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American Stamp Club of

Great Britain

British Thematic Association

Society News

Italy & Colonies Study Circle

The Club will hold its 40th annual

convention from 3 to 5 October

2008 at the Hilton in Leicester.

On Friday, there will be a

group dinner followed by a mini-

competiton. On Saturday, the

dealer and members’ bourse will

be from 9.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.,

followed by the club competition,

the annual general meeting and

the convention dinner. On Sunday,

there will be additional displays by

members.

Founded in 1954, the ASC of

GB is one of the largest specialist

societies in the UK with over 300

members and is the American

Philatelic Society’s largest

overseas affiliate. Club members

are available to visit local societies

and give displays of USA stamps

and postal history.

Anyone interested in member-

ship should contact Ernest

Malinow, on 01132 662 871 or

visit the Club’s website at www.

virtualstampclub.com/apsascgb.

html

Aylesbury & District PS

The BTA held its annual general

meeting during the recent

Thematica show, at which Brian

Sole stood down as President

being replaced by John Hayward.

Richard Wheeler was elected as

the new Chairman.

In recognition of Brian’s long

service he was made an Honorary

Life Member, one of only five

people to have been given this

honour. He was presented with a

special diploma by Past President

Margaret Morris (photographed

above).

After the formal proceedings

had been completed Barry

Stagg, presented a display on

‘Parachutes’.

For more information regarding

the BTA please please write to

Peter Denly, 9 Oaklands Park,

Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23

2BY.

The annual general meeting will

take place on Saturday 4 October

2008 at the Victory Services Club,

Seymour Street, London W2 at

2.00 p.m.

After the business of the meeting

has been concluded an auction

will be conducted.

For details of the Study Circle

please contact Mr R Harlow, 7

Duncombe House, 8 Manor Road,

Teddington TW11 8BE or email:

harlow@gmail.com

Ringwood Philatelic Society

Lanarkshire Philatelic Society

The members look forward to the

start of a new session which has

a varied programme of displays

including ‘Malaya’, ‘Liechtenstein’,

‘Russia’ and ‘China, as well as

‘Lanark’! Themed nights include

‘Third Reich’, ‘WWI’ and ‘Famous

Women.’

The season commences on 5

September 2008 when the new

President, Margaret Lyth, will give

her ‘President’s Display’.

Meetings are held in St

Andrew’s Church Hall, Avon Street,

Hamilton, starting at 7.30 p.m.

Further details are available at

www.lanarkshireps.co.uk of from

Paul McGowan, on 01698 426 289.

Nottinghamshire PS

Chelmsford and District PS

There was a large gathering of

members at the July meeting when

they were entertained with an

excellent display of South African

stamps and postal history by Chris

Oliver, President of the National

Philatelic Society (pictured above).

The display was enhanced with

interesting letters, details of Royal

visits, postal stationery cards and

newspaper cuttings.

Richard Payne recently presented

two displays to members.

His main display was on ‘The

Work of Perkins Bacon and Co’

and as a complete contrast he

also showed ‘Postal History of St

Helena’ which included the earliest

letter from the island, written

in 1661, and a letter written by

Napolean during his exile.

For details of the Society please

contact John Rawlings on 01245

420 196.

At the meeting on Friday 5

September 2008, Derek Wain of

Matlock will be showing ‘Modern

China’ and the 19 September

meeting will be a ‘Members’

evening’.

Further details from Chris

Tennant on 01159 611 216.

The Society held its 41st annual

general meeting in July with the

President, Rowan Brockenhurst, in

the chair, 24 members re-elected

Chairman, Colin Mount(for his 20th

year in office!), Secretary, Jo Knott

and Treasurer,Terry Carter.

After the presentation of the

cups and awards a donation

from club funds was made to the

Greyfriars Club Ebenezer Hall

Restoration Fund. The evening

finished with a display by Gavin

Fryer, a Past President of the Royal

Philatelic Society London (left in

the above photograph), pictured

with Rowan Brockenhurst on

‘Holes’—an amusingly presented

display about perforations and

cancellations on stamps and items

of postal stationery.

The Club resumes its monthly

meetings on Tuesday 9 September

2008 when newcomers will as

always be welcome.

Wessex Philalteic Federation

Portadown and District PS

Egypt Study Circle

Bristol Philatelic Society

The 2008-09 season contains a

programme of invited displays,

auctions, bourses, competitions

and members’ display evenings.

New members are made

very welcome. The Society

meets fortnightly on alternate

Wednesdays and Thursdays at

7.30 p.m. at The United Reform

Church, Redland Park, Whiteladies

Road, Bristol. For further

information contact Mike Tanner

on email: miketanner1@aol.com,

or telephone 01179 240 837.

The next meeting will take

place on 20 September 2008 at

Stampex. The meeting will view

new acquisitions and queries.

On 22 November Peter Andrews

and John Davis will be offering a

joint session on ‘Postal Stationery’.

This meeting will be held at the

Victory Services Club, Seymour

Street, Marble Arch, London,

commencing at 2.00 p.m.

The Society is hosting a stamp

exhibition and collectors fair on

27 September 2008 at Portadown

Town Hall from 10.00 a.m until

4.00 p.m. Admission is free.

Refreshments will be available

and large car parks are situated

convenient to the Town Hall.

Further details are available from

Mr J J Proctor on 02838 334 964.

Postal History Society

Hinkley and District PS

Bristol Woodland Philatelic

Society

The Society meets on alternate

Mondays at 7.30 p.m. at the Bowls

Club, Civil Service Ground, Filton

Avenue, Horfield, Bristol, with the

2008/2009 season commencing on

Monday 8 September. For further

information on membership and

programme please contact Keith

Taplin on 01179 514 509. New

members are always welcome.

The Society will be hosting a

stamp fair and exhibition on the

theme of ‘Aviation’, on Sunday

12 October 2008 from 10.00 a.m.

until 4.00 p.m.

The event will take place at

the John Cleveland College, Butt

Lane, Hinkley, Leicestershire LE10

2SX.

There will be 12 dealers in

attendance. Admission is free

and there is ample parking.

Refreshments will be available all

day.

For further details please ring

01455 617 818.

The Society met on 29 June

2008 at The Rose and Crown

Hotel, Salisbury. There were

39 attendees, which included

members and guests, with the

opening display of ‘Posted in

Advance for Christmas’ given by

Pat Campbell. There followed five

displays before lunch was taken.

During the afternoon there

were a further 19 presentations

with an incredibly wide range of

subjects much appreciated by the

audience.

The next meeting is on Sunday

7 September at 10.00 a.m at The

Eastbury Hotel, Sherborne, Dorset.

For further information please ring

David Ashby on 01935 817760.

The annual conference is on

10 to 12 October at The Fownes

Hotel, Worcester. Please contact

Richard Stock on 0151 336 4843

for further information and booking

details.

Stamp collecting in the West

Country has had a good spring

with two major awards to

members.

Gary Green (member of the

Torquay and Dawlish societies)

won the Inter-Federation Salver

for Wessex at Thematica with his

entry of ‘Bee Keeping and the Life

of the Honey Bee’. Gary has also

recently taken over as Secretary

of the West of England Thematic

Society and is seen above being

presented with the salver by

Jeffery Matthews (left), stamp

designer, at Thematica.

David Chamberlain has

been awarded a Certificate of

Appreciation for his promotion of

the hobby by the Association of

British Philatelic Societies (ABPS)

during his 43 years membership of

the Plymouth Philatelic Society and

as founder of the Devon Society of

Postal Historians of which he has

been Secretary for 24 years.

For further information on the

Federation please contact Mr

Chamberlaine on 01752-789 622.

G.S.M.September2008

BRITISH EUROPE

A selection of unusual items suitable for the specialist collector.

CYPRUS

1880

1d Red,rare plate 174,fine mint. Cat £1,300. Cert.................. ........

£950.

1881

‘HALFPENNY’ on 1d,scarce plate 215,v.f.mint. Cat £ 700. ... ........

£395.

1881

2pi Blue,SG 13 v.f.mint. Cat £450. ......................................... ........

£225.

1944

1pi rare line perf,SG 154a superb u/m marginal block of 4. .. .....£1,650.

1962

Complete set opt ‘SPECIMEN’,SG 211—223 plus 5m has

double opt,u/m................................................................................... ........

£160.

CHRISTMAS

ISLAND

In October Christmas

Island celebrates the 50th

anniversary of its first

stamps, on becoming an

Australian territory in 1958. Richard Breckon looks at the

background to the recess-printed definitives of 1958 and

1963.

Plate 174

SG 18b

MONTH

GIBRALTAR.

1886

(Jan) 2½d scarce blue—black opt,SG 4a f.used. Cat £150.

Cert..................................................................................................... ........

£120.

1889

5c INVERTED WATERMARK,SG 22w mint,slight faults but

rare.Cat £250. .................................................................................... ...........£60.

1889

(Aug) 25c on 2d,SMALL ‘1’,SG 17ab v.f.mint.Cat £100......... ...........£50.

1889

(Aug) 25c on 2d,BROKEN ‘N’,SG 17b in v.f.mint pair with

normal.Cat £104. ............................................................................... ...........£50.

1889

(Aug) 25c on 2½D ‘BROKEN’N’,SG 18b v.f.mint.Cat £325. .. ........

£225.

1903

D.L.R. card die proof of completed design for the

1d,’BEFORE HARDENING’ &‘23 JAN 03’. Very fine &-rare. ............. ........

£550.

1912—24

£1 Dull purple & black on red,SG 85 superb marginal

block of 4,two u/m. ........................................................................... .......

£ 450.

1935

S.Jubilee lid ‘EXTRA FLAGSTAFF’ SG 115a contained in

corner block of 4,v.f.mint. Cat £335. ................................................. ........

£220.

Ditto

but ‘SHORT EXTRA FLAGSTAFF’ SG 115b superb u/m in

corner block of 4.Cat £309++............................................................ ........

£280.

Ditto

but 6d ‘EXTRA FLAGSTAFF’,SG 116a in corner pair,superb

u/m Cat £ 259++................................................................................ ........

£180.

Ditto

the 6d ‘SHORT EXTRA FLAGSTAFF’ SG 116b in superb

u/m corner block of 4,Cat £478++. ................................................... ........

£395.

1938—51

10/— IMPERF PAIR printed on lined security paper

with huge margins.Printers working proof of frame in blue.Rare,..... ........

£350.

THE ANGLO-BOER WAR

Joh Groenewald, Honorary Life President of the Anglo-

Boer War Philatelic Society, demonstrates that the 1899-

1902 conflict offers tremendous scope for collectors of

stamps and postal history.

GRENADA

David Horry continues his tour of the Caribbean during

the reign of King George VI, this time looking at the

interesting postmarks which may be found on the

attractive stamps of Grenada.

MALAYA

The mutiny by certain Indian regiments in Singapore in

1915 is one of the less well-known events of World War I.

Rob Holley discusses the mutiny itself and reviews its

military, political and philatelic repercussions.

PLUS

Nimrod on Barbados, Shore to Shore, Catalogue

Column, David Horry, Panorama, Stamps News in Brief

and the latest supplement to the

Stanley Gibbons

Catalogue.

BRITISH STAMPS

REVENUES

1966

Angling 7d BLACK OMITTED SG 191a u/m. Pierron states

only 36 known.Cat £1,500. ............................................................... ......

£1,250

MALTA.

1834

Entire from Athens to Edinburgh via Malta,on reverse

v.f.strike in bluish--green of the rare ‘MALTA F’ as used by the

Falmouth office. ................................................................................. ........

£650.

1886

5/- INVERTED WATERMARK,SG 30w fine mint.Cat £150..... ...........£90.

1922

Script wmk 2/- SG 103 with ‘NICK IN TOP RIGHT

SCROLL’, position 36,f.mint. SG unlisted. ........................................ ........

£220.

1922

Script wmk 2/- ‘BROKEN CROWN & SCROLL SG 103b v.f.

mint. Cat £300.................................................................................... ........

£170.

1935

S.Jubilee 2½d ‘SHORT EXTRA FLAGSTAFF’ SG 211b in

superb u/m corner blockof 4.Cat £187++......................................... ........

£135.

1935

S.Jubilee 1/- ‘LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR’ SG 213c v.f.mint.

Cat £300............................................................................................. ........

£190.

1960

Stamp Centenary 1½d Background bluing omitted u/m.

Single £35. Block of 4........................................................................ ........

£140.

1965

Def ½d PINK & WHITE both printed double, SG 330a &

330c in u/m verticalstrip of 6. ............................................................ ........

£100.

1965

DEF 1/3d SG 341 MASSIVE SHIFT OF GREY, marginal

block of 4 u/m. ................................................................................... ........

£140.

1965

Great Siege 3d SG 353 good shift of olive-green giving

appearance of double battlefield,u/m. .............................................. ...........£15.

1973-76

Def 4m GOLD OMITTED SG 487a u/m corner plate

block of 4. Nice piece. ....................................................................... ........

£280.

1971

Uniforms 2p INVERTED WATERMARK,SG 291w corner

plate No. u/m. .................................................................................... ...........£60.

In the third and final article in his ‘Missing (Revenue)

Dies’ series, the late Peter Mansfield looked at the Excise

Revenue Stamps issued for the collection of

Entertainments Duty between 1916 and 1960.

DECIMAL CASTLES

Following his important two-part article on the De La

Rue ‘Wilding’ Castles, Peter Shaw turns his attention to

the decimal currency Castle definitives, concentrating in

particular on the varieties and errors.

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FAIRSDIARYDATES

Readers are advised to check (telephone numbers are given, where known) that venues

and times are correct. Every care is taken in the compilation of this listing but we regret

that

GSM

cannot be held responsible for omissions or errors.

AUGUST

Birmingham,

Collingwood Centre, Collingwood

Drive, Pheasey, Great Barr

Bournemouth,

Annunciation Hall, Charminster

Road

Ealing,

Polygon Complex, Ealing Parish Church,

St Mary’s Road

Guildford,

Onslow Village Hall, Wilderness Road,

Onslow Village

Leeds,

St Mary’s Church Hall, Commercial Street,

Morley

Purley,

Christ Church Hall, Brighton Road, Purley

Heath

St Albans,

Jubilee Centre, Catherine Street

Tunbridge Wells,

St Mark’s Hall, Bayham Road

Ascot,

British Red Cross Centre, Heatherwood

Hospital Entrance 3, King’s Ride

Hatfield,

Ramada Hatfield (formally The Comet),

St Albans Road West (A1M)

Southport,

Royal Clifton Hotel, The Promenade

Wing,

Cottesloe School, Aylesbury Road

SEPTEMBER

Neath,

Town Hall, Church Place

Stowmarket,

Football Club, Bury Road

Cardiff,

Methodist Church, Nottingham Street

Aberdeen,

Queen’s Cross Church Hall, Albyn

Place

Deal,

Landmark Centre, 129 High Street

Exeter,

America Hall, De La Rue Way, Pinhoe

Huddersfield,

St Thomas’ Church Hall,

Manchester Road, Longroyd Bridge

Leicester,

Blackfriars Hall, Holycross Centre,

Wellington Street

Rawreth,

Parish Hall, Church Lane

Ruislip,

Methodist Church Hall, Ickenham Road,

off High Street

Salfords,

Village Hall, Honeycrock Lane, Salfords,

Redhill

Sutton Coldfield,

Fellowship Hall, South Parade,

Town Centre

Swindon,

Western Community Centre, Somerset

Road, Rodbourne Cheney

York,

Wigginton Village Hall

Altrincham,

Cresta Court Hotel, Church Street,

Town Centre

Milton Keynes,

Irish Centre, Manor Field, Watling

Street, Bletchley

Prestwick,

RAFA Club, Ardayre Road, A77/

A79

Sevenoaks,

Willdernesse School, Seal

Hollow Road

Wigan,

Pemberton Masonic Hall, Chapel

Street, off Ormskirk Road

Wolverhampton,

Church Road, Bradmore

Worthing,

Heene Community Centre, 122

Heene Road

London,

Royal National Hotel, 1-8 Russell

Square, Bloomsbury WC1H 0DG

Plymouth,

Guildhall, Armada Way

Bilsborrow,

Village Hall, 6 miles north of

Preston on A6

Colwyn Bay,

Eirias High School, Eirias Road

Derby,

Bracken’s Hotel, Bracken’s Lane,

Alvaston

Eastbourne,

St Mary’s Church Hall, Decoy

Drive, Hampden Park

Folkestone,

Trinity Church Hall, Sandgate

Road

Langdon Hills,

Methodist Church Hall, High

Road

Leamington Spa,

Royal Spa Centre, Newbold

Terrace, Town Centre

Poole,

Upton Community Centre, Poole Road,

Upton

Staines,

Christchurch Hall, Kingston Road

Stockton-on-Tees,

Norton Methodist Church

Hall

Sutton,

Methodist Church Hall, Green Lane

off Rose Hill roundabout, almost opposite

Thomas Wall Park

Upminster,

St Laurence Church Hall, Corbets

Tey Road

Altrincham,

Quality Hotel, Langham Road,

Bowdon

Bedford,

Park Inn, St Mary’s Street

(07765 792 998)

(01749 813 324)

(07851 198 488)

(01795 478 175)

(01909 563 394)

(01903 244 875)

(07736 527 716)

(01892 529 898)

(07851 198 488)

(07736 527 716)

(01484 866 777)

(01895 637 283)

(01446 741 026)

(01328 855 251)

(01446 741 026)

(01382 224 946)

(01304 829 827)

(01761 414 304)

(01484 681 559)

(01522 530 123)

(01702 323 682)

(01895 637 283)

(01795 478 175)

(01785 259 350)

(01793 528 664)

(01670 787 442)

(01484 866 777)

(07736 527 716)

(01387 710 451)

(01303 238 8070

(01226 765 069)

(01384 74279)

(01795 478 175)

(020 7278 7871)

(01749 813 324)

(01226 765 069)

(01745 826 434)

(01226 360 190)

(01795 478 175)

(01304 829 827)

(01268 543 3710

(01785 259 350)

(01202 708 866)

(07851 198 488)

(01670 787 442)

(02086 401 404)

(01708 722 2550

(01785 259 350)

(01159 474 747)

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Chelmsford,

Old Chelmsfordians Club, Roxwell

Road

North Shields,

King Edward’s Primary School,

Preston Avenue

Nottingham,

Novotel, Bostock Lane, Long Eaton

J25 M1)

Potters Bar,

Mount Grace School, Church Road

Wokingham,

St Crispin’s Leisure Centre, London

Road

Yeovil,

Westlands Sports and Social Club,

Westbourne Close

Cheltenham,

St Andrew’s United Reform

Church, Montpellier Street

Basingstoke,

Costello Technology College,

Crossborough Hill

Blackpool,

St Bernadette’s Church Hall,

Devonshire Road, Bispham

Bletchley,

Methodist Church Hall, Queensway

Brighton,

Good Shepherd Hall, 272 Dyke Road

Glasgow,

Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Road

Hastings,

Christ Church, London Road, St

Leonard’s-on-Sea

Hull,

St Stephen’s Church Hall, Freehold Street,

off Spring Bank

Laindon,

James Hornsby High School, Leinster

Lane

Liverpool,

St Columba Church Hall, Hillfoot

Road, Hunts Cross

Weston-Super-Mare,

St Paul's Church Hall,

Walliscote Road

Altrincham,

Cresta Court Hotel, Church Street,

Town Centre

Amersham,

Jubilee Scout Hall, Rectory Hill

Dronfield,

Coal Aston Village Hall, near

Sheffield

Hertford,

Sele School, Welwyn Road

Knowle,

Village Hall, St John’s Close

Maidstone,

Royal British Legion, British Legion

Village, Hall Road, Aylesford

Montrose,

George Hotel, 22 George Street,

A90 /A935

Barkingside,

IRSDA Hall, Craven Gardens,

opposite Library

Birmingham,

Collingwood Centre, Collingwood

Drive, Pheasey, Great Bar

Bexhill,

St Martha’s Church Hall, Cooden Beach

Road, Little Common

Ealing,

Polygon Complex, Ealing Parish Church,

St Mary’s Road

Hove,

St Leonard’s Church Hall, Glebe Villas

Morley,

St Mary’s Church Hall, Commercial

Street, near Leeds

Portadown,

Town Hall

St Albans,

Jubilee Centre, Catherine Street

Sittingbourne,

Carmel Hall, Ufton Lane, off

West Street

Ascot,

British Red Cross Centre, Heatherwood

Hospital Entrance 3, King’s Ride

Carlisle,

Houghton Village Hall, J44 M6 (A689)

Harrogate,

Masonic Hall, Station Avenue near

Police Station

Lowestoft,

Wherry Hotel, Bridge Road, Oulton

Broad

Marlow,

Red Cross Centre, Victoria Road

Ormskirk,

Guide Headquarters, Moorgate

Portsmouth,

St Luke’s Sports Centre, Greetham

Street

Southport,

Royal Clifton Hotel, The Promenade

Stevenage,

Novotel, Knebworth Park (J7 A1M)

Stockport,

Masonic Guildhall, Wellington Road

South

OCTOBER

Neath,

Town Hall, Church Place

Stowmarket,

Football Club, Green’s Meadow,

Bury Road

Cardiff,

Methodist Church, Nottingham Street

Ayr,

Queen Margaret Academy, Dalmellington

Road

Bilsborrow,

Village Hall, six miles north of

Preston on A6

Broughty Ferry,

St Aidan’s Church Hall, Brook

Street, A930

Burton in Kendal,

Memorial Hall

Crawley,

St Paul’s Church Hall, Woodfield Road,

Northgate

Deal,

Landmark Centre, 129 High Street

Huddersfield,

St Thomas’ Church Hall,

Manchester Road, Longroyd Bridge

(01245 440 936)

(01670 787 442)

(01484 866 777)

(01303 238 807)

(01923 674 999)

(01749 813 324)

(01179 623 203)

(01256 415 6990

(01282 866 562)

(01908 377 751)

(01903 244 875)

(01382 224 946)

(01795 478 175)

(01909 563 394)

(01268 543 371)

(01226 765 069)

(01761 414 304

(01484 866 777)

(01895 637 283)

(01909 5633 394)

(07736 527 716)

(07765 792 998)

(01903 244 875)

(01387 710 451)

(07736 527 716)

(07765 792 998)

(01903 244 875)

(07851 198 488)

(01273 514 733)

(01909 563 394)

(02838 334 964)

(07736 527 716)

(01795 478 175)

(07851 198 488)

(01387 710 451)

(01282 866 562)

(01502 563 759)

(01895 637 283)

(01514 862 610)

(01489 582 673)

(01484 866 777)

(07736 527 716)

(01283 820 151)

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(01446 741 026)

(01328 855 251)

(01446 741 026)

(01698 426 289)

(01226 765 069)

(01387 710 451)

(016070 787 442)

(01903 244 875)

(01304 829 827)

(01484 681 559)

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G.S.M September 2008

DIARY DATES

Auctions

A monthly guide to Auctions

This guide has been compiled from information supplied by organisers of the events.

Gibbons Stamp Monthly

cannot be held responsible for any errors, changes, cancellations

or omissions. Information for inclusion in the October 2008 issue (published 18

September) should be sent to The News Editor, Gibbons Stamp Monthly, 7 Parkside,

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August 2008

NEWFOUNDLAND AND CANADA

Eastern

PO Box 250, Bathurst, New Brunswick,

E2A 3Z2, Canada

September 2008

2/5

Christoph Gärtner

Steinbeisstr 6-8, 74321 Bietigheim-

Bissingen, Germany

Sandafayre Kwik

Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8XN

Mowbrays Australia

PO Box 80, Wellington, New Zealand.

Auction in Sydney, Australia

Warwick and Warwick

Chalon House, Scar Bank, Millers Road,

Warwick CV34 5DB

Tennants

The Auction Centre, Leyburn, North

Yorkshire DL8 5SG

County

Oakley Lane, Oakley, Basingstoke, RG23

7JZ

Cambridgeshire

27 Fore Hill, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7

4AA. Auction at The Maltings, Ely

Sandafayre Post Bid

Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8XN

AJH Stamps

The Laurels, Manchester Road, Accrington,

Lancashire BB5 2PF

ASIA FEATURING HONG KONG AND

CHINA

Spink

60 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London

WC1B 4ET

Auction in London

10/11

Schiff

195 Main Street, Ridgefield Park, NJ

07660, USA

ALL WORLD INCLUDING SPECIALISED GB

Cavendish

153-157 London Road, Derby DE1 2SY

Sandafayre Express

Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8XN

Mowbray

PO Box 63, Otaki Railway 5543, New

Zealand

16/18

USA, RUSSIA AND ALL WORLD

Cherrystone

119 West 57th Street, New York, NY

10019, USA

Spink

60 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury,

London WC1B 4ET

Apex

Freepost, Lingfield, Surrey RH7 6XA

Post bid auction

Stanley Gibbons

399 Strand, London WC2R 0LX

Post bid auction

Dorotheum

Dorotheergasse 17, A-1010, Vienna,

Austria

Wealden

PO Box 95, Tonbridge, Kent TN12 7PX.

Postal auction

Sandafayre Hunters

Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8XN

23/27

ALL WORLD INCLUDING GERMAN STATES

RARITIES

Heinrich Köhler

Wilhelmstrasse 48, 65183 Wiesbaden,

Germany

Bonhams

101 New Bond Street, London W1S 1SR

Brian Reeve

Unit 120, Trident Business Centre, 89

Bickersteth Road, Tooting, SW17 9SH

T and T Auctions

8 Castle Street, Royal Tunbridge Wells,

Kent TN1 1XJ

The Ten O’Clock Show

Village Centre, Rogers Lane, Stoke

Poges, Slough, Berkshire SL2 4LP

Universal

The Old School, Idbury, Chipping

Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 6RU

Sandafayre Kwik

Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8XN

October 2008

2/7

Feldman,

175 Rue de Chancy, PO Box 81, CH

1213 Onex, Geneva, Switzerland

3/4

SCANDINAVIA

Postiljonen

Box 537, SE-201, 25 Malmo, Sweden

Worthing

70 Victoria Road, Worthing BN11 1UN

Somerset

Forest Farm, Ashill, Ilminster, Somerset

TA19 9LP

Provincial

90 Park Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11

8QR

Sandafayre Post Bid

Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8XN

7/8

Dorotheum

Dorotheergasse 17, A-1010, Vienna,

Austria

AJH Stamps

The Laurels, Manchester Road, Accrington,

Lancashire BB5 2PF

STUART LEVEN COLLECTION OF NEW

GUINEA

Millenium

Suite 25, 89-97 Jones Street, Ultimo, NSW

2007, Australia

Warwick and Warwick

Chalon House, Scar Bank, Millers Road,

Warwick CV34 5DB

G.S.M. September 2008

New Collector

John Holman looks at some novelty stamps, continues his survey of

Indian States issues, and examines interesting items submitted by

readers

Novelty stamps

Until the 1960s most stamps were printed in a straightforward manner on ordinary paper,

with gum that needed to be moistened to affix it to mail. The shape of the first adhesive

postage stamps, the Penny Black and Twopence Blue, was said to have been determined

by the gummed labels which secured tax stamps to parchment legal documents, these

measured approx 18×24mm.

Over the years stamps have been printed in a range of sizes and shapes, on substances

other than paper and with self-adhesive rather than water-activated gum.

A polygonal stamp

from Great

Britain and

diamond-

shaped

stamps

from New

Brunswick and

Nova Scotia

Just seven years after the Penny Black,

Britain issued the first polygonal stamps—

the octagonal 1s. green embossed—printed

at Somerset House. The stamps were im-

perforate and had to be cut from the

sheets. Many are now found cut to shape,

and as such are worth considerably less

than stamps cut square. The same format

was used for the 10d. stamp in 1848, and

the 6d. stamp of 1854 was also of polygonal

shape, but with the top and side panels

raised from the main frame which was

slightly curved. Although GB produced no

further adhesive stamps in this shape, im-

printed octagonal-shaped stamps are found

on postal stationery into the 1980s.

The first diamond-shaped stamps ema-

nated from Nova Scotia and New Bruns-

wick (Canada) in 1851. They featured

heraldic flowers of the UK, mayflowers,

and the imperial crown, and were recess-

printed by Perkins Bacon. In 1853 Nova

Scotia added a similar 1d. stamp but this

was turned square and had the Chalon

portrait of Queen Victoria in place of the

crown. (A similar design was used for New-

foundland’s first stamp in 1857.)

In the late 19th century the diamond

shape was used for many Russian zemstvos

stamps (local authority issues) and Ger-

man local posts. In the years 1927–40 many

large diamond-shaped stamps emanated

from Tuva (now part of Mongolia), and

from the 1960s the shape found favour for

Commonwealth issues from, for example,

Ghana (1967), Gilbert and Ellice Islands

(1968), and India (1984). The USA used

the shape for its Mineral Heritage stamps

of 1974.

The first triangular stamps were issued by

the Cape of Good Hope in 1853 following

instructions from the Legislative Council

to prepare ‘a device and stamp so different

from those of English postage stamps as to

catch the eye at a glance’. The stamps were

engraved in London by William Humphrys

G.S.M. September 2008

and recess-printed first by Perkins Bacon

and later by De La Rue using the Per-

kins Bacon plates. The most famous of

these Cape stamps are the so-called ‘Wood-

blocks’ produced locally during a shortage

of the London-printed stamps. They were

actually engraved on steel by C J Roberts

and printed from stereotyped plates in

Cape Town. The 1d. stamp was printed

in vermilion and the 4d. value in blue but

both are known in the wrong colours as

a result of clichés being inserted into the

wrong plates. The errors are now valued at

some £150,000 unused in the SG catalogue.

Rather cheaper is a revised version of the

4d. stamp printed in grey-blue and issued

in 1926. It exists inscribed in English or

Afrikaans and is priced at £1.75 each. It

was, like the original triangulars, issued

imperf but examples are known privately

perforated or rouletted. The 1953 triangu-

lars were reproduced on stamp centenary

stamps in 1953.

The Cape’s triangular stamps were not

copied by other Empire countries other

than for Newfoundland’s 3d. stamp of

1857. New Zealand revived the format with

Health stamps featuring Princess Elizabeth

(now The Queen) and her sister, the late

Princess Margaret, in 1943 (SG 636/7).

Other triangular stamps from Common-

wealth countries have been issued by

Malaysia (in 1962 and 1966), India and

Jamaica (1964), Ghana (1965), Gibraltar

(1975), East Africa (1976) and Grenada

(1981). However triangular stamps have

been more popular with some foreign

postal administrations, including Colom-

bia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Iceland, Is-

rael, Latvia, Monaco, Mongolia, Nicaragua,

and San Marino.

Britain has never issued triangular stamps

although the small island of Herm in the

Channel Islands issued a rather attractive

series of local carriage labels featuring

birds, animals, butterflies and fish in 1954.

Stamps in a

variety of

shapes

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