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A Philatelic November 2008
NOVEMBER 2008
THE GRENADINES:
Postmarks Tour ISSN 0954-8084
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9770954808120-03
NEWSDESK
PAPUA
After 32 years of Lakatois, Papua issued one of the most
visually interesting sets of pictorials of the 1930s. Richard
Breckon looks at the background to the 1932-40
definitives and the commemorative and airmail stamps
which followed them.
PLUS
Postal Stationery Matters, the Diarie of Samuel Creeps,
Catalogue Column, King George V Unissueds,
1932 Registered envelope, a magnificent & unique die proof in red Panorama and the latest supplement to the Stanley
of King’s head,face value and country, endorsed ‘ 3.8.32/ Appd’ Gibbons Catalogue.
plus initials & ‘4/8’. An important exhibition piece ............................. £1,200
1937 The accompanying & similar proof for KG VI. This &
preceeding proof are both ex De La Rue archives. Gems. Photo...... £1,200
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 1853 Deeply blued paper 1d Deep
BRITISH STAMPS
brick-red, SG 1a used pair of exceptional quality.............................£550 With the impending publication of a new edition of the
1858 1/- Yellow-green SG 8, a choice used stamp.......................£160 Great Britain Specialised Catalogue, Volume 1, Queen
1861 ‘Woodblock’ 4d Pale milky-blue SG 14. A pretty used stamp Victoria, and the 2009 Collect British Stamps. The
with good margins nearly all round. Excellent value. Cat £1,700. Cert..£325 December GSM has a strong Great Britain section.
1863-64 1d ,Deep carmine-red, SG 18 Superb mint marginal pair .....£275
1863-64 1d Brownish-red, SG 18c Very large margined & superb
used pair.................................................................................................£525 CHRISTMAS POSTS
1863-64 4d Steel blue, SG 19c an exceptionally pretty stamp, Pat Campbell begins a new series on the Edwardian
unusually with cds of Port Elizabeth ......................................................£210 experiments to ensure delivery of Christmas cards on 25
1863-64 1/- Bright emerald-green, SG 21 good to large margins,
attractive & v.f.used................................................................................ £290 December. In the first part he examines the 1902 trial in
Rochdale.
MULREADYS
CAPE-MAFEKING 1900 1/- on 4d,SG 11 five superb used Thomas Slemons has updated the list of Mulready adver-
examples illustrating the five settings of the surcharge. Each on tisements for the new catalogue, in his Gibbons Stamp
piece & rare thus......................................................................................... £340
1900 6d on 2d, SG 13 with low surcharge,fine mint ......................£675 Monthly article he looks at some of the new discoveries.
CAPE- VRYBURG. 1899 2d on 6d,SG 3. A glorious & rare mint
strip of 3 all fresh u/m. A rare multiple. Cert. Cat £6,000 .....................£4,500
LESOTHO. 1986-88 35s on 25s Corner plate No. block of 6
PLUS
all with misplaced surcharge, 2 with ‘S’omitted & 4 with ‘S’ at The National Trust, Machin Watch, the Specialised
left. Varieties of SG 720b u/m (Other varieties available) ....................... £225 Catalogue Supplement, all the latest GB News and
NEW REPUBLIC. 1886 Blue granite paper 2d Double Nimrod selects some Great Britain covers to look out for.
impression,variety of SG 27 v.f.unused. Very rare ................................... £450
SOUTH AFRICA.1935 S. Jubilee set with ‘Cleft skull’ flaws SG
65a-68a superb mint .....................................................................................£70 COMPETITION
1943 1d Imperforate pair. SG 56a fresh u/m ........................................£120 Win one of five sets of the 2009 Stamps of the World
SWAZILAND. 1935 S. Jubilee 3d ‘Short extra flagstaff’, SG 23b catalogue in our easy-to-enter competition.
fresh u/m .................................................................................................. £95
(Others available) Place an order for the December issued today—on sale
1961 Scarce 25c type II surcharge at bottom left, SG 74b u/m ...........£195 20 November.
1968 Independence 15c Scarce gum arabic. Only 7 sheets printed
CW 88a u/m ............................................................................................. £35
Still Britain’s
MUSCOTT’S best value stamp
magazine at £3.25
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Spink, Singapore
The London auction house held Recent Auctions
one of its regular South East Asia Peter Rapp
sales in Singapore on 5 July. Following the success of their jubilee auction last year, which brought in
Malaya predominated, with one realisations of over 18 million Swiss francs, the Swiss auction house is
of two recorded plate number busy preparing for its 2008 sale in Wil from 24 to 28 November.
examples of the Straits Settlements The sale will be presented in two catalogues, one dedicated to
1904-10 $100 purple and green on the stamps and postal history of
yellow (140) taking the top price of Switzerland and featuring two
the day at S$30,000. very fine collections, the second
Also in Straits Settlements, a comprising the rest of the world.
An almost complete collection manuscript ‘2’ on 1½c. on ½a. Switzerland features the ‘Pilatus’
of 1d. cylinder blocks estimated blue (10), fine used, went well over and ‘Geneve’ collections, the
at £2200 sold for £3200 and a estimate at S$12,000, while an former devoted to the country’s
unused example of Johore SG1, postal history between 1843 and
1d. imperf tête-bêche strip of four
the 1876 2c. brown with star and 1863, with over 340 covers of the
imprimaturs with a £6000 estimate crescent overprint, a wing margin
went for £8000. A 1d. scarlet Cantonal posts of Zurich, Geneva and Basle, followed by the issues
example, sold for S$26,000. of the Swiss Federal Post. Mixed frankings and unusual rates and
imprimatur pair with sideways An impressive group of the 1897 destinations abound, the destinations including Palestine, Puerto Rico,
watermark (illustrated above) Kuala Lipis provisionals of Pahang Ceylon and Persia. The ‘Geneve’ collection includes a number of
realised £3000 and an imperf included an unused unsevered significant rarities, from the Cantonal posts to the 20th century.
marginal pair of the 1d. pale pair of the red manuscript 2c. on
Meters
Although not a serious collector of meters, I always look out for interesting examples, espe livery. Watch out for such issues on any
cially if there is a connection to a stamp issue. I have four rather attractive British ones to mail you receive from friends, relatives, or
show this month. The first was used on an envelope from Westminster Abbey which featured companies in New Zealand.
on stamps marking its 900th anniversary in 1966 (SG 697/8) and on the 50p London 1980 As I finish writing this article (early
Stamp Exhibition stamp (1118). The second is on a cover from the Imperial War Museum September) I am told that Universal Mail
advertising its ‘For Your Eyes Only’ Ian Fleming and James Bond exhibition which is on show stamps are now being sold at tourist destina
until 1 March 2009. Royal Mail issued stamps, featuring front covers from James Bond books, tions and hotels in the UK. Although I have
to mark the centenary of the birth of Ian Fleming in January. yet to see them, I gather they feature Big
The other two are from mail sent by local councils in the north of England and depict Ben, London Eye, and Tower Bridge, to
impressive local landmarks. The first, from Bolton shows the Town Hall. The original Town gether with part of the ‘Union Jack’ and are
Hall was opened in 1873 by HRH Prince Albert of Wales; the first recital of the great organ inscribed ‘Universal Mail/United Kingdom’
in the Albert Hall took place in October 1874. Sadly, the Town Tall was ravaged by fire in and ‘International Postcard’. They are, I
1981, destroying the original Albert Hall, but the rest of the building was saved. This was am advised, valid for use on postcards and
rebuilt into the new Albert Halls and Festival Halls; the building also houses the central letters up to 20g. posted into the Royal Mail
tourist information centre. system in the UK to overseas destinations,
The second, from Gateshead, features Antony Gormley’s famous Angel of the North and the usual Royal Mail stamps do not have to
marks the 10th anniversary of its construction. Gormley’s sculpture of a test-tube baby be affixed. They are not valid for use within
featured on the 63p stamp of The Patients’ Tale issue of 1999. The Angel of the North is one the UK, to the Channel Islands or to British
of the sights I watch out for from the train window when heading north for my Scottish Forces PO addresses. I imagine they may get
holidays on the East Coast main line from King’s Cross to Edinburgh. Other impressive cancelled by Royal Mail postmarks. I await
landmarks en-route are Peterborough and Durham Cathedrals, York Minister, Holy Island developments with interest and to acquiring
(Lindisfarne), and the rail and road bridges across the Tyne. Durham Cathedral and York some of these stamps.
Minister featured on two of the 1969 Cathedrals stamps (SG 796/7), and the Millennium
bridge in Gateshead on the 1st class stamp in the People and Places set in the Millennium US postal numbers
series (2149). In September I asked if readers could
identify the towns from the ‘Mailed From’
NZ private posts numbers on the postage paid markings.
Two readers contacted me with informa
Also in September I featured some of the an endangered bird, the Blue Duck, similar
private post stamps in use in New Zealand. to the whale stamp shown in September. The tion. The sender of the Hasler example with
Thanks to my correspondent I can show a second Universal Mail stamp is circular and the number 43207 tells me the package was
few more examples. Two from New Zealand depicts the town of Bungy, Queensland. The from a company in Dublin, Ohio. Another
Mail feature scenery in Timaru and Christ final example is a $2 stamp of Fastway Post correspondent writes: ‘I think the five-digit
church. The first from Universal Mail shows New Zealand Ltd depicting Aotearoa, Long “Mailed from ...” numbers in US meter
White Cloud. All these issues are printed marks are ZIP codes, the US equivalent of
on self-adhesive paper and bear New Zea our postcodes. Strictly speaking, they cor
land postmarks, respond only to UK outward codes, e.g.
indicating that PR5; full US codes have another four digits,
the private serv representing the delivery address—the first
ice transfers mail five digits show only the city, town or district
into the New Zea of delivery. You can look these up at http://
land Post service zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp’ He
for onward trans- identifies 43207 as Columbus, Ohio, while
mission and de 53706, on the Neopost marking shown in
September, is Madison, Wisconsin.
I am obliged to M Banthorpe, J Enfield,
C Harford, G Harrison-Watts, G Morgan,
S Scothern, and S Vatharkar for
information included in this article.
Figs 21
and 22 An
apparent
design shift
on £1 plate
2A that is
actually an
inverted
perforation
BRITISH STAMPS
The size of the shift is consistent with The Missing Heads
the sheet being perforated upside down. The omission of the optically variable ink, and consequently the Queen’s head, is known
Therefore rather than being a design shift, on both the Harrison and Enschedé printings.
the error may have been caused by the
sheet being incorrectly perforated.
It is of course impossible to tell as there Fig 27
is no elliptical perforation. The number Harrison
of the plate used to print this stamp is not missing head
known.
Mistrimmed sheets
Harrisons never
fully mastered the
use of optically
variable ink
40 G.S.M. November 2008
BRITISH STAMPS
being prepared to print the Castle stamps, Fig 30 A
one sheet was put through to check the block of four
consistency of the ink used for the design. Enschedé £3
Due to its expense the optically variable ink stamps from
was not applied to these test sheets. These plate 1A,
test sheets should, of course, have been with missing
destroyed; but almost inevitably a sheet was heads and
released to the public, in this case the £5 OVI plate
stamp printed from plate 2A (Fig 27). number
Since the stamps were printed from one
plate there is an impression of the Queen’s
head with a small amount of brown ink
used for the design.
Glazed papers
During 1990 Harrisons ran out of stocks
of the normal paper. Royal Mail was given
the choice of waiting for a fresh delivery
of paper or printing on a different type.
Stocks of the £1.50 and £2 stamps were
low, so Royal Mail chose the different kind
of paper, The alternative had a glazed
surface and was thicker than normal but
would not affect the usage of the stamps.
As a consequence, glazed paper printings
are known from the £1.50 plates 2F and 2G
and the £2 plates 1G and 1H.
The £1.50 stamps had already been
issued on normal paper from plates 2F
and 2G. These plates were probably in use
on one of the presses that used two plates
and this value on glazed paper is relatively
common.
Fig 36 Top three rows of a sheet of £1.50 stamps with the
second and third rows only partially printed
Shades
Harrisons had considerable trouble
in printing these stamps. The major
difficulty was the wastage in the
expensive optically variable ink, but
shade matching was also a prob-
lem. A wide variation of shades is
known.
The £1.50 stamp was particularly
affected as can be seen in this ex-
ample of the printing from plate 2K
as compared to a normal printing
(Figs 38 and 39). Fig 38 (left) £1.50
The £2 stamp was also affected shade variety from
but to a lesser degree. The £1, £3 plate 2K
and £5 varied very little, so there was Fig 39 (below) The
probably a problem with the ma- normal shade, also
roon ink used for the £1.50 stamp. from plate 2K
Replacement of the
Castle stamps
The difficulties encountered by
both Harrisons and Enschedé in
printing these stamps has produced
a wide and interesting range of
errors and varieties.
The stamps were replaced on 9 March
1999. Royal Mail stated the reason for the
change was to have a consistent image
across the stamps on permanent sale. How-
ever, one is left to wonder if the real
reason for the change was the difficulties in
printing the Castle stamps and the cost of
production. The optically variable ink was
expensive and the wastage rate was unac-
ceptably high. It has never been used again
on British stamps.
The Castle stamps were sold to exhaus-
tion and were not withdrawn immediately
the new stamps were issued. Any remaining
stamps were withdrawn on 4 August 2000.
I have endeavoured in this article to
cover certain aspects of this issue. Any
comments from readers would be most
welcome.
GB Postal Stationery,
Postal Labels and Postmarks
John Holman reports on recent developments
Postal stationery on the ‘Go’ on the screen and places the
There is no new Christmas aerogramme again this year, instead the 2006 issue will return item on the balance. One then chooses
to sale at post offices, as it did last year, with the 2008 Christmas stamps, on 4 November. Al- whether the item is a letter, large letter
though withdrawn from sale at post offices last December, it has remained on philatelic sale or a packet. The service required is then
from Tallents House in Edinburgh since November 2006. There are two versions—stand- chosen, either 1st or 2nd class. The method
ard, with text in English, and a bilingual Welsh/English version for sale at offices in the of payment is then indicated—cash or
Principality. card. The appropriate payment is then
New dates seen or reported inside stamped envelopes are: DL size 1st class 17/07 D/S H; made and a receipt and the label(s) are
DL no window 1st 50/05 D/S E; PIP DL no window 1st then printed. The labels, which measure
24/06 D/S E, 17/07 D/S H and 33/07 D/S; and C5 no 75×50mm, have a clearer print quality than
window 2nd paid to 100g. A.E. 37/03 B (inverted). Horizon labels, and bear a code PAG (Pay
Since March 2008, as envelopes are reprinted the and Go) followed by a reference number.
indicia on the front will read ‘ROYAL MAIL/POSTAGE Articles by John Newcomb about the
PAID’ instead of ‘POSTAGE PAID/POSTAGE PAID’. machines and labels have been published
The 1st class C5 size has been reported. The same ap- in the British Postmark Society Journal (April
plies to new printings of envelopes produced specially 2007 and January 2008), where the labels
for companies and an example of the 1st class indicia in have been illustrated. The labels bear a
black (blue on the generally available envelopes) with the new inscription has been seen. partial postcode—B2 (Birmingham) BT1
Unfortunately this was cut from the envelope so I am unable to say which company used it. 1 (Belfast), ME14 (Maidstone), M18 8
Pre-stamped envelopes are no longer sold at Post Office branches, boxes of 100 pre- (Gorton), BS1 (Bristol), DN1 (initially
stamped 1st and 2nd class envelopes (three sizes) are available for business customers from FEL01, Doncaster), NE33 (South Shields),
Royal Mail Direct (RMD) in Edinburgh. In recent months packs of five 1st class DL size SR1 1 (Sunderland) and SW4 7 (Clapham
envelopes have been on sale at major Tesco and W H Smith stores. The envelopes are very Common).
similar to those sold in boxes of 100. For the Tesco/W H Smith packs, DL size envelopes are Horizon labels and those from the Auto
obtained from a number of commercial sources (hence different manufacturers’ imprints mated Postal Service Pay & Go machines
on the inside of the envelopes) and the Royal Mail 1st class indicia and postage details are are proving rather interesting for a small,
printed on the front and back of the envelopes by a Royal Mail approved printer. The Tesco but dedicated, band of specialist collectors.
envelopes have manufacturer’s imprints ‘BECKER’ and ‘FUCHS’; those sold by Smiths are However most collectors find them rather
inscribed ‘Deutrich’. unpleasing. It’s a matter of personal prefer-
Further printings seen or reported of the standard aerogramme with star (from discount ence, as in many things philatelic, beauty is
packs) are: 339/07 and 340/07 and without star (sold singly) 345/07. in the eye of the beholder and one man’s
The humble certificate of posting has been reprinted with April 08 date, the previous meat is another man’s poison!
printing was November 04, at least I haven’t seen any with intermediate dates. Mail found open or damaged in the
post is sealed (‘officially secured’) using
tape—various printings exist over the years
but the latest is printed in red on white self-
Postal labels adhesive paper, coded P48/302905. It is
Back in August 2004 I reported three ma- second for the label. To commence the produced in rolls, with rouletting between
chines (‘Automated Postal Service kiosks’) process of purchasing a label, one presses labels. Some damaged items probably need
being trialled for public use at post offices just one label, others might require the use
in London (Broadgate, EC2); Alfreton, of several to repair the damage and make
Derbyshire; and Luton (Arndale Centre). the item secure.
These printed postage paid labels are A significant change has been made
similar to those produced by Horizon to the labels for
machines at post office counters. A further Special Delivery.
batch of trial machines, known as ‘Pay & Instead of a long
Go’ are currently in use at a number of of- three-part label
fices. These started early in 2007 at Belfast, which needs
Birmingham, and Maidstone, followed in completion by
late 2007 by Gorton, Manchester M18; the sender, there
The Galleries, Bristol; Doncaster; South is now a simple
Shields; Sunderland and Clapham Com- label with code
mon, London SW4. The machines have P6598 REV OCT
been variously manufactured by Fujitsu, 07 on the reverse,
Pitney Bowes, and IBM. and reference
A correspondent has kindly supplied number with pre-
details of the machine at Gorton, Manches- fix letters ZV. (A
ter: this consists of a balance and a touch-
screen display under which is a keyboard Pay & Go machine
for typing in a PIN if paying by card, slots labels from Belfast
for coins and a printer for receipts and a and London SW7
Welcome to the November Gibbons Stamp Monthly, and to ‘Machin Watch’. The focus this The sheet and the labels
month is well and truly on regionals and emblem stamps as I discuss in detail two large The stamps and 20 different labels are set
topics: the ‘Glorious United Kingdom’ generic sheet and all its labels, and the two issues for against a background of the Union (Jack)
the 50th anniversary of the regional stamps. If you are a regional enthusiast then you should Flag, and together make for a very attractive
find my journalistic efforts this month particularly interesting, and if you are new to regionals sheet; I for one rather like it, and as with the
then there is plenty to inspire. Enjoy, and until next month … previous similar issues I find the views on the
labels both interesting and educational—
and quite inspiring. The excellent images
‘Glorious United Kingdom’ are again the result of some superb photo
Completing the lovely series of self-adhesive relations which contained emblem stamps graphy. As a group, the labels are a real
‘Glorious’ generic sheets that contain 20 1st without ellipses, the stamps in this new advertisement for the United Kingdom, and
class emblem stamps (for either England, sheet have ellipses! Yes, ellipses; and in show just how much it has to offer; there is
Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) doing so the four emblem stamps are en- the beauty of the coast and the fens, distant
and attractive adjoining labels (showing tirely new as they become the very first history through buildings, important events
buildings, landmarks and beautiful scenery self-adhesive emblem stamps to have el- through statues, awe inspiring scenery,
from the respective country of the United lipses, which makes them very important and relatively new structures like the Eden
Kingdom), is the equally inspiring ‘Glori- indeed. Regardless of the ellipses, the Wales Project. The most well known image is prob-
ous United Kingdom’. It was issued on stamps are somewhat paler in shade than ably that of the Yeoman Warders outside the
29 September and neatly brings together those from the Wales sheet; also, and when Tower of London, but I think all the labels
the four previous country-specific sheets by compared to those from the Scotland sheet, deserve some explanation; after all, philately
containing five each of 1st emblem stamps the Scotland stamps are a little redder. (If is not just about the stamps—but also about
and labels for each of the four countries. you are reading some Royal Mail publicity, the issue in general.
The five labels and stamps for Wales are at and particularly the back cover of the British So, and following a significant amount of
the left of the generic sheet; to their right Philatelic Bulletin for September, a word of homework on my part, here follows a brief
five for Northern Ireland and then five warning! Pictured on the back of the Bulletin résumé of the images (many of which were
for England, with five for Scotland at the are all five ‘Glorious’ sheets and those for not familiar to me) shown on all the labels
right of the sheet. (For those who need a England, Northern Ireland and Scotland (by country, and in order as they appear):
reminder, the ‘Glorious’ series forms part of are pictured (incorrectly) with ellipses. (On First is the ‘Welsh Assembly’ label which
a larger issue celebrating the four national the Wales sheet it is hard to see the perfs at shows the unusual ceiling and interior of the
Saints’ Days: ‘Glorious Wales’ (SG LS37) was all.) I assume that the pictures used were Assembly building in Cardiff Bay; ‘Harlech
issued on 1 March 2007; ‘Glorious England’ from computer mock-ups and not from the Castle’ is featured next, and is a medieval
(LS38) came on 23 April 2007; ‘Glorious real thing, so please Royal Mail get your act Castle in Gwynedd, North Wales. The third
Scotland’ (LS44) was issued on 30 Novem- together. Such misleading publicity is of no label for Wales is of the Miners Family Statue
ber 2007 and the last of the sheets devoted help to the philatelic community; it con- in ‘Tonypandy’ in the Rhondda Valley, and
entirely to one country was ‘Glorious North- fuses and causes no end of questions. Quite this is followed by the ‘St. Govan’s Chapel’
ern Ireland’ (LS46) on 11 March 2008. obviously (and very understandably) people label; St. Govan’s Chapel is a 6th century
Full reports on these previous issues can be assume that what you illustrate exists and hermits’ chapel and can only be reached
found in ‘Machin Watch’ in the following then they try and obtain it, and/or if they by descending down many steps, some of
issues of GSM: January, February, April and already possess something different to what which can be seen in the picture. It is near
June 2007, and January and May 2008. is publicised by you, naturally believe they Bosherston on the lovely South Pembroke
have something unique and/or printed in coast. Lastly for Wales is the ‘Helvetia, Rhos-
The emblems have ellipses! error. So there can be no confusion, readers sili’ image, which is of the ocean-stripped
Just like its country-specific relations, ‘Glori- should note that the four earlier ‘Glorious’ wooden carcass of the Helvetia shipwreck in
ous United Kingdom’ is printed by Cartor generic sheets have not been issued with Rhossili Bay on the Gower Peninsula. The
in litho and each stamp has two (side) ellipses; only ‘Glorious United Kingdom’ Helvetia was wrecked in 1887, and its remains
phosphor bands; however, unlike its earlier has ellipses.) have become a significant landmark.
50
BRITISH STAMPS
Front cover of ‘The national sentiment within the countries, the Wales: 1st ‘deep lilac’ (from 3d.) with
Regional Definitives: idea was revived in 1956 (initially for Scot- Welsh Dragon (an emblem for Wales from
Heraldry and Symbol’ land) and so began a process to choose and the earliest times) and to either side of Her
prestige booklet settle on appropriate designs to satisfy the Majesty’s portrait the leaves of the Leek
proposal. Designs were chosen, and on 18 plant (recognised as an emblem of Wales
August 1958 a single design and denomina- since the 16th century, but with much ear-
tion were issued for each of Northern Ire- lier military and religious connections); 1st
land, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Jersey ‘deep claret’ (from 6d.) with Welsh Dragon;
and Guernsey (six stamps, all 3d.; types SG and 1st ‘green’ (from 1s.3d.) with Welsh
N1, S1, W1, Isle of Man type 2, Jersey type Dragon, and to its right a Leek plant.
9 and Guernsey type 3). A little more than Nine designs there may be, but as the
a month later, on 29 September, two fur- stamps in the prestige booklet are printed
ther designs for each of Northern Ireland, in lithography, and the stamps in the mini-
Scotland and Wales were issued: one being ature sheet in gravure—there are 18 differ-
initially used as a 6d. (N2, S2 and W2) and ent stamps to add to your collection!
another as a 1s.3d. (N3, S3 and W3), and
thus there were another six stamps (making Miniature sheet
12 in all now). Check them out in the SG The gravure miniature sheet is much as one
Concise catalogue. There were no separate would expect, and very similar in its overall
issues for England. design to the decimal Wilding miniature
All of the newly issued regional stamps in- sheets from five or so years ago. The sheet
corporated the then current Wilding design has been printed by De La Rue in a pale
(first issued in 1952), but with the addition cream colour (is on a non-fluorescent paper
of appropriate heraldic symbols to suitably with cream PVA gum), and the stamps
denote the stamp’s origin as none carried are in two rows which together with a ‘50
the countries’ names. The stamps for North- YEARS’ definitive-sized label (included in
ern Ireland, Scotland and Wales include in the middle of the top row) makes for a
their design both of the words ‘POSTAGE’ grouping of ten. Around the edge of the
and ‘REVENUE’, but the three island issues attractive sheet is a gold design and above
only carry the inscription ‘POSTAGE’ and the top row of stamps is the wording (also
this is because they had their own tax rais- in gold) ‘THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF
ing powers through their own parliaments. THE COUNTRY DEFINITIVES’; below the
(The life of regional stamps for Jersey, stamps it reads ‘1958 – 2008’.
Guernsey and the Isle of Man was quite Each stamp has two (side) bright fluor
short though; they were soon to have their phosphor bands which do not stray beyond
own independent postal administrations: the perforations, although if you have a
the Channel Islands in 1969 and the Isle sheet where the phosphor bands do stray a
of Man in 1973. Consequently, in terms of little you may find that it has short or inset
newly issued stamps, they are not featured in phosphor bands (and if you do I would
Royal Mail’s 50th anniversary issues.) very much like to know). The miniature
sheet was pictured in ‘Machin Watch’ in the
The decimal Wilding regionals August GSM.
As already indicated, both the prestige book-
let and miniature sheet contain decimal ver- Prestige booklet
sions of the three original 1958 (Wilding) The prestige booklet is entitled ‘THE RE-
designs for each of Northern Ireland, Scot- GIONAL DEFINITIVES: HERALDRY AND
land, and Wales—thus in terms of the de- SYMBOL’, and it has a deep red cover
sign there is a total of nine different stamps, with yellow heraldic symbols and wording
and as a reminder of the symbolism and to on the front. Inside are four stamp panes,
help newcomers to philately the rather nice and interspersed between them are various
looking stamps go like this: pages of pictures and text which together
Northern Ireland: 1st ‘deep lilac’ (from explain the background and origins to the
3d.) with the Red Hand of Ulster (from an- Regional stamps. In my opinion it really
cient times) incorporated into a six-pointed is a lovely booklet (but then I am a fan
Crowned Star (representing the six coun- of regional stamps); it is beautifully pro-
ties of Northern Ireland) and a flax plant duced and makes for a very interesting
(symbolising Northern Ireland’s connection read. Amongst the pictures are some pro-
Pane 1 from ‘The Regional
with the linen industry); 1st ‘deep claret’ posed (but unadopted) designs, and some
Definitives: Heraldry and
(from 6d.) with flax plants and Red Hand enlargements of the heraldic symbols. The
Symbol’ prestige booklet
features all nine decimal of Ulster; and 1st ‘green’ (from 1s.3d.) with picture quality is excellent, and compared
Wilding regional stamps flax plant, Red Hand of Ulster and also five- with some previous prestige booklets has the
barred field gate with typical whitewashed feel of something special. My only regret is
stone pillars (a characteristic feature of the that there is not more information on the
Ulster countryside). whole subject of regionals in the booklet,
Scotland: 1st ‘deep lilac’ (from 3d.) with but then I am fascinated by the subject (and
Saltire (St. Andrew’s Cross) ‘environed of in doing some research on the heraldic sym-
an open crown’, and Crowned Thistle (the bols found myself wondering if there was a
thistle is the national emblem of Scotland); Deering Coat of Arms, and if there were,
1st ‘deep claret’ (from 6d.) with Thistles; what symbols would have been used?).
and 1st ‘green’ (from 1s.3d.) with two The booklet is printed by De La Rue, and
crowned and collared Unicorns (a mytho- together the four litho printed stamp panes
logical creature peculiar to Scotland) each feature all nine of the decimal versions, but
supporting different flags. that is not all—in three of the panes, current
mber 2008 51
BRITISH STAMPS
Scotland pane from the prestige booklet, printed by De La Rue in litho. The gap between the two (side) phosphor bands
is just over 7mm, fluor is dull
1st emblem stamps are also included. Panes cream PVA gum; each has two (side) phos- whereas in the Regional booklet the gap
2, 3 and 4 are each of six stamps, are in- phor bands and, as with the miniature sheet, is much narrower at just over 7mm. The
dividually devoted to a particular region, a small movement one way or the other stamps from both prestige booklets have
and feature one each of the three decimal would create short or inset bands. dull fluor phosphor bands. The situation
versions of the original Wilding designs. between the earlier Northern Ireland sheet
Alongside each is a current 1st emblem The emblems printing and the stamps in the Regional
stamp of the appropriate region: pane 2 Before bringing this topic to an end I must booklet is not so simple, as the gap between
is of Scotland stamps (i.e. including three tell you about the three (litho) emblem the bands of the sheet printing is just under
Scottish Lion stamps); pane 3 is the same stamps, which in terms of the combination 7mm, meaning both stamps are very similar;
format but focuses on Northern Ireland of printer and process are completely new. but conveniently the sheet printing has
(including three Patchwork Fields stamps), Litho versions of all three of the emblem much brighter fluor phosphor bands and is
and pane 4 represents Wales (including stamps already exist (S131, NI95 and W120) therefore distinguishable with the aid of an
three Welsh Dragon stamps). In each pane from the se-tenant pane (EN18a) of the ultraviolet light.
the stamps are in the following alternating ‘British Army Uniforms’ prestige booklet
se-tenant arrangement (in row order): deep (DX40), but are printed by Enschedé—and
lilac + emblem; emblem + green; and deep of course the Northern Ireland 1st sheet Tailpiece
claret + emblem. In contrast, pane 1 features stamps were originally printed by De La Rue As I come to the end of this month’s
one each of all nine of the decimal Wilding in litho as standard. But, the new versions ‘Machin Watch’, I would just like to
Regional stamps, with a particular region’s are easily distinguishable from those in remind you of some forthcoming
stamps running vertically se-tenant. If you the ‘British Army Uniforms’ booklet owing issues that will be covered here in
are an enthusiast of se-tenant pairs, the four to the widths of the phosphor bands and due course: there is the last in the
panes produce 33 in all! All of the stamps the consequent gap between them: in the series of ‘Lest We Forget’ issues, when
are printed on non-fluorescent paper with Uniforms booklet the gap is around 11mm, on 6 November a miniature sheet
(Armistice 1918–2008) and a Poppy
(with new design) generic sheet are
Litho printed Northern Ireland 1st class emblem stamps:
to be issued. Interestingly, the Poppy
Vertical date pair from DLR sheet printing with gap design (along with those from the two
between the two (side) phosphor bands of just under previous years) will be made available
7mm (but bands are bright fluor) as single stamps from special sheets
Enschedé stamp
of 30 containing ten of each of the
and label from three designs. On 4 November the
‘British Army Christmas stamps for this year are
Uniforms’ prestige issued, and they are going to be quite
booklet where the fun as they feature traditional British
gap between the pantomime characters like the genie
bands is around from Aladdin and Captain Hook from
11mm, fluor is dull Peter Pan. Prestige booklets are never
very far away, and in the new year we
have one on ‘British Design Classics’—
but more on this another day.
R eaders of ‘Stamping Around London’ (GSM, April to June 2008) might well recall
the connection between Henry Fawcett, aka ‘the blind Postmaster-General’, Robert
Hunter and the National Trust: for the benefit of new readers, Fawcett served under
William Gladstone and introduced the parcel post in 1883 (booklet SG FO2) as well as
postal orders and a sixpenny telegram. Hunter was appointed as the Chief Solicitor/Legal
Adviser to the General Post Office by Fawcett in 1882; in that capacity, he was personally
responsible for drafting more than 50 Acts of Parliament and was duly knighted in 1894
for services to the Post Office.
However, he is better remembered as (Ref A); negotiating this narrow stretch of
one of the three founders, along with water has been compared to attempting
Octavia Hill and Canon Hardwicke Rawns- to cross the M25. A short walk eastwards
ley, of the National Trust; this was his along the Saxon Shore Way brings us to
suggested name and he was appointed South Foreland Lighthouse which can be
its first chairman, a position that he held climbed, in season, for similar views from
for 18 years. The Trust’s inception took its top; the building was the first to display
place on 16 July 1894, which was followed an electrically powered signal and was used
six months later on 12 January 1895 by in experiments by Michael Faraday (1546
incorporation under the Companies Acts; and 2104) and Guglielmo Marconi (912
its centenary was celebrated in 1995 (SG and 1889/90) (A). The Cliffs may also be
1868/72 and DX17). The Trust’s motto is nostalgically recalled from the wartime
‘For ever, for everyone’. singing of Dame Vera Lynn (FH37).
The White Cliffs
South East and South of Dover—
Perhaps the best starting point for our countryside and
tour is the White Cliffs of Dover (510 and coastal walks
2267); the Gateway to the White Cliffs Vis-
itor Centre introduces visitors to five miles
of countryside and coastal walks as well as
offering panoramic views including that of
one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes
G.S.M. Nove
BRITISH STAMPS
2007 (26 JULY). EUROPA. CENTENARY OF SCOUTING AND 21st WORLD (1st) W1971 NCO, Royal Military Police, 1999
SCOUT JAMBOREE (1st) W1972 Tank Commander, 5th Royal Tank Regiment,
The Jamboree was held at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, in Essex. It was in (1st) 1944
August 1907 that Robert Baden-Powell obtained permission from the owners (1st) W1973 Observer, Royal Field Artillery, 1917
of Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour to hold an experimental camp for him and 78p. W1974 Rifleman, 95th Rifles, 1813
22 boys. The memorial stone on the island states 20 boys in error, some were 78p. W1975 Grenadier, Royal Regiment of Foot of Ireland,
from public schools and others from less affluent backgrounds. The stamps were 78p. 1704
designed by The Work Room design group of London with illustrations by Gez 78p. W1976 Trooper, Earl of Oxford’s Horse, 1661
Fry. They were printed in lithography by Enschedé Security Printers and issued in
sheet sizes of 25 (5×5) and 50 containing 2 panes (5×5) with a horizontal gutter 2007 (20 SEPTEMBER). MILITARY UNIFORMS (1st series). BRITISH
margin. All with two phosphor bands (blue fluor) on nonfluorescent coated paper ARMY UNIFORMS
with PVA gum. This was the first of three issues featuring military uniforms; with the Royal Air
Force in 2008 and Royal Navy in 2009. Nos. W1971/3 (1st) and W1974/6 78p.
Perf. 14½×14. Nonfluorescent coated paper/PVA gum. Two phosphor bands (blue were each printed together, se-tenant, in horizontal strips of three stamps, in sheets
fluor) of thirty of each of the two denominations. The stamps were designed by Graham
Turner and Atelier Works and printed in lithography by Enschedé Security Printers.
Plate Nos.
They were issued in sheet sizes of 30 (6×5) and 60 containing 2 panes (6×5) with a
W1955 (=S.G. 2758) (1st) E1(×5), (E1) phosphor
vertical gutter margin. All with two phosphor bands (blue fluor) on nonfluorescent
W1956 (=S.G. 2759) 46p. E1(×5), (E1) phosphor
coated paper with PVA gum. The prestige stamp booklet DX40 appeared on the
W1957 (=S.G. 2760) 48p. E1(×5), (E1) phosphor
same day but the panes contained strips of three in a different design sequence to
W1958 (=S.G. 2761) 54p. E1(×5), (E1) phosphor
the post office sheets.
W1959 (=S.G. 2762) 69p. E1(×5), (E1) phosphor
W1960 (=S.G. 2763) 78p. E1(×5), (E1) phosphor Perf. 14½. Nonfluorescent coated paper/PVA gum. Two phosphor bands (blue
Plate blocks of 8 (2×4) are needed to include the four squared box with the one fluor)
spot, indicating pane position
A barcode and stock number is in the right margin reading down, opposite rows Plate Nos.
1 and 2 W1971 (=S.G. 2774) (1st) E1(×5), (E1) phosphor
W1971a Horiz strip of 3. Nos.W1971/3
Withdrawn 25.7.08 W1972 (=S.G. 2775) (1st) E1(×5), (E1) phosphor
W1973 (=S.G. 2776) (1st) E1(×5), (E1) phosphor
W1974 (=S.G. 2777) 78p E1(×5), (E1) phosphor
W1974a Horiz strip of 3. Nos.W1974/6
Section W 2007. BIRDS “ACTION FOR SPECIES” (1st series)
W1975 (=S.G. 2778) 78p. E1(×5), (E1) phosphor
All (1st) class initially sold at 34p. each (36p. from 7.4.08) W1976 (=S.G. 2779) 78p. E1(×5), (E1) phosphor
Plate blocks of 12 (3×4) are needed to include the four squared box with the one
spot, indicating pane position.
A barcode and stock number is in the right margin reading down, opposite rows
1 and 2
From £7·66 British Army Uniforms Prestige Stamp Booklet No. DX40
The booklet contains panes WP1977/8, Machin pane No. UEP51 and Regional
pane XEP3
Perf. 14½. Nonfluorescent coated paper/PVA gum. Two phosphor bands (blue WP1977
fluor) WP1977 (containing Nos. W1974/6) (20.9.07) … … … … … … … … 5·25
UJPW22
WP1978 Pane of six (1st) class stamps (gold) with two phosphor bands from Barcode
WP1978 (containing Nos. W1971/3) (20.9.07) … … … … … … … … 2·30 Booklet No. MB4e. Self-adhesive Harry Potter advert “STAMPS MAKE MAGICAL
GIFTS” at left
Add to Section UD Machin (Gravure)
Pane UJPW22. Gravure, self-adhesive
1p. Crimson (1971–2007) Die-cut perf.
UJPW22 (containing No. UJW8×6) (28.8.07) … … … … … … … … 4·25
Printed by ENSCHEDÉ from computer engraved cylinder There were no cylinder numbers on the pane.
2007 (20 SEPTEMBER). PERF. 15×14(E). TWO (long wave) BANDS (BLUE Withdrawn 27.8.08
FLUOR). NFCP/PVA (cream)
£7·.66 The Machin se-tenant pane UEP51 (20.9.07)
U69G 1p. Crimson … … … … … … … … … … 25 30 Add to APPENDIX J
The 1mm. gap between crown and right hand frame is greater than found on De A. Stitched Booklets (1971–2007)
La Rue. The portrait is pale in comparison to the De La Rue printings. No. U69G
differs from Nos. U68/69A, from the same printer by the almost closed left hand top £7·66 British Army Uniforms
of the central cross.
J anuary 2008 marked the golden jubilee of the foundation of the British Postmark
Society (Fig 1) and the publication of the very first issue of the Society’s Quarterly Bulletin.
However, as I shall explain below, a succession of events which occurred almost by chance
head is ‘tolerated’, but any UK mail without
a stamp—meter franks as well as postmarks
on bulk posting prepaid in money—needs
between late 1955 and 1957 led to the Society being formed. to show the country of origin.
As the letters columns and occasional an extra machine or a machine normally Following publication of my article, Bill
articles in the philatelic press will testify, used exclusively for stamping bulk postings Kneil, a teacher at a junior school in Ex-
we collectors are fascinated by the unusual was brought into use to cope with heavy eter, wrote to me about his studying Brit-
and are more likely to put pen to paper to postings of ‘ordinary’ correspondence pre- ish machine postmarks and using them
report on what we perceive to be ‘errors’. paid by postage stamps. This often hap- in teaching geography! Later in 1956 I
One such ‘variation’ from normal Post Of- pened in the run up to Christmas and the met Bill and together we drafted a more
fice practice was the catalyst that led to the ‘GREAT BRITAIN’ die was the only ‘spare’ comprehensive article containing a clas-
launch of the Society. die available at that office. So it is not really sification of the ‘ordinary’ as distinct from
In December 1955 a reader of the Phil- an ‘error’ at all! ‘GREAT BRITAIN’ postmarks impressed
atelic Magazine wrote to its Editor complain- In common with many students of my by Universal machines.
ing about a machine postmark including generation in the mid-1950s, I worked as a
the words ‘GREAT BRITAIN’ being used temporary postman during the Christmas Society established
with black ink to cancel British postage pressure periods. As I had been engaged in After Stamp Collecting published that article
stamps (Fig 2). He went on to point out that letter sorting, rather than delivery duties, in the spring of 1957, a number of other
because Britain had invented the Penny I had a reasonable grasp of sorting office collectors wrote to us. Such was the response
Black, we were excused from showing the procedures. that we felt there was probably enough inter-
country name in our stamps, so he asked
‘why show it in the postmark?’
Collectors of British postmarks are well
Fig 2 ‘GREAT BRITAIN’
aware that for some 80 years (until the machine postmarks
facility was generally withdrawn in May used correctly in red
2006) Royal Mail used ‘GREAT BRITAIN’ ink for stamping an item
dies when stamping in red ink bulk post- from a bulk posting
ings prepaid in money (Fig 2). In theory prepaid in money
‘GREAT BRITAIN’ should appear on any and (exceptionally) in
mail not prepaid by a postage stamp. Oc- black ink for cancelling
casionally a few offices use their ‘GREAT stamps
BRITAIN’ dies for stamp cancelling duties.
The most common reason for such dies
being pressed into service was that either
We collectors are
fascinated by the
unusual
60 G.S.M. November 2008
BRITISH STAMPS
est to form a specialist society. We wrote to
those correspondents and their responses
confirmed that view. In January 1958 we
published the first issue of the Quarterly Bul-
letin edited by Bill Kneil; that issue ran to
five pages of quarto paper and included a
list of 20 founder members. Contributions
from members enabled the third, October
1958, issue to run to 16 pages.
Each issue of the Society’s Jour-
nal, the new name adopted in
2007 for the Quarterly Bulletin,
now typically runs to 40 pages
of A4 (Fig 3). This is one of the
Society’s more effective means
of disseminating information on
postmarks past and present, also
of reviewing how to collect the
postmarks. By the end of that first
year the Society had 121 members
and almost 100 more joined dur-
ing 1959.
As well as publishing the Quar-
terly Bulletin, the Society operated
almost from the outset an ex-
change packet and a library and,
from March 1959, arranged regu-
lar meetings in London. Since
1961 members have also benefited
from periodic postal auctions
organised by the Society. In the
early days the Committee tried
to encourage members to hold
meetings at provincial centres as
well and during the 1960s a West
Midlands-based member arranged
a few meetings in the area, but
sadly these did not attract sufficient
Fig 3 Front pages of early support to sustain them. Thus, inevitably
and recent issues of much of the Society’s business has been
the Society’s Quarterly conducted through the post and, more re-
Bulletin/Journal cently, by email. However, we do still hold
meetings in London about twice a year,
usually at Stampex or Philatex.
Fig 4 Two examples In any large organisation not everyone at
of early ‘local’ slogan grass roots level follows to the letter instruc-
postmarks; the very first tions handed down by head office. That has
was used at Rochdale in certainly been the case within the Post Of-
September and October fice. ‘Extra active’ members of the Society
1956 perform a key role in reporting what has ac-
tually happened, for example in recording
actual periods of use of slogan postmarks
compared with the ‘official’ periods for
which the sponsor has paid!
Slogan postmarks
The Society’s formation coincided with
the Post Office relaxing the regulations
regarding the subject matter that could
feature in slogan postmarks. Until 1956 this
form of advertising had been restricted to
national campaigns and to promoting na-
tional and international events. In the first
39 years since 1917, when the British Post
Office started using slogan dies in its stamp
cancelling machines, 113 different designs
were used. However, in September 1956 it
finally agreed to allow the use of postmark
slogans for advertising local anniversaries
and events (Fig 4). In the next 10 years over
550 new designs of slogans appeared.
The undoubted popularity at that time
for collecting slogan postmarks led to a
Essential reading
A handbook of British postal markings and Fig 5 Examples of some of the
their values entitled Collect British Postmarks postmarks that will be discussed in
future articles
had already established itself as essential
reading for collectors when its original
compiler, Dr Tim Whitney, died in 1990
after publishing five editions. The Society
recognised the importance of this title,
which is the only publication to survey in
one volume the whole field of British post-
marks from 1661 to date. Each of the two
subsequent editions, ably edited by Colin
Peachey and the late Brian Crookes, have
included major revisions of existing listings
and recorded developments since the pre-
vious editions had appeared.
Active participation
I am proud to have been involved in found-
ing the Society 50 years ago and to have
been its first President (1958–63). Since
those early days the active participation of
many members has enabled the Society
to go from strength to strength. Through
their efforts the Society has built up its col-
lective knowledge of British postmarks and
put that knowledge on permanent record.
Some members have written (and continue
to write) main articles for the Journal, while
others readily respond to requests for de-
tails of the use of particular types of mark.
Without doubt, the Society and its mem-
bers, currently numbering over 200, have
made a significant contribution to the 20th
T he telegraph system arrived in the Transvaal during the first British occupation in
1879. The first towns to be connected were Utrecht, Standerton, Heidelberg and
Pretoria, but no stamps (revenue or postage) are known telegraphically used from this
republics. Telegraph material from this era
tends to be very scarce. Fig 9 shows a frag-
ment of a telegraph form bearing the very
period. After the end of the first British occupation in 1881, the Queen’s Head revenue rare ‘TEL. KTR./Newcastle/25.10.99’. This
and postage stamps remained valid and these are known cancelled with datestamps used is the only recorded example of this date-
for telegraphic purposes as are the 1883 Celliers stamps (Figs 1, 2 and 3). stamp and is a good illustration of the rarity
During the second half of the 1880s feature that can be seen from these forms of some telegraph material.
and the 1890s the telegraph system spread is that the messages were often kept to the As the British invaded the South African
throughout the South African Republic. minimum. This was because of the expense Republic, the Boers’ telegraph system be-
By 1887 income from the telegraph service of sending a telegram. came more and more confined. When the
just about equalled the income from the When the Second Anglo-Boer War broke British were approaching Johannesburg and
postal service and in the subsequent two out in 1899 the telegraph, because of its Pretoria, officials made off with stamps that
years telegraph income actually exceeded speed, was a very important means of com- had been used on telegraph forms and
the postal income. Therefore, it would be munication on both the Boer and British these were placed on the philatelic market
expected that a large proportion of the sales sides. In a period of conflict, speed of com- as postally used. Writing in 1902, Tamsen
of ‘postage’ stamps were used for telegraph munication is critical and the telegraph reported ‘one official cleared out with 2000
purposes (for during this period postage at the time was the swiftest form of com- of the £5 stamps and large numbers of other
stamps were used to show the payment for munication. Therefore, both sides made values’. Recent studies by members of the
sending telegrams)—especially in the case extensive use of the telegraph system (or Transvaal Study Circle have made great
of high value stamps (Figs 4 and 5). It is also what was left of it). efforts to identify these stamps as well as dif-
likely that quite a proportion of the £5 green ferentiate them from the later reprints with
Vurtheim postage stamps (which were used Boer invasions forged cancellations.
in the South African Republic until 1900 At the start of the war, things went the way Even after the capture of Johannesburg
[Fig 6]) were used telegraphically. of the Boers with their invasions of the Cape and Pretoria, the Boers’ telegraph system
and Natal. Once towns were occupied in seemed to have continued to operate (Fig
How costly these areas they were then connected to 10). The last issue of the South African
The receipt illustrated in Fig 7 shows how the telegraph system operating in the Boer Republic, the Pietersburg stamps of 1901,
costly a telegram could be. In 1891 the
sender had had to pay 10s.8d. for sending
a telegram, and the receipt itself had cost a
Fig 1 Strip of four
further 6d. Therefore it is easy to see how a
2s. Queen’s Head
great number of ‘postage’ stamps could be
postage stamps
used up telegraphically. cancelled with the
Fig 8 illustrates examples of three tele- Pretoria ‘O’ telegraph
grams from the 1894–1899 period. These datestamp for ‘AU/83’
light brown forms are what the recipients
would have received (usually in a match-
ing envelope). As can be seen they are
visually quite bland—though a gold mine
for cancellation col-
lectors. These forms
would not bear ad-
hesives (as these
would have been
attached to the ori-
ginal message at
the sending office)
but did usually bear
the cancellation of
the office at which
the message was re-
ceived. The offices
of Pretoria and Johannesburg (plus a few Fig 2 Queen’s Head
others) had their names pre-printed in the revenue stamps
‘Aan’ box, other offices often had a hand- telegraphically
stamp to save having to write in the name used in Heidelberg
of the town in the address box. Another between ‘JA/ 83’ and
‘84’
The telegraph
system spread Fig 3 A Celliers re-
throughout the issued 1s. block of
six showing the tête-
South African bêche variety with the
Pretoria ‘O’ telegraphic
Republic datestamp for ‘SP/84’
can be found bearing the squared circle stamps. As a rule of thumb, be suspicious of so are very scarce. The £5 is in fact very rare
telegraph cancellation (Fig 11) but it is not unused stamps and of any used stamps not but forgeries of the handstamp on this value
known whether they were actually used for bearing an ‘ARMY TELEGRAPHS’ cancella- are frequently encountered (Fig 21).
telegraph purposes. tion—this is an area where further research
is required. King Edward VII high values
Not easy to find A need for more 5s. stamps (probably Once the telegraph system reverted to civil-
As the Boer telegraph system contracted, the in 1902) resulted in the ‘V.R.I.’ £2 revenue ian control, postage stamps were again used
British system expanded as their advance stamp being further overprinted ‘Trans- to denote payment for sending a telegram.
resulted in the capture of more and more vaal/Telegraphs/FIVE/Shillings’ (Fig 18). Whilst stamps so used should have been
towns. During the British occupation of the As the Anglo-Boer War approached its destroyed, it is clear that a massive number
Transvaal, the telegraph system was under end, further requirements of stamps for of the King Edward VII high value postage
the control of the Army (Fig 12). This mater- telegraph purposes resulted in the use of stamps escaped destruction and leaked into
ial is not easy to find—probably because a ‘Transvaal/Telegraphs’ handstamp. This the philatelic market place (Fig 22). This
they were more conscientious in the de- was first used on a 6d. postage stamp with an is the reason that the used Transvaal £1
struction of used forms. Indeed, it was only ‘E.R.I.’ overprint (Fig 19)—the basic stamp postage stamp (SG 272) has probably the
in 2005 that the British Army Telegraphs was never issued for postage purposes. The lowest catalogue value of any Edward VII
stamps were reported used in the Transvaal. Edward VII high value revenue stamps (10s., £1 postage stamp in the British Empire.
Since then other examples have come to £1 and £5) were also handstamped ‘Trans- Having said this, whilst a number of the £5
light (Fig 13). These tend to be found used vaal/Telegraphs’ (Fig 20). These were prob- telegraphically used postage stamps also
in the south of the Transvaal during Gen- ably only in use for a couple of months and leaked out, it is clear that this is still a very
eral Buller’s advance from Natal.
The Army Telegraphs stamps did not
see widespread use in the Transvaal. As the The Transvaal Study Circle
army was running short of these stamps, Andrew Higson is the honorary editor of The Transvaal Philatelist which is the quarterly
the Second Republic postage stamps up to journal of the Transvaal Study Circle. This journal was placed joint runner-up in the ABPS’s
the value of 2s.6d. (Fig 14) and the revenue Society Journal of the Year Award 2008.
stamps up to £5 all overprinted ‘V.R.I.’ (Fig The Study Circle examines the historical context within which the stamps and postal
15) appear to have been generally used in history of the Transvaal (formerly, the South African Republic) were produced. This
the early days of the occupation. It seems dimension is important in understanding why various stamps were required, and the
that in the Spring of 1901 these were supple- significance of a particular piece of postal history.
Whenever one thinks of the philatelic aspects of the Transvaal, it is almost inevitable that
mented by the Hope-standing Cape revenue
the first thing that comes to mind is the word ‘forgery’. In the late-19th century, the classic
6d. and 1s. stamps overprinted ‘TRANS-
stamps of the ‘First Republic’ and the ‘First British Occupation’ were avidly collected by the
VAAL’ (Fig 16). leading philatelists of the day—and this attracted the attention of the forgers. The stamps of
Later in 1901 the need for more stamps the Second Republic and the Anglo-Boer War were dealt a cruel blow with the clandestine
for telegraph purposes resulted in some of production of masses of reprints. Now, after over 40 years of collective philatelic research,
the remaining ZAR postage stamps (1d., 6d. the Transvaal Study Circle is at the forefront of differentiating genuine stamps from the
and 2s.6d.) being overprinted ‘Transvaal/ forged or the reprinted ones. Other areas studied include; the Edwardian head stamps,
Telegraphs’—some of the 2s.6d. stamps were revenue stamps, telegraph stamps and operations, railway items, Swaziland up to 1913,
also converted to 1s. stamps (Fig 17). These and postcards.
overprints have been extensively forged Further information can be found at: www.transvaal.org.uk
and care is needed when purchasing these
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Higson, A (2005a), British Army
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Higson, A (2005b), ‘Army Telegraphs in
the Transvaal; an update’, The Transvaal
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Higson, A (2006), ‘The King Edward VII
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Brian Trotter came to the UK in 1999, and has since proved himself a valuable asset to British be more prudent in our choice. However,
philately, already being a Vice President of The Royal Philatelic Society London, chairman of I firmly believe that the BDC is more easily
the British Philatelic Trust, an international exhibitor, judge and commissioner, and chair reached, and is closer to the essential amen
ing the team that is organising the London 2010 international stamp exhibition. Your Editor ities, than other London venues that have
recently had the chance to ask Brian a few pertinent questions. been suggested.
How to reach us
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yourself—please write to:
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O n 5 April 2004 New Zealand Post increased the ‘Standard’ Postage rate for medium
size envelopes from 40c. to 45c., at the same time the cost of ‘Fast Post’ and the price
for sending ‘Extra Large Envelopes’ was increased. Two new values were added to the
It is interesting to note that the illustra-
tion of the 45c. stamp that appears on the
dispenser box has the original font. This
Scenic Definitive set of stamps, a 45c. and $1.35 stamp. is because the boxes were produced in
The first day cover shown in Fig 1 has as Southern Colour Print. However, the Aus- a separate manufacturing facility to the
its illustration a sunrise at Kaikoura in the tralian printer, SNP Sprint, associated the stamps and the printing staff there made
South Island, the cover and the two 45c. font as Goody Sans Book which had the a different judgement to the stamp print-
stamps were designed by Common Arts different font characteristic. By the time ing staff.
Design, Wellington. that the differences had been noticed the
These stamps were produced using printing work had progressed to such a Complaints
the offset lithography printing process, point that New Zealand Post accepted that When self-adhesive stamps are produced,
the larger 45c. stamp is a gummed issue the Australian printed product would be the die cutting operation produces a mat-
printed using Tullis Russell 104g. red different in this detail. rix strip around each stamp; because of
phosphor gummed stamp paper, 100 SNP Sprint printed the self-adhesive complaints from New Zealand users some
stamps to the sheet 10×10, perforated stamps in sheets of 14 vertical rows of 25 years ago that it was difficult to remove
gauge 14. Printer Southern Colour Print, stamps, the sheets were joined to produce the stamps from the matrix, it was decided
Dunedin, NZ. a large sheet of 14 vertical rows of 100 that the matrix would be removed by the
The smaller 45c. stamp is a self-adhesive stamps which were slit to produce strips printer.
issue, printed on CPI C90 self-adhesive of 100 stamps with three joins, these However, for first day covers, SNP Sprint
paper, die cut and printed by SNP Sprint, strips were rolled and packed in dispenser supply what are known as ‘Jumbo Rolls’
Australia. boxes. which are large rolls containing two or
Kiwi symbols
From inspection of the backing paper
of the self-adhesive issues it is simple to
identify the different printings by the
number of Kiwi symbols.
This form of identification was first
introduced by NZ Post in April 1986, with
the definitive issue featuring New Zealand
Fruits. It provided an indication of a
reprinting of a definitive issue, as can be
seen in Fig 4 it is being used to indicate the
reprints of the self-adhesive roll definitive,
in Figs 5 and 6 the reprints of the booklet
definitive and Fig 10 the reprint of the
gummed sheet definitive.
Generally on gummed sheet definitive
issues they appear within the area of the
Fig 4 imprint block.
Identification
of the first
printing
and six
subsequent
reprintings It is simple to
identify the
different printings
by the number of
Kiwi symbols
Fig 6 Self-adhesive
dispenser boxes
for the four to six
reprints
when used on envelopes, the font used ing order customers and the complete 50c. and with this change a new definitive
was the original ITC Goudy Sans Book, stock was released through retail outlets. stamp was introduced. At the same time
however the paper mesh of the sheet This hiccup in the system brought about a 5c. stamp was issued to enable people
stamps is vertical and for the stamps from a review of the New Zealand Post stamp with any quantities of the ‘whales tail’ to
booklets it is horizontal. ordering procedures bringing all work re- use them.
There were seven reprints of the book- lated to stamps and collectables under the Kaikoura is very popular tourist attrac-
lets and again the Kiwi symbol was used to direct supervision of the New Zealand Post tion in the South Island, where people
signify the different printings. There were Stamp and Collectables business unit. enjoy the sight of the whales surfacing and
no distinctive features of the stamps from then diving as they flip their tail, this has
the different printings. Stamps from gummed sheets been given greater publicity with the issue
The most difficult booklet to obtain is The other ‘Whales tail’ 45c. stamp issue of the 45c. definitive stamp.
the ‘2 Kiwi’ issue; normally New Zealand was in gummed sheets. The demand for
Post standing order customers receive is- these stamps was much less than for the
sues from The Stamps Centre, Wanganui, self-adhesive stamps which are favoured
who receive their stock from New Zealand
Post Stamps and Collectables.
by businesses and there was one reprint,
again using the Kiwi symbol.
The most difficult
The ordering of this reprint was made
by New Zealand Post Retail and they were
The end of this tale was brought about
on 1 June 2007 when the New Zealand
booklet to obtain is
not aware of the requirement for stand- standard postage rate was increased to the ‘2 Kiwi’ issue
Fig 7 The header of the self-adhesive sheet
T he Grenadines are a remote string of beautiful, low-lying islands situated in the idyllic
waters between St Vincent in the north and Grenada in the south. I have been there
just the once and the diving is to be recommended, over and above visiting post offices
1948 (Fig 3), and two from Petit Martinique
the former with time code C (sideways) run-
ning until around 1951 and the latter, with
that are rarely open! During the King George VI period there were six post offices that an asterisk, used from late 1953 (Figs 4 and
used Grenada’s stamps and five that used those of St Vincent (Fig 1). More recently the 4a). In the middle of these two is an Open
Tobago Keys were used as the backdrop to the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Birmingham (OB) which is very rare and is
with Barbados) and St Vincent (paired with only noted once, 12 May 1953 (Fig 5).
St Lucia) were both issued in 2006 and are The small single circles on St Vincent
fairly comprehensive. This year my Encyclo- stamps are at Canouan from 1941 and Union
paedia of British West Indies Postmarks—King Island (used at Clifton) has two; the former
George VI brought everything up to date— was issued in 1933 and ran until around
however it should be noted that Lowman’s 1950; the latter was first used in 1953—both
(Windward) is on St Vincent and not on the have asterisks (Fig 6). Bequia’s Paget Farm
island of Canouan as I incorrectly stated. sSC* is a bit of a mystery—this office was
Canouan used a very small single circle reported open as early as 1 September 1945
(ssC), first introduced way back in 1894, but there is no evidence of a postmark until
until August 1939 (Fig 2). Most of the strikes April 1958. I recently acquired a cover to Dr
are small single circles (sSC) which are T J Mitchell of Greenock which has King
found used on Grenada stamps at Carriacou, George VI stamps, but was postmarked 29
Dover Carriacou, which closed August 1946 March 1960 (Fig 7). Do other strikes from
but continued to be used at Belvidere until the early 50s exist for Paget Farm?
Fig 3
Fig 2 Canouan Carriacou
(TC C) ssC and Dover
12 May 1937 Carriacou
sSC*s
Fig 10 Mount
Fig 11 Petit Martinique Registered Pleasant
Oval on cover 1952! Registered Oval
COMPETITION QUESTIONS
1 What was formed by Sir Derrick Bailey DFC in
1968?
2 This island is home to red squirrels.
3 What was introduced by NZ Post in April 1986
to identify different printings?
4 Which island was ceded to Germany in 1890 in
exchange for Zanzibar?
5 A design team led by A A M Durrant was
responsible for this.
6 Who was killed during Hurricane Janet in 1955?
7 Staff were told to use their fingers to ensure that
every last drop of this was used.
8 Mahebourg is the old capital of this place.
9 Of which publication was Dr Tim Whitney the
original compiler?
10 As what are Hardback and Softback Soldiers
classified?
COMPETITION RESULT
The winner of a £50 SG voucher in our August
competition was G Donaldson of Flintshire.
The correct answers were: (1) Cynicus (1908—
Taking You Back a Century); (2) Royal Air Force
(Machin Watch); (3) 40s. (Paper, Paper,
Everywhere); (4) Jennifer Toombs (Jennifer
Toombs—A Passionate Designer); (5) Henry Ford
(Shore to Shore); (6) Parham (The Postmarks of
the British West Indies); (7) £100 million (GB Postal
Stationery, Postal Labels and Postmarks); (8) French
(Errors in Language and Stamps on Stamps);
(9) Montenegro (Stamps of Ex-Yugoslavia); (10)
People’s chiefs (Udangs) (Two Portraits and an Error
in Design on the 1935–41 Issues of Perak and Negri
Sembilan).
A n unusual exhibition has just been taking place in Napier, in the North Island of New
Zealand. Over 50,000 stamps were on display, but there wasn’t a frame in sight. And
everything on display was the work of one woman, who died in the late 1940s.
these murals following her husband’s death,
filling in the long evenings with memories
and imaginings of a larger world.’
She was Lilla Esam, and her interest in postage stamps was not to classify them as we do as Some of the hangings clearly fit with
collectors, but to use them to create patterns, to make large banners or wall hangings. the family’s memory. ‘Stewart Royal’ and
‘Egypt’, for example, include copies of the
Australian George V 1d. green, 1½d. red
and 2d. brown, which were issued in 1924.
The Chinese Lady incorporates the Austra
lian George V 1d. violet and 4d. blue, issued
in 1922, and cancels on other stamps ad
vertise the forthcoming 1924 Wembley Ex
hibition. These banners cannot have been
made before the mid 1920s. ‘Kia Ora Ngaio’
might also fit with this dating, although the
latest stamps incorporated in it are the New
Zealand George V 1½d. black surface print,
used between 1916 and 1918.
Different picture
However, close study of the stamps used to
create the other hangings suggests a rather
different picture. The latest stamps used
for ‘Christchurch 1915’, ‘Wairangi’, and
the nautical scene are the New Zealand
½d. and 6d. Edward VII issue, which were
in use from 1909 to 1915. There is nothing
Some of the hangings on display at after that. Moreover it is hard to see why
the Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art
Lilla Esam should have entitled a banner
Gallery at Napier
‘Christchurch 1915’ if she did not make it
at that date.
On display in the Hawke’s Bay Museum was killed in a tragic accident, leaving her Even earlier seem to be the hanging
and Art Gallery were ten such hangings. with four sons. With a family to raise and an depicting a crown, club and fan, and ‘Raro
The Museum has six others in store. Typic orchard to run, Lilla occupied her evenings tonga’. Both are largely composed of New
ally, each banner is some ten feet high by with a most unusual passion for stamp col Zealand ½d. green Mount Cook and 1d.
four feet across, and composed of over lecting. Lilla’s brother Waldo Anderson was Universal stamps. Other countries whose
four or five thousand stamps. One, a map a serious collector, so the interest in philately stamps are represented are Austria, Bavaria,
of the world, is double the usual width itself was not extraordinary—her method of Belgium, Canada, Ceylon, Fiji, France, Ger
and uses over 9000 stamps. Subjects range collecting, however, was without precedent. many, Great Britain, Hungary, India, the
from a crown, a club and a fan to Egypt, Rather than a traditional album or order, Netherlands, New South Wales, Portugal,
a nautical scene and a Chinese lady. Some Lilla attached her stamps to large linen Queensland, Spain, Switzerland, Tasmania,
are titled: ‘Christchurch 1915’, ‘Egypt’, ‘Kia banners patiently creating large mosaics … USA and Victoria, but none of the issues are
Ora Ngaio’, ‘Rarotonga’, ‘Stewart Royal’, Family members believe that Lilla began after 1910.
‘Wairangi’.
New Zealand postal stationery card celebrating the introduction of Universal Penny
Postage—did this encourage Mrs Esam to produce her wall hangings?
No equivalent
The Museum curators know of no
equivalent of this art form anywhere
in the world, and would be much
obliged for any information about
similar hangings if indeed they may
have been produced elsewhere.
The hangings raise all sorts of
questions. When were they made?
Why? What inspired them? Where
did Lilla Esam, who was not herself
a collector in the ordinary sense,
get the stamps?
The answer given by surviving
members of the family, which do
nated the hangings to the Museum
in the 1980s, is that they were pro
duced in the mid 1920s, following
the death of Lilla’s husband. A
leaflet put out by the Museum in
connection with the exhibition re
ports: ‘Lilla Esam was widowed in
1924 when her husband Gordon
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anxiety to treasure up Queen’s heads, than
Harry the Eighth did to get rid of them’.
(I’m not sure my wife would thank them for
their initiative, but that’s another matter.) It
also shows that their purpose was to use the
stamps for purposes of decoration. ‘When
was a folly so pestilent hit upon’, Colonel
Sibthorpe’s poem asked,
‘As folks running mad to collect every
spit upon
Post-office stamp that’s been soil’d and
been writ upon?
Oh for Swift! such a subject his spleen to
emit upon.
’Tis said that some fool in mustachios
has split upon
The rock of a bet,
And therefore must get,
To avoid loss and debt,
Half the town as collectors, to waste time
and wit upon
Bothering and forcing their friends to
submit, upon
Pain of displeasure
To fill a peck measure
With the coveted treasure
Detail of Australia from the world map showing an attempt to use appropriate stamps Of as many old stamps as perforce can
for each state be lit upon,
Detail from a nautical scene To paper a room, or stuff cushions to sit
upon.
Do, dearest Punch, let fly a sharp skit
upon
This new pursuit, and an ass’s head fit
upon
The crest of the order of Knights of the
Spit-upon’.
Insofar as the earliest ‘collectors’ were
women, and interested in using stamps for
domestic furnishings, Lilla Esam was follow-
ing their path. For her it is as though the
stamp albums and stamp catalogues that
exploded from the 1860s onwards, and the
trend they represented towards scientific
classification rather than ornamentation,
had never come into existence.
However, there is an important difference
separating Lilla Esam from her pioneer fore-
mothers. None of the early accumulators of
stamps satirised by Colonel Sibthorpe were
using them in the way she did, to make art
istic patterns or tell a story.
Possible inspiration
There is one possible more immediate in-
spiration for Lilla Esam’s efforts. In China,
from the early years of the 20th century,
cards were occasionally produced for tour-
ists which featured designs made up from
stamps, like that illustrated here showing a
man in a rickshaw, part of a 1930s Christmas
card for the Second Royal Scots Guards.
These were delicate productions, but
small in their scale. Had she come across
them—not very likely, since she had no
known connections with China—they might
just possibly have provided inspiration for
Mrs Esam’s idea. But they don’t remotely
match it in scale or conception.
At the end of the day, the Napier exhibi-
tion left one with the feeling that the art
form she developed was homegrown in
her New Zealand province. In view of the
number of stamps needed for the each of
the hangings, perhaps those of us who prac-
tice more mainstream collecting should also
be glad that it is an art form that appears to
be unique.
110 er 2008
New and recent issues
Panorama
John Moody investigates the background to some recent new issues
Famous French sailing ships
A six-stamp miniature
sheet was issued by
La Poste on 20 June
2008 at the French
national stamp show
at the Parc Floral in
Paris. The miniature
sheet commemorates
famous French ships
and has attracted a
lot of attention from
thematic collectors.
Starting at the top
and working clockwise
the 55c. stamps feature
the following ships.
The Grande Hermine,
under the command
of Captain Jacques
Cartier, sailed into
the St Lawrence River,
Canada, on 9 June,
1534. Commissioned
by King Francis I of
France to explore
the north for gold,
spices, and a northern
passage to India
and Asia, Cartier’s
voyages underlie the
subsequent French
claims to Canada.
The Boudeuse was a frigate of the French Navy, famous for being the exploration ship of Louis Antoine de Bougainville between
1766 and 1769. Boudeuse, departed from Nantes on 15 November 1766 for the first French circumnavigation, along with the Étoile.
On board was the botanist Philibert Commerçon and his valet, later unmasked by the ship’s surgeon as Jeanne Baré, Commerçon’s
mistress; she would become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe.
The Boussole was a ship of the French Navy, famous for its exploration of the Pacific with Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de La
Pérouse and for its disappearance. It departed Brest on 1 August 1785 accompanied by the Astrolabe .
The expedition vanished mysteriously after leaving Botany Bay on 10 March 1788. The fate of the expedition was eventually solved
by Captain Peter Dillon in 1827 when he found remnants of the Astrolabe and the Boussole at Vanikoro Island in the New Hebrides.
The ships had been wrecked in a storm.
L’Hermione was the name of the French frigate that carried General La Fayette to the United States in 1780 to allow him to join the
American side in the American Revolutionary
War. He embarked at Rochefort on 11 March
and arrived in Boston on 28 April carrying the
Border bridge joint issue
The Swiss and German post offices issued a
then secret news that he had secured French
joint stamp on 4 September to celebrate the
reinforcements for General Washington.
200th anniversary of the Old Rhine Bridge
The Astrolabe was converted to an exploration
acting as a border crossing between the two
ship for the French Navy. The ship was launched
countries.
in 1811 as the Coquille. She is famous for
The bridge links Stein in the Swiss Canton
her Antarctic expeditions with Jules Dumont
of Aargau to Bad Säckingen, in the German
d’Urville. The Astrolabe Subglacial Basin in
Antarctica bears her name, as do the Astrolabe State of Baden-Württemberg.
Glacier, the Astrolabe Needle, and Astrolabe The Old Rhine Bridge is the longest covered
Island. wooden bridge in Europe at 244 metres and is
In March 1800, the 18-gun Confiance set sail of great historical significance. References to
from Bordeaux under the command of Robert the bridge date back to the 13th century and
Surcouf, a famous French corsair, which resulted for the past 200 years, it has been a border
in the capture of nine British ships. crossing between Switzerland and Germany.
Later, on 7 October 1800, in the Bay of Bengal, The bridge is now only open to pedestrian
Confiance met the 38-gun Kent, a 1200-ton East and cycle traffic and its original stone supports
Indiaman with 400 men and a company of have been replaced by reinforced concrete.
marine riflemen. Despite being outnumbered It is thought that the bridge was originally constructed on 12 wooden piles in
three to one, the French managed to seize 1272 but rebuilt in 1567 on six stone piles. It was destroyed in the Thirty Years
control of the Kent. War in 1663 but rebuilt, only to be destroyed again in 1687 by French troops, and
Surcouf became a legend in France and, in rebuilt again in 1699.
England, a public enemy, whose capture was The stamps were designed by Bernadette Baltis. The Swiss version is denominated
valued at 5 million francs. 1f. and the German version is 70c.
2007 (19 Mar). Bronze Devotional 1017 40p. Nehemiah Grew (1641–1712) (Litho BDT)
Medallions. T 224 and similar vert designs and Grewia occidentalis 2008 (1 Apr). 90th Anniv of the Royal Air Force.
showing medallions from Spanish ship El 1018 50p. Charles Plumier (1646–1704) Horiz designs as T 62 of British Indian
Buen Consejo, sunk in 1772 off Anguilla and Plumeria rubra Ocean Territory. Multicoloured. W w 14
coast. Multicoloured. Litho. P 13½. 1019 £2 Carl Peter Thunberg (sideways). P 14.
1204 30c. Type 224 (1743–1828) and Thunbergia 1202 18c. Supermarine Spitfire
1205 $1.50 Our Lady of Sorrows grandiflora 1203 20c. Avro Lancaster
1206 $1.90 Five Wounds of Jesus 1204 35c. Douglas C-47 Dakota
1207 $2.75 Virgin and Child 1205 60c. Handley Page Halifax
1206 $1.75 Westland Lysander
246 Students and Tutor MS1207 110×70 mm. $2.50 Spitfire patrolling
AUSTRALIA (University of Botswana Library) D-Day beaches
Nos. 1202/6 were each printed in
Christmas Island (Des Jack Mazebedi. Litho Austrian State sheetlets of eight stamps with a central
(October 2008) Ptg Wks) label showing anniversary emblem and
2007 (13 Oct). 25th Anniv of University of enlarged illustrated bottom margins.
CORRECTION: Re-number Nos. 621/2 Botswana. T 246 and similar horiz designs.
(correct face value 15c.) to 623/4 and Multicoloured. P 14.
Nos. 623/4 to 621/2. 1080 1p.10 Type 246
1081 2p.60 Farmers and Sir Seretse
Relist Nos. 621/4 (Chinese New Year (Year Khama (first Botswana
of the Rat), May 2008 GSM as follows: President) (BUCA campus
appeal)
621 10c. Dragon ((7.01am–9.00am) 1082 4p.10 Researcher, village and
622 10c. Snake (9.01am–11.00am) wetland (Okavango Research)
623 15c. Tiger (3.01am–5.00am) 1083 4p.90 Students and university
225 Hyacinth Carty 624 15c. Rabbit (5.01am–7.00am) buildings (‘Infrastructure; old
and new’)
2008 (8 Aug). Olympex the Olympic Expo,
2008 (18 July). 40th Anniv of the Revolution
Beijing. Sheet 130×90 mm containing
(independence from St. Kitts-Nevis). T 225
designs as Nos. 631/2. Multicoloured.
and similar vert designs. Multicoloured. 243 Diana, Princess of Wales
Litho. P 14½×14.
Litho. P 13½.
MS639 50c. Type 118; $1.45 Calligraphy (in
1208 30c. Type 225 (Litho BDT)
gold foil)
1209 $1 Edward Duncan
1210 $1.50 Connell Harrigan 2008 (7 Apr). Tenth Death Anniv of Diana, Princess
1211 $1.90 Reverend Leonard Carty PREMIUM BOOKLET of Wales. T 243 and similar vert design.
1212 $2.25 Jeremiah Gumbs Multicoloured. W w 14. P 14.
1213 $3.75 Atlin Harrigan The following booklet was sold at a 1208 60c. Type 243
premium above the face value of the MS1209 120×85 mm. $3.50 Wearing red
stamps. 247 Mimosa Sapphire (Iolaus sleeveless dress (42×57 mm). Wmk
ANTIGUA mimosae mimosae) sideways
(October 2008) No. 1208 was printed in sheetlets of six
(Des Philip Huebsch. Litho Enschedé) stamps with enlarged illustrated left margins
2007 (1 Nov). Butterflies. T 247 and similar horiz and also in sheets of 20 (2 panes 2×5).
designs. Multicoloured. P 13½×14.
1084 10t. Type 247
1085 20t. Bushveld orange-tip (Colotis
pallene)
1086 30t. African monarch (Danaus
chrysippus aegyptius)
1087 40t. Common black-eye
(Gonatomyrina gorgias
gorgias)
1088 50t. Brown playboy (Virachola
antalus)
1089 1p. Sapphire (Lolaus silas)
P 2 Zodiac Animals in Stylized Landscape 1090 (1p.10) Scarlet tip (Colotis (C) danae
610 Vanguard I, 1958 (Illustration reduced. Actual size annae)
156×104 mm) 1091 2p. Large blue emperor
2008 (29 July). 50 Years of Space Exploration and (Charaxes bohemani)
Satellites. T 610 and similar multicoloured 2008 (8 Jan). Chinese New Year (‘Year of the Rat’). 1092 (2p.60) Dwarf blue (Oraidium 244 Shield
designs. Litho. P 13½. Multicoloured cover as Type P 2. Booklet barberae))
4193 $1.50 Type 610 contains text and illustrations on panes 1093 3p. Apricot playboy (Virachola (Litho BDT)
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 4193/5, each ×2 and interleaving pages. Stitched. dinochares) 2008 (1 May). 300th Birth Anniv of Charles
4194 $1.50 Vanguard I (green and white SP2 $10.95 booklet containing six panes 1094 4p. Blue pansy (Junonia oenone Wesley (2007). T 244 and similar vert
background) of four stamps as follows: oenone) designs. Multicoloured. W w 14. P 14.
4195 $1.50 Vanguard I (sphere and base) Nos. 619/20 and 632×2; 1095 5p. Black-striped hairtail 1210 20c. Type 244
4196 $1.50 Explorer III, 1958 Nos. 623/4 and as No. 631×2; (Anthene amarah amarah) 1211 50c. Rev. Charles Wesley
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 4196/8, each ×3 Nos. 621/2 and as No. 631×2; 1096 10p. Natal barred blue (Spindasis
1212 $1.75 Rev. Charles Wesley (in half
4197 $1.50 Explorer III orbiting Earth Nos. 625, 627 and as natalensis)
1097 20p. Foxy charaxes (C. jasius profile)
4198 $1.50 Van Allen radiation belt No. 631×2; Nos. 628/9 and as
(discovered by Explorer No. 631×2; Nos. 626, 630 and saturnus)
programme) as No. 631×2 No. 1090 was inscr ‘Standard Postage
4199 $2 Vanguard I and Moon All stamps from SP2 are perforated A’ and sold for 1p.10. No. 1092 was inscr
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 4199/200, 14½×14. ‘Standard Postage B’ and sold for 2p.60.
each×2 Face value: $9.80.
5200 $2 Vanguard I orbiting Earth at
sunrise
5201 $2 Explorer III (deep brown-red
and light green background)
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5201/2, each ×2
5202 $2 Explorer III BOTSWANA
MS5203 Two sheets, each 100×70 mm. (a) (September 2008)
$6 Vanguard I above Earth (horiz). (b) $6
Explorer III and Earth (horiz)
245 Athletics
ASCENSION (Richard Allen. Litho BDT)
(September 2008)
2008 (1 Aug). Olympic Games, Beijing. T 245
CORRECTION: The correct face value of 248 Traditional Dancer and similar square designs. Multicoloured.
No. MS1003 (Sharks, June 2008 GSM) is (Boitshepo Lesego) W w 14 (sideways). P 13½.
£1.50. 1213 15c. Type 245
(Adapted Paul Melenhurst. Litho Austrian 1214 18c. Yachting
State Ptg Wks) 1215 20c. Athletics
2008 (28 Mar). Artists in Botswana. T 248 and 1216 $1 Dinghy sailing
similar multicoloured designs showing
winning entries in stamp design
competition. P 14.
245 Nyala (pair) (Malawi)
1098 1p.10 Type 248
(Des Anja Denker. Litho and die-stamped 1099 2p.60 Baobab tree (Philip Huebsch)
Enschedé) 1100 4p.10 Girl playing with dolls (Giel
Kgamane)
2007 (9 Oct). Second Joint Issue of Southern 1101 4p.90 Donkeys tired after hard work
Africa Postal Operators Association (Tineni Kepaletswe) (horiz)
Members. T 245 and similar square designs 1102 5p.50 Donkeys in the city (Andrew
showing national animals of association Jones) (horiz)
members. Multicoloured. P 14.
1074 1p.10 Type 245
236 Valerius Cordus
1075 2p.60 Nyala (Zimbabwe) BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 246 Mace and Mace Head
(1515–44) and Cordia (June 2008)
sebestena 1076 4p.10 Oryx (Namibia) (Litho BDT)
1077 4p.90 African buffalo (Zambia)
1078 5p.50 Burchell’s zebra (Botswana) Add to Nos. 1146/60 (Local Fruits 2008 (21 Aug). Ministerial Government. T 246
(Des Andrew Robinson. Litho BDT) definitives): and similar horiz designs. Multicoloured.
MS1079 135×170 mm. Nos. 1074/9
2008 (28 Aug). Botanists and Plants named Miniature sheets containing similar W w 14 (sideways). P 14×15.
after them. T 236 and similar vert designs. designs were also issued by Malawi, Nos. 1146, 1149, 1151, 1153 and 1158 1217 18c. Type 246
Multicoloured. P 14. Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. were re-issued in June 2007 with ‘2007’ 1218 35c. Facade and entrance of House
1016 35p. Type 236 Zambia also issued sheet stamps. imprint dates. of Assembly
1219 60c. Henry O. Creque and Ivan (b) PVA gum. P 13½
Dawson (legislators) MS2559 124×72 mm. As Nos. 2557/8
1220 $2 Paul Wattley and Nos. 2557/8 were only issued in
Terrance B. Lettsome $5.20 booklets, No. SB381. Booklet pane
(legislators) No. 2557a also included ten small flower
design stickers.
Nos. 2557/8 and the stamps within
CANADA MS2559 have a fluorescent frame around
(October 2008) the horizontal pair, giving No. 2557 a
fluorescent frame at top, left and bottom,
and No. 2558 a fluorescent frame at top,
right and bottom.
The pair of stamps within MS2559 have
one ‘maple leaf’ perforation.
(Des Neal Armstrong, John Belisle and Kosta
Tsetsekas. Litho Lowe-Martin)
2008 (30 June). Canadians in Hollywood (2nd 483 Carmelo Anthony, Denver
series). Vert designs as T 853. Multicoloured. Nuggets
Fluorescent frame.
(a) Self-adhesive. P 13½. 2007 (28 Dec). US National Basketball Association
2560 52c. Norma Shearer Players. T 483 and similar vert designs.
a. Booklet pane. Nos. 2560/3, Multicoloured. Litho. P 13½.
898 Self-portrait each ×2 5151 10d. Type 483
2561 52c. Chief Dan George B 146 Anne (Illustration reduced. Actual a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5151/9
(Des Hélène L’Heureux. Litho Lowe-Martin) 2562 52c. Marie Dressler size 95×127 mm) 5152 10d. Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles
2563 52c. Raymond Burr Lakers
2008 (21 May). Art Canada. BIrth Centenary of 5153 10d. Vince Carter, Nets
Yousuf Karsh (portrait photographer). T 898 2008 (20 June). Centenary of Publication of Anne
(b) PVA gum. P 13×12½ of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. 5154 10d. Allen Iverson, Denver Nuggets
and similar vert designs. Multicoloured. 5155 10d. LeBron James, Cleveland
Fluorescent frame. MS2564 136×77 mm. As Nos. 2560/3 Multicoloured cover as Type B 146. Self-
Nos. 2560/3 were only issued in $4.16 adhesive. Cavaliers
(a) PVA gum. P 13×12½. booklets, Nos. SB382/c. Booklet pane SB382 $5.20 booklet containing pane of 5156 10d. Yao Ming, Rockets
2551 52c. Type 898 No. 2560a also included eight small stickers. ten 52c. (No. 2557a) 5157 10d. Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns
MS2552 150×87 mm. 52c. Type 898; 96c. It exists in four versions which differ in the 5158 10d. Shaquille O’Neal, Miami Heat
Audrey Hepburn; $1.60 Winston Churchill order of the stamps within the two blocks 2008 (30 June). Canadians in Hollywood (2nd 5159 10d. Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat
of four which form the booklet pane. series). Multicoloured cover as Type B 117. Nos. 5151/9 were printed in sheetlets
(b) Self-adhesive. Die-cut Self-adhesive. of nine stamps with enlarged illustrated
2553 96c. Audrey Hepburn STAMP BOOKLETS SB383 $4.16 booklet containing pane margins.
a. Booklet pane. No. 2553×8 of eight 52c. and 8 labels
2554 $1.60 Winston Churchill (No. 2560a) (cover showing
a. Booklet pane. No. 2554×8 Norma Shearer)
Nos. 2553/4 were only available in stamp a. Cover showing Chief Dan
booklets, Nos. SB379/80. George
b. Cover showing Marie Dressler
c. Cover showing Raymond Burr
The booklet panes in Nos. SB383/c differ
in the order of the stamps within the two
blocks of four which form the booklet pane.
452 Pig
2007 (2 July). Chinese New Year (‘Year of the Pig’). 486 Pioneer I Satellite,
Sheet 110×82 mm. Litho. P 13½. 1958
901 Anne
MS3577 $2×4 As Type 452 (country name
and inscriptions at right in brown-purple, 2008 (11 Apr). 50 Years of Space Exploration and
(Des Dennis Page and Oliver Hill, illustrations
deep green, new blue or plum) Satellites. T 486 and similar multicoloured
Ben Stahl (2557) and Christopher Kovacs designs. Litho. P 13½.
(2558). Litho Lowe-Martin)
5165 15d. Type 486
2008 (20 June). Centenary of Publication a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5165/7, each ×2
of Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud 5166 15d. Pioneer I in storage casing
Montgomery. T 901 and similar horiz design. 5167 15d. Pioneer I in flight
Multicoloured. Fluorescent frame. B 145 Nurse with Patient (Illustration GAMBIA 5168 15d. Pioneer III and laboratory
(a) Self-adhesive. P 13½×13 reduced. Actual size 80×121 mm) (August 2008) technicians (horiz)
2557 52c. Type 901 a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5168/70, each
a. Booklet pane. Nos. 2557/8, 2008 (16 June). Centenary of Canadian Nurses Add to Nos. 5054/98 (First Ladies of the ×2
each ×5 Association. Multicoloured cover as USA, February, May and August 2008 GSMs): 5169 15d. Pioneer III orbiting Earth
2558 52c. Green Gables (house), Type B 145. Self-adhesive. (horiz)
Cavendish, Prince Edward SB381 $5.20 booklet containing pane of 5097a 65d. Martha Washington (facing to 5170 15d. Launch of PIoneer III,
Island ten 52c. (No. 2556a) left) (37×50 mm) (p 14) (24 Oct) 6 December 1958 (horiz)
5171 20d. Pioneer I on launcher Thor- 2008 (16 May). Sir Edmund Hillary (first man 2008 (12 June). First Visit of Pope Benedict XVI (Des Suresh Kumar. Photo India Security
Able I, 11 October 1958 to reach summit of Mount Everest) to the United States. Litho. P 13½. Press)
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5171/2, each ×2 Commemoration. T 490 and similar vert 5201 493 25d. multicoloured 2008 (26 Apr). Jasmine. T 1814 and similar
5172 20d. Pioneer I in orbit, Moon at left designs. Multicoloured. Litho. P 13½. No. 5201 was printed in sheetlets of four multicoloured design. P 13.
5173 20d. Pioneer III (red background) 5186 25d. Type 490 stamps with enlarged illustrated margins. 2473 5r. Type 1814
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5173/4, each ×2 a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5186/9 2474 15r. Close-up of jasmine flowers
5174 20d. Pioneer IIII orbiting Earth, 5187 25d. Mount Everest (horiz)
Moon at top left 5188 25d. Statue of Sir Edmund Hillary MS2475 107×76 mm. Nos. 2473/4
MS5175 Two sheets. (a) 70×100 mm. 65d. 5189 25d. Sir Edmund Hillary (as Nos. 2473/MS2475 have a jasmine
Pioneer I above Earth’s atmosphere, Moon younger man) fragrance.
in background (horiz). (b) 100×70 mm. Nos. 5186/9 were printed together,
65d. Pioneer III casing and instruments se-tenant, in sheetlets of four stamps with
(50×37 mm) enlarged illustrated margins. KENYA
Nos. 5165/7 and 5168/70 were each (August 2008)
printed together, se-tenant, in sheetlets of
six stamps containing two of each design.
Nos. 5171/2 and 5173/4 were each printed
together, se-tenant, in sheetlets of four
stamps containing two of each design.
NIUE
(August 2008)
2008 (19 June). 32nd Americas Cup Yachting (Des Tze Ngan. Litho Secura) 1238 $4 Henry VI (1422–1461, (Des Sudath Jayawardana. Litho Dept of Govt
Championship, Valencia, Spain. T 474 2008 (25 June). Youth Olympic Games, Singapore, 1470–1471) Printing, Sri Lanka)
and similar horiz designs. Multicoloured. 2010. T 351 and similar horiz design. 1239 $4 Richard III (1483–1485) 2008 (30 Apr). Ancient Sri Lanka (2nd series).
Litho. P 13½. Multicoloured. P 13. 1240 $4 Elizabeth I (1558–1603) Proto-historic and Early Anuradhapura
4598 200l. Type 474 1779 (26c.) Type 351 1241 $4 James I (1603–1625) Periods. T 866 and similar square designs.
a. Strip of 4. Nos. 4598/601 a. Horiz pair. Nos. 1779/80 1242 $4 Edward VII (1901–1910) Multicoloured. P 12×13½.
4599 500l. Shosholoza (South Africa) 1780 $2 Crowd with flag, Nos. 1235/42 were each printed in 1937 5r. Type 866
and another yacht schoolchildren and Supreme sheetlets of nine stamps with a central 1938 10r. Abhaya (Basawakkulama)
4600 1000l. Yacht Prada (crew in white) Court building label. Veva (earth bank for
4601 10000l. Yachts (‘Espresso’ and ‘Toyota’ Nos. 1779/80 were printed together, irrigation) (3BC)
on sails) se-tenant, as horizontal pairs in sheetlets 1939 12r. Vallipuram gold plate (letters
Nos. 4598/601 were printed together, of ten, each pair forming a composite SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE in Brahmi characters) (1AD)
se-tenant, as horizontal and vertical strips of
four stamps in sheetlets of 16.
design showing a crowd celebrating the SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 1940 15r. Alakolaveva iron furnace
announcement that Singapore had been (September 2008) (1–2AD)
selected as host city. 1941 30r. Gajalakshmi coin (1BC–4AD)
No. 1779 is inscr ‘1st local’ and sold for and punch mark coin
26c. (3BC–4AD)
1942 40r. Sigiri painting (5AD)
274 William I
(1066–1087)
2008 (15 July). Kings and Queens of
England. T 274 and similar vert designs.
Multicoloured. P 13×12½.
1235 $2 Type 274 866 Megalithic Cist Burial
1236 $2 Henry II (1154–1189) and Necklace of Beads
351 Crowd celebrating 1237 $2 Henry IV (1399–1413) (600–400BC) 356 People of Tanzania
(Des Paul P. Ndembo. Litho Oriental Press, 2008 (14 May). Israel 2008 World Stamp BELGIUM (Pt. 4)
Bahrain) Championship, Tel-Aviv. Flowers of the (October 2008)
2007 (9 Oct). Anti-Corruption Campaign. T 356 Holy Land. T 220 and similar horiz designs.
and similar multicoloured designs. Multicoloured. Litho. P 11½.
2637 400s. Type 356 MS1312 150×100 mm. 50c.×6 Type 220;
2638 400s. PCB emblem (yellow Aleppo adonis (Adonis palaestina); Wild
background) chamomile (Matricaria recutita); Fig
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 2638/42 buttercup (Ranunculusficaria); Dwarf
2639 500s. Policeman and prisoner chicory (Cichorium pumilum); Queen
2640 600s. Bus driver and policeman mallow (Lavatera trimestris)
2641 700s. Businessman on puppet MS1313 100×70 mm. $2 Crocus vitellinus
strings (vert) The stamps and margins of No. MS1312
2642 800s. Official refusing bribe form a composite design showing a Holy 1389 Family hiking
MS2643 400s. As No. 2638 (olive-bistre Land landscape. 163 Marhällan
background)
No. 2637 was only issued in ordinary (Des Cecilia Mattsson. Eng Martin Morck
sheets. (313) or Lars Sjööblom (314)). Litho (311/12)
Nos. 2638/42 were printed together, or recess and litho (others).
se-tenant, in sheetlets of five with enlarged 2008 (6 June). Lighthouses. Booklet Stamps. Inscr
illustrated margins. ‘EUROPA’. T 163 and similar vert designs.
Nos. 2639 and 2641/2 were also issued in
Multicoloured. P 14.
ordinary sheets.
311 (75c.) Type 163
a. Booklet pane. Nos. 311/14, 1390 Family hiking
TUVALU each×2
(July 2008) 312 (75c.) Gustaf Dalén (Des Michel Provost and MVTM. Photo
221 Siberian Cat 313 (75c.) Bogskar 2008 (11 June). Summer Stamps. T 1389 and
314 (75c.) Kökarsören similar horiz designs. Multicoloured.
2008 (31 May). Cats of the World. T 221 and Nos. 311/14 were for use on mail within (a) Sheet Stamps. Ordinary gum. P 11½.
similar horiz designs. Multicoloured. Europe and were originally on sale for 75c. 4178 1 (52c.) Type 1389
Nos. 311/14 were issued in two se-tenant 4179 1 (52c.) Family cycling
Litho. P 13½.
blocks of four stamps within the pane, with
MS1314 130×100 mm. $1×6 Type 221; Nos. 313/14 laid tête-bêche to 311/12.
California spangled; Siamese; Burmilla; (b) Size 30×25 mm. Self-adhesive Booklet
European shorthair; Devon Rex Stamps. Die-cut.
MS1315 100×70 mm. $3 Calico American STAMP BOOKLETS 4180 1 (52c.) Type 1390
wirehair 4181 1 (52c.) Family cycling
The stamps and margins of No. MS1314 SB22 6.6.08 Lighthouses. Nos. 4180/1 have wavy edges (simulating
form a composite design showing cats on perforations) on three sides.
and in front of a sofa. 1 pane. No. 311a Nos. 4180/1 were each issued in booklets
of ten stamps.
New Listing.
871 Murex troscheli
(Litho Cartor)
2007 (1 June). Birth Centenary of Léopold
Sédar Senghor (poet and president of
Senegal (1960–1980)). T 217 and similar
multicoloured designs. P 13½×13 (vert) 578 Allotment, Hjelm, Aabenraa
or 13×13½ (horiz). 581 Oxybelis fulgidus
1000 125f. Type 217 (green vine snake) (Eng Bertil Skov Jørgensen. Recess and litho)
1001 125f. Inscription at right and 2008 (4 June). Centenary of Allotment
country name at lower margin 2007 (17 Aug). National Parks. T 581 and similar Association. T 578 and similar horiz design.
(horiz) vert designs. Multicoloured. P 10½. 587 Dr. Fernando Centeno Güell Multicoloured. P 13½.
1002 300f. As No. 1001 (country name at 1844 235cols. Type 581 1522 5k.50 Type 578
upper margin) (horiz) a. Strip of 4. Nos. 1844/7 2008 (21 Feb). Birth Centenary (2007) of a. Booklet pane. No. 1522×10
1003 300f. As No. 1000 (country name at 1845 235cols. Stagmomantis (praying Dr. Fernando Centeno Güell. P 10½. 1523 6k.50 Summer house, Vennelyst,
lower margin) mantis) 1861 587 115cols. multicoloured Kløvermarken
2007. Friendship and Cooperation between No. 2784/5 and Type 1212 have been
Dominican Republic and Republic of left for ‘World Environment Day’, issued on
China. T 736 and similar horiz designs. 10 February 2008, not yet received.
Multicoloured. P 13½.
2274 10p. Type 736 New Listing.
2275 15p. Urocissa caerulea (blue
magpie) and Dulus dominicus
(palm chat)
2276 35p. Buildings
New Listing.
1739 Teddy
413 Gypsum 151 Georgian and Japanese
(Des Alexis Nesme. Photo) Flags and Children
(Des Boggale Belachew) 2008 (28 May). Congratulations. Self-adhesive
2007 (25 Dec). Industrial Minerals. T 413 and Booklet Stamps. T 1739 and similar horiz 2008 (14 Mar). 15th Anniv of Georgia—Japan
similar horiz designs. Multicoloured. design. Multicoloured. Die-cut perf 11½. Diplomatic Relations. P 13½.
P 14. 4393 (55c.) Type 1739 523 151 1l. multicoloured 217 Lungs
1962 40c. Type 412 No. 4394 is left for stamp not yet
1963 60c. Quartz received. (Des Miki Jacobsen)
1964 1b. Inscr ‘Ambo Sandstone’ No. 4393 was inscribed ‘Lettre prioriitaire 2008 (24 May). National Campaign against
1965 2b. Feldspar 20g’ and was for use on domestic mail up Tuberculosis. P 14×13½.
to 20 grams. 555 217 5k.75ö+50 multicoloured
No. 4393 includes an area which when No. 555 was available in sheets of four
rubbed reveals the child is a boy. stamps with enlarged illustrated margins.
FRANCE (Pt. 6)
(September 2008)
152 Magician
GUATEMALA (Pt. 15) (Des László Dudás ) (Des Pál Varga) (Des Dagur Himarsson. Litho Lowe Martin
(October 2008) 2008 (14 Mar). Birth Bicentenary of Károly 2008 (16 May). Orség National Park. P 11½. Goup)
Knezich (general). P 11½. 5108 1440 220f. multicoloured 2008 (18 Sept). 50th Anniv of Extension of
5096 1434 380f. multicoloured Fishery Zone. P 14.
1219 476 90k. multicoloured
2008 (30 Jan). Municipal Development Institute. 477 Algae, Map and Lake Myvatn
P 12½.
1494 416 3q. multicoloured (Des Anna þóra Árnadóttir. Litho Enschedé)
1435 Dancer 2008 (18 Sept). Endangered Species. Aegagropila
1441 Flags linnaei (lake ball algae). P 14.
(Des Barnabás Baticz) 1220 477 140k. multicoloured
2008 (8 Apr). Hungarian Minorities (1st issue). (Des András Dina)
Roma. P 11½.
5097 1435 260f. multicoloured 2008 (16 May). European Football Championship,
Austria and Switzerland. P 11½.
5109 1441 250f. multicoloured
1431 Eggs
1433 Car
3178 (2) 2500r. Mount Fuji 2008 (22 June). Jakarta 2008 International Stamp New Listing.
3179 (3) 2500r. Buddhist shrine (‘Candi Exhibition (3rd issue). Sheet 123×165 mm
Borobudur’) containing T 776 and similar horiz designs.
a. Pair. Nos. 3179/80 Multicoloured. P 13½×13.
3180 (4) 2500r. To-ji temple MS3195 2500r. Type 776; 2500r. National
3181 (5) 2500r. Rafflesia arnoldi museum (‘Museum Nasional’); 2500r.
a. Pair. Nos. 3181/2 Roller coaster (‘Dunia Fantasi’); 2500r.
3182 (6) 2500r. Cherry blossom Recreational park (‘Taman Mini Indonesia’);
3183 (7) 2500r. Musical instruments 2500r. Traditional procession (‘Wisata Seni
‘Angklung’ and ‘Gaku- & Budaya’); 2500r. Jetski and coastline
Biwa’ (‘Wisata Bahari’); 10000r. Symbols of Jakarta
a. Pair. Nos. 3183/4 (‘Warna Warni Jakarta’) (83×25 mm)
3184 (8) 2500r. Scleropages formosus
(horiz)
769 Casuarius casuarius 3185 (9) 2500r. Nishiki-goi (horiz)
(southern cassowary) a. Pair. Nos. 3185/6
3186 (10) 2500r. (‘Danau Kelimutu’)
2008 (7 Mar). Taipei 2008 International Nos. 3177/8, 3179/80, 3181/2, 3183/4 and
Stamp Exhibition. Sheet 128×82 mm 3185/6, respectively, were issued both in 1249 Fish in Water
containing T 769 and similar vert design. se-tenant pairs within sheets of eight and
Multicoloured. P 13×13½. together in sheets of ten stamps. All sheets (Des A. Hemati Ahouei)
MS3171 5000r.×2, Type 769; Crinum have enlarged illustrated margins. 2008 (21 Apr). Children and Youth Art Festival.
asiaticum Stamps of a similar design were issued Water. P 13½.
The stamps and margins of MS3171 form by Japan.
a composite design. 3239 1249 650r. multicoloured
775 Cyclists
806 Girl with Telescope
(Des Joko Suharbowo. Litho) (Israel’s 60th) (Daniel Hazan)
2008 (5 June). Environmental Protection. T 775 1246 Emad Moghnie
and similar horiz design. Multicoloured. 2008 (14 May). 60th Anniv of Independence.
P 13½×13. (Des Mr. Sarrafzadegan ) Children’s Drawings. T 806 and similar vert
3192 1500r. Type 775 2008 (10 Mar). P 13½. designs. Multicoloured. P 14.
a. Pair. Nos. 3192/3 3236 1246 650r. multicoloured 1890 2s.25 Type 806
3193 1500r. Seedling 1891 2s.25 Script (Israel is my Home)
Nos. 3192/3 were issued in horizontal and (Yuval Sulema and Eden
vertical se-tenant pairs within the sheet. Vilker)
No. 3194 has been left for miniature sheet 1892 2s.25 House and script (I Love Israel)
not yet received. (Etai Epstein)
(Des Yigal Gabay) (Des Jon Kum Hui and Pak Chol. Litho) MACEDONIA (Pt. 3)
2008 (14 May). Centenary of Tel-Aviv (2009). Sheet 2008 (9 Apr). 15th Anniv of Kim Jong’s Il (October 2008)
150×85 mm containing T 807 and similar Chairmanship of National Defence
horiz designs showing drawings of Ahuzat Commission. T 1568 and similar vert Stamp now received.
Bayit (Tel-Aviv) by Nahum Gutman. P 14. design. Multicoloured. P 13½.
MS1893 3s.50 Type 807; 4s.50 First Lamp N4746 12w. Type 1568
Post; 5s.50 Dr Hisin (physician) riding his MSN4747 90×118 mm. 120w. Kim Jong Il
Donkey (42×64 mm)
(Des Zu Tianli. Litho) 2008 (29 Feb). No. 1559 surch as T 670. P 12.
2008 (6 Mar). Lighthouses. T 280 and similar 3135 1000t. on 60m. multicoloured
vert designs. Multicoloured. P 13½. No. 3134 has been left for stamp not yet
2109 41c. Type 280 received.
a. Block of 6. Nos. 2109/14
2110 41c. Old Cape Henry
2111 41c. Cape Lookout 694 Hybrid Fuel Car
2112 41c. Tybee Island
2113 41c. Morris Island (Des Pepijn Zurburg and Richard van der 696 Stylized Forget-me-not
2114 41c. Hillsboro Inlet Laken. Litho (44c.) or photo (others) Walsall)
Nos. 2109/14 were issued in se-tenant (Des Rejane Dal Bello. Litho)
blocks of six stamps within the sheet. 2008 (2 Jan). Think Green, Act Green. T 694 and
2008 (1 Apr). Summer Charity Stamps. Two
similar multicoloured designs. Self-adhesive
sheets, each 144×75 mm containing T 696
gum. Two phosphor bands. Die-cut perf
and similar horiz designs. Multicoloured.
14 (44c.) or 11½ (others).
Two phosphor bands. P 14½.
2635 44c. Type 694
MS2654 (a) 44c.+22c.×3, Type 696; Blue
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 2635/44
flower (crane’s bill); Pink flower (larkspur).
2636 44c. House and sun (solar power)
(b) 44c.+22c.×3, Japanese anemone; Globe
2637 44c. Cow (methane—bio-fuel)
thistle; Stylized forget-me-not (different)
2638 44c. Wind turbines The stamps and margins of MS2654a/b
2639 44c. Trees (CO² offsetting) each form a composite design and, if the
2640 44c. Car sharing sheets are laid horizontally together, they
2641 44c. Plug with leaves (green also form a continuous composite design.
energy) The phosphor bands were laid at right-
(671) 2642 44c. Lorry with soot filter
281 Lions angles along the left and bottom edge of
(pollution control) the stamps.
2008 (7 Mar). Taipei 2008 International Stamp 2643 44c. Envelope (greener postal
(Des R. G. Finney. Litho) Exhibition. No. 2228 surch as T 671. The premium was for the benefit of
service) Nationaal Fonds Ouderenhulp (for the
2008 (25 Mar). Big Cats. T 281 and similar horiz P 14. 2644 44c. House enclosed (home
designs. Multicoloured. P 13½. 3136 250t. on 40m. multicoloured assistance of vulnerable seniors).
insulation)
2115 41c. Type 281 2645 75c. Cycle with globes as wheels (Des Joost Hoekstra. Litho)
a. Sheetlet of 12. Nos. 2115/26 APPENDIX (25×30 mm)
2116 41c. Ocelots 2008 (22 Apr). Tourism. Vert designs as T 660.
2646 92c. Globe as heart (25×30 mm)
2117 41c. White Siberian tigers The phosphor bands were laid at right Multicoloured. Two phosphor bands.
2118 41c. Tigers The following stamps have either been angles along the left and lower edge. P 14½.
2119 41c. Servals issued in excess of postal needs, or have not Nos. 2645/6 each include a label inscribed 2655 44c. Heiligenbergbeek, blue
2120 41c. Cougars been available to the public in reasonable ‘PRIORITY’ attached at top, separated from butterfly, Amersfoort
2121 41c. Lynx quantities at face value. Such stamps the design by a line of rouletting. boulder and Tower of Our
2122 41c. Jaguars may later be given full listings if there is Nos. 2635/44 were for use on domestic Lady enclosed in silhouette
2123 41c. Panthers evidence of regular postal use. Miniature mail and were issued in ‘hangsell’ packs of of Piet Mondriaan (artist)
2124 41c. Clouded leopards sheets and imperforate stamps are excluded ten stamps. (Amersfoort)
2125 41c. Cheetahs from this listing. No. 2645 was for use on mail within 2656 44c. Windmill, St George and
2126 41c. Snow leopards Europe, No. 2646 was for use on mail for dragon enclosed in silhouette
Nos. 2115/26 were issued in se-tenant 2007 rest of the world and each were issued in of Gisbertus Voetius
sheetlets of 12 stamps. sheetlets of five stamps. (theologian) (Heusden)
Nos. 2655/6, respectively, were each
Diana, Princess of Wales Commemoration. issued in se-tenant sheetlets of five stamps
1150t.×4 a. Sheetlet of 4 with illustrated and perforated margins.
60th Wedding Anniv of Queen Elizabeth II The phosphor bands were laid at right
and Prince Philip. 400t.×2 a. Pair angles along the left and lower edge.
Helicopters. 1150t.×4, a. Sheetlet of 4
Muhammad Ali. 1150×4 a. Sheetlet of 4,
1150t.×4 a. Sheetlet of 4
(Des Charles Lundgren. Litho) 695 Book Pages as Heart 697 Book, Cells, Tweezers,
2008 (2 Apr). Sailing Ships. T 282 and similar (Bart Kuipers) Moon and Ladder
vert designs. Multicoloured. P 13½.
2127 41c. Type 282 2008 (18 Mar). Winning Designs in Design a (Des Yvo de Ruiter. Litho)
a. Sheetlet of 12. Nos. 2127/38 Stamp Competition. T 695 and similar vert 2008 (20 May). Anniversaries. T 697 and similar
2128 41c. La Grande Hermine designs. Multicoloured. Two phosphor horiz designs. Multicoloured. Two phosphor
2129 41c. Constitution bands. P 13½×13. bands. P 13½×13.
2130 41c. Fram 2647 44c. Type 695 2657 44c. Type 697 (bicentenary of
639 City a. Strip of 5. Nos. 2647/51
2131 41c. Tovarisch I KNAW (Royal Netherlands
2132 41c. Ark and Dove 2648 44c. Man, woman and ‘heart’ tree Academy of Arts and Science))
(Des L. Edfouf. Photo French State Ptg Wks, (Ramona)
2133 41c. Rainbow Paris) a. Strip of 5. Nos. 2657/61
2134 41c. Great Republic 2649 44c. ‘Love’ heart (Els van den Berg) 2658 44c. Bridge, map, currency
2008 (23 June). 1200th Anniv of Fez. P 13½. 2650 44c. Stylized red heart (Palle van
2135 41c. HMS Resolution symbols and De
2136 41c. La Dauphine 1202 639 7d.80 multicoloured der Lijke) Nederlandsche Bank building
2137 41c. Kruzenshtern 2651 44c. Heart in checkerboard (tenth anniv of European
2138 41c. Golden Hind (Jasper) Central Bank)
Nos. 2647/51 were issued in se-tenant
Nos. 2127/38 were issued in se-tenant 2659 44c. Amsterdam skyline, Beurs
strips of five stamps within the sheet.
sheetlets of 12 stamps. NETHERLANDS (Pt. 4) Nos. 2647/51 have frames as No. 2633. van Berlage tower, share
(April 2008) The phosphor bands were laid at right price graph, trader and
angles along the left and lower edge. market (25th anniv of AEX
MOLDOVA (Pt. 10) (Amsterdam Exchanges))
(October2008) (Des Joost Hoekstra. Litho) 2660 44c. Girl reading, book piles,
bookshelves and elderly man
2008 (25 Mar). Tourism. Vert designs as T 660. reading (140th anniv of Bruna
Multicoloured. Two phosphor bands. (bookshop))
P 14½. 2661 44c. Tent and symbols of tourism
2652 44c. Cow, rowing boat and (125th anniv of ANWB (Royal
Coevorden Castle enclosed in Dutch Tourist Board))
goose silhouette (Coevorden) No. 2657/61 were issued in vertical se-
2653 44c. Sküsje boat, Water Gate and tenant strips of five stamps, each strip
peppermints enclosed in forming a composite design.
silhouette of Pieter Gerbrandy The phosphor bands were laid at right
188 Early Messenger (prime minister during WW II) angles along the left and lower edge.
(Sneek)
(Des Vitaly Roshka) Nos. 2652/3, respectively, were each
693 Heart, ‘80’ and Stamps issued in se-tenant sheetlets of five stamps
2008 (30 Apr). Europa. The Letter. T 188 and with illustrated and perforated margins.
similar horiz design. Multicoloured. The phosphor bands were laid at right
P 14×14½. (Des Max Kisman. Litho)
angles along the left and lower edge.
603 3l.50 Type 188 2008 (2 Jan). Personal Stamps. T 693 and similar
a. Booklet pane. Nos. 603/4, vert design. Multicoloured. Two phosphor
each×2 bands. P 13½×14.
604 4l.50 VDU, ‘@’ and envelopes 2633 44c. Type 693 (80th anniv of NVPH
Nos. 603/4, respectively, were each issued (Netherlands Association of
both in sheets of ten and together, each×2, Stamp Dealers)) NEW INFORMATION
in booklets of four stamps. 2634 44c. Pigeons in flight (centenary of
NBFV (Netherlands Federation The editor is always interested to
of Philatelic Associations)) correspond with people 698 Envelope and Smiley
MONGOLIA (Pt. 10) The phosphor bands were laid at right who have new information (Des Melle Hammer. Litho)
(August 2008) angles along the left and lower edge.
Nos. 2633/4 could be personalised by the that will improve or 2008 (20 May). Europa. The Letter. P 13½×13.
addition of photograph or logo. correct the catalogue 2662 698 75c. multicoloured
Presentation of a sheet of No. 2633 No. 2657 was issued with a se-tenant
entitled the bearer to free entry to Stamp label inscribed ‘PRIORITY’ .
Passion 2008— NVPH International Philatelic The phosphor bands were laid at right
(670) Event. angles along the left and lower edge.
(Litho Enschedé)
2008 (6 June). Stavanger—European Capital
of Culture, 2008. T 560 and similar 1402 Envelope enclosing Romanian
624 Mango Athenaeum Building
multicoloured designs. P 14×13½ (horiz)
(Des J.-R. Lisiak. Litho ) or 13½×14 (vert).
1691 7k. Type 560 (Des Kuba Sowinski. Eng Przemyslaw
2008 (16 June). Fruit. T 624 and similar horiz 1692 14k. Swords in Rock (sculpture by Krajewski. Recess and photo)
designs. Multicoloured. P 13½. Fritz Røed) 2008 (20 June). EFIRO 2008 International Stamp
1440 110f. Type 624 1693 23k. ‘Eye’ (character from The Exhibition, Bucharest. Sheet 90×70 mm.
1441 110f. Papaya 1397 Envelope as Plate
Thousandth Heart (musical)) P 11½.
1442 110f. Mandarin (vert) (Des Joanna Górska. Litho) MS4319 1402 3z. multicoloured
2008 (5 May). Europa. The Letter. P 12×11½ (with
one elliptical hole on each horiz side).
4313 1397 3z. black and silver
SWEDEN (Pt 11) SWITZERLAND (Pt. 8) (Des Beat Kehrli. Litho Bagel, Dü sseldorf )
(July 2008) (July 2008) 2008 (4 Mar). Musical Instruments. T 522
and similar vert designs. Multicoloured.
Add to Nos. 1660 (‘Birds’) P 13×14.
1755 85c. Type 522
1674a 120c. Grey-headed woodpecker (Picus 1756 100c. Accordian
canus) (8.5.08) 1757 130c. Electric guitar
1758 180c. Saxophone
1674b 130c. Rufous-tailed rock thrush
376 Winged Mail (Monticola saxatilis) (8.5.08)
(Des Matjaz Ucakar. Litho) 1679 220c. Great crested grebe (Podiceps
2008 (29 May). Europa. The Letter. T 376 and cristatus) (8.5.08)
similar horiz design. Multicoloured. No. 1674b and 1679 have a label inscribed
804 45c. Type 376 “Prioritaire” attached at foot.
805 92c. Mail van and envelopes as
figures Nos. 1674a/b and 1679 have the surplus
738 Wing (detail), Dark self-adhesive paper around the stamp
Green Fritillary (Argynnis removed.
aglaja)
Nos. 1749/61 were on sale from Philatelic
outlets on 26 February 2008. 523 Puck in Net
SPAIN (Pt. 9) (Des and eng L. Sjööblom. Recess and litho)
(October 2008) 2008 (15 May). Butterflies. T 738 and similar (Des Fredy Trümpi. Litho)
vert design. Multicoloured. Self-adhesive.
Phosphor markings. Die-cut. 2008 (4 Mar). Centenary of Swiss Ice Hockey
2558 5k. Type 738 Association. P 13½.
2559 10k. Apollo (Parnassius apollo) 1759 523 100c. multicoloured
Nos. 2558/9, each have microprint and
yellow phosphor ink as part of the design.
Nos. 2558/9 have die-cut straight edges
along top and bottom and are indented to
simulate perforations on each vertical side,
with an indentation near the top (left or
right) and a corresponding extrusion on the
other side. 518 Potato
Nos. 2558/9 were issued in sheets of 40
stamps with rouletting between the stamps (Des Hans Tanner. Litho Cartor)
to facilitate removal. 524 Player
2008 (4 Mar). International Year of the Potato.
1397 Arms from Maritime P 13½.
1749 518 85c. multicoloured (Des Pierre Castella. Litho Enschedé)
Post Royal Decree
2008 (4 Mar). Euro 2008—European Footbal
2008 (5 May). Stamp Day. Self-adhesive gum. Championships, Austria and Switzerland
Die-cut perf 14 (4th issue). Local Football. P 13½×14.
4360 1397 39c. light brown, blue and 1760 524 100c. multicoloured
black Nos. 1643, 1681, 1708 and 1760 together
form a composite design of a football
enclosing players.
739 Crawfish
740 Gunilla
527 Birds in Flight forming
(Des Viggo Mörck. Eng Martin Mörck. Recess Envelope
and litho)
(Des Paul Bülher. Litho Cartor)
2008 (15 May). Sailing Ships. T 740 and similar
horiz designs. Multicoloured. P 12½×13½ 2008 (8 May). Europa. The Letter. P 13×13½.
(3 sides). 1763 527 100c. multicoloured
521 Horses
2565 11k. Type 740
a. Booklet pane. Nos. 2565/8 (Des Dominique Rossier. Litho Enschedé)
2566 11k. Tre Kronor af Stockholm
2567 11k. Gratitude 2008 (4 Mar). 50th Anniv of Horse Foundation
1399 Joan Oro (refuge), Jura. T 521 and similar horiz
2568 11k. Gladan and Falken
The booklet pane has straight outer designs. Multicoloured. P 13½.
(Recess) 1752 85c. Type 521
edges so that Nos. 2565/6 have the top
2008 (2 June). Personalities. T 1399 and similar edges and Nos. 2567/8 have the lower a. Horiz strip of 3. Nos. 1752/4
designs. P 14. edges imperforate. 1753 85c. Track and four horses
4365 31c. black The block of four stamps is separated 1754 85c. Two horses and building
4366 31c. black and orange-vermilion by a gutter from four labels each inscribed Nos. 1752/4 were issued in horizontal 528 ‘100’
4367 31c. black and orange-vermilion “Prioritaire 1:a klassbrev”. se-tenant strips of three stamps within
4368 31c. black and orange-vermilion A limited edition sheetlet, with enlarged the sheet, each strip forming a composite
Designs: 4365, Type 1399 (biochemist); illustrated margins, containing four design.
4366, Maria Lejárraga (Maria Martinez Sierra) examples of a stamp design as No. 2566,
(writer) (horiz); 4367, Carmen Martin Gaite perforated 12½×13, was on sale for 49k. Keep your catalogue up
(writer) (horiz); 4368, Zenobia Camprubi
(writer and translator).
to date by not missing
2008 (5 June). Traditional Sports. Skittles. Sheet
a single issue of
144×86 mm containing horiz designs STAMP BOOKLETS Gibbons Stamp Monthly.
as T 1394. Multicoloured. P 14.
MS4369 43c.×3 Bolo Leones; Bolo Palma; SB625 15.5.08 Summer Stamps. Self- Please write to or e-mail
Cuatreada Bolo Asturiano adhesive.
No. MS4369 contains three stamp size One pane 2561/2, each×3 2563/4, each×2 the Editor for
labels which, with the respective stamp, (550k.)
form a composite design of the sport SB626 15.5.08 Sailing S hips. subscription details
played. One pane 2565a (440k.) 522 Violin
(Des Thomas Dätwyler. Litho Cartor) (Des Gabriel Casas) (Des Gabriel Casas) (Des Carlos Menck Freire)
2008 (8 May). Centenary of Swiss Life Saving 2007 (17 Aug). 80th Birth Anniv of José Gurvich 2008 (8 May). 60th Anniv of Israel. P 12. 2008 (4 June). 50th Anniv of Discount Bank.
Society. P 13½. (artist). P 12. 3096 1401 37p. multicoloured Self-adhesive gum. Die-cut perf 12
1764 528 100c. multicoloured 3068 1386 15p. multicoloured No. 3096 was issued with a se-tenant 3101 1405 12p. multicoloured
stamp size label showing flowers attached No. 3101 was die-cut through the backing
at foot. paper.
1404 Emblem
1400 Loading Milk Churns (Des Carlos Menck Freire)
URUGUAY (Pt. 20) 2008 (29 May). 25th Anniv of Artist’s Association.
(July 2008) (Des A. Muntz) Sheet 91×70 mm. P 12.
2008 (23 Apr). 75th Anniv of National Association MS3100 1404 12p. multicoloured
Stamps now received. of Milk Producers. P 12.
3095 1400 12p. multicoloured