Stamp Magazine - December 2016

THE WORLDS BEST PHILATELIC MAGAZINE
DECEMBER 2016
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The Pitcairn
Islands 1940
definitives
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Christmas fare
for Great Britain
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Female aviators
Full steam ahead
Postal history
and ephemera
of the Great
Northern
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Stars in our eyes
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Astronomy
as a stellar
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IN THIS ISSUE
Its a pleasure to be able to bring you a

feature about railway stamps and postal
history in this issue, because the
development of Britains rail network
went hand-in-hand with the expansion of
its postal service in the Victorian era.
The opportunity to send letters was hardly new,
but its affordability certainly was, following Rowland
Hills reforms. Steam locomotion, meanwhile, was
cutting-edge technology, drastically reducing journey
times around the country and quickly muscling in on
the profitable business of carrying parcels as well as
other goods.
Both services were about modernisation and
economic growth, even if one was louder, smokier
and more sensually exciting than the other.
Railway philately is a complex collecting area,
because (in contrast to the postal service), it was not
subject to a state-imposed monopoly in the 19th
century. Routes were created by separate
companies, requiring separate Acts of Parliament,
working in their own ways and issuing their own
stamps. Studying the story of one particular railway
can be illuminating, however, and that is the
approach we have taken (see page 38).
The Great Northern Railway carried passengers
between London and York, with branch lines offering
access to most of the cities and seaside resorts of
eastern England. It also produced newspaper
stamps, parcel stamps, agricultural sample stamps
and latterly letter stamps. It even printed stationery
and postcards, so you can slip seamlessly from
philately into ephemera whenever it suits you!
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A trainload of collectables from the heyday of the Great Northern Railway
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14 This mourning cover from Nova Scotia to

India is one of the latest auction highlights
GB NEW ISSUE
Full details of this years
Christmas stamp issue
22
GB COLLECTOR
A 21st-century error discovered,
new Post & Go designs and a
special seasonal Smilers sheet
26 LETTERS
Whats the point of pictorial
stamps if they are defaced in
transit? Might television coverage
be a poisoned chalice?
33 DEVILS ADVOCATE
What is to be done about Stanley
Gibbons? And who should do it?
4 www.stampmagazine.co.uk DECEMBER 2016
20 Our verdict on Royal Mails Christmas set
CONTENTS
DECEMBER 2016 | Volume 82, Number 12 | www.stampmagazine.co.uk
50
The global celebrities and unsung heroines of womens aviation
47
First definitive series of the Pitcairn Islands
FEATURES
38
62
50 THEMATIC GUIDE TO
FEMALE AVIATORS
Women played a prominent role
in the early story of aviation, and
many of them became worldwide
celebrities in the process. Philatelic
commemoratives can add up to an
impressive collection
62 THE FALSE
ARMISTICE OF 1918
Days before World War I actually
ended, erroneous reports that
the killing was over spurred
premature celebrations across the
United States, and created some
fascinating postal history
Postal history of the false armistice of November 1918
In 1940, the first stamp issue of

the Pitcairn Islands recalled its
settlement by naval mutineers
59 FORGOTTEN COUNTRIES
The sultanate of Upper Yafa briefly
issued stamps during the British
withdrawal from Aden in 1967
68
59
Astronomy as a theme on GB stamps
47 COMMONWEALTH
CLASSICS
THE GREAT
NORTHERN RAILWAY
Parcel stamps, goods stamps,
letter stamps, covers and
ephemera from one of Britains
key communication routes of
Victorian and Edwardian times
68
GB THEMES
Stamps relating to astronomy are
among the most stunning designs
in a Great Britain collection
72 WHATS ON
Exhibition, auction, fair and society
dates for your diary
78 NEW ISSUE GUIDE

Detailed listing of the latest stamp
issues from around the world, with
a handy thematic checklist
105 STRANGE BUT TRUE

The SS Great Eastern was a
magnificent ship, but it couldnt be
in two places at once
105
Stamps of Upper Yafa
Shipshape but fundamentally flawed
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WORLD NEWS
Netherlands booklet
celebrates Enscheds
anniversary
Dutch security printer Ensched has celebrated the 150th anniversary of its debut in
stamp production by creating a special souvenir in collaboration with the national
postal authority, PostNL.
The limited-edition booklet of stamps mimics a strip cartoon, telling a story of a
newly hatched carrier pigeon as it sets out to discover its true vocation.
It also incorporates a number of printing techniques which have not previously been
used for Dutch postage stamps, such as cold foil (a layer of foil overlapped by the
printing ink for a spectacular effect) and spot-UV varnish.
Ensched can trace its history back to 1703, when Izaac Ensched started a small
printing firm in Haarlem. He laid the foundation for a successful family business which
became the official printer for the city government, and later the sole supplier of
banknotes to the Dutch Central Bank.
The company was already 150 years old when it first printed stamps, still from a
small printing shop in Haarlem, for the second issue of the Netherlands in 1866.
Nowadays Ensched has a large printing works in the Waarderpolder, outside the
city centre, designing and producing postage stamps for more than 100 countries as
well as being a royal warrant holder in the Netherlands.
Hungary remembers its

1956 freedom fighters
Miniature sheet recalls

Concert for Bangladesh
Bangladesh has issued a miniature sheet to commemorate the 1971
Concert for Bangladesh, the first major musical event organised as
a humanitarian aid project.
The 80t stamp depicts former Beatles guitarist George Harrison
and Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar on stage, and the coverdesign
for the album boxed-set, showing a malnourished child.
Organised by Harrison and Shankar (who was of Bengali descent),
and featuring many other famous musicians including Eric Clapton
and Bob Dylan, the concert took place in New York in support of
UNICEFs relief efforts for Bangladeshi refugees during the
countrys war of independence from East Pakistan.
The concert raised $250,000, and the subsequent albums and film
raised a further $12m. Shankar said later: In one day, the whole
world knew the name of Bangladesh.
Hungary marked the 60th anniversary of the unsuccessful 1956

Revolution against communist government and Soviet influence
with a one-stamp miniature sheet.
Depicted on the circular stamp is a young heroine and victim of
the uprising, Erika Kornlia Szeles, who was famously
photographed carrying a gun and preparing to fight for her
countrys freedom, shortly before she was killed in a street fight
against Soviet soldiers at the age of 15.
The border includes a montage of photographs taken at the time,
and the overall design and colour scheme recall the symbol of the
freedom fighters: the national flag with a hole in the centre.
Stanley Gibbons
belatedly reveals the
scale of its losses
Members of the Danish royal family

swapped formal attire for something more
practical when they were photographed in
traditional local costume for a new stamp
issue from Greenland.
Crown Prince Frederik, Princess Mary
and their four children are portrayed on a
20.50kr value wearing layers of knitted,
beaded, patterned and fur-lined clothing
suitable for an Arctic climate, on the first
occasion that they have all appeared on a
stamp together.
Greenland is a self-governing territory of
Denmark, and its citizens are subjects of
Crown Prince Frederiks mother, Queen
Margrethe II.
Stanley Gibbonss delayed annual accounts, announced in October,

revealed losses of 29.8m on a turnover of 59.1m.
This resulted partly from dismal trading figures, but mostly from
adjustments to prevous years accounts and write-offs from
acquisitions and the multi-million pound investment in an internet
market place which has now been abandoned.
In financial jargon this is known as kitchen-sinking, giving the
new chairman, Harry Wilson (September issue, page 8), the
opportunity to start with a clean slate.
Gibbons has also awarded options over 15m shares (representing
almost 10% of all shares in the company) to its management and
staff, at a strike price of 11p apiece. As we went to press, shares
were trading at around 10.5p.
Belgium hails NATOs

new headquarters
Belgium has issued a stamp commemorating the building of the
impressive new headquarters for NATO, which is almost complete
after six years in construction.
The new building, designed in a shape which represents hands
intertwined, is just across the road from the existing one, at Haren
on the outskirts of Brussels. It is the home of NATOs civilian
administration, and houses delegations from the 28 member
countries of the military alliance.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was originally based in
London when it was founded in 1949, and later in Paris (France
issued a stamp when it moved from the Palais de Chaillot to the
Porte Dauphine in 1959), but moved to Brussels in 1967.
NEWS IN BRIEF
> Thailand Post
plans to give away

millions of free
postcards with
imprinted 1-baht
stamps portraying
King Bhumibol, who
died on October 13
after a reign of
more than 70 years.
Commemorative
stamps are also
expected.
> The 80 countries
represented at the
world exhibition in
Taipei, Taiwan, from
October 21-26 did not
include the Peoples
Republic of China.
The Chinese postal
authority did not
respond to its
invitation.
> The winner of
Stamp Actives Anne

Dummer Trophy as
Young Collector of
the Year is Natalia
Miskiewicz, who has
made a significant
contribution to the
hobby by helping
and encouraging
other children in the
stamp club at St
Clements Primary
School in Worcester.
> Cherrystone
Auctions in the USA

has established an
online shop. Visit
www.cherrystonestamps.com
> Next years
MonacoPhil will take

place from
November 30 to
December 2, with
exhibits relating to
North America,
South America and
Philipp von Ferrary
amongst the usual
world rarities.
Dance enchants in France

France marked its annual Fte du Timbre (stamp festival)
with issues featuring two very different dance styles.
A 1.40 miniature sheet celebrated ballet, in the form of
Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, written in 1876, and a 70c
stamp illustrated the Charleston, introduced to France
from the USA in 1925 by the Revue Ngre music hall show.
Events celebrating philately were held in 87 cities on
October 7-8. Having been held in the autumn since 2012,
however, the Fte du Timbre will revert to its traditional
spring dates from 2017, being scheduled for March 11-12.
> A new book, The
Serbian Military
Postal System in
Exile 1916-1918, by
Miodrag Vukovic,
doubles as a
catalogue of
postmarks, censor
marks and labels.
Published in
English, it is priced
42 (about 36)
including postage in
Europe. For details
contact vladimir.
milic@live.com
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NOVA SCOTIA 1853

First issue cover to India
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The Skywalk collection of Nova Scotia stamps and postal history, put up
for sale by Schuyler Rumsey, included this exceptionally fine and
beautiful usage of the first issue of 1851-60.
A mourning cover sent from Sydney in Cape Breton to Madras in India in May 1853, it was
franked with a 6d yellow-green and a pair of the 1s dull violet; although 2s 6d was the
published rate to India via Southampton, an added manuscript 1/10 corresponded to the
closed-mail letter rate from the UK to India via Marseille.
The stamps were very neatly cancelled, showing off the way that the postmark was
designed specially so that the crown in the centre of the design could remain uncancelled.
SOLD BY SCHUYLER RUMSEY 73,530
Kellehers latest worldwide sale included a

fine range of Great Britain, led by this much
sought-after official stamp: a lightly hinged
mint example of the King Edward VII 1904
5d dull purple and ultramarine with the
Board of Education overprint.
This value and the 1s were added to the
1902 series shortly before official stamps
were discontinued in 1904, making them
scarcer than others with this overprint.
SOLD BY KELLEHER 28,601
ITALIAN EAST AFRICA 1941

Unissued British Occupation overprints
Featuring in Cherrystones latest sale was a
very rare set of unissued overprints from
the British occupation of Italian East Africa.
When the British occupied Ethiopia, Eritrea
and Somaliland in 1941, an order was initially
given to overprint existing Italian Colonies
stamps with British Occupation. After these
had been printed, however, the authorities
GB 1904
Scarce 5d official
refused approval for their issue, insisting

instead on British stamps with an MEF
(Middle East Forces) overprint.
The unissued stamps, ranging in value
from 10c to 50l, were sent for incineration,
but a handful of complete sets survive.
SOLD BY CHERRYSTONE 15,586
IRELAND 1934
2d coil stamp
The Larsson collection of Ireland, which
went under the hammer at Heinrich Khler,
included a very fine mint copy of Irelands
1934 2d coil stamp.
The postal service of the Irish Free State
experimented with coil stamps sold through
dispensing machines from 1933. The 1d red
and 2d green designs from the 1922-34
definitive series (both with the familiar map
design) were specially printed for the
purpose, perforated 15 at top and bottom
but with imperforate sides.
Both stamps have become highly sought
after, but it is
the much
scarcer 2d
whose
catalogue
value has
soared.
SOLD BY
HEINRICH
KHLER
8,898
The Bougainville
collection of the
Falkland Islands,
auctioned by
Grosvenor, was
perhaps the finest
collection of its kind
to have come onto the
market for years, and
keen bidding resulted
in some impressive
hammer prices.
Among them was
this top-right
marginal block of
four of the 5s value
from 1933 Centenary
issue, depicting the
king penguin, in the
scarce black and
yellow-orange shade.
This is the most
recognisable stamp in one of the most attractive sets issued in the
British Empire during the reign of King George V, which always
seems to be in high demand.
NETHERLANDS 1862
Three-colour cover
The sale of the second part of the Luis Alemany Indarte collection of
Dutch postal history, by the Dutch branch of Corinphila, included
this lovely three-colour franking from the first issue of 1852.
This is thought to be the highest number of stamps from this issue
on a single cover, comprising seven of the 5c blue, four of the 10c
red and three of the 15c orange. It is therefore also one of the
highest rated covers from the period.
Sent from Rotterdam to Belfast in British Ireland, the cover has
Rotterdam and London datestamps of November 1862.
SOLD BY CORINPHILA 8,610
SOLD BY GROSVENOR 10,500
CYPRUS 1886
on pi surcharge on cover
In the first Cavendish sale of the postal history collections of Tony
Eastgate, the highlight was this mourning cover from Cyprus.
Sent in September 1886 to Edinburgh, and subsequently
forwarded to Killiecrankie, it bore two copies of the on pi
emerald green surcharge, along with 1pi and 2pi definitives.
This overprint was applied with a variety of catalogued settings,
each of them scarce, so this franking is a key exhibition piece.
SOLD BY CAVENDISH 6,500
TASMANIA 1857
Quarantine mail
The John Clemente collection of Tasmania postal history, sold by
Spink, included this fascinating quarantine cover of 1857.
An official free mail cover, sent by the colonial surgeon at the
Impression Bay Quarantine Station (IBQS) to the Registrar of Deaths
at nearby Port Arthur, it bears the manuscript mark Fumigated
alongside one of the slits which facilitated the fumigation of the
cover and its contents.
The immigrant ship Persian had suffered an outbreak of typhus
fever en route from Liverpool to Hobart in the summer of 1857,
killing at least 10 passengers. So the probation station at
Impression Bay was converted into a temporary hospital and
quarantine station for the ships passengers and crew from their
arrival until January 1858.
SOLD BY SPINK 5,800
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A choice selection of some of the rarities to
be offered in our forthcoming Public Auction.
GREAT BRITAIN
1880 Unissued 1/- purple pl 14 lettered CG,
line perf 14 from the Stamp Committee book
without gum (some examples have traces).
Wonderfully fresh and extremely scarce. Cat
15,000 (the lettering of this example will be
added to the 21 recorded examples of the 36
from the Committee book as mentioned in
SG Spec Vol 1, page 257). (SG 163 Var)
Estimate 5000
GREAT BRITAIN
1997 Royal Golden
Wedding 20p in
vertical strip of 3 u/m,
the upper stamp with
Face value omitted.
Very scarce, an
important QEII error.
BPA Cert (2016).
Cat 25,000 (SG 2011b)
Estimate 7000
20th
November,
Lingfield Park
Racecourse
GREAT BRITAIN
1880 1d Venetian red lettered AA
imperforate fine mint, large margins,
very scarce. RPS Cert.
Cat 5800 (SG 166a)
Estimate 1200
GREAT BRITAIN
1887 1 green in used block of 4 with neat
Threadneedle St Registered oval cancels,
trace of crayon on right hand pair, fine
condition, extremely rare, understood to
be one of just three known blocks.
Listed but unpriced in SG. Cat 4500 (SG 212)
Estimate 2250
BAHAMAS
1942 o/pt 2/- brownish black and
indigo marginal fine mint with
Stop after Columbus. Scarce.
Cat 5000 (SG 172c)
Estimate 1400
FALKLAND ISLES
1912 MCA 5/- maroon fine used,
reversed wmk. Very scarce.
Cat 4000 (SG 67BX)
Estimate 2000
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SG
1 1d int black
2 1d black
3 1d grey-black
5 2d blue
7 1d ex black pl.
8 1d red-brown
8a 1d blue paper
9 1d pale r-brown
10 1d dp r-brown
12 1d orge-brown
13 2d pale blue
14 2d blue
15 2d deep blue
17 1d Die I
18 1d yell-brown
19 2d deep blue
20 2d pale blue
21 1d Die II
22 1d Perf 14
23 2d Perf 14
23a 2d Plate 5
24 1d Die II
24a 1d v. blue ppr
26 1d Perf 16
27 2d Plate 5
29 1d Lge Cm P14
30 1d brick-red
32 1d brown-rose
33 1d orge-brown
34 2d Plate 5
35 2d Plate 6
36 1d White paper
36a 2d Perf 16
38 1d pale red
39 1d pale rose
40 1d rose-red
(40b) 1d Res Plates
41 1d dp rose-red
42 1d Alphabet IV
43/4 1d plates:
Plate
71
72
73
74
76
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
120.00
107.50
122.50
135.00
17.50
3.00
4.50
4.75
5.00
35.00
14.00
10.00
12.50
3.00
6.00
12.50
17.50
7.50
8.00
32.00
39.00
7.50
15.00
17.50
69.00
2.00
7.50
7.50
7.50
9.50
9.00
10.00
60.00
1.50
1.75
1.00
3.00
1.25
4.25
0.60
0.80
0.60
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.55
0.80
1.50
0.55
0.55
0.80
0.50
2.00
0.50
0.50
1.20
0.50
0.50
1.00
0.50
0.50
0.70
1.20
1.00
0.75
1.80
0.50
0.70
1.00
Plate
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
127
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
1.50
0.50
1.50
0.55
0.70
1.80
0.55
0.55
2.50
2.50
0.55
1.80
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
1.90
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.55
1.60
0.55
3.20
10.00
3.00
0.50
5.25
4.00
0.55
0.50
3.50
0.50
1.80
4.80
3.00
4.00
0.55
1.20
0.60
0.60
1.20
0.50
1.80
1.10
2.00
0.50
0.55
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
1.40
1.40
0.60
0.60
0.50
1.20
0.50
1.40
1.40
0.50
0.50
0.50
1.80
0.50
0.70
0.55
0.50
0.70
0.55
Plate
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
Set of plates 71-224
45-7 2d Plate 7
Plate 8
Plate 9
Plate 12
Plate 13
Plate 14
Plate 15
Set Plates 7-15
48/9 d Plates
Plate
1
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
19
20
Set of plates 1-20
1.00
0.50
1.00
0.60
0.50
0.60
0.55
0.50
2.00
1.40
1.20
1.40
0.50
0.50
2.00
2.00
1.00
1.80
1.20
1.20
0.50
1.00
1.60
3.20
0.50
0.60
1.80
1.80
3.20
1.80
2.40
5.75
2.25
2.25
3.60
3.60
3.60
1.50
1.75
25.00
1.50
4.00
14.00
25.00
25.00
280.00
250.00
9.50
6.00
3.00
24.00
4.00
5.00
5.00
57.50
13.75
3.00
2.25
1.75
1.75
11.50
150.00
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
2.75
6.00
9.50
207.50
SG
51/2 d Plates
Plate 1
10.00
Plate 3
10.00
62 4d Sm. Garter
55.00
62a 2d blue paper
55.00
63 4d Mdm Gtr
55.00
64 4d Mdm Gtr
52.50
65 4d Mdm Gtr
65.00
66 4d rose-carm
10.00
66a 4d rose
10.00
66b 4d Thick paper
25.00
69 6d deep lilac
12.50
70 6d lilac
9.95
70Wi 6d Wmk inv
30.00
71 1s deep green
47.50
72 1s green
35.00
73 1s pale green
35.00
73b 1s thick paper
42.50
75 3d dp car-rose
55.00
76 3d br car-rose
40.00
77 3d pale c-rose
40.00
79 4d bright red
15.00
80 4d pale red
11.50
81 4d Hair Lines
12.50
82 4d do. pale red
11.00
83 6d deep lilac
15.00
84 6d lilac
10.00
84b 6d Thick paper
19.50
85 6d Hair Lines
17.50
85c - - Thick ppr
25.00
86 9d bistre
45.00
87 9d straw
42.50
89 1s deep green
32.50
90 1s green
19.50
92 3d Plate 4
16.00
92b 3d Thick paper
18.75
93/5 4d Plate 7
10.00
Plate 8
7.50
Plate 9
7.50
Plate 10
12.50
Plate 11
7.50
Plate 12
7.50
Plate 13
7.50
Plate 14
11.50
Set Plates 7-14
65.00
94Wi 4d Wmk Inv
7.50
96/7 6d Plate 5
9.75
Plate 6
17.50
98 9d Plate 4
90.00
98a 9d Thick ppr
110.00
101 1s Plate 4
17.50
101b 1s Thick ppr
27.50
102/3 3d Plate 4
19.50
Plate 5
7.50
Plate 6
7.50
Plate 7
7.50
Plate 8
7.50
Plate 9
7.50
Plate 10
12.50
Set Plates 4-10
65.00
104 6d lilac
10.00
105 6d dp lilac
11.50
106 6d purple
13.50
107 6d brt violet
12.00
108 6d dull violet
10.00
109 6d mauve Plate 8 9.50
Plate 9
9.50
104/9 6d Plates 6, 8, 9 27.00
110 9d straw
32.50
111 9d pale straw
32.50
112 10d red-brn
45.00
113 10d pale
47.50
114 10d deep
55.00
SG
115/7 1s Plate 4
7.50
Plate 5
7.00
Plate 6
7.00
Plate 7
15.00
Set Plates 4-7
35.00
118 2s dull blue
20.00
119 2s deep blue
20.00
120 2s pale blue
30.00
122 6d dp chest
10.00
122a 6d chestnut
8.00
122b 6d pale ch.
8.00
123 6d buff Pl. 11
12.50
123 6d Pl. 12
35.00
125 6d grey
25.00
138 2d blue ppr
17.50
139 2d Plate 1
10.00
Plate 2
10.00
Plate 3
17.50
Set Plates 1-3
35.00
141 2d Plate 3
17.00
Plate 4
5.25
Plate 5
5.25
Plate 6
5.25
Plate 7
5.25
Plate 8
5.25
Plate 9
5.25
Plate 10
7.50
Plate 11
5.25
Plate 12
5.25
Plate 13
5.25
Plate 14
5.25
Plate 15
5.25
Plate 16
5.25
Plate 17
47.50
Set Plates 3-17
130.00
142 2d Plate 17
8.00
Plate 18
7.00
Plate 19
5.25
Plate 20
5.25
23.50
Set Plates 17-20
143-4 3d Plate 11
6.50
Plate 12
6.50
Plate 14
6.50
Plate 15
6.50
Plate 16
6.50
Plate 17
6.50
Plate 18
6.50
Plate 19
6.50
Plate 20
12.50
Set Plates 11-20
65.00
146-7 6d Plate 13
7.50
Plate 14
7.50
Plate 15
7.50
Plate 16
7.50
Plate 17
23.50
Set Plates 13-17
49.50
148-50 1s Plate 8
17.50
Plate 9
17.50
Plate 10
19.50
Plate 11
17.50
Plate 12
10.00
Plate 13
10.00
Set Plates 8-13
87.50
151 1s Plate 13
90.00
152 4d vermillion pl. 15 52.50
153 4d Plate 15
32.00
Plate 16
30.00
154 4d grey-brown
80.00
156 8d orange
35.00
157 2d plate 21
5.00
Plate 22
4.00
Plate 23
4.50
Set Plates 21-23
12.00
SG
158 3d Plate 20
Plate 21
159 3d on 3d
160 4d Plate 17
Plate 18
161 6d Plate 17
Plate 18
162 6d on 6d
163 1s Plate 13
Plate 14
170 1d - 14 dots
172 1d - 16 dots
27.50
15.00
17.50
7.50
7.50
11.50
11.50
16.50
17.50
18.50
2.75
.05
1880
164 d
165 d
166 1d
167 1d
168 2d
168a 2d
169 5d
Set of five
1.50
1.50
1.00
6.00
9.75
10.00
13.50
31.25
1884
187 d
188 1d
189 2d
190 2d
191 3d
192 4d
193 5d
194 6d
195 9d
197 1s
Set of 10
Used
1.50
7.50
10.00
1.75
12.50
30.00
25.00
32.50
90.00
37.50
240.00
1887
197 d
197e d
198 1d
200 2d
201 2d
202 3d
203 3d
205 4d
205a 4d
206 4d
207 5d die 1
208 6d
208a 6d
209 9d
210 10d
210a 10d deep bright
211 1s
213 d
214 1s
Set of 10
0.30
0.40
1.00
4.00
0.90
1.00
1.00
5.00
5.00
9.50
15.00
3.50
3.75
10.00
12.50
30.00
19.50
0.50
30.00
97.50
High Vals
126/7 5s Plate 1
Plate 2
178 2/6d
179 2/6d
180 5s
181 5s
183 10s
183a 10s
Used
85.00
95.00
17.50
17.50
22.50
22.50
75.00
75.00
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NEW ISSUE
Three-dimensional view
of Christmas traditions
his years Christmas set, issued on

November 8, celebrates some of the
most cherished secular traditions of
the season: decorating the Christmas
tree, lighting a lantern, hanging out a
stocking, eating a Christmas pudding and
making a snowman.
It also illustrates one of the old favourites
of seasonal stamp issues, a robin, whose
popularity on greetings cards is said to have

been inspired by the red coats worn by
Victorian postmen.
For the second year in succession, the set
comprises six different designs for eight
stamps, with the two values for large
letters using enlarged versions of the
standard 2nd class and 1st class designs.
The illustrations are based on elaborate
paper-cut artworks by Helen Musselwhite,

with the careful use of light and shade
giving a three-dimensional effect.
Although very ornate, incorporating
Christmas motifs such as snowflakes, holly
and baubles, the frames are largely white,
to symbolise snowy weather. Bold splashes
of colour are applied to the central image,
denomination and Queens head only.
2nd class
A snowman with top hat, scarf and a
carrot nose.
2nd class LARGE
Expanded version of the snowman design.
PRICES
Set of 8 stamps
9.05
Miniature sheet
9.05
Presentation pack
9.55
Stamp cards
4.05
Booklet of 12 1st class
7.68
Booklet of 12 2nd class
6.60
First day cover (stamps)
11.28
First day cover (mini sheet)
11.28
1st class
A robin with with a bright red breast,
standing on a tree stump.
1st class LARGE
Expanded version of the robin design.
1.05
A Christmas tree decorated with a star and
coloured baubles.
1.33
A golden Christmas lantern with a lit candle
inside it.
Mail, an annual tradition which was

started in 1966.
The 1st class and 2nd class stamps also
come in booklets of 12, and all the set come
in Smilers sheets (see page 23). Stamp
cards are available as usual.
In keeping with recent practice, 2nd class
and 1st class stamps with Madonna & Child
designs (from previous Christmas issues)
will also be available from post offices, for
customers who prefer religious imagery.
VERDICT
1.52
A Christmas stocking full to the brim with
childrens presents.
COMMEMORATIVE WORTH
Now in its 50th year, the Christmas
special issue is itself a British tradition
2.25
An iced Christmas pudding with a sprig of
holly on top.
QUALITY OF DESIGN
A lot of care has gone into a set which
will see more postal use than any other
this year
OTHER PRODUCTS
The presentation pack, written by wellknown philatelist John Holman, includes a
fully illustrated summary of the 50-year
history of Christmas stamps from Royal
WOW FACTOR
The contrast between white frames and
colour motifs is eyecatching
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Designed by The Chase, from photography

by Jonathan Beer, the issue was printed in
gravure by De La Rue.
As usual at Christmas, the sheet
stamps are self-adhesive while their
equivalents in the accompanying miniature
sheet are gummed.
GB COLLECTOR
NEWS IN BRIEF
> Royal Mails 2017
stamp programme
had not yet been
announced as we
went to press, but
the October issue of
the Philatelic
Bulletin revealed
some of the special
issue titles as
Ancient Britain, Mail
By Rail, Racehorse
Legends and
Windsor Castle.
> The latest in the
ongoing series of
Smilers generic
sheets celebrating
Chinese New Year,
this time marking
the Year of the
Rooster, will be
issued on November
15, in advance of the
start of the lunar
new year on
January 28.
> Ownership of the
Stoneham Great
Britain Stamp
Catalogue has been
acquired by the
Machin Collectors
Club, and work is in
progress on a 17th
edition, to be
published in 2017.
> Deutsche Post is
now competing with

Royal Mail in the
British parcel
delivery market,
after its 243m
takeover of UK Mail.
> A story in The
Daily Mail in October

accused Royal Mail
of failing to crack
down on scam mail
sent by fraudsters.
The company
responded that it
was legally required
to deliver all
addressed mail, and
that it would be
illegal to open it and
check its contents.
Newly discovered
error from 2001
Nobel Prizes set
Leading errors dealer Brandon Stamp Auctions has announced the
discovery of a previously unknown error, from the 2001 Centenary of
Nobel Prizes set.
Brandon purchased a complete imperforate sheet of 50 the 65p
value, which has been housed in a bank vault for the past 15 years and
is currently uncatalogued. It has been broken up into imperforate
pairs, of which most are in mint condition and the remainder affected
by creasing.
Depicting a boron molecule, alluding to the Nobel Prize for Physics,
the stamp was printed in litho by Ensched and incorporates a
hologram. Instead of in the usual band, the phosphor was printed in a
frame around the design.
Most of the imperforate pairs were sold directly to Brandons
regular customers within just eight hours of being offered, an
unprecedented speed according to proprietor Mark Brandon. But the
unique cylinder block of six from the bottom left corner of the sheet
has been reserved exclusively for Stamp Magazine readers, and is
available on a first-come, first-served basis at 6,000.
For further details contact Brandon Stamp Auctions. Tel: 020 3289
5201. E-mail: enquiries@brandonstampauctions.com
Large-format Post & Go

parcel label revealed
This is the new style large-format label being vended by NCR Post & Go
machines for packets and parcels.
Introduced in late September and dubbed an SSK (self-service kiosk)
label by Royal Mail, its design resembles that of the Horizon labels printed
behind post office counters, with its Machin head of the Queen at top right
and QR maatrix barcode at bottom left.
It is believed that the labels are dispensed from a reel which was
previously used for printing receipts.
COVER OF THE MONTH
> Post & Go
machines were
expected to go into
operation at the
Royal Signals
Museum near
Blandford Forum in
Dorset from
October 31, and the
Shakespeare Centre
in Stratford-uponAvon, Warwickshire,
from November 1.
Buckinghams covers for the Mr Men & Little

Miss set (November issue, page 20) have been
produced in association with the Stamp Active
Network, which supports young collectors.
They come with an insert card giving details
of its activities. For each cover sold, a
donation is being made to Stamp Active.
Covers are priced from 16.95, and are
available signed by voice actors for television
versions of the Mr Men and Little Miss stories.
Visit www.buckinghamcovers.com
This years winter issue of Post & Go pictorial stamps features

Hibernating Animals.
Illustrated by Chris Wormell, the two designs for 2nd class values
show the hedgehog, whose body temperature drops to as low as 2C
as it shelters in piles of dead leaves, and the grass snake, which as
a cold-blooded reptile cannot remain active when there is
insufficient sunlight to bask in.
The two designs for 1st class and other values depict the
dormouse, which can spend more than half the year in hibernation
in a carefully woven nest of bark and grass, and the brown longeared bat, which typically roosts in caves.
Printed in gravure by International Security Printers, with pricing
and coding information added in black by vending machines, the
stamps are issued on November 14.
HOT OFF THE PRESS

Don Staddon has the inside line on British
stamp printings, post office supplies and
developments in postal mechanisation
CHRISTMAS PRINTING
The self-adhesive Christmas stamps were printed by De
La Rue in sheets of 50, with no central gutter.
All were printed from ink cylinders D1, phosphor D1;
the 1st class, 1st Large, 2nd class and 2nd Large values
each show five cylinder numbers, while the other values
each show four. All have two phosphor bands except the
2nd class, which has one central band.
Printing dates we have seen are July 25 for the 1st
class, July 26 for the 1.05 and 1.33, July 27 for the 1.52
and 2.25, July 28 for the 2nd class, July 29 for the 2nd
Large and August 1 for the 1st Large.
BOOKLET PRINTINGS
The booklets of 12 x 1st class and 12 x 2nd class
Christmas stamps were printed by International Security
Printers from cylinder numbers W1 x 5, phosphor W1.
The cover of the 1st class booklet is in the new, darker,
Royal Mail red colour, and the inscriptions on both are the
new font (November issue, page 23).
Christmas Smilers with

an anniversary twist
The Christmas stamps are available in Smilers sheets as usual,
with a choice of two generic sheets.
The standard sheet of 20 comprises eight 1st class, eight 2nd
class, one 1.05, one 1.33, one 1.52 and one 2.25 values,
alongside understated labels featuring a paper cut-out landscape.
The additional sheet, entitled Celebrating 50 Years of Christmas
Stamps, has 10 1st class and 10 2nd class stamps, labels inscribed
with various seasonal greetings, and a border illustrating selected
Christmas stamps since the first issue of its kind in 1966.
This anniversary sheet is available from the philatelic service at
Tallents House only, not from post offices.
POST & GO STAMPS

Royal Mail Post & Go machines were installed at the
Conservative, Labour and Scottish Nationalist party
conferences during the autumn, and the stamps they
vended have location-identifying machine overprints. Both
Machin-head and Heritage Transport stamps were used.
The Trafalgar Day commemorative overprint used on
Post & Go stamps vended at the various Royal Navy
museums in September and October this year is reported
to be the same as last years.
POST & GO VARIETIES
Although the Common Poppy stamps which were
reintroduced to Post & Go machines for the remembrance
period in October and November had been expected to be
last years printings, some post offices have received
examples with a 2016 year code in the security overlay.
Those vended by the machine at The Postal Museum in
London had the 2015 year code, but the printed stamps
are different from last years because of the
organisations change of name.
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LETTER OF THE MONTH
What is the point of pictorial stamps if

they are defaced by ugly stickers?
GET IN TOUCH
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Whether you want to praise or
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something off your chest, wed love
to hear from you.
I am interested in expanding my collection of Universal Mails international postcard

stamps, but its not proving easy! When I use the stamps on postcards sent abroad, for
example to Grenada in the Caribbean earlier this year, they are usually defaced by large
white Royal Mail postage paid stickers.
This is very disappointing for senders and recipients alike. Buyers are paying for an
attractive pictorial stamp which they would presumably like their friends and family to
see when they receive a card.
By obliterating them with a sticker, Royal Mail is preventing these bespoke stamps from
functioning in their additional role of advertising British tourist attractions abroad, and
thereby boosting the economy in general.
As the stickers are often in addition to normal postal cancellations, they appear to be
completely unnecessary.
M H Ramsay, Inverness
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Beatrix Potter?
Biro-tricks potty!
British postal workers are now scrawling
biro marks not only through uncancelled
stamps but also through those which have
already been properly cancelled, as you can
see from this example of a Beatrix Potter
commemorative which I recently received
on cover.
Sadly it is no use complaining to Royal
Mail, because the company condones this
kind of vandalism.
R Major, Swindon
Television coverage could

have pros and cons
Philately needs a more

inclusive image
The revelation in Richard Wests Talking

Point column (November issue, page 33)
that BBC4 is in the process of putting our
beloved hobby in the televisual spotlight
feels me with eager anticipation, but also
with dread.
As Richard implies, the people who make
this type of documentary sometimes put the
soundbite before contemplative content.I
just hope that there is someone on board
who has genuinely made some attempt to
understand philately.
What I also dont want to see is a focus
entirely on collectors who are in their 60s
and 70s, which could be a kiss of death for
the hobby.Let us keep our fingers crossed
that young collectors are featured too.
Andrew Martin, Weymouth
Richard Wests Talking Point column

(November issue, page 33), expressed the
hope that BBC4 will be able to convey the
appeal of philately to a new audience. For
that to happen, the hobby has to rid itself of
what I call the Vatican mentality.
Like the Vatican, stamp collecting is seen
as the preserve of old men. Its image is
staid and pass. For the hobby to thrive, it
has got to appeal to a wider audience, in
particular to 18-39-year-olds.
To continue with the religious analogy, it
has got to become more like the Church of
England, with women involved as much as
men. The oldboys might not like it, but to
my mind its the only way to reinvigorate the
hobby, andgiveit a more welcoming face.
Brendan Swindell, via e-mail
Exactly 50 years ago, Bob Rogers clearly remembers a trip to the local post office.
Only recently has he found out exactly why his father was so chuffed that day
LEFT: 1966 Christmas

1s 6d block of four, with
the gold-foil embossed
Queens head partially
missing from two of the
stamps
ABOVE: Certificate
issued by the Expert
Committee of the Royal
Philatelic Society
London in 2015, verifying
that this is a genuine
printing error
It was 1966. I was 10 years old, England
had just won the World Cup, and there
had been a special stamp issue to
celebrate the achievement.
My father was an avid collector,
whether it was pocket watches, cigarette
cards or stamps, and I had begun to
share his passion. He regularly went to
auctions to buy new material, and we
would go through stamp albums
together on Sunday evenings.
In early December I can distinctly
remember going to the post office in our
home town and buying the new
Christmas stamps.
CHRISTMAS CHEER
This was, in fact, Great Britains very
first Christmas issue. It was the famous
set of two which were based on the
winning paintings in a childrens
design competition.
They looked quite unlike any previous
British stamps, and they were printed

with the cameo head of the Queen
embossed in gold foil.
When we arrived home, my father
carefully examined the block of four of
the 1s 6d that he had just bought,
featuring the Snowman painting by
six-year-old James Berry. He showed
me and said: One day these stamps may
be very valuable.
I didnt fully understand why he
thought that, but clearly something
about the purchase had aroused his
particular interest.
CHRISTMAS PAST
When my father died in 1979, he left us a
stamp collection that was enough to fill a
small room, including many auction lots
which were still tied up in string and
unsorted.
My brothers and I, by now busy adults,
left the collection at my mothers house,
collecting dust,
until her death
in 2014.
Finally, I decided
to devote some
time to the
cataloguing and
disposal of this
immense
collection, and
we have been
successful in
auctioning or
selling parts of it.
It is amazing the
knowledge you can
pick up when you
immerse yourself
fully in a subject for
the first time. When
I finally looked
carefully at that
1966 Christmas block, I found out why
my father had been so pleased with it.
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
The block comprises two stamps which
are normal and two which show a
printing error, where the Queens head is
partially omitted.
It must have came about as a result of
a double print of the Queens head, the
second one a dry print offset higher and
to the right. This removed some of the
gold foil and leaving a blank silhouette,
in the shape of the face, partially
obscuring the head.
I consulted Graham Slater of Worthing
Stamp Auctions, who was kind enough to
examine the block and do some research
in specialist catalogues. Although he
found similar errors recorded for the 3d
stamp, he could find no such reference
for the 1s 6d value.
Accordingly, we referred the block to
the Expert Committee of the Royal
Philatelic Society London, to verify that
the stamps are genuine. Of course, being
present at the time of my fathers
purchase over the post office counter
left no doubt in my mind, but it made
sense to secure a professional opinion.
The certificate duly describes the
error as a fortuitous loss of gold foil
during printing and embossing.
One day I may find out the market value
of the block. For the moment, as a bornagain stamp enthusiast, I feel blessed to
have such an interesting heirloom.
Bob Rogers
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Lost in transit, or lost in Transit van?
A small parcel sent by 1st class mail from the Isle of Wight to North Yorkshire recently
took nine days to arrive. When it was eventually delivered, its label was prominently
handstamped Missent to Canada.
If this parcel enjoyed 6,000 miles of travel for 3.35, thats very good value, albeit with no
benefit to me. But it had no Canadian postmark as evidence of this, so could it simply have
been lost in a Royal Mail post van for several days?
Peter Marshall, Ingleton
Sutton stamp fairs

prayers not answered
As a regular dealer at the long-running
Sutton Stamp Fair, I regret to report that it
looks as though it has come to an end due to
problems with the venue.
In June and July the Methodist Church
Hall was being refurbished. In August the
events organiser was told it had been
re-booked for a wedding, despite having
been booked for the stamp fair a year
before.
After weeks of writing letters, sending
e-mails and telephoning about the fair
planned for September, he was told the hall
had been set up for a band, and that the rent
would be going up by 80%.
Its a very poor show from the church.
Ray McQuade, Sutton
Issues aimed at children

must be selling well
Letter delivered long

before it was posted
Royal Mail has found a new way to meet its
delivery target for 1st class mail.
On August 27, 2016, I received a letter
stamped with the large-format embossed
Machin-head 1st class design from the
1999 Profile On Print prestige stamp
book. Much to my surprise, it was
apparently franked by Dorset Mail Centre
on August 24, 2017, so I received it nearly a
year before it was posted.
Now that is what I call efficient!
Ken Thoms, via e-mail
Nun the wiser

Vatican City made an unfortunate error in
the design of its 95c stamp commemorating
the canonisation of St Teresa (November
isssue, page 90), who we all used to know
as Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
The cathedral in Kolkata (Calcutta)
illustrated on the stamp is St Pauls
Cathedral, which is Anglican, rather than
the Cathedral of the Holy Rosary, which is
the Roman Catholic equivalent. This surely
cannot have been intentional!
Ron Fields, London
Geoff Brown is right to point out (November

issue, page 26) that used British stamps are
almost impossible to collect these days as a
low-cost entry point into philately.
On the other hand, Im not convinced that
children are interested in collecting used
stamps at all. Without a keen appreciation
of postal history, why would they be?
Royal Mail obviously hopes to sell mint
stamps to young collectors, hence its
Mr Men & Little Miss issue, and many
others of the same ilk over the past few
years. That it keeps producing these is
interesting, and tells us something.
Since children dont write letters any
more, and none of us ever see these stamps
on commercial cover, we must assume that
sales of mint stamps are going well.
George Duxbury, Rotherham
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With Stanley Gibbons woes threatening to provoke a crisis of confidence in the philatelic
industry, is it time for other prominent dealers to step forward and steady the ship?
e are living in
benchmark for most British
philatelic industry. And it could
interesting times.
collectors and dealers.
come to pass.
The uncertainty
Its pricing is higher than what
It has been an open secret for
surrounding Britain choosing to
most of us consider
many years that Gibbons has
leave the EU is beginning to hit
representative of the market as
been an accident waiting to
home. In October the pound hit a
a whole. Nevertheless, it sets
happen. Ive talked to many
30-year low against the dollar,
the standard which others
dealers about it, and everyone
and foreign imports have
follow: most dealers will set the
seemed to agree that the
suddenly become about 20%
selling prices of their more
companys relentless drive to
more expensive.
expensive items at between 65%
promote stamps as a sure-fire
The only good news is for
and 80% of Gibbons valuations,
guaranteed investment was
people trying to sell their wares
depending of course on
going to end in tears.
abroad. Stamp dealers with
condition and rarity.
Persuading customers that
overseas clients should be
Under these circumstances, it
the value of their portfolio
doing a roaring trade. It will
is easy to appreciate how the
would go up by about 10% a year
feel to American buyers as if
collapse of Stanley Gibbons
was never going to be
there is a closing-down sale
might lead to a crisis of
sustainable. In reality, what
going on in Britain.
confidence throughout the
investors were likely to get was
At moments like these,
many of us start to look at
our cherished collections
with a rather more
proprietorial air than usual.
We know the old adage
collect for fun, not
investment. Some of us know
it all too well, as we say it to
ourselves over and over when
were about to fork out for
something we really want but
know we cant actually afford.
But every stamp collection
has its day of reckoning, a
time when a cash value has
to be put on a lifetimes
hobby. We all understand that
some of our stamps are
pretty much worthless, but
we keep our fingers crossed
for the bigger ticket items,
ABOVE: Stanley Gibbons is such a huge name in the world of philately, as a dealer and catalogue
hoping their value at least
publisher, that its current problems reflect badly on the hobby as a whole
approximates to what we paid
for them.
The current parlous state
of Stanley Gibbons,
therefore, should be of
concern to us all.
Whether or not we as
individuals buy our stamps
from Gibbons, the company
has a powerful influence over
our hobby, most obviously in its
cataloguing. As the publisher of
the most highly regarded
Is it time to stop thinking of Stanley Gibbons as the ultimate
catalogues in Britain, and
arbiter of price? Or are its catalogues irreplaceable?
amongst the most respected in
E-mail your comments to guy.thomas@mytimemedia.com
the world, Gibbons sets a
THE AUTHOR
John Crace is
a GB collector
specialising in
early booklet
panes, and
a newspaper
columnist
short-term access to an
artificial bubble.
Those in the trade all seemed
to know this, but most have
done little to speak out against
it. Making a living out of buying
and selling stamps and postal
history is tough enough as it is,
without creating extra
uncertainty in your customers.
Most dealers chose to ride the
bubble, hoping not to leave
themselves over-exposed
when it eventually burst.
That time appears to be
getting closer. This year, the
whole future of Stanley
Gibbons has been placed in
doubt following a perfect
storm of adverse headlines.
Accounting errors and
restructuring costs led to the
firm announcing a pre-tax
loss of 29m. The value of its
assets was slashed by 43%,
its bank debt nearly doubled
to 21.9m, its share price
plummeted, and most of its
management team fell on
their swords.
Whilst all this is of serious
concern for the hobby, it is
not terminal. What is
required, I would suggest, is
for a consortium of reputable
dealers to get together to
wrest control of British
philately from the Gibbons
hegemony that has hung over
it for more than 100 years.
A few dealers have done
their bit by publishing their
own catalogues and guides,
often highly respected in
their specialist fields. But
something more concerted is
needed now. Its time for
everyone who loves the hobby to
step out from the shadows and
help to protect it.
The parlous state of Stanley Gibbons

should concern us all, because the company
has a powerful influence over our hobby,
most obviously in its cataloguing
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Full steam ahead!
The growth of Britains railway network in Victorian times created a huge array of
collectables, from stamps to stationery and other ephemera. The Great Northern
Railway between London and York offers a delightful case study
Report by Graham Homer-Wooff
n the railway mania of the

1840s, literally hundreds of new
transport projects were
approved by Acts of Parliament.
One of the most significant was the
Great Northern Railway Act,
permitting a main line to be built
from London to York, which passed
into law in June 1846.
The first section of the Great
Northern Railway route to open
was from Peterborough north to
Lincoln in October 1848, followed
by Lincoln north to Doncaster in
September 1849, with the
connection to York being made by
agreement with existing railways.
The link from Peterborough
south to London was established in
August 1850, terminating at a
temporary station at Maiden Lane
in Camden while a permanent
terminus was under construction
at Kings Cross. This enabled GNR
trains to carry visitors from the
north of England to the Great
Exhibition in Hyde Park 1851.
ABOVE: Great
Northern Railway
express train at
speed, photographed
in around 1910
The original looping route

between Peterborough and Retford
via Lincoln was replaced by a more
direct main line via Newark in
1852. In October of the same year,
the temporary Maiden Lane station
closed and Kings Cross station was
opened, completing a route that is

still recognisable today.
In 1860, the GNR came to an
agreement with the North Eastern
Railway (which controlled the York
to Berwick line) and the North
British Railway (which controlled
the Berwick to Edinburgh line) to
create the 393-miles East Coast
Main Line, offering the fastest way
to travel from London to Scotland.
From 1893, the GNR became the
co-owner of the Midland & Great
Northern Joint Railway, giving
easier access to the seaside towns
of East Anglia, such as Great
Yarmouth and Cromer.
Incomplete records
ABOVE: GNR newspaper parcel stamp from the 1855-56 first issue,
imperforate, with a value of 4d for up to 12lb, pen-cancelled in black
The story of the stamps issued by

the GNR, like those of other
railway companies in early
Victorian times, is shrouded in the
mists of time. When they first
appeared, no-one was cataloguing
them, and information about
printers and issue dates went
distinguished by a dot after Parcel

in the inscription.
All these stamps are usually
found cancelled by pen or crayon.
Newspaper stamps
Newspaper parcel stamps

The Post Office did not have a
monopoly on delivering
newspapers, and the railways
cashed in on this, especially after
the tax on them was abolished in
1855. Accordingly, the first stamps
produced by the GNR, in 1855-56,
were for the carriage of bundles of
newspapers.
Printed in green by Waterlow &
Sons in London, and issued
imperforate or perforated, they had
a twin-shield design (the three
lions passant of England alongside
the lion rampant of Scotland)
inscribed Prepaid Newspaper
Parcels and overprinted in black
with four different values
expressed by weight and cost: 2d
for up to 3lb, 3d for up to 6lb, 4d for
up to 12lb, and 6d for heavier
weights.
Shortly afterwards a 1d value
was added for bundles weighing
up to 1lb and travelling less than
60 miles, and later overprints
omitted the weight and simply
showed the value in pence.
The second issue of these
stamps, also printed by Waterlow,
again had overprinted values of 1d,
2d, 3d, 4d and 6d, but were
perforated. The third issue was
similar but had the printers name
removed from the base of the
design, although in some cases
traces of it can still be seen.
In about 1880 this newspaper
parcel design was replaced by a
much smaller one (measuring
28mm x 24mm rather than
54mm x 48mm) with the same
denominations plus an additional
1s value. Perforation varies from
10 to 12.
Around the turn of the century,
the printing contract was taken
over by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons,
whose printings can be
ABOVE: Newspaper parcel stamp of the 1850s, perforated, with a value of

1d for a weight up to 1lb travelling up to 60 miles, pen-cancelled in red
From 1866 some effort was made to

separate large bundles of
newspapers from small bundles
addressed to individual
subscribers, resulting in a new
series of GNR stamps, once again
initially printed by Waterlow.
They started with a large-format
2d blue to pay for four papers and a
1d brown to pay for three, later
joined by a small-format 1d grey
and d red to pay for two and one
respectively.
The first three of these used
essentially the same design, with
the rated number of newspapers
spelled out clearly above a
double-shield motif which had the
numeral of value printed less
clearly over it. The d had the
value overprinted in black, which
was much more legible.
From about 1868, Waterlow used
a redrawn die which can be
distinguished by its larger
shields, softened corner
MAIN LINE
STATION
ABOVE: Unused 3d newspaper parcel stamp from the second issue, with
the value expressed in monetary terms only
MILEAGE
York
188
Selby
175
Doncaster
156
Retford
138
Newark
120
Grantham
105
Peterborough North
76
Huntingdon
59
St Neots
52
Hitchin
32
Hatfield
18
London Kings Cross
ABOVE: Unused 4d newspaper parcel stamp from the third issue, with the
printers name erased but traces of it still visible
When the railway companies started producing parcel

stamps, no-one was cataloguing them. Information
about printers and issue dates went largely unrecorded
The Great Northern

Railways 1850 timetable for
the York Express shows the
07.40 from London arriving
at Peterborough at 10.10
(a journey time of two and
half hours) and York at 14.50
(a total journey time of just
over seven hours). Today,
you can do the 188-mile trip
in less than two hours.
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largely unrecorded.
Early catalogue publishers such
as Herbert LEstrange Ewen, Walter
Morley and Jean-Baptiste Moens
struggled to catch up with past
issues. Their listings were littered
with question-marks, and only
only some of the missing data has
been filled in since.
ABOVE: d red for the carriage of a single

newspaper, printed from the small-format
redrawn die after 1868, cancelled in blue crayon
ABOVE: Yorkshire
Evening Post
newspaper wrapper
used in January 1902,
bearing 1d and 2d
values from the
small-format later
issue of newspaper
parcel stamps
(Causton printing)
ABOVE: Arms-design 1d red newspaper stamp of
type 2, inscribed Great Northern Railway
Company and with the additional Prepaid
Parcel/At Owners Risk overprint
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The Kings Cross area of London, where the
terminal of the Great Northern Railway was
opened in 1852, had been named after a 60ft
brick statue of King George IV. The statue was
removed in 1845, but the name stuck.
ornamentation and a reduction in

the amount of rough shading
between the letters of Railway; the
1d brown and 2d blue made a
reappearance, too.
When Causton assumed the
printing contract in about 1900, the
die was redrawn again, with the
rough shading made neater for the
three required denominations of
d, 1d and 2d.
Arms series
The final GNR series of newspaper
stamps featured the full-blown
arms of the company (the lions
passant and lion rampant
combined in a single, more
elaborate shield) within an
embellished circular frame.
Printed in red, in shades ranging
from pink to magenta, they used
three different transfers.
Type 1 had the points of the
shield protruding into the frame
and the inscriptions Great
Northern Railway and News
Letter. It comprised three
overprinted values based on
distance carried: 2d for up to 100
miles, 3d for up to 200 miles and 4d
for over 200 miles.
shield protruding into the frame
and the simpler inscription Great
Northern Railway Company. It
came in five values of d, 1d, 2d,
3d and 4d, with the additional
overprint Prepaid Parcel/At
Owners Risk.
shield constrained within the
frame and simpler value-only
overprints, for six denominations
of d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d and 6d. From
1906, this issue could also be used

to pay for railway letters.
Goods stamps
Almost from the start the GNR also
used stamps, initially printed by
Waterlow and later by Causton, to
pay for the carriage of agricultural
products.
In July 1859 it issued a non-valueindicator specifically for corn
samples: a large-format design
depicting a sack bearing the GNR
double-shield motif, which cost 6d
for a sample weighing up to 3lb.
Later came a smaller-format
A new era began in

1891 when railway
operators were
allowed to charge for
the carriage of
letters. In effect, they
could provide an
express service
between stations
non-value-indicator with a similar
image, printed in yellow and
overprinted in black, which cost 3d
for grain samples of up to 1lb.
For much bigger consignments,
there was also a double-shield
design in grey, overprinted Farm
& Agricultural Produce, available
for a range of weights. The rates
were 6d for up to 20lb, 8d for
20-30lb, 10d for 30-40lb, 1s for
40-50lb and 1s 2d for 50-60lb.
the railway operators to charge for

the carriage of letters. In effect,
they could provide an express
service between stations. The
additional charge was set at double
the normal postage rate, which was
2d in 1891, rising to 3d in 1918 and
4d in 1920.
A common design for a railway
letter stamp was chosen by the Post
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ABOVE: Grain samples stamp, sold at 3d for
samples weighing up to 1lb
ABOVE: Farm and agricultural produce 1s 2d

stamp, for goods weighing 50-60lb
The survival rate of these

stamps is understandably poor, so
they are scarce.
Railway letter stamps

A whole new era began when the
1891 Railway Letter Act allowed
The railways would carry goods of almost any

description, and that included livestock.
This passengers horse, carriage and dog
ticket (printed by Waterlow & Sons, like the
stamps) shows a fee of 5 14s 0d for the carriage
of three horses from Doncaster to Oxford, at the
rate of 38s per horse.
Office in conjunction with the

Railway Clearing House (the
organisation which managed the
allocation of revenues between the
operating companies). It comprised
a large central numeral of value in
a circular frame inscribed For the
conveyance of single post letters by
railway, with the name of the
railway company carried in twin
tablets at the top and bottom.
Most operators had the stamps
printed in shades of green,
although a few used blue or red
instead.
For the GNR, Waterlow & Sons
printed sheets of 60, arranged in
six rows of 10, perforated but with
the marginal stamps having
imperforate edges. Nine stamps in
each sheet had the dot between
Railway and Fee missing, and
many of the other stamps have
minor differences which means
that sheets can be reconstructed.
Shade varieties also help to
distinguish the various issues.
There were four Waterlow
printings, each of 12,000 stamps, in
green or deep green in 1891, in
bright green in 1892, in yellow
green in 1894 and in green in 1897.
The first three were perforated 11,
the last 10-10.
Causton later made two
printings, of 15,000 stamps in pale
olive-green in 1900 and about
12,000 in grey-green in 1904, all
perforated 10. Its sheets of 60
stamps were made up of stereos of
five, and the design differed
slightly in having its horizontal
and vertical lines intersecting at
the corners of the side pillars.
ABOVE & LEFT: Corn samples stamp, sold at

6d for samples weighing up to 3lb, and an
1859 GNR Accounts Department notice to
railway staff concerning its use

LEFT: Railway letter
stamp with the
standard value of 2d,
printed by Waterlow
from 1891
STATIONERY & POSTCARDS

Besides stamps, the Great Northern Railway produced its own
picture postcards, correspondence cards and postal stationery,
which may be found mint or used.
It used them to publicise the railway itself, possible destinations
for its customers (especially the seaside resorts of the east coast
of England) and the chain of hotels it owned close to the stations
(for example at Peterborough, Huntingdon and Leeds).
LEFT: Railway letter

stamp with the
standard value of 2d,
printed by Causton
from 1900
ABOVE: GNR stationery illustrating a No1-class Stirling 4-2-2 locomotive, used in 1873
In 1906, the GNR abandoned the

common railway letter stamp.
Instead, it adopted its red Arms of
the Company newspaper stamp
design as a multi-purpose issue,
overprinted with the relevant
postage rate.
Amalgamation
In 1921 the Railways Act paved the
way for Britains 120 railway
companies to be amalgamated to
leave a Big Four, which meant that
the Great Northern Railway
became part of the new London &
North Eastern Railway in 1923.
The LNER continued to use the
GNRs and other companies
stamps, duly overprinted, for a
short period while it prepared its
own issues.
BELOW: Railway
letter stamps were
used alongside
regular postage
stamps, in this case
with a Queen Victoria
1d lilac on a cover of
February 1900
ABOVE: Unused postcard available to guests staying at the Great Northern Hotel in
Peterborough, which opened close to the railway station in 1852
ABOVE: GNR postcards reproduced the companys own advertising posters, promoting
rail travel to businessmen (left) and seaside holidaymakers (right)
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The first stamps of the Pitcairn Islands illustrated the illegal founding of the colony,
with Hollywoods version of The Mutiny on the Bounty legend boosting their appeal
Report by John Winchester
t was in 1767 that Robert

Pitcairn, a 15-year-old
midshipman aboard HMS
Swallow, on survey duties in the
southern Pacific Ocean, spotted a
small, high, uninhabited island, not
above four or five miles round.
High volcanic cliffs prevented a
landing, but the sighting was
named after him.
The islands second visit by
westerners was less fleeting, and
rather more infamous. In 1790,
Acting Lieutenant Fletcher
Christian and eight fellow
mutineers from HMS Bounty,
together with a group of Tahitians,
settled on Pitcairn in a successful
attempt to escape retribution by the
Royal Navy.
By the time the colony was
discovered, in 1808, only one of the
mutineers was still alive, although
most of the inhabitants of the
island to this day are descended
from them.
Annexed by Great Britain in
1838, the tiny colonys postal
arrangements were not formalised
until the 1920s, when a New
Zealand postal agency was
established. Only in 1940 did the
Colonial Office in London decide
that the island should have its own
post office, and its own stamps.
A decision to inscribe these with
the plural name Pitcairn Islands
must have been taken to allow for
their possible future use by the
uninhabited outcrops of
Henderson, Ducie and Oeno
islands, although this was always a
remote prospect.
ABOVE: Pitcairn
Islands 1940 2s 6d
green and brown,
depicting the
coastline of Pitcairn
and the mutineer
Fletcher Christian on
HMS Bounty
The design and printing of what

was initially a set of eight pictorial
definitives was divided between
two firms, with Waterlow
producing the d, 1d, 2d, 6d and
1s values and Bradbury Wilkinson
the 1d, 3d and 2s 6d.
Perhaps surprisingly, the designs
were based upon the theme of the
mutiny on the Bounty. Some of the
Bradbury Wilkinsons designs

are slightly smaller than
Waterlows, and are also
perforated differently
MARKET VALUES
The set of eight issued in 1940 is catalogued at
less than 30, although the 1951 pair are a little
more expensive due to their limited print run. A
locally produced booklet comprising a marginal
copy of each of the original values is scarce.
essays which were sent to King

George VI for approval were
rejected, so clearly the
insubordination of naval officers
still rankled; but then, the colony
had little other history to extol!
The eight designs illustrated
Christian three times, and the
longest-lived mutineer John
Adams, as well as Lieutenant
William Bligh, whose command
they had overthrown. Also
depicted were three views of the
island, two of Bounty, a map of the

South Pacific and a cluster of
oranges, and all designs carried a
royal portrait in an oval frame.
Both printers used recess
printing in two colours, on paper
with the Multiple Script CA
watermark, but while Bradbury
Wilkinson arranged the sheets in a
6 x 10 format, comb-perforated 11
x 11, Waterlow employed a 5 x 12
arrangement, line perforated 12.
Careful observers will note that
BWs designs are also slightly
smaller than Waterlows.
When the stamps were placed on
sale on October 15, 1940, they sold
like hot cakes, not least because the
back story had been glamorised by
the MGM movie Mutiny on the
Bounty five years earlier. Such was
the demand for first day covers that
the Commissioner and his wife
spent 16 days preparing them.
In 1951 denominations of 4d and
8d were added to the set, depicting
the Bountys bible and a new school
building. All the stamps remained
on sale until 1957, when they were
replaced by a Queen Elizabeth II
definitive series.
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It was hardly a question I was expecting, but I was happy to answer. The occasion:
I was honoured to be invited to give the Kay Goodman Lecture at the Great Britain
Philatelic Society National Philatelic Congress Leeds August 2015 but there was just
one small problem as many of you may know I am passionate about our hobby
but I dont actually collect stamps however my company does handle more than most!
T the tender age of 18 I took the decision to stop collecting

when I entered the trade reasoning that if I continued
to collect and was fortunate enough to have my own
company I might end up with a wonderful collection but
No money to pay the mortgage so, never being seduced to
carry on collecting what was I to talk about at the Congress?
Expecting something of a grilling with the subject
Philatelic Auctions I entered the Lions Den, a good
hundred passionate collectors at the Art Deco Queens Hotel
Leeds. A good hour of non-stop questions later, Im not sure
why nobody asked me why Im so passionately against huge
Buyers Premiums but one collector expressing amazement
at the size of our auctions asked how we manage to source
so many stamps?
To be honest sometimes we amaze ourselves but
ultimately it is all about mind-set and belief. You see, unlike
other auctions (and dealers) I take the simple view that if
something is not selling it must be too expensive otherwise
you, the collector, would have bid for it and won it at auction
Therefore, when we present 20,000+ lots with a value of
1.8 million and 10,000 lots sell to almost 2,000 different
bidders/collectors world-wide we have 10,000+/- unsold
lots which must be too expensive so we reduce them all in
estimate (and reserve) according to how long theyve been
unsold and (unlike other auctions) in your next auction we
tell you how many times they have been unsold so you can
work out how much these stamps have been reduced, and
just how much of a bargain they have become - this forms the
increasingly tempting nucleus of the next auction.
It follows that whilst one auction progresses towards
closing date we have just 3 months to locate and describe
at least another 10,000 more lots. Pouring in 10,000 newly

sourced and described new lots is no small task. It takes a
Team of 3 or 4 different describer-valuers/buyers combing
the UK (and abroad) then breaking/describing collections
with the help of a further 3 or 4 different describers. Bearing
in mind that none of us is becoming any younger you may
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United Kingdom including a key full-time experienced team
member located in London participating at all of the major
London Stamp Auctions. In our 60th 2,083,177.00 value
celebratory auction somehow the team has managed to
source and describe more than 13,000 new auction lots. With
Christmas break intervening well be lucky to manage that
feat again in our 64th
61st auction.
So where do all the stamps come from? Offering the
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commission basis and sold stamps up to 90,000 each, and
collections up to 600,000 but to do so with lower priced
material logistically would be a nightmare so its a unique
combination of valuable material upon a commission basis,
lower priced material which we may have sourced and
owned plus collections purchased at auction far and wide
all appropriately described and lotted to suit collectors
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lots for their own clients). Ownership of a substantial majority
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such as our controversial NO-BUYERS PREMIUM
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us to guarantee every lot and to offer the Unique U P A
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Hopefully we now have in excess of 20,000 different lots ready to create the next auction
by the time our deadline has arrived. Now the Admin/Back Office Team takes over 100s
of carefully organised hours work go into creating the complimentary 20,000+ lot free
auction catalogue that Im hoping you will request imagine how much time and effort go
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THEMATIC GUIDE: FEMALE AVIATORS
Ladies of the skies

From the earliest days of powered flight, women have played a prominent role in
the story of aviation. A lively collection can be built around the theme, with its
celebrity names but also its unsung heroines
rom Joan of Arc to Marie

Curie, women have had to
overcome social prejudice in
order to demonstrate their skill and
bravery in many male-dominated
fields over the centuries.
Fortunately, powered flight was
pioneered in the same century as
sexual equality, enabling many
females to loom large among the
most celebrated pilots in the
history of aviation.
Early risers
The story of female aeronauts
began as long ago as 1784, just a
few months after the first flight by
a Montgolfier hot-air balloon, when
four French aristocrats became the
first ladies to ascend in a tethered
balloon in Paris.
Within weeks another
Frenchwoman, an opera singer
named Elisabeth Thible, rose above
Annonay in an untethered balloon,
from which she sang to the visiting
King Gustav III of Sweden.
In Britain, the first aviatrix was
Letitia Sage, a small-time actress
who was on board a flight by
Vincenzo Lunardis balloon in
London in 1785.
The first woman to make a solo
balloon ascent was the French
ABOVE: Aviation
pioneer Blanche
Scott at the controls
of an early biplane in
the United States,
soon after learning to
fly in 1910
ABOVE: Gibraltar 2010 Aviation Centenaries 10p stamp commemorating

Baroness Raymonde de Laroche, who became the first woman to be
awarded a pilots licence in France in 1910
DID YOU KNOW?

The worlds first female aeronautical engineer was E Lillian Todd,
an American who who started designing aircraft as early as 1906,
just three years after the Wright brothers historic flight.
With wings loosely based upon those of an albatross, and
construction of straight-grain spruce, piano wire and muslin, her
design completed a brief test flight in New York in 1910.
This remarkable achievement was tempered, however, by the
fact that Todd was refused a permit to fly the machine herself.
ABOVE: Cover commemorating Lillian Todd, the first woman to design an aircraft, used
with the United States 1980 stamp honouring male pilot Glenn Curtis
Born in Michigan at a time when aeroplanes were a fanciful notion,

Harriet Quimby was a journalist in New York when she started
taking flying lessons, gaining the first pilots licence awarded to an
American woman in 1911
Extrovert and naturally attractive, Harriet was quickly signed up
to take part in the flying displays which were very popular at the
time, cutting a glamorous figure in her plum-coloured satin flying
suit and fashionable jewellery.
In 1912 she travelled to Britain, where she persuaded The Daily
Mirror to sponsor her flight across the English Channel, the first to
be made by a woman, just three years after Louis Blriots crossing.
The successful flight, which took 59 minutes, would have attracted
worldwide headlines were it not for the sinking of RMS Titanic the
previous day.
Just 10 weeks later, during an aviation exhibition in Boston, USA,
Quimby and her passenger were thrown out of her Blriot
monoplane when it lurched unexpectedly, falling to their deaths.
ABOVE: USA 1980

Airmail 28c
portraying Blanche
Scott, who embarked
on a successful
career as a stunt pilot
as early as 1910
The first woman to

gain a pilots licence
did so as early as
1910, and the first
woman to fly in
combat missions as
early as 1915
pioneer Sophie Blanchard, in
Toulouse in 1805. Unfortunately
she would later became the first
female fatality in an aviation
accident, when her balloon crashed
in Paris in 1819.
Pioneer pilots
ABOVE: Harriet Quimby in her
cockpit in 1912
LEFT: USA 1991 Airmail 50c
celebrating Quimby as a
pioneer pilot
BELOW: Mozambique 2012
miniature sheet illustrating
the pilot and plane
her Blriot XI
BELOW: France 2004
5 stamp honouring
Marie Marvingt, the
first woman to fly
combat missions,
bombing behind the
German lines during
World War I
Ballooning became a sideshow

after the Wright Brothers achieved
the first powered and sustained
flight in a heavier-than-air machine
in 1903, but it wasnt long before
women took up this challenge too.
Soon after becoming the first
female passenger in an aeroplane,
the French sculptress Thrse
Peltier became the first woman to
pilot one, when she took the
controls of Lon Delagranges
Voisin biplane for a solo flight
across the Military Square in Turin,
Italy, in 1908.
The challenge of becoming the
first woman to be awarded a pilots
licence fell to another of
Delagranges friends, Baroness
HARRIET QUIMBY (1875-1912)

AMELIA EARHART (1898-1937)
Born in Kansas, an American of part-German descent, Amelia Earhart
took flying lessons in 1920 after enjoying a $10 aeroplane ride in
California. She purchased a bright yellow Kinner Airster biplane,
which she named The Canary, and within two years she had
established a womens altitude record of 14,000ft.
She came to public attention in 1928 when she became the first
woman to fly as a passenger across the Atlantic Ocean, which earned
her the nickname Lady Lindy after Charles Lindbergh.
She was one of 20 pilots who entered the Womens Air Derby
(disparagingly known as The Powder Puff Derby) in 1929, achieving
third place. Later she set a new air speed record of 181.18mph.
In 1932 she made a solo Atlantic crossing in 14 hours 56 minutes, for
which she was presented with a gold medal by President Herbert
Hoover, and three years later she completed the even longer flight
from Hawaii to the American mainland.
She embarked on an ambitious attempt to circle the globe in 1937, flying
with her navigator Fred Noonan in a twin-engined Lockheed Electra 10E,
but they vanished between New Guinea and the uninhabited Pacific atoll
of Howland Island. No remains have ever been found.
ABOVE: Amelia Earhart with her Kinner Airster biplane
ABOVE: Mali 1967 500f stamp

commemorating Earharts refuelling
stop in the country during her
circumnavigation attempt
LEFT: United States 1963 Airmail 8c
design portraying Earhart with her
Lockheed Electra aircraft
Raymonde de Laroche, in reality an

actress who was the daughter of a
Paris plumber. After lessons from
the aircraft builder Charles Voisin,
the Aro-Club de France awarded
her the International Aeronautics
Federations licence No36 in 1910.
She went on to win the Coupe
Femina challenge for female
aviators in 1913, with a four-hour
non-stop flight, and set new
altitude and distance records for
women in 1919, at 15,000ft and 200
miles respectively, shortly before a
fatal crash in 1919 while testing an
experimental aircraft.
ABOVE: 1937 cover prepared to celebrate Earhart and Noonans round-the-world trip, with a
pictorial label applied instead commemorating their disappearance
parachute collapsed on a descent in

Coventry in 1910.
The honour of being the first
American woman to fly solo has
two rival claimants.
Going solo
The first British woman to fly solo
was Edith Cook, also known under
the pseudonym of Viola SpencerKavanagh, who learned to fly
Blriot monoplanes in France in
1909-10. She was also known for
making parachute jumps from
balloons, and was killed when her
LEFT: USA 1995 32c

portraying Bessie
Coleman, whose
ancestry was part
African and part
Cherokee, who
became a media
sensation as a stunt
flyer but was killed in
an accident in 1926
RIGHT: A set of six
issued by Cuba in
2011 featuring female
American aviators
included Ruth
Nichols, the first
female pilot for a
commercial
passenger airline
Bessica Raiche of New York took

to the air in 1910 in a home-built
Wright biplane, without any flying
instruction, and was later awarded
a diamond-studded gold medal by
the Aeronautical Society as the
first woman aviator of America.
She might have been beaten by a
few days, however, by Blanche
Scott, who was in the early stages
of instruction as a pilot by the
famous aviator Glenn Curtiss, also
in New York, when, without
permission, she removed the
throttle-limiter which prevented
the plane from taking off and
ascended to a height of 50ft.
Born in Limoges, France, Marie-Louise Bombec had a troubled early life, working in a
shoe factory and struggling to get by as a single mother after a failed marriage.
Everything changed when her second husband, World War I pilot Louis Basti, instilled
in her a fascination for flight.
Although Louis was killed in a plane crash in 1926, just a year after she gained her
own pilots licence, she turned to aerobatics to make a living. She also set a series of
distance and endurance records.
In 1931 she was awarded the Harmon Trophy for aviation, in 1935 she set up a flying
school at Orly Airport, and in 1936 she flew her Caudron C-635 monoplane across the
Atlantic from Dakar in Senegal to Natal in Brazil.
During World War II she served as a Captain in the French Air Corps, and was made a
Commander of the Legion of Honour. She was killed in 1952 when a cargo plane she was
flying crashed on take-off in Lyon.
ABOVE: Australia 1994 $1.80 recalling Freda
Thompsons achievement in being the first
Australian woman to fly solo between Britain
and Australia in 1934
ABOVE: France 1955 Airmail 50f marking the third

anniversary of Bastis death
ABOVE: Germany 2010 55c marking the 75th
anniversary of Elly Beinhorns headline-making
flight from Germany to Turkey and back in 1935
ABOVE: Signed photograph of Maryse Basti
Soon afterwards Scott became

perhaps the earliest professional
female pilot, from 1910 a successful
stunt pilot promoted as the
tomboy of the air, and from 1912 a
test pilot for prototypes.
ABOVE: Cameroun 1977 History of Aviation 80f recalling

Bastis 1936 flight from Africa to South America
Headline makers
ABOVE: First day cover for the 1955 issue, portraying Basti in her wartime uniform and postmarked in the town of her birth
Pioneering flights by women made headlines around the

world in the 1930s, turning them into household names
Step by step, women began to

advance towards equality with
men, securing newly emerging jobs
in the still embryonic world of
aeronautics.
During World War I, Marie
Marvingt of France became the
first woman to fly in combat
missions, taking part in bombing
raids on German military bases in
1915 and being awarded the Croix
de Guerre medal for gallantry. In
peacetime, she was also one of the
worlds leading advocates for air
ambulance services.
At the end of the war, in 1918,
Marjorie Stinson of the United
States became the first female pilot
of a plane carrying airmail. In 1932,
Ruth Nichols was hired as the first
female pilot for a commercial
passenger airline, with New York &
New England Airways.
Meanwhile, pioneering flights
MARYSE BASTI (1898-1952)

by women made headlines around
the world, making household
names of the pilots. Harriet
Quimby flew solo across the
English Channel in 1912, Amy
Johnson flew solo from England to
Australia in 1930, Amelia Earhart
flew solo across the Atlantic in
1932, and Germanys Elly Beinhorn
made long-distance flights across
Africa, Asia, Australia and the
Americas in 1931-35.
RIGHT: British cover

of 1986 marking the
50th anniversary of
the Spitfire, signed
by the Air Transport
Auxiliary pilot Lettice
Curtis, who flew all
types of aircraft
during World War II
Frequent fliers
During World War II, Yekaterina
Zelenko, Valentina Grizodubova
AMY JOHNSON (1903-1941)

The daughter of a plumber from Hull, Amy Johnson joined
the London Aeroplane Club as a diversion while she was
working as a legal secretary in the capital in 1928. She rapidly
obtained her pilots licence, and followed it up with a ground
engineers licence.
With little flying experience, she attempted to beat the
England-to-Australia solo record in 1930. Only a handful of
people watched her departure from Croydon in a de
Havilland Gipsy Moth biplane named Jason, but after she
made headlines by crash-landing in the Iraqi desert and
nearly ditching in the Java Sea, rather more turned out to see
her land in Darwin, narrowly failing to break the record but
achieving celebrity status.
Many more achievements followed, including the Londonto-Japan record (with a co-pilot) in 1931 and London-to-Cape
Town record (solo) in 1932, in the latter case beating the
benchmark set by her husband, Jim Mollison!
During World War II, Johnson signed up with the Air
Transport Auxiliary, delivering new and repaired aircraft of
all types between factories and airfields. On January 5, 1941,
she bailed out of her Airspeed Oxford aircraft as it crashed in
the Thames Estuary, and a naval vessel failed to in its attempt
to rescue her from the water.
ABOVE: Great Britain 2003 Extreme Endeavours 2nd class stamp honouring Johnsons
England-Australia solo flight
ABOVE: Amy Johnson with her de Havilland Gipsy Moth biplane
ABOVE: Illustrated cover for the Seychelles 1975 International Womens Year 1r
stamp, portraying Johnson, used in 1976 to mark the 40th anniversary of her
second flight from Britain to South Africa
ABOVE: Guinea 2016 miniature sheet marking the 75th anniversary of Johnsons death
Born in Kharkov in the Russian Empire (now in Ukraine), but growing up as a citizen of
the USSR, Valentina Grizodubova was the daughter of a pioneer aircraft designer, and
was flying a glider by the age of 14.
After passing out of the Advanced Flying School in Tula in 1933, she became a flight
instructor, and set numerous altitude, speed and distance world records, including
some in a seaplane.
In September 1938, with Marina Raskova and Paulina Osipenko, she completed a
26-hour flight of 5,908km (about 3,670 miles) from Moscow to Komsomolsk in the far east
of Russia in a Tupolev Ant-37 long-range bomber, setting the womens distance record
for straight-line flying.
Having already been appointed a Hero of the Soviet Union, and having trained
many others as an instructor, Grizodubova commanded the 101st Long-Range Air
Regiment during World War II, bombing German positions and helping to supply the
besieged city of Leningrad.
ABOVE: USA 1996 50c stamp portraying

Jacqueline Cochran, who delivered bombers
across the Atlantic to Britain in World War II and
was later the first woman to fly supersonic
ABOVE: USSR 1939 Moscow-Komsomolsk

Flight 60k, portraying Grizodubova on the
top value in a set of three
ABOVE: Grizodubova surrounded by male Soviet pilots
ABOVE: A Grenada Grenadines set of four issued

in 1981 portrayed Amy Johnson, Raymonde de
Laroche, Ruth Nichols and Amelia Earhart
ABOVE: Russia 2010 design honouring

Grizodubova on the centenary of her birth
BELOW: Russia 2014

15r design honouring
Yekaterina Zelenko, a
fighter pilot for the
Soviet Union, killed in
action in 1941
and other women flew combat

missions for the Soviet air force,
Maryse Basti was an officer in the
French air force, Jacqueline
Cochran of the United States
delivered bombers across the
Atlantic as part of the Wings For
Britain initiative, and Britains
Lettice Curtis flew almost 100
different types of aircraft,
including heavy bombers, for the
Air Transport Auxiliary.
Cochran went on the become the
first woman to fly at supersonic
speeds, in an early jet-engined
aircraft over California in 1953.
Forty years later, in 1993, British
pilot Barbara Harmer was the
ABOVE: Souvenir cover for the first scheduled flight of a British Airways Concorde in 1976,
subsequently signed by Barbara Harmer, who became the aircrafts first female pilot in 1993
VALENTINA GRIZODUBOVA (1910-1993)

JEAN BATTEN (1909-1982)
Born in Rotorua, New Zealand, the daughter of a dentist, Jean Batten
was inspired to fly when she was taken on a flight by the Australian
aviation pioneer Charles Kingsford Smith in 1927.
After moving to England, she followed in the footsteps of Amy
Johnson by joining the London Aeroplane Club, making her first
solo flight in 1930 and gaining her private and commercial licences
two years later.
Having purchased a Gypsy Moth biplane, she made two
unsuccessful attempts to better Johnsons England-to-Australia
record, crash-landing on both occasions, before a successful third
attempt in May 1934.
Batten went on to set various other solo records in a singleengined Percival Gull Six, including from England to Brazil and
from England to New Zealand, and was awarded the Harmon
Trophy three times.
Glamorous but increasingly reclusive in her later years, she was
nicknamed the Garbo of the Skies.
ABOVE: Jean Batten in her cockpit

RIGHT: New Zealand 1990 50c
illustrating Batten and her
Percival Gull Six
BELOW: Illustrated 1976 cover
marking the 40th anniversary of
her solo flight from England to New
Zealand, signed by Batten
ABOVE: French stamps of 2005, 1972, 2003 and 2014 honour Adrienne
Bolland, who in 1921 became the first woman to fly across the Andes,
Hlne Boucher and Maryse Hilsz, who set speed and endurance records in
the 1930s, Jacqueline Auriol, who was a test pilot in the 1950s, and Caroline
Aigle, who became the nations first female fighter pilot in 1999
first to fly the supersonic

passenger aircraft Concorde across
the Atlantic.
By the dawn of the 21st century,
female pilots were still in the
minority, but by no means rare,
and the achievements of the
pioneers had been very well
documented in stamp issues from
around the world, but especially
from France and the USA.
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RUSSIA
the time of going to press :
PORTUGUESE COLONIES - ANGOLA
5655 : 1858 10k imperf (four margins), boxed canPORTUGAL
4845 : 1861-1898 mainly used collection on oldtime Imperial printed leaves, with King Luis issues
incl 1870 etc straight labels a good run to 150r,
later Luis and Carlos and others to 1898 Vasco da
Gama, also Madeira 1868 1868 20r curved label
(SG 20 cat 65), 1871 straight label 10r mint, 50r
used (SG 26 cat 44) (85 stamps) ... ........... 150
PORTUGAL
5133 : 1912 First Ceres issue (chalky paper, perf

15x14) short set c to 15c all mint hinged (SG 63/
73, cat 704) (11 stamps) ... ......................... 135
PORTUGAL
5320 : 1867-1943 good range, mainly used but

some better are mint, with a few later 19th century,
1910 Manoel and Republica ovpts to top values
(some mint), good run of Ceres issues incl a few
better mint (e.g. 1923 3E glazed paper SG 573 cat
225), 1927 In dependence mint (SG 726/40 cat
75), 1928 Independence mint (SG 780/95 cat
95), through to 1943 (except min sheets) (350
stamps) ... ...................................................... 135
PORTUGAL
5321 : 1894 Prince Henry the Navigator set used,

all with special CENTENARIO cancels (SG 314/26
cat 300) (13 stamps) ... ............................... 100
PORTUGAL
5312 : 1946-1951 mainly used range with commem

sets used (1950 Holy Year and San Juan de Dios
sets are mint hinged, SG 1035/44 cat 130), (100
stamps) ... ........................................................ 40
PORTUGUESE COLONIES - ANGOLA
5218 : 1945-1951 good run of mint or used, includes 1947 10a and 20a Airs used (SG 423h,
423i, cat 120), 1948 Lady of Fatima mint (SG 434/
47 cat 80), 1949 Views mint (SG 438/44 cat 90),
1951 Birds set used (SG 458/81 cat 42) (75
stamps) ... ........................................................ 85
5226 : 1914 etc Ceres issues mint, 1914 first issues (chalky paper) to 1E (SG 205/220 cat 35),
plus some further issues on ordinary paper, and
1921 high values on glazed paper to 20E (SG 324/
29 cat 75) (60 stamps) ... .............................. 35
PORTUGUESE COLS -MOZAMBIQUE
5309 : 1946-1951 virtually all used range, with

1946 surcharges, airs to 20E, 1948 Views, Fatima,
1951 most Fish (needs 4E50 cheap value), to end
1951 (70 stamps) ... ........................................ 30
PORTUGUESE COLONIES - TIMOR
5287 : 1946-1952 mainly mint run, with 1946 nine

TIMOR ovpts, 1947 Liberation ovpts mint (SG 290/
309 cat 195), 1948 Natives mint (SG 310/17 cat
40), 1950 Flowers and the others to 1952, difficult
material (70 stamps) ... ................................... 90
ROMANIA
4946 : 1872 Paris print, specialised study (written

up in German) with 3+ sets written up by shade,
couple mint, and the valuable run of 32 proofs and
colour trials (66 stamps) ... ........................... 400
ROMANIA
4947 : 1876-1880 Bucharest prints mainly used

specialised study (written up in German, but good
illustrations of the plate varieties), with stamps
sorted by shade, by perf , imperf and part perf, varieties incl 1879 error 5b rose mint (185 stamps)
(weight 2 kilos) ... .......................................... 400
ROMANIA
5193 : 1930 Air Coronation ovpt set with the scarce

vertical watermark, fine used (SG 1147A/1149A,
cat 375) plus several other used of the 1930 Coronation ovpts on definitives (8 stamps) ... ....... 90
RUSSIA
5662 : Imperial period semi-specialised collection

from 1858 "Number One (four examples, fair), 10k
perf 14 (SG2), 1858 issue with shades, postmarks
(includes six 30k cat 200 each), 1860s issues by
perf and wmk to several 30k in each case, some
mixed cond ition but plen ty of cancel interest and
huge cat, later Arms to 10R incl imperfs and a few
printing errors, 1913 Romanov Dynasty set mint or
unused, 1914/15 War Charity incl four Specimens,
and currency stamps (about 1000 stamps) ...750
RUSSIA
5670 : 1945-1960 collection mainly used, some

mint (hinged), virtually complete, with apparently
all immediate postwar with 1946 Postal Service
the three min sheets mint (SG MS1222a/c cat
225), Stalin min sheet mint (but creased), 1947
Moscow Buildings set and min sheet used, 1949
Airs, the difficult early 1950s with huge cat incl 1950
Moscow Buildings set mint (SG 1657/64 cat 300),
and virtually complete through to end 1960 including 1955 Savitsky min sheet mint, the three Agriculture min sheets mint (SG MS1911a/c), North
Pole min sheet used etc (1500 stamps) (weight 1
kilo) ... ............................................................ 450
RUSSIA
5656 : 1858 10k imperf (four large and even margins), numeral cancel "38" (Riga), (SG 1, Mi 1, cat
650), BPA certificate signed Robson Lowe etc (1
stamp) ... ........................................................ 300
cel, (SG 1, Mi 1, cat 650), signed Bhler (1 stamp)

... .................................................................... 250
RUSSIA
5707 : Spectacularly redirected through Panama

etc, 3k p.s. card with added 1k perf Arms, censor
cachets 685 and 46, to LAS CASCADES cds
(Panama Canal Zone), redirected several times
incl USA in vain, and returned as dead letter to
Russia, characterful, 1917(1 cover) ... ........... 85
RUSSIA
5659 : 1870 folded letter with 3k error of background "V" (SG19d, tiny rub, otherwise fine) and
five examples of 5k (SG20a), interesting and decorative franking combination, from ODESSA, AUS
RUSSLAND, BRESLAU/BERLIN tpo, to Marseilles,
1870 (1 cover) ... ............................................. 80
RUSSIA
5664 : 1927 7k Large Worker, corner block of six

with the corner stamp missing one third of design
from paper fold, also part double perf for the same
reason, u/m (1 item) ... .................................... 75
RUSSIA
5657 : Three colour franking cover with 1k, 3k, 10k

from MOSKVA to Berlin 1866, very fine, 1866 (1
cover) ... ........................................................... 60
RUSSIA
5658 : Three colour franking cover with 5k, 10k

(one foxing spot), 20k, from TAGANROG via
PRUSSE / ERQUELINES blue French entry mark,
to Genoa, Italy, 1870 (1 cover) ... ................... 60
RUSSIA
5704 : 1858 issue 20k perf 12 (SG 6, cat 130,

well centred) and 2 x 3k (SG 13) on cover from
ODESSA cds, red boxed P.D., boxed AUS
RUSSLAND/ FRANCO, BRESLAU/ BERLIN t.p.o.,
to ABERDEEN cds, 1869. Cover has folds and reinforced but high cat stamp (1 cover) ... ......... 60
RUSSIA
5663 : 1924 Air set (SG 417/20) and 20k Worker

used on early flown cover from MOSKVA cds, red
boxed "Mit Luftpost befrdert / Knigsberg", to RIGA,
1925 (back flap missing, otherwise fine) (1 cover)
... ...................................................................... 50
RUSSIA
5711 : 1947 Moscow Buildings miniature sheet

type II (SG MS1300b) used (1 stamp) ... ........ 20
RUSSIA
3920 : 1990s philatelic covers posted on board

atomic icebreakers, with special "atomic" cancels,
several with 1998 Murmansk local stamps, and
several with postage due markings (11 items) ...10
RUSSIA - ARMENIA
4991 : 1920 unissued pictorials (Mount Ararat,

Spinner etc) imperf printers trials, a range with missing centre, double centre, inverted centre. etc,
mainly imperf, mostly in blocks of four or larger but
good variety (240 proofs) ... ......................... 250
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IOM 8. ISLE OF MAN Queen Victoria Illustrated

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..................................................Price
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to the
1940s
or
earlier
up
to
more
recent.
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covers now mostly in collectors hands are rare and seldom
unmounted mint ................................................... Price 15
stamp in combination with official Royal Mail Harry Potter
and offered
all formsforof sale
medicine.
A most interesting subject rarely Price
offered17 G23A
........................................................
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first
day
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postmark. The collection also includes unmounted mint Royal
for sale ideal for anyone with some medical knowledge to form a
must
over 500
stampsan outstanding
collection
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sheets.............
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valuable
collection
..........................................................
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whole
collection
.................................................
Price
19.75
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and scarcecollection
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stamps
.................................................................
Price 11
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noted
.......................................................Price
17
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face value alone must
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collection
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with
of
mainly
unmounted
mint
stamps
of
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BOND
An
outstanding
collection
of
James
free
Muhammad
Ali
5/12/13.
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cover
bears
a
South
Africa
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stamps,
all different
not counting
and Miniature
sheets also
Price 15
French
Colonnies
& Ex Colonies.
stamps in
principalities
includes:
Monaco,
Liechtenstein,
Marino
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official Mainly
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cover bearing
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issue,
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Mail EAST
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postmarked
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singles
and blocks.
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mint, but
mostly
used.
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ASIA - enormous
lot, with
some
complete
to wrong
area of stamp. We offer the Gold Head Shift Error superb unmtd
stamps. Price 19
with
first
day
of
issue
8/1/2008
Royal
Mail
postmark.
The
Only
50
covers
known
to
exist
.................................
Price
14.
A
lovely
collection
with
many
engraved
stamps;
several
hundreds,
sheets unm . mint, mass of singles. Dates back to 1898, to modern
mint together with normal stamp for comparison..................Price 4.25
cover was
reposted on 1/5/2012 (four years later) with 21
mostly
different...............................................................Price
mainly
used stamps.
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of which
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CAMERON.
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BOXING
- ACollection
fine collection
of Boxing
Stamps
80 Stamps
stamps
with airships
balloons.
stamps.............Price
5
stamp with illustrated Pmk. Dated 7/5/15 for the shock
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Bond Commemorative
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COLLECTION
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group
of Unmounted
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Cameron.
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countries .............................................................. Price 26
plus
normal
stamp for comparison
........................
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upwards
of 1000depicts
different
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duplication,
with
covers, FDCs,
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than 65
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one of the
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sheets
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value
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at between
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stamps. Mainly
all popular
different S.E.
used
Bow,
Marylin
Monroe,
Clark
Gable,
Tyrone
Power,
James
Dean,
nursing,
doctors
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forms
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with Asian
some mont,
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with strength
the unm.
mint modern
local sections
Elvis
Presley,
Michael
Jackson,
Rudolph
Valentino,
Jean
Harlow,
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rarely postmarked
offered for sale
ideal
forLondon
anyoneSHC
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unmounted mint in blocks & singles. The collection contains
GB
QEII
stamp,
with
circular
April
2003
include:
Solomon
Islands,
Pitcairn,
Norfolk
Islands,
Niue,
Samoa,
Lundy
Puffins, Cam
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and Calf
of Man,
Isle of Man locals
and18. Roman Novarro, Jayne Mansfield, Buster Keaton, Humphrey Bogart,
medical
knowledge
to stamp
form aoverprinted
valuable collection
Price 7
hundreds
of mint
Indonesia
stamps
........................
Price
Pmk.
Together
with Iraq
In British......
Occupation
Tonga, Tuvalu, Penrhyn, Kiribati, Christmas Island, Fiji, Nauru, Cook
other British Locals depicting Sea birds, with some multiple blocks.
This stamp is tied to the cover with a rectangular Liberation of Iraq
Katherine
Hepburn,
Laughton,
Ladd,
Bergman,
Islands, Papua
andCharles
New Guinea.
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others.
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100 stamps
and
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catalogue
value is CHURCHILL
130+..............................................
Price 29
STR 58 GREAT
BRITAIN
SPECIALISED
1971 POSTAL
STRIKE
WINSTON
A superb cover
15-04-03
THE FALL
OF TIKRIT.
Cachet in purple.
A very rare
Iraq
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several
FirstThe
Daywhole
Coverslot.
including
scarce first day cover14.00
signed
plus
others.
...................................Price
COLLECTION
- Dating
back............................................Price
to the short period in British 26
commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill
War
Cover in superb
condition
by the stamp designer. The whole collection ..................Price 18.50
G.114
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WORLDWIDE
COVERS
&
FDCS
Fantastic
Accumulation
Postal History when the Post Office granted licenses to
becoming prime minister. The cover depicts the great man
OFFER A - From the remainder of a Liquidated Stamp Dealers stock,
LU
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ISLAND
- A superb
collection
mint
of Commercial
& Philatelic
& FDCs
including
pmks,for
private
delivery
companies
to deliver
mailofinunmounted
the U.K. This
and his quote:
All my covers
past life
has been
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preparation
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including,
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Britain
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to modern
with
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postal
collection
comprising
of postal
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the Winstoncovers,
Churchill British
spectacular
cover and
valuable
to any
Commonwealth.
Foreign,
Mint addition
used covers,
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and pre packs.
singles
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sheet. Starts
off with
period.
strike stamps
in singles
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stamps.
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and
unused
with
many
Mail
Churchill
postmark
(from
a
limited
issue
of
only
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of about 100 covers ..................................................Price 21 .00
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June
1944.Clearance
Illustrated
with
Churchill Downing Street
counting.
Price
...................................Price
75.00
overprinted
1960s Well
stamps
on one
to more
recent.
With lots
unmountedwith
mint1950s
(FDC&noted).
over
hundred
stamps
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1940s Photograph, and Churchills Quote: And what a plan!
of
Puffin stamps, definitives, commemoratives & Air Mail
stamps.
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............................................................................
Price
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is undoubtedly
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VII and King
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of
unmounted
mint
Lundy
Stamps
................Price
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collection
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anyone interested
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all sorts fromColditz
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that hasofever
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MINT
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cover.
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cover was
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to thedifferent
Channel
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classics
to super
racing
cars.from
Several
hundred
combination
of
Royal
Mail,
Churchill
and
D-Day
stamps.
Bimpressive
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- A fantastic
collection
of British
STAMPS. In singles and blocks. Approximately 100+ stamps, low
collection of outer
spacethematic
and space
exploration
Islands, the cover depicts the infamous prison with German
With official Royal Mail, British Forces 3173 Postal Services
carspostage
on stamps
..............................................................Price
11
Commonwealth
BIRDS
stamps.
Onlymoon
Unmounted
Mintcover
in mulitlples
to clear..............................................................Price
camps. Including
original
1969
landing
and
stamp
and Colditz postmark ...................... Price
10. price
postmark,
D-Day 6th June 2014. The cover also bears 12.00
and
single
stamps.
Several
Hundred
Brit,
Commonwealth
Bird
Stamps
Peoples
Republic
of
China
space
covers.
Over
100+
mint
SAM.26 AUSTRIA & HUNGARY - Mostly used, some mint, several
original
King Geo VI
GPO stamps,
with horizontal
SCANDINAVIA:
Incudes
Sweden, Denmark,
Norway,cachet
Finland, some
and usedHigh
stamps
andpound
miniature
sheets.
Noted
mint Royal
MS 493.
WORLD WIDE MINIATURE SHEETS COLLECTION8 A G419
including
Value ()
& ($) Dollar
stamps
in blocks
..Price 39
hundred
diff ......................................................................Price
inscribed
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The Longest
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black. The
cover
issue
from
Iceland.
The
collection
is
unchecked
value,
but
we
Mail issues for Planetary Nebula in Norma & Aquila, Seyfert 2
big collection of well over one hundred different miniature
was restricted to 100 covers only ..................... Price 13.75
CR
781 in
CRICKET
- APegasus
valuable Galaxy.
specialised
of cricket
have estimated that there must be upwards of 1,000 .........Price 29.50
G126sheets,
WORKS
OF ART.noted
The rarities
of Russia,
the worlds
famous
Galaxy
Circinus,
Alsocollection
Russia mint
countries
include:
Eq. most
Guinea,
St. art
stamps
& scarce
cricket first
covers,
signed
covers
issue for
Yuri Gagarin,
manincluding
in space.
A lovely
lot.autoThomas
andfingertips.
Prince Islands,
Guyana,
Cambodia,
Gt. Britain,
galleries
at your
A superb
collection
of famous
paintings
M27A
CORONATION
STREET.
A
specialised
and
most
W37 ISRAEL - An impressive collection of Israel, comprising of
......................................................................
Price
Trucial
States,
Tanzania,
Panama,
U.S.A.,
Korea,
Mexico,
Belize,
graphed by famous cricketers. Comprising of Unmounted 14.50.
Mint
on stamps, over a thousand different not counting duplicates or
unusual official
thematic
of Coronation
streetAlso
stamps
illustrated
firstcollection
day covers
(all unadressed).
noted Israel,
Afghanistan,
Philippines,
Pakistan
&
Cuba.
A
massive
Great
Britain
and
British
Commonwealth
Stamps
in
blocks
of four or
with COMPLETE UNM, MINT SETS. From various British
miniature sheets ............................................................Price 21
sheets,
including:
1949 Coins
mini sheet.
Catalogued
GB.51 - GREAT BRITAIN - Scarce Festival of Britain
lot, with mint and used miniature sheets ............ Price 17.25 miniature
local Islands,
including
scarcer
High Values
and several
singles
with
several
high
value
($)
Dollar
values.
Approx
18
cricket
Commem.
Cover.
Bearing
the
Abram
Games
stamp
designer
170
(possible
forgery
this
item
as
is
not
guaranteed.)
Following
R55 COSTUMES & HEADDRESSES Unusual thematic subject
1.00 values. Personalities depicted on stamps include:
covers
scarce
autographed
& a quantity
of Unm.
officialincluding
Royal Mail
Commem.
Stampcovers
cancelled
with iconic
SNP 12
SCOTLAND
The Special
Commemorative
cover for the 6
onJack
with&many
mint
IsraelKen
stamps
including
hundred
different
from several
countries
...........................Price
Anniegenuine
Walker,unmounted
Stan & Hilda
Ogden,
& Irma
Barlow,
Mint
Cricket
Stamps25/3/14
.......................................................Price
Festival
of Britain
Postmark. The cover also bears 25
Scottish National Parties Landslide Victory in Scotland; winning virtually plate
Jacknumber
& Verablocks,
Duckworth,
Martha
Sharples,
multiples
andLonghurst,
singles withEna
tabs.
A valuable
RS2a95%
UNIFORMS.
Mainly
Hundreds
different.
....Price
12
the 84
complete
KingTHATCHER
George VI-1951
Festival
of seats. The
covermilitary.
depicts Nicola
Sturgeon
(SNP Party
Leader)
Mike
& Alma Baldwin,
Webster, Raquel Wolstenholme,
PM
MARGARET
The very
scarcestamps
mourningwith
cover for
and
impressive
collection.Kevin
..............................................
Price 25
black
cachet
G.PO.
1951
Festival
of Britain Official
and bears Royal Mail Heraldic Lion stamp and official Edinburgh
Ray Langton, Liz McDonald, Alf Roberts, Bet Gilroy,
Let K2
GREATdated
BRITAIN.
UNMOUNTED
MINT COMMEMO
RATIVES
Prime
Minister
Margaret
Thatcher.
One
of thetoscarcest
political
covers.
Stamp
Issue
The
edition
was
limited
only
100
of these
Postmark
7/5/15.
The cover is sought
after in Scotland
and
EUR
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A
specialised
European
thematic
Collection
of
Curly Watts, Leonard Swindly, Elsie Tanner, Reg Holdworth
& DEFINITIVES
UNSORTED
ACCUMULATION.
Items
noted
include
Only
50
ever
in
existence,
mostly
now
in
collectors
hands
and
important covers .............................................. Price rarely
11.25
elsewhere as only 50 were produced at the time. .............. Price 13.75 Europa
+ others
.............................................................
Price stamps.
12.00
stamps,
spanning from the 1950s to more modern
Traffic Light Gutter Pair Missing Phosphor Error coil strips. Well over
offered for sale. With Iron Lady illustration and official Royal Mail 8th
Includes Italy, France, Germany, Iceland, Belgium, Luxembourg,
500 stamps, only unmounted mint ....................................Price 18
April 2013. Big Ben postmark price ......................................Price 13.25
Buying GB Royal Mail 2008

handover of Olympic flag
from Beijing to London,
presentation pack paying more
than full cat value 9.25
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North of Aden
As Britain was withdrawing from southern Arabia and Yemen was on the cusp of
unifying, the sultanate of Upper Yafa enjoyed a brief moment in the sun in 1967
Report by Adrian Keppel
he port of Aden on the

Arabian peninsula,
occupied in 1839, was of
great importance to the British
Empire as a base from which it
could protect the shipping route
to India.
To preserve their regional
influence, the British entered into
various treaties with the
surrounding tribes, leading to the
formation of the Aden Protectorate
from 1874, and later the Federation
of South Arabia from 1962.
Among the nine tribes joining
the Aden Protectorate was that of
the Yafai, with the Sultan of Upper
Yafa signing a treaty with the
British in 1903. When other
sultanates joined the Federation of
South Arabia in the 1960s, however,
Upper Yafa did not.
As the British prepared to
evacuate the peninsula, following
several years of pan-Arabist
insurrection backed by the new
Yemen Arab Republic to the
north, Upper Yafa even briefly
declared its independence in
September 1967.
Although the State of Upper Yafa
would survive only a few months,
until the end of that same year, the
airmail values from 75f to 500f,

depicted the Sultans coat of arms,
comprising a red crescent and the
traditional Arabian dagger known
as a khanjar, framed by a green
laurel wreath.
A number of commemorative sets
also exist, but they are of the
Although the State of Upper Yafa survived

only a few months, the postal authorities
managed to produce one definitive issue
postal authorities did manage to
produce one issue of definitive
stamps. A set of 10 was issued on
September 30, printed in
lithography by Harrison & Sons in
Britain and denominated in fils.
One design, used for the six
values covering surface mail rates
from 5f to 50f, bore a map showing
the location of the state within the
Arabian peninsula, superimposed
with its flag.
Another design, used for the four
wallpaper variety, probably never

genuinely postally used. Covering
popular worldwide themes such as
the Olympic Games, the 1966
World Cup, John F Kennedy and
paintings by old masters, they have
appendix status in Stanley Gibbons
catalogues and are widely regarded
as bogus.
Covers bearing these stamps do
exist, but all are philatelic in
nature, casting doubt on their
authenticity.
ABOVE LEFT: Upper

Yafa 1967 20f,
showing a map of
southern Arabia
ABOVE RIGHT: The
airmail 75f value,
showing the Sultans
coat of arms in a
laurel wreath
At the end of 1967, with the British

presence being withdrawn from
Aden and the surrounding region,
Upper Yafa was among the various
territories which joined the new
Peoples Republic of South Yemen.
This entailed not only an end to
issuing stamps but the abolition of
the sultanate itself.
In 1990 South Yemen would
merge with the Yemen Arab
Republic to establish the modern
state of Yemen.
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GREAT BRITAIN ON AND OFF PAPER MIXTURES
SPECIAL OFFER NO.1: Buy 1lb GB Commems, 1lb GB H.V Defins, 2 lbs GB Regionals & 18 kgs GB Defins for the discounted price of 137.00. List price 155.00.
GB COMMEMS NO XMAS. Wide ranging on paper mix includes h.vs & modern to 2016
issues. lb 16.00, 1 lb 30.00. Sale price lb 14.00, 1 lb 27.00.
GB HIGH VALUE DEFINS. On paper, many from registered & recorded mail so good
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cancellations, a clean mix. Includes modern security issues which will become very rare with all
the gold labels used on mail. lb 18.00, 1 lb 35.00. Sale price lb 16.00, 1 lb 31.50.
GB REGIONALS. (On paper). A wealth of variety from all four regions, find those elusive
band/perf varieties very cheaply. Over 7000 8000 stamps/ 2lbs. 1 lb 11.00, 2 lbs 20.00. Sale price
1 lb 10.00, 2 lbs 18.00.
GREAT BRITAIN DEFINITIVES. An 18 kg sack of On paper which is bound to contain
much post-mark interest, possibly Regionals, High Values, much Phosphor, paper and perf
varieties. Sorted and delivered only by charitable institutions. (Delivered to your door, post paid
inland). 70.00. Sale price 63.00.
GB MULTIPLES ISSUES. We can offer small amounts. Try to keep up with the recent
multiple issues. Increasing variety, right up to the latest 2016 Shakespeare Quotes, 2015 Star
Wars, Comedy Greats, Bridges, 2014 Sustainable Fish, Buckingham Palace, Remarkable Lives,
Childrens T.V, 2013 Dinosaurs, Butterflies, Famous Britons, Football Heroes, Dr Who, Comics,
Fashion etc. Try and complete those difficult sets. lb 23.00, lb 42.00. Sale price lb
21.00, lb 38.00.
GB MODERN COMMEMS NO XMAS ONLY. While Stocks Last! This sells for a
small fortune on auction sites as they are so hard to find these days, we can supply very small
amounts. Mostly 2012/2016 issues only with the odd high value and multiple issues. Limited
range as so modern but very sought after. 2 oz 11.00. Sale price 2 oz 9.90
GB SPECIAL CHARITY MIX. A well balanced on paper Charity mix covering Defins,
Commems, H.Value Commems, H.Value Defins, Pre-decimal, Wildings & Pre QEII. Covers all
periods. 1 lb 12.00, 2 lbs 22.00. Sale price 1 lb 10.50, 2 lbs 19.00.
GB GOLD & wHITE SELF ADHESIVE HORIzON LABELS. Prices on auction
sites have gone crazy. There are an increasingly larger amount of different types to collect. List
price lb 18.00, 1 lb 35.00. Sale Price lb 12.00, 1 lb 20.00.
GREAT BRITAIN. GREAT BRITAIN Off paper mixture. The tedious washing of this modern mix has been done for you already by charity supporters! There are over 500 basic machins
to collect. One of each in good nick can cost over 500.00. We cant guarantee all in there but
youll have great fun sorting, includes commems, h.v commems & defins, worth the price on their
own. Guaranteed totally unpicked. At least 10,000 stamps / 1 lb. 1 lb 19.00, 2 lbs 37.00. Sale
price 1 lb 17.00, 2 lbs 33.00.
FOREIGN & COMMONwEALTH ON PAPER MIXTURES.
OVERSEAS FOREIGN & COMMONwEALTH CHARITY MIXTURE. With

over 120 Charity sources in this country it is not surprising that this is the ultimate mixture of
Foreign & Commonwealth stamps essentially on paper. Enormous variety and mostly modern as it
is collected from offices on a day to day basis. Many h. values as many are Air mail values and a lot
will never be seen in approval books! 1 lb 30.00, 2 lbs 55.00, 5 lbs 125.00. Sale price 1 lb 27.00,
2 lbs 49.50, 5 lbs 112.00.
SPECIAL OFFER NO.2: Buy 1 lb Aus, Canada, N.Z & U.S.A for the discounted price
of 62.00. List Price 74.00.
AUSTRALIA. On paper charity mix, includes modern with dream variety, many Commems
and high values, collected from a school-teacher in the Outback. Approx. 2500 stamps / 1 lb. 1 lb
18.00, 2 lbs 34.00. Sale price 1 lb 16.00, 2 lbs 30.00.
CANADA. Sold out before, we have been fortunate to get fresh stocks from the increasingly
difficult country. A colourful on paper charity mixture from the Canadian Save the Children
Fund of Commems, Defins, Large Pictorials and high values. 1 lb 20.00, 2 lbs. 39.00. Sale
price 1 lb 18.00, 2 lbs 35.00.
NEw zEALAND. On Paper charity mixture with Commems and higher values includes
difficult to find modern. Supplied to us exclusively by a N.Z Charity. Approx. 2500 stamps / 1lb.
lb 11.00, 1 lb 20.00. Sale price lb 9.90, 1 lb 18.00.
U.S.A. An on paper charity mixture with stupendous variety. There cant be many mixtures so
attractive and with such good count. Approx count 3500 to 4000 stamps. Per 1lb 16.00, 2lbs
30.00. Sale price 1 lb 14.00, 2 lbs 27.00.
SPECIAL OFFER No.3: Buy 1 lb Ireland Charity & lb Ireland Commems for the
discounted price of 45. List price 56.50.
IRELAND COMMENS. Includes very modern and rare! lb 21.00, lb 40.00. Sale
price lb 18.00, lb 35.00.
IRELAND CHARITY. On paper. This emanates from convents throughout the Republic, is
mostly modern with a wealth of Commems. Price 16.50 / lb. Sale price 1 lb 14.00, 2 lbs 27.00.
SPECIAL OFFER NO. 4: Buy 1 lb World, 1 lb British Commonwealth and 1 lb W.
Europe Scoop for the discounted price of 130. List price 150.00.
wORLD SCOOP. An Off paper mix scooped from our oddments tub. Emanating from
Charities, Auctions, personal collections etc. You will find high Cat (please tell us when you do &
many additions for your collection. Each 1 lb lot is over 7000 stamps, costing around p each.
lb 18.00, 1 lb 35.00, 5 lbs 155.00. Sale price lb 16.00, 1 lb 31.00, 5 lbs 139.00.
BRITISH COMMONwEALTH SCOOP. Sold out over the last 8 months, we can now supply more of our popular Off paper mixture covering old Empire & modern Commonwealth. Several
clients found stamps cataloguing 10 to 50 each. No promises but with at least 7,000 stamps/1lb
youll have great fun sorting. lb 31.00, 1 lb 60.00. Sale price lb 27.90, 1 lb 54.00.
wEST EUROPE SCOOP. An Off paper mixture of small and large stamps with much
earlier material. Many better and unusual values. In great demand as our interests in the EEC
grow. Approx. 10,000 stamps to 1 lb costing around p each. lb 28.00, 1 lb 55.00. Sale
price lb 25.00, 1 lb 49.00.
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FALSE ARMISTICE OF 1918
Jumping the gun

American newspaper reports and private mail carried the best possible news on
November 7-8, 1918. But things were not quite what they seemed. Rare postal
history reveals how many were hoodwinked by the false armistice
Report by Norman Watson
e wear blood-red poppies

and bow our heads in
silent contemplation at
the 11th hour of the 11th day of the
11th month, marking the moment
in 1918 that the whistles sounded
across the trenches, the guns fell
silent and the Great War came to an
abrupt end.
Its a time and date that is
imprinted in our minds, the instant
at which the remorseless killing
stopped as an armistice came into
effect on the Western Front.
Much less well known is that
there had been a false armistice
four days earlier, prompting
premature scenes of jubilation in
the United States, if not in more
cautious Europe.
RIGHT: Front page of

Michigan newspaper
The Grand Rapids
Press on November 7,
1918, relaying a
news agency report
that the Great War
was over
Plausible story
The false armistice story was
engendered, in good faith, when
the President of the United Press
news agency, Roy Howard, who
was covering the war in France,
was shown a military message on

November 7, 1918. Received by an
admiral in the United States Navy,
it suggested that, after more than
four years of warfare, Germany
had surrendered.
The claim seemed plausible. The
German army was struggling to
Celebration time
This letter, postmarked on the afternoon of November 7,
conveys the joy of what turned out to be a false dawn, from the
perspective of a mother on the home front who hears the news
while she is putting pen to paper.
Writing to an old school mate in North Auburn, Maine, a
Mrs Rogers of Fortuna, California, comments on the ongoing
hold its front line, and the German

navy was in a state of mutiny. Its
allies Bulgaria and Turkey had
pulled out of the war in recent
weeks, and Austria-Hungary had
agreed an armistice with Italy just
four days earlier, on November 3.
Howard immediately sent a
war, hoping for a lasting peace that old Kaiser Bill has no
strings on, before recording that her daughter has just come in
to announce the grand news that Germany has surrendered
and thus ends the war. The whistles are blowing and bells are
ringing. I will have to close this and go out to celebrate.
Poignantly, Mrs Rogers also mentions the influenza
epidemic which had struck the western world and which,
unbeknown to her, would go on to kill millions of people
worldwide, more even than the Great War itself.
Astonishingly, this letter demonstrates that it wasnt just the

American public who were taken in by the United Press report,
but some elements of officialdom too.
It was written on War Department headed notepaper and sent
in an official government envelope, albeit with the official
telegram from Paris to his

agencys office in New York,
stating, Germany gives up, war
ends at 2pm.
American military censors
assumed the storys veracity, on the
presumption that French military
censors must have approved it. So
the sensational story was quickly
disseminated to UPs subscribing
newspapers across America.
Spontaneous celebration
Within hours, newspaper front
pages from coast to coast screamed
headlines that the war was over.
Across the United States,
euphoria erupted. Church bells
rang, sirens sounded, schools and
offices closed. The New York Stock
Exchange stopped trading, and
anti-aircraft guns on the roof of a
block in Broadway started firing
blank shells in celebration.
Jubilant people came out onto the
streets, linked arms and formed
impromptu snake dances up and
down Fifth Avenue. Total strangers
embraced in sheer joy. Hundreds
crowded into St Patricks Cathedral
to kneel in prayer and give thanks.
Department store Brill Brothers
closed early, putting up signs
which read: Too happy to work:
come tomorrow.
Unwelcome denial
Alas, Howards report had jumped
the gun. The war hadnt ended. On
the Western Front, deadly artillery
business inscription crossed out and the postage underpaid!

Sent from Baltimore, Maryland, to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on
November 7, the cover has a machine-cancelled 3c violet
definitive and two postage due stamps added to the value of a
further 3c.
The handwritten note inside, underlined for added effect,
boldly proclaims: Hurrah!!! November 7th 1918, 1.19pm Eastern
Time, The whistles are blowing.
Highs and lows

One of the most remarkable surviving
letters was written by Private Willis
Wagener of the US First Gas Regiment in
France, to his family in Ceres,
California. Its tone changed even as it
was being written.
As someone whose job was to release
poison gas against enemy soldiers, the
writer must have felt hugely relieved as
he sat down to compose the letter on
November 7.
They have been having a big time in
Vichy this evening celebrating the end
of the war. Soldiers and civilians have
been out crowding the streets and
sidewalks cheering and laughing... The
cause was an unofficial telegram which
was received toward evening saying
that Germany had capitulated...
Having perhaps paused to join in the
revelry, he retired for the night before
finishing his letter. By the time he
resumed writing the next morning, he
was aware that the report was false, and
his disappointment is clear.
Well, no official word has come this
morning, except that the armies are still
fighting, and a lot of the fellows who
were celebrating last night are now
wondering what they were celebrating.
With its cover passed by the censor
and struck with an Army Post Office
datestamp, this letter proves that the
false armistice was celebrated on the
Western Front, as well as in the USA.
Officialdom fooled
FALSE ARMISTICE OF 1918

bombardments continued, and
more men were sent over the top
in the vain quest for a military
breakthrough.
It was true that a German
delegation was preparing to cross
the front, where they would be
escorted to meet an Allied
negotiating team aboard the
private train used by the Supreme
Allied Commander, Marshal
Ferdinand Foch, in the forest of
Compigne.
Effectively, however, Howard had
mistaken this revelation for an
imminent ceasefire, which had not
yet been agreed.
An official denial of the story was
issued rapidly by US Secretary of
State, Robert Lansing, at 2pm the
same day. The Associated Press (a
competitor of the United Press)
quickly circulated an accurate story
that the war was not over, after all.
The rebuttal was not well
received by the revellers, who were
in no mood to stop celebrating. An
angry mob attacked APs offices in
New York, and crowds destroyed
copies of the newspapers that
reported the official denial.
Victory parade
Some American servicemen on the ground in
Europe apparently still believed the rumour
when they woke up the morning after the false
report had been circulated.
This letter, contained in a Red Cross envelope
and passed by a military censor, was written on
November 8, by Private Robert Heilig of the
American Expeditionary Force in France, and
addressed to members of his family in Mount
Joy, Pennsylvania.
There was some excitement last night when
the report came in that Germany had signed
the Armistice, he writes. The Yanks secured a
few American flags and other Allied flags and
had a parade. The main street was so crowded
that you could hardly walk.
Although few letters survive with their covers, mail

posted on November 7-8 offers eye-witness accounts of
the premature celebrations and subsequent let-down
Written responses
Americans on both sides of the
Atlantic had already started to
write to loved ones with the
apparently wonderful news, so this
extraordinary story can be studied
through postal history.
Although comparatively few
letters survive with their covers,
mail posted on November 7-8
offers eye-witness accounts of the
premature celebrations and the
subsequent let-down.
It can also offer evidence that the
bogus report spread quickly to
American servicemen in France,
something which had not been
recorded until recently.
Postscript
Perhaps surprisingly, Howards
professional reputation survived
what The New York Times called the
most flagrant and culpable act of
public deception in the history of
journalism. Indeed, he would later
become one of the most influential
newspaper publishers in the
United States.
He was fortunate, no doubt,
that a genuine armistice was
signed only four days after his
indiscretion, so it was quickly
forgotten.
Different priorities
This curious
letter from a
trainee pilot to
his brother either
takes the news
that the war
might have ended
with a pinch of
salt or simply
places more
importance on
his own exploits
in the skies, well
behind the front
line!
Dated
November 8, it
was sent from the
US Expeditionary
Force military
aviation school at
Chateauroux in
central France to
Birmingham,
Alabama.
Finished
600-metre specials today. Have to go that high and come down
without power, the writer explains. On the last we took a barograph
or altimeter register, and went up the right altitude over the field and
made a long steep spiral down and landed perfectly.
Only later does he add: Had [heard?] the war ended yesterday by
rumour nothing official yet. All the fellows were let off to go to town
to celebrate and they did too.
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Stars in our eyes

Astronomy is one of the most rewarding themes in the history of British stamps,
thanks to a combination of imaginative design and spectacular imagery
Report by Jeff Dugdale
he night sky is perhaps the

ultimate universal theme,
and sure enough there is a
healthy array of British stamps
relating to astronomy.
Indeed, many are issues of great
beauty. Whilst some have offered
simple images of stellar objects,
visually stunning in themselves,
others have tapped the imagination
of their designers and taken
interesting left-field approaches.
A good example was Royal Mails
1986 celebration of the return to
view of Halleys Comet, which is
visible from Earth with the naked
eye for a short period every 75-76
years. A large number of countries
produced similar commemorative
stamps, but Britains approach was
to issue four designs in the very
distinctive caricature style of Ralph
Steadman.
Particularly quirky was the
17p value portraying Dr Edmond
Halley, who worked out the
periodicity of the comet in 1705,
with his face and wig forminging
its nucleus and tail. The other
designs showed the comets orbit
around the Sun, the Giotto probe
which was sent to observe it at
close quarters, and the phrase
Maybe twice in a lifetime.
The set which best repays close
study, however, is the 1990
Astronomy quartet by Australian
RIGHT: 1990
Astronomy 37p,
illustrating
Stonehenge, an
armillary sphere,
navigation using the
stars and the phases
of the Moon
BELOW: 1986
Halleys Comet 17p,
caricaturing Edmond
Halley himself as the
celestial body named
after him
artist Jeff Fisher, with each design

full of fascinating references.
The 37p top value illustrates
Stonehenge, which is thought to
have been used for astronomical
alignments by Bronze-Age Britons,
an armillary sphere (the celestial
model invented in ancient times)
and a reference to basic navigation
using the stars, with the phases of
the Moon arching over them.
The 31p shows the old Royal
Observatory and the Greenwich
Meridian, flanked by a mural
quadrant and John Harrisons
marine chronometer, which
revolutionised seafaring in the 18th
century by adding a reliable clock
to aid navigation by the stars.
Overarching these is part of an old
star map and a diagram of the
planets as far out as Uranus.
On the 26p value, Sir Isaac
Newtons study of gravity is
represented by diagrams of orbital
motion and its impact on tides, and
there are a drawings of our galaxy,
the Milky Way, and the 40ft
reflector telescope which William

Herschel built at Slough.
The 22p stamp references the
Armagh Observatory, founded in
1789, the Lovell radiotelescope at
Jodrell Bank, built in 1957, and the
Herschel telescope in the Canary
Islands, opened in 1987.
Stonehenge, Greenwich, Newton,
Harrison and Jodrell Bank have all
featured in other sets, but not
always with astronomy as a theme.
A far more conventional approach
was taken by three issues showing
astronomical objects by way of
high-quality photographic images,
in all cases allowing their natural
beauty to take your breath away.
In 2002 it was distant galaxies
and nebulae in the spotlight in a
four-stamp miniature sheet, with
the stunning bipolar planetary
nebula in the constellation Norma
stealing the show.
In 2007, a set of six marking the
50th anniversary of the BBC
television programme The Sky At
CHECKLIST
DATE ISSUE
ABOVE: 2002 Astronomy 1st class, showing a bipolar planetery nebula in the constellation Norma
STAMPS
1966
British Technology
1970
Anniversaries
1975
European Architectural Heritage Year 1
1984
Greenwich Meridian
1986
Halleys Comet
1987
Sir Isaac Newton
1988
Bicentenary of Australian Settlement
1990
Astronomy
1991
Europe in Space
1996
Greetings
1999
The Scientists Tale
2000
Above & Beyond
2002
Astronomy
2007
The Sky at Night
2009
Eminent Britons
2011
UK A-Z
2012
Space Science
ABOVE: 1966 British Technology 4d illustrating the Lovell radiotelescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire,
which at the time was the largest of its type in the world
Night again showed nebulae, with

an astonishing variety of shapes
and colours.
In 2012 the focus of the Space
Science set was phenomena in our
own solar system, from the clouds
of Venus to the rings of Saturn, as
seen by the probes and satellites of
the European Space Agency, of
which Britain is a member.
When Newton was honoured with
a stamp issue in 1987, it was to
mark the 200th anniversary of the
publication of his Principia. Even so,
one of the four designs has an
astronomical reference, to his study
of the elliptical motion of planets.
Newtons work was also
referenced obliquely in the 1999
Scientists Tale set, whose image of
Saturn captured by the Hubble
Telescope is stunning.
Other great British astronomers
to have been celebrated are William
Herschel, John Herschel and
Francis Baily, depicted on a stamp

marking the 150th anniversary of
the Royal Astronomical Society in
1970; George Airey, whose transit
telescope was illustrated in 1984;
and Sir Martin Ryle, who initiated
new ways of to survey the universe
using radiotelescopes, in 2009.
A simple image of the night sky
was used on a stamp in the Above
& Beyond set in 2000, noting the
new National Space Science Centre
in Leicester, which was a
designated Millennium Project.
Representations of Polaris (the
northern hemispheres pole star)
and the Southern Cross (the
ABOVE: 2012 Space

Science 1st class
reproducing a
photograph of clouds
on Venus, taken by a
European Space
Agency satellite
The set which best repays close

study is the 1990 Astronomy
quartet, with each design full of
fascinating references
southern hemispheres equivalent)

also appeared on the stamps in the
1988 Bicentenary of Australian
Settlement set.
More esoteric designs with a link
to astronomy can be found in the
1991 set entitled Europe in Space
(that years Europa theme), which
comprised two pairs of paintings
by Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon.
Thematic collectors might also
want to consider Christmas issues
illustrating the Star of Bethlehem.
Some astronomers think this might
have been a supernova visible to
the naked eye, or a spectacular
conjunction of planets.
As an amusing aside, one of the
cartoon designs in the 1996
Greetings set, entitled The Cheque
in the Post, cheekily illustrated a
cheque in orbit beyond Jupiter
and Saturn!
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WHATS ON: EXHIBITIONS

UK & WORLDWIDE EXHIBITION
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
November 18-20
usa
Chicagopex
Venue: Westin Chicago Northwest,
400 Park Boulevard,
Itasca, Illinois 60143.
Contact: Robert Glass
boblglass@mac.com
www.chicagopex.org
Exhibition
Venue: NanNing, GuangXi.
Contact: FIAP Coordinator, Surajit
Gongvatana, 3 Kian Teck Way,
Singapore 628732
Tel: +65 6795 2075
Fax: +65 6795 3831
fiapasia@yahoo.com
www.asiaphilately.com
November 18-20
New ZealaNd
Christchurch Stamp & Postcard
Exhibition
Venue: Addington Raceway & Events
Centre, 75 Jack Hinton Drive,
Addington, Christchurch 8024.
Contact: Jim Robb, CPS
Secretary, 67 Mandeville Street,
Riccarton, Christchurch,
Canterbury, New Zealand
secretary@cps.gen.nz
www.cps.gen.nz
february 15-18
uk
Spring Stampex
Venue: Business Design Centre,
52 Upper Street, Islington,
London N1 0QH.
Contact: Philatelic Traders Society,
PO Box 290, Lingfield, Surrey
RH7 9AX
Tel: 01342 830225
Fax: 01342 837888
info@thepts.net
www.thephilatelictraders
society.co.uk
marCH 30-april 2
australia
Melbourne 2017 International

Stamp Exhibition
Venue: Caulfield Race Course,
Melbourne.
Contact: John Moore,
Exhibition Secretary
secretary@melbourne2017.com.au
www.melbourne2017.com.au
may 4-6
GermaNy
Essen International Stamp Fair
Venue: Messehaus Ost,
Essen Exhibition Centre,
Norbertstrasse 2,
45131 Essen.
Contact: Jan Billion,
Messeagentur, Postfach 108 254,
40863 Ratingen, Germany
Tel: +49 2102 50675
Fax: +49 2102 895825
info@briefmarkenmesse-essen.de
may 24-28
fiNlaNd
Finlandia 2017
Venue: Tampere Hall Congress &
Concert Centre, Yliopistonkatu 55,

Tampere, Finland
Contact: info@finlandia2017.fi
auGust 3-7
iNdoNesia
Asian International Stamp
Exhibition
Venue: Bandung, Indonesia.
Contact: FIAP Coordinator,
Michael Ho, 3 Kian Teck Way,
Singapore 628732
Tel: +65 6795 2075
Fax: +65 6795 3831
fiapasia@yahoo.com
www.asiaphilately.com
september 13-16
uk
Autumn Stampex
Venue: Business Design Centre,
52 Upper Street, Islington,
London N1 0QH.
Contact: Philatelic Traders Society,
PO Box 290, Lingfield, Surrey
RH7 9AX
Tel: 01342 830225
Fax: 01342 837888

info@thepts.net
www.thephilatelictraders
society.co.uk
oCtober 5-8
irelaNd
Stampa 2017 Irish National
Stamp Exhibition
Venue: Griffith College Conference
Centre, South Circular Road, Dublin 8.
Contact: Stampa, PO Box 12624,
Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
info@stampa.ie
www.stampa.ie
oCtober 27-29
deNmark
Nordia 2017
Venue: DGI-House/Spektrum,
Willy Sorensens Plads 5,
7100 Vejle.
Contact: Poul Andersen,
Bleggaardsgade 38,
7100 Vejle, Denmark
poul-andersen@smaf.dk
www.nordia2017.dk
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UK & WORLDWIDE AUCTION

November 9
aJH stamps
Venue: The Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa,
Clayton-le-Moors,
Lancashire BB5 5JP.
Contact: The Laurels, Manchester
Road, Accrington, Lancashire
BB5 2PF
Tel: 01254 393740
Fax: 01254 382274
sales@ajhstamps.co.uk
www.ajhstamps.co.uk
November 9
GrosveNor
British Empire & Foreign
Countries
The Hugh Osborne collection of
King George VI
Venue: 399-401 Strand,
London WC2R OLT.
Contact: Grosvenor Philatelic
Auctions
Tel: 020 7379 8789
Fax: 020 7379 9737
info@grosvenor-auctions.co.uk
www.grosvenorauctions.com
November 9-18
robert a sieGel
Irwin Weinberg Treasures of
Philately
Venue: 4th Floor, 60 East 56th Street,
New York, NY 10022, USA.
Contact: Siegel Auction Galleries
Tel: +1 212 753 6421
Fax: +1 212 753 6429
stamps@siegelauctions.com
www.siegelauctions.com
November 10
spiNk-iNvestpHila
Italian Post Offices in China
Venue: 7 Via Balestra, 6900 Lugano,
Switzerland.
Contact: Tel: +41 91 911 62 00
Fax: +41 91 922 20 52
switzerland@spink.com
www.spink.com
November 20
toNy lester
Venue: Holiday Inn, London Road
(A45), Coventry CV8 3DY.
Contact: Unit 2, The Sidings,
Birdingbury Road, Marton, Rugby,
Warwickshire CV23 9RX
Tel: 01926 634809
Fax: 01926 634819
tonylester@btconnect.co.uk
www.tonylester.co.uk
November 23-26
CoriNpHila
Venue: Wiesenstrasse 8,
8032 Zurich, Switzerland.
Contact: Corinphila
Tel: +41 44 389 9191
info@corinphila.ch
www.corinphila.ch
November 26
epsom stamp CompaNy
Venue: St Georges Christian Centre,
Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead,
Surrey KT21 2DA.

Contact: Epsom Stamp Company,
23 Waterloo Road, Epsom KT19 8EX
Tel: 01372 720051
info@epsomstamp.co.uk
www.epsomstamp.co.uk
November 27
esseX stamp auCtioNs
Venue: Marriott Hotel, Old Shire
Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex
EN9 3LX.
Contact: Essex Stamp Auctions,
Three Ashes Cottage, Lanham Green
Road, Cressing, Braintree, Essex
CM77 8DR
Tel: 01376 585357
rob@essexstampauctions.com
www.essexstampauctions.com
November 28
mossGreeN
The Arthur Gray collection of
King George V
Venue: 926-930 High Street,
Armadale, Victoria 3143,
Australia.
Contact: Gary Watson
Tel: +61 3 9508 8888
Fax: +61 3 9508 8899
mail@mossgreen.com.au
www.mossgreen.com.au
deCember 3

somerset stamp
auCtioNs
Venue: Hill Farm, Hemyock,
Cullompton, Devon EX15 3UZ.
Contact: Somerset Stamp Auctions
Tel: 01823 681358
Fax: 01823 681375
shirley@somersetstampauctions.com
www.somersetstampauctions.com
deCember 4
proviNCial
pHilateliCs
Venue: Parish Hall, Benson,
Oxfordshire OX10 6LZ.
Contact: Provincial Philatelics,
90 Park Road, Didcot,
Oxfordshire OX11 8QR.
Tel: 01235 511083
Fax: 01235 511083
www.provincialphilatelics.co.uk
deCember 5
robert murray
stamp sHop
Venue: Stewarts Melville Club
Pavilion, 523 Ferry Road, Edinburgh
EH5 2DW.
Contact: Robert Murray Stamp Shop,
5 & 6 Inverleith Gardens,
Edinburgh EH3 5PU
Tel: 0131 552 1220
murray@stamp-shop.com
www.stamp-shop.com
deCember 7
warwiCk & warwiCk
Venue: The Ballroom of the Court
House, Jury Street,
Warwick CV34 4EJW.
Contact: Chalon House, Scar Bank,
Millers Road, Warwick CV34 5DB
Tel: 01926 499031
Fax: 01926 491906
info@warwickandwarwick.com
www.warwickandwarwick.com
deCember 10
bil & Co
Venue: Washingborough
Community Centre, Fen Road,
Washingborough,
Lincolnshire LN4 1AB.
Contact: Bil Tilbury
Tel: 01400 230769
billtilbury@btinternet.com
www.bilandco.co.uk
deCember 10-12
JoHN bull
Venue: 7/F Kwong Fat Hong Building,
1 Rumsey Street, Sheung Wan,
Hong Kong.
Contact: John Bull Stamp
Auctions
Tel: +852 2890 5767
Fax: +852 2576 5110
info@jbull.com
www.jbull.com
eNGlisH-laNGuaGe
postal sales
apeX
Tel: 01342 833413
info@apexstamps.com
www.apexstamp.com
CouNty
county@stampauctions.co.uk
www.stampauctions.co.uk
mowbray
Tel: +64 6 364 8270
mowbray.stamps@xtra.co.nz
www.mowbrays.co.nz
saNdafayre
Tel: 01565 653214
stamp@sandafayre.com
www.sandafayre.com
uNiversal
Tel: 01451 861111
vaNCe
Tel: +1 905 957 3364
mail@vanceauctions.com
www.vanceauctions.com
eNGlisH-laNGuaGe
oNliNe sales
dalkeitH
www.dalkeith-auctions.co.uk
delCampe
www.delcampe.net
LOT TO BE DESIRED
Heres something out of the ordinary to add to an Estonia collection, a
postal stationery collection or even a Scotland thematic collection, from
the huge worldwide auction to be held by Corinphila in Switzerland on
November 23-26.
Among the postal stationery lots is a set of 28 advertising lettercards
from Estonia, dating from 1937, one of which promotes Johnnie Walkers
Old Highland Whisky!
The starting bid for this varied lot is almost as stiff as the drink itself,
at SF600 (about 500), so have a word with your bank manager first if you
dont want to end up on the rocks.
mcCusker
www.jamesmccusker.com
mowbray
www.mowbrays.co.nz
pHilatiNo
www.philatino.com
rasmusseN
www.bruun-rasmussen.dk
reGeNCy
www.regencystamps.com
roGers
www.michaelrogersinc.com
sammariNese
www.filsam.com
saNdafayre
www.sandafayre.com
skaNfil
www.skanfil.no
stamp CeNter
www.thestampcenter.com
stampfair
www.stampfair.com
staNley GibboNs
www.stanleygibbons.com
torres
www.antoniotorres.com
trafford books
www.traffordbooks.co.uk
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WHATS ON: AUCTIONS
WHATS ON: FAIRS

UK STAMP FAIR
November 11
loNdoN
(stamps, postal history)
Venue: Royal National Hotel,
Bedford Way,
Russell Square, WC1H 0DG.
Time: Friday 9am-4pm
Contact: Kate Puleston
Tel: 020 8946 4489
November 12
CHester
(stamps)
Venue: Hoole United Reform
Church, Hoole Road, CH2 3QU.
Time: 10am-3.30pm
Contact: GBC Promotions
Tel: 0151 486 2610
ColwyN bay
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Eirias High School,
Eirias Road, LL29 7SP.
Time: 9.30am-3pm
Contact: S J Chapman
Tel: 01745 826434
derby
Venue: Nunsfield House
Community Hall, 33 Boulton
Road, Alvaston, DE24 0FD.
Time: 9.30am-4pm
Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Tel: 01909 563394
laiNdoN
Venue: Methodist Church
Hall, High Road,
Langdon Hills, SS16 6EX.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: David Church
Tel: 01268 543371
maidstoNe
Venue: Grove Green
Community Centre,
Grove Green, ME14 5BT.
Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: Brian Stonestreet
Tel: 01622 675784
NortoN
postcards)
Venue: Norton Methodist
Church Hall, High Street,
TS20 2QQ.
Time: 9.30am-1.30pm
Contact: Northern Stamp &
Postcard Fairs
Tel: 01904 701464
soutHamptoN
postcards)
Venue: Methodist Hall,
St James Road,
Shirley, SO15 5HE.
Time: 10am-4pm
Contact: Solent Stamps

Tel: 01489 582673
November 13
NewHaveN
Venue: Denton Social Centre,
Denton Road, Denton,
BN9 0PX.
Time: 10am-4pm
Contact: Eric G Langdon
Tel: 01273 514733
wokiNGHam
Venue: St Crispins Leisure
Centre, London Road,
RG40 1SR.
Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: Nigel Stow
Tel: 01923 674999
November 16
east GriNstead
postcards)
Venue: Chequer Mead Arts
Centre, De La Warr Road,
RH19 3BS.
Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: Malcolm Green
Tel: 01342 327554
November 19
basiNGstoke
Venue: The Costello School,

Crossborough, RG21 4AL.
Time: 10am-4pm
Contact: Paula Cant
Tel: 01256 415699
Hull
Venue: St Stephens Church
Hall, Freehold Street, off
Spring Bank, HU3 1RB.
Time: 9.30am-4pm
Tel: 01909 563394
keNilwortH
Venue: Kenilworth School,
Leyes Lane, CV8 2DA.
Time: 10am-3.30pm
Contact: JRS Fairs
Tel: 01785 259350
prestoN
Venue: Barton Village Hall,
Garstang Road (A6), PR3 5AA.
Time: 9.30am-4.00pm
Contact: John Roberts
Tel: 07943 174958
sittiNGbourNe
postcards)
Venue: Carmel Hall,
Ufton Lane, off West Street,
ME10 1JB.
Time: 10am-3.30pm
Contact: Chris Rapley
Tel: 07711 677760
BS23 1XU.
Time: 10am-4pm
Contact: Michael Hale
Tel: 01749 677669
westoN super
mare
postcards)
Venue: Victoria Methodist
Church Hall, Station Road,
November 20
bowdoN
postcards)
Venue: Mercure Hotel,
Langham Road, WA14 2HT.
Time: 10am-4pm
Contact: Howard Hatton
Tel: 0161 7669031
droNfield
postcards)
Venue: Coal Aston Village Hall,
Coal Aston, S18 3AY.
Time: 9.30am-4pm
Tel: 01909 563394
HerNe
postcards)
Venue: Herne Parish Hall,
Herne Street, CT6 7HE.
Time: 10am-3.30pm
Tel: 07711 677760
ormskirk
(stamps)
Venue: The Guide HQ,
Moorgate, L39 4RT.
Time: 10am-3pm
Tel: 0151 486 2610
November 24
plymoutH
postcards)
Venue: Guildhall,
Armada Way, PL1 2ER.
Time: 10am-4pm
Tel: 01489 582673

Tel: 01489 582673
Peterborough
The Holiday Inn, Thorpe
Wood, PE13 6SG.
Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: Richard Lewis
Tel: 01945 700594
Huddersfield
Venue: St Thomas Community
Centre, Manchester Road,
Longroyd Bridge, HD1 3HU.
Time: 9.30am-4pm
Contact: A Campbell
Tel: 01484 681559
Rugby
postcards)
Venue: Benn Hall,
Newbold Road, CV21 2LN
Time: 10am-3.30pm
Contact: Simon Hemmings
Tel: 07792 603334
November 25
Clyst St George
Venue: Parish Hall,
Woodbury Road, EX3 0RE
Time: 10am-4pm
Tel: 01489 582673
November 25-26
Leeds
(stamps)
Venue: Pudsey Civic Hall,
Dawsons Corner,
Pudsey, LS28 5TA.
Time: 10.30am-5pm Friday,
10am-4pm Saturday
Contact: Derek Baron,
Leeds PS
Tel: 01943 465236
November 26
Guildford
postcards)
Venue: Onslow Village Hall,
Wilderness Road, GU2 7QR.
Time: 10am-3.30pm
Tel: 07711 677760
Venue: St James Church Hall,

Uniton Street, BA14 8RU.
Time: 10am-4pm
Tel: 01489 582673
November 27
Doncaster
Venue: Park Social Club,
Eden Grove Road,
Edenthorpe, DN3 2LS.
Time: 9.30am-4pm
Tel: 01909 563394
Harrogate
Venue: Masonic Hall,
Station Avenue, HG1 5NE.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Southport
postcards)
Venue: Royal Clifton Hotel,
The Promenade, PR8 1RB.
Time: 10am-4pm
Contact: R Cudworth
Tel: 01484 866777
December 3
Beckenham
postcards)
Venue: Azelia Hall,
Croydon Road, BR3 4DA.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: R&L Stamps
Tel: 020 8395 9285
Bournemouth
postcards)
Venue: Pelhams Park,
Millhams Road,
Kinson, BH10 7LH.
Time: 10am-4pm
Leicester
(stamps)
Venue: The Holiday Inn,
Derby Room, St Nicholas
Circle, LE1 5LX.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: John Suschitzky
Tel: 0116 235 0441
Lichfield
Venue: Boley Park Community
Hall, Ryknild Street,
WS14 9XU.
Time: 10am-4pm
Contact: JRS Fairs
Tel: 01785 259350
Middlewich
(stamps)
Venue: Community Centre,
Civic Way, Leadsmithy Street,
CW10 9BE.
Time: 10am-3.30pm
Tel: 0151 486 2610
Rawreth
(stamps)
Venue: Parish Hall,
Church Lane, SS11 8SH.
Time: 10am-4pm
Contact: Steve Search
Tel: 01702 323682
Stourbridge
Venue: Platters Caf,
Victoria Street, DY8 1SP.
Time: 9.30am-2pm
Contact: Chris Proctor
Tel: 07813 260752
December 4
Bowdon
postcards)
Venue: Mercure Hotel,
Langham Road, WA14 2HT.
Time: 10am-4pm
Contact: Howard Hatton
Tel: 0161 7669031
December 7
Neath
postcards)
Venue: Town Hall,
Church Place, SA11 3LL.
Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: Dragon
Collectors Fairs
Tel: 01522 857343
December 8
Cardiff
postcards)
Venue: Wesley Church Hall,
Cowbridge Road East,
CF5 1BA.
Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: Dragon
Collectors Fairs
Tel: 01522 857343
December 9
London
postcards)
Venue: Royal National Hotel,
Bedford Way, Russell

Square, WC1H 0DG.
Time: Friday 9am-4pm
Contact: Kate Puleston
Tel: 020 8946 4489
December 10
Derby
Venue: Nunsfield House
Community Hall,
33 Boulton Road,
Alvaston, DE24 0FD.
Time: 9.30am-4pm
Tel: 01909 563394
Norton
postcards)
Venue: Norton Methodist
Church Hall, High Street,
TS20 2QQ.
Time: 9.30am-1.30pm
Contact: Northern Stamp &
Postcard Fairs
Tel: 01904 701464
Preston
Venue: Barton Village Hall,
Garstang Road (A6),
PR3 5AA.
Time: 9.30am-4.00pm
Contact: John Roberts
Tel: 07943 174958
December 11
Wokingham
Venue: St Crispins Leisure
Centre, London Road,
RG40 1SR.
Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: Nigel Stow
Tel: 01923 674999
Liverpool
(stamps)
Venue: St Columba Church
Hall, Hillfoot Road,
Hunts Cross, L25 0NR.
Time: 10am-3.30pm
Tel: 0151 486 2610
Morley
Venue: St Marys Church Hall,
Commercial Street, LS27 8HZ.
Time: 9.30am-4pm
Tel: 01909 563394
Trowbridge
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Contact: H Proctor
Tel: 01282 866562
WHATS ON: SOCIETIES

SELECTED UK PHILATELIC SOCIETY
November 10
bristol ps
Stamp Dealers 1870-1930s
by Edward Caesley
Venue: Redland Park United
Reformed Church, Whiteladies
Road, BS6 6SA.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Rosemary Atkins
Tel: 01179 504427
November 14
ferNdowN & west
moors p&pC
Six-Sheet Competition
Venue: Day Centre, Shopping
Precinct, Ferndown, BH22 9JP.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Paul Barry
Tel: 07932 581791
November 15
ediNburGH ps
Birds & Eighty by Sid
Morgan & Alex Shepherd
Venue: St Marks Unitarian
Church Hall, 7 Castle Terrace,
Edinburgh EH1 2DP.
Time: 7pm
Contact: Bob Catto
sec.edinps@gmail.com
soliHull ps
Bosnia by J Anthony
Venue: Solihull Cricket &
Tennis Club, Marsh Lane,
Solihull B91 2PF.
Time: 8pm
Contact: Paul Woodness
Tel: 01564 776 879
November 18
belfast ps
Revenues by B Thompson
Venue: Braniel Hall, Hillhall
Road, Lisburn, BT27 5JA.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Norman Scott
Tel: 028 9079 5530
wimbledoN &
distriCt ps
French Somali Coast
by Michael Round
Venue: Residents Pavilion,
129 Grand Drive,
London SW20 9LY.
Time: 8pm
Contact: Barbara Priddy
Tel: 020 8946 6224
November 22
Crawley &
distriCt ps
100 Years of USA
by Derek Mauri
Venue: Furnace Green
Community Centre,
Ashburnham Road, Furnace
Green, RH10 6QZ.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Richard Smith
Tel: 01293 408598
November 17
burNley &
distriCt ps
The Good, The Bad & The
Ugly by Graham Wilson
Venue: Central Methodist
Church, Hargreaves Street,
Burnley BB11 1DU.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Dr Barry Evans
Tel: 01282 616156
soliHull ps
Australia & New Zealand
Airmails by L Kimpton
Solihull B91 2PF.
Time: 8pm
Tel: 01564 776879

November 23
bromley &
beCkeNHam ps
Kings & Queens
Venue: Public Hall,
Bromley Road,
Beckenham BR3 5JE.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: David Rennie
Tel: 020 8778 7001
November 24
bristol ps
France: La Semeuse
by Ashley Lawrence
Venue: Redland Park United
Reformed Church,
Whiteladies Road, BS6 6SA.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Rosemary Atkins
Tel: 01179 504427
November 26
Great britaiN ps
British Printed Papers
1836-1876 by Gavin Fryer
Time: 11am
Leeds Postal History
by Richard Wheatley
Time: 2.15pm
Venue: Grosvenor Auctions,
ITALY & COLONIES STUDY CIRCLE

The highlight of the Italy & Colonies Study Circle weekend event at Lea Marston
was the presentation of the Richard Harlow Cup...to Richard Harlow!
A founder member of the Circle 42 years ago, and its long-time Secretary,
Richard has been instrumental in increasing its international membership,
running its popular quarterly auction, developing its Fil-Italia journal and
introducing organised trips to Italy.The Cup was purchased by members to show
their gratitude, with Richard himself being its first recipient.
The weekend was attended by 31 members and their partners, and they enjoyed
19 displays on a wide variety of subjects.
The Study Circle covers all aspects of Italian philately, including the former
colonies, Vatican City, San Marino and foreign post offices. For details contact
Richard Harlow (of course!). Tel: 020 8977 8737. Or visit www.icsc-uk.com
399-401 Strand,
London WC2R 0LT.
Contact: Phil Waud
Tel: 07484 629171
November 28
ferNdowN & west
moors p&pC
A Bit of This & A Bit of That
by John Duckworth
Venue: Day Centre,
Shopping Precinct,
Ferndown, BH22 9JP.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Paul Barry
Tel: 07932 581791
November 29
soliHull ps
Sheffield Postal History
by C Jones
Solihull B91 2PF.
Time: 8pm
Tel: 01564 776879
November 30
lytHam st aNNes
ps
French Post Offices in Egypt
by Cyril Defriez
Venue: The Drive Methodist
Church Hall, Eastbank Road,
Lytham St Annes, FY8 1LH.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Graham Chadwick
Tel: 01253 367254
deCember 1
burNley &
distriCt ps
Topical Displays
Venue: Central Methodist
Church, Hargreaves Street,
Burnley BB11 1DU.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Dr Barry Evans
Tel: 01282 616156
ketteriNG ps
Christmas Fun Night
Venue: St Marys CEVA
Primary School, Fuller Street,
Kettering NN16 0JH.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Gordon Tregidgo
Tel: 01536 746800
kiNGstoNupoN-tHames &
distriCt ps
Banknotes by Brian Asquith
One-Sheet Competition
Venue: Surbiton Library New
Hall, Ewell Road, Surbiton,
KT6 6AG.
Time: 8pm
Contact: Christopher E Oliver
Tel: 020 8940 9833
ABOVE: Richard Harlow receives the Richard Harlow Cup from Paul Woodness
taw & torridGe sC

Four-Sheet Competition:
Letter N
Venue: Castle Hall,

Castle Street,
Barnstaple, EX31 1ET.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Andrew Austen
Tel: 01271 329762
deCember 6
beNfleet &
distriCt ps
Chairmans Night &
Christmas Social
Venue: The Small Hall, rear of
Runnymede Hall, Kiln Road,
Thundersley SS7 9SU.
Time: 7pm
Contact: Laurence Gardiner
laurencewgardiner1@
hotmail.com
west loNdoN ps
Christmas Banquet
Venue: The Church Hall,
Woodlands Avenue,
Acton, W3 9BU.
Time: 8pm
Contact: Christopher E Oliver
Tel: 020 8940 9833
deCember 7
bromley &
beCkeNHam ps
Inter-Society Meeting &
Visitors Bourse
Venue: Public Hall, Bromley
Road, Beckenham BR3 5JE.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: David Rennie
Tel: 020 8778 7001
deCember 8
maidstoNe &
mid-keNt ps
Austro-Hungarian Navy
by Lindy Bosworth
Venue: St Pauls Church Hall,
Boxley Road, Maidstone
ME14 2AH.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Brian Stonestreet
Tel: 01622 675784
deCember 10
CHaNNel islaNds
speCialists
soCiety
Members Displays:
Dates Ending in 6
Venue: RPSL,
41 Devonshire Place,
London W1N 1PE.
Time: 10.30am
Contact: Steve Wells
Tel: 01903 501415
yeovil & distriCt
ps
Club Auction
Venue: St Marks Church Hall,
corner of Milford Road and
Chelston Avenue,
Yeovil BA21 4PM.
Time: 7pm
Contact: David Bryant
Tel: 01460 74422
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GREAT BRITAIN
(last listed in Nov 2016 issue)
001 July 28, 2016

150th anniversary of the Birth of Beatrix
Potter
Printing: gravure, ISP (Walsall Security Printers,
Wolverhampton). Die-cut perf 14 x 14.
Self-adhesive booklet (3.84):
1st (64p) Peter Rabbit
1st (64p) x 4 Machin head of Queen Elizabeth II in
amethyst purple (source code REIGC,
year code O16R in security overlay)
1st (64p) Mrs Tiggywinkle
Note: the Peter Rabbit and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle
stamps are set within a self-adhesive surround,
illustrated with blue dots; the Machin definitives
have no surround, and stamp underlay is printed
with repeating wavy-line security text Royal Mail,
in blue
004 ASCENSION
Endemic Fish
Correction: the gummed sheet stamp depicting

Squirrel Nutkin in the Beatrix Potter issue (listed
in November 2016) was a 1.33 denomination
002 July 28, 2016

Definitive. Machin series
Printing: gravure, ISP (Walsall Security Printers,
Wolverhampton). Die-cut perf 14 x 14.
Self-adhesive booklet (3.94):
1st (64p) x 6 Machin head of Queen Elizabeth II in
red (source code MBIL, year code
M16L in security overlay)
Cover: golden padlock bearing the Machin profile
of Queen Elizabeth II, and Royal Mail logo with
crown against white background
Back cover: Royal Mail logo with crown against
white background, slogan The future: in safe
hands
Note: stamps are affixed to inside back cover, with
no surround, and underlay is printed with repeating
wavy-line security text Royal Mail, in blue
003 Aug 18, 2016
005 BARBADOS
Landships
300th anniversary of the Birth of Capability

Brown. Landscape Gardens
Design: Robert Maude and Sarah Davies.
Printing: litho, Cartor (ISP). One centre phosphor
band (2nd) or two phosphor bands (1st, 1.05,
1.33). Perf 14.25 x 14.
Sheet stamps: sheets of 60 (2 panes of 30, 6 x 5)
separated by gutter, arranged in se-tenant pairs.
2nd (55p) garden of Blenheim Palace,
Oxfordshire
2nd (55p) garden of Longleat, Wiltshire
1st (64p) garden of Compton Verney,
Warwickshire
1st (64p)
1.05
garden of Highclere, Hampshire

garden of Alnwick Castle,
Northumberland
1.05
garden of Berrington Hall,
Herefordshire
1.33
garden of Stowe House,
Buckinghamshire
1.33
Croome Park, the garden of Croome
Court, Worcestershire
Note: Lancelot Capability Brown, 1716-1783,
landscape architect
ASCENSION
(last listed in Nov 2016)
004 Oct 17,2016

Endemic Fish
Design: Andrew Robinson.
Printing: litho, Cartor.
Sheet stamps: sheets of 10.
50p
resplendent angelfish, Centropyge
resplendens
55p
Ascension white hawkfish,
Amblyhcirrhitus earnshawi
65p
Ascension wrasse, Thalassoma
ascensionis
1.60
yellow damselfish, Stegastes
lubbocki
BARBADOS
(last listed in Sept 2016)
005 Aug 17, 2016

Landships in Barbados
Printing: litho.
Sheet stamps:
10c
landship tuk-tuk band, 1970s
65c
maypole dancing
$1.80
landship performance during parade
for Cropover festival in August
$2.20
landship commander Leon Marshall,
honorary title Admiral of the Fleet,
with Barbados flag
Miniature sheet:
$5
Landship Lord High Commander
Vernon Nathaniel Watson, credited
with reviving the landship movement
Note: landships are friendly societies conducting
cultural (folkloric and musical) performances and
welfare work. Said to date from 1863, they were
rejuvenated in the mid-1970s
BERMUDA
(last listed in April 2016)
006 April 21, 2016

Centenary of the Great War
Design: Keno Simmons, from photographs.

Printing: litho.
Sheet stamps:
50c
the first contingent of the Bermuda
Volunteer Rifle Corps at Hamilton
Docks, Bermuda, in May 1915; medal
and badge
$1.00
officers and NCOs of the Bermuda
contingency of the Royal Garrison
Artillery, in England before their
departure for the Western Front; map
of France and Belgium showing key
battlegrounds
$1.15
letter from Bermuda addressed to W F
Anderson, who was attached with the
Lincolnshire Regiment, returned with
the notation Killed in action 1/4/16;
dog tags of 2nd Lieutenant
Wentworth Gray Trimingham,
Lancashire Fusiliers, killed in January
1918 at the age of 27
$1.20
postcard sent back to Bermuda by
BVRCs Cyril Young, and a photograph
of Cyril Chesterfield Easton of the
Bermuda Militia Artillery
$1.35
pre-war recruitment poster for the
BMA; Royal Garrison Artillery cap
badge
$1.55
19-year-old Cecil Montgomery-Moore,
who earned the Distinguished Flying
Cross after shooting down three
German planes, in front of his aircraft;
and Royal Flying Corps badge
007 Aug 18, 2016

Definitives. Bermuda in Bloom
Design: from photographs. All designs show a
view of tree or shrub, and close-up of a flower.
Printing: litho, Lowe-Martin. Perf 12.
Sheet stamps:
20c
golden angel trumpet, Datura aurea
60c
queens wreath, or sandpaper vine,
Petrea volubilis
75c
pink cassia, Cassia javanica
90c
crepe myrtle, Lagerstroema indica
$1.95
coral vine, Antigonon leptopus
$3.00
beach morning glory, Ipomoea pescaprae
Note: stamp values have no currency designator
BRITISH INDIAN
OCEAN TERRITORY
(last listed in March 2015)
008 Feb 12, 2016

First Pelagic Expedition. Sharks
Printing: litho.
Sheetlet (2 x 3):
50p
tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvia
50p
silvertip shark, Carcharhinus
albimarginatus
50p
silky or blackspot shark, Carcharhinus
falciformis
50p
grey reef shark, Carcharhinus
amblyrhynchos
50p
shortfin mako shark, Isurus
oxyrinchus
50p
tawny nurse shark, Nebrius
ferrugineus
Note: open water natural history research
expedition to BIOT Marine Reserve, 2012
009 April 21, 2016

90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II
Designs: from photographs.
Printing: litho.
Sheet stamps:
54p
Princess Elizabeth, as a child
54p
Queen Elizabeth II, in red hat
90p
Princess Elizabeth, c1950
90p
Queen Elizabeth II, c 2015
010 July 28, 2016

Literary Anniversaries
Printing: litho.
Sheet stamps:
54p
William Shakespeare, 1564-1616
(400th anniversary of death): portrait,
and scene from Romeo & Juliet
54p
Beatrix Potter, 1866-1943 (150th
anniversary of birth): portrait, and
scene from The Tale of Peter Rabbit
94p
Charlotte Bronte, 1816-1885 (200th
anniversary of birth): portrait, and
scene in woods from Jane Eyre
94p
Roald Dahl, 1916-1990 (centenary of
birth): portrait, and scene from
Fantastic Mr Fox
CAYMAN ISLANDS
(last listed in May 2016)
011 Dec 3, 2015

25th anniversary of the Cayman Islands
National Museum
Design: Andrew Robinson. All designs incorporate
a logo showing the Old Courts Building, now
housing the Museum.
Printing: litho, BDT.
Sheet stamps: sheets of 50 (2 x 25).
25c
Plath Navistar ships sextant of the
1960s, owned by Captain Wordal
Rankine of East End, Grand Cayman
25c
figure of Caymanian woman handcarved from a tree limb by Clarence
Carter of Bodden Town, 1960s
75c
cast-iron double-wheel coffee grinder
(made by Lane Bros, USA, 1950s), from
Ira Thompson benefaction
$1.60
red clay water container, known as a
monkey pot, probably imported from
Jamaica in early 20th century
012 May 16, 2016

Historic Ships
Design: Andrew Robinson.
Printing: litho, Lowe-Martin Group.
Sheet stamps:
Kirk B (sail freighter), built in Cayman
25c
Islands in 1929 for R B Kirkconnell &
Brothers, registered 1931

Nunoca (cargo ship), built in 1932 by
Heber Arch. Lost at sea between Grand
Caymand and Tampa in 1936
Rembro (sail freighter), built in
$1
Cayman Islands in 1930 for the
McTaggart family
Clara Scott (schooner) built at Cayman
$2
Brac in 1905 for Captain James Scott
Miniature sheet:
$4
HMS Dragon (naval cruisier), provided
support to victims of the hurricane of
November 1932
Border: RMS Atlantis (Cunard cruise ship), the first
cruise ship to visit the Cayman Islands
80c
CROATIA
(last listed in July 2016)
013 Feb 2, 2016

Shes Mercedes
Design: Mercedes-Benz, Croatia.
Printing: litho, Zrinski Printers, Cakovec.
Sheet stamp: sheets of 10 stamps and 10 labels.
3.10K
Shes Mercedes, graphic inscription
Label: Be Inspiration/Feel Inspiration
Note: the designs are from a Mercedes-Benz
campaign to promote car sales to women
014 Feb 3, 2016

1700th anniversary of the Death of St Blasius
(St Blaise)
Design: Orsat Frankovic.
Printing: litho, Zrinski Printers.
3.10K
painting of St Blasius in Bishops
vestments, by Carmelo Reggio (Italy,
19th century), from parish church of St
Nicholas, Cavtat
Note: Armenian-born Bishop of Sebaste (now
Sivas, Turkey), martyred in February 316. Patron
Saint of Dubrovnik
015 Feb 21, 2016

Childrens World. Household Pets, fourth
issue. Aquarium Fish
Designs: after illustrations by Lidija Novosel and
Adam Peter Maguire. All designs depict fish
wearing childrens apparel or with childrens toys.
Sheetlet (2 x 4): 8 stamps arranged in 2
se-tenant blocks of 4.
3.10K
rainbow fish (Siamese fighting fish),
Betta splendens
3.10K
guppy, Poecilia reticulata, and toy
fighter aircraft
3.10K
goldfish, Carassius aibelio (auratus),
wearing a hat
3.10K
angelfish, Pterophyllum scalare, and
toy pram
016 March 8, 2016

Easter 2016. Easter Bunny
Design: Alenka Lalic, from illustration by Sanja
Recek.
3.10K
Easter bunny applying green paint to
an Easter egg
017 March 21, 2016

Flora of Croatia
Design: Klara Mikulic.

2.80K
rosemary, Rasmarinus officinalis
3.10K
narrow-leaved lavender, Lavandula
angustifolia
4.60K
immortelle, or curry plant,
Helichrysum italicum
Booklet (28.00K):
2.80K x 10 rosemary
Cover: as stamp motif.
Booklet (31.00K):
3.10K x 10 lavender
Booklet (46.00K):
4.60K x 10 imortelle
Maximum cards: set of 3
018 April 20, 2016

Significant Croatians
Design: Katarina Loncar.
3.10K
Mirko Bogovic, 1816-1893, writer,
poet, editor, political philosopher:
portrait and signature on document
3.10K
Mia Corak Slavenska, 1916-2002,
prima ballerina at Metropolitan Opera,
New York, ballet director, ballet
teacher: portrait, signature, dancing,
ballet score/notation
3.10K
Sidonija Erddy (married name
Rubido), 1819-1884, singer, operatic
diva, charitable fundraiser: portrait
and document
3.10K
Slavo Kolar, 1891-1963, writer,
scriptwriter, agronomist: portrait and
signed document
019 April 26, 2016
012 CAYMAN ISLANDS

Historic Ships
90th anniversary of Radio Zagreb & 60th

anniversary of Television Zagreb
Design: Ivana Vucic and Tomislav-Jurica Kacunic.
Sheetlet: 10 stamps and 10 labels.
3.10k
radio station and KRT emblems, radio
announcer, television cameraman
Labels: producers control console
Note: Radio Zagreb commenced broadcasting on
May 15, 1926
020 April 27, 2016

Centenary of the Recognition of Islam in
Croatia
Design: Nifradin Dino Trtovac, after photograph by
Edib Ahmetaevic.
Sheet stamp:
3.10K
Zagreb Mosque, built in 1981-1987,
which incorporates the Zagreb Islamic
Centre and School
Note: the Croat Assembly confirmed equal rights
for Islam in Croatia on April 27, 1916
021 April 27, 2016

Croatian Inventors & Innovations
Design: Ariana Noric.
Sheetlet (2 x 3):
5.00K x 6 Giovanni Biagio Luppis, 1813-1875,
Austrian Croat who designed, built and
tested torpedos (co-operatively with
Robert Whitehead of Bolton, England):
016 CROATIA
Easter 2016
028 CROATIA
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portrait, original torpedo, and boat

Sheetlet (2 x 3):
6.50K x 6 Eduard Slavoljub Penkala, 1871-1922,
inventor of the propelling pencil:
portrait, quill and ink pot, automatic
pencil made to Penkalas patented
design by Edmund Moster & Co, Zagreb
022 May 8, 2016

Red Cross Week
Printing: litho.
Tax stamp: for use on May 8, 2016.
1.55K
inscription Mladiyouth (Youth)
Note: issued to support the 20th National Youth
Competition organised by Croatian Red Cross
023 May 9, 2016

Europa 2016. Think Green
Design: Dubravka Zglavnik-Horvat (4.60K) or
Doxia Sergidou, Cyprus (7.60K).
4.60K
droplet of rainwater on a green leaf
7.60K
cyclist passing factories, blocks of
flats, parkland and wind turbines,
which a paint roller is recolouring from
black to green
024 May 24, 2016

800th anniversary of the Dominican Order in
Croatia. The Dominican Church, Trogir
Design: Dubravka Zglavnik-Horvat.
Sheet stamp: sheets of 20.
3.10K
lunette with sculptures of the
Madonna, Mary Magdalene, St
Augustin Kaotic and his sister Bitkula
(church benefactor), by Nicola Dente
of Venice, c1372
025 June 1, 2016

Tourism. Public Space Works by Nikola Baic
in Zadar
Design: Ljubica Marcetic-Marinovic.
Sheet stamps: sheets of 10 (2 x 5) with
illustrated borders.
Greetings To The Sun (2008): shoreline
2.80K
frame structure with multiple sensors
activated by sunlight, creating a dance
of coloured light and shadows
Sea Organ (2005): marble staircase on
4.60K
shoreline with underwater tubes which
create sound
Note: Baic, b1946, is an architect and concept
artist
026 June 23, 2016

25th Croatian Day of Statehood
Design: Ivana Vucic and Tomislav-Jurica Kacunic.
Sheet stamp: sheets of 30 (5 x 6) comprising 26
stamps and 4 labels with a composite design.
3.10K
flag of Croatia in wind, overlain with
inscription and date
Labels: detail of flag
027 June 28, 2016
European Sporting Events in Croatia 2016
Design: Anna Zaja Petrak and Mario Petrak.
Sheetlet (2 x 5): 9 stamps and 1 label.
3.10K
European Universiade Games, Zagreb
and Rijeka: tournament logo, and

mascot (cartoon hamster)
Label: detail of event logo
Sheetlet (2 x 5): 9 stamps and 1 label.
3.10K
European Junior Synchronised
Swimming & Diving Championships,
Zagreb: diver in action
Label: detail of event logo
1.00P
central plaza of Santiago de Cuba
Note: first day covers were dated May 20, 2015, but
the set was on sale prior to that date
028 July 7, 2016

EuroMed Postal Cooperation. Mediterranean
Marine Life
Design: Alenka Lalic, from photograph by Dalibor
Andres.
Sheet stamp: sheets of 16 (4 x 4).
5.80K
martinka, the ocellated wrasse,
Symphodus ocellatus
Note: part of the EuroMed members omnibus
issue for 2016
032 May 26, 2015

National Flowers of the Americas
Printing: litho, State Stamp Printer.
Sheet stamps:
5c
dahlia, Mexico
Tabebuia aurea, Brazil
15c
20c
mayflower, Cattleya mossiae,
Venezuela
20c
ceiba, Erythrina crista-galli, Argentina
and Uruguay
Rhyncholaelia digbyana, Honduras
30c
40c
Virgin Mary orchid, Ecuador
65c
pink rose, Ecuador
75c
bellflower, Lanageria rosea, Chile
90c
white ginger-lily, Hedychium
coronarium, Cuba (introduced)
029 July 18, 2016
033 June 1, 2015
150th anniversary of the Naval Battle of Lissa

(Vis), July 20, 1866
Design: Edi Berk, Slovenia.
Miniature sheet: design composite with border.
7.60K
portrait of the Austrian Admiral
Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, 1827-1871,
based on print by Joseph Kriehuber,
and painting of the battle by Carl
Frederik Srensen (Denmark)
Note: a victory for Austria-Hungary over the newly
unified Italy. The painting shows the ramming of
the Italian ironclad ship Re dItalia, which then
sank. Joint issue with Slovenia
Singapore 2015 International Stamp

Exhibition. Merchant Shipping
Printing: litho, State Stamp Printer. Perforated
(sheet stamps) or imperforate, with printed perfs
(miniature sheet).
Sheet stamps:
5c
container ship, China
20c
paraw (small sailing boat), Philippines
50c
paddlesteamer, Vietnam
65c
transport barge, India (and lighthouse)
75c
dhoni (single-sailed ship), Maldives
85c
two-masted junks, China
1.00P
turtle ship, Korea
030 Aug 3, 2016
034 July 14, 2015
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games

Design: Dean Roksandic.
Sheet stamp: sheets of 10 (5 x 2), comprising 9
stamps and 1 label, design composite with border.
4.50K
stylised celebrating athletes, one
wearing gold medal
Label: stylised athlete in white
History of the Telephone in Cuba

Designs: exhibits in the Cuban
Telecommunications Museum.
Printing: litho, State Stamp Printer. Perf 12 x
12 (sheet stamps) or imperforate, with printed
perfs (miniature sheet).
Sheet stamps:
10c
late 19th-century telephone with
separate speaking and listening
pieces
20c
mid 20th-century wall-mounted
telephone
30c
19th-century telephone with combined
speaking/listening crosspiece on rest
50c
mid 20th-century telephone set
65c
20th century double telephone set
(both ends of line)
75c
two telephones of late 20th century
Miniature sheet:
100c
public telephone of 20th century
(metal, with coin mechanism)
Border: map of operational area in Havana in early
20th century, old telephones, Cuba Telephone
Company advertisement (c1920s)
CUBA
031 2015
500th anniversary of the City of Santiago de
Cuba
Designs: after paintings (5c, 10c, 1.00P), or
photographs (15c, 30c, 75c, 85c).
Printing: litho, State Stamp Printer. Perf 12
(sheet stamps), or imperforate, with printed perfs
(miniature sheet).
Sheet stamps:
5c
Antonio Maceo Gajales, 1845-1896,
freedom-fighter, on a white horse:
painting by Lus Desangles, 1861-1940
10c
statue of Frank Pais, 1934-1957,
revolutionary, and Cuban flag
15c
Fidel Castro, b1926, former President,
on a visit to the Jos Marti mausoleum
30c
Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca,
castle on cliff top above harbour
75c
historic buildings of the La Isabelica
coffee plantation
85c
tumba francesa, performance by folk
dancers and musicians
014 CROATIA
St Blasius
ESTONIA
Correction: the Bird of the Year stamp issued on
Feb 17, 2016 (listed in July 2016) depicted a great
tit, Parus major
035 Aug 5, 2016

World Masters Orienteering Championship,
Estonia
015 CROATIA
Aquarium Fish
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Design: Jaan Saar.

Printing: litho, AS Vaba Maa.
1.50
male and female competitors in
action, tournament logo, and contour
lines from a map
036 Aug 17, 2016

Estonian Heads of State. Tnis Kint,
1896-1991
Design: Lembit Lhmus.
0.65
portrait, after screened press
photograph
Border tabs: inscriptions
Note: member of Estonian government in exile in
Sweden, Prime Minister 1864-1970, Prime Minister
in Duties of President, 1970-1980
037 Aug 25, 2016

Fauna of Estonia. The Birch Mouse
Design: Sandor Stern.
0.65
birch mouse, Sicista betulina,
climbing branch of bush
Maximum card: image of mouse
038 Sept 8, 2016

Fungi of Estonia. Fly Agaric
Design: Ulla Marks and Juri Kass.
0.65
fly agaric mushroom, Amanita
muscaria, at three stages of its
development
Note: stamp design is marked with poisonous
symbol; there is some debate over whether this
mushroom can be eaten safely
FALKLAND ISLANDS
(last listed in July 2016)
039 Aug 1, 2016

Definitive. Marine Life. Southern Right Whale
Design: Tony Chater.
Printing: litho, BDT. Perf 13. Imprint date 2016.
Sheet stamp:
31p
southern right whale, Eubalaena
australis
Note: this design was previously used for a 30p
value, issued on Nov 9, 2012
GIBRALTAR
040 May 16, 2016

Fifth Wedding Anniversary of the Duke &
Duchess of Cambridge
Design: Stephen Perera.
Miniature sheet: perf 14 x 14.
2
William and Catherine, Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge
Border: two royal coats of arms
Note: an imperforate proof printing was sold by
the philatelic service in a folder at 19.95
041 May 16, 2016

Great War Commemoration. Centenary of the
Battle of the Somme
Design: Stephen Perera. All designs bear a
stylised poppy, a quotation and a battle scene

based upon a 1916 photograph or film still.
Sheetlet (2 x 4): 8 stamps with illustrated border.
22p
infantry advancing, quotation I will
never forget the first of July
Border: poppies, edge of trench
64p
infantry advancing, quotation In the
greatest fight I have ever seen
70p
two soldiers reaching defensive
barbed wire, quotation When we
started our great push
80p
infantry advancing, quotation And our
gallant lads in the trenches
2
soldiers leaving trench, quotation
Over the top like a flash and rush
042 May 28, 2016

New York 2016 World Stamp Exhibition,
May 28-June 1, 2016
Printing: litho and digital print.
Generic personalisable sheetlet (8 x 5): 20
stamps with 20 labels.
G (50p) x 20 view along the spine and east flank of
the Rock of Gibraltar
Labels: NY 2016 logo and photographs of
structures in New York City, including Brooklyn
Bridge, UN Headquarters and Statue of Liberty
Note: sheetlet is numbered and inscribed Limited
Edition. Sold at 5
043 July 25, 2016
Gibraltar Historic Gates
Design: Stephen Perera, after paintings by Leslie
Gaduzo.
Printing: litho, Lowe-Martin Group, Canada.
Sheet stamps:
22p
Ragged Staff Gates (built 1836, and
1900-1921)
64p
Prince Edwards Gate (built 1790)
70p
Landport Gate: tunnel and bridge
which once served as main land
entrance to Gibraltar
80p
Grand Casement Gates
1
Old Waterport Gates (18th century)
2
Southport Gate (16th century)
044 July 25, 2016

Bicentenary of the Alameda Gardens
Design: Jonathan Pointer (paintings).
Printing: litho, Lowe-Martin Group, Canada.
Sheet stamps:
64p
main entrance to gardens, with
Russian artillery piece captured in
1858
70p
Prince of Wales Summer House
(bandstand) and aloes in flower in the
Gibraltar Botanic Garden
80p
bridge over The Dell, bougainvillea in
flower, bust of Giuseppe Codali (Italian
landscape gardener)
1
The Dell, or Italian Garden (created
1842)
2
Monument to General George
Augustus Eliott, and howitzer of 1778
LATVIA
(last listed in June 2016)
045 Jan 13, 2016

25th anniversary of the January Barricades
Design: Ludis Danilans.
Printing: litho, Baltijas Banknote.
0.54
Latvians in Riga, with flag beside a
barricade under erection
Note: on January 13, 1991 the Latvian government,
anticipating attacks by Soviet forces, called on
citizens to take to the streets and erect
barricades. The attacks duly materialised, and six
people were killed
035 ESTONIA
World Masters Orienteering
Championship
046 Jan 29, 2016

Definitives. Town Coats of Arms
Design: Girts Griva.
Printing: litho, Baltijas Banknote. Die-cut perf
20, with elliptical cut-outs on all sides.
Self-adhesive sheet stamps: sheets of 25,
separately spaced within rouletted labels, designs
composite with surround.
0.50
arms of Alsunga municipality, a
jewelled fibula (garment fastening)
0.57
arms of Beverina municipality, a fibula
with a cross-shaped symbol
1.39
arms of Smiltenes, depicting a ninepetalled cornflower
039 FALKLAND ISLANDS

Definitive. Marine Life
047 Jan 29, 2016

Definitives. Garden Flowers
Printing: litho, Baltijas Banknote. Perf 13.75 x 14.
Imprint date 2016.
0.01
daisies
0.03
narcissi
0.50
lily-of-the-valley
Note: the narcissi design was previously issued on
Jan 2, 2014, and the daisies and lily-of-the-valley
designs on Mar 22, 2014, all with 2014 imprint
048 Feb 19, 2016
Latvian Museums. The Natural History
Museum, Riga
Sheetlet (5 x 2): 10 stamps arranged with the
lower row inverted, creating 5 tte-bche pairs.
1.71
pair of black grouse, Lyurus tetrix
049 March 18, 2016
044 GIBRALTAR
Alameda Gardens
Flower Painting
Design: Lilija Dinere (artist).
Sheetlet (2 x 2):
0.50 x 4 water lily, Nymphaea sp
050 March 18, 2016

Janis Rozentals, 1866-1916
Design: Lilija Dinere.
Miniature sheet:
Temptation: painting of Eve beneath
0.50
apple tree, from Latvian National
Museum of Art (1913)
0.50
portrait of the artist
Border: drop curtain created by Rozentals (1909)
for play Vaidelote by Elza Rozenberga (pen name
Aspazija)
Note: Rozentals was born in the Russian Courland
governate
048 LATVIA
Natural History Museum
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051 April 9, 2016

11th Mens Floorball World Championships,
December 3-11, Riga
Design: Artis Zeila.
0.64
tournament logo and dates
LITHUANIA
052 Aug 6, 2016

Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
Design: Domantas Vildziunas.
Printing: litho, Garsu pasaulis.
0.81
horse rider, statue of Christ the
Redeemer in Rio
0.84
swimmer, statue of Christ the
Redeemer in Rio
MAURITIUS
(last listed in April 2016)
053 May 9, 2016

Together for Sustainable Development.
United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals
Printing: litho.
Sheet stamp:
R27
UN emblem and slogan
054 May 24-May 31, 2016

Definitives. Flora of Mauritius
Design: Nurveen Ratty.
Printing: litho, BDT. Perf 13. Imprint date 2016.
Sheet stamps:
Myanima obovata (issue date May 31)
R3
Distephanus populifolius (May 24)
R8
Roussea simplex (May 24)
R25
Note: these designs were originally issued on April
9, 2009, with 2009 imprint. Shades also differ
slightly in the new issue
055 June 6, 2016

Aquatic Life. Freshwater Fauna
Design: Graphi Dept, Mauritius Post.
Sheet stamps:
R1
giant mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata
R10
water scorpion, Laccotrephes
annulipes
R18
Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus
R32
freshwater shrimp, Macrobrachium lar
Note: all species depicted are in decline in
Mauritius, due to over-exploitation and pollution
RUSSIA
056 April 25, 2014

Weapons of Victory in the Great Patriotic
War, 1941-1945. Artillery
(re-listing with amended information)
Design: A Drobyshev.
Printing: litho, with partial lacquer (varnish)
layer, Goznak. Perf 13.5 x 13.4 (sheet and sheetlet
stamps) or perf 11.5 (booklet panes).
12r
44mm anti-tank gun (53-K)
15r
75mm divisional gun (ZIS-3)
18r
85mm anti-aircraft gun (52-K)
20r
122mm howitzer (M-30)
Sheetlet (2 x 4): arranged in se-tenant strips or

blocks of 4.
12r x 2
44mm anti-tank gun (53-K)
15r x 2
75mm divisional gun (ZIS-3)
18r x 2
85mm anti-aircraft gun (52-K)
20r x 2
122mm howitzer (M-30)
Prestige booklet (sold at 330r): 4 panes of 1
stamp each.
Pane: 12r 44mm anti-tank gun (53-K)
Pane: 15r 76mm divisional gun (ZIS-3)
Pane: 18r 85mm anti-aircraft gun (52-K)
Pane: 20r 122mm howitzer (M-30)
Cover: 122mm howitzer, as stamp motif
Note: varnish layer applied over artillery
057 April 30, 2015

Weapons of Victory in the Great Patriotic
War, 1941-1945. Armoured Trains
Printing: litho, with partial lacquer (varnish)
layer, Goznak. Perf 13.5 x 13.4 (sheet and sheetlet
stamps) or perf 11.5 (booklet panes).
12r
armoured train Moscow Metro
17r
armoured train Fighter of the German
Aggressors
19r
armoured train Moskvich
27r
armoured train Kozma Minin
Sheetlet (2 x 4): arranged in se-tenant strips or
blocks of 4.
12r x 2
armoured train Moscow Metro
17r x 2
armoured train Fighter of the German
Aggressors
19r x 2
armoured train Moskvich
27r x 2
armoured train Kozma Minin
Prestige booklet (sold at 365r): 4 panes of 1
stamp each.
Pane: 12r Moscow Metro
Pane: 17r Fighter of the German Aggressors
Pane: 19r Moskvich
Pane: 27r Kozma Minin
Cover: Moscow Metro train, as stamp motif, with
snowy forest background
Note: steam locomotives and wagons with
mounted artillery. Varnish layer applied over trains
058 May 5, 2015

70th anniversary of Victory in the Great
Patriotic War
Design: S Ulyanovsky.
Printing: litho, Goznak.
70r
Soviet banner (flag) of Victory
Border: fireworks, documents, and photograph of
British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Soviet
Marshal Georgy Zhukov, US Army Air Force
Colonel-General Carl Spaatz and French Marshal
Jean Lattre de Tassigny at the signing of
Germanys surrender in 1945
059 May 5, 2015
70th anniversary of Victory in the Great
Patriotic War. Medals, 7th issue
Design: A Moscovets.
Printing: litho and embossed, plus lacquer layer,
Goznak. Perf 11.
Sheetlet (4 x 2): 7 stamps and 1 label (position 1).
30r
Liberation of Knigsberg (now
Kaliningrad) medal and ribbon (blueemerald and black)
30r
Liberation of Vienna medal and ribbon
(cyan and deep blue)

30r
Liberation of Berlin medal and ribbon
(indigo and orange on scarlet)
30r
Liberation of Budapest medal and
ribbon (deep cyan and pale orange)
060 May 6, 2015

Outstanding Jurists, fourth issue. Roman
Rudenko
17r
portrait of Roman A Rudenko, 19071981, prosecutor at the Nuremberg
war-crimes trials
061 May 7, 2015

150th anniversary of the International
Telecommunications Union
Design: S Kapranov.
Sheet stamp:
17r
150th anniversary emblem
052 LITHUANIA
Rio de Janeiro Olympics
062 May 12, 2015

CSTB Exhibition of Communications &
Information Technology, Moscow
Design: K Bedretinova.
Sheetlet (2 x 3): design composite with border.
19r x 6
Moscow Expo Centre, exhibition logo
063 May 29, 2015

Eurasian Economic Union
Design: R Komsa.
Printer: litho, Goznak.
Sheet stamp:
17r
map of Eurasia with frontiers of
members marked, EAEU emblem
Note: free-trade grouping, established on May 29,
2014, initially comprising Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan and Russia. Stamp notes the first
anniversary and admission of Kyrgyzstan
064 May 22, 2015

Joseph Brodsky, 1940-1996
Design: S Ulyanovsk.
17r
portrait of the poet, professor of
Russian and English literature; city at
night, church of Norenskaya Konosha
Note: after a period of internal exile in the Soviet
Union, Brodsky moved to the USA in 1987
054 MAURITIUS
Definitives. Flora
065 May 28, 2015

Dogs
Design: O Shushlebina. Each design shows the
head of a dog, and the dog in a landscape.
Sheetlet (4 x 2): 8 stamps arranged in 2 se-tenant
blocks or vertical strips of 4.
16r
South Russian sheepdog (grey coat)
18r
Caucasian sheepdog (brown coat)
20r
Central Asian sheepdog (brown and
white coat)
26.50r
black Russian terrier
Border: track through farmland
066 May 28, 2015

175th anniversary of the Birth of Piotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky
057 RUSSIA
Armoured Trains
NEW ISSUE GUIDE
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stamps
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stamps and many high values. The nominal face value is
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by 3,900%. As everyone knows,
investments can go down as well as up and the
well over
......................................................Price
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collection
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which was catalogued
by Stanley Gibbons at 1.50 per stamp.
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of the Election
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back
to
the
1930s
and
earlier;
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and bears Royal Mail, Wilson stamps with official first day
mint (faux), also India Queen Victorian four annas red and blue
singles and
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year
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to buy
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was 3.50essentials
each, ifof you
had taken
our advice
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brought them at full catalogue value. For
printed approx. 80 stamps ....................................Price 9.75
a sense of history. Only fifty of this cover are known
plus other items. If only a few of these stamps were genuine
ancatalogue
outlayvalue
of only
Your
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worth
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10,000
at current
to exist,
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the 100th Anniversary of Einsteins theory of relativity. The
first election victory. .............................................Price 14
collection of Cinderella Stamps mint and used ....Price 14.30
THANK YOU AGAIN,YOU WERE RIGHT. illustrated cover depicts Einstein and bears a Royal Mail
commemorative officially postmarked by the Royal Mail with
EI342 IRELAND A superior collection of only
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Mount Pleasant 11/05/16 pmk. In combination with Jersey
unmounted mint Irish stamps; Includes older stamps
Wars postage stamps and Star Wars first day covers. Contains a
Einstein commemorative issue tied to the cover with large
with definitive, commemoratives and postage dues. Also
mass of different Star Wars stamps including Great Britain (Royal
circular red Theory of Relativity cachet dated 11/05/16. The
includes
unusual
stamps
for
the
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movement,
these
Mail) issues also scarcer Star Wars stamps from other countries;
cover came from a severely restricted issue of only 60 covers
are imperforate and unmounted mint depicting an Irish
includes stamps for the original film, Return of the Jedi, The
.............................................................................Price 18
harp and priced in cents understood to have been issued
Phantom Menace, The Empire Strikes Back. Characters
circa 1860s. The Fenian stamps are offered as is and
depicted include: Obi Wan Kenobi, Princess Leia, Darth Vader,
N-MO27 MONACO: A fine collection of Monaco stamps dating
without guarantee, but these form only a small part of
Anakin Skywalker, Hans Solo, The Jedi Knights plus many
back to the early issues of the 1920s through to the 1950s
the larger collection of 100 plus stamps, which are all
others, too many to list. Comprising mostly of complete sets in
R45
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small
general
collection,
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and on to more recent issues. Superior engraved stamps.
guaranteed genuine. Entire Collection ...............Price 18.50
mint sheetlets plus miniature sheets and First Day Covers. The
(Exhibition
sheets)
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Brit.
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of
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impressive Star Wars stamp collection .................. Price: 29.75
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mint stamps ..........................................................Price 13
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to British
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in Space.
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cover
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to King
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to King
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by Harrison
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themes in blocks and singles. Approx. 130 stamps of these
Mail stamp officially postmarked on the day of the space walk,
containing several hundred stamps in mostly fine used condition.
3dated
x 1/-,15/01/2016
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..................................................Price
1.50
to the 1940s or earlier up to more recent. With nursing, doctors
unusual and interesting specialist sport themes ...Price 8.75
in combination with a Royal Mail
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and
all
forms
of
medicine.
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most
interesting
subject
rarely
offered
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stamp tied
to the
cover with
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blue First
British there
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build upon. Several hundred different NZ stamps ... Price 16.50
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lot, not
duplicates,
for sale ideal for anyone with some medical knowledge to form a
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Walk
15
January
2016
Squared
Cachet.
This
sought
after
must be over 500 stampsan outstanding collection ............. Price 11
valuable
collection ..........................................................
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the Easter Rising of 1916. The cover depicts the defence
item of Space Postal History...................................Price 26
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of
them
.............
Price
7
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with many
high values,
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stamp
with
Belfast
postmark
dated
24/4/16
in
combination
collection
of
over
100
unmounted
mint
British
stamps
domestic
animals
and
wildlife.
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colourful
collection
including
many
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of
Man.
Hundreds
of
all
different
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mainly
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with Eire
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overprinted
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used,
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noted .......................................................Price
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including
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andincluding
all types of Outer
Only unmounted mint. The face value alone must be 60.00 Price 14
Easter Rising tied to the cover with blue cachet inscribed
surcharges
in foreign
currencies
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cover exist
.....................................................Price
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..........Price
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with
many
engraved
stamps;
several
hundreds,
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with
capture
of for
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Bluff.
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were
sheets unm . mint, mass of singles. Dates back to 1898, to modern
mint
together
withthe
normal
stamp
comparison
..................Price
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least 1300 of
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A
fine
collection
of
Boxing
Stamps
Over
80
Stamps
stamps
& balloons.
about 100
stamps.............Price
5
Hulk, plus other super heroes. Mostly unmounted mint stamps
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straits.with
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cover bears
the official
Royal
Mail Ghurka
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blocks andseveral
singles,miniature
including champion
boxers such as Muhammad
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sheets ...................Price
19.75
Messerschmitt
110 aircraft
in specialScotland
stamp WORLD
issue with
Cape Helles
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of Unmounted
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in
combination
with
the
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Mail
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Olympic
Games
Gold
Medal
Boxing
Stamps
.......................Price
small
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Island Mail
rarelypostmark
get offered
for sale .............
Price
7.00
EXP3 ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION: A limited edition first 9.75
the official
Edinburgh
10/05/16.
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worldwide ....................................................Price
23.
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cover for the
fall of Tikrit.
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depicting
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illustrated
coverever
bears
the Royal
Mail Endurance
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worldwide .............................................................Price 19
Saddam
Hussein,
existed.
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many were
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Bow, Marylin Monroe, Clark Gable, Tyrone Power, James Dean,
and
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on a few
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A specialized
collection
of stamps
with
mont, but with strength
in the unm.
mint local
sectionsfrom
inc.
Elvis
Valentino,
Jean Harlow,
GB
QEII stamp,
postmarked with circular London SHC 15 April 2003
Postmark
...............................................................Price
15
RSAPresley,
SOUTHMichael
AFRICAJackson,
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and valuable
collection
of South
this war-torn
country.
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used
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Lundy
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African
stamps
containing
only
unmounted
stamps
stamps
in
blocks
and
singles
with
miniature
sheets.
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other British Locals depicting Sea birds, with some multiple blocks.
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is tied to theAND
cover
with a rectangular
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LOCOMOTIVES:
A fantastic
in superbHepburn,
condition;
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singles,
plate Bergman,
blocks,
in used commemoratives, noted earlier mono-coloured crudely
Total catalogue value is 130+.............................................. Price 29
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sets and
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in superb
conditioncontails
............................................Price
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specialised
collection
several
hundred
train 26
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WORLDWIDE
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Accumulation
miniature
sheets
all
unmounted
mint
......................Price
27
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stamps
with many
scarcer
unmounted
blocks mint
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ISLAND
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collectionmint
of unmounted
of Commercial & Philatelic covers & FDCs including special pmks,
a massive amount including, sheets. Great Britain including Locals,
included
F.D.C
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of also
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early
to modern
Air Mails,
Sea Mail,
commemorative
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used covers,
and pre packs.
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posts,
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an unsorted
group
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worth
of cat value
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&
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Lines
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U.S.A
Secretary
of
State
John
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unmounted
mint
stamps.
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100
different
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of about 100 covers ..................................................Price 21 .00
gave
up counting.
Clearance Price
...................................Price
75.00
overprinted
1950s &sheets.
1960s stamps
on tocollection
more recent.
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any lots
Issued
to Commemorate
the Syrian
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of
Puffin stamps,
& Air Mail stamps.
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philatelic
railway definitives,
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................................Price
28
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on 27/2/16.
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date
27/2/16
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combination
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of only
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blocks
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STAMPS. In singles and blocks. Approximately 100+ stamps, low
stamps, mostly used but mint noted. Contains many better
United Nations stamps tied to the cover with red cachet
collection
is rich
in thematic commemoratives. Several hundred
cars
on stamps
..............................................................Price
11
Commonwealth
BIRDS
stamps. Only
Unmounted
Mint in mulitlples
price to clear..............................................................Price 12.00
catalogued, high
denomination
stamp
......................
Price 9.60
inscribed UN Security Coucil resolution no. 2254. 18/12/15
mint Maldive Islands Stamps ..................................... Price 16
and single stamps. Several Hundred Brit, Commonwealth Bird Stamps
SAM.26 AUSTRIA & HUNGARY - Mostly used, some mint, several
G419
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......................................................................Price
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530th Anniversary
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this rare cover exist ........................................... Price 35
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noted scarcer
unmounted
stamps
& scarce cricket
covers,
including
signeddepicting
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your fingertips.
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of famous
paintings
now
in
collectors
hands
and
elusive
to
locate;
a superb
W37 ISRAEL - An impressive collection of Israel, comprising of
blocks
of exile
govt. Churchill
datingduplicates
back to 1952
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by of
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cricketers.
of Unmounted
illustration
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battle of Comprising
the War of the
Roses, one Mint
of the
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stamps,
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a thousand
different stamps
not counting
or
illustrated
official first
day covers
(all unadressed).
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noted MA
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A
quality
collection
of
Maltese
unmounted
unlisted
in
Stanley
Gibbons
Catalogue
(seldom
seen).
All
aspects
most
decisive
battles
in
English
History.
The
cover
bears
Great Britain and British Commonwealth Stamps in blocksthe
of four or
miniature sheets ............................................................Price 21
miniature
sheets,
including:
1949 dating
Coins mini
Catalogued
mint stamps.
Over
100 stamps
backsheet.
to King
Geo VI to
of the great mans life are portrayed in this collection. Hundreds
GB green
pound
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with Royal
official
singles
with
severalnote
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value ($)
values.Mail
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cricket
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forgery
this
item
as
is
not
guaranteed.)
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&
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thematic
subject
more
modern
....................................................Price
11.50
of Winston Churchill stamps.........................................Price 18
Richardincluding
III illustrated
postmark,
dated:
22/08/15,
the anniv.
Date
covers
scarce
autographed
covers
& a quantity
of Unm.
on with many genuine unmounted mint Israel stamps including
hundred different from several countries...........................Price 6
(530 years later ...........................................................Price 13
Mint Cricket Stamps .......................................................Price 25
GB 4T
FLYING
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Railway
Postal
History
Cover.
SJ120 MEDICAL Stamps with specialised lot of Anti-TB and Red
plate
number
blocks,
multiples
and
singles
with
tabs.
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valuable
RS2a UNIFORMS. Mainly military. Hundreds different. ....Price 12
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Colombian
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Theimpressive
illustrated collection.
cover depicts
the Flying Scotsman Train
Cross stamps. Also Anti-Malaria stamps Red Cross stamps back
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and bears official Royal Mail train stamp tied to the cover
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up to more recent.
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political
covers.
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- A specialised
European
Collection
of
several
hundred
Columbian
stamps,
mint and
with33
illustrated
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all forms of
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include
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50 ever
in existence,
mostly
now in including
collectors hands
andused
rarely
with elusive overprinted stamps noted. Several hundred different
Europa
stamps,
from the-1950s
to more modern
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to spanning
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Buying GB Royal Mail 2008

handover of Olympic flag
from Beijing to London,
presentation pack paying more
than full cat value 9.25
Gustamps Nov 2.indd 1

gustamps feb.indd 1
29/09/2016 16:31
19/12/2013 13:53
Design: A Fedulov.
Printing: recess and litho, Goznak.
Miniature sheet: freeform at top.
150r
portrait of the composer, 1840-1893,
and building of the Moscow State
Conservatory
Border: lyre and branches tied with ribbon
symbolising ballet The Nutcracker
Booklet (260r): pane of 20 (5 x 4) taken from

sheets, affixed by left selvedge.
12r x 20 arms of Derbent
Cover: pane with one stamp detached
17r x 10 arms of Nyzhny Novgorod
067 June 2, 2015

80th anniversary of the Norilsk Combine (now
MMC Norilsk Nickel)
Design: S Ulyanovsk.
Printing: litho and embossed, Goznak.
Sheetlet (2 x 4): design composite with border.
26.50r x 8 plant worker (metallurgist), open-cast
mine view with LHD loader (excavator)
and helicopter, metallurgical plant
Note: nickel and palladium mining and smelting
company established in 1935, initially using forced
labour from Soviet gulag penal camps. All the
foreground features of the design are embossed
071 July 7, 2015
068 June 4, 2015

155th anniversary of the Bank of Russia
Design: O Yakovleva and S Ulyanovsky.
Printing: litho (portrait, building), or litho and
embossed (coin), Goznak.
Miniature sheet (3 x 1):
40r
portrait of E I Lamanski, 1825-1902,
financier and Head of the State Bank
of the Russian Empire (1867-1881)
40r
four coins: 3-kopeck of 1811; 1-rouble
of 1866; gold coin of 1923 depicting
sower and factory; present-day design
depicting the new rouble symbol
40r
bank building
Border: mythological figures and bank building
from old document
069 June 16, 2015
Artek International Childrens Centre
Childrens Drawing Competition
Design: K Bedretinova, after drawing by Mary
Dzhakaeva.
Sheetlet (3 x 2): with illustrated borders.
26.50r x 6 `Funny Bear: a take on Artek symbol
Bear Mountain, showing reclining bear
on coastline with sun over beach
Border: sun symbol
Note: issue notes the 90th anniversary of Artek,
a childrens camp/resort founded on June 16, 1925,
at Gurzuf, Crimea
070 June 16, 2015
Definitives. City Coats of Arms series
Design: A Povarikhin.
12r
arms (shield) of Derbent: golden
fortress tower and tied bunch of
poppies with red (madder) roots
17r
arms (shield) of Nyzhny Novgorod: red
stag with black horns and hooves
12r x 10 arms of Derbent
17r x 10 arms of Nyzhny Novgorod
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit

Meeting, Ufa, July 8-9, 2015
Sheet stamp: sheets of 15 (5 x 3) with illustrated
borders.
19r
sculpture of Salavat Yulaev (national
hero of Bashkir people of Russia); Ufa
city skyline and bridge over Belaya
river; summit logo
Note: meeting of leaders of CIS member countries
(nine former Soviet republics) with leaders of
BRICS member countries (Brazil, Russia, India,
China, South Africa)
072 June 23, 2015

Pavel A Fedotov, 1815-1852
Design: A Povarikhin, after paintings by the artist.
Printing: litho, Goznak, with lacquer (varnish)
layer.
Portrait of N P Zhdanovich at a Piano:
25r
painting of woman playing piano, 1849
Sheet stamp: sheet of 10 (2 x 5).
Encore, Once More Encore: painting of
25r
mealtime scene in house with dog (or
fox) running through room, 1852
073 June 25, 2015
The Year of Literature in Russia
17r
heads of Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai
Gogol and Anna Akhmatova in
silhouette, in grey, blue and red
074 July 15, 2015

Prince Pyotr Bagration, 1755-1812
Design: V Beltyukov.
21r
Prince Pyotr Bagration, 1765-1812,
General of Artillery from 1809, and
Russian artillery division at the Battle
of Borodino, 1812
Note: Bagration was a Prince of the Georgian royal
family. He was killed at Borodino
075 July 23, 2015
Russian Geographical Society, 1845-2015
Printing: litho. Die-cut perf 13 x 14.
Self-adhesive sheet stamp: sheets of 9 (3 x 3),
separately spaced within rouletted rectangular
labels, background and surround coloured beige.
35r
world map (emblem of RGS)
076 July 23, 2015
New Logo of Russian Post
Printing: litho. Die-cut perf 13 x 14.
Self-adhesive sheet stamp: sheets of 9 (3 x 3),
separately spaced within rouletted rectangular

labels, background and surround coloured buff.
17r
two-part logo in white on blue, and
two-headed eagle in blue on white
077 July 24, 2015

FINA World Aquatics Championships, Kazan,
July 24-Aug 9, 2015
Design: O Shushlebina.
17r
diver performing swallow, and roof of
the Water Sports Palace, Kazan
078 Aug 3, 2016

Cavaliers of St George. Heroes of the
Great War
Design: V Beltyukov. All designs include a
portrait, based on a photograph, and a medal.
Sheet stamps: sheets of 12 (4 x 3), comprising 11
stamps and 1 label.
21r
Konstantin Nedorubov, 1889-1978,
Guard Captain, 15th Don Cossack
Regiment
21r
Ivan Tyulenev, 1892-1978, Lieutenant,
Kargopolsky Dragoon Regiment
21r
Nikolai Ulanov, 1881-1948, 18th
Orenburg Cossack Regiment
21r
Ivan Khizhnyak, 1893-1980, Company
Commander of the 3rd, 222nd, 153rd,
286th Regiments, and Commander,
208th regiment
ST HELENA
(last listed in Oct 2016 issue)
062 RUSSIA
Communications & Information
Technology Exhibition
077 RUSSIA
World Aquatics Championships
063 RUSSIA
Eurasian Economic Union
079 Feb 1, 2016

Bicentenary of the Arrival of Napoleon
Bonaparte on St Helena
Printing: litho.
Miniature sheet:
2
portrait of the former Emperor of
France, in exile on St Helena between
1815-1821
Border: ships arriving at St Helena, Longwood
House (boarding house), Napoleon gardening,
Napoleon dictating his memoirs, death of
Napoleon, Napoleons grave
060 RUSSIA
Roman Rudenko
SAMOA
(last listed in Jan 2016)
080 Feb 24, 2015

The Pacific Tree Boa, Candoia bibroni.
WWF issue
Printing: litho.
Sheet stamps: sheets of 20. Stamps have white
borders.
50c
mottled Pacific tree boa, curled
around tree trunk
(WWF emblem at bottom right)
50c
blue and yellow Pacific tree boa,
on rock
50c
pale yellow Pacific tree boa, on
pebbles
$5.00
orange Pacific tree boa, on bark of tree
Miniature sheet (2 x 2): 4 stamps se-tenant.
Stamps have no white borders.
50c
079 ST HELENA
Arrival of Napoleon
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around tree trunk

$2.00
blue and yellow Pacific tree boa,
on rock
$2.70
pale yellow Pacific tree boa, on
pebbles
(WWF emblem at top right)
$5.00
orange Pacific tree boa, on bark of tree
(WWF emblem at top left)
Sheetlet (2 x 2): stamps have no white borders.
50c x 4
around tree trunk
Border: stamp motif, enlarged
Sheetlet (2 x 2):
$2.00 x 4 blue and yellow Pacific tree boa, on
rock
Sheetlet (2 x2):
$2.70 x 4 pale yellow Pacific tree boa, on
pebbles
Sheetlet (2 x 2):
$5.00 x 4 orange Pacific tree boa, on bark of tree
Note: the species is naturally variable in colour
081 March 16, 2015

Definitives. Threatened Species
Design: Mariya Karchevskaya.
Printing: litho.
Sheet stamps: arranged in a se-tenant triptych of
composite design (in order $12.50, $45.00, $6.25),
se-tenant at foot with a label.
$6.25
brown-marbled grouper, Epinephelus
fuscoguttatus
$12.50
green turtle, Chelonia mydas
$45.00
whale shark, Rhincodon typus
Label: postage rate information
Border: coral reef
082 April 2, 2015

Easter 2015. Piet Paintings
Design: Melissa Cato. All designs show paintings
depicting Mary with the body of Jesus.
Piet, by Titian (Venice), 1475
$2.70
Piet of Villeneuve-ls-Avignon by
$2.70
Enguerrand Quarton (France), c1455
Piet by Rogier van der Weyden
$2.70
(Netherlands), c1440s
Piet by Pietro Perugino (Florence),
$2.70
c1480s
Border: Piet by Titian
Note: the first design is inscribed as being by van
der Weyden and the third by Titian, both in error
083 June 15, 2015
Commonwealth Youth Games, Apia, Samoa
Design: Melissa Cato. All designs are pictograms
and incorporate the Games logo.
Printing: litho.
Sheetlet (3 x 3):
$2
aquatics
$2
tennis
$2
athletics
$2
lawn bowls
$2
weightlifting
$2
boxing
$2
archery
$2
rugby sevens
$2
squash
Border: Games logo (different), mascot,

photograph of Apia Park Sports Complex
084 June 24, 2015

Commemorating the Birth of Princess
Charlotte of Cambridge
Design: Alison Bjertnes, from photograph.
$12.50
Duchess of Cambridge, alongside Duke
of Cambridge, holding the Princess
outside St Marys Hospital,
Paddington, May 2015
085 July 21, 2015

800th anniversary of Magna Carta
Design: Derek Miller. All designs depict King John
on the throne and barons on horses.
Sheet stamps:
$2
medallion or coin of King John
(obverse, on throne; reverse, on
horse), quotation To no one will we
deny or delay right or justice
$2.70
golden figure of Liberty with scales of
justice, quotation No free man shall
be seized
$3
King John wearing crown, quotation
Given by our hand in the meadow that
is called Runnymede
$3.90
two coats of arms, quotation To no
one will we deny or delay right or
justice
086 Sept 4, 2015
40th anniversary of Diplomatic Relations
between (Western) Samoa & Peoples
Republic of China
Design: Alison Bjertnes, from photographs. All
designs incorporate flags of Samoa and China.
$2.50
To Sua Trench, giant natural swimming
hole near Lotofaga village, on Upolu
Island, Samoa
$3.70
Government Building, Apia, a Chinesefunded project
$4.70
meeting between Xi Jingping
(President of China) and Tuiilaepa
Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi (Prime
Minister of Samoa)
$5.40
parade, and Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese
Efi (elected Head of State of Samoa)
inspecting the police force and the
police band during independence
anniversary celebrations 2015
087 Sept 15, 2016

Definitives. Butterflies
Design: Alison Bjertnes.
Sheet stamps:
$10.00
glasswing butterfly, Acraea
andromacha
(white frame on all sides)
$12.50
blue tiger butterfly, Tirumala limniace
$56.25
orange lacewing butterfly, Cethosia
penthesilea
$75.00
brown pansy butterfly, Uunonia
hedonia

$10.00
glasswing butterfly
(white frame at left and top)
$12.50
blue tiger butterfly
(white frame at top and right)
$56.25
orange lacewing butterfly
(white frame at right and base)
$75.00
brown pansy butterfly
(white frame at base and left)
Sheetlet: 16 stamps (4 x 4) arranged as se-tenant
strips of 4, both vertically and horizontally.
$10.00
glasswing butterfly
(no white frame)
$12.50
blue tiger butterfly
(no white frame)
$56.25
orange lacewing butterfly
(no white frame)
$75.00
brown pansy butterfly
(no white frame)
Note: all values are for airmail express service
088 Sept 25, 2015

Chinese New Year. Year of the Monkey
Design: Sophia Zhang (decorative art).
Printing: litho.
$3.90
monkey, with black ears and tail
$4.70
monkey with ginger-red coat
Miniature sheet: two diamond format stamps,
se-tenant at tips, with free-form border.
$5.50
monkey with black ears and tail
$6.60
monkey with ginger-red coat
Border: monkey with dark red coat
089 Nov 5, 2015

Environmental Conferences. Oceania 21
Pacific Summit, New Caledonia & United
Nations Climate Change Conference, France
Design: Derek Miller. All designs are inscribed
United Nations Climate Change Conference, Paris,
December 2015 and carry Oceania 21 logo.
Sheet stamps: 2 designs se-tenant in sheet.
$2.50
waves and sun, listing of territories
participating in Oceania 21 (starting
with Solomon Islands), inscription
noting first Oceania 21 summit,
April 2015
$2.50
wind turbine, waves, inscription noting
second Oceania 21 summit, June 2015
Sheet stamps: 2 designs se-tenant in sheet.
$3.70
Eifel Tower, Paris, symbols of solar
and wave energy, inscription noting
third Oceania 21 summit, April 2016
$3.70
waves and sun, further listing of
Pacific territories participating in
Oceania 21 (starting with New
Zealand), inscription noting fourth
Oceania 21 summit, 2016
087 SAMOA
Definitives. Butterflies
090 Nov 16, 2015

Queen Elizabeth II, Longest Reigning Monarch
Design: Alison Bjertnes, from photographs.
$1
Queen Elizabeth II using telephone
(1960s)
$2
Queen Elizabet II in lemon-coloured
wide-brimmed hat (recent)
$3
Queen Elizabeth II in silver-white
outfit (recent)
$4
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh, waving whilst
080 SAMOA
Pacific Tree Boa
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riding in open carriage (1960s)

Border: Queen wearing coronet (1950s)
Note: this stamp was also included in the
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
sheetlet reprising 27 stamps from 27 different
nations, issued on November 27, 2015, available
from Isle of Man Post and from the Samoan
Philatelic Agency at US$29.95
092 Dec 4, 2015

Christmas 2015. The Nativity of Christ by
Lorenzo Lotto
Design: three contiguous details of the painting.
Printing: litho.
$1
angels on roof of stable
$1
Mary and Joseph in prayer
$1
Jesus lying in manger
SOUTH GEORGIA &
SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
093 Aug 1, 2016

South Georgia Sports
Design: John Alexander, from photographs.
Sheet stamps:
55p
long jump
70p
high jump
80p
shot put
1
ski jumping
Note: sports competitions were held between the
whaling stations in South Georgia between 1913
and the 1960s, and were revived between residents
and visiting ships crews in the 1970s and 1980s
WALLIS & FUTUNA
(last listed in March 2016)
094 March 5, 2014

Scenes from Everyday Life
Design: from painting by Rebecca Kulimoetoke.
Printing: litho, PhilaPoste, France.
Sheet stamp:
95f
women making tapa bark cloth
095 April 27, 2014
Canonisation of Pope John XXIII & Pope
John Paul II
Design: Franois Jaupitre.
Sheet stamps:
100f
Pope John XXIII, 1881-1958
100f
Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005
096 April 27, 2014
Opening of International Pilgrimage Centre at
Po, Futuna
Design: Franois Jaupitre.
Sheet stamp:
130f
the new Pilgrimage Centre, and
cameos of St Peter Chanel, 1803-1841
(martyred French missionary), and the
Basilica of St Peter Chanel (built 1986)
097 May 23, 2014

Mothers Day
Design: Jean-Richard Lisiak.
Sheet stamp:
115f
children giving their mother flowers
098 June 19, 2014

The Turtles of Fatumanini
Design: S Pambrun, from photograph.
Sheet stamp:
65f
turtles
099 June 23, 2014

Oceania Weightlifting Championships,
Noumea, New Caledonia
Sheet stamp:
20f
weighlifter, map of south-west
Pacific, tournament emblem
100 July 12, 2014

FIFA Football World Cup, Brazil
Sheet stamp:
300f
goalkeeper, trophy, flag of Brazil
101 Aug 6, 2014
The Fortress at Taliematu, Wallis
Design: E Barnab.
Sheet stamp:
75f
aerial view of the Taliematu Fortress,
built in stone in mid-15th century by
the Tui Tongan empire
102 Sept 5, 2014
Early Tapa Designs of Wallis & Futuna
Design: Department of Cultural Affairs from
preserved tapa-bark cloth patterns.
85f
pattern with triangles and squares
85f
pattern with people around cooking pot
85f
geometric pattern with central cross
85f
geometric pattern around octagonal
cameos of outrigger canoe and house
103 Oct 2, 2014

The American Village at Gahi
Design: M Bunel.
Sheet stamp:
400f
Camp huts (stipple-drawing)
Notes: American Villages company operates
immersion courses for young people in the English
language and American culture
104 Nov 8, 2014

Marianne Stamp Design of 1944 by Edmond
Dulac & Local Life Designs of 1957-1960
Printing: litho, PhilaPoste, France. Stamps
inscribed Postes 2014, imprint PhilaPoste.
Sheetlet (3 x 3):
3f x 1
Polynesian man in traditional dress,
and outrigger sail-canoes in bay
(purple, magenta and lilac)
7f x 1
men around bowl, preparing kava meal
9f x 1
Polynesian man in traditional dress,
and outrigger sail-canoes in bay
(brown-purple and indigo)
225f x 6 Dulacs 5f + 20f orange-red design of
1944 featuring a head of Marianne
Border: tapa cloth patterns mocking perforations
Note: Dulacs design, printed by Harrisons, was
used in 1944 for Mutual Aid & Red Cross Funds
issues by several French colonies. The Polynesian
man design, by R Cami, was originally issued in

1957. The kava design, by Georges Btemps, was
originally issued in 1960
105 Nov 8, 2014

Benjamin Brial
Design: SPT, after press photograph.
340f
portrait of the 2nd Deputy for Wallis &
Futuna in the French Assembly
106 Nov 8, 2014
Art of Oceania
Sheet stamps:
40f
untitled painting by Nicola
Michoutouchhkine: trees in forest
205f
signed painting by Alo Pilioko: line of
women dancers
107 Dec 23, 2014
Christmas 2014
Design: Jean-Richard Lisiak (cartoon).
Printing: litho, PhilaPoste, France
Sheet stamp:
85f
Santa riding on a red-tailed tropicbird
108 Feb 5, 2015
Scenes From Everyday Life
Design: from painting by Rebecca Kulimoetoke.
Sheet stamp:
95f
group of women sitting outside house
109 Feb 18, 2015

Beaches
Design: Caf Fale, from photograph.
Sheet stamp:
85f
beach view with palm tree and boat
093 SOUTH GEORGIA

Sports
110 March 27, 2016

Kamilo Gata
Design: SPT, from photograph.
Sheet stamp:
600f
portrait of the 3rd Deputy for Wallis &
Futuna in the French Assembly
111 April 28, 2015

Commemorating St Pierre Chanel, 1803-1841
Design: Rebecca Kulimoetoke.
Sheet stamp:
55f
the French missionary raising a
Christian banner, with Polynesians
106 WALLIS & FUTUNA

Art of Oceania
112 May 21, 2015

Orchids
Design: C Ruatolo.
Sheet stamp:
75f
red orchid (unidentified)
135f
deep pink orchid (Phalaenopsis)
113 June 24, 2015
Sport. Territorial Olympic & Sports Committee
Sheet stamp:
55f
CTOS logo: pirogue with Olympic rings
on sail, Olympic flame, flags of France
and Wallis & Futuna
096 WALLIS & FUTUNA

International Pilgrimage
Centre at Po
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be cross-referenced under more than one category.
THEMES
A
065 DOGS
Dogs, Russia
Acoustics: 019, 025

Administration: 031
Administration & Government: 036, 058, 060,
068, 076, 086, 105
Advertising: 013
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry: Agronomy
018; Sheepdogs 065
Americana: 011, 018, 042, 058, 064, 103
Ancient World: 014
Animals: 001, 037, 065, 069, 070, 072, 088
Architecture: 003, 011, 020, 024, 025, 031, 042,
043, 044, 062, 064, 066, 086, 096, 103
Armed Forces: 006, 012, 041, 058, 059, 074, 078
Art: 029, 043, 044, 049, 050, 072, 094, 102, 103,
104, 106, 108
Artillery: 044, 056, 074
Austria: 029
Aviation: 006, 067
037 ANIMALS
The Birch Mouse, Estonia
Ballet: 018, 066

Banking, Finance & Economics: 068, 071
Barbed Wire: 041
Battles: 029, 074
Beaches & Coasts: 109
Bicycles: 023
Birds: 048, 076, 107
Boats: 021, 102, 104, 109
Brazil: 030, 052, 100
Bridges: 003, 042, 071
British History & Motifs: 001, 003, 009, 010, 012,
021, 040, 041, 043, 044, 058, 079, 084, 085, 090,
091
Butterflies & Moths: 023, 087
006 WORLD WAR I

Centenary of the Great War,
Bermuda
Cartoons: 016, 027, 069

Castles & Fortifications: 031, 043, 070, 101
Chemistry: 067
Child Art: 069
Children: 009, 015, 084, 097
China (country): 033, 086
Christmas: 092, 107
Churches, Cathedrals & Abbeys: 014, 024, 031,
064, 096
Cities, Towns & Settlements: 020, 025, 031, 042,
045, 046, 052, 064, 070, 071
Coats of Arms: 046, 070, 085
Coins: 068
Computers: 062
Conservation: 004, 080, 081
Construction: 012
Costume: 015, 046, 090, 091
Crafts: 011, 094, 102
Easter: 016, 082

Education: 020
Environment: 023, 053, 089
Europa: 023
Europe: 027
Maps: 006, 035, 063, 075, 099

Marine Life: Eels 055; Fish 004, 028, 081; Sharks
008, 081; Turtles 081, 098
Medals & Badges: 006, 059, 078, 085
Meteorology & Climate: 089
Military: 041, 043, 056, 074, 075, 078
Minerals & Mining: 067
Mosques: 020
Museums & Galleries: 011, 031, 034, 048, 102
Music: 005, 018, 031, 066, 072, 086
Musical Instruments: 005, 072
Family: 097
Fish (freshwater): 015, 055
Flags: 005, 026, 031, 045, 058, 086, 100, 113
Flowers: 007, 017, 032, 044, 046, 047, 049, 070,
097, 112
Folklore: 005, 094, 104, 108
Food & Drink: 011, 017, 031, 055, 072, 102,
104; Coffee 031
France: 058, 079, 089, 096, 104, 110, 111, 113
Fruits: 050
Fungi: 038
National Parks & Reserves: 008, 108

Naval Forces: 006, 012, 021, 029
New Year: 088
Nobel Prizes: 064
Norway: 093
Paintings & Prints: 029, 050, 072, 082, 106

Papacy: 095
Personalisable Stamp Issues: 042
Photography: 006, 007, 009, 028
Plants: 017
Police: 086
Politics & Politicians: 018, 031, 036, 045, 058,
079, 086, 089, 105, 110
Poppies: 006, 070
Ports & Harbours: 031, 043
Posters: 006, 034
Posts (modern operation of): 002, 028, 076, 087
Pottery: 011
Power: 023, 089
Press & Publishing: 018, 021
Design: 003, 013, 021, 025, 069, 104

Design Errors: 082
Disasters: 012, 041
Dogs: 065
Gardens & Parks: 003, 007, 023, 044, 047

Geography: 075
Germany: 013
Greetings: 088, 097
H
Hearts: 097
Helicopters: 067
Horses: 031, 085
Human Rights: 020, 085
Hydrology: 023
I
Independence, Revolutions & Uprisings: 026,
031, 045, 086
Industry: 021, 067
Insects: 023, 087
International Cooperation: 053, 061, 063, 071,
086, 089, 091
Inventions, Implements & Gadgets: 019, 021,
025, 034, 056
Ireland: 041
Italy: 014, 024, 029, 082, 092
K
Korea: 033
L
Lakes: 003
Law & Constitution: 020, 060, 085
Libraries & Archives: 073
Lighthouses: 033
Dance: 005, 031, 106
Machins: 001, 002
O
Olympics: 113
Opera: 018
Orchids: 112
R
Radio & Television: 019
Railways: 057
Religion: 014, 020, 024, 095, 096, 111
Religious Art: 014, 024, 082, 092
Reptiles: 080
Royalty: King John 085; Queen Elizabeth II 002,
009, 090, 091; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
090; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge 040, 084;
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, 040, 084;
Princess Charlotte 084
Russia: 077, 078; USSR 045, 057, 058
S
Saints: 014, 024, 096
Santa Claus: 107
Science: 008, 075
Sculpture: 011, 024, 025, 071
Shakespeare: 010
Ships: 012, 033
PERSONALITIES
A
Akmatova: Anna (Anna Akmatova Gorenko),
Russian poet, diarist, 074
036 TONIS KINT

Estonian politician
T
Tanks: 057
Tax Stamps: 022
Telecommunications: 019, 034, 061
Textiles: 094, 102
Theatre: 010, 018
Tools: 010
Tourism: 003, 025, 043, 044, 069, 086, 096, 101,
103, 109
Toys & Games: 015
Trade: 002, 012, 013, 034, 053, 062, 063, 067, 076
Transport: 013, 033
Trees: 003, 080, 106, 109
021 GIOVANNI LUPPIS

Croat inventor
U
Uniforms: 005, 079
United Nations: 042, 053, 089
Universities: 018
W
Weaponry: 044, 056, 057, 074
Welfare & Charitable Organisations: 005, 022
Windmills & Turbines: 023, 089
Women: 010, 013, 018, 024, 050, 072, 094, 108
World War I: 006, 041, 078
World War II: 056, 057, 058, 059, 060, 104
Writers: 001, 010, 018, 041, 064, 073
WWF: 080
Bagration: Pyotr, Georgian Prince, Russian

military and naval commander, 074
Baic: Nikola, Croat monumental sculptor and
event artist, 025
Blasius (Blaise): Armenian bishop, saint, Patron
Saint of Dubrovnik, 014
Bogovic: Mirko, Croatian writer, poet, literary
editor, political philosopher, 018
Bonaparte: Napoleon, French revolutionary
leader, military commander, Emperor, 079
Brial: Benjamin, Wallis & Futuna political leader,
member of French Assembly, 105
Brodsky: Joseph, Soviet (Russian) writer, literary
reviewer, political prisoner, latterly an American
citizen, 064
Bronte: Charlotte, English writer, poet 010
Brown: Lancelot Capability, English landscape
gardener, architect, 003
C
Castro: Fidel, Cuban revolutionary leader,
President, 031
Catherine: British Duchess of Cambridge, 040,
084
Chanel: Peter, French monk, missionary, martyr,
096, 111
Charlotte: British Princess, 084
Codali: Giuseppe, Italian (Genoan) landscape
gardener, 044
Corak: Mia (Slavenska), Croat-American ballet
dancer, ballet teacher, director, 018
D
021 EDUARD PENKALA
Croat inventor
Dahl: Roald, British writer, poet, RAF fighter

pilot, 010
E
Easton: Chesterfield, Bermudan soldier in the
Great War, 006
Eliott: George Augustus, English General, colonial
administrator, 044
Elizabeth II: British Queen and Head of the
Commonwealth, 002, 009, 090, 091
Youth: 022, 083, 103
Gajales: Antonio Maceo, Cuban nationalist,

independence fighter, 031
Gata: Kamilo, Wallis & Futuna political leader,
member of French Assembly, 110
Gogol: Nikolai, Russian writer, 074
J
John Paul II: (Karol Jzef Wojtyla) Polish Pope,
095
John XXIII: (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) Italian
Pope, 095
John: King of England, 085
K
066 PIOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Russian composer
Lamanski: E I, Russian financier, founding

Director of the State Bank of the Russian
Empire, 068
Lattre de Tassigny: Jean, Free French military
officer, 058
Lotto: Lorenzo, Italian (Venetian) renaissance
artist, 092
Luppis: Giovanni Biagio, Austrian-Croat inventor
of the torpedo, 021
M
Marshall: Leon, Barbadian landship
commander, 005
Montgomery-Moore: Cecil, Bermudan pilot, 006
N
Nedorubov: Konstantin, Russian guardsman,
decorated in Great War, 078
P
Pais: Frank, Cuban revolutionary, 031
Penkala: Eduard Slavoljub, Croat-Austrian
inventor of the propelling pencil, 021
Potter: Beatrix, English writer, illustrator, farmer,
conservationist, 001, 010
Pushkin: Alexandr, Russian poet, sketch-artist,
074
R
Rozentals: Janis, Latvian (Imperial Russia) artist,
art theorist, 050
Rudenko: Roman, Soviet Russian lawyer,
prosecutor at Nuremberg trials, 060
S
Shakespeare: William, English dramatist, poet,
theatrical impresario, 010
Spaatz: Carl, American Army Air Force officer, Air
Force commander, 058
T
Tchaikovsky: Piotr Ilyich, Russian composer,
066
Tedder: Arthur, English military officer, war
leader, government adviser, 058
Tyulenen: Ivan, Russian soldier, decorated in
Great War, 078
Ulanov: Nikolai, Russian soldier, decorated in

Great War, 078
088 NEW YEAR

Year of the Monkey, Samoa
Fedotov: Pavel, Russian artist, 072
018 MIA CORAK

Croat-American dancer
Kolar: Slavo, Croatian documentary-maker,

writer, agronomist, 018
Khizhnyak: Ivan, Russian military officer,

decorated in Great War, 078
Kint: Tnis, Estonian politician, leader of
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V
von Tegetthoff: Wilhelm, Admiral in AustroHungarian Navy, 029
W
Watson: Nathaniel Verson, landship
commander, 005
William: Duke of Cambridge, British Prince,
040, 084
Y
Yalaev: Salavat, Bashkir (Russian central Asia)
national hero, 071
Z
Zhukov: Georgy, Soviet Russian military officer,
government adviser, 058
Skies: 025
Spain: 031
Sport: Archery 083; Athletics: 027, 083, 093, 113;
Bowling 083; Boxing 083; Diving 027, 077;
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Stadiums 083; Swimming 052, 077, 083, 086;
Synchronised Swimming 027; Tennis 083;
Universiade Games 027; Weightlifting 083, 099;
Winter Sports 093
Stamp Exhibitions: 033, 042
Stamp-on-Stamp: 104
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Our 2016 Yearbook contains

Currently some 55,000 items are for sale.

All periods 1840 to Now. Every item pictured!

All periods 1847 to Now. Every item pictured!

The rest of the world! 1000s of items

In full time dealing since 1977

LATIN AMERICAN PHILATELICS

Can You Imagine the Unusual ??

You May Not Need

Edited by Adrian Keppel. Prices quoted exclude buyers premiums

NOVA SCOTIA 1853

SOLD BY SCHUYLER RUMSEY 73,530

Kellehers latest worldwide sale included a

SOLD BY KELLEHER 28,601