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News
and Notes - July/August 2008
The
reason why this Bulletin is late is very simple. I have not prepared my script for this
page. But then again I have been very
busy with a few other philatelic projects.
Anyway
- better late than never! But then you may not agree!!
I
have just returned from the major philatelic weekend of the year - the
Philatelic Congress of Great Britain - one of my annual philatelic tasks. This year was a splendid event and this was
almost certainly due to the considerable effort put in by the local societies
and their committee members. I had the
most capable assistance from the local collectors but sadly only one member of
this Society was in that number. But
then there is far more to collecting than
There
is little to report as we enter the summer recess but what is becoming apparent
is that, despite the talk of apparent economic difficulties in some parts of
our economy, the high quality stamp market shows no sign of reflecting the
uncertainty which pervades our investment and banking sectors. Record prices are being obtained for all good
material and
For
my part I can only say that I find very little to add to my collection. I do acquire the very occasional revenue item
to add to my accumulation but as for my main collection of
But
just maybe if you are prepared to buy and sell then there is always something
to stimulate your interest. The reality
is that if you are, or become, a specialist in any field then there comes a
time when you need to commit all your acquired knowledge to paper and you would
be surprised how many “ new “ discoveries you can make. So the acquisition of
more stamps or covers is not where a specialist is actually heading. What they appear to be doing is to reflect,
time and time again, on that which they have previously purchased. Now I am not saying that I have never
disposed of surplus material but when I contemplate that which I have never
actually mounted in my collection - and this is a considerable amount of
varying types of collectable items - I realise that I actually do not have the
time, let alone the inclination, to add to this assembly.
This
may go some way to explain why, as a specialist Society, we have difficulty in
servicing a viable packet and our auctions are greatly dependent on selling on
those collections and
accumulations
of previous members who collecting interests have been terminated for one
reason or another. And this reminds me
that there are not that many of our number who are avid collectors of new
issues and although we get support from Australia Post there are few in our
membership who are actually seduced by the new philatelic promotions which
appear to generate substantial income for the postal services. So why do they do it?
Presumably
new stamp issues have a substantial souvenir base but rarely do they have
ongoing commercial value. This means that there is no ongoing basis for the
future of our hobby as a stamp collecting activity. Hence the reasonable modern trend toward
postal history which is reflected in what is available to purchase and where many,
if not most, of our collectors are now focussing their attention. What is also coming to the fore - and this
was demonstrated at our last London meeting - is the wide range of other
philatelic related material, relevant ephemera and interesting postal
curiosities which is one direction which has not yet been exploited.
This
brings me full circle to the recent Philatelic Congress of Great Britain where
the theme of the weekend was based upon Social Philately. It really was amazing how collectors are
moving towards a new interpretation of their material and how it relates to so
many aspects of our society. Within our
number we have many experts on matters such as Military Mail, the development
of the airmail services, the railway service and because
News
for 2012 and 2013. There are plans
developing for an Australasia exhibition in
However,
don’t forget our Christmas meeting in
Next
season will follow our usual pattern and, as a break with our tradition, we
have decided to return to
I
have a busy holiday period with philatelic visits to Australia, Prague, Vienna,
Torquay and Dublin so please do not be surprised if the next Bulletin is also late
!! Do not blame Colin.
AJG August 2008
AUSTRALIAN PHILATELY IN PRINT # 4, 2008.
A list of
articles found in Journals & Bulletins held by the Librarian (Periodicals).
AUSTRALIAN AEROPHILATELIST, No.88, January-March
2008.
Editorial: Lack of Aerophilatelic exhibits at National Exhibitions.
Letter; Smith Bros Vickers Vimy hidden at
Letter: Re “A little known Australian Biplane on
Letter: First flight covers of A380, from Michael Dobbs.
90th anniversary flight re-enactment
Details of first flight of
Aviation in the Australian Antarctic Territory (first flights from
Mawson to
Nepalese reminiscences, by Arthur Bergen.
Tiger Airways inaugural flight
The 80th anniversary of the record breaking
Can you help 6?
When is airmail not airmail? By Trevor Watkins.
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PHILATELY, No.104, June 2008.
Editorial – Tony Lyon.
Looking beyond the catalogue description – rare airmail from Cocos to
War-time trans-Atlantic airmails from
NSW quarantine markings, by Tim Cowley.
Loch Post Office (Gippsland) – a postscript, by Ian Cutter.
Minutes of 21 April 2008 meeting.
Hand-Held Date Stamps, co-ordinated by George Vearing.
Urban Myths, by Harewood.
Club Information.
Art.3416: Modern Philately (News and Notes), by David Collyer.
Art.3413 (cont): History of the Post Office Part 2 – Colonial Post
Offices and the Federation. Introduction
by Richard Breckon.
Art.3414: “1½d King George V die 1: New discoveries” by Don Landers.
Art.3417: Dots, holes, pinholes and pips, by SD Wattison.
Second ACCC - RPSV Interclub
Competition, Sydney April 2008 – results.
Art.3418: QANTAS covers for the opening of the
Art.3419: Printed cancellations on Australian postage stamps, 1988 to
1993, by Bryan Young & Klaus Niedzwetzki.
Art.3420: 1½d brown King George V die 1 electro 8: a new flaw at 8L42
and evidence for two substitutions, by Richard Guy.
Art.3443 (cont): 1d King George V plate varieties and compartment
markings: compartment line research, by Gordon Monk, Bert Wajer & Paul
Kaigg.
Minutes of 18 February, 17 March, and 21 April 2008 meetings.
CAPITAL PHILATELY, Vol.26, No.2, March 2008.
Editorial.
75th anniversary of the Philatelic Society of Canberra, Pt.2,
by Ian McMahon.
Finding material for your stamp collection, by Darryl Fuller.
Pastcards: Collecting picture postcards, by Elspeth Bodley.
Postage rate comparison, by Tony Luckhurst.
THE CINDERELLA STAMP CLUB OF
Secretary’s Page (subscriptions, etc).
Introducing your new editor – Peter Simpfendorfer.
Supplement 1 to “The Official Postal Labels of Australia” 2nd
ed, by Eric J Frazer and Robin C Occleshaw, edited by Richard C Peck.
GIBBONS STAMP MONTHLY, June 2008.
Obituary: Trevor Davis.
Postal Stationery Matters (Australian Food Parcel Labels incl. new
Fitzgibbons of Hobart label), by Peter van Gelder.
GIBBONS STAMP MONTHLY, July 2008.
No articles on Australian philately.
PHILATELIC LITERATURE REVIEW, 1st Quarter 2008.
No Australian content.
PHILATELY FROM
Editorial.
Vale: Jack Ganly 1911-2008.
Canberra Stampshow 2008 report by Don Napier
Evans Blackwood Diggings, St. George’s Express: a newly discovered
Private Express, by Les Molnar.
Airmail extracts from the PMG Annual Reports Pt.4, 1945 to 1947, by
Richard Breckon.
Operation of the RPSV Expert Committee, by John Shawley.
The Perkins Bacon 3 pence on Fourpence
Early Australian mail via
Royal News.
Book review: “Pierron’s Modern Great Britain and Commonwealth Missing
Colour Errors: 1952 to date”.
50-year Membership Dinner
THE
Editorial, QPC News, APF News, Club Scene, Dairy Dates and On the
Calendar.
Talk
Gladstone District Philatelic Society.
50 years ago – Jeff Gunston.
Thomas Trophy Competition 2008.
The William Whyte Award
Stamp Identifier
STAMP NEWS, Vol.55, #5, May 2008.
Editorial; Editor’s Mailbag; Philatelic News; New
Issues; Clubs & Societies; Dealers Directory; Calendar.
Earliest
First Day Covers – Leski Auctions 5 May.
Printed postmarks, by David Mallen.
Woodchip free zone: (Spotlight on solos) by Rod Perry.
Australian stamp variations, by David Mallen.
The Modern Scene, a focus on Framas, reprints, booklets and other Modern
Material, by Sel Pfeffer
Personalised Stamps, by Craig Chappell.
Cinderella Corner by Tony Presgrave.
Revenue Review, by Dave Elsmore.
Philately of epic proportions (GB - a stroll down nostalgia lane) by Rod
Perry.
Market Matters (New Australian Airmail Catalogue; Australians Awarded
new Renniks catalogue on medals; eBay loses the plot), by Glen Stephens.
De-mystifying the detail, by Andrew McEachern.
The Stuart Leven Collection of
Market Matters (Please use these stamps), by Glen Stephens.
STAMP NEWS, Vol.55, #6, June 2008.
Editorial; Editor’s Mailbag; Philatelic News; New
Issues; Clubs & Societies; Dealers Directory; Calendar.
Woodchip free zone: (Sand dunes. Once scoffed upon) by Rod Perry.
Australian stamp variations, by David Mallen.
The Modern Scene, a focus on Framas, reprints, booklets and other Modern
Material, by Sel Pfeffer
Personalised Stamps, by Craig Chappell.
Cinderella Corner by Tony Presgrave.
Revenue Review, by Dave Elsmore.
The rise and fall of the Hot Air Balloon, by Angie Testa.
Market Matters (puzzling perforations), by Glen Stephens.
De-mystifying the detail, by Andrew McEachern.
STAMP NEWS, Vol.55, #7, July 2008.
Editorial; Editor’s Mailbag; Philatelic News; New
Issues; Clubs & Societies; Dealers Directory; Calendar.
Auction News: Bridges go bonkers at Prestige Philately.
Another new philatelic website – www.nswpdc.org.au (NSW Philatelic Development Council).
Woodchip free zone: (Clarrie King – putting more fun into philately) by
Rod Perry.
Australian stamp variations, by David Mallen.
The Modern Scene, a focus on Framas, reprints, booklets and other Modern
Material, by Sel Pfeffer
Personalised Stamps, by Craig Chappell.
Cinderella Corner by Tony Presgrave.
Revenue Review, by Dave Elsmore.
Market Matters (gold medal price!), by Glen Stephens.
De-mystifying the detail, by Andrew McEachern.
Stamp conservation, by Scott Starling.
The design of the first post card of NSW – an update, by John Bell.
NSW 2/6d Lyrebird – forgery.
From the past – Vindin’s August 1891.
The
Vale – Trevor Davis.
Vale Trevor Davis: a personal tribute, by Ben Palmer.
NSW Newspaper Wrappers papers, designs, numbers printed, etc, by John
Bell.
Fakes and forgeries. – 1d
More
Missent
Register of Inwards Correspondence to the NSW PMG – National Archives,
File SP. 13. Vol.B7 – 1853. A listing by Barbara Hancock – Pt.3.
1888 NSW 8d Lyrebird query from Ben Palmer re: split top frame.
The NSW Laureate “reprints” – additional information, by Barbara
Hancock.
Overprint flaw on the NSW Seven-Pence Halfpenny.
AEC
REPORT OF
THE
There was a large
attendance for the display by Chris Harman RDP FRPSL. Being sheets extracted
from his 2007 President’s Display to the Royal Philatelic Society London it was
expected to be impressive and it did not disappoint.
Chris began his talk by
explaining how there was a connection with the USA in that the original
partners of Perkins & Bacon (Philadelphia) came to the UK in 1819 and
secured contracts to print bank notes and cheques. They secured a contract to
print British revenue stamps in 1828 and started printing British stamps in
1840. The first Australian stamps to be printed by the company were those of
Chris explained that during
1853, Perkins, Bacon received three requisitions for postage stamps from Edward
Barnard, the Agent-General for the Crown Colonies. These were for Van Diemens
Land (the spelling adopted by Perkins, Bacon),
The order was for the
plates, inks, watermarked paper and other equipment to be delivered to each
Colony.
The Colonial Secretary’s
Office,
Mangles & Co determined
that the stamps should be perforated. Perkins, Bacon at that time had always
struggled with perforating and were only to take possession of their first
effective perforating machine in the summer of 1860. It was this requirement
that they be perforated that seems to have decided the size of the final
stamps. They were the same size as the stamps of
Chris continued his commentary by explaining how
the Crown Colony contracts moved to De La Rue in January 1862 and the period to
1882 was well illustrated with material from many of the colonies.
Finally he showed examples of miscellaneous
printing work by Perkins, Bacon and some forgeries.
Perkins, Bacon & Company Ltd ceased trading in
1935 and the archives and records were purchased by Charles Nissen & Co
Ltd. Certain philatelic aspects and most of the records were sold to the RPSL.
The new company, Perkins Bacon Limited formed after the demise of Perkins,
Bacon, has no connection with its predecessor.
A vote of thanks was proposed by Patrick Reid for
an inspiring evening.
The Perkins Bacon Stamp Printing Contracts
& the use by other printers of the Perkins Bacon plates
Start Date Country Type
of Contract Contract
Termination End Date
1840 May Great Britain Direct Contract Last
printing by PB 1879 late
1853 Aug
1854 Mar South Australia Direct Contract Plates
sent to Colony 1854 Mar
1854 Apr
1854 Sep New Zealand Direct Contract Plates
sent to Colony 1854 Sep
1854 Dec Tasmania Direct Contract Plates
sent to Colony 1854 Dec
1855 Jan New South Wales Direct Contract Plates sent to Colony 1855
Jan
1860
Jun Queensland Direct Contract Plates sent to Colony 1861 Jun
BRP
Report of the South West
Meeting held at Ringwood on Saturday
19th April 2008.
It was "Our President Entertains" day at Ringwood when sixteen
members and guests welcomed Dr. Pat Reid.
After being locked out of the venue for a short while Pat in his usual informative
way entertained us to what can only be described as quite a remarkable
afternoon. It was soon obvious that we were privileged to be at
what Pat described as the last showing of his entry that recently took a gold
medal at
bound
copy be held in the society library.
This was just part of Pat’s display, he went on to give us a wonderful selection
of the postal history of Tasmania with many scarce items that included a
Molesworth Jeffrey Wrapper, Multi coloured Chalon Frankings, a Private hand
stamp of Bournbank Parish of Wellington and also a Private hand stamp for New
Norfolk.
One of the many fascinating covers on display was an underpaid quadruple weight
cover endorsed with more to pay, but a further hand stamp had been added
"Refused" being the recipient refusing to accept the
cost of the postage due
therefore it was not delivered.
Pat finished up with an
excellent coverage of Hobart and Launceston postal history
which included
Registered Mail, Free
Markings, Concession Rates and Missent in-coming Mail.
In giving the vote of thanks Tony Finlayson stated that Pat was probably the most competent expert in
his field, in this country. CVM.
REPORT OF THE SOUTHERN
SECTION MEETING HELD AT
Tom Gillespie gave a wide ranging display of covers
and cards from his extensive collection, starting with a selection of
Philatelic Covers from 1935 to 1980 and an interesting display of advertising
covers. It is impossible to list them
all but to give a indication some of the advertising covered Car and Truck
Suppliers, Builders Merchants, Freight Companies Book Shops, Millers, Tyre
Suppliers and Florists.
In the second section, Tom showed items relating to
explorers including Captain Cook and William John Wills who was born in Totnes,
For his final showing, Tom put up a selection of
postcards with subjects ranging from Ships, A.A.A. Cards (All about
In this abbreviated report one can only give a
flavour of the wealth of material on display but it made for a fascinating
afternoon for those members who made the effort to attend.
Bob Larg gave the vote of thanks.
Support from those local members who do not attend
meetings would be welcomed.
FROM
THE AUCTION MANAGER.
With this issue of the Bulletin you will receive the postal auction catalogue and my cupboard is
now empty of lots.
The next auction will be the Convention Auction in 2009 and I would like to start receiving lots
for this as soon as possible. Please see what you can find.
L.J.W.
PUBLICATIONS.
The publications stockholder has a limited number of "The Postbox
Cancels of
The checklist in the main relates to the instructional box date stamps
of
This small but concise publication should be of immense help to
any collector wishing to
understand the
usage of Postbox Cancels.
C.C-H.
CORRECTION.
In the report of the London Meeting on 12 March 2008 which appeared in
the last issue of the Bulletin, reference was made Randall Askeland FRPSL. This is incorrect as Mr Askeland’s membership
of the Royal Philatelic Society has lapsed.
Our apologies for this error.
BOOK REVIEW The Stamps of the
Section 1 starts with a brief
history of
Section 2 deals with
the O.S. overprints following the same pattern as section one.
Section 3 covers
the Air Mail overprint issue on the same basis as the previous sections.
Finally there is additional
specialised information in the form of
10 Appendices rounding out a most
comprehensive study of these stamps.
The Book consists of 70 Pages A4
Size. Soft Back. 14 Pages in Colour. An
excellent book for those who collect the stamps of the
Available from David Heward,
116, Belgrave, Southill,
A Copy of this book has been donated by Rad Heward & will be placed in the B. S. A. P Library See the B. S. A. P. Bulletin for information regarding the book number etc.
Library Additions.
(123)
(373) The Stamps of the
To all members who have a Library List please insert the above details. T.G.
Membership
Secretary/Treasurer’s list of changes to membership database from 15 May 2008
to 11 July 2008
Changes of address
1482 Williams MJ Greenwich, NSW 2065, Australia
Resignations:
1045 Biggs JG
Reinstated to
membership by paying arrears of subscriptions:
1734 Vadas R
New member:
*1764 Burt