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IN THIS ISSUE
It’s an obvious truth that postage stamps
reflect the culture and preoccupations of
the countries which issue them. But they
also, of course, reflect the time period in
which they were issued.
In the classic era, many of the early stamp-issuing
entities were monarchies or empires, and considered
it natural to portray their regal heads of state. Then
and later, the growing number of republics preferred
heraldic or allegorical figures as their national
symbols. These in turn have largely had their day,
and definitive stamps are now more likely to feature
indigenous flora and fauna.
In the early days of special issues, commemorating
events and anniversaries was the preoccupation.
After the world wars, there was a trend towards
international cooperation, reflected in stamps
celebrating global organisations and their projects,
from promoting trade to eradicating disease.
Since the dawn of this century, new agendas have
come to the fore. The health of people has been less
of a priority (except during the pandemic) than the
health of the planet. Promoting the economy has
given way to protecting the ecology. Designs simply
illustrating wildlife have given way to issues focusing
on the need to preserve biodioversity.
The ‘green’ theme is already so large that it would
challenge any collector. But our main feature this
month (see page 40) examines some of the more
imaginative ways in which it is being tackled, by 40 Modern stamp issues raising conservation themes in imaginative ways
postal administrations around the globe.
These stamps are not only touchy-feely, but also
smelly-tasty, sometimes even audible. They’re a
21st-century response to a 21st-century concern.
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CONTENTS
OCTOBER 2022 | Volume 88, Number 10 | www.stampmagazine.co.uk
90 How a dull 1960 commemoration produced ground-breaking stamps 113 Secrets of the first issue of Naples
84 Sorting 1945’s postal backlog 20 Our verdict on the new Transformers issue from Royal Mail 14 Auction highlights from around the world
FEATURES 35 DEVIL’S ADVOCATE COMPETITIONS

Self-destructive policy-making has
spread from political parties to
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The most dynamic excite your some extremely high values
senses of sight, touch, smell,
hearing and even taste 90 EARLY ELIZABETHANS ‘No longer publicly owned,
The 1960 stamps marking the first
84 THE POSTAL anniversary of CEPT were Britain’s Royal Mail has become one of the
BACKLOG OF 1945 first two-colour commemoratives
Victory in World War II was world’s worst-run companies’
edging closer, but Britain had a 95 VICTORIANA
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WORLD NEWS
Extra attractions at a
revitalised Stampex
Britain’s biggest annual philatelic event,
Stampex, takes place in London from
Wednesday, September 28, to Saturday,
October 1.
The organiser, the Philatelic Traders’
Society, promises more stands and more
attractions than last year, when the event
was making a welcome but tentative
comeback after the coronavirus pandemic.
More than 80 dealers, auction houses and
businesses have booked places, and at Bill
Barrell’s stand visitors can have their
Penny Blacks and Penny Reds plated free of
charge, and oxidised line-engraved stamps
treated by experts.
The exhibition space will comprise more
than 250 frames, including entries in the
national exhibition run by the Association of
British Philatelic Societies.
The Court of Honour showcases
Christopher Harman’s collection of
‘Chalon heads’, stamps from around the
British Empire featuring the Alfred Chalon
portrait of Queen Victoria.
The auditorium will host four talks each On the Saturday a host of societies will A new attraction is the first ever
day, with speakers slated to include Chris be holding meetings, including the ‘#xtremephilately’ exhibition, celebrating
Taft from The Postal Museum, Richard Great Britain Philatelic Society, the the growing craze of photographing a stamp
Morel from the British Library, Daniel Philatelic Congress Study Group and the alongside the object, scene or person that
Piazza from the Smithsonian National Ceylon Study Circle. Since it is World inspired it, and sharing it on social media. A
Postal Museum and Ian Shapiro of Spink. Postcard Day, there will also be a special display will include pieces from
These will be streamed live online. Postcrossing event. leading proponents, with an interactive
element to encourage you to join in.
For children, Stamp Active is running the
Youth Zone as usual, with its popular
auction at 2pm on the Saturday.
DETAILS
Stampex International takes place
at its usual venue, the Business
Design Centre, at 52 Upper Street,
Islington. The nearest London
Underground station is Angel.
Opening times are 10.30am to
5.30pm on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, with an earlier closure
at 4pm on the Saturday.
There is a £10 fee (which
includes a show guide) on the
opening day, but entry is free on
the other days.
For the latest information visit
www.stampexinternational.com

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Latest anti-Russian NEWS IN BRIEF
issue from Ukraine > Prakob Chirakiti

from Thailand was
elected President of
the Fédération
Ukraine’s latest propaganda stamps illustrate a hobbled Russian Internationale de
tank being towed away at sunset by a Ukrainian tractor. Philatélie at the
Inscribed ‘Good Evening, We Are From Ukraine’, the much 76th FIP congress in
Jakarta, Indonesia.
anticipated issue comprises two stamps in different formats, valued
‘M’ for domestic mail and ‘W’ for international mail, released on > The World Stamp
July 28. They are printed in the colours of the national flag.
As with the celebrated ‘Russian Warship, Go F*** Yourself’
James Webb Championship
award at the
Indonesia 2022
release in April (June issue, page 8), the design was the result of an
open competition followed by a public vote on social media.
space telescope international
exhibition went to
The winning design by Anastasia Bondarets, said to be based on a
real event near Mykolayiv, was one of more than 1,500 entries, and in sharp focus William Kwan with
an exhibit of Hong
Kong designs,
received 834,000 votes.
proofs, specimens
Printed in quantities of two and three million, the stamps are The James Webb Space Telescope, which and archival
available from most post offices in Ukraine, and online. Restrictions is giving scientists a better view of the material.
were placed on the number of sheets that could be bought by an universe than ever before, has been
individual, to limit speculation, but as before there has been celebrated with a stamp issue by the > New Zealand
withdrew a stamp
extensive trading on internet auction sites. United States.
issue marking the
The single Forever stamp illustrates its 50th anniversary of
gigantic mirror lens, with its 18 precision- the Maori Language
made gold-coated segments. Petition, after it had
Launched in December 2021, JWST is in been printed but
before its planned
a distant Earth orbit, about a million miles issue date at the
away, collecting infrared light. It has start of August. It
already begun to send back ‘deep field’ said the decision
images (long exposures which capture the was made following
‘feedback from key
faint glow of extremely distant objects),
stakeholders’.
effectively allowing astronomers to peer
back 13 billion years in time, almost as far > The Crawford
as the ‘Big Bang’. Medal for the most
The telescope is a $10bn joint project valuable contribution
to the study of
involving NASA, the Canadian Space philately in book
Agency and the European Space Agency. form has been
awarded by the Royal
Philatelic Society
Refreshing approach Heroic women London to Guillermo

Gallegos and Joseph
Hahn, for The 19th
to the SEPAC theme on the stamps Century Issues of El

Salvador, 1867-1900.
This year’s SEPAC omnibus theme of

locally produced beverages offered
of Tunisia > Stanley Gibbons
has published a new
edition of its New
participating countries a mouth- Tunisia marked its Zealand &
watering opportunity to plug national women’s Dependencies
catalogue, the first
specialist local produce, from fruit day by mounting a
for six years,
juice to beer. But two of them have four-day stamp including dozens of
simply chosen to feature water. exhibition in Tunis newly listed errors
Liechtenstein’s design celebrates honouring Tunisian and varieties. It is
drinking water from the tap, a women. priced £29.95.
luxury which it notes is unimaginable The most historic > Thailand has
for people living in many other parts was Al-Kahina, the become the first
of the world. Berber warrior- country in south-
Greenland’s features water from queen who ruled all east Asia to issue
crypto stamps. A
the Arctic ice sheet, which is bottled of north-west Africa
limited edition of
and sold both for domestic and in the 7th century, successfully resisting 50,000 parcel
international consumption. Muslim expansion. stamps, sold at
SEPAC is the Small European The latest was Ons Jabeur, who became 140b, have scratch
Postal Administrations Cooperation, the first African and first Arab female codes which can be
used to redeem a
which has 13 members. The omnibus tennis player to reach a Grand Slam singles non-fungible token
can be purchased in an annual final at Wimbledon this year, and has been (NFT) with unique
presentation pack. celebrated on a 2022 issue. artwork.

WORLD NEWS
NEW ISSUE
Speaking the ancient

language of Jersey
ersey has produced a charming stamp the iconic lighthouse on the south-west designated 2022-32 as the International
J issue celebrating Jèrriais, the

traditional language of the island.
A variant of the Norman language,
coast of the island. The original Jèrriais
name for La Corbière is Corbiéthe, which
translates literally as ‘a place where crows
Decade of Indigenous Languages, to draw
attention to the fact that many of the world’s
ancient languages are in danger of falling
Jèrriais is the national dialect of Jersey, and congregate’. out of use and need positive action to
naturally it has played an integral role in The designs are by Jersey artist Ron preserve and revitalise them.
shaping the island’s distinctive culture and Mills, whose paper-cutting style gives them Among the other British islands to
heritage. an attractive texture. They were printed by respond to this has been Guernsey, with a
Until the 20th century, it was spoken by bPost in Belgium, in offset lithography with set of stamps issued in April portraying
the majority of the population. Even as late metallic silver ink. some of the last remaining speakers of the
as World War II, most of the rural The United Nations Educational, Scientific Guernsey patois and some basic phrases in
population could still communicate in the & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has Alderney patois.
language. In practice, few people speak it
today, although individual phrases endure.
The designs present some simple words
related to the natural environment,
including geological features, each with a
phonetic spelling and a definition.
The 56p value features Le Branquage, ‘the
twice annual trimming and inspection of
roadside vegetation’, and the 82p Lé Côti, ‘a
steeply sloping south-facing hill, often
facing the sea’.
The 91p illustrates Le Vrai, ‘seaweed
collected and used as agricultural
compost’, while the £1.20 defines La Rocque
as ‘Jersey granite’, which is described as
‘red, pink and grey in colour’ and ‘volcanic
in origin’.
The £1.37 value focuses on La Mielle, ‘the
sand dunes in St Ouen’s Bay’ which are a
site of special natural interest, and the
£1.75 La Grève, the beach, noting that
‘Jersey has 12 major beaches and over 50
miles of coastline’.
There is also a miniature sheet with a
single £4 stamp illustrating La Corbière,

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Details correct at time of going to press
AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
GREAT BRITAIN 1867

5s ‘specimen’ pane
The biggest realisation at Stanley Gibbons’
auction on July 26-28 was for a pane of Great
Britain high values with ‘Specimen’ overprints
from the reign of Queen Victoria.
The complete pane of 20 of the 1867-83 5s pale
rose, showing sheet number ‘294’ in the top left
margin, was handstamped with the ‘Specimen’
type 9 overprint in black.
Surface-printed by De La Rue from plate 2, the
stamps had the Maltese Cross watermark (later
printings had the Large Anchor watermark) and
were perforated 15½ x 15.
At the time of its issue in July 1867, the 5s was
the highest value British stamp yet. Higher values
of 10s and £1 did not follow until much later, in
1878.
This stunning exhibition piece had some
perforation separation and a few creases, but
fresh colour and almost full original gum.
SOLD BY STANLEY GIBBONS £14,000
INDIA 1948 NICARAGUA 1880

Rare presentation folder Mixed franking
A rare and unusual item offered at Cherrystone’s sale on July 12-14 A spectacular cover which came up for sale at Soler y Llach in Spain
was a presentation folder of India’s 1948 First Anniversary of on July 19 featured a very rare mixed franking, including Great
Independence set, which doubled as a Mahatma Gandhi Britain stamps used in Nicaragua.
memorial issue. Posted from Granada in Nicaragua to Paris in France on
The set of four, all with ‘Specimen’ overprints, were affixed on December 7, 1880, it was initially franked with the 5c black and 25c
gold-foil pages in a handsome black velvet folder produced by the green of Nicaragua, cancelled by a barred obliterator in black, with
Indian Posts & Telegraphs Department, with the cover dated the Granada circular datestamp in blue alongside.
August 15, 1948. At the British post office in Grey-Town, a Great Britain 1870-79
The 10r top value was mounted on the first page, with the 1½a, 1½d lake (from plate 3) and 1880 1s orange-brown (from plate 13)
3½a and 12a values inside. The 12a had minor damage at the were affixed over the original franking, and cancelled on December
bottom, but there was none of the toning and discolouration which 15. The reverse of the cover has an indistinct London transit mark of
affects other examples of this folder. January 1881.
This was independent India’s first commemorative set, and the The Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, known as the ‘mosquito coast’,
only one printed outside India, by Courvoisier. Very few presentation was served by British West Indian packet boats. The British post
folders were produced, but two different styles are recorded. office had been established in the 1850s, and British stamps were
used from 1865 until 1882, when Nicaragua joined the Universal
SOLD BY CHERRYSTONE £8,253 Postal Union.
Grey-Town was the English name for San Juan del Norte.
SOLD BY SOLER & LLACH £4,627

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Prices quoted exclude buyers’ premiums
BRITISH SOLOMON AUSTRALIA 1913

ISLANDS 1939-51 5s with marginal monogram
2½d perforation error The top realisation in
the Abacus sale of
A star attraction at Stanley Gibbons’ worldwide auction was this August 3-5 was for a
British Solomon Islands perforation error from the reign of rare example of a
King George VI. monogram marginal
The vertical pair of the 1939-51 2½d magenta and sage-green, from the first issue of
with its classic image of a Roviana canoe, was imperforate Australia’s famous
horizontally, a much sought-after variety catalogued by Gibbons Kangaroo & Map
itself at £26,000. series.
This example The 5s grey and
was unmounted yellow from the ‘first
mint, with fresh watermark’ series of
appearance and 1913-14, printed by J B
original gum. Cooke from plate 2,
All known featured the ‘CA’
examples of the (Commonwealth of
error are thought Australia) monogram in
to come from the the lower margin.
same sheet. Those Showing the ‘dark
from the first two back on kangaroo’
rows are variety, it had an
perforated imperfection in the
between the top form of an ironed-out
stamp and the vertical crease. More
margin. importantly, this is one
of only two mint
SOLD BY examples recorded.
STANLEY
GIBBONS SOLD BY ABACUS
£12,500 £10,922
NEW ZEALAND 1899

Pigeon Post overprints
A unique sheet of carriage labels from the Great
Barrier Island pigeon post service was a highlight of
Spink’s sale of the Robin Gwynn collection of New
Zealand on July 26.
The unused sheet of 12 of the 1s green-blue was
overprinted ‘Marotiri/Pigeongram’ for use at the
Marotiri Copper Mines in 1899.
It has full selvedge at top and right, and the stamps
are without gum, as issued. The first column shows
‘Marotiri’ set about ½mm to the right in comparison
with other stamps, and the second row shows the
overprint offset on the reverse.
This exhibition piece is thought to be unique as an
intact sheet, because only 240 stamps were printed.
It is also of particular importance in that it clearly
proves that there are two settings of the overprint;
the variety is not yet listed in the Campbell Paterson
catalogue.
Great Barrier Island is 50 miles north-east of
Auckland. The pigeon post was established in 1897 to
improve communications with the mainland, which
were limited to a weekly visit by a steamship, and
terminated when a telegraph cable was laid in 1908.
SOLD BY SPINK £11,000

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GB COLLECTOR
NEW ISSUE
Merchandising becomes
aggressive and robotic!
oyal Mail released a stamp issue on franchise, following Star Wars in 2015-19,
R
1st class OPTIMUS PRIME
September 1 devoted to Game of Thrones in 2018, Marvel in 2019, The strongest and wisest Autobot, with an
Transformers, the fictional alien Star Trek in 2020 and DC Collection in 2021. unflinching sense of justice, it was Optimus
robots which can morph into machinery Eight stamps from gummed counter Prime who led the fightback against the
and weapons. sheets depict Autobots and Decepticons in Decepticons when war broke out.
A media franchise owned by American battle scenes, in four se-tenant pairs with
company Hasbro and Japanese company composite backgrounds. 1st class MEGATRON
Takara Tomy, Transformers started as Each stamp is additionally printed with Highly intelligent but utterly merciless,
children’s toys and an animated television the character’s name (in the Cybertronian Megatron is the tyrannical leader of the
series in 1984. Comic books, computer alphabet) and faction logo, visible only Decepticons, equipped with a huge
games and films have since been added. under ultraviolet light. arm-mounted cannon with which he hopes
Plots revolve around battles between the Each design can also be scanned by the to obliterate his enemies.
heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, in Royal Mail app to trigger a clip from the
a civil war which has spread from the planet original animated television series. 1st class BUMBLEBEE
Cybertron to the Earth. Storylines within There is also a self-adhesive miniature Although small and physically weak,
the various media have been inconsistent, sheet of five stamps featuring Dinobots, a Bumblebee’s abilities as a messenger and
with new generations of characters, sub-group of Autobots whose alternative spy make him one of the most valuable
sequels, prequels and reboots. modes take the form of mechanised Autobots, although his misplaced self-
Royal Mail emphasises the significance of dinosaurs. doubt can lead to risk-taking behaviour.
Marvel UK’s The Transformers comic in The illustrations were created exclusively
Britain, which published 332 issues from for Royal Mail by comic artists Andrew 1st class STARSCREAM
1984-91 and launched the careers of a Wildman (pencils), Stephen Baskerville The scheming, arrogant Starscream is a
succession of British writers and artists. (inks) and John-Paul Bove (colours), who shockingly brutal warrior, especially in the
But that fails to disguise the fact that the worked on the UK comic books. skies, but also traitorous and determined to
stamp issue is yet another piece of Designed by The Chase, the stamps were usurp Megatron as leader of the
merchandising based on a foreign media printed in litho by Cartor Security Printers. Decepticons.

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£1.85 GRIMLOCK
Despite being gruff and belligerent, the
Autobot anti-hero Grimlock is also fiercely
loyal, at least to his fellow Dinobots.
Associating eloquence with weakness, he
hides his intelligence behind simple
speech patterns.
£1.85 SHOCKWAVE
An occasional leader of the Decepticons,
Shockwave is ruled by calculating logic.
He would be considered emotionless were
it not for his deep hatred of the Autobots,
and Dinobots in particular.
£1.85 ARCEE
The most prominent female Autobot,
Arcee is as deadly with swords as she is
with firearms, risking her life to protect
Autobots and humans alike. Behind her
no-nonsense attitude, however, is a dry triceratops, is mean-spirted and always featured on the stamps.
sense of humour. spoiling for a fight. A press sheet of 12 unguillotined
miniature sheets is limited to a print run of
£1.85 SOUNDWAVE 2nd class SWOOP just 200, individually numbered.
As the Decepticons’ spymaster, the stoic Swoop, a Dinobot who takes the form of a Besides the usual stamp cards and first
and unknowable Soundwave is Megatron’s pterodactyl, is upbeat but arrogant and day covers, there is a choice of two medal
most trusted lieutenant, using his mind- disobedient. covers with colour-printed silver-plated
reading abilities to extract information and medals, and many other associated
blackmail his rivals. 1st class SLUDGE products (see page 22).
Sludge, a Dinobot who takes the form of a
MINIATURE SHEET brontosaurus, throws his weight around but
1st class SLUG has a reputation for being dim-witted. VERDICT
Slug, a Dinobot who takes the form of a
£1.85 SNARL COMMEMORATIVE WORTH
Snarl, a Dinobot who takes the form of a This issue is inspired not by the desire
PRICES stegosaurus, is grumpy and to commemorate but by merchandising
uncommunicative but loves warfare. opportunities
Set of 8 stamps £11.20
1st class GRIMLOCK QUALITY OF DESIGN
Miniature sheet £5.38
Grimlock, a Dinobot who takes the form of a Original work was commissioned by
Press sheet £64.56 tyrannosaurus rex, is the powerful but specialist comic book artists, yet the
Presentation pack £17.50 reckless leader who cares deeply about images look posed and samey
Stamp cards £6.30 his crew.
First day cover (stamps) £14.10 WOW FACTOR

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS
First day cover (mini sheet) £7.10 Transformers fans may bag some
The presentation pack, written by comic
stamps and merchandise; others will
Medal covers from £19.99 book writer James Roberts, explores the
look on, bemused
back story of each of the characters

GB COLLECTOR
Transformers issue has

a prestige stamp book...
The Transformers stamp issue is accompanied by a 24-page to include definitives with data matrix codes, the Machins’ security
prestige stamp book, written by comic book writer James Roberts, overlay includes the source code ‘MPIL’ as well as the year code
which has five panes of stamps. ‘M22L’. This suggests that the omission of the source code in the
Two gummed panes feature the eight Transformers stamps, in previous book was an error.
se-tenant blocks of four. Two facing self-adhesive panes have the There are hidden messages throughout the book printed in
Dinobots stamps, in the same arrangement as the miniature sheet ultraviolet ink using the Cybertronian alphabet.
but with a sketched border. A further self-adhesive pane has two £1 Whilst the standard PSB is priced £21,25, there is also a
and two 50p Machin definitives, along with two non-postal labels. limited-edition version (with a print-run of 1,984), with a different
Unlike the Unsung Heroes PSB issued in May, which was the first front cover and a bespoke slipcase, priced £49.99
...plus collector’s
and fan sheets
Also accompanying the Transformers issue are a
collector’s sheet and three ‘fan sheets’, available
only from the philatelic service in Edinburgh.
The collector’s sheet has one each of the counter
sheet designs, but self-adhesive rather than
gummed. They are paired with eight labels
reproduced from published comic books.
The fan sheets each comprise three identical
gummed stamps with a border reproducing a vintage
British comic book cover from the 1980s. They come
in numbered print-runs limited to 5,000.
One of the fan sheets focuses on Optimus Prime,
one on Bumblebee and one on Megatron. They are
priced £7 each.
Stamp replicas as silver ingots

For the sixth time in three years, the merchandising surrounding a Royal Mail stamp
issue includes metallic replicas.
Silver-plated ingots of both the Optimus Prime and Bumblebee designs in the
Transformers set reproduce the stamp image on one side, in colour, and part of a comic
strip on the reverse, with frosted finishing. Both have ‘perforated’ edges.
Sold in a protective display capsule, in limited editions of 5,000, these ingots are
priced £24.99 each.

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Old font error returns NEWS IN BRIEF
to haunt new Wales > Around 115,000

Royal Mail workers
who are members of
country definitive the Communication
Workers Union were
due to take strike
The new Wales 1st class country definitive, issued on August 11, action on August 26,
August 31,
has been discovered with a typeface error. September 8 and
On first day covers serviced by Royal Mail, it has been spotted September 9, in a
with the old (1999-2016) sans-serif font for ‘af’, the Welsh dispute over pay.
language equivalent of ‘st’, rather than the revised serif font
(adopted in 2017).
> Post Office
employees were also
First reported by dealer Norvic Philatelics, the variety is thought due to strike on
to come from a special coil printing, of the type which is often August 26, 27 and 30,
made for self-adhesive stamps destined for use on Royal Mail first affecting crown post
day covers. It is therefore thought unlikely that it will be discovered offices as well as
administration and
in counter sheets. supply chain staff.
This is not the first time such an error has affected the Wales 1st
NORVIC PHILATELICS
class value. A 2019 printing of its previous incarnation, gummed > Slogan postmarks
and with no data matrix code, used the old font for both ‘af’ and ‘st’ deployed in August
included
(August 2019, p23). Then, as now, the printer was Cartor.
‘Congratulations
The error has not been reported on the Wales 2nd class, which is England! Women’s
the only other bilingual stamp in the new country definitive series. European Football
Champions’ in the
first week of the
month, and later
Pride parade ‘Use up your
non-barcoded
stamps by 31
promo posters January 2023’.
> It was alleged in

Royal Mail commissioned a series of the House of
posters, placards and lorry banners for an Commons in July
advertising campaign linked to LGBTQ+ that Royal Mail
Pride parades in August. delivery offices
across the country
These used Machin definitives to are routinely
illustrate flags and balloons in rainbow delivering to many
colours, with the slogan ‘Delivering With addresses only on
alternate days, due
Pride’, for parades in Brighton, Cardiff and
Birmingham. Send a video message to failures in a
restructuring
Royal Mail staff have been entering floats
in such events since 2016. with a birthday card scheme.
> Postboxes in
Users of data matrix coded stamps can now send birthday cards Birmingham (the
host city), London,
with an additional video message from Shaun the Sheep, if both the Edinburgh, Cardiff
sender and recipient have downloaded the Royal Mail app. and Belfast were
The sender can scan the code to select ‘Happy Birthday’, and the redecorated in pink
recipient can scan it to watch an animation by Aardman Studios. and purple for the
Commonwealth
This is the second in a series of planned videos intended to
Games, with
publicise the migration to digitally coded stamps. encouraging
messages to
participating teams.
New look trialled for > Royal Mail’s

annual report
Post Office datestamps revealed that its

chief executive
Simon Thompson
received a bonus of
The Post Office is trialling a new design
£142,000, even
of self-inking counter datestamp. though the
The circular border is not a solid line company’s share
NORVIC PHILATELICS
but spells out ‘Post Office’ in Morse code, price has

reading clockwise from the top. plummeted and the
regulator Ofcom is
An example has been reported in use at investigating its
Boscombe East post office, near failure to meet its
Bournemouth in Dorset. delivery targets.

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YOUR VIEWS
LETTER OF THE MONTH
An old-school cover producer who

has catalogued his own work
In further response to your feature on British
first day covers of 1964-99 (July issue, page 38),
some of your readers may remember that I ran a
long-standing FDC service during this period,
and I have just published an illustrated listing in
GET IN TOUCH book form.
I started as a schoolboy in 1957, with the
covers raising money for the junior stamp club
These pages are devoted to giving that I helped to run, Newlands Road Philatelic
you the opportunity to have your Society in Tunbridge Wells. This was active from
say. Whether you want to praise or 1953-67, with the distinction that it was never
complain, suggest or advise, add run by adults.
information or correct it, or just get When I became a teacher, I carried on with my
something off your chest, we’d love FDC service under the name of Philcovers, now
to hear from you. raising money for the stamp clubs that I ran in
Send your letters to: the five schools where I taught. Philcovers was
Stamp Magazine, David Hall active from 1967-83, typically producing about
Publishing Ltd, Suite 6G, Eden 120 covers for each stamp issue.
House, Enterprise Way, The book tells the basic story, and lists every
Edenbridge, Kent TN8 6HF one of the covers I printed and serviced over the
27 years, with illustrations in colour and recent eBay prices where known.
Or send an e-mail to: Often I see my old covers offered on eBay for more than those from the professional
guy.thomas@dhpub.co.uk producers. This book will be useful for anyone who wants to collect them or sell them.
The Editor reads all letters, but is It is available for £10.99 plus postage. E-mail: chris@philatelic.org.uk
unable to answer them all Chris Phillips, Scarborough
personally. We reserve the right to
edit letters for publication.
Young people may never again have traditional
stamp collections, but will they go digital?
Why did the private
Buying new stamp issues from a post office interested in collecting stamps, as was once
FDC producers stop? doesn’t make young people into collectors. the case, although they could perhaps get
They are probably buying it because they interested in digital collections. If you can
Your report on first day covers (July issue, are fans of the particular film, book, group have works of art and coins with no physical
page 38) produced by lesser-known or game that is the theme of the issue. existence, then why not stamps?
companies and individuals attracted plenty I don’t think the young will ever again be Keith Bone, London
of response. It also led to me relocating and
re-examining my own collection.
I collected for many years, but realised
that very few of my covers (apart from those
with rare handstamps) would tempt any
professional dealer.
Why did private producers stop producing
covers? Some small companies were
absorbed by bigger ones, and others
probably disappeared due to retirement or
just a change of professional focus.
But I am sure one reason was the
plethora of new issues, which must surely
have led to a hobby becoming a chore.
When I stopped buying a cover for every
new stamp issue, I was spending around
£100 per year, but to do the same now would
probably cost around £500.
With eBay prices typically around £5 plus
postage for items which originally cost £20,
modern covers are certainly not a good
investment for the next generation.
William Pascoe, Warminster

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SOAPBOX
Might the addressee on that unassuming cover have an interesting biography?
Historical research can open doors to unexpected discoveries, says Russ Walker
It’s a bit of a hobby

horse of mine, but too
many traditional
collectors limit
themselves to the
postal element of their
covers, without paying
much attention to the
addressee. As a result,
postal history
collections contain
fascinating stories
which are just waiting
to be uncovered.
It reminds me of the
television programme
Who Do You Think You
Are? You think you
know the featured
personality, but only
superficially; their
back story often turns
out to be far more ABOVE: Cover of August 31, 1938, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a cadet at a naval college in Flensburg, Germany
interesting than you
had imagined. and in 1942 she sank the British aircraft flights to South America.
carrier HMS Eagle during the operation Argentina was home to a large
NAVAL CADET to resupply Malta. German community, including Deckert’s
When I acquired this 1938 airmail cover At that point, Deckert was promoted family, and during the 1930s Nazi
from Argentina to Germany, what caught from Watch Officer to Commander. Germany had established close
my eye was the addressee. Horst connections with industrialists, military
Deckert appeared to be a cadet at U-BOAT COMMANDER leaders and the government.
Germany’s Marineschule (naval college) Under Deckert’s command, U-73 was The address on the reverse of the
in Flensburg. involved in attacks on Allied shipping cover appears in a CIA report noting that
Since the letter was sent shortly engaged in Operation Torch, the invasion it was the home of Kurt Deckert, and
before the outbreak of World War II, I of French North Africa. She sank a was suspected of links with the German
decided to investigate whether number of smaller vessels, but narrowly intelligence service.
Deckert had a notable war record. As it missed the battleship HMS Rodney. It would appear that the Deckerts were
turned out, he had a very interesting Her luck ran out when she was hunted very closely linked to the Nazi network
career indeed. down by three American destroyers off in Argentina, which included Fritz
Oran, Algeria, in December 1943. Some Mandl, the Austrian munitions
RAPID RISER 34 of the crew were rescued, including millionaire who was a major contributor
Born in Hannover in 1918, he moved with Deckert. to Juan Perón’s presidential campaign
his family to Buenos Aires, Argentina, in His interrogation report noted that (and also the ex-husband of the actress
1925, where his father was the director Deckert was an efficient officer with Hedy Lamarr), and Josef Mengele, the
of a textiles company. burning persional ambition. He refused infamous physician at the Auschwitz
Apparently leaving family behind in to divulge any information, and gave the concentration camp.
Argentina, he returned to Germany in impression of being a fanatical Nazi.
1936 and enrolled in the Kriegsmarine FALSE IDENTITY
(navy) in April 1937. After completing his NAZI REFUGEE Some sources claim that Horst Deckert
training, he was thrust straight into war, The next trace of Deckert that I found died in 1988, aged 69, but a US naval
appointed as a midshipman on the was in the book The Real Odessa: How author, Franklyn E Dailey Jr, claims he
submarine U-73 in 1940. Perón Brought The Nazi War Criminals To had correspondence with him in the
U-73 carried out 15 patrols in the Argentina, by Uki Gone. years 2001-04, by which time he was
North Atlantic and the Mediterranean It says that a Deckert entered living and working in the USA under the
between early 1941 and late 1943, Switzerland illegally in spring 1947, and name Harry Decker.
sinking four Allied warships and eight left for Argentina in July. Apparently It seems he was one of many Nazis
merchant ships. some Swiss officials were accepting who had ways of staying under the radar
In 1941 she was involved in trying to bribes for residence documents until the very end.
save the stricken battleship Bismarck, which then allowed Nazis to board Russ Walker

YOUR VIEWS
Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference covers show precision timing

I very much enjoyed your feature on the 1957 Inter-Parliamentary a Conference envelope. Note that his name was Stoddart-Scott, not
Union Conference stamp issue (July issue, page 58). I have always Stoddart-Smith as stated in your feature.
had a soft spot for this stamp, as it straddles both commemoratives Interestingly, you will see from the postmark on the envelope
and definitives. (3.30pm) and the one you illustrated (7.15pm) that postmarks were
I have in my collection a letter from the son of the Chairman of the timed during the day.
Conference, on Conference notepaper, enclosing a first day cover on Ian Balcombe, via e-mail
Always Another old definitive

check the that was incorrectly
packaging deemed invalid
I received my In response to Ian Winterbotham’s letter
presentation pack of (July issue, page 28) about being asked to
the Pride stamp pay to receive a letter with a perfectly valid
issue direct from stamp on it, my local sorting office tried to
Royal Mail’s play the same trick on me.
philatelic service. I received a note saying I had to pay a £2
You would have fee as the 2nd class stamp on mail
thought that they addressed to me was ‘invalid’. I asked our
might have nice postie if I could see the envelope
considered the before I paid anything, and she kindly
envelope a little obliged. There was nothing wrong with it.
more carefully! She tried to explain about the elliptical
Vic Darlington, perfs being missing, and the lack of a
Alresford security overlay. I explained that the stamp
was old but perfectly valid.
The next day it was delivered, with the
Broken contract? Extensive coverage ‘to pay’ fee cancelled.
Dee Pullan, Heathfield
When Royal Mail sells a customer a stamp, Thank you to all the staff for the work they
it is entering into a contract. One buys the put into Stamp Magazine. I get great
stamp to pay the fee, and the postal service pleasure reading it each month. National vanity?
delivers the letter. Is this not a contract? Since you can cover every aspect of the
So, what right does Royal Mail have to human experience, and every country in Personally, I’ve never seen any use for
‘demonetise’ stamps which have been paid the world, including many that no longer country definitives. That each UK region
for and are perfectly legal to use? exist, you probably have a wider choice of should have its own stamps is vanity.
If the currency changed (as with material than every other editor! They don’t really serve a purpose, except
decimalisation) or a law was passed, I can David Burbage, Neath that they give Royal Mail something else to
see the necessity, but in this case? tempt stamp collectors to buy.
Richard Camp, Wellington That is certainly a big attraction of the job! -Ed Ray Howes, Weymouth

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DEVIL’S ADVOCATE
DEATH WISH?
Our parliamentary correspondent thought the political parties were masters of the art
of self-destruction. But then he considered the decision-making of the postal services
THE AUTHOR
I
n the mid-1980s a group of is better placed to taker the Post Office’s treatment of its
John Crace is
friends got together and Conservatives out of power for a own people. It knew early on a GB collector
decided it was time losers decade or more. that its Horizon software was specialising in
got the recognition they But even the political parties defective, but chose to keep early booklet
panes, and
deserved. The world is just too will have trouble stealing a taking honest sub-postmasters a newspaper
full of success stories, they Darwin Award away from our to court to pass on the blame. columnist
thought, so let’s hear it for the old friends, the Post Office and Many of them went bankrupt
abject failures. Royal Mail. trying to pay off the government-owned Post Office
Thus the tongue-in-cheek The most egregious piece of discrepancies. Others went to has done nothing to punish those
Darwin Awards were born, bad management you will see in prison or committed suicide. It’s responsible. Bonuses have even
primarily to celebrate those any organisation has been the a national scandal, and yet the been paid. The silence of the
whose idiocy had actually cost apparatchiks shames us all.
them their lives — because by Royal Mail is no longer
writing their genes out of human publicly owned, but has
history they were, to put it in ploughed its own furrow
evolutionary terms, doing their towards being one of the world’s
bit to ensure the survival of LABOUR PARTY worst-run companies.
the fittest. Not 25 years ago it was a
The Darwin Awards are well-loved institution,
usually handed out to deceased something of which we were
individuals, but there’s a strong proud. Now, as letter deliveries
argument for extending the
CONSERVATIVE PARTY get slower and stamp issues
eligibility to moribund more frivolous, its name is dirt.
organisations. If that were the The latest nail in the coffin of
case, there would be many British philately came when it
British institutions currently in POST OFFICE announced recently that it was
contention. stopping publication of the
As the political sketch writer Philatelic Bulletin after 59 years.
for The Guardian, I’m well aware It seems it could no longer keep
that politics is a rich seam. the subscription magazine
When the Labour party ROYAL MAIL relevant by co-ordinating
elected Jeremy Corbyn as its embargoes on the
leader, it appeared to most announcement of new stamp
outsiders as if it had a death issues with its print deadlines.
wish. There was never going to The stupidity is baffling. Just
be a Labour government under LA POSTE change the embargoes! It’s not
Corbyn, and it’s taken seven as if most new issues are
years to make the party market-sensitive, or that anyone
relevant again. other than collectors are that
One thing that helped was the interested. Why not just make
Conservatives acquiring a death ABOVE: Which of these organisations is most deserving of a Darwin Award decisions to benefit philatelists
wish of their own. There was a for risking its future through sheet stupidity. Cast your vote now! for once?
general feeling that David Perhaps only the French
Cameron was the worst post-
war prime minister, until along
‘When it comes to moribund postal service has a greater
death wish. La Poste has
came Theresa May, who organisations, perhaps only the French announced the impending end of
couldn’t get anything done, and 1st class post, and has changed
Boris Johnson, a sociopathic postal service has a greater death wish the remit of its 2nd class service
narcissist. to delivering letters...whenever
Even worse could be Liz
than Royal Mail and the Post Office’ it can get round to it.
Truss, who may have been This is as good as an
announced as Johnson’s WHAT DO YOU THINK? admission of defeat. Who’s
successor by the time you read going to send anything by post in
this. I have had a front row seat Were postal services genuinely much better managed in France ever again? It’s the
at her effortless rise to times gone by, or do we look back with rose-tinted glasses? ultimate self-destructive
mediocrity, and she is an E-mail your comments to guy.thomas@dhpub.co.uk business model. Will it clinch
ideologue without ideas. No-one our not-so-coveted award? ■

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MULTISENSORY CONSERVATION STAMPS
Feel it, smell it,

hear it, taste it
Stamps on the themes of conserving biodiversity and tackling climate change have
used many strategies in recent years. Be ready to have all of your senses engaged!
■ Report by Indraneil Das and Genevieve V A Gee
ostage stamps are a powerful
P tool for advocacy, and have

long been used to promote
ideas and nunderstanding, from
political propaganda to public
information.
For example, there have been
important campaigns on health
issues, from the eradication of
malaria to the fight against Covid-19,
and messages to raise awareness of
social issues, such as the promotion
of cultural diversity.
In recent years the conservation of
nature and protection of the
environment have become much
more common themes in philately,
from highlighting endangered flora
and fauna to tackling global
warming.
Stamps on such topics tend
primarily to target worldwide
thematic collectors, who may be
attracted by the beauty of the
designs as well as by the importance
of their message. But they also
benefit from gaining wider publicity,
so they are increasingly using a
multisensory strategy.
Stimulating more than a single
sense has been shown to enhance
learning and engagement. Visual,
tactile, olfactory, auditory and
gustatory inputs can help to
educate people on complex
interdisciplinary topics.
So the postal authorities of a
number of nations have employed
the senses of sight, touch, smell,
hearing and even taste to highlight
issues such as conservation and
climate change in increasingly
innovative ways.
We present a selection of the
finest examples.
LEFT: 4r stamp from Malaysia’s 2015

International Cooperative Project on Giant Panda
Conservation miniature sheet, printed on flocked
paper to mimic the fur of a panda

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See it: recycled paper
South Africa 2010
Recycling not only allows
resources to be obtained at a
fraction of their original
manufacturing and
environmental cost, but
typically leads to a
reduction in pollution.
For the International Year
of Biodiversity (designated
by the United Nations) in
2010, South Africa issued a
miniature sheet printed on
recycled paper.
The four stamps, at the
small registered letter rate,
depicted a selection of flora
and fauna: the giant African
mantis and common
lionfish; the common
chameleon and argus reed
frog; the black rhinoceros
and red-billed oxpecker;
and the lilac-breasted roller
and baobab tree.
See it:
recycled
plastic
Liechtenstein
2020
It has been estimated that more
than 10 million metric tonnes of
plastic may be released annually
into the world’s oceans. Symbolic
of this waste material is
polyethylene terephthalate (PET),
used in the manufacture of fibres,
bottles and containers, which can
kill many marine species when
ingested.
To draw attention to the dangers
of plastic pollution, Liechtenstein’s
PET Recycling stamp of 2020 was
made of this very material. It was
embroidered from recycled
polyester thread, derived from
3,100 recycled bottles.
The near-circular, self-adhesive
€6.30 value, coloured blue and
green, shows an embroidered
globe and leaves.

See it: sustainable wood

Jersey 2017
Harvesting timber in a sustainable way is
crucial to protecting the world’s ecology,
and is overseen by the Forest Stewardship
Council, an international non-profit
organisation promoting responsible
management of forests.
In 2017, Jersey drew attention to this work
by issuing a miniature sheet printed on
FSC-certified sycamore wood.
The issue marked 25 Years of the Darwin
Initiative, a UK Government programme
that assists countries with poor financial
resources to meet their objectives in
preserving biodiversity.
The £3 stamp portrays Charles Darwin,
who is credited with the theory of
evolution. It also gives a nod to another
British naturalist, Gerald Durrell, as the
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust has
worked alongside the Initiative to save
species from extinction.
See it: burning sun

New Zealand 2015
Global warming inspired the release of the Being SunSmart They supported the ‘Slip, Slop, Slap & Wrap’ public
stamps in New Zealand’s Children’s Health series in 2015. information campaign, advising people to slip on long-sleeved
Specifically, the four designs provided guidance on the shirt, slop on sunscreen, slap on a hat and wrap their eyes
prevention of melanoma (skin cancer), which can be caused by with protective sunglasses.
exposure to ultraviolet radiation. The printing of the miniature sheet’s border is
photochromic. The white and yellow umbrella in the
margin turns purple and green when exposed to
bright sunlight.
The face values of $0.80, $1.40,
$2.00 and $0.80 each carried a
10c surcharge, with the
proceeds going to a
prominent children’s
health charity.

Smell it: scent of roses
Bhutan 1973
Bhutan is known for its
philatelic innovations,
pioneered by the American
entrepreneur Burt Todd,
and the Himalayan nation
produced the world’s first
aromatic stamps as early
as 1973.
They depicted varieties
of roses on six values, four
for local mail and two for
airmail, with the aroma of
the flowers incorporated
into the printing ink.
The varieties illustrated
were Iceberg, Pink Parfait,
Roslyn, Blue Moon,
Marchioness of Urguijo
and Wendy Cusson.
Stanley Gibbons does
not give these stamps
catalogue numbers but
lists them in an appendix.
Smell it: burning forest

Brazil 1999
Brazil’s miniature sheet of four
self-adhesive stamps entitled
Prevention of Forest Fires, issued in
1999, used impregnated scent to
dramatic effect.
In the country which encompasses
the majority of the Amazon
rainforest, it drives home an
awareness of the dangers of fire by
smelling of burnt wood.
The Amazon rainforest is the
largest on the planet, with an
unparalleled biodiversity of animals
and plant species.
The four 0.51r designs show a
giant anteater, a flower, a leaf and a
burnt tree trunk, and the design
makes them appear to be burning
from the inside.
‘The Amazon is the

largest rainforest on
the planet, with an
unparalleled diversity
of species’

Touch it:
desert sand
Morocco 2010
Desertification, caused by the over-exploitation
of soil, deforestation and climate change,
threatens many nations in northern Africa,
southern Europe and Asia.
In 2010, Morocco issued a miniature sheet of
two 7.80d stamps with real sand from the
Sahara embedded in them.
The issue celebrated the 35th Anniversary of
the Green March, not a conservation event but
a mass demonstration to persuade Spain to
cede control of the Spanish Sahara to Morocco.
‘Desertification
can be caused
by the over-
exploitation
of soil, by
deforestation
or simply by
climate change’
issue of a Protect Our National Heritage miniature sheet in 2011.

Touch it: tree seed A 1d value illustrates the leaves of a ghaf tree, which grows in
arid regions of Asia and can survive extreme drought. A 4d
UAE 2011 value is embedded with fibre and seed from a real tree.
The ghaf is the national tree of the Emirates. The government
A genuine attempt to highlight the increasing problem of operates a Give A Ghaf campaign, which encourages citizens to
desertification was made by the United Arab Emirates, with the plant trees in their gardens to combat desertification.
Touch it: water conservation

South Africa 2013
Few stamp issues have moving parts, but one spectacular example
is the International Year of Water Cooperation miniature sheet from
South Africa in 2013.
The circular sheet has an upper layer of cardboard, which can be
turned around its axle to reveal any of the five stamps (at the
bottom), along with information on its theme (at the top).
All of the five stamps are for international mail, and are in the
shape of a water droplet. One each represents human consumption,
biodiversity, agriculture, industry and the South African
government’s Working For Water programme.
The biodiversity stamp illustrates the Clanwilliam redfin, an
endemic fish threatened by water extraction and competition from
invasive species, and the mauve bluet damselfly, rescued from
extinction by the removal of invasive plants from riverbanks.

Touch it: volcanic ash Touch it: melting ice
Ecuador 2013 Iceland 2009
‘Lonesome George’ a male Pinta Island giant tortoise, One estimate
was the sole representative of his subspecies in predicts a 10°C
Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands for many years, and rise in average
therefore became a poster boy for wildlife temperature in
conservation efforts. the polar regions
After his death in 2012, at the estimated age of 102, this century due
Ecuador issued a stamp as a memorial to George in to global
2013, and volcanic ash was embedded on the face of warming, and
the $3 value to provide a feel of the geological the melting of ice
features of his homeland. and rising sea
Pinta Island (also known as Abingdon Island) is an levels could have
active volcano which last erupted in 1928, when catastrophic
George was a teenager. consequences.
The population of giant tortoises declined due to In a joint issue
hunting by humans from the 17th century, and with Chile and
habitat loss in the 20th century, as the introduction of Finland, entitled
feral goats decimated the vegetation. Preserve Polar
Regions &
Glaciers, Iceland
produced a
thermochromic
miniature sheet
in 2009.
One stamp
shows Iceland
and the other the North Pole, in a composite design in which the
border is a map of the entire Arctic region, with the polar ice cap
shaded in pink.
But when warmed by human touch, the image is transformed.
The ice ‘melts’, revealing the severely limited extent of the ice cap
which is predicted by the year 2100.
Touch it:
panda fur
Malaysia 2015
Saving the giant panda from extinction is
perhaps the world’s most famous wildlife
conservation challenge. Its numbers
declined in the wild due to loss of habitat
in its native China, and captive breeding
programmes have had limited success.
In 2015, Malaysia issued a miniature
sheet, comprising two 4r stamps, to
commemorate the International
Cooperative Project on Giant Panda
Conservation, a joint venture with China.
As part of an intergovernmental
agreement, a pair of giant pandas were
given on a breeding loan by Beijing to
Kuala Lumpur in 2015, and so far they have
produced three cubs (and attracted a large
number of visitors) at Zoo Negara.
The miniature sheet is printed on
flocked paper which, when rubbed, is
redolent of fur.

Hear it:
birdsong
Netherlands
2016
Until recently, stamps with an
audio element sounded like
pure fantasy, but augmented
reality (AR) technology has
changed that.
The largest series of ‘talking’
stamps to date has come from
the Netherlands in 2016, by way
of a semi-official set of no fewer than 74 domestic-rate values, specially developed digital reader pen, redirected you to a
entitled Birds of the Netherlands. website that played the call of the respective bird.
Scanning the barcode at the base of any stamp, using a Illustrated here are the robin and the sparrowhawk.
‘Birdsong is often an indicator of a healthy eco-system, and has been at the

centre of several philatelic experiments with augmented reality’
Hear it: birdsong

Taste it: sea salt Gibraltar 2019
Slovenia 2013 Birdsong is often an indicator of a healthy eco-system, and several
postal administrations recognised this by producing stamps with an
Slovenia has only a short stretch of coastline on the augmented-reality bonus for the Europa theme of 2019, which was
Adriatic Sea, but it is proud of its diverse marine National Birds.
fauna and the traditional activity of salt harvesting. The result of this international project was that users could play the
These elements were combined in a set of three song of the bird depicted on the design by scanning the image using the
stamps and a miniature sheet issued in 2013, which special CEE app.
illustrated sea life and had sea salt from the One example was the issue from Gibraltar, with its two £1.66 stamps
Piranske Soline works applied to the front of the illustrating the Barbary partridge. ■
stamps using thermography.
Thus, the stamps taste of salt. They were not the
world’s first flavoured postage stamps, but they
THE AUTHORS
stand out from the others which, predictably, tend to
relate to the theme of gastronomy. Indraneil Das is Professor of Herpetology at the Institute of
The 60c, 64c, 92c and 97c values depict the Biodiversity & Environmental Conservation at the University of
damselfish, the common cuttlefish, the loggerhead Malaysia in Sarawak. Genevieve Gee studies unusual stamps and the
sea turtle and the golden grey mullet. evolving technologies used in their production.

47
COMMONWEALTH CLASSICS
Projection of power
The newly established British South Africa Company was keen to ensure that
Rhodesia’s first stamps in 1892 fully reflected the prestige of its Royal Charter
■ Report by John Winchester
A
n offer by Cecil Rhodes’ RIGHT: Rhodesia
diamond-mining syndicate 1892-93 £1 deep blue,
to acquire and administer featuring the coat of
vast swathes of central southern arms of the British
Africa was attractive to the British South Africa
Colonial Office, which had Company
insufficient funds to do so itself.
In 1889, therefore, a Royal Charter
established the British South Africa
Company, and the new entity
began colonising and exploiting
the territory which would later
bear the name Rhodesia.
Today the enterprise has been
largely discredited. But in 1890 it
was a matter of some prestige to
print the first stamps for a new
addition to the British Empire.
The BSAC initially approached

the London printer De La Rue for
estimates for printing by recess,
lithography and letterpress.
De La Rue urged it to opt for
letterpress, and a key-type design,
but this utilitarian approach fell
short of Rhodes’ grand ambitions.
In October 1890 a series of stamps
issued for British East Africa
showcased the work of a rival
printer, Bradbury Wilkinson. This
better reflected BSAC aspirations, The central design would be the stamps were perforated in various
and promptly won the contract. newly conferred coat of arms of the permutations of 14 or 14½.
BSAC, with its elaborate menagerie
There would be 11 postage and of creatures, including two bulls, In a land of gold and diamonds,
revenue denominations, and they an elephant and a lion, supported high values were always destined
would be recess-printed. by a pair of springboks. to be employed as revenue stamps.
The central fesse of three ships In reality, none of the values could
‘In a land of gold and diamonds, was derived from the Coat of Arms be used in a postal capacity until
of Lord Abercorn, first President of January 2, 1892, when the postal
high values were destined to be the BSAC, and scrolled below was service via the east coast was
the company motto ‘Justice, inaugurated.
used as revenue stamps’ Commerce, Freedom’, although in By that stage some 6d and 1s
practice the company did not stamps had been surcharged, a
MARKET VALUES always rank them in that order!
The low values, from 1d to 10s,
decision some claim was made for
speculative purposes. Genuinely
would be of a regular size, the used examples of these are rare,
The low values in the Bradbury Wilkinson issue of higher denominations from £1 to and forgeries are more common.
1892-93, from the 1d up to the £1 denomination, £10 in a larger format, achieved by In 1892, new denominations were
are catalogued at £700 mint and £400 used. adding an ornamental scrolled issued with the values printed in a
Exercise caution when searching for higher outer frame. second colour. By 1895 the plates
values, because many will be revenue stamps Printing commenced at the end had been passed to Perkins Bacon,
cleaned and given forged postmarks. of 1890, on thin, white, wove paper, who would print the stamps from
unwatermarked. Sheets of 60 then until 1897. ■

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GB 1945 POSTAL BACKLOG
Get it sorted!
Britain’s mountain of undelivered mail for servicemen had reached 17 million
items by February 1945. The solution was the women of the ‘Six Triple Eight’
■ Report by John Wright
fter five years of World RIGHT: Women of the
A War II, the British postal

service was in chaos by the
beginning of 1945.
United States 6888th
Central Postal
Directory Battalion,
Since D-Day in June 1944, sorting mail in
millions of Allied troops had been Europe in 1945
engaged in the liberation of France,
and were desperate for news from
home, but a shortage of postal
workers was taking its toll. There
was a backlog of 17 million letters
and parcels!
Enter the 6888th Central Postal
Directory Battalion, an 855-strong,
all-black, all-female unit of the US
Army’s Women’s Army Corps
(WAC). It would be their job to sort
out the mess.
Nicknamed the ‘Six Triple Eight’,
they were led by the redoubtable
Major (later Lieutenant Colonel)
US ARMY WOMEN’S MUSEUM

Charity Adams, whose motto was
‘No mail, low morale’.
Finding a role effort, although, as in the rest of the

Around the time that he came to US military, racial segregation
Britain as Commanding General of continued.
the European Theater of The women of the Six Triple Eight
Operations, in 1942, Dwight soon knew they were in a war zone
Eisenhower had revealed what he when they were despatched to
thought of the role of black women Britain. After dodging German
in the war effort by proposing that U-boats in the Atlantic to arrive
they be sent abroad ‘to perform safely in Glasgow on February 12,
duties such as car driving, 1945, they were welcomed by a V-1
secretarial work and to provide flying bomb exploding 15 yards
companionship for the thousands from the dock.
of negro troops’.
But when the WAC was Putting in a shift
established in 1943 its Director, After travelling by train to
US NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Oveta Culp Hobby, stated that her bomb-damaged Birmingham, the

women would not be going to war women of Six Triple Eight found
just to be someone’s companion, letters and parcels stacked to the
but to make a real difference. ceiling of a draughty aircraft
She had the backing of civil hangar which was being used as a
rights leader Mary McLeod temporary sorting office. Some of
ABOVE: Posters such as this, produced by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Bethune, who successfully these had reportedly been there for
Veterans of Foreign Wars in the United States, encouraged people to write encouraged the First Lady, Eleanor as long as two years.
often to servicemen abroad, but by 1945 the British postal service was Roosevelt, to allow black women to To make matters worse, the
struggling to cope with the volume of mail contribute substantially to the war building was overrun with rats and

mice. As one member of the RIGHT: Major Charity
battalion recalled, ‘People down Adams inspecting the
south from Alabama were sending 6888th Battalion
fried chicken and bread to soldiers outside their
in France’, and there it was quietly temporary barracks
rotting amongst the other mail. at King Edward’s
To start clearing the backlog, the School in Birmingham
women worked round the clock in
three shifts, processing an
estimated 65,000 items of mail per
shift, and therefore almost 200,000
per day. One General had predicted
that the job would take six months,
but they completed it in three.
According to a feature
published in The Washington Post in
2009, a white General attempted to
send a white officer to ‘tell them
how to do it right’, to which Major
Adams responded, ‘Over my dead
body, sir!’
RIGHT: Cover of
Delivering the undeliverable December 1944, sent
Their job was all the more difficult from Cowes to a
because troops were constantly on prisoner-of-war camp
the move, and because many letters in Germany, which
were incorrectly addressed, using might have been
only first names or nicknames. amongst the backlog
‘Undeliverable’ mail was sent to of post sorted by the
their location for redirection. Six Triple Eights
‘The women had to identify
where each man’s unit was
currently fighting, and whether or
not he was still with them,’ wrote
Tate Delloye in the Daily Mail in
2020, ‘whether he was dead,
injured, convalescing in a hospital
or on his way home.’
This could be huge challenge
given the number of soldiers ‘The women were a subject of curiosity for the citizens
involved. It is reported that there
were 7,500 soldiers called Robert of Birmingham, who came to watch them at work’
Smith serving in Europe at the
time, for example.
‘They investigated insufficiently
BELOW: Cover of 1944
addressed to Private
RACE RELATIONS
addressed mail for clues to Savage of the Dorsets
determine the intended recipient,’ Regiment, not Whilst the women of the Six Triple Eight could feel proud of their
wrote Kathleen Fargey in a study delivered because postal work in Europe, they had to deal with all the usual shabby
of the Six Triple Eight for the US the addressee was pockets of unkindness they were used to at home.
Army Center of Military History, reported missing ‘The US military’s policy forbidding racially-mixed sports teams
precluded the 6888th from joining the all-star basketball team, which
consisted of members from all the WAC teams across England,’ wrote
military researcher Kathleen Fargey. This simply made the women
‘even more determined to win the games they were permitted to play’.
It was much the same with institutions one might expect better
from, such as the American Red Cross, which ran clubs and hotels
for US military personnel serving in Britain. ‘While male African-
American soldiers, along with white servicemen and women, were
allowed in, the black WACs were denied entry,’ said Fargey.
When the Red Cross wrote to Major Adams suggesting the girls
would be happier if they had facilities all to themselves, she led a
boycott to ensure that her soldiers stayed only in integrated hotels.
‘I am very proud of my service as the commanding officer of the
6888th,’ she wrote in her memoirs, ‘but one of the proudest times
was when the unit supported me in this action.’

GB 1945 POSTAL BACKLOG
ABOVE: A Scottish regimental piper allows Private First Class Edith

Caskill to try out his bagpipes, while Private Marie McKinney takes a
ABOVE: Women of the Six Triple Eight eating in their mess hall in Birmingham in 1945 closer interest in his kilt!
LEFT: The Battalion and were put up in hotels with

taking part in a parade maid service and chef-cooked
in honour of Joan of meals, but not everything was rosy.
Arc, in Rouen in 1945 The local population had been
starved of food and supplies for so
long that packages started to go
missing, and the women were
ordered to search the locals they
BELOW: Second were working with.
Lieutenant Freda le The unit returned to the United
Beau serving Major States in February 1946, to be

Charity Adams at the disbanded. In March 2022, its
opening of the 6888th members were belatedly awarded
Battalion’s snack bar the Congressional Gold Medal for
in Rouen their work. ■
‘and they handled the sad duty of observed that ‘Some women felt
returning mail addressed to that the locals treated them better
service members who had died.’ than people did in the States.’
But there was another side to
Living in Birmingham being in the spotlight. ‘The eyes of
Housed at King Edward’s School in the public would be upon us,’
Edgbaston, the women had to get Major Adams wrote, ‘waiting for
used to working in dim light (due one slip in our conduct or
to the night-time blackouts), living performance.’
in unheated buildings and taking
outdoor showers. But they had Relocating to France
come ready for winter, with long- With the Birmingham backlog
johns and extra layers of clothing. dealt with, the 6888th sailed to
‘They were the subject of a great
deal of curiosity from the citizens
France in June 1945, shortly after
V-E Day.
FIND OUT MORE
of Birmingham, who came to watch Initially they worked in Rouen,
them at work,’ Fargey wrote. ‘In alongside French civilians and ■ One Woman’s Army: A Black Officer
time, many of the women made German prisoners of war, clearing Remembers The WAC
friends in the local community and a similar backlog of undelivered by Charity Adams Earley (Texas A&M University
found the locals to be polite and mail. Like other units, they were Press, 1995)
even friendly. They were cheered by the newly liberated ■ 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
sometimes invited into private citizens when they took part in a by Kathleen Fargey (US Army Center of Military
homes for tea.’ parade in honour of Joan of Arc. History, 2014), www.history.army.mil
Six Triple Eighter Mary Ragland In October they moved to Paris,

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EARLY ELIZABETHANS
Europe calling
Commemorating the first anniversary of a postal conference might not sound like a
blockbuster. But in 1960 it produced one of Britain’s most radical stamp issues
■ Report by Peter Marren
LEFT: 1960 First

Anniversary of CEPT
6d green and purple,
designed by Reynolds
Stone and printed in
two-colour
photogravure by
Harrisons
T
here were some remarkably LEFT: The 1s 6d brown
dull commemorations and blue, which
among the early stamps of featured a the
Queen Elizabeth II, but surely the background colour
First Anniversary of the European printed for the first
Postal & Telecommunications time in a finer
Administrations Conference takes screen of 250 dots
the biscuit! per linear inch
Few people except the
participants would have cared
about this 1960 gathering, but it
was a postal event, so it lay within
the tight limits of what could be
commemorated on British stamps.
If the theme was uninteresting,

however, the stamps notched up an
impressive list of firsts. British set to be printed on a new The founding conference of the
They were Britain’s first two- stock of heavier, chalk-surfaced CEPT (the acronym is based on the
colour commemoratives, paving paper, and the 1s 6d value was the French spelling of European Postal
the way for the increasing use of first to use a finer screen of 250 & Telecommunications Conference)
colour in subsequent issues. dots per linear inch, instead of the had been held at Montreux in
They were also the Post Office’s hitherto standard 200. Switzerland in 1959, with eight
first involvement in a continental The pair might even have been countries participating.
omnibus, in the shape of the the first special issue with This annual conference was
annual Europa themed issue, phosphor bands (introduced on the meant to be the co-ordinating body
although this would be embraced definitive range in November 1959), for Europe-wide postal matters,
with rather less enthusiasm. but technical problems delayed this and more broadly encourage
Furthermore they were the first development until 1962. European co-operation, so

its values of 3d and 1s 3d,
denominations of 6d and 1s 6d
were selected for the Europa pair,
the former printed in green and
purple, and the latter in brown and
blue. On each stamp, the
background colour was toned to
provide a silken effect.
Given that two-colour printing in
gravure was something of an
experiment, the production of the
stamps by Harrisons was a triumph.
There are no recorded errors of
colour, and colour shifts were
minor except for a pronounced
downward shift of brown on some
examples of the 1s 6d.
Several sheets of the 1s 6d with
grossly misplaced perforations also
missed the checking process and
‘These were Britain’s first two-colour ABOVE: First day
cover for the pair of
escaped into the public domain.
Although the brown was printed
commemoratives, paving the way for the stamps, postmarked at the 200 screen and the blue at the
in Chobham, Surrey, finer 250 screen, the difference is
increasing use of multiple colours’ with the addition of a hard to detect visually. Using a
1s 6d signed in the magnifying lens, you can spot that
participants were urged to issue an Postmaster General changed his margin by the the line around the Queen’s head is
annual stamp featuring the mind, and agreed to commemorate designer less ‘dotty’ than on the 6d.
conference emblem. ‘Europa’ the first anniversary of CEPT.
stamps had already been a regular Released on September 19, 1960,
issue of some European countries The obligatory inclusion of the Britain’s first Europa stamps look
since 1956, and a ‘CEPT’ motif Queen’s head meant that Britain fussy in comparison with their
would now be added to this. could not match a common Europa continental equivalents, with Stone’s
For the 1960 conference, held in design exactly, and the first three ribbons belonging to yesteryear.
Paris, the number of participating commissioned artists failed to come Given the constraints, however, the
countries had more than doubled, up with a design solution, so the design was an elegant solution to a
to 19, and for the first time they veteran stamp designer Reynolds difficult task.
included Britain. Stone was asked to have a try. All the same, many collectors will
A distinctive emblem was As he himself noted, ‘The Post have been left scratching their heads
designed by a Finnish artist, Pentti Office did not want original ideas, over the obscurity of the theme, and
Rahikainen, alluding to a mailcoach but a solution to the problem of wondering when the deeply
wheel with 19 spokes. Conveniently, fitting awkward pieces together.’ conservative Post Office would ever
this could be intruded to form the Stone’s answer was to surround break out of its self-imposed
‘O’ in Europa, and many nations the Europa logo with curling shackles and find more interesting
based their stamp on it. ribbons above and below, bearing subjects to commemorate? ■
the title of the conference spelt out
The Post Office had hesitated in full (he must have reasoned,
before joining the conference, and correctly, that the public would not DID YOU KNOW?
was not an an enthusiastic be familiar with ‘CEPT’), and
participant. Nor was it minded to isolating the Queen’s head within
The First Anniversary
issue a Europa stamp, not least an oval frame resembling an
of CEPT design of
because it did not wish to commit ormolu mirror, just tied to the rest
1960 was reprised in
to a producing one every year. of the design by the ribbons.
two imperforate
Rather late in the day, the This would be the first
exhibition souvenir
commemorative issue since 1940 in
sheets in 1962.
which different values shared the
A Stampex sheet in
same design, but the two stamps
March reproduced
would be printed in different
the 6d design, printed
colour combinations.
in black, among four
To allay registration problems
other classic stamps of 1935-57.
with two-colour printing, Stone
Later a sheet for the Eurostamp 1962 exhibition
was careful to avoid the colours
in December comprised three each of the 6d and
abutting one another.
1s 6d designs in a block of six, all printed in blue,
ABOVE: The 1s 6d with a downward shift of
with a choice of two colours for the border.
brown, affecting the Queen’s head, the Europa Since the General Letter Office
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Contact: Thomas Höpfner, Commissioner Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, www.briefmarkenclub-trier.de
OCTOBER 7-9 Vizepräsident, Deutsche Tel: +32 474 84 84 39 Australia.
IRELAND Altbriefsammler-Verein, patrick@maselis.be Contact: Peter Allan, Exhibition AUGUST 10-13
Stampa 2023 Lindenstrasse 29, 85661 Forstinning, www.monacophil.eu Secretary, GPO Box 594, Hobart, USA
Venue: Griffith College Conference Germany Tasmania 7001, Australia Great American Stamp Show
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Ireland Exhibition MAY 25-28 Contact: American Philatelic
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OCTOBER 13-16 Venue: International Convention Contact: Liz Hisey, Chairman Messe Essen, Alfredstrasse, 45131 greatamericanstampshow
CZECH REPUBLIC Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Tel: +1 941 444 0777 Essen, Germany. @stamps.org
Liberec 2022 Long Street, Cape Town 8001, lizhisey@comcast.net Contact: IBRA www.stamps.org/
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ENGLISH-LANGUAGE
COLONIAL STAMP CO VIENNAFIL Tel: 020 7379 8789 Tel: 020 7563 4005 POSTAL SALES
Great Britain & British Colonies Venue: online only. info@grosvenor-auctions.co.uk auctionteam@spink.com
Venue: online only. Contact: Viennafil Auktionen www.grosvenorauctions.com www.spink.com COUNTY
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SEPTEMBER 10 SEPTEMBER 19-24 Warwick CV34 4EW. Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire BB5 5JP.
www.mpastamps.com
CHESHIRE STAMP HEINRICH KÖHLER Contact: Warwick & Warwick Contact: AJH Stamps
AUCTIONS Erivan collection of German Tel: 01926 499031 Tel: 01254 393740 MOWBRAY
Venue: Egerton Court, Haig Road, States, part 8 info@warwickandwarwick.com sales@ajhstamps.co.uk mowbray.stamps@xtra.co.nz
Parkgate, Knutsford, Cheshire Venue: Wilhemstrasse 48/1, 65183 www.warwickandwarwick.com www.ajhstamps.co.uk www.mowbrays.co.nz
WA16 8DX Wiesbaden, Germany.
Contact: Sandafayre Contact: Heinrich Köhler OCTOBER 6 OCTOBER 12 SAJAL PHILATELICS
Tel: 01565 653214 Tel: +49 611 39381 SPINK MARESCH brian@brian-reeve.com
stamp@sandafayre.com info@heinrich-koehler.de Michael Nathan collection of New Venue: 6-2 Vata Court, Aurora, www.brian-reeve.com
www.sandafayre.com www.heinrich-koehler.de Guinea, New Zealand & Papua Ontario L4G 4B6, Canada.
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stamp@sandafayre.com
SEPTEMBER 10-11 SEPTEMBER 21 15 Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BW. Tel: +1 905 726 2197
www.sandafayre.com
BURDA DOWNEAST Contact: Spink UK peter@maresch.com
Venue: Dejvicka 309/6, 16000 Prague Venue: online only. Tel: 020 7563 4005 www.maresch.com THE STAMP GROUP
6, Czech Republic. Contact: Downeast Stamps auctionteam@spink.com info@stampgroup.net
Contact: Burda Tel: +1 800 891 3826 www.spink.com OCTOBER 12-13 www.stampgroup.net
Tel: +42 777 466 790 bids@destamps.com CAVENDISH
info@burda-auction.com www.destamps.com OCTOBER 8 Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps UNIVERSAL
www.burda-auction.com BIL & CO & Postal History info@upastampauctions.co.uk
SEPTEMBER 25 Venue: Washingborough Community Venue: Cavendish House, 153-157 www.upastampauctions.co.uk
SEPTEMBER 13 SWPA Centre, Fen Road, Washingborough, London Road, Derby DE1 2SY. VANCE
SPINK Venue: Harewood House, Ridgeway, Lincolnshire LN4 1AB. Contact: Cavendish Philatelic mail@vanceauctions.com
Stamps & Covers of Great Britain Plymouth, Devon PL7 2AS. Contact: Bil Tilbury Auctions www.vanceauctions.com
Venue: Royal Philatelic Society Contact: South West Philatelic Tel: 01400 230769 Tel: 01332 250970
London, 15 Abchurch Lane, London Auctions auctionsbil@btinternet.com stamps@cavendish-auctions.com
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE
EC4N 7BW. Tel: 01752 698089 www.bilandco.co.uk www.cavendish-auctions.com ONLINE SALES
Contact: Spink UK richardswpa@outlook.com
Tel: 020 7563 4005 www.swpa-stamp-auctions.com OCTOBER 11-12 OCTOBER 17-23 DALKEITH
auctionteam@spink.com SPINK CHRISTOPH GÄRTNER www.dalkeith-auctions.co.uk
www.spink.com SEPTEMBER 25-27 Libra collection of King George V Venue: Steinbeisstrasse 6 & 8, 74321
PROVINCIAL Graham Booth Collection of West Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany. DELCAMPE
SEPTEMBER 13-16 PHILATELICS Indies, Transatlantic Mail and Contact: Philatelic Christoph www.delcampe.net
DUTCH COUNTRY Venue: Benson Parish Hall, British Ship Letters Gärtner McCUSKER
AUCTIONS Sunnyside, Benson, Wallingford, Venue: Royal Philatelic Society Tel: +49 7142 789 400 www.jamesmccusker.com
Venue: Auction Gallery, 4115 Concord Oxfordshire OX10 6LZ. London, 15 Abchurch Lane, London info@auktionen-gaertner.de
Pike, Wilmington, Delaware 19803, USA. Contact: Provincial Philatelics EC4N 7BW. www.auktionen-gaertner.de MOWBRAY
Contact: Russell Eggert Tel/Fax: 01235 511083 www.mowbrays.co.nz
Tel: +1 302 478 8740 www.provincialphilatelics.co.uk
PHILATINO
auctions@dutchcountryauctions.com
www.dutchcountryauctions.com SEPTEMBER 27
LOT TO BE DESIRED www.philatino.com
LE TIMBRE CLASSIQUE RASMUSSEN
SEPTEMBER 14 & 15 Venue: online only. Catching the eye at Corinphila-Veilingen’s www.bruun-rasmussen.dk
CAVENDISH Contact: Le Timbre Classique
sale on September 15-17 is this cover from REGENCY
Venue: Cavendish House, 153-157 info@letimbreclassique.com
London Road, Derby DE1 2SY. www.letimbreclassique.com the first issue of the Netherlands, thought www.regencystamps.com
Contact: Cavendish to be the only surviving example of postage
ROGERS
Tel: 01332 250970 SEPTEMBER 27 to Italy at the third weight-step. www.michaelrogersinc.com
stamps@cavendish-auctions.com VANCE Posted from Amsterdam to Genoa in
www.cavendish-auctions.com Venue: online only. SAMMARINESE
Contact: Vance Auctions
1864, it has 12 copies of the 10c red from
www.filsam.com
SEPTEMBER 15-17 Tel: +1 905 957 3364 plate 10, comprising a strip of four, two
CORINPHILA-VEILINGEN mail@vanceauctions.com horizontal pairs and two vertical pairs, SANDAFAYRE
Venue: Mortelmolen 3, 1185 XV www.vanceauctions.com www.sandafayre.com
correctly paying the 120c rate.
Amstelveen, Netherlands. SKANFIL
The starting price is €2,000.
Contact: Corinphila Veilingen OCTOBER 4 www.skanfil.no
Tel: +31 20 624 9740 UPA
info@corinphila.nl Venue: online only. STAMP CENTER
www.corinphila.nl Contact: Universal Philatelic Auctions www.thestampcenter.com
Tel: 01451 861111
SEPTEMBER 14 info@upastampauctions.co.uk STAMPFAIR
AJH STAMPS www.upastampauctions.co.uk www.stampfair.com
Venue: The Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa, TORRES
Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire BB5 5JP. OCTOBER 4-5 www.antoniotorres.com
Contact: AJH Stamps GROSVENOR
Tel: 01254 393740 British Empire & Foreign Countries TRAFFORD BOOKS
sales@ajhstamps.co.uk Venue: 399-401 Strand, London www.traffordbooks.co.uk
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LONDON Tel: 07849 904353 Tel: 01909 562927 Centre, De La Warr Road, Time: 9.30am-3pm Contact: Howard Hatton
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Tel: 020 8946 4489 RM14 2AJ. Broadway, PL9 7AW. EALING Venue: Our Lady Of Lourdes Park, SG1 2AX.
Time: 10am-3pm Time: 9.30am-3.30pm (stamps, postal history) Church Hall, 51 Cambridge Time: 10am-3pm
SEPTEMBER 10 Contact: Simon Shaw Contact: Barry Mudie Venue: Ealing Parish Church, Park, E11 2PR. Contact: Simon Shaw
DERBY Tel: 07534 496845 Tel: 07931 508886 St Mary’s Road, W13 9PR. Time: 10am-3pm Tel: 07534 496845
(stamps, postal history) Time: 9am-1pm Contact: Simon Shaw
Venue: Nunsfield House SEPTEMBER 11 SEPTEMBER 18 Contact: T Brittain Tel: 07534 496845 OCTOBER 1
Community Hall, 33 Boulton OLD BEXLEY ALTRINCHAM Tel: 07957 158299 BECKENHAM
Road, Alvaston, DE24 0FD. (stamps, postal history) (stamps, postal history, WICKHAM (stamps, postal history,
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Contact: H V Johnson & Co Bexley High Street, DA5 1AA. Venue: Cresta Court Hotel, (stamps, postal history) Venue: Wickham Centre, Mill Venue: Azelia Halls, Croydon
Tel: 01909 562927 Time: 9.30am-2.30pm Church Street, WA14 4DP. Venue: Belle Vue Centre, Lane, PO17 5AL. Road, BR3 4DA.
Contact: Lorne Webb Time: 9.30am-3.30pm Kendal Road, TS25 1QU. Time: 10am-4.30pm Time: 9am-3pm
LEICESTER Tel: 01424 751518 Contact: Howard Hatton Time: 9am-1pm Contact: Colin Mount Contact: Ray McQuade
(stamps, postal history) Tel: 0161 766 9031 Contact: Alex Sedgwick Tel: 01425 474310 Tel: 020 8395 9285
Venue: Derby Room, The WOKINGHAM Tel: 0794 8979544
Holiday Inn, St Nicholas Circle, (stamps, postal history) DRONFIELD SEPTEMBER 25 BILSBORROW
LE1 5LX. Venue: St Crispin’s Centre, (stamps, postal history) LIVERPOOL FARNHAM (stamp, postal history)
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm London Road, RG40 1SR. Venue: Coal Aston Village (stamps, postal history) (stamps, postal history) Venue: Bilsborrow Village
Contact: John Suschitzky Time: 9am-2pm Hall, Eckington Road, Coal Venue: St Columba Church Venue: Upper Hale Village Hall, Bilsborrow Lane,
Tel: 0116 235 0441 Contact: T Brittain Aston, S18 3AY. Hall, Hillfoot Road, Hunts Hall, Wings Road, GU9 0HN. PR3 0RP.
Tel: 07957 158299 Time: 9.30am-3.30pm Cross, L25 0NR. Time: 10am-4pm Time: 10am-4pm
MILTON KEYNES Contact: H V Johnson & Co Time: 10am-3.30pm Contact: Panda Fairs Contact: Fred O’Reilly
(stamps, postal history) SEPTEMBER 17 Tel: 01909 562927 Contact: Terry Barnett Tel: 01489 582673 Tel: 01226 765069
Venue: Methodist Hall, COLCHESTER Tel: 0151 486 2610
Queensway, Bletchley, (stamp, postal history) SOLIHULL terryhuntsc@yahoo.com PETERBOROUGH CARDIFF
MK2 2HB. Venue: Parish Hall, Old (stamps, postal history) (stamps, postal history) (stamps, postal history,
Time: 10am-4pm London Road, Marks Tey, Venue: Knowle Village Hall, MORLEY Venue: The Holiday Inn, postcards)
Contact: Karen Goodger CO6 1EN. St John’s Close, Knowle, (stamps, postal history) Thorpe Wood, PE3 6SG. Venue: Cardiff City Hall,
Tel: 01908 521220 Time: 9am-3pm B93 0NH. Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall, Time: 10am-3pm Cathays Park, CF10 3ND.
Contact: Lorne Webb Time: 9.30am-2.30pm Commercial Street, LS27 8HZ. Contact: Richard Lewis Time: 10am-4pm
NORTON Tel: 01424 751518 Contact: Andrew Vaughan Time: 9.30am-3.30pm Tel: 01945 700594 Contact: Malcolm Harrington
(stamps, postal history, Tel: 07824 775979 Contact: H V Johnson & Co Tel: 01792 415293
postcards) HULL Tel: 01909 562927 SOUTHPORT
Venue: Norton Methodist (stamps, postal history) SEPTEMBER 21 (stamps, postal history, CROYDON
Church Hall, High Street, Venue: St James Centre, 169 EAST GRINSTEAD NORTHAMPTON postcards) (stamps, postal history)
TS20 2QQ. First Lane, Hessle, HU13 9EY. (stamps, postal history, (stamps, postal history) Venue: The Royal Clifton Venue: Shirley Methodist
Time: 9.30am-1.30pm Time: 9.30am-3.30pm postcards) Venue: The Abbey Centre, East Hotel, Promenade, PR8 1RB. Church Hall, Eldon Avenue,
CR0 8SD.
Time: 9am-3pm
Contact: Ray McQuade
Tel: 020 8395 9285
EASTBOURNE
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall,
Decoy Drive, Hampden Park,
BN22 9PP.
Time: 9.30am-3pm
Contact: Chris Rapley
Tel: 07711 677760
LEICESTER
(stamps, postal history)
Venue: Derby Room, The
Holiday Inn, St Nicholas Circle,
LE1 5LX.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: John Suschitzky
Tel: 0116 235 0441
LICHFIELD
(stamps, postal history)
Venue: Boley Park
Community Hall, Ryknild
Street, WS14 9XU.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm

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Time: 9.30am-1.30pm SEVENOAKS SITTINGBOURNE
Contact: Graham Whitewick (stamps, postal history) (stamps, postal history,
Tel: 07849 904353 Venue: Stag Plaza, Stag postcards)
Theatre, London Road, Venue: Carmel Hall, Ufton
SIDMOUTH TN13 1ZZ. Lane, off West Street,
(stamps, postal history) Time: 10am-4pm ME10 1JB.
Venue: Sidford Social Hall, Contact: R&R Stamp Fairs Time: 9.30am-3pm
Byes Lane, EX10 9QX. Tel: 01303 238807 Contact: Chris Rapley
Time: 10am-4pm Tel: 07711 677760
Contact: Peter Eagles WOKINGHAM
Tel: 01395 516060 (stamps, postal history) OCTOBER 16
Venue: St Crispin’s Centre, ALTRINCHAM
STOCKPORT London Road, RG40 1SR. (stamps, postal history,
(stamps, postal history) Time: 9am-2pm postcards)
Venue: Stockport Town Hall, Contact: T Brittain Venue: Cresta Court Hotel,
Edward Street, SK1 3XE. Tel: 07957 158299 Church Street, WA14 4DP.
Time: 10.30am-4pm Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: Terry Barnett OCTOBER 14-15 Contact: Howard Hatton
Tel: 0151 486 2610 SALISBURY Tel: 0161 766 9031
TELFORD postcards) DRONFIELD
(stamps, postal history, Venue: Five Rivers Leisure (stamps, postal history)
postcards) Centre, Hulse Road, SP1 3NR. Venue: Coal Aston Village
Venue: Belmont Hall, off Tan Time: 10am Hall, Eckington Road, Coal
Bank car park, Wellington, Contact: Tony Hender, Aston, S18 3AY.
TF1 1HJ. Arun Stamps Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Time: 10am-2pm Tel: 01328 829318 Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Contact: Richard Camp Tel: 01909 562927
Contact: JRS Fairs OCTOBER 2 Time: 9.30am-3.30pm Tel: 01952 405458 OCTOBER 15
Tel: 07971 281267 ALTRINCHAM Contact: H V Johnson & Co COLCHESTER LUTON
(stamps, postal history, Tel: 01909 562927 OCTOBER 9 (stamps, postal history, (stamp, postal history,
PRESTWICK postcards) BIRMINGHAM postcards) postcards)
(stamps, postal history, Venue: Cresta Court Hotel, KETTERING (first day covers) Venue: Stanway Village Hall, Venue: Village Hall, Markyate
postcards) Church Street, WA14 4DP. (stamps, postal history) Venue: The Collingwood Villa Road, Stanway, CO3 0RH. Road & Grove Road, Slip End,
Venue: Prestwick Community Time: 9.30am-3.30pm Venue: ISE Lodge Community Centre, Great Barr, B43 7NF. Time: 10am-4pm LU1 4BU.
Education Centre, 50 Contact: Howard Hatton Centre, St Vincent’s Avenue, Time: 10am-4pm Contact: Peter Nason Time: 10am-3pm
Caerlaverock Road, Tel: 0161 766 9031 NN15 5DR. Contact: Richard Park Tel: 01206 570544 Contact: Simon Shaw
KA9 1HP. Time: 10am-4pm rjpark@btinternet.com Tel: 07534 496845
Time: 10am-4pm BARNSTAPLE Contact: Gordon Tregidgo HULL
Contact: Andy Napier (stamps, postal history) Tel: 01536 746800 CHELTENHAM (stamps, postal history, SOLIHULL
Tel: 07967 134581 Venue: St John’s Community (stamps, postal history) postcards) (stamps, postal history)
Centre, Rose Lane, EX32 8PG. NORTON Venue: Civil Service Club, Venue: St James Centre, Venue: Knowle Village Hall,
RAWRETH Time: 10am-4pm (stamps, postal history, Tewkesbury Road, Uckington, 169 First Lane, Hessle, St John’s Close, Knowle,
(stamps, postal history, Contact: Peter Eagles postcards) GL51 9SL. HU13 9EY. B93 0NH.
postcards) Tel: 01395 516060 Venue: Norton Methodist Time: 9am-3pm Time: 9.30am-3.30pm Time: 9.30am-2.30pm
Venue: Rawreth Parish Hall, Church Hall, High Street, Contact: Chris Proctor Contact: H V Johnson & Co Contact: Andrew Vaughan
Church Road, SS11 8SH. LINCOLN TS20 2QQ. Tel: 07813 260752 Tel: 01909 562927 Tel: 07824 775979
Time: 9am-3pm (stamps, postal history)
Contact: Barry Mead Venue: Reepham Village Hall,
Tel: 07786 302722 Hawthorn Road, LN3 4DU.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
SHREWSBURY Contact: Tony Limb
(stamps, postal history, Tel: 07562 570562
postcards)
Venue: Barnabas Church OXFORD
Centre, Longden Coleham, (stamps, postal history)
SY3 7DN. Venue: Botley WI Hall, North
Time: 10am-4pm Hinksey Lane, off Botley Road,
Contact: Tony Marsland OX2 0LT.
Tel: 01743 860910 Time: 10am-1.30pm
Contact: T Brittain
SWINDON Tel: 07957 158299
postcards) SANDY
Venue: Lawn Community (stamp, postal history,
Centre, Guildford Avenue, postcards)
Lawn, SN3 1LA. Venue: Scout Headquarters,
Time: 9.30am-2.30pm Sunderland Road, SG19 1QY.
Contact: John Puttock Time: 10am-3pm
Tel: 01793 542767 Contact: Simon Shaw
Tel: 07534 496845
WIMBORNE
(stamps, postal history) OCTOBER 8
Venue: Allendale Centre, DERBY
Hanham Road, BH21 1AS. (stamps, postal history)
Time: 10am-3pm Venue: Nunsfield House
Contact: Panda Fairs Community Hall, 33 Boulton
Tel: 01489 582673 Road, Alvaston, DE24 0FD.

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SEPTEMBER 8 SEPTEMBER 15 Racecourse, Luddington Road, OCTOBER 4 Church, Hargreaves Street, Venue: Unitarian Chapel,
MAIDSTONE & BURNLEY & CV37 9SE. WEST LONDON PS BB11 1DU. Clover Street, OL12 6TP.
MID-KENT PS DISTRICT PS Time: 1.30pm Members’ Evening: Animals Time: 7.30pm Time: 7.30pm
Universal Postal Union Egypt by Ken Night Contact: Colin Fountain on Stamps Contact: Barry Evans Contact: Peter Grimshaw
by Philip Clarke Venue: The Central Methodist Tel: 01789 841606 Venue: The Church Hall, Acton Tel: 01282 616156 Tel: 01706 367240
Venue: St Paul’s Church Hall, Church, Hargreaves Street, Hill Church Rooms, Woodlands
Boxley Road, ME14 2AH. BB11 1DU. SEPTEMBER 22 Avenue, Acton, W3 9BU. OCTOBER 7 OCTOBER 12
Time: 7.30pm Time: 7.30pm DUNDEE & Time: 8pm HAYLING ISLAND SC SCARBOROUGH PS
Contact: Brian Stonestreet Contact: Barry Evans DISTRICT PS Contact: Christopher E Oliver The Colour Green British Mails on the
Tel: 01622 675784 Tel: 01282 616156 Germany from Third Reich Tel: 020 8940 9833 Venue: The Small Hall, United Trans-Siberian Railway
b.stonestreet@btinternet.com to Federal Republic Reformed Church, Hollow by Peter Pugh
SEPTEMBER 16 by Dr Harry Jackson OCTOBER 5 Lane, Mengham, PO11 9EY. Venue: Community Centre,
TORQUAY & COLCHESTER & Venue: Art Society Gallery, KETTERING S&PS Time: 7.30pm Osgodby Lane, YO11 3QE.
TEIGNBRIDGE SC DISTRICT PS 17 Roseangle, DD1 4LP. Northamptonshire Links Contact: David Carter Time: 7pm
Members’ Night: Letter L Germany by Ian Kelly Time: 7.30pm by James Dickinson Tel: 023 9248 6534 Contact: Chris Phillips
Venue: St Michael’s Church Venue: Wilson Marriage Contact: Charles Lloyd Venue: St Andrew’s Church Tel: 01723 368475
Hall, Chudleigh Road, Centre, Barrack Street, Tel: 01241 852210 Hall, Crown Street, NN16 8RG. OCTOBER 11
Kingsteignton TQ12 3JU. CO1 2LR. Time: 7.30pm AXE VALE SC OCTOBER 13
Time: 7.30pm Time: 7pm SEPTEMBER 23 Contact: Gordon Tregidgo Rhodesia’s Universal DUNDEE &
Contact: Dave Cleaver Contact: Paul Miller KING’S LYNN PS Tel: 01536 746800 Declaration of DISTRICT PS
Tel: 01803 297212 Tel: 07983 293054 New Hebrides Independence USA Stamps Pre-1940
by Richard Moss SPALDING & Venue: Bradshaw Rooms, Silver by Tom Erskine
SEPTEMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 20 Venue: The Scout Building, DISTRICT SC Street, Axminster EX13 5AH. Venue: Art Society Gallery,
HAYLING ISLAND SC BANBURY STAMP Beulah Street, Gaywood, Sweden by Angela Cooper Time: 7.45pm 17 Roseangle, DD1 4LP.
Birds of Prey SOCIETY PE30 4DN. Venue: The Frasier Room, Contact: Nicholas Arrow Time: 7.30pm
by David Walker Bahamas by Peter Fernbank Time: 7.15pm Gosberton Road, Surfleet, Tel: 07973 253951 Contact: Charles Lloyd
Venue: The Small Hall, United Venue: Hanwell Fields Contact: Dahlia Harrison PE11 4AB. Tel: 01241 852210
Reformed Church, Hollow Community Centre, OX16 1ER. Tel: 01775 423087 Time: 2pm NORTH WEST
Lane, Mengham, PO11 9EY. Time: 7.30pm Contact: Dahlia Harrison KENT PS MAIDSTONE &
Time: 7.30pm Contact: John Davies SEPTEMBER 30 Tel: 01775 423087 Bohemia & Moravia MID-KENT PS
Contact: David Carter Tel: 01295 255831 BRIDLINGTON & Venue: Hurst Community South African Pre-War
Tel: 023 92486534 DISTRICT PS STRATFORD UPON Centre, Hurst Road, Bexley, Aviation by Leonard Barnes
SOUTHAMPTON & Auction AVON PS DA5 3HL. Venue: St Paul’s Church Hall,
SEPTEMBER 13 DISTRICT PS Venue: Emmanuel Church, Great Britain Special Time: 1.30pm Boxley Road, ME14 2AH.
NORTH WEST Postcard Evening Cardigan Road, YO15 3JT. Handling by Steve Harrison Contact: Clifford Ayers Time: 7.30pm
KENT PS Venue: St Joseph’s Church Time: 7pm Venue: Winning Connections, Tel: 07551 993819 Contact: Brian Stonestreet
Historic Journey Around Hall, Bugle Street, SO14 2AH. Contact: David Driver Stratford Upon Avon Tel: 01622 675784
Iceland Time: 7pm Tel: 01262 850488 Racecourse, Luddington Road, RINGWOOD PS b.stonestreet@btinternet.com
Venue: Hurst Community Contact: Eddie Mays CV37 9SE. Orange Free State Postal
Centre, Hurst Place, Hurst Tel: 023 8040 2194 OCTOBER 1 Time: 1.30pm Stationery by Mike Smith OCTOBER 14
Road, Bexley, DA5 3HL. GREAT BRITAIN PS Contact: Colin Fountain Venue: Greyfriars Community KING’S LYNN PS
Time: 1.30pm SEPTEMBER 21 Sideways Spoons & Scots Tel: 01789 841606 Centre, Christchurch Road, Queen Victoria 1887-1900
Contact: Clifford Ayers STRATFORD UPON Locals by Ray Barton BH24 1DW. by Phil Waud
Tel: 07551 993819 AVON PS Venue: Room C, Business OCTOBER 6 Time: 2pm Venue: The Scout Building,
Canada Expeditionary Force Design Centre, Islington, BURNLEY & Contact: Gordon D Masson Beulah Street, Gaywood,
ROCHDALE PS in World War I London N1 0QH. DISTRICT PS Tel: 01425 470710 PE30 4DN.
Indian Mutiny, Part 2 by Alan Spencer Time: 1.45pm Hitler & Mussolini Alliance Time: 7.15pm
by Max Smith Venue: Winning Connections, Contact: John Davies by Clive Griffiths ROCHDALE PS Contact: Dahlia Harrison
Venue: Unitarian Chapel, Stratford Upon Avon Tel: 01295 255831 Venue: The Central Methodist Visit from Burnley PS Tel: 01775 423087
Clover Street, OL12 6TP.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Peter Grimshaw ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY LONDON
Tel: 01706 367240
VECTIS PS The Royal Philatelic Society London held its first

Visit from Southampton PS Crawford Festival in June, with two days of
Venue: Newport Conservative activities aimed at helping those thinking about
Club, Lower Pyle Street,
writing books on philatelic subjects.
Newport, Isle of Wight
PO30 1XB. David Beech presented the story of James
Time: 7.30pm Lindsay, the 26th Earl of Crawford, who acquired
Contact: Mike Torreggiani every philatelic work published by 1913 and whose
Tel: 01983 821417 collection is now held by the British Library.
SEPTEMBER 14 The opportunities available to researchers were
GUILDFORD & reviewed by Nicola Davies of the RPSL, Richard
DISTRICT PS Morel of the British Library, and Corinne
The Tower of London Galloway and Stuart Aitken of The Postal Museum, Heidelbaugh of the Smithsonian’s National Postal
Venue: Quaker Friends’
while Charles Oppenheim tackled the complexities Museum in Washington DC looked at how a
Meeting House, corner of
Ward Street and North Street, of copyright. forthcoming project was undertaken in practice.
GU1 4LH. Brian Trotter and David Alford talked about how A question-and-answer session included a panel
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STRANGE BUT TRUE
Secret seven
The minuscule letters inscribed by the engraver on the first stamps of Naples
were an ingenious security measure. Or were they just a vanity project?
■ Report by John Winchester
A
delightful curiosity of 19th century Sicily and three lilies of the ruling House of
Europe was the so-called Kingdom of Bourbon, although the engraver, Giuseppe
the Two Sicilies. Masini, achieved some individuality for each
This was formed by a merger in 1816 denomination by adopting different formats
between the Kingdom of Sicily, whose name and frames.
is self-explanatory, and the Kingdom of His final flourish, however, was much more
Naples, which for historic reasons was nuanced. He inscribed one letter of his name,
officially titled the Kingdom of Sicily. Decide at a microscopic size, near the foot of each
for yourself whether you think the ‘Two design: ‘G’ on the ½g, ‘M’ on the 1g, ‘A’ on the
Sicilies’ name was a practical solution or a 2g, ‘S’ on the 5g, ‘I’ on the 10g, ‘N’ on the 20g
confusing muddle! and ‘I’ again on the 50g.
The country had two capitals, in Palermo Was his intention to create ‘secret marks’
and Naples, and when it adopted postage which might enable the speedy detection of
stamps in 1858-59 there were separate issues, forgeries? Or was this simply a vanity project
catalogued by Stanley Gibbons under ‘Sicily’ on his part?
and ‘Naples’. ABOVE: Naples 1858 50g, with a minuscule ‘I’ If it was the former, it had little success, for
Naples decided to produce a set of seven incorporated in the engraving close to the value some values were extensively forged. If it was
values all in the same red colour, a strategy the latter, it was more successful, thanks to
which may have been intended to prevent Italian nationalists, the growing hobby of philately. An enthusiast of Masini’s work
who were agitating for unification, from creating propaganda by would aspire to a complete set of his ‘autographs’.
arranging certain colour combinations strategically. Having said that, purchasing all seven denominations
The stamps also shared the same motif, combining the (especially in the various shades of rose, lake and carmine)
rampant horse of Naples, the Trinacria (three-legged woman) of would today require substantial financial resources. ■
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