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1 NEWS AND NOTES APRIL OPEN LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY Time moves on apace and by the time this issue arrives on your doorstep (or in your inbox) the Annual Convention will soon be upon us. Early indications are that this year s will be the largest gathering for some time. Perhaps that is because of the attractiveness of the venue and the surrounding countryside. There are some new names on this year s list. I hope that, for them, it will be the first of many visits. Spring Stampex has been and gone. If you went, I hope that you fond something elusive to add to your collection. The attendances and the number of dealers seems to grow slowly but steadily, somewhat in contrast to the general state of the hobby in the UK, where there is a desperate shortage of the 30- and 40- year olds who will take our Societies forward to the next generation. Perhaps we should all be selling our collections now, but what would we do with the time that was freed? Having had another zero response to my offer in the last issue, seeking either a replacement Secretary or Bulletin Editor, I have to begin to question how long I can carry the burden of both offices. I will, of course, Keep Calm and Carry On for the present, but I am unsure how much longer I can do so. The late Editor s collection has just gone under the hammer at Cavendish. It seems that most of the lots were sold, so there will be a good legacy for his widow. The Society has been invited to do a display next year at Frinton on Sea (one of Colin s Societies), and your President is planning that we make it a suitable tribute to Colin s memory. Planning is now well under way for next year s Programme. In order to fit in better with the requirements of our hosts for London meetings, The Royal Philatelic Society, some meetings in 2015 will be on the third Wednesday of the month, rather than the second. These will be clearly identified in the printed and online Programmes, but regular attendees are asked to make sure that they come to London in the correct week! Note that the Agenda for the Annual General Meeting is published elsewhere in this section. If there is any item that you wish to be raised under Any Other Business, please notify the Hon. Secretary in writing no later than 25 th April. If you are not planning to attend in person, please provide a brief for the Secretary. PGER 13/03/14 ix

2 AUSTRALIAN PHILATELY IN PRINT #2, A list of articles found in Journals & Bulletins held (or seen) by the Librarian (Periodicals). AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH COLLECTORS CLUB OF NEW SOUTH WALES, Vol.52, No.4, December Vale: Maurice Williams, AM, FAP(Hon), Art.3561: d Queen Elizabeth die 2 plate nos Geoff Kellow. Art.3562: d Tasmanian Cable with offset Richard Guy. Art.3563: Flaws on the 1965 Christmas Stamp Laurie Constantin.. Art.3564: 1956 Olympic Games the development of the 2/- photogravure design Geoff Kellow. Art.3565:New earlier date found for 1/- Kangaroo 3rd watermark die IIb Richard Guy. Art.3566: Unrecorded plate variety on 6d Kangaroo 3rd watermark die IIb Carl Macks. Art.3543 (cont): 1d King George V plate varieties and compartment markings Gordon Monk, Bert Wajer & Paul Kaigg. Meeting minutes: 16 September 2013; 18 November 2013; 19 August Index to Volume 52 (2013). CINDERELLAS AUSTRALASIA, Vol.27, No.3, December From the Secretary Paul Storm. Editor s Page Marilyn Gendek. Obituary: Clive Akerman ( ). Information: Dave Elsmore is updating information on Wine & Spirit Private Revenues of Australia. From the Mailbox: Responses from Richard Peck, Rodney Cook. Item from Tim MacLaren & query from Richard Peck re: Accelerated Surface Post, label. Some thoughts about the valuation of Sydney & NSW Transport Tickets Richard C Peck. New Book: Priced Catalogue of NSW Transport Tickets, by Richard Peck. Buy Goods Made in Australia (1906) Vito Milana. Inching closer towards 100 years of the Australian Red Cross Vito Milana. Tank Week (1918). Newcastle Red Cross labels WW2. World Red Cross Jack Brandt, Canada. The Sandgate Railway Ian MacMahon. Bedford Christmas Seals 2013 Peter Simpfenforfer. Modern Philately Notes 138 Richard Peck Martin Luther in Cinderellas Arthur H Groten MD. Excise Labels Australia. THE COURIER, No. 56, December Zeehan Type 3 Circular Datestamp and its Times John Campton, Malcolm Groom & Geoff Dane. An Analysis of the Postal Stationery Wrappers of Tasmania: availability & buyer demand Dr John Courtis. Charles Walton Coard, engraver of Tasmania s first stamps, the Courier issues Bill Lloyd-Smith. Tasmania 3d Pictorial: the Melbourne printings Geoff Kellow & Malcolm Groom. Obituary: Colin Salt FBSAP. Tasmanian Government Railway issue date correction Dave Elsmore. Sir Henry Somerset Collection Malcolm Groom. THE LONDON PHILATELIST, Vol.123, No.1413, March 2014 Book Review: The QANTAS Coronation Day airmail flights, June 1953: the untold story, by DJ Collyer; The Specimen Stamps of Victoria, by Geoffrey Kellow, Russell Turner & William McCredie. THE QUEENSLAND STAMP COLLECTOR, Vol.31, No.1, Issue 121, February - April Editorial, QPC News, APF News, Club Scene, Diary Dates and On the Calendar. Talks: Queensland (Bankers Articles) John Stein; Registered Post - Joan Orr. x

3 STAMP NEWS, Vol.61, No.2. February Editorial; Editor s Mailbag; Philatelic News; New Issues; Clubs & Societies; Dealers Directory; Calendar. Woodchip free zone Usage enlightenment, KGVI usage specifically - Rod Perry. Cinderella Corner Tony Presgrave. Looking at NZ 50th Anniversary of the I.L.O Graeme Morriss. Revenue Review, - Dave Elsmore. Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Pt.42, - John Sadler APF. Market Matters: - Overlooked Revenues - Glen Stephens. TPO & SEAPOST JOURNAL, Vol.68, No.1, Spring 2014 Vale: Roger Hosking AEC THE LONDON MEETING OF 12 th FEBRUARY 2014 was cancelled. REPORT ON THE LONDON MEETING OF 12 TH MARCH 2014 Ten members and one guest gathered to hear a talk by Miss Jennifer Toombs on Designing Stamps. Jennifer introduced herself an told us the she had come in to the stamp Design business by a fluke. However, she now does a great deal of work for Benham s designing their specialist covers, and she seems to have dropped off the radar of the Crown Agents. She described the two types of brief that she would typically be given: an open brief where she would be given considerable latitude, and a very tight brief where the commissioning agent had a clear idea of what they wanted. The latter would typically be accompanied by photos and details of items to be incorporated in the design. The way that design is done has evolved quickly over the last twenty years. She has a large reference library, but can now use the internet. Originally design was done manually, but now most of it is done using Computer Aided Design. She also makes use of other sources for refernce material, such as Museums and Kew Gardens. The first stage is production of a stamp-size sketch in colour. This is kept simple to show the subject to beat advantage. If designing a set, then the style would be kept homogeneous so that it forms an attractive whole. This design is then reproduced at either two or four times stamp size, and must haves (such as the Queen s portrait or the Royal Cypher) are added before the whole is sent for approval. Much of this work is now done using Photoshop or similar software. A complete design commission can also include the design of First day Covers and cancellers. The process was illustrated with examples from the Darwin Issue of Pitcairn Islands, including some suggested pictures that were incorporated in the final design. The display finished with the stamps and a First Day Cover. The second part showed a range of examples of completed work carried out for: Crown Agents; Channel Islands; Isle of Man; Intergovernmental Philatelic Conference. The display included examples of issued stamps from: Guernsey; The Gambia; Bahamas; Seychelles; Pitcairn Islands; Isle of Man; Uganda and Jersey. These were followed by a range of Benham Covers with a wide range of stamps affixed Brian Peace thanked Jennifer for an interesting and enlightening evening, illustrated with a wide range of material of a type that the members seldom see. PGER 13/3/14 xi

4 MEETING OF THE SOUTH WEST SECTION AT RINGWOOD - NOVEMBER 8TH [Your Editor apologises to both The President and David Ashby for the delayed inclusion of this report.] Thirteen members and one guest assembled at the Greyfriars Centre at Ringwood to witness a superb display given by David Ashby from Downton in Wiltshire.. The title of his afternoon display was "19th Century New Zealand and Australian Postal History". We had been promised a remarkable display and it certainly was. David started with a map showing the various routes taken by the Toulmin Packet Service and displayed several entires which included a first packet sailing from Australia in 1846, a Missionary letter from Rarotonga, Cook Islands some 3,000 miles east of Sydney together with the first five Toulmins routed via India to connect with P&O. A selection of Riverina entires from 1865 to 1871 franked NSW and Victoria and an 1879 entire franked NSW and SA came next. Then followed a selection of mail carried by Clipper during the early 1850's: this included a Schomberg wreck cover. David then showed another map with routes used during the pioneer steam period, illustrated with many entires. These included a letter carried on the Cleopatra which the late Trevor Davis maintained was one of only three known. The European & Australian contract was discussed and included a quote from Colin Tabeart's book Australia. New Zealand, UK Mails Vol. 1 to 1880, quoting specifically from the chapter on this line, "The whole concept of the European and Australian contract was crazy. There was already an excellent service between Southampton and Galle, and indeed as far as Singapore. All that was needed was a service to link either port with Australian prime centres of population; P&O had already offered to do just that for 84,000 a year.. Instead the contracting parties ended up with a full service between England and Australia that duplicated the P&O service for much of its length, at a cost of 185,000 instead of 85,000 and they failed to deliver a satisfactory service". The E&A's major mistake was to agree to a contract that was impossible to achieve with the technology that was then available and to penalty clauses that were too harsh. When the Admiralty sought tenders for the steamship contract at the end of the Crimean War early in 1856 only P&O and E&A considered the contract but P&O withdrew owing to the impossible timetable and the penalties that were threatened. David then showed a number of entires that had been carried on the various routes by E&A. and then went onto the inaugural sailing by Salsette by P&O( ) and its monopoly of the via Suez route although the canal wasn't opened until 1883 and only then because of the war in Egypt. The display continued with many rare entires and covers far too numerous to list but on giving a vote of thanks South West Chairman Colin Mount asked Colin Tabeart to sum up this remarkable display and Colin said it stands as one of the finest collections of its type and it is unlikely that you will see such a collection of so many fine and rare items in one display again. CVM 5/12/13 Queensland Postage Stamps by Kenneth F Scudder, FRPSV. Pub. RPSV, Melbourne 2013, ISBN , pp399 + xv, hard bound 2.4kg(approx). (Originally published in The London Philatelist) This is a weighty volume, in both senses of the word. It is the 22 nd volume of the J R W Purves Memorial Series published by the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, and does not disappoint in the quality of research and presentation. The scope of the book is in the title, and it is complementary to the 1930 Bassett Hull volume published by the Royal Philatelic Society. The only overlap is in the treatment of the Chalon head issues with the Bradbury Wilkinson design. The first three chapters cover: the history of stamp production in Queensland, and the study of stamp printing methods by William Knight, head of the Queensland Lithographic branch and responsible for stamp design, engraving and printing that led to his decision to adopt electrotypy as his preferred method of printing for the stamps of the Colony. xii

5 It is generally accepted that the plates for the electrotype issues were made up using quadruple dies. In this book, the means of original make-up of the dies and the production of the many derivatives used in producing many issues and values are treated in great detail, using all the new knowledge that has accumulated over eighty years. However, as pointed out in the Introduction, there is no claim that this is the last word, and indications are given of areas for further research. The development and production of the Lithographed High Values issued in 1880 is treated in suitable detail, and the events leading to the placing of an order for replacements with Bradbury Wilkinson in In a brief review, it is only possible to give a flavour of the evident thoroughness and depth of the research that underlies this whole book. However, it is presented in a straightforward and approachable style that makes it an ideal companion for the student of these issues. I would join Geoff Kellow, who wrote the preface, in commending Chapter IX to all who study electrotyped stamps, as it is a master class in the subject. There are thorough treatments of essays, proofs, papers, perforations and a sound if somewhat unscientific estimate of postal usage. Beyond the meat of the book, there are chapters on: the Patriotic Fund Issue; Postage Due Stamps; Government OS punctures; Specimens, overprints and other markings applied in Queensland; papers and perforations and finally the background of some of the personalities involved. Each chapter has a list of relevant references at the end, and there is a comprehensive index. No serious student of Queensland should be without this book. It brings together the current body of knowledge in a readable and accessible form and still leaves room for new discoveries to be made. The illustrations make sensible use of colour, using black and white illustrations where appropriate, or where the greater contrast makes a detail more obvious. Ken Scudder is to be congratulated on a truly scholarly work. PGER 18/9/13 BRITISH SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIAN PHILATELY Membership Secretary/Treasurer s list of changes to membership database from 16 September to 14 November Changes of address: 1588 Baker KJ 48 Sutton Lane, Hilton, Derbyshire DE65 5FB tel: Resignations: 781 Thomas AB 794 Davies DG 1672 Barnes B 1749 Curtis MS 1761 Taylor M 1813 Dearden JD Membership lapsed not renewed (rule 3(e): 32 Mayo GFM 1691 Oliver WM Deceased: 1482 Williams MJ (16 December 2013, aged 84) New members: 1818 * Stothard D Seaburn, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear SR6 8NE tel: * = members requesting addition to packet circulation list (one). xiii

6 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The 2014 Annual General Meeting of the British Society of Australian Philately will take place at the Holiday Inn, Stratford upon Avon on Saturday 10th May 2014 at 11.15am. AGENDA P G E Reid, FRPSL, FBSAP Hon. Secretary 1. Acceptance of the Minutes of the 2013 AGM previously circulated in The Bulletin 2. Matters arising from the minutes 3. President s Address 4. Report of the Hon. Secretary 5. Report of the Hon. Treasurer 6. Report of the Exchange Packet Superintendent 7. Report of the Auction Organiser 8. Report of the Hon. Librarian 9. Report of the Bulletin Editor 10. Report of the Publicity Officer 11. Society Officers 12. Election to Council. In accordance with Rule 4 the following members of Council offer themselves for reelection: Brian Peace; Tom Gillespie; Huw Williams. 13. Election of Hon. Auditor 14. The Society s Programme and The Bulletin 15. Any Other Business Members should give notice in writing to the Hon. Secretary by 25 th April 2014 of any matters that they intend to raise. xiv

7 THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIAN PHILATELY Publications Stockholder Huw Williams 8 Graham Road, Hampton, Middlesex, TW12 1AN Telephone : huwie35@sky.com PUBLICATIONS LIST-MEMBERS PRICE January 2013 Price NSW 2 Penny Diadem Revisited by W Cochrane ISBN King George V HalfPenny Checklist 3 rd Edition ISBN King George V One Penny Checklist- 3 rd Edition ISBN Plating the KGV 1 Penny Die 2 by Wajer & Monk ISBN Plating the KGV 1½ Penny Die 2 by A Forbes ISBN King George V Two Penny checklist ISBN King George V Two Penny 2 nd edition by Parsons, ISBN Sandy and Wawrukiewicz King George V Two Penny Die 3 by G.E. Guidi ISBN King George V Three Penny Checklist 2 nd edition ISBN King George V Four Penny Checklist 2 nd edition ISBN King George V Five Penny Checklist 2 nd edition ISBN The Redhead ISBN ½d Kangaroo Checklist by Greg Pope ISBN X d Kangaroo Checklist by Sluman 1 st edition ISBN d Kangaroo Checklist by Bill Bell ISBN d Kangaroo & Map Series by Adams, Bell & Pope ISBN d Kangaroo Checklist by Greg Pope ISBN ½d Kangaroo Checklist by Greg Pope ISBN d Kangaroo Checklist by Banwell & Parsons ISBN QEII 7c checklist 1 st edition (with supplement) ISBN ) 9.50 ISBN ) Australian Aboriginal Town Meanings ISBN Australian Slogan Cancellations Volume 1 ISBN The History of the B.S.A.P ISBN Cachets and Transports of the AIF in WWI ISBN Postal Stationery issued to Prisoners of War and ISBN Internees held in Australia during WWII Post Box Cancels of Brisbane, Sydney, Perth 4.00 B.S.A.P. ties in Blue, green or maroon 7.50 Philatelic Gems from BSAP, New Zealand and Pacific Islands Postage and packing extra unless otherwise stated. Invoices sent on receipt of order and items Forwarded on receipt of remittance. All correspondence to the Publications Stockholder. Publications are also available from Michael Eastick & Associates Pty. Ltd. Shop 4, Railway Road, Blackburn, Victoria 3130, Australia. michael@michaeleastick.com OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. xv

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