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GREAT BRITAIN
Telegraph stamps first came into use in India in 1860, they ceased to be used in
1908. Steve Hiscocks looks at these, together with the issues of Kashmir and the
telephone stamps of Patiala.
65 Postmarks of the British West Indies—British Guiana
David Horry continues his survey with a visit to Britain’s only South American colony.
74 All this for the Price of a 2½d. Stamp? The Quest for Ambas Bay
A much-travelled cover arouses the curiosity of R J Maddocks.
77 The Wandering Musician’s Tale—The Philatelist Abroad
The benefits and pitfalls of buying and using stamps overseas are presented by
Michael Round.
86 ‘The Sower’, a Not-so-Common Little Stamp
Part 13 of Ashley Lawrence’s series sees him bring the story up to date with a look at
modern interpretations of this well-known design.
88 75th Anniversary of Seaford and District Stamp Club
David Lee outlines the history of this thriving society, which will be celebrating with an
all day event later this month.
90 Australian Wine Bottle ‘Stamp’ Labels
Brian Cartwright starts an unusual sideline
collection.
95 Stamp of Approval for adidas
UEFA Euro 2008 Football
An innovative new stamp from Austria Post is
printed on the same material used to make
footballs—Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS reports on
this and other Euro football championship stamps.
100 Errors Part 4: Non-errors
When is an error not an error? Oliver Andrew
suggest some stamps for which the designers should be given the benefit of the doubt.
113 Commonwealth Postal Stationery 2006–2007
Geir Sør-Reime begins his annual review.
37 GB News

Printing Six stamps feature Carry On and Hammer

St Ives plc films; Postal Stationery discovery.

Trade Distribution
38 Stamping Around London
Comag, Tavistock Road, In the second part of his tour Alan Sacks visits
West Drayton, Middlesex the City of London.
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45 Machin Watch
John M Deering reports on a 9p Machin and
Opinions expressed in articles Northern Ireland Smilers and miniature sheets.
in Gibbons Stamp Monthly are
not necessarily endorsed by the 51 GB Postal Stationery, Postal Labels and Postmarks
Editor or by Stanley Gibbons John Holman reviews Collect British Postal Stationery and looks at recent developments.
Limited.
54 GB Specialised Catalogue
A supplement to the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue.

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 Dear Reader
A couple of you commented that, after 20 years in the job, it was about time I got my name
spelled correctly in GSM. This worried me as I proof-check nearly everything myself at least
twice and hadn’t noticed the error on page 10 of April’s issue. In the event it was a late story
that I only skimmed through at the last minute, failing to notice that I was now ‘High’, not Hugh
Jefferies.
Needless to say, with ‘I’ next to the ‘U’ on the keyboard, and the dreaded spell checker not
seeing anything wrong with the GSM editor being ‘High’, this is not the first time this has
happened – but I do usually notice it.
I have to say that, in spite of possible appearances to the contrary the only thing I have been ‘high’ on in my life is
philately, but for me it has certainly proved as addictive as any illegal substance!
The big ‘highs’ usually come with the discovery of something really new: a previously unrecorded variety or unreported
error, a new postmark or even an earlier or later date of use of a particular cancellation. The new discovery may be
worth thousands of pounds or only a few pence—for some reason, it is the discovery of something new which excites,
not its value.
Of course, the further one travels down the by-ways of philately, the greater the chance that you will find something no
one has found before. Following David Horry’s article on Ceylon King George VI postmarks, last May, I have become
‘hooked’ on them and have already made a few discoveries—and they have only cost me pence—genuine
Cheap Thrills!
This month David visits another former Colony with extensive postmark potential; British Guiana. Read,
learn and enjoy—secure in the knowledge that in philately there is no such thing as an ‘overdose’.

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98 Price Update
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Changes to the 2008 Commonwealth and British
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108 Panorama
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Swiss Post
Zeppelin flight
On 1 July 1908, the Zeppelin
LZ4 flew over Lake Lucerne,
Lake Zug and Lake Zurich
before landing at its hanger
on Lake Constance after a
journey lasting over 12 hours.
To mark this event Swiss
Post, in conjunction with the
Association of Friends of
the Children’s Village, has
arranged a mail flight in a
modern Zeppelin NT from
Altenrhein (Switzerland) to
Friedrichshafen (Germany) on
1 July 2008, flying the route
of the 1908 flight. A Swiss
Post postcard is shown above
based on a painting of the LZ4
flight by Zeno Diemer.
The Zeppelin will carry
unregistered items and flight
covers will be available from
Swiss Post. There will also be
an on-board cachet.
Further information is
available from Swiss Post at
www.swisspost.ch/philashop
Working with
young collectors
Do you run a school stamp
club? Do you work with
young people? Is your school
interested in stamp-related
activities? The Stamp Active
Network would like to get in
touch with you. As well as its
contacts with children through
Kidstamps, the Stamp Active
Network is offering an email
newsletter, giving help and
advice on running clubs,
news and features, updates
on competitive and other
events, and activity sheets to
download and copy.
If you are interested,
please email John Davies at
stampactive@btinternet.com
for further information.
G.S.M. May 2008
Stanley Gibbons
profit rise
Mike Hall, Stanley Gibbons’ Chief Executive, has
announced very positive year-end figures for 2007.
The Company has doubled its turnover over the past three years
and Mr Hall said it was enjoying more interest in expensive rarities. He
commented, ‘Tighter economic conditions are resulting in an increasing
number of investors turning to our products as a means of protecting
their wealth by diversifying their asset holdings.’
The 2007 annual report figures show an adjusted profit before tax,
excluding exceptional operating costs, of £4.62m, up 23 per cent. Profit
before tax was up 20 per cent to £4.51m compared with £3.75m in
2006.
The Chief Executive said, ‘2007 was another excellent year, we
continued to grow organically whilst maintaining our financial resources
and without any acquisitions. Collectibles as an asset class are growing. Increasing demand
for our investment products, coupled with a better quality stockholding, place us in a strong
position as we start 2008 with an increased momentum.’
One of Stanley Gibbons’ biggest successes was that there were approaching four million
website visits in 2007, up over 40 per cent on the prior year. The Chief Executive said: ‘Our aim
remains to bring the fragmented world of collectibles to one location online through use of our
popular websites.’
Autograph and memorabilia sales increased by almost 40 per cent following the successful
development of rare historical signatures as an alternative investment.
Increased investment in stockholding of high value rare stamps has facilitated an increase in
trading at the top end of the market which supports future growth. The Company, has potential
sales of £12m to be generated through its ‘wants list’ of rare items sought by its customers.
Mr Hall believes the company could grow faster if more City investors considered putting
their money into stamps, rather than more traditional assets such as gold and oil. Both have
soared in value over the past few months amid the turmoil on the financial markets. ‘A small
increase in acceptance by institutional investors would make a significant positive impact on
the growth potential of our businesses’, he said.
Deutsche Post to Spring Stampex
follow Royal Mail’s Despite travel chaos on the Saturday with some tube lines closed
and the Angel Station taken out of operation, attendance did not
lead appear to have been greatly affected at Spring Stampex.
Germany’s privatised postal As usual the ‘freebies’ available with the free Stampex
service has announced it catalogue attracted a lot of attention and Royal Mail’s first day of
plans to sell hundreds of issue ceremony on the Thursday had a good audience.
its branch offices to other There was a comprehensive display in the ‘Village Green’ area
companies, but has no plans mounted by the Austrian Philatelic Society which was celebrating
to cut jobs in the process. A
Deutsche Post spokesman
its 60th anniversary. Browsers of the frames were given a useful
catalogue of displays.
said the company was Autumn Stampex takes place from 17 to 20 September when
planning to sell the majority the major display will be mounted by Bletchley Park Post Office,
of its smaller post offices the British Forces Post Office, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
to local businesses such and the Vulcan to the Skies Trust. The combined displays are
as supermarkets, bakeries entitled ‘Defenders of the Skies’ and will complement Royal Mail’s
and newsagents. The new ‘RAF Uniforms’ issue.
owners would then offer the
same products and services
alongside their own core
businesses.
A report in the daily
newspaper, Luebecker
Nachrichten, said some 700
post offices with about 3000
employees would be affected
as part of a cost-cutting drive.
Deutsche Post has closed
about 400 branch offices in
recent years and now works
with more than 8000 partner-
run offices.

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Royal Mail stamp Philatelic Fun Day
For the first time a ‘Philatelic
Major stamp show
in the Midlands
awards
Fun Day’ will be held at the John and Jane Rice (JRS
British Postal Museum and Fairs) have organised a major
Archive, which will offer two-day stamp and postal
The Europa Study Unit has children the chance to join in history fair which will take
awarded Royal Mail first prize with a whole range of stamp place at the Staffordshire
in its Europa Stamps Design related activities. They will find County Showground, Stafford,
competition for 2007. out about stamp history, and in June 2008.
The 2007 Europa stamps have a go at designing and The event is located in
theme was the ‘Centenary displaying commemorative the Ingestre Suite at the
of Scouting’ and the United stamps. They can even model showground in West Road,
Kingdom’s Europa stamps their own version of the Stafford ST18 0BD, and is
were part of a Royal Mail set Machin Head and photograph open from 11.00 a.m. to 6.00
issued on 26 July 2007, the it to see themselves on p.m. on Friday 20 June and
day prior to the opening of the their own personal stamp, from 10.00 a.m to 4.00 p.m on
21st World Scout Jamboree held in Chelmsford. the finished results will all Saturday 21 June.
Second prize went to Monaco and third was awarded to Italy. be displayed in the BPMA There will be over 50
Following the Europa award Royal Mail was presented with two website gallery after the event. national and international
further awards at this year’s Design Week Awards ceremony in There will also be practical dealers attending on
Central London, recently. advice about starting or both days, including
The Design Hall of Fame Award which recognises the looking after a stamp Stanley Gibbons, who will
winner’s commitment to design, was presented to Royal Mail’s collection, and any visitors be launching their new
Head of Design Marcus James and Design Manager Catharine who already have a collection ‘warehouse sale’ concept at
Brandy. will be able to show it to a the show, offering bargains
The evening was a double celebration for Royal Mail, as special friendly stamp expert. across its range of stock
stamps celebrating the music of The Beatles won the Print Design In addition, there will be including catalogues,
Award. The award was presented to Royal Mail Design Manager films about stamp design and publications, accessories,
Catharine Brandy and designer Michael Johnson of Johnson a small exhibition. collections, album pages and
Banks. Royal Mail’s 2006 ‘Lest Young visitors will also get a covers.
We Forget’ Poppy stamp was goody bag to take home. For further information
also shortlisted for this award. The event will be held please contact JRS Fairs
Julietta Edgar, Head at the Royal Mail Archive, on 01785 259 350 or email:
of Special Stamps, Royal Freeling House, Phoenix info@john-rice-stamps.co.uk.
Mail, said: ‘Royal Mail has Place, London WC1X 0DL, on There is also information, a
a long history of producing Saturday 10 May 2008 from location plan, accommodation
pioneering design through the 11.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Entry details and other information
special stamps programme is free but pre-booking is available at: www.jrs-stamp-
and philatelic products. To be required, call 020 7239 2570 shows.co.uk
recognised in two categories or email info@postalheritage.
is a tremendous achievement and illustrates the quality of our org.uk to book.
work. Our special stamps programme continues to be popular The event is suitable Simplified
amongst collectors and consumers alike. The Print Design Award
is a great tribute to our design and management teams who
for children of all ages
with an interest in art and
inscriptions on
constantly strive to issue the most visually beautiful stamps to our design, history or stamps, Åland Stamps
customers.’ accompanied by adults. on 1 January 2008, the
inscriptions ‘1st class’ and
‘2nd class’ on Åland stamps
have been replaced with
New Concorde range lands at new service indicators which
are meant to make posting
Stanley Gibbons easier for the customers. The
new inscriptions are ‘Inrikes’
The product range at Stanley Gibbons has an exciting new addition. The company has (domestic), ‘Europa’ (Europe)
introduced a selection of framed, signed Concorde photos and related memorabilia celebrating and ‘Världen’ (the world).
the iconic aircraft. An Åland stamp inscribed
The stunning pictures are a must have for fans of Concorde. They are signed by the ‘Inrikes’ may be used for
photographer, Adrian Meredith and Chief Concorde Pilot, Mike Bannister. Mike became British mail up to 50 grams to the
Airways’ youngest ever Concorde Pilot in 1977 at the age of 28 and he commanded the final mainland Finland. A ‘Europa’
commercial Concorde flight from New York to London in October 2003. stamp may be used for letters
There are 22 signed photos, including some truly incredible in-air pictures. There is even a and cards up to 20 grams
1:100 signed replica Concorde model made destined for Europe. Needless
available to purchase. This display model is a to say, a stamp inscribed
desirable piece and will be in much demand ‘Världen’ is meant for letters
by Concorde collectors. See the full range in and cards up to 20 grams to
the Spring Sale brochure enclosed with this the rest of the world.
issue of GSM or visit www.stanleygibbons. Inrikes, Europa and Världen
com/concorde mail will be sent by ‘Priority’
mail. The classification ‘1st
class’ and ‘2nd class’ will
disappear and be replaced by
the more international terms
‘Priority’ and ‘Economy’.
To meet postal needs within
Åland, the Post Office will
continue to issue stamps with
Euro denominations.

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Destination: Canada Post
launches
Harrogate 2008 customised postal
indicia
Following last month’s brief news item in GSM we have In response to its business
received the following additional details of the forthcoming customers’ demand for
National Stamp Exhibition, Harrogate 2008, on 2 and 3 May. opportunities to differentiate
The Court of Honour will be graced by material drawn their letter mail from their
from the Royal Philatelic Collection, including some GB competitors, Canada Post has
and 20th century Commonwealth material. Complementing launched ‘customised postal
that will be exhibits from three large gold medal collections. indicia’. The new service
Visitors will be able to view rare South American material allows businesses to design
selected from Professor John West’s collection, Portuguese items from John Dahl’s collection, and a ‘stamp-like’ postage indicia,
GB line-engraved stamps and covers from the Alan Holyoake collection. GB enthusiasts may thus with an image of their choice,
expect anything from Penny Blacks through to Queen Elizabeth II rarities. Alongside will be a very printed on to envelopes.
interesting display of Yorkshire Postal History drawn from about 20 leading collections in Yorkshire. ‘Our business customers
Together, these displays will comprise 100 frames. have expressed continued
In addition, there will be 400 frames of competitive exhibits spanning all exhibition classes. A large interest in picture postage,
number of entries have been received from around the world and the displayed exhibits will represent which indicated a market for
a selection of the best received. Hence some really impressive exhibits may be anticipated not least a customised postal indicia
because this exhibition is the last chance to gain qualification for London 2010. for commercial customers,’
Over 40 dealers will be present, all accommodated adjacent to the exhibits in one well-lit hall of said Alice Lafferty, Director
international standard. of Product Development at
The venue is Hall Q at the Harrogate International Centre. Entrance is free. Opening times are Canada Post.
10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. on 2 May and 9.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. on 3 May. Directions to Harrogate and
the venue by all modes of transport, a map, and accommodation details are all on the website
www.harrogate2008.org.uk
20 years in the
The National Philatelic Society, Great Britain Philatelic Society, Postal History Society and the West Editor’s Chair
African Study Circle are all holding meetings during the exhibition. Talks are being delivered on the
‘Penny Black’ by James Grimwood-Taylor and on ‘Southern Africa Campaign Mail’ by Richard Stock.
Society stands have been booked by the British Thematic Association, Channel Islands Specialist
Society, Falkland Islands Philatelic Group, Faroe Islands Study Circle, Scandinavian Philatelic
Society, South African Collectors’ Society and the TPO and Seapost Society.

Expansion of the Smithsonian National Stanley Gibbons

Postal Museum Launches its
The Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington has Spring Sale
the opportunity to expand its exhibition area by 18,000 square Enclosed in this issue of
feet and as a consequence will create a Philatelic Centre of Gibbons Stamp Monthly is
Excellence, thereby increasing the space available to tell the story the first sale brochure of
of US postal history and operations. 2008 from the most famous
Peter Jacobson, former US Postal Service Vice President of name in philately. The
Engineering, will be the guest curator for the first of several new A former Gibbons Stamp
Spring Sale brochure is sure Monthly editor, John
exhibits, called ‘Systems at Work—the story of the evolution of to excite bargain hunters
postal technology’. Holman, has just celebrated
with major discounts on a his 20th anniversary as
variety of products, including editor of another of the
catalogues, albums and
Swedish and Danish Posts accessories.
Country’s foremost philatelic
publications, the British
merge If your copy of the Stanley
Gibbons Spring Sale is
Philatelic Bulletin.
Despite his busy BPB
The Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and missing, please contact us
Communications, The Danish Ministry of Transport and CVC schedule and his dual
on +44 (0)1425 472 363 to role as editor of the British
Capital Partners (a private equity firm which owns a minority request one. Alternatively,
stake in the Danish Post Office) have signed a letter of intent Postmark Bulletin, John also
visit www.stanleygibbons. manages to submit his regular
to merge Posten AB (Swedish Post) and Post Danmark A/S. com/spring to download the
‘The logic in the merger is based on the rapid changes that contributions to GSM, where
brochure. his columns are still eagerly
the market is going through,’ said Maud Olofsson, Sweden’s
Minister for Enterprise and Energy. ‘Both the companies have read.
three common challenges—European deregulation, harder John joined Stanley
competition and electronic alternatives.’ Gibbons in 1980 after a period
The combined company will be jointly owned by the in the Civil Service and moved
Swedish state, the Danish state and the employees. to Royal Mail in 1988 as editor
Fritz H Schur, currently Chairman of Post Danmark, will be of the Bulletin. Over the last 20
appointed Chairman, Erik Olsson, currently the Chief Executive years the Bulletin has moved,
Officer of Posten, will assume the position as CEO of the under his editorship, from
merged company. The parent company will be Swedish and a purely informative organ
the headquarters will be located in Stockholm. of Royal Mail to a lively and
The traditional postal businesses in each country will be attractive magazine covering
operated as national entities adhering to national regulations all aspects of GB collecting.
and using the same brands as today (‘Posten’ and ‘Post John sums up his career
Danmark’). The logistics businesses will be joined under one with the words, ‘It’s never
division and under an own brand. been dull, I have much
Post Danmark’s 25 per cent ownership in De Post/La Poste enjoyed working with some
(Belgium) will also be part of the merged company. major collectors and philatelic
writers.’

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French Post The President
collects stamps
Swinpex 2008
The Swinpex stamp, postcard
seeking and postal history fair is now
in its 19th year and probably
electric the largest stamp fair in the
west. The show’s new site
vehicles proved to be a winner last
year and this year it will be
The French postal service (La Poste) has released a public even bigger and better.
announcement saying they intend to source additional electric The 2008 event will include
vehicles for postal delivery. a display by the Royal
La Poste already has a small fleet of GEM e2/Matra NEVs Philatelic Society London,
(shown above) which are on test in Alsace. The vehicles are and there will be 46 dealers
mostly used for urban deliveries and have a range of about present and at least 22
50 km (30 miles). They can be loaded with up to 150 kg (about specialist societies holding
330 pounds) of mail. meetings and presenting
The French postal service is also starting to receive the first During the recent State visit displays.
of its 500 Renault Kangoo Cleanova II order. The car is a hybrid to Britain of the President of The venue is the new St
with a small two-cylinder engine and will be used for suburban France, Nicholas Sarkozy, his Joseph’s School, Ocotal
delivering. If the latter turns out to be a success, La Poste plans to well-known interest in stamp Way, Swindon SN3 3LR and
have 10,000 vans like these by the end of 2013. collecting was reflected in the the event takes place on 14
In response to the announcement, PSA is teaming up with gift HM The Queen presented June and will run from 10.00
Monaco-based Venturi Automobiles to produce battery-powered to him. The Queen gave M a.m. until 4.30 p.m. There
vans based on the Citroën Berlingo First and Peugeot Partner Sarkozy, framed blocks of is plenty of free parking on
Origin models. The partnership will produce a small batch of British and French stamps site. Admission is 50p and
vans for a six-month test programme. For this project, Venturi will issued in 2004 to mark the refreshments will be available
contribute a new compact electric powertrain to give the delivery centenary of the Entente throughout the day.
vans a 60-mile range. After the trial ends La Poste, will select a Cordiale. She also made him Further information is
supplier to produce electric mail vans. an honorary Knight Grand available from David Gibbon
Cross of the Order of the on 01793 813 484.
Protecting the postman Bath. Mrs Sarkozy received a
Canada Post is looking for a new weapon to protect its postmen miniature carriage clock. Charles Napper
and women from dogs, bears and the occasional violent human. During a previous
The Crown corporation is asking manufacturers to come visit to California, the joins Grosvenor
forward with alternatives to the small pepper-spray cans that State’s Governor, Arnold Auctions
posties now carry, which can be ineffective in a strong wind or Schwarzenegger (who himself Grosvenor Auctions have
when dogs move too quickly. Some postal workers have used has appeared on an Austrian announced that the company
pepper spray successfully, but they say it only works if there is stamp), presented the is delighted to welcome
enough time to unholster it and if the dog is downwind. President with two gifts, a blue Charles Napper to the team,
‘We’re looking for the latest technology or products that are out leather stamp album with the bringing with him his breadth
there to protect our employees,’ Canada Post spokesman John Governor’s seal on the cover of knowledge and experience
Caines said. About 300 Canada Post workers are bitten on the job and spine and two framed gained over many years.
every year, Caines said. ‘Most bites are minor. Some, however, first-day covers with US
are debilitating.’ stamps relating to California.

Postcomm says Royal Mail’s position is

‘unsustainable’
Postcomm, the independent postal services regulator, has argued that fundamental reforms are
essential if Royal Mail is to have a long-term sustainable future and the needs of all users of mail
are to be met.
In its first submission to the independent panel reviewing the postal services market, Postcomm
highlighted the positive impact for customers since the addressed letters market was opened fully
to competition over two years ago.
In addition, a spokesman said, during this period there have also been significant structural
changes in the mail market that are directly linked to advances in technology and the increasing Charles worked as a
use of alternative forms of communication such as email and the internet. These changes pose botanist for 14 years in
challenges but they also create new opportunities. Royal Mail’s performance in rising to meet Cambridge after graduating
these new challenges has been disappointing. from university in 1973. He
Royal Mail continues to lag significantly in terms of investment, efficiency and substantial then entered the philatelic
product innovation. Their recent focus has been on forestalling new entrants to the mail trade in 1989, joining Stanley
market and far less on adapting to these more far-reaching structural changes. This situation is Gibbons Auctions in 1990.
unsustainable and unless addressed will result in accelerating decline. He subsequently joined
Postcomm believes the future health of Royal Mail, the universal service, and the addressed Phillips (later Bonhams) in
letters market as a whole are inextricably linked. Decisions about fundamental reform have to be 1992 as a describer and
taken swiftly if Royal Mail is to lead a healthier mail market and provide a strong universal service. valuer, responsible for
Postcomm Chairman Nigel Stapleton said: ‘Royal Mail’s problems are a lot more deep-rooted cataloguing Great Britain,
than having to deal with modest amounts of mail competition and regulation. Royal Mail is British Commonwealth
experiencing some fundamental changes in how senders are using mail following the rapid and Foreign countries, and
growth in the use of email, text messages and the internet for communications and marketing. travelling throughout the
‘There has to be a step change in strategy and approach, such that Royal Mail moves forward country and overseas looking
decisively to address its legacy issues of under-investment, difficult labour relations and the at collections and conducting
massive burden of its pension fund deficit. Recent experience in the parcels market demonstrates valuation days, before leaving
that more competition, particularly over the final mile, will help rather than hinder this fundamental in February this year.
transformation.’ Charles lives in Cambridge,
and has two sons.

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Obituaries
James Negus
With the passing of Jim Negus, on his 81st birthday, 22 February 2008,
I have lost the third and final of my philatelic mentors who taught me
so much about philatelic writing.
By coincidence, all had the same
Christian name—James Watson,
a stalwart of this magazine;
James Mackay, undoubtedly the
most prolific philatelic writer of all
time; and James Negus, former
Editor of the SG catalogue.
James William Negus was born
in London in 1927, and after
studying chemistry at university,
national service, and a short
spell in the civil service, he
spent his career in book editing
and technical information. He
worked for a number of well-
known publishers, including
Heinemann, where, as Technical
& Scientific Editor, he published
six philatelic titles: Techniques of
Philately and Cinderella Stamps
(by the Williams Brothers), Stamps and Postal History of the Channel
Islands (William Newport), Italian Stamps: a Handbook for Collectors
(Roy Dehn) and Stamps of Denmark, Iceland and Norway: The Earlier
Issues and Stamps of Sweden and Finland: The Earlier Issues (by
Ernest Wise). In 1975 he joined Stanley Gibbons as Managing Editor
in the Publications section and introduced the popular SG Guide
series on philatelic, numismatic and other subjects. Two years later he
succeeded Rex Phillips as Catalogue Editor; his main contribution was
the splitting of the catalogue into 21 parts, covering main collecting
areas. He rewrote the introductory notes to the catalogues, and began
‘Catalogue Column’ in Gibbons Stamp Monthly. Sadly his tenure was
fairly short and early in 1981 Jim, along with over 20 other staff, was
made redundant. Having regarded the Catalogue Editorship as the
key post in philatelic literature, he felt the loss keenly and his sudden
departure hit him hard. However it was not long before his skills as
a writer and editor were put to good use by a number of publishers
including Robson Lowe, Stamp World magazine, and the Connoisseur
Catalogue of Machin Stamps.
A stamp collector since school-days, Jim will be best remembered
for his work in philatelic literature, of which he had a prodigious
knowledge. He was Hon Librarian of the National (formerly Junior)
Philatelic Society, Editor of its journal Stamp Lover, and continued to
compile the British Press Checklist into the 1990s. He contributed a
useful piece on editing Stamp Lover for the NPS Centenary Handbook
in 1999. Of the many societies he was involved with, it was, I think, the
NPS (JPS) that he liked most and he encouraged me to join as soon as
I started working with him in 1980. The NPS made him an Honorary Life
Member in 2000.
He also edited the Journal of Chinese Philately for the China Philatelic
Society of London, and was an Associate Editor of the prestigious US
journal Philatelic Literature Review. Amongst the other organisations he
was associated with were the Royal Philatelic Society London (elected
fellow in 1968), Philatelic Writers Society, City of London Philatelic
Society, London & Provincial Stamp Club, British Society of Russian
Philately, Iran Study Circle, and Friends of the National Postal Museum.
In 1992 his name was added to the Hall of Fame of the American
Philatelic Society Writers Unit.
He was always willing to help and advise on philatelic literature
projects and was a noted indexer and compiler of bibliographies. He
began writing articles for the philatelic press in 1950 and continued for
over 40 years.
His collecting interests were many and varied. In 1960 the Stamp
Collectors’ Who’s Who listed his main interests as Mongolia since
1924 (main strength in covers of the 1930s); Tannu Tuva, 1926–36;
China and Provinces from 1912 and general interest in Soviet Russia,
Persia, Portugal, Hungary, Ryukyu Islands, and Central America. Later
he went on to collect Ifni, Colombian States, British private posts,
and in the 1980s built up, with great speed, an impressive collection
of GB exhibition souvenirs, and later contributed the introduction
to Glenn Morgan’s British Stamp Exhibitions: A Priced Catalogue of
Sheets, Cards, and Labels (1995). His final collecting project was
what he described as a ‘back to basics’ collection of used definitives
of European countries, with particular interest in shades. He gave
up collecting in 2000, sold his collections and impressive library,
and thereafter indulged his other interests—studying (although not
collecting) Victorian art, and the local history of the village of Milford-on-
Sea, Hampshire, where he lived in retirement.
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My first involvement with Jim was in the mid-1970s through
membership of the Cinderella Stamp Club. We exchanged
correspondence and he was aware of my writings on British private
posts in CSC publications and in Stamp Collecting. In 1978 I answered
an advertisement for a junior job in the SG Catalogue department. Jim
wrote to say that the job was very junior and that he hoped I might
wait until a more interesting post came along. The following year he
contacted me to say that SG was to produce a range of non-catalogue
publications and would I be interested in joining as his assistant on this
project? After an interview, better described as a thoroughly pleasant
chat, I was offered the post and shortly after joined Jim at SG’s offices
in Drury House, Covent Garden. We got on well from day one, and
soon found we shared many interests, philatelic and otherwise. In
the 15 months I worked for him, before transferring to work on GSM,
I learned a great deal about philatelic literature and editing, and was
introduced to a number of prominent people in the philatelic world.
After he left SG, we kept in regular contact, working on a number of
philatelic projects, a friendship and philatelic collaboration I will always
remember with gratitude.
Jim was slight and somewhat dapper in appearance, always very
precise in all he said and wrote. He had a distinctive, deliberate way
of speaking, most noticeable when answering the phone. While most
people now just say ‘hello’ or gabble a number, he clearly enunciated
each numeral of his phone number. Often I then said ‘correct’ which
resulted in an amused chuckle at his end. His handwriting was small
but always easy to read and remained the same into old age. He had,
like me, a somewhat ‘wacky’ sense of humour, and a natural inclination
towards research into some of the arcane byways of philately. He
was always interested in the people involved in the hobby and liked
seeking biographical information. Unlike me, Jim took readily to new
technology and enjoyed compiling databases of information. Although
normally easy-going and helpful, he didn’t always suffer fools gladly
and expected one to do the necessary homework before seeking his
knowledge or help. He always encouraged researchers and writers
(‘fellow scribes’), and kept cuttings and articles to send to those he
thought would find them useful.
He was not, he would point out, related to the antiques expert Arthur
Negus, but was proud that his younger brother Ron is also a philatelist
of note and Archivist of the Royal Philatelic Society. Jim married Hilary
Uvery and although the marriage ended in divorce, they remained on
good terms and Hilary was a great support to Jim in his final months.
Jim’s greatest legacy will be his book Philatelic Literature: Compilation
Techniques and Reference Sources, published in 1991, a much
expanded version of his earlier Good Bibliographic Practice which
was highly influential in improving the scholarly standard of philatelic
publications. In his foreword to Philatelic Literature, Ron Butler, former
Librarian and President of the Royal, wonderfully summed up Jim’s
philatelic contribution as ‘acknowledged internationally as an indexer,
… an excellent Editor, the best of bibliographers and … the most
competent of researchers’. With the passing last year of James Mackay,
and now of James Negus, we have lost two of the giants in the world of
philatelic literature.
The philatelic world was represented at James Negus’s funeral
by Hugh Jefferies, SG Catalogue Editor & Editor of GSM; David
Aggersberg, former SG Catalogue Editor; Michael Briggs, Art & News
Editor of GSM; John Holman, Editor of the British Philatelic Bulletin
and former Editor of GSM; and Colonel Ted Halliday of the National
Philatelic Society.
An Appreciation by John Holman
John H Levett 1927–2008
The death, on 1 March 2008, of John H Levett,
former President of the Royal Philatelic Society
London, has recently been announced.
John was President of the Royal from
1986 to 1988 and a member of the Expert
Committee from 1982 to 2008.
His main collecting interests centred around
France, with the 1870 Siege of Paris, the 1870
Bourdeaux issues and the 1871–1876 Ceres
issues a speciality. He published a definitive
work on classic French stamps, Handbook
of Classical France (1849–1876). He was a
member of the France and Colonies Philatelic
Society and its President from 1965 to 1971. John signed the Roll of
Distinguished Philatelists in 1979 and was a member of the Collectors
Club of New York and the Society of Postal Historians. He was elected
to the Académie Européennes and also served on the Committee of the
British Philatelic Federation. In the 1970s was much involved with the
British Philatelic Exhibition and for a time was its Chairman.
John was a successful exhibitor at National and International
exhibitions gaining the Grand Prix d’Honneur at Ausipex, Melbourne, in
1984 for his entry of ‘French Colonies 1851–1881’ and a large gold medal
at London 1980 (‘Bourdeaux Issue 1870–1871’).
G.S.M. May 2008

Alton & District Stamp Club
10 June 2008. Harry Wright will be
presenting part one of his ‘Captain
Cook’ collection on 10 June 2008,
but members will have to wait until
February 2009 for part two!
Meetings take place at the Alton
Community Centre, Amery Street,
Alton GU34 1HN, at 7.45 p.m.
Please contact Mr J A Creswell
on 01420 544 034 for additional
information.
Ashford (Middlesex) PS
The Society is holding a stamp
fair and exhibition on Saturday
17 May 2008 as part of its
annual Spring Open Day. The
event will run from 10.00 a.m.
until 4.00 p.m. at St Michael’s
Church Hall, Fordbridge Road,
Ashford, Middlesex. Ashford
station and car park are
nearby.
Further details of the event
are available from Walter Sadler
on 01784 451 947.
Bromley and Beckenham PS
David Rennie reports that ‘Usually
you can’t stop collectors talking
about their latest acquisition or
boasting of a new discovery.
However at recent meeting
meeting 13 members between
them put up 20 frames of displays
with little or no commentary.’
This unusual approach was
started last year and it was so
popular that it is now an annual
event. The idea is to allow those
collectors who are more diffident
about speaking or who perhaps
don’t have extensive collections
to be able to show what they have
without intimidation or nerves.
In the event the displays ranged
from ‘Iceland’ to ‘British Antarctic
Territory’, from ‘Crabs’ to ‘Music’,
from ‘British West Indies’ to
‘Sarawak’, from early ‘Tasmania’
to modern ‘Tristan Da Cunha’,
and from ‘Early French Aviation’ to
modern ‘Oil Tankers’.
The Society meets in the Public
Hall, Bromley Road, Beckenham,
Kent. Visitors, guests and new
members are always welcome.
Details may be obtained from
David Rennie on 02087 787 001,
or Chris Sands on 02084 021 263.
Cardiff Philatelic Society
The Society has recently hosted
award-winning displays of ‘The
Klondyke Gold Rush’ by Neil Prior
and ‘Newfoundland 1700-1900’ by
Colin Lewis.
Future events include 22 April
‘Cardiff Machine Cancellations
1905-1952’ by Roger Gilbert, 30
April a visit to the Newport PS and
on 6 May Barry PS will entertain.
The Society welcomes
members and visitors to its
meetings on alternate Tuesdays
7.30 p.m. at Llanishen Baptist
Church, Fidlas Road, Llanishen,
Cardiff. For details see www.
cardiffphilatelicsociety.org.uk or
telephone Dennis Edwards on
02920 494 405.
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Society News
Carmarthen and District
Stamp and Postcard Club
Richard Hirst gave a presentation
on ‘Philatelic Terms Illustrated’ on
Wednesday 12 March 2008, with
examples of stamps and postal
history to illustrate the points.
The 9 April meeting was a
‘dealer night’ with Chris Doble in
attendance.
For further information on the
Club’s activities please contact Mr
C Williams on 01267 236 680.
Chelmsford and District PS
Richard Barnett recently gave a
display of the ‘Stamps and Postal
History of Rhodesia’ and Douglas
Muir, the Curator of the British
Postal Museum and Archive, used
a power-point display to present
‘A Timeless Classic—The Machin
Definitive Stamps’.
For details of the Society please
contact John Rawlings on 01245
420 196.
Guild of Saint Gabriel
In the annual competitions, the
Kathleen Morgan Trophy was
won by Peter Greening and David
Hague won the Malin Cup. The
Struve Cup for services to the
Guild was also presented to David
Hague for his work as secretary.
The Guild exists for all who
collect postal material of a
religious interest and next meeting
is on 21 June 2008 at St Wilfrid’s
Convent, Tite Street, Chelsea.
The Guild is inter-denominational
and has 80 members in the UK.
Further details are available from
David Hague on 02086 649 850
or by email at david.hague@
blueyonder.co.uk
Kent Federation
of Philatelic Societies
The Kent Federation Day and
Stamp Fair will be hosted by
the Bromley and Beckenham
PS on Saturday 17 May 2008 at
Langley Park Boys School, South
Eden Park Road, Beckenham,
Kent from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00
pm. The school has wheelchair
access and facilities for the
disabled.
Admission is free and there
is free car parking. Buses pass
close to the school and Eden
Park railway station is close.
There will be displays, 25
dealers, tombola, help and
advice, refreshments and will
also include the Federation
a.g.m. and council meeting.
Middlesex Philatelic Federation
The Federation looks forward to
welcoming all from Middlesex
and surrounding areas, to the
Stampersham 50/MPF Stamp Day
on Saturday, 25 October 2008 at
Amersham.
There will be 14 dealers,
competition entries, a junior
collectors’ area, competitions, a
prize draw and other attractions.
North Herts Stamp Club
The Royston and District Museum,
with the support of the Club, is
staging an exhibition of ‘Royston
Postal History’ until 31 May 2008.
The exhibition is open on
Wednesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays from 10.00 a.m. to 4.45
p.m. For further information please
telephone the Museum on 01763
242 587.
Peterborough & District PS
The second meeting in February
witnessed displays by Lady
members for the first time in the
Society’s history. Val Molineux
started the displays with ‘Religious
Music on Stamps’ which was
followed by Angela Cooper’s
‘Modern GB Stamps’. The evening
was completed by Christine Dunn
with her collection of ‘Isle of Man’.
The Sociey meets at the
Peterborough Museum on the first
and third Thursday of the month.
For information on future meetings
please contact Alan Berrisford on
01733 567 527.
Reading and District PS
The Society’s annual stamp fair
will be held on 29 June 2008 at
the Rivermead Leisure Centre,
Richfield Avenue, Reading, from
10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. and is
being held in conjunction with
the Reading and District Cigarette
Card and Postcard Club. Further
information on the fair can be
obtained from Roy Sibley on
01189 417 093.
The Society meets at St
Matthew’s Church Hall, Southcote
Lane, Reading, on the first and
third Friday of each month (except
August) at 7.15 p.m. for 7.45 p.m.
Further details from Roger Barry
on 01189 476 148.
Ringwood Philatelic Society
The Society held its annual
competition evening on 11 March.
Judging was conducted by Julian
Jones, Chairman of the Hampshire
Philatelic Federation and trophies
were awarded for best Thematic,
General and Postal History
Classes.
Entries included, ‘The Battle
of the Atlantic’, ‘Australian King
George V 1½d. Red’, ‘Canadian
War Tax’, ‘Reply Paid Postcards’,
‘Quantas Airline’ and ‘Invalid
Stamps’. The overall winner was
John Davis with ‘St Helena War
Tax’.
The evening concluded with a
bring, buy or swap sale.
Salisbury Philatelic Society
The annual auction recently saw
more than half of the lots sold,
realising £917. There were 27
room bidders.
Alan Wood displayed ‘French
Postmarks to 1900’ and John
Campbell of Fareham PS judged
the nine-sheet competition,
the overall winner being Brian
Cartwright with ‘Pioneer Indian
Airmails 1911-1928’.
Seaford and District Stamp
Club
The Club is celebrating its 75th
anniversary with a display of
postcards of old Seaford, two
specialist displays by well-known
philatelic experts and a unique
display of the ‘Postal History of
Seaford’.
In addition to the displays there
will be a number of tables with
stamps for sale in the hall.
The event takes place on 24
May 2008 at Cross Way Christian
Community Centre, Clinton Place,
Town Centre, Seaford, from 10.00
a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Entrance is 50p and light
refreshments will be available.
Further details from Maurice
Shorten on 01273 516 897.
Scarborough PS
The February meeting was
dedicated to ‘non-philatelic’
subjects. Peter Arnott
displayed ‘Billy’s World War
I Correspondence’, Robin
Stenhouse showed some ivory
carvings, Alex Thompson showed
his ‘Masonary Collection of US
Shriners’, Steve Dunderdale
brought along some World War
II newspapers and Ben Lufkin
showed cards and photographs of
‘Lufkin, USA’.
During the evening Chris Phillips
set 24 cryptic clues with musical
connections to solve.
South African Collectors’
Society
The February meeting featured
‘The Animal Definitives of the
Union and the subject for the day
meeting in Carlisle in April was
‘Coils and Booklets’.
Further information on the
Society can be obtained from
Christopher Oliver on 020 8940
9833 or on olivers.of_ham@virgin.
net.
Swindon Philatelic Society
The Society goes from strength
to strength with an ever-growing
membership.
Recent display have been ‘An
Evening in Malaya’ by Malcolm
Hoskins, ‘Lundy and Local
Postcards’ by Paul Williams and in
addition, the Club held one of its
best auctions.
The most important event next
month is Swinpex 2008 which is
being held on Saturday 14 June
at St Joseph’s School, Ocotal
Way, Swindon, details from David
Gibbon on 01793 813 484.
Winchester and District
Stamp Society
The Society’s annual competition
was won by Peter Mills with his
display of ‘Otterbourne Post’. The
evening concluded with John
Woodson displaying part of the
Society’s postal history collection.
The annual general meeting was
held in February which resulted
in a discussion on rules, websites
and a newsletter.
G.S.M. May 2008
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Readers are advised to check (telephone numbers are given, where known) that venues
and times are correct. Every care is taken in the compilation of this listing but we regret 10 Derby, Nunsfield House, Boulton Lane (07790 196 492) 9-4
that GSM cannot be held responsible for omissions or errors. 10 Finchley, Methodist Church Hall, Ballards (07736 527 716) 10-4
Lane, Essex Park
APRIL 10 Folkestone, Trinity Church Hall, Sandgate (01304 829 827) 10-4
20 Altrincham, Crest Court Hotel, Church Street, (01484 866 777) 10-4 Road,
Town Centre 10 Hastings, Christ Church, London Road, St (01795 478 175) 10-4
20 Amersham, Jubilee Scout Hall, Rectory Hill (01895 637 283) 10-5 Leonards-on-Sea
20 Didcot, Civic Hall, Broadway (01235 813 625) 10-4 10 Langdon Hills, Methodist Church Hall, High (01268 543 371) 10-4
20 Knowle, Village Hall, St John’s Close, (07765 792 998) 10-4 Road
Solihull 10 Leamington Spa, Royal Spa Centre, Newbold (01785 259 350) 10-4
20 Scunthorpe, Ashby Community Centre (01469 531 348) 10-4 Terrace, Town Centre
20 Uckfield, Ridgewood Village Hall, New Road (01903 244 875) 10-4 10 St Albans, United Reformed Church, (01895 637 283) 10-4
20 Warminster, Kingdown School, Woodcock (01225 760 597) 10-4 Homewood Road
Road 10 Staines, Christchurch Hall, Kingston Road (07851 198 488) 9.30-3
20 Winchester, Badger’s Farm Community (01795 478 175) 10-4 10 Stockton on Tees, Norton Methodist Church (01670 787 442) 9.30-2.30
Centre, Badger’s Farm Road Hall
26 Beckenham, Azelia Hall, Croydon Road (02084 623 753) 10-4 10 Sutton, Methodist Church Hall, Green Lane (02086 401 4040 10-5
26 Birmingham, Collingwood Centre, (07765 792 998) 10-4 10 Upminster, St Laurence Church Hall, Corbets (01708 722 255) 10-5
Collingwood Drive, Pheasey, Great Barr Tey Road
26 Ealing, Polygon Complex, Ealing Parish (07851 198 488) 9.30-3 10 Worcester, Oldbury Park Primary School, (01299 824 829) 10-4
Church, St Mary’s Road Oldbury Road, St John's (Worpex)
26 Exeter, America Hall, De La Rue Way, (01761 414 304) 10-4 11 Altrincham, Quality Hotel, Langham Road, (01785 259 350) 10-4
Pinhoe Bowdon
26 Hove, St Leonard’s Church Hall, Glebe Villas (01273 514 733) 10-4 11 Bedford, Park Inn (01159 474 747) 10-4
26 Morley (Leeds), St Mary’s Church Hall, (01909 563 394) 9.30-4 11 Chelmsford, Old Chelmsfordians Club, (01245 440 936) 10-4
Commercial Street Roxwell Road
26 Motherwell, George Hotel, 22 George Street (01387 710 451) 10-4 11 Doncaster, Park Social Club, Eden Grove (01909 563 394) 9.30-4
(A90/A935) Road, Edenthorpe
26 St Albans, Jubilee Centre, Catherine Street (07736 527 716) 10-4 11 Maidstone, Royal British Legion Hall, British (01903 244 875) 10-4
27 Ascot, British Red Cross Centre, Heatherwood (07851 198 488) 9-3 Legion Village Hall Road, Aylesford
Hospital Entrance 3, King’s Ride 11 Milton Keynes, Bletchley Leisure Centre, (07736 527 716) 10-4
27 Dronfield, Coal Aston Village Hall, near (01909 563 394) 9.30-4 Western Road
Sheffield 11 Nottingham, Novotel, Bostock Lane, Long (01484 866 777) 10-4
27 Hatfield, Ramada Hatfield (formerly The (07736 527 716) 10-4 Eaton, J25 M1
Comet), St Albans Road West (A1M) 11 North Shields, King Edward’s Primary (01670 787 442) 9.30-1
27 Potters Bar, Mount Grace School, Church (01303 238 807) 10-4 School, Preston Avenue
Road 11 Wokingham, St Crispin’s Leisure Centre, (01923 674 999) 10-4
27 Southport, Royal Clifton Hotel, The (01484 866 777) 10-4 London Road
Promenade 14 Cheltenham, St Andrew’s United Reformed (01179 623 203) 10-4
27 Wigan, Pemberton Masonic Hall, off Chapel (01226 765 069) 10-3.30 Church, Montpellier Street, Montpellier
Street 17 Ashford (Middlesex), St Michael’s Church (01784 451 947) 10-4
27 Wing, Cottesloe School, Aylesbury Road (01895 637 283) 10-5 Hall, Fordbridge Road
17 Basingstoke, Costello Technology College, (01256 415 699) 10-4
MAY Crossborough Hill
2/3 Harrogate, International Centre, Hall Q, (0113 260 1978) 10-5.30 17 Beckenham, Langley Park School for Boys (020 8778 7001) 10-4
King’s Road, North Yorkshire (ABPS National 9.30-4 (Kent Federation)
Philatelic Exhibition) 17 Blackpool, St Bernadette’s Church Hall, (01282 866 562) 9.30-4.30
3 Deal, Landmark Centre, 129 High Street (01304 829 827) 9-1 Devonshire Road, Bispam
3 Fareham, Holy Trinity Church, West Street (01489 582 673) 10-4 17 Brighton, Good Shepherd Hall, 272 Dyke (01903 244 875) 10-4
3 Huddersfield, St Thomas’ Church, Hall, (01484 681 559) 9.30-4 Road
Manchester Street, Longroyd Bridge 17 Eastbourne, St Mary’s Church Hall, Decoy (012795 478 175) 10-4
3 Leicester, Blackfriars Hall, Holycross Centre, (01522 530 123) 9.30-3.30 Drive, Hampden Park
Wellington Street 17 Formby, Methodist Church Hall, Elbow (01226 765 069) 10-3.30
3 Liverpool, St Columba Church Hall, Hillfoot (01226 765 069) 10-3.30 Street, off Duke Street
Road, Hunts Cross 17 Hull, St Stephen’s Church Hall, Freehold (01909 563 394) 9.30-4
3 Rawreth, Parish Hall, Church Lane (01702 323 682) 10-4 Street, off Spring Bank
3 Ruislip, Methodist Church Hall, Ickenham (01895 637 283) 10-5 18 Amersham, Jubileee Scout Hall, Rectory Hill (01895 637 283) 10-5
Road 18 Altrincham, Cresta Court Hotel, Church (01484 866 777) 10-4
3 Sittingbourne, Carmel Hall, Ufton Lane, off (01795 478 175) 10-4 Street, Town Centre
Vale Road 18 Dronfield, Coal Aston Village Hall, near ((01909 563 394) 9.30-4
3 Sutton Coldfield, Fellowship Hall, South (01785 259 350) 10-4 Sheffield
Parade, Town Centre 18 Hertford, Sele School, Welwyn Road (07736 527 716) 10-4
3 Swindon, Western Community Centre, (01793 528 664) 9.30-4.30 18 Knowle, Village Hall, St John’s Close, (07765 792 998) 10-4
Somerset Road, Rodbourne Cheney Solihull
3 Port Talbot, Princess Royal Theatre, Civic (01656 740 520) 10-4.30 24 Barkingside, IRSDA Hall, Craven Gardens, (07736 527 716) 10-4
Centre opposite Library
3 York, Wigginton Village Hall (01670 787 442) 10-4 24 Bexhill, St Mark’s Church Hall, Little (01903 244 875) 10-4
4 Altrincham, Cresta Court Hotel, Church (01484 866 777) 10-4 Common (A259)
Street, Town Centre 24 Chester, Hoole United Reformed Church, (01226 765 069) 10-3.30
4 Marlow, Red Cross Centre, Victoria Road (01895 637 283) 10-5 Hoole Road
4 Prestwick, RAFA Club, Ardayre Road, A77/ (01387 10451) 1-4 24 Durham, Framwellagate Moor Community (01670 787 442) 10-4
A79 Centre
4 Wolverhampton, Church Road, Bradmore (01384 74279) 10-4 24 Kinross, Church Centre, High Street, J6 (01387 710 451) 10-4
4 Worthing, Heene Community Centre, 122 (01795 478 175) 10-4 M90
Heene Road 24 Lincoln, St Peter At Gowts Church Hall, (01469 531 348) 10-4
5 Crowborough, All Saints Church Hall, (01892 655 914) 10-4.30 Sibthorpe Street, off High Street
Chapel Green 24 St Albans, Jubilee Centre, Catherine Street (07736 527 716) 10-4
7 London, Royal National Hotel, 1-8 Russell (02072 787 871) 9-4 24 Salfords, Village Hall, Honeycrock Lane, (01795 478 175) 10-4
Square, Bloomsbury near Redhill
7 Neath, Town Hall, Church Place (01446 741 026) 10-5 24 Weston-Super-Mare, St Paul’s Church Hall, (01761 414 304) 10-4
7 Stowmarket, Football Club, Bury Road (01328 855 251) 10-3.30 Walliscote Road
8 Cardiff, Methodist Church, Nottingham (01446 741 026) 10-3.30 25 Ascot, British Red Cross Centre, Heatherwood (07851 198 488) 9-3
Street Hospital, Entrance 3, Kings Ride
10 Bilsborrow, Village Hall, Hillfoot Road, Hunts (01226 765 069) 10-3.30 25 Harrogate, Masonic Hall, Station Avenue (01282 866 562) 9.30-4.30
Cross (near Police Station)
10 Colwyn Bay, Eirias High School, Eirias Road (01745 826 434) 9.30-3.30 25 Lowestoft, Wherry Hotel, Bridge Road, (01502 563 759) 10-4
10 Corsham, Community Centre, Beechfield (01225 421 875) 10-4 Oulton Broad
Road (Bathpex II) 25 Ormskirk, Guide Headquarters, Moorgate (0151 486 2610) 10-3

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 DIARY DATES
BRITISH WEST INDIES
ANTIGUA 1887 4d with detached triangle. Very fine mint. SG 28a.....£175
BAHAMAS 1882 1d block of four. Very fine mint. SG 40...............£175
Auctions
BAHAMAS 1882 4d rose. Very fine mint. SG 41 ..........................£300
BAHAMAS 1902 £1 very fine used on piece. RPS Cert. SG 70....£275
BARBADOS 1852/5 (no value) deep slate as prepared for use but A monthly guide to Auctions
unissued in block of four. Very fine mint. Rare. RPS Cert. SG 5b ........£700 This guide has been compiled from information supplied by organisers of the events.
BARBADOS 1897 DLR Die Proof for ‘ONE FARTHING’ Gibbons Stamp Monthly cannot be held responsible for any errors, changes, cancellations
Jubilee value tablet in black on glazed card dated ‘22 SEP 97’ .....£200 or omissions. Information for inclusion in the June 2008 issue (published 15 May) should
BERMUDA 1893 1/- green part sheet of 72 with Plate numbers. be sent to The News Editor, Gibbons Stamp Monthly, 7 Parkside, Christchurch Road,
Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 3SH by 28 April.
Very fine mint. Scarce multiple. SG 11 ...........................................£275
BERMUDA 1875 1d on 2d dull blue. Very fine mint. SG 15...........£550 April 2008 20
BERMUDA 1920 5/- damaged leaf. Very fine mint. SG 53df .........£325 20 Stanley Gibbons
BERMUDA 1920 4/- break in lines. Very fine used. SG 52be........£300 Apex 399 Strand, London WC2R 0LX.
BERMUDA 1931 2/6 damaged leaf. Very fine mint. SG 89jf..........£375 Freepost, Lingfield, Surrey RH7 6XA Post bid auction
BERMUDA 1930 10/- gash in fruit. Very fine mint. SG 92gg .........£475 Auction at Lingfield Park Racecourse 20
BERMUDA 1941 2/- broken lower right scroll. Very fine mint. 20 Wealden
One of the most elusive of all Keyplate flaws. SG 116be............... £1,200 Wealden PO Box 95, Tonbridge, Kent TN12 7PX.
BERMUDA 1944 5/- missing pearl. Unmounted mint. SG 118ea ..£675 PO Box 95, Tonbridge, Kent TN12 7PX. Postal auction
Post bid auction 21
BERMUDA 1943 12/6 gash in chin. Very fine mint. SG 120cf ....£1,600
25/27 GERHARD WOLFF COLLECTION OF
B GUIANA 1863 6d stop before ‘VICISSIM’. Very fine mint. Schuyler Rumsey ZEPPELIN MAIL
SG 71var ........................................................................................£150 47 Kearny Street, Suite 500, San Heinrich Köhler
B GUIANA 1862 2c yellow (Type 10) with full roulettes. Francisco, California 94108, USA Wilhelmstrasse 48, 65183 Wiesbaden,
Very fine used. Exceptional. SG 119 ..............................................£300 25/26 Germany
B GUIANA 1862 4c blue (Type 13) ornament omitted at right. GERMANY INCLUDING COLLECTIONS 21/24
Very fine unused (roulettes all sides). Major rarity. SG 122d.......£3,250 OF MARIANA ISLANDS, OCCUPATIONS, ALL WORLD INCLUDING THE JACOB
B GUIANA 1881 ‘2’ on 24c (Type 24). Very fine used. SG 158 .....£400 COLONIES AND BADEN CANCELLATIONS ENGEL COLLECTION OF SCHLESWIG-
B GUIANA 1875 24c Official. Very fine mint. SG O5 .....................£700 Württembergisches HOLSTEIN AND THE JENS OLSEN
B.HONDURAS 1891 6c on 10c on 4d with ‘6’ Relenbergstrasse 78, 70174 Stuttgart, COLLECTION OF RARITIES
and bar inverted. Very fine mint. SG 43a........................................£475 Germany Thomas Høiland
B.HONDURAS 1918 3c ‘WAR’ watermark inverted and reversed. 26 Lygten 37, DK 2400, København NV,
Unmounted mint. SG 120y ............................................................£175 TIM RYBAK COLLECTION OF NEW Denmark
B.V.I. 1919 3d ‘WAR TAX’ watermark inverted complete pane of 60 GUINEA, PAPUA, PNG AND GERMAN 24
including short overprint. Unmounted mint. SG 79bw/bwc ............£475 PACIFIC COLONIES Prestige
CAYMANS 1900 ½d complete pane of 60. Very fine mint. SG 1a .....£350 Prestige PO Box 126, Belgrave 3160, Victoria,
CAYMANS 1905 1d with dented frame. Very fine mint. SG 9a ......£325 PO Box 125 Belgrave, 3160 Victoria, Australia
DOMINICA 1882 ‘½’ in red block of fourteen. Very fine mint. SG 11 .. £350 Australia 27/30
DOMINICA 1951 4c Plate block including ‘C’ of ‘CA’ 26 POSTAL STATIONERY
missing from watermark. Unmounted mint. SG 124a.....................£475 Regency Superior Christoph Gärtner
GRENADA 1875 1d marginal block of 36 with ‘fresh entry’ 229 North Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO Steinbeisstr 6-8, 74321 Bietigheim-
(Pos#4). Very fine mint. Exceptional multiple. SG 14 ..................£1,500 63108 27, USA Bissingen, Germany
JAMAICA 1897 1/- brown ‘$’ for ‘S’. Very fine mint. SG 24a..........£450 28
JAMAICA 1935 1/- short extra flagstaff. Very fine mint. SG 117b ......£175 May 2008 Brian Reeve
6/8 Unit 120, Trident Business Centre, 89
LEEWARDS 1921/9 ‘SPECIMEN’ set. Very fine mint.
Cherrystone Bickersteth Road, Tooting, London
SG 58s/80s.....................................................................................£350 119 West 57th Street, New York, NY SW17 9SH
LEEWARDS 1931 1d Plate ‘23’ block of four. Very fine mint. 10019, USA 29
SG 83.............................................................................................£110 6 Tennants
LEEWARDS 1932 1/- with ‘DI’ flaw. Very fine mint. SG 87a ..........£375 Dorotheum The Auction Centre, Leyburn, North
LEEWARDS 1938 5/- with broken ‘E’. Very fine mint. SG 112a.....£600 17 Dorotheergasse, 1010 Vienna , Austria Yorkshire DL8 5SG
LEEWARDS 1944 10/- corner Plate block. Very fine mint. 7 31
SG 113c.................................................................................... £300 Vance T and T Auctions
MONTSERRAT 1885 ‘SPECIMEN’ pair. Very fine mint. PO Box 267, Smithville, Ontario, Canada 8 Castle Street, Royal Tunbridge Wells,
SG 10s/12s............................................................................... £225 LOR 2AO20 Kent TN1 1XJ
ST.CHRISTOPHER 1884 4d on 6d block of four. 7
Very fine mint. SG 22................................................................ £225 Warwick and Warwick June 2008
ST.KITTS-NEVIS 1945 5/- break in oval at foot Chalon House, Scar Bank, Millers Road, 1
(retouched by hand). Unmounted mint. Scarce. SG 77bc var........£275 Warwick CV34 5DB Provincial
ST.LUCIA 1891 ½d missing fraction bar. Very fine mint. SG 54a ..£200 8 90 Park Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11
ST.LUCIA 1891 1d on 4d detached triangle. ‘MONARCH’ COLLECTION OF KGV GB 8QR
Very fine mint. SG 55e.............................................................. £150 Spink 8
ST.LUCIA 1891 ½d on 3d block of four including 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, Tony Lester
‘ONE’ misplaced. Very fine used. SG 56/56f ............................ £150 London WC1B 4ET Unit 2, The Sidings, Birdingbury Road,
ST.LUCIA 1881 (1/-) orange with ‘SHILDING’ error 10 Marton, Rugby CV23 9RX16
(corrected). Very fine mint. BPA Cert. SG F4b ......................... £475 Portishead 11
ST.VINCENT 1881 ½d on half 6d fraction bar omitted. PO Box 189, Clevedon, North Somerset AJH Stamps
Very fine used. Major rarity. BPA Cert. SG 33b ..................... £2,750 BS20 8NB. Auction at Somerset Hall, The The Laurels, Manchester Road, Accrington,
ST.VINCENT 1883 5/- perforated colour trial. Precinct, High Street, Portishead Lancashire BB5 2PF
10 11/12
Extremely rare. (see footnote below SG 45). RPS Cert ........ £1,750
Rasdale Dorotheum
ST.VINCENT 1890 2½d on 4d corner block of four. 35 Chestnut Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559- 17 Dorotheergasse, 1010 Vienna , Austria
Very fine mint. SG 54................................................................ £250 1127, USA 11/14
TRINIDAD 1879 ½d watermark reversed in marginal 13/14 INTERNATIONAL
block of 60. Very fine mint. SG 98x ................................................£350 BRITISH EMPIRE AND WESTERN EUROPE Felzmann
TURKS ISLANDS 1881 ‘½’ on 1d with throat flaw. Spink Shreves Galleries Immermannstr 51, 40210 Düsseldorf,
Very fine mint. Brandon Cert. SG 23a ............................................£650 3100 Monticello Ave., Suite 925 Germany
TURKS ISLANDS 1881 ‘2½’ on 1/- (Type 24). Dallas, Texas 75205, USA. Sale in New 11
Very fine mint. SG 37 .......................................................................£850 York Warwick and Warwick
The above is a selection from my extensive stock of British Commonwealth. 14 Chalon House, Scar Bank, Millers Road,
All items available on approval on request (subject unsold). AJH Stamps Warwick CV34 5DB
Major credit-cards accepted. Illustrated lists available The Laurels, Manchester Road, Accrington, 12
(please advise collecting interests). Lancashire BB5 2PF Apex
Wants lists invited for priority notice of future stock additions 17/18 Freepost, Lingfield, Surrey RH7 6XA
Cambridgeshire Post bid auction
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 Around the Houses
News of recent and forthcoming sales at auction
houses around the world
Recent Auctions a lot of Ethiopia covers estimated
Bonhams
Collections brought most of
the top realisations at the 19
December sale in Knightsbridge;
top price of £5600 going to an
original correspondence of 1840
and 1841, comprising 27 covers
all bearing Penny Blacks, mostly
with four margins. This had been
estimated at £1400-1600.
£4500 was paid for an
11-volume Commonwealth
collection and a Great Britain King
Edward VII album and £3750 for a
22-album Commonwealth lot and a
North Borneo collection.
The highest price for a single
item was £3750 for a 6 May 1840
Mulready 1d. envelope; sent
from London to Cheltenham
and described as having ‘a few
imperfections’.
Price quoted exclude premium.
Harbour Auctions
One stamp which can always be
guaranteed to raise excitement
among price-watchers and
auction reporters is, of course, the
‘Inverted Jenny’, the United States
1918 24c.
airmail
stamp with
inverted
centre.
Not
long ago
a very fine
example
made nearly $1 million with
premium (‘Around the Houses’,
February 2008) but 90 years
after issue not every example is
in quite such fine condition. The
one at Harbour Auctions on 16-
19 December was illustrated on
the front of the sale catalogue
and above and certainly looked
very nice, although the describer
noted ‘disturbed original gum’, a
‘small thin spot’ and a light crease.
Nevertheless, the hammer went
down at $285,000!
Later in the sale, Canada did
well with fine imperforate mint
blocks of four of the 4c., 5c. violet,
7c. red-brown, 8c., 10c. bistre-
brown, 20c., 50c. and $1 Admirals
selling for $52,500 (estimate
$35,500) and vertically imperf plate
blocks of the 1928-29 ‘Scrolls’
issue going for $25,000.
All prices exclude premium.
Harmers
The 12 December sale began
with Great Britain, with good
realisations for line-engraved, in
particular.
Complete reconstructions of 24
plates of 1856-58 Penny Reds in
two albums, estimated at £10,000,
brought the top price in the sale
at £9000, while, in later Great
Britain, a very lightly mounted
2½d. Prussian blue Silver Wedding
sold for £7000 and a PUC set on
Congress notepaper, all cancelled
by Congress first day handstamps
made £5500, both well over
estimate.
Collections also did well, with
30
at £6000 going for £8500 and a
substantial USA collection making
estimate at £7000.
That afternoon the Gaetano
Vullo collection of Paris balloon
posts went under the hammer.
Here, £10,000 was paid for an
unstamped ‘Formula Broguillard’
entire, flown aboard the Ville de
Paris, with Dartois and Yon cachet
on the reverse. A tête-bêche pair
of the siege 10c. on a ‘flimsy’
addressed to Belley went £2000
over estimate at £9500 and an
‘Empire’ 20c. on entire flown on
balloon No 6 with Red Cross and
Nadar-Dartois Durouf cachets on
the reverse made the same price.
Harmers ‘Important Stamps
Covers and Collections of the
World’ sale on 19 December
brought total realisations,
excluding premium, of £242,970,
with collections bringing most of
the top realisations.
Top of the list was lot 2137, a
Liberia collection estimated at
£35,000, which made £32,500,
followed by a 23-item collection of
Duttia postal stationery, estimated
at £3750 which sold for £26,000!
Lot 2023, a collection of covers
and cards from General Balbo’s
transatlantic mass formation flight
fell just slightly short of estimate
at £17,000 while a single cover
from the return Balbo flight with a
3c. US commemorative and the ‘I-
CALO’ strip hit its estimate ‘on the
nail’ at £15,000.
The sale only included one
Great Britain
item, a used
pair of Penny
Reds from
plate 109,
cancelled
‘D65’ in red,
believed to
have been
used at
Pisagua,
Peru. This
sold for
£2200. and
is illustrated
left.
All prices
exclude
premium.
Spink
Europe and overseas on
6 December featured, among
other areas, Egypt, where two
Zeppelin items, flown on LZ 127
(Graf Zeppelin) in April 1931, made
£8500 each, while an Ethiopia
collection, estimated at £6500-
7000 brought the top price in this
section of the sale at £9000.
Great Britain took centre-stage in
the 7 December sale with a 743-lot
sale. Top item was a sheet of blue
paper in the hand of Rowland Hill’s
wife, Caroline, copies of Hill’s letter
to Gladstone of 1864 thanking him
for his support and Gladstone’s
reply. This interesting document
brought £13,000 against an upper
estimate of £10,000.
Among the stamps, an 1841
2d. violet-blue on thicker lavender
tinted paper 80,000 estimate and in China
with large itself an 1897 10c. on 9ca. dull
margins and green surcharge double (bottom
part original illustration previous column) sold
gum (illustrated for HK$220,000 and a complete
left) sold for set of 1912 Provisional Neutrality
£10,000 and a overprints made HK$1,300,000.
1d. ‘Treasury’ Hong Kong featured some fine
roulette on covers including an 1876 envelope
cover made addressed to Ohio bearing 4c., 8c.
£9000, in spite of the stamp being and 12c. stamps which went well
‘a little ragged in places’. Total for over estimate at HK$110,000 and
the sale was £374,860. an 1882 envelope to Colchester
with eight 2c. adhesives cancelled
Spink, Hong Kong by the ‘62B’ obliterator which,
likewise exceeded expectations
at HK$170,000. Interestingly a
‘Philatelic Extract’ at the end of
the sale catalogue gave a full
list of covers known with this
cancellation, dated between 1865
and 1888.
All prices quoted exclude
premium, total for the sale was
HK$17,491,450
The 20 January sale in Hong Kong Warwick and Warwick
featured two important collections; The 9 January sale featured a
Neil Christiansen’s Hong Kong useful group of Great Britain line-
and Treaty Ports and the late engraved, the results for which
Dickie Pratt’s Chinese Local Posts, provided an excellent reflection
as well as a fine array of China of the continuing strength of the
stamps and postal history. market for this type of material.
Interest in any China auction Penny Blacks were well
these days is almost certain to represented, a close-to-good
centre on the 1897 ‘Red Revenues’ four-margined example from
and their subsequent surcharges plate 1a with a neatly struck ‘2’
—this sale was no exception. in Maltese cross sold for £3200
Two marginal blocks of six of (estimate £1200), an 8 May 1840
the unsurcharged 3c. red were envelope bearing a four-margined
on offer, one rather better than 1a made £2400 (estimate £2200)
the other, with the latter having and another four-margined Black,
a deep thin in the margin, a this time from plate 1b and with
small thin on one stamp and a a Glasgow violet cross realised
crease through three stamps, all £3100 on an estimate of £2000.
six stamps in each block were, Among the 1840 Two Pence
however, unmounted. The blocks Blues, a plate 1 horizontal pair in
were estimated accordingly, deep full blue with full margins
at HK$2,000,000–2,500,000 and clear 1844-type cancels made
and HK$1,500,000–2,000,000, £1200.
but sold for HK$4,600,000 and In the Penny Reds a plate 11
HK$3,100,000 respectively. example touched at top left but
In Major Pratt’s collection a with partial marginal inscription
Foochow cover bearing a USA at top and cancelled by a bright
1890-93 90c. Jefferson sold for red cross sold for £2500 on an
HK$120,000 on a HK$40,000– estimate of just £700.
Forthcoming Auctions
Apex Philatelic Auctions
The auction house suggests that the 20 April public sale at Lingfield
Park Racecourse is ‘comfortably their best yet’, with close to £500,000
of lots, of which over 1000 are being offered for the first time.
Highlights include what are described as the ‘cream of one of the
best King George VI collections they have bought in a number of years’,
strong British Africa and a ‘comprehensive’ Great Britain section.
Spink
Spink announce the sale of the ‘Monarch’ collection of King George V
Great Britain in a series of auctions, the first to be held in London on 8
May.
The collection, which has been over 20 years in the making includes
an impressive array of artists’ work, essays, proofs, colour trials and
imprimaturs, as well as issued stamps, varieties, controls and booklets.
Spink Shreves Galleries
On 13 and 14 May a major collection of British Empire and Western
Europe goes under the hammer in New York, with the sale of the
‘Sovereign’ collection, donated to the Smithsonian National Postal
Museum for the benefit of the Museum’s work for philately.
British Empire collectors, in particular, should rejoice that many
exciting gems in this collection are not being removed from the market
through incorporation into the Museum’s own holdings.
For collectors in the UK, lots will be available for viewing at Spink’s
London offices from 5 to 7 May.
G.S.M. May 2008
New Collector
John Holman looks at further Indian Feudatory States stamps, 1908
and 1938 exhibitions, readers’ reports, and updates earlier articles
In March I began a survey of the interesting stamps issued by some 37 Indian Feu-
datory States between the 1870s and the early 1950s, dealing with the issues of Barwani,
Charkhari, and Hyderabad. This time I describe the stamps of the neighbouring states of
Cochin, and Travancore, which were merged as Travancore-Cochin in 1949, and as Kerala
under the States Reorganisation Act of 1956.
Kerala lies on the west (Malabar) coast of southern India.
Cochin
Cochin, which came under British influ-
ence from 1814, comprised a relatively
small area—3853 square kilometres, the
capital was Emakulam. Travancore, south
of Cochin, was, at 19,844 square kilometres,
more than six times the size. It came under
British influence from 1795 and its capital
is Trivandrum, subsequently the capital of
the merged state, and now of Kerala. The
stamps of the two states were valid on mail
to each other as well as internally within
each state.
Cochin stamps were first issued in 1892
and continued until 1949, some 128 basic
postage stamps and 105 officials are listed.
The first issue—in two similar designs—
was printed in typography (letterpress) by
the Cochin Government in Emakulam.
The paper used has either no watermark or
a large Umbrella design. Three values were
printed—½p., 1p. and 2p., the lowest value
was also issued on laid paper which is much
scarcer than the standard variety. The ½p.
value can be found in four shades—buff,
orange-buff, orange, and yellow. A new set
of designs were introduced in 1898, one of
which is decidedly similar to that of British
railway letter stamps introduced in 1891.
They were printed on both thin yellowish
and thick white papers, the 1p. value exists
in pink, red, and carmine-red colours.
From 1911 to 1949 the stamps bore
a portrait of no fewer than seven rulers,
Raja Rama Varma I (until 1914), then Raja
G.S.M. May 2008
Travancore
Travancore stamps began in 1888 and until
1931 all issues depicted a conch or chank
shell as the main feature of the design with
inscription ‘TRAVANCORE ANCHEL’ or
‘ANCHAL’. Most of the stamps were printed
by the Stamp Manufactory, Trivandrum,
Stamps from the and the dies were engraved on brass from
Indian Feudatory which electrotypes were made and locked
State of Cochin together in a forme for printing. As indi-
vidual electrotypes became worn they were
replaced and their positions in the forme
sometimes changed. This makes plating the
early issues rather difficult. The catalogue
notes the many shades found on Travancore
issues—these varied considerably across nu-
merous printings, and shade variation is
noticeable within the same sheet. The cur-
rency for Travancore stamps was 16 cash = 1
chuckram; 28 chuckrams = 1 rupee.
Pictorial designs were introduced with
the commemoratives for the coronation of
Maharaja Bala Rama Varma XI in 1931.The
three values depicted the Sri Padmanabha
Shrine, the state chariot, and the Maharaja.
The Maharaja and temples featured on a
Temple Entry Proclamation set in 1937 and
the ruler and various scenes and buildings
graced stamps for his 27th and 29th birth-
days in 1939 and 1941 A single stamp for
his 34th birthday in 1946 exists with four
perforation variations—perf 12½, 11, 12,
and compound. Perf 11 is the most com-
(­ Maharaja from 1921) Rama Varma II and mon, the compound variety is unpriced in
III (1914–32 and 1932–41), Kerala Varma the catalogue.
II (1941–43), Ravi Varma (1943–46), ­Kerala
Varma III (1946–48), and finally Rama Stamps of
Varma IV (1948–64). These stamps were Travancore
produced by Perkins, Bacon and Co, until
1938, thereafter by the Associated Printers,
Madras. The catalogue lists numerous sur-
charge and perforation varieties. The word
‘ANCHAL’ in the design refers to postage.
Some stamps used for fiscal purposes are
known to have been cleaned and given
forged postmarks. The final designs of 1949
featured Chinese fishing nets and the Dutch
Palace. Prices for Cochin stamps range from
the minimum 10p to over £2500 for some
of the errors. A representative collection of
the stamps of the different rulers could be
assembled at modest cost.
Official stamps issued from 1913 until
1949 all comprise overprints (‘On CGS’
or ‘SERVICE’) and surcharges, some ap-
plied to otherwise unissued stamps. Again
numerous varieties and errors are to be
encountered, some of modest value, others
commanding a considerable premium.
The multiplier for Cochin stamps used
on cover range from three to 30, for official
stamps multiply the prices by 15. From 1
July 1949 Cochin formed part of the new
state of Travancore-Cochin. Existing stocks
of Cochin issues continued to be used in
conjunction with stamps of Travancore
surcharged in Indian currency.
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 The listing of official stamps is long
and complicated owing to the multiplicity
of overprint varieties. All comprise basic
Travancore stamps overprinted ‘On S S’ or
‘SERVICE’, some also with surcharges. In
all some 108 basic official stamps are listed,
compared to 77 of the ordinary issues.
Travancore-Cochin
The new United State of Travancore and
Cochin (USTC) was established in July
1949 and the name shortened to the State
of Travancore-Cochin (T-C) in January
1950. From 6 June 1950 the stamps of Tra-
vancore-Cochin were valid on mail from
both Indian and state post offices to des-
tinations in India and abroad. The first
issue, in July 1949, comprised stamps of
Travancore surcharged in Indian currency
of pies or annas. Although there were just
seven basic stamps (cat price £15.50 un-
used, £17.50 used), the specialist collector
has many imperf and surcharge varieties
to look for with prices ranging up to over
£400. In 1949–50 the 1a. stamp of Cochin
(SG 106) was overprinted with the new
state initials (U.S.T.C.) and (T.-C.); both
are worth considerably more used than
mint. The final stamps, issued in October
1950, comprised two attractive vertical-
format pictorials showing a conch (chank)
shell, and palm trees. These had a relatively
short life, the ordinary issues becoming ob-
solete in July 1951. In all there were just 13
basic Travancore-Cochin ordinary stamps.
Official issues comprised stamps of
Travancore surcharged and overprinted
‘SERVICE’. Although there were just 17
basic official stamps, the numerous varieties
multiply that number many times over. The
official stamps became obsolete in Septem-
ber 1951. For the values of ­covers bearing
ordinary stamps multiply used prices by a
factor of eight, for official stamps by 15.
Travancore-
Cochin stamps
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Exhibitions
2008 marks the centenary of the Franco-
British Exhibition at the White City in Lon-
don and the 70th anniversary of the British
Empire Exhibition in Glasgow.
1908 White City
exhibition label,
and Ballymaclinton
handstamp
The Franco-British Exhibition, which ran
from 14 May to 31 October 1908, was the
first of the series of White City exhibitions
before the First World War. Some 140 acres
were laid out at White City by the Kiralfy
brothers for the exhibition which comprised
some 409 acres of gleaming white-stuccoed
buildings and half a mile of waterways.
The centrepiece was the Court of Honour
which had a lake and illuminated fountains
surmounted by exotic Indian-style pavil-
ions. The exhibition was the largest held
in Britain up to that date with over eight
million visitors. (The Great Exhibition of
1851 attracted over six million.) The same
1938 Glasgow Empire
Exhibition datestamp
and slogan, advertising
meter mark, and souvenir
sheet showing proposed
designs for Exhibition
stamps
summer the fourth Olympic Games were
held in the stadium, with 1500 competitors
from 19 nations.
An exhibition post office operated from
11 May to 14 November and two different
handstamps are known, also a rubber hand-
stamp used on parcels and one inscribed
‘BALLYMACLINTON/SHEPHERDS
BUSH EXHIBITION’ used at the Irish Vil-
lage erected by makers of McClinton’s soap
at the exhibition. This was also used at the
Irish Village at the Imperial International
Exhibition the following year. For full de-
tails of the postmarks see Special Event Post-
marks of the United Kingdom Vol 1 1851–1962,
published by the British Postmark Society
in 1991. Although no stamps were issued,
commemorative labels are known. Two
major displays featuring postcards from the
Franco-British Exhibition and the 1908 Lon-
don Olympics will be shown at the Picture
Postcard Show at the Royal Horticultural
Society Hall (Lawrence Hall), London SW1,
28–30 August 2008.
Following the British Empire Exhibition
at Wembley in 1924–25, a further Empire
Exhibition was staged at Bellahouston Park
in Glasgow, May–October 1938. There were
three exhibition handstamps, a large Par-
cel Post handstamp, and a slogan used on
mail posted at the exhibition. A similar
slogan was used on mail from main offices
around the UK and this is also to be found
in red (rather than the usual black) ink on
mail on which the postage was prepaid in
cash. A number of meter marks used by
firms to promote visits to the exhibition are
also known. Again, for postmark details see
­Special Events Postmarks of the UK, or The Post
Office and the Empire Exhibition, 1938 by Gra­
ham Moss, published by the Scottish Postal
History Society in 1988.
No stamps were issued for the 1938 ex­
hibition, but two designs were prepared by
James Walker, a notable member of the
­Caledonian Philatelic Society, and these
were reproduced on souvenir sheets by
Stuart R MacKenzie to mark the 50th anni­
versary of the exhibition in 1988.
James Walker was an artist who worked
in the field of photogravure printing. He
submitted essays for George V definitives
to show the photogravure process and a
George VI design won a competition initi­
ated by Stanley Gibbons in 1940. He also
produced a design for a miniature sheet
for the 1940 Stamp Centenary. The idea
of a philatelic exhibition at the Empire
Exhibition was discussed by philatelic societ­
ies in Scotland, but sadly nothing came of
the proposal. The GPO had a pavilion at
the exhibition and a souvenir card with a
machine cancel applied was available for
visitors. The card states that the pavilion
‘contains many modern marvels for your
interest and information’—TIM (the talking
clock), the famous Post Office London tube
railway, the ‘Greetings Telegram’ miniature
sheet, the operating room of a coastal wire­
less station, and ‘the mysterious aeroplane
that seems to fly past you over the Empire
air routes’. A picturesque Highlands-style
post office, called Clachan, was constructed
in the grounds—this features on labels and
some of the many postcards sold at the ex­
hibition. The GPO provided some 70 public
telephone kiosks, stamp machines, and an
estimated 10,000 cards were posted each
day in the 12 post boxes throughout the ex­
hibition grounds. Despite the summer rain,
over 12 million people, including the King
and Queen, toured the Empire Exhibition;
the 1924–25 Wembley Exhibition attracted a
staggering 27 million visitors.
Updates
In January I mentioned the millions of
red crabs that inhabit Christmas Island
and which have featured on some of the
island’s stamps. A report in the Daily Tele­
graph shortly before Christmas stated that
these crabs are now being threatened with
extinction by an aggressive species of acid-
squirting ant which, it is estimated, has
halved the crab population over the past 15
years. Even so, there are still said to be some
60 million crabs on Christmas Island!
I am obliged to S Goron, R Holman,
D Rye, and D Speirs for information
included in this article, also the London
Encyclopaedia (B Weinreb and C Hibbert,
1983) for details of the Franco-British
Exhibition, The Caledonian Philatelic Society
1906–2006 (S Gardiner) for information
on James Walker, and Jean Matheson
(British Philatelic Bulletin, May 1998) for
facts on the Glasgow Exhibition of 1938.
Observations for New Collector should be sent
to John Holman, c/o Gibbons Stamp Monthly,
Parkside, Ringwood, Hants BH24 3SH.
Mr Holman regrets he cannot send individual
replies.
G.S.M. May 2008
Readers’ reports
As always I am obliged to all GSM readers who send in reports for these ‘New Collector’
features and I do use as many as possible.
A reader in Canada wrote concerning the query about a marking from Calgary,
Canada, here in September 2007. The marking read ‘SLB RECEIVED CMPP’ with
$2.51 postage paid. My correspondent tells me the marking means Street Letter Box
Received Calgary Mail Process­
ing Plant and that the item ‘was
probably singled out by a postie
because of the size of the item
and amount paid. Had it been
deposited at a postal counter, it
would have received a sub-post
office cancel.’ He goes on to
inform us that the CMPP is loc­
ated at Calgary International
Airport, and handles all the
mail from southern Alberta.
Incidentally, he adds, Calgary
PO celebrates its 125th anni­
versary in 2008.
Quite a while ago I wrote
about cachets and postmarks
used on mail posted at the Eif­
fel Tower in Paris. Thanks to a
regular contributor I show the
postmark in use in December
2007—a neat and well-applied
cancel. Another regular cor­
respondent sends an example
of the postmark used at Parlia­
ment House in Canberra, Aus­
tralia, this depicts the frontage
of the building which was also
shown on the joint Great ­Britain-
Australia issue for Australia’s bi­
centennial in 1988.
A former colleague of mine receives a lot of mail from overseas, much of which
bears postage paid labels. Shown here are two interesting ones from Argentina and
Singapore, both produced on self-adhesive paper.
Another reader regularly sends GB postmarks, extracted from kiloware, for my GB
Postal Stationery, Postal Labels, and Postmarks feature. Recently he sent an example
of the counter datestamp of ‘PATHFINDER VILLAGE, EXETER’. Rather intrigued by
the name, I found that the Village has its own website. This tells us that it was founded
in 1932 when Tony Horton set up a site to hire out caravans for self towing; his brother
Gerry joined the enterprise the following year. The site then became used for people
to hire a caravan and stay and the village started as one for holidays rather than perman­
ent residence. The two brothers were known locally as ‘the wild men of the woods’. By
the start of World War II, Pathfinder boasted a road, an old railway carriage used for
accommodation, a workshop, and a dining room. Post-war housing shortages encour­
aged residential caravanning and customers asked
if they could buy a caravan and stay on site. An old
mess building was converted into a little church.
From the mid-1950s the facilities were improving,
central heating was provided in the caravans,
mains water and electricity arrived, and a village
hall and a sub-post office opened. The Horton
Brothers retired in 1988 and sold the village
to Avondale Park Homes Ltd. The Pathfinder
Village post office is open Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
(closes for lunch 1.00–2.00 p.m.). On Tuesday
and Saturday it is open 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
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A Gibbons Stamp Monthly Supplement No 326 May 2008

Popular Films
Six stamps featuring film posters for Carry On and Hammer horror films go on sale on
Mummy of Kharis (Christopher Lee),
avenging the desecration of the tomb of
his lover who turns out to be the image of
Cushing’s present day fiancée, played by
10 June. This year sees the 50th anniversary of Dracula and the first of the Carry On films, Yvonne Furneux.
Carry On Sergeant. Pictorial first day cancellations will be
The stamps, designed by Elmwood design The Curse of Frankenstein (56p). Based on in use at Royal Mail Tallents House, Edin-
group of Leeds and printed in litho by Wal- Mary Shelley’s classic story, this film was burgh (clapper board) and Bray, Maiden-
sall, feature: one of the first to use full colour. Peter head, Berks (film canisters). Blank first day
Carry On Sergeant (1st). The first Carry On Cushing played Victor Frankenstein with covers will be available at 30p, a stamp card
film follows the adventures of a group Christopher Lee as the monster and Hazel set at £1.80 and an illustrated presentation
of National Servicemen as they face the Court as the love interest. pack at £3.95). In addition there will be a
shock of army life. The film starred Bob Carry On Screaming (72p). A pastiche on the retail stamp booklet containing six 1st class
Monkhouse, Kenneth Connor, Bill Owen, popular Hammer horror films, Carry On Machins and a Carry on Collecting advert-
Shirley Eaton and William Hartnell. Screaming sees a pair of Victorian detectives isement (£2.16).
Dracula (48p). Christopher Lee starred as played by Harry H Corbet and Jim Dale
the undead blood sucking Count Dracula, investigating a
with Peter Cushing as his nemeses Van suspicious showroom
Helsing. dummy factory run
Carry On Cleo (50p). Kenneth Connor as by Fenella Fielding
Ancient Briton Hengist Pod accidentally and Kenneth
becomes the bodyguard of Caesar Williams.
(Kenneth Williams), joining him on a The Mummy (81p).
trip to the court of Cleopatra (Amanda Peter Cushing plays
Barry). Sid James took the role of Mark an archaeologist
Anthony. pursued by the

Houses of Parliament Official Postal Stationery

Alan Huggins reports on an amazing discovery
The area of postal stationery never ceases to surprise and
new items still turn up on a fairly regular basis, especially in
the stamped to order categories. However for a completely
unknown item of official Houses of Parliament stationery to
surface after 168 years is, to put it mildly, absolutely amazing.
As is well known, with the introduction of the uniform
penny postal rate for letters up to ½ ounce on 10 January 1840
and the simultaneous abolition of the ‘Free Franking’ privilege
for Members of Parliament, special envelopes were produced
with the printed inscription ‘To be posted at the Houses of
Parliament only’. These came into use on 14 January 1840, to
be superseded at the end of the month by envelopes separately
inscribed ‘House of Commons’ and ‘House of Lords’.
Until now, two values of the ‘Houses of Parliament’ envel-
ope were known, namely one penny for letters not exceeding ½oz in weight and two pence for letters not exceeding 1oz. Thus I was
amazed to be recently shown a piece with the inscription ‘Post Paid Four-pence Weight not to exceed 2oz.’ To the best of my knowledge
the existence of such an item has never been reported previously or even speculated about.
As can be seen from the illustration, the item is a large piece used on 3 April 1840 to Evesham. Printed on unwatermarked wove paper
it is 90×175mm at its greatest dimensions. Although it is not possible to determine its full original size, it was clearly larger than the 1d.
or 2d. envelopes which vary between 90–95×125–140mm. One possibility which cannot be ruled out is that this item may have been a
wrapper rather than an envelope, since the survival rate of wrappers tends to be less than that of envelopes, although the demand for an
item prepaying a 4d. rate would doubtless be far less than that for the 2d. envelopes of which only a handful have survived.
At any rate it joins the 2d. House of Lords envelope as being one of the rarest items of British postal stationery. My thanks are due
to Argyll Etkin Limited for bringing this item to my attention and for providing the illustration.

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Stamping Around London—
Part 2
Alan Sacks continues his guided tour, travelling from Westminster to
the Tower of London, via the City

M y previous article left us at Westminster Abbey; the Roman Catholic Westminster

Cathedral stands at the other end of Victoria Street and features in this month’s issue
celebrating cathedrals.
r­ esponsible for building several of Lon-
don’s bridges, further upstream; his bust is
on the wall of the river near Golden Jubilee
Returning to the Thames, we pass the The Embankment itself was built between (formerly Hungerford) Bridge. There is
end of Westminster Bridge (SG 2311), 1862 and 1874 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the also a bronze medallion of Sir William Gil-
immortalised by William Wordsworth in Chief Engineer to the Metropolitan Board bert (see below) nearby.
the sonnet beginning ‘Earth has noth- of Works; on the surface there is a riverside
ing to show more fair…’; continuing east walk between Westminster and Blackfri- The world’s largest
along the north bank, we reach Victoria ars, while below he installed tunnels for En-route, unless it’s a foggy day in London
Embankment Gardens where there are cables, the District Underground Railway Town (or there are riverside fireworks), it
statues of Lords Trenchard and Portal and a new main sewer, which is only now is impossible to miss the London Eye; this
(1338 and 1340); Robert Burns (see West- being updated. The Embankment was also has yet to be depicted on a stamp issue (or,
minster Abbey) also has a statue and there intended to relieve the Strand of conges- more likely, a maxi sheet) and stands on
is a bust of Sir Arthur Sullivan (see below). tion, but this is no longer altogether obvi- the south bank between Westminster and
Henry Fawcett, a.k.a. ‘the blind Postmaster- ous! In his spare time, Bazalgette was also Golden Jubilee Bridges. At 443 feet high,
General’, is commemorated with a medal-
lion; he served under William Gladstone
and introduced the parcel post in 1883
(booklet FO2) as well as postal orders and
a sixpenny (6d.) telegram; both he and his
wife, Dame Millicent, supported female
The Embankment was intended to relieve
suffrage and reforms and the medallion
is erected to his memory ‘by his grateful
the Strand of congestion, but this is no
countrywomen.’ longer obvious!
Westminster Bridge, immortalised
by William Wordsworth

The Royal
Society of Arts is
situated in John A statue Waterloo Bridge
Adam Street, of Lord Trenchard underpass was built for
just off the can be seen in trams
Strand Embankment
Gardens

The National Theatre is on the

South Bank of the Thames

The Savoy Theatre in the

Strand staged the Gilbert
and Sullivan operas

The London Television A statue of Sir Arthur

Centre is next to the Harris stands in front of St
National Theatre Clement Danes

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it is currently the world’s largest Ferris
Wheel, but will be dwarfed by a 680 ft wheel
due to open in Beijing in 2009; the wheel
builds on George Ferris’s inspiration for
the 1893 celebration of the 400th anniver­
sary of Christopher Columbus’s ‘discovery’
of America.
The recently refurbished Royal Festival
Hall and the National Theatre (979) are also
on the South Bank, before and after Water­
loo Bridge respectively; the former was built
as part of the Festival of Britain (513/4) cel­
ebrations. The Festival was celebrated 100
years after Prince Albert’s original Festival
at the Crystal Palace (1367). At one time, it
was rumoured that, in order to maintain the
entente cordiale (2446/7), there would be EU
legislation to rename Trafalgar Square and
Waterloo …; the 200th anniversary of the
former battle was commemorated with a set
and prestige booklet in October 2005. The
Royal Gallery in the Palace of Westminster is
dominated by two huge frescoes commemor­
ating these victories.
And, dear Reader, in case you believe the
EU rumour to be pure fantasy, allow me to
remind you of the possible straight banana
and the curvature rules for cucumbers:
regulation EC 2257/94 lays down quality
standards for bananas but doesn’t define
abnormal curvature. Class I cucumbers
may, however, bend by 10mm per 10cm of
length while class II cucumbers may bend
by twice as much.
And on the topic of ‘going bananas’,
closer to home, Arcnews, the newsletter of the
Association of Revenue & Customs, recently
reported that an attempt to send a letter
BRITISH STAMPS
first class had been vetoed because none of
four criteria had been met: viz court orders;
weighing more than a kilo; perish­able goods;
and required to be sent first class under legis­
lation. The officer concerned considered
attaching a bunch of bananas to his letter
but, in the end, used his initiative—and one
of his own first class stamps!
Waterloo Station used to be the London
terminus for the cross-channel rail-link;
the opening of the Channel Tunnel was
celebrated on stamps (1820/3); the new
terminus is the recently restored St Pan­
cras Station (see later). The National Film
Theatre is nearby; there have been issues
covering film stars (1298/1302 and 2095),
the cinema (1920/4) and Harry Potter
(2750/6) while you could spy James Bond
in January this year. The South Bank Show is
featured in the 2005 issue celebrating the
50th anniversary of ITV (2565). The under­
pass on Waterloo Bridge (originally called
Strand Bridge) that emerges in Kings­way
was formerly for trams; a 1985 booklet
(booklet FL6) depicts a London tram.
Supplier of stamps
One can conveniently return to the Strand
at this point, in which event Somerset
House is passed; this was the Office of the
Director of Stamping, Inland Revenue,
which at one time was a supplier of stamps
to the Post Office. The Inland Revenue
ceased to have control over stamp pro­
duction in 1934. Almost opposite stands
St Clement Danes, which is alleged to be
the church in the nursery rhyme Oranges
and Lemons; it is positively the church that
the RAF has officially adopted. Statues
of Lord Dowding and Sir Arthur Harris,
also in the 1986 set (1339) stand in front
of the church. An Edward VII pillar box
with separate apertures for stamped and
franked mail is opposite.
En-route to 399, Simpsons-in-the-Strand,
the Savoy Hotel and Theatre are all passed.
Simpsons opened in 1848 and is renowned
for its roast beef; its fictional customers
include Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson
(1784/8 and booklets FH8/11). The
­theatre was built by Richard D’Oyly Carte
to stage the Gilbert and Sullivan operas
(1624/7 and booklets FB51/3); when built
in 1881, it was the first London public
building to be lit by electricity. The hotel
opened in 1889 and was financed on the
profits made from the operas; as Gilbert
and Sullivan might have expressed it, this
enabled the Savoy operas to be served à la
carte. The hotel’s forecourt is unique in the
British Isles as being the only street where
pedestrians need to look left, look right
and look left again.
Nearly opposite 399 is Adam Street lead­
ing to John Adam Street; number 8 houses
the Royal Society of Arts (2473/8), which
in turn houses the original Franklin bust
(1005). Notable residents of this area,
known as The Adelphi, included Sir James
Barrie (2304/8), Charles Dickens (see last
month) and H G Wells (1878/81).
Returning to the Embankment, the
former site of the City of London Boys
School (CLS) is passed just before Black­
friars Bridge; Prime Minister Herbert
Asquith (see earlier) was a pupil in the

Blackfriars Bridge

The Millennium Bridge had a shaky start. It

connects Tate Modern and the Salvation Army’s
International Headquarters, as well as St Paul’s
Cathedral
A reconstruction
of
Shakespeare’s
Globe Theatre
is close to Tate
Modern

A reconstruction of Drake’s Golden Hinde is moored near the

south side of London Bridge

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1860s and was responsible for declaring
war on Germany in 1914. The school is
owned and managed by its local authority,
the Corporation of London; among other
notable alumni are the father and son W H
Perkins, the former being the discoverer
of the mauve aniline dye, which led to the
foundation of the coal-tar industry (1051);
and Michael Apted has directed some of
the James Bond films (2797/802).
Shaky start
The bridge can be crossed to enable a
return via the Millennium Bridge; both
bridges were included in the 2002 set
(2309/13); the latter, after an extremely
shaky start on its opening in 2000, connects
Tate Modern (2143) and the relocated
CLS, the Salvation Army’s International
Headquarters (665/6)—its second gen-
eral, W Bramwell Booth, also attended
CLS—and St Paul’s Cathedral, which also
features in this month’s beautiful mini-
ature sheet together with a painting of
Sir Christopher Wren and his epitaph.
This is the latest to depict this cathedral,
earlier issues being 678, 800, 1118, 1875
and 2599; Admiral Lord Nelson (see last
month), Sir Joshua Reynolds (931, 933 and
2641), Sir Arthur Sullivan (see earlier) and
J M W Turner (971/4) are all buried in the
cathed­ral, while a happier occasion was
the marriage there of Prince Charles and
Princess Diana (1160/1).
On a clear day, you can’t see forever but
you can certainly see downstream from the
bridge, along the river, past London and
Tower Bridges (the remaining two of the
The Royal College of Arms Fleet street was the former hub
can be found in Queen of the national press
Victoria Street on the
north bank of the Thames
The Lord Mayor’s procession takes place in November each year
40
2002 set) as far as the Canada Tower at Ca-
nary Wharf. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre,
a reconstruction of the Elizabethan theatre
just a few yards past Tate Modern, is also
visible from the bridge. It is depicted in
the 1995 set (1882/6) while the 1964 set
of scenes from Shakespeare’s plays was is-
sued on the 400th anniversary of his birth
(646/50); he also literally stars in a gig
alongside John Lennon in 1988 (1399)
and his love poems are featured on a 1995
greetings stamp (1867).
Without inconvenience
The 1964 issue was the first for which
the Post Office prepared special first day
covers that could be pre-ordered, includ-
ing the option of a Stratford-upon-Avon
cancellation; this heralded the demise of
the special first day of issue post boxes in
post offices across the country, such as the
one at Trafalgar Square referred to last
month—from 1964 on, first day covers
can be ordered without experiencing the
inconvenience of visiting a post office. The
National Portrait Gallery portrait of Shake-
speare (2647) was the first one acquired
by the Gallery. Hamlet is in the cast of the
Europa, British Theatre set (1185).
Tate Modern should not be confused with
Tate Britain: the latter is further upstream at
Millbank and houses, among others, paint-
ings that J M W Turner left to the nation; see
the table last month. The initial founder was
Sir Henry Tate, the sugar refiner, and there
are still jetties owned by Tate & Lyle on the
north bank near Tower Bridge. Almost next
door to the Globe stands a house where a
The Royal Exchange and Bank
of England are opposite the
Mansion House
plaque records that Henry VIII’s first wife,
Catherine of Aragon (1966) stayed there on
her arrival from Spain and that Sir Chris-
topher Wren later lived there during the
building of St Paul’s. A reconstruction of Sir
Francis Drake’s (925) Golden Hinde (booklet
FN3) is moored further toward Southwark
Cathedral.
Back on the north bank, Queen Vic-
toria Street houses the College of Arms
(1236/9 and 2026/30); just to its west is
Faraday House, which was built to house
the Post Office Savings Bank (623/5) and
to cover the administrative side of the PO
departments running telephone, money
and postal orders services. Michael Faraday
appears in a 1991 issue (1546), while his
work was portrayed in 1999 (2104). St An-
drew’s Hill, just past Faraday House, sports
two sealed black-painted wall ‘A’ type letter
boxes, a ‘GR’ and an ‘EVII’; a ‘special no-
tice’ states that neither is in use due to the
difficulty of accessibility by van drivers.
Carrying on along Queen Victoria Street,
Mansion House Station is passed; this fea-
tures quite regularly in pub quizzes as being
the only London Underground station
whose name uses all five vowels. The Man-
sion itself is, surprisingly and confusingly,
opposite Bank Station! This is the Lord
Mayor of London’s official residence for
his year of office. His Procession (1475/61)
takes place on the second Saturday of
November each year; it proceeds from the
Guildhall, nearby, via the Mansion House
along Fleet Street to the Royal Courts of
Justice, at the eastern end of the Strand,
where he takes his oath of office.
The Swan with
Two Necks was a
coaching Inn in Lad
Lane, off Gresham
Street
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Fleet Street
Fleet Street was formerly the hub of the
national daily press; both The Times (book-
let DX3) and the Financial Times (DX9)
had sites nearby and a page from the Daily
Mail was illustrated in 1969 (791). The as-
sociation with the press originated in the
16th century when Wynkyn de Worde, a
former foreman of William Caxton (see
last month) moved his business to Fleet
Street. Charles Lamb is quoted as saying
‘The man must have a rare recipe for mel-
ancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street’;
this somewhat echoes James Boswell and
Dr Johnson: the former remarked ‘Fleet
Street is the most cheerful scene in the
world’ to which Johnson replied ‘Aye, Sir’,
while ­poss­ibly Johnson’s most famous quote
reads ‘… when a man is tired of London,
he is tired of life: for there is in London all
that life can afford.’ Johnson’s House is in
Gough Square.
The Post Magazine used to be privately
printed in Wine-office Court, which is also
off Fleet Street; this was a weekly news-
sheet that recommenced publication in
July 1840 and included two blank pages
for letter writing and a penny stamp,
which was also the selling price to the
general public. The publisher made his
(? substantial) profit from his advertisers
who paid five shillings for the first eight
lines and six pence for each subsequent
line. The publisher provided the follow-
ing statement: ‘Valuable application of the
reduced postage. The Post Magazine: (pub-
lished every Saturday) combining first a
magazine of useful information, second
The
modern
Lloyd’s
building
is off
Leadenhall
Street
Uniforms were first issued
to Letter Carriers at the
GPO in Lombard Street
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a post label, third a sheet of letter paper.’
Wren’s Temple Bar used to stand at the
boundary of the City but has now been
beautifully restored in Pater­noster Square,
having previously had a spell at Theobalds
Park in Hertfordshire; it is customary for
the monarch to request the Lord Mayor’s
permission to pass this point in order to
enter the City.
Lord Mayor’s Show
The Procession duly returns via the north-
ern route that we have taken from the
­Temple Gardens in the Embankment and
along Queen Victoria Street back to the
Mansion House. The 1989 set depicts
various scenes of the Lord Mayor’s Show,
including a Royal Mail Coach, the Lord
Mayor’s Coach (normally housed nearby
in the Museum of London), Escorts from
the Blues and Royals and passing St Paul’s.
There are old police call boxes in Guild-
hall Yard and next to the Mansion House,
neither of which are functional; both
­Gresham Street and Frederick’s Place
nearby have ‘VR’ C-type pillar boxes while,
further down the latter, there is a wall
plaque for Disraeli (1369). Another old
coaching inn, The Swan with Two Necks
(booklet FB68) used to be in Lad Lane,
off Gresham Street.
The Wren church of St Stephen, almost
next door to the Mansion House, has sev-
eral points of interest; its dome is believed
to have been the prototype for St Paul’s,
while beneath it stands a circular altar
designed by Henry Moore (1767); there is
also a plaque for de Courcey Laffan who
30 St Mary
Axe is
popularly
known as
the ‘Gherkin’
39 Cornhill was
the birthplace of
Thomas Gray
The world’s first
postmarks were
struck at the
General Letter
Office in 1661
helped Baron Coubertin to revive the mod-
ern Olympic Games (495/8 and MS2554).
Another recent claim to fame is its former
Rector, Dr Chad Varah, who founded the
Samaritan service; his original telephone,
numbered MANsion House 9000 is on dis-
play in the church.
The Bank of England and the Royal
Exchange (1290) are both opposite the
Mansion House; in front of the latter is a
war memorial, which includes a dedication
to the 8th Battalion, the Post Office Rifles
(Ref 2). The architect, Sir John Soane (see
later), designed the Bank, a.k.a. The Old
Lady of Threadneedle Street. Kenneth
Grahame was initially a clerk there and
eventually was appointed its Secretary; he
left in 1908 just before The Wind in the
Willows (1092 and 1647) was published. Di-
agonally opposite, the former head office
of the National Westminster Bank has two
magnificent ‘private’ wooden post boxes in
its banking parlour: one for ‘London and
Abroad’, the other for ‘Country’; both are
now sealed.
A Corporation of London wall plaque
on the side of the same building in Princes
Street reads: ‘Near this spot the General
Letter Office stood in Post Office Yard
1653–1666. Here were struck the first post-
marks in the world.’ These would have
been the Bishop Marks introduced by the
first Postmaster General, Henry Bishop,
on the reorganisation of the Post Office
in 1660 (619/20). The American version
is sometimes called a Franklin Mark after
Benjamin Franklin, who was at one time
the Deputy Postmaster General.
Old London Bridge
It can be interesting
and informative
just to wander in
and about the alleys
and courtyards of
this part of the City
of London and to
read the various
commemorative
blue plaques
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Anyone for coffee? …
Or more executions?
We are now in ‘coffee house’ territory: an
1841 Guide to London gives an estimate
of some 500 coffee houses in London,
let alone 200 inns and 400 taverns; it was
the coffee houses, however, that became
focal points for meetings which, in due
course, led to specialisation according to
trade. Their multiplication began around
the time of the 1660 Restoration and, in
particu­lar, following the Great Fire of 1666
when there was a lack of suitable meeting
places. It can be interesting and inform­
ative just to wander in and about the alleys
and courtyards of this part of the City of
London and to read the various com­
memorative blue plaques installed by the
Corporation of London.
Probably the most famous coffee house
was that of Edward Lloyd, which eventually
led to Lloyd’s of London with its Lloyd’s
News and, later, Lloyd’s Lists containing
shipping information and news. The lists
led to confrontation with the Post Office,
which the latter lost. The custom was for
bags to be hung in the coffee houses for
the depositing of letters to be sent abroad.
A blue plaque in Lombard Street com­
memorates the Lloyd’s site between 1691
and 1785. Around the corner in Change
Alley, another plaque marks the site of
Jonathan’s Coffee House, which, between
1680 and 1778, was the principal meeting
place of the City’s stockbrokers.
Final appearance
Carraways Coffee House was built in 1874
while the Baltic (at 58 Threadneedle Street
from 1823 to 1857) and the Jamaica Cof­
fee Houses merged to form the London
Shipping Exchange; the plaque on the
wall of the current Jamaica Wine House
in St Michael’s Alley reads ‘Here stood the
first London Coffee House at the sign of
Pasqua Rosee’s Head 1652’. Pasqua Rosee
emanated from Turkey, where coffee had
long been popular. St Michael’s Alley was
also the location of the Penny Post Office
between 1682 and 1684. Making his final
appearance, Benjamin Franklin originally
had his mail directed ‘to the Pensilvania
Coffee House in Birchin Lane’, which is
just around the corner (Ref 3). Presumably
the mail service and/or the coffee were bet­
ter there than his afore-mentioned local,
Golden Cross Inn at Charing Cross!—albeit,
he eventually dropped the Pensilvania (sic)
as he suspected he was being spied on.
Lombard Street became the home of
the General Post Office in 1678, which is
recorded on a plaque in Post Office Court;
the GPO remained here until 1829 when it
moved to St Martin’s-le-Grand (see later).
Originally, it was the sole place where let­
ters could be posted in London; it was also
the site in 1792 where uniforms were first
issued to Inland Letter Carriers; postal uni­
forms are depicted in a series of booklets
(DN67/75).
Numbers 32 and 39 Cornhill also merit a
look: the former features an ornate pair of
mahogany doors divided into eight panels
depicting the history of the area, one of
which has two of the Brontë sisters (see
Westminster Abbey) talking to William
Makepeace Thackeray, while another is of
Carraways. Number 39 has a private plaque
commemorating the birthplace of Thomas
Gray (885) with the quotation ‘The curfew
tolls the knell of passing day’. A ‘VR’ pillar
box stands outside the Royal Exchange op­
posite Change Alley.
Dockwra’s Penny Post
The modern Lloyd’s building (2091) is
nearby, off Leadenhall Street; completing
a virtuous circle, the current chairman of
Lloyd’s, Lord Levene, also attended CLS
and is a former Lord Mayor. A wall plaque
on the building fronting Lime Street reads:
‘Near this place William Dockwra founded
the London Penny Post in 1680’; Dockwra
was a London merchant who capitalised
on the fact that there was no postal service
within London or other cities, albeit post
could be sent between cities. He and his
associates conceived the idea of triangular
handstamps; they were so successful that
the Post Office eventually suppressed their
post two years later, but still continued it
more or less unchanged. A ‘GR’ C-type
pillar box can also be seen outside Lloyd’s
under the shadow of the recently built
‘Gherkin’ at 30 St Mary Axe (2634); its dual
apertures are for ‘First Class and Abroad’
and ‘Second Class’.
A short walk south leads to the Tower
of London (1054 and 1118). William the
Conqueror built the White Tower in the
1070s; William was crowned at Westminster
Abbey in 1066 following the Battle of Hast­
ings (705/12) and instigated the Domes­
day Survey in 1085 (1324/7). The Crown
Jewels are kept here, including the orb
and crowns featured in the 25th annivers­
ary of The Queen’s coronation (1060/2);
the Koh-I-Noor Diamond was set in her
­mother’s crown.
Henry VIII’s second and fifth wives,
Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were
both beheaded on Tower Green (1967
and 1970) while Sir Walter Raleigh (926)
was imprisoned here on several occasions.
The Tower is also, of course, the setting
for Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Yeomen of the
Guard (see earlier). The Yeomen are the
oldest military corps in the country. The
Board of Ordnance, which was responsible
for ordinance survey maps, was based in
the Tower (1578/81) from 1801 to 1841.
Tower Bridge (1118 and 2310), unsurpris­
ingly, stands next to the Tower; Trinity
House, opposite, is the authority responsi­
ble for lighthouses around Britain’s coast
(1287 and 2034/8) while the heroine,
Grace Darling, is featured in the 1987
Queen Victoria set (1367). A lighthouse
is also in the background of the 150th
anniversary of HM Coastguards (902). The
Royal Mint (booklet DX4) is on the op­
posite corner.
To be concluded
References
2 British Philatelic Bulletin, September 2007
(pps 12–13)
3 British Philatelic Bulletin, March 2007 (pps
216–9)

The Tower The Tower

of London is houses the Crown
home to the Jewels. King
Yeomen of Henry VIII’s wives,
the Guard Anne Boleyn
and Catherine
Howard, were
beheaded on
Tower Green

Trinity House, responsible for

Tower Bridge lighthouses, is opposite the Tower

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Machin Watch
John M Deering reports on a ‘new’ 9p Machin, the Northern Ireland
miniature sheet and Smilers® sheet and the welcome return of
definitive/commemorative booklets

A ssuming that you are reading this particular month’s article not long after its ­publication
in the May 2008 Gibbons Stamp Monthly, then the anticipated postal tariff increase (on
Monday 7 April) will already have been introduced—and we will all be paying 27p instead
Further helping the two printings to be
distinguished, readers should also note that
on the new printing the value is positioned
of 24p for basic second class mail, and 36p instead of 34p for basic first class mail. The a little lower at about 2.9mm from the bot-
previous make-up rate of 10p will have become 9p, and any NVIs in your collection will tom frame, whereas the earlier printing has
have a higher face value. In the March ‘Machin Watch’ I gave a fairly detailed preliminary the value at about 3.2mm (a difference you
report on the new denominations and the new postal tariffs, and it is my intention to return can see with the naked eye). The new 9p is
to this topic next month by which time all the new material will be in my hands (the new also much deeper in colour (with a deeper
stamps were issued on Tuesday 1 April). However, having some examples, I can confirm Queen’s head), and all in all (in terms of
one thing now: that whilst the relatively recently withdrawn yellow-orange 9p ‘ATN’ defini- printing quality) it is far superior. (A sim­
tive (SG Y1695) has been re-issued to act as the current make-up value between standard ilar thing occurred with the re-issue of the
second and first class mail, the new stamps are neither old stock nor just a new printing 46p definitive in 2007; please see the June
from the original cylinder—but are instead a subtly new version. 2007 ‘Machin Watch’.)
It would seem likely that following the again at the beginning. The differences do
last tariff change the original 9p cylinder not end there though, as the new 9p is an
‘D1’ was destroyed once the 9p had been ‘Enhanced’ engraving and consequently
withdrawn from general sale, and thus a (from a specialised perspective) singles
new ‘ATN’ cylinder has now had to be are distinguishable. Before the 9p yellow-
made. Like other more recent new Machin orange was withdrawn, the most recent
cylinders, the new 9p doesn’t have the De printing (which was on non-fluorescent The new 9p is
La Rue logo engraved in the bottom left paper with cream PVA gum) was not of
corner. Interestingly, and just like its ear- the Enhanced engraving type; although it
an ‘Enhanced’
lier cousin, the new cylinder is numbered had been expected, an Enhanced version
‘D1’—but without the logo, cylinder blocks of the 9p never did surface before its with-
engraving and
are of course distinguishable. Had a new
9p cylinder been introduced whilst the 9p
drawal (see the tables in the October 2007
‘Machin Watch’). Therefore, the new 9p
consequently
was still in service then it would have been (also on non-fluorescent paper with cream
numbered ‘D2’, but with the old ‘D1’ cylin- PVA gum) is this new version (although
singles are
der now gone, the numbering could start rather belated). distinguishable
Value and bottom frame of two 9p D1 printings: the original 2005 printing
has the value positioned higher at about 3.2mm, whilst the new (2008)
printing has the value positioned lower at about 2.9mm

9p yellow-orange in D1 pD1 cylinder

blocks; shown at the left and with
the De La Rue logo is an earlier
‘ATN’ printing, at the right is the
new (Enhanced engraving) ‘ATN’
printing without the De La rue logo

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St Patrick, and the ‘Celebrating’/ ‘Glorious’ Issues for Northern ‘Glorious Scotland on 30 November 2007.
(Full reports on the previous issues can be
Ireland found in ‘Machin Watch’ in the following
In the northern hemisphere this year (2008 if you are re-reading this in years to come), issues of GSM: January, February, April and
the Vernal Equinox was on 20 March; the earliest it can be (I think). The ‘Vernal Equinox’ June 2007 and January 2008.) Both North­
(deriving from Latin: ‘vernal’ meaning spring, and ‘equinox’ meaning equal night) is the ern Ireland sheets are in the same style as
date in the first quarter of the year when night and day are virtually the same length, and those already issued for the other Saints’
it marks the beginning of spring. What has this to do with philately I hear you ask? Noth­ Days—but more on this later.
ing directly, although it does have a bearing on the issue date of the ‘Celebrating’ and
‘Glorious’ Northern Ireland issues we have been expecting. Why? Because, in 2008, Easter Miniature sheet and stamps
(which is linked to the vernal equinox) was unusually early; so early that St Patrick’s Day Printed by De La Rue on non-fluorescent
(historically 17 March) was officially (but temporarily) brought forward by two days—and, paper with cream PVA gum, the North­
of course, both the ‘Celebrating’ and ‘Glorious’ Northern Ireland issues were made avail­ ern Ireland miniature sheet (unlike the
able at this time to mark this important Saint’s Day. two previous ‘Celebrating’ issues, which
were gravure productions) is, surprisingly,
printed in litho. However, like the other
issues, it contains four stamps: two of which
are 78p long-landscape designs, and two
are 1st emblems; but, instead of re-using
or adapting existing designs, they are com­
pletely new (and in my opinion rather un­
inspiring) images! They are as follows: (top
left) ‘Carrickfergus Castle’ 1st emblem;
(top right) 78p long-landscape ‘St Patrick’;
(bottom left) 78p long-landscape ‘Belfast’s
Queen’s Bridge and Friendship Beacon’;
and (bottom right) ‘Giant’s Causeway’ 1st
emblem. Both emblem stamps have ellipses
whilst the long-landscape designs do not.
The four stamps are spaced apart from
each other and are set against a pleas­
ant background scene of the Cushendun
Hills in County Antrim. Each of the four
new stamps has two (side) phosphor
bands.

11 March 2008 ‘Celebrating Northern Ireland’ miniature sheet. It includes two

completely new emblem stamps showing Carrickfergus Castle and Giant’s Causeway
Easter is a very important religious holi­
day in the Christian year, but unlike Christ­
mas that is fixed in the civil calendar, it
is a movable feast owing to its association
with the Pascal full moon (the ecclesiast­
ical vernal equinox) which happens on
or after 21 March. Without wishing to
get into official and ecclesiastical vernal
equinoxes, and full moons, it is fair to say
that the general rule is that Easter Sunday
is the first Sunday after the first full moon
on or after the Spring Equinox. In 2008
this fell on 23 March. The week before
Easter Sunday is Holy Week and in 2008
the Monday (known as Holy Monday) was
17 March; also (usually) St Patrick’s Day!
In the Catholic Church Holy Week takes
precedence over all Saint’s Days, and this
is why in 2008 St Patrick’s Day moved to
Saturday 15 March. Also, at the specific
request of the Northern Irish Office (and
unlike similar issues for the England, Scot­
land and Wales which were actually issued
on the relevant Saint’s days), the special
Northern Ireland stamp sheets were issued
on Tuesday 11 March, so that any cards
bearing the stamps could be posted in
sufficient time to arrive at overseas destina­
tions for the preferred date. (As an aside,
Easter Sunday can fall on any date from
22 March to 25 April. However, it won’t be
on 23 March again until the year 2160 and
after that not until 2228; and Easter Sun­
day will not actually be on 22 March until
2285! Therefore I think it is fair to say that
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c­ urrent readers and yours truly won’t have
to be too concerned about it.)
So there we have it; the ‘Celebrating’
and ‘Glorious’ Northern Ireland issues
were deliberately issued on 11 March, a
few days ahead of St Patrick’s Day (usually
on 17 March but celebrated by some on
15 March).
The stamp issues
Forming part of a larger series marking the
four national Saints’ Days, let us remind our­
selves of the two stamp issues. Firstly there
is a miniature sheet: ‘Celebrating Northern
Ireland’ (the third in the series), and then
there is a ‘Smilers®’ style generic sheet:
‘Glorious Northern Ireland’ (the fourth in
the series). For the other national Saints’
Days, the first and second in the series of
miniature sheets were for Scotland on 30
November 2006 (St Andrews’s Day) and
England on 23 April 2007 (St George’s
Day). Where the ‘Smilers®’ style generic
sheets are concerned, the first in the series
was ‘Glorious Wales’ issued on 1 March 2007
(St David’s Day); this was quickly followed by
‘Glorious England’ on 23 April, and then by
The very first Northern Ireland emblem
stamps to be either self-adhesive or
without an ellipse
‘Smilers®’ style generic sheet
The generic sheet is self-adhesive and con­
tains 20×1st Northern Ireland emblem
‘Patchwork Fields’ design stamps (SG N7)
and each is adjacent to one of 20 labels
which together show ten different views
of Northern Ireland (i.e. each view is used
twice). Each label includes descriptive text
at the bottom, and the 20 labels/stamps
are set against a background image of the
Giant’s Causeway. (Unlike the previous
sheets for Wales, England and Scotland,
that have backgrounds based on their flags,
the Northern Ireland issue instead uses
an iconic image. Of course, none of the
Northern Ireland emblem stamps show a
national flag or symbol, but then perhaps
the use of such imagery is considered just
too controversial.)
All the labels have excellent images that
are again the result of some superb photo­
graphy, and together they act as a fine
advertisement for Northern Ireland as a
tourist destination. Several of the labels
show views of scenery and buildings—and
as with all the ‘Glorious’ issues are most
informative. I have never been to Northern
Ireland, but I now feel quite inspired to do
so. Living and working in North Devon,
I have a love of fine scenery and isolated
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rural locations, and the labels in this fine
sheet echo a similar feeling of peace and
tranquillity.
Technical
Just like its Welsh, English and Scottish
relations, ‘Glorious Northern Ireland’ is
printed by Cartor in litho, and the stamps
are self-adhesive and without ellipses—and
as such are fundamentally new because
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they are the very first Northern Ireland
emblem stamps to be either self-adhesive
or without an ellipse (let alone both at
the same time), or to be printed by Car-
tor. Being litho printed is not in itself new
as there are already litho 1st emblems
originating from various sources. Although
fairly unimportant when considered along-
side the other features, each stamp has two
(side) phosphor bands.
(Please note; as brought to readers’
attention in the April ‘Machin Watch’
‘Tailpiece’, advance Royal Mail publicity
for ‘Glorious Northern Ireland’ indicated
that the stamps would have ellipses—and
in ‘Machin Watch’ I hinted that this was un-
likely to be correct. So that there is no con-
fusion at all, ‘Glorious Northern Ireland’
does not have ellipses, regardless of what
you have read or seen elsewhere. Inconsist-

Left-hand half of
‘Glorious Northern
Ireland’ 20x1st
smilers-style self-
adhesive generic
sheet. The Patchwork
Fields stamps are
different to other
Patchwork Fields
stamps in being
self-adhesive and
not having ellipses.
The labels show
images from around
Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland 1st Patchwork Fields non-elliptical self-adhesive emblem stamp with Strangford Lough label from the Glorious
Northern Ireland sheet
encies between advance publicity and the
issued item do not begin and end with the
perforations though, as three of the labels
differ to the proposed and advertised im-
ages—but more on this in a moment.)
The labels
Firstly, and from the issued sheets, let’s
discuss the images that are on the labels—
some of which will only be immediately
familiar to those who live in Northern
Ireland or know it well. I for one did not
know of the places or things shown on all
the labels, and have therefore undertaken
some suitable research so that I could bring
you the essential details.
In the order in which they appear on
one half of an issued sheet, and running
from left to right, the images are as fol-
lows: ‘Belfast City Hall’ which needs little
explanation and is the home of Belfast
City Council; ‘Hands Across the Divide’
are a pair of bronze statues which have
outstretched hands and depict the theme
of reconciliation, and a welcoming feature
as you approach the city of Derry. Second
down on the left is a particularly lovely
aerial view of the ‘Carrick-a-Rede Rope
Bridge’, which is an 18-metre rope sus-
pension bridge crossing a 24-metre deep
chasm between the mainland on the North
Antrim Coastal Path and Carrick Island
(not for the faint hearted!). Adjacent is the
Devenish Island label; ‘Devenish Island’ is a
small island north of Enniskillen in ‘Lower
Lough’. The island contains the ruins of an
early (12th century) Christian Monastery.
Below the Rope Bridge label is ‘Slieve Bin-
nian’ in County Down, the third highest
mountain in Northern Ireland. The top of
the mountain has very rugged rocky tors
that are immediately obvious in the picture
on the label. Next is ‘Tievebulliagh’ (in
County Antrim), an internationally famous
site which Neolithic people used as an axe
factory. Then we have the ‘Kilnasaggart
Stone’; a stone pillar almost 2½ metres
high that is thought to be one of Ireland’s
oldest Christian monuments and can be
found in County Armagh, near Jonesboro.
‘Strangford Lough’ is the eighth label and
a personal favourite of mine. It shows an
aerial view of several lush and green islands
in Strangford Lough, and the image has
8
similarities to the Isles of Scilly. Strangford
is a spectacular sea Lough and an area of
Outstanding National Beauty; it is situ-
ated on the east coast of Northern Ireland
(north-east of Downpatrick) and is the
UK’s largest sea inlet with numerous inlets
and bays, and over 120 (yes—one hundred
and twenty) islands! The lower left label
is of the ‘Ulster American Folk Park’, an
open-air museum in County. Tyrone. The
final label is of ‘Castle Coole’, which is the
majestic 18th century stately home of the
Earl of Belmore. All in all, ‘Glorious North-
ern Ireland’ is truly a visual feast of what
Northern Ireland has to offer.
The discarded labels
As already indicated, there are some incon-
sistencies between Royal Mail’s advance
publicity and the issued generic sheet
(thanks ML from Berlin for bringing this
to my attention). Royal Mail have a publica-
tion entitled preview, and in number 178/
March 2008 they picture ‘Glorious North-
ern Ireland’ not only with ellipses—but
also with three entirely different labels to
those in the issued sheet. Whilst it is up to
Royal Mail if they change their mind about
labels, it certainly put the cat amongst the
pigeons where some readers were con-
cerned—as their immediate thought was
that there were two different sheets, and
that they only had one of them.
So, Royal Mail, if your advance publicity
can be a little more accurate in the future
it really would help to avoid those palpita-
tions. I can probably forgive a last minute
change to the labels, but ellipses no; you
were never going to issue this sheet with
ellipses so why incorporate them into your
artwork at all? Back to the labels, and origin­
ally intended (and illustrated in preview)
were labels for ‘Ballycopeland Windmill’
in County Down; ‘Inch Abbey’ beside the
Forthcoming ‘Celebrating’ and ‘Glorious’ issues
Don’t forget that still to come is a ‘Celebrating Wales’ miniature sheet (presumably
in early 2009), and concluding the whole ‘Glorious’ series in September this year
is ‘Glorious UK’. The latter is likely to include five each of 1st stamps for England,
Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales (and presumably 20 different labels in all).
Anyway, more on this later in the year.
River Quoile near Downpatrick; and Rath-
lin Island which is three miles off the north
coast. Instead we have ‘Devenish Island’,
the ‘Ulster American Folk Park’ and ­‘Castle
Coole’. Furthermore, the other seven ­labels
are in a different order to that shown in
the preview. So if you have the Royal Mail
preview don’t worry, there is only one sheet
and it is as pictured in this article.
Background and legend
There are many stories and interpreta-
tions of Patrick and his rise to the status of
patron saint, and it is of course necessary
to try and distinguish between fact and
folklore, history and legend—and it isn’t
always easy (and certainly isn’t for me to do
in what is essentially a magazine dedicated
to philately). Of course, few patron saints
inspire the level of interest and following
that St Patrick achieves; through interna-
tional St Patrick’s Day revelry he really is
one of the most widely celebrated saints
in the world. In my brief and ignorant
attempt to distinguish fact from fiction, I
think it is fair to say that Patrick was born
in Britain towards the end of Roman times,
and at the age of 16 (c.405 AD) he was cap-
tured by a gang of Irish pirates who took
him back to Ireland where he was enslaved
in County Antrim. After about six years he
escaped back to Britain but, believing his
kidnapping was a punishment for a lack of
faith, decided to become a priest and to re-
turn to Ireland and convert the Irish from
their pagan ways to Christianity—and so St
Patrick has become a national icon and is
really accredited for bringing Christianity
to Ireland, and not for driving away the
snakes, which is a commonly heard legend
(although of course there is significant
symbolism in the driving away of snakes
if you consider them, in reality, to be the
pagans and pirates).
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‘Ice Cream’ retail booklet ‘seaside’. The booklet tab (visible from the
Originally brought to your attention in the March ‘Machin Watch’, is a new 6×1st self- front when the booklet is closed) repeats
adhesive retail booklet which (in the words of Royal Mail) ‘will be issued in early summer the slogan. The intact matrix is intended
to support our stamp retailers’. The booklet is intended to target retailers in seaside towns to go beyond being only a medium for the
and consumers sending holiday postcards, and is no doubt to encourage (and increase) slogan, as it is also being utilised to take the
the sending of holiday mail. I had indicated that this booklet would be issued on 20 May, holiday branding further by having a back-
but it now seems likely that it will be issued a week earlier on 13 May. Including two 1st ‘Ice ground design printed on to it. The image
Cream’ stamps from the 2007 ‘Beside the Seaside’ commemorative issue, the booklet’s title is of a small wave just lapping the beach.
needs no further explanation (the other four 1st stamps are standard gold definitives). Like other retail booklets with branding
across their tabs, there
will be none with cylin-
der numbers (which is
a shame).

Proposed design and layout of the 6x1st Ice Cream retail booklet
When I outlined this booklet earlier,
I did not know if it would be in the style
of the recent Valentine booklet (i.e. with
definitive-sized ‘Ice Cream’ stamps), or
if it would see a return to the 6×1st self-
adhesive booklets with which we became
familiar in 2001 through to 2004—i.e. with
a central arrangement of four standard
NVIs flanked on either side by a full-sized
commemorative. Well I am pleased to say
it is the latter, and I don’t think that I was
alone in thinking it was rather a shame
when the earlier mixed definitive/com-
memorative style retail booklets came to
an end; amongst others I am sure we all
remember the ‘Punch and Judy’ (SG PM3),
‘World Cup Football’ (PM6) and ‘Ocean
Liners’ (PM13) booklets.
Assuming there are no last minute
changes by Royal Mail (I am writing based
on advance publicity), the ‘Ice Cream’ re-
tail booklet will be a Walsall gravure print-
ing—and rather interestingly will only have
part of the matrix stripped! Apparently the
matrix surrounding the 1st gold stamps will
be removed, whilst that around the com-
memoratives will be left in place—and this
Circular
labelled
‘Smilers®’
sheet follow-
up
In the April ‘Machin
Watch’ I discussed
the circular labelled
‘Smilers®’ sheet, but
could not identify
all the views on the
labels. Thanks to B M in Crawley I can now
report that the label with the Caravan is
is so that a slogan can be formed by print- a picture from the ‘Isle of Harris’ in the
ing words both above and below the com- Outer Hebrides. I wrongly guessed that the
memoratives on the matrix. The slogan image of young people punting on a river
should read ‘oh I do like to be beside the was in Oxford as it is actually in Cambridge.
seaside’, with ‘oh I do’ printed above the Still a mystery are the labels with the tour
left commemorative, and ‘like to be’ below. bus, and the location of the boys playing
Above the right hand ‘Ice Cream’ stamp cricket, the Spitfire, and the family enjoy-
will be ‘beside the’, and, below, the word ing a picnic.
Tailpiece
As I draw this particular article to a close, I thought that you would welcome advance
news of some other issues that are due later in the year. By all accounts it looks as
though the remainder of 2008 will be reasonably busy; to come in June and as a pro-
motional vehicle for the commemorative ‘Carry On/Hammer’ issue is a 6×1st retail
booklet. Details are sketchy at this stage, but I am guessing it will be a standard gold
booklet with a promotional label (like a 6×1st ‘Smilers®’ retail booklet). Anyway, once
I have more detail I will include it in ‘Machin Watch’. 2008 is the 50th Anniversary of
the first Regional definitives, and so there are some issues in the pipeline to celebrate
this; there is a miniature sheet and apparently also a Prestige booklet. As the winter
approaches, the third in the series of ‘Lest We Forget’ miniature sheets will be is-
sued; it will be similar to previous issues in that it will have a specially designed Poppy
stamp and four emblem stamps, and this year the Poppy stamp will also be available
in sheets—but se-tenant with its 2006 and 2007 siblings. So, as always, there is much to
look forward to; enjoy—and book your copy of GSM now (or take out a subscription
so that you don’t miss a single issue).

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parts, the first of which will be published on 25 April 2008.
The new Volume 4 lists all Machin Head stamps showing specific values, apart from those with
self-adhesive gum. It covers all low and high value Machins in the detail expected by specialist
collectors, together with relevant booklets and booklet panes.
The catalogue has been completely re-set and illustration quality is much improved. Prices have
been carefully reviewed, with notable increases for certain date blocks and errors.
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GB Postal Stationery,
Postal Labels and Postmarks
John Holman reports on recent developments
Postal Stationery
The sender’s name and address text on
the back of the standard aerogramme is
being moved slightly to the right so that
it isn’t ­ covered by the sealing flap. This
change is to be found on discount (starred)
aerogrammes with the MSE342/07 printing
reference on the flap.
Last time I mentioned a new book, Col-
lect British Postal Stationery (CBPS), by Alan
Huggins and Colin Baker. This largely su-
persedes Dr Huggins’ acclaimed work pub-
lished back in 1970. A new edition has been
eagerly awaited and will not disappoint. Yet
CBPS is not designed simply as a replace-
ment for the earlier work, which contains
a very considerable amount of additional
background and specialised data that may
not necessarily be of primary importance to
all collectors. Despite its subtitle, ‘A Simpli-
fied Listing of British Postal Stationery 1840 to
2007’, CBPS is a major piece of work, distil-
ling detailed study and research into a
manageable, well-illustrated book that I
am sure will encourage interest in postal
stationery collecting.
The listings are arranged in broad cat-
egories such as Envelopes, Letter Sheets,
Telegraph Forms, Postcards, Newspaper
Wrappers, Certificates of Posting, Registered,
Recorded and Special Delivery Envelopes,
Letter Cards and Air Mail Letter Sheets
(aerogrammes), sub-divided as required.
Each section is well illustrated showing en-
tire items of stationery or the imprinted
stamps to facilitate identification, and each
item has a reference number which will be
G.S.M. May 2008
BRITISH STAMPS
used by both collectors and dealers. Items cachets. Keep a look out for genuine used
are priced mint and used although much examples. The many special issue aero-
modern material is unpriced used. As I grammes, from the 1948 Olympic Games
have noted here before, commercially used to the 2006/7 Christmas issue are all listed,
examples (as opposed to philatelic usage, with their stamps and pictorial front ­panels
often with special handstamps) of modern all illustrated—some 171 colourful images.
items are rarely seen on the market, and Numerous Stamped To Order (STO) aero-
it is thus difficult to give a price. Where grammes are also listed, some being PO
modern material is priced mint and used, issues with extra stamps added—mostly pro-
the used prices are often higher, sometimes duced for a small but enthusiastic philatelic
much higher. The Postcard section includes clientele. The authors are to be commended
commemorative issues such as the 1924–25 for a job well done, likely to remain the
Wembley Exhibition, 1993 London and standard reference work on GB postal sta-
Stratford scenes, 1994 Giant’s Causeway, tionery for many years. CBPS costs £30 (post-
and the latest 2007 Scout Centenary set. The age £4 UK, £7 Europe, £10 Rest of World
recent issues are not priced used. airmail) from Ian Harvey, 27 Landford Rd,
The Registered envelopes section in- London SW15 1AQ; remittances payable
cludes the modern ‘plastic’ Special Delivery to Great Britain Philatelic Society. It is also
issues bearing a ‘Paid’ or PPI type indicia available from Stanley Gibbons.
rather than a Machin head stamp. These
Special Delivery envelopes, it is noted, also Handstamps
exist without prepayment indicia, requiring Further to earlier listings of numbered
adhesive stamps (or meter impressions) to packet handstamps, the following have been
be affixed. These ‘fall outside the currently reported by readers: BIRMINGHAM – 5, 17,
accepted definition of postal stationery’ and 22, 26, 27, 32, 37, 38, 300; BIRMINGHAM
thus are not listed. Also noted are similar MAIL CENTRE – 146; BRISTOL/BATH
items ‘used by the Post Office for their own AND TAUNTON – 49; MOUNT PLEAS-
mail’. ANT – 157, 164; GREENFORD/WIND-
The final section lists what is probably the SOR/MAIL CENTRE/UB6 0GG – 383, 510,
most popular postal stationery area—Air 528, 537, 666, 668, 808, 833, 869, 873, 893;
Mail Letter Sheets or aerogrammes, first LEEDS – 39; and LEEDS MAIL CENTRE
issued in 1943. Of the standard PO issues – 57, 80.
only those of George VI and pre-decimal A regular correspondent reports a number
Elizabeth II are priced used. Until the last of old numbered packet handstamps: HAR-
ten years, aerogrammes were still sold and ROW MLO – 7; LONDON S.W.D.O./SW1
used in large quantities, but decimal issues – 32, 34, and 72 (1967–8); LONDON E1-
are hardly ever seen in dealers’ stocks, apart E18 – 70 (1997); GOLDERS GREEN S.D.O./
from those with special postmarks or flight N.W.11 – 7 (1970); LONDON E.C./* – 13
Postal Rates
On 20 December 2007 Royal Mail announced the annual postal rate increase—to take
effect from 7 April 2008. The basic UK 2nd and 1st class rates for standard size letters are
scheduled to go up by 3p and 2p to 27p and 36p respectively. For businesses using meter
machines, the rates are 24p and 34p, a 3p and 2p discount on affixing stamps. A conces-
sion for meter users was introduced for 1st class mail in April 2005 and extended to 2nd
class in April 2006. For Large Letters the new minimum rates will be 52p and 42p (1st
and 2nd class), up 4p and 2p respectively. Meter users will pay 46p and 37p, a discount
of 6p and 5p. The minimum rate for packets will be £1.14 and 95p (1st and 2nd class),
up 5p and 3p; meter users will pay £1.06 and 90p, a concession of 8p and 5p.
UK Recorded Delivery increases 2p to 72p (plus 1st or 2nd class postage), and the
basic rates for special delivery 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. services are now £10.30 (up 95p)
and £4.60 (up 30p). There is a concessionary price for users of meters. The minimum
UK Standard Parcel rate will be £4.20, up 35p from £3.85.
For international mail, the minimum rate for Europe (up to 20g.) increases by 2p to
50p (49p for meter users), and airmail postcards and minimum rate letters (to 10g.) are
up 2p to 56p (55p for meters). The minimum rate for surface letters is increased 2p to
48p. The cost of sending a letter by the International Airsure and International Signed
For services remains £4.20 and £3.50 respectively, plus relevant postage. Standard aero-
grammes (airletters) are up 2p to 50p (£2.76 for pack of six), and pictorial Christmas
aerogrammes will now cost 63p.
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Postal Labels
A new label has
been seen on
insured mail
delivered in the
UK and posted
from overseas.
This comprises a
barcoded label,
with Royal Mail
logo, and word-
ing ‘Insured
item/Signature
required’. The
first examples I
have seen were on insured packets from Italy handled by Mount Pleasant in January 2008.
Self-adhesive ‘Signature required’ labels (or a similar handstamp) are found on incoming
registered mail—first reported here in May 2006.
In February I reported new printings of Recorded and Special Delivery labels with
June 2007 dates. Both can be found in two variations. The Recorded label exists with
dull orange background and printed on a single piece of paper and with bright orange
background and joined paper, showing on the reverse as white at top and cream below.
Similarly, the Special label exists with pale grey background on single paper and with dull
grey background on joined paper. Furthermore, on the dull grey version the words ‘Royal
Mail’ are in larger and bolder lettering on he second portion of the label—the barcoded
section which is affixed to the letter when sent. The International Signed for label is now
out with revised June 2007 imprint and with revised Royal Mail Group Ltd (instead of plc)
name. I found this printing in a central London post office in January 2008 but it may have
been out for some time.
As has been mentioned here before, Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man use Royal Mail
Recorded and Special Delivery labels. Some have a special prefix to the serial number, as
for example on a Recorded label on a recent packet from Jersey—the prefix being ‘JR’.
(1969); LONDON W.D.O. – 142 (1970); DORSET MAIL CENTRE (35mm, 09 DEC
and LONDON I.S. MLO – 62 (1995). 2007), WORCESTER MAIL(?) OFFICE/
Amongst many packet handstamps re- WR4 9WW (35mm, 11 DEC 2007) (partly
cently seen or reported are: CANTERBURY missing, may be MAIL), ROYAL MAIL/
MAIL CENTRE/CT1 1AA (36mm, 17 DEC NORTHERN IRELAND (36mm, 02 DEC
2007), SOUTH LONDON/MAIL ­CENTRE 2007), CHELMSFORD/MAIL CENTRE
SW8 5BB (30mm, 30 JLY 2007), DE DD (37mm, 03 DEC 2007), BRADFORD.BD1
CYMRU/S E WALES (31mm, 06 DEC 1AA (35mm, 13 DEC 2007), CUMBRIA
2007), HEMEL HEMPSTEAD MC/MAIN DUMFRIES/& GALLOWAY (30mm, 25
DESPATCH (37mm, 1 JUN 2007 and 7 JAN 2008), STRETFORD/MANCHESTER
JAN 2008), HEMEL HEMPSTEAD/MAIL (30mm, 07 DEC 2007, in blue ink), 205
CENTRE (31mm, 04 JUN 2007), CHESTER OLD STREET/BRANCH OFFICE (30mm,
N WALES/CAER GOG CYMRU (37mm 18 JAN 2008), BRADFORD MAIL ­CENTRE
13 JUN 2007), WORCESTER/HERE­FORD (35mm, 23 FEB 2008) and CAMBER-
(36mm, 03 SEP 2007), ROYAL MAIL/ WELL/COLLECTIONS/LONDON SE5
9JH (37mm, 11 DEC 2007).
Two oval handstamps are reported—
SWANSEA/SA1 1AA (-6 JUN and 20 JUL
2007), and SOUTHAMPTON/MAIL
­CENTRE (12 DEC 2007), also two single-
Birmingham
line datestamps—DEC 04 2007 (on postcard
Official-Vagues
sent from Woking, Surrey) and 6- DEC 2007
Duty and
Southampton (sadly, the envelope gives no clue as to place
Mail Centre of origin). A boxed ‘SOUTHAMPTON’ is
handstamps noted (57×32mm, 10 JAN 2008).
Two unusual handstamps are reported by
a reader—EDINBURGH/WRITING CLERK
Improved ink-jet slogan (Moving Home) from
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(30mm, 9 NOV 2007) on a returned item of
mail, and OFFICIAL-VAGUES DUTY/BIR-
MINGHAM B6 4AA (35mm, 27 JUL 2007)
on a cover seemingly with an incomplete
address which needed to be checked before
delivery.
Ink-jet postmarks
A ‘James Bond Stamps on Sale 8 Jan’ slogan
was used at IMP offices during January.
Crewe was to have used a slogan promoting
Liverpool as European City of Culture 2008
but this slogan was cancelled in early Janu-
ary. A ‘Nominate your Children’s Cham-
pion’ slogan was announced for use 11–16
February. Otherwise, throughout February
a Stampex slogan was scheduled for use at
the London South, Chelmsford, Gatwick,
Greenford, and Watford mail centres and
a slogan promoting the Great British Mon-
archs stamps (28 February) at other centres.
From 1–16 March a slogan promoting the
Insects stamps (15 April) was used, followed
for the rest of March by one advertising
Royal Mail’s Keepsafe service. Not all of-
fices used these slogans throughout the
advertised dates, indeed some offices may
not have used them at all. Full details of use
are recorded in the British Postmark Society
Journal.
Late use of a number of ink-jet slogans
are reported—Diamond Wedding at Ches-
ter, Swansea and Worcester on 8, 7 and 11
December respectively. The Army Uniforms
was still in use at Cardiff on 14 December,
Energy Week at Carlisle on 15 December,
and Christmas Stamps on Sale 6 Novem-
ber at Chester and Preston on 5 and 6
December.
The IMP machines which apply ink-jet
postmarks are to be upgraded, hopefully
resulting in a cleaner impression of the post-
mark. Since last Autumn, new printers have
been tested at Leeds, yielding easier to read
impressions of a number of slogans—ex­
amples have been illustrated in the Newslet-
ter of the Postal Mechanisation Study Group
which is carefully monitoring and record-
ing the new developments. The Newsletter
noted ‘In preparation for the roll-out of the
programme, some preparatory work has
taken place at a few mail centres: HWDC
(Heathrow Distribution Centre), Manches-
ter, Cardiff, NW Midlands, and Greenford.
As a result variations from the correct slo-
gans have occurred from time to time.’ This
involved late use of the Army Uniforms
slogan at Cardiff and the Find Madeleine
slogan at NW Midlands (Wolverhampton)
on 20 September, 31 October, and 1 Novem­
ber 2007, Harry Potter at Greenford on 19
September and Smiler at Manchester on
Leeds Mail Centre
G.S.M. May 2008

23 September. The Newsletter report notes
that ‘usually these variations were used on
just one IMP with the other IMPs using the
correct slogan’.
The IMP upgrade programme, will re­
place old parts and enable the machines to
perform better by reducing rejected mail.
The £55 million being spent on IMPs is part
of a £1.2 billion investment package agreed
with the Government so that Royal Mail can
better compete with the new private post
operators, some of which are using the latest
sorting equipment.
Christmas slogans
I noted a number of old Christmas slo­
gans used at offices with ‘Universal’ or
CFC machines: ‘Season’s Greetings’ ­(Father
Christmas design) from Paisley; ‘Happy
Christmas/PLEASE/POST EARLY’ (Snow­
man design) used at Ballymena, Derby, Edin­
burgh, Glasgow, Gloucestershire, Peebles,
Teesside, and Tonbridge. In addition this
slogan is reported, used with a diamond-
shaped mark at left/right on mail posted
from the Dundee area. ‘A HAPPY/Christ­
mas/THE POST OFFICE’ was noted from
Leeds, Swindon, and Tonbridge; and ‘A
Card makes everyone’s Christmas’ (holly
design) at Chelmsford, and Teesside, and
‘What will you send this Christmas?’ at
Greenford, and Swindon.
A more comprehensive listing is expected
to be published in the April journal of the
British Postmark Society.
An unannounced ‘KEEP IT SECRET!/
SEND A CARD/FOR/VALENTINE’S DAY’
slogan was used in Edinburgh, dates seen
6–11 February 2008.
Surcharged Mail
I have some interesting covers to report,
beginning with two examples of the black
on yellow self-adhesive Revenue Protection
label, showing different settings of 6p de­
ficient postage. One is inscribed ‘06’, the
other ‘6’, with the total To Pay shown
as ‘1.06’ and ‘£1.06’. In both cases the
Handling Fee is indicated as ‘£1.00’. On a
third label, 24p was unpaid and the total
of ‘£1.24’ is twice underlined. This was on
a cover with a ‘ROYAL MAIL/REVENUE
PROTECTION/BIRMINGHAM’ hand­
stamp (36mm, 12 DEC 2007) applied in
black ink. A regular correspondent submits
a cover sent from the Isle of Man with a 1st
class Machin. This bears a ‘DOUGLAS/
ISLE OF MAN’ (37mm, 20 APR 2007), and
a boxed ‘STAMP INVALID/£.p TO PAY’
Printed postage impressions—‘bb’ and
Reader’s Digest ‘stamp’ alongside
standard ‘m’ (mailsort) PPI
Valentine’s Day slogan used at
Edinburgh
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BRITISH STAMPS
Bulk Mail Postmarks
Reports continue to come in of unusual examples of cancels applied
to bulk mail advertising circulars; three
rather crude wavy lines cancelling a 1st
class 2007 Christmas stamp with return
address of Nissan Motor (GB) Ltd, Bristol
BS35 3NS, and four much sharper lines
cancelling a 2nd class standard definitive
on cover from Taylor’s Port, London
W1F 0BQ—gummed stamp cut from coil
with clipped perfs on right side.
A regular correspondent who checks large quantities of
kiloware has sent some examples of bulk mail cancels on
piece. These include three 2nd class stamps with patterns
of lines I hadn’t previously seen and which are illustrated
here.
(with 1.31 entered in manuscript), both in date so a ‘WATFORD MAIL CENTRE/
red. Also in red is a triangular handstamp ­METERDUTY’ handstamp was applied over
inscribed ‘ROYAL MAIL/SURCHARGE the date but unfortunately this handstamp
PAID/DATE:’. An interesting cover. This was not dated! The second cover bears a
triangular handstamp has also been seen ‘0000’ rated Wigan meter of 12.10.07 over­
cancelling a Revenue Protection label (16p stamped by the ‘Lifebelt’ style handstamp
Unpaid, £1.00 Handling Fee and 116p TO at Bolton, dated 16 OCT 2007. This type of
PAY) on an underpaid Large Letter cover datestamp was previously used on prepaid
addressed to Oxford in November 2007. mail, and was perhaps here applied to show
Another Revenue Protection label bears that the unpaid postage had been claimed
‘24’ Unpaid, and ‘124p TO PAY’, both in from the sender.
large bold figures; the £1.00 Handling Fee is
in normal style figures. This label was tied by Printed Postage Impressions
a boxed ‘SURCHARGE PAID’ handstamp Two PPIs caught my eye recently—one
with, alongside, a circular ‘ROYAL MAIL worded ‘bb/ROYAL MAIL/POSTAGE
LONDON SOUTH/REVENUE PROTEC­ PAID GB/HQ81’ and the other on a Spe­
TION/SURCHARGE…’ (rest unclear), cial Delivery label inscribed ‘sd’/ROYAL
dated 11 DEC 2007. MAIL/POSTAGE PAID/HQ21414’. The
A reader reports boxed markings ‘1ST self-adhesive label includes the Special De­
(2ND) CLASS/PAID/CROYDON MAIL livery barcoding and was from the CSC
CENTRE’ dated November 2007. These may Repair Centre in Chesterfield.
be used on mail to indicate that the unpaid Interesting covers sent by Reader’s Digest
postage has been claimed from the sender. in Leicester are reported by two readers.
He also reported a ‘REVENUE PROTEC­ These bears a standard ‘m’ (Mailsort) PPI
TION CHECKED/CORRECT POSTAGE’ with nearby a stamp-like image, with simu­
mark on a letter bearing a Billericay meter lated perforations, showing the Reader’s
mark of 17 October 2007—clearly Royal Digest logo, the initials ‘RD’, and an impress­
Mail staff were carrying out a check on meter ive frontage of a building. I am hoping a
mail to ensure the right amount of postage reader can identify it for us.
had been paid, especially on larger items. A regular correspondent reports a PPI
with the word ‘AIRMAIL’ below ‘ROYAL
Meters MAIL’; the serial number is 12584. Sadly he
A reader sent two interesting covers. has only part of the PPI and envelope so no
The first bears an Enfield meter dated further details can be given. It is the first PPI
22.10.07—this may have been the wrong with Airmail inscription I have heard of.
My thanks to S Ball, W Bushell, C Davies, S Dunn, C Francis,
S Gilson, S Goron, N Handley, R Holman, B Kipps, V McGill,
J Moody, D Myall, D Price, D Rye, C Sinnott and R Steward
for reports included here. I am always pleased to receive, c/o
the Editor, reports for these articles and will acknowledge and
include as many as possible, but regret cannot answer letters.
BRITISH STAMPS
GBCATALOGUE
A supplement to Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Specialised Catalogue
Volume 4 (9th edition) and Volume 5 (3rd edition).
Continued from April 2008
Fourth pane printed in photogravure comprising 2×(1st), 2×72p. 2 bands (blue fluor) on
nonfluorescent coated paper. Perforated 14½×14. The margin shows Telstar beam and Earth.
The pane is rouletted twice between stitched margin and to left of the four se-tenant stamps.
WP1924
WP1924 (containing Nos.W1916/7, W1920/1) (1.3.07) … … … … …
Add to Section XE Regional Pictorial Booklet Panes (Photo)
I. SCOTLAND
From £7·49 World of Invention Prestige Stamp Booklet No. DX38
The other panes in the booklet are Nos. WP1923/4 (Section W) and UEP47
First pane comprising Scotland 3×(2nd) 4·5mm centre band and Wales 3×44p. two bands
(blue fluor) each pair se-tenant on nonfluorescent coated paper. The margin shows map of Menai
Straits. The pane is rouletted twice between stitched margin and to left of the six se-tenant stamps.
Perforated 15×14 with one elliptical perf. hole on each vertical edge and printed in photogravure.
XSP4
XSP3 (containing Nos. XS76×3, XW66C×3) (1.3.07) … … … … …
Add to Section UD Machin (Gravure)
Continued from November 2004 Specialised Catalogue Supplement.
5p. Dull Red-brown (1988-2007)
Printed by DE LA RUE from computer engraved cylinders
B. PVA (cream). Sheets, (5.05). £7·49 World of Invention se-tenant pane UEP47 (1.3.07)
U140G 5p. Dull red-brown … … … … … … … … 25
Cylinder Numbers (Blocks of Six)
Perforation Type RE
Cyl. No. Phos. No. No dot Dot
D1 D1 … … … … … 4·00 4·00
D2 D1 … … … … … 4·00 4·00
Dates of Printing (Blocks of Eight)
Date Margin at Date Margin at
left or right Source left or right Source
23/05/05 3·50 D1 (D1) 23/08/06 5·00 D2 (D1)
23/07/05 3·50 24/08/06 3·50
09/11/05 3·50 03/11/06 3·50
12/01/06 3·50 D2 (D1) 16/03/07 3·50
17/03/06 3·50 19/03/07 3·50
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The following are taken from the GB Specialised Catalogue (10th) edition. Changes to postal
rates came into force on 2 April 2007. The five new definitives were issued on 27 March and
the 46p. yellow was returned to general sale to cover the overseas surface mail rate.
16p. Pale Cerise (2007)
Printed by DE LA RUE from computer engraved cylinders
2007 (27 MARCH). PERF. 15×14 (E). TWO (long wave) BANDS (blue fluor).
NFCP/PVA (cream)
U243A (=S.G. Y1676d) 16p. Pale cerise … … … … … … … … 35 35
Cylinder Numbers (Blocks of Six)
Perforation Type RE
Cyl. No. Phos. No. No dot Dot
D1 D1 … … … … … 3·50 3·50
Dates of Printing (Blocks of Eight)
Margin at Margin at
Date left or right Date left or right
05/01/07 4·50 02/04/07 4·50
48p. Bright Mauve (2007)
Printed by DE LA RUE from computer engraved cylinders
2007 (27 MARCH). PERF. 15×14 (E). TWO (long wave) BANDS (blue fluor).
NFCP/PVA (cream)
£7·66 The Machin se-tenant pane UEP48 (5.6.07)
U421 (=S.G. Y1717a) 48p. Bright mauve … … … … … … … 1·00 1·00
Cylinder Numbers (Blocks of Six)
Perforation Type RE
Cyl. No. Phos. No. No dot Dot
5·50 D1 D1 … … … … … 6·25 6·25
Dates of Printing (Blocks of Eight)
Margin at Margin at
Date left or right Date left or right
11/01/07 7·75 08/05/07 7·75
12/01/07 7·75
50p. Grey (2007)
Printed by DE LA RUE from computer engraved cylinders
2007 (27 MARCH). PERF. 15×14 (E). TWO (long wave) BANDS (blue fluor).
NFCP/PVA (cream)
U439 (=S.G. Y1719b) 50p. Grey … … … … … … … … … … 1·00 1·00
Cylinder Numbers (Blocks of Six)
Perforation Type RE
Cyl. No. Phos. No. No dot Dot
D2 D1 … … … … … 6·25 6·25
Dates of Printing (Blocks of Eight)
Margin at Margin at
Date left or right Date left or right
09/01/07 7·75 24/05/07 7·75
03/04/07 7·75
54p. Red-brown (2007)
Printed by DE LA RUE from computer engraved cylinders
2007 (27 MARCH). PERF. 15×14 (E). TWO (long wave) BANDS (blue fluor).
NFCP/PVA (cream)
U444 (=S.G. Y1719c) 54p. Red-brown … … … … … … … … 1·10 1·10
Cylinder Numbers (Blocks of Six)
3·00 Perforation Type RE
Cyl. No. Phos. No. No dot Dot
D1 D1 … … … … … 7·25 7·25
Dates of Printing (Blocks of Eight)
Margin at Margin at
Date left or right Date left or right
08/01/07 9·25 03/04/07 9·25
09/01/07 9·25 04/04/07 9·25
78p. Emerald (2007)
Printed by DE LA RUE from computer engraved cylinders
2007 (27 MARCH). PERF. 15×14 (E). TWO (long wave) BANDS (blue fluor).
NFCP/PVA (cream)
U474 (=S.G. Y1724a) 78p. Emerald … … … … … … … … 1·50 … 1·50
Cylinder Numbers (Blocks of Six)
Perforation Type RE
Cyl. No. Phos. No. No dot Dot
D1 D1 … … … … … 10·00 10·00
Dates of Printing (Blocks of Eight)
Margin at Margin at
Date left or right Date left or right
10/01/07 12·00 14/09/07 12·00
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The Telegraph Stamps of India
Steve Hiscocks explains why one normally only finds the upper
halves of Indian telegraph stamps—and highlights some of the rarities
to look out for

T he first telegraph department in India was set up in 1851, independently of the Post
Office, and telegrams were paid for, initially in cash and later through the use of
stamped papers. Adhesive stamps were ordered from De La Rue in 1856, received in
Cancellations
The cancellations found on used upper
halves form an interesting study in their
Calcutta in 1858, distributed in 1859 and first used in January 1860. Things moved slowly own right. The norm was a town name and
in those days. These were the famous Electric Telegraph issue which, due mainly to admin- date in black letters from 4mm to 8mm tall
istrative confusion and ineptitude, were little used. There were 12,000 each of the 4a. and but occasionally blue or red inks were used.
1r. and 500 of the 4r. printed but the vast majority were still unused when they were with- A few were cancelled with c.d.s. strikes
drawn nine years later and these were either overprinted for Court Fee use or destroyed. and a few in manuscript. Just a couple
They are very rare, the two lower values selling for several hundred pounds, while the 4r. of places, Madras and Pondicherry, used
value has not been seen on the market in the last 40-odd years that I have been looking. diamonds and one should also look out for
those used in Burma, usually Rangoon, and
Ceylon, where one must be careful not to
confuse the ‘BO’ or ‘OMB’ of ‘BOMBAY’
with those of ‘COLOMBO’.
In 1881–2 there arose a shortage of low
value stamps and provisionals with ‘TELE-
GRAPH’ overprinted on special adhes-
ive stamps, the general-purpose revenue
stamps of the time, were issued. These were
set and printed in Calcutta, Bombay and
The 4a. and 1r. Electric Telegraph
Madras in numbers ranging from 48,000
stamps. Why one should have a
margin and the other not is not known
down to 400. All of them are expensive
and some very expensive. Distinguishing
between these printings is tricky, especially
The second issue, 1869, again by De La The 1869 set showed many variations of with used halves, and too specialised a sub-
Rue, saw a significant change in design. paper (bluish to white), shade, inverted ject for a general article like this, although
These were the first of the double-head watermarks and, in five of the 12 values, of it is interesting to note that the typesetters
issues, necessitated by the Indian Telegraph die. Used stamps are, of course, normally
Department custom of sticking the stamps just the upper halves. The lower halves
paying for each telegram across the junction were supposed never to fall into the hands
between the message and receipt sections of of the public and any clerk who stuck a
the form and then cutting the receipt off so stamp on upside-down was fined the value
that the customer had evidence that he had of the stamp because it was assumed that
paid and the man with his thumb on the any lower halves falling into public hands
sounder key in the back office could also see would be used, together with a legitimately
that the message had been paid for and so held top half, to ‘reconstruct’ a new stamp.
that receipts could later be checked against What the wicked public were expected to
stamps sold in the checking office. With the do about the heavy black cancellations is
Electric Telegraph design this meant that not known. In practice, a few used lower
The Queen’s head was normally cut in half, halves did escape and are occasionally
which did not bother the British officials found. Early ones command perhaps five
but which the Indian staff considered very to ten times the prices of used upper halves The watermarks on the 1869 set (W1)
disrespectful. With the double-head design and later, King Edward VII ones rather and the 1882 set (W2). The slight
this minor problem was avoided. less. difference in size is not real

The first ‘double head’ set. The 1a. came out four years later, which is why it was not in the Specimen set

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in Calcutta set their ‘TELEGRAPH’ higher
than in Bombay and Madras to avoid print-
ing it across The Queen’s face. Details may
be found in Telegraph and Telephone Stamps
of the World, Hiscocks, 1982.

New watermark
The above provisionals were used while
deliveries of new stocks from De La Rue
in London were awaited. These were of
the same designs as the later printings of
the earlier types, except for the omission
of the 14r.4a. and 28r.8a., which had been
introduced in accordance with the Vienna
International Telegraph Conference of
1868 and were no longer needed. This
1882 set differed however in being on a
new watermarked paper. The two Crown/
India watermarks, W1 and W2, are shown
and the two key points to note are that the The three 2r. provisionals of 1899/1900, the Calcutta overprint on the left and the De
La Rue on the right, and a photocopy of the new ‘old head’ 2r. stamp which replaced
A Calcutta provisional on Special them. The actual stamp is pale yellow on white and is so difficult to see that Calcutta
Adhesive, Hiscocks 22, and two halves printed red lines across the lower halves while Madras and Bombay applied red lines
of the Madras 4a. provisional, Hiscocks in ink with a ruler because the clerks could not see which way up the stamps should
29. Note the higher setting on the go and were fined two rupees, the value of the stamp, if they got it wrong
Calcutta stamp

crown in W1 has two bands compared with
one band in W2 while the diagonal in the
‘N’ of ‘INDIA’ in W1 is straight while that
in W2 is not. This set was in use for eight
years and shows some shade variations but
is otherwise well behaved. However the Tele-
graph Department then began to worry
that criminals might be able to construct
‘new’ stamps from two used upper halves
and asked De La Rue to prepare a new set
with only one head. This was the 1890 set.
The 1890 set included the same values
as the 1882 set and was printed on the
same paper. The head was on the lower

Not in the greatest condition but an interesting receipt of 1885 showing the normal
use of India telegraph stamps and why almost all used stamps are found as upper
halves from receipts retained by the customers. While this is an Indian Government
Telegraph telegram, it was actually sent from Rangoon in Burma, possibly to Jaffna
in Ceylon

G.S.M. May 2008 59

half of the stamp so is seldom seen on used
stamps. There are hardly any significant
shade variations over the 14 years of use.
However, a change of tariff caused a sud-
den need for 2r. stamps. A 2r. stamp of the
same general design but with the Victoria
old head was ordered from De La Rue who
overprinted a large proportion of the 2r.5a.
stamps they had in stock to fill the gap
while this new stamp was being prepared.
These were insufficient as it turned out so
many of the 2r.5a. stamps already in India
were also overprinted in Calcutta in a dif-
ferent typeface. When these too were seen
to be running out some of the 2r. Foreign
Bill revenue stamps were also overprinted
for telegraphic use but the new stamps
from England finally arrived so few were
used. Most were recalled and destroyed al-
though a couple of sheets were ‘liberated’.
This stamp is rare.
King Edward VII
The accession of Edward VII necessit-
ated a new set of stamps. These, issued in
1904, were very similar to the 1890 Queen
Victoria set with The King’s head substi-
tuted for The Queen’s except for there
being a 2r. in place of the 2r.5a. from the
outset. It is very difficult to tell on used
stamps whether they are Queen Victoria or
King Edward VII stamps since the upper
half designs and colours are the same. A
dated cancellation can indicate that it is
Queen Victoria but not necessarily King
Edward VII—it may be a late usage Queen
Victoria! However Edward VII had a crown
inserted above his head and the top tip of
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the crown can often be seen if the stamp
happens to have been cut slightly below
the halfway point. Very occasionally whole
used stamps are found, usually punched
and cancelled with either a town name or,
occasionally, ‘CHECK OFFICE’. If you find
one—lucky you!
The 1904 set were the last formal tele-
graph stamps of India but another change
in tariff necessitated three more low value
provisionals in 1904. These were over-
printed on a Queen Victoria Foreign Bill
(1a.), the 8a. King Edward VII telegraph
stamp and the 1r. Queen Victoria single-
head telegraph stamp. They are all reason-
ably common, although one occasionally
sees silly prices asked on eBay.
Official telegraph stamps
The top five values of the King Edward VII
set are, very occasionally, found overprinted
‘OHMS’ in a diamond pattern round The A selection of
King’s head on the lower half. These are re- cancellations:
ported to have been issued in 1908 in quite the Madras (on
large numbers, but there is no evidence a 1r. Die 1) and
they were actually used. On the other hand, Pondicherry
these stamps would have been used by Gov- diamonds, an
ernment. The overprinted halves would early coloured
have been on the message sections of the cancellation
forms and all may therefore have been (note the early
Die 1 type),
destroyed in the usual way, especially if
a manuscript
the messages were classified. Other service cancellation and
stamps can be found overprinted for the the normal type,
Bombay Police Department, either in print although actually
or handstamped ‘BO. POLICE DEPT.’ in used in Rangoon,
blue-green or black or ‘CENTRAL PROV- Burma
INCES POLICE DEPARTMENT’ in black.
These are very difficult to find.
One of the 1908 OHMS
stamps, a punched
‘CHECK OFFICE STAMP’,
one unpunched but
stamped ‘CANCELLED’
and two official police
stamps
The Kashmir De La Rue
set to 1r. (missing the
6a. which came out ten
years later and is scarce)
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The Specimen set of the Queen Victoria
single-head telegraph stamps of 1890.
The King Edward VII set which followed
them in 1904 differs only in that The
King’s head is substituted for his
mother’s

New high value postage stamps were
issued in 1909 to fill the gap left by the
withdrawal of telegraph stamps
Two of the telegraphically used
high value postage stamps which
were introduced to replace high
value telegraph stamps
The 1r. local printing of Kashmir, 1884?, a
genuine, a forgery and the service version in
black
The use of Government of India tele-
graph stamps ceased on 1 April 1908,
and postage stamps were used from then
on. Telegrams were much more expensive
than postage so new high value postage
stamps, the 10r., 15r. and 25r., were issued
in 1909 to fill the gap left by the withdrawal
of telegraph stamps and most of the 15r.
and 25r. ‘postage’ stamps were in fact tele-
graphically used, as were many of the other
high value ‘postage’ stamps. I am told that
postage stamp collectors take a dim view of
telegraphic cancellations for some reason!
Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir, an area of northern
India that we hear quite a lot about these
days, had its own telegraph system built
with the agreement of the Government of
India. The use of stamps began in 1884.
These were locally made, apparently one
by one, by hand with a single die for each
value in sheets of 60 on locally made wove
paper of somewhat variable colour. Shades,
the amount of ink on the die and quality of
printing are all variable. Early catalogues
listed 10r. and 25r. values but I have seen
no evidence for the existence of these
values. In use these were apparently stuck
across the junction between receipt and
message sections and cut in half as with
Government of India stamps, but used
copies are seldom found. The same set
was produced in black for official use, the
10r. and 25r. have again been reported but
never seen. Both of these sets are reported
to have been printed on thin cream laid
paper in 1887.

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When telegraph
stamps ceased to be
used in Kashmir is
not known for sure
In 1897 a set of rather nice De La Rue
telegraph stamps was issued. These were
designed for cutting in half like the Indian
stamps and went up to only 5r. which sup-
ports the supposition that the 10r. and 25r.
values of the native printings did not in
fact exist or, if they did, were never issued.
This set was on unwatermarked paper but
a second issue in 1899, with a ½a. and 6a.
values added, were on rosette watermarked
paper. There seems to have been little call
for high values, for many of these, of both
sets, were overprinted to produce low value
provisionals after 1906. All the Kashmir De
La Rue telegraph stamps are scarce but
these provisionals are very rare.
A new design, essentially the upper half
of the last design and again by De La Rue,
were issued between 1911 and 1921. These
were of the same colour combinations used
before. Used values show that stamps were
no longer cut in half in use. Two provision-
als are known: one a surcharge of 12a. on
the 1r., applied by De La Rue, and one, loc-
ally surcharged and not listed in Hiscocks,
of 12a. on 6a.
The next issue, again by De La Rue, were
printed in 1933 and 1934, so they probably
appeared in 1934. They portray the ruler,
Sir Hari Singh, and, like the two previous
issues, they are on rosette watermarked
paper. In 1941 stocks of these presumably
ran low and De La Rue were unable to
provide further supplies (De La Rue was
bombed in the Blitz) so a locally designed
and printed version, again depicting Sir
Hari Singh, appeared. These two sets have
A selection of Patiala State telephone stamps—or are they telegraph stamps?
62
The 1911 De La Rue design 2a., the 12a. locally
surcharged provisional unlisted in Hiscocks, the
4a. De La Rue Sir Hari Singh stamp of 1934 and the
Indian printing of a new design, also Sir Hari Singh
and also 4a., of 1941
both been reported to include a black 5r.
value but neither has been seen to my
knowledge. The 1941 set to 2r. does occa-
sionally appear but the 1934 set is very rare.
When telegraph stamps ceased to be used
in Kashmir is not known for sure; they were
still in use after Independence in 1948. The
Jammu and Kashmir Telegraph system was
probably absorbed into the Indian system
when most other State Postal Systems were
taken over on 1 April 1950, and the use
of telegraph stamps discontinued at that
time.
Patiala State
Patiala State presents something of a prob-
lem. The Government of Patiala State in
northern India wanted to have their own
telegraph system like Kashmir. The (Brit-
ish) Government of India forbade this so
Patiala set up a system whereby messages
were dictated over the telephone by word
of mouth and printed ‘TELEPHONE’ on
their stamps to prove that it was not a
telegraph system! This they did on all the
old postage stamps they could find in their
store cupboards, often decades after their
issue as postage stamps. This system con-
tinued well after the British left, probably
until 1 April 1950, when their postal system
was absorbed into the Indian national
system.
The question of whether this was a tele-
graph or a telephone system therefore
arises. Messages were transferred by wire
and apparently reached the recipient in
writing, but it was transferred in clear
speech rather than Morse Code. It is for
the collector to decide whether they count
as telegraph or telephone stamps! The
other problem posed by these stamps is
that, as far as I have been able to discover,
no records of which stamps were over-
printed, how and when, were ever kept.
Cancellations are of little help. Many were
not cancelled, many were cancelled with
a crayon line, usually in blue, and a few
were cancelled with a c.d.s. where the date
seemed to bare no relation to reality. The
dates of the basic postage stamps are no
guide of course; overprints were often ap-
plied years or decades later.
In practice no attempt has been made
to list these stamps in date order. Without
records one can only observe what is out
there and appeal to collectors to bring
further discoveries to the attention of the
cataloguer. The list of 59 basic stamps in
Telegraph and Telephone Stamps of the World
has now been expanded by five or six and
nothing new has been added for a year or
so. We are probably nearing completion.
Anyone wanting the most up-to-date list
can email the author at SteveHiscocks@
aol.com.
I referred above to 59 basic stamps.
These overprints were applied locally and
sometimes a bit roughly, so this is a happy
hunting ground for fly-speck philatelists.
These do not seem to be systematic and
are not listed by Hiscocks. With a few ex-
ceptions the overprints are either of the
word ‘Telephone’ or, for official stamps,
‘Telephone Service’ with just ‘Service’
sometimes being used on service postage
stamps. These are all on stamps already
overprinted Patiala State and not on ordi-
nary India postage stamps, so there are vari-
ants of Telephone and Telephone Service
superimposed on variants of Patiala State
superimposed on the variants of Indian
postage stamps; great fun!
G.S.M. May 2008
Postmarks of the British West
Indies—British Guiana
David Horry continues his guided tour

B ritish Guiana’s postmarks echo the colony itself: enormous, wonderfully exotic and
still partly uncharted, especially the early years. But even the King George VI period
has a few unsolved mysteries. In 1950 Alfred Charlton had attempted a semblance of order
in The London Philatelist with ‘The Postmarks of British Guiana’. Then in 1970 The Royal
Philatelic Society published The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana—one of
the finest ever studies of a single country’s philately. It was written by W A Townsend and
F G Howe and copies of this limited edition of 500 now fetch in excess of £200. Fred
Howe modestly claims to have sorted through over half a million postmarks in his time and
the postal history and postmark section run to around 250 pages in a breathtaking attempt
to tame this vast philatelic jungle.
Ted Proud’s The Postal History of British with ‘BRITISH GUIANA’ at the base (Fig
Guiana, eponymously published in 2000, 1)—those with ‘BR. GUIANA’ (Fig 2) and
further enhanced the subject matter. them with ‘B.GUIANA’ (Fig 3). Some towns
In February, Murray Payne published my have more than one type—Skeldon has all
recent work: The Encyclopaedia of British West three! (Fig 4).
Indies Postmarks – King George VI —40 pages
out of almost 400 of which are dedicated Dutch influence
to the postmarks of South America’s only The names of the towns and village planta­
British colony. tions are historically interesting; on the
Over half the postmarks of Bertie’s reign coast, the early Dutch influence is very
are the familiar small single circles (sSCs, noticeable—Beterverwagting (Better for
or sSC*s if there’s an asterisk above the waiting!), Vreedenhoop (Freedom and
date) which come in three ‘flavours’: those Hope), Metenmeerzorg, New Amsterdam,

Fig 1 Anna Regina,

Benab, Fort
Wellington and
Metenmeetzorg
sSCs British Guiana
Fig 3 Blairmont, Tumatumari and
Vreedenhoop sSCs B. Guiana

Fig 4 Skeldon has

three different sSCs!

Fig 2 Dartmouth, De
Kinderen, Kwakwani
and Wales sSCs Br.
Guiana

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Fig 5 Originally Dutch: sSCs from New Amsterdam, Uitvlugt and Beterverwagting
Soesdyke, Uitvlugt (Flight-out), Weldaad
and Zeelandia (Fig 5). Bourda is the site of
Georgetown’s Test Cricket Ground (Fig 6).
The British influence is strongly repre-
sented—Fort Wellington, Buxton, Dart-
mouth, Georgetown, Hyde Park, Wales,
Cornhill and Danielstown (Fig 7) with
Present Hope, Relief and Support, Fellow-
ship, Providence, Good Hope, Charity, Sis-
ters, and Reliance urging mankind to look
to his better side (Fig 8). Demerara is noted
for it’s high quality sugar and Cane Grove is
at the heart of the industry.
Local Amerindian names abound, espe­
cially in the hinterland—Mahaicony,
Lumid Pau, Wineperu, Ituni, Cabacaburi,
Bonasika, Coomacka, Kamakusa, Imbaim-
adai, Perenong, Wichabai and Tumatumari
(Hot Pepper) (Fig 9). The names conjure
up the exotic remoteness of many of these
places. The main reason for their exist-
ence as mail centres is because of the min-
ing—for diamonds, gold, manganese and
bauxite—that attracted Europeans to these
remote mountainous areas. Rupununi is
the centre of cattle country.
The most interesting of the small single
circles are the Postal Agency marks. These
were distributed to remote offices which
had no canceller. The allocation of these
cancellers is still open to conjecture—but
via the study of ‘back marks’ and letter
content, a clearer picture has emerged.
Numbers 1–8 have ‘B.GUIANA’ at the base
and are rare except for No. 3 which is un­
usual (Fig 10).
Table 1
Italics notes dates outside the King George
VI period
Postal Used at Dates
Agency
No. 1 Jacoba Constanta 1926–1943
No. 2 Kurupukari 1932–1934
Kamakusa 1938–1944
No. 3 Unknown office 1928–
Garraway Stream 1933–1940
Apoteri 1943–1953
No. 4 Kendals (No. 19 Corentyne) Demerara, East Coast Railway runs from
1932–1938
No. 5 Kendals (No. 19 Corentyne) way Mahaica to Rosignol and the West Coast
1926–1931
No. 6 Cabnal Polder (Canal No. 2) 16). Postal Vans attended to services on the
1929–1943
No. 7 Tapacooma 1927–
Unknown office 1931–1935
No. 8 Perenong 1928–1929
Ruimveldt 1929–1943
Issano Road 13 miles 1944–1949
Numbers 9–20 have ‘BRITISH GUIANA’
at the base and are rare except for Num-
bers 12 and 17 (Fig 11). Number 19 is very
rare!
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Fig 6 Bourda
sSC the
site of the
Test Cricket
Ground
Fig 7 English
Table 2 derivations:
Postal Used at Dates Buxton, Fort
Agency Island and
No. 9 Lower Eping Creek? 1926–1945 Georgetown
Type I sSCs
No. 9 Lower Eping Creek 1946–1951
Type II
No. 10 Perenong 1932–1950
(LRD 6.11.47)
No. 11 Upper Eping 1941–1959
No. 12 Oranapai 1942–1966
No. 13 Unknown office 1934–
Apiqua 1936–1940
Isseneru 1940–1953
No. 14 Not recorded
No. 15 TPA Cuyuni River 1941–1943
No. 16 Ida Sabina? 1943–1947
No. 17 Kurupung 1941–1969
No. 18 Garraway Stream 1942–1965
No. 19 Unknown office 1942–
No. 20 Unknown office 1942–
Aurora Landing 1947–1950
Emergency sSCs Nos 1–3 are all rare and
were used at Issano 51 miles, Issano 13 miles
and 39½ Miles Issano Road respectively dur-
ing 1942 and 1943, the latter being used in
1950 at Honey Camp 35 miles.
Birminghams
Many of the larger towns sport a Birming-
ham canceller (Fig 12) most of which are
common but Soesdyke and Postal Agencies
5 (Enachu), 19 (Corentyne), 21 (Lethem)
Fig 8 Fellowship, Charity and
and 23 (Schepmoed) are difficult to find Whim sSCs
(Fig 13). There are six Open Birminghams
noted but of these only Eversham is hard
to find (Fig 14).
Wireless Stations were also set up in these
backwaters, with Birmingham postmarks
found for Mackenzie, Garraway Stream,
Kurupukari, Mabaruma and Mazaruni. The
more remote the scarcer they are (Fig 15).
Railway postmarks
The central coastal area between the Ara-
bian and Corentyne Coasts is well-served
by railways with postal facilities, and their
postmarks are relatively easy to find. The
Georgetown to Rosignol. The Berbice Rail-
Railway from Vreedenhoop to Parika (Fig
peripheral Arabian and Corentyne Coasts.
The real gold, postmark-wise, is the pleth-
ora of Skeleton (Sk) postmarks (I think only
Nigeria has more). British Guiana has 85 to
date—there may be others. Derek Nathan,
a much respected British Guiana postmark
collector, notes: ‘From the point of view of
collectors Skeletons were not a good idea, as
one rarely gets a complete image on a single
stamp and the small differences detected
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 Fig 10 Postal Agency
No. 3 (Garraway
Stream) sSC 1938

Fig 9 Amerindian names: Ituni, Parika,

T’Mari (Tumatumari), Casbacaburi sSCs

Fig 11 Postal Agencies Nos. 12 (Oranapai)

and 17 (Kurupung) the two easiest to find

Fig 12 ‘Birminghams’ from Anna Regina, Buxton, Bartica, Reliance, Tuschen and Wales

Fig 13 Postal Agency No. 5 Fig 14 ‘Open Birminghams’ from Fig 15 Wireless
(Enachu) ‘Birmingham’ Benab and Vreedenhoop Mackenzie Birmingham

Fig 17 Rare Birds:

Skeletons from
Gt Troolie Island,
Lethem Rupununi,
Issano Mazaruni,
Orinduik and Seventy
Two Miles Potaro

Fig 16 Railway
Postmarks:
East Coast
Railway and
Berbice Railway
Birminghams
and West Coast
Railway sSC*

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Fig 18 Endangered Species from the Rainforest: Skeletons from Mount Everard,
Wichibai Rupununi, Potts Fall, Canje Launch TPO, West Coast Railway and Mo Creek
by Fred Howe are very difficult to be sure
of, especially as, in my view, a lot of these
were caused by sheer carelessness on the
part of the postmasters, many of whom were
part-timers, especially in the remote offices
where these cancellers were often used.’
Most Skeletons are scarce to very rare de-
pending on their remoteness and on cover
it’s ‘needles and haystacks’! Choice Skeletons
within the period are: Dartmouth, Good
Hope, Bootooba, Coomacka, Kwakwani,
Stampa, Warimia, Buisanowa, Dukwarri,
Imbaimadai, Manaka, Marudi Mountains,
Torani, TPA Mazaruni, Wakapoa, Wichabai,
Five Mile Caburi Road, Hillfoot Mazaruni,
Ituni (not recorded by Howe!), Relief and
Support, Apaiqua, Cuyni River, Issano Maza­
runi and TPO West Coast Railway (Fig 17).
Mount Everard PA is extremely rare as is
Fig 22 Vendor I sSC*, Vendor II sSC* and
Vendor No. 3 sSC*
68
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Potts Fall PA, TPA Canje Launch, Wichibai
Rupununi, West Coast Railway and TPA Mo
Creek (Fig 18).
Postal steamers and launches
The major rivers each have their own
postal steamers and launches and some of
their Skeletons are hard to find (Fig 19).
The Bartica steamer sails up the Essequibo
River to Bartica and the Essequibo steamer
plies the estuary of that river and up the
Arabian Coast. TPA Mazatuni serves the
Mazaruni River and TPA Parakeet is the
name of a launch not a river, which served
the Berbice River. The Cuyuni River TPA
was launched in 1941 between Bartica
and Aurora, closing around 1949 with the
demise of the Cuyuni Gold Company. Ser­
vices were resumed in 1951, however the
Fig 19 Steamers and Launches—Bartica Steamer Sk,
Essequibo Steamer Sk, Pomeroon Steamer Sk, Canje
Launch sSC* and Demerara Steamer sSC*
Fig 20 Slogan
postmark
Visit Kaieteur
Waterfall
1941
mail launch sank in 1953 and after that the
service became patchy. A Birmingham for
TPA Pomeroon is also noted.
Slogan postmarks were introduced into
the GPO at Georgetown in 1934 and the
good folk of the colony are urged to Rent
a ’Phone, Deposit and Save, Visit Kaieteur
Falls, A World’s Wonder (Fig 20), Winter
in British Guiana (where else!) and Drink
Demerara Coffee.
Airmail is an important part of this
vast country’s postal system and there are
plenty of airmail postmarks. The Ameri-
cans built the Atkinson Field Airport dur-
ing World War II which was later used for
civil purposes (Fig 21).
Vendor marks were originally used for
postal and money orders and later sanc-
tioned for postal use at Georgetown (Fig 22).
Material from British Guiana is not too
hard to come by but panning for postmarks
is an arduous task, especially as Georgetown
and New Amsterdam cancellations abound.
eBay frequently throws up small collec-
tions that go for reasonable prices. Derek
Nathan visited Guyana, as it is now, in 1996
but found little to commend it. However
the postmarks of the colonial period have
much to recommend them—I hope all this
might encourage a few new collectors.
David Horry’s book, The Encyclopaedia of
British West Indies Postmarks, King George VI
is available from Murray Payne Ltd and
all good philatelic suppliers, price £39.95,
postage and packing extra.
Earlier articles in this series covered the
postmarks of Trinidad and Tobago (January
2008), Jamaica (February 2008) and Bahamas
(March 2008). Next month, British Honduras.
Fig 21 Atkinson Field Sk., Air Mail sSC*
and Air Mail GPO B
All this for the Price of a 2½d.
Stamp?
The Quest for Ambas Bay
R J Maddocks follows the route taken by a much-travelled cover

S hown here (Figs 1 and 1a) are both sides of a most intriguingly well travelled cover of
the late 19th century. The plethora of postal datestamps thereon evidence the saga of
its frustrated wanderings as it repeatedly passed through the hands of postmasters in vari-
RN, in 1826, followed by those of Captains
W Allen and A T Vidal between 1833 and
1842. Victoria, itself, was not then in ex­
ous countries as each attempted to locate its destination and redirect it accordingly. istence but is later shown, together with
The letter was posted at Colwyn Bay, ern Africa and, strangely, French West Ambas Bay, on an updated chart of 1882
North Wales, on 12 September 1893, ad­ Africa. The root cause for the cover being published by the British Hydrographic Of­
dressed to a Miss J S A Brew at Victoria, dispatched to Southern Africa must lie with fice (Section from Ref 1 shown in Fig 4.)
Ambas Bay, South West Africa. It was not to the unknown sender who had erroneously Portuguese navigators of the late 15th
reach its journey’s end, which was eventu­ addressed it to South West Africa instead of century named the region Sierra Altade
ally located in West Africa, until almost a to West Africa. Thus a different unrelated Ambozes and the three small islands within
year later, on 18 August 1894. In the course route and shipping line were involved as far the bay, Ilhas Ambozes. To subsequent
of its delivery, it had traversed the length of as the GPO was concerned. English seafarers and merchantmen they
Africa’s Atlantic Ocean several times and I have an early 19th century print (Fig were known as Amboises, then, by the
even reached the Indian Ocean. Some 16 3) entitled ‘Ambas Bay, Western Africa’. mid-19th century, Ambas Bay and Ambas
or 17 transit/backstamps thereon—not all There are no details thereon as to the Islands.
are legible—chronicle its protracted and er­ engraver and publisher. I chanced upon it
ratic progress when arranged in date order years ago amongst oddments in a London Thriving trade
as anon. But, as with a jigsaw, many pieces gallery. I had the advantage over the seller A British mail packet service to the West
remain to go in place where unexplained as I knew the exact location, which was in Coast of Africa had been established by
gaps are noted concerning a number of the Cameroons, since I had just returned the General Post Office, London, in 1852.
long intervals between destinations. from a tour of duty there. Rarely, however, Intially, sailings were on a monthly round
can Ambas Bay be found on contempor­ voyage basis from Plymouth to the island of
Virtually unknown ary and usually basic geographers’ maps, Fernando Po, calling at some 14 specified
Ambas Bay, at the time of mailing, was vir­ since it is a small bay within the larger and
tually unknown to the world outside West better known Bight of Biafra. It is more
Africa. In itself, though likely known to the particularly seen on marine/hydrograph­
British GPO (Fig 2), it proved to be a very ical charts, being plotted at the foot of the
elusive address to practically all other post Cameroon Mountain range and between
Ambas Bay proved
offices which came to handle the cover. the Cameroons and Del Rey River estuar­
That part of Africa had not long been ies. The first detailed survey of this coastal
to be a very elusive
opened up politically by European colonial­ area was undertaken by Capt W F Owen, address
ists, though Baptist missionaries had estab­
lished a Mission Station and merchantmen
had traded there for some decades previ­
ously. Moreover, as to Victoria—there were
a number of places bearing the Queen’s
name around the world, including South­

Fig 1 and 1a Front and reverse of a cover from Colwyn

Bay, North Wales, 12 September 1893, to Victoria,
Ambas Bay, (S)W Africa

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 Fig 2 Front of cover from
Beaumaris, North Wales,
2 September 1903, to A
Williams, c/o Ambas Bay
Trading Co, Victoria, West
Africa
ports. Among these was
the Cameroons. This was
not however the country
of Kamerun/Cameroons
as subsequently created
by the German colon­isers
from 1884 onwards. It was
rather a conurbation of
native Duala townships
lying along the south bank
of the Cameroons River
estuary, some 20 miles
from the open sea. Here,
a considerable and thriv-
ing trade had developed
between the Africans
and European merchants. The latter, pre-
dominantly British, operated from hulks when I was at Ambas Bay in 1958, which earlier, the GPO London Circulation List
moored in the river. The London Baptist coincidentally was the Centenary Year of for West Africa specifically mentioned the
Mission had also had an established pres- the Baptists’ arrival, but I did meet the de- inclusion of Victoria mail in the bag which,
ence there since 1845, known simply as the scendants of other first settlers there. however, was still discharged at Cameroons.
Cameroons station. Only in 1901 was the As aforementioned, when the British There, it was left to the Baptist Mission to
town renamed Duala. mail packet service to West Africa began forward mail in their own boats to outlying
in 1852 the ‘Cameroons’ bag was made up stations such as Victoria.
Expelled for and dispatched to Cameroons River Then, by GPO London Notice No 56 of
Victoria (present day Limbe), sited on only. By 1886 for certain, but quite possibly 26 December 1893, it was announced that
Ambas Bay some 40 nautical miles south-
west of the Cameroons River, came into Fig 3 Early 19th century print of Ambas Bay, Western Africa (reduced)
existence only in 1858 when it was founded Fig 4 Section of 1882 hydrographical chart showing location of Victoria and Ambas
as their new home by between 100 and Bay (from Ref 1)
150 London Baptist missionaries and their
followers. They had been expelled from
Fernando Po by that island’s first Span-
ish Governor, who had decreed that the
Roman Catholic religion was the only one
that could be practiced there. Previous
Governors of Spain’s ignored colony had,
with Spanish Government consent, been
British because of the Royal Navy’s anti-
slavery squadron based there.
Among those first settlers at Victoria was
a Samuel Richard Brew, of a well known
Fanté (Gold Coast) family, born in 1819
and a grandson of an Irish slaver. It is not
known when he arrived on Fernando Po,
where he began his career as a store clerk;
he also became a staunch Baptist. At Vic-
toria he operated as a palm oil trader and
later also became Agent for the German
Woermann shipping line. By 1867 Daddy
Brew, as he was affectionalrly known, was
appointed Chairman of the Court of Jus-
tice, which was responsible for the govern-
ance of the little settlement, overseen and
protected by visiting Royal Naval captains.
He served in this capacity for the next 20
years.

Ceded to Germany
In 1887 the British Government ceded its
interests in the enclave to Germany, whose
colony of Kamerun surrounded it. The
London Baptist Mission, disliking German
rule, closed down its station. Brew himself
decided to leave Woermann and moved
to the British-owned Ambas Bay Trading
Company when it began trading at Victoria
in 1888. The addressee of this cover under
discussion, Miss J S A Brew, was obviously a
relative, probably his daughter. The male
line of the Brew family had long died out

G.S.M. May 2008 75

 01. Colwyn Bay (North Wales), In a further intriguing twist to the story,
12 September 1893 (Duplex I came to discover (Ref 2) that this ‘UP’
Cancellation) datestamp was paradoxically not assigned
 COLWYN BAY
(North Wales)
12 September 1893 02. Correio? (Lisbon, Portugal?), to the trains running northward out of
EUROPE 17 September 1893 Cape Town. It was in fact used on trains
03. Funchal, Madeira, 31 September 1893 running from the interior southwards to
04. Cape Town, Cape Colony (South Cape Town. The ‘Travelling PO/Down’
 LISBON (Portugal)
17 September 1893
Africa), 17 October 1893
05. Cape Town, Cape Colony, 2 December
datestamp was assigned to trains going in
the reverse direction. Again the question
1893 arises and undoubtedly will also remain
 FUNCHAL (Madeira)
31 September 1893
18 December 1893
06. Funchal, Madeira, 18 December 1893 unanswered: how did the cover get to some
07. Las Palmas, Canary Isles, 26 December unknown destination in the hinterland of
 22 March 1894

LAS PALMAS 1893 Cape Colony, there to be returned by rail

(Canary Is) 08. GPO Cape Town, Cape Colony, to Cape Town?
26 December 1893
AFRICA ? January 1894 It is logical to assume that it was at Wal­
09. Travelling PO/UP (Cape Colony), fish Bay, a British enclave in German South
23 January 1894 West Africa, that its Postmaster was, with
10. Walfish Bay (South West Africa), his local knowledge, positive enough to
13 February 1894 scribble through the ‘S’ in SW Africa in the
11. Funchal, Madeira, 22 March 1894 cover’s address, thus leaving W Africa as the
KAMERUN TOWN
16 August 1894


VIKTORIA
(Kamerun)
18 August 1894
12. Libreville, French Congo, 19 June
1894
destination.

13. Banana (Belgian Congo), 6 July 1894 A further hiccup

 LIBREVILLE
(French Congo)
19 June 1894
14. Kamerun (Kamerun), 16 August 1894 It follows, where and by whom was ‘Bight
15. Viktoria, Kamerun, 18 August 1894 of Biafra’ added and the words ‘Victoria,
ATLANTIC OCEAN
 BANANA
(Belgian Congo)
6 July 1894
Omitted from this list, because the date Ambas Bay’ underlined, both in red ink?
is not discernible, is one further postmark Perhaps, possibly, when the cover was again
left somewhat in isolation. This is that of in Funchal for the third time of asking on
Fig 5 Map—  WALFISH BAY
(SW Africa)
13 February 1894
Durban, Natal, which is over 1000 miles
north-east of Cape Town. When, how and
22 March 1894? There was then a gap of
nearly two months before the cover was
Travels and TPO UP why the cover reached that extremity of recorded back on the African mainland,
travails in
the quest for
23 January 1894
 Southern Africa cannot be determined on this time at Libreville on 19 June 1894. But
Ambas Bay,
CAPE TOWN

17 October 1843
2 December 1893
DURBAN
?
available evidence and will likely remain
an enigma.
now, for the first time, it was on the West
African coast and considerably closer to its
1893–1894 ? January 1894
Also omitted is one illegible backstamp intended destination. However, a further
and the traces of two more handstamps on hiccup in the postal transmission is appar­
the Mail Packets had been rescheduled the front, though the latter are so faint as ent as the cover then first went south again
to leave from Liverpool, effective January to be likely offsets. to Banana (6 July 1894) before back-track­
1894. It also stated that Victoria had been ing northwards to Kamerun. Because of the
given its own bag and was now one of the Unusual coastal mariners with connections between
destined ports of call—possibly for the first The most unusual find in the list is that of the various ports along the West Coast
time—albeit that it was German territory. the ‘Travelling P.O./UP’ datestamp of 23 it was most likely that one or the other
The first post office at Victoria (Viktoria) January 1894. This handstamp was used by Postmaster at Libreville and Banana would
had been opened by the Germans on 12 what became in around 1891 the Western have known the location of Ambas Bay and
December 1888. TPO on the railway which ran between accordingly, correctly, redirected the letter
Cape Town and Fourteen Streams, just to that destination.
The cover beyond Kimberley. The date suggests it was It is most strange that apart from the
Reverting to the ‘Brew’ cover: the back/ applied to the cover whilst en-route from sole insertion in the address, i.e. ‘Bight of
transit datestamps are here listed in chrono­ Cape Town (? Jan 1894) to Walfish Bay Biafra’, there was no other mail forwarding
logical order of application to chart the (13 Feb 1894). But there was then no rail or postal redirection instruction written
cover’s travels before arriving eventually at link to South West Africa, either direct or on the envelope itself, as would have been
its intended destination. indirect. expected. Perhaps, because of its small size,
these were annotated on an attachment
Late 19th century German view card showing Ambas Bay and the Pirate (now Wovea) which has not survived.
Islands off Viktoria where it was postmarked 29 July 1899 on the address side Whatever, every credit was surely due to
all those postmasters, wherever involved,
who persevered to ensure the eventual
delivery of this letter to its intended ad­
dressee—and all for the price of a 2½d
stamp at the point of mailing.

References
Ref 1: Correspondence Relating to
Affairs in the Cameroons & as
Presented to Parliament, February
1885—Printed by Harrison & Sons,
London 1885
Ref 2: From author’s personal
correspondence with Mr E Halliday,
Deputy Librarian, National Philatelic
Society, London, and Mr C E Oliver,
Secretary of the South African
Collectors’ Society to both of whom
I am most grateful for their kind
input concerning the South African
postmarks

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The Wandering Musician’s
Tale—The Philatelist Abroad
Michael Round reviews the benefits (and pitfalls) of buying and using
stamps overseas
During my time as a symphony orchestra player, I have been lucky enough to visit more lobby in bathing trunks, but for the sake of
than 20 different countries. An ideal existence, you may think: just perform in the even- international relations wouldn’t want to re-
ings, and the rest of the day is free for sightseeing, or—for a philatelist—visiting stamp peat the experience.) As a philatelist, check
shops and post offices, and spending time with local collectors. Yes, this was sometimes you know the word for ‘stamps’, plural.
possible on long tours, but by no means always: most tour days follow the relentless routine Most phrase-books only give the singular,
‘arrive, check in, rehearse, eat, perform, sleep, check out, travel to next venue, repeat’— and you may not want your post office visit
and many short hops to Europe and back (derisively known in the profession as ‘hit-and- to produce just one item. Learn the phrases
run’ concerts) dispense even with the ‘check-in, sleep, check-out’ components, players for ‘picture stamps’ or ‘pretty stamps’ if you
flying straight to the venue for rehearsal and performance and flying home straight after want commems—and, for that matter (in
the concert. Sound financial management, no doubt—a touring orchestra is expensive to these days of FRAMAS and printed labels,
maintain, after all—but frustrating for musicians (especially those faced with envious and of which you may not want even one), the
disbelieving partners left at home), and possibly even more so for philatelists, often left phrase for ‘real stamps’ too.
with scarcely time to visit the local post office, let alone stamp shops or fellow collectors. Check your specialist society address-list
But however limited the time off, opportunities do exist for the well-prepared philatelist, for colleagues actually living where you’re
particularly one—like myself—mainly interested in all things postally used. Here’s my going, and whom you may then arrange to
guide to getting the most from any trip abroad—including several mistakes and missed meet. Check the internet, to locate local
opportunities which, forewarned, you can all now avoid. Bon voyage! stamp shops. Ransack your stock-books
for broken mint sets and odd values from
Strategies non-philatelic self-preservation, learn relev- the country you’re visiting—not forgetting
I would do anything to avoid the Bate- ant words like ‘vegetarian’, ‘allergic’ and the unused stamps heavily mounted, damaged,
man-cartoon image of the foreign stamp names of various medications. Trying to con- or without gum altogether. Useless and
collector at a post office counter, vainly vey these particular terms in sign-language frankly unsaleable at home, they can never-
trying to explain his requirements in sign- will only confuse the locals, and could even theless be used for postage if still valid: so,
language while a resentful queue of impa- get you arrested. Don’t just learn, but mem- of course, can unused no-gum items, but
tient locals builds up behind. This is not orise, the word for ‘spectacles’, to cope with be ethical here, and when sticking them to
merely embarrassing—the sad fact is that those occasions when you lose them and your envelopes add current stamps to the
acting like a tourist in certain countries can therefore can’t even locate the phrase-book, proper postage value.
attract all kinds of unwelcome attention, let alone focus on it—likewise ‘Which way My first attempts in this direction had
some of it positively dangerous. Here’s how to the pool?’ for when you’ve changed to mixed results. They actually predated my
to blend in and still get what you want—and go swimming, can’t read the signs and have own travels, consisting simply of envelopes
for best results, do some homework. neither glasses, phrase-book nor, for that I prepared at home for friends travelling
matter, clothes. I have been known to lose abroad to post back to me. I suppose it
my way and walk through a Qatar hotel was foolish to expect postmarks on the
Before you go
I am always surprised how many travellers to
non-English-speaking countries (yes, philatel-
ists and musicians among them) neglect to
learn even the local words for ‘hello’, ‘thank
you’, ‘yes’, ‘no’ and ‘goodbye’. Most trans-
Ransack your stock-books for broken
actions, philatelic or otherwise, run more
smoothly if you make this (let’s face it,
mint sets and odd values from the
small) effort. (And in the interests of sheer country you’re visiting
Fig 1 ‘You’ll
never get
away with
this’—the
long obsolete
Italian Social
Republic
stamps
remained
uncancelled

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long-obsolete Bandeira commemoratives
of the Italian Social Republic (SG 117/9),
ultra-common mint but practically never
seen used. My friendly courier even put a
note inside the envelope, reading ‘You’ll
never get away with this.’ He was quite
right (Fig 1). And I suppose it was equally
optimistic to expect postmarks on 1 or even
½ kuru stamps of Turkey (such ultra-low
values are notoriously hard to find, used),
my friend on this occasion having to add
3000 lira (equivalent to 300,000 kurus) in
order to post my cover back. Having added
over half this amount already, in mint lira
surcharges, not to mention carefully copy-
ing polite requests on to the envelope from
my Turkish phrase-book, I felt a little hard
done by (Fig 2).
By the next time, I’d learned my les-
son. I affixed current and long-obsolete
Malaysian stamps on to a cover in such a
way that no postmark could possibly miss
them. It’s arguable whether even those
famously scarce used 2c. and 8c. Malayan
stamps from the 1950s are worth much
with such wildly out-of-period postmarks,
but they must be better than they were
before, which was unused without gum, i.e.
worthless (Fig 3). Incidentally, if you don’t
have current stamps in advance with which
to mix your obsolete or no-gum material,
you may wish to take a pot of gum on your
travels and compose your covers on the
spot. If so, then do check with potentially
paranoid airlines that this—carrying gum
on to a plane, that is, not reusing old
stamps—is not yet a capital offence.
It’s possible to seize a philatelic opportun-
ity, even if you’re not staying in a country
but merely passing through it. I found this
out—and reused some obsolete stamps at
the same time—in transit at Hong Kong
airport. Not knowing in advance what facil-
ities existed (I’d never been there before),
but hoping there’d be at least a mailbox, I’d
prepared some ready-to-post self-addressed
envelopes bearing obsolete Queen Eliza-
78
beth definitives (invalidated in 1997). I was Fig 2 (above) An optimistic
curious to see what would happen to them: attempt to use copies of
I was rewarded in due course by a dumb ultra-low value Turkish
cancellation I’d never seen before, and a stamps
charming bilingual cachet on the reverse Fig 3 (right) A lesson
kindly asking me not to do it again (Figs learnt—obsolete and
4 and 5). current Malaysian stamps
As a buyer, check your wants list for were positioned so that all
that country, particularly for modern used, the stamps were cancelled
Fig 4 (above right)
which you may be able to buy mint there
Obsolete Hong Kong
(or even here from a dealer, if desper-
definitives received a
ate) and use for postage. Before travelling dumb cancellation. Fig 5
to Salzburg, I dug out a 20g. ‘Beautiful (inset) A bilingual cachet
Austria’ definitive (1674a), so cheap mint on the back requested
it was once offered as a stamp magazine that this was not done
cover-mount, but (like its notorious pre- again
decessor, the 3g. ‘Costume of 1948, 1108)
nearly impossible to find postally used. I
was able to incorporate it into the postage
on a letter to a friend (a non-collector, of
course, otherwise they’d have wanted it
themselves) and secure what is to this day
the only used copy I have ever seen (Fig 6).
Failing that, local stamp shops may have
just what you want. The 33pf. and 38pf. Ger-
man ‘Tourist Sights’ definitives (2204/5)
are notoriously scarce used, partly because
(as I found out during a fleeting visit to
Frankfurt Airport’s post office counter, Fig 6 The 20g.
in an attempt to buy some and use them ‘Beautiful
myself) they could apparently be bought Austria’ definitive
only in multiples of 100—or was it 1000? is almost
I was therefore delighted to track them impossible to find
used
down fine used in a Freiburg stamp-shop:
and no, don’t rush, they’re not there any
more (Fig 7). Fig 7 The 33pf. and 38pf. German
As a potential seller, consider what ‘Tourist Sights’ definitives could only
be purchased in multiples—these came
might be common at home but sought-
from a Freiburg stamp shop
after abroad, and take stocks for profitable
exchange: fine used domestic letter-rate
GB commems (yes, I know 21st-century is-
sues are difficult even at home—but most
of us have large stocks of the 1970/80s), or
stamps paying the letter-rates from there to
here (like top-value Australia or New Zea-
land). Consider the reverse situation, and
work out what might be common there but
G.S.M. May 2008

difficult here (middle-value Canada, for in-
stance, much of which presumably goes to
the USA): all useful swap-material on your
return, if you can find stocks there.
While still at home, locate native speakers
of the country you are preparing to visit:
staff in tourist bureaux (of course) and em-
bassies (probably), plus—and possibly your
sole options outside the big cities—over-
seas students and immigrant workers. Get
them to teach you, and/or write down, any
phrases you may need abroad, like ‘Where
can I buy special stamps?’ and ‘Philatelic
Mail – Please Cancel Lightly’—or the altern-
ative phrase, less tempting to pilferers in
transit and still a plausible disguise for phil-
atelic sendings even in this digital-photo
age, ‘Photographs: Please Do Not Bend’.
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When getting your phrases translated, do
be nice to everyone: you don’t unwittingly
want to brandish a notice reading, for all
you know, ‘I am a complete pain in the
neck.’
Take the addresses of friends and rela-
tions compliant enough to save anything
you send them. But while abroad, think
Some postal administrations faced with
backlogs of postcards have been known
to solve the problem by simply throwing
them all away
twice before sending postcards. Friend-
ships get strained when you ask for the
card back in order to tear off a corner to
retrieve the stamp. That’s if it arrives: some
postal administrations faced with backlogs
of postcards have been known to solve
the problem by simply throwing them all
away undelivered. Buy and write postcards
by all means—but put them in envelopes
and post them. Sealed envelopes are taken
more seriously in transit, and on receipt
your friend will be able to keep the card
(with twice the amount of message on it,
since you’ll have generously written over
the unwanted address half) and not mind
giving you the envelope back. If you have
mint stamps, you may even prepare ready-
stamped and addressed envelopes in ad-
vance—but bear in mind, as I once failed to
do, that there may be no postcards on sale
there small enough to fit inside them.
On the journey
Anything more than a cross-Channel hop
should result in your meeting natives of
the country you’re visiting—not just fellow
passengers, but air and boat cabin crew.
Practise your ‘pleases’ and ‘thank-yous’ on
them: not only will you get your pronuncia-
tion confirmed (or corrected), but you may
even get priority treatment from the cabin
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crew for the rest of the journey, since few
other travellers bother with such routine
courtesies. You may also discover potential
faux-pas to avoid, like the Japanese phrase
I’d carefully learned for ‘It doesn’t matter’
(designed to follow the likely exchange ‘Do
you speak English?’, ‘No.’). Horrified cabin-
crew told me it actually meant ‘I don’t give
a toss,’ so I hastily learned a milder equiva-
lent. Less drastically, an amused Brazilian
once told me that ‘gambas’, the right word
in Lisbon for ordering prawns, actually
meant ‘skunk’ in Brazil itself—the animal,
not the drug, but potentially embarrassing
even so. Learn the word for ‘zero’, too:
many phrase-books, curiously, translate all
the other numbers but leave this one
out—awkward if the hotel-room key you try
to ask for is something like 505.
While away the long hours aboard by
drawing several small rectangles on paper
and surrounding each one with imitation
perfs. Keep these for your visit to the post
office, for they will help you buy just the
stamps you want. Writing the exact denom-
ination inside each rectangle, adding ‘×4’
(or whatever) beside each sketch for the
quantity required, and handing the paper
over will avoid those occasions when the
clerk tries to sell you not four copies of the
Fig 8 (below) Used booklet panes are
always in demand
Fig 9 (bottom) Avoid Spanish hotel
displays offering ready-to-post
‘Philatelic Souvenirs’ at huge mark
ups—make up your own
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howlingly rare used 31-washer value (for
which you have four salivating collectors
waiting back home) but four 30’s and four
1’s instead, both so common you already
have them by the shoeboxful. (‘Washer’,
incidentally, is the travelling musician’s all-
purpose slang for ‘unit of foreign currency’:
it derives from those coins with holes in, of
course, but applies now even to banknote
denominations—where 1 ‘washer’ may also
equal 100 ‘snoojits’. Foreign coins, of any
denomination, are collectively known as
‘shrapnel’.) If your drawing skills extend to
it, you may even sketch multiple rectangles
for illustrating booklet-panes (always much
in demand used), if you happen to know
their component values (Fig 8).
On arrival
Check the Yellow Pages (or local equiva-
lent) for nearby stamp shops, if any. Ask
hotel staff where the post office is; and—
unless it’s a Sunday, equivalent local day
off or public holiday, in which case you may
have no choice—do not be fobbed off with
the statement, ‘We can do anything you
require here, sir: no need to go out’. Out of
curiosity, I once tested a surprisingly select
New York hotel uttering such a statement:
not only did no-one there know the post-
age rate to Canada (scarcely an obscure
destination), but I was then offered cur-
rent 60c. stamps—at 75c. each. Avoid, too,
things like Spanish hotel displays offering
ready-to-post ‘Philatelic Souvenirs’ at huge
mark-ups over face. Some are so dull, as
well as being grossly overpriced, that you
could make up prettier ones yourself for a
tenth of the money (Fig 9).
In your hotel, get the concierge (not the
chambermaid, who is unlikely these days to
be either native or English) to write out any
phrases you couldn’t already get translated
before leaving home. A most useful one is
‘If it is not contrary to regulations, please
postmark these old stamps for me.’ (This
looks splendid in Turkish, Arabic or Chi-
nese, as I can confirm.) When you reach
a post office, you won’t then need to say a
word: just hand the message over the coun-
ter with your material, and in many coun-
tries the job will be done while you wait.
(Be diplomatic—especially to the people
queuing up behind you, remember—and
buy a few easy new issues or something
before you leave.) If your own hotel staff
cannot provide the phrase, then simply
breeze into the nearest international one
(where multilingual fluency is a usual con-
dition of employment) and aim straight
for the concierge’s desk. (No-one will ever
stop you, if you look as though you belong
there.) Then proceed as above.
In the post office
If you want only mint stamps, your task
should be easy. Large post offices usually
have a new-issue display of some sort, to
which you can point, even from halfway
across the shop, while smaller ones will
have counter-books: simply saying ‘yes’ or
‘no’ as the pages are turned may well get
you what you want. Don’t, however, buy
broken sets: you will never be able to sell
them on to anyone else nor buy the missing
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India had 25 rupee stamps in King Edward
VII’s time: how on earth do they manage
without a pro-rata high value these days?
values later. If odd values are all you can
get, then use them up for postage (some-
body will want them, used) or get them
postmarked on the spot.
Disappointed foreign tourists may often
be seen at philatelic counters in the UK
learning, the hard way (that is, after sticking
down vast quantities of just-purchased new
issues on to paper), that postal employees
here are not allowed to cancel mint stamps
to order. (If you know a friendly one who
bends the regulations to provide you with
fine used miniature sheets, booklet panes
and so on, keep quiet about it. You don’t
want your source to get sacked and disap-
pear, do you?) There may be no such
problem abroad, where there will often be
nothing to stop you affixing your just-pur-
chased stamps on to paper and handing
them back for cancelling.
Sign-language can work
here: hold up your item,
indicate an arc across one
corner (or a dead-centre
circle, if that’s your pref-
erence), then place it on
the counter and mime the
act of date-stamping. So
much is obvious: less obvi-
ously, play safe and try this
with just one stamp at first,
in case things don’t turn
out the way you wanted.
For best results, learn in
advance the words for
‘stronger/lighter, please’,
to avoid what happened to
me in Portugal: no doubt
in an attempt to please, the
counter staff there rapidly
cancelled my pile of stamps
so faintly as to be almost
useless. The FRAMA label,
incidentally, is Portugal’s
scarcest, available only from
the transit lounge of Lisbon
Airport. Sadly, you have only
my word for it, since its sole
identifying feature (the box
number ‘008’ at lower centre)
is so faintly printed as to be
illegible.
It was also to Portugal that
I’d taken some pre-stuck-down
but obsolete uncancelled
stamps for postmarking. There
was much shaking of heads at
this: this was not permitted.
Fortunately, my trip there was
long enough for me to soak off
the stamps in my hotel room
(I did this overnight, so that
Fig 10 (left) Obsolete
Portuguese stamps were
cancelled without quibble
when stuck on an envelope
and posted
no intervening chambermaid would clear
them away as rubbish while I was out),
reaffix them to a hotel envelope, and post
them home. As so often happens, they
were cancelled in transit with no quibble,
the postmark on this occasion having an
inverted T in ‘CCT’ as a bonus (Fig 10).
Sadly, it is not unknown for locals in
some countries to remove just-posted items
from the mailbox, remove the stamps for
fraudulent resale and throw away the rest.
(A philatelist once told me that the only
way to avoid having business mail pilfered
from certain parts of South America was
to affix his stamps, then, in front of the
post-office clerk, deliberately put a biro line
through them himself before posting.) One
envelope I asked a colleague to post to me
from India turned out to be the only item
she sent that ever arrived: her postcards
all vanished in transit, whereas the stamps
on my item (mixed current and obsolete)
were, presumably, simply not worth steal-
ing. I’d only made up the cover in order to
see what happened to it, anyway (Fig 11).
Not everything goes missing, of course: I
have quantities of safely delivered Indian
covers, many of them incidentally bearing
multiples of 50-rupee stamps. India had 25
rupee stamps back in King Edward VII’s
time: how on earth have they managed so
long since, without a pro-rata higher value?
Wasn’t a 250-rupee value in fact issued
recently—or did I dream it? I’ve certainly
never seen one.
At any potentially unhelpful post office
counter, the two words ‘philatelic souvenir’
may break the ice. If not, then exploit the
fact that post office staff—even in, shall we
say, some of the more volatile countries of
the world—are often fond of children. Any
claims that they have no stamps, or don’t
sell them today, or don’t serve foreigners,
or don’t understand, can be countered by
the local words for ‘present for my son/
daughter’ (which you’ll have looked up in
advance), backed up by a photo of one (or
someone else’s, if you don’t have kids your-
self). The response you won’t understand
thereafter, if accompanied by a fond smile,
will probably mean ‘How old is he/she?’
Quote a plausible age (the child’s real age,
if you can remember it), smile fondly in
return, and you’re in business. If, however,
you get say nine copies of everything, the
phrase will have meant ‘How many do you
want?’ That’s a chance you have to take.
On the town
In certain countries, it’s wise to act like a
local. Before setting out for the post office,
stamp shop, internet café or wherever,
memorise the map, and stride purpose-
fully to your destination, unobtrusively but
visibly holding the local newspaper you’ll
have bought for the purpose, even if you
can’t read a word of it. Do not do the
‘Mug me, I’m a tourist’ trick of helplessly
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consulting your map at the first crossroads, Fig 11 (above) An
swinging cameras about, wearing jokey T- Indian cover made
shirts inscribed in English, or talking loudly up to see what
in English to a friend. Conversely, pick the would happen to
right kind of newspaper. Amused Brazilian it—it was the only
friends told me I wasn’t the kind of person item posted that
who’d buy the kind of paper I’d just hap- arrived
pened to pick (a paper probably best de-
scribed as an unsophisticated tabloid). And
if you get lost, head straight for the nearest
department-store toilet, and consult the
map again in private. Hopefully, you’ll
then reach your destination in one piece.
Once you reach your stamp shop, re-
member that material is most popular, and
therefore priced most highly, in its country
of issue. If this is what you seek, the home
country might be the only place left where
you can buy elusive items—but you won’t
get many bargains. Conversely, this is just
what you may get in GB material (or any
other ‘foreign’ country) routinely handled
abroad on a simplified basis. Memorise the Fig 12 (right) This
non-simplified varieties to look for: don’t cancelled-on-the-
consult a specialised catalogue right under spot miniature sheet
cost more than first
the nose of the dealer, for he might then
thought
change his mind and declare that what you
want is, after all, suddenly not for sale—
until he’s double-checked it for himself,
that is. (If in doubt, buy: we all regret far
more the things we missed than the excess
we bought.)

Coming home
Buying stamps can be a useful way of get-
ting rid of quite sizeable amounts of local
currency, a good point to remember if UK
banks won’t change it when you get home.
On leaving Brazil, I spread my remaining
money over the airport post office coun-
ter with the (by then much-used) phrase
‘stamps, please’. The counter-clerk was ex- Fig 13 (far right)
pansive and obliging, producing and can- Too many stamps
celling for me, on the spot, a vast array of on a cover can
low-value stamps—plus a miniature sheet. I result in some being
have no particular affection for these, but uncancelled and then
when fine used (rather than, perversely scribbled over

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perhaps, cancelled-to-order with ‘special’
postmarks) they are always in demand back
home (Fig 12). It was only when the plane
had taken off that I counted up what I’d
bought, and found it came to about a third
of what I’d paid him.
Never mind: I recall on a previous occa-
sion being generously given more stamps
than I had change for (I often wonder how
the clerk balanced his books afterwards),
and I had more than made up for it on a
previous trip by buying quantities of cheap
used Brazilian stamps from street kiosks,
mounted on card and sold as souvenirs.
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This sort of thing can often be vastly over-
priced, but when the local currency is weak,
(as Brazil’s was, at that time, with inflation
running at 900 per cent per annum,) it can
cost next to nothing in real terms. I did,
however, take the precaution of buying
just one card first and soaking the stamps
off it back in the hotel room to check for
thinnings or non-dissolving gum, before
buying any more. Even cheap used stamps
are a waste of money if they’re all dam-
aged. Mine weren’t, and the duplicates
came in very handy for exchange once I
got home. And while visiting any country
suffering from a weak currency, don’t miss
the chance (as I completely did, on my
sole visit to Romania, with the pound then
worth 52,000 lei) to create imaginatively-
franked ‘inflation’ covers.
Wherever you travel, you may end up
buying more stamps than you needed.
How do you dispose of them? Leave them
as small tips for obliging hotel staff, per-
haps—or plaster them all over any available
envelopes and post them home. Beware
here: vastly overfranked covers can scream
‘Philatelic mail: please steal’ to dishonest
staff anywhere in transit. Remember, too,
that standard postmarks often cover only
a limited area, leaving out-of-reach stamps
either uncancelled (not what you want), or
worse, scribbled on by postal staff no doubt
Buying stamps can be a useful way of
getting rid of quite sizeable amounts of
local currency
fearful that you will instantly return to the
country purely in order to overturn the
economy by reusing a few pence-worth of
stamps again (Fig 13).
The answer is to acquire (if you didn’t
already pack) plenty of oversized envelopes,
and stuff them with hotel brochures and
other literature (concert programmes, in
my case) to make up a plausible weight.
The advantages here are (i) large envelopes
may require cancelling by hand rather than
machine, increasing the chances of every
stamp being cancelled properly, (ii) things
like museum guides are worth keeping
as souvenirs: posting them home helps to
reduce the weight of your luggage (and
believe me, every gramme counts, espe-
cially during a long tour), (iii) large well-
filled envelopes provide a sturdy support
for clear postmarking of large-format items
like booklet panes and miniature sheets. A
word of warning: if reusing large envelopes
carefully saved at home from your incoming
mail and brought out for the purpose, think
twice before covering the original meter-
marks with new stamps. Red meter-mark ink
can migrate during soaking-off, producing
stamps with cryptic backprints guaranteed
to confuse researchers years hence.
Of course, if you’re naturally mischief-
minded, this may be just the effect you want
to achieve. More on this another time.
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‘The Sower’, a Not-so-Common
Little Stamp
Part 13—The Sowers to the
Present Day
Ashley Lawrence brings the Sower story right up to date
Postcard sent from
Paimpol (Côte du
Nord) to Paris in
October 1944

Avis de Virement with

30c. Semeuse de Piel
used on the day after
the day of issue

The previous articles have described the Sower stamps issued up to the outbreak
of World War II in 1939. En passant they have mentioned postal stationery that
carries the design of the Sower, but this is a subject that deserves a more detailed
treatment, and I hope to deal with it more fully in a later chapter.
However, I do want to mention the postcard that was issued in 1944, imprinted
with the 1f.20 brown Lined Sower. This postcard was printed in Rennes at the
request of the Allied Military Authorities for use in the liberated Départements
in Western France. The Allies appreciated the significance of the Sower for the
French nation. She was a symbol of the freedom that existed before the fall of
France, the German occupation, and rule by the Vichy government.

La Semeuse de Piel
(SG 1455)
To mark the adoption of the New Franc in
1960, the Minister of PTT, Bernard Cornut-
Gentille, decided to bring back the Sower
design for a new 20c. stamp to replace the The Piel Sower
20f. Marianne de Muller for internal post- marked the
introduction
card use. Jules Piel was engaged to make
of the New
the engraving. The PTT had obtained per- Franc in
mission from Georges Roty, son of Louis- 1960
Oscar Roty, but he later wrote a letter of
disapproval to PTT, published in Le Monde The printing
des Philatélistes in March 1960. on postcards
The new stamp, in turquoise and rose, produced some
was issued on 2 January 1960. There were strange results. Here
19 printings between 1959 and 1964, in the Sower is practising
sheets of 100, and coils of 1000 stamps were on a trampoline!

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 1996 ‘Day of the Stamp’ issue
first day cover (top) and
booklet and booklet pane
(above and left)
The Sower stamp featured on
a stamp of 1978 celebrating
the 50th anniversary of the
Academy of Philately
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issued in 1961. The stamp was withdrawn
from sale on 15 January 1965.
The new design, La Semeuse de Piel was
also issued with a 30c. face value, in violet-
blue and indigo (1456a) on 23 February
1961. It was specially printed to meet the
postal charge on the withdrawal of funds
from a post office current account. The
notice of transfer of funds (Avis de Virement)
shown in the illustration was issued by the
post office in Toulon (Var) on 24 February
1961, the day after the new 30c. value was
introduced into service. The stamp was
withdrawn on 7 July 1962.
Philatelic celebrations
A 1f. Sower stamp (2279) was issued on 7
October 1978 to celebrate the 50th anni­
versary of the founding of the Academy
of Philately. Designed by Charles Bridoux
and engraved by Claude Haley, eight mil-
lion copies of the stamp were printed by
rotary press. The stamp was withdrawn on
4 May 1979.
Journée du Timbre
Each year since 1944, the French postal
authority, the PTT, has designated a ‘Day
of the Stamp’. In 1996 it was the turn of
La Semeuse to be celebrated by the issue of
commemorative stationery and a special
booklet by La Poste. The booklet contains

seven stamps showing part of Roty’s ori­
ginal design of the Sower, three of which
are surcharged 60c. for the benefit of the
Red Cross. The booklet cover and stamps,
and a first day cover, are illustrated.
Enter the Euro
On 1 January 2002, the French Franc was
replaced by the Euro. La Poste issued a
commemorative design, ‘Adieu le Franc,
Bonjour l’Euro’ to celebrate the event. Roty’s
design for the Sower continues to appear
on the 10c., 20c. and 50c. Euro coins.
100 Years of the Sower
In 2003, La Poste issued another booklet,
this time to celebrate the centenary of the
first appearance of the Sower on French
stamps. The booklet, which was issued on
6 November 2003, contains 5×50c. stamps
The centenary of the Sower was marked by a booklet which included five self-
adhesive 50c. stamps in this long-running design
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Commemorative
design marking the
introduction of the
Euro
of La Semeuse, designed by Louis-Oscar
Roty and re-engraved by Claude Jumelet,
together with five stamps of fixed validity
depicting Marianne de Luquet designed by
Ève Luquet and engraved by Jumelet.
Ashley Lawrence is the President of
The France & Colonies Philatelic
Society. The Society was founded in
1949, and now has some 400 members
worldwide. Readers who would like
to know more about the Society’s
activities and publications should
consult its website, www.fcps.org.uk,
or contact its Membership Secretary,
Dr R G Gethin of 5, Meriden Close,
Bromley, Kent BR1 2UF
(email: info@fcps.org.uk)
T o celebrate its 75th anniversary
year, the Seaford and District
Stamp Club is holding an all-day event
on Saturday 24 May 2008. Two highly
respected philatelists will be exhibiting,
they are Chris Oliver, President of
the National Philatelic Society, who
will display a portion of the reference
collection of fakes and forgeries held
by Harmers of London, and Dickon
Pollard of Murray Payne Ltd, who will
display a range of stamps of the reign
of King George VI.
The Club has endeavoured to
encourage anyone and everyone to
come to this anniversary meeting,
whether or not they have found the
interest that philately brings. The
meeting runs from 10.00 a.m. until
about 4.30 p.m. and will be held at the
Cross Way Hall, Clinton Place, Seaford.
Everyone is welcome and the displays
promise to provide a stimulating day’s
entertainment. They will be supported
by two other static displays—one is of
postcards illustrating ‘Olde Seaford’.
The other includes all forms of
collections—Traditional, Postal History
and Thematic—with a display of the
‘Postal History of Brighton’ being
included.
History of the Club
It is always difficult to go back and find
out when and where a group of people
first met, who they were and what
they did after having decided to meet
again. After all, seldom do those people
imagine that, in 75 years’ time, anyone
will be interested in their activities and
exploits. Also, the formality associated
with meetings often comes later in the
social life of a group of people sharing
a common interest. And so it is with this
Club, for very little is known about the
beginnings of the Seaford and District
Stamp Club except that there is ­evidence
that people did meet in the ­middle of
1933 and decided to form themselves
into ‘The Seaford Philatelic Society’.
Seaford is a town on the south
coast of England, in Sussex, that was
created early in the 13th century as
a subordinate of the Cinque Port of
Hastings. Visitors have to learn to
pronounce the name correctly—not ‘C-
fud’ but ‘C-fawd’. There are those that
say that the founders of Brighton and
Eastbourne were so desperate to be a
part of Seaford that the town dignitaries
eventually had to insist that those towns
be built equidistant east and west of
Seaford.
Unfortunately, the war brought
a halt to the activities of the society
and no doubt whatever records
were kept were entrusted to one
of the members—never to be seen
again. Surviving members of the
Seaford Philatelic Society started
meeting again after the war and the
Society’s activities were eventually
formalised in 1948. Since then
and through to the present day
there have been regular meetings
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and events with membership levels of
between 20 and 30. It appears from the
records that a number of churches in
the Seaford area have allowed us to use
their facilities over the years and this
hospitality has been greatly appreciated.
In 1991 members decided that the
name of the society should be changed
to ‘The Seaford and District Stamp
Club’—a name that seemed more in
keeping with current times and this
has certainly been successful, as new
and active members have joined and
remained with the club.
Despite being a relatively small group,
an interesting and varied programme
of displays has always been enjoyed
by the members. On one occasion
a display of Penny Blacks and other
early Great Britain stamps worth nearly
£400,000 was shown, while on another
evening we helped to judge a display
by budding juniors aged 8 years and
upwards, probably worth about £10.
But as all collectors know, it isn’t about
the value—it is the spectacle and the
interest and effort put into another
person’s collection that inspires.
Association of Sussex
Philatelic Societies
Soon after ‘the reformation’ in 1948,
the then Society became a founding
member of the Association of Sussex
Philatelic Societies (ASPS) and it has
supported that association ever since. As
an association of societies, ASPS holds
conventions twice a year and the club
has taken responsibility for running
these successfully on three occasions.
The Club also interacts with other ASPS
member clubs by regularly exchanging
visits and displays.
Very little is
known about the
beginnings of
the Seaford and
District Stamp Club
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75th Anniversary of
Seaford and District
Stamp Club
David Lee looks back at the history of a
thriving society
Laurie Holland, President of Seaford and District Stamp Club
In 1963/4 a member of Seaford, Col
J S Freeland, was appointed President
of ASPS and at the end of his term
of ­office he presented two cups for
the Club’s competitions. The honour
of holding the presidency of ASPS is
repeated this year (2007/8) in that Roy
Ferguson, who is Seaford’s Chairman,
is President of ASPS, having been Vice-
President last year. Other members of
the Club have held various honorary
positions with ASPS.
Col Freeland was a strong supporter
of the Seaford Club and took the
unusual step of initiating a symbolic
and very ornate collar and badge that
was to be available for the President
of the Club on official occasions. The
Club has also benefited from the
generosity of two other past members
who presented trophies for members’
annual competitions—the Foxton
Cup for a traditional display and the
Wood Cup for a thematic display. The
standard of members’ displays is always
very competitive and encouraging for
the future of stamp collecting and of
the Club. In recent years, the top two
entries in each class have been entered
into the annual ASPS competitions and
in October 2007 success was achieved as
Brian Livingstone and Maurice Shorten
Presentation of the Wood Cup to David Lee at a recent meeting of the Club
won first place for the Club in the
thematic competition and were awarded
the cup. It shows it can be done and
our future competitions promise to
bring forward even more interesting
entries from the depths of members’
collections.
Another member of Seaford who
is well known in the international
philatelic world is Philip Beale. He is
a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society
and a gold medal winner. He is a
specialist in the stamps of Gambia and
has written a number of authoritative
books on several philatelic topics.
Meetings of the Club
Meetings of the Club are held on the
second Wednesday of each month
starting at 7.00 p.m. for 7.30 p.m.
and the venue is the hall of the
Cross Way Church on Steyne Road,
Seaford. New members and visitors
are always welcome and a full and
interesting programme of events
is arranged each year. If anyone is
interested in enjoying an evening’s
entertainment with us, the Secretary
can give details; his telephone
number is 01273 516 897.
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 Australian Wine
Bottle ‘Stamp’ Labels
Brian Cartwright starts a new collection

Left and above: The six original wine label ‘stamp’ designs
together with the Australian stamps on which they were
based

S everal years ago, whilst wandering up

the wines aisle in my local supermarket,
I saw some bottles with the representation
Shiraz Cabernet
Sauvignon
Chardonnay Semillon
½d. ‘Roo’

4d. Koala
of a postage stamp on the label. On closer Chardonnay Pinot Noir 9d. Platypus
inspection I found the stamps were of Aus- Cabernet Merlot 5½d. Emu
tralian origin, as was the Hardys wine. Riesling 6d. Kookaburra
I purchased a bottle of the Shiraz Caber- Gewurztraminer
net Sauvignon, which featured a ½d. ‘Roo’ Grenache Shiraz 1s. Lyre Bird
in the design, fully intending to consume In 2003 a new wine appeared, Semillon
the contents of the bottle, float off the Sauvignon Blanc, featuring a 3½d. Lori-
label as a souvenir and mount it alongside keet. Now I could not find a 3½d. value in
a genuine ½d. ‘Roo’—end of story! the 1937–49 stamps of Australia so I won-
Apart from the fact that the wine was very dered if the design had been taken from an
nice, I had reason to visit the supermarket unissued stamp or essay?
for another bottle; the label was impossible The answer to my query was supplied
to remove from the bottle without damage. by Marc Allgrove, International Brand
I was gradually becoming an alcoholic in
my quest for a perfect label! As there were Hardys’ own stamp design for use on its
six different types of wine, each featuring Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
a different stamp, I had to find another
method of obtaining my label, quickly!
Through correspondence with the Brit-
ish importers, and subsequently the Aus-
tralian producers, I did manage to obtain
a perfect set of labels, as well as fridge
magnets featuring the designs and some
useful information.
The Australian Zoological series was
brought out by the Hardy Wine Company
to coincide with the 1988 World Expo
which was held in Brisbane, Queensland.
The designs were based on the 1937–49
issued stamps of Australia. The series con-
sisted of:

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Manager, in the following letter; ‘Thank For those readers like me who enjoy a Verdelho have been produced featuring
you very much for your inquiry regard- glass of wine, yet another series from a dif- Port Pirie, Adelaide, Gawler (Cabernet),
ing the “Lorikeet” stamp that appears on ferent vineyard is now on the market. This and Maitland, GPO NSW (Verdelho), post
the Hardys Stamp of Australia Semillon time featuring Australian Post Offices. So offices.
Sauvignon Blanc. far only two types, Cabinet Sauvignon and Bottoms Up!
‘You are indeed correct that the stamp
in question was not contained in the 1937–
49 series of stamps that form the core
of the Hardys Stamps of Australia series
packaging.
‘One of the requirements for the use of
Australian stamps in packaging is that they
have been out of print for a minimum of 50
years. It was this requirement that hindered
us when we were developing the package
for this, the latest addition to the Hardys
Stamp of Australia range, as there were no
suitable stamps.
‘Therefore a ‘new’ stamp was developed.
It has never been in print and was never
issued by Australian Post, yet it conveys
the Australian origins of the wine and its
crisp, clean and refreshing flavours, whilst
remaining true to the established brand
identity.
‘I trust this clears up any confusion you
may have had.
‘Please find enclosed a set of the ‘Lori-
keet’ labels for your interest only, as I im-
agine you would not wish to include them
in your stamp collection.’
The 750ml bottle labels consisted of a
separate label with the wine type and the
heading HARDYS/STAMP of AUSTRALIA
with the ‘stamp’ design on another label.
In 2004 the design of the labels was
changed to incorporate the ‘stamp’ and
titles on the same label.
In 2005 I encountered the Shiraz Caber- Label variations include the
net Sauvignon in 18.75cl bottles in use on ‘stamp’ on a separate label (far
both Singapore Airlines and South West left) and as part of the label
Trains buffet trollies, using smaller labels. (above), a smaller version was
produced for use on 18.75cl
bottles (left)

Below: Old Post House wine,

produced by McLaren Vale,
features ‘stamps’ depicting
Australian post offices

G.S.M. May 2008 91

Stamp Hunting
Nimrod suggests some stamps
worth looking for
Anguilla
Anguilla is one of the most northerly of the
Leeward Islands. Formerly part of the colony of
St Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, Anguilla declared
independence in 1967 although it wasn’t until
1980 that formal disassociation took place, hence
the reason for stamps inscribed St
Kitts Nevis Anguilla being issued
up until then.
Stamps of the Leeward Islands
clearly used in Anguilla are of
interest and worth picking up
when available, especially when on
cover.
The crown jewels of Anguilla phi-
lately are undoubtedly the stamps
that make up the 1967 Independent
Anguilla overprint set (SG 1/16).
The complete set fine mint is near
impossible to find; be prepared to dig deep to obtain this set. The
used are common by comparison, at least for the low values to 25c.
The five values from 50c. through to $5 are much less frequently
seen with the 60c. being the scarcest. The low values are neverthe-
less desirable and should be purchased when offered. The ½c. value
(1) is probably the least often seen out of these low values and any
value on cover should prove to be a very worthwhile purchase.
After the excitement of the 1967 overprints, things quieten down
somewhat. The note in the catalogue under 52a/j mentions the ex-
istence of values to $5 overprinted ‘Independence/January, 1969’,
but these are actually very common both mint and c.t.o. used. Less
common are the 1972–75 pictorial definitives (130/44a) with all
values from 25c. upwards proving more difficult to come by fine
used than was previously the case. The 1976 New Constitution set
(223/40) is relatively easy to come by mint or used, but the listed
‘Italic “O”’ varieties much less so. They are almost never present
in collections and I would hazard a guess that a complete used set
would prove to be mighty challenging to put together. A similar situ-
ation exists for the 1978 Anniversaries set (325/30). Mint positional
blocks of all these varieties should be sought out, although single
examples are also desirable.
The 1980 Separation overprint set (421/42) was aimed more at
the souvenir/tourist market, including, as it did, two $10 values.
Mint sets are common but used less so. The 1983 Turtles set was
issued in two different perforation gauges. The perf 12 version
(560a/63a) is the scarcer of the two and again is a set that doesn’t
often appear in collections, mint or used. From this point on An-
guilla started to slide down the slippery road of unnecessary issues
with a number of Disney inspired stamps being issued as well as
other special sets with fairly high face values. Nevertheless, the Dis-
ney issues are in demand, especially by collectors in the USA, and I
expect the early issues, i.e. 1983 Christmas (577/MS586), 1984 Ol-
ympics (587A/MS596B), 1984 Christmas (636/MS645), 1985 Mark
Twain (680/MS684) and 1985 Grimm Brothers (685/MS689), to
continue to rise in value for the next few years. Although used tend
to be priced more highly in the catalogue, demand is almost exclu-
sively for unmounted mint.
During the 1980s and 1990s a number of very attractive thematic
sets were issued, usually with an attendant miniature sheet. Best
amongst these are 1986 Christmas (Ships) (734/MS738), 1987
Easter (Butterflies) (745/MS749),
1987 Christmas (Sea Shells) (783/
MS787), 1990 Christmas (Sea Birds)
(864/MS868), and 1995 Endan-
gered Species (Whales) (969/72).
Again, demand for unmounted mint
exceeds that for used, but the used
should not be ignored, especially if
offered at a favourable price.
92
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competition was Ian Handley of Devon.
The correct answers were: (1) Surgeon-fishes
(Rainbows of the Sea); (2) Pope Pius IX (The
Vatican Opens a Superb Philatelic and Nusmismatic
Museum); (3) Casino Royale (Machin Watch); (4)
Sigurd (Shore to Shore); (5) Nocturnal insects
or fireflies (The Postmarks of the West Indies
1937–1956, Jamaica); (6) Grand Duke Michael (50th
Anniversary of the First Russian Stamp); (7) 5.30
a.m. (Cornwall: Its Postal History and Postmarks);
(8) Dominica’s GPO (Dominica); (9) Deutsche Post
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Stamp of Approval for adidas
UEFA Euro 2008 Football
Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS, reports on the innovative new stamp issued
by Austria Post for the forthcoming championships and looks back at
recent Euro competitions and their philatelic celebrations

A ustria Post has launched a round self-adhesive postage stamp to commemorate the
2008 UEFA Football Championship, Euro 2008, to be co-hosted by Austria and Switzer-
land during June. The €3.75 stamp is made of the same material (a synthetic mixture
containing polyurethane) as the match 14-panel ball produced for the finals by adidas and
named the ‘Europass’. This is similar to the ‘Teamgeist’, the official football used for the
FIFA World Cup 2006, but with a slightly modified surface structure.
The Europass was unveiled during the gal, Switzerland, Turkey. Group B: Aus-
draw ceremony held in Lucerne, Switzer- tria, Croatia, Germany, Poland. Group C:
land, on 2 December 2007. The engaging France, Italy—holders 2004 FIFA World
Austria stamp, masterminded and printed Cup, Netherlands, Romania. Group D:
by a French company, Cartor Security Greece—holders Euro 2004, Russia, Spain
Printing, was released on 12 March and and Sweden. My prediction is that
launched during a special ceremony hosted the winner of Euro 2008 will come
by Austria Post and adidas at the Haus des from Group C, possibly France or
Sports in Vienna. Italy. My outside team to do well is
Only a comparatively small number of Romania and Romfilatelia is issuing
this stamp—490,000 to be exact—have a 2p. European Football Champion-
been printed by Cartor and although they ship 2008 stamp. EFIRO 2008, the
may be sought after by stamp collectors and World Philatelic Exhibition to be held
football fans, they are unlikely to see much in Bucharest, 20–28 June, ends the day
postal use. Being more than 1mm thick, before the Final of Euro 2008.
one wonders how sorting and cancelling
machinery will be able to cope with them— Challenge
although, as a high-value stamp, they would Gilles Le Baud, former owner of Cartor
probably only be used for ‘premium’ mail. Security Printers, explained to GSM that
For ‘every day’ mail, Austria Post has issued the project had been a great challenge for
a number of other stamps ahead of the the company, based at La Loupe, about 140
opening ceremony. km west of Paris. He said: ‘The actual stamp
printing and die cutting was extremely
Euro 2008 challenging because the polyurethane ma-
The opening ceremony of Euro 2008 takes terial expanded and contracted during the
place in Basel, Switzerland, followed by processes.’
the first match, Swit-
zerland v Czech Re-
public, on Saturday 7
June. The final (Match
31) will be played in
Vienna on Sunday 29
June. The 16 teams
are: Group A: Czech
Repub lic, Portu-

Stamps issued by
Austria to mark its
co-hosting of Euro
2008, including
one printed on
the material used
for the ‘Europass’
football

G.S.M. May 2008 95

 Mr Le Baud revealed that Cartor had
worked on the project behind closed doors, Great Britain’s
perfecting the printing techniques between Euro 96 stamps
April and September 2007. Cartor then featured Dixie
signed the contract with Austria Post and Dean, Bobby
the material arrived from adidas in large Moore, Duncan
rolls during November. ‘We developed a Edwards,
method of applying a self-adhesive back- Billy Wright
ing, and used the silk screen technique and Danny
in two colours, red and black, to print the Blanchflower
stamps.’
Mr Le Baud, who has recently founded
a new company, GLB International, to de-
velop and promote exciting new pioneer-
ing stamp concepts, added: ‘I am thrilled
to have been involved in the develop-
ment and production of this unique post-
age stamp for Austria Post. It is a world
first, and another breakthrough in stamp
printing techniques. Cartor has achieved
an amazing result after overcoming many
technical difficulties and challenges during
the development and printing processes.’

Austria Post
Dr Erich Haas, Director of Philately at Aus-
tria Post, told GSM: ‘It would be impossible
to imagine a more authentic stamp, be-
cause it is made of the same material as the
footballs that will be used at all the matches
during the Euro 2008 tournament.’
The football stamp also received a warm
commendation from the captain
of the Austria football team that A few of the 45
will be competing as co-host, in
Euro 2008. Andreas Ivanschitz, Collectors of stamps issued by
Portugal when it
a midfielder, who is now on two-
year loan with the Greek side Great Britain hosted the Euro
2004 finals
Panathinaikos FC, said: ‘The spe-
cial adidas football to be used
new issues will
during Euro 2008 will help the
players to have a better control
be relieved that
of the ball and more power when
shooting at goal. This should
there will be no
mean that more goals will be
scored than at previous Euro
special stamps
tournaments.’
Ivanschitz, who wears the No
to mark Euro
10 shirt for his country, added: 2008
‘This is good for football and
makes it more exciting for the
spectators in the stadium and also for the
millions watching on television throughout
the world.’

Switzerland co-host

Switzerland, the other co-host of Euro 2008

issued a single 1f. commemorative stamp
(in sheetlets of ten) on 4 March.

Royal Mail
Many collectors of Great Britain new issues
will be relieved that there will be no special
stamps to mark Euro 2008 because the rep-
resentatives from the United Kingdom—
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland—were all knocked out during the
qualifying stages of the competition.

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 Euro 96
Stamp collectors who are football fans will remember with pleasure many of the memor-
able matches during the finals of Euro 96 played in grounds throughout England. To
mark the event Royal Mail issued five stamps on 14 May 1996 (SG 1925/9) depicting
famous footballers, Dixie Dean, Duncan Edwards, Billy Wright, Danny Blanchflower and
Bobby Moore.
Bobby, later Sir Bobby, Moore captained amazing come back from 1–0 down: Sylvain
the magnificent England team that won Wiltord equalised on the very last minute
the 1966 FIFA World Cup, defeating West of the game and David Trezeguet scored
Germany 4–2 during extra time in a puls- the winner in extra time.
ating and memorable match at the old Em-
pire Stadium Wembley on 30 June 1966. (I Euro 2004
was there.) The finals of Euro 2004 were played in Por-
30 years later, England reached the semi- tugal. The Portuguese Post Office issued
final of Euro 96, but lost to Germany on no less than 45 different stamps and four
penalties at the old Wembley Stadium. I miniature sheets to mark the event. A poor
was there with my son Joseph on the night England team reached the last eight, play-
of that England disaster! Germany won ing Portugal in the quarter-finals, after 90
Euro 96 a few days later when they beat minutes the score was England 2, Portugal
the newly born Czech Republic in a rather 2, but the host nation proceeded on penal-
dull final, 1–0 during extra time to the first ties. Outsiders Greece defeated Portugal
golden goal in a major tournament (the 1–0 in the final, but won no friends by play-
match ended as soon as Germany scored ing boring defensive football throughout
the goal). Royal Mail had prepared designs the tournament. The Greek Post Office
for a special ‘England Winners’ stamp but marked the victory with a set of stamps
the team was licked and the proposed (2280/3) and a miniature sheet (MS2284),
stamps placed in some Post Office archive! but the team did not qualify for the finals
of the FIFA 2006 World Cup.
Euro 2000 Meanwhile, Österreichische Post AG, as
Euro 2000 was the first tournament to the Austrian postal service is known, an-
be hosted by two countries, Netherlands nounced in Vienna on 11 March that its
and Belgium. France (the 1998 FIFA operating profit in 2007 was up 32 per cent
World Champions) were favourites to win at 162.8 million euros. Perhaps Royal Mail
and they lived up to expectations when should team up with England and prepare
they beat Italy 2–1 after extra time, in an a winner for the FIFA World Cup Finals to
be played in South Africa during 2010. The
theme ‘In Off The Post’ comes to mind!

Greece
celebrated
its victory
in the 2004
finals with
four stamps
and a
miniature
sheet

G.S.M. May 2008 97

 Price Update
Alterations and Additions to Catalogue Prices
Commonwealth and British Empire stamps 1840–1970,
2008 edition
Commonwealth of Australia Norfolk Island
20d £12,000 £5250 62a £450
20w 16·00 9·00
Papua
212 6·00 5·00
1 15·00 21·00
21a £8500 £1600
2 12·00 13·00
21ca £10,000 £375
70 £3250 £5000
26ba £4000 £1400
86 1·00 75
47hw 45·00 11·00
150 1·00 3·00
47iw £600 70·00
150a 32·00 55·00
51w 20·00 15·00
151 3·50 3·50
52w 55·00 20·00
152 2·50 3·00
53w £120 75·00
152a 55·00 70·00
59w 26·00 10·00
O6 45·00 35·00
77a 75·00 35·00
O6a 21·00 4·25
85w 90·00 75·00
O7 21·00 4·50
80w 17·00 7·00
O7a £100 32·00
90w † £10,000
95aw 18·00 18·00 Papua New Guinea
125x £1800 £1200 146 70·00 1·75
159 1·25 50
Bahamas
160 3·25 2·75
142f £140 £190
209/11 55 2·00
143g £200 £275
213/5 1·00 2·25
160 9·50 2·50
253aw † £2500
171 8·50 4·25
280 1·00 1·00
171a 8·50 9·00
282ba £4000
171b 17·00 9·00
368a £5500
188 2·75 50
372 £2500 £1400
192 15·00 11·00
396a £5000
193 15·00 16·00
Great Britain D79 £130 £170
200 1·50 60
1913 Seahorse £1 deep green. O10w £1000 £400
206a 18·00 19·00
Well centred, fine used with early usage O33b £3000 £850
211a 4·25 70
£300 - 400 O38a † £1700
215 26·00 2·50
O39h £375 35·00
O41b £150 18·00 Bahrain
Part of The Donald Hope Gunstone O41c £375 60·00 Z1 £325
Collection of Gold Coins and Proof
examples
O41w £100 25·00 Z2 £325
O42 60·00 3·75 Z14 55·00
O42b £2500 Z18 50·00
O46dw £450 £180 Z19 55·00
O49w £1400 Z23 65·00
O52 £3250 £1800 Z30 18·00
Coins, Medallions, O63
O64a
£180
60·00
75·00 Z34
30·00 Z40
14·00
55·00
Banknotes and Tokens O64w 65·00 35·00 Z40a 18·00
O65w 55·00 30·00 Z43 40·00
21 May 12.00noon O68w
O69aw
48·00
55·00
18·00 Z45
30·00 Z60a
£225
75·00
Viewing: Tuesday 20 May 10.00am - 4.00pm O72w £750 £130 Z61 1·50
& morning of sale 8.30am - 11.30am. Lists available O73 55·00 13·00 Z64 11·00
O80w 65·00 18·00 Z66 7·50
O118 £325 40·00 Z68 30·00
Christmas Island Z71 23·00
Stamps, Postcards, 25a £1200 Z78
Z80a
45·00
13·00
Cigarette Cards & Ephemera Cocos (Keeling) Islands
11a £1200
Z81
Z81a
15·00
16·00
29 May 12.00noon New Guinea
65aw £140
Z82
Z83
38·00
22·00
Viewing: Wednesday 28 May 10.00am - 4.00pm 103ab 50·00 40·00 Z93 45·00
103ac 50·00 40·00 Z97 29·00
& morning of sale 8.30am - 11.30am. Lists available
103ad 50·00 40·00 Z99 60·00
103ae 50·00 40·00 Z100 £100
119 2·25 4·00 Z101 24·00
120a 32·00 75·00 Z102 23·00
120b 32·00 75·00 Z136 22·00
The Auction Centre, 120c 32·00 75·00 Z137 26·00
Leyburn, North Yorkshire 120d 32·00 75·00 Z137a 40·00
DL8 5SG 182 4·25 70 Z138 13·00
206 1·00 65 Z139 12·00
Tel: +44(0)1969 623780 207 2·25 65 Z140 20·00
stamps@tennants-ltd.co.uk
O6 £250 55·00 Z141 23·00
O12 £325 £200 5 10·00 2·75
www.tennants.co.uk O13 – £600 5a 10·00 2·75

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Errors Part 4: Non-errors
Oliver Andrew takes a look at some stamps which have been described
as errors in the past but which he feels the designers should now be
given the benefit of the doubt

M y first article on ‘Errors of Design’ (GSM, May 2007) elicited some interesting cor-
respondence. Graham Ford of the Tristan da Cunha Association sent a copy of a
sketch by Sir Hugh Elliott, Administrator of Tristan 1950–52. This sketch was the basis for
on the 13th and declared on the 15th. On 10
April, a referendum organised by the Nazi
party declared 99.5 per cent of Austrians in
the 2s.6d. stamp of Gough Island with an anatomically-suspect Elephant Seal. The original favour of unification. Well, they would say
sketch is clearly marked ‘Fur Seal’; so it was a designer at De La Rue who was responsible that, wouldn’t they? Why had they invaded a
for changing either the flippers or the name. David Wright, the author of the current GSM mere two days before Schuschnigg’s referen-
series of ‘Mysteries’ has a number of interesting-looking candidates for errors—more dum? And what was the turnout? Were there
about these later. Ian Hamilton sent correct versions of the disastrous captions on the massive abstentions? No figures for these
2003 Nevis set commemorating the Wright brothers’ first flight (his letter has already been were ever published.
published in GSM in August 2007).
In this article I am going to look at some the battle of Weichselmünde, 1577, clearly, Reproduced errors
non-errors, that is ‘errors’ detected by over- at the time of issue (1938), a provocation. Another question is whether the accurate
keen, and occasionally under-informed, The Poles, who had lost, were bitterly indig- reproduction on a stamp of an original with
critics. Some of the following examples nant. On other occasions the propaganda is an error can itself be considered an error. A
may genuinely be errors, but collectors merely harmless boasting: Cuba 335 shows very obvious example is the Islamic symbol
should give designers the benefit of the Gertrude Gomez de Avellana, describing of a crescent moon with a star. Most Islamic
doubt, and reserve their fire for manifest her as ‘the greatest woman poet of all time’. countries show the star inside the arms of
incompetence. If you believe that, as the Duke of Wellington the crescent, but it is not obligatory, and
is supposed to have said (to a man who ad- some countries don’t; some, such as Turkey
More propaganda dressed him: ‘Mr Smith, I believe’), you’ll (see 974, 1207), vary. Of course it’s quite im-
Many of the maps discussed in my pre- believe anything. A more complex example, possible to see a star through the solid disc
vious article come under the heading of because it is less clear, is USA 916. It shows of the moon, or on the near side of it, but
propaganda rather than errors. This is not the Austrian flag, one of a series showing the this is a symbol. One might as well complain
confined to maps—China SG 2901/6 show flags of countries occupied by the forces of that stars don’t really have five, or six, or any
landscapes in Taiwan; Argentina 2384/7 the Axis. It’s been objected that Austria was other number of points; or about the outsize
show Falklands Wildlife; Ireland 1834/7 not occupied, but was united with Germany infant Jesus shown on so many nativity paint-
show castles, including Dunluce Castle in Co with her consent. The Austrian chancellor, ings, and stamps (e.g. New Zealand 964).
Antrim (Northern Ireland). Victories com- Schuschnigg, was preparing to have a ref- Another example is Dahomey 477, which
memorated are usually at the expense of the erendum on unification on 13 March 1938. shows Cranach’s painting of Adam and
loser, e.g. Hastings (France 1722) and Trafal- German troops invaded on the night of Eve. Should they have navels, so unneces-
gar (Great Britain 2574). Danzig 284 shows March 11–12; the ‘Anschluss’ was complete sary in their circumstances? Cranach clearly
thought so, though theologians have been
Taiwan scene—Banping arguing about it for centuries, not helped
Mountain
by the fact that Genesis gives two versions
of the creation of mankind. But philatelists
surely can take it that the designer has
Penguins on the done his job by faithfully copying Cranach.
Falkland Islands A slightly different case is Luxembourg
796, issued for the centenary of the Treaty
of London, 1867, that guaranteed Luxem-
bourg’s neutrality. The design is based on
an 1850s’ painting of the city by Nicolas
Dunluce Castle in Northern Ireland Liez. The designer has been criticised for
including in the foreground a viaduct that
was only built in 1861. Surely the designer
should be congratulated for so cunningly
adapting the original to show the scene as
it was in 1867. Other rather pointless criti-
cisms concern pictures of events that may
not have taken place. Spain 1508 shows the
taking of the oath of St Gadea, and USA
294 shows Fremont in the Rockies. Perhaps
these events never actually took place. But
France celebrates the defeat of the depictions of angels or Mickey Mouse don’t
English at the Battle of Hastngs seem to bother the critics; not the same crit-
ics anyway.
Cuba MS 3443 shows Rouget de Lisle sing-
ing his new composition, the Marseillaise. It’s
Was Austria an an accurate copy of a mid-19th century
occupied country? painting by Isidore Pils, who entitled his
painting Rouget de Lisle singing the Marseillaise
to the Mayor of Strasbourg. De Lisle himself
The battle of called the song The Warsong of the Army of
Weichselmünde was the Rhine (which may help explain some of
lost by the Poles its more xenophobic lines); it acquired its

100 G.S.M. May 2008

 Would Adam
have had a What on earth can the French Post Office
navel?
have been thinking of?
new title when it was sung by contingents of
the revolutionary army entering Paris from
Marseille, later in the same year (1792).
The designer has done the right thing, even
if Pils was less than 100 per cent accurate
Taking the oath in his titling. One might claim, however,
of St Gadea— that a song written in 1792 should not
but did it take be used to commemorate the bicentenary
place?
of the French Revolution, 1789. Another
stamp I’ve seen criticised for inaccuracy
is Congo 985. It shows a painting of birds
by Audubon. Painted before the conven-
tions of scientific nomenclature were fully
established, it is labelled Passeriformes fringil-
lidae; that is order—perching birds, family—
finches. This is quite true, these birds are
Black-headed Grosbeaks, which are perch-
Audubon described these Black-headed ing birds and finches, but it is far too vague.
Grosbeaks as Passeriformes fringillidae Modern scientific names consist of the
(order and family). The modern name, genus, here Pheucticus, and the species, here
Pheucticus melanocephalus, consists of melanocephalus. However vague Audubon
genus and species may have been, the stamp-designer has got
it right. (I hope to say more about errors
in scientific names another time—there’s
certainly no shortage of material.)
Errors of tact
There are several stamps on which the pic-
ture, caption, etc are correct, but where the
designer, or his commissioners, has made
an error of tact. Tonga 528, inscribed ‘The
Friendly Islands’, shows two Tongan boxers
punching the hell out of each other. Guinea
MS1724 shows a goalkeeper failing to pre-
vent the ball crossing the line; Liechtenstein
1164 shows a slalom skier apparently about
to miss the next gate. Well, goalkeepers
do let in goals, skiers do miss gates, but …
Tonga—not such
a friendly island!
Will the slalom skier miss France’s ‘welcome
the gate? to the Huguenots’
issue seems a
little tactless
The Buddha of
Bamiyan offended
the Afghans in
1951
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Afghanistan 324 shows one of the great
sights of the country, the huge rock-carving
of the Buddha of Bamiyan. Stamps showing
it had caused few problems in 1932 (232)
or 1934 (251), but the issue of 1951 caused
an uproar, and was withdrawn. Although
strict Muslims are forbidden to represent
human beings, the King, children, dancers,
buzkashi players, etc had all appeared on
Afghanistan stamps, and caused little ob-
jection. It was the Buddhism that really
offended. More recently, despite pleas from
UNESCO, the Taliban shelled the statue to
deface it acceptably.
France 2688 is captioned ‘Welcome to the
Huguenots’ and ‘Tolerance, multi-cultural-
ism, brotherhood’, but was issued for the
300th anniversary, in 1985, of the revocation
of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict, of 1598,
‘perpetual and irreversible’ allowed Hu-
guenots religious and social equality. It was
revoked in 1685 by Louis XIV on the spe-
cious grounds that since all Protestants had
been converted, it was no longer necessary.
Now they were forbidden to worship, had
to marry in Catholic churches and educate
their children in Catholic schools. A quarter
of a million emigrated—to Germany, Hol-
land, Britain and South Africa, most taking
with them valuable artisanal skills, especially
silk-weaving. Many who remained were im-
prisoned or sent to penal colonies. Soldiers
were billeted in their houses to check on
their church-attendance. Guess who had to
pay for the soldiers’ food. What on earth
can the French Post Office have been think-
ing of?
Political error
A stamp
showing
the volcano
Momotombo
resulted in the
Panama Canal
A well-known example of a political error,
that cannot be blamed on the designer, is
Nicaragua 137/49, issued in 1900, showing
the volcano Momotombo. It had erupted in
the 17th century, was known to be technic-
ally active, and the plume of smoke shown
is hardly an exaggeration. But the French,
who wished to sell their interests in Panama
to the USA for the proposed canal, seized
the opportunity. Copies of the stamp were
sent to all the US senators who had been
considering an alternative route through
Nicaragua. Ten days later the Senate voted
in favour of the Panama route. How right
they were was shown in 1905, when Momo-
tombo erupted again.
A certain number of criticisms are simple
linguistic misunderstandings. British Hon-
duras 180a shows a Baird’s Tapir labelled
‘Mountain Cow’. Tapirs don’t look much
like cows, but that is the local name for
them. A rather less certain example is New
Caledonia 417 which shows two birds of prey
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 captioned ‘Aigle pêcheur, Haliastur sphenurus’.
Haliastur sphenurus is the scientific name of
the Whistling Hawk (officially in French:
Milan siffleur). ‘Aigle pêcheur’ (literally ‘Fish-
ing Eagle’) is one French name for the
Osprey, though the more normal name is
‘Balbuzard’. But the birds depicted on the
stamp are not Ospreys, and ‘Aigle pêcheur’ is
probably the local name for the Whistling
The Mountain Cow is the local Hawk; in which case the designer is quite
name for a tapir
correct. I’d welcome any comments on this
one. Portugal 1098/9 celebrate the 50th
Is Aigle anniversary of the Portuguese Automobile
pêcheur the Club; they are inscribed ‘Automovel Clube’,
local name for which has misled some critics. But despite
the Whistling appearances ‘clube’ is the correct word.
Hawk?
And it isn’t only local names that mislead:
Grenadines of St Vincent 647, one of a
series that shows plants in the local botanical
gardens, depicts Pitcairnia sulphurea. Despite
its name, this plant is indeed indigenous to
South America and the southern Antilles.
The plant was called after the doctor, Wil-
liam Pitcairn. The island is called after Rob-
ert Pitcairn, midshipman under Carteret,
and the first person to sight it, in 1767. It’s
purely coincidental that he was the nephew
of William.
Not
Club Unfair criticism
but Sometimes the designer has got it right, only
Clube to be criticised by critics who have simply
not been trying hard enough. Grenada 2714
shows Olympic champion Heike Drechsler
of East Germany. Her name is correctly
spelled; but some, (including SG!), thought
it should be ‘Dreschler’. Mongolia MS 2950
shows a butterfly with four legs. Everyone
Pitcairnia knows that insects have six legs; but this
sulphurea is family of butterflies, Danaidae, is one in
named after which one pair of legs has been modified
William Pitcairn, as a protective brush beneath the head;
not the island so here the designer is perfectly correct.
Bahamas MS 1216 shows the 4×100 metres
gold-medal winners at the World Athletics
championships of 1999 (and the Olympic
Games of 2000). Why five girls, wondered
some, when there are only four medals? The
medal-holders are Sevatheda Fynes, Chan-
Unidentifiable
flying boats
Heike
Drechsler’s
name is spelt
correctly—the
catalogue got it
wrong!
The horses
faced west until No rings around
1961 when they Uranus and
were changed to Neptune
face east
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dra Sturrup, Pauline Davies-Thompson, and
Debbie Ferguson, The fifth girl is Eldece
Clark-Lewis, who ran in the qualifying heats,
though not in the final. But how could they
leave her out?
Other cases where critics have been too
quick off the mark are: East Germany E1411
of 1971: which way should the horses be fac-
ing? Well, they faced west until 1961, when
the DDR changed them round, as the stamp
correctly shows, to face east. They were
turned back again some time before 1998.
Spain 1259/61, celebrating the centenary of
the National Statistics Office, were criticised
in some quarters for showing a downward
graph instead of an optimistic upward one.
But that’s just silly—obviously the graph
could show a welcome decrease in crime, in-
fant mortality, alcoholism, incest or piracy.
Nit-picking criticism
In such cases, critics are denying all liberty
of imagination to the designer. Liberia 566
shows a flying-boat. Is it a Douglas Dolphin?
or a Macchi MC 94 or MC 100? No, the de-
signer has depicted one that’s impossible to
identify. Horrors! Curiously, Vietnam 1140
shows another unidentifiable flying-boat.
Have these designers no shame? Monaco
1631 shows the third of the Labours of
Hercules. The Cerynian Hind had hooves of
brass, gold horns or antlers, and ran faster
than any arrow. Hercules had to capture
it unharmed; it took him a year. It’s been
objected that hinds don’t have horns, and
therefore it must be another animal, pos-
sibly a Defassa Waterbuck. Hercules and the
Defassa Waterbuck? I think not. Incidentally,
the caption should read: ‘Hercule et la Biche
du Mont Cérynie’ (not Cérynée). USA 2632/3
show Voyager 2 passing Uranus and Neptune.
Purists have argued that the rings of these
planets have been omitted. But this might
be an extract from ‘The Nit-pickers Guide
to the Galaxy’: the rings are faint, much
fainter than those of Saturn. They were only
discovered (by space-probe) in 1977, and
they are dark, being formed of dingy cosmic
dust. They could not be seen on the scale on
The Cerynian Hind had gold
horns—but hinds don’t have
horns
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 An open mail-
box contrvenes It’s become acceptable to depict
regulations—
how do you get wildlife, buildings, people even, with no
the mail out?
connection with the issuing country
which the planets are shown on the stamps.
Compare Ireland 1841 and 1843.
The leaden-footed literalness of some
critics is amazing. USA 1706 is a good ex-
ample. It’s said to contravene the US Postal
Service regulations in leaving the mail-box
open. For how long? Have you time to take
a photograph of the contents? Or to get
your letters out? Others have found that
Butterfly and freestyle France 3581 showing the ‘Château de Haut-
swimming strokes—perhaps Koenigsbourg’ is in error: ‘Burg’ means
it’s a medley ‘fortress’ in German, so the word ‘château’
was superfluous. Oddly, none found that
No streets since ‘château’ means ‘castle’ in French, it is
in Ospern ‘bourg’ that is superfluous, and the caption
begin with should read ‘Château de Haut-Koenig’. But
an ‘H’ or the stamp uses the official designation, and
‘J’ that’s where you should send letters.
Just occasionally one can find an in-
genious explanation that may exonerate a
careless designer. Nigeria 409 shows one
swimmer swimming butterfly, and two swim-
This was ming freestyle. Impossible said some. But
once an the race may be a medley in which one com-
error—now petitor is being lapped. Luxembourg 1053
it’s not shows a letter encouraging the use of post
codes. It’s been objected that the village of
Ospern, 8540, to which the letter depicted is
addressed, has no street beginning with ‘H’
or ‘J’. But you might say that only since it
was undeliverable was it available for anony-
mous depiction on a stamp.
Modern trend
And then there are examples that were cer-
tainly errors at the time of issue, but which
later are not seen as errors at all. I once
counted as an error Gambia 205, showing
an Emerald Cuckoo. The original skin from
which the scientific description was made,
turned up at the British Museum in 1835,
labelled ‘Senegambia’, long before national
Koalas have no connection frontiers were drawn in West Africa. Despite
with Tanzania four years fairly intensive bird-watching in
The Gambia, I did not see a single Emerald
Misspelt country names
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Cuckoo; and indeed it was only admitted
to the official Gambia list later, in 1981.
This stamp was clearly in error at the time
of issue; but within a few years The Gambia
was issuing stamps showing penguins, Gala-
pagos Hawks, Mekong catfish, Polar Bears
and other non-native wildlife. Since then
it’s become acceptable to depict wildlife,
buildings, people even, with no connection
with the issuing country; a trend that was
probably driven by ‘new’ countries, with a
perceived shortage of native material, and
anxious to claim their place as part of the
global community. The Gambia has not
been alone. Paraguay 1721 shows a Hip-
popotamus, Tanzania 1807 a Koala. Nobel-
prize winners appear on the stamps of
countries (Grenada, Maldives, Niger) that
did not even exist in their lifetime. More
about Nobels later, I hope. Nicaragua issued
a set of no fewer than 72 stamps honouring
Korean baseball players, including 22 called
Kim. Whatever can the ordinary citizens of
Managua have made of that? One would
like to see some connection between the
design and the country of issue, where
possible. The Gambia set 4908/19, for ex-
ample, shows pictures by children, not one
of whom is a local; so, incidentally, does
the St Vincent set, 5513/24. Real missed
opportunities, even if no longer countable
as errors. These are really less the fault
of the designer, more that of the stamps’
commissioners.
To round off, here are some true errors of
design, where the name of the issuing coun-
try itself has been spelled wrong. Colombia
126 wrongly read ‘Repulica’ instead of the
correct ‘Republica’. Amazingly this was only
corrected three years later, 137. A possible
excuse for this is that this was the first issue to
use the country’s new name, hitherto it had
been ‘Los Estados Unidos de Colombia’. Shades
of the 2006 Austria issue, 2828, misspell-
ing its own name ‘Osterrreich’, with an extra
‘R’! Other offenders in this field are the
Marshall Islands; the stamps of 1897/1900,
nos. 1–4 are overprinted ‘Marschall – Inseln’.
The islands were called after the English-
man Marshall who discovered them in 1788.
This error was corrected in 1899/1900, nos.
7–12. Afghanistan, which has a long record
of errors in what is, after all, not its native
alphabet, issued a stamp, 260, in 1938, la-
belled ‘Afghanestan’. The Ivory Coast set of
1904 referred to ‘Cote d’Ivoire’, which should
have been ‘Côte’, with a circumflex accent.
This well illustrates the difficulties designers
have to meet: accents in French are normally
omitted on capital letters, but circumflexes
do not count as accents in this context, espe-
cially when, as here, the accent differentiates
two words. Finally, Sierra Leone has had
its name mis-spelled ‘Sierre Leone’ on the
1994 1200l. stamp, MS 2129. These modern
examples, even with mistakes as basic as this,
are not likely to be corrected, because of the
pressure to issue fresh sets and support the
local economy.
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Shore to Shore
Island Hopper previews forthcoming issues

Flying the Olympic flag

This year sees Beijing hosting the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, of­
ficially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, with the opening
ceremony commencing at the Beijing National Stadium on 8 August.
Athletes will compete in 302 events in he is the sportsman to
28 sports, just one event more than was on watch over the com­
the schedule of the Athens games of 2004. ing years. He made his
Some events, including football, sailing, track debut for Great
and the new 10 km marathon swimming Britain in the 2004
competition will be held in other cities of Moscow World Cup.
China, with the equestrian events being Two other Manx
held in Hong Kong. cyclists, Peter Ken­
The Olympic games were awarded to Bei­ naugh and Johnny
jing, People’s Republic of China, after an Bellis, are following
exhaustive ballot of the International Olym­ in Mark’s footsteps and both have already
pic Committee (IOC) on 13 July 2001. To made their mark on the international ment Programme (ODP), a key stage in the
celebrate the Beijing Olympics, Isle of Man cyc­ling circuit, while Mark Christian and development of riders who will hopefully
Post Office has issued a miniature sheet Christopher Whorral are part of the Great one day win medals for their country at
of stamps depicting three of the Olympic Britain Cycling Team’s Olympic Develop­ Olympic level.
sports—cycling, horse riding, archery and
the Olympic flame. It’s unprecedented that
an Island as small as the Isle of Man is home
to such sporting excellence, particularly in Artist with talent
cycling. Mark Cavendish, who features on In today’s busy lifestyles we could only imagine visiting a place where there is no traffic,
one of the stamps, rides for the British Cyc­ great beaches and total peace and quiet. Yet such a place does exist just off Guernsey.
ling Team and has already won medals on Sark is the proud possessor of a Ramsar site, a headland that includes the increasingly
the track at world level and without doubt well-known Gouliot caves. These caves have water flowing through for much of the day and
that water is beautifully clear yet laden with food in the form of plankton, which makes this
an ideal habitat for many species.
The Isle of Man is A new set of stamps by Guernsey Post celebrates crea­
tures that inhabit the caves—Beadlet Anemone (Actinia
home to sporting Equina), Grey Mullet (Chelon Labrosus) and the Light
Bulb Sea-squirt (Clavelina Lepadiformi), plants that adorn
excellence, the headland—Crocus Romulea Columnae, Sheep’s-bit
Jasione Montana and one of the birds that enjoys the skies
especially in cycling in the area—the Fulmar (Fulmarus Glacialis). The stamps

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 New and recent issues

Jersey on the world stage

have been beautifully illustrated by nature

artist Wendy Bramall.
Moving to books, there is a collection
of novels which have entertained children
for many years—the Mr Men and Little Miss
series. The books were devised, drawn and
written by Roger Hargreaves who was born
in Yorkshire in 1938 but moved to live in
Guernsey with his family in 1981.
In 1971 his eldest son Adam asked him
Now the second largest breed of dairy cattle in the world, the Jersey breed is being
what a tickle looked like. Hargreaves ­se­nior
recognised on a new miniature sheet by Jersey Post on 18 May. For generations the
came up with a round; cheerful orange
Jersey cow has been developed by Island farmers and in the 1700s large numbers of
face on tiny legs, with long, rubbery arms
Jerseys were being exported to England for their superior quality milk.
designed to reach anybody’s laughter zones
Today the breed can be found in almost every country and in May the Royal Jersey
and called him Mr Tickle. The ball was roll-
Agricultural and Horticultural Society will host the 18th World Jersey Cattle Bureau
ing, so Hargreaves developed other char-
Conference.
acters (Messrs Greedy, Happy, Nosey and
so on) and eventually found a publisher.
The Mr Men books sold a million copies
in just three years and Hargreaves created
a second group, this time with female
characters: the Little Miss series featuring
Little Miss Bossy, Little Miss Naughty and
many more. Mr Men and Little Miss are
now firmly established among the classics
of their genre, with a timeless quality that
promises to keep them on bookshelves
for many years to come—and now in our
stamp albums as well.

Another world event which Jersey is hosting in May has a sporting twist. The World
Cricket League Division 5 tournament is set to attract much interest from the cricket-
ing world.
The earliest evidence of cricket being played on the Island dates back to the mid
1860s, but the Jersey Island Cricket Club was not formed until 1922. The creation of
the Channel Islands Cricket Board came in 1996 followed by the establishment of
the Jersey Cricket Board in 2005.
To commemorate the international cricket event, Jersey Post is producing a mini-
ature sheet containing one stamp.

The earliest evidence of cricket

being played on the Island dates
back to the mid 1860s

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Panorama
John Moody investigates the background to some recent new issues
Endangered Dog
Peru Post issued a miniature sheet of 4×2s. stamps
in January 2008 featuring the endangered Bush
Dog (Speothos venaticus).
Despite having a very large range, the Bush
Dog occurs in the forests and wet savannas
of Central and South America, of Panama,
Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia,
Peru and Guyana, it is a rare animal.
They spend a lot of their time hunting in
and around water. The Bush Dog has a thick,
elongated body set on short legs. Its fur is a
reddish brown with a darker brown tail and it
often has a lighter patch under its throat. It has
small round ears, a short tail, and a rounded
skull with a short muzzle. What makes the Bush
Dog most unusual is that it has partially webbed
feet which helps it to be a very good swimmer.
They prey on Agoutis, Pacas, Capybaras, and
even Rheas. Although they generally hunt singly
small packs of ten or 12 will combine to attack
large prey.
Bush Dogs are diurnal, and spend the night
sleeping in a den either dug by themselves, taken
over from another animal or in hollow trees.
They are very social, living in groups of up to ten
individuals and maintain a hierarchy within the
pack. They have about four to six cubs born in
their dens and they are born with grey fur.
There are three recognised subspecies of Bush Dog: Speothos venaticus panamensis found in Panama; Speothos venaticus venaticus
found in Argentina, Bolivia, northern and central Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, and
Venezuela; and Speothos venaticus wingei, found in south-eastern Brazil.

Reward for help Foe of France, founder of Algeria

During the Peninsula campaign an alliance of
Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal drove
the French out of the Iberian Peninsula during
the Napoleonic Wars. The campaign began
when French armies occupied Portugal in 1807
and Spain in 1808 and lasted until the Coalition
defeated Napoleon in 1814.
As a reward for their military assistance
Dome João, the Portuguese Regent, granted a
decree opening the ports of Brazil, which was
a Portuguese colony at the time, to trade with
nations of the anti-French coalition. This move
benefited Britain in particular. The decree
became known as the Abertura dos Portos às Nações
Amigas (Opening of the Friendship Ports)
Previous to the decree, all Brazilian products
had to be shipped to Portugal and passed
through its Customs system before being
offered on the market, thus making them too
expensive for non-Portuguese to buy because
to import them into, say, England, meant that
British customs duty also had to be paid and
extra carriage charges incurred.
The decree was promulgated on 24 January
1808 and to mark the bi-centenary Brazil Post
issued a single
first class NVI
stamp on 28
January 2008.
Designed by
Mário Alves
de Brito, the
stamp features
ships of 1808.
Abd el Kader (1808-1883) was an Algerian Islamic
scholar and a political and military leader who led
the struggle against the French invasion of Algeria
in the mid-19th century, for which he is seen by the
Algerians as their national hero and remarkably, for
his subsequent actions, also by the French.
In 1830, Algeria was invaded by France and French
colonial domination supplanted what had been a part
of the Ottoman Empire. Within two years, el-Kader
was made an Amir (General Prince) and with the
loyalty of a number of tribes began a rebellion against
the French. He was effective at using guerrilla warfare
and for a decade, up until 1842, scored many victories. It was in 1847 that he
met his match in Marshal Bugeaud.
In 1837 el-Kader signed the treaty of Tafna with Marshall Bugeaud, in which
he recognised France’s sovereignty in Oran and Algiers, while he officially
controlled, in exchange, two-thirds of the country (mainly the interior). France’s
King Louis-Philippe, however, broke the treaty two years later, leading al-Qadir
to declare jihad on 15 October 1839. Abd el-Kader was eventually forced to
surrender and on 21 December 1847, after being denied refuge in Morocco,
he was exiled to France where he remained until October 1852 when he was
released by Napoleon III on taking an oath never again to disturb Algeria.
He then took up residence in Brusa, moving in 1855 to Damascus. In July
1860, local Druze attacked the Christian quarter of Damascus, killing over
3000. Abd el-Kader and his personal guard saved large numbers of Christians,
bringing them to safety in his house and for this action the French government,
granted him a pension and bestowed on him the Grand Cross of the Légion
d’Honneur. He died in Damascus on 26 May 1883. The Algerian government
brought his remains back to Algeria to be interred with much ceremony on—
5 July 1966.
The bicentenary of the birth of this remarkable man was honoured by France
Post with the issue of a single 54c. stamp on 21 February 2008. Designed by
Yves Beaujard, the stamp shows Abd el-Kader wearing his French awards and
medals.

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Beware—sharks!

The Ascension Island Post Office issued a set of four stamps and a miniature sheet on 14 March 2005 illustrating some of the shark
species to be found in the waters around the islands. The stamps were designed by Nick Shewring and printed by BDT International
using stochastic lithography which produces fine detail.
The 35p stamp shows the Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus griseus) often also called the Cow Shark. Most sharks have five gills this
one has six, hence its name. Males can grow up to 5 metres long and although sluggish it can reach high speeds when chasing prey.
Despite its large size it is not considered dangerous to man.
The Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini) is shown on the 40p stamp and is also known as a Bronze, Kidney-headed or
Southern Hammerhead. The most distinguishing characteristic of this shark, as in all Hammerheads, is the ‘hammer-shape’ of its
head. The shark’s eyes and nostrils are at the tips of the extensions. This shark, too is not dangerous to man although shoals of a
hundred or more can look very frightening.
Shortfin Mako Sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) (50p) are renowned for their speed and ability to leap tremendous distances out of the
water. Its speed has been recorded at 31 m.p.h. but it is probable that it can achieve much higher speed when chasing its prey. Makos
will attack human swimmers but such attacks are rare.
The Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) is not a whale and is not a shark, it is a fish, which is as large as a whale and looks like a shark!
Whale sharks can reach lengths of 12 metres and weigh over 20 tons and it is the largest living species of fish. It has a distinctly marked
skin featuring yellow spots and stripes which are unique to each individual. The pose no significant danger to swimmers who. however,
need to avoid being hit by its huge tail. It is shown on the £1.25 stamp.
The miniature sheet (£1.50) features the Bigeye Thresher Shark (Alopias
superciliosus). The Bigeye Thresher is a large shark, with very large eyes indicating
time spent at unlit depths. The species is shy and difficult to approach. Divers
that have encountered these sharks claim that they did not act aggressively.

Latvian Easter traditions
Latvia Post issued a single Easter
stamp on 23 February 2008 showing
a painted hard-boiled egg in a
straw nest. Such eggs play a part in
a traditional Latvian Easter game.
Two people tap their eggs together
first with both wide ends, then both
narrow ends, and finally, one narrow
and one wide. If a player’s egg cracks,
they are out of the game. The game
continues until there is only one
person with an uncracked egg who
becomes the winner.
Another Latvian Easter tradition
is the festive dish of Paska which is
a moulded sweet cheese (something
like cottage cheese) which is eaten
with Kulich, a sweet saffron bread.
The stamp was offset printed in
France by Cartor Security Printing on
chalky paper.
Baltic Awards
The three Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
issued a miniature sheet and a single stamp as a joint issue
on 15 March 2008 to commemorate each state’s highest
awards. Illustrated on this page is Lithuania Post’s stamp
and miniature sheet featuring the Order of Vytautas the
Great with Golden Chain.
The gold chain forms a double cross, graced with a stylised
‘V’ linked to an ornament taken from the seal of Vytautas the Great
and supporting the Grand Cross made from gold and covered with
white enamel. The star badge is also made from gold. It has nine
sides. In the centre is a smaller version of the the Grand Cross with a golden crown above
on a background of blue enamel.
The Order may be conferred on the heads of Lithuania and foreign states, as well as
their citizens, for distinguished services to the State of Lithuania. After the restoration of
Lithuanian independence resulting from the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Order was
presented to the President of Estonia Arnold Rüütel, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, King
Albert II of Belgium, Emperor Akihito of Japan and HM Queen Elizabeth II.
The Order was instituted in 1930 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of
the Grand Duke Vytautas the Great. The badge of the Order, was designed by a Lithuanian
artist, Jonas Burba. The insignia of the Order issued today are of the same design. The
Order has has five classes: Grand Cross, Commander’s Grand Cross, Commander’s Cross,
Officer’s Cross and Knight’s Cross.
The miniature sheet also shows the Order of the National Coat of Arms of Estonia,
instituted in 1936 and the Lavtian Order of the Three Stars instituted in 1924.

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 Stamp News in Brief
Information included in this column is as received
from Postal Authorities and/or their agents.
Inclusion in the Stamp News in Brief column does
not necessarily imply that any individual issue
will subsequently be granted catalogue status by
Stanley Gibbons
Åland. 15 April: Åland Scenery—70c.
Långvikshagen, E1.20 Badhusberget, 9 May:
Europa 2008/Letter Writing—E1 ‘A sailor’s wife’.
9 May: Beijing Olympic Games 2008—90c.
the Olympic rings emblem with a smiling face
in each ring. 9 May: Fabric Designs by Lotta
Jansdotter—3×NVI pre-stamped postcards. The
cards feature the Pom, Tycke and Koka fabric
designs and the individual imprinted stamps
feature details from the respective designs.
Alderney. 28 February: Butterfly Definitives—34p
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), 40p Grayling
(Hipparchia semele), 48p Green Hairstreak
(Callophrys rubi), 51p Speckled Wood (Pararge
aegeria), 53p Common Blue (Polyommatus
icarus), 74p Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia),
£3 miniature sheet of the six stamps se-tenant.
Algeria. 8 February: 50th Anniversary of the
Bombing of Sakiet Sidi Youcef—15d. Peace
arch and anniversary emblem. 23 February:
Fountains—10d. Hussein-dey, 15d. Ben-aknoun,
20d. Chéraga, 38d. Rouiba.
Aruba. 31 January: 70th Birthday of HM Queen
Beatrix—75c. photograph of the Queen aged
one, 125c. photograph of the Queen, Prince
Claus von Amsberg and Crown Prince Willem
Alexander in 1967, 250c. The inuaguration of
HM Queen Beatrix in 1980 after the abdication of
HRH Queen Juliana, 300c. Royal Family portrait
taken in 2007.
Ascension. 5 February: Animals and Eggs
Definitives—15p Long-tailed Blue Butterfly
(Lampides boeticus), 20p Ladybird (Cheilomenes
lunata), 25p Spiny Lobster (Panulirus echinatus),
30p Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria),
35p Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), 40p Land
Crab (Gecarinus lgostoma), 50p Red-footed
Booby (Sula sula), 65p Coconut Palm Gecko
(Hemidaitylus mercotorius), 90p Common
Waxbill (Estrilda astrild), £1 Yellow-tail Damselfish
(Stegastes lubbocki), £2.50 Maderian Storm
Petrel (Oceanodroma castro), £5 Red-necked
Francolin (Francolins afer). 14 March: Sharks—
35p Bluntnose Six-gill (Hexanchus griseus), 40p
Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), 50p
Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus), £1.25 Whale
Shark (Rhincodon typus), £1.50 miniature sheet,
Bigeye Thresher (Alopias superciliosus).
Australia. 24 March: Centenary of Australian
Rugby League—16×50c. Rugby League
clubs, Bulldogs RFC, Gold Coast Titans, North
Queensland Cowboys, Brisbane Broncos,
Cronulla Sharks, Newcastle Knights, Manly-
Warringa Sea Eagles, Melbourne Storm, St
George Illawarra Dragons, Parrametta Eels,
Sydney Roosters, Canberra Raiders, Wests
Tigers, New Zealand Warriors, South Sydney
Rabbitohs and Penrith Panthers.
Bahrain. 15 March: Family Day—100f. painting
and weaving, 200f. metalwork and needlework.
Belarus. 17 February: 400th Anniversary of the
Death of Prince Konstantin Ostrozhsky—2500r.
miniature sheet, portrait of Prince Ostrozhsky.
13 March: Bird of the Year—Heron (Egretta alba).
Brazil. 28 January: 200th Anniversary of the
Bank of Brazil—NVI (1st class postage rate), the
Bank’s emblem. 28 January: 200th Anniversary
of the Friendship Ports Decree—NVI (1st class
postage rate), sailing ships of 1808. 10 February:
National Festivals—self-adhesive NVI (1st class
postage rate)—Creole Drumming Festival.
18 February: 200th Anniversary of the Faculity of
Medicine, Federal University, Rio de Janeiro—NVI
(1st class postage rate) the Faculity building.
18 February: 200th Anniversary of the Faculity
of Medicine, Bahia University—NVI (1st class
postage rate), Faculity building. 7 March: 200th
Anniversary of the Corps of Naval Fusiliers—NVI
(1st class postage rate) helicopter, landing craft
and soldiers.
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Åland - Europa 2008/Letter Writing
‘A sailor’s wife’
Alderney - Butterfly Definitives
Painted Lady
Ascension - Sharks
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Bahrain - Family Day
Painting and weaving
Belarus - Bird of the Year
Heron
Czech Republic - Definitive
President Václav Klaus
British Indian Ocean Territory. 1 April: 90th
Anniversary of the Royal Air Force—4×8×27p
sheetlets+label, Vickers VC10, de Haviland
Mosquito, Avro 504, Short Sunderland, the label
contained in each sheetlet features the RAF
badge, 4×54p+label, English Electric Camberra,
£1.72 miniature sheet, HM King George V.
Bulgaria. 29 February: 130th Anniversary of the
San Stefano Peace Treaty and the Liberation of
Bulgaria—55l. coat of arms of Bulgaria.
Canada. 4 January: Chinese New Year of the
Rat—$1.60 miniature sheet, scene from the
Mouse Bride folk tale. 15 January: Celebration
Stamp—NVI (domestic postage rate), fireworks.
3 March: Flower Definitives—2×52c. Elgin Peony
and Coral ’n’ Gold Peony. 7 March: Centenary
of the University of Alberta—52c. the University’s
Dentistry and Pharmacy Centre. 4 March:
Centenary of the University of British Columbia—
52c. the University’s Walter C Koerner Library.
Croatia. 3 March: Definitive—7k.20 Cavat
townscape. 11 March: Beijing Olympic Games
2008—5k. Olympic emblem, Beijing Games
emblem and silhouettes of various sports.
Cyprus. 2 May: Europa 2008/Letter Writing—
51c./30p. dual denominated, letters, 68c./40p.
dual denominated, letter boxes. 2 May: Fourth
International Cyprological Congress—85c./50p.
dual denominated miniature sheet, ancient
artifacts.
Czech Republic. 5 March: Easter 2008—10k.
Mourning Over the Dead Christ, 1350 altar panel.
5 March: Prague 2008 World Stamp Exhibition—
10k. mural by J Navrátil celebrating the 90th
anniversary of the Prague Postal Museum.
5 March: Flower Definitive—21k. Gerbera flower.
19 March: 350th Anniversary of the Publication
of Jan Amos Komenský’s Orbis Pictus—10k.
illustration of a picture globe from the Orbis
Pictus children’s dictionary and encyclopaedia.
19 March: National Heritage—12k. Ješted
Television Tower and Hotel, 15k. Grand Square
Hradec Králové. 19 March: Flower Definitive—
3k. Rosebay flower. 2 April: Definitive—10k.
President Václav Klaus.
Denmark. 27 March: Nordic Mythology—5k.50
the graves of Lindholm High, 7k.75 burial place
of King Fegge at Feggeklit. 27 March: 350th
Anniversary of the Royal Life Guards—5k.50
Guardsmen in ceremonial uniform, 10k.
Guardsmen in battledress. 27 March New Value
Definitives—500ø. ‘Wavy Line’, 16k. National
Arms, 20k.50 National Arms.
Estonia. 23 February: 90th Anniversary of
the Republic of Estonia—5k.50/35c. dual
denominated, Oak tree. 10 March Centenary
of the Birth of Kristjan Palusalu, Wrestling
Double Gold Medal Winner at the 1936 Olympic
Games—10k./64c. dual denominated, ancient
Greek wrestlers and photograph of Palusalu.
Falkland Islands. 7 April: Polar Explorers—4p
James Weddell, 25p James Clark Ross, 85p
William Spiers Bruce, £1.61 James William
Slessor Marr.
Fiji. 3 November 2007: The Order of Fiji
Awards—50c. Medal of the Order, 65c. Members
of the Order, $1.20 Officer of the Order, $2
Companion of the Order.
Guernsey. 18 January: Andy Priaulx, Triple World
Touring Car Champion—3×£1 miniature sheet,
the stamps feature the cars in which Priaulx won
the 2005, 2006 and 2007 World Championships.
28 February: Wild Flowers Definitives—10p Red
Campion (Silene dioica), 20p Great Bindweed
(Calystegia silvatica), 30p Spear Thistle (Cirsium
vulgare), 40p Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus
pedunculatus), 50p Sheepsbit (Jasione montana),
£1 Marguerite (Leucanthemum vulgare), £2
Sea Campion (Silene uniflora.) 28 February:
Ramsar, Sark—34p Beadlet Anemone (Actinia
equina), 40p Sand Crocus (Romulea columnae),
48p Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), 51p Sheepsbit
(Jasione montana), 53p Thick-lipped Grey Mullet
(Chelon labrosus), 74p Light Bulb Sea Squirt
(Clavelina lepadiformis), £3.30 miniature sheet of
the six stamps se-tenant.
G.S.M. May 2008
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Ireland. 4 February: 50th Anniversary of the
Munich Air Disaster—55c. Manchester United
player Liam Whelan and the Old Trafford Stadium
clock. 11 February: St Patrick’s Day 2008—78c.
17th century illustration of St Patrick by Thomas
Messingham. 7 March: European Year of
Intercultural Dialogue—55c. EYID emblem.
Italy. 23 February: Centenary of the Special Prize
Awarded to Dorando Pietri at the 1908 Olympic
Games—60c. Pietri crossing the marathon
finishing line. 25 February: 50th Anniversary of
the Publication of the Song Nel Blu, Dipinto Di
Blu (known in English as Volare)—60c. miniature
sheet, a woman diving through the centre of a
music CD. 3 March: Schools and Universities
Series—60c. Carlo Combi Lyceum, Capodistria.
Jersey. 14 February: Europa 2008/Letter
Writing —35p ‘Thank you’ letter, 39p love letter,
43p letter to Santa Claus, 76p family news
letter. 18 May: World Jersey Cattle Bureau
Conference—£2 miniature sheet Jersey Bull. 20
May: Jersey Orchids—35p Cymbidium avranches
Victoria Village, 39p Miltonia Tesson Mill, 43p
Anguloa victoire Trinity, 52p Phragmipedium La
Hougette, Phragmipedium Havre des Pas, 76p
Paphiopedilum rolfei Trinity, £2.50 miniature sheet
Paphiopedilum Rocco Tower. 23 May: World
Cricket League Tournament—£2 miniature sheet
stumps and cricket ball with the Jersey Cricket
Board emblem. 24 June: Visiting Naval Vessels—
35p HMS Roebuck, 39p HMS Monmouth, 43p
HMS Edinburgh, 52p HMS Express, 58p HMS
Severn 76p HMS Cottesmore, £2.50 HMY
Britannia.
Kirgystan. 1 March: Beijing Olympic Games
2008—4×20s. football, wrestling, javelin and
basketball. 1 March: Kyrgyz National Game—5s.
Enish (wrestling on horses).
Kiribati. 1 April: 90th Anniversary of the Royal Air
Force—8×25c.+label sheetlet, Avro Shackleton,
8×50c.+label sheetlet, Hawker Harrier,
8×75c.+label sheetlet Eurofighter Typhoon,
8×$1+label sheetlet Vickers Valiant. The label
contained in each sheetlet features the RAF badge,
$2.50 miniature sheet, the Dambusters Raid.
Korea (North). 9 April: 15th Anniversary of
the Election of Kim Jong Il as Chairman of the
National Defence Commission—12w. flowers and
flags, 12w. miniature sheet, portrait of Kim Jong
Il. 21 April: 60th Anniversary of the North/South
Joint Conference—12w. Moranbong Theatre.
28 March: Beijing Olympic Games 2008—
eight-stamp miniature sheet of four designs
comprising, 2×3w. football, 2×12w. basketball,
2×30w. tennis and 2×70w. table tennis, 30w.
pre-stamped envelope. The imprinted stamp
is the 30w. tennis design, 70w. pre-stamped
aerogramme. The imprinted stamp is the 70w.
table tennis design. 5 May: Mushrooms—12w.
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria), 50w. Honey
Mushroom (Armillariella mellea), 135w. Parasol
Mushroom (Macrolepiota procera), 155w. Grey
Knight Mushroom (Tricholoma terreum).
Laos. April: World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF)—6000k.,700k.,8000, 9000k. White-
handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar).
Latvia. 23 February: Easter 2008—22s. nest and
painted hard-bolied egg.
Libya. April: World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF)—4×750d. Rueppel’s Fox (Vulpes rueppelli).
Lithuania. 19 January: Famous Lithuanians—2l.
Martynas Jankus, publisher, 2l.15 Zenonas
Ivinskis, historian and philosopher, 2l.90 Antanas
Maceina, philosopher, theologian, teacher and
poet. 16 February: 90th Anniversary of Lithuanian
Independence from the Russisn Empire—1l.35
portrait of Jonas Basanavicius, Chairman of the
Council of Lithuania in 1918. 15 March: Highest
Baltic Awards (joint issue with Estonia and
Latvia), 3×5l. miniature sheet, Lithuanian Order
of Vytautas the Great with Gold Chain, Estonian
Order of the National Coat of Arms and Latvian
Order of the Three Stars, 7l. Lithuanian Order of
Vytautas the Great with Gold Chain.
Macedonia. 28 March: World Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF)—12d., 24d., 48d., 60d. Eurasian
Hoopoe (Upupa epops).
Malaysia. 28 February: Bridges of Malaysia—
30s. Merdeka Bridge, Kedah, 50s. Victoria
Bridge, Perak, 50s. Jambatan Kota Bridge,
Selangor, 1r. Sungai Segamat Bridge, Johor.
G.S.M. May 2008 111
Ireland - European Year of Intercultural
Dialogue
Latvia - Easter 208
Malaysia - Malaysian Bridges
Jambatan Kota Bridge, Selangor
New Caledonia - Chinese New Year of
the Rat
New Zealand - Extremes of Weather
Storm
Netherlands - National Fonds
Ouderenhulp Charity
‘Unforgettable Summer day’
Moldova. 16 January: Universal Postal Union
International Seminar—1l. Seminar emblem, flag
of Moldova and UPA emblem. 19 February: Wells
of Moldova—10b., 75b., 1l., 3l., various wells.
29 February: 140th Anniversary of the Birth of the
Composer Mihail Berezovsky—1l. pre-stamped
envelope. The imprinted stamp features a portrait
of Berezovsky. 29 February: 140th Anniversary of
the Birth of the Microbiologist and Epidemiologist
Lev Tarasevich—1l. pre-stamped envelope. The
imprinted stamp features a portrait of Tarasevich.
5 March: Beijing Olympic Games 2008—1l. cycling,
6l.20 boxing, 15l. weight lifting.
Monaco. 10 March: Centenary of the Model T
Ford—E1.70 Henry Ford, car production line
and a Model T car. 10 March: 10th Anniversary
of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space
Adminstration)—E2.30 Apollo space capsule,
Mercury space rocket and Atlantis space shuttle.
10 March: 175th Anniversary of the Birth of
Alfred Nobel—E4 portrait of Nobel and sticks of
dynamite. 17 March: International Dog Show—
88c. Greyhound. 18 March: World Exhibition,
Zaragoza 2008—65c. ‘water and sustainable
development’.
Nepal. 28 December: Reinstatement of the
House of Representative—2×1r. House of
Representatives and the Proclamation of
Reinstatement. 30 December—4×5r. Mount Abi,
Shree Bhageshwor Temple, Shiddakali Temple,
Shree Shaillya Malikarjun Temple, statue of
Buddah. 30 December: Women Activists—2r.
Chhaya Devi Parajuli. 30 December: Famous
Nepalese—6×5r. Bhrikuti, Udayananda Arjyal,
Shivapuri Baba, Mahesh Chandra Regmi,
Ganesh Lal Shrestha and Tara Devi.
Netherlands. 1 April: National Fonds Ouderenhulp
Charity, Unforgettable Summer Day—2×3×44c.
+22c. miniature sheets. Both miniature sheets
are of the same design featuring three flower
stamps each set against a background of Forget-
Me-Not flowers. The individual stamps feature
Crane’s Bill, Larkspur, Japanese Anemone, Globe
Thistle and two species of Forget-Me-Nots.
Netherlands Antilles. 15 November: Christmas
2007 and New Year 2008—48c. candle and holly,
104c. Christmas tree, 155c. New Year song,
215c. ‘2007-2008’ in figures. 3 December: Old
Mail Boxes—20c., 104c., 240c., 285c., 380c.
500c. various mail boxes.
New Caledonia. 28 February: Chinese New
Year of the Rat—110f. rat and Zodiac calendar.
18 March: Bicentenary of the Academic Palms
Award—110f. the Palms medal and an equestrian
statue of Napopleon Bonaparte.
New Zealand. 9 January: Underwater Reefs—
50c. Dusky Sound, Fiordland, $1 Mayor Island,
Bay of Plenty, $1.50 Fiordland, $2 Volkner Rocks,
White Island. 7 February: Chinese Year of the
Rat, Pocket Pets—50c, Rabbits, $1 Guinea
Pigs, $1.50 Rats, $2 Mice. 5 March: Extremes
of Weather—50c. drought, 50c. wind, $1 storm,
$1.50 flooding, $2 snow storm, $2.50 heat.
2 April: ANZAC Series—50c. Gallipoli 1915, 50c.
Dawn Parade, $1 Western Front 1916-1918,
$1.50 chalk hillside carving of a Kiwi, Salisbury
Plain, England 1919, $2 Haka, Egypt, 1942,
$2.50 Vietnam 1965-1971.
Nigeria. March: World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF)—20n., 50n., 100n., 150n. Cross River
Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli).
Norway. 27 March: Nordic Mythology—2×NVI
(‘A’ postage rate), miniature sheet, King Harald
Fairhair and Snøfid and the Dovre Mountains.
Papua New Guinea. 27 February: Legend of the
Asaro Mudmen—85t. warriors emerging from
the muddy river bank, 3k. warriors scouting for
the enemy, 3k.35 terrified enemies run for cover,
5k.35 victorious mudmen, 12k.25 miniature
sheet, mudmen wearing masks.
Pitcairn Islands. 12 December 2007: Ocean
Fish—6×$1 Dog Tooth Tuna (Gymnosarda
unicolor), Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri),
Dorado Mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus),
Yellow Fin Tuna (Neothunnus macropterus),
Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis), Bonito (Sarda
chilensis lineolata). 27 February: Photographs
of the Pitcairn Islands Taken From Space by
Google Earth—60c. Oeno Island, $1 Pitcairn
Island, $2 Henderson Island, $2.50 Ducie
Island.
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Romania. 12 December: Polar Fauna—30b.
Polar Bear 50b. Harp Seal, 1l.90 Arctic Fox,
3l.30 Emperor Penguin, 3l.60 Blue Whale, 4l.30
Walrus. 18 January: Mushrooms—six-stamp
miniature sheet comprising, 1l.20 Shaggy Parasol
(Lepiota rhacodes), 1l.40 Saffron Milk Cap
(Lactarius deliciosus), 2l. Yellow Morel (Morchella
esculenta), 2l.40 Brown Roll-rim (Paxillus
involutus), 3l. Brain Mushroom (Gyromitra
esculenta), 4l.50 Vomiting Russula. (Russula
emetica) 25 January: Centenary of the First
Powered Flight Over a Closed Circuit 5l. Henri
Farman and a Voisin Farman aircraft. 8 February:
Pistols from the National Military Museum—four-
stamp miniature sheet, comprising 50b. 18th
century four-barrel pistol, 1l. 19th century Liège
pistol, 2l.40 1903 Mannlicher carbine pistol,
5l. 1915 8mm revolver. 22 February: Space
Exploration—1l. Explorer 1, 2l.40 Sputnik 3, 3l.10
Jupiter AM-13.
Russia. 10 January: 150th Anniversary of the
First Russian Stamp—8r. the first Russian stamp
and delivery of mail by horse-drawn sleigh.
10 January: 125th Anniversary of the Birth
of the Writer Aleksei N Tolstoi—6r. portrait of
Tolstoi. 22 January: Nobel Prize Winners—2×6r.
the Physicists Lev Davidovich Landau and
Il’ya Mikhailovich Frank. 1 February: 250th
Anniversary of the Birth of the Architect Augustin
Betankur—9r. portrait of Betankur in the uniform
of a Major General in the Imperial Russian Army.
22 February: 450th Anniversary of Astrakhan—9r.
cityscape of Astrakhan. Russia. 17 March:
Centenary of the Birth of Valentin Petrovich
Glushko, Rocket Designer—8r. photograph of
Glushko, rocket and engineering drawing.
St Pierre and Miquelon. 19 January: René
Autin—54c. photograph of Autin in army uniform.
23 February: ‘An Envious Glance’—E1.01 a view
of a house reflected in a window of another.
8 March: Fish Farming—E1 fish cages. 29 March:
Conservation—E4.85 Sand dunes at Langlade.
Samoa. 14 December: Tropical Fruit—$1.40
Pawpaw, $1.60 Pineapple, $2.10 Coconut, $3.10
Mango.
San Marino. 26 February: Old Masters Art
Exhibition—36c. Crucifixion by Giovanni
Bellini, 60c. Madonna with Child and St John
by Jacopo Bassano, 65c. Venus and Love by
Gian Antonio Pellegrini, 85c. Old Man’s Face by
Giandomenico Tiepolo. 26 February: Centenary
of FC Internazionale Milano (Inter Milan Football
Club)—E1, badge of Inter Milan. 26 February:
International Year of Planet Earth—60c.
atmospheric pollution, 85c. global warming, E1.40
water saving, E2 global warming. 26 February:
175th Anniversary of the San Marino Post
Office—E1.80 painting of the old post office.
Singapore. 9 January: Opening of Terminal 3
at Changi Airport—NVI (1st class local postage
rate) eco-friendly engineering, 65c. A380
airliner, $1.10 Terminal 3, $2 airport lifestyle.
18 January: Chinese New Year of the Rat—NVI
(1st class local postage rate), 65c., $1.10, $15
miniature sheet comprising $5 and $10. All
the stamps feature stylised rats. 29 February:
Festivals—4×NVI (1st class local postage rate)
Chinese New Year, Christmas, Deepavali, Hari
Raya Aidilfitri, 4×NVI (2nd class local postage
rate), Easter, Hari Raya Haji, Mid-Autumn Festival,
Pongal, 4×55c. Chinese New Year, Christmas,
Deepavali, Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich
Islands. 25 January: International Polar Year—
50p Moltke Base, 60p Metrological Station, King
Edward Point, 85p Zooplankton, £1.05 Seals.
1 May: Fisheries—50p. Patagonian Toothfish
(Dissostichus eleginoides) and long-line fishing
boat, 60p Mackerel Icefish (Champsocephalus
gunnari) and trawler, 85p Krill (Euphausia
superba) and a Krill trawler transhipping to a
reefer ship, £1.05 Fishery Patrol Vessel Pharos
SG.
Spain. 4 February: International Years—78c.
International Polar Year, E2.60 International
Year of Planet Earth. 11 February: Eradication
of Violence Against Women—31c. a hand with
the women’s helpline telephone number (016)
printed on the palm. 18 February: National
Trees—E2.44 Black Poplar (Popululus nigra) of
Horcajuelo.
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Romania - Pistols from the National
Military Museum
Mannlicher carbine pistol
Russia - Nobel Prize Winners
I M Frank
Samoa - Tropical Fruit
Pineapples
Singapore - Opening of Terminal 3, Changi
Airport
Sri Lanka - 60th Anniversary of Sri Lanka
Sweden - Insects
Ants
Sri Lanka. 6 November 2007: Centenary of the
Birth of Leslie Goonewardene—30 January:
The Most Venerable Halgasthota Sri Devananda
Mahanayaka Thero—5r. portrait of the Most
Venerable Thero. 4 January: The Opening of
the 500th Nenasala Communication Technology
Centre—5r. map of the world, map of Sri Lanka
and mountains. 4 February: 60th Anniversary
of Sri Lanka—5r. flag of Sri Lanka held by the
hands of the different ethnic peoples of the
country. 25 February: Centenary of the Birth of
Deshamanya N U Jayawardena, First Governor of
the Central Bank—5r. portrait of Jayawardena.
Surinam. 2 January: Butterflies—25c. Satyr
Angelwing (Polygonia satyrus), 45c. Red
Lacewing (Cethosia cydippe), 80c. European
Peacock (Inachis io), $1.20 Purple Sapphire
(Heliophorus epicles), $1.70 Pearly Crescent
Spot (Phycoides tharos), $2 Monarch (Danaus
plexippus), $3 Hispaniola Butterfly (Marpesla
bernala), $3.50 Dark Swallowtail (Papilio
polyxenes), $4 Japanese Swallowtail (Byasa
alcinous), $5 Brown Peacock (Nymphalis io), $10
Brown and Orange Mexican (Speyeria zerene),
NVI (‘T’ postage rate) Morocco Orange Tip
(Anthopcharis belia)
Swaziland. 22 January: Tourism—1e. Nsangwini
rock paintings, 1e.20 Mahamba Gorge Lodge,
2e.70 Shewula Mountain camp, 3e.70 Khopho
Camp, Ngwempisi Trails.
Sweden. 24 January: Dogs—10×NVI booklet of
four designs, Saluki, Pug, Great Dane and Italian
Water Dog. 24 January: Ingmar Bergman—NVI
photographic portrait of Bergman, 11k. miniature
sheet, Bergman photographed on the set of his
film, Fanny and Alexander. 24 January: Insects—
3×NVI, Ants, Bumble Bee and Ladybirds.
24 January: 300th Anniversary of the Birth of
Olof von Dalin—2×11k. coil stamps. One stamp
features the letter ‘D’ in an 18th century typeface
used by Dalin in his publication Then Swänska
Argus (The Swedish Argus) and the other shows
the illustration on the title page of the first issue
of the Then Swänska Argus (1732).
Tanzania. 9 October 2007: Ceremonial
Costumes—400s. Iringa Hehe tribesmen,
400s. miniature sheet, Wanyaturu girls,
600s. Haya girls in bark cloth, 700s. Msewe
dancers, 6×700s. miniature sheet Masai girls,
Masai dancing, Singida Nyaturu girl, Sambaa
tribesmen, Wabena women, Wairaqw man and
wife, 800s. Wabenena tribe.
Tokelau. 19 December 2007: Sea Life Definitives
—10c., 20c., 40c., 50c., $1, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $5,
$10, various fish, mammals, corals and reptiles.
Tristan da Cunha. 10 December 2007: Military
Uniforms—15p 21st Light Dragoons officer,
6×15p miniature sheet 21st Light Dragoons
officer, 15p Royal Artillery Corporal, 20p Royal
Artillery Private, 20p Royal Artillery Lieutenant,
£1 Cape Regiment, £3 South African Army
Engineering Corps. 10 December: Marine
Invertebrates—15p Tristan Rock Lobster, 20p
Trumpet Anemone, 35p Starfish, 60p Sea Urchin,
60p Sponge, 85p Strawberry Anemone.
Turks and Caicos Islands. 24 December 207:
World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)—4×50c.
Red-tailed Hawk.
United Nations. 25 October 2007: 50th
Anniversary of the Space Age—New York Issue,
41c. Space Shuttle, 90c. Astronauts working
on Space Station, Geneva issue 1f. Astronauts
space ‘walking’, 1f.80 Space Station, Vienna
Issue, 65c., E1.15 Space Station. January: Vienna
Issue, Viennese Monuments Definitives—10c.
Johann Strauss memorial, 15c. Pallas Athene
fountain, 65c. Pegasus fountain, E1.40 statue
in the Belvedere Palace. 6 March: Endangered
Species—New York issue, 4×41c,. Cape
Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus),Orange
Cup Coral (Tubastraea coccinea), Longsnout
Seahorse (Hippocampus reidi) and Grey Whale
(Eschrichtius robustus), Geneva issue, 4×1f.
Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), Brain
Coral (Platygyra daedalea), Pygmy Seahorse
(Hippocampus bargibanti) and Beluga Whale
(Delphinapterus leucas), Vienna issue, 4×65c.
Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris),
Fire Coral (Millepora alicicornis), Thorny
Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) and Sperm
Whale (Physeter Catodon).
G.S.M. May 2008
Commonwealth Postal
Stationery 2006–2007
Geir Sør-Reime’s annual review
Australia
Postcards
Stamp imprint: Three bars.
2007: Disney Greetings, set of nine
different NVI cards ($1.20 each). Picture
sides: Disney figures and scenery of: a.
Bondi, b. Cradle Mountain, c.
Melbourne, d. Sydney,
e. Western Australia, f.
Northern Territory, g.
Victoria, h. Adelaide, i.
Queensland.
9 January: Lunar New Year
of the Pig, NVI ($1.20).
Picture side: Children with
lantern, pig (similar to
right-hand background of
Christmas Island Year of the
Pig miniature sheet).
5 March: Island Jewels, six
NVI cards ($7.20). Picture
sides: Island views and
reproduction of Island Jewels
stamps issued simultaneously.
8 May: Country to Coast,
two NVI cards ($2.40). As
maximum cards, but with
stamp reproductions instead of
affixed stamps.
5 June: Big Things, five NVI
cards ($6). As maximum cards.
26 June: Threatened Wildlife,
four NVI cards ($4.80). As
maximum cards.
12 September: Australian Botanic
Gardens, five NVI cards ($6). As
maximum cards.

Pre-stamped maximum cards

Stamp imprint: Three bars. All maximum
cards feature a first-day cancelled stamp
on the picture side.
16 January: Australia Wins the Ashes 2006-
07, two cards ($3.85).
24 January: Australian Legends, six cards
($10.50).
13 February: Australian Wildflowers, four
cards ($5).
5 March: Island Jewels, six cards ($14.60).
6 March: Year of the Surf Lifesaver, five
cards ($10.50).
3 April: Signs of the Zodiac, 12 cards
($15).
10 April: Nostalgic Tourism, four cards
($8.95). 10 July: Modern Australian Architecture, 16 October: Caravanning Through the
18 April: Queen’s Birthday, one card four cards ($7.45). Years, five cards ($6.25).
($1.25). 24 July: Market Feast, five cards ($6.25). 1 November: 50 Years of Australian
1 May: Historic Shipwrecks, three cards 28 August: APEC Forum, one card Christmas stamps, five cards ($6.70).
($5.75). ($1.25).
8 May: Country to Coast, two cards 4 September: 50th Anniversary of the SAS, Pre-stamped envelopes
($4.75). one card ($1.25). 9 January: Lunar New Year of the Pig, two
15 May: Circus, five cards ($6.25). 12 September: Australian Botanic NVI envelopes (one domestic 60c. and
5 June: Big Things, five cards ($6.25). Gardens, five cards ($6.25). one international $2). Stamp imprints:
26 June: Threatened Wildlife, four cards 2 October: 50 Years in Space, six cards As Year of the Pig stamps of Christmas
($6.55). ($8). Island (without ‘Christmas Island’) issued

G.S.M. May 2008 113

simultaneously (as 50c. stamp on domestic
and as $1.45 stamp on international
envelope). Front illustration: Stylised pig.
10 July: 150th Anniversary of St Vincent’s
Hospital, 50c. (60c.). Stamp imprint: Arms
of Hospital. Front illustration: Nurse,
patients, hospital building of 1933.
25 September: Heritage Post Offices, set
of seven domestic NVI envelopes (C6
plain and window-faced, 60c. each, DL
plain and window-faced, 60c. each, C5
$1.20, B4 $2.35 and C4 $2.70). Stamp
imprints: Heritage Post Offices in: a. Port
Pirie (SA), b. North Hobart (Tas), c.
Bundaberg (Qld), d. Maryborough (Vic),
e. Kiama (NSW), f. Camperdown (Vic), g.
Northam (WA).
25 September: Frogs, three
international NVI envelopes (C4 $2.20,
C5 $4.15, DL $6.45). Stamp imprints:
a. White-spotted Burrowing Frog, b.
Leseurs’ Frog, c. Corroboree Frog.
5 November: Australian Botanic
Gardens, five 50c. envelopes ($3).
Stamp imprints: As 12 September set
of stamps. Front illustrations: Different
views of the various gardens. Only
offered through Impressions magazine.
5 November: Landmark Bridges, five
50c. envelopes ($3). Stamp imprints: As
2 March 2003 stamps. Front illustrations:
Similar views of the bridges depicted on
the stamp imprints. Only offered through
Impressions magazine.
5 November: Driving Through the
Years, five 50c. envelopes ($3). Stamp
imprints: As 15 August 2006 stamps. Front
illustrations: Similar vintage cars (as the
maximum card designs of 2006, but now
pencil drawings). Only offered through
Impressions magazine.
December: World Youth Day Sydney 2008,
NVI (60c.). Stamp imprint: Logo with
cross. Front illustration: Similar to stamp
imprint.

Aerogrammes
25 September: Frogs, five different NVI
($1.05 each). Stamp imprints: a. Spotted
Grass Frog, b. Giant Tree Frog, c. Great
Barred Frog, d. Red-eyed Tree Frog, e.
Green and Golden Bell-Frog.
Front illustrations: Same frogs as stamp
imprints, but full pictures.
1 November: Christmas, NVI ($1). Stamp
imprint: Reproduction of 1957 Christmas
stamp (SG 298). Front illustration: ‘50’
surrounded by stars.

Australian Antarctic Territory

Pre-stamped maximum cards
Stamp imprint: As Australian pre-stamped
maximum cards.
7 August: Royal Penguins, set of four cards
($6).

Canada
Postcards
5 January: Lunar New Year of the Pig,
two NVI cards ($1.60 each). Stamp
imprints: As Year of the Pig stamps issued
simultaneously. Picture sides: Similar to
stamp imprints.
1 March: Lilacs, two NVI cards ($3.38).
Stamp imprints: As Lilacs stamps issued
simultaneously. Picture sides: Similar to
stamp imprints.

114 G.S.M. May 2008

29 June: Canadian Recording Artists, four
NVI cards ($6.76). Stamp imprints and
picture sides: As postage stamps issued
simultaneously.
Pre-stamped envelopes
15 January: Flowers, NVI, four different
No 8 size and four different No 10 size
envelopes (sold in sets of ten at $5.90 or $6
respectively). Stamp imprints: As the four
Flower stamps issued 19 December 2005.
15 January: Tourist Attractions, NVI, ten
different No 8 size and ten different No
10 size envelopes (sold in packs of ten at
$5.90 or $6 respectively). Stamp imprints:
As 2001-02 Tourist Attractions booklet
stamps. Stamp imprints also include a map
of Canada.
Pre-stamped envelopes with imprinted
personalised stamps
8 February: Centenary of Purdy’s
Chocolates, NVI ($2.50). Stamp imprint:
Chocolates. Front illustration: Box with
chocolates.
1 August: Centenary of Scouting, NVI
($2.50). Stamp imprint: Lord Baden-
Powell. Front illustration: Marshmallows
over a camp fire.
10 September: 75th Birth Anniversary of
Glenn Gould, NVI ($2.50). Stamp imprint:
Portrait. Front illustration: Gould sitting in
chair by piano.
Isle of Man
Postcards
1 January: Centenary of TT Races, ten NVI
cards (£5.25). Stamp imprints: As postage
stamps issued simultaneously. Picture sides:
Similar to stamp imprint, but fuller picture.
Larger, prestige versions of these cards
were available in a special folder (£8.50).
28 May: 1907 TT Race Winner, NVI ($2).
Stamp imprint: As 1982 75th Anniversary
of TT stamp showing Charlie Collier (SG
218). Picture side: As stamp imprint.
26 July: Centenary of Scouting, four
NVI cards (£3). Stamp imprints: As
stamps issued 22 February 2007. Front
illustrations: three cards, similar to stamp
imprints, on card with stamp showing
‘Scout investiture on Douglas Beach’,
picture side shows a scene from a camp
in 1913.
G.S.M. May 2008
Malaysia
Aerogramme
24 May: Air Transportation in Malaysia,
50c. Stamp imprint: Aircraft.
Malta
Postcards
6 October 2006: 40th Anniversary of
Malta Philatelic Society, two different
51c. cards. Stamp imprints: a. As 1974 1c.
Centenary of UPU (SG 527), b. As 2000
6c. Centenary of Air Transport (SG 1177).
Front illustration: Mongolfier Brothers hot
air balloon experiment, 1783.
The following postcards have the stamp
imprint(s) on the picture side:
21 January: Inauguration of New
Archbishop of Malta and new Bishop of
Gozo, two 51c. cards. Stamp imprint: As
1960 Consecration of St Publius (SG 296).
Picture sides feature the new Archbishop
of Malta and the Bishop of Gozo.
29 July: Caravaggio Exhibition, 51c. Stamp
imprint: St John the Baptist. Picture
side: St John the Baptist as youth, by
Caravaggio.
1 August: Centenary of Scouting, 51c.
Stamp imprint: As 1993 Scout stamp (SG
947). Picture side: Lord Baden-Powell
during visit to Malta, 1937.
September: Maltex 2007, 150th
Anniversary of use of adhesive stamps
on Malta, 51c. Stamp imprint: As 2007
Maltese Balconies stamp. Picture side:
Statue of Queen Victoria, Valletta, stamps
and labels associated with Malta.
September: Maltex 2007, Centenary of
Scouting, 16c. and 51c. Stamp imprints:
As 2007 Europa stamps. Picture side: Lord
Baden-Powell.
New Zealand
Pre-stamped envelopes
16 April 2006: 75th Anniversary of New
Zealand Red Cross, 45c. (95c.), plain and
window-faced versions. Stamp imprint:
As 2006 stamp showing nurses from the
75th Anniversary of the Hawkes Bay
Earthquake. Front illustration: Anniversary
emblem.
Singapore
Pre-stamped envelope
2007: Definitive, NVI. Stamp imprint:
Seashell. Front and back illustrations:
Seashells.
South Africa
Aerogramme
August: ‘Easy Letter’ (inside containing
tick-off statements), NVI (3r.10).
Stamp imprint: King Protea
flower. Front, back and inside flap
illustrations: Mountain, hill, forest
and meadow landscapes. The inside
also contains a number of tourist
views.

 Catalogue Column
Hugh Jefferies reports
Malta Joined ‘NT’ update
In February I illustrated a ‘Joined “NT”’ variety in the ‘SELF-
GOVERNMENT’ overprint on Malta SG 237, the 1½d. blue-black
of 1948. Single examples had then been reported by Richard
Lockyer and Brian Hall, but I was interested to know if the vari-
ety could be positioned and whether it could be found on other
values in the set with ‘downward reading’ overprints on vertical
format stamps.
Sadly, there is still no report of it on other values, but Nigel
Jeffries has found another used single and Donald Farmborough
has been able to position it! He reports that it can be found on
R4/6 of the ‘non-Broken Cross pane’ and that it only occurs on
the 1948 printing with the basic
stamp in slate-grey and not in
the 1950 printing, in which the
stamp is blue-black, so it was re-
moved as a result of plate repair
or cleaning.
This one looks good for the
2010 edition of the catalogue—
so you have at least a year to
look for examples priced as nor-
mals in dealers’ stocks!

Sierra Leone damaged ‘S’

Frank Walton, editor of The London Philatelist and specialist in the
stamps and postal history of Sierra Leone, reports an example of
the 1925 1½d. scarlet on Multiple Script watermarked paper (SG
133), with clear damage to the ‘S’ of ‘Sierra Leone’.
The stamps were printed in double-pane sheets of 120 and
there were five printings of the scarlet 1½d., with the final printing
being made on 27 August 1927 (Fernbank, King George V Key Plates
of the Imperium Postage & Revenue Design, 1997 and Beale, The Postal
Service of Sierra Leone, 1988). Mr Walton comments that, to his
knowledge, the variety has not been previously recorded, which
might indicate a late printing, possibly that of August 1927.
Needless to say, he (and I)
would be very interested to
hear of other examples of this
variety; if it can be positioned
it could well be listable in the
catalogue.

Damaged bars in North Borneo

Some while ago Bill Batty-Smith, author of the excellent series of
articles on Sarawak, published in GSM a few years back, sent me
a photocopy of a North Borneo 1947 25c. overprinted ‘GVIR’
­cypher with damage to the left end of the curved bar cancelling
the words ‘BRITISH PROTECTORATE’.
‘Broken bars’ at the left and right are listed for the 1c. and 50c.,
but the 8c., 20c., 25c. and $5 are only listed with the right-hand
end of the curved bar broken.
Mr Batty-Smith’s example was rather different to the catalogue
illustration, so the question had to be ‘was this an earlier or later
state of the listed variety, or a completely different one?’
I have now come across an example of the variety which seems
to exactly match Mr Batty-Smith’s and illustrate it here in the hope
that the question can be answered. I would also be interested to
know if the same damage can be found on the 1c., 8c., 20c., 50c.
or $5.

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CATALOGUE  SUPPLEMENT
The Stanley Gibbons Catalogue numbers quoted in this Supplement are
liable to change in the next edition of their Catalogue.
The issue of Gibbons Stamp Monthly in which each country was last updated
is now noted under its heading for easier reference.
The Publishers of this Supplement reserve the right to defer the listing of new
issues until they have proved to have passed through and been accepted by
the international mail.
British Commonwelath
GREAT BRITAIN
(April 2008)
CORRECTIONS: Re-number No. Y1676d
(June 2007 GSM) to No. Y1676e. Booklet
pane No. 1672a (March 2008 GSM)
contained No. 1672×8 with centre label
and margins all round. The correct dates
of issue (April 2008 GSM) for ‘Smilers’
Booklets stamps 4th series was 28 February
2008, Rescue at Sea 13 March 2008 and
Celebrating Northern Ireland 11 March 2008.
Add to Nos. Y1667/1803: 2000. Printed in
photogravure by De La Rue. P 15×14 (with
one elliptical hole on each vertical side).
Y1676d 15p. bright magenta (2 bands)
(1.4.08)
Y1719d 56p. yellow-olive (2 bands) (1.4.08)
Y1724b 81p. turquoise-green (2 bands)
(1.4.08) all 6×6
2064 Lysandra bellargus
(Adonis blue)
2065 Coenagrion mercuriale
(southern damselfly)
2066 Formica rufibarbis
(red-barbed ant)
2067 Pareulype berberata
(barberry carpet moth)
G.S.M. May 2008
STANLEY GIBBONS
Catalogues supplemented are:
British Commonwealth Vols 1 & 2  2002
Stamps of the World (Vols 1–5)  2008 edition
Parts 13, 14 (1st edition)
Part 12 (2nd edition)
Parts 15, 20 (3rd edition)
Parts 3, 16, 18, 21 (4th edition)
Parts 4, 9, 10, 11 (5th edition)
Parts 2, 5, 6, 8, 19, 22 (6th edition)
Parts 7, 17 (7th edition)
Illustration sizes:
Stamps— ¾ actual size
Overprints and surcharges—actual size
© Stanley Gibbons Limited 2008
II. NORTHERN IRELAND
CORRECTION: Re-number No. NI105 (June
2007 GSM) to NI106.
Add to Nos. NI102/5:
Printed in photogravure by De La Rue. Two
phosphor bands. P 15×14 (with one elliptical
hole on each vertical side).
NI105 N 8 50p. olive-grey and black
2068 Lucanus cervus (stag 2073 Gnorimus nobilis
beetle) (noble chafer) (1.4.08)
NI107 N 9 81p. bright magenta, greenish
yellow and black (1.4.08)
(Des Andrew Ross. Litho De La Rue)
2008 (15 Apr). ‘Action for Species’ (2nd series).
Insects. Phosphorised paper. P 14½.
2831 2064 (1st) brownish grey, new
blue, magenta,
greenish yellow and III. SCOTLAND :
black
a. Block of 10.
Nos. 2831/40 CORRECTION Re-number Nos. S115/16
2832 2065 (1st) brownish grey, new to S117/18, S118 (June 2007 GSM) to S119,
blue, magenta, S119 (December 2007 GSM) to S131.MSS
greenish yellow and 120 (Scottish Parliament) to MSS132, MSS
black 121 (Celebrating Scotland) to MSS133.
2833 2066 (1st) brownish grey, new Nos. S121/30 are left for probable
2069.Cryptocephalus coryli blue, magenta, additions to the Scotland definitive series.
(hazel pot beetle) greenish yellow and
black
2834 2067 (1st) brownish grey, new Add to Nos. S109/118:
blue, magenta,
greenish yellow and Printed in photogravure by De La Rue. Two
black phosphor bands. P 15×14 (with one elliptical
2835 2068 (1st) brownish grey, new hole on each vertical side).
blue, magenta, S116 S 7 50p. bright lilac, deep lilac and
greenish yellow and silver (1.4.08)
black S120 S 8 81p. bright magenta, greenish
2836 2069 (1st) brownish grey, new yellow, new blue, grey-
blue, magenta, black and silver (1.4.08)
greenish yellow and
black
2837 2070 (1st) brownish grey, new
blue, magenta,
greenish yellow and IV. WALES
black
2070 Gryllus campestris 2838 2071 (1st) brownish grey, new
(field cricket) blue, magenta, CORRECTION: Re-number Nos. W107
greenish yellow and (June 2007 GSM) to W108, W108 (December
black 2007 GSM) to W120 and MSW109 (New
2839 2072 (1st) brownish grey, new Welsh Assembly Building) to MSW121.
blue, magenta,
greenish yellow and
black Add to Nos. W98/106:
2840 2073 (1st) brownish grey, new
blue, magenta, Printed in photogravure by De La Rue. Two
greenish yellow and phosphor bands. P 15×14 (with one elliptical
black hole on each vertical side).
Nos. 2831/40 were printed together, se- W105 W 8 50p. greenish blue, deep
tenant, in blocks of ten (5×2) in sheets of greenish blue and grey-
30. black (1.4.08)
W109 W 9 81p. violet, gold, silver and
black (1.4.08)
2071 Hesperia comma
(silver-spotted skipper) REGIONAL ISSUES
I. ENGLAND
Copyright Notice The contents
of this Catalogue Supplement,
CORRECTION: Re-number Nos. EN13/15 including the numbering system
(June 2007 GSM) to Nos. EN14/16. and illustrations, are fully protected by
copyright. No part of this supplement
may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
Add to Nos. EN6/16: system, or transmitted in any form or by
Printed in photogravure by De La Rue. Two any means, electronic, mechanical,
phosphor bands. P 15×14 (with one elliptical photocopying, recording or otherwise,
hole on each vertical side). without the prior permission of Stanley
EN13 EN 3 50p. olive-green and silver Gibbons Limited. Requests for such
2072 Pseudepipona (1.4.08) permission should be addressed to the
herrichii (Purbeck mason EN17 EN 4 81p. deep reddish lilac and
Catalogue Editor.
wasp) silver (1.4.08)
119
 Catalogue Supplement

Jersey STAMP BOOKLETS

(April 2008)

293 Grey Bus Services Daimler 766 Dame Elisabeth 118 Rat
CB, c. 1920 Murdoch
(Des Dani Poon. Litho SEP Sprint, Australia)
(Des Alan Copp. Litho Enschedé) (Des John White. Litho SEP Sprint, Australia) 2008 (8 Jan). Chinese New Year (‘Year of the
2008 (8 Apr). Jersey Transport. Buses (2nd 2008 (23 Jan). Australian Legends (12th series). Rat’). T 118 and similar vert designs.
series). T 293 and similar horiz designs. Philanthropists. T 766 and similar vert Multicoloured. Phosphorised paper. P 14
Multicoloured. P 14. designs. Multicoloured. (50c.)or 14½×14 (others)
1364 35p. Type 293 (a) PVA gum. Phosphorised paper. P 14. 619 10c. Rat (11.01pm–1.00am)
1365 39p. SCS Ex LGOC ‘K’ single 2907 50c. Type 766 B 136 Outstretched Arm and (animal in gold foil)
decker, c. 1930 a. Horiz strip of 4. Nos. 2907/10 Heart (illustration reduced. Actual a. Sheetlet. Nos. 619/32
1366 43p. JMT Town Bus Service, c. 1941 2908 50c. Victor Smorgon and Loti size 60×85 mm) 620 10c. Ox (1.01am–3.00am)
1367 52p. JMT Leyland Lion Charcoal Smorgon 621 10c. Tiger (3.01am–5.00am)
Burner, c. 1941 2909 50c. Lady (Mary) Fairfax 2008 (5 Feb). Organ and Tissue Donation. 622 10c. Rabbit (5.01am–7.00am)
1368 58p. JBS Bedford WLB, c. 1956 2910 50c. Frank Lowy Multicoloured cover as Type B 136. Self- 623 10c. Dragon (7.01am–9.00am)
1369 76p. JMT Commer adhesive. 624 10c. Snake (9.01am–11.00am)
(b) Self-adhesive. Partial phosphor frame. 625 15c. Horse (11.01am–1.00pm)
Commando, c. 1963 P 11½ (interrupted). SB261 $5 booklet containing pane of
MS1370 110×75 mm. £2.50 JMT Ford ten 50c. (No. 2916a) 626 15c. Pig (9.01pm–11.00pm)
2911 50c. As No. 2910 627 25c. Goat (1.01pm–3.00pm)
Willowbrook, c. 1977 (74×30 mm). a. Vert strip of 4. Nos. 2911/14
P 13½×14 628 25c. Monkey (3.01pm–5.00pm)
2912 50c. As No. 2909 629 25c. Cock (5.01pm–7.00pm)
2913 50c. As No. 2908 630 25c. Dog (7.01pm–9.00pm)
2914 50c. As Type 766 631 50c. Type 118
Nos. 2907/10 were printed together, se-
632 $1.45 Calligraphy (in gold foil)
ASCENSION ISLAND tenant, as horizontal strips of four stamps in
MS633 136×70 mm. Nos. 631/2 Nos. 619/30
(March 2008) sheets of 50.
Nos. 2911/14 come from rolls of 100 were printed together, se-tenant, in a
stamps containing the four designs in sheetlet containing
Nos. 619/30 as a block of 12 (6×2) and
sequence. They have a phosphor frame
Nos. 631/2 as a separate horizontal pair
on three sides, at top, left and foot of the
within margins similar to MS633.
stamps. Nos. 619/30 show the zodiac’s ruling
The two horizontal edges of Nos. 2911/14
hours.
each have two sets of five teeth separated Nos. 631/2 were also printed in separate
by a straight line. sheets of 50 (2 panes of 25).

232 Lampides boeticus (long-tailed blue BELIZE

butterfly) (October 2007)
(Litho BDT) B 137 Scouts in Circle (illustration
2008 (5 Feb). Fauna and their Eggs. T 232 reduced. Actual size 62×85 mm)
and similar horiz designs. Multicoloured.
2008 (19 Feb). Centenary of Scouting.
P 14.
Multicoloured covers as Type B 137.
987 15p. Type 232 Self-adhesive.
988 20p. Cheilomenes lunata (ladybird)
SB262 $6.75 booklet containing pane
989 25p. Panulirus echinatus (spiny
of five $1.35 (No. 2921a)
lobster)
990 30p. Schistocerca gregaria (desert (Type B 137)
767 Human Body SB263 $10 booklet containing pane of
locust) showing Organs
991 35p. Chelonia mydas (green turtle) five $2 (No. 2922a) (cover
showing Lord Baden-Powell) 244 Slave
992 40p. Gecarcinus lagostoma (Des Nigel Buchanan. Litho SEP Sprint)
(landcrab) (Des Derek Miller. Litho Lowe-Martin,
993 50p. Sula sula (red-footed booby) 2008 (5 Feb). Organ and Tissue Donation.
Canada)
994 65p. Hemdactylus mercatorius (a) PVA gum. Phosphorised paper. P 15×14. PREMIUM BOOKLET
(coconut-palm gecko) 2915 767 50c. multicoloured 2007 (26 Sept). Bicentenary of the Abolition
995 90p. Estrilda astrild (common The following booklets were sold at of the Slave Trade Act. W w 14 (sideways).
waxbill) (b) Self-adhesive. Irregular phosphor frame at a premium above the face value of the P 12½×13.
996 £1 Stegastes lubbocki (yellowtail left. P 11½ (interrupted). stamps. 1349 244 $2 multicoloured
damselfish) 2916 767 50c. multicoloured
997 £2.50 Oceanodroma castro a. Booklet pane.
(Madeiran storm-petrel) No. 2916×10
No. 2916 was only issued in $5 stamp
BERMUDA
998 £5 Francolinus afer (red-necked (March 2008)
francolin) booklets, No. SB135.
The two horizontal edges of No. 2916
Add to Nos. 1001/4 (March 2008 GSM):
have two sets of five teeth separated by a
MS1005 90×65 mm. $1.25 Bermuda Scouts
straight line.
emblem; $2 Lord Baden-Powell inspecting
the Cubs, Hamilton, February 1930 (both
AUSTRALIA vert)
(February 2008)

P 47 Roses ‘Imp’ and ‘Minnie Watson’ BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY

765 Red Rose
(Des Simone Sakinofsky. Litho SEP Sprint,
Australia)
2008 (15 Jan). Greetings stamp. ‘Love
Blooms’.
(a) PVA gum. Phosphorised paper. P 14.
2905 765 50c. multicoloured 453
(b) Self-adhesive. Phosphor frame. P 11½
(interrupted).
2906 765 50c. multicoloured 2920
No. 2906 was printed in sheetlets of ten
with ten se-tenant ‘Rub & Smell’ labels, sold
for $5. It has varnish applied to parts of the
rose and the stamp and label are scented.
The two horizontal edges of No. 2906 each
have five teeth separated by a straight
line. Stamps as No. 2906 were also issued
in premium booklets, No. SP134, sold for
$10.95. The self-adhesive stamps from
this booklet did not have the varnish or
perfume.
(Illustration reduced. Actual size (April 2007)
156×104 mm)
2008 (15 Jan). ‘Love Blooms’. Multicoloured
768 Scout Camp cover as Type P 47. Booklet contains text
and illustrations on panes and interleaving
(Des Asprey Creative. Litho SEP Sprint) pages. Stitched.
2008 (19 Feb). Centenary of Scouting in SP134 $10.95 booklet containing five
Australia. T 768 and similar horiz designs. panes of four self adhesive
Multicoloured. 50c. stamps as No. 2906
No. SP134 has a face value 81 Marseniopsis molle (sea lemon)
(a) PVA gum. Phosphorised paper. P 14. of $10.
(i) Domestic Mail It also contains a pane of 20 small red (Litho BDT)
2917 50c. Type 768 rose labels.
2007 (14 Nov). Marine Invertebrates. T 81 and
similar horiz designs. Multicoloured. W w 14
(ii) International Post
2918 $1.35 Scouts in circle Christmas Island (sideways). P 14.
2919 $2 Lord Baden-Powell (founder) (February 2008) 452 25p. Type 81
50p. Isotealia antarctica (Antarctic
(b) Self-adhesive. Irregular phosphor frame at CORRECTION; The correct date of issue sea anemone)
right. P 11½ (interrupted). for the chinese New Year (‘Year of the Pig’) 454 60p. Decolopoda australis (sea
(i) Domestic Mail premium booklet No. SP1 (November 2007 spider)
50c. As Type 768 GSM) was 9 January 2007. 455 £1.05 Odontaster validus (sea star)
(ii) International Post
2921 $1.35 As No. 2918
a. Booklet pane. No. 2921×5 WHEN YOU BUY AN ALBUM LOOK FOR THE
2922 $2 As No. 2919
a. Booklet pane. No. 2922×5
NAME
Nos. 2921/2 were only printed in $6.75
and $10 booklets, Nos. SB262/3.
STANLEY GIBBONS
The two vertical edges of Nos. 2920/2
have two sets of five teeth separated by a It means Quality combined with Value for Money
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CAYMAN ISLANDS 5117/24 14d. ×8 Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg, GRENADA

(November 2007) Brazil; Alisher Vohidov, (December 2007)
Ukraine; Martin Belinga-
Nos. 1133/MS1137 are left for Centenary Eboutou, Cameroon; Fernand 2007 (26 Oct). Holocaust Remembrance. Vert
of Scouting issued 9 July 2007 not yet Poukre-Kono, Central African designs as T 479 of Gambia. Multicoloured.
received. Republic; Heraldo Muñoz, Litho. P 13½.
Chile; Wang Guangya, China; 5293/300 $1.40 ×8 Erasmo Lara-Peña,
(Litho BDT) Dominican Republic;
Elbio O. Rosselli, Uruguay;
2007 (12 Sept). Diamond Wedding of Queen Shashi Tharoor, Under Diego Cordovez, Ecuador;
Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh. Vert Secretary-General Carmen M. Gallardo
82 Pinnacle Iceberg (Litho BDT) designs as T 58 of British Indian Ocean a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5117/24 Hernandez, El Salvador;
Territory. Multicoloured. W w 14. P 14. 5125/32 14d. ×8 Basile Ikouebe, Lino Sima Ekua Avomo,
2007 (14 Nov). Icebergs. T 82 and similar 1138 50c. Princess Elizabeth alighting Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Tina
horiz designs. Multicoloured. W w 14 from car and Lt. Philip Saul Weisleder, Costa Rica; Intelmann, Estonia; Dawit
(sideways). P 14. Mountbatten, c. 1949 Alcide Djedje, Ivory Coast; Yohannes, Ethiopia; Isikia
456 25p. Type 82 1139 75c. Princess Elizabeth wearing Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, Rabiei Savua, Fiji; Lars
457 50p. Pinnacle and tabular icebergs tiara and wedding veil, 1949 Cyprus; Martin Palous, Czech Wide, Chef de Cabinet,
and ice floes at sunset 1140 80c. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Republic; Atoki Ileka, Dem. 60th UN GA
458 60p. Wedge iceberg Mother and Princesses Republic of the Congo; a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5293/300
459 £1.05 Tabular iceberg and ice floes Elizabeth and Margaret Crispin S. Gregoire, Dominica; 5301/8 $1.40 ×8 Angus Friday, Grenada;
1141 $1 Princess Elizabeth and Duke Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Alfredo Lopes Cabral,
of Edinburgh in procession Ambassador and Special Guinea-Bissau; Samuel
down Westminster Abbey Advisor of the 61st UN Rudolph Insanally,
aisle on wedding day, 1949 General Assembly Guyana; Léo Mérarès,
MS1142 125×85 mm. $2 Princess Elizabeth a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5125/32 Haiti; Ivan Romero-
and Lt. Philip Mountbatten, c. 1949 5133/40 14d. ×8 Hilario G. Davide Jr, Martinez, Honduras;
(42×56 mm). Wmk sideways Phillipines; Andrzej Towpik, Gabor Brodi, Hungary;
Poland; João Manuel Hjalmar W. Hannesson,
Guerra Salgueiro, Portugal; Iceland; Dan Gillerman,
Alexei Tulbure, Republic of Israel Sheetlet. Nos. 5301/8
Moldova; Mihnea I. Motoc, 5309/16 $1.40 ×8 Colin Beck, Solomon
Romania; Vitaly I. Churkin, Islands; Dumisani
Russian Federation; Joseph S. Kumalo,South Africa;
Nsengimana, Rwanda; Juan Antonio Yáñez-
Augustine P. Mahiga, Tanzania Barnuevo, Spain; Anders
83 Aerial View of Antarctica a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5133/40 Liden, Sweden; Peter
Nos. 5109/16, 5117/24, 5125/32 and Maurer, Switzerland;
(Litho Enschedé) 5133/40 were each printed together, K. Laxanachantorn
2007 (14 Nov). International Polar Year se-tenant, in sheetlets of eight stamps with Laohaphan, Thailand; José
2007–2008. Circular sheet 97×97 mm. enlarged illustrated margins. Luis Guterres, Timor-Leste;
W w 14. P 13½. Fekitamoeloa ‘Utoikamanu,
MS460   83  £2 multicoloured Tonga
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5309/16
5317/24 $1.40 ×8 Srgian Kerim, President,
234 Nativity 62nd UN GA; Andrei
Dapkiunas, Belarus;
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN (Litho BDT) Jean-Marie Ehouzou, Benin;
TERRITORY 2007 (22 Oct). Christmas. T 234 and similar vert Milos Prica, Bosnia &
(February 2008) designs showing stained glass windows. Herzegovina; Samuel
Multicoloured. W w 14 (sideways). O. Outlule, Botswana;
P 15×14. Francis K. Butagira, Uganda;
1143 25c. Type 234 Valeriy P. Kuchinsky,
1144 50c. Jesus Christ 480 Girl and Manger Scene Ukraine; Jean Ping,
1145 75c. Jesus with disciples President 59th UN Gen
2007 (3 Dec). Christmas. T 480 and similar horiz Assem
1146 80c. Peace dove
designs. Multicoloured. Litho. P 12. a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5317/24
1147 $1 The Cross
1148 $1.50 Shepherd with lamb 5141 25d. Type 480 Nos. 5293/700, 5701/8,
5142 30d. Children eating holiday dishes 5709/16 and 5717/24 were
5143 45d. Boy and Madonna and Child printed together, se-tenant,
sculpture in sheetlets of eight stamps
GAMBIA 5144 50d. Three girls and drummers with enlarged illustrated
(February 2008) margins
59 Charles Darwin and Beach
with Tropic Bird, Terns and Add to No. MS5098 (First Ladies of the
Turtle USA, February 2008 GSM): MS5098 Thirty
sheets, each 70×100 mm. (s) 65d. Abigail
(Des Derek Miller. Litho BDT) Fillmore. (t) 65d. Jane Pierce. (u) 65d. Harriet
Johnston. (v) 65d. Mary Lincoln. (w) 65d.
2007 (23 July). 125th Death Anniv of Charles Eliza Johnson. (x) 65d. Julia Grant. (y) 65d.
Darwin. T 59 and similar square designs. Lucy Hayes. (z) 65d. Lucretia Garfield. (za)
Multicoloured. W w 14 (sideways). 65d. Ellen Arthur. (zb) 65d. Mary Arthur
P 13½. McElroy. (zc) 65d. Frances Cleveland. (zd)
362 54p. Type 59 65d. Caroline Harrison. (ze) 65d. Mary Lord
363 54p. HMS Beagle Harrison. (zf ) 65d. Ida McKinley. (zg) 65d.
364 90p. Turtles Edith Roosevelt. (zh) 65d. Helen Taft. (zi)
365 90p. Coral reef 65d. Ellen Wilson. (zj) 65d. Edith Wilson.
(zk) 65d. Florence Harding. (zl) 65d. Grace
Coolidge. (zm) 65d. Lou Hoover. (zn) 65d. 481 Roman Goddess
Eleanor Roosevelt. (zo) 65d. Bess Truman. Diana reaching for Arrow
(zp) 65d. Mamie Eisenhower. 629 Corporal Bryan Budd
Nos. MS5098 (s) to (zp) all show portraits 2007 (10 Dec). Breast Cancer Research. Sheet
similar to T 476 but 37×50 mm with the 100×70 mm. Litho. P 14. 2007 (26 Oct). 150th Anniv of the First
White House in the background. MS5145   481  65d. multicoloured Presentation of the Victoria Cross. T 629
A similar stamp was issued by the USA on and similar vert designs showing recipients.
29 July 1998 and by Belize on 26 October Multicoloured. Litho. P 13½.
2006. 5325 $1.50 Type 629
A $190 gold stamp was issued on a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5325/30
60 Pomarine Skua pursuing December 2007 for the 10th death 5326 $1.50 Brigadier General James
Tropic Bird anniversary of Diana, Princess of Wales. Forbes-Robinson
5327 $1.50 Private Johnson Beharry
(Des Alan Harris. Litho Lowe-Martin, Canada) 5328 $1.50 Sergeant William J. Gordon
5329 $1.50 Private Henry Tandey
2007 (1 Oct). BirdLife International. Pomarine 5330 $1.50 Private Jorgen Christian
Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus). T 60 and Jensen
similar horiz designs. Multicoloured. W w 14 MS5331 100×70 mm. $6 Seaman Jack Mantel
(sideways). P 12½×13. Nos. 5325/30 were printed together, se-
366 54p. Type 60 tenant, in sheetlets of six stamps
367 54p. Pomarine skua pursuing
booby
368 54p. Pair of pomarine skuas in
flight
369 54p. Pair of pomarine skuas on
beach 479 Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa,
370 90p. Pomarine skua pursuing terns President 61st UN GA
371 90p. Pomarine skua on sea 482 Rear View of Hummer H2
2007 (28 Nov). Holocaust Remembrance. T 479
and similar vert designs. Multicoloured. 2007 (28 Dec). General Motors Hummer H2. T 482
Litho. P 13½. and similar horiz designs. Multicoloured.
5109/16 14d. ×8 Type 479; Denis Dangue Litho. P 13½. 630 Hostage Rescue Helicopter
Rewaka, Gabon; Crispin 5146 25d. Type 482 S-65/RH 53D
NEW INFORMATION Grey-Johnson, The Gambia; a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5141/4
The editor is always interested to Irakli Alasani, Georgia; Nana 5147 25d. Front view of Hummer 2007 (26 Oct). Centenary of First Helicopter
correspond with people who have Effah-Apenteng, Ghana; 5148 25d. Side view of silver Hummer Flight. T 630 and similar multicoloured
new information that will improve Adamantios Th. Vassilakis, 5149 25d. Side view of blue Hummer designs. Litho. P 13½.
Greece; Jorge Skinner-Klee MS5150 100×70 mm. 65d. Hummer 5332 $2 Type 630
or correct the catalogue Arenales, Guatemala; Jean- Nos. 5146/9 were printed together, se- a. Sheetlet. Nos. 5332/5
Maurice Ripert, France tenant, in sheetlets of four stamps with 5333 $2 Autogyro (‘do-it-yourself
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5334 $2 Multi-role military helicopter
BK 117 Press)
5335 $2 Anti-ship missile helicopter
AS-61 Academy. P 13½×13.
MS5336 100×70 mm. $6 AH 64
Apache tank destroyer helicopter.
Nos. 5332/5 were printed together, se-
tenant, in sheetlets of four stamps with
enlarged illustrated margins.
631 Susan Bristol (Bernard Vidal)
2007 (26 Oct). Sheet 105×122 mm. Litho.
P 13½.
MS5337 631 $6 multicoloured (Des Sankha Samanta. Photo India Security
Grenadines of Grenada
(January 2008)
CORRECTION: Re-number Nos. 3909/16
T 221/2 (Pope Benedict XVI and Helicopters,
January 2008 GSM) to Nos. 3911/18,
T 222/3.
221 Queen Elizabeth II
and Prince Philip
2007 (25 June). Diamond Wedding of Queen
Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. T 221 and
similar vert design. Multicoloured. Litho.
P 13½.
3909 $1.50 Type 221
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 3909/10, each
×3 Printing Press, Hyderabad)
3910 $1.50 Queen Elizabeth II 2007 (8 Oct). 75th Anniv of the Indian Air
Nos. 3909/10 were printed together,
se-tenant, in sheetlets of six stamps
containing three of each design.
INDIA
(March 2008)
CORRECTION: The correct date of issue for
Himalayan Lakes was 6 November 2006 and
for ‘Stop Child Labour’ it was 26 December
2006 (both August 2007 GSM).
1787 J. P. Naik
(Des Brahm Prakash. Litho Security Printing
Press, Hyderabad)
2007 (5 Sept). Birth Centenary of Dr. J. P. Naik
(educationist). P 13½.
2420 1787 5r. cinnamon, black and
deep blue 2434
1788 Building Façade
(Des Bharati Mirchandani. Litho Security
Printing Press, Hyderabad)
2007 (23 Sept). 53rd Commonwealth
Parliamentary Conference. P 13½.
2421 1788 15r. multicoloured Academy
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(Des Kamleshwar Singh. Photo India Security MONTSERRAT
(April 2008)
2007 (3 Nov). Centenary of Maharashtra Police
2437 1793 5r. multicoloured
1789 S. D. Burman
(Des Bharati Mirchandani. Litho Security
Printing Press, Hyderabad)
2007 (1 Oct). Birth Centenary (2006) of Sachin Dev
Burman (singer and composer). P 13½. 1794 Children
2422 1789 15r. multicoloured (Swarali V. Bhakare)
259 Charles Wesley
(Litho Security Printing Press, Hyderabad)
2007 (14 Nov). Children’s Day. ‘The Magic of 2007 (18 Dec). 300th Birth Anniv of Charles
the Night’. T 1794 and similar horiz design Wesley (founder of Methodism). T 259
showing children’s paintings. Multicoloured. and similar vert designs. Multicoloured.
P 13. Litho. P 13½.
2438 5r. Type 1794 1382 $2.50 Type 259
2439 5r. Night fishermen a. Sheetlet. Nos. 1382/5
MS2440 120×78 mm. Nos. 2438/9 1383 $2.50 Charles Wesley (hands at left)
1384 $2.50 Charles Wesley with Bible
1385 $2.50 Bethany Methodist Church
1790 Gandhi expelled from Nos. 1382/5 were printed together, se-
Train, South Africa, 1893 IRELAND tenant, in sheetlets of four stamps with
(March 2008) enlarged illustrated margins.
Press)
2007 (2 Oct). Centenary of Satyagraha. T 1790 NAMIBIA
and similar horiz designs. Multicoloured. (April 2008)
P 13½×13.
2423 5r. Type 1790
a. Horiz strip of 4. Nos. 2423/6
2424 5r. Gandhi, Indian immigrant in
Transvaal and Indian Opinion
newspaper, 1906
2425 5r. Gandhi addressing crowd, 533 Bride and Groom
South Africa, 1906 Embracing
2426 5r. Gandhi leading Dandi March,
India, 1930 (Des Amanda Brady. Litho SEP Sprint, 277 Commiphora kraeuseliana
MS2427 106×112 mm. As Nos. 2423/6. P 13 Australia)
Nos. 2423/6 were printed together, se- 2008 (16 Jan). Weddings (3rd issue). Phosphor (Des J. J. van Ellinckhuijzen. Litho Enschedé)
tenant, in horizontal strips of four stamps frame. Chalk-surfaced paper. Self-adhesive. 2007 (20 July). Commiphora (corkwood) Trees of
throughout the sheets. P 11½. Namibia. T 277 and similar horiz designs.
1880 533 55c. multicoloured Multicoloured. P 13½×14.
a. Booklet pane. 1074 ($1.90) Type 277
No. 1880×10 1075 $3.40 Commiphora wildii
No. 1880 was only issued in €5.50 stamp 1076 $3.90 Commiphora glaucescens
booklets, No. SB140. 1077 ($6) Commiphora dinteri
Nos. 1881/2, Type 534, are left for No. 1074 is inscr ‘Standard Mail’ and sold
Greetings stamps, issued 16 January 2008, for $1.90. No. 1077 is inscr ‘Non-standard
not yet received. Mail’ and sold for $6.
NEW ZEALAND
(April 2008)
1791 Advanced Light Helicopter
Dhruv
(Des Kamleshwar Singh. Litho Security
Force. T 1791 and similar horiz designs.
Multicoloured. P 13½. 535 Rat and Candle
2428 5r. Type 1791
2429 5r. AWACS (Airborne Warning (Des Renze Zhou. Litho Irish Security Stamp
and Control System) Ptg Ltd)
(83×31 mm) 2008 (23 Jan). Chinese New Year (‘Year of the 678 Rabbits
2430 5r. Westland Wapiti Rat’). Phosphor frame. Chalk-surfaced
2431 15r. IL-78 fighter planes (Des Lindy Fisher. Litho Southern Colour
paper. P 15×14. Print, Dunedin)
(83×31 mm)
1883 535 78c. multicoloured
MS2432 220×122 mm. Nos. 2428/31 MS1884 130×74 mm. No. 1883×3 2008 (7 Feb). Chinese New Year (‘Year of the
Rat’). Pocket Pets. T 678 and similar horiz
designs. Multicoloured. Phosphorised
paper. P 14.
STAMP BOOKLET 3020 50c. Type 678
3021 $1 Guinea pigs
3022 $1.50 Rats
3023 $2 Mice
MS3024 125×90 mm. Nos. 3022/3
STAMP BOOKLET
1792 Parachutist
Add to No. SB137 ($10 New Zealand
(Des Kamleshwar Singh. Photo India Security Landscapes booklet, August 2007 GSM, re-
Press) numbered April 2008 GSM): No. SB137 was
issued as a 1 kiwi reprint on 12 December
2007 (14 Oct). 4th CISM Military World Games,
Hyderabad and Mumbai. T 1792 and similar B 87 Bride and Groom Embracing 2007.
horiz designs. Multicoloured. P 13½×13.
2433 5r. Type 1792 2008 (16 Jan). Weddings (3rd issue). Multicoloured
a. Vert strip of 3. Nos. 2433/5 cover as Type B 87. Self-adhesive. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
5r. Footballer SB140 €5.50 booklet containing pane of (April 2008)
2435 5r. Swimmer ten 55c. (5×2) (No. 1880a)
MS2436 83×130 mm. Nos. 2433/5. P 13
Nos. 2433/5 were printed together,
se-tenant, in vertical strips of three stamps KIRIBATI
throughout the sheet. (July 2007)
(Des Andrew Robinson. Litho Lowe-Martin,
Canada)
2007 (21 Sept). Centenary of Scouting.
Multicoloured designs as T 281 of
Bahamas. P 13. 395 St. John Health Service
791 25c. Kiribati scouts with their flag
792 50c. AIDS awareness 2007 (30 Nov). 50th Anniv of St. John Ambulance
793 75c. Scout leaders in Papua New Guinea. T 395 and similar
794 $2 Scout shelter, Kiribati, 1962 horiz designs. Multicoloured. Litho.
MS795 90×65 mm. $1 Kiribati Scouts emblem P 14×14½.
1793 Maharashtra Police (vert); $1.50 Lord Baden-Powell (founder) 1203 5t. Type 395
(vert) 1204 20t. St. John Blood Service
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1205 85t. St. John Blind Service ST. LUCIA 2008 (18 Jan). Chinese New Year (‘Year of the
1206 1k. St. John Ambulance Service (July 2007) Rat’). T 348 and similar horiz designs.
1207 3k.35 St. John Volunteer Service Multicoloured.
1208 5k.35 The Order of St. John (a ) PVA gum. Phosphorised paper. P 14½
MS1209 186×114 mm. Nos. 1203/8 ($1.10) or 14 (others).
1750 (26c.) Type 348
1751 65c. Rat and orange
1752 $1.10 Two rats (44×34 mm)
ST. HELENA (b) Self-adhesive. One phosphor band. P 10
(October 2007) 250 Westland Sea King Naval 1753 (26c.) As Type 348
Helicopter Nos. 1750 and 1753 were inscr ‘1st Local’
and sold for 26c. each.
2007 (28 Nov). Centenary of the First Helicopter 249 Scouts Inspection, Queen’s A collectors sheet containing $5 and
Flight. T 250 and similar multicoloured Birthday Parade, 1954 $10 stamps in designs as Nos. 1750/1 was
designs. Litho. P 13½. issued on the same date and sold in a
MS2050 $3×4 Type 250; Schweizer N330TT (Des Andrew Robinson. Litho BDT) folder for $16.80. This sheet was printed by
light utility helicopter; Sikorsky R-4/R-5 first 2007 (20 Aug). Centenary of Scouting. T 249 Cartor and the stamps within it had silver
production helicopter; PZL Swidnik W-3 and similar multicoloured designs. W w 14 foil holograms of a pig ($5 stamp) and an
Sokol (sideways). P 14. ox ($10 stamp).
MS2051 100×70 mm. $6 MIL V-12 heavy 1360 30c. Type 249
transport helicopter 1361 $5 Cub scout laying wreath,
Remembrance Day Parade, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
2005 (September 2007)
MS1362 90×65 mm. $2.50 St. Lucia Scout
245 ‘Seven Swans a-Swimming’
Association membership badge (vert);
(Des Julian Vasarhelyi. Litho Cartor) $2.50 Lord Baden-Powell (founder) (vert).
Wmk upright
2007 (3 Sept). Christmas. ‘The Twelve Days of
Christmas’ (carol). T 245 and similar circular
designs. Multicoloured. W w 14. P 13½. SIERRA LEONE
1037 10p. Type 245 (January 2008)
1038 15p. ‘Eight Maids a-Milking’
1039 25p. ‘Nine Ladies Dancing’ 295 Cymatium
1040 30p. ‘Ten Lords a-Leaping’ muricinum
1041 50p. ‘Eleven Pipers Piping’
1042 £1 ‘Twelve Drummers Drumming’ 2007 (11 June). Shells. T 295 and similar vert
Nos. 1037/42 were each perforated in a designs. Multicoloured. Litho. P 13.
circle contained within an outer perforated 1850 10c. Type 295
square. 251 Jacqueline Kennedy 1851 15c. Tellina radiata
1852 20c. Tonna maculosa
2007 (28 Nov). 90th Birth Anniv of John F. Kennedy 1853 25c. Leucozonia nassa
(US President 1960–3). T 251 and similar vert 1854 35c. Trachycardium magnum
460 The Annunciation (detail)
designs. Multicoloured. Litho. P 13½. 1855 45c. Papyridea soleniformis
(Raphael)
2052 $3 Type 251 1856 50c. Epitonium lamellosum
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 2052/5 2007 (28 Nov). Christmas. T 460 and similar horiz 1857 60c. Astraea brevispina
2053 $3 John F. Kennedy (in library) designs. Multicoloured. Litho. P 15×14. 1858 80c. Bulla striata
2054 $3 John F. Kennedy (clapping) 4533 1000le. Type 460 1859 $1 Murex margaritensis
2055 $3 Vice President 4534 1500le. The Adoration of the Magi 1860 $1.25 Chama macerophylla
Lyndon B. Johnson (detail) (Raphael) 1861 $1.40 Vasum capitellum
Nos. 2052/5 were printed together, se- 4535 2000le. The Presentation of the Christ 1862 $2 Coralliophila abbreviata
246 SS Savannah, (first steamship tenant, in sheetlets of four stamps with Child in the Temple (detail) 1864 $10 Oliva reticularis
crossing), 1819 enlarged illustrated margins. (Raphael) No. 1863 is left for $5 value not yet
4536 3000le. The Nativity and the received.
(Des Nick Shewring. Litho BDT) Arrival of the Magi (detail)
2007 (6 Nov). Atlantic Firsts. T 246 and similar (Giovanni di Pietro) (Litho BDT)
horiz designs. Multicoloured. W w 14 2007 (10 Dec). Christmas. Multicoloured designs
(sideways). P 14. as T 460 of Sierra Leone. P 14×15 (vert) or
1043 25p. Type 246 SINGAPORE 15×14 (horiz).
1044 40p. Alcock and Brown’s Vickers (March 2008) 1865 25c. The Virgin and Child (Carlo
FB-27 Vimy, 1919 (first Maratta) (vert)
aeroplane crossing) CORRECTION: The Singapore 1st Local 1866 60c. The Adoration of the Magi
1045 45p. Alain Gerbault’s sloop postage rate was increased to from 25c. (detail) (Vincent Malo)
Firecrest, 1923 (first east-west to 26c. from 1 July 2007. Sheets of ten 1st 1867 80c. The Annunciation (detail)
solo sailing) Local (ASEAN, December 2007 GSM) and (Robert Campin)
1046 £1.20 Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of booklets of ten 1st Local (SB59, February 1868 $1 The Adoration of the Magi
St. Louis (first solo flight) 2008 GSM) were sold for $2.55, a discount (detail) Giovanni di Paolo)
of 10c. off the face value. MS1869 70×100 mm. $6 The Adoration of the
252 The Rest on the Flight Magi (Quentin Massys). P 14
Add to Nos. 1692/706 (Flora and Fauna
into Egypt (Federico definitives, September 2007 GSM):
ST. KITTS-NEVIS Barocci) Nos. 1692/706 were originally issued on
Nevis 6 June 2007 with ‘2007A’ imprint date.
(April 2008) 2007 (3 Dec). Christmas. Paintings. T 252 and
Nos. 1692 and 1702 were re-issued on Foreign
similar vert designs. Multicoloured. Litho.
23 January 2008 with ‘2007B’ imprint date.
P 11½.
2056 25c. Type 252 ANDORRA (Pts 6 & 9)
2057 30c. The Annunciation (detail) French Post Offices
(Federico Barocci) (April 2008)
2058 90c. The Annunciation (Cavalier
d’Arpino) No. F683 and Type F 341 have been left
2059 $4 The Rest on the Flight into for ‘El Cedre’, issued on 5 November 2007,
Egypt (Francesco Mancini) not yet received.
MS2060 100×70 mm. $5 The Virgin and Child
between Saints Peter and Paul and the No. F684 and Type F 342 have been left
Twelve Magistrates of the Rota (Antoniazzo for ‘La Barma de la Marginada’, issued on
Romano). P 13½ 12 November 2007, not yet received.

347 Roof of Terminal

3 with Skylights and
Reflector Panels
(Des Lew Yen Wei. Litho Southern Colour
Print, New Zealand)
2008 (9 Jan). Opening of Terminal 3 at Singapore
Changi Airport. T 347 and similar vert
designs. Multicoloured. Phosphorised F 343 Altarpiece, Sant Marti
paper. P 14. de la Cortinada
1746 (26c.) Type 347 2007 (3 Dec). Christmas. P 13.
1747 65c. Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 F685 F 343 54c. multicoloured
1748 $1.10 Palm trees and ‘Green
Wall’ vertical garden inside
249 Begonias and Rock 253 F 355 F1 GTS, 1997 Terminal 3 ANDORRA (Pts 6 & 9)
1749 $2 Terminal 3 and Control Tower
2007 (28 Nov). 50th Death Anniv of Qi Baishi 2007 (10 Dec). 60th Anniv of Ferrari. T 253 No. 1746 was inscr ‘1st Local’ and sold for Spanish Andorra
(artist). T 249 and similar vert designs and similar horiz designs. Multicoloured. 26c. (April 2008)
showing paintings. Multicoloured. Litho. Litho. P 13½.
P 12½. 2061 $1 Type 253
2045 $3 Type 249 a. Sheetlet. Nos. 2061/8
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 2045/8 2062 $1 412, 1985
2046 $3 Mother and Child 2063 $1 158 F1, 1964
2047 $3 Fish and Bait 2064 $1 375 MM, 1953
2048 $3 Solitary Hero (bird) 2065 $1 330 P4, 1967
MS2049 100×70 mm. $6 Chrysanthemums 2066 $1 512 BB LM, 1978
and Insects (28×42 mm). P 13½ Nos. 2045/8 2067 $1 312 B3-74, 1974
were printed together, se-tenant, in 2068 $1 308 GTB Quattrovalvole, 1982
sheetlets of four stamps with enlarged Nos. 2061/8 were printed together, se- 191 Lamb kneeling before Infant
illustrated margins. tenant, in sheetlets of eight stamps. 348 Rat Jesus (painting by Sergi Mas)

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2007 (2 Nov). Christmas. Photo. P 14.

349 191 30c. multicoloured

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(April 2008)

1373 Give Blood

1479 Emblem and St (Des Philippe Geluck. Photo)
Stephen’s Cathedral 2008 (21 Jan). Red Cross. Give Blood Campaign.
Polyvalent-phosphorescent paper.
(Des Charly Frei. Photo) 239 Vincent Dunin-
(a) Self-adhesive Booklet Stamps. Die-cut.
2008 (18 Jan). WIPA 2008 International Stamp Marcinkevich 4148 1372 1 (52c.) multicoloured
Exhibition. P 14.
2902 1479 55c.+20c. multicoloured (Des Svetlana Lumyanskaya. Litho) (b) Ordinary gum. P 11½
See also Nos. 2828 and 2858. 2008 (4 Feb). Birth Bicentenary of Vincent Dunin- 4149 1373 1 (52c.)+25c. multicoloured
Marcinkevich (writer and social activist). No. 4148 was issued in booklets of ten
222 Aphrodite (Greek) Fluorescent security markings. P 13½. stamps and has wavy edges (simulating
723 239 440r. multicoloured perforations) on two or three sides
(Des Eduard Kurghinyan. Litho Enschedé) depending on position.
2007 (14 Dec). Statues. T 222 and similar vert
design. Multicoloured. P 14×13½.
675 70d. Type 222
676 350d. Anahit (Armenian)
Stamps of the same design were issued
by Greece.

1480 Trix and Flix

(mascots)
ARUBA (Pt 4)
(April 2008) (Des Hannes Margreiter. Photo Enschedé)
2008 (22 Jan). EURO 2008 Football Championships
(2nd issue). T 1480 and similar vert design.
Multicoloured. Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf
14½.
2903 55c. Type 1480 240 Konstantin
2904 65c. Emblem Ostrozhsky 1374 La Luz que se Apaga (José
No. 2903 was only issued in coils of 100
Maria Sicilia)
stamps. (Des Svetlana Lumyanskaya. Litho)
No. 2904 was issued both in coils and 2008 (17 Feb). 400th Death Anniv of Konstanty
128 Luciana Maria Koolman (Des Jean Libert. Photo)
boxes of 25 stamps. Both stamps were Wasyl Ostrogski (Konstantin Ostrozhsky)
and Original Building 2008 (21 Jan). Art. Sheet 90×125 mm. Polyvalent-
available as a strip of five for collectors. (Lithuanian prince). Sheet 93×78 mm. phosphorescent paper. P 11½.
2007 (4 Apr). 50th Anniv of Casa Cuna Children’s Fluorescent security markings. P 13½. MS4150 1374 2 (€1.04)+40c.multicoloured
Home Foundation. T 128 and similar horiz MS724   240  2500r. multicoloured
designs. Multicoloured. P 13.
394 50c. Type 128 STAMP BOOKLETS
395 125c. Children enclosed in hands SB118 21.1.08 Red Cross. Self-
396 150c. New building adhesive. No. 4148×10 (€5.20)
BELGIUM (Pt 4)
(April 2008)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Stamp now received.
(Pt 3)
Republika Srpska
(March 2008)

129 Museum of Antiquities

1481 Portrait of Martina
2007 (2 July). Museums. T 129 and similar horiz (Hans Robert Pippal)
designs. Multicoloured. P 13. 1365 Sunset
397 70c. Type 129 (Des Michael Rosenfeld. Photo)
398 85c. Numismatic museum 2008 (31 Jan). Modern Art. P 14. 2007 (15 Oct). Bereavement. No value expressed.
399 100c. Archaeological museum 2905 1481 65c. multicoloured P 11½.
400 135c. Historical museum 4138 1365 1 (52c.) multicoloured

S 160 Sputnik and

Globe
AUSTRIA (Pt 5) New Listing.
(March 2008) (Des Nebojsa Djumic, G. Bosnic and Bozidar
Dosenovic. Litho Forum, Novi Sad)
2007 (4 Oct). 50th Anniv of Space Exploration.
P 14.
S420 S 160 1m.50 multicoloured

1482 Trix and Flix (Alexandra

Payer)
2008 (4 Feb). EURO 2008 Football Championships
(3rd issue). Children’s Drawings. T 1482
and similar horiz design. Multicoloured.
1477 Cypripedium calceolus
P 14.
(lady’s slipper orchid)
2906 55c. Type 1482
2907 55c. Footballs as map of Europe 1371 The Man From the Sea
(Des Rudolf Galler. Photo Enschedé)
(Corina Payr)
2008 (15 Jan). P 14. (Des MVTM. Photo)
2900 1477 15c. multicoloured 2008 (21 Jan). René Magritte (artist) S 161 Picea abies
BELARUS (Pt 10) Commemoration. Sheet 80×140 mm
containing T 1371 and similar multicoloured (Des Nadezda Skocajic and R. Bojani?. Litho
(April 2008) Forum, Novi Sad)
designs. Polyvalent-phosphorescent paper.
P 11½. 2007 (9 Nov). European Nature Protection.
MS4147 1 (52c.)×5, Type 1371; Conifers. Type S 161 and similar vert design.
Scheherazade; The Midnight Marriage; Multicoloured. P 14.
Georgette (32×41 mm); The Ignorant Fairy S421 70f. Type S 161
(49×37 mm) S422 1m. Picea omorica
The stamps of MS4147 were not for sale
separately.
BULGARIA (Pt 3)
(March 2008)
1478 Vienna

(Des Renate Gruber. Litho)

2008 (17 Jan). EURO 2008 Football Championships
(1st issue). Venues. Sheet 150×90 mm 238 Medieval Falconers
containing T 1478 and similar square
designs. Multicoloured. P 14. (Des Liliya Gordeeva and Ivan Lukin. Litho)
MS2901 55c.×4, Type 1478; Salzburg; 2008 (30 Jan). Hunting. T 238 and similar
Klagenfurt; Innsbruck, 65c.×4, Zurich; multicoloured design. Fluorescent security
Basel; Bern; Geneva markings. P 13½.
The stamps of No. MS2901 share a common 721 440r. Type 237
background design. 722 1050r. Deer hunting (horiz) 1372 Give Blood 1655 Hristo Botev

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(Des Ivan Bogdanov. Litho) STAMP BOOKLET

2008 (6 Jan). Birth Centenary of Hristo Botev SB37 19.12.07 EXPO 2010,
(poet and revolutionary). P 13. Shanghai. T 1251 3 panes,
4659 1655 55st. multicoloured Nos. 5232a, 5232b and 5233a

CHINA (Pt 17)

1656 Polar Bear
(Des Todor Vardjiev. Litho)
2008 (10 Jan). International Polar Year. 20th Anniv
of Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition. Sheet
115×85 mm containing T 1656 and similar
horiz design. Multicoloured. P 13.
MS4660 55st. Type 1656; 1l. Skua stealing
penguin chick 2007 (28 Dec). Greetings Stamps. With service
The stamps and margins of MS4660 form
a composite design.
CHINA (Pt 17)
People’s Republic
(April 2008)
1250 Satellite in Lunar Orbit
(Des Wang Huming. Litho and embossed)
2007 (26 Nov). Successful Maiden Flight of
Cheng E 1. P 13 (with one elliptical hole
on each vert side).
5231 1250 1y.20 multicoloured CHINA (Pt 17)
Hong Kong
(March 2008)
300 Firework
(Des A. Lam. Litho Enschedé)
indicator. T 300 and similar square
designs. Two phosphor bands ($1.40) or
one phosphor band ($3). Multicoloured.
Granite paper. P 13½ (with one elliptical
hole on each vert side).
(a) Inscr “Local Mail Postage”
1485 ($1.40) Type 300
1486 ($1.40) Two birds
(b) AIR. Inscr “Air Mail Postage”
1487 ($3) Parcels and ballooons
1488 ($3) Slippers
No. 1485/6 were for use on letters up to
30 grams within Hong Kong and 1487/8
were for use on airmail letters up to 20
grams to addresses outside Hong Kong.
Nos. 1485/8, respectively, were each
issued individually and together in vertical
se-tenant pairs, each stamp with a label
attached at right, within sheets of 20
stamps. The stamps were arranged with two
horizontal rows of four stamps and labels
at top, two rows at bottom and a pair at
either side of a central label. The stamps
could be personalised by the addition of a
photograph.
Macao
(March 2008)
444 Steam Locomotive MÁV 651/JŽ 31
854 Rat (Des Tatjana Strinavi?. Litho Zrinski Ptg Co,
Cakovec)
(Des Arteck Design and Consulting. Litho)
2008 (15 Feb). Steam Locomotives made by MÁV
2007 (3 Dec). New Year. Year of the Rat. T 854 and Gépgyár, Budapest. T 444 and similar horiz
similar multicoloured designs. Phosphorized design. Multicoloured. Phosphorescent
paper ($3.50). P 12½×12 (Nos. 3271/2) or security markings. P 14 (with one diamond
12½×13 (MS3273). shaped perf on each horiz side).
3271 $3.50 Type 854 916 5k. Type 444
3272 $13 Rat (different) 917 5k. MÁV 601/JŽ 32
MS3273 110×76 mm. $12 Decorated rats
(64×40 mm)
CZECH REPUBLIC (Pt 5)
(April 2008)
855 Lei Chen
(Des Chou Mei Ling, Sun Wen Hsiung, Huang
Lien Tsai and Chen Yueh Guey. Recess)
2007 (12 Dec). Personalities. Political 296 King Jirí
Reformers. T 855 and similar vert designs.
Phosphorized paper. P 13½×13. (Des Oldrich Kulhánek. Eng Miloš Ondrácek.
3274 $5 deep brown Recess*)
3275 $5 grey olive
3276 $5 deep reddish purple 2008 (20 Feb). 550th Anniv of Election of
3277 $5 grey-black Jirí of Podebrady as King of Bohemia.
Designs: 3274, Type 855; 3275, Fu Jheng; Phosphorised paper. P 11½.
3276, Kuo Yu Sing; 3277, Huang Hsin Chieh. 533 296 12k. plum, turquoise-blue and
deep ultramarine
CROATIA (Pt 3)
(March 2008)

297 Globe as Tree

1251 Emblem
347 Lao Zi (Des Jaroslav Chadima. Litho)
441 Gifts
(Des Chen Shaohua and Chen Yueyang. 2008 (20 Feb). International Year of Planet Earth.
Litho) (Des Anita Fung Pou Chu. Litho, embossed
and varnished) 2007 (8 Dec). OBLIGATORY TAX. Solidarity Week. Phosphorised paper. P 11½.
2007 (19 Dec). EXPO 2010, Shanghai. T 1251 Litho. P 14. 534 297 18k. multicoloured
and similar square design. P 11½ (with 2007 (30 Nov). Ethics and Moral Values.
Philosophers. T 347 and similar 912 441 1k.15 multicoloured
one elliptical hole on each side). For compulsory use from 8 to 15
multicoloured designs. Paper with
5232 (1) 1y.20 emerald, black and December.
fluorescent fibres. P 13½. ECUADOR (Pt 20)
orange-yellow
a. Booklet pane. No. 5232 1617 1p.50 Type 347 (May 2007)
b. Booklet pane. a. Block of 4. Nos. 1617/20
Nos. 5232/3, each×5 1618 2p.50 Zhuang Zi Nos. 2863/5 and Type 925 have been
5233 (2) 1y.20 new blue, black and 1619 3p.50 Confucius left for ‘Podocarpus National Park’, issued
ultramarine 1620 4p. Mencius 23 May 2006.
a. Booklet pane. No. 5233 MS1621 138×90 mm. 10p. Lao Zi, Zhuang
Designs: Type 1251; Mascot. Zi, Confucius and Mencius (circular) No. 2866 and Type 926 have been left for
Booklet panes Nos. 5232a/5233a each (41×41 mm) ‘250th Birth Anniv of Mozart’, issued 30 May
contain one stamp set into a page of script. Nos. 1617/20 were issued in horizontal 2006.
Booklet pane No. 5232b contains two se-tenant blocks of four stamps within the 442 Igor Kuljeric Nos. 2867/8 and Type 927 have been left
blocks (2×2 and 3×2) separated by a gutter. sheet. for ‘UNICEF’, issued 1 June 2006.
(Des Ana Zaja Petrak and Mario Petrack. Litho
Zrinski Ptg Co, Cakovec) No. 2869 and Type 928 have been left for
CHINA 2008 (22 Jan). Croatian Composers. T 442 ‘Eloy Alfaro Military School’, issued 5 June
and similar horiz design. Multicoloured. 2006.
Taiwan Phosphorescent security markings. P 14
(April 2008)
(with one diamond shaped perf on each
horiz side).
913 2k.30 Type 442 (70th birth anniv)
914 2k.30 Krsto Odak (120th birth anniv)

1252 Agricultural University Gymnasium

(Des Wang Huming. Photo)

2007 (20 Dec). Olympic Games, Beijing.
Venues. T 1252 and similar multicoloured 929 Emblem and Original Building
designs. P 13½×13 (with one elliptical hole
on each vert side) (5234/9) or P 13½×13 2006 (8 June). Centenary of Pinchincha
(MS5240) Bank. T 929 and similar horiz design.
5234 (1) 80f. Type 1252 Multicoloured. W430b. P 13½×13.
5235 (2) 1y.20 Laoshan mountain bike 2870 40c. Type 929
course 443 Marija Zagorka a. Horiz pair. Nos. 2870/1
5236 (3) 1y.20 National indoor stadium 2871 40c. Building and emblems
5237 (4) 1y.20 Peking university (Des Sabina Resic. Litho Zrinski Ptg Co, 2872 40c. Banknote
gymnasium Cakovec) Nos. 2870/1 were issued in horizontal
5238 (5) 1y.20 National aquatics centre 853 ‘100’, Doves and Emblems 2008 (25 Jan). 250th Anniv of Arithmetika se-tenant pairs within the sheet, each pair
5239 (6) 1y.20 Qingdao Olympic sailing Horvatszka (mathematical handbook). forming a composite design of the original
centre (Des Wang Ben. Litho) Phosphorescent security markings. P 14 bank building.
MS5240 140×85 mm. 6y. National stadium 2007 (28 Nov). Centenary of Scouting. (with one diamond shaped perf on each Nos. 2873/80 and Type 930 have been
(pentagon) (65×61 mm) P 12½. horiz side). left for ‘Football World Cup’, issued 9 June
See also Nos. 5043/8 and 5203/8. 3270 853 $12 multicoloured 915 443 3k.50 multicoloured 2006.

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ESTONIA (Pt 10)

(April 2008)

931 Mothers 946 Microphone and Studio

2006 (19 June). Tribute to the Mothers of 2006 (26 Oct). 75th Anniv of HCJB Radio Station.
Plaza de Mayo (association of mothers W 430b. P 13½×13.
of disappeared Argentinean children). T 931 940 Caucaea olivaceum 290 Arms
2930 946 $1 multicoloured
and similar multicoloured design. W430b. 2006 (29 Sept). Orchids. T 940 and similar Nos. 2931/2 and Type 947 have been left
P 13½×13. for ‘Birth Centenary of Galo Lasso’, issued (Des Lembit Lõhmus. Litho)
vert design. Multicoloured. W 430b.
2881 80c. Type 931 P 13×13½. 27 October 2006. 2008 (7 Feb). Valga County. Die-cut perf
MS2882 68×100 mm. $2.50 Mothers (rear 2902 30c. Type 940 12½.
view). Imperf a. Block of 10. Nos. 2902/11 565 290 5k.50 multicoloured
2903 30c. Cyrtochilum macranthum
2904 30c. Miltoniopsis vexillaria
2905 30c. Odontoglossum harryanum
2906 30c. Cyrtochilum pastasae
2907 30c. Cyrtochilum loxense
2908 30c. Cyrtochilum eduardii
2909 30c. Odontoglossum epidendroides
2910 30c. Cyrtochilum retusum
2911 30c. Cyrtochilum geniculatum
Nos. 2902/11 were issued in se-tenant
blocks of ten stamps within the sheet.
948 Emblems
932 City at Night 2006 (27 Oct). United Nations Millennium
Development Goals. W 430b. P 13½×13.
2006 (20 June). Machala. W430b. P 13½×13.
2933 948 $2 multicoloured
2883 932 30c. multicoloured
No. 2884 and Type 933 have been left for 291 Plecotus auritus (brown
‘Garibaldi Society’, issued 7 July 2006. long-eared bat)
Nos. 2885/7 and Type 934 have been left (Des Sándor Stern. Litho)
for “Railways”, issued 22 July 2006. 2008 (14 Feb). Fauna. P 13.
Nos. 2888/9 and Type 935 have been left 566 291 5k.50 multicoloured
for ‘Simon Bolivar School’, issued 25 July
2006.
Nos. 2890/2 and Type 936 have been left
for ‘Inca Art’, issued 26 July 2006. 949 Dog
941 En la Ventana
2006 (28 Oct). German Shepherd Dog Breeders
2006 (4 Oct). Art. Works by Giti Neuman. T 941 Association. W 430b. P 13½×13.
and similar multicoloured designs. W 430b. 2934 949 $1 multicoloured
P 13×13½ (vert) or 13½×13 (horiz).
2912 30c. Type 941
2913 30c. Forma en Movimento
a. Pair. Nos. 2913/14
2914 30c. Caminantes
2915 30c. Caminando (horiz)
a. Pair. Nos. 2915/16
2916 30c. Cabezas Huecas (horiz)
Nos. 2913/14 and 2915/16, respectively
were issued in se-tenant pairs within the 292 Oak Tree
sheet.
950 Soldiers (Des Ülle Marks and Jüri Kass. Litho)
937 Inca Postman 2008 (23 Feb). 90th Anniv of Estonia Republic.
2006 (31 Oct). 50th Anniv of Parachute
Regiment. T 950 and similar multicoloured P 13.
2006 (5 Aug). W430b. P 13×13½. 567 292 5k.50 multicoloured
2893 937 25c. multicoloured designs. W 430b. P 13½×13 (horiz)or
2894 30c. multicoloured 13×13½ (vert).
2895 40c. multicoloured 2935 20c. Type 950
2896 60c. multicoloured 2936 40c. Airplane and soldiers
2897 80c. multicoloured 2937 60c. Anniversary emblem, flag and
statue (vert) FRANCE (Pt 6)
2938 80c. Anniversary emblem, flag and (March 2008)
parachutist (vert)
Nos. 2939/46 and Type 951 have been Stamps now received.
942 Light left for ‘Galapagos Islands’, issued 1 Nov
2006.
2006 (4 Oct). America. Energy Conservation.
W 430b. P 13½×13. Nos. 2947/52 and Type 952 have been
2917 942 $1 multicoloured left for ‘Bullfighting’, issued 27 Nov 2006.
2918 $1.20 multicoloured No. 2953 and Type 953 have been left for
Nos. 2919/22 and Type 943 have been ‘Christmas’, issued 28 Nov 2006.
left for ‘Otavalo City’, issued 18 October Nos. 2954/8 and Type 954 have been left
2006. for ‘Pets’, issued 6 Dec 2006.
Nos. 2923/4 and Type 944 have been left Nos. 2959/60 and Type 955 have been
for ‘Tungurahua Volcano’, issued 20 October left for ‘Priests’, issued 8 Dec 2006.
2006. 1692 Arcachon, Gironde
938 Jorge Icaza
(Des Thierry Mordant. Photo)
2006 (18 Sept). Writers. T 938 and similar 2007 (19 May). Two phosphor bands. P 13½.
vert design. Multicoloured. W 430b. 4304 1692 54c. multicoloured
P 13×13½.
2898 $1 Type 938 Add into listing in date order.
2899 $1.20 Pablo Palacio
(Des Aurélie Baras. Litho)
2007 (10 Sept). Greetings Stamps. Sheet
90×220 mm. Vert stamps as T 1704.
Multicoloured. Two phosphor bands.
P 13½.
945 Municipal Palace MS4315a (54c.)×5, As Type 1704; As No. 4319;
956 Regalia As No. 4318; As No. 4321; As No. 4320
2006 (24 Oct). Regeneration of Guayaquil. T 945 The stamps of No. MS4315a were
and similar horiz designs. Multicoloured. 2006 (12 Dec). Freemasons in Ecuador. T 956 each issued with a se-tenant stamp size
W 430b. P 13½×13. and similar vert designs. Multicoloured. label attached at right which could
2925 $1 Type 945 W 430b. P 13×13½. be personalised by the addition of a
a. Horiz pair. Nos. 2925/6 2961 25c. Type 956 photograph or logo.
b. Horiz strip. Nos. 2925/9 2962 40c. Emblem The stamps were not for sale separately.
939 Bandera Manabi 2926 $1 Municipal Palace (right)
2927 $1 Fragua de Vulcano
2006 (23 Sept). Gastronomy. T 939 and similar 2928 $1 Jose Joaquin de Olmedo
horiz design. Multicoloured. W 430b. building
P 13½×13. 2929 $1 Metrovia NEW INFORMATION
2900 $1 Type 939 Nos. 2925/6 were issued in horizontal The editor is always interested to correspond with people who have new
a. Horiz pair. Nos. 2900/1 se-tenant pairs within horizontal se-tenant
2901 $1 Viche de Manabi strips (Nos. 2925/9) of five stamps within the information that will improve or correct the catalogue
Nos. 2900/1 were issued in horizontal se- sheet, the pairs each forming a composite
tenant pairs within the sheet. design of the Municipal Palace.

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New Listing. COMMEMORATIVE AND CHARITY STAMP 569p (90c.) Rock formation, Presqu’île
BOOKLETS Ronarch, Kerguelen
CSB79 24.11.07 Red Cross. Self-adhesive. Nos. 569a/569p were issued in €20
Nos. 4342/3, each×5 (€7.10) booklets containing 4 panes, each pane
CSB80 24.11.07 Red Cross. Self-adhesive. containing four stamps. The panes were
Nos. 4344/8, each×2 (€5.40) interleaved with photographs of the
landscape shown on the stamps.

DEFINITIVE STAMP BOOKLETS

DSB120 (2007) No value, bright scarlet.
Self-adhesive. New Listing. 383 Rockhopper Penguin
No. 4057×10. Brown cover. (€5.30.)
(f ) “La Poste vous les Réserve” on (Des and eng Claude Andreotto. Recess)
back cover 2008 (1 Jan). P 13½.
1718 ‘LES (g) “Portrait de Régions” on back 602 383 90c. multicoloured
ENFANTS=AMOUR’ cover(h) “Guy Môquet” on back
cover
(Des Chloé Hilbrunner (4342) or Maya
Thieulle (4343). Photo) 378 Flag
2007 (24 Nov). Red Cross. Self-adhesive Booklet
Stamps. No value expressed. T 1718 and FRENCH POLYNESIA (Pt 6) (Des Yves Beaujard. Litho)
similar vert design. Multicoloured. Two (January 2008)
2008 (1 Jan). Flag. P 13.
phosphor bands. Litho. Die-cut perf 11. 593 378 1c. multicoloured
4342 (54c.) Type 1718 594 2c. multicoloured
4343 (54c.) ‘QUE TOUS LES ENFANTS DU 595 5c. multicoloured
MONDE SOIENT HEUREUX’ 596 10c. multicoloured
Nos. 4342/3, each×5 were issued in 597 20c. multicoloured
booklet of ten stamps, for use on letters
weighing up to 20 grams. The booklet was
384 L’Espérance
sold at €1.70 above face value, the premium
for the benefit of the Red Cross. (Des B. Boissegur. Litho)
2008 (1 Jan). Ships. P 13½.
444 Santa on the Beach 603 384 90c. multicoloured
2007 (6 Dec). Christmas. Children’s Drawings.
P 13½.
1069 444 100f. multicoloured

1719 Squirrel

(Des Christophe Drochon. Litho)

2007 (24 Nov). Christmas and New Year. 379 Spinel 385 Port Jeanne d’Arc (Illustration reduced.
Self-adhesive Booklet Stamps. No value Actual size 80×31 mm)
expressed. T 1719 and similar horiz designs. (Des and eng Elsa Catelin. Recess)
Multicoloured. Two phosphor bands. Litho. 2008 (1 Jan). P 13½. (Des and eng Claude Jumelet. Recess)
Die-cut perf 11. 445 Himantura fai 598 379 15c. multicoloured 2008 (1 Jan). Centenary of Port Jeanne d’Arc.
4344 (54c.) Type 1719 P 13½.
4345 (54c.) Bird (Eng Yves Beaujard. Recess) 604 385 90c. multicoloured
4346 (54c.) Hedgehog 2008 (10 Jan). Marine Fauna. T 445 and similar
4347 (54c.) Puppy horiz designs. Multicoloured. P 13½.
4348 (54c.) Deer
Nos. 4344/8, each×2 were issued in 1070 10f. Type 445
booklet of ten stamps, for use on letters 1071 20f. Tursips truncatus
weighing up to 20 grams. 1072 40f. Megaptera noveaengliae
1073 65f. Negaprion acutidens

FRENCH SOUTHERN AND

ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES (Pt 6)
(November 2007)
386 Map and Ship
NOTE: It is reported that a booklet 380 Ile Saint Paul
‘Antarctic Voyages. Gastronomy’ was issued (Des and eng Andre Lavergne. Recess and
in 2003. (Des and eng Pierre Albuisson. Recess) litho)
Add into listing in date order. 2008 (1 Jan). P 13½. 2008 (1 Jan). ‘Poker’ Fish Monitoring Campaign.
599 380 54c. new blue and blackish Sheet 110×86 mm. P 13½.
olive MS605   386  €2.50 multicoloured
1720 Heart containing Faces

2008 (5 Jan). St. Valentine’s Day. No value

expressed. T 1720 and similar square
design. Multicoloured. Photo. P 13½.
4349 (54c.) Type 1720
4350 (83c.) Heart containing hearts as
plant
MS4351 136×144 mm. 53c.×5, As
No. 4349×5
Nos. 4349/50 were perforated in a heart
shape around the design contained in an
outer perforated square. 360a Ilot des Apôtres, Crozet
The stamps of No. MS4351 were Archipelago 387 Macrourus carinatus
perforated in a heart shape around the
design only. (Des L. Simon. Litho) (Des and eng J. Larriviere. Recess)
Nos. 4349 was for use on letters up to 381 Samivel (self- 2008 (1 Jan). P 13½.
2006 (Nov). Antarctic Voyages. Booklet stamps. portrait)
20 grams and No. 4350 for letters up to 50 No value expressed. T 360a and similar 606 387 €4 multicoloured
grams. horiz designs. Multicoloured. P 13.
Nos. 4352/3 have been left for possible (Des and eng Pierre Albuisson. Recess)
569a (90c.) Type 360a
additions to this set. 569b (90c.) Chamonix Lake, Kerguelen 2008 (1 Jan). Paul Gayet-Tancred (Samivel)
569c (90c.) Phylica wood, Amsterdam (artist) Commemoration. P 13½.
Island 600 381 54c. chestnut and green
569d (90c.) Golfe du Morbihan, Kerguelen
U N E S C O STAMPS 569e (90c.) Mount Cook, glacier and
Chamonix Lake, Kerguelen
569f (90c.) Tourbiéres plateau,
Amsterdam Island
569g (90c.) Îles Nuageuses, Kerguelen
569h (90c.) Caldera, Amsterdam Island
569i (90c.) Mount Cook, Kerguelen
569j (90c.) Central plateau, Kerguelen
Penguin island, Crozet
Archipelago
569k (90c.) Penguin Island, Crozet
U 20 Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou, Archipelago
Morocco 569l (90c.) Antonelli crater, Amsterdam 382 Female
Island
(Des Jean-Paul Vérte-Lemarinier. Litho) 569m (90c.) Lake, Ile de la Possession, (Des and eng Claude Andreotto. Recess)
2007 (13 Dec). Protected Sites. Type U 20 and Crozet 2008 (1 Jan). Elephant Seals. Sheet 190×140 mm 388 Galium antarcticum
similar multicoloured design. Two phosphor 569n (90c.) Faraillous des Apôtres, Crozet containing T 382 and similar horiz designs.
bands. P 13. Archipelago Multicoloured. P 13½. (Des and eng Claude Jumelet. Recess)
U59 60c. Type U20 569o (90c.) Presqu’île de la Société de MS601 54c.×4, Type 382; Alpha bull; Pup; Two 2008 (1 Jan). P 13½.
U60 85c. Koala bear, Austalia (vert) Géographie, Kerguelen males sparring 607 388 €4.54 multicoloured

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(Des Antonia Graschberger. Litho Bagel GREENLAND (Pt 11)

Security-Print, Mönchengladbach) (March 2008)
2008 (2 Jan). 150th Birth Anniv of Heinrich
Zille (artist). P 14.
3513 1599 55c. multicoloured

1429 Flowers and Houses

(Des Gyorgy Kara. Litho)

2007 (19 Oct). Christmas. T 1429 and similar
horiz designs. Multicoloured. P 11½.
5086 62f. Type 1429
a. Horiz strip of 3. Nos. 5086/8
389 Ship and Robot 1600 ‘50 Jahre Bundeskartellamt’ 213 Landscape and Figure (Ina Rosing) 5087 62f. Shepherds and the Nativity
5088 62f. The Magi
(Des Louis Briat. Litho) (Des Werner Schmidt. Litho German Bank Ptg 2008 (31 Jan). Greenlandic Artists (2nd Nos. 5086/8 were issued in horizontal
2008 (1 Jan). ICOTA Programme. P 13½. Co. Leipzig) series). T 213 and similar horiz designs. se-tenant strips of three stamps, each strip
608 389 €4.90 multicoloured 2008 (2 Jan). 50th Anniv of Bundeskartellamt Multicoloured. Litho. P 13. forming a composite design of The Birth of
(monopolies commission). P 14. 542 5k.50 Type 213 Jesus (carpet by Erzsebet Szekeres).
3514 1600 90c. multicoloured 543 14k.25 Polar bear (Buuti Pedersen)
GERMANY (Pt 5) 544 30k.50 Abstract (Aka Høegh)
(March 2008)
ICELAND (Pt 11)
(March 2008)

214 Face and Envelope

1596 Brandenburg Gate, Berlin (Des Julie Edel Hardenberg. Litho)
(Des Andrea Vos Acker. Litho Enschedé) 2008 (31 Jan). Europa. Letter Writing. T 214
2007 (27 Dec). 275th Birth Anniv of Carl Gotthard and similar horiz design. Multicoloured.
1601 Cathedral Square Litho. P 13. 465 Older Couple
Langhans (architect). T 1596 and similar
horiz design. Multicoloured. (a) Ordinary gum. P 14. (Des Ana Pora Arndottir. Litho Enschedé)
(Des Vera Braesecke-Kaul and Hilmar Kaul. 545 5k.75 Type 214
(a) Ordinary gum. P 14. Litho) 2008 (14 Feb). Greetings Stamps. T 465 and
3504 55c. Type 1596 546 7k.50 Female face and envelope
2008 (2 Jan). 1100th Anniv of Eichstätt. T 1601 and similar square designs. Multicoloured.
(b) Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 11 (b) Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 12½ P 14×13½.
similar square design. Multicoloured.
3505 55c. As No. 3504 547 5k.75 As Type 214 1194 65k. Type 465
No. 3505 was issued in booklets of ten (a) Ordinary gum. P 14. 548 7k.50 As No. 546 1195 65k. Mother and child
stamps. 3515 145c. Type 1601 No. 547/8, each×6 were issued in booklets 1196 75k. Adolescents
(b) Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 11 of 12 stamps 1197 85k. Couple about to kiss
3516 145c. As No. 3515
No. 3516 was issued in coils with the
surplus paper around the stamp removed. STAMP BOOKLETS
SB30 31.1.08 Europa. Letter Writing. Self-
adhesive 1 pane, No. 547/8,
each×6

1597 Guinea Pigs
(Des Andrea Vos Acker. Litho Enschedé)
2007 (27 Dec). Welfare. Pets. T 1597 and similar
horiz designs showing animals and young.
Multicoloured.
(a) Ordinary gum. P 14.
3506 45c.+20c. Type 1597
3507 55c.+25c. Dogs (Des Lorli Junger and Ernst Junger. Litho
3508 55c.+25c. Horses German Bank Ptg Co. Leipzig)
3509 145c.+55c. Rabbits
(b) Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 11
3510 55c.+25c. As No. 3508
No. 3510 was issued both in booklets with
the surplus paper around the stamp retained
and in coils with the surplus paper removed.
1598 Liturgical Book and
Gothic Wall Painting (detail),
Reichenau Abbey
(Des Andrea Vos Acker. Litho Enschedé)
2008 (2 Jan). World Heritage Site. T 1598 and
similar square design. Multicoloured.
(a) Ordinary gum. P 14.
3511 45c. Type 1598 and similar vert design. Multicoloured. Paper
(b) Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 11
3512 45c. As No. 3511 3147 1500r. Type 760
No. 3512 was issued in booklets of ten
stamps.
1602 Decorative Pot with Shell Insert
2008 (2 Jan). 500th Birth Anniv of Wenzel
Jamnitzer (goldsmith). P 14.
3517 1602 220c. multicoloured
STAMP BOOKLETS
SB116 27.12.07 275th Birth Anniv of
Carl Gotthard Langhans. Self-
adhesive No. 3505 ×10 (€5.50) incisions.
SB117 27.12.07 Welfare. Horse. Self-
adhesive No. 3510 ×10 (€8) within Europe and No. 5076 for use on
SB118 2.1.08 World Heritage Site.
Self-adhesive No. 3512 ×10
(€4.50) of four stamps also containing four labels
GREECE (Pt 3)
(March 2008)
HUNGARY (Pt 2)
(February 2008)
Stamps now received. 466 Early Students
(Des Hany Hadaya. Litho Enschedé)
2008 (14 Feb). Centenary of University of
Education. P 14×13½.
1198 466 85k. multicoloured
INDONESIA (Pt 21)
(January 2008)
1426 Flax Flowers Add to Nos. 3121 etc:
MS3125 104×74 mm. 2500r.×2, As
2007 (1 Aug). Flowers. Self-adhesive Booklet Nos. 3121/2 The stamps and margins of
Stamps. T 1426 and similar vert design. MS3125 form a composite design of a
Multicoloured.û Die-cut perf 11. weeping polar bear and melting ice-flows.
5075 (230f.) Type 1426
5076 (260f.) Anemone
Nos. 5075/6 each have security die-cut
No. 5075 was for use on priority mail
priority mail outside Europe.
Nos. 5075/6 were each issued in booklets
inscribed ‘PRIORITY’, separated from the
stamps by a gutter.
New Listing.
Nos. 5079/84 have been left for ‘Greetings
Stamps (As Nos. 4823/8), issued on
760 Semarang
27 September 2007, not yet received.
2007 (17 Aug). Mercusuar. Lighthouses T 760
with fluorescent fibres. P 13×13½.
a. Pair. Nos. 3147/8
3148 1500r. Cikoneng
Nos. 3147/8 were issued in se-tenant pairs
within the sheet.

551 Aphrodite (Greek)

(Des Myrsini Vardopoulou. Litho Giesecke &

1599 Old Berlin Distillery
Devrient Matsoukis, Athens) 1428 Emblem
2007 (14 Dec). Statues. T 551 and similar vert
design. Multicoloured. P 14×13½. (Des Ervin Widerkomm. Litho)
2472 54c. Type 551 2007 (27 Sept). World Science Forum, Budapest.
2473 €2.40 Anahit (Armenian) P 13×13½.
Stamps of the same design were issued 5085 1428 230fo. greenish blue and
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2007 (11 Sept). 50th Anniv of Universitas (Des Aaron Shevo. Litho)
Padjadjaran. T 761 and similar horiz designs. 2007 (5 Dec). Noah’s Ark. Sheet 159×93 mm
Multicoloured. Paper with fluorescent fibres. containing T 790 and similar horiz designs.
P 13×13½. Multicoloured. P 14.
3149 1500r. Type 761 MS1865 2s.25×6, Type 790; Noah, family, Ark
a. Horiz strip of 5. Nos. 3149/52 and animals; Elephants; Peacocks, bears
plus label and tiger; Lions and wolves; Wolf, leopards
3150 1500r. People and kangaroos
3151 1500r. Buildings The stamps and margins of MS1865 form
3152 1500r. Symbols of education a composite design of the Ark and animals
Nos. 3147/8 were issued in horizontal se- on dry land.
tenant strips of four stamps surrounding a
central stamp size label, the whole forming 2943 Emperor Jito 2944 Deer
a composite design.
1452 Madonna and Child
(Giovan Battista Cima
Conegliano)
IRAN (Pt 16) (Des and eng Rita Moreno. Recess)
(April 2008)
2007 (20 Nov). Christmas (1st issue).
P 13½×13.
3115 1452 60c. deep olive

791 1927 Western Electric

Projector, Pianist and Screen
showing The Jazz Singer 2945 Sarumaru 2946 Plovers
Dayu
(Des David Ben-Hador. Litho)
2007 (5 Dec). Stamp Day. Israeli Cinema. T 791
1240 Swans flying and similar horiz design. Multicoloured.
P 14.
2007 (19 Dec). Anniversary of Prisoners of War 1866 4s.50 Type 791
Return. Sheet 138×99 mm containing T 1240 1867 4s.60 1937 BTH projector and wide-
and similar horiz designs. Multicoloured. screen showing The Robe
Litho. P 13½.
MS3227 650r.×4, Type 1240; Cleric; Returnees
waving from bus; Motorcyclists and bus
carrying returnees 1453 Snow-covered
House and Trees

(Des Gaetano Ieluzzo. Photo)

2947 Minamotono 2948 Stone in Sea
ISRAEL (Pt 19) 2007 (20 Nov). Christmas (2nd issue). Kanemasa
(January 2008) P 13½×13.
3116 1453 65c. multicoloured

JAPAN (Pt 18)

(August)
792 Rabbi Itzhak Kaduri

(Des Itzhak Yamin and Meir Eshel. Litho)

2007 (5 Dec). Rabbi Itzhak Kaduri
Commemoration. P 14.
1868 792 8s.15 multicoloured
2949 Nijoinno Sanuki
788 Mother and Child
(Des Kaifuchi Junko. Photo)
(Des Galia Armland. Litho) STAMP BOOKLETS 2007 (23 July). Letter Writing Day. Phosphorised
2007 (5 Dec). ‘Family Love’. T 788 and similar SB41 5.12.07 Hula Nature Reserve. 1 pane, paper. P13.
vert designs. Multicoloured. One phosphor Nos. 1862/4, each×2 2935 Kino 2936 Emperor Jito 3592 2935 50y. multicoloured
bar (1856), two phosphor bars (1857) or Tsurayuki a. Vert strip of 5.
no phosphor (1858). P 14. Nos. 3592/6
1856 1s.55 Type 788 3593 2936 50y. multicoloured
1857 2s.25 Brother and sister 3594 2937 50y. multicoloured
1858 3s.55 Father and child ITALY (Pt 8) 3595 2938 50y. multicoloured
(April 2008) 3596 2939 50y. multicoloured
3597 2940 80y. multicoloured
(Des Tiziana Trinca. Photo) a. Sheetlet of 10.
2007 (1 Oct). 50th Death Anniv of Concetto Nos. 3597/606
Marchesi (Latin scholar, politician and 3598 2941 80y. multicoloured
writer). P 13½×13. 3599 2942 80y. multicoloured
3107 1444 60c. multicoloured 3600 2943 80y. multicoloured
3601 2944 80y. multicoloured
3602 2945 80y. multicoloured
New Listing. 3603 2946 80y. multicoloured
2937 Sarumaru 2938 Minamotono 3604 2947 80y. multicoloured
Dayu Kanemasa 3605 2948 80y. multicoloured
789 Otter, Catfish and Cranes 3606 2949 80y. multicoloured
Nos. 3592/6, were issued in vertical se-
(Des Galia Armland. Litho) tenant strips of five stamps.
Nos. 3597/606 were issued in sheetlets of
2007 (5 Dec). Hula Nature Reserve. T 789 and 10 stamps.
similar horiz designs. Multicoloured. Two
phosphor bars
(a) Ordinary gum. P 14.
1859 2s.25 Type 789
a. Horiz strip of 3. Nos. 1859/61 1450 Giuseppe di Vittorio
1860 2s.25 Terrapins, iris and pelicans
1861 2s.25 Water buffalo, duck, warbler (Des Maria Carmela Perrini. Photo)
and jungle cat 2007 (3 Nov). 50th Death Anniv of Giuseppe
(b) Self-adhesive booklet stamps. Die-cut di Vittorio (trade unionist and politician).
perf 11. P 13×13½.
1862 2s.25 As Type 789 3113 1450 60c. multicoloured
1863 2s.25 As No. 1860 2939 Nijoinno 2940 Plum Blossom
1864 2s.25 As No. 1861 Sanuki
Nos. 1859/61 were issued in horizontal 2950 Tamesue Dai 2951 Kanemaru
se-tenant strips of three stamps within Yuzo
the sheet, each strip forming a composite
design.
Nos. 1862/4, each×2 were issued in
booklets of six stamps.

1451 Anniversary Emblem

(Des Maria Carmela Perrini. Photo)

2007 (12 Nov). Centenary of Mondadori
(publishers). P 13×13½.
3114 1451 60c. scarlet vermilion, black 2941 Kino 2942 Mount Kagu 2952 Fukushi 2953 Daigo
790 Dove and gold Tsurayuki Kayoko Naoyuki

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2968 Elephant (Toshogu

Shrine)

2954 Sawano 2955 Ikeda Kumiko

Daichi
2975 Mail Cart 2976 Early 2983 Maple Leaves
Customers

2969 Elephant (Toshogu

Shrine)

(Des Morite Motoharu. Photo)

2007 (26 Sept). 120th Anniv of Japan–Thailand
2956 Suetsugu 2957 Naito Masato Diplomatic Relations. Phosphorised paper.
Shingo Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 13.
3617 2960 80y. multicoloured
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 3617/26
3618 2961 80y. multicoloured
3619 2962 80y. multicoloured 2984 Roses
3620 2963 80y. multicoloured
3621 2964 80y. multicoloured
3622 2965 80y. multicoloured 2977 Early 2978 1871 100mon
3623 2966 80y. multicoloured Customers queuing Stamp (As Type 2)
3624 2967 80y. multicoloured
3625 2968 80y. multicoloured
3626 2969 80y. multicoloured
Nos. 3617/26 were issued in sheetlets of
ten stamps.
2958 Narisako Kenji 2959 Murofushi Koji

(Des Tamaki Akira. Photo)

2007 (23 Aug). International Association of
Athletics Federations’ World Championships,
Osaka. Phosphorised paper. P13.
3607 2950 80y. multicoloured
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 3607/16 2985 Bird and Flowers
3608 2951 80y. multicoloured
3609 2952 80y. multicoloured
3610 2953 80y. multicoloured
3611 2954 80y. multicoloured
3612 2955 80y. multicoloured
3613 2956 80y. multicoloured 2970 Hodogaya 2979 Sunflower
3614 2957 80y. multicoloured
3615 2958 80y. multicoloured
3616 2959 80y. multicoloured
Nos. 3607/16 were issued in shee tlets of
ten stamps.

2986 Peonies

2971 Arai

2960 Maple Leaves 2961 Cherry

and Bamboo Blossoms 2980 Leaves and
Blossom

2987 Irises
2972 Kusatsu
2962 Ratchaphruek 2963 Rhynchostylis 2007 (28 Sept). International Correspondence
Flower gigantean Week. Paintings from 53 Stations of Tokaido
by Utagawa Hiroshige. P13½.
3627 2970 90y. multicoloured
3628 2971 110y. multicoloured
3629 2972 130y. multicoloured

2981 Chrysanthemums

2964 Elephant 2965 Flower 2988 Hydrangeas

2007 (1 Oct). Establishment of Japan Post

Corporation. Phosphor markings (3636/45).
P13½.
3630 2973 80y. multicoloured
a. Sheetlet of 10.
Nos. 3630, 3631/4×2,
3635
3631 2974 80y. multicoloured
2973 Maejima 2974 Early Post 3632 2975 80y. multicoloured
Hisoka (founder Office 3633 2976 80y. multicoloured
of modern post 3634 2977 80y. multicoloured
2966 Thai Dancer 2967 Wat Phra Keo office) 2982 Maple Leaves 3635 2978 80y. multicoloured

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3636 2979 80y. multicoloured

a. Sheetlet of 10.
Nos. 3636/45
3637 2980 80y. multicoloured
3638 2981 80y. multicoloured
3639 2982 80y. multicoloured
3640 2983 80y. multicoloured
3641 2984 80y. multicoloured
3642 2985 80y. multicoloured 2999 Two Rats 3000 (‘Fukutoku
3643 2986 80y. multicoloured sitting on Straw Junishi Dorei’)
3644 2987 80y. multicoloured Bag Rat (‘Junishi
3645 2988 80y. multicoloured Shofuku Dorei’) 3008 Kitten (Ken 3009 Santa Claus
Nos. 3631/4 each×2, 3630, 3635 and Kuroi) and Reindeer 3017 ‘Rat’ (Ishitobi
Nos. 3636/45, respectively, were issued in 2007 (1 Nov). New Year’s Greetings. (Murakami
P 13×13½. Hakuko)
sheetlets of ten stamps. Tsutomu)
Nos. 3636/45 have phosphor markings 3656 2999 50y. multicoloured
showing corporation logo, only visible 3657 3000 50y. multicoloured
under a UV lamp.

3018 ‘Rat’ Sosho Style

3010 Hellebore 3011 Snowman (Yahagi Shunkei)
(Nagata Moe)

2989 Computer 2990 Computer

Programming Programming

3001 Two Rats 3002 Rat (‘Junishi

sitting on Straw Shofuku Dorei’)
Bag (‘Fukutoku
Junishi Dorei’)
2007 (1 Nov). New Year Lottery Stamps.
Phoshorised paper. P13½..
3658 3001 50y.+3y. multicoloured 3019 ‘Rat’ Shoden Style
3659 3002 80y.+3y. multicoloured (Yoshikawa Juichi)
Each stamp carries a lottery number. 3012 Strawberries 3013 Snowman
2007 (26 Nov). Greetings Stamps. Self-adhesive.
Litho. Die-cut perf 14.
2991 Plastering 2992 Plastering 3662 3004 50y. multicoloured
a. Sheetlet of 5.
Nos. 3662/6
3663 3005 50y. multicoloured
3664 3006 50y. multicoloured
3665 3007 50y. multicoloured
3666 3008 50y. multicoloured
3003 ‘08 NEW YEAR’ 3667 3009 80y. multicoloured
a. Sheetlet of 5.
2007 (1 Nov). New Year 2008. P13½ Nos. 3667/71
3668 3010 80y. multicoloured 3020 ‘Rat’ Tensho
3660 3003 50y. multicoloured
3669 3011 80y. multicoloured Style (Hatsumi Kazuo)
3661 50y. multicoloured
3670 3012 80y. multicoloured
3671 3013 80y. multicoloured
Nos. 3662/6 and 3667/71, respectively
were issued in se-tenant sheetlets of five
2993 Cooking 2994 Cooking stamps.

3004 Church (Tsutomu

Murakami) 3021 ‘Ne’ Kana Style
(Uchiyama Reiko)

2995 Flower 2996 Flower 3014 ‘Rat’ Kinbun

Arranging Arranging Style (Seki Masato)

3005 Swans (Moe

Nagata)
3022 ‘Rat’ Zhou
Dynasty (Mizushima
Sanyo)

2997 Metal Worker 2998 Metal Worker

and Car 3015 ‘Rat’ Reisho Style
(Dairaku Kasersu)
(Des. Hoshiyama Ayaka and Kaifuchi Junko.
Photo) 3006 Santa Claus
2007 (23 Oct). International Skills Festival. (Tsutomu Murakami)
Phosphorised paper. P13.
3646 2989 80y. multicoloured
a. Sheetlet. Nos. 3646/55 3023 ‘Rat’ Kinbun
3647 2990 80y. multicoloured Style (Nakagawa Kyoji)
3648 2991 80y. multicoloured
3649 2992 80y. multicoloured (Des Morita Motoharu. Photo and embossed
3650 2993 80y. multicoloured cartor)
3651 2994 80y. multicoloured
3652 2995 80y. multicoloured 2007 (3 Dec). Greetings Stamps. Eto Calligraphy.
3653 2996 80y. multicoloured Phosphorised paper. P 13.
3654 2997 80y. multicoloured 3672 3014 80y. multicoloured
3655 2998 80y. multicoloured a. Sheetlet of 10.
Nos. 3646/55 were issued in sheetlets of 3007 Flowers (Sonoko 3016 ‘Boshi’ Reisho Nos. 3672/81
ten stamps. Arai) Style (Goto Chiskusei) 3673 3015 80y. multicoloured

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3674 3016 80y. multicoloured KOREA (Pt 18) (Des Choe Chol, Ri Kum Chol and Zhu Zuwei.
3675 3017 80y. multicoloured Litho)
3676 3018 80y. multicoloured North Korea 2007 (15 Oct). Olympic Games, Beijing. Two
3677 3019 80y. multicoloured (December 2007)
sheets containing T 1550 and similar
3678 3020 80y. multicoloured circular designs. Multicoloured. P 13½.
3679 3021 80y. multicoloured MSN4700 152×110 mm. 3w. Type 1550.
3680 3022 80y. multicoloured 12w. Jingjing; 30w. Huanhuan;
3681 3023 80y. multicoloured 70w. Yingying; 140w. Nini
Nos. 3672/81 were issued se-tenant No. MSN4701 has been left for sheet not
sheetlets of ten stamps, with enlarged yet received.
illustrated margins.

JORDAN (Pt 19) 430 Blue Lizard

(August 2007) 2006 (21 Oct). Desert Reptiles. T 430 and similar
multicoloured designs. Litho. P 14.
2127 5pt. Type 430
2128 7pt.50 Snake
2129 10pt. Two lizards
2130 12pt.50 Lizard
2131 15pt. Small lizard (horiz)
2132 20pt. Viper
MS2133 90×70 mm. 20pt. Monitor lizard.
Imperf 1551 Box
1547 Oncidium wyattianum

(Des Kim Hae Yong, Han Song Rim and Pak (Des An Chol and Pak Chol Song. Litho)
Chol Song. Litho) 2007 (1 Nov). Traditional Furniture. T 1551
426 Umayyad Coin and similar horiz designs. Multicoloured.
2007 (3 Aug). Orchids. T 1547 and similar
diamond-shaped designs. Multicoloured. Litho. P 13½.
2006 (1 Jan). Coins. T 426 and similar N4702 3w. Type 1551
multicoloured designs showing early P 13½.
N4689 3w. Type 1547 a. Booklet pane. Nos. N4702/7
coins. Litho. P 14. N4703 12w. Ornamental chest of drawers
2106 5pt. Type 426 a. Booklet pane. Nos. N4689/
N4692 N4704 40w. Collapsible dressing tables
2107 7pt.50 Hisham (obverse) N4705 70w. Wardrobe with perforated
2108 10pt. Abbasid N4690 70w. Cymbidium Red Beauty
‘Carmen’ front
2109 12pt.50 Ummayyad N4706 110w. Triple chest of drawers inlaid
2110 15pt. Hisham (reverse) N4691 127w. Dendrobium thyrsiflorum
N4692 140w. Dendrobium Candy Stripe with mother of pearl
MS2111 90×70 mm. 30pt. Umayyad. Imperf N4707 130w. Red lacquered triple chest of
‘Kodama’
Nos. N4689/92 were issued in booklets of drawers
four stamps. Nos. N4702/7 were also issued in
individual sheets, the stamps from the
booklet have coloured borders, whilst those
431 Hearts
from the sheet have patterned borders.
2006 (21 Oct). Art. T 431 and similar multicoloured
designs. Litho. P 14.
2134 5pt. Type 431
2135 10pt. Dancers
2136 15pt. Buildings
2137 20pt. Abstract
MS2138 90×70 mm. 20pt. Four paintings.
Imperf

427 ‘2006 FIFA World Cup,

Germany’
1548 Players
2006 (1 Jan). World Cup Football Championships,
Germany. T 427 and similar multicoloured (Des An Chol and Pak Chol Song. Litho)
1552 Glutinous Potato Cake
designs. Litho. P 14. 2007 (10 Sept). Women’s Football. Two sheets
2112 5pt. Type 427 containing T 1548 and similar circular (Des Han Song Rim and Kim Myong Sik.
2113 7pt.50 As Type 427 designs. Multicoloured. P 13½. Litho)
2114 10pt. Championship emblem MSN4693 152×110 mm. 12w. Type 1548. 2007 (5 Nov). Traditional Food. T 1552 and
2115 12pt.50 As No. 2112 40w. Reverse kick; 70w. Heading similar horiz designs. Multicoloured.
2116 15pt. As No. 2112 the ball; 110w. Preparing to kick; Litho. P 13½.
MS2117 90×70 mm. 30pt. Championship 140w. Tackle
emblem. Imperf MSN4694 96×65 mm. 130w. Two players N4708 12w. Type 1552
running for ball a. Booklet pane. Nos. N4708/11
N4709 50w. Yongchae kimchi
432 King Abdullah II N4710 70w. Fermented flatfish
N4711 110w. Frozen potato cake
2006 (11 Nov). National Celebration. T 432 Nos. N4708/11 were also issued in
and similar multicoloured designs. Litho. individual sheets.
P 14.
2139 5pt. Type 432
2140 7pt.50 King Abdullah II wearing
suit
2141 10pt. Armed forces (horiz)
2142 12pt.50 King Abdullah II wearing
army uniform 1549 Gladiolus gandavensis
2143 15pt. National flag (horiz)
2144 20pt. Sharif Hussein bin Ali during (Des Kim Hae Yong, Han Song Rim and Pak
a visit to Amman, 1924 Chol Song. Litho)
428 Waterfront Development (horiz) 2007 (26 Sept). Flowers. T 1549 and similar horiz
2145 25pt. Army tanks in parade (horiz) designs. Multicoloured. P 13½.
2006 (1 Jan). Contemporary Architecture. T 428 2146 30pt. Rose on flag (horiz) N4695 30w. Type 1549
and similar multicoloured designs. Litho. a. Booklet pane. Nos. N4695/
P 14. N4698
2118 7pt.50 Type 428 N4696 30w. Iris ensata Thumb
2119 10pt. Interior (horiz) N4697 30w. Rosa hybrida
2120 12pt.50 Garden (horiz) N4698 30w. Nelumbo nucifera
MS2121 90×70 mm. 20pt. Curved façade. Nos. N4695/8 were issued in booklets of
Imperf four stamps, each pane forming a composite
design.
No. MSN4699 has been left for miniature
sheet not yet received.
Stamps of a similar design were issued by
Russia.
1553 Roo Moo Hyun (president
of South Korea) and Kim Jong Ill
(leader of North Korea)
(Des Choe Chol Man and Kim Hae Yong.
Litho)
433 Laptop User 2007 (10 Nov). North—South Summit Meeting.
429 Police Vehicle Sheet 110×80 mm. P 13½.
2006 (11 Nov). ICT in Education. T 433 and similar MSN4712 1553 170w. multicoloured
2006 (1 Jan). Public Service Vehicles. T 429 vert designs. Multicoloured. Litho. P 14.
and similar horiz designs. Multicoloured. 2149 7pt.50 Type 433
Litho. P 14. 2148 12pt.50 Woman using touch screen
2122 10pt. Type 429 2149 15pt. Man using touch screen
2123 12pt.50 Fire engine 2150 20pt. Woman using mobile
2124 17pt.50 Waste disposal truck telephone
2125 20pt. Support vans MS2151 70×90 mm. 20pt. Hand and key 1554 Parade (Illustration reduced. Actual
MS2126 90×70 mm. 20pt. Ambulance. Imperf pad. Imperf 1550 Beibei size 168×35 mm)

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(Des Choe Chol Man and Kim Hae Yong.

Litho)
2007 (15 Nov). Arirang Festival. Two sheets each
195×155 mm. containing T 1554 and similar
circular designs. Multicoloured. P 13½.
MSN4713 (a) 12w. Type 1554. 50w. Floodlit
parade (93×35 mm). (b) 120w.
Two performers and massed
performance; 155w. Massed
performance (93×35 mm)
  Nos MSN4713 a/b each contain labels 578 Orchestra 313 Petre Prlicko
477 Rainbow over Three
showing scenes from the display.
Sisters Massif (Des Pit Wagner. Litho Cartor) (Des I. Stevkovski. Litho)
(Litho State Ptg Wks, Vienna) 2008 (18 Mar). 75th Anniv of Philharmonic 2007 (31 Oct). Petre Prlicko (actor)
Orchestra. 50th Death Anniv of Henri Pensis Commemoration. P 13½.
2007 (19 Nov). Natural Phenomena. T 477 and 584 313 12d. multicoloured
(composer). T 578 and similar horiz design.
similar square designs. Multicoloured.
Multicoloured. P 14.
P 14½.
1799 50c. Type 578
1458 85r. Type 477
1800 70c. Henri Pensis
1459 1f. Lightning over Bendern
1460 1f.80 Halo over Malbun

314 Jordan Dzinot

1555 Ploughing (Des L. Zivkovska Donev. Litho)

478 Landtagsgebäude 579 Emblem (Litho Cartor)
2007 (31 Oct). Jordan Hadzi-Konstantinov Dzinot
(Des Kim Hae Yong. Litho) (designed by Hansjörg (educator) Commemoration. P 13½.
Göritz) 2008 (18 Mar). 50th Anniv of European
2007 (18 Nov). Paintings by Kim Hong Do. T 1555 Investment Bank. P 14. 585 314 12d. multicoloured
and similar vert designs. Multicoloured. 1801 579 70c. ultramarine and silver No. 586 and Type 315 have been left for
Litho. P 13½. (Des Hans Peter Gassner. Photo State Ptg
Wks, Vienna) ‘Textile’, issued on 9 November 2007, not
N4714 12w. Type 1555 yet received.
a. Booklet pane. Nos. N4714/17 2007 (19 Nov). Architecture. New Parliament
N4715 50w. Weaving Building, Vaduz. P 14.
N4716 70w. Threshing 1461 478 1f.30 multicoloured
N4717 110w. Archery
Nos. N4714/17 were also issued in
individual sheets.

580 Stars and ‘Eurotower’ (New

headquarters of ECB) (designed by
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU) 316 Santa Claus

(Des Binsfeld Conseils. Litho Cartor) (Des I. Stevkovski. Litho)

2008 (18 Mar). Tenth Anniv of Eurosystème 2007 (21 Nov). Christmas. P 13½.
479 St Martin’s Church (unitary system of European Central Bank 587 316 12d. multicoloured
and EU members using the euro). P 14.
(Des Georg Malin. Photo State Ptg Wks, 1802 580 € 1 multicoloured
Vienna)
1556 Kim Jong Suk’s Home 2007 (19 Nov). Preservation of Historical
Environment (7th series). T 479 and similar MACEDONIA (Pt 3)
(Des Choe Chol Man and Jo Son Il. Litho) multicoloured design. P 13½×14 (vert) ot (April 2008)
2007 (24 Dec). 90th Birth Anniv of Kim Jong 14×13½ (horiz).
Suk (Kim Il Sung’s wife and revolutionary 1462 2f. Type 479 Stamps now received.
fighter). T 1556 and similar multicoloured 1463 2f.70 Eschen Mill, St Martinsring
designs . P 13½. (horiz)
N4718 3w. Type 1556
MSN4719 30w. Kim Jong Suk and Kim Il 317 AIDS Ribbon
Sung (53×44 mm); 70w. Kim
Jong Suk (circular (45×45 mm)); LITHUANIA (Pt 10) 2007 (1 Dec). OBLIGATORY TAX. Anti-AIDS Week.
(April 2008) Litho. P 13½.
110w. With soldiers (53×44 mm)
588 317 6d. multicoloured
For compulsory use from 1 to 7
December.

307 Yachts
LIECHTENSTEIN (Pt 8)
(January 2008) (Des I. Stevkovski. Litho) MEXICO (Pt 15)
2007 (31 July). Centenary of Yacht Racing (February 2008)
Union. P 13½.
577 307 36d. multicoloured

New Listing.
310 Jonas Basanavicius
(Council chairman when
Act was signed)
475 Liechtenstein from the Air (Des S. Luzinas. Litho)
2008 (16 Feb). 90th Anniv of Restored State of
(Litho State Ptg Wks, Vienna) Lithuania. P 13½.
2007 (1 Oct). SEPAC (small European mail 937 310 1l.35 multicoloured
services). P 14.
1454 475 1f.30 multicoloured
311 Drawings and Child
LUXEMBOURG (Pt 4)
(April 2008) (Des I. Stevkovski. Litho) 1355 Steam Locomotive and
2007 (1 Oct). Children’s Day. P 13½. Museum
582 311 12d. multicoloured
(Des Rudolfo Espindola Betancourt. Litho)
2007 (5 Sept). Centenary of Torreon,
Coahuila. T 1355 and similar vert designs.
Multicoloured. Phosphorescent markings.
P 13×13½.
3003 5p. Type 1355
a. Strip of 5. Nos. 3003/7
476 St Mary Chapel, Gamprin- 3004 6p.50 Bridge over Nazas river and
Oberbühl Our Lady of Guadalupe
Parish Church
(Des Hermi Geissmann. Photo State Ptg Wks, 3005 6p.50 Isauro Martinez theatre
Vienna) 3006 14p.50 Cristo del Cerro de las Noas
577 St Willibrord 312 Sputnik 3007 14p.50 Dunes and Tower
2007 (19 Nov). Christmas. T 476 and similar horiz No. 3003/7 were issued in horizontal
designs. Multicoloured. P 13½×14½. (Des Anton Wending. Litho Cartor) (Des I. Stevkovski. Litho) se-tenant strips of five stamps within the
1455 85r. Type 476 2008 (18 Mar). 1350th Birth Anniv of St Willibrord. 2007 (4 Oct). 50th Anniv of Space Exploration. sheet, each strip forming a composite
1456 1f. Büel Chapel, Eschen P 13½. P 13½. design, and each carry additional image
1457 1f.30 St Wolfgang Chapel, Triesen 1798 577 50c. multicoloured 583 312 36d. multicoloured visible only under a UV lamp.

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1356 Dove (peace)
(Des Luis Quezada Villalpando. Litho)
2007 (20 Sept). Universal Cultural Forum,
Monterey. T 1356 and similar vert designs.
Multicoloured. Phosphorescent markings.
P 13×13½.
3008 7p. Type 1356 Arts
a. Strip of 5. Nos. 3008/12
3009 7p.50 Child writing and books
(knowledge) 2007 (4 Oct). 50th Anniv of Universidad
3010 7p.50 Hand holding fruit,
children and wind turbine
(sustainability) 3020 1361 7p.50 multicoloured
3011 13p. African woman, traditional
costume and calligrapher
(cultural diversity)
3012 13p. Primitive statue and Thai dolls
No. 3008/12 were issued in horizontal se-
tenant strips of five stamps within the sheet,
each strip forming a composite design, and
each carry additional image visible only
under a UV lamp.
1357 Olympic Stadium
(Des Luis Quezada Villalpando. Litho)
2007 (21 Sept). Cultural Heritage. National
Autonomous University of Mexico (Ciudad
Universitaria). T 1357 and similar vert
designs. Multicoloured. Phosphorescent
markings. P 13×13½.
3013 6p.50 Type 1357 (Des Alain Giampaoli. Eng Yves Beaujard.
a. Strip of 3. Nos. 3013/15 Recess)
3014 9p. Building on pillars with
decorated façade P 13½.
3015 13p. Tall building 2826
No. 3013/15 were issued in horizontal
se-tenant strips of three stamps within
the sheet, each strip forming a composite
design, and each carry additional image
visible only under a UV lamp.
1358 University Building Facade
2007 (1 Oct). 50th Anniv of Universidad Autonoma
de Baja California. Phosphorescent markings.
P 13×13½.
3016 1358 7p.50 multicoloured 6p.50 Di Por Que; 6p.50 El Raton Vaquero;
No. 3016 carries an additional image
visible only under a UV lamp.
Nos. 3017/18 and Type 1359 have
been left for ‘Ozone Protection’, issued on
1 October 2007, not yet received.
1360 St Christopher (Nicolas
Rodriguez Juarez)
G.S.M. May 2008
Catalogue Supplement
(Des Rodrigo Betancourt. Litho)
2007 (3 Oct). Sacred Art. Phosphorescent
markings. P 13×13½.
3019 1360 6p.50 multicoloured
No. 3019 carries an additional image
visible only under a UV lamp.
180 Tabby Cat
1091 Quadriga and Arc de
(Des Yury Palkov) Triomphe du Carrousel
2007 (20 June). Cats T 180 and similar horiz
designs. Multicoloured. P 14×14½ (horiz) (Des Patrice Merot. Eng Yves Beaujard.
or 14½×14 (vert ). Recess)
578 65b. Type 180 2008 (3 Jan). Bicentenary of Francois Bosio’s
579 1l. Siamese (vert) Quadriga (statue of chariot drawn by four
580 1l.50 Birman (vert) horses). P 13½.
581 6l.20 Persian 2822 1091 54c. deep purplish brown,
scarlet-vermilion and
carmine-vermilion
1361 Central Plaza, School of Plastic
MONACO (Pt 6)
(March 2008)
(Des Martha Laura Cora. Litho)
Autónoma de Coahuila. Phosphorescent
markings. P 13½.
No. 3020 carries an additional image
visible only under a UV lamp.
1092 Andrea Palladio
(Des Irio-Ottavio Fantini)
2008 (3 Jan). 500th Birth Anniv of Andrea Palladio
1087 Giacomo Puccini (architect). P 13½.
2823 1092 60c. multicoloured
(Des Irio-Ottavio Fantini. Eng Martin Mörck.
Recess)
1362 Envelopes 2007 (7 Dec). 140th Birth Anniv of Giacomo
Puccini (composer). P 13½.
(Des Ernesto Castellanos Castellanos,. Litho) 2818 1087 €1.40 new blue and scarlet-
2007 (9 Oct). Stamp Day. T 1362 and similar vermilion
horiz design. Multicoloured. Phosphorescent
markings. P 13½.
3021 7p. Type 1362
a. Pair. Nos. 3021/2
3022 10p.50 Envelopes
No. 3021/2 were issued vertical se-tenant
pairs within the sheet, each pair forming a
composite design, and each carry additional
image visible only under a UV lamp.
No. 3023 and Type 1363 have been
left for ‘Rights for Disabled’, issued on
11 October 2007, not yet received.
1093 Monte Carlo Country Club
1088 Church Building
2008 (3 Jan). Posters of 1932 by Raymond
Gid. T 1093 and similar vert design.
Multicoloured. P 13½.
2008 (3 Jan). 50th Anniv of Reformed Church. 2824 70c. Type 1093
2825 85c. Monte Carlo Beach Hotel
€1.15 Monte Carlo Golf Club
2819 1088 49c. lake-brown and bright
blue
1364 Caminito de la
Escuela
(Des Sergio Barranca Rabago. Litho)
2007 (11 Oct). Birth Centenary of Francisco
Gabiliando Soler (Cri-Cri) (composer and
performer of children’s songs). Sheet
141×141 mm containing T 1364 and similar
vert designs. Multicoloured.
MS3024 5p. Type 1364; 5p. Caminito de la
Escuela (different); 6p.50 la Patita; 6p.50 La
Muneca Fea; 6p.50 Gato de Barrio; 6p.50 1089 Flower Arrangement 1094 Hands enclosing
Bombon I; 6p.50 Cochinitos Domilones; Emblem
6.50p. Cochinitos Domilones (different); (Des Giuseppe Mazza)
2008 (3 Jan). 41st International Flower (Des Com+)
6p.50 Negrito Sandia; 7p. Cri-Cri (cricket); Competition. P 13½. 2008 (3 Jan). Tenth Special Session of United
7p. Francisco Gabiliando Soler; 7p. Song; 2820 1089 49c. multicoloured Nations Environment Programme Forum.
7p.50 El Chorrito P 13½.
The stamps of MS3024 are laid out in 2827 1094 85c. multicoloured
three se-tenant strips of five stamps (6p.50×5
(top row); 7p.50, 7p., 5p.×2, 6p.50 (second
row) and 7p.×2, 6p.50×3 (bottom row)) and,
with the margins, form a composite design.
The stamps of MS3024carry an additional
image visible only under a UV lamp.
MOLDOVA (Pt 10)
(November 2007)
1090 Church Building 1095 Johannes Brahms
(179)
(Des Sylvia Cornet. Eng André Lavergne. (Des Guéorgui Chichkine. Eng Pierre
2007 (7 June). No. 85 surcharged in blue and Recess) Albuisson. Recess)
No. 75 surcharged in black as T 179. 2008 (3 Jan). 125th Anniv of Consecration of 2008 (3 Jan). 175th Birth Anniv of Johannes
P 12×12½. St Charles Church. P 13½. Brahms (composer and pianist). P 13½.
576 25b. on 3k. purple 2821 1090 54c. slate and scarlet- 2828 1095 €1.15 deep blue-green and
577 85b. on 3k. deep reddish purple vermilion scarlet-vermilion
149

1096 Comet and Castle
(Des Christian Vanderhaeghe)
2008 (3 Jan). 250th Anniv of First Recorded
Appearance of Halley’s Comet. P 13½.
2829 1096 €1.57 multicoloured 2932 Ella Fitzgerald
1097 Leaves and Cones
(Des Gérard Haton Gauthier. Eng Elsa Catelin.
Recess)
2008 (3 Jan). 20th Anniv of Marcel Kronenlein’s
Arboretum . P 13½.
2830 1097 €2.11 brown-olive,
ultramarine and scarlet-
vermilion 2531
1098 ‘Monte Carlo, Pole
d’Attraction’
(1948)
2008 (3 Jan). Poster by Louis Rué. P 13½.
2831 1098 €2.90 multicoloured (children’s author). Sheet 126×83 mm.
MONGOLIA (Pt 10)
(February 2008)
667 Naotoshi Yamada
(Olympic cheerleader) and
Wrestler
2007 (5 Oct). 35th Anniv of Mongolia—
Japan Friendship. Sheet 171×228 mm
containing T 667 and similar horiz designs.
Multicoloured. Self-adhesive gum. Die-
cut.
MS3126 6 stamps (500t.×2, 600t.×2, 700t.×2)
showing Naotoshi Yamada and Sumo
wrestlers each×2 2007 (21 Feb). International Polar Year. Sheet
1099 André Massena
(Des Gérard Haton Gauthier. Eng Elsa Catelin.
Recess)
2008 (21 Jan). 250th Birth Anniv of André
Massena (Marshal of France). P 13½.
2832 1099 86c. deep grey-green and
grey-brown One pane 2533a (660k.) (November 2006) 4686 2937 39c. multicoloured
G.S.M. May 2008
Catalogue Supplement
ROMANIA (Pt 3) SWITZERLAND (Pt 8) New Listing.
(March 2008) (March 2008)
CORRECTION: Change Type 1528a to 1530a.
Change Type 1528b to 1530b Change No. LW4 and Type LW 3 ‘Winter
Change Type 1529 to 1530c Olympic Games, Turin’ to No. LW5 and
Change Type 1529a to 1530d Type LW 4 to accommodate further issue.
K. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
SWEDEN (Pt 11) (Des R. Hirter. Litho Cartor)
(March 2008) 2004 (23 Nov). International Year of Sport and
Physical Education—2005. P 13½.
LW4 LW 3 180c. multicoloured
CORRECTION: Delete listing for No. 1624 and (Des Ethel Kessler. Litho Ashton-Potter (USA)
Type 456 ‘International Year of Sport and Ltd, Williamsville, New York)
Physical Education—2005’, listed in error. 2007 (10 Jan). Black Heritage. Ella Fitzgerald
No. 1624 and Type 456 are vacant. (singer) Commemoration. Self-adhesive.
Die-cut perf 11.
727 Pippi Longstocking
4682 2932 39c. multicoloured
making Cakes
(Des Ilon Wikland. Litho) UNITED STATES (Pt 22)
(July 2007)
2007 (8 Nov). Christmas. T 727 and similar
horiz designs. Inscr ‘Julpost 2007’.
Multicoloured. Changes and additions to current listing:
Add to Nos. 3839 etc (Great Americans):
(a) Coil Stamp. Ordinary gum. Imperf×p 13
(with double elliptical hole on each vert side).
2527 (5k.) Type 727
(b) Size 28×26 mm. Booklet Stamps. Self-
adhesive. Die-cut perf 10×imperf 2933 Dawn over the Cimarron
2528 (5k.) The Big Red House (Mike Larson)
a. Booklet pane. Nos. 2528/9,
each×3 and 2530/1, each×2 (Des Phil Jordan. Litho Ashton-Potter (USA)
2529 (5k.) Children playing snowballs Ltd, Williamsville, New York)
2530 (5k.) Lotta and Christmas tree 2007 (11 Jan). Centenary of Oklahoma Statehood.
(5k.) Children and sleigh 2508a Margaret 2524 Harriet Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 11.
Nos. 2527/31 are peeled directly from Chase Smith Beecher Stowe 4683 2933 39c. multicoloured
the booklet cover which has straight outer (senator) (writer)
edges so that Nos. 2528 and 2530 have left
vertical edges and Nos. 2529 and 2531 have (a) Banknote Corporation of America Inc,
right vertical edges imperforate. Browns
(ii)Self-adhesive Sheet Stamps. Die-cut perf 11
3846 2524 75c. black and scarlet
(13 June 2007)
(b) Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd, Williamsville, New
York. Die-cut perf 11½×11.
3849a 2508a 58c. black and scarlet
(13 June 2007)
2934 Hershey’s
Chocolate Kiss
(Des José Ortega. Litho Ashton-Potter (USA)
Re-list and add to Nos. 4091 etc ‘Arts and Ltd, Williamsville, New York)
728 Astrid Lindgren and Emil from Crafts’
2007 (13 Jan). Love and Kisses. Centenary of
Lönneberga (character from book) (a) Photo American Packaging Corporation, Hershey’s Chocolate Kiss (confectionary).
Columbus, Wisconsin. Coil Stamps. Ordinary Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 11.
(Des Björn Berg and Ernst Junger. Eng Lars gum. Imperf×10 4684 2934 39c. multicoloured
Sjööblom. Recess and litho) 4093 4c. Chippendale chair (As
2007 (8 Nov). Birth Centenary of Astrid Lindgren No. 4094b) (19 July 2007)
(b) Litho Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd, Williamsville,
P 14. New York Self-adhesive Sheet Stamps. Die-cut
MS2532 728 11k. multicoloured perf 11.
A stamp of the same design was issued 4094a 1c. Tiffany lamp (As No. 4091)
by Germany.
(16 March 2007)
4094b 4c. Chippendale chair (5 March
2004)
(c) Litho Banknote Corporation of America Inc, 2935 Aurora Borealis
Browns Summit, North Carolina. Self-adhesive
Sheet Stamps.
4096 2c. Navajo jewellery (As No. 4092)
(12 May 2007)
4097 3c. Silver coffee pot (As
No. 4092a) (16 March 2007)
729 Stylized Reindeer and Re-list heading and add to Nos. 4503 etc
Sami Flag ‘Flag and Statue of Liberty’:
(Des Eva Ede. Recess and litho) (iii) Booklet stamps.
2007 (8 Nov). Sami Culture. Booklet Stamps. T 729 2936 International Polar Year (Illustration
(iiia) Litho Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd,
and similar horiz designs. Multicoloured. reduced. Actual size 108×70 mm)
Williamsville, New York. Self-adhesive gum.
Imperf×13×13½ (3 sides). Die-cut perf 11.
2533 11k. Type 729 (Des Phil Jordan. Litho Ashton-Potter (USA)
4519 2839 39c. multicoloured (8 April Ltd, Williamsville, New York)
a. Booklet pane. Nos. 2533/5, 2006)
2534 11k. Silver button (designed by (iiib) Photo Avery Dennison, Clinton, South 108×70 mm containing T 2935 and forming
Bertil Ahlin) Carolina. Self-adhesive gum. Die-cut perf 11. the overall design T 2936. Multicoloured.
2535 11k. Glass plate (designed by 4520 2839 39c. multicoloured (August Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 11.
Monica Edmondson) 2006) MS4685 84c.×2, Type 2935; Aurora Australis
The block of six stamps is separated No. 4520 was issued in folded vending
by a gutter from six labels each inscribed machine booklets of 20 stamps (10×2).
“Prioritaire 1:a klassbrev”.
The booklet pane No. 2533a has straight
outer edges so that Nos. 2533/5 have
top edges or lower edges imperforate
depending on position. Re-list heading and add to Nos. 4542 etc
A limited edition sheetlet, with enlarged ‘Common Buckeye’:
margins inscribed ‘SAMISK KULTUR’
containing four examples of No. 2533, (b) Self-adhesive gum. Photo Avery Dennison,
perforated 13 all round, was on sale for 49k. Clinton, South Carolina. 2937 Henry Longfellow and
(i) Coil Stamp. Die-cut perf 8. Horseman (Paul Revere’s Ride
4543 2857 24c. multicoloured (poem))
STAMP BOOKLETS (ii) Booklet Stamp. Die-cut perf 11. (Des Kazuhiko Sano. Litho Ashton-Potter
4544 2857 24c. multicoloured (USA) Ltd, Williamsville, New York)
SB620 8.11.07 Christmas. Self-
adhesive. 2007 (15 Mar). Birth Bicentenary of Henry
One pane 2528a (550k.) (iii) Sheet Stamp. Die-cut perf 11. Wadsworth Longfellow (writer). Self-
SB621 8.11.07 Sami Culture. 4544a 2587 24c. multicoloured adhesive. Die-cut perf 11.
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2938 Liberty Bell
2938a Liberty Bell (4687)
2938b Liberty Bell (4688)
2938c Liberty Bell (4689)
(Des Tom Engeman)
2007 (12 Apr). Forever. (a) First Class Self-adhesive
Booklet Stamps. Die-cut perf 11×11½.
(i) Litho Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd, Williamsville,
New York
4687 2938 (41c.) multicoloured No. 4709 was issued in single sided
(ii) Litho Banknote Corporation of America Inc,
Browns Summit, North Carolina
4688 2938 (41c.) multicoloured 2007 (14 May). Wildlife (2nd issue).
4689 2938 (41c.) multicoloured (USA) Ltd, Williamsville, New York)
(iii) Photo Avery Dennison, Clinton, South
Carolina.
4690 2938 (41c.) multicoloured 2947 Air Force One
(b) Automatic Teller Machine Booklet. Photo
Avery Dennison, Clinton, South Carolina.
Die-cut perf 8.
4691 2938 (41c.) multicoloured blocks of four stamps within double sided
All booklet stamps contain micro-printing
showing ‘FOREVER’ at bottom right of
wooden bell support, small on No. 4687,
slightly larger on No. 4688 and larger still on
No. 4690. The booklet covers, Types 2938a
(4687), 2938b (4688) and 2938c (4690) are
shown for ease of identification.
Nos. 4687/8 and 4690, respectively,
each×20, were issued in double sided
booklets (8×2 and 4×2).
No. 4689 differs from Nos. 4687/8 and
4690, in that the width of the bell is slightly
smaller ie 15 mm instead of 16 mm, and
was issued in vending booklets of 20 (10×2)
stamps.
No. 4691 was dispensed in panes of 18
from automatic teller machines. All booklets
have straight outer edges. Single stamps
may be die-cut all round or show one side
or two adjacent sides imperforate.
G.S.M. May 2008
2939 Flag
(Des Richard Scheaff )
2007 (12 Apr).
(a) First Class Sheet Stamps. Litho Ashton-
Potter (USA) Ltd, Williamsville, New York
(i) Ordinary gum. P 11½.
4692 2939 (41c.) multicoloured 2950
(ii) Self-adhesive gum. Die-cut perf 11½×11.
4693 2939 (41c.) multicoloured 2953
Numbers have been left for this series.
2940 Susan Constant, Godspeed and
Discovery (ships carrying settlers)
(Illustration reduced. Actual size 66×33 mm)
(Des Richard Scheaff. Litho Banknote
Corporation of America Inc, Browns Summit,
North Carolina)
2007 (11 May). 400th Anniv of Settlement of
Jamestown, Virginia. Self-adhesive. Die-
cut perf 10½.
4705 2940 41c. multicoloured and Hans Solo (48×31 mm); X-wing
No. 4705 was issued in blocks of four
within sheets of 19 stamps. The stamps are
laid at right angles to each other, giving
four blocks of four surmounted by a strip of
three with the central stamp inverted.
2941 Florida 2942 Bighorn
Panther Sheep
(Des Nancy Stahl)
2007 (12 May). Wildlife (1st issue).
(a) Sheet Stamps. Litho Ashton-Potter (USA)
Ltd, Williamsville, New York
(i) Ordinary gum. P 11½×11.
4706 2941 26c. multicoloured
(ii) Self-adhesive gum. Die-cut perf 11½×11.
4707 2941 26c. multicoloured 2007 (1 June). AIR. Self-adhesive.
(b) Self-adhesive Coil Stamp. Litho Banknote
Corporation of America Inc, Browns Summit,
North Carolina. Die-cut perf 11.
4708 2941 26c. multicoloured (b) Photo Avery Dennison, Clinton, South
(c) Self-adhesive Booklet Stamp. Photo Avery
Dennison, Clinton, South Carolina. Die-cut perf
11½×11.
4709 2941 26c. multicoloured Hummingbird Trumpet
booklets of ten (5×2) stamps.
(Des Nancy Stahl)
(a) Self-adhesive Sheet Stamp. Photo Avery
Dennison, Clinton, South Carolina. Die-cut
perf 11.
4710 2942 17c. multicoloured 4725 2956 41c. multicoloured
(b) Self-adhesive Coil Stamp. Litho Banknote
Corporation of America Inc, Browns Summit,
North Carolina. Die-cut perf 11.
4711 2942 17c. multicoloured (21 May) Nos. 4725/8, were arranged in se-tenant
2943 Darth Vader
Catalogue Supplement
2944 Star Wars Characters (Illustration
reduced. Actual size 184 × 245mm)).
(Des Drew Struzan. Litho Banknote
Corporation of America Inc, Browns Summit,
North Carolina)
2007 (25 May). 30th Anniv of Stars Wars
(film) Premiere. Sheet 233×172 mm
containing T 2943 and forming the overall
design T 2944. Multicoloured. Self-adhesive.
Die-cut perf 11.
MS4712 41c.×15, Type 2943; Millennium
Falcon (47×25 mm); Emperor Palpatine
(41×26 mm); Anakin Skywalker and Obi-
Wan Kenobi (41×33 mm); Luke Skywalker
(31×41 mm); Princess Leia and R2-D2
(41×33 mm); C3-PO (21×65 mm); Queen
Padme Amidala (26×48 mm); Obi-Wan
Kenobi (31×48 mm); Boba Fett (32×40 mm);
Darth Maul (26×41 mm); Chewbacca
Starfighter (41×26 mm); Yoda (31×48 mm);
Stormtroopers (41×31 mm)
The backing paper of the sheet has a
description of the stamps.
A 2945 Okefenoke Swamp,
Georgia and Florida
A 2946 Hagatna Bay, Guam
(a) Litho Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd, Williamsville,
New York. Die-cut perf 11½.
A4713 A 2945 69c. multicoloured
Carolina. Die-cut perf 11
A4714 A 2946 90c. multicoloured
See also Nos. 3599/603 and A4537/9.
2948 Marine One
(Des William S. Phillips)
2007 (13 June). Presidential Aircraft.
(a) Litho and recess Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd,
Williamsville, New York. Die-cut perf 11.
4715 2947 $4.60 multicoloured
(b) Litho Banknote Corporation of America
Inc, Browns Summit, North Carolina. Die-cut
perf 11.
4716 2948 $16.25 multicoloured
No. 4715 was for use on Priority Mail and
No. 4716 was for use on Express Mail.
2949 Grays Harbour,
Washington
Umpqua River, Oregon
2951 St George Reef, California
2952 Diamond Head, Hawai
Five Finger, Alaska
(Des Howard Koslow. Photo Avery Dennison,
Clinton, South Carolina)
2007 (21 June). Pacific Lighthouses. Self-adhesive.
Die-cut perf 11½×11.
4717 2949 41c. multicoloured
4718 2950 41c. multicoloured
4719 2951 41c. multicoloured
4720 2952 41c. multicoloured
4721 2953 41c. multicoloured
a. Strip of 5. Nos. 4717/21
Nos. 4717/21 were issued in horizontal or
vertical se-tenant strips of five stamps within
the sheet.
(Des B. Thompson)
2007 (25 June). OFFICIAL. Coil stamp as
T O1592. Phosphorescent paper. P 10.
O4722 41c. ultramarine, black and rosine
2954 Heart 2955 Heart
(Des Nancy Stahl)
2007 (27 June). Greetings Stamps. Self-
adhesive.
(a) Booklet stamps. Litho Ashton-Potter (USA)
Ltd, Williamsville, New York. Die-cut perf 11
4723 2954 41c. multicoloured
(b) Sheet stamps. Photo Avery Dennison,
Clinton, South Carolina. Die-cut perf 11
4724 2955 58c. multicoloured
No. 4723 was issued in single sided
booklets of 20 (5×4) stamps with straight
outer edges. Single stamps may be die-cut
all round or show one side or two adjacent
sides imperforate.
2956 Purple Nightshade and
Morrison’s Bumble Bee
2957 Caliope Hummingbird and and
2958 Saguro and Lesser Long-nosed Bat
2959 Southern Dogface and Butterfly
Prairie Ironweed
(Des Steve Buchanan. Litho Ashton-Potter
2007 (29 June). Pollination. Self-adhesive Booklet
Stamps. Die-cut perf 11½.
4726 2957 41c. multicoloured
4727 2958 41c. multicoloured
4728 2959 41c. multicoloured
(6×2 and 4×2) booklets. The arrangement
of the blocks alternate, one showing a
composite design with the pollinators
central (No. 4725 at top left), the other
showing a composite design with the
flowers central (No. 4728 at top left).
The booklet has straight outer edges.
Single stamps may be die-cut all round
or show one side or two adjacent sides
imperforate.
2960 Stars and Stripes
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2007 (4 July). Pre-sorted First Class Mail Coil (Litho Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd, Williamsville, Nos. 4757/66 were issued in coils of 100 (Des Ethel Kessler. Litho Banknote
Stamps. Self-adhesive. New York.) with stamps alternating. Corporation of America Inc, Browns Summit,
(a) Photo Avery Dennison, Clinton, South 2007 (7 Aug). Die-cut perf 11½×11. Nos. 4767/76, each×2 were issued in North Carolina)
Carolina. Die-cut perf 11 4755 2985 41c. multicoloured double sided booklets of 20 (6×2 and 4×2) 2007 (28 Aug). Nature of America (9th series).
4729 2960 (10c.) ultramarine, scarlet and See also Nos. 4237/8 and 4574. stamps. Sheet 233×172 mm containing T 3003
gold and forming the overall design T 3004.
(b) Litho Banknote Corporation of America Multicoloured. Self-adhesive. Die-cut
Inc, Browns Summit, North Carolina. Die-cut perf 11.
perf 12. MS4783 41c.×10, Type 3003; Elk (vert);
4730 2960 (10c.) ultramarine, scarlet and Yellow-bellied marmot (vert); American
gold pika (vert); Bighorn sheep (vert); White-
tailed ptarmigan (vert); Magdalena alpine
butterfly (vert); Rocky Mountain Parnassian
butterfly (vert); Melissa Arctic butterfly;
Brown-capped rosy finch
The backing paper of the sheet has a
description of the forest and a key to the
flora and fauna in the design.

2986 Magnolia and

Irises (stained glass 2997 Peter Pan and
window by Louis Tiffany) Tinkerbelle
(Des Derry Noyes. Litho Ashton-Potter (USA) 2998 Mickey Mouse
Ltd, Williamsville, New York) 2999 Aladdin and Genie
2961 Spiderman 2007 (9 Aug). Self-adhesive Booklet Stamps. 3000 Dumbo and Timothy
Die-cut perf 11.
2962 The Hulk 4756 2986 41c. multicoloured (Des D. Pacheco. Photo Avery Dennison,
2963 Sub-Mariner Nos. 4756 was issued in double sided Clinton, South Carolina)
2964 The Thing (6×2 and 4×2) booklets. The booklet has
2965 Captain America 2007 (16 Aug). Disney Cartoon Characters.
straight outer edges. Single stamps may Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 11.
2966 Silver Surfer show one side or two adjacent sides 4777 2997 41c. multicoloured
2967 Spider Woman imperforate. 4778 2998 41c. multicoloured
2968 Iron Man 4779 2999 41c. multicoloured 3005 Gerald Ford
2969 Elektra 4780 3000 41c. multicoloured
2970 Wolverine a. Block of 4. Nos. 4777/80 (Des Michael Deas. Litho Ashton-Potter (USA)
2971 Spiderman Comic Cover Nos. 4777/80 were issued in se-tenant Ltd, Williamsville, New York)
2972 The Hulk Cover blocks of four stamps within the sheet 2007 (31 Aug). Gerald Ford (president 1974–1977)
2973 Sub-Mariner Cover Commemoration. Self-adhesive. Die-cut
2974 Fantastic Four Cover perf 11.
2975 Captain America Cover 4784 3005 41c. multicoloured
2976 Silver Surfer Cover
2977 Spiderwoman Cover 2987 2988 Orange
2978 Iron Man Cover Chrysanthemum Gerbera
2979 Elektra cover
2980 X-men Cover (Photo Avery Dennison,
Clinton, South Carolina)
2007 (26 July). Comic Book Superheroes. Self-
adhesive. Die-cut perf 11.
4731 2961 41c. multicoloured
4732 2962 41c. multicoloured 3001 ‘Celebrate’
4733 2963 41c. multicoloured
4734 2964 41c. multicoloured (Des Ethel Kessler. Litho Banknote
4735 2965 41c. multicoloured 2989 Iris 2990 Dahlia Corporation of America Inc, Browns Summit, 3006 Jurors
4736 2966 41c. multicoloured North Carolina)
4737 2967 41c. multicoloured 2007 (17 Aug). Greeting Stamp. Die-cut perf (Des Lance Hidy. Litho Ashton-Potter (USA)
4738 2968 41c. multicoloured 11. Ltd, Williamsville, New York)
4739 2969 41c. multicoloured 4781 3001 41c. multicoloured 2007 (12 Sept). Jury Duty. Self-adhesive. Die-
4740 2970 41c. multicoloured cut perf 11.
4741 2971 41c. multicoloured 4785 3006 41c. multicoloured
4742 2972 41c. multicoloured
4743 2973 41c. multicoloured
4744 2974 41c. multicoloured
4745 2975 41c. multicoloured
4746 2976 41c. multicoloured 2991 Pink Magnolia 2992 Red Gerbera
4747 2977 41c. multicoloured
4748 2978 41c. multicoloured
4749 2979 41c. multicoloured
4750 2980 41c. multicoloured
a. Sheet of 20.
Nos. 4731/50 3007 Looking towards Light
Nos. 4631/50 were issued in se-tenant
sheets of 20 stamps, with a brief description (Des Rafael Lopez. Litho Ashton-Potter (USA)
on the backing paper of each stamp. 3002 James Stewart Ltd, Williamsville, New York)
2993 Water Lily 2994 Poppy 2007 (14 Sept). 60th Anniv of Mendez v.
(Des Drew Struzan. Litho Banknote Westminster (successful anti-segregation
Corporation of America Inc, Browns Summit, lawsuit). Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 11.
North Carolina) 4786 3007 41c. multicoloured
2007 (17 Aug). Legends of Hollywood. Self-
adhesive. Die-cut perf 11. (Photo Avery Dennison, Clinton, South
4782 3002 41c. multicoloured Carolina)
2007 (28 Sept). Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha (Islamic
festivals). Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 11.
2981 Hutchinson 4787 2600 41c. gold, deep blue and
2995 Cone Flower 2996 Tulip grey-brown
Brothers Launch (1915)
2007 (10 Aug). Flowers.
2982 Chris-Craft Racing Runabout (1954)
2983 Hacker-Craft (1939) (a) Self-adhesive Coil Stamps. Litho Ashton-
2984 Gar Wood Runabout (1931) Potter (USA) Ltd, Williamsville, New York.
Die-cut perf 10.
(Litho Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd, Williamsville, 4757 2987 41c. multicoloured
New York) 4758 2988 41c. multicoloured
2007 (4 Aug). Vintage Mahogany Speedboats. 4759 2989 41c. multicoloured
Self-adhesive. Die-cut perf 11. 4760 2990 41c. multicoloured
4761 2991 41c. multicoloured 3003 Golden Eagle
4751 2981 41c. multicoloured 3008 Aurora Australis
4762 2992 41c. multicoloured
4752 2982 41c. multicoloured
4763 2993 41c. multicoloured
4753 2983 41c. multicoloured
4764 2994 41c. multicoloured
4754 2984 41c. multicoloured
4765 2995 41c. multicoloured
a. Strip of 4. Nos. 4751/4
Nos. 4751/4 were issued in horizontal se- 4766 2996 41c. multicoloured
tenant strips of four stamps within sheets of (b) Self-adhesive Booklet Stamps. Photo Avery
12, with enlarged illustrated top margin. Dennison, Clinton, South Carolina. Die-cut
perf 11½.
4767 2987 41c. multicoloured
4768 2988 41c. multicoloured
4769 2989 41c. multicoloured
4770 2990 41c. multicoloured 3009 Aurora Borealis
4771 2991 41c. multicoloured (Des Phil Jordan. Litho Ashton-Potter (USA)
4772 2992 41c. multicoloured Ltd, Williamsville, New York)
4773 2993 41c. multicoloured 2007 (1 Oct). Polar Lights. Self-adhesive. Die-
4774 2994 41c. multicoloured cut perf 11.
2985 Purple Heart 4775 2995 41c. multicoloured 3004 Alpine Tundra (Illustration reduced. 4788 3008 41c. multicoloured
(military medal) 4776 2996 41c. multicoloured Actual size 220×160 mm) 4789 3009 41c. multicoloured

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