest pictorial stamp designs, a striking symbol of national identity
■ Report by John Winchester

W
hen the British
Parliament passed an act
enabling colonies to
establish their own domestic postal
services, in 1849, one of the first to
do so was the Colony of Canada.
This ambitious province, formed
in 1840 to bring together the
English and French-speaking
communities of Ontario and
Quebec, quickly began to plan its
first issue of postage stamps.
The higher denominations of 6d
and 12d would carry portraits of
Prince Albert and Queen Victoria,
but the 3d was more innovative.
Notwithstanding counter-claims
by the likes of New South Wales, it
is widely considered the world’s
first truly pictorial government-
issued stamp design.

The idea was proposed by

Sandford Fleming, who would later
become renowned as a railway
engineer and the proponent of
international standard time zones.
At a meeting with the Postmaster
General, James Morris, in February
ABOVE: Canada 1851
3d orange-vermillion,
‘The beaver symbolised the colony’s early
1851, he suggested a design with its iconic image prosperity, based on the fur trade’
illustrating the American beaver, of the American
reflecting the fact that the colony’s beaver The contract for recess-printing use for eight years, with later
early prosperity was based on the the issue was placed not with printings made on wove paper, and
fur trade. Perkins Bacon in London, as might eventually perforated 11¾.
Fleming outlined his idea with a have been expected, but with Specialist collectors have
rough essay showing a beaver, a Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson of distinguished many variations in
fast-flowing stream and a field of New York, which had created the the paper types. Inconsistent rates
trillium flowers. Perhaps at the first stamps of the USA in 1847. of shrinkage in papers that were
insistence of Morris, he added a A masterful engraving by Alfred dampened before printing also
cluster of symbols asserting loyalty Jones duly created an iconic stamp created small differences in the
to Britain: a crown atop the which would become a symbol of size of the issued stamp.
heraldic flowers of England, national identity.
Scotland and Ireland, flanked by a When decimal currency was
‘VR’ monogram. In shades which varied from red adopted in 1859, the 3d rate was
to orange-vermilion, the stamps adjusted to 5c but the design was
MARKET vAluEs were produced initially on retained. The revised stamp was
unwatermarked laid paper, left printed by the American Bank
imperforate. Note Company (into which
The American beaver 3d is an expensive stamp,
The first consignment of 100,000 Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson
with the first issue on laid paper catalogued at
arrived in Canada on April 5 and a had been subsumed), and
£38,000 mint and £1,100 used, and later
second on April 20, ready for an perforated 12.
varieties on wove paper at £3,000 upwards. The
issue date of April 23, 1851. It would remain in use until the
5c of the 1859 series is a little more affordable.
Covering local postage rates, the formation of the Dominion of
3d value would remain in everyday Canada in 1867. ■

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SJ.77 TRISTAN DA CUNHA Miniature sheet for Sir Row-
land Hill, depicting the famous “1d potato stamp” designed
during King George VI reign. The mint postally valid sheet
has been personally signed by the designer of the “potato
stamp”, Allan B. Crawford. Scarce with the designer’s
signature.............................................................. Price £19
BA.47 BAHAWULPUR, PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH
A lovely collection of mint Bahawulpur, plus Pakistan and
Bangladesh. Over 160 different mint and used stamps.......
............................................................................ Price £16
GB.12 GREAT BRITAIN AIR MAIL UNADOPTED ESSAY
Imperforate, depicts Queen Elizabeth II and aircraft “£” high
value denomination. Ex-special exhibition sheet .................
.......................................................................... Price £7.25
TUC.97 TONY BLAIR POLITICAL COVER The historic
Trade Union Congress cover for the 100th anniv. of the first
T.U.C of 1868. Superbly illustrated it bears a G.P.O. T.U.C.
stamp tied to the cover with a pictorial G.P.O. Manchester
T.U.C. PMK dated 29/5/1968. Remarkably it was re-posted
to commemorate the visit of Tony Blair, the Prime Minister
to the T.U.C. Conference in Brighton, bearing official Royal
Mail BTN, PMK, dated 9/9/1997…… ................. Price £18
BWI.63 BRITISH WEST INDIES A superb collection of
B.W.I. comprising of mainly Grenada. Complete sets, with
several top value “$” stamps. Also noted Trinidad and
Tobago, Dominica, Jamaica plus other Caribbean Islands.
Mostly used, but includes unmounted mint, several hun-
dred different British West Indies stamps ...... Price £17.25
COR.72 CORONATION STREET Irregular Royal Mail us-
age postal history cover. The illustrated cover bears a Coro-
nation Street stamp tied to the cover with “Weatherfield
35”, anniv. PMK 9/12/95. Re-posted 5 years later contrary
to Post Office regulations, the Royal Mail has postmarked a
‘St. Mary’s’ Scilly Isles Coronation Street stamp with official
Royal Mail PMK dated 9/12/2000 on the 40th anniv. We
are not aware of any other time when the Royal Mail has
allowed a local stamp to be postmarked officially ...............
............................................................................. Price £42
DOM.23 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Unusual investors
group of Dominican miniature sheets. A duplicated group
of unmounted mint better higher catalogue items, with a
catalogue value of over £140. Also includes a small collec-
tion of Dominica stamps not counted in the £140 catalogue
value…… ....................................... Special low price £25
SA.24 SOUTH AFRICA A glorious collection of South
Africa, includes Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, South West Africa.
Also, noted bi-lingual pairs, Cape of Good Hope, Transvaal,
Natal, Orange River Colony. Mainly used but includes mint
and first day covers. Several hundred different stamps plus
F.D.C’s ................................................................. Price £27
R.C.20 RED CROSS Great Britain elusive imperforate
miniature sheet only 1980 were ever issued. Depicting
King George VI in Naval uniform. The sheet forms part of a
specialised group of Red Cross stamps............ Price £9.75
AV.3 G.B. AVIATION COVER FOR “DAN-AIR” AIRLINE
Depicts 4 different “Dan-Air” aircraft, with Royal Mail
stamp tied to cover with illustrated “Dan-Air” Gatwick
Airport Royal Mail PMK dated 21/6/1983 ......... Price £8.25
SP.23 SPACE An unusual collection of space and space
exploration miniature sheets. Impressive lot includes
astronauts, cosmonauts, moon landings, Apollo issues.
All manner of spaceships and planets. 40 different space
miniature sheets including scarcer uncatalogued and
imperforate issues ............................................... Price £14
L.82 GREAT BRITAIN – RAILWAY COVER With Royal
Mail issued locomotive stamps postmarked with official
Royal Mail Train PMK. In combination with railway exhibi-
tion sheet which has two unadopted essay stamps 4p and
4½p values with locomotive designs tied to the cover with
red train cachet. Unusual railway cover .......... Price £12.50
K.747 KENYA Scarce Kenya revenue stamps in superb
unmounted mint blocks of four with high value 20/- and
30/- stamps (engraved) also includes other Kenya, Uganda
and Tanganyika stamps dating back to King George VI with
used, and unmounted mint.....................................Price £8
E31 TIBET Fantastic group printed on rough and thin ‘Na-
tive Type’ paper including listed stamps and some shades
and colours which appear not to be listed in Gibbons
Catalogue. Included are blocks and singles some used on
covers. Due to crudeness of the printing of this type of Tibet
stamps, there is no way we can guarantee as genuine. If
just some of the listed stamps were genuine the Catalogue
Value would be hundreds of pounds. We have decided
the safest way is to treat them as suspect and possible
forgeries. As such we are offering them for sale at the
knockdown price only.......................................... Price £13
ZZZ8 “SPY MAIL” United States of America “V-Mail”
cover for use by U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.
“V-Mail” was used in conjunction with early W.W.II use
of micro-film to send messages. This scarce cover is in
original mint condition ........................................ .Price £19
MAN3 ISLE OF MAN 1979 Christmas stamps with special
M.D. Research Douglas I.O.M. PMK on LTD. Issue card
bearing 3 signatures including stamp designer Evelyn
Moore .....................................................................Price £5
WX2 WORLDWIDE Someone has collated a collection of
over 100 different countries worldwide. A compact and
complex philatelic oddity. A fascinating lot...... Price £12.50
ZD.48 GREAT BRITAIN IMPERFORATE MACHIN STAMPS
Scarce stamp booklet issued in 1978 for the 25th anniv. of
the conquest of Mount Everest in 1953. The booklet con-
tains 3 x 3p blue and 3 x ½p turquoise octagonal stamps
with P.V.A. gum. All stamps are completely imperforate. ....
............................................................................. Price £24
ROYAL.15 BRITISH ROYALTY A spectacular collection of
British Royalty stamps in sheetlets, blocks, singles, gutter
pairs and miniature sheets, mostly unm. mint British
Commonwealth but does include some foreign and used.
Stamps depict British monarchs dating back centuries,
including King Arthur, Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, Queen Victoria,
but mostly Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family. Hun-
dreds of Royal stamps with many British Commonwealth
and high value $ stamps ................................ Price £29.50
POW9 COLDITZ Official Red Cross commemorative Colditz
prison cover. The cover was flown from Colditz to the
Channel Islands, the cover depicts the infamous prison
with German postage stamp and Colditz postmark.............
............................................................................. Price £10
BE822 THE BEATLES A fantastic collection of Beatles
stamps. “The Fab Four” John Lennon, Paul McCartney,
George Harrison, and Ringo Star. Contains various Beatles
stamps including mint and used and miniature sheets
with catalogued and scarcer uncatalogued issues. Scarce
Beatles FDCs included, with Royal Mail Beatles official
postmarks. The important collection of Beatles stamps
FDCs and miniature sheets from different countries includ-
ing GB Royal Mail issue ....................................... Price £16
DJ98 DJIBOUTI A small but specialised collection of Dji-
bouti stamps, mostly used but mint noted. Contains many
better catalogued, high denomination stamps. ..................
............................................................................. Price £13
EE543 EASTERN EUROPE Includes Russia, Romania,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Poland. Several
hundred different stamps................................ Price £13.25
SNP12 SCOTLAND The special commemorative cover for
the Scottish National Parties Landslide Victory in Scotland;
winning virtually 95% of seats. The cover depicts Nicola
Sturgeon (SNP Party Leader) and bears Royal Mail Heraldic
Lion stamp and official Edinburgh Postmark dated 7/5/15.
The cover is sought after in Scotland and elsewhere as
only 50 were produced at the time. ............. Price £13.75
ATL5 WAR IN THE FALKLANDS Elusive South Atlantic Task
Force Cover. Falklands Victory Parade Cover, dated 12th
Nov. 1982 with Falkland Islands Map and British Union
Jack Flag, Plymouth postmark. The cover was re-posted
in 2012 (thirty years later) and re-postmarked with official
Royal Mail “Falklands War British Task Force anniv. Ports-
mouth pmk.” Seldom available as only a handful of this
elusive cover exist …...Price £10
CAM25 DAVID CAMERON A much sought after 2015 Gen-
eral Election cover. The cover bears the QEII “Pound note
stamp” with illustrated pmk. Dated 7/5/15 for the shock
election results giving the Conservatives an outright major-
ity. The cover depicts the Prime Minister David Cameron.
Less than 65 covers exist worldwide meaning this is one of
the scarcest political covers............................ Price £18.50
IOM8 ISLE OF MAN Queen Victoria illustrated commemo-
rative cover for the 175th anniv. of the world’s first stamp.
The impressive cover bears a block of xix penny black
stamps and one two penny blue stamp tied to the cover
with 6th May IOM anniv. postmarks. Only 100 of this cover
were postmarked by the IOM Post Office. ....... Price £9.25
IN923 INDONESIA Super collection of this popu-
lar S.E. Asian country dating back to 1945 to more
modern with only unmounted mint in blocks & singles.
The collection contains hundreds of mint Indonesia
stamps……………..………………….Price £18
GBX 13 GREAT BRITAIN Royal Mail presentation packs
and illustrated First Day covers. Also unmounted mint
commemoratives, definitives and miniature sheets. Not
counting mint stamps, the presentation packs and First
Day covers have a combined catalogue value of over £160.
........................................................................ Price £41.25
PM 22 HAROLD WILSON Scarce GB Political cover
commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the election of
Harold Wilson as Prime Minister. The cover is illustrated
with the iconic “Labour will get things done” poster and
bears Royal Mail, Wilson stamps with official first day
post mark and famous Harold Wilson quote “The main
essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and
a sense of history”. Only fifty of this cover are known to
exist, reposted on 16/10/14 with official Royal Mail “Big
Ben” postmark exactly fifty years to the day of his first
election victory .............................................. Price £14
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British asia 1000 - £30 | 2000 - £75 | 3000 - £95
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British atlantiC 100 - £8 | 200 - £20 | 300 - £36
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2000 - £30 | 3000 - £70 | 5000 - £120 | 10000 - £300
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50 - £10 | 100 - £22
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| 200 - £12 | 300 - £22 | 500 - £56 | 1000 - £130
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egyPt 300 - £20, 500 - £50, 1000 - £85
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farOes 100 - £45
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- £13, 750 - £35, 1000 - £50
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Vi 50 - £6, 100 - £13, 200 - £50, 300 - £125
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200 - £12, 300 - £25. Haiti: 200 - £14, 300 - £32,
500 - £80
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British Commonwealth (From early Empire to modern day, good variety) Address ..............................................................................................
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commemorative stamps, lots of thematics) 100g–£20.00, 500g–£90.00 Postcode ........................ Home Phone (Essential) ..................................
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drift envelope experiment 1954

Drop in the ocean

postal curiosities of the 1950s are the thousands of ‘drift cards’ returned to
britain in response to an ambitious oceanographic experiment
■ Report by Allan Brink

T
he mild climate enjoyed by
Britain and much of Europe
is partly attributed to
prevailing ocean currents which
emanate from warmer climes.
The Gulf Stream, discovered and
utilised by Spanish ships sailing
back home from the Caribbean as
long ago as the early 16th century,
fuels the North Atlantic Current
(also known as the North Atlantic
Drift), which extends its effects
north-eastward.
In association with warm air
currents, this sea current promotes
the development of cyclonic
weather, keeps the west coast of
Britain several degrees warmer
than the east coast, prevents the
formation of sea ice around
Norway, and offers the prospect of
significant renewable power
generation by way of underwater
turbines.
One of the downsides, however,
is the potential for pollution. In
1954 the British government was
sufficiently concerned about the
possible consequences of an oil
spill from Atlantic shipping that it
asked the National Institute of
Oceanography to perform
experiments to gain a better ABOVE: Currents in ‘The idea was to drop drift cards into the
understanding of the North the North Atlantic
Atlantic Drift. Ocean were already Atlantic Ocean from aircraft, see where the
Multilingual cards
broadly understood,
but some unusual
current took them, and ask the finders to
The essential idea was to drop postal history was return them by post’
‘drift envelopes’ into the ocean created in 1954 by an
from aircraft, and see where the experiment to assess
current took them. the extent to which envelope had been recovered. reply card, it would be delivered
Each of these comprised a they made Britain In an attempt to limit the effect of free of charge in Britain, although
waterproof plastic cover enclosing vulnerable to oil language barriers on the number of postage would need to be paid in
a reply card (each with a unique pollution replies received, these questions other countries.
serial number) and separate were printed in English, The finders were encouraged to
multilingual sheet of instructions Portuguese, Spanish, French, reply by the promise of a reward to
and explanations inviting the Dutch, German, Danish and the value of 2s 6d. Presumably this
finder to return the card by post. Norwegian, reflecting the spread of was disbursed by international
The back of the reply card was countries where the envelopes reply coupons, at least to
headed ‘Oil Pollution were thought most likely to be respondents from outside Britain.
Investigation’, and had three boxes washed ashore.
to fill in, asking the finder to report The front of the card carried the Aircraft drops
his or her name and address, and address of the Institute in The envelopes were dropped in the
details of where and when the Wormley, Surrey. As a business North Atlantic Ocean on four

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separate occasions, by Royal Air
Force aircraft assigned to HM
Coastguard.
The first drop was a failure, as
the plastic envelopes proved to be
of insufficient quality. Only four
replies were received, so the results
were discarded.
Once a better envelope had been
developed, made watertight by
hot-sealing and with a small cork
sheet inserted for extra buoyancy,
the experiment was reinitiated.
Three further drops were
performed between May and
December 1954, involving a total of
6,395 envelopes.
Originally it had been hoped that
these could be dropped
individually at intervals of one
mile, but in practice the speed of
the aircraft made this impossible.
They were therefore dropped in
bundles of 10, held together by a
gummed paper strip, at intervals of
10 miles; after a short time in the
water, the gum would dissolve, the
strip would loosen and the
envelopes would be left to drift
individually.

Widespread replies
From the 6,395 envelopes dropped,
a total of 2,643 replies were
received, a success rate of about
41%. This must have been
considered a positive percentage, as
it would have been assumed that
many cards would be destroyed,
not found or not returned.
Cards were received from all over
Europe, and as far away as the
Barents Sea coast of the Soviet ABOVE: Front and back of a drift card returned to the National Institute of Oceanography from Iceland on September 15, 1954.
Union! Some had drifted between Although intended to be sent at the printed paper rate, it was franked with 2.45k in postage as an airmail letter, because printed
500 and 1,000 miles; one, returned matter regulations in Iceland allowed for only three words to be added. The combination of the 2.45k value from the Hannes Hafstein
from Hammerfest in northern commemorative issue (printed in a quantity of only 250,000) and the postmark of Kirkjubæjarklaustur (a village with only around 500
Norway, had landed 1,700 miles inhabitants) is rare in itself, regardless of its unusual usage on a drift card
from where it was dropped.
Although they are not common,
these cards can be found on the
‘Cards were returned from all
philatelic market. over Europe, and from as far
On the front, they were given a
red oval National Institute of afield as Iceland, northern
Oceanography datestamp with a
handwritten reference number Norway, and even the Barents
added.
On the back, in the upper left box,
Sea coast of the Soviet Union’
where the finder wrote his name
and address, the distance travelled Atlantic Ocean, 1954, compiled by THANKS
by the card was pencilled in. A L Lawford and published by The author would like
the National Institute of to thank Wilbur
Published results Oceanography in 1962. Jonsson, an expert on
The results of the experiment were The Institute has since been Icelandic postal
collated in an internal report superseded by the National history, for his help
entitled The Drift Envelope Oceanography Centre, which is with information and
Experiment in the North-East now based in Southampton. ■ illustrations ABOVE: NIO report published in 1962

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 great engravers
Solo artist
For the past 20 years now, almost all of belgium’s stamp engraving has
been done by the same man, the versatile Guillaume broux
■ Report by Adrian Keppel
T
he in-house engravers
working for most postal
administrations are used to
working as part of a team. But
Belgium’s master engraver,
Guillaume Broux, has been flying
the flag for his country on his own
for more than two decades,
keeping the tradition of the
hand-engraved stamp strong in
this particular corner of Europe.
Born in 1963, Broux must have
inherited some of his artistic talent
from his father, who was an
ornamental woodcarver working
on classic Liège furniture. He
himself took evening classes in
woodcarving, but soon turned to
working in metal, receiving formal
training as an engraver of firearms.
64 www.stampmagazine.co.uk september 2018
ABOVE: Guillaume After a year’s military service as
Broux’s first stamp a conscript in the Belgian army,
engraving was he was offered the opportunity by
Belgium’s 1989 the Belgian postal authority to
Tourist Publicity 9f work on engraving postage
design illustrating stamps in a freelance capacity, and
St Tillo’s Church in jumped at it.
Izegem His first stamp would be one of
the four designs in the 1989 Tourist
Publicity set, depicting St Tillo’s
Church in Izegem.
In 1995, when the postal
administration moved from the
centre of Mechelen to an industrial
‘As Broux’s career flourished, so
the future of stamp engraving in
Belgium was secured’
estate in the suburbs, it had room
for a single in-house engraver, and
asked Broux, the youngest of its
pool of freelancers, whether he
would be interested in being
employed full-time.
He accepted, and he has been the
organisation’s master engraver ever
since. His career flourished, and,
just as importantly, the future of
stamp engraving in Belgium was
secured. On average, Broux still
engraves 10 to 15 stamps a year.
At the behest of his employer,
Broux enjoyed a short spell
working with the man he himself
considers to be the best engraver of
them all, the Polish maestro
Czeslaw Slania.
Slania explained to Broux his

ABOVE: Broux himself says he is particularly proud of the se-tenant strip of five stamps he engraved for Belgium’s attractive 2009 World Heritage Sites issue
principles of engraving, and
especially portrait engraving: how
every line and every dot needs to
be the result of a conscious
decision, reflecting observations
such whether the subject has soft or
hard skin, for example.
This brief apprenticeship proved
invaluable, and Broux still looks
back on it fondly. Slania himself
must have been impressed by
Broux, too, for he invited the
Belgian to his home in Stockholm
on only the third day of his stay;
his secretary quipped that she
had been working for him for 20
years and was still waiting for her
first invitation!
Inspired by Slania’s guidance,
portrait stamps were among the
highlights of Broux’s work in the
next few years, including the
Kings of Belgium series of 1998-99
and Queens of Belgium series of
2000-01, with surcharges going to
the promotion of philately.
Around this time, two of his
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LEFT: Engraving the contrasting reasons.
2013 Centenary of Air In 2010-11, Broux had started a
Mail issue involved series featuring letterboxes when
reconstructing how he fell off his roof, broke his
Henri Combez’s right arm and was unable to work
monoplane looked, for a couple of months. The
despite poor celebrated Norwegian engraver
documentary Martin Mörck (August issue,
evidence page 60) had to be brought in to
finish the job.
It was a very different story with
the 2015 miniature sheet marking
the 200th anniversary of the Battle
of Waterloo, where five different
engravers were commissioned to
create portrait stamps with the
express aim of highlighting the
differences in their styles.
In 2017 this was taken one step
further, when, for a miniature
sheet celebrating the city of Eupen,
royal portraits also graced Broux and the German engraver
definitive issues. His engraving of Wolfgang Mauer each engraved
King Albert II was used for half of a single design! ■
Belgium’s high values from 2000,
and his exquisite portrayal of
Grand Duke Henri was used for
Luxembourg’s 2001 series.
Asked what he himself regards
as his best work, however, Broux
cites the 2009 miniature sheet
celebrating five Belgian World
Heritage Sites, and the 2013
miniature sheet marking the 100th
anniversary of the country’s first
airmail flight.
In the latter case he had to work
from very weak documentation,
including photographs of such
poor quality that it was a real
challenge to represent Henri
Combez’s monoplane accurately.
The end result, however, was
very detailed and beautiful.
In recent years, there have been
several collaborations with
engravers from other countries, ABOVE: Luxembourg 2001 50c definitive, featuring Broux’s exquisite
which came about for engraved portrait of Grand Duke Henri
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RW986 RAILWAYS & LOCOMOTIVES A fantastic
thematic collection of locomotive and railway stamps.
The specialised collection contains several hundred
train stamps with many scarcer unmounted mint blocks
included, plus F.D.Cs, also several scarcer local issues,
specimen stamps, proofs and progressive proofs, lots of
higher $ stamps and £1 values; also many Railway and
locomotive miniature sheets. A glorious collection for
any philatelic railway enthusiast. .................. Price £28
AH92 AUSTRIA/HUNGARY & BOSNIA A superb stamp
collection. Noted Bosnia Austro-Hu3ngarian military
post stamps of 1900 (these are offered for sale “as is”
without guarantee), they form part of a larger collec-
tion of genuine Austria & Hungary with mint and used
stamps. If all the stamps were genuine the catalogue
value would be over £550, but some stamps may be
faux. Offered “as is”....................................... Price £21
FS40 FENCING & SHOOTING A lovely sports stamps
collection, specialising in stamps with fencing and
shooting themes in blocks and singles. Approx. 130
stamps of these unusual and interesting specialist sport
themes ....................................................... Price £8.75
SYR9 WAR IN SYRIA A rare cover for the war in Syria.
The illustrated cover depicts Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov and U.S.A Secretary of State John
Kerry, issued to commemorate the Syrian Cease Fire
announced by the U.S.A and Russia on 27/2/16. The
cover bears a UK Machin stamp with official Royal Mail
illustrated postmark dated 27/2/16 in combination with
Syrian and United Nations stamps ted to the cover with
red cachet inscribed “U.N. Security Council resolution
no. 2254, 18/1215”. A fragile cessation of hostilities
came into force in Syria, 97 fighting groups as well as
the Syrian government and Russian Air Force signed up
to a ceasefire. Only 40 of this rare cover exist. .............
...................................................................... Price £35
C545 WORLD COLLECTION A great starter lot, with
mint & used stamps plus m/sheets, PHQ cards & several
FDC’s. Several hundred different world wide stamps ....
................................................................... Price.£9.75
LEB.8 LEBANON Group of proof essay designs printed
on thin card. Designs vary and include some with miss-
ing red colour (Red Cross) and some with blank “value”
denomination tablet. Rarely offered for sale. Six different
essays .......................................................... Price £18
B COM 434 ORNITHOLOGY A fantastic thematic col-
lection of British Commonwealth BIRDS stamps. Only
unmounted mint in multiples and single stamps. Several
hundred Brit, Commonwealth bird stamps including
High Value (£) pound & ($) Dollar stamps in blocks........
..................................................................... Price £39
SAM1 POLAND Small general collection, includes;
Nazi Occupation Concentration Camp Issue inscribed
‘Judenpost’ for Lodz Ghetto (Litzmanstadt) 10pt Green
(unused). We cannot guarantee this item but remainder
of the collection all seem OK. Cheap price. ...................
................................................................... Price £8.75
CYL21 CYLINDER NUMBER BLOCKS A specialised
collection of Great Britain & British Commonwealth
cylinder number blocks. It is unusual to see such a large
lot of different cylinder number blocks. 120 stamps in
all unmounted mint cylinder number blocks. ................
..................................................................... Price £21
FEM2 GREAT BRITAIN UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE An
important GB cover for the Centenary of the release of
all Suffragettes from prison on 10/8/1914. The British
Government after negotiations with Emmeline Pankhurst
announced it was releasing all suffragettes from prison.
In return the Women’s Social and Political Union agreed
to end all militant activity and assist in the war effort.
The cover with iconic suffragette votes for women
illustration bears a British definitive stamp with official
Royal Mail Victorian style duplex Berkhamsted 66 pmk.
On the anniversary dated 10/8/14. The cover also bears
the votes for women commemorative stamp issue tied
with red cachet inscribed “Universal Suffrage – Votes
for Women”. Severely restricted and limited issue of
100 covers (few available) ........................ Price £12.75
ALF.3 GREAT BRITAIN POSTAL HISTORY COVER
Special cover for the 10th anniversary of the A.L.F.
(Automatic Letter Facing Machine), 1961-1971. Bears
Machin issue tied to the cover with pictorial “A.L.F”
postmark 31/7/1971, Southampton. ................ Price £5
MA30 GREAT BRITAIN RARE IMPERFORATE MACHIN
STAMPS 1p black. This highly collectable specialist
Machin item is a special printing by Harrison and Sons.
With Post Office official approval of the 1p Machin
definitive stamp printed in black on thin card. Unusual
printer’s item, rarely seen ........................ Price £11.50
NE832 BRITISH LOCALS A phenomenal and valu-
able collection of British Local Island’s stamps. Only
unmounted mint, including Lundy Island, Davaar Island,
Cain Iar, Isle of Easdale, Bemara Island, Staffa, Stroma,
Isle of Pabay, Bardsey, Herm, Calf of Man, Hildasay –
Shetland Islands, Jethou, Alderney, St Kilda, St Marys,
Calvey Island, Gugh, St Martins. With blocks, multiples,
singles and miniature sheets. This important and valu-
able collection with only unmounted mint stamps and
many high £ values. The normal face value is well over
£150.............................................................. Price £33
R.W.1937 KING EDWARD VIII AND WALLACE
SIMPSON CONTROVERSIAL ROYAL WEDDING COVER
From a restrictive issue of only 50 covers with iconic
picture of K.E.VIII (Duke of Windsor) and his bride Mrs
Simpson for whom the King gave up the English throne.
The cover bears a Royal Mail “Lion” stamp with special
illustrated Windsor Castle PMK on anniv. date 2/6/2017,
in conjunction with complete set of G.P.O K.E.VIII stamps
with purple squared cachet, inscribed “G.P.O. Postage
Stamp Issue September 1936” ...................... Price £22
SC455 SCOUTING A specialised collection of Scouts &
Guide stamps from various countries over 80 mint &
used scouting stamps and mini. sheets. .......................
........................................................................ Price £7
D30 GERMANY An impressive specialised collection
of Germany, with many unmounted mint and used
stamps, dating back to older Bavaria and Wurternburg
issues also Germania stamps. Following on to inflation
stamps (circa 1920s-1930s) on to World War II, Nazi
issues includes Theresienstadt; (without guarantee – as
is). On to Hitler issues; Croatia, Bohemia and Moravia,
war stamps (genuine). Later issues for East and West
Germany, includes postage dues elusive overprinted
stamps with blocks and singles. Several hundred differ-
ent German stamps ....................................... Price £23
M27A – CORONATION STREET A specialised and most
unusual thematic collection of Coronation Street stamps
with COMPLETE UNM. MINT SETS. From various British
Local Islands, including scarcer High Values and several
£1.00 values. Personalities depicted on stamps include:
Jack & Annie Walker, Stan & Hilda Ogden, Ken & Irma
Barlow, Jack & Vera Duckworth, Martha Longhurst, Ena
Sharples, Mike & Alma Baldwin, Kevin Webster, Raquel
Wolstenholme, Ray Langton, Liz McDonald, Alf Roberts,
Bet Gilroy, Curly Watts, Emily Bishop, Martin Platt,
Leonard Swindly, Elsie Tanner, Reg Holdsworth + others.
...................................................................... Price £12
EUR33 EUROPA A specialised European thematic col-
lection of Europe stamps, spanning from the 1950’s to
more modern stamps. Includes Italy, France, Germany,
Iceland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Netherlands,
G.B., Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Swiss, Finland, Greece,
Sweden. Also scarcer local issues for Channel Islands
and Isle of Man. Hundreds of all different Europa
stamps, mainly fine used, but mini noted. .....................
...................................................................... Price £17
NW8 GREAT BRITAIN Hero of World War II Sir Nicholas
Winton Commemorative cover. The great humanitar-
ian saved 669 Czech children who would have been
transported to Nazi Germany by train. The cover shows
Winton as a young man with one of the children he
saved and bears the official Royal Mail Commemorative
Issue for Nicholas Winton with unusual red Royal Mail
official First Day Nicholas Winton Postmark. Only 50 of
this cover were cancelled by the Royal Mail .................
................................................................. Price £19.50
AF418 AFGHANISTAN A specialised collection of
stamps from this war-torn country. Comprising of both
mint and used Afghan stamps in blocks and singles
with miniature sheets. Strength is in used commemora-
tives, noted earlier mono-coloured crudely printed early
Afghan stamps. A lovely lot unchecked for catalogue
value and containing hundreds of Afghanistan stamps.
...................................................................... Price £18
PE.17 PERSIA SPECTACULAR ERROR Old engraved
Persian stamp depicts the Shah of Persia overprinted
“IRAN” on front as well as “IRAN” overprinted on back
(gummed side) of stamp in its mirror offset printing.
Valuable old error........................................ Price £9.75
SEA32 SOUTH EAST ASIA An impressive collection
of S.E. Asia stamps including Malaysia, Korea, Nepal,
Cambodia, Maldives Islands, Vietnam, Singapore, Philip-
pines, Indonesia, Burma. Approx. 370 stamps in blocks,
multiples, and singles includes mint & used stamps. ....
................................................................ Price £21.50
VCA 4 GREAT BRITAIN WWI VICTORIA CROSS COVER
Issued to commemorate the Centenary of the first
Victoria Cross to be awarded in World War I. The cover
with illustration of Lieut. Maurice Dease VC who died
aged 24 in the first battle fought by the British against
the Germans at Mons on 23rd Aug 1914. The cover
bears a special Royal Mail VC stamp and postmarked
with official Victoria Cross “For Valour” postmark on
23rd Aug 1914. The cover was a restricted issue of only
100 covers and is vital to complete any WWI collection .
................................................................... Price £9.25
 GB THEMES

Political class
royal mail has not generally been keen to honour politicians with stamps,
but there are some notable exceptions from the distant and recent past
■ Report by Jeff Dugdale

U
nlike many other
countries, Britain has no
tradition of celebrating its
politicians on stamp issues. This
theme has potential nevertheless,
and can be widened if you are
prepared to use your imagination
and research skills.

Perhaps not surprisingly, most of

the politicians portrayed on stamps
have been Prime Ministers. By far
the most frequently depicted is
Winston Churchill, who led the
country defiantly through World
War II, with a total of nine stamps.
The 1965 Churchill
Commemoration set of two set the
ball rolling, shortly after his death.
This was followed by a set of four
in 1974 marking the centenary of
his birth, showing him as a war
reporter in South Africa in 1899, as
the Secretary for War & Air in 1919,
as Prime Minister in 1940 and
subseqently in an honorary role as
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Churchill appeared again in the
2006 National Portrait Gallery, 2010
Britain Alone (inspecting troops)
and 2014 Prime Ministers sets.
That 2014 set is the only one which
has been specifically devoted to
ABOVE: 1965 historic Prime Ministers. Besides
Churchill Churchill, seven others were
Commemoration featured, all with designs based on
1s 3d, portraying painted or photographed studio
Winston Churchill portraits.
They included William Pitt the
Younger (1784-1801, 1804-06), the
youngest ever PM and national
leader during the French
Revolutionary Wars; Charles Grey
BELOW: 2014 Prime (1830-34), who oversaw the Great
Ministers 97p, Reform Bill and the abolition of
honouring William slavery throughout the British
Gladstone Empire; Robert Peel (1834-35,
1841-46), who established the
Metropolitan Police and repealed
the protectionist Corn Laws; and
William Gladstone (1868-74,
1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94), who
introduced secret ballots and
became the oldest ever PM.
Representing the 20th century
were Clement Attlee (1945-51), who
created the National Health Service
and nationalised public utilities;
Harold Wilson (1964-70, 1974-76),
who presided over the
liberalisation of censorship,
abortion and immigration, and the
abolition of capital punishment;
and Margaret Thatcher (1979-90),
the first female PM and the leader
of the country during the
Falklands War.
Besides Churchill, Gladstone is
the only Prime Minister who has
been commemorated more than
once, because he also appeared in
the 2009 Eminent Britons set.
Other PMs who have been
portrayed once are the first to hold
the office, Robert Walpole (1724-42),
in the 2011 Age of the Hanoverians
miniature sheet, Benjamin Disraeli
(1868, 1874-80) in the 1987 issue
marking the 150th anniversary of
the accession of Queen Victoria,
and David Lloyd George (1916-22),
the nation’s leader during the latter
stages of World War I, in the 2013
Great Britons set.
Booklets issued in 1994 had
covers illustrating Lloyd George,
Churchill and Attlee, as well as
Herbert Asquith (1908-16), while
the cover of the 2015 Battle of
Waterloo prestige stamp book
portrayed the Duke of Wellington
(1928-30, 1834).
British parliamentarians who
have been commemorated also
include three very influential social
reformers.
William Wilberforce (MP for Hull
from 1780) was a driving force
behind the anti-slavery movement,
and was portrayed along with

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Date Issue stamPs
1965 churchill commemoration 2
1965 simon de Montfort’s Parliament 2
1968 Anniversaries 1
1969 Gandhi centenary 1
1970 Anniversaries 1
1974 Winston churchill 4
1976 social Reformers 2
1976 Bicentenary of American Revolution 1
1987 Queen Victoria Anniversary 1
2006 National Portrait Gallery 2
ABOVE: 1965 700th Anniversary of Parliament 6d, illustrating the seal of Simon de Montfort
2007 Abolition of the slave trade 2
other activisits in the 2007 2008 Women of Distinction 2
Abolition of the Slave Trade issue. 2009 eminent Britons 1
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord
2010 Britain Alone 1
Shaftesbury (MP for Woodstock
from 1826), agitated for factory 2011 Age of the hanoverians 1
reform and the abolition of child 2013 Great Britons 2
labour, and was remembered in the
2014 Prime Ministers 8
1976 Social Reformers set.
Barbara Castle (MP for Blackburn 2015 Magna carta 2
from 1945), drove through the 2016 Queen’s 90th Birthday 1
Equal Pay Act in 1970, and was 2018 Votes For Women 8
honoured in the 2008 Women of
Distinction set.

Among non-parliamentary
political figures, the most
celebrated is Emmeline Pankhurst,
the leader of the suffragette
movement demanding women’s
right to vote in elections in the
early 20th century. She was
personally portrayed on stamps in
1965 and 2006, and her movement
was commemorated in 2018.
Stamps of 1976, 2008 and 2013
have also honoured Thomas
Hepburn, the militant trade
unionist who tried to improve
working conditions for coal miners,
Millicent Fawcett, a leading
suffragist who also agitated for
better education for women, and
John Archer, the first mayor of a
London borough who was of
African descent.
Also to be found on British
stamps are three statesmen who
represent foreign countries: the
Indian independence leader
Mohandas Gandhi in 1969, the
American polymath Benjamin
Franklin in 1976 (and also in 2010,
but in this case as a scientist), and
South African President Nelson
Mandela in 2016.
ABOVE: 2006 National Portrait Gallery 1st class,
featuring Emmeline Pankhurst
two of the 2015 stamps
commemorating Magna Carta,
which recall King John being
pressed into signing the original
document by his rebellious nobles
in 1215, and the first directly
elected English Parliament led by
Simon de Montfort in 1265.
The seal of de Montfort, who was
de facto ruler of England for more
than a year, also appeared in the
1965 issue marking the 700th
anniversary of his parliament. ABOVE: 2013 Great One way to expand this theme
Medieval Scottish politics, Britons 1st class, would be to identify stamps and
meanwhile, are represented by a portraying David other philatelic material relating to
stamp in the 1970 Anniversaries Lloyd George the constituencies or achievements
set, illustrating the leading of politicians who have not been
noblemen of the day signing the celebrated in their own right.
Declaration of Arbroath, For example one design in the
proclaiming Scottish 2006 British Journey: England set
independence in 1320. shows Chamberlain Square in
Birmingham, named after Joseph
‘Besides Churchill, Gladstone Chamberlain, who served as Mayor
of Birmingham, Colonial Secretary

Historical perspectives on
is the only Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, as
well being as the father of a Prime
domestic politics are offered by commemorated more than once’ Minister, Neville Chamberlain. ■

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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
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ANDREW PROMOTING PHILATELY ON OOKLE
THE ALAN TITCHMARSH SHOW ITV
72
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 09/18
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Tel: 01451 861111 • Fax: 01451 861297
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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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WELCOME TO STOCKHOLMIA 2019
The International Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of
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• The Royal Philatelic Society London, the With capacity of 2,100 frames, the exhibition
oldest philatelic society in the world, was is the largest Society exhibition ever held. In
established in 1869 as The Philatelic Society, addition, more than 50 Trade Stand Holders,
London. In 1896 HRH The Duke of York, son from 13 different countries are participating.
of King Edward VII, became President of the
• His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Society, an office he continued to hold until
has graciously agreed to be Patron of
his accession to the throne as HM King George
STOCKHOLMIA 2019 when it takes place
V in 1910. Permission to use the prefix Royal
at Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre,
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Nils Ericsons Plan 4, Stockholm.
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Society permission to use the Royal Arms on its stamps, The Golden Colour Error, 3 Skilling
stationery and publications. The Royal philatelic Banco Yellow, will be presented as part of the
tradition has been maintained and today the exhibition’s Court of Honour.
Society is honoured by the Patronage of Her
• Tickets and all other registrations and bookings,
Majesty The Queen. At STOCKHOLMIA 2019, a
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will be presented as part of Court of Honour.
• The exhibition opens for Early Birds with the
• STOCKHOLMIA 2019 is an International Philatelic
Vernissage on 28 May at 3.00 pm., followed by
Exhibition with exhibits and displays from
five public days from 29 May until 2 June.
members of the Society from all over the world.

Tuesday 28 May 2019 3.00 pm. – 7.00 pm. Vernissage The exhibition concepts,
Wednesday 29 May 2019 10.00 am. – 6.00 pm. programme and progress are
Thursday 30 May 2019 10.00 am. – 6.00 pm.
Friday 31 May 2019 10.00 am. – 6.00 pm.
continuously presented online at
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eyewitness accounts

Emergency measures
A postcard of 1902 tells of the short-notice postponement of the Coronation
of King Edward VII, and hints at the trauma this caused to Londoners
■ Report by Norman Watson

B
y the time of his accession,
at the age of 59, King
Edward VII was an
overweight heavy-smoker. Three
days before his planned Coronation
in June 1902, he was taken ill after
hosting an extravagant dinner, and
diagnosed with appendicitis.
Although developments in
anaesthesia and antisepsis had
made surgery more survivable, this
was a life-threatening illness. The
celebrated surgeon Sir Frederick
Treves saved the King’s life by
performing an operation to drain
his abdominal cyst as he lay on a
table in the Music Room at
Buckingham Palace.
The next day, Edward was sitting
up in bed, smoking a cigar. Two
weeks later, he was out of danger.
By this time, however, the
Coronation had had to be
postponed, and a picture postcard ABOVE: Postcard sent from London to Liverpool
of the time records the shock and on June 25, 1902, the day before the planned
distress this caused. Coronation of King Edward VII
Sent from London to Liverpool
on June 25, 1902, the day before the were now arguing that they should
big event should have happened, not be liable for these raised prices.
the card (produced by E Wrench of In the days and weeks to come,
Haymarket) is franked with one of some celebrated ‘Coronation cases’
the new ½d green definitives would set a new precedent in the
portraying the King. Poignantly, it English common law of contract;
also illustrates Queen Victoria, who under the doctrine of frustration of
had died in January 1901, captioned purpose, contracts could be voided
as ‘The mother of her peoples’. on the grounds that their purpose
In the limited space underneath, had not been fulfilled.
the sender writes: ‘Coronation To his credit, the King himself
postponed! If it is for long, it will was insistent that the planned
spell ruination to hundreds of Coronation Dinner for the Poor of
London tradesmen. Lots have their London should go ahead, and it
shop fronts out.’ saw 500,000 free meals served
As the eyewitness points out, around the capital.
many tradesmen had set out Edward was eventually crowned
special stalls for the big day, and at Westminster Abbey on August 9,
would now be told to dismantle 1902, but even then things didn’t go
them. Many others suffered smoothly. The elderly and infirm
financial setbacks, as they had paid Archbishop of Canterbury,
handsomely for renting rooms Frederick Temple, placed the crown
along the processional route, and back-to-front on his head! ■

‘The King’s emergency operation meant

ABOVE: A brief message on the picture side spreads news of the
the Coronation had to be postponed’ postponement of the big event, to the shock and dismay of Londoners

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August 15-18 sEPtEmBER 12-15 OCtOBER 5-7 NOvEmBER 23-25 www.thailand2018.org
CZECH REPuBLIC uK IRELAND ItALY
Praga 2018 World Stamp Autumn Stampex Stampa 2018 Irish National Stamp Italia 2018 FEBRuARY 13-16
Exhibition Venue: Business Design Centre, Exhibition Venue: E A Fiere di Verona, uK
Venue: Clarion Congress Hotel Prague, 52 Upper Street, Islington, London Venue: Griffith College Viale del Lavoro 8, Spring Stampex
Freyova 33, Vysocany, Prague. N1 0QH. Conference Centre, South Circular 37135 Verona, Italy. Venue: Business Design Centre,
Contact: Organizing Committee Praga Contact: Philatelic Traders Society, Road, Dublin 8. Contact: Unione Stampa 52 Upper Street, Islington, London
2018 World Stamp Exhibition PO Box 290, Lingfield, Surrey Contact: Stampa, Filatelica Italiana N1 0QH.
Association, Opletalova 1337/29, RH7 9AX PO Box 12624, Rathfarnham, comunicazione@usfi.eu Contact: Philatelic Traders Society,
11000 Praha 1, Czech Republic Tel: 01342 830225 Dublin 16, Republic of www.italia2018.eu PO Box 290, Lingfield, Surrey
Tel: +420 222 541 395 Fax: 01342 837888 Ireland RH7 9AX
info@praga2018.cz info@thepts.net info@stampa.ie NOvEmBER Tel: 01342 830225
www.praga2018.cz www.thephilatelictraderssociety.co.uk www.stampa.ie 28-DECEmBER 3 Fax: 01342 837888
tHAILAND info@thepts.net
August 31- sEPtEmBER 21-24 NOvEmBER 9-11 Thailand 2018 World Stamp www.thephilatelictraderssociety.co.uk
sEPtEmBER 2 mACAO NEW ZEALAND Exhibition
sWEDEN Macao 2018 International Stamp Armistice Stamp Show 2018 Venue: Royal Paragon Hall mAY 29-JuNE 2
Malmex 2018 Exhibition Venue: More FM Arena, Exhibition & Convention Centre, sWEDEN
Venue: Malmömässan, Venue: The Venetian Macao Edgar Centre, 5th Floor, Siam Paragon, Rama I Road, Stockholmia 2019
Mässgatan 6, Convention & Exhibition Centre, Portsmouth Drive, Dunedin. Bangkok. Venue: Waterfront Congress Centre,
SE-215 32 Malmö. Estrada da Baía de Nossa Senhora da Contact: Secretary, Contact: Philatelic Association of Nils Ericsons Plan 4,
Contact: Lars Nordberg, Esperança, Taipa, Macao. The Armistice Stamp Show 2018, Thailand, 2nd Floor, Stockholm, Sweden.
Maskinmästaregatan 2, Contact: Tel: +853 2871 8063 PO Box 753, Dunedin 9054, Sam Sen Nai Post Office, Contact: stockholmia2019@
233 43 Svedala, Sweden Fax: +853 2871 8018 New Zealand Phaholyothin Road, Phayathai, meetagain.se
Tel: +46 725 44 65 98 secretary_2@macao2018.org.mo armisticestampshow@outlook.co.nz Bangkok 10400, Thailand info@stockholmia2019.se
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August 8 Contact: Somerset Stamp Auctions Tel: +49 7142 789 400 Contact: Nick Startup
englisH-lAnguAge
AJH stAmps Tel: 01823 681358 Fax: +49 7142 789 410 Tel: +852 3952 3000 postAl sAles
Venue: The Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Fax: 01823 681375 info@auktionen-gaertner.de singapore@spink.com
Spa, Clayton-le-Moors, shirley@somersetstampauctions.com www.auktionshaus-gaertner.de www.spink.com Apex
Lancashire BB5 5JP. www.somersetstampauctions.com info@apexstamps.com
Contact: AJH Stamps, septemBer 5 septemBer 9 www.apexstamp.com
The Laurels, Manchester Road, August 16-17 WArWiCk & WArWiCk provinCiAl
County
Accrington, Lancashire BB5 2PF CHristopH gärtner Venue: The Court House, pHilAteliCs
county@stampauctions.co.uk
Tel: 01254 393740 Peter Zgonc Collection of Jury Street, Warwick CV34 4EW. Venue: Parish Hall, Benson,
www.stampauctions.co.uk
Fax: 01254 382274 Sudetenland & Worldwide Contact: Warwick & Warwick, Oxfordshire OX10 6LZ.
sales@ajhstamps.co.uk Rarities Chalon House, Scar Bank, Contact: Provincial Philatelics, moWBrAy
www.ajhstamps.co.uk Venue: Praga 2018 Exhibition, Millers Road, Warwick CV34 5DB 90 Park Road, Didcot, mowbray.stamps@xtra.co.nz
Benada Room, Clarion Congress Tel: 01926 499031 Oxfordshire OX11 8QR. www.mowbrays.co.nz
August 11 Hotel, Freyova 33, Vysocany, Fax: 01926 491906 Tel/Fax: 01235 511083
Bil & Co Prague, Czech Republic. info@warwickandwarwick.com www.provincialphilatelics.co.uk sAJAl pHilAteliCs
Venue: Washingborough Community Contact: Philatelic Christoph Gärtner www.warwickandwarwick.com brian@brian-reeve.com
Centre, Fen Road, Washingborough, Tel: +49 7142 789 400 septemBer 9 www.brian-reeve.com
Lincolnshire LN4 1AB. Fax: +49 7142 789 410 septemBer 8 tony lester
sAndAfAyre
Contact: Bil Tilbury info@auktionen-gaertner.de spink singApore Venue: Citrus Hotel,
stamp@sandafayre.com
Tel: 01400 230769 www.auktionshaus-gaertner.de Dr Cheah Jin Seng collections of London Road, Coventry
www.sandafayre.com
billtilbury@btinternet.com Straits Settlements & Kedah CV8 3DY.
www.bilandco.co.uk septemBer 1 Iain Dyce collection of Straits Contact: Unit 2, universAl
CHristopH gärtner Settlements The Sidings, Birdingbury info@upastampauctions.co.uk
August 11 Saar Yen Boon Swee collection of Queen Road, Marton, Rugby, www.upastampauctions.co.uk
somerset stAmp Venue: Steinbeisstrasse 6 & 8, Victoria postal stationery Warwickshire CV23 9RX
AuCtions 74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen, Venue: 50 Raffles Place, Tel: 01926 270107 vAnCe
Venue: Hill Farm, Hemyock, Germany. 17-01 Singapore Land Tower, tonylester@btconnect.com mail@vanceauctions.com
Cullompton, Devon EX15 3UZ. Contact: Philatelic Christoph Gärtner 048623 Singapore. www.tonylester.co.uk www.vanceauctions.com

LoT To bE dEsirEd
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dAlkeitH
www.dalkeith-auctions.co.uk
christoph Gärtner’s special World rarities were overprints on british bechuanaland 3d lilac
auction, being held during the Praga 2018 and black definitives. They were cancelled with a delCAmpe
exhibition in Prague on August 16-17, includes ‘Mafeking cGH’ (cape of Good Hope) circular www.delcampe.net
this interesting british Empire cover from the datestamp on April 4, 1900. mcCusker
boer War. The cover also bears a bulawayo transit mark www.jamesmccusker.com
it is a so-called ‘kaffirgram’, a tiny envelope of of April 14, and an arrival mark of Godalming in moWBrAy
the kind smuggled out of the siege of Mafeking in England dated in late May. www.mowbrays.co.nz
1900 by native runners, in an attempt to keep the during a siege which lasted from october 1899 pHilAtino
british garrison in contact with the colonial until May 1900, the overprinted stamps were www.philatino.com
authorities in cape Town. issued between March 23 and April 28.
rAsmussen
This particular example was franked with a The starting price of this attractive lot is www.bruun-rasmussen.dk
pair of the 6d Mafeking besieged stamps, which €10,000 (around £9,000).
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
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August 10 London Road, postcards) August 25
London RG40 1SR. Venue: Carmel Hall, Ealing
(stamps, postal history) Time: 10am-3pm Ufton Lane, off West Street, (stamps, postal history,
Venue: Royal National Hotel, Contact: T Brittain ME10 1JB. postcards)
Bedford Way, Russell Square, Tel: 07957 158299 Time: 10am-3.30pm Venue: Polygon Complex,
WC1H 0DG. Contact: Chris Rapley Ealing Parish Church,
Time: 9am-4pm August 18 Tel: 07711 677760 St Mary’s Road, W5 5RH.
Contact: Kate Puleston Hull Time: 10am-4pm
Tel: 020 8946 4489 (stamps, postal history) August 19 Contact: T Brittain
Venue: St James Centre, Amersham Tel: 07957 158299
August 11 169 First Lane, (stamps, postal history,
Derby Hessle, HU13 9EY. postcards) Guildford
(stamps, postal history) Time: 9.30am-4pm Venue: Jubilee Scout Hall, (stamps, postal history,
Venue: Nunsfield House Contact: H V Johnson & Co Rectory Hill, HP7 0BT. postcards)
Community Hall, Tel: 01909 563394 Time: 10am-4.30pm Venue: Onslow Village Hall,
33 Boulton Road, Contact: David Milton Wilderness Road,
Alvaston, DE24 0FD. Kenilworth Tel: 01895 637283 GU2 7QR.
Time: 9.30am-4pm (stamps, postal history) Time: 10am-3.30pm
Contact: H V Johnson & Co Venue: Kenilworth School, Bowdon Contact: Chris Rapley
Tel: 01909 563394 Leyes Lane, CV8 2DA. (stamps, postal history, Tel: 07711 677760
Time: 10am-3.30pm postcards)
August 12 Contact: JRS Fairs Venue: Mercure Hotel, Morley
Chesterfield Tel: 01785 259350 Langham Road, WA14 2HT. (stamps, postal history,
(stamps, postal history, Time: 10am-4pm postcards)
postcards) Portishead Contact: Howard Hatton Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall,
Venue: Chester Street Club, (stamps, postal history) Tel: 0161 766 9031 Commercial Street,
Chester Street, Venue: Gordano School, LS27 8HZ.
S40 1DL. St Mary’s Road, Dronfield Time: 9.30am-4pm
Time: 10am-4pm Bristol, BS20 7QR. (stamps, postal history) Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Contact: Howard Hatton Time: 10am-5pm Venue: Coal Aston Village Hall, Tel: 01909 563394
Tel: 0161 766 9031 Contact: D T Creasey Coal Aston,
Tel: 0117 953 0637 S18 3AY. Southampton
Wokingham Time: 9.30am-4pm (stamps, postal history,
(stamps, postal history) Sittingbourne Contact: H V Johnson & Co postcards)
Venue: St Crispin’s Centre, (stamps, postal history, Tel: 01909 563394 Venue: Methodist Hall,

St James Road, August 27

Shirley, SO15 5HE. Felbridge
Time: 10am-4pm (stamps, postal history,
Contact: Solent Stamps postcards)
Tel: 01489 582673 Venue: Felbridge Village Hall,
Crawley Down Road,
August 26 RH19 2NT.
Bracknell Time: 10am-3.30pm
(stamps, postal history, Contact: Chris Rapley
postcards) Tel: 07711 677760
Venue: British Red Cross
Centre, 21 Martins Lane, Loughborough
RG12 9EN. (stamps, postal history,
Time: 9am-1pm postcards)
Contact: T Brittain Venue: Charnwood Bowls
Tel: 07957 158299 Club, Browns Lane,
LE11 3HE.
Harrogate Time: 10am-4pm
(stamps, postal history, Contact: JRS Fairs
postcards) Tel: 01785 259350
Venue: Masonic Hall,
Station Avenue, September 1
HG1 5NE. Beckenham
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm (stamps, postal history,
Contact: H Proctor postcards)
Tel: 01282 866562 Venue: Azelia Halls,
Croydon Road, BR3 4DA.
Southport Time: 9am-3pm
(stamps, postal history, Contact: Ray McQuade
postcards) Tel: 020 8395 9285
Venue: Royal Clifton Hotel,
Promenade, PR8 1RB. Deal
Time: 10am-4pm (stamps, postal history,
Contact: Howard Hatton postcards)
Tel: 0161 766 9031 Venue: The Landmark Centre,

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Contact: Howard Hatton postcards) Contact: Chris Proctor Venue: Christ Lutheran Church,
Tel: 0161 766 9031 Venue: Stowmarket Football Tel: 07813 260752 227 Poverest Road,
Club, Bury Road, IP14 1JQ. Petts Wood, BR5 1RD.
sevenoAks Time: 10am-3pm sePtember 8 Contact: Keith Jupp
(stamps, postal history) Contact: David James derby Tel: 07746 124846
Venue: Stag Plaza, London Tel: 01328 855003 (stamps, postal history)
Road, TN13 1ZZ. Venue: Nunsfield House sePtember 9
Time: 10am-4pm sePtember 7 Community Hall, ChesterfieLd
Contact: Robert Uden diss 33 Boulton Road, (stamps, postal history,
Tel: 01303 238807 (stamps, postal history, Alvaston, DE24 0FD. postcards)
postcards) Time: 9.30am-4pm Venue: Chester Street Club,
tAPLoW Venue: Diss Youth & Contact: H V Johnson & Co Chester Street, S40 1DL.
(stamps, postal history, Community Centre, Tel: 01909 563394 Time: 10am-4pm
postcards) 30 Shelfanger Road, Contact: Howard Hatton
Venue: Taplow & Hitcham IP22 4EH. foLkestone Tel: 0161 766 9031
Woman’s Institute Hall, Time: 10am-3pm (stamps, postal history)
Institute Road, Contact: David James Venue: Trinity Church Hall, Weston-suPer-
SL6 0NS. Tel: 01328 855003 Sandgate Road, mAre
Time: 10am-4.30pm CT20 2UQ. (stamps, postal history,
Contact: David Milton London Contact: Peter Barrett postcards)
Tel: 01895 637283 (stamps, postal history, Time: 9am-1.30pm Venue: Victoria Methodist
postcards) Tel: 01304 829827 Church Hall, Station Road,
Worthing Venue: Royal National Hotel, BS23 1XU.
(stamps, postal history, Bedford Way, Russell Square, mArgAte Time: 10am-4pm
postcards) WC1H 0DG. (stamps, postal history) Contact: Michael Hale
Venue: Heene Community Time: 9am-4pm Venue: Union Church, Tel: 01749 677669
Centre, 122 Heene Road, Contact: Kate Puleston Union Crescent,
BN11 4PL. Tel: 020 8946 4489 CT9 1NR. WokinghAm
Time: 10am-3.30pm Time: 9am-3pm (stamps, postal history)
Contact: Chris Rapley stourbridge Contact: Clive Baker Venue: St Crispin’s
Tel: 07711 677760 (stamps, postal history) Tel: 01843 862707 Centre, London Road,
Venue: Methodist Church RG40 1SR.
sePtember 5 Centre, New Road, orPington Time: 10am-3pm
stoWmArket Stourbridge DY8 1PA. (stamps, postal history, Contact: T Brittain
(stamps, postal history, Time: 9.30am-1.30pm postcards) Tel: 07957 158299

129 High Street, CT14 6BB. postcards)

Time: 9am-1pm Venue: Methodist Church
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Tel: 01304 829827 HA4 7BZ.
Time: 10am-4.30pm
hAstings Contact: David Milton
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Venue: Christ Church, sutton CoLdfieLd
London Road, St Leonard’s on (stamps, postal history,
Sea, TN37 6GL. postcards)
Time: 10am-3.30pm Venue: The Trinity Centre,
Contact: Chris Rapley Church Hill, Mill Street,
Tel: 07711 677760 B72 1TF.
Time: 10am-3.30pm
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Venue: St Thomas Community
Centre, Manchester Road, sePtember 2
Longroyd Bridge, HD1 3HU. botLey
Time: 9.30am-4pm (stamps, postal history)
Contact: A Campbell Venue: Women’s Institute,
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LeiCester Time: 9am-1.30pm
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Tel: 0116 2350441 Venue: Mercure Hotel,
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August 8 Contact: John Gledhill sePtember 6 Venue: Mote Park Indoor Centre, Poole Road, Upton, Time: 7.30pm
bromLey & Tel: 01789 842112 burnLey & Bowls Club, Willow Poole, BH16 5JA. Contact: Paul Barry
beCkenhAm Ps distriCt Ps Way, Maidstone, Time: 7.30pm Tel: 01258 821261
The Southern Hemisphere August 28 Recent Acquisitions ME15 7RN. Contact: Michael Mawdsley
Venue: Public Hall, sPALding & Venue: Central Methodist Time: 10.30am Tel: 01202 604741 teLford s&CC
Bromley Road, distriCt sC Church, Hargreaves Street, Contact: Brian Stonestreet First Meeting of the New
Beckenham, BR3 5JE. Another Bloody Railway Burnley BB11 1DU. Tel: 01622 675784 sePtember 10 Season
Time: 7.30pm Part 2 by Peter Pugh Time: 7.30pm ferndoWn & West Venue: Ketley Community
Contact: David Rennie Venue: The Frasier Room, Contact: Dr Barry Evans PooLe, moors P&PC Centre (the Old School),
Tel: 020 8778 7001 Gosberton Road, Surfleet, Tel: 01282 616156 bournemouth & Members’ Displays: Holyhead Road,
PE11 4AB. distriCts s&PC Postcards Telford TF1 5AN.
August 13 Time: 7pm mAidstone & Members’ Displays: Venue: Day Centre, Library Time: 7.30pm
ferndoWn & West Contact: Frank Wilson mid-kent Ps Emergency Services Road, off Victoria Road, Contact: Richard Camp
moors P&PC Tel: 01775 766117 Members Displays: Military Venue: Upton Community Ferndown, BH22 9JP. Tel: 01952 247783
Members’ Displays &
Auction sePtember 3
Venue: Day Centre,
Library Road, off Victoria
PetersfieLd &
distriCt Ps
RoyAL pHILATELIc socIETy LonDon
Road, Ferndown, BH22 9JP. Peace by Grace Davies
Time: 7.30pm Venue: Petersfield Community
Contact: Paul Barry Centre, Love Lane, GU31 4BW. The Royal philatelic society London held a one-frame competition among
Tel: 01258 821261 Time: 7.30pm members for the first time in its 150-year history in July, with 54 entries.
Contact: David Allen Embracing all subjects and classes, it was judged by the votes of the 130
August 14 Tel: 01730 261244 fellows, members and guests in attendance at the Royal’s premises at 41
mineheAd &
distriCt sC tAunton sC
Devonshire place in London
Forces GB Members’ Evening: Letter T The winner of the Devonshire Bowl, kindly donated by Alan Holyoake, was
Venue: Friends Meeting Venue: Kilkenny Court, Richard Hobbs for his display of British propaganda envelopes of the 19th
House, 9 Bancks Street, Clifton Terrace, TA2 7QL. century. The runner-up, and winner of the Devonshire plate, was peter
Minehead, TA24 5DJ. Time: 7.30pm
cockburn, showing the De La Rue foreign bill stamps of ceylon.
Time: 7.30pm Contact: Chris Catley
Contact: J Bayly Tel: 01884 798370
Tel: 01398 341158
sePtember 4
roChdALe Ps bLACkPooL &
AGM & Members’ Displays fyLde Ps
Venue: Unitarian Chapel, Morocco Post Office
Clover Street, OL12 6TP. Venue: Bostonway Community
Time: 7.30pm Centre, FY4 4YB.
Contact: Peter Grimshaw Time: 7.30pm
Tel: 01706 367240 Contact: David Bond
Tel: 01253 767763
August 15
grimsby & sePtember 5
distriCt Ps benfLeet &
Another Bloody Railway distriCt Ps
Part 2 by Peter Pugh My Collection
Venue: Grimsby Central Venue: Jubilee Hall, ABOVE: (left to right) competition organiser Alan Holyoake, Devonshire Bowl winner Richard Hobbs,
Hall, Duncombe Street, St Barnabus Church, RPSL President Patrick Maselis and Devonshire Plate winner Peter Cockburn
DN32 7EG. Church Road,
Time: 7pm Hadleigh, SS7 2EJ.
Contact: Trevor Smith Time: 7.30pm

socIETy FoR poLIsH pHILATELy

Tel: 01469 572354 Contact: Laurence Gardiner
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PooLe,
bournemouth & grimsby & Although its 90 members come
distriCts s&PC distriCt Ps from all over the world, from
Poland at War Members’ Night:
by Albert Jackson Letters S & T canada to Japan, the society
Venue: Upton Community Venue: Grimsby Central Hall, for polish philately in Great
Centre, Poole Road, Duncombe Street, DN32 7EG. Britain holds monthly meetings
Upton, Poole BH16 5JA. Time: 7pm in south London.
Time: 7.30pm Contact: Trevor Smith
Meetings are held at the
Contact: Michael Mawdsley Tel: 01469 572354
Tel: 01202 604741 White Eagle club in Balham
sPALding & High Road on sunday
August 20 distriCt sC afternoons, and new members
south midLAnds Members’ Displays are always welcome.
sC Venue: The Frasier Room,
King George V Gosberton Road, For those who are out of reach of London, the society publishes a bulletin
Venue: Barford Memorial Surfleet, PE11 4AB. called Dylizans four times a year, and holds postal auctions twice a year. For
Hall, Church Street, Time: 2pm further details contact the chairman, Jan Korzeniowski. Tel: 01322 273072.
Barford, CV35 8EN. Contact: Frank Wilson
Time: 1.30pm Tel: 01775 766117

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PART 2
The Cynicism of Bean-Counter’s C T O…
Or, What Happens When You Order a Fine Used New Issue?
On a bright Spring day in April 1973 (or was
it March), the first day I started full-time in
stamps working from a small office and cellar
on the Kilburn High Road, north-west London,
beside the ‘Brondesbury’ bridge, I remember
handling cancelled to order (CTO) stamps
from, of all countries, ‘Spanish Equatorial
Guinea’. (By the way, I found a missing colour
on one of the sheets of football stamps, but
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Now, there was no pretence that these CTO
used stamps would ever ‘grace’ an envelope
to be sent through the postal system. They
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‘face’ value denomination printed upon them
was of no material consequence. Doubtless the
convenient CTO ‘postmark’ was printed upon
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printed – such process is so much quicker and
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cancelled stamp in their collections – I find this
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which cost pennies to print. If they’re not to be
postally used I find it cynical that postmarks
are printed on ‘fine used’ stamps and sold for
full price, don’t you?
Do you remember the days when the
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over the counter – or you posted a registered
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