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 ATTENTION OWNERS OF LARGE/ VALUABLE COLLECTIONS –
Are You THINKING of SELLING?
This is
HOW THE STAMP TRADE WORKS
Philatelic Expert Lets You into his Selling Secrets so you can benefit from
a totally different (and New) Selling Experience
1 If You want to learn how the stamp
trade works, please read on… When I
was 15, I did. I wondered if there was some se-
cret source of supply? So, I bought my 1st stamp
mixture, (wholesale I thought), broke it into 50
smaller units, advertised it in Stamp Magazine
‘Classifieds’, and waited for the orders to roll in…
I’m still waiting, 48 years later !...
Wrong Offer 7 Wrong Price 7 Wrong Place 7
(naïve seller4 = H me but I was only 15 at
the time!)
2 Three years later,  attending my
first public stamp auctions I wondered
how some bidders seemed to buy everything,
paying the highest price? It didn’t occur to
me that they were probably Auction Bidding
Agents, paid by absent (dealer) bidders to rep-
resent them. I wondered why two collectors
sitting side by side muttered to each other
“he’s a dealer” as if that justified him paying
the highest price…
About The Author � Andrew found his Father’s
stamps at the age of 10. A year later at Senior
School he immediately joined the School
Stamp Club. He ‘specialised’(!) in British, but
soon was interested in Queen Victoria which he
could not afford. The 2nd to last boy wearing
short trousers in his school year, he religiously
bought Post Office New Issues on Tuesdays
with his pocket money. He soon found that he
enjoyed swapping / trading stamps as much as
collecting them. Aged 19, eschewing University
he quickly found a philatelic career in London,
leading to creating his own companies in
stamps. Andrew has authored many interna-
tionally published Stamp ‘Tips’ articles, appear-
ing on Local Radio and National TV promoting
Philately with Alan Titchmarsh. Andrew’s area of
expertise is unusual – in so far as his grounding
in collecting and wide philatelic knowledge has
given him a deep understanding of Philately.
He has studied Philately for the past 45 years,
in combination with Commerce and Marketing
Expertise, enabling him to create synergies in
‘lifetime’ interlinked Stamp Selling Systems, sell-
ing unit-priced stamps through to handling col-
lections & Rarities up to £700,000 each. Today
Andrew is fortunate to be co-owner with his
Wife, of Universal Philatelic Auctions (aka UPA)
– the Largest No Buyer’s Premium Reducing-Es-
timate System Stamp Auction in the World, cre-
ating records selling stamps to 2,261 different
bidders from 54 different countries in his latest
auction. Andrew stopped collecting
stamps aged 18 reasoning that his
enjoyment of stamps would be in
handling them and selling them…
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…but did it really? What was the real reason?
How could a Dealer pay a higher price than a
Collector? It doesn’t make sense, does it? Col-
lectors are customers. Customers usually pay
the highest price, unless… for a Collector, this
was…
Wrong Presentation 7 Wrong Place 7 Sellers of Stamps today is no longer absent
therefore Wrong Price 7
3 Fast-forward 48 years later 
to a British Empire collection, lot #1
in an International Stamp Auction – Estimat-
ed at £3,000, but we were the highest bidder
at £21,000 – YES – some 7×higher. Including
Buyer’s Premium in the extraordinary sum of
£4,788 we actually paid GBP£25,788= upon a
£3,000 estimate… however, we broke it down
into sets, singles, mini-collections etc. We made
a profit. Some might say it found its price.
Others may say:
7
Wrong Estimate Wrong Presentation 7 auctions) – so that when you sell through them
7
Wrong Structure Wrong Protection of Price 7 – you’re paying up to 18% (including VAT) sell-
– Lucky for the seller that 2 well-healed
bidders saw the potential value that day
or it could have been given away… the seller
could easily have lost out couldn’t he? or she?
So, by un-peeling the layers of obfusca-
tion, hopefully we can all agree:
The Secret is Simple –
it’s ALL About: TIMING,
Plus the 3 Philatelic ‘P’s –
Presentation 4Place 4and Price 4
4
Understanding the problem…  you a seller’s commission of up to 18% (VAT
I always remember the car trade had
their own little ‘bible’ – Glass’s Guide. I’ve no
idea, I’ve not even looked - in this internet-dom-
inated world, it may even have disappeared.
Well, there’s an insider Stamp Trade publica-
tion for Stamp Dealers called “The Philatelic
Exporter”. There’s nothing that special about
it – and you won’t learn much or find massive-
ly reduced prices by subscribing – BUT – it is
a forum, a paper focal point, a last ‘bastion’ in
this on-line transparent world that we inhabit…
whereby dealers (and auctioneers) can try and
communicate with each other. I publish my own
articles there…
Recently I discussed the outcome of my 10
years’ simple research, asking dealers and auc-
tioneers ‘what is your biggest problem?’
To a man, (why are we almost all men), they
replied – “my biggest problem is
stock, if I can get more of the right
stock I can sell it easily”
Strange that, nobody ever asked
me the same question back – be-
cause my answer would have been
entirely different (and I don’t treat
it as a problem) – I seek to satisfy
collectors
This is the reason why my compa-
ny has such massive advertising. This
is the reason why we spend up to 8%
of turnover – up to £200,000 per annum
in marketing costs. (Most dealers don’t
‘TIPS O
F even sell £200K per annum).
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5 Why is that? Because, as the world
revolved the Stamp Market, imper-
ceptibly Changed, and incrementally –
Massively
So, although few will tell you this, it’s
clearly evident that the problem for most
stock – but absent collectors in the place
they choose to sell their stamps in. Simply
put, other Dealers, Auctions, Stamp Fairs have
not invested in marketing to have a strong Cus-
tomer-core. To be fair, this is not true of all – but
it is true of most – so that our nearest compet-
itor ‘Apex’ had 800 bidders in a recent auction.
In my most recent 20,000+ lot UPA 65th Auction
we had 2,261 different bidders from 54 different
countries, 95% of whom were Collectors. Some
other well-advertised auctions only have 200
bidders (a high percentage of whom are dealers
– so that, essentially they are Dealer-dominated
er’s commission and the buyer is paying up to
25% and more in Buyer’s Premium, credit card
fees, on-line bidding fee, delivery and insurance
etc… AND all of that so that your stamps
may be sold, wait for it – TO DEALERS
(and some collectors), but Dealers, that nat-
urally must make a profit to survive…
6 Now, let’s examine the cost
implications – Example:  Your
stamp collection sells in public auction for
£800. Upon a 25% buyer’s premium, the dealer
pays £1,000 and it could be more. He breaks
it into £2,000+ selling price (much lower and
he’ll go out of business). The auction charges
included) upon the £800 sale price. This is
GBP£144. Therefore you receive approaching
£656 – which is approximately 33% of the deal-
er’s £2,000+/- retail selling price - BUT… now
that we have identified the problem…
Isn’t the Solution Staring us
Right in The Face ?
7
Why Pay an Auction to Sell
to Dealers: Sell to Collectors in-
stead ?In our example with buyer’s premium,
sellers commission, lotting fees, extra credit
card charges, VAT and even insurance - you’re
already being charged in different ways up to
40% of the selling price to sell, possibly or prob-
ably, to the wrong person.
Why not direct that 40% cost you’re pay-
ing to sell to Collectors instead? Sounds
good, so why hasn’t this been done before ?
8 Truth is,  it Has been done be-
fore…Sometimes the ‘old’ ways are the
best ways aren’t they? But in today’s enthusiasm
to obscure the obvious so that money may be
taken, almost surreptitiously, in numerous dif-
ferent ways, (without us apparently noticing
until we see the cheque in our pocket) – the
transparent ‘seller pays’ has been deliberately
‘obscured’ – so much so that, amazingly, the
latest 2017 European Auction Selling Legisla-
tion just introduced – now requires auctions
that charge ‘buyer’s premiums’ to warn the
buyer in advance. Just imagine going into the
petrol station, and being warned that the price
you’re paying to put fuel in you tank is not the
real price, you have to pay a premium! Obvious-
ly, there would be an uproar…
9
How can you cut out the
middleman and sell to Col-
lectors instead?   Well, I can think of two
ways. 1). DIY - Do It Yourself selling on eBay.
That may be fine for lower grade material – but,
would you risk auctioning relatively unprotect-
ed rare material on eBay ? We don’t and we’re
professionals, so we should know what we’re
doing. Or 2). Cut out the extra middle-man. Use
my company UPA, which reaches collectors
instead. Here’s how it works: Continuing from
our previous Example:
The auction sold your stamps to a dealer for
£1,000 – but You received circa £656
UPA sells them to collectors for you for up to
£2,000 – even after 40% commission you receive
up to £1,200. Up to £544 more. Now that’s amaz-
ing, isn’t it? G
10  Sounds Good Andrew, but
Can You ‘Deliver’?   Obviously,
nothing is as simple as that, and as we auction
stamps to collectors some collections may
‘break’ to the example £2,000+/- but the stamps
may be sold for more or less – especially as we
reserve all lots at 20% below, (Estimate £2,000
= £1,600 reserve) and not everything sells first
or even 2nd time so prices may come down…
Naturally, it’s not that straightforward for a deal-
er either – he may sell at a discount to ‘move’
stock OR, like many dealers he may be sitting
on the same unsold stamps, that you see time
and time again, in dealer’s stocks years later
and still at the same unattractive prices… So,
I think it is more reasonable for you to expect
up to 36% to 50% more, indirectly or directly via
my Collector’s Secret Weapon: Universal
Philatelic Auctions, which moves material more
quickly, by incrementally reducing estimate (and
reserve) price in a structured selling system…
11
Q.� What is the Collector’s
‘Secret Weapon’?
A.� It’s called the
Unique UPA Reducing
Estimate System... L
This is a rather long explanation, I don’t want
to bore you, but 17 years ago, when my wife and
I set up Universal Philatelic Auctions I detected
that the stamp trade’s biggest problem then was
not what sold – but what didn’t sell… So,
because I didn’t want to try to keep on offering
the same either unsaleable or overpriced stock
I created the unique UPA Reducing Estimate
(and reserve) Selling System. Simply put, if a
lot doesn’t sell in the 1st auction we reduce the
estimate (and reserve) by 11% and unlike other
dealers and auctions WE TELL YOU – ‘US’
= once unsold. If unsold after the following
auction we reduce by a further 12% and WE
TELL YOU ‘US2’, if unsold after a 3rd UPA
auction we reduce by a further 13% and WE
TELL YOU ‘US3’ and so on till the lot finds its
price, is sold or virtually given away...4
12 Any Scientist will tell you  lives, and for most dealers not being able to
that combinations of ingredients can
produce powerful results. So we created the
unique combination of my UPA Reducing Es-
timate System, married (in stone), with UPA’s
fair ‘NO BUYER’S Premium’ policy, PLUS each
lot carries my total ‘no quibble’ guarantee –
this formula is the reason why within the span
of 4 auctions (one year)… 90%-95% of lots bro-
ken from a collection have sold. This Unique
Philatelic Selling System Formula is the rea-
son why we are the largest stamp auction in
the UK today with 2,261 different bidders in
my recent auction.E
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Contact UPA: 01451 861 111
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL:
Dear Folk at UPA,
I’ve dealt with the public for 37 + years, and as
both a consumer, and a businessman, I have
created huge numbers of orders from all over
the world from a complete range of suppliers
from all aspects of our daily lives.
But I don’t believe I have ever encountered
such sensitivity, such kind thought, such
understanding as I have with you in our
initial meeting, our subsequent successful
transaction, and now this.
I recall well the item you highlight, and
realise that this one item has such colossal
personal value, I could never part with it.
It has been an absolute pleasure dealing
with yourself, and I am more than willing for
you to use this e-mail as commendation to
others who may be thinking of disposing of
their collection.
Many, many thanks for a memorable
experience, and I will try to emulate your
thought and care in my own business sphere.
Yours sincerely
D. E. B. Bath, UK
In Hindsight Dealers warned me 17 years
ago that my idea wouldn’t work. 17 years later
I think I’ve proven that it does. (Reader: Please
Request a complimentary UPA catalogue – us-
ing the contact details further below)
13
OK, Cut to the Chase
Andrew, what’s the
offer?  All of my Selling Systems are based
upon selling to Collectors Globally,
so that 95% of stamps sold by UPA are sold
directly to Collectors. If you wish to benefit
by up to 50% or more, depending upon your
circumstance and type of material, by cutting
out the middleman – then this offer may be
for you. Generally ‘time’ is the enemy in our
sell stock. Now is the time to let ‘time’ do
the ‘heavy-lifting’ and consider making ‘time’
work for you, so that at UPA you can make
time your friend. I fax, telephone or by mail. We’ll work harder for
14 AND the SMALL PRINT? Some
lots are too small in value for us to offer
this system. Other lots may not be suited to selling
in this manner (e.g. surplus mint British decimal
stamps best used for postage) – especially if the
market is heavily compromised by stock overhang
in specific areas. Some Collectors will not wish to
use time and systems to leverage price, others will
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want to agree a specific price and know that they
are paid precisely this amount. No client is treated
like a number and no client is forced like a square
peg into a round hole. M
15
OK, What Do I Do Next?
a). You contact UPA to discuss with
Andrew or a highly-qualified Auction Valuer/
Describer what you have to dispose of and your
options bearing in mind your specific interests
/ requirements
b). If you wish, get a 2nd opinion, but
investigate what type of auction / dealer you
are dealing with. Is it a Dealer’s auction with
relatively few collectors? Can you see where
/ how the Dealer sells? If you can’t easily see
any pricelists or high quality selling catalogues
– that Dealer may sell your stamps to other
dealers…
c). Finally you ask U P A to collect your
stamps, insure in transit for an estimated re-
placement retail value…C B S
16 What Happens then?  A mem-
ber of my Team telephones/e-mails
you to confirm safe receipt. ‘Overnight’ valu-
ations, unless simple, are rare. Valuing stamp
collections that have taken tens of years to
create takes time. Depending upon your priori-
ties / timescale I, or an experienced member of
my Team will contact you to discuss your re-
quirements and the options available to you for
the sale of your collection. Provided only that
you feel well-informed and comfortable do we
agree strategy T D
17
How Strong is the Stamp
and Cover Market?  Everybody
knows that the strongest areas are GB and Brit-
ish Empire. Post-Independence / QEII material
sells but if hinged at considerable discount.
Mint hinged material pre 1952 is regarded as the
industry ‘norm’ and therefore desirable – but
genuine never-hinged commands a premium.
Europe sells but at reduced levels, Americas
is good, as generally is Asia but the ‘heat’ has
come off China which is still good – and Russia
which can still be good. East Europe is weak-
er. Overall, Rarities throughout
can command their own price
levels and real Postal History
has good demand.
18 What Should I Do Next?   Dis-
cuss your collection with U P A. Con-
tact Andrew or an experienced member of his
Team now… B C
19  Guarantee:
I want You to be
absolutely Sure  So If You’re not
sure we’ll transport and return your stamps for
FREE up to £200 in actual shipping cost at our
expense. It sounds generous (and it is), but it’s
far less than the cost of driving 100+ miles each
way and 3 to 6 hours in your home valuing your
stamps U
20 My
Double Cast Iron Guaran-
tee:  We can do a better job valuing your
stamps in our office than in your home. If you
don’t agree I’ll pay you an extra £50 for you to pay
somebody trusted to open the boxes and put your
albums back, in the same place, on the shelf they
came from. U U
21
Act NOW: Contact Andrew or
an experienced member of his Team
using the on-line selling form at our website, by
you not to regret the decision to sell all or part
of your collection…C B
A
Andrew McGavin, Philatelic Expert,
Author, Managing Director
Universal Philatelic Auctions UPA
 WELCOME
Take a look at the fascinating article on Germany’s post-war stamp history in this issue and you’ll immediately
appreciate the complexity of the subject. It provides collectors with a huge variety of stamps and covers to
pursue and also sheds new light on a short but very significant period of world history. I love the way our
seemingly simple hobby can be so in-depth and informative.
Of course, if years of research aren’t quite what you’re looking for in a hobby, then it’s all good. Stamp
collecting can be whatever you want it to be, whatever level, subject or budget, that’s the beauty of it. As
regular readers will know, we reflect the diversity of the hobby in every issue of the magazine, with a variety
of topics covered. Our aim is always to provide information in an informative, friendly, accessible way, whether the subject is
complex postal history or the latest new issues.
As mentioned last month, our forthcoming new website will also bring you a wealth and variety of content on every aspect
of the hobby; we’ll let you know more as soon as we go live. I’d love to get your thoughts on the website and the magazine in
general, so if you’d like to become a member of the S&CM reader panel, just drop me an email. We send members questions
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CONTENTS
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34
PAGE
50
STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY
9 STAMP UPDATE 55
Think tank assesses
hobby’s future. Line
engraved help at
Stampex. Scottish
exhibition, and more… 60
34 GB STAMP PREVIEW
Captain Cook returns
to GB stamps. Plus, your
chance to win the set!
38 AROUND THE ISLANDS 65
The latest stamps from
Guernsey, the Isle of
Man and Jersey
41 POSTAL MUSEUM GEMS
The Machin plaster casts
42 101 GB STAMPS… 70
Our story of British
stamps reaches the 1980s
46 NEW! CELEBRATED SETS
Our new series on classic
stamp sets starts with
the USA’s Colombians 117 STAMP MISCELLANY
50 POST-WAR PROBLEMS
A fascinating insight into
the German postal
system and stamps during
the devaluation of 1948
“When a dealer appraises a collection of GB, he turns
to the 1840-41 imperforates. With a USA collection,
he usually turns to the Columbians” – page 46
PAGE PAGE
65 70
PAGE PAGE
108 66
COINS
STAMP STORIES 104 COIN UPDATE
The macabre and New scarcity index. New
murderous tales team behind Harrogate
behind a 1997 stamp Coin Fair. Plus, the latest
from Romania auction results
STAMP SHOWCASE 107 MARKET INSIGHT
An exhibit of early Latest online prices
Rhodesia stamps, which and coins on a budget
won a Large Vermeil 108 EDWARD EXPLAINED
medal at Stampex The pennies of Edward I,
POSTAL HISTORY II and III can be confusing
Our collecting by to newcomers with similar
county series visits designs and little in the
Dumbartonshire, and we way of clues of many of
follow the journey of a the designs, but there are
1999 Zimbabwe cover tips to identify the pieces,
COLLECT BY THEME as Steve Webb reveals
Our thematics guides 110 COINS OF VITELLIUS
feature orchestras, The effects on a ruler
authors, the statue who swallowed too many
of liberty and islands flamingo tongues shows
on stamps on his coins, writes Steve
Webb, as he provides an
Christer Brunström insight into the emperor
looks back fondly on a 112 FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM
still popular 1933 A large gold coin of Queen
stamp set from the Anne (1702-14) which
Falkland Islands recounts a naval victory
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18 MARKET INSIGHT
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online. Plus, World View
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security issues which will become very rare with all the gold labels used on mail. ½ lb £18.00, 1 lb £35.00.
GB MULTIPLES ISSUES. Try to keep up with the recent multiple issues. Increasing variety, right up to the latest 2018 Game
of Thrones, 2017 Classic Toys, Landmark Buildings, 2017 Songbirds, 2016 Mr Men, Shakespeare Quotes, Star Wars, Comedy
Greats, Bridges, 2014 Sustainable Fish, Buckingham Palace, Remarkable Lives, Children’s T.V, 2013 Dinosaurs, Butterflies,
Famous Britons, Football Heroes, Dr Who etc. Try and complete those difficult sets. ¼ lb £24.00, ½ lb £45.00.
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 2012/2018 issues only with the odd high value and multiple
issues. 2 oz £13.00.
GB SPECIAL CHARITY MIX. A well balanced on paper Charity mix covering Defins, Commems, H.Value Commems, H.Value
Defins, Pre-decimal, Wildings & Pre QEII. Covers all periods. 1 lb £12.00, 2 lbs £22.00.
GB HIGH VALUE COMMEMS. A real rarity. This on paper mixture is old and new and will contain very scarce modern issues up
2018. 2 oz £33.00, 1/4 lb £60.00, 1/2 lb £115.00.
GREAT BRITAIN OFF PAPER MIXTURES
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 £1,000.00. We can’t guarantee
all in there but you’ll 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.
GREAT BRITAIN OFF PAPER COMMEMS NO XMAS. Previously included Xmas, we can now supply without so the rarer
Commems only. Wealth of variety from KGVI to date, includes some high values. Approx 5000 stamps to 1 lb weight. ¼ lb
£22.00, ½ lb £42.00, 1 lb £80.00.
FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH ON PAPER MIXTURES
SPECIAL OFFER NO.1: Buy 1 lb Aus, Canada, N.Z & U.S.A for the discounted price of £62.00. List Price £74.00.
AUSTRALIA. On paper charity mix, includes modern with dream variety, many Commems and high values, collected
from a school-teacher in the Outback. Approx. 2500 stamps / 1 lb. 1 lb £18.00, 2 lbs £34.00.
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.
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. ½ lb £11.00, 1 lb £20.00.
U.S.A. An on paper charity mixture with stupendous variety. There can’t be many mixtures so attractive and with such
good count. Approx count 3500 to 4000 stamps. Per 1lb £16.00, 2lbs £30.00.
IRELAND CHARITY. On paper. This emanates from convents throughout the Republic, is mostly modern with a wealth
of Commems. Price £16.50 / lb.
EUREKA! We’ve found it. This has to be our best world mixture yet. At least 85% commems with a staggering variety
with around 100 countries/states (yes we have found stamps from that many). Much modern and many high values
included. Our SUPER WORLD 100. ½ lb £28.00, 1 lb £55.00, 2 lbs £105.00.
OVERSEAS FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH CHARITY MIXTURE. With over 120 Charity sources in this country it is not
surprising that this is the ultimate mixture of Foreign & Commonwealth stamps essentially on paper. Enormous
variety and mostly modern as it is collected from offices on a day to day basis. Many h. values as many are Air mail
values and a lot will never be seen in approval books! 1 lb £30.00, 2 lbs £55.00, 5 lbs £125.00.
CHANNEL ISLES & ISLE OF MAN. An On Paper mixture of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and I.O.M containing a wealth of
variety, strong in Commems, Booklets, Greetings & h.values. ½ lb £18.00, 1lb £35.00.
COMMEMORATIVES & LARGE ONLY ON PAPER MIXTURES.
Special offer. Buy 2 different lots of the Commems & Large mixtures below deduct 5% from the price,
4 items deduct 10%, 8 items deduct 20%!
ALDERNEY 2oz £25, ¼ lb £48.00. AUSTRALIA ½ lb £19, 1 lb £35.00. AUSTRIA ¼ lb £35, ½ lb £68.00.
BELGIUM. ¼ lb £23, ½ lb £45.00. BHUTAN ¼ lb £35, ½ lb £68.00. BOTSWANA ¼ lb £18, ½ lb £35.00.
CYPRUS ¼ lb £30, ½ lb £58.00. ETHIOPIA ¼ lb £26, ½ lb £50.00. FAROES 2oz £52.00, 1/4 lb £95.00.
FINLAND ¼ lb £20, ½ lb £39.00. FRANCE ¼ lb £23.00, ½ lb £42.00. FRENCH AFRICA ¼ lb £47, ½ lb £90.00.
GERMANY ½ lb £16, 1 lb £30.00. GERMANY H.V COMMEMS ¼ lb £22, ½ lb £40. GREECE ¼ lb £31, ½ lb £60.
GUERNSEY ¼ lb £33, ½ lb £65.00. HOLLAND ¼ lb £18, ½ lb £35.00. IRAN ¼ lb £30.00, ½ lb £58.00.
ISLE OF MAN ½ lb £33, 1 lb £59.00. ITALY ¼ lb £32, ½ lb £60.00. JAPAN ¼ lb £22, ½ lb £40.00.
JERSEY 1/4 lb £17.00, 1/2 lb £33.00. MALTA ½ lb £16, 1 lb £30.00. NEPAL 1/4 lb £23.00, 1/2 lb £38.00.
NORWAY ¼ lb £23, ½ lb £45.00. THAILAND ¼ lb £23, ½ lb £45.00. U.S.A ½ lb £25, 1 lb £48.00.
OFF PAPER MIXTURES
FRANCE. An amazing collection of over 500 different Commemoratives only from 2011 to 2017 all in complete sets!!
List price £65, sale price £55.00.
SPECIAL OFFER NO. 7: Buy 1 lb World, 1 lb British Commonwealth and 1 lb W. Europe Scoop for the discounted price
of £130. List price £150.00.
WORLD SCOOP. An Off paper mix scooped from our oddments tub. Emanating from Charities, Auctions, personal
collections etc. You will find high Cat (please tell us when you do ) & many additions for your collection. Each 1 lb lot
is over 7000 stamps, costing around ½ p each. ½ lb £18.00, 1 lb £35.00, 5 lbs £155.00. Sale price ½ lb £16.00, 1
lb £31.00, 5 lbs £139.00.
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SCOOP. Sold out over the last 8 months, we can now supply more of our popular Off paper
mixture covering old Empire & modern Commonwealth. Several clients found stamps cataloguing £10 to £50 each.
No promises but with at least 7,000 stamps/1lb you’ll have great fun sorting. ½ lb £31.00, 1 lb £60.00. Sale price ½
lb £27.90, 1 lb £54.00.
WEST EUROPE SCOOP. An Off paper mixture of small and large stamps with much earlier material. Many better and
unusual values. In great demand as our interests in the EEC grow. Approx. 10,000 stamps to 1 lb costing around ½ p
each. ½ lb £28.00, 1 lb £55.00. Sale price ½ lb £25.00, 1 lb £49.00.
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TEL: 01296 662420. E-mail: courtphilatelics@aol.com
PAYMENT: We accept cheque, postal orders or all major credit & debit cards. Paypal
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OF BOX FILES A SUPERB SORT & VALUE CONTAINING STAMPS CAT £5+ THIS IS A VERY A GOOD MAINLY MODERN MIX, SETS & SINGLES, MINT & USED, A GOOD ON & OFF PAPER, INC SOME EARLY, IDEAL
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AND SINGLE COUNTRY COLLECTIONS THE FAMOUS STOCKBOOKS OF WORLD ETC A GOOD MIX INC GB, C/W & FOREIGN
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Warwick and Warwick have an expanding requirement for world collections, single country collections, single items, covers,
proof material and specialised collections. Our customer base is increasing dramatically and we need an ever-larger supply
of quality material to keep pace with demand. The market is currently very strong for G.B. and British Commonwealth and
the Far East. If you are considering the sale of your collection, now is the time to act.

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inclusion of your property in our next public auction.

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Warwick offices completely free of charge. If you decline our
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Visits by our valuers are possible anywhere in the country or
abroad, in order to assess more valuable collections.
Please phone for details.

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We have an ongoing programme of advisory days, in all regions
of the United Kingdom, where you can meet us and discuss the
sale of your collection. Visit our website for further details.

We will be visiting the following towns within the next few weeks:
Burton on Trent, Buckingham, Penrith, Chorley, Reading,
Haywards Heath, Shepperton, Crewe,
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New GB stamps mark British landmarks

on new UN stamps
200 years of The Old Vic The United Nations Postal
Administration (UNPA) has issued a set
of stamps featuring British UNESCO
World Heritage sites, including
Stonehenge and Edinburgh Castle.
The six new stamps, which continue
the UN’s long-running World Heritage
stamp series and were issued on 15 August,
feature photographs of Giant’s Causeway
in Northern Ireland (50c); the Palace of
Westminster, London ($1.15); Stonehenge
(1 CHF); a view of Edinburgh, with
Edinburgh Castle in the background (1.50
CHF); Conwy Castle in Wales (90c); and
Greenwich, London (€1.80).
The stamps were printed by Cartor
and designed by Rorie Katz using stock
photographs. Each stamp features a Union
Jack design in the border.
The UN’s World Heritage stamps were
Royal Mail’s stamp schedule continues apace this month, with the release of a set of eight first issued in 1997 and have been issued
stamps marking the 200th anniversary of The Old Vic theatre in London, to be followed every year since. Find out more at the
closely with a set recalling the end of World War One. website: https://unstamps.org
The new Old Vic stamps depict performances of British actors at The Old Vic, including
Richard Burton in Henry V; Judi Dench and John Stride in Romeo and Juliet, 1960; and
Laurence Olivier in The Dance of Death, 1967. The stamps were designed by hat-trick design
UN
2018
$1.15
and printed by International Security Printers.
Sharon Benson who played Carmen Jones, said of seeing her stamp for the first time:
‘When I first saw a picture of it last year I thought “wow!” That was my favourite outfit and
the song I’m singing is The Card Song, one of my favourite songs in the whole production.
They’ve picked the best image to depict my favourite memory of the performance. It’s such a
strong scene. Everyone’s in silver and Carmen walks in wearing this red outfit… I’m getting
World Heritage - United Kingdom | palace of westminster
chills just thinking about it!’
The Old Vic was originally called the Royal Coburg and first opened in May 1818. It
was built on reclaimed marshland, 300 yards south of the newly built Waterloo Bridge. The
theatre could hold 3,800 people and offered everything from spectacular melodramas to
ONU
2018
chf 1,00

Shakespeare revivals. The theatre was renamed the Royal Victoria in 1833. ‘The Vic’ soon
became the world’s premier Shakespearean theatre. Edith Evans, Sybil Thorndike, Peggy
Ashcroft, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Alec Guinness all gave their first great classical
performances here. Tyrone Guthrie directed a glamorous young film star named Laurence
Olivier as Hamlet, Henry V and Iago. There was a hiatus between 1940 and 1950, after
bombing had left The Old Vic unusable as a theatre, but then Richard Burton came to play
Patrimoine mondial - Royaume-Uni | Stonehenge
Hamlet, Coriolanus and an award-winning Henry V during a five-year season in which all
Shakespeare’s plays were staged.
The Old Vic Artistic Director, Matthew Warchus said: ‘As we celebrate a long history UN
2018
€ 1,80
of inspiring creativity in this iconic building, and look to a bright future of uplifting,
adventurous and accessible theatre-making, we are delighted to be collaborating with Royal
Mail on this special stamp edition to mark The Old Vic’s 200th birthday.’
Actress, Kate Burton, said of her father, Richard: ‘He’d be absolutely thrilled. It’s an
important tribute. It’s a fitting tribute. I’m so happy that dad is being recognised for his
brilliant work on stage because, god knows, he had such a wonderful colourful life, never a
dull moment, but he was an unbelievably gifted actor.’ Welterbe - Vereinigtes Königreich | Maritimes Greenwich
Read more about the stamps in the next issue of Stamp & Coin Mart, on sale 12 October.

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findings on future of philately
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paper entitled ‘The Future of Philately as seen in 2018’, which
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this paper considers the current situation using the conventional

business method of SWOT.’
The paper goes on to discuss what is happening with collectors “a voice crying in the wilderness”. Collectors will have to face
now, including the concerns over security, a family view that a listing what they find and passing on their knowledge. Philately
collection is boring, and the cost of insuring a collection. The section follows the post or the mail. Philately starts with collecting and
entitled ‘What is happening in the philatelic market’, deals with the reaches its acme in understanding.’
uncertainty of exchange rates and changing fashions, the move by Recommendations in the paper include the better use of
many postal authorities away from the Media (‘Organised
the traditional postage stamp, Recommendations in the paper philately should be better
and an analysis of the current at communicating with the
global market, with a summary
suggesting the global value of the
include: the better use of the Media, Media. In the UK unless there
is financial interest (the $10m
philatelic market is $3 billion.
The paper’s conclusion
collaboration and course development stamp) philately perhaps is seen
as slightly odd and strange.
reads: ‘Philately cannot surely How do we best advertise (the
limit itself to postage stamps
with the University of the Third benefits)? Should this be led by
and postal stationery and the collectors or the commercial
history of their use, but must, Age (U3A) as well as organisations side?’); collaboration and course
in order to survive, also embrace development with the University
the mundane. Although there such as Probus and Rotary, and the of the Third Age (U3A) as well as
is mechanised sorting and organisations such as Probus and
cancelling is done in increasingly introduction of a ‘full-time and paid Rotary; and the introduction of a
fewer mail centres, the delivery ‘full-time and paid development
of mail is still done by human development officer’ officer’ (‘it is recommended that
beings. Hence annotations and such a person be tasked with
instructions which adorn some covers will still be of interest. It developing links with U3A, Probus and Rotary, and be supported
needs a museum dedicated to telling the story of postal services to actively by ABPS, who could source local speakers to address
ensure that knowledge about modern changes is preserved (does meetings aimed at stimulating interest in philately.’)
The Postal Museum fulfil this function?). Then as far as possible
collectors of both traditional and new kinds of material will be To read the full version of paper visit: www.abps.org.uk/Philatelic_
able to benefit. If no one documents such material, we fear that Congress_of_GB/The_Future_of_Philately.pdf or use the quick link:
exceptional collectors not following traditional directions will be https://stamp.cm/future

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THE HOBBY’S FUTURE
A SWOT ANALYSIS
STRENGTHS identified include:
Collectors: There is a well-established collector
base worldwide, with diverse interests.
Dealers: There is an established network of
dealers at many levels.
International: Philately has an international
scope, with an international body overseeing
the competitive aspects of philately (FIP)
and Continental bodies at a lower level.
Catalogues: There is a huge diversity
of published catalogues that identify
what is available.
Material sources: Collectable material is
readily available through the internet and
public auctions at all levels.
WEAKNESSES include:
Ageing of collectors:
The future of philately is threatened by the
lack of new members joining the organised
part of philately.
‘Hidden’ collectors: It is known that many
collect without being members of official
clubs. Informal conversations with members
of the philatelic trade indicates that there are
probably ten times more collectors than there
are those who are part of organised philately.
Perception of stamp collecting:
The perception of stamp clubs among the
public is not positive. They are viewed as
boring and peopled by boring experts.
This is a far cry from the sociable
gatherings that most of us experience.
Lack of retail outlets: There has been an
almost complete disappearance of high
street stamp shops in the UK. However,
the existence of stamp fairs virtually every
weekend should counterbalance this.
What do you think?
Be sure to share your views on the findings
with us, email matthewh@warnersgroup.
co.uk or write to us at: Stamp & Coin Mart,
5th Floor, 31-32 Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5JD
OPPORTUNITIES include:
New sources of collectors: Traditionally, much
effort has been expended in trying to attract
child collectors. This has led to a very small
return. It is suggested that steps should be
taken to attract the early retiree and recently
retired, who may well have a comfortable
income and a lot of time to fill.
New types of collection: The relatively
recent growth of Thematic Philately and
its evolution into Open Philately (and
the re-classification of ‘Social Philately’
as Postal History Class 2C) as well as the
introduction of the Postcard Class, widen
the scope of what can be collected and
displayed or exhibited.
Synergy: collaboration with other
organisations, such as local/family history
societies could lead to joint projects that
would be enhanced by the inclusion of, for
example, postal history items and postcards
(neither of which needs to be expensive) to
broaden the appeal of a story.
Online auctions: The rise of eBay, Delcampe
and similar websites has made the purchase of
a wide range of Philatelic material easy.
THREATS identified include:
Lack of support: In many countries the postal
authority no longer provides active support to
philately. Cynically, one might say that they
are more interested in finding more ways to
exploit collectors.
Electronic communication: The rise of email,
Instagram and Snapchat has led to the volume
of letter and postcard mail continuing to drop.
Investment schemes: There are schemes that
promote philatelic material as an investment.
In most cases this is inappropriate, and, as
has happened in the past, many will get their
fingers burned.
Misrepresentation: The sale of fraudulently
misrepresented items via the internet affects
the image of philately… The bywords
remain ‘let the buyer beware’.
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In brief
Rushstamps are offering Stamp & Coin
Mart readers a £5 credit against any order
over £30 from RushTelegraph No. 65
enclosed with this month’s magazine.
To claim simply quote reference ‘RT30’
when ordering by telephone, mail or
email (one credit per household please).
Also now available free on request is the
new RushTelegraph No. 66 (64 pages)
containing GB special and unusual offers,
and a fantastic selection of worldwide
errors and varieties, specimen overprints,
airletters, gold foil stamps, printers
presentation cards, presentation packs
and year books. The price list can also be
downloaded at: www.rushstamps.co.uk
Postcards are set to make a comeback
according to new research from Royal
Mail. A recent survey revealed that six our
of ten British people ‘would like to see
more postcards being sent and received’,
and that seven out of ten ‘would prefer to
receive a postcard from a holidaying friend
or family member over a social media
message.’ When asked why postcards are
still popular, respondents explained that
it makes them ‘feel special and cited their
sentimental appeal’. Meanwhile, St Ives in
Cornwall has been voted the number one
‘modern beauty spot in Great Britain to
send a postcard from’.
Australia Post celebrated the national
‘Stamp Collecting Month’ in August
with a ‘Reef Safari’ set of five stamps
showcasing some of the diverse and
threatened species found on the Great
Barrier Reef. Jane Cohen, Australia Post
General Manager of Consumer, said:
‘we’re encouraging children to learn more
about the environment and biodiversity of
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef through the
special Reef Safari stamp issue.’
Congratulations to the following readers,
who won Royal Academy of Arts
Presentation Packs, courtesy of Royal
Mail: Keith Daniels, St Helens; Kerrie
McKay, Perth; Douglas Black, York; Simon
Copestake, Aylesford; Richard Butters,
Newmarket; Neil Davies, Bideford; David
Martin, Stansted; Molly Stafford, Leeds;
Stephen Turner, Accrington; Andrew
Graham, Stockton on Tees.
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Stamp update
New Marianne
stamps for France
The French President Emmanuel Macron recently unveiled
the new face of the country’s famous ‘Marianne’ definitive
stamps, which had been reproduced on the walls of the city
of Périgueux.
The new stamps feature a design created by two female
artists, composed of ‘YZ’, a French graphic artist living in
Abidjan, and Elsa Catelin, engraver of La Poste Group’s printing
press. A statement from La Poste read: ‘The Marianne chosen
by the President of the Republic has a frank look. Volunteer,
hair free like her mind, she is upright, honest and sure of her
way. She embodies the new generation Republican pact.’
The unveiling of the new Marianne took place on the
edge of Périgueux in the Toulon district, where the artist YZ
took two nights to reproduce the work in large format on
one of the walls of the city. The La Poste release explained:
‘Emmanuel Macron wanted to unveil the visual in the heart
of the creative environment of the artist on a 16x11m fresco
in the district of Toulon.’
The new design will be used for all definitive stamps, including
the green and red stamps, and on international rate stamps.
First ever lenticular stamps for USA
The US Postal Service has issued a set of stamps to celebrate the art of
magic, including a ‘lenticular’ miniature sheet showing a rabbit coming out
of a hat, the first time the USA has used the printing technique on stamps.
The five ‘Art of Magic’ Forever stamps were dedicated in a first-
day-of-issue ceremony in Las Vegas at The Orleans Hotel and Casino,
where award-winning illusionist David Copperfield took part in
proceedings. David Copperfield said: ‘Magic can inspire, enlighten,
and unite as a rare and valuable art form, so I’m happy to be part of
the unveiling of this very special collection.’
The stamps feature illustrations of five classic tricks: a rabbit in a
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WIN! New stamp
book, worth £35!
As reported in the August issue of
Stamp & Coin Mart, the new book
Stamps as Witnesses of History focuses
on the history commemorated on
postage stamps, and we have three
copies of the book to give away,
courtesy of author Ruth Lea and
Filament Publishing.
The 600-page hardback book,
worth £35 and written by economist
and philatelist Ruth Lea CBE, is
described as ‘a guide to political
philately, which aims to show how
stamp issues have reflected and have
related to key political and historical
events.’ The book is arranged
geographically, covering the whole
world and, for each country entry, the major political developments are
listed chronologically with contemporaneous stamps, supported in some
instances by relevant commemoratives, on the right hand side.
For your chance to win a copy of the hardback book, just answer the
following question on our website (www.stampandcoin.co.uk):
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, prompting the unification of
Germany and the subsequent end of East German stamps?
Closing date: 12 October 2018. Editor’s decision is final. Three correct
entries will be picked at random to each win a copy of the book.
top hat (production), a fortune teller using a crystal ball (prediction), a
woman floating in air (levitation), an empty bird cage (vanishing) and
a bird emerging from a flower (transformation). The lenticular souvenir
sheet of three of the stamps features a digital illustration that shows a
white rabbit popping out of a black top hat.
USPS Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President
Jeffrey Williamson said: ‘From backyard birthday parties to Las Vegas
auditoriums, from the largest of illusions to sleight-of-hand tricks
performed merely inches from our eyes, magic reminds us that wonder
and astonishment are still alive and well.’
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Stamp update
China’s new stamps hint
at child policy change
China Post’s forthcoming Year of the Pig
stamps will depict a family of five pigs,
prompting many to believe the stamp
is a signal that the country’s two-child
policy will soon be relaxed.
The new 1.20 value, is one of
two stamps set to be issued in 2019
to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Whilst the first value shows a single
pig, the second design features a happy family of pigs, including
three piglets. Many newspapers have confidently reported that
the stamp design is a sure sign that the policy of limiting the
number of children couples are allowed will be changed. The
Times newspaper called the new stamp issue ‘the latest move to
encourage couples to have more children’ whilst Reuters reported:
‘Many Chinese took the design as a sign the government is
seeking to promote a bigger family size, according to posts on
social media.’
China adopted a one-child policy in 1979, and updated the
rule to two children at the start of 2016, but now with an ageing
population, it is thought the authorities may encourage larger
families. However, collectors have argued that the stamps might
not mean a law change after all, citing a 2007 stamp which
depicted a mother pig with five piglets.
Lucky reader enjoys
Prague stamp show
Stamp & Coin Mart reader Judy Marks was the lucky winner of our
recent competition, which offered one reader and a friend the chance
to attend the PRAGA 2018 Specialized World Stamp Exhibition in
Prague, with airline tickets and hotel included – a prize worth £700.
The competition was made possible thanks to Praga 2018, Czech
Post and Gärtner.
Judy told us: ‘We thoroughly enjoyed the stamp fair, purchasing
some stamps for our grandson who would not have these in his
collection now if I had not won this competition. Not ever having
been to Prague, we enjoyed our day visiting Prague Castle and the old
town and the weather was hot and sunny. The organisation of this
competition was dealt with extremely efficiently.’
Thanks to everyone who entered and to Judy for letting us know
how much she enjoyed the trip. For more information on Prague
stamp shows visit: www.sberatel.info/en
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Scottish collectors
prepare for Scotex
Scotex 2018, Scotland’s national stamp
exhibition, is set to take place this
month at the Dewars Centre in Perth on
19 and 20 October.
Organised by the Scottish Philatelic
Trade Association (SPTA), Scotex is
one of Scotland’s largest philatelic and
postcard fairs, and this year’s event will
include a concerted effort to promote the
hobby to the general public.
Spokesperson and dealer Richard Stenlake said: ‘For many years
the SPTA has made contributions to the Stamp Promotion Fund,
an SPTA fund is ring-fenced to support the promotion of the
hobby. In recent years the fund has supported Stamp It! events
in schools. The fund continues to support this, but for this year’s
Scotex a new initiative will be introduced; a full colour leaflet
will be inserted in local editions of the Press & Journal newspaper.
Approximately 10,000 copies of the insert will be distributed in
Perth and the surrounding area. The insert will be fully illustrated
in colour and will feature articles on pre-stamp postal history,
stamp collecting, picture postcards, first day covers, as well as also
having a “collector’s thoughts” and frequently asked questions.
‘It’s hoped this will reach existing collectors as well as tempt
the curious into the Scotex event and hopefully turn them into
new collectors.’
In addition to a range of stamp, postal history, and postcard
dealers, Scotex will also offer visitors free valuations described
as ‘part of the reinvigoration of the SPTA’. The organisation’s
website will also be relaunched prior to the event. Find out more
at: www.philatelicsociety.com/spta
National exhibition
to be held in Perth
The custom of holding a national philatelic exhibition outside of
London will be continued in 2019 with a competitive National
Exhibition in the Dewar’s Centre in Perth, on 12 to 13 April.
The full national exhibition, which will form part of the
Ninetieth Scottish Congress event, will feature approximately 130
frames, with all normal classes of exhibits represented. Entrants
receiving Vermeil awards or better will be qualified to enter
international competitive exhibitions.
Spokesperson Peter Chadwick said: ‘The last time a National
Exhibition was held in Scotland was in 2012. National
Exhibitions have been held in York in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The
York exhibition in 2018 attracted entries for over 100 frames
and one of the jurors has commented on the generally very high
standard of entries. The largest single category of entrants was in
the postal history class.’
Entry forms for ‘Congress 90’ will be available later in the
year from the ASPS website. The Ninetieth Scottish Congress
will be hosted by the Largs & District Stamp Club. For more
information on the event visit the Association of Scottish
Philatelic Societies (ASPS) website at: www.scottishphilately.co.uk
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Latest auction results

A selection of GB Machin trials, discovered
last year, recently went under the hammer
at Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions in the USA.
The three panes of 100 1997 stamps were
deep green (as used for 2p), light grey (as
used for the 29p), and ‘flame’ (as used
for 1st class, undenominated trials). The
sheets were produced by the Swiss printers
Courvoisier, as part of a unique trial which
was intended to assist printing firm Questa
with technical advice and cylinder making,
whilst preparing to adopt the gravure
printing process for Britain’s definitives. The
undenominated trials were produced in October 1997 in sheets of 100 (from larger
sheets of 200 guillotined in two) with the Courvoisier imprint along the vertical Stanley Gibbons recently sold a 1961 Tristan Relief Fund set
margins. Courvoisier had printed the then current Kenya definitives, these being in used blocks of four, CTO’d (with gum), each horizontal
of the same overall size as the Machin definitives. As a consequence, the trials were pair sharing a 12 OC circular datestamp from the first day of
printed on coated paper without phosphor bands, and have perforation 15 x 14. issue. According to the auction house: ‘the vendor states that
However, the stamp image is slightly smaller than that used on Machin definitives. just two sets of used blocks of four are known.’

SOLD FOR £6,562 SOLD FOR £8,500

Plumridge & Co recently sold a collection of

French stamps 1849 to 2007, which included
the 1849 first issue set of six and a 1929
‘Sinking Fund’ 1fr50 blue, mint, unmounted.

SOLD FOR £1,600

A range of Japanese 1871 Dragon imperforates

achieved £900 at the Warwick and Warwick
sale, double the auction estimate of £450. The recent sale
of the Kilbourne
SOLD FOR £900 Collection of
Confederate States
Stamps and Postal
History at Robert A
Siegel in the USA
included what was
The recent ‘Stamps described as ‘one of
of the British the most beautiful
Commonwealth’ Confederate
sale at Stanley patriotic covers
Gibbons included in existence.’ The
an imperforate cover featured
1937 5d brown a 5c green tied by a ‘Carolina City N.C. Mar. 12, 1862’ circular datestamp, and a red and
mint top marginal, blue Jefferson Davis Medallion, Eleven-Star Flags and Sunburst Patriotic design. The auction
hinged on the description explained: ‘the use of the Jefferson Davis general issue on any type of Davis Medallion
selvedge only. cover is also quite unusual. We record few examples of this red and blue Davis Medallion design.
The first General Issue with President Davis is also rarely found on a Davis Medallion cover. Most
SOLD FOR of the Davis Medallion covers were used prior to release of the General Issue.’
£1,300
SOLD FOR £20,835
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An ‘extensive and remarkable’ collection of postal history items from
Peterborough and the surrounding area contained in four boxes was
offered at the recent Warwick and Warwick auction. A spokesperson said:
‘This type of specialised collection is rarely seen and the realisation is
testament to the quality of the content’.
COLLECTION SOLD FOR £2,880
A 1981 Royal Wedding Post Office first day cover with Great Brington
circular datestamp was recently sold at the monthly Sajal Philatelics
Cover Auctions cover sale.
SOLD FOR £625 (no buyer’s premium)
The Warwick & Warwick stamp auction kicked off with a Great Britain
and British Commonwealth collection in a ‘bulging New Ideal album’.
Described in the auction catalogue as exceptional, the album included
classics from all corners of the Empire. A spokesperson for the auction
house said: ‘Inevitably, the album had been in demand at the pre-auction
viewings, though for some, this may have been out of interest rather
than with an intent to bid. At the auction the lot was bid up to £37,200,
hopefully this collection will be continued.’
COLLECTION SOLD FOR £37,200
Records of War
T
he three great scourges of humanity have
historically been war, famine, and pestilence,
writes John Apfelbaum. Modern technology
though seems to have solved the problems of
the devastation of two of these. In the last two
centuries over 100 million people have died in famines. But
fertilization, irrigation and genetic engineering have today made
famine more of a by-product of war than a primary killer. And
infectious disease, after killing hundreds of millions throughout
history, has largely been defeated. But war still kills millions each
decade, and in the nuclear age we are always just a few poor
Presidential decisions away from complete annihilation.
But wars make for great philately. Borders change, troops write
home, postal service is makeshift and intermittent. And no war is
more interesting from a philatelic point of view than the Second
World War (and no war may ever be as interesting philatelically,
as well – future wars, no matter how deadly should be short
lived affairs, and the ubiquity of electronic communications
now means that there will be far less for collectors to interest
themselves in later).
The Second World War was so great philatelically for two
major reasons. First, the wealth and education levels of the
countries involved meant that there was lots of communication,
a vast paper trail and huge amounts of material saved. When
the Mongols virtually conquered the world there was no postal
communication and nothing to collect. Not so the Second
World War. And second, and more importantly, the years from
1939 to 1945 truly saw a world at war. Scores of nations on
multiple continents, thousands of battles, Prisoners of War and
constantly shifting borders mean that any of scores of areas could
occupy a philatelist’s lifetime.
The philatelic popularity of most wars is cyclical and it runs
like this: the generation that fought in the war is the first to
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British Stamps BRITISH COMMONWEALTH DUBAI
Current Market Values 100’s on Schwaneberger leaves with
Levant inc K.Ed 4d (FU) KG5 to 45pi
10 plus 4 M/S inc 1964 Anti T.B M/S UNM
($) 48th Anniv of J.F.K, 1964 1st death
(M) Ireland 1923 to 1/= (M) Bahamas inc anniv of J.F.K Cat £200 £40.00
Staircases 2/= 3/= (FU) Bermuda good
range QV inc 6d (M) Jamaica QV to 1/=,
EGYPT
Bechuanaland Ceylon KG6 to 2R (this
mint) Hong Kong K.Ed to $1 etc Sparse 170+ from 1872 inc 2 ½ pi (M) 1879 to
in places but much useful Cat £1500+ 2pi and 10pi (this mint) 1885 to 10pi
£250.00 (M & FU) 1914 set, 1923 to £1, range
commems, good back of book with
FOREIGN service stamps, dues etc Good lot Cat
100’s on old printed leaves with Thailand
BUYING GB DECIMAL MINT STAMPS 1971 to 2018 from 1883 Saar inc 1927 Air pair and
£520 £60.00
(We always require GB postage but some values are more popular than others so please contact us by email or telephone
pictorials to 1Fr50 (M) Fiume, Iraq,
where the sale value is £1000 or over). FRANCE
Palestine, Italian States with useful,
Liberia (inc useful ) little or nothing after Useful range (about 100) pre cancels
Buy % from 1920 5c, 15c, 1922 5c, Ceres to 65c
FACE VALUE (FV) 1930 £180.00
of FV Criteria
(2) Pasteur set, later in sets to 1975 Cat
Stamps 1p, 2p, 4p, 5p, 6p, 7p, 8p, 22p, 24p, 25p 52% Sorted by value
EUROPAS Ceres £2000 £220.00
3p, 9p, 10p, 11p, 13p, 14p, 15p, 16p, 17p, 18p, 19p , 20p, 26p 50% Sorted by value
Stamps 27p to 99p 60% Sorted by value Many 100’s in clean KABE album with a
Stamps £1.00 to £1.99 72% Sorted by value good degree of completion 1968-79 with GERMANY
Stamps £2.00 to £10 80% Sorted by value better Andorra, Ireland, Monaco (1976
Many 100’s 1872-1945 inc Shields to
First (1st) Class NVI Stamps (lick and stick) 60% Commemorative and Christmas M/S etc) Rumania with M/S All appear
18Kr,. Reichspost to 3Mk, extensive
First (1st) Class NVI Stamps (self-adhesive) 68% Commemorative and Christmas UNM £120.00
Weimar with hyper-inflation fairly
First (1st) Class NVI Stamps (lick and stick) 60% Definitive Queen’s Head
First (1st) Class NVI Stamps (self-adhesive) 73% Definitive Queen’s Head ARGENTINA complete, Wagner and Workers sets,
Second (2nd) Class NVI Stamps 65% Commemorative and Christmas About 90 on homemade appro sheets M/S Berlin Car race etc. A really
Second (2nd) Class NVI Stamps (lick and stick) 65% Definitive Queen’s Head with several better items inc 1917 10p,. comprehensive lot Cat £8320 £750.00
Second (2nd) Class NVI Stamps (self-adhesive) 76% Definitive Queen’s Head 1936 10p (both M) earlies to 90c, Airs etc
First Class LARGE NVI (self-adhesive) 75% all types (£1.01) Good lot Cat £350 £45.00 Soviet Zone Good range on leaves
First Class LARGE NVI (lick and stick) 70% all types (£1.01)
inc Workers set O’Printed Berlin (FU)
Second Class LARGE NVI (self-adhesive) 75% all types (79p) AUSTRIA
Various Leipzig Fair issues, 148 Portraits
Second Class LARGE NVI (lick and stick) 70% all types (79p) Many 100’s in KABE album from 1850
1st Class Signed For Delivery Stamps 75% all types (£1.77 and £2.11) and Goethe sets (inc M/S) mint etc. Fine
one of each to 9Kr,. 1867 to 50Kr,. 1890
Special Delivery Stamps 80% (£6.50 >100g and £7.30 >500g) to 2G,. 1899 to 4Kr, 1908 set complete to lot Cat £700+ £110.00
Europe & Worldwide NVI Stamps 50% Up to 40 grams 10Kr,. 1922 Air set (M) later with good M
Europe & Worldwide NVI Stamps 60% Up to 10g, 20g, E, 60g & 100g or UNM runs to 1978 Cat £5000+ GREENLAND
Presentation Packs & Year Books 52% from 1971 to 1998 £535.00 100’s on Davo leaves UNM virtually
Presentation Packs & Year Books 60% from 1999 to 2016
Presentation Packs & Year Books 68% 2017 & 2018 complete 1938-90 (no 1945 Liberation
S.G N28 1858 1K05 Newspaper Stamp set) inc range Parcel Post stamps to 1Kr
Prestige Booklets 52% up to 1998
on wrapper 4 margins FU. Signed
Prestige Booklets 60% 1999 to 2016 Cat £1000 £185.00
Dienaeitz Raybandi and Seitz Cat £950
Prestige Booklets 68% 2017 to 2018
£400.00
Booklets with Stamps up to 26p 52% folding & retail etc JERSEY 1969-78 virtually complete
Booklets with Stamps from 27p to 68p 58% folding & retail etc
S.G 239 1910 Birthday 10K, very fine UNM inc defin sets, postage dues,
Smiler Sheets 60% Lick & Stick Gum
Smiler Sheets UNM Cat £350 £175.00 booklets etc Fine lot £60.00
65% Self-adhesive Gum
ISLE OF MAN 30%
S.G J30 1858 Imperial Journal 1K type 1 KOREA
FU on Deutsche Blaetter 1871 Cat £700 Early range (13) with 1894 pair, 1895
£350.00
50p, 1900 range to 4ch,. 1902 S’Charge,
1903 to 3ch Cat £297 £50.00
NEW! BUYING PRICES FOR COLLECTABLE GB STAMPS (SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS) BRITISH FAR EAST
FOR OUR LATEST PRICES PLEASE VISIT WEBSITE About 60 inc Sarawak 1882 types with
Top Rated Internet Selling Service 12c, 32c 50c (M) 1899 S’Charge range, MALTA
High Prices Realised! Several 100’s from QV inc sparse Kings,
Straits with Tigers to 10c,. N. Borneo
Low Commission Fees
1887 to 10c etc Cat £595 £70.00 QE with 1967-78 apparently complete
Contact Dave Waldie for Details UNM £45.00
BULGARIA
170 from 1879, 1882 to 1lev, 1901 to 1lev
65 from ½ d buff, 1883 to 5/=, 1899 2/6
1912 set etc to 1922 Cat £550 £65.00
K.Ed range 1926 5/- (FU) 1922 most to
5/=, 1935 Jubilee (M) etc Cat £435
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TRACKING LOST POSTAL WORKERS
Dear Stamp & Coin Mart
Whenever I go along to The Postal
Museum in Phoenix Place, London
to browse their well-stocked shelves of
books on every aspect of postal history,
I encounter numerous fellow visitors
milling around the café and gift shop
areas, or asking for assistance at the
Search Room facility where they all
seem to have similar stories to relate to
staff members: a long-dead grandfather,
or a half-remembered distant cousin,
who used to work for the Post Office.
Family history research has brought
them to a dead-end and they want to
ask if the Museum’s archive can add a
piece or two to the jigsaw of trying to
work out what happened to ‘Granddad
X’ or ‘distant cousin Y’. To judge by
the numbers of smiling and satisfied
faces I have noticed coming away
from the Search Room, staff seem to
perform really well when it comes to
the detective work involved in tracking
down the vital paperwork, or pointing
enquirers in another direction that
might lead them to answers. Snippets
of enquirers’ conversations I have
overheard seem to indicate that many
people arrive at the Archive knowing
little more that the dates between X
and Y that the person they are seeking
worked at a particular sorting office or
post office counter. If this letter spurs
you to begin a quest, don’t forget to
take to Phoenix Place whatever written
information you already have. It will
give the staff a solid starting point.
I googled a batch of numbers on
GPO employees from past decades,
amazed to learn that on the outbreak of
the Second World War in 1939 it had
no fewer than 260,000 staff. Of those,
more than 73,000 left immediately
to join the armed forces… and of
those 3,800 died on active service.
Throughout the war (and during the
First World War) the resulting vacancies
were almost all filled by women. A
genealogist friend tells me that women
are more difficult to trace than men
because women (used to) change their
names at marriage ceremonies.
Fred Lowther, Teesside
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child at their local post office. I like
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POST & GO

The Postal Museum

The Postal Museum is based in London and
is situated in Phoenix Place in the area of the
Mount Pleasant Mail Complex, writes Stuart
Leigh. Originally it was known as The British
Postal Museum and Archive (The BPMA), on
3 December 2012 a Royal Mail Ser.I Post &
Go kiosk was installed (Ref. A1) dispensing the
Machin Head and Christmas Robin stamps,
in values of 1st class and 1st Large up to 100g,
Europe up to 20g and Worldwide up to 10g,
20g and 40g. In February 2013 the Robin was
replaced with the Union Flag stamp, this range
of stamps were constant for the life of kiosk A1
until it was replaced in March 2014 with the
RM Ser. II kiosk (Ref. A001), with A1 being
retired to the Museum archive. ‘The Postal Museum’ without a logo, the most
The changeover period from A1 to A001 saw recent issue from the museum promotes an
the commemorative overprint for the centenary of exhibition of letters and cargo from a steam ship
the introduction of Postage Due stamps in 1914 – SS Gairsoppa – which has been at the bottom
reading: ‘The B.P.M.A. _ Postage Due 1914’. of the Atlantic Ocean for more than three
In August 2014 the 2nd class blue Machin quarters of a century, ‘Voices from the Deep’.
made its debut with the overprint celebrating When a set of Post & Go stamps are issued,
the eightieth anniversary of the Inland Airmail normally with six different images, The Postal
service in 1934, with the addition of the Museum tends to dispense 6 x 1st class rather
Airmail logo. that collector strips / set with all six values,
In October 2014 the kiosk was up-graded by which helps keep the cost down for collectors.
having a second kiosk, pod bolted to its side,
now capable of dispensing four different sets
of stamps, subsequently in October 2016 the
printer in the bolted on pod was re-configured
to print stamps, so now A001+ (Post & Go +)
was able to issue five different sets of stamps.
There has been overprints celebrating
Trollope 200 with a Postbox logo and Penny
Black 175 with a Maltese Cross logo. When
the BPMA re-branded in February 2016 as
The Postal Museum a new overprint and
logo appeared.
After the Official Opening of the Postal
Museum in July 2017 the overprint is simply

CINDERELLAS

De La Rue’s Jubilee
Thomas de la Rue (1793-1866) was an
enterprising man. After having moved to
London in 1821, he founded a printing
company, writes Christer Brunström. In 1855,
the De La Rue Co. printed their first postage
stamps. This was the start of many successful
years in the production of postage stamps.
Some of their early clients included Italy,
Cape of Good Hope and the Confederate
States of America.
Until 1958, the company was known as
Thomas De La Rue & Company, Ltd. The
centenary of the printing of postage stamps
was celebrated in style in 1955. On this
occasion commemorative poster stamps
featuring a portrait of company founder
Thomas de la Rue were printed.
Shown on the left is an imperforate proof
imprint block of four red labels featuring a
portrait of de la Rue. This stamp also exists
in blue and black. Interestingly enough, this
block has a note in black ink stating that the
colour used had been approved. Perforated
these poster stamps are quite common but
they are rarely seen imperforate.
The company is still very active today and it
is based in Basingstoke. De La Rue is a leader
in the production of banknotes for countries all
over the world. The very first banknotes were
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Coronation anniv. printed in black and gold and definitive stamps, tied to the cover with boxed purple
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in red.......................... Price £9.75 Presentation Packs.“King Edward VIII GPO postage stamp
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Elizabeth; Princess Margaret, Princess Diana and octagonal stamps with P.V.A. gum. All stamps are which was a limited edition of only 100 covers,
Princess Charlotte of England. Others include Princess completely imperforate ................................... Price £24 commemorated the spiriting away of the UK’s Naval
Cristina of Spain and Princess Grace of Monaco. An Fleet from Portland Base to Scapa Flow, in the Orkneys
unusual and attractive collection of stamps and miniature CH28 GREAT BRITAIN The GB Churchill on 28/7/1914. Churchill’s pragmatic first action of
sheets. Stamps date back to KGVI period 1943 to recent Commemorative 4d White Brown and Black with World War I. The cover bears the special Churchill,
issues, mint and used. An enchanting lot............Price £15 startling broken white line error. The white line dividing Royal Mail commemorative, postmarked with Royal
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specialised lot of Anti-TB ....Price
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Cover. Issued for the capture of Saddam Hussein.
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stamp with illustrated Tower Hill postmark, dated
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all forms of first
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valuable collection .......................................................... Price £7
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of the most unusual...............
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coverissues issueforwas onlyIslands
100 and
all unmounted mint, with many high values, includes Lundy, Summer Greece, Sweden. Also scarcer Channel
Isles, St Mary’s (Scilly Isles) Gairsay, Gugh, Bardsey Island, Easdale, Sark.
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used, but minihands noted.......................................... Price £21
.......................................................Price £17
expedition cover for the British – Icelandic expedition of Space of Poland General
Exploration, government
including several scarce (Theresienstsdt
Moon Landing covers. and500+ FR 229 FRANCE & COLS - A smashing collection of France with
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mint/used Dates back to 1898,Price
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£10 A lovely collection
stamps, dating back with manyto older engraved
Bavaria stamps; several hundreds,
and Wurternburg
mainly different used stamps. About 1600-1700 stamps of which mostly different...............................................................Price
issues also Germania stamps. Following on to inflation£21
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stamps (circa -1920s-1930s)
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but ISLAND.specialised
important (Welsh Localcollection Issue) A superb of special-
Japanese in blocksincludes
issues and singles, including champion
Theresienstadt; boxers guarantee
(without such as Muhammad – as
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SU.70
upwards SUPERMAN
of 1000 different plus A specialised
some duplication, collection
with covers,SupermanFDC’s, Occupation stamps including SGJ72, onStamps
buff paper from thisplus is). On to Hitler issues; Croatia, Bohemia and Moravia,
small Welsh Island rarely get offered for sale ............. Price £7.00 Olympic Games Gold Medal Boxing Stamps....................... Price £9.75
stamps
miniature from
sheets All various
unchecked countries
for Catalogue noted value Jersey “Man
........Price of
£13.25 two similar stamps in unissued colours, blue and green, war stamps (genuine). Later issues for East and West
SJ224 FILM STARS Collection of Film Stars and acolour
few poptrials stars. HP 19A IRAQ WAR COVER - Extremly rare War in Iraq commem-
Steel” several complete sets and miniature
G.46 ORNITHOLOGY - A substantial collection of ornithological stamps. sheets. these are of unknown origin, but maybe Germany,
orative coverincludes
for the fallpostage
of Tikrit. dues
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of thisoverprinted
cover, depicting
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are offered themeas includes
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all different iconic
used Bow, Marylin Monroe, Clark Gable, Tyrone Power, James Dean,
Saddam Hussein, ever existed. We understand were damaged
withSuperman
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but withand filminstamp
strength the unm. designs.
mint local The ultimate
sections inc. but form part of a larger group of other Japanese and destroyed,
different Germanit is likely
stamps on a ................................
few covers survived. The Price cover bears
£23 a
Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Rudolph Valentino, Jean Harlow, GB QEII stamp, postmarked with circular London SHC 15 April 2003
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and Calf.............................
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Keaton, Humphrey VI military
Bogart, Pmk. Together with Iraq stamp overprinted “In British Occupation”
other British Locals depicting Sea birds, with some multiple blocks. administration
Katherine Hepburn,stamps with values
Charles Laughton, Alanto 5 rupees.
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is £130+..............................................
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plus issued circa.
others. The1938
wholeto lot.about 1946. Mainly unused
...................................Price /
£14.00 of unmounted
15-04-03 THE FALL mint OF stamps in blocks
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in purple. A very&rare Iraq
unmounted War CoverCountries
singles. in superb condition ............................................Price
noted include St. Pierre & Miquelon,£26
G.114Sorting Office Cover.
A WORLDWIDE COVERSIssued to commemorate
& FDC’S Fantastic Accumulation the 125th OFFER A - Frommint .............................................
the remainder of a Liquidated Stamp Dealer’s Pricestock,£17
of Commercial
Anniversary & Philatelic
of the GPO covers
Mount & FDC’s
Pleasantincluding special
Office, pmks,
officially a massive amount including, sheets. Great Britain including Locals, LU 328Cameroon,
Togo, LUNDY ISLAND - A superb collection
Guadeloupe, Cote d’Ivoire, of unmounted
Oceanic mint
earlyopened
to modern with Air Mails,on Sea British local stamps of Lundy Island in blocks, large multiples and
on 30/8/1889, theMail,
sitecommemorative
of Coldbath Prison. covers, GB482
British GREAT BRITAIN
Commonwealth. Foreign,Impressive
Mint used covers, collection
FDC and ofpreover packs. Settlements, Dahomey, Fr. Somali Coast,
singles + miniature sheet. Starts off with King George VI period. Senegal plus
noted designer signed. Local posts, Islands Post, an unsorted group
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British up stamps
to £1,500datingworth ofback cat value and then
to K.G.V. got tired and
including others.
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Atlanticolder
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Air Lines engraved
Ltd. “Following stamps. Approx.
on to puffin stamps
of about 100 covers ..................................................Price £21 .00 gave up counting. Clearance Price ...................................Price £75.00
in the world, it continues to handle millions of postal Wilding, Machins and commemoratives. Includes mint overprinted
150 unmountedwith 1950smint& stamps.
1960s stamps on to morePrice
.................... recent.£14.50
With lots
G85 CARS ON STAMPS. Impressive thematic collection the ideal but mainly usedKINGSstamps also contains V, Kingminiature
ED. VII andsheets of “Puffin” stamps, definitives, commemoratives & Air Mail stamps.
items daily. Only 100 of this important cover were ever NY124 THE THREE King George King
Hundreds of unmounted mint Lundy Stamps ................Price £27.50
collection for anyone interested in automobiles, all sorts from vin- George VI. A collection of British Colonials. UNMOUNTED MINT
produced. Bearing the iconic Machin
tage classics to super speed racing cars. Several hundred different
stamp postmark. & F.D.C’s. With decimal & pre-decimal G.P.O. & Royal ELV32 ELVIS PRESLEY A hand-picked collection of
STAMPS. In singles and blocks. Approximately 100+ stamps, low B COM 434 ORNITHOLOGY - A fantastic thematic collection of British
carsDated 30/8/14.
on stamps Offered in superb condition.....Price £7.50
..............................................................Price £11 Mail issues ..................................................... Price £23 Elvis Presley miniature sheets depicting the life of
price to clear..............................................................Price £12.00 Commonwealth BIRDS stamps. Only Unmounted Mint in mulitlples
the singer
and single fromSeveral
stamps. his days in the
Hundred Brit,army through Bird
Commonwealth to hisStamps
SAM.26 AUSTRIA & HUNGARY - Mostly used, some mint, several G419 SCANDINAVIA: Incudes Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, some star -studded performances. Both the photographic
HK97 HONG KONG A scarce combination cover
hundred diff ......................................................................Price £8 for EL54 ELEPHANTS A gorgeous collection of elephants including High Value (£) pound & ($) Dollar stamps in blocks ..Price £39
the Hong Kong handover from UK to China. The cover from Iceland. The collection is unchecked
on stamps. With Indian and African elephants on stamps for catalogue value, but we and colourful, artistic representations of Elvis make a
G126 WORKS OF ART. The rarities of the world’s most famous art have estimated that there must be upwards of 1,000 .........Price £29.50 CR 781 CRICKET - A valuable specialised collection of cricket
depicts Chris Patton (last Governor of Hong Kong), (might include the odd mammoth). Mostly modern but lovely
stamps memento
& scarce cricket and present for his signed
covers, including worldwide coversfans. auto-
galleries at your fingertips. A superb collection of famous paintings W37 ISRAEL - to
AnKGVI.
impressive collection of Israel, comprising of
and Prince Charles. Bearing a British
on stamps, over a thousand different not counting duplicates or Machin issue dates back With blocks and singles, mint and Includes
graphed byscarcer issues which
famous cricketers. are notof included
Comprising UnmountedinMint
illustrated official first day covers (all unadressed). Also noted - Stanley Gibbons catalogue ......................
with scarce
miniature British Forces Postal Service transfer of£21
sheets ............................................................Price used over 100 stamps ...................................... Price £7 Great Britain and British Commonwealth Stamps inPrice blocks £18.50
of four or
miniature sheets, including: 1949 Coins mini sheet. Catalogued
R55sovereignty
COSTUMES &ofHEADDRESSES
Hong Kong, Royal Mail Crownsubject postmark singles with several high value ($) Dollar values. Approx 18 cricket
Unusual thematic £170 (possible forgery this item “as is” not guaranteed.) Following
covers including
CM134 BRITISH scarce autographed coversA&superb
COMMONWEALTH a quantity of Unm.
inscribed
hundred in from
different dual several
language, English
countries & Chinese, dated£6
...........................Price onGB10with manyFIRST FLIGHT
genuine COVERmint
unmounted ElusiveIsrael aviation
stamps including cover
30th June 1997. Also bears PRC China stamps, tied flown on the Boeing 747 and Jumbo jetwith
on tabs.
its maiden Mint Cricketof
collection Stamps
British .......................................................Price
colonial and commonwealth £25
RS2a UNIFORMS. Mainly military. Hundreds different. ....Price £12 plate number blocks, multiples singles A valuable
to the cover with a red squared cachet in English and andflight from New
impressive York..............................................
collection. to London on 22/1/1970.Price £25 PM 84 MARGARET
stamps, includesTHATCHERmint & used definitives
- The very &
scarce mourning cover for
Let Chinese
K2 GREATfor BRITAIN. UNMOUNTED MINT COMMEMO RATIVES The33superb Prime Minister MargaretContaining
commemoratives. Thatcher. Oneover of the500scarcest political covers.
different
the Hong Kong handover
& DEFINITIVES UNSORTED ACCUMULATION. Items noted include
also dated 30th EUR EUROPABoeing illustrated
- A specialised European cover bears Collection
thematic a GPO of
Only 50 ever in existence, mostly now in collectors hands and rarely
June 1997. Possibly, one of the scarcest Chinese related Europa
Traffic Light Gutter Pair Missing Phosphor Error coil strips. Well over
postmark stamps, in spanning
combination from the with 1950’s“Boeingto more 747”
modern flight stamps. stamps plus miniature sheets and first day covers. The
offered for sale. With “Iron Lady” illustration and official Royal Mail 8th
500Hong
stamps, Kong
only covers
unmounted ...................................... Price £35.00
mint ....................................Price £18 cachetItaly,
Includes in red ...............................................
France, Germany, Iceland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Price £8 entire collection ...................................... Price £19.80
April 2013. Big Ben postmark price ......................................Price £13.25

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USS JOHNSTON (DD 821)

Many ships in the United States Navy have postal facilities
onboard, writes David Gwynn. Generally they use postmarks of an
identical type to those in use throughout the US postal service. The
illustration here is of a circular dater die with short obliterating
bars to the right-hand side. At the top of the circle USS stands
for United States Ship and at the base the name JOHNSTON
and designation (DD 821). USS Johnston was a
destroyer, which is what DD represents.
USS Johnston was the second ship to carry
the name, the first having been a Fletcher class
destroyer that was sunk in 1944. This second USS
Johnston was launched in 1945 and spent much
of her active life in the North Atlantic and the
Mediterranean in support of NATO activities. In
addition she spent time in the Caribbean and off
the eastern seaboard of the USA. The example in
the illustration comes from a postcard of Istanbul
and was posted during a six month deployment in
the Mediterranean.
The ship was decommissioned in 1981 and
sold to the Republic of China, where it was
renamed ROCS Chen Yang (DD-28). It was given
a major overhaul and served with the Taiwanese
navy until the end of 2003, when it was finally
decommissioned.

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Lighthouse covers
For those of you who have visited
Dover Castle you may have spotted
that as well as the Norman Keep and
the Second World War tunnels, next
to the Church is a Roman Pharos or
lighthouse which is featured in this
Benham English Heritage Cover for
the 1998 issue, which states it is the
tallest surviving Roman Building
in the UK, writes Brian Austin.
Originally there was a matching tower
on the other side of the harbour but
this is long gone.
The Romans in Dover also featured
on the 1993 Roman Britain issue as part
of the Benham ‘L’ series and they used
Dover Castle as part of their English Heritage series for the 1999 Beacons Close (£80) And Belle Tout Eastbourne (£75).
Patients’ Tale issue. The CDS Postmarks caused a problem as they had to be the
With five different lighthouses featured this issue it lent itself to nearest post office to each lighthouse, as you can guess their
lots of different Official Covers, with Benham alone producing nine. locations do not allow for Post Offices next door. There were
Most of the officials are in the £20 to £30 range, but there are a also a number of name connections with Lighthouse being our
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Philatelic
curiosities
#31
STAMPS AND
ADVERTISING
An ‘all black’ publicity stamp from 1924-5.
Businesses need to advertise. Stamps are seen by Most panes are in a second colour.
millions of people every day. Running a post office
costs money. Put these facts together and you have
the stamps appeared in February 1893. only be used for internal mail, unless
schemes for advertising on stamps that go almost The public christened them ‘Adsons’, the advertising tag was cut off. This
back to the beginning, as David Bailey explains and hated them from the start, citing regulation was not universally enforced.

F
rom 1855, a company’s
envelopes could be
officially embossed at
Somerset House and
from 1857 the embossed
stamps could have a ring around
them, carrying the company’s name
and address. A pioneering stamp
dealer, William Lincoln & Co, was an
early adopter of this medium. Others
include WH Smith and the Home
News, a popular magazine.
Advertising on stamps themselves
was first tried in 1891, when an
advertising company in New Zealand
persuaded the post office to let them
sell advertising on the back of stamps.
Over ninety companies participated and
A British booklet pane from 1936
problems with adhesion caused by the
ink. A switch to lighter typefaces failed
to solve the problem. The stamps were
dropped in September and the scheme
was quickly forgotten.
Five years later, a Melbourne
company tried again, this time seeking
to sell advertising space on all GB and
Empire stamps. They offered the Inland
Revenue £250,000 a year for the
rights to do this and the Government
was sufficiently interested to take it
up with De La Rue. Two trial sheets
were produced, featuring the words
Pears Soap on the backs of the ½d
vermilion and 1d lilac stamps. Pears
Soap was simply a prolific advertiser
Two ‘Adsons’ from New of the day and there is no evidence
Zealand that they initiated or even knew about
these trials. De La Rue were concerned
about show-through, aligning the
front and rear plates and updating
the advertising plates as different
companies joined and left the scheme.
Once again the idea was dropped,
though stamps from the trials sheets
are occasionally offered for sale.
Advertising tabs
and booklets
What’s better than an ad on the back
of a stamp? One on the front. And
from 1924-25, the Italian Post Office
produced sheets of definitive stamps
with an advertising tag below them,
thus hopefully avoiding the postmark.
The ads were in a different colour and,
following pressure from the advertisers,
there was no perforation between the
tab and the stamp.
This was against UPU regulations, so
the post office decreed that they could
Nineteen ‘Pubblicitare’ stamps were
issued while two more were prepared
for sale. But the public didn’t like them
and advertisers were sceptical, so the
scheme was stopped.
Booklet panes were more successful,
providing space for advertisements
while helping to defray the cost of
production. Early French booklets
went all out for advertisers. The
stamps were printed on oversized
panes which allowed space for an
advertising message round the stamp.
These were soon replaced by the
‘bandes publicitaires’, which lasted
until the 1950s.
More conventional booklets put
the message on a stamp-sized pane
and inter alia Britain, New Zealand,
South Africa, Germany, Denmark and
Belgium all produced them. In Britain,
the ads are mostly for sober financial
products plus the occasional stamp
dealer. Elsewhere, they were used by a
whole spectrum of consumer products,
providing fascinating snapshots of the
design trends and commercial activity
of their times.
Booklet ads were made redundant
by company franking machine slogans
and other new media that emerged
post-war. However, by 2000, advances
in digital print technology made it
feasible to print short runs of publicity
panels alongside regular stamps. In
Britain, these were called Smilers.
However, uptake from companies was
low and Business Smilers no longer
appear in Royal Mail’s list of services.
Many thanks to Phila2000 for images
used in this article.

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GB Stamps
Captain Cook and the
Endeavour voyage
The achievements of Captain James Cook and his Endeavour voyage shipmates are celebrated with
new stamps from Royal Mail which capture the pioneering spirit of the Endeavour voyage and the
wonders the adventurers encountered on their travels
Stamp details
Captain Cook and the
Endeavour Voyage
Issue date: 16 August 2018
Design: Howard Brown
Printer: International
Security Printers
Print process: Lithography
Perforations: 14 x 14.5
Stamp size: 37mm x 35mm
Phosphor: Bars as appropriate
Gum: PVA
2nd class: Sir Joseph Banks BT by
Si Joshua Reynolds with red-tailed
tropicbird and red passion flower
2nd class: Chief mourner of Tahiti
and a scene with a canoe
1st class: Captain James Cook by
Nathaniel Dance, Triumph of the
Navigators by Robin Brooks
1st class: Drawings of the
observations of the transit of
Venus, 1769 and portrait of a
Maori chief
£1.45: Scarlet clianthus by Sydney
Parkinson and drawing of a
Maori chief
£1.45: Blue-black grassquite and
Sydney Parkinson self-portrait
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I
n the summer of 1768 the
Yorkshire-built ship Endeavour
set sail from Plymouth. On
board was Captain James Cook
and a company of 100 sailors,
artists and scientists. By the time the
Captain Cook has been Endeavour returned to British shores
honoured on British
three years later she had covered
stamps before; in
thousands of miles, crossed treacherous
February 1999 a 63p
value featured the image
rivers and seas, and brought back
‘Captain Cook and Maori’, 30,000 plant specimens – increasing the
and in 1968 a 1s 9d continent’s plant stocks by 25 percent.
stamp showed an image At the time the Endeavour voyage
of Endeavour along with set sail, Captain Cook was a forty-
Cook’s signature year-old Royal Navy captain who
had seen action in the Seven Years
War and had proved his mettle as a
cartographer, mapping the entrance to
the Saint Lawrence River during the
Siege of Quebec. His new adventure
aboard the ship Endeavour would be
the first of three Pacific voyages he
would make, and one which would
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see Cook and his men initiate the
first European contact with Eastern
Australia, map New Zealand and
observe the transit of Venus.
Royal Mail’s ‘Captain Cook and the
Endeavour Voyage’ issue comprises six
stamps, a four-stamp miniature sheet and
a range of associated products, including
a coin cover and three handstamps.
The Endeavour voyage was
commissioned by the British Admiralty,
who tasked Cook firstly with observing
the transit of Venus and then heading
south in search of a southern continent,
returning home via New Zealand. Cook
was ordered to take along a group of
artists and scientists, two of whom are
featured on the new stamps.
The first of the 2nd class values
features the wealthy naturalist Joseph
Banks, a London-born botanist who
had recently completed a natural
history voyage to Newfoundland and

Labrador. The stamp features a portrait
of Banks by Sir Joshua Reynolds,
alongside drawings of a red-tailed
tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) and a
red passion flower (Passiflora aurantia),
each drawn by Banks’ fellow voyager
Sydney Parkinson.
The second of the 2nd class values has
a portrayal of the chief mourner of Tahiti,
with a scene of a canoe, drawn by Tupaia,
the island of Tahiti’s chief mourner.
Next is a portrait of Captain James
Cook by Nathaniel Dance, with a
background of the painting Triumph of
the Navigators by Robin Brook, which
features the return of the Endeavour in
1771. Cook and his voyages have inspired
countless artists over the years, including
several works which depict his death in
1779 in the Hawaiian islands when he
was stabbed during an altercation.
An observation of the transit of
Venus takes centre stage on the second
of the 1st class values, alongside a
photograph of a sextant. This rare
transit takes place approximately every
Reader competition
For your chance to win a
Captain Cook presentation pack
courtesy of Royal Mail, simply
answer the following question
on our website:
In which year was botanical artist Sydney Parkinson
honoured on an Australian stamp?
To enter, visit our website at: http://stamp.cm/winstamps
Closing date: 11 October 2018. Editor’s decision is final
CAPTAIN COOK & THE ENDEAVOUR VOYAGE
eight years, displaying to a pattern
which repeats itself every 243 years.
Early scientists used their observations
of the Transit of Venus to calculate the
distance between the sun and the earth,
and to attempt to calculate the size of
the solar system.
Two of the handstamps Encounters with the people of
are stamped Plymouth, the lands which they reached played
the port from which the an important part in the Endeavour
Endeavour embarked voyage, as demonstrated on the
£1.45 value, showing a portrait of a
Maori chief with facial moko, along
with a scarlet clianthus (Clianthus
puniceus). The final stamp (also £1.45)
shows Scottish-born botanist Sydney
Parkinson who created more than
1,000 drawings of plants and animals
during the voyage, one of which
(Volatinia jacarina) is shown alongside mouth of the Endeavour River was
his portrait on the stamp. named Cooktown in honour of the
explorer, who is also remembered by a
Product portfolio statue close to the site where the ship
The associated Endeavour products was repaired.
are headed up by a miniature sheet The first day cover has a painting of
featuring four stamps – two x 1st class the Endeavour and botanical specimens,
and two x £1.45. They feature a chart with a filler card outlining the scope
showing discoveries made by Captain of the voyage. The presentation pack
Cook; a painting of a boathouse and explores the voyage in more detail,
canoes on Raiatea, Society Islands; an looking at some of the plants and
arched rock with a Maori clifftop fort; animals discovered, the people the
and the Endeavour undergoing repairs explorers encountered, and the new
on the Endeavour River in Australia. knowledge which the crew brought
The background features hand-coloured back to Europe.
engravings from A Journal of a Voyage to The £2 coin has a reverse design by
WI N
the South Seas (1794). Gary Breeze, which has a depiction of
The Endeavour River, in HMS Endeavour set against a stylized
E
TH S! Queensland, was named by Captain map with the 250th anniversary dates
P
STAM Cook, after the Endeavour was and CAPTAIN JAMES COOK along
forced to stop there for repairs after the border. The edging lettering reads
becoming damaged on a reef. This was ‘Oceani Investigator Acerrimvs’.
a prolonged stay, with Joseph Banks Three handstamps are available: a copy
and Sydney Parkinson using the seven of Captain Cook’s signature (Tallents
weeks ashore to collect the native flora House, Edinburgh), a sextant (stamped
and make illustrations, whilst other Plymouth, the port from which the
crew members initiated contact with Endeavour embarked), with a non-
the local people. The town at the pictorial alternative for the same location.
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Around the islands
GUERNSEY

The prince
at seventy
Guernsey and Isle of Man
post offices both mark a
landmark birthday for Prince
Charles this month, with
six stamps each, featuring
portraits of the heir apparent

G
uernsey Post is set to issue
special stamps depicting
images of the life of the
Prince of Wales to celebrate
His Royal Highness’
seventieth birthday.
The eldest son of The Queen and Prince
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, His Royal
Highness was born at Buckingham Palace on
14 November 1948. Following his education
Stamp details
Issue date: 8 November 2018
Design: The Potting Shed
Perforations: 13.25 x 13.25
Printer: Cartor Security Printing,
offset lithography
Stamp Size: 36mm deep x 43.5mm wide
Paper: 110gsm unwatermarked
/ PVA Adhesive
at Trinity College at the University of
Cambridge, in September 1971 after the
passing out parade at Cranwell, the Prince
embarked on a naval career, following in the
footsteps of his father, grandfather and both
his great-grandfathers.
He qualified as a helicopter pilot in 1974
before joining 845 Naval Air Squadron,
which operated from the Commando
carrier HMS Hermes.
A spokesperson for Guernsey Post said: ‘His
Royal Highness has for many years carried out
overseas tours and engagements in the UK.
He also undertakes extensive work for charities
and organisations worldwide and, with the
support of his wife, The Duchess of Cornwall,
The Prince works hard to make a positive
difference in the UK and internationally.’
The stamps in the new set each feature
a photograph of the Prince. The 46p value
shows the Prince looking on during the
presentation of the Diamond Jubilee Plate
on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington
Racecourse in November 2012. On the
62p stamp we see him attending the
Sovereign’s Parade at The Royal Military
Academy, Sandhurst on 11 December
1998. This was the first time His Royal
Highness appeared as the rank of Major
General of the Army, which he became on
his fiftieth Birthday.
On the 63p value, His Royal Highness is
seen playing polo for the Maple Leaf team
at Windsor, a passion since childhood when
he watched his father play at Windsor.
On the 76p stamp we see him watching
an air force display of tornadoes near
Munich, Germany, in November 1987,
whilst the Prince is seen attending the
Badminton Horse Trials in 1980, the
world’s leading three-day equestrian event
on the 85p stamp.
Finally, on the 94p design, His Royal
Highness is shown mingling with guests
from Australia and New Zealand at
a reception held at Clarence House,
which showcased the work of celebrated
photographer, Anwar Hussein, in 2005.

ISLE OF MAN

More portraits of a prince

With the death of his grandfather George VI and
the ascension of his mother as Queen Elizabeth
II, Prince Charles became the heir apparent when
just four years old. More than six decades later the
Prince is celebrating his seventieth birthday.
Prince Charles holds a number of titles
including Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Earl
of Chester, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great
Steward of Scotland.
The collection of six stamps, issued on 26 September, features portraits
of the prince painted by various artists. The 52p and £1.01 stamps show
portraits by Richard Stone, the former unveiled at Goldsmiths Hall in
2011 and the latter unveiled at Gordon Highlanders Museum in 2000.
David Griffiths’ portrait of Prince Charles marking his investiture as the
Prince of Wales in 1969 is depicted on the 83p stamp.
Royal Society of Portrait Painters member June Medoza’s portraits
of the Prince of Wales for Gray’s Inn and the Parachute Regiment are
showcased on the £1.25 and £1.75 stamps respectively. The final stamp in
the collection (£2.25) features a 1984 Michael Noakes portrait of HRH
Charles, Prince of Wales in Nepal
The collection features a set, first day cover and presentation pack and
is available at: www.iompost.com/PrinceCharles

38 JULY 2018

Votes for Women: 100 Years
Jersey Post marks the centenary of some women being granted the vote with stamps and a miniature
sheet which spotlight the lobbying activities of Jersey’s votes for women activists
T
his year marks 100 years since
the 1918 Representation of
the People Act came into
force in Britain and Ireland,
providing some women a vote
in parliamentary elections for the first time.
This reform to the electoral system laid the
foundations for Jersey’s own Franchise Bill,
passed in 1919, enabling women to vote on
the Island for the first time.
Six new stamps document some of the
landmark events in the campaign for women’s
suffrage. The first stamp (50p) marks the
formation of the National Union of Women’s
Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) which was led by
Stamp details
Issue date: 26 September 2018
Design: Glazier Design
Paintings: Richard Stone, David Griffiths,
June Mendoza, Michael Noakes
Perforations: 14
Printer: Lowe Martin
Printing process: Offset Lithography
Stamp Size: 40 x 40mm
Paper: 110 gms PVA Gummed
NEW STAMPS FROM GUERNSEY, ISLE OF MAN & JERSEY
JERSEY
Millicent Garrett Fawcett, a frequent public
speaker on women’s rights.
Next, on the 65p stamp, we see the advent
of the suffragettes, when Emmeline Pankhurst
and others, frustrated by the lack of progress,
founded the Women’s Social and Political Union
(WSPU) with the motto ‘Deeds not Words’.
Britain declared war on Germany on
4 August, 1914. At the outbreak of the
First World War, most women’s suffrage
organisations chose to suspend their activities
and support the war effort, as represented on
this 76p stamp which shows a woman holding
a ‘war work’ banner.
The Representation of the People Act 1918
gave the parliamentary vote to all men and
some women over thirty in Britain and Ireland.
Women voted for the first time, in the general
election of December 1918. The 82p stamp
carries the words ‘1918 right to vote’.
The next landmark is shown on the 94p
stamp, marking the year 1919 when the
Franchise Bill was confirmed in Jersey’s Royal
Court, giving some women over thirty in
Jersey the right to vote for the first time.
Nancy Astor, whose achievements are
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celebrated on the sixth stamp (£1.12) became
the first woman to take her seat in the House
of Commons, after winning Waldorf Astor’s
former seat in Plymouth.
The mini sheet celebrates the formation of the
Women’s Jersey Political Union (WJPU). The
sheet features a single £2 stamp votes, whilst the
border shows two women holding up the poster,
beside Elizabeth Castle and the coastline.
Stamp details
Design: Hat-Trick Design (London) Ltd
Printer: Southern Colour Print,
New Zealand
Print process: Four-colour
offset lithography
Stamp die size: 40mm x 32mm
Miniature sheet overall size: 100mm
deep x 200mm wide
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Photo: Ólavur Frederiksen

Faroe Islands Stamps

New Franking Labels 1st October 2018
Faroese Lighthouses
For the Faroese people, there is
something reassuring about the great 10,00 10,00
Faroese lighthouses, built in stone or
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of our cultural heritage and identity as a
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Gems from The Postal Museum

The Machin
plaster casts
The background to the Machin definitives
is generally well known, at least the fact
that a plaster cast was created to produce
the portrait. But as Richard West reveals,
in reality there were several moulds from
which plaster casts were taken to achieve the
final stamp we know today

I
t was on 15 February 1965 that
a letter to the Queen sought her
views on changing the portrait
on stamps from the three-quarter
study to a profile face: the Queen
agreed. Examining several existing
photographs, those taken by Lord
Snowdon for the new decimal coinage
were felt worth considering. As the
sculptor Arnold Machin had created
the head for the coinage using the
Snowdon studies, he was one of those
invited to submit ideas for the new
portrait and definitives.
As the portrait on the coins
faces right, and left on stamps,
Machin initially worked on reversed
photographs of his head for coins.
He produced a mould from which a
plaster cast, known as the ‘Coinage
Head’, was taken: this shows the
Queen wearing a tiara and with a
corsage. Photographs of this cast
enabled essays of potential designs to
be produced by Harrison & Sons.
However, these were not considered
sufficiently good. It was therefore felt
expedient to have new photographs
These threee taken of the Queen and this was
photographs of the entrusted to John Hedgecoe. In these
plaster casts as they the Queen is wearing either a tiara or
were first made in 1966 diadem. The Queen was shown the
show the process that results and expressed her views on each
led to the Machin head photograph. Machin saw those the
as we know it today Queen approved and re-considered his
(below) (images courtesy own thinking, producing a new cast
of The Postal Museum, with the Queen wearing a diadem, and
copyright Royal Mail) also a necklace: this is appropriately
called the ‘Diadem Head’.
Machin was still dissatisfied at
the sharp edge to the portrait at the
neckline. Machin therefore continued
to refine his work, adding a corsage.
This further portrait is known as the
‘Dressed Head’. Throughout the entire
process, Machin also developed his
thinking concerning the design of new
definitives. Some of his early ideas are
very ornate: the beautiful outcome has
just the portrait and value in figures.
A series of essays was produced over
several days in his finalised design
using both the ‘Diadem Head’ and the
‘Dressed Head’. The Queen expressed
a preference for those with the corsage
and recommended olive-brown sepia
for the 4d value.
As each plaster cast is taken from a
mould, it is possible to produce several.
The Postal Museum holds examples of
the three main versions (and can be seen
in the ‘Exhibition’ area) while others are
known to exist.

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 GB Stamps

GREAT 101
BRITAIN GB
The stamps you STAMPS
YOU NEED

need to own!
In our popular series on notable British stamps, we follow the evolution of the country’s pictorial stamps,
TO OWN!

this time looking back on the 1980s and 1990s, when the chosen subjects became even more diverse

Information Technology,
September 1982
The 1980s saw us striding into the modern
world; we had personal computers in our
homes, watched the first satellite television
channels, and witnessed our shopping
being scanned thanks to the introduction
of barcodes. A two-stamp set illustrated this
revolution across three panels, making them
Britain’s widest ever stamps, and allowing room
for a subtle advert for the Prestel system, the British Film Year,
Post Office’s answer to teletext. October 1985
British Film Year was launched to
halt the decline of cinema attendance
Bicentenary of First Mail Coach Run, July 1984 brought about by the rise of home
If postmen and women thought they had it bad in the video. Five stamps marked the
1980s, a set of five stamp scenes reminded them of initiative, reminding us of some of
the difficulties experienced by their predecessors. One the country’s brightest stars on the
dramatic scene recalls the moment a lioness, escaped big screen, including Peter Sellers,
from a travelling menagerie, attacked the London- Vivien Leigh and Charlie Chaplin,
to-Exeter mailcoach. Passengers fled to a nearby inn pictured in his later years rather than
while the lioness sunk its jaws into poor coach horse his familiar ‘Tramp’ role, seen on a
‘Pomegranate’, a contemporary account exclaimed: stamp in 1999. Cinemas enjoyed a
‘The expressions of agony, in his tears and moans, were most piteous and affecting’. Before the Mail surge at the box office in subsequent
Coach Guard had time to shoot the vicious animal it was recaptured by its entrepreneurial owner, who years, thanks more to the advent of
promptly bought the injured horse and displayed his wounds to eager customers the next day. multiplex cinemas and American
blockbusters than any resurgence in
home-grown films.
Appearance of Halley’s Comet,
February 1986
Last seen in our skies weeks before Edward
VII’s death in 1910, Halley’s Comet returned
in February 1986 and provided the perfect
excuse for some astrological stamps. The
designs side-stepped the obvious scientific
approach and instead featured Ralph
Steadman’s convivial cartoons. Unfortunately
the comet’s scheduled flyby was the most
disappointing for centuries leaving stargazers
to wait until 2061 for another chance of seeing
it, as suggested on the optimistic 31p value.

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 GREAT BRITAIN: 101 STAMPS YOU NEED TO OWN

Bicentenary of Australian Settlement, June 1988

The eight-year-old John Lennon acquired a stamp album from
his cousin and, for a while, stamp collecting kept him occupied
before rock ‘n’ roll took hold (the album, complete with
the impudent addition of a beard and pipe on one Victoria
and Albert stamp, is now on display in a Washington DC
Museum). Four decades and a wealth of classic pop songs later,
Lennon was shown beside William Shakespeare and the Queen
on a special stamp to mark the Bicentenary of Australian
Settlement, the British figures set against a background of
Sydney landmarks, illustrating their global appeal.

Victorian Britain, September 1987

Victoria returned to British stamps 147 years after her Penny
Black portrait had changed the world, this time to mark the
150th anniversary of her accession. Portraits were accompanied
by relics of the innovative era. The 22p value featured 1861’s
quintessential guide to Victorian house-keeping Beeton’s Book of
Household Management, written by the original ‘domestic goddess’
Isabella Beeton.

Summertime, August 1994

Sherlock Holmes, October 1993
Andrew Davidson’s illustrations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective first
appeared on the covers of four £1 stamp booklets in 1987 and 1988, before
being used on a set of five stamps. With both the character’s knack of solving
mysteries and stamp collectors’ attention to detail in mind, the designers
invited the public to find the letters of the author’s surname, with one letter
hidden on each of the stamps.
Five warming water-colours celebrated the sunnier
side of British summertime, including the world
famous Wimbledon Championships. A month
earlier the All England Lawn Tennis Club had
witnessed the USA’s Pete Sampras retain his crown
and Spain’s Conchita Martinez win her only Grand
Slam title. Britain’s Jeremy Bates had bowed out in
the fourth round, but nineteen years later a British
player would finally give us the perfect excuse for
another Wimbledon-themed set.

Novels by HG Wells, June 1995

If previous literary sets seemed austere, these four vibrant computer-aided
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prophetic writer who once suggested his epitaph might read: ‘I told you so, you
damned fools.’

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Sets THE COLUMBIANS
In the first of a brand new series examining the classic stamps sets that define the countries that produced
them, David Bailey takes an in-depth look at the USA’s 1892 Columbian Exposition set
W
hen a dealer
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GB, he turns
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41 imperforates. With a collection
of USA, he will usually turn to the
Columbians. The numbers of stamps
present and their overall condition
will tell him how good the rest of the
collection is likely to be.
A record-breaking set
The Columbians were the USA’s first
commemorative set and featured the
first US stamps with values higher than
90c. The $4 value is the first US stamp
with a portrait of a woman, while for
thematic collectors, the 30c is the first
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A bove, from left: well-
centred stamp with a
crisp CDS cancel leaving
the central vignette
untouched; the $2 value
is notoriously difficult
to find with original
gum, perfect centring
and even margins. This
example is probably the
best anywhere; this UM
example has a deep
rich colour and a crisp
impression on bright
paper. Good centring too
Below: A fine, lightly
hinged block of four, in a
deep intense shade
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stamp anywhere to feature a dog. There
were sixteen values in all, which made
it the USA’s longest commemorative
set until the 1940 Famous Americans
with 35. They outsold all other
commemorative sets until the 1931
Washington Bicentennial. They are
credited with recruiting more new
stamp collectors than any other set.
They were also the last US stamps
for half a century to be printed by a
private company. Subsequent issues
up to the 1943-4 Flags of Occupied
Nations were printed by the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing.
The story in the stamps
The engravings tell the story of
Columbus’ life and voyages, but in no
particular order.
Contemporary knowledge plus his
own sea-going experiences convinced
Columbus that by sailing West he
could find a direct route to the Indies.
He first presented the idea to King
Joao II of Portugal, without success.
But he was staying at a monastery in
La Rabida in Andalucia (30c), when
he befriended a Franciscan Monk
called Juan Perez who helped him gain
sponsorship from the King and Queen
of Spain. He first met Isabella in 1486
(5c) but she and King Ferdinand were
pre-occupied with the war against the
Moors. However, they kept Columbus
on a retainer and when the war was
over, he got the go-ahead. Stories
that Isabella pledged her jewels
to underwrite the expedition are
fictitious ($1); it was financed by a
consortium of bankers.
Columbus set sail on the 3 August
1492 in a fleet of three ships: the
Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria
(4c). The latter was by far the largest
(3c) but was wrecked off the coast
of Hispaniola.
It was a sailor on the Pinta who first
sighted land, early on the 12 October,
but Columbus claimed the credit
for himself (1c). He made landfall
in the New World on an island in
the Bahamas (2c). He later explored
Cuba and Hispaniola, now Haiti plus
the Dominican Republic, and was
convinced that they were China and
Japan. He used the timbers of the
Santa Maria to build settlement
on Hispaniola called La Navidad,

and left 39 men behind while he
sailed back in his two sound ships.
On return to Barcelona, he was
feted as a hero (6c) and gave a
slightly exaggerated account of his
discoveries (15c).
On his second voyage, he returned
to the settlement and found it had
been destroyed and all his sailors
massacred. In defiance of Queen
Isabella’s wishes, he placed the entire
native population under forced
labour to rebuild the settlement and
search for gold. This was hated by
the natives and yielded very little
precious metal. He also kidnapped
some islanders to take home (10c).
Only on his third voyage did
Columbus actually hit the mainland,
exploring the Orinoco in Venezuela
and reporting back to the Spanish
Court ($3). But conditions at La
Navidad were deteriorating rapidly.
A large number of settlers had been
persuaded to come with him and
colonise the New World. But they
complained of having been grossly
misled about their prospects. The
complaints reached the Spanish
Crown and they sent an official who
ordered his return home (50c) and
stripped him of his wealth, titles and
authority. He returned in chains ($2)
to face charges of maladministration.
However, the charges were dropped
and he won his way back into favour
(8c) to make a fourth voyage.
Most images on these stamps
are taken from existing pictures by
different painters, which is why
Columbus is clean shaven in the 1c
value but sports a full beard in the 2c.
Planning, uptake and usage
When planning the Columbian series,
the US Post Office was acutely aware
of its potential appeal to collectors; the
Postmaster General estimated the sales
to dealers and collectors worldwide
would generate $2,500,000 in revenue,
so the initial print run was set at three
billion stamps. Fifteen values were
launched in January 1893; the 8c
followed in March to pay a new lower
fee for registration.
However, the set was not
universally welcomed. Its over-the-
counter cost was $16.34, around
$400 today, and a body called
the Society for the Suppression of
USA STAMPS: 1892 COLOMBIAN EXPOSITION SET
Speculative Stamps was formed to
protest about it. Sales of the higher
values were slow; for instance, with
the $5 value, only 21,844 copies
were sold out of a print run of
27,350. By the end of 1893, two
billion stamps had been printed,
with a face value of over $40
million. But the revenue from
purely philatelic sales was estimated
at only $100,000. They therefore
decided not to print the remaining
billion stamps and the American
Bank Note Company decided not to
enforce their contractual rights in the
matter. Production records show that
deliveries ceased on 31 December
1893 when 2 billion stamps had
been produced. They then resumed
after 31 March 1894 until the set
was officially withdrawn on 12 April
1894, whereupon unsold stocks
were destroyed.
Some specialists believe that the
April output was actually perforated
by the Bureau, which would explain
why small numbers of Columbians
have similar perforation faults to their
definitive stamps.
When it came to usage, the values
from 1c to 10c were sufficient for
almost all postal purposes. The
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Above, from left: 15c, 30c and 50c values were used
exhibition postal on heavy international parcels or
stationery was in the philatelic covers. Cancelled copies of
same colours as the the $1 to $5 are almost all philatelic.
stamps; a rare used
example of the 4c error Production
of colour; there may The Columbian stamps are
be only fifteen in all. beautifully engraved, but the paper,
Spectrographic analysis printing and perforations do not
reveals that the ink for meet the same standards and the $5
this stamp is the same black is prone to surface scuffing.
as was used for the 1c There is some variation on shades,
but the one to look out for is the
All images, except 4c printed in deep blue instead of
1c embossed postal ultramarine. Specialists recognise
stationery, are courtesy some constant varieties and
of Robert Siegel re-entries, double transfers, broken
Auction Galleries framelines and cracked plates,
notably on the lower values. The
Scott USA Catalogue has a good
listing of the major varieties. But
for most collectors, the challenge
Below: very few of is simply acquiring one of each in
the dollar values were good condition. Gibbons’ USA
postally used - and then Catalogue carries listings for a set of
only on large parcels. seventeen, which includes a Special
This $5 has a light Delivery stamp released in 1893 but
target cancel, clear of which has no Columbian content
Columbus’ profile - at all. Latest set prices are £11,000
along with a fine colour, mint and £5,500 used.
impression and centring. The stamps are easy to find in
An exceptional stamp dealers’ listings and online, while
spin-offs from the set include a
set of twelve exhibition postcards,
issued by the US Post Office and
a set of four embossed envelopes:
1c, 2c, 5c and 10c. These are in
the same colours as the stamps
and feature a circular design with
profiles of Columbus, Liberty and
an American Eagle.
Many thanks to Robert Siegel Auction
Galleries for information and images
used in this article. Find out more
about the firm at: siegelauctions.com
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 German stamps
Post-war complications
Peter Chadwick provides an insight into the German postal system and stamps during the
country’s devaluation of June 1948 and highlights some of the many handstruck overprints
produced during this unsettled period
A
fter 1945, all
zones of occupied
Germany continued
to use the existing
German currency,
the Reichsmark (Rm). In theory, all
the zones had to use the same stamps
after 1945, and to some extent this
was true. The Soviets took exception
to the original stylised ‘AM’ military
zone stamps of the Anglo-American
administration, and produced their
own locals. Subsequently the ‘numerals’
and ‘worker’ designs were acceptable
to Soviets, Americans and British. The
Soviets still produced the occasional
‘special’ like the Leipzig fairs issues,
but these were exceptionals. The real
exception was the French zone, which
produced their own issues (for Baden,
Rheinland-Pfalz and Wurttemburg),
which were the only stamps that could
be bought in the French zone. But the
principle was respected: all stamps, no
matter who issued them, were accepted
and valid in all zones.
In June 1948, the Western zones
authorities planned a currency
devaluation, to take place on 21 June.
All currency, in whatever form it was
held, was devalued by a factor of ten.
For a 75-year-old with some savings
and a money-purchase pension this was
devastating; somebody with savings
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Stamps of the ‘worker’
all-zones series,
overprinted 36 Potsdam 3
(the ‘3’ is only visible on
the Mark vaues), for sale
in Potsdam 3, a sub-office
in central Potsdam
Map of the Postal Districts
of Germany (copied from
Fläschendräger)
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of £50,000 and a pension of £10,000
per year found himself overnight with
savings of £5,000 and a pension of
£1,000. This resulted in some dreadful
poverty, deaths and sadly even suicides.
Unused stamps remained valid, at one
tenth of face value, for three more
days only. The only slight relief is that
everyone was allowed full value on old
currency up to 600 Rm per person.
The currency change would have
been simple if all zones had followed
the same practice. In the West, the
Anglo-American authorities overprinted
stamps ahead of time, with posthorns,
to revalidate them. The French
authorities changed the colours of the
stamps so, for example, a 12pf stamp
(local postage rate) was blue-green
before 21 June 1948 and was red
afterwards; for three more days, the
blue-green stamp remained valid for
0.6pf. The principle remained, stamps
of all zones were accepted in all zones.
Interesting combinations can be found
for the three days, using ‘old’ and ‘new’
stamps and from different zones.
The Soviet Zone
For whatever reason, the Soviet
authorities did not devalue. In one
chaotic weekend, Reichsmarks poured
over the border into East Germany,
buying goods and food with the old
currency, and by the morning of
Monday 24 June there was not one
morsel of food to be bought in East
Berlin. The Soviet authorities realised
they needed to move, and move quickly,
to bring things back into alignment.
That day they devalued in the same
way, a 1 to 10 devaluation, but of
course they printed their own notes. At
first the currencies were interchangeable
but prices began to move differently
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in east and west; shopkeepers began Right, from top:

to accept only western currency, and devaluation in the French
the eastern currency (which became Zone: the stamps were
known as ‘Ostmarks’) dropped in value. the same, the colours
In nine months, the Soviet-printed changed. 9 June, before
marks were worth 10% less than the devaluation, the 15pf
Western-printed marks; any pretence stamps were purple-
of parity was abandoned, movement brown; 15 July, after
of currency and people was much devaluation, blue
more restricted and finally a wall was
built. By the time of re-integration of
Germany in 1990, the Ostmark had
about 25% of the purchasing power
of the Deutsche Mark.
Because there were no ‘new currency’
stamps prepared, the Soviet authorities
had to act rather hastily. They directed
that old stamps could still be used at
one tenth of their face value until the
end of July (five weeks, instead of the
three days allowed in the west); of
course, ‘new’ stamps from the West
could be used; but they also directed
that old stamps should be revalidated
by overprinting with the name and
number of the office where they were
sold. This ‘overprinting’ was done by
means of temporary handstamps, and Devaluation in the Anglo-
these handstamps make a specialist American zones. From
collection in its own right. 21 to 23 June only, ‘old’
stamps unoverprinted
The temporary handstamps were accepted at 1/10
In June 1948, East Germany was face value. Here RM7.40
divided into nine postal regions, with of old stamps are used to
some limited overlapping. Existing pay 74pf. The other 2pf,
stocks of stamps were ‘overprinted’ by to make up the 76pf rate
hand, using John Bull sets or similar, (16pf local postage +
typically with the region number 60pf registration) is a 2pf
and the name of the post office if it posthorn overprint
was a village office, or the name and
number if there were several offices in
one town. Typical overprints might be
‘3 Berlin 112’ and ‘14 Leutersdorf ’.
These overprints started to appear
on 24 June, and remained valid only
until 10 July. The first ‘regular’ issue, Time band 1. Letter to
numeral and worker issue stamps West Germany, 24pf
overprinted ‘Sowjetische Besatzungs postal charge and 60pf
Zone’ (SBZ: Soviet Occupation Zone), registration, paid for
started to appear on 3 July. Thus there with 360 pf ‘old’ stamps
were four time bands: (valid for 36pf) plus 3
worker stamps, totalling
24 June to 3 July – old stamps (at 52pf, with ‘3/ Berlin/
1/10), posthorn overprints, and Hohenschönhausen’
handstruck overprints valid. overprint, 52pf. Total 88pf:
probably as near as the
3 July to 10 July – Old stamps (at sender could get to 84pf
1/10), posthorn overprints, handstruck
overprints and ‘SBZ’ overprints valid.

10 July to 31 July – Old stamps (at

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 German stamps
1/10), posthorn overprints, and ‘SBZ’
overprints valid.
After 31 July – Posthorn and ‘SBZ’
overprints, only, valid.
This timeline leads to a large number
of interesting combinations and many
philatelic covers also exist.
There were about forty different
stamps (including Leipzigs, a few
of the 1945 locals, and a few other
15 July 1948 letter with two 12pf stamps overprinted ‘3 Berlin Wessensee 1’,
charged postage due because these overprints were demonetised on 10 July
In Quedlinburg, they filed the tail of the ‘9’ to give an overprint, ‘20 Quedlinburg’
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Above, from left: Time
band 2. 10 July 1948:
a ‘philatelic’ cover
combining all styles
current on that date; Time
band 2. Registered letter
within Berlin, correct
charge 76pf (16pf local
letter + 60pf registration),
paid for by fiv stamps with
‘3 Berlin 4’ overprint and
one with SBZ overprint
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commemoratives) overprinted,
with approximately 1,500 overprint
numbers. Not all numbers were
used on all denominations of
stamps, a ‘full’ collection of all the
varieties that exist would probably
be 20,000 or 25,000 stamps, some
might be unique, and there is no
shortage of forged handstamps!
Because the handstamps were
produced in a hurry and often with
inadequate equipment or supplies,
some interesting anomalies arise.
Surprisingly many ‘philatelic’
covers exist!
Dual handstamps
A few towns, possibly about two
dozen, had handstamps from two
different administrations. This was
particularly true of towns on the
border between two administrative
areas, and towns in districts which
started in one postal administration
and then became part of another.
Two examples are described below.
District 29
The western part of West Saxony,
the area administered from Halle,
was made into district 29, and
administered from Magdeburg.
There was considerable overlapping,
and several towns (like Dessau) had
handstamps of both the Halle and
the Magdeburg administrations:
overprints ‘20 Dessau 1’ and
‘29 Dessau 1’. Magdeburg itself,
although the administrative centre
of the Western District, used
handstamps of district 20!
A further complication is that
there was a shortage of the cipher
‘0’ in some of the fonts, and instead
of using ‘20’, in six offices they
filed the arm off ‘9’ and used the
small ‘o’, so that the overprints
read, for example, ‘2o Raguhn’.
This happened in six offices. In one
office only, Gröningen, handstamps
of two administrations are known:
‘29 Gröningen’ and ‘20 Gröningen’.
The two can be found used together
on the same cover although this is
usually a ‘philatelic’ fabrication.
District 38
District 38, eastern Mecklenburg, was
the county of Stettin, although Stettin
(Szczecin) itself was transferred to
Poland in late 1945. At first, the
sixteen remaining towns (post offices)
in Stettin county were administered
from Greifswald as district 38; but
within a few days they had been
brought into the jurisdiction of
Schwerin (district 37). Several of
the offices in district 38 are known
with both ‘38’ and ‘37’ handstamps,
the cover at the top of the next page
shows a letter from Greifswald with a
genuine usage of both ‘37 Greifswald’
and ‘38 Greifswald’ to make up the
postal rate.
West Berlin
The situation was more complicated
in West Berlin, which in 1948 was
economically and socially more
aligned to East Berlin than to the
Western zones, at least until this
devaluation. To summarise briefly:
when the Soviet zone did not devalue
on 21 June, West Berlin continued
to use the Reichsmark as did the
Soviet zone.
On 24 June, the Soviet zone
revalued, but not West Berlin. On
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this day, the old currency (and old

stamps) were accepted at par.
On 25 July, West Berlin revalued.
As in the Soviet zone, old stamps
remained valid (at 1/10), Deutsche
Mark and Ostmark were equally legal
tender, and posthorn and handstruck
overprints were valid for postage.
On 3 September, the first ‘Berlin’
overprints were issued: the black
overprints. These could be bought for
either Deutsche Marks or Ostmarks.
On 15 Jan 1949, Soviet zone
stamps were no longer accepted on
mail to the West from West Berlin.
Berlin stamps or Western zone
stamps had to be used.
On 21 March, the Deutsche Mark
was declared the only valid currency
in West Berlin. The red ‘Berlin’
overprints were issued: these could
be bought only for Deutsche Marks.
On 31 March, the black overprints
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Ostmarks) were demonetised. West Schwerin and Stettin districts was Greifswald. In
Berlin was now postally integrated this example ‘37 Greifswald’ and ‘38 Greifswald’
with the West, and postally were used side by side. Philatelic but rare!
segregated from the East. Total charge 84pf (24pf postage to West
Germany plus 60pf registration)
Values
The commonest few handstruck In West Berlin only, temporary handstamps
overprints would cost no more remained valid until 31 July. This card, of 17 July,
than £1 each, mint or used. A nice has 12pf+6pf SBZ plus 8pf temporary handstamp,
representative collection of say plus (15+25)/10 pf of ‘old’ stamps: total 30pf,
fifty stamps, with a few from most which is the correct rate for a card to the US
districts, would probably cost no
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of these may be ‘overruns’. A real as valid from West Berlin until 15 Jan 1949.
rarity might cost £100, although This card of October 1948 uses a mixture of
you would be unwise to buy it ‘Beerlin’ overprints, Western zone stamps and
uncertificated; a ‘unique’ might SBZ overprints
cost £1,000. Genuineness (and
uniqueness) are much easier to West Berlin. From 21 March 1949 to 31 March
establish with examples used on 1949, only, red and black “Berlin” overprints were
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Cat: value £2500. £195
*1841 1d. Red Imperf. SG8. Fine 4 margins M-Mint. Cat:£700 £60
*1841 1d. Imperf. SG8L.Black Malt Cross. F.U. 4 margins. £4.95
*1841 1d. Imperf. No. 6 in Malt Cross. F.U. 4 margins. £25
*1841 1d. Imperf. No. 8 in Malt. Cross. Very F.U. 4 margins. £35
*1841 1d. Imperf. SG 8. Scarce Inverted Wmk. F.U. virtually 4 margins. £40
*10x 1841 1d. Imperfs. SG 8-10. Unchecked selection of F.U 4 margins. £20
*1841 2d. Blue Imperf. SG 14. F.U PAIR. 4 margins. £21
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*SG 36a. 2d. Blue. Large Crown. Perf. 16. V.F.U. £70
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*Range 1d. Stars. SG 40-44 unchecked on white paper. F.U. lot. Excellent
grade with V.F.U noticed. 25 for £18. 50 for £35. 100 for £60
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*FULL SET as above but Fine used in new stock-book. £365
*FULL SET 71- 224 ( no 77). V.F.U. in new stock-book. £165
*1d. Plate No: 88. Fine Mounted-Mint. Light hinge. Scarce. £55
*COMPLETE 2d. Blue Plate set. 7-15 fine used. £35
*2d. Blue. Plate 13. Fine mint. Light hinge. £45
*PAIR SG 54. 1/- Green. Embossed. Fine used. 4 margined pair on piece to
Nuremberg. Cat: £2000. £200
*SG 59. 6d. Dull Purple Embossed. F.U. Virtually 4 margins. £45
*SG 62. 4d. Rose on blue paper. Fine used. Cat: £450. £50
*SG 63. 4d. Rose on blue paper. Very good used. Cat: £575. £35
*SG 94. 4d. Orange. Plate 8. Fine mint. Light hinge. Cat: £600. £55
*SG 126. 5/- Rose. Plate 1. Very good used. Cat: £675. £55
*SG 134. 5/- Rose. Plate 4. Fine used. Very scarce. Cat: £4200. £395
*SG 151. 1/- Brown. Plate 13. Scarce Watermark ‘Spray’. F/U. £80
*SG 147. 6d. Grey. Plate 15. Mint. Light hinge. £50
*SG 147. 6d. Grey. Plate 16. Mint. Light hinge. £50
*SG 162. 6d./6d. Fine used c.d.s. £10
*1880-1 Set. ½d – 5d. Set of 5. Good/fine used. £15
*SG172-4. 1d. Lilac range All good/fine used, many c.d.s. Few mint
& Officials noticed. 100 for £10 250 for £23
*SG 178. 2/6 Lilac. Good/very good, sound used. £9
*SG 183. 10/- Blue. Very good used. Cat: £525. £37
*1887-92 Jubilee Set. Fine mounted mint. (2x 1/-) £95
*1887-92 Jubilee Set. Fine/very fine used light c.d.s. (2x 1/-) £45
* SG 209s. 9d. Jubilee “Specimen” over-print. Mint. £28
*QV slight// very slight seconds – usually pulled perf; corner crease.
Many v.f.u. c.d.s. All different. Range 1841-1900 with values to 10/-
(Seen worse sold as “good/fine used”!) The Lot cat:£3000+ £70
King Edward 7th.
*Excellent collection mainly on Windsor leaves. Range of printings,
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Cat: value £1500+. £40
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Over 100 stamps. £15
*SG 266. £1 Green. Mint – original gum. Horizontal crease. Excellent
space-filler. (Sold elsewhere £350 - £450) My Price £200
King George 5th.
*SG 410. 5/- Sea-Horse. Pale Carmine. Cat: £500. Very fine used. £25
*SG 415. 2/6 Sea-Horse. Reddish Brown. Very good used c.d.s. £12
*SG 416. 5/- Sea-Horse. Red. Very good used. £10
*SG 417. 10/- Sea-Horse. Blue. Very good used. Cat: £175. £18
*SG 417. 10/- Sea-Horse. Blue. Very fine used c.d.s. £35
*SG 450-452. Re-Engraved Set. Very good used. £20
*1925 Wembley Set. Very fine used c.d.s. £15
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Stamp stories
The original
Count Dracula
Not all subjects or personalities celebrated on stamps are met with approval,
some even create impassioned debate and cause controversy, but few can
boast the macabre and murderous tales behind the subject of a 1997 stamp
I
t’s not often that countries
issue stamps featuring
mass murderers, unless
those mass murderers are
in charge of the country
at the time, of course. But here
is a 1997 stamp from Romania,
celebrating Vlad Tepes – Vlad the
Impaler, Voivode (Duke) of Wallachia
from 1456 to 1462. Vlad earned
this nickname from his practice
of impaling captured enemies on
wooden stakes, leaving them to die
deaths of unimaginable pain.
No doubt some of the stories about
him may be exaggerated or just made
up. Did he really nail the hats to the
heads of some diplomats who did
not remove them in his presence?
We don’t know. We do know that
Gutenberg invented his printing press
around the time of his reign. Tales of
his brutality sold these new hi-tech
products called ‘books’, especially in
Germany, which was both the leader
in the technology and a victim of his
(Vlad impaled a number of Saxon
merchants). He was like a modern
internet meme.
It is pretty certain that he did
impale enemies on a massive scale.
Several accounts tell of Ottoman
invaders arriving at his capital
Târgoviște to find thousands of
impaled bodies in front of its
walls. The Sultan turned back in
horror. Vlad’s defenders say that the
Ottomans were as cruel, and that he,
with a weaker military force, had to
use psychotic cruelty as a weapon in
a war he otherwise would have lost.
The Ottomans had only recently
captured Constantinople and were
‘on a roll’.
from Romania, as Chris West explains
Vlad was also a ruthless enforcer of
domestic law and order. Legend has
it that he placed a priceless golden
bowl in the centre of Târgoviște,
totally unguarded. Everyone knew
what would happen if they stole it.
He was deposed by a rival in 1462,
but regained power in 1476, before
being killed in battle by his old
enemy, the Ottomans.
Vlad’s surname was Dracul.
Gutenberg-era Germans weren’t
the only people with a taste for the
macabre. The late Victorians loved
it, and nobody served them better
than Irish-born writer Bram Stoker,
whose Dracula appeared in 1897. The
genesis of the novel came when he
and the man to whom he was business
manager, actor Henry Irving, dined
with a Hungarian professor, Arminius
Vambery, who regaled his guests
with myths and legends from the
Carpathian Mountains. Stoker became
fascinated with these and researched
them, beginning the actual writing of
the novel in 1895, apparently after a
particularly vivid nightmare. The book
has never been out of print, and there The 1997 stamp from homeland, now Romania, is
have been over 250 movies made about Romania shows a portrait becoming a modern European
the sinister Count, played by (among of Vlad with no mention nation. It has begun negotiations
others) Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee of the more macabre to join the EU. Why is this blood-
and Gary Oldman. activities that overshadow thirsty medieval ruler on a stamp? In
Academics argue about how much his story. Of course many Romania, people tend to overlook
Dracula is based on Vlad. Some of other countries have his darker side and see him as a brave
the Vlad legends have him drinking issued stamps depicting defender of the nation against a
blood, others just washing his hands the fictitious Dracula with terrifying external foe. The country
in it. More generally, vampirism is a less subtle mention of in 1997 was still rife with corruption,
part of Carpathian mythology, where his blood-thirsty traits and Vlad was admired as a just
strigoi, the undead, haunt the living ruler, protecting the honest but poor
world. Stoker was not interested in against the corrupt and wealthy.
historical accuracy, anyway, just in As Halloween 2018 approaches,
telling a powerful tale. however, he will probably not be
Leap ahead to 1997: Vlad’s remembered that way.
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Stamp showcase

The early Rhodesia def initives

The British colonies of Africa are hugely popular with collectors, none more so than Rhodesia which
provides beautiful designs, an intriguing history and a definitive period of stamp issues. This month we
are treated to highlights of Michael Jelbert's exhibit which won a Large Vermeil medal at Stampex

T
he British South Africa Co. was set up by a Royal Charter from Queen

Michael Jelbert Victoria in the 1880s, to ‘develop and settle the lands north of the Limpopo
River’, the northern border of South Africa. The BSACo. was the brain-
child of Cecil John Rhodes in his dream of a ‘Cape to Cairo’ expansion of
When did you start the British Empire, starting at the Cape Colony (Cape Town), of which he
collecting stamps? was the governor. The new colony was formally started by the Pioneer Column annexing the
My parents went country when advancing to (Fort) Salisbury in 1890. The Company was well run and the first
out to Rhodesia stamps were presented to the Board for approval on special presentation cards in 1880-1, and
after the Second actually put into use on 2 January 1892. Interesting issues followed, including the Matabele
World War, Rebellion overprints on available stamps of the current definitives and then on Cape of Good
so I grew up there, and started Hope stamps. There were the stamps used as currency during a shortage of small coins after
collecting seriously when I went to hoarding by the indigenous population. The name of the country was informally proposed as
High School in 1956. I have been a tribute to Rhodes around 1883, but the name ‘Rhodesia’ first appeared as an overprint in
collecting for 62 years, although 1909 on the definitive stamps of 1898. The next issue was the iconic Double Heads which
with breaks at times due to other was printed as ‘Rhodesia’ without mention of the BSACo. Rhodesia ceased to exist after some
conflicting interests. It was natural turbulent periods in its history when it formally became Zimbabwe in 1990.
to collect the stamps of the country
of residence. I, like my school friends
who started collecting with me,
collected whole world but the local
stamps always had a special appeal.
I remember thinking even then
how lovely were the early stamps of
the British South Africa Company
(BSACo) period, and again the
Double Heads spring to mind.
I started collecting soon after arrival
in Rhodesia, just before the Rhodes
Centenary Exhibition opened in
Bulawayo, where we were living. My
first philatelic item was an FDC of
the opening of the exhibition! As I
progressed in collecting, I became
more ‘specialised’, which usually
means you have more money to
spend. The childhood collections
inevitably have lots of low value
stamps with which to swap with
others, but at a certain level, there
is the need to invest into your
particular aspect of the collection. In The exact number of cards produced showing the specimen
my case it was the Rhodesia stamps. stamps is unknown, but thought to be around sixty
I lived there so many of the stamps
could be bought over the counter, or
at auctions which I attended avidly.
The higher-priced items only became The first ‘Arms’ issue
possible with a higher income! Issued on 2 January 1892 by Bradbury
There are still stamps missing from Wilkinson, London. Perforated 14 x 14½

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Rhodesian doubleheads, the specimen stamps

In 1910, the BSA Co. ordered a new set of my collection which I know I can
definitive stamps to commemorate the Royal Visit never afford but I still get immense
of the Duke of Connaught (Prince Albert, Queen enjoyment when I get a new addition
Victoria’s third son). This was intended to have the to fill those elusive spaces!
heads of King Edward and Queen Alexandra on the
stamps. However, on 6 May 1910, King Edward What is your favourite item in
died and was successed by George, Edward’s son the collection?
and Victoria’s grandson. The BSA Co. requested This is difficult but must be a Double
permission of the new King to issue the set with Head, the rare £1 perf. 15. I bought
the portraits of King George and Queen Mary on it ten years ago and it still gives me
them, which was granted. On 11 November 1910 great pleasure when I look at it. It is
the set of stamps from half-penny to £1 was released a stamp that I never thought I would
in Rhodesia and became the iconic ‘Double Heads’. own, so it is very special.
The printer was Waterlow and Sons.
Which item was the
most difficult to obtain?
I was able to buy most of the
‘Specimen’ stamps of the Double
Heads nearly twelve years ago. There
were only two lacking and one of them
came up in another auction within
a month. I then waited and waited
for the remaining stamp to come
up, anywhere! Other examples of the
The mint perforated 15 stamps ‘Specimen’ stamps appeared which I
The perf 15 stamps were recess printed had, but not the one I needed. I wrote
by Waterlow, the same as the other to many of the sellers asking if they
perf 14 and 13½. The perf 15 stamps had that one but no joy. After twelve
did not cover all the values, consisting years, one seller wrote to say he had
of the ½, 1d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d, sold it on eBay six weeks before –
6d, 1/-, 2/- and £1. They were less horrible moment. He then wrote back
numerous and therefore scarcer than to say ‘sorry’, he had not sold it as
the perf 14 stamps. The colours were he had mis-filed it and that it would
similar to the perf 14 stamps. be on auction soon. It was and I was
able to get it to complete my set.
Interestingly, it was not the £1 or 10/-,
but the ½d, the lowest value.

What advice would you give

to fellow collectors?
Many of you will have collected early
Rhodesian stamps as they are not
especially rare, and a comprehensive
collection can still be built up
The half-penny imperforate double head quite quickly. The rarities are very
In 1917, four years after the release of the ‘Admiral’ set of stamps and end of the double heads expensive but the other values are
(DHs), imperforate copies of the half-penny DH appeared. A certain Harold Benson stated reasonable. Rhodesia even outside
he bought a complete sheet from the Umtali (now Mutare) Post Office. He crumpled up the the BSACo. is a good collecting
sheet so as to get it out without attracting attention. The stamps were then divided up into country. The country only existed
sixty mint stamps in pairs and blocks, and ‘forty stamps (twenty pairs) were used postally’. for ninety years, and the stamps for
However, the stamps in question were the dull blue-green which was a later printing, Benson 88 years. There are no more issues
himself never stated when he bought the sheet. It seems more likely that the sheet was bought and there is a definite cut-off. The
in Salisbury in 1917 when old stocks of stamps of all issues were being brought out to meet stamps are interesting and latterly
the shortages during the First World War and Benson was thus trying to disguise where he got colourful, and no over-production of
the sheet. Most of the used envelopes are cancelled ‘Salisbury’, dated 1917, and sent to ‘The commemoratives! For anyone with
Royal Hotel’ in Durban, SA, where Benson was the manager. Some were sent to his sister at an African connection and desiring
the same address. The question remains, were the sheet(s) smuggled out under the counter’ by a good collection, Rhodesia may be
an employee and then sold to Benson or is his story true? your answer.

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The ‘Clandestine Roulettes’

The origin of the clandestine roulette issue of the Double Head
stamps are unknown. It is believed that the genuine plates were used
for printing the sheets, and the stamps then illegally gummed and
‘perforated’ using some type of a rouletting machine, and not the
usual perforator. The reason for this is unclear, there were only small
numbers produced of seven values to £1 sterling. The 6d is very rare.

The ‘Admiral’ definitive stamps, 1923

In 1923, the last issue of the ‘Admiral’
stamps was printed, and perforated 15.
The lower values to 1/- were probably never
sent to Rhodesia and the higher values to
£1 were definitely not sent out. The stamps
are printed on white paper with clear white
gum, compared with the toned paper and
yellowish gum of the previous Die III
stamps. Printing was recess by Waterlow.

The first ‘Admiral’ issue of Rhodesia from 1913 to 1922. The essays
In 1913 the Double Head stamps were replaced by the new issue
of King George V in his Admiral uniform. The values were ½d. to
£1. The ½d, 1d, 1½ d and the 2½ d were printed from single plates
and were mono-colour; the remainder were printed from two plates
and were bi-coloured. Three dies are known, Die I, Die II and
Die III, with a fourth as a sub-group of the Die III (the Die IIIA).
Printing was recess by Waterlow. Perforations were 14 x 14, and
15 x 15, although other perforations and combinations are known.
Illustrated here are two trial essays (type 18) on ungummed
banknote paper, also by Waterlow.

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Expert opinion
Most collectors start by collecting everything,
and gradually try to make sense of their
collection by limiting it in some way. Some
choose islands in the mistaken belief that a
natural border is a limiting factor, forgetting
that mail comes and goes overseas. Michael Jelbert had a
better idea, which was to limit his collection to one country,
and to bracket the period between two dates. This is a
better bet, but even so, defining a collecting project, and
‘completing’ it is almost impossible. Michael is a mere 62
years into his project, and it’s still incomplete, but the thrill
of the chase for missing items is still there!
Even if you think that you have drawn a line around
your subject, it’s easy to get side-tracked into Northern
and Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and the
dangerous issues around the declaration of independence
on 11 November 1965 and its attendant overprints in
January 1966.
In fact, there were three one frame exhibits at the 2016
Autumn Stampex, each of one frame: ‘The Double Head
Stamps of Rhodesia 1910-1913’, ‘The Early Definitives of
the BSA Co’, and ‘The King George V definitives issues of
Southern Rhodesia’. I think that Michael may have enough
material to make a five-frame exhibit, and I hope that he’s
working on this already.
At 2018 Spring Stampex, Patrick Flanagan showed ‘The
Double Head Issue of the British South Africa Company
The Rhodesian ‘Admiral’ issue of 1913 to 1922 – Rhodesia’ in eight frames. The early Rhodesia definitives
– the ‘specimen’ stamps are some of the most interesting and attractive stamps of
The ‘Specimen’ stamps of the first ‘Admiral’ issue consisted of the the British Empire – although many of the stamps of King
Die I and Die II stamps with either perforation 14 or 15. The Die George V can be included in the competition. Readers who
I is the earliest issue consisting of six values to 2/- (plus a very rare are interested in these issues should go to Spring Stampex
8d) in perfs 14 and 15. The Die II followed. The mono-colour from 13 to 16 February 2019, where the stamps of his reign
stamps were issued together with Dies I and II. are to be featured as part of the sesquicentennial celebrations
of the Royal Philatelic Society London.
Concentrating on a single country in a defined period
has given Michael’s exhibits a clear focus, and if you are
thinking of exhibiting, this is an important lesson. As a
Exhibiting with the ABPS judge, you are sent the introductory pages in advance of the
exhibition, so that you arrive prepared for what is in the
The Association of frames. Too many exhibits fail to limit their scope, and this
British Philatelic can have a profound effect on the result.
Societies (ABPS) Getting the title right is important, and it’s easy to get
is the national it wrong. A good title says exactly what is included in the
organisation in charge exhibit, and limits what the judge can expect to see. If you are
of exhibiting in interested in exhibiting, have a look at Stampex in September
the UK. Competitive when there will be about 400 competitive frames. Read the
exhibiting takes place title pages and the exhibitors’ objectives and ask yourself
at a variety of levels does the exhibit do what it set out to achieve? You will be
within philately surprised at how many exhibits make this basic mistake.
and provides a friendly forum for philatelists to meet, exchange Finally, most collectors don’t exhibit, and many collectors
philatelic research and study, and share knowledge who don’t exhibit are just as good philatelists as those that
to fellow collectors, and the general public. To do. This might have been Michael’s first competitive entry,
find out more about exhibiting visit the ABPS and I hope that he comes back for more. In any case, if
website: www.abps.org.uk you are interested in Rhodesia, look up the Rhodesia Study
Circle at www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk

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Dumbartonshire
If philately is to remain relevant in a modern digital society,
one way of doing that is to use the material to tell a story about
the development of a town using the correspondence of its
inhabitants and businesses, writes John Scott as his postal
history journey continues

W
hen a county
has only six
pages in Pigot’s
Directory of
1825 it is a
sound indication that there is likely
to be a paucity of written material
and indeed the county was only
forty miles long by 22 miles wide,
more than 15% of its area comprised
lakes and almost half its acreage was
uncultivated. In the whole county
there were only 27,317 inhabitants
in 3,632 houses and, unusually for
Scotland, the county contained
only one Royal Burgh, the county
town of Dumbarton, but even then
it was not large enough to have
its own Member of Parliament,
joining instead with Glasgow,
Renfrew and Rutherglen. All that
The postcard of Kidston Park is cancelled with the Helensburgh skeleton datestamp
in 1904. The inclusion of clock times from 1900 necessitated a larger ring and they
can be confused with conventional datestamps
Above, from left: this sheet
of writing paper shows
the elegant housing which
resulted from the building of
the quay in 1817 enabling
the paddle steamers from
Glasgow to visit Helensburgh
While Kilpatrick was the
second largest town in the
county, the lack of activity in
this postcard of 1931 shows
how little had changed in 100
years, other than the arrival of
the tram service to Glasgow
Kidston Park in the village
of Row was donated to the
community in 1874 by one of
the most prominent business
families in Helensburgh
was to change with the growth
of industry but in the pre-stamp
era there was little demand for
written communication. Although
Dumbarton had a post office by
1715, by 1840 only six towns had
their own post offices and another
eleven served as Penny Post
receiving houses.
If philately is to remain relevant
in a modern digital society, one
way of doing that is to use the
material to tell a story about
the development of a town
using the correspondence of its
inhabitants and businesses. The
land which was to form the town
of Helensburgh, for example, was
bought in its entirety in 1825 by
Sir James Colquhoun, the Chief
of his clan, who had ambitions
to develop the area for the textile
trade. In the 1780s Sir James
named his nascent town after his
wife, Lady Helen, but the lack of a
road network and the difficulty of
access by sea hindered commercial
development until a quay was
built in 1817 which enabled the
new steam paddle steamers to
bring visitors along the Clyde
from the polluted atmosphere
of Glasgow. Consequently the
population quadrupled between
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than doubled again with the arrival
of the Glasgow, Dumbarton and
Helensburgh Railway in 1858. The
Hill House, now owned by the
National Trust for Scotland, typifies
the Victorian villas which enabled
successful entrepreneurs to commute
from there to Glasgow. The town
today is equally well known for
the post-war development of the
submarine base at Faslane.
Another opportunity is to build
a thematic collection of stamps,
letters and ephemera around notable
residents of an area. Henry Bell
was one of the pioneers of steam
ships on the Clyde who became the
first Provost of Helensburgh and
Bonar Law, later to become Prime
Minister, was raised by relatives
in Helensburgh after his mother’s
death in 1860. The most notable
individual to have been born in
the town was John Logie Baird,
the pioneer of television, video
recordings and infrared night sights,
with over 177 patents to his name
over 24 years. While there are strict
rules about what can be included
in a thematic display, my advice to
anyone would be to collect what you
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to the enjoyment of others.
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Cover explained
Re-sealed in
Zimbabwe
Commercial correspondence from African countries was often sent as registered mail in recent years.
Dane Garrod describes one such item from 1999
I
f an organisation, or even an
individual, was undertaking
scientific research that might
well be unique in its findings,
let alone potentially important
to the welfare and improvement to
mankind, then there would be concern
that their good work safely reached any
destination to which it needed to be sent
- often from one continent to another.
Nowadays, the internet, together with
storage such as the iCloud, ensures that
nothing is lost, though paperwork and
documents are sometimes still needed
to be produced and sent by post. At the
end of the recent millennium, the new
way had not entirely superseded the old.
On 19 February, 1999, ARIPO, the
African Regional Industrial Property
Organization, sent correspondence
to CABI, CAB International, with
documents of value. After placing their
oblong purple ink handstamp in the
bottom left-hand corner, the cover was
taken to a post office in Harare, the
capital of Zimbabwe. Not every local
post office would carry a full stock of the
higher denominations of a stamp issue,
but would have a large number of the
smaller denominations. This perhaps
explains why there is often many stamps
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affixed on covers from some countries,
and from smaller post offices. Here
at the post office in Union Avenue in
Harare was added a total of ten stamps
of a 1995 issue, six at $10 and four at 20
cents, with three double-ring postmarks
stating ‘UNION AVENUE / 19.FEB
1999 / 13’. A further handstamp
was added to the reverse, close to the
typed PO Box address of the remitting
organization. The postage included the
fee for registration, and the registration
label was affixed with the clerk noticing
that the first figure of the number was
unclear and adding an ink ‘6’. The
attention to detail is to be commended.
From Union Avenue, the cover was
taken with others to the main post office
in the city where a double-ring handstamp
was struck on the back, close to the other,
this one reading ‘HARARE / 22. 02.
99 / REGISTRATION’. This was three
days after the initial receipt in Union
Avenue, but a weekend had intervened
as the 22nd was a Monday. Now what
happened is uncertain, for although the
cover does not appear to be damaged in
any way, it is assumed that the person at
ARIPO had not made the envelope flap
secure, and so it was reviewed and sealed,
as shown. The strip of sealing paper with
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The main post office in ‘P.179’ as a type number was added and
Harare, Zimbabwe ‘officially secured’, together with the
Superintendent’s initials, and three large
oblong handstamps of four lines of type
- ‘P.T.C. / HARARE POST OFFICE /
1999 -02- 22. / SUPERINTENDENT.
REGISTRATION’. The same writing
- it’s the same shade of blue ink - added
the number at the top left on the front of
‘SA164/99’, and almost certainly added an
entry into some listing at the post office of
other officially secured items.
The time taken for the journey to
the UK is not known, but on arrival,
Royal Mail International added their
large green label ‘P4612’, fortunately
not obscuring any of the other additions
to the cover. So what was in this
cover addressed to this international
organisation in Wallingford, who also
spell organization with a ‘z’ which is the
international way, rather than the British
‘organisation’? Well, this writer ought
to know because he was there at the
opening, along with many other covers
from around the developing world -
many of which have a story to tell. But,
as one of many, the content details are
lost to time, but fortunately the cover is
not, and I remain just its custodian for
the time being.
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4
2
7

1 bottom left-hand corner, the cover was taken to a post office in 5 main post office in the city where a double-ring handstamp
After placing the ARIPO oblong purple ink handstamp in the From Union Avenue, the cover was taken with others to the

Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. was struck on the back, close to the other, this one reading
‘HARARE / 22. 02. 99 / REGISTRATION’.

2total of ten stamps of a 1995 issue, six at $10 and four at

At the post office in Union Avenue in Harare was added a

6 secured’, together with the Superintendent’s initials, and three

The strip of sealing paper with ‘P.179’ was added and ‘officially
20 cents, with three double-ring postmarks stating ‘UNION
AVENUE / 19.FEB 1999 / 13’. large oblong handstamps of four lines of type – ‘P.T.C. / HARARE
POST OFFICE / 1999 -02- 22. / SUPERINTENDENT.

3 PO Box address of the remitting organization.

A further handstamp was added to the reverse, close to the typed REGISTRATION’. The same writing added the number at the top
left on the front of ‘SA164/99’.

4 label was affixed with the clerk noticing that the first figure of the 7 green label ‘P4612’.
The postage included the fee for registration, and the registration On arrival in the UK, Royal Mail International added their large

number was unclear and adding an ink ‘6’.

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Thematics A to Z
Orchestral collections
There is nothing quite like the sound of a live orchestra as the
talented musicians work with their conductor to take us on a musical
journey. Thanks to their popularity and history, orchestras have
appeared on many stamps, as Paula Hammond explains
W
e may never know what the
orchestras of the ancient
world sounded like. They
left behind no written music
and only stylised art of
musicians carrying curious-looking instruments.
What we think of, today, as an ‘orchestra’ is a
fairy recent invention. Beethoven gets the credit
for standardising the orchestra’s make-up, based
on the instruments that he usually included in
his compositions. However, orchestras can be
almost any size, from a symphony or philharmonic
orchestra containing several hundred performers,
to the smaller chamber orchestra where there may
be just a handful of musicians. There are orchestras
with and without conductors, and orchestras who
specialise in unusual instruments or musical styles.
Yes, ukulele and bagpipe orchestras are actually a
‘thing’, horrifying as that may sound. All of which
makes this a fascinating and flexible theme for
stamp collectors.
The most obvious and fruitful starting point for
an orchestra thematic are the commemoratives.
Almost every nation has a local, national, or
state-sponsored orchestra and a large selection of
these have been celebrated on stamps. Most issues
mark the anniversary of the orchestra’s founding,
although the lovely 1950 two-stamp German
semi-postals were actually issued to fund the
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra’s re-founding. Of
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YOUR GUIDE TO COLLECTING STAMPS BY THEME
these, Canada’s 1984 (Orchestre Symphonique
de Montréal 50th) and the 2002 L’Orchestre
Symphonique de Québec 100th issue are fine
examples and make a nice pairing on a page.
There is sadly little variety design-wise in many
of these issues. Often the stamps are illustrated with
musical notations superimposed against a variety
of instruments, but there are some nice exceptions.
Jersey’s 2011 Symphony Orchestra series, for
instance, boasts six stamps featuring some of the
orchestra’s most notable instruments. Norway has
the world’s oldest orchestra, founded when Mozart
was just nine, and the 250th Anniversary of the
Bergen Philharmonic was marked in 2015 with
a lovely painterly issue. Monaco’s Palace Guard
Orchestra celebrated its fiftieth in 2016 with a bold
image of the guard in full regalia. While Guyana
had an interesting take on the theme with their
2013 look at the orchestra aboard the Titanic.
Many of us think of bands as something less
formal and more ‘pop-y’ than orchestras, but
technically there’s little difference. Bands include
brass, percussion, and woodwind instruments. An
orchestra has to have strings although, naturally,
many orchestras have percussion and brass sections
too, which opens up some interesting decisions
for the collector. So, is the ‘orchestra’ featured on
the Monaco issue, really a military band, as they
have no violins? Luckily this is one theme that’s as
flexible as you want it to be.
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O is for Orchestra
Why collect?
• Fascinating and flexible theme
• Regular commemorative
stamp issues
• State, national, international,
and local orchestras add
variety and interest
• Option to narrow the
theme of focus
Notable releases
• 1950, GDR, two-stamp
semi-postal
• 1984 & 2002 Canada, 50th &
100th Anniversary issues
• 2011, Jersey, Symphony
Orchestra six-stamp set
• 2015, Norway, Bergen
Philharmonic 250th Anniversary
• 2013, Guyana, Titanic Orchestra
Expand the theme
A musical thematic is always a
joy to work with as there are so
many options to expand into
other interesting areas. For those
who want to focus on the classical
spectrum, conductors, especially
those associated with specific
orchestras, are a natural fit for this
theme. If you’re more of a pop-
appreciator, then there’s lots of
choice too.
Collecting links
Sylvester Peat has issued an
extensive series focusing on music
on postage stamps. Each volume
takes a different theme, from
music of the Americas to musical
monarchs and national anthems.
While sadly only available second-
hand these small volumes were
published between the mid-1970s
to the early 1980s, and make a
great collecting resource.
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The Statue of Liberty

A striking, world-famous symbol of freedom, the Statue of Liberty looks out from New York harbour,
welcoming the tired and poor to American shores. As Christer Brunström points out, the sentiment
seems to have been lost on the current US President

I
n the late 19th century, millions
of Europeans left their homelands
in search of a better future in
North America. When their ships
approached the harbour in New York
City, they were greeted by the Statue of
Liberty (or Liberty Enlightening the World).
The statue had been inaugurated in 1886
after many years of construction. It was a
gift from the French people to the people of
the United States of America.
The statue is the work of French sculptor
Frédéric Auguste Bardholdi (1834-1904)
but the actual building of the monument
was directed by Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923).
It’s a huge monument some 93 metres
high and today it is a must for most tourists
visiting New York City. In fact, more than
three million visitors take the boat trip to
Liberty Island each year. When I visited in
1995, most of the higher parts of the statue
were closed to visitors due to repair work
being carried out.
‘Liberty’ carries a torch and a tablet with
the date 4 July 1774 in Roman numerals. It
was made a UNESCO World Heritage site
in 1984.
The statue has been featured on numerous
US postage stamps since 1922. The airmail
stamp shown here was released in 1961
proudly proclaiming ‘Liberty for All’. for a US stamp in 2010 (see the news story
There is a much smaller replica of the on the lawsuit in last month's magazine).
Statue of Liberty in Paris on an artificial There are many inscriptions on the
island in the River Seine. It was paid for pedestal including a sonnet by Emma
by the American community in the French Lazarus (1849-1887). Her text includes the
capital in 1889 marking the centenary of famous words ‘Give me your tired, your
the French revolution. Of course, other poor.’ This certainly doesn’t fit the current
replicas have been created in subsequent administration’s much-derided policy of
years, such as the version in Las Vegas, a wanting to build a wall to prevent certain
photograph of which was used by mistake people from entering the country.

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Can you collect islands?
In this month’s thematics guide, self-professed nesophile Christer Brunström, does a spot of
island hopping, providing us with some useful tips for creating an island-themed collection
R
ecently I was able to
add a new word to my
vocabulary – nesophile.
There is absolutely
nothing wrong about
being a nesophile. The word simply
denotes a lover of islands. Some take
their interest in islands to the extreme,
travelling to as many islands as possible
with a preference for small islands which
are difficult to visit.
Philatelists most probably limit their
visits to armchair travels leafing through
their stamp albums. Many like myself
not only collect island stamps but also
enjoy actually spending some time on
islands. My own favourite is Lundy
Island in the Bristol Channel. Climbing
to the top of the Old Light, one of
Lundy’s three lighthouses, you have a
splendid view of the entire island. In
many ways, small islands really provide a
very strong insular feeling.
Tokelau
We all have dreams and my dream has
always been to one day visit Tokelau,
a group of three tiny atolls in the
Pacific. In the late 1950s, I read a stamp
column in a newspaper about the five
stamps issued by the Tokelau Islands. I
sent off a self-addressed envelope along
with an International Reply Coupon
to the postmaster at Atafu. After a wait
of some six months, the cover finally
arrived in my mailbox. That was the
start of a life-long passion for Tokelau
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and its philately. Now many years later
I realise that I will never set foot on any
of the atolls, but my stamps allow me
to visit every now and then.
Gulangyu
A few years ago I spent some time in
China visiting among other places the
coastal city of Xiamen (in old times known
as Amoy). What interested me most was
the visit to the island of Gulangyu which
can be easily reached from Xiamen’s
harbour. More than a century ago, many
Western nations had established consulates
in the treaty port of Amoy and they were
actually located on the island. Many
of these buildings still remain and they
look very much like they did at the end
of the 19th century. Most of the island
can be visited on foot and some of the
hilltops provide spectacular views of the
island and the surrounding sea. Strangely
enough, Gulangyu is home to the world’s
largest museum of pianos. In 2003, China
released a set of three stamps which show
almost the entire island.
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Top, from left: Lundy
stamps were first issued
in November 1929
to cover the cost of a
private postal service
on the island; there are
a wide range of Tokelau
Islands stamps to collect,
and the island's issues
are now designed,
produced and distributed
by New Zealand Post
The Chausey Archipelago
Above: China issued this The Chausey Islands off the coast
se-tenant strip of three of Normandy is a popular tourist
in 2003 showcasing the destination during the summer
island of Gulangyu months. When I went there we had
a particularly difficult crossing from
Right: a local stamp of Granville on the mainland, but it
the Chausey Islands off was certainly worth it to be able to
the coast of Normandy discover the main island where a rich
industrialist had built a splendid villa.
I guess he chose the spot in order to
get away from a stressful existence.
The main island has a post office
letterbox but ‘local’ stamps have been

issued which can be added to cards
and letters mailed on the island. The
one showed here was issued in 1961.
Jethou
Some islands are easily accessible but
still cannot be visited. The Isle of
Jethou, off the coast of Guernsey in
the Channel Islands, is close to Herm
Island which prospers on its tourist
industry. Jethou is privately owned and
not open to visitors. However, it can
still be collected as a local post linking
Jethou with St. Peter Port on Guernsey
was operated from 1960 until it had
to close in 1969 when Guernsey
established its own postal service
forcing the local posts to close.
St Helena
Small islands have frequently been
used as prisons for the famous and
the not so famous. After his defeat at
Waterloo in 1815, French emperor
Napoleon was sent to St. Helena
in the South Atlantic where he
remained until his death in 1821.
St. Helena became a stamp-issuing
territory in 1856. In 2017, a new
airport was inaugurated on St.
Helena making travel to the island
a lot easier. There are now weekly
flights from South Africa.
Pitcairn
Some islands have achieved notoriety
for their exciting history. Pitcairn in
the South Pacific owes its fame to
the mutineers on HMS Bounty way
back in 1789. They got rid of Captain
Bligh, sailed to Tahiti to pick up
some Tahitian men and women and
then headed for one of the world’s
most isolated islands where a brutal
conflict erupted between the men. It
was only in 1808 that the island was
rediscovered. In 1814 the population
consisted of just one adult man, nine
women and several children. The story
has been told many times both in books
and films and despite its insignificance
Pitcairn (population fifty) is one of
the world’s best known islands. It is
difficult to get to Pitcairn and most
nesophiles will have to be satisfied with
the island’s stamps which were first
issued in 1940.
Tahiti
Most people know about Tahiti, the main
island of French Polynesia. This is where
French painter Paul Gauguin (1848-
1903) went in the late 19th century
in search of a land where people lived
without influences
of European culture.
As it turned out,
Tahiti was not the
idyllic paradise of
Eden that he had
imagined but he
still chose to spend
his last years in
Polynesia. Today it
is a popular tourist
destination.
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THE ISLAND THEME
Collecting island stamps
can create an eclectic
collection made up of
both official and local
stamps, many of which
refer to the island's
history and heritage
Right: the one and only
stamp from Tierra del
Fuego, an island at the
very tip of South America.
A private post operated
in the 1890s
Tierra del Fuego
If Tahiti is a tourists’ paradise it’s hard
to say the same about Tierra del Fuego,
a large island located at the southern tip
of the South American continent. The
climate is rather harsh with frequent
periods of very cold and stormy
weather. Way back in 1887, Romanian
engineer and entrepreneur Julio Popper
began gold mining on the island. To
facilitate the miners’ communications
with the rest of the world, he started a
local post in 1891 charging 10 centavos
in gold dust for each letter to be taken
to the nearest post office in Argentina
or Chile. Today the stamp is quite
affordable but covers are very scarce as
less than ten are known to exist.
Iceland
Left: a 13f value for I visited Iceland in the month of
French Oceania, the first November several years ago and the
stamps for the group weather really corresponded with
of islands in the Pacific the island’s name. It was ice cold in
Ocean were issued in Reykjavík, Iceland’s capital. Most of the
the 1860s towns and villages are located along the
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Stamps from the colder climes of Iceland and
Greenland and, above, from Crete
coastline and one really has the feeling
of being on an island.
Greenland
Greenland is the world’s largest
island (Australia is considered to be a
continent) and its name is a bit of a
misnomer. Perhaps it was a lot greener
when the first Norsemen settled there
more than 1,000 years ago?
The answer to the question in the
title of this story is a resounding
‘YES!’ – there are many ways of
collecting islands and we philatelists
don’t even have to go there thanks to
our stamps. Every day of the week we
can visit the most inaccessible specks
of land lost in some distant ocean
in the comfort of our own homes.
However, a visit to an island adds a
lot of spice not only to your life but
also to your collecting activities. My
own travels will hopefully take me to
Crete in the not too distant future
thus ticking off yet another island on
my wants list.
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TEN STAMPS ON…
Captain Cook
The latest GB stamps are the most recent in a long line of stamps celebrating
the achievements of the British explorer, as these ten designs demonstrate
1of Captain James Cook’s first ‘voyage of discovery’, with 1
Back in 1968, Royal Mail marked the 300th anniversary
a stamp showing the HMS Endeavour.
2 Several places around the globe are named after Captain
This 1978 Canada stamp features a portrait of Cook.
Cook. The group of fifteen Cook Islands in the South
Pacific are named after the explorer, who first visited in 2
1773 and returned four years later.
3
3
This 1935 Cook Island 1d stamps shows a portrait of
the explorer. Cook also appeared on the island’s stamps
in 1920, 1949 and in 1932, the latter issue having produced
an error on a red 1d value with the portrait inverted.
4
4 bicentenary of Cook's Transit of Venus voyage and was
This 4c 1969 New Zealand stamp commemorates the
issued as part of a set of four.
5discovery of Australia's east coast. This stamp is part of
In 1970, Australia marked the bi-centenary of Cook's
a set of six marking the anniversary. In 1772-75 Cook made
a Royal Society voyage on HMS Resolution to search for the
Terra Australis landmass, believed to lie south of Australia.
5
6
This Tuvalu stamp marks the bi-centenary of Cook’s
death in 1979 and shows him observing the Transit of
Venus on the island of Tahiti on 3 June 1769.
7issued by Kiribati in 2002, appearing alongside pioneers
James Cook was part of a seven-stamp Explorers set 6
including Commodore Byron and Captain Broughton.
8European to visit the Hawaiian islands was marked by
The 200th anniversary of Cook becoming the first
7
this 1978 US stamp. However Cook was to meet his death
on the islands just a year after his first visit of 1778, when 8
he died in circumstances still not fully understood.
91995 and shows Cook’s Endeavour which was built in
This attractive 45c Australian stamp was issued in
Whitby, Yorkshire, and launched in 1764. The ship was
decommissioned just a decade later and renamed Lord
Sandwich, eventually being scuttled at Rhode Island in
1778, where she still remains. 9
10over the years and this eye-catching stamp of 2011
Cook has appeared on several New Zealand stamps
is part of an Explorers and Navigation set. The text ‘1769’
and ‘Captain Cook Lands Here’ reference Cook and his
crew becoming the second Europeans recorded to have
10
visited New Zealand.
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mint sets including
Brit. Commonwealth.
different GB
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post mark and famous Harold Wilson quote “The main
error a “must”
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for(unused).
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any complete
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24p denomination.
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£8.75
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sheetsfrom this Western
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Red sovereign
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Local Carriage for saleby............
Labels printed HarrisonPrice and Sons £16 from Beijing to London,
exist, reposted on 16/10/14 with official Royal Mail “Big
Crosssheet
stamps.of 100Also stamps.
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it is 99Red timesCross scarcer
stampsthan back for Use in Southampton. The complete unm. Mint set of six stamps Ben” postmark exactly fifty years to the day of his first
to the
the1940s
normal or earlier
stampup(SG1629).
to more recent. ManyWith nursing,
serious GBdoctors
stamp 3 GBX13
x 1/-, 2/-.GREAT
6/-, 7/6d ..................................................Price
BRITAIN Royal Mail presentation packs £1.50 presentation pack paying more
election victory ............................................... Price £14
and collectors
all forms ofare
for sale
medicine.
ideal for anyone
incomplete withoutwith
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andcollection
unmounted
miniature
duplicates, there
sheets.
.............
mint
Price £11
than full cat value £9.25
M19A MAURITIUS A fine specialised collection of
valuable collection .......................................................... Price £7
variety. We offer the Acid Rain error stamp, together Not counting
NY146 ENTOMOLOGY: mintOne stamps,
of the mostthe unusual
presentationthematicpacks subjectsand we Mauritius stamps, including several unmounted mint
Cyprus, Netherlands, G.B. Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Swiss, Finland,
SAM.9with BRITISH
normal ISLESstampWholesale Dealers new...............
for comparison issue stock (duplicated)
Price £8.75 have Firstever
Dayseen,covers
insectshave a combined
on stamps. Hundreds catalogue
of them ............. value of£7
Price blocks plus singles. Mainlylocal QEIIissues
unm.for Mint, but includes
all unmounted mint, with many high values, includes Lundy, Summer Greece, Sweden. Also scarcer Channel Islands and
over SPACE
NY148 £160 ...............................................
‘THE FINAL FRONTIER’. A spectacular Price £41.25
collection of earlier
Isle of stamps
Man. Hundredsand someof all used. AEuropa
different great Stamps,
collection mainlyto fine
Isles, St Mary’s (Scilly Isles) Gairsay, Gugh, Bardsey Island, Easdale, Sark.
SC17 SCOTLAND Important and historic cover for
Only unmounted mint. The face value alone must be £60.00 Price £14 Space stamps including Rockets. Space ships and all types of Outer build on mini
used, but withnotedover .......................................................Price
100 Mauritius stamps, unchecked for £17
the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn. NE832
Space BRITISH
Exploration, LOCALS
including severalA phenomenal
scarce Moon Landing and valuable
covers. 500+ catalogue
FR 229 value...............................................
FRANCE & COLS - A smashing collection of Pricewith
France £12
E32 GREAT BRITAIN - SPECTACULAR ERROR on 1966 XMAS 3d value
The cover bears the Royal Mail Robert The Bruce collection
stamps, of British
all different Local Covers
not counting Island’s andstamps.
MiniatureOnly sheets Price £15 French Colonnies & Ex Colonies. Mainly Commemorative stamps in
(SG71 3) SHIFT OF GOLD COLOUR causing Queen’s head to move over
commemorative stamp issue tied with
to wrong area of stamp. We offer the Gold Head Shift Error superb unmtd official Royal unmounted
R.49 SOUTH mint,
EAST including
ASIA - enormous Lundy lot, Island,
with some Davaarcomplete Island, RW986
singles and RAILWAYS
blocks. Some & LOCOMOTIVES
unmounted mint, but A fantastic
mostly fine used.
mintMail Edinburgh
together with normal illustrated postmark..................Price
stamp for comparison dated 24/6/2014 £4.25– Cain unm
sheets Iar, Isle of Easdale,
. mint, mass of singles.Bemara Dates Island,
back Staffa,
to 1898,Stroma, to modern thematic collection
A lovely collection withofmanylocomotive
engravedand railway
stamps; several stamps.
hundreds,
exactly 700 years to the day of the historic event. Only Isle ofdifferent
mainly Pabay,used Bardsey,stamps. Herm,
AboutCalf of Man,stamps
1600-1700 Hildasay –
of which mostly
The different...............................................................Price
specialised collection contains several hundred £21
SJ42 ZEPPELINS: Impressive thematic collection of Zeppelins on atShetland
least 1300Islands,
must beJethou,differentAlderney,
..................................... Price £32
100with
stamps of this important
airships & balloons.Scottish
about 100 cover exist .... Price £9.50
stamps.............Price £5 St Kilda, St Marys, train
BX 486stamps
BOXINGwith many
- A fine scarcer
collection unmounted
of Boxing Stamps Over mint80blocksStamps
Calvey
SJ53a Island, ISLAND.
BARDSEY Gugh, St(Welsh Martins.LocalWith Issue)blocks,
A superb multiples,
special- included,
in blocks and plus F.D.Cs,
singles, also champion
including several scarcer boxers such local issues,
as Muhammad
SAM.23 WORLD COLLECTION - All sorts, nice starter lot, with Ali. Mainly fine cto used, mint noted, with Great Britain Royal lotsMail 2012
BE822 THE BEATLES A fantastic collection of Beatles singles
ised groupand miniatureMint
of Unmounted sheets. This sets)
(complete importantStampsand from this specimen stamps, proofs and progressive proofs, of
upwards of 1000 different plus some duplication, with covers, FDC’s, Olympic $Games Goldand Medal
stamps.
miniature sheets“The Fab Four”for
All unchecked John Lennon,
Catalogue valuePaul McCartney,
........Price £13.25
small Welshcollection
valuable Island rarelywith get only
offered for sale .............
unmounted mint stampsPrice £7.00 higher stamps £1Boxing
values; Stampsalso.......................
many Railway Priceand
£9.75
George Harrison, and Ringo Star. Contains various Beatles SJ224 and manyFILM STARShigh £Collection
values. The of Film normal
Stars and facea few value popisstars.
well HP 19A IRAQminiature
locomotive WAR COVER - Extremly
sheets. rare Warcollection
A glorious in Iraq commem- for
G.46 ORNITHOLOGY - A substantial collection of ornithological stamps. orative cover for the fall of Tikrit. Only 150 of this cover, depicting
stamps including mint and used and miniature sheets Aover £150
colourful lot.......................................................
of this popular theme includes Gary Cooper,Price Clara£33 any philatelic railway enthusiast
Saddam Hussein, ever existed. We understand many were .................... .Price £28
damaged
Estimated at between 500 600 bird stamps. Mainly all different used Bow, Marylin Monroe, Clark Gable, Tyrone Power, James Dean,
withwith
somecatalogued
mont, but with and scarcer
strength uncatalogued
in the unm. mint local issues.
sections Scarce
inc. Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Rudolph Valentino, Jean Harlow,
and destroyed, it is likely on a few covers survived. The cover bears a
LundyBeatles
Puffins,FDCs
Cam La included,
island and with
CalfRoyal
of Man,Mail Beatles
Isle of Man localsofficial
and B COM 434 ORNITHOLOGY / BIRDS A fantastic MA30
GB QEII GREAT BRITAIN with
stamp, postmarked RARE IMPERFORATE
circular London SHC 15 MACHIN
April 2003
Roman Novarro, Jayne Mansfield, Buster Keaton, Humphrey Bogart, Pmk. Together
otherpostmarks.
British LocalsThe important
depicting collection
Sea birds, with some of Beatles
multiple stamps
blocks. thematic collection of British Commonwealth BIRDS STAMPS 1p with
black. IraqThis
stamp overprinted
highly “In British
collectable Occupation”
specialist
Katherine Hepburn, Charles Laughton, Alan Ladd, Ingrid Bergman, This stamp is tied to the cover with a rectangular “Liberation of Iraq
TotalFDCs and value
catalogue miniature sheets from different countries
is £130+.............................................. Price £29 stamps.
plus Only unmounted
many others. The whole lot.mint in multiples and single
...................................Price £14.00 Machin
15-04-03itemTHE FALLis a special
OF TIKRIT”. printing
Cachetby Harrison
in purple. andrare
A very Sons.
Iraq
including GB Royal Mail issue
G.114 A WORLDWIDE COVERS & FDC’S Fantastic Accumulation.............................Price £16 stamps. Several hundred Brit, Commonwealth bird With PostinOffice
War Cover superbofficial
condition approval of the 1p Machin £26
............................................Price
OFFER A - From the remainder of a Liquidated Stamp Dealer’s stock,
of Commercial & Philatelic covers & FDC’s including special pmks, stamps including High Value (£) pound & ($) Dollar definitive
LU 328 LUNDY stamp ISLANDprinted in black
- A superb on thinof card.
collection unmounted Unusual mint
a massive amount including, sheets. Great Britain including Locals,
earlySA12 SOUTHERN
to modern with Air Mails,RHODESIASea Mail,Acommemorative
scarce Royalcovers, stamps
British in blocks.............................................
Commonwealth. Foreign, Mint used covers, FDC andPrice £39
pre packs.
British localitem,
printer’s stamps of Lundy
rarely seenIsland in blocks, large Price
.......................... multiples and
£11.50
noted designer
postal signed.
history Localbearing
cover posts, Islands Post, an unsorted
the complete 1947 groupset singles + miniature sheet. Starts off with King George VI period.
We counted up to £1,500 worth of cat value and then got tired and “Lundy & Atlantic Coats Air Lines Ltd. “Following on to puffin stamps
of about 100 coversKing..................................................Price
George VI and Queen Elizabeth£21 .00 DJ98 DJIBOUTI CP228 PORTUGAL
depicting (Queen gave up counting. A small
Clearance Pricebut specialised collection
...................................Price £75.00 overprinted with 1950s &&1960s PORTUGUESEstamps on toCOLONIES more recent.AWith lots
G85Mother)
CARS ONas well asImpressive
STAMPS. the two thematicPrincesses Margaret
collection the ideal & of Djibouti
NY124 THE THREE stamps, KINGSmostlyKing George usedV,but KingmintED. VII and King superb
of “Puffin”collection of rarely
stamps, definitives, seen older Portuguese
commemoratives & Air Mail stamps.
collection for anyone
Elizabeth. The interested
stamps have in automobiles,
a specialall‘ROYAL sorts from TOUR’vin- noted.VI.Contains Hundreds ofincluding;
unmountedAngola, mint Lundy St.Stamps ................Price
& Prince £27.50
George A collectionmany of British better catalogued,
Colonials. UNMOUNTED highMINT colonies Thomas
tageSouthern
classics to Rhodesia
super speedPMK racing incars. Several
addition tohundred different
a red squared denomination
STAMPS. In singlesstamps and blocks. ..............................
Approximately 100+ stamps, Price low £13 Islands,
B COM 434Portuguese
ORNITHOLOGYGuinea, - A fantastic Mozambique
thematic collection including
of British
carscachet
on stamps with ..............................................................Price
Royal Crown and the King’s own G.R.£11 price to clear..............................................................Price £12.00 Commonwealth
old Mozambique BIRDScompany,
stamps. OnlyPortuguese
Unmounted Mint in mulitlples
India,
SAM.26 AUSTRIA
insignia. & HUNGARY
A highly collectable- Mostlycoverused,rarely
some mint, several
available IN923 INDONESIA Super collection and single stamps. Several Hundred Brit, Commonwealth Bird Stamps
G419 SCANDINAVIA: Incudes Sweden, Denmark,ofNorway, this popularFinland, some Timor, Macau and Portugal. With used and many
hundred diff ......................................................................Price including High Value (£) pound & ($) Dollar stamps in blocks ..Price £39
for sell ...................................................... Price £8 £23 from S.E.Iceland.
AsianThe country
collectiondating back for
is unchecked to catalogue
1945 tovalue, morebut we unmounted mint, several hundreds of different
G126 WORKS OF ART. The rarities of the world’s most famous art modern
have estimated withthatonlythereunmounted
must be upwards mint in blocks
of 1,000 & £29.50
.........Price CR 781 CRICKET
Portuguese - A valuable
colony stamps. specialised collection
................... Priceof cricket
£21.50
galleries
AH92atAUSTRIA/HUNGARY
your fingertips. A superb&collection BOSNIAofAfamous superbpaintings
stamp singles. The stamps & scarce cricket covers, including signed covers auto-
W37 ISRAEL - Ancollection
impressivecontainscollection of hundreds of mint of
Israel, comprising
on stamps, over Noted
a thousand different not counting duplicates graphed by famous cricketers. Comprising of Unmounted Mint
collection. Bosnia Austro-Hungarian militaryor Indonesia
illustrated stamps
official ......................................
first day covers (all unadressed). AlsoPrice noted £18- A94 ZOOLOGICAL A glorious collection of worldwide
miniature sheets ............................................................Price £21 Great Britain and British Commonwealth Stamps in blocks of four or
post stamps of 1900 (these are offered for sale “as is” miniature sheets, including: 1949 Coins mini sheet. Catalogued animal stamps. This is virtually a Noah’s Ark of all
singles with several high value ($) Dollar values. Approx 18 cricket
R55without
COSTUMES & HEADDRESSES
guarantee), they form Unusual
part of thematic
a larger collection £170
subject JA13 (possible
JANE forgery
AUSTEN thisTheitemhighly
“as is”collectable
not guaranteed.) Following species of animal life; includescovers everything fromof Unm.
covers including scarce autographed & a quantity
hundred differentAustria
of genuine from several
& Hungarycountries ...........................Price
with mint and used £6 oncommemorative
with many genuinecover unmountedfor themint 200th Israel stamps
anniv. Of including
Jane insects andStamps
butterflies to fish and sealife, birds, £25
Mint Cricket .......................................................Price
plate number blocks, multiples and singles with tabs. A valuable
RS2a stamps.
UNIFORMS. If all Mainly
the stampsmilitary.were genuine
Hundreds the catalogue
different. ....Price £12 Austen. (A restrictive issue of only 60 covers. Bearing domestic
PM 84 MARGARET animals and wildlife.
THATCHER - The very A scarce
colourful collection
mourning cover for
and impressive collection............................................... Price £25
Let value
K2 GREAT would be over
BRITAIN. £550, butMINT
UNMOUNTED someCOMMEMOstamps may RATIVESbe Royal Mail Jane Austen stamps with official Jane Austen includes
Prime Ministermany setsThatcher.
Margaret with several One of the hundred different
scarcest political covers.
faux. Offered “as is”........................................ Price £21 EUR 33 EUROPA - A specialised European thematic
illustrated anniv. PMK .................................. Price £8.60 Collection of animal stamps ...................................... Price
& DEFINITIVES UNSORTED ACCUMULATION. Items noted include Only 50 ever in existence, mostly now in collectors hands and£17.25
rarely
Traffic Light Gutter Pair Missing Phosphor Error coil strips. Well over Europa stamps, spanning from the 1950’s to more modern stamps.
offered for sale. With “Iron Lady” illustration and official Royal Mail 8th
500 stamps, only unmounted mint ....................................Price £18 Includes Italy, France, Germany, Iceland, Belgium, Luxembourg,
April 2013. Big Ben postmark price ......................................Price £13.25

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Members of the Kingston and District
Philatelic Society recently hosted members of
the West London Philatelic Society. Maurice
Buxton presented a display of airletters from
around the world, distinguished by different
logos on etiquette labels and on differing shapes
and colours used on borders. Keith Whitehouse
turned the clock back to the days of the mail
coach detailing firearms used by post office
representatives to protect the post, while also
displaying a commemorative mallet used in
the official laying of the foundations to many
important buildings in the UK including
the General Post Office in King Edward’s
Buildings. Melvyn Green displayed perfins local
to West London and Surrey and explained their
origins and how he researched the company’s
that produced them to give another slant to
postal history. For Society details contact Hon
Secretary, Brian Sole FRPSL on tel: 01372
467652; email: brian.sole@btinternet.com
Members of the West London Philatelic
Society recently made a visit to the new Postal
Museum. Although enjoyable, particularly Mail
Rail, members noted that there was much that
could be improved in the museum itself, such as
a special cancellation, postcard availability and
a posting box. The group’s September meeting
is set to be themed on Industry & Industrialists.
For Society details contact Hon Secretary
Society news
Christopher Oliver, on tel: 020 8940 9833;
email: olivers.of_ham@virgin.net
The AGM of the Dundee and District
Philatelic Society saw David Millar elected as
President and Harry Jackson as Vice President.
Charles Lloyd was voted in as Secretary and
Robert Duguid as Treasurer. Elspeth Collins
and Richard Young were made Honorary
Members. The annual Society Dinner was also
held recently at the Invercarse Hotel.
Huntingdonshire Philatelic Society Stamp
Fair will be held on Saturday 27 October at
the Corn Exchange, St Ives, Cambs, PE27
5AG. The fair will be free to enter and will
also feature postcards. For further details tel:
01480 468037.
The recent Chelmsford And District
Philatelic Society meeting saw members
present a maximum of sixteen sheets on any
philatelic subject. Topics included early stamps
of southern Africa, postcards from Switzerland,
Norway in exile during the Second World War,
stamps showing flight in various forms, and the
first royal visit to Germany.
The annual weekend of the Welsh Postal
History Society was recently held at the
Snowdonia Study Centre. The Egg Cup
Competition was won by Marion Turner with
a display of three photo postcards posted from
Trawsfynydd Army Camp on the same day
in 1906 to the same address. On the Saturday
a lively auction of Welsh material took place,
followed by the AGM and presentation of
trophies. Neil Prior was awarded the Derek
Daunton Award for the best article in the
newsletter; the winner of the Mike Scott Archer
Trophy for the best display by a member was
Gordon Owen for his Anglesey display; and the
George Thorpe Cup was awarded to Gwynedd
Brindley in recognition of outstanding duty
to the Society. The main displays highlighted
various aspects of railways in Wales.
Guildford & District Philatelic Society
is seeking new members. The 2017-18
programme of expert presentations included
Egypt, Germany and a display of Guildford
postal history and local banknotes. The
group welcomes experts and beginners alike,
and meet on the second Wednesday of each
month from September to May in the Quaker
Friends’ Meeting House in North Street,
Guildford (GU1 4LH). Meetings are at 7pm
for 7.30pm and typically finish by 9.15pm.
The 2018-19 programme and further details
can be found at www.guildfordphilatelic.org.
uk, or contact Barry Stephens on email: barry.
stephens1@ntlworld.com; tel: 01483 828630.

SPOTLIGHT ON

Malta Study Circle

The Malta Study Circle has its origins in 1948, when a group was set up to study Maltese
philatelic material, but did not last. Seven years later, Robson Lowe revived the group
when six collectors met at his auction rooms to found the Malta Study Circle, which has
thrived ever since.
Since those early days, the Circle has published almost fifty study papers and fifteen
volumes of newsletters, as well as providing information for MALTA, The Postal History and
Postage Stamps, 1576-1960, a handbook published in 1985. The Circle is run in the UK
and currently has around 200 members from seventeen countries. The group’s committee
has elected representatives from the UK, Malta, Germany, South Africa, North America,
Australia and Italy.
Meetings are mainly held in London and occasionally at philatelic events elsewhere around
the UK. Most meetings have two themes, with members encouraged to bring along philatelic
material to match one or both of the themes, and a weekend meeting is held every two years.
Members also keep in touch via the newsletter Melita, which is sent out three times a year,
and with postal auctions, which are usually held a couple of times a year.
Annual membership is £12 worldwide PDF journal, or for print versions of the journal:
£20 UK / £22 Europe / £25 worldwide. For more information or to apply for membership,
visit the Circle’s website: www.maltastudycircle.org.uk

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GREAT BRITAIN 005 Finances, two values Stamp size: 28.5mm x 41mm
Issue date: 9 November 2016 €1.25 Cooking pot and sunshine
001 Captain Cook and the Endeavour Voyage, Printer: Imprimerie Banque Centrale d’Algerie
six values Perforations: 14 x 14 012 Artists of Andorra 2017 - Neus Mola,
Issue date: 16 August 2018 Stamp size: 29mm x 43mm one value
Design: Howard Brown DZD10.00 Taxes help build Algeria’s future Issue date: 9 March 2017 003
Printer: International Security Printers DZD25.00 Land Registry, an Essential Tool for Printer: RCM-FNMT
Print process: Lithography Social Peace Perforations: 13 x imperforate
Perforations: 14 x 14.5 €3.15 The Silenced Voice
Stamp size: 37mm x 35mm 006 Barbary Lion, one value
Phosphor: Bars as appropriate Issue date: 17 December 2016 013 EUROPA 2017 – Castles, one value
Gum: PVA Printer: Imprimerie Banque Centrale d’Algerie Issue date: 21 April 2017
2nd class: Sir Joseph Banks BT by Sir Joshua Perforations: 14 x 14 Printer: RCM-FNMT
Reynolds with red-tailed tropicbird Stamp size: 36mm x 26mm Perforations: 13 x 13
and red passion flower DZD50.00 Barbary Lion (Panthera leo leo) Stamp size: 29mm x 41mm
004
2nd class: Chief mourner of Tahiti and a scene €1.25 Les Bons Castle
with a canoe 007 The Modernisation of the Justice Notes: Les Bons Castle is a ten-metre high
1st class: Captain James Cook by Nathaniel System, one value defensive tower which stands on a rock high
Dance, Triumph of the Navigators by Issue date: 15 January 2017 above the village of Les Bons. The date of the
Robin Brooks Printer: Imprimerie Offset Hôtel des Monnaies castle’s foundation is uncertain and could be
1st class: Drawings of the observations of the Perforations: 14 x 14 anywhere between the 13th and 16th centuries.
transit of Venus, 1769 and portrait of Stamp size: 43mm x 29mm The remains form part of what was once a large
a Maori chief DZD25.00 Scales of justice and world map defensive perimiter fortification
£1.45 Scarlet clianthus by Sydney Parkinson
and drawing of a Maori chief 008 Thermal baths, three values 014 Contemporary Art, two values 005
£1.45 Blue-black grassquite and Sydney Issue date: 29 January 2017 Issue date: 11 May 2017
Parkinson self-portrait Printer: Imprimerie Banque Centrale d’Algerie Printer: RCM-FNMT
Perforations: 14 x 14 Perforations: 13 x 13
ALGERIA Stamp size: 36mm x 26mm Stamp size: 30mm x 40mm
DZD5.00 Hammam Essalihine (Khenchela) €0.50 Zoe, Lost Origin
002 Training, two values DZD20.00 Hammam Zelfana (Ghardaia) €0.60 Jordi Casamajor, Omphalos
Issue date: 5 October 2016 DZD25.00 Hammam Bouhadjar (Ain Timouchent)
Printer: Imprimerie Banque Centrale d’Algerie 015 Anniversaries 2017 - Pere Canturri, one
Perforations: 14 x 14 009 1st Year of Officialisation of Tamazight, value 010
Stamp size: 40mm x 40mm one value Issue date: 28 May 2017
DZD10.00 Logo of Vocational Education and Issue date: 7 February 2017 Printer: RCM-FNMT
Training Printer: Imprimerie Banque Centrale d’Algerie Perforations: 13 x 13
DZD25.00 Vocational Training, the Key to Perforations: 14 x 14 Stamp size: 29mm x 41mm
Employment Stamp size: 29mm x 43mm €0.25 Pere Canturri
DZD25.00 Algerian flag and map
003 Diplomatic and International Relations 016 Tree leaves: Birch, one value
Institute (IDRI), one value ANDORA (SPANISH) Issue date: 5 June 2017
Issue date: 24 October 2016 Printer: RCM-FNMT 011
Printer: Imprimerie Banque Centrale d’Algerie 010 National Symbols (coats of arms), Perforations: 13 x 13
Perforations: 14 x 14 one value Stamp size: 41mm x 28.5mm
Stamp size: 36mm x 26mm Issue date: 31 January 2017 €1.35 Birch tree and close-up of leaf
DZD25.00 Institute building Printer: RCM-FNMT
Perforations: 13 x 13 017 Landscapes: Estany d’Encamp, one value
004 Communication pioneers, one value Stamp size: 29mm x 41mm Issue date: 8 July 2017
Issue date: 28 October 2016 A Coat of arms on Andorra Printer: RCM-FNMT
Printer: Imprimerie Banque Centrale d’Algerie Perforations: 13 x 13
Perforations: 14 x 14 011 Andorran Diversity 2017 - Argentinian Stamp size: 41mm x 29mm
Stamp size: 29mm x 43mm Community, one value €1.25 Estany d’Encamp scene
DZD25.00 Aissa Messaoudi (1931-1994) Issue date: 24 February 2017
Printer: RCM-FNMT 018 Figures: Julià Reig i Ribó, one value
Perforations: 13 x 13 Issue date: 8 September 2017 012

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Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 41mm x 29mm
€1.35 Photography of Reig, with dates
1911-1996
COLOMBIA
019 ‘Centro de Relevo’ (Relay Centre), two
013 values
Issue date: 3 December 2016
Printer: Cartor Security Printing
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm
COP5000 Two hands
COP2000 Two hands (oval format)
020 Olympics: Colombian Medalists in Rio
2016, eight values
Issue date: 12 December 2016
Printer: Cartor Security Printing
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40mm x 50mm
COP2000 Olympic sports (green background)
COP2000 Swimming and wrestling
COP2000 Weightlifting and cycling
COP2000 Swimming and running
COP10000 Olympic sports (green background)
020
COP10000 Swimming and wrestling
COP10000 Weightlifting and cycling
COP10000 Swimming and running
021 Colombian Antarctic Programme,
one value
Issue date: 13 December 2016
Printer: Cartor Security Printing
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 30mm x 40mm
COP10000 Ship in the Antarctic beside a map
of Colombia
022 Christmas 2016, one value
Issue date: 14 September 2016
Printer: Cartor Security Printing
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 50mm x 26mm
029 COP500 Angels holding a string of stars
023 50 Years of the Department of Sucre
(1967-2017), two values
Issue date: 1 March 2017
Printer: Cartor Security Printing
031 Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm
COP2000 Department building exterior
COP2000 Colombian dancers
024 Bicentenary of Birth of Manuel Murillo
Toro, one value
037 Issue date: 24 March 2017
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Printer: Cartor Security Printing
Perforations: 13.25 x 13.25
Stamp size: 50mm x 40mm
COP2000 President’s regalia and dates
1816-2016
025 50 Years of the Department of Risaralda
(1967-2017), two values
Issue date: 7 April 2017
Printer: Cartor Security Printing
Perforations: 13.25 x 13.25
Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm
COP500 Gold-ringed tanager (Bangsia
aureocincta)
COP500 Mountain landscape
026 Centenary of the birth of Enrique Santos
Castillo, one value
Issue date: 17 Aprli 2017
Printer: Cartor Security Printing
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 30mm x 40mm
COP5000 Portrait of Castillo and dates
1917-2017
027 Départements de Colombie, twelve values
Issue date: 27 April 2017
Printer: Cartor Security Printing
Perforations: 13.5 x 13.5
Stamp size: 30mm x 40mm
COP100 César
COP100 Cesar logo and 50 years wording
COP100 Musical instruments
COP100 Puerto fluvial
COP100 Young musician
COP100 Fisherman
COP100 Railway
COP100 River
COP100 Tree
COP100 Statue
COP100 Dancers
COP100 Shopping bags
028 150th Anniversary of Birth of Julio
Flórez, one value
Issue date: 26 May 2017
Printer: Cartor Security Printing
Perforations: 13.5 x 13.5
Stamp size: 60mm x 30mm
COP1000 Flórez portrait and dates 1867-2017
CYPRUS
029 Wild Flowers of Cyprus, four values
Issue date: 12 February 2018
Printer: Veridos Matsoukis SA Greece
Perforations: 13.5 x 13.5
Stamp size: 30mm x 38mm
€0.34 Allium sphaerocephalon
€0.41 Anthemis tricolor
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€1.88 Tragopogon porrifolius
030 Halloumi, one value
Issue date: 28 March 2018
Printer: Veridos Matsoukis SA Greece
Perforations: 13.5 x 13.5
Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm
€0.41 Halloumi production
031 FIFA World Cup Russia, one value
Issue date: 28 March 2018
Printer: Veridos Matsoukis SA Greece
Perforations: 13.5 x 13.5
Stamp size: 42mm x 30mm
€0.64 Football players and tournament logo
DENMARK
032 NORDIA 2017 - Vintage Cars, three values
Issue date: 27 October 2017
Printer: PostNord Stamps
Perforations: 13.5 x 13.5
Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm
DKK25.00 BMW 1960
DKK25.00 VW 1959
DKK25.00 DS 1973
033 Bjørn Winblad Centenary, five values
Issue date: 2 January 2018
Printer: PostNord Stamps
Perforations: 14 x 14
Stamp size: 26mm x 36mm
DKK9.00 Winblad painting
DKK9.00 Winblad portrait
DKK9.00 Silhouette of boy and girl
DKK9.00 Blue lady
DKK9.00 People collage
034 Roses, five values
Issue date: 2 January 2018
Printer: PostNord Stamps
Perforations: 14 x 14
Stamp size: 26mm x 26mm
DKK27.00 Jubilee celebration
DKK27.00 Rhapsody in blue
DKK27.00 Sekel
DKK27.00 Ingrid Bergman
DKK27.00 Crocus rose
035 Yoko Ono, two values
Issue date: 2 January 2018
Printer: PostNord Stamps
Perforations: 13.5 x 13.5
Stamp size: 42mm x 56mm
DKK27.00 Dream
DKK27.00 Smile
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FRANCE
036 Europa 2016 – Think Green, one value
Issue date: 9 May 2016
Printer: Phil@Poste Boulazac
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40.85mm x 30mm
€1.00 Europa 2016 common design
037 Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, one value
Issue date: 13 May 2016
Printer: Phil@Poste Boulazac
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40.85mm x 30mm
€0.70 Saint-Brevin-les-Pins retro travel poster
038 Paris Philex 2016, three values
Issue date: 19 May 2016
Printer: Phil@Poste Boulazac
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40.85mm x 26mm
€2.00 Place de la Concorde
€2.00 The Pont Neuf
€2.00 Notre Dame de Paris
039 Football: Your ten favourite moves,
ten values
Issue date: 19 may 2016
Printer: Phil@Poste Boulazac
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 33mm x33mm
Lettre verte Frappe (kick)
Lettre verte Coup du sombrero (reverse kick-over)
Lettre verte Amorti Poitrine (chest control)
Lettre verte Coup franc lucerne (Franc Lucerne Printer: Phil@Poste Boulazac
strike)
Letre verte Reprise de vole (ball control)
Lettre verte Aile de pigeon (type of kick)
Lettre verte Arret gardien (save)
Lettre verte Coup du foulard (type of kick)
Lettre verte Coup de pied retourne (type of kick)
Lettre verte Joueuse qui gagne (goal scoring)
040 The Seventies, six values
Issue date: 21 May 2016
Printer: Phil@Poste Boulazac
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40mm x 26mm
€0.80 The automobile
€0.80 Fashion
€0.80 Television
€0.80 Winter sports
€0.80 The Parc des Princes
€0.80 Hobbies
041 89th Congress of the French Federation
of Philatelic Associations, one value
Issue date: 21 May 2016
Printer: Phil@Poste Boulazac
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm
€0.70 Place des Vosges, Paris
042 Louise Labé, one value
Issue date: 22 May 2016
Printer: Phil@Poste Boulazac
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40.85mm x 30mm
€1.40 Louise Labé
Notes: Louise Labé (d.15 April 1566) was a
Renaissance poet known as La Belle Cordière
(The Beautiful Ropemaker). Her works include
Débat de Folie et d’Amour (Debate of Folly
and Love)
043 Solitary Bees, four values
Issue date: 23 May 2016
Printer: Phil@Poste Boulazac
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40.85mm x 30mm
€0.70 Osmia
€0.70 Colletes
€0.70 Anthophare
€0.70 Megachile
044 Battle of Verdun, one value
Issue date: 29 May 2016
Printer: Phil@Poste Boulazac
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 60mm x 25mm
€0.70 Battle scene and dates 1916-2016
045 École des Mines de Saint-Étienne,
one value
Issue date: 3 June 2016
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 30mm x 40.85mm
€0.70 School building and scientists, with
dates 1816-2016
046 The finest hours of French history, two
values
Issue date: 3 June 2016
Printer: Phil@Poste Boulazac
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40.85mm x 53mm
€1.40 Queen Catherine de Medici
€1.40 Field of the Cloth of Gold
ISRAEL
047 Mosaics in Eretz Israel, one value
Issue date: 13 November 2016
Printer: Cartor Security Printers
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm
ILS4.10 Villa, Lod, 3rd Century
ILS4.10 Synagogue, Gaza, 6th Century
ILS4.10 Synagogue, Maon (Negev), 6th Century
048 King Solomon’s Ships, one value
Issue date: 13 November 2016
Printer: Cartor Security Printers
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 60mm x 40mm
ILS5.00 King Solomon with ships
041
049 Yitzhak Navon 1921-2015, one value
Issue date: 13 November 2016
Printer: Cartor Security Printers
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 30mm x 40mm
ILS11.70 Yitzhak Navon with Israel flag 046
050 Aromatic plants, three values
Issue date: 7 February 2017
Printer: Cartor Security Printers
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm 046
ILS4.10 Frankincense
ILS4.10 Myrrh
ILS4.10 Balsam
051 120 Years of the Zionist Organization of
America, one value
Issue date: 7 February 2017
Printer: Cartor Security Printers 048
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 30mm x 40mm
ISL8.30 Menorah, Statue of Liberty and ZOA logo
052 Krav Maga, one value
Issue date: 7 February 2017
Printer: Cartor Security Printers
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 30mm x 40mm
ISL11.70 Two Krav Maga participants
Notes: Krav Maga is a self-defence system
developed for the Israel Defence Forces, which
uses techniques also practised in boxing
and wrestling
053 Brit Hayyale Ha’Estel, one value
Issue date: 7 February 2017
Printer: Cartor Security Printers
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 30mm x 40mm 050
ISL2.40 Members of the National Military
Organisation in World War Two
054 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Israel,
three values
Issue date: 7 February 2017
Printer: Cartor Security Printers
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm
ISL2.40 Nahal Me’arot Caves
ISL5.00 Bet She’arim Necropolis
ISL5.00 Maresha and Bet-guvrin Caves
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ITALY €0.95 Collage of musical instruments with JPY52 Kitten (circular)

sheet music background JPY52 Rabbit with hat
055 Natural and Landscape Heritage: JPY52 Seated rabbit with hat
Tourism, four values 061 110th Anniversary of the First Edition of JPY52 Girl and boy
Issue date: 31 July 2017 the Social Week of Italian Catholics, JPY52 Girl and boy (heart shape)
Printer: IPZS one value JPY52 Rabbbit with beret
Perforations: 11 x 11 Issue date: 26 October 2017 JPY52 Rabbit with love heart
Stamp size: 48mm x 40mm Printer: IPZS JPY82 Kitten with bow
€0.95 Introd Perforations: 11 x 11 JPY82 Kitten (stripy background)
€0.95 Isola del Liri Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm JPY82 Kitten (heart shape)
€0.95 Pontelandolfo €0.95 Handshake infilled with human figures JPY82 Kitten (circular)
055 €0.95 Arbatax JPY82 Rabbit with hat
JAPAN JPY82 Rabbit with basket
056 Natural and Landscape Heritage: Val JPY82 Boy and girl with stars
Gardena Train, one value 062 G7 Ise-Shima Summit 2016, ten values JPY82 Boy and girl with clouds
Issue date: 9 September 2017 Issue date: 26 April 2016 JPY82 Rabbit with beret
Printer: IPZS Printer: Joh Enschedé Security Printers JPY82 Rabbit with toys
Perforations: 11 x 11 Perforations: 13 x 13
056 Stamp size: 48mm x 40mm Stamp size: 28mm x 38mm 066 Vegetables and Fruits series no 6,
€0.95 Steam train with town in background JPY82 Japan map ten values
JPY82 Japan map Issue date: 20 May 2016
057 Italian Artistic and Cultural Heritage, JPY82 Bird on shingle Printer: Toppan Printing Company
three values JPY82 Historic bridge Perforations: 14 x 14
Issue date: 15 September 2017 JPY82 Bridge and cherry blossom Stamp size: 25mm x 21mm
Printer: IPZS JPY82 Orchids JPY52 Orange
060 Perforations: 11 x 11 JPY82 Marine life JPY52 Chard
Stamp size: 48mm x 40mm JPY82 Sunset JPY52 Mint
€0.95 Abbey of St Gervasio of Bulgaria in JPY82 Lighthouse JPY52 Nuts
Mondolfo JPY82 Textiles JPY52 Potatoes
€0.95 Abbey of Casamari JPY82 Broad beans
€0.95 Pontificial Basilica of St Nicola in Bari 063 The 99th Lions Clubs International JPY52 Lemons
Convention, one value JPY82 Blueberries
061 058 Italian Artistic and Cultural Heritage: Issue date: 6 May 2016 JPY82 Melon
50th Anniversary of death of Piero Portaluppi Printer: Joh Enschedé Security Printers JPY82 Peppers
(1888-1967), one value Perforations: 13 x 13
Issue date: 29 September 2017 Stamp size: 28mm x 38mm 067 Nostalgia of pictures for children series
Printer: IPZS JPY82 Blossoms and wording ‘Do for people, no 3, ten values
Perforations: 11 x 11 do for world’ Issue date: 27 May 2016
Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm Printer: Cartor Security Printing
€0.95 Portaluppi portrait and dates 1888-1967 064 The 60th Anniversary of Enforcement of Perforations: 13 x 13
Notes: Portaluppi was an Italian architect born the Local Autonomy Law (Fukushima), five Stamp size: 28mm x 38mm
in Milan, whose creations include the Casa degli values JPY82 Smiling boy with milk
Atellani and the Palazzo del Capitano di Guistizia Issue date: 11 May 2016 JPY82 Girl with puppy
Printer: Joh Enschedé Security Printers JPY82 Girls riding bikes
059 Excellence in Knowledge: 60th Perforations: 13 x 13 JPY82 Girl collecting mushrooms
Anniversary of the Italian Association of Stamp size: 33.5mm x 35mm JPY82 Girl in woods
Women Engineers and Architects (AIDIA), JPY82 Enforcement official JPY82 Girl in bedroom
one value JPY82 Local ceramics JPY82 Chick
Issue date: 6 October 2017 JPY82 Blossom tree JPY82 Girl opening door
Printer: IPZS JPY82 Decorated vase JPY82 Woman mending teddy bear
Perforations: 11 x 11 JPY82 Public square JPY82 Boy in red robe
Stamp size: 30mm x 40mm
€0.95 Figure of a woman made up of 065 Greetings (Sanrio Characters), 068 National Land Aforestation, ten values
engineering apparatus, with twenty values Issue date: 3 June 2016
association logo Issue date: 20 May 2016 Printer: Cartor Security Printing
Printer: Toppan Printing Company Perforations: 13 x 13
060 Philately Day, one value Perforations: 14 x 14 Stamp size: 28mm x 34mm
Issue date: 7 October 2017 Stamp size: 26mm x 26mm JPY52 Cherry blossom
Printer: IPZS JPY52 Kitten (heart shape) JPY52 Pine leaves
Perforations: 11 x 11 JPY52 Kitten (rose background) JPY52 Chestnut tree
062 Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm JPY52 Kitten (stripy background) JPY52 Purple flower

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JPY52 Purple and white flowers
JPY52 Red berries
JPY52 Berry branch
JPY52 Birch trees
JPY52 Yellow flowers
JPY52 White flowers
LEBANON
069 Mikhail Naimy: Lebanese writer,
one value
Issue date: 22 July 2017
Printer: Chemali & Chemali
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40mm x 50mm
LBP250 Portrait of Mikhall Naimy
070 Lebanese Army Day: 1 August, one value
Issue date: 1 August 2017
Printer: Chemali & Chemali
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 50mm x 40mm
LBP2000 Handshake
071 Carlos Ghosn, one value
Issue date: 28 August 2017
Printer: Chemali & Chemali
Perforations: 13.5 x 13.5
Stamp size: 30mm x 40mm
LBP2000  Portrait of Carlos Ghosn
Notes: Ghosn was born in Brazil to Lebanese
parents in 1954. He is the chairman and CEO
of Renault
072 Zalfa Chamoun, one value
Issue date: 6 October 2017
Printer: Chemali & Chemali
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40mm x 50mm
LBP2000 Zalfa Chamoun black & white
photograph
073 90 Years Nasri Shamseddine, one value
Issue date: 19 October 2017
Printer: Chemali & Chemali
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 40mm x 50mm
LBP250 Nasri Shamseddine painting and dates
1927-1983
074 People’s Flag Return to The People’s
House, one value
Issue date: 6 December 2017
Printer: Chemali & Chemali
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 50mm x 40mm
LBP5000  Flag ceremony and dates 1989-2016
075 The People’s House, one value 081 Paralympic Golden Moments in Rio 2016,
Issue date: 6 December 2017 one value
Printer: Chemali & Chemali Issue date: 29 December 2016
Perforations: 13 x 13 Printer: Southern Colour Print New Zealand
Stamp size: 50mm x 40mm Perforations: 14 x 14
LBP5000  General Michel Aoun welcomes the Stamp size: 50mm x 40mm
People’s Flag MYR0.95 Paralympic competitors and medals
076 General Michel Aoun, one value 082 Malaysian Serama, five values
Issue date: 6 December 2017 Issue date: 10 January 2017
Printer: Chemali & Chemali Printer: Southern Colour Print New Zealand
Perforations: 13 x 13 Perforations: 14 x 14
Stamp size: 40mm x 50mm Stamp size: 35mm x 35mm
LBP5000 Aoun photograph with flag MYR0.85 Two chickens, Gallus gallus
deomsticus
077 Valentine’s Day, one value MYR0.95 Chickens with young 065
Issue date: 14 February 2018 MYR1.05 Serama Muda and Serama Tampa
Printer: Chemali & Chemali Lawi
Perforations: 13 x 13 MYR3.00 Ayam Serama painting
Stamp size: 40mm x 30mm MYR8.00 Ayam Serama painting
LBP2000 Cut out heart with heart background
083 Festival food series: Chinese, four values
MALAYSIA Issue date: 24 January 2017
Printer: Southern Colour Print New Zealand
078 Places of Worship, five values Perforations: 14 x 14 069
Issue date: 21 November 2016 Stamp size: 30mm x 40mm
Printer: Cartor Security Printing MYR0.85 Nien-gao (sticky cake) and Mandarin
Perforations: 14 x 14 Oranges
Stamp size: 30mm x 30mm MYR0.95 Poon Choi & Lettuce Wraps
MYR0.60 Kapitan Keling Mosque, Penang MYR1.05 Spring Rolls & Lotus Root Soup
MYR0.60 St Francis Xavier Church, Melaka MYR5.00 Food plate
MYR0.60 Sri Kandaswamy Kovil Temple, 070
Kuala Lumpur UKRAINE
MYR0.60 Gurdwara Sahib Shapha,
Kuala Lumpur 084 Legends of Ukrainian Motocross,
MYR0.60 Perak Cave Temple, Perak nine values
Issue date: 28 October 2016
079 Girl Guides Association Malaysia: 100 Printer: Ukraina Plant
Years, three values Perforations: 14 x 14
Issue date: 9 December 2016 Stamp size: 40mm x 28mm
Printer: Southern Colour Print New Zealand UAH3.00 Leonid Bratkovskyi: Motorcycle 076
Perforations: 14 x 14 “M-72” 750 cm3
Stamp size: 30mm x 40mm UAH3.00 Igor Grygoriev: Motor cycle
MYR0.85 Girl Guide with knot, tents and salutre “CZ” 250 cm3
MYR0.85 Girl Guide camp UAH3.00 Vadym Horulko: Motor cycle
MYR0.85 Stylised head with Girl Guide “KOVROVETS” 250 cm3
activities and badges UAH3.00 Oleksii Kibirin: Motor cycle 077
“CZ” 250 cm3
080 Pemerintahan Seri Paduka Baginda Yang UAH3.00 Leonid Shynkarenko: Motor cycle
di-Pertuan Agong XIV, four values “CZ” 250 cm3
Issue date: 12 December 2016 UAH3.00 Volodymyr Ovchinikov:
Printer: Percetakan Keselamatan Nasional Motor cycle “CZ” 500 cm3
Sdn Bhd UAH3.00 Volodymyr Kavinov:
Perforations: 14 x 14 Motor cycle “KTM” 250 cm3
Stamp size: 60mm x 25mm UAH3.00 Borys Pohanovskyi, Yevhenii
MYR0.85 Monarch and palace building Nechyporenko: Motor cycle “DNEPR” 750 cm3
MYR0.95 Military troops UAH3.00 Yevhenii Rybalchenko: Motor cycle “CZ”
MYR1.05 Monarch and military parade 250 cm3
MYR3.00 Monarch in chauffeured car
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085 Happy New Year, one value

Issue date: 11 November 2016
Theme checklist
Printer: Ukraina Plant Use the list below to cross reference the new
Perforations: 14 x 14 stamps listed in this issue against your theme
Stamp size: 40mm x 40mm
UAH4.40 Cockerel with Chinese lantern and A Literature: 015, 026, 028, 042
zodiac symbols
Agriculture: 030 M
Architecture: 008, 023, 040, 041, 057, 058, Mammals: 006, 086
086 Bechstein’s Bat, four values
Issue date: 30 December 2016 064, 078 Mankind: 061
Printer: Ukraina Plant Art: 012, 033, 088, 089 Maps: 021
Perforations: 13 x 13 Artists: 033, 035 Medicine: 019
Stamp size: 40.02mm x 40.02mm B Military: 069, 070, 090
N Bechstein’s Bat (Myotis bechsteinii)
Birds: 025, 082 Mineralogy: 008, 054
roosting
Bridges: 037 Music: 027, 060
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N Bechstein’s Bat Flying C N
079 N Bechstein’s Bat Wings Castles: 013 New Year: 085
Celebrations: 022, 065, 077 O
087 The Paleolithic Age, two values Children: 067 Olympics: 020
Issue date: 20 January 2017
Christmas: 022 P
Printer: Ukraina Plant
Cinema: 073 Paralympics: 081
Perforations: 13 x 13
Stamp size: 38.28mm x 24.36mm Coats of arms: 010, 091 Philately: 038, 041, 060, 091
081 7.50 Paleolithic hunters Communications: 004 Plants: 050
7.50 Domestic scenes Conservation: 054 Politics: 003, 005, 009, 015, 018, 024, 049,
D 051, 062, 064, 076, 090
088 Arkhyp Kuindzhi: After Thunderstorm,
Dogs: 017E Press: 026
1879, one value
Issue date: 27 January 2017 E R
Printer: Ukraina Plant Economy: 005 Religion: 061, 078
Perforations: 13 x 13 Education: 002, 045 Royalty: 080
Stamp size: 40.02mm x 29.58mm Engineering: 045 S
UAH4.40 After Thunderstorm (1879)
Environment: 036, 054 Science: 045
Europa: 013 Scouting: 079
089 The Famous Women of Ukraine: Tetiana
Yablonska, one value F Second World War: 053
Issue date: 24 Febuary 2017 Fine arts: 014, 027, 047, 051 Ships: 021, 048
Printer: Ukraina Plant First World War: 044 Sport: 020, 031, 039, 040, 052, 081
Perforations: 13 x 13 Flags: 009, 049, 074, 075, 076 T
084 Stamp size: 40.5.mm x 30mm
Flowers: 029, 034, 068 Television: 040
UAH5.40 Flax (1977)
Food: 030, 083 Tourism: 055

090 Centenary of the Ukrainian Revolution Football: 031, 039 Trains: 056
1917-1921, one value G Transport: 001, 032, 056
Issue date: 4 March 2017 Geography: 001, 017, 055 Trees: 016
Printer: Ukraina Plant Government: 003, 005, 007, 015, 024, U
Perforations: 13 x 13
062H United Nations: 086
085 Stamp size: 52mm x 25.2mm
UAH3.00 Scene from the revolution History: 001, 011, 023, 025, 027, 046, 048, W
053, 058, 090 Women: 042, 059, 072, 089
091 Personalised postage stamp, one value I Writers: 015, 028, 042, 069
Issue date: 6 March 2017 Industry: 027, 059, 062, 071 Z
Printer: Ukraina Plant
Insects; 043 Zoos 024
Perforations: 13 x 13
International organisations: 063
Stamp size: 29.58mm x 41.76mm
V Coat of arms L
Law: 064
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Coin update
In brief
Japan is set to issue a commemorative
coin to mark Emperor Akihito’s third
decade on the throne. The coins will be
available in February in the run up to
the emperor’s planned abdication at the
end of April.
The will of the late conservative peer
Lord Ian Stewartby has revealed that
he donated around 6,000 ancient
coins, with a value of £1.8 million, to
Glasgow’s Hunterian Museum.
A French think tank has suggested
the country should take its smaller
denomination coins out of circulation
with the ultimate aim of becoming a
cashless society. The move would see the
1c and 2c coins removed.
The fast food chain McDonald’s is
offering customers limited edition coins
to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the
‘Big Mac’ burger. The MacCoin will be
given away to customers ordering a Big
Mac in fifty countries – but not in the
UK – and will subsequently be taken
as payment for the burger. The coin
comes in five designs, each representing
a different decade. Coin collectors are
hoping the collectable coins will boost
the hobby amongst younger people.
A new coin from the Royal Canadian
Mint features a portrait of the Queen
from 1951. The ‘Portrait of a Princess’
coin features a reproduction of a
photograph taken at Clarence House
in London in 1951 by Armenian-
Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh
(1908-2002). The photo was taken
on the eve of a royal tour of Canada.
Limited to just 750 copies, the coin
has a diameter of 76.25mm, making it
the largest portrait of Her Majesty ever
featured on a coin struck by the Royal
Canadian Mint.
A hoard of bronze and silver Roman
coins has been discovered in Georgia
by Georgian and Polish archaeologists.
The 250 coins are thought to have been
produced in Caesarea, during the reigns
of Hadrian, and Septimius Severus.
104 OCTOBER 2018
Penguins star on Falklands coins
Pobjoy Mint has launched the first 50p coin in their
‘Penguins of the Falklands’ five-coin set, featuring
the Macaroni penguin in full colour.
The series, issued on behalf of the Falkland
Islands Government, is the second set of coins
featuring penguins, and will celebrate five breeds
of penguin that can be found on the islands,
starting with a 50p featuring a head shot of a
Macaroni penguin. The series will continue with
50p coins featuring the Gentoo, King, Magellanic,
and Southern Rockhopper penguins. In addition
to the colour coins, Pobjoy are also issuing a
collector’s album to hold the set which ‘sets the
coins against a beautiful image of a group of king
penguins and includes information on each breed’.
A spokesperson for Pobjoy Mint said:
‘Following the amazing success of the first set of
Falkland Islands Penguin 50p coins in 2017, we
are delighted to announce the release of a brand
new set of five coins featuring the five breeds of
penguin that are resident on the Islands at some
point during the course of the year. Known as the
penguin capital of the world, it is hard to believe
that back in the 18th century these beautiful
birds were victimised for oil and, in the case of
some breeds, for their beautiful skin. Thankfully,
conservation and awareness has changed this and
the penguins are now a favourite with tourists. This new series of coins features close-up head
shots of the five penguins that inhabit the Falkland Islands, each shown in glorious colour.’
The new coin is limited to 7,500 copies and was released on 2 August. The coin has a
coloured cupro-nickel diamond finish and its obverse features the Pobjoy Mint effigy of Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. For more details visit: www.pobjoy.com
WOPA website
expands into coins
WOPA, the e-commerce website which allows visitors to buy stamps at face value, is now
expanding its philatelic business model to the numismatic market.
The WOPA site, which was launched in 2011, gives collectors the opportunity to purchase
collectables from a choice of sellers on one website, with one account, in multiple currencies,
with one payment method and at the official price. In October 2017 WOPA reinvented
itself with a new domain, new logo, new website, more products and new features to further
improve the shopping experience. Now the site is moving into the coin market, and is
set to be in attendance at a variety of major coin exhibitions worldwide, to market itself
internationally both online and offline.
A spokesperson for WOPA said: ‘Boasting more than 50,000 products and 30,000 active
email subscribers, WOPA is optimistic that during 2018 it will make significant in-roads
in the coin market and offer an alternative sales channel for international mints whilst at
the same time a convenient and user-friendly shopping environment to coin collectors.
WOPA+ aims to continue steadily growing its business, offering the best available service
in terms of quality, reliability, value and friendliness to its customers and to be a fair and
trustworthy business partner.’ Find out more by visiting: www.wopa-plus.com
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Latest Scarcity Auction highlights

Index published
The latest Scarcity Index has been
published by Change Checker, providing
collectors with a countdown of the rarest
50p and £2 coins.
The special index of circulation
coins is created by the coin firm using
information such as the number of
times each design is listed as collected The recent auction at Celtic coins specialist Chris Rudd saw a Norfolk
by Change Checkers, and the number of times a design has been ‘Wolf’ gold stater c.55-50 BC, fetch £4,000. The 16mm coin featured a
requested as a swap over the previous three months. The 50p depiction of a wolf standing right with open jaws, teeth and tongue visible,
index shows the rare Kew Gardens 50p still at the top of the list, two tiny pellets, large pellet and crescent below. The lot was described as
whilst the Sir Isaac Newton, Rowing and Canoeing 50p coins have ‘one of the nicest we’ve seen for a while. A wonderful wolf stater in brilliant
all moved up the list and so are said to be becoming more rare. condition. Securely provenanced. EXTREMELY RARE die pair, only six
Change Checker’s Rachel Hooper said: ‘Not surprisingly, Kew others recorded… this stunning wolf stater was found around six years ago
Gardens still remains the most scarce UK 50p coin with a mintage and is one of the most alluring we’ve had for several years. Perhaps its most
figure of just 210,000. There has been a lot of movement this attractive feature is that it’s boldly struck on both sides; so often the obverse
quarter, with significant improvements in the performance of Sir looks rather weak. Not in this instance.’ (Image copyright Celtic Coins).
Isaac Newton, Rowing and Canoeing. On the other hand, both
Girl Guides and Tom Kitten have seen less interest, with both coins SOLD FOR £4,000
moving nine points down the Index. Our top and bottom six coins
seem to remain consistent for now, although there is always the
potential for change as new coins enter circulation, and we’ve had a
number of new releases recently that could mix things in up.’
The £2 index sees the Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland
£2 coin regain its place at the top, whilst the Rugby World Cup and
Florence Nightingale coins have moved down the Index this quarter.
Rachel added: ‘This is due in part to a lack of Change Checkers
requesting to swap these coins, however we wouldn’t be surprised to
see these coins creeping up the Index in the next quarter.’
Meanwhile, the company report that there is still not enough A dinar from the Persian Sasanian Kingdom, issued during the reign of
information about the 26 ‘A to Z of Great Britain’ 10p coins to create a Varhran II (AD 276-293) was recently sold at VAuctions. The dinar was 21
scarcity index, however, Change Checker have provided a ‘Swap Index’ mm and featured a bust of Varhran II right, wearing winged crown with
using data from the Change Checker App. This index shows the ‘Angel korymbos. The reverse of the coin was said to be particularly rare, featuring
of the North’ coin at the top, followed by ‘English Breakfast’. a fire altar, flanked by two attendants, the one on left wearing winged crown
To see the coin charts for yourself, visit: www.changechecker.org with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown.

SOLD FOR £2,770

Change of team at Harrogate
The popular Harrogate Spring Coin Fair at the Old Swan Hotel
has been taken over by coin dealers John & Sophie Philpotts, the
team behind Silbury Coins, who specialise in the British Iron
Age, Anglo Saxon & Norman periods.
The annual event in Harrogate offers a wide range of coin
dealers, and has also played host to lectures from the Yorkshire
Numismatic Society. A spokesperson said: ‘Simon Monks has
done a fantastic job running this fair for many years and has
now decided it is time to pass on this responsibility. With new A Roman tribute penny of emperor Tiberius (AD 14-37) was
owners there will be many new ideas to make the event even recently sold during the Classical Numismatic Group, Inc online
more enjoyable for exhibitors and visitors alike.’ auction. The coin, minted at Lugdunum (Lyon) featured a portrait
The next Harrogate Spring Coin Fair will be held in March of Livia, the mother of Tiberius, seated right on chair, holding a
2019. More information will be available on the website: www. sceptre in right hand and olive branch in left.
harrogatecoinfair.com or by email: info@harrogatecoinfair.com
SOLD FOR £1,616

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Coin update

Latest online prices

Your quick reference price guide to recent coin and banknote
sales on the popular internet auction site delcampe.net

SOLD FOR £1,113

Celtic coin, 1st century AD, quart of
SOLD FOR £757
Italy, 50 lire Victor Emmanuel III Coins on
Stater Quarnutes gold coin 1911 gold coin
a budget
This month’s bargain coin was
purchased on ebay for the modest sum
of £9.70 including postage, writes
Ed Archer. I put in a bid for it as its
condition was good especially on the
reverse. The obverse is mis-struck
so the entire legend is not visible.
However, the coin has sufficient detail
SOLD FOR £317 SOLD FOR £201 to identify it as a bronze assarion of
Luxembourg ‘Gros’ Wenceslas II 1383-88 France, 10 francs ‘Rameaux Gordian III which was struck in the
silver coin longs’ 1946 VF town of Nicaea in Bithynia. Today
this place is Iznik in north western
Anatolia, Turkey. In antiquity it was
one of the largest cities in Anatolia.
The coin was struck for Gordian
III some time between 238-244 AD,
probably towards the end of his reign.
Much of Gordian’s brief reign was spent
dealing with invasions of the Roman
Empire particularly from the Iranians,
SOLD FOR £179 SOLD FOR £605 under the leadership of Timesitheus,
Belgium, 20 francs Leopold II Germany, X 500 Euro R003, Gordian’s father in law. The reverse
1875 gold coin Duisenberg UNC shows a legionary standard with an
eagle flanked by two other legionary
standards with wreaths. Maybe Nicaea
sent recruits to the large army that was
assembled for the campaign against
the Sassanian monarch Ardashir I. The
Greek letters underneath the standards
spell out in Greek that the coin was
struck in Nicaea.
The reverse shows the young
Gordian III wearing the solar crown
which associated the Emperors
with the God Sol Invictus – the
unconquered Sun God. Unfortunately
SOLD FOR £178 SOLD FOR £177 the young Gordian disappeared in
France, 100 francs Merson 1923, rare Lithuania, 500 litu 2000 UNC Northern Iraq at the age of nineteen.

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 English coins
An introduction to…
Edward I, II and III Pennies
The pennies of Edward I, II and III can be confusing to newcomers with similar designs and little in the
way of clues of many of the designs, but there are tips to identify the pieces, as Steve Webb reveals
T
hese three kings ruled
consecutively from
1272 to 1377; but none
included dates on his
coinage; nor even the
numerals II or III on the issues of the
second or third monarch. To those
challenging complications we must also
add the fact that, when glanced at by
an untrained eye, all three rulers appear
to have issued silver coins that look very
similar. Their pennies, halfpennies and
farthings display a front-facing crowned
monarch on the obverse, backed by a
long-cross reverse; both differing very
little whether issued by one king or the
other two. Advanced collectors relish
such complication while beginners
flounder trying to sort their Edwards
into three groups. Here, for beginners
only, is the way early collectors, in the
days before we could all benefit from
the research of advanced numismatists,
assigned silver pennies from those
years: any with legends that included
‘EDW’ as the abbreviation of the
king’s name were regarded as issues
of Edward I; those with any other
form of abbreviation of the name were
catalogued as Edward II; remaining
coins must have had the name in
full as ‘EDWARDVS’ and belonged
to Edward III. Simple… but proven
incorrect by the many thousands of
silver pennies from this period that
metal detectorists have brought to
108 OCTOBER 2018
Above, from left: both
sides of an Edward I groat,
c. 1279. The obverse
shows a crowned bust
facing; within a quatrefoil
of three lines; flowers in
the spandrels. The King’s
drapery is indicated by
two wedges meeting
at a rosette; around,
+ EDWARDVS DI GRA
REX ANGL, the reverse
features a long cross with
three beads in the angles;
around, in an outer line,
the continuation of the
King’s titles, DNS HIBN
EDVX AQVT, around within,
LON DON IAC IVI for
the London mint (image
Timeline Auctions and
Wildwinds database)
Edward I penny (1272-
1307) Obv: crowned bust
facing; around, + EDW R
ANGL DNS HYB, reverse:
long cross with three
beads in the angles; and a
circle of beads outside the
angles, with 'CIVI TAS LON
DON' for the London mint
Right: Edward II penny
from Berwick mint (image
Halls Hammered Coins)
www.stampandcoin.co.uk
light and carefully examined in recent
years. Before challenging your powers
of observation further, let me provide
a few glimpses into the world in which
the silver pennies circulated.
A list of battles rote-learned during
early school history lessons included
many fought during the reigns of
Edward I, II and IIII: Crécy, Calais,
Neville’s Cross, Poitiers, Boroughbridge,
Falkirk, Bannockburn and others
which probably continue to jog your
memories of the first three Edwards
to this day. Battles were costly; they
took agricultural labourers off to
war when their skills were needed
on the land. Battles also drove kings
to impose higher taxes that strained
England’s economy. On the other hand,
increasing the amount of harvested
crops to feed armies and boost grain
exports helped indirectly to raise the
incomes of peasants across lowland
England: the average adult labourer’s
earnings reached one penny per day at
that time.
The Plague, known then as The
Great Pestilence, devastated the
economy. In the first visitation (1348)
almost half the population of England
died, with a second wave occurring
in 1361 and carrying off a quarter of
all survivors from the first outbreak.
Subsequent labour shortages inevitably
raised wages, though Edward III,
during whose reign most plague
deaths occurred, introduced new laws
in attempts to stabilize incomes and
control food prices. Scores of small
towns with populations of less than
2,000 across central and southern
England suffered some of the highest
death rates as a result of overcrowded
living conditions; but the majority

survived and even increased the size of
their weekly markets. In many small
towns merchants representing several
trades acquired some measure of self-
government by the end of Edward
III’s reign; and groups of weavers and
fullers also formed guilds and won
greater control over their trades in the
wake of population decline. In other
regions flourishing urban growth often
resulted from Edward I’s enthusiasm for
granting market charters as a means of
increasing his own tax revenues.
Great merchants and rich courtiers
spent their wealth almost as lavishly as
the monarchy on ecclesiastical projects.
Their generosity (whatever their
motives) kept quarries, bell foundries
and glass kilns in full production,
while lead, copper, tin, iron and coal
mines all increased output. Wool, as
an export commodity and the raw
material for making English woollen
goods, generated more wealth than
any other sector. Profits from trade
in fleeces and the production of
cloth from different varieties of wool
drove the economies of all three
reigns, reaching an annual peak of
45,000 woolsacks filled by shearing
almost 3,000,000 sheep around
1350. Exports of raw wool declined
from then only because more wealth
could be created by producing cloth
at home and exporting the finished
materials. Many woollen trades also
benefited from large home orders for
cheap military clothing and accessories
during the reigns of Edward I and III.
The number of watermills powering
the washing and fulling (thickening)
processes through which raw wool
passed when making cloth exceeded
10,000 across England in the later
years of Edward III’s reign.
A problem for an English product
that most other nations wanted and
Right: Edward III Treaty would pay handsomely
penny (c.1361-1369). for was that it
Bold portrait and clear attracted large
legends. Rev off flan, amounts of
patchy tone. 'CIVITAS foreign currency
LONDON' for London to English
mint (image Halls markets. Initially
Hammered Coins) merchants from
Flanders, Hainault,
Brabant and other
regions with major cloth
making industries came
with English sterling pennies
they had obtained through trade in
their own countries, where the pennies
of Edward I, II and III circulated freely
thanks to their reliable weight and silver
content. When such coins proved difficult
to come by, the merchants brought others
that matched sterling accurately in weight
and fineness; or they took risks and
brought underweight and debased money.
Aware that international
confidence in sterling
depended as much
on the appearance
of English money
as on weight
and fineness, all
three monarchs
endeavoured,
whenever possible,
to ban and outlaw
interlopers and to make
only minor alterations
to designs and lettering so
that their coins continued to exhibit
familiar obverses and reverses recognized
throughout north-western Europe.
If you want to begin collecting
coins that were in circulation when
the historical events briefly mentioned
above took place, how should you make
a start? I urge you to take advantage of
the large numbers of high resolution
images seen nowadays in coin
magazines, at dealers’ online shops,
on eBay, and on web pages devoted to
(among other subjects) identifying
hammered coins. Two of the
best are www.ukdfd.co.uk
where you will find the
illustrated publication
Early Edwardian Pennies
(1279-1344) by Rod
Blunt; and Medieval
Coins – An Introduction
jointly authored by
S&CM contributor Richard
Kelleher of the Fitzwilliam
Museum and Barrie Cook of the
www.stampandcoin.co.uk
COINS OF EDWARD I, II & III
British Museum. You can
download it in pdf
format at www.
scribd.com. The
Kelleher/Cook
document has
clear, concise
written descriptions
of all coins issued by
the three monarch;
but the accompanying
images cannot be
greatly enlarged or otherwise
manipulated. Rod Blunt’s images,
on the other hand, can be clicked to
enlarge, then transferred to a computer
programme such as Paintshop Pro and
further enlarged and rotated for easier
viewing of legends, individual letters,
crowns, facial features and other clues
to positive identification. I found the
written descriptions in the Blunt book
rather heavy reading, but the
enlarged images made
everything clear.
Another approach,
for readers who
want to get their
hands on medieval
hammered
without breaking
their beginner’s
bank is to bid on
what are often called
uncleaned hammered
silver detectorist lots. With
luck you should be able to win a lot
for around £20 that includes half a
dozen fragments that may turn out to
be pieces from silver pennies of this
period broken in the ploughsoil before
the detectorist rescued them. Hone your
identifying skills by comparing what
you hold in your hands with images
from your computer screen. Attempts
at matching should soon enable you to
identify fragments that include a letter
or two, or perhaps part of a crown, or
the fragmentary segment of a mint town
name. You can commence your training
immediately by looking closely at the
accompanying images and deciding
whether or not the pennies among them
could have been categorized as Edward
I, II or III coins.
Thanks to Halls Hammered Coins,
Leodis Hammered Coins and TimeLine
Auctions and the Wildwinds database
for illustrations. Visit the web pages of
all four for more high resolution images.
OCTOBER 2018 109
 Roman coins
W
ith Nero’s death
in AD 68 the
bloodlines
Augustans
traced to their
Julian origins were finally severed.
The extended family had held the
imperial throne through the reigns of
Nero, Claudius, Caligula, Tiberius and
Augustus, great-nephew of the childless
Julius Caesar, who had adopted him
as his closest living relative in 45 BC.
Now, with Nero dead and no successor
named, the choice of next emperor lay in
the hands of the legions stationed across
the Empire, and the Praetorian Guard
in Rome, with an unruly mob of the
capital’s plebs waiting to see who offered
the largest bribe for their support.
Aulus Vitellius, son of Lucius
Vitellius who held army commands
and high office in the Senate, was born
in AD 15. He spent some of his early
years as a guest of Emperor Tiberius on
the Isle of Capri, where it seems likely
that Vitellius first developed his lifelong
passions for gluttony and exotic dishes
by feasting with his host and enjoying
the generous menus and eccentric
imperial lifestyle. When Tiberius died
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Vitellius…
The Emperor who
ate too much
The effects on a ruler who swallowed too many
flamingo tongues shows on his coins, writes Steve
Webb as he provides an insight into the Roman coins
of an eccentric emperor
in AD 37 Vitellius returned to Rome
and honed his political, diplomatic
and entertaining skills within the
aristocratic circles around Emperors
Caligula, who shared his passion for
betting on chariot races; Claudius,
with whom he often played dice
games; and Nero, who appreciated
the sycophantic applause Vitellius
heaped on his singing and lyre playing.
Vitellius married twice, the second a
successful union that produced two
children. His main official works
included supervision of refurbishment
contracts on a number of Rome’s public
buildings. His military duties posted
him to North Africa during Nero’s
reign. He also became a member of the
Arval Brethren, a religious college with
a sacred grove in Rome’s countryside
where a complex of buildings included
what probably attracted Vitellius to
the cult... luxurious dining areas and
a chariot-racing track that offered
opportunities for gambling.
Nero’s suicide on 9 June AD 68
(he thrust a knife into his own throat
before troops sent by his enemies
could pounce) provided a sudden
reversal of fortune for Vitellius who
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On this Vitellius faced a mountain of unpaid banqueting
denarius the trim bills and gambling debts, with all
figure of Libertas on cash reserves exhausted. Out of the
the reverse makes a blue came a lucrative appointment
striking contrast with the by the new Emperor Galba, who
head of the overweight gave Vitellius the governorship of
emperor. The goddess Lower Germania. Respected historian
carries the Cap of Suetonius suggested in his writings that
Liberty in her right hand. the emperor had appointed Vitellius
The legend translates as because an impoverished governor
Liberty Restored with a penchant for expensive meals
and heavy gambling would become
too busy squeezing money from his
province to find time to plot against
the hand that fed him. The German
legions accepted their new governor
despite being aware of his limited
experience of military command; they
The reverse legend liked his hands-off, turn-a-blind-eye
on this denarius (XV approach to their own fundraising.
VIR SACRIS) refers to Then, inexplicably, Galba infuriated
the emperor playing the very legions he expected Vitellius
his part as one of the to keep in check: he refused to donate
fifteen men who cared rewards promised earlier for their
for a temple complex support in suppressing challengers
near Rome where lavish to his imperial claim. The legions
banquets took place. of Lower Germania responded by
The tripod-shaped refusing to renew their oaths of
altar, the raven and the allegiance to Galba. More ominously
dolphin all featured in legions stationed in Upper Germania
sacrifices at the temple followed their lead, making a total

of seven with loyalties to bestow
elsewhere. They all opted for Vitellius,
with legions in Britannia, Gaul and
Raetia (modern Switzerland) joining
them soon afterwards. Now Vitellius
had an army with the strength to
march on Rome. Wisely on this
occasion, he chose his best troops and
generals to lead the campaign while
he brought up the rear recruiting
auxiliaries and organizing war supplies.
His armies had travelled only a few
hundred miles across Gaul when news
of Galba’s death reached them. Otho, a
younger general who had accompanied
Galba on his march to Rome, hoped for
recognition as successor; but when Galba
overlooked his claim Otho killed Galba
in a fit of rage and seized power. After a
brief pause to assess the fighting strength
of the legions who supported Otho, the
commanders backing Vitellius opted to
press on towards Rome. The opposing
armies met at Bedriacum in northern
Italy where a short and savage battle left
40,000 dead and the remnants of Otho’s
legions in retreat. Otho, emperor for
only 91 days, chose suicide rather than
surrender. Vitellius, proclaimed emperor
in absentia, set out for the capital on
a journey that became a continuous
drunken feast as the entourage
progressed at a leisurely pace through
Gaul and Italy. At Lugdunum (modern
Lyon) he presented his six-year-old son
to the legions as his eventual successor,
sealing the child’s fate when his own
downfall came.
Suetonius gives us a detailed
description of one of the many feasts
paid for by the new emperor’s supporters
to celebrate his arrival at Rome: To
welcome him to the city his brother set
before him a spread of no fewer than
2,000 choice fishes and 7,000 fowl. Yet
Vitellius outdid that a few days later by
presenting a feast at which he made the
first use in Rome of an enormous serving
dish which he had named the Shield
EMPEROR VITELLIUS
An ancient marble bust of Minerva. On it he piled up livers
of Vitellius preserved of parrot-fish, brains of pheasants and
and on display in an peacocks, guts of lampreys, all topped
Italian museum with tongues of flamingos brought
by fast ships from the Spanish straits.
On this bronze sestertius Historian Cassius Dio adds: He was
the reverse shows Mars, determined to enjoy the gluttony
God of War, holding and gambling his untrammelled
Victory and a trophy. authority now made possible.
Vitellius spent much of Towards the capital’s money-
his short reign at war or lenders, tax collectors and food
preparing for it suppliers who had dunned him
in the past; or demanded cash
payments for goods and services, he
showed no mercy.
According to Pliny Secundus, the thick,
oily tongue of the flamingo, properly
pickled, was a delicacy without which
no Roman banquet rated first class. A
modern verdict on the flavour of this
bizarre delicacy describes it as salty, with
a strong flavour of the shrimps on which
flamingos exclusively feed. Ornithologists
say that vast flocks of the birds were wiped
out in southern Spain and North Africa by
ancient Roman hunters.
With inauguration ceremonies
completed, Vitellius settled down to
what he regarded as the serious duties of
The obverse legend an emperor. He bribed senators whose
on this coin has an support he needed; he had potential
abbreviation of the rivals murdered and seized their assets;
emperor’s full official he rewarded legions for their loyalty; he
name: Aulus Vitellius provided spectacles and celebrations the
Germanicus Augustus plebeians enjoyed; and he spent more time
lying horizontal alongside banqueting
Like other emperors, tables than he spent on running the
and would-be emperors, empire. Meanwhile, on its peripheries,
Vitellius donated large support for Vespasian, a general who
sums to loyal legions. openly challenged Vitellius in distant
The handshake shown Alexandria, began to grow. In July the
on this coin helped to Egyptian, Judean, and Syrian legions
cement the bond of acclaimed Vespasian as emperor. In had begun. Now it ended in bloody
friendship between the August, legions on the Danube threw defeat. He fled back to Rome, donned
common soldier and the their weight behind him and promptly a disguise and attempted to hide. But a
emperor to whom he invaded Italy. By a quirk of geography pro-Vespasian mob found him, dragged
swore allegiance. FIDES the battleground on which the rival him to the Forum and tortured him
EXERCITVVM translates armies clashed in October was at to death before throwing his bloody
as Loyalty Of The Armies Bedriacum where the reign of Vitellius remains into the river Tiber. His son
was killed shortly afterwards. Despite
his brief reign Vitellius, aged 54
when he died, issued enough coins to
ensure that some survived for modern
collectors. It is clear from their obverse
portraits that he made no attempt to
present himself as anything but an
extremely well-fed emperor.
Thanks to Eternity Coins, Victoriam
Coins, Pars Coins, and the Wildwinds
Database for use of images.
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Queen Anne and the

Battle of Vigo Bay
In last issue’s insight into the collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, we looked
at an Elizabethan commemorative medal and explored the ways in which such objects were
used as instruments of state propaganda. This month Richard Kelleher looks at a large gold
coin of Queen Anne (1702-14) which recounts a naval victory over the Spanish in 1702

O
n 23 October 1702,
during the early years
of the War of the
Spanish Succession
(1701–1714), an allied
British and Dutch fleet fought a naval
engagement against the Spanish and
French at Vigo Bay in Galicia (NW
Spain). The fleet had earlier made a
failed attempt to secure a maritime base
at the Spanish port of Cádiz, which
would have provided a foothold for
conducting operations in the western
Mediterranean. As the fleet made its
way home, Admiral George Rooke
received news that a fleet of Spanish
treasure galleons from America and
the West Indies and their French
had docked at Vigo Bay. Philips van
Almonde convinced Rooke to attack
the treasure ships, which were laden
with silver and merchandise, despite the
fact that the vessels were protected by
French ships-of-the-line. Rooke wrote
in his diary:
‘It is resolved to send in a detachment
of fifteen English and ten Dutch ships of
the line of battle with all the fireships, to
use their best endeavours to take or destroy
[Monsieur Château-Renault’s squadron]’
The engagement was a huge naval
victory for the Allies. The French escort
fleet, under the command of Château-
Renault, together with the Spanish galleons
and transports under Manuel de Velasco,
had been captured or destroyed. The
Gold medal entitled
‘Expedition to Vigo Bay.
23 Oct 1702’ by John
Croker, 1702
victory was a welcome boost to Allied
morale and helped persuade Peter II, King
of Portugal, to abandon his earlier treaty
with the French, and join the Grand
Alliance. Though not apparent at the
time the victory at Vigo made an indirect
but powerful contribution to Britain’s
eighteenth-century prosperity. The event
was quickly commemorated on a medal
by John Croker (illustrated). This shows a
view of Vigo harbour with vessels burning
inside. Large ships (presumably Anglo-
Dutch) are lying before the narrow mouth
of the harbour near a fort.
The booty from Vigo was brought to
the mint in 1703 where Isaac Newton
was Master from 1699 to 1727. Despite
the propaganda value of the British and
Dutch victory the Spanish had managed to
unload most of the silver before the allied
attack. Thus, only a modest windfall of
Gold five guinea coin of around 4,500 lb of silver and just 7lb 8 oz
Anne, 1703 of gold ever entered the Mint for coining.
Newton’s indenture of 1703 authorised
the striking of four denominations in
gold. At the top was the five guinea piece,
followed by two guineas, a guinea and a
half guinea. Charles II introduced this set
of gold denominations after 1662, when
the process of striking coin became fully
mechanised. The four denominations
were originally valued at 100 shillings,
40 shillings, 20 shillings and 10 shillings
however, over the following forty years
their value had increased due to the poor
state of the silver coinage. A guinea was
valued at 21 shillings in 1718. The Mint’s
output of gold coin fluctuated widely
in the eighteenth century depending
on the levels of imported bullion being
delivered for coining, the availability
of captured treasure, and government
policy. The Vigo treasure was used
to produce gold five guineas, guineas
and half guineas, and silver crowns,
halfcrowns, shillings and sixpences.
The obverse shows a left facing
profile bust of the queen, beneath
which is the word ‘VIGO’. Around her
reads the standard inscription ‘ANNA
DEI GRATIA’ which continues on the
reverse ‘MAG BR FRA ET HIB REG’.
The reverse design follows that of
Charles II with the crowned cruciform
shields of England, Scotland, France
and Ireland, but with sceptres that
terminate at a central rose.
FURTHER
READING
Challis, C. (ed.), A New History of
the Royal Mint, Cambridge 1992.

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King of the Falklands
In 1933, the Falkland Islands released a splendid set of twelve values marking the centenary
of British administration. With a catalogue value in excess of £4,000, it is the key set in any
collection of 20th century British Empire stamps, as Christer Brunström explains
T
he designs by G
Roberts feature a
selection of local
scenery and wildlife
with King George
V adorning the top £1 value. The
stamps were engraved and recess-
printed by Bradbury Wilkinson
and the result is quite impressive.
However, most British Empire
collections probably only include the
low values up to about one shilling.
My favourite design in the set is
the five-shilling value featuring a
King Penguin. If the entire set is the
key in any British Empire collection,
the five-shilling stamp is on the
wants lists of most collectors of birds
on stamps. As the bird theme is
extremely popular, demand for this
particular stamp must be very strong.
The 1933 set was released on 2
January 1933 with the five shillings
being printed in black and yellow.
Demand for this particular stamp
resulted in a second printing. It was
released in April. The colours of the
reprinted stamp are slightly different
If the entire set is the key in any
British Empire collection, the five
shilling stamp is on the wants lists
of most collectors of birds on stamps
from the original adopting colours of
black and yellow-orange. The reprint
is a lot scarcer than the original
printing. It has an impressive
catalogue value of almost £1000.
When people are asked to list their
favourite birds, penguins invariably
reach a high position on such a list
despite the fact that their natural
habitat is in and around Antarctica.
We tend to be fascinated by this rather
odd-looking flightless bird which has a
very hard life in harsh surroundings.
The penguins’ habitat is limited to
the southern hemisphere and there
are populations in South Africa,
Australia and South America. Today
there are some twenty different
species ranging in size from the Little
Blue Penguin with a height of some
thirty centimetres to the Emperor
Penguin where large specimens can
weigh as much as thirty kilos and
stand 115 centimetres tall.
The King Penguins are rather
similar to the Emperor Penguin
but they lay just one egg a year
(most other Penguin species lay two
eggs). The parents have a tough job
providing nourishment for the chicks.
On land most penguins live in
very large colonies and those of us
who enjoy watching nature films on
TV have probably been extremely
impressed by penguins easily finding
their offspring after having been away
trying to find food in the ocean.
Penguins are extremely good The 5/- value from the that was then used as fuel for lamps.
1933 set. Penguins Today much is done to protect the
have appeared on many various penguin species which suffer
Falklands stamps over
the years but this is
from over-fishing and other man-
generated environmental problems.
surely the most famous
stamp issued by the
One can only assume that the
Falklanders are very proud of their
British territory penguin populations as the birds
have been depicted more than once
on the territory’s postage stamps.
It is not really a difficult stamp to
locate as it is frequently offered at
swimmers using their wings as auction. However, the main problem
flippers. They spend about 50% for most collectors is the price tag.
of their lives roaming the oceans Finally, a warning should be issued
around Antarctica in search of food. for those collectors who prefer their
The King Penguin on our stamp stamps in fine used condition. The
has black and white plumage which 1933 stamps are more valuable in
gives a fairly correct picture of what used condition and sadly forgers
they look like. have tried to take advantage of this
In the 19th century, penguins situation by offering stamps with
were hunted for their layer of fat faked cancels.
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