Stamp (March 2022)

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ISBN: 0307-6679

Year: 2022

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LONDON 2022
EXHIBITION
GUIDE

THE WORLD’S BEST PHILATELIC MAGAZINE

MARCH 2022

MAGAZINE

New issue
that’s very
rock’n’roll

Perkins Bacon’s
ace engraver
of the 1850s

Good old days?
Things ain’t what
they used to be!
So let’s wallow
in nostalgia over
the philatelic
gadgetry and
paraphernalia
of bygone times

www.stampmagazine.co.uk £4.99

Sierra Leone gems
Collecting
the world’s
earliest
self-adhesive
stamps on
cover

COLLECTING GROUP

British bisects
Officially
they’re not
supposed to
exist at all.
In reality
they do

In philately you can discover
something new every day ...
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52nd AUCTION

15 FEBRUARY 2022 | BANKNOTES & COINS
7 - 11 MARCH 2022 | PHILATELY
SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AUCTION:
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Special part US POSTAL CARDS PART II
with approx. 100 single lots
Special Section FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Special Section AUSTRIA – Proofs
Very nice and rare THAILAND stamps
Venezuela colour misprint from 1861
Rare covers e.g. from Switzerland, Straits
Settlements (Malaysia) and German territories
Interesting offer CHINA
Many rare BANKNOTES, e.g. from INDIA

OUR AUCTIONS –
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Philately, Banknotes & Coins
54th AUCTION
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Banknotes & Coins
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Philately
CLOSING DATE
FOR CONSIGNMENTS:
Single lots 8 weeks and
collection lots 7 weeks before auction

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MAGAZINE

WELCOME

IN THIS ISSUE

Like many British stamp issues in recent
years (Classic Toys, Dad’s Army and
Dennis & Gnasher, to name but three)
this edition of the magazine is likely to
appeal to ‘gentlemen of a certain age’.
Firstly (page 44), we reminisce over a bygone era
of excitement and wonderment, when philately felt
like a mainstream branch of science and there was
no practical problem that could not be solved by a
technical-sounding proprietary gadget.
If you had a Thor stamp press, a Roto-Gage
perforation measurer, a Macon watermark detector
and a Thirkell position-finder, you were the envy of
your peers, right up there with Sir Edward Bacon and
the Earl of Crawford in the league table of collectors
to be taken very seriously indeed!
Secondly (page 86), we reassess the revolutionary
1960s stamp issues of Sierra Leone, with all their
free-form, self-adhesive, over-sized, devil-may-care,
in-your-face impudence.
Objectively, these were a greater technical
achievement than any philatelic gadget, with a
longer-lasting legacy, but did we admire them for it?
Not really. They obviously weren’t proper stamps
because we couldn’t soak them off envelopes
satisfactorily, affix hinges to them reliably or fit them
in a stock book neatly.
The solution, as our feature suggests, is to collect
them on cover, because after all they did see plenty
of genuine postal use, and did have a genuine impact
on the unfolding story of philately.
Sadly, perhaps, brash multi-coloured stickers
dominate the stamp output of many countries today,
while the Roto-Gage is nowhere to be seen.

GUY THOMAS, Editor

10 NEW ISSUES
Jersey’s attractive set illustrating
historic commercial aircraft

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20 AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Gems from Mauritius and British
Guiana mingle with oddities from
Tibet and the Papal States

GB NEW ISSUE
Full analysis of the new set
honouring The Rolling Stones

GB NEW ISSUE

20 World rarities at auction

A David Gentleman miniature
sheet for the London show

ISSN 0307-6679

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WORLD NEWS
Stamps celebrating one Queen’s
Platinum Jubilee and another
Queen’s Golden Jubilee

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The world’s first self-adhesive stamps, and the best way to collect them

GB COLLECTOR
Royal Mail’s special stamp
programme for 2022

34 LETTERS
Confusion caused by forged
stamps and ‘barcoded’ stamps
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26 Rock-and-roll stamps

CONTENTS
MARCH 2022 | Volume 88, Number 3 | www.stampmagazine.co.uk

Philatelic paraphernalia of times gone by, from colour guides to watermark detectors

A bisected Victorian stamp on cover

FEATURES

44 PHILATELIC
PARAPHERNALIA
Prepare to be overcome by
nostalgia as we recall the
stamp packets, hinges, presses,
watermark detectors, perforation
gauges, surcharge measurers and
colour guides of days gone by

86 SIERRA LEONE
SELF-ADHESIVES
The pioneering self-adhesive
issues of Sierra Leone, from 1964
to 1971, were not easy to collect as
individual stamps. But they saw
plenty of postal use, and make a
spectacular display on cover

William Humphrys’ iconic engravings

What to see and when at the London 2022 international exhibition

34 TALKING POINT
To make the most of the upcoming
London 2022 exhibition, plan your
visit with care

14 LONDON 2022
EXHIBITION GUIDE
When to go, what to see, who to
meet. All you need to know about
Britain’s international exhibition,
delayed for two years but ready to
make an impression this month

83 COMMONWEALTH
CLASSICS
The first definitive series of Iraq,
issued under Britain’s League of
Nations mandate in 1923

94 GREAT ENGRAVERS
As an engraver for Perkins Bacon
in the 1850s, William Humphrys
created some all-time classics

VICTORIANA
Few bisected stamps have passed
through the British postal system,
but here’s an example from 1899

102 WHAT’S ON
Exhibition, auction, fair and society
dates for your diary

121 STRANGE BUT TRUE
The proud European prince whose
portrait definitives only ever
appeared with his face obliterated

1923 pictorials of Iraq

Commercial aircraft with links to Jersey

COMPETITIONS
Win a Rolling Stones
presentation pack!
Or a copy of our
GB price guide!
See page 41

‘Wouldn’t it have been good for
the innovation of barcoded stamps
to be pubicised more widely?’
see page 34

SUBSCRIBE
Take advantage of our
special subscription offer
and have Stamp Magazine
delivered to your door.
See page 100

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Great Britain 1840-1910 – The “BESANÇON” Collection (part IV)

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ex Baron de Worms (1938)

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ex Baron de Worms (1938)

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WORLD NEWS

Platinum Jubilee of
Queen Elizabeth II…
Alderney was the first of the British islands to announce stamps celebrating
Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, and they come with an unexpected twist.
The set of six is conventional enough, each depicting the monarch wearing
Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee necklace, said to be one of her favourite
pieces of jewellery. But the first 4,000 sets come with an additional
monochrome printing of one of the full-colour designs, which have been
produced in a limited edition as an extra collectable.
The monochrome stamps are not available to purchase separately, so
collectors who want a complete set will need to source them on the philatelic
market. The first person to collect all six will receive a complimentary
limited-edition gold replica stamp depicting Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth
II and the Guernsey Crest.
Any customers who collect the set can send them to the Guernsey Post
philatelic bureau (which issues Alderney’s stamps) for a retrospective
first-day cancellation.
Printed by Enschedé and issued on February 4, the stamps come in
denominations of 50p, 70p, 73p, £1, £1.15, £1.20. Both the full-colour and
black-and-white versions have a silver foil inscription and border, and a gloss
finish to the necklace.
There is also a £2.20 minitaure sheet illustrating the necklace.

…and Golden Jubilee of
Queen Margrethe II
The Golden Jubilee of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has been
celebrated with stamps from Denmark itself and her other realms,
Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
On January 3, Denmark issued a miniature sheet of three 12k
stamps, depicting Margrethe in 1972 (aged 31) and in 2022 (aged 81),
along with the royal coat of arms.
On January 14, Greenland released a 50k miniature sheet showing
Margrethe in Greenlandic national costume beside an icy fjord, and
the Faroe Islands a 50k miniature sheet showing her in Faroese
national costume in front of the ruins of St Magnus Cathedral.
For all three issues, the engravings are by Martin Mörck.
Queen Margrethe II came to the throne on January 14, 1972, after
the death of her father, King Frederik IX.

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A stamp launch in Serbia made international headlines for the first
time, but for all the wrong reasons.
Tennis star Novak Djokovic attended the event in December after
his country released a miniature sheet of two commemorative
stamps in his honour.
In January, when he failed to obtain a visa to enter Australia to
take part in the Australian Open tournament because he had not
been vaccinated, it emerged that he had coronavirus at the time of
the launch.
Djokovic, who has spent 350 weeks as the world No1 player and
won 20 grand slam titles, is the greatest sportsman his country has
ever produced. He is also celebrated as a philanthropist, as his
charity foundation helps to build schools and support teachers.

NEWS IN BRIEF
> The Collectors

David Bowie
honoured by
Germany
Germany issued a stamp on January 3 to
mark what would have been the 75th
birthday (on January 8) of the British
musician and songwriter David Bowie.
Bowie lived in West Berlin for a time and
referred to a succession of his records,
released in 1977-79, as ‘the Berlin trilogy’.
The complete album Heroes was recorded
in the city.
Bowie, who died in 2016, was honoured
as part of Royal Mail’s Music Giants
series in 2017.

Bangladesh
virtual show
More than 20 countries participated in a
virtual international stamp exhibition hosted
by Bangladesh from December 10-30.
Bangabandhu 2021 featured 160 exhibits
in 560 frames, and generated an
overprinted postal stationery postcard.

Club of New York
has awarded its
Lichtenstein medal
to Christopher
Harman, who is
chairman of the
RPSL Expert
Committee and
president of the
Great Britain
Philatelic Society.

> The British

Thematic
Association is
making its
recordings of online
presentations freely
available online,
three months after
each original event.
Visit www.british
thematic.org.uk

> The American

Philatelic Society
has published US
Zeppelin & Airship
Mail Flights by
Cheryl Ganz, priced
$80 plus p&p. Visit
www.stamps.org

> It is thought that

Eleanor Collins has
become the oldest
person to attend a
stamp launch in her
honour, after the
jazz singer and
television star was
featured on a
Canada stamp at the
age of 102.

> The Czech

Republic’s
Christmas issue for
the domestic letter
rate was its first
stamp infused with
a festive scent. It
smelt of cinnamon
gingerbread and
pine needles.

> China’s postal

New IRC design in use
A new design for the international reply coupon has come into use,
after being adopted last year at the Universal Postal Union
Congress in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
The ‘Abidjan model’, which will be employed until the end of
2025, replaces the ‘Istanbul model’, which was used from 2017-21.
An IRC allows someone sending a letter to another country to
pay the postage for a reply in advance. It carries the name and flag
of the issuing country, on an otherwise common design.

authority instructed
workers to disinfect
mail from overseas
in January, after it
was suggested that
it could be the
source of a new
Covid-19 outbreak.

> The cost of

collecting one each
of every United
States stamp and
item of postal
stationery fell from
around $105 in 2020
to around $75 in
2021, according to
Linn’s Stamp News.

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Unfortunate timing
of Serbia’s tribute to
Novak Djokovic

WORLD NEWS
NEW ISSUE

Aircraft with a special
connection to Jersey

ersey’s latest stamp issue celebrates
Visiting Commercial Aircraft, with six
stamps and a miniature sheet
recalling significant planes from the 1930s
to the 1990s.
Before 1937, air services to Jersey
consisted of biplanes which landed on the
beach at St Aubin’s Bay, and seaplanes
which landed in the bay itself.
Jersey Airways and Imperial Airways
were early operators of flights to the island,
but their timetables were governed by sea
conditions and tides.
When Jersey Airport opened in 1937 it had
four grass runways, the longest of these
measuring 2,940ft (896m). Ironically, the
airport was improved by the German
occupying forces in World War II, with
concrete taxiways added.
The main runway has been lengthened
several times since, and has measured
5,560ft (1,694m) since 1976.
Many commercial aircraft have visited the

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island over the years, on a growing number
of routes operated by various airlines.
The 54p stamp illustrates the De
Havilland DH.86 Express, a four-engined
passenger biplane of the type operated by
both Jersey Airways and Imperial Airways,
in around 1936. Although it had a reputation
for directional instability, it always
managed to land safely on Jersey’s beach.
The 88p shows the Scottish Aviation Twin
Pioneer I, a transport aircraft with short
take-off and landing (STOL) capabilities,
operating in the livery of Jersey Ferry
Airlines, circa 1971.
The £1.25 design features the
Britten-Norman BN 2A Mk III Trislander, a
three-engined utility plane known for its
economical operating costs. This particular
example is in the distinctive colours of
Guernsey-based Aurigny Air Services,
around 1972-75.
On the £1 stamp we see the BAC
One-Eleven, an 80-seat jet airliner

produced by the British Aircraft
Corporation, flying in the livery of Dan Air
around 1989.
The £1.30 value recalls the Vickers
Viscount 806, a development of the first
turbo-prop airliner of the 1950s. This was
an ageing aircraft when it was used by
British Air Ferries for its services to Jersey,
around 1990.
The most modern image is that of the
Fokker Friendship F27-200 depicted on the
74p stamp in around 1993, in the livery of
the regional operator Air UK. But this was
another venerable machine, originally
developed by its Dutch manufacturer as
early as the 1950s.
The miniature sheet, with its single £4
stamp which is part of a larger illustration,
shows the Trislander on the tarmac at
Jersey Airport.
Illustrated by Toby Dixon, the issue was
printed by Bpost in Belgium and released
on January 20.

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2. That’s the reason why in 2017 European
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Of course, we are no longer in the EU, but
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stamps, by as much as a further 30% above the
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LONDON 2022 EXHIBITION

Plenty to see and do at the
London 2022 exhibition
Britain’s much-anticipated international
philatelic exhibition, London 2022, takes
place in February, some 21 months after
being postponed due to the coronavirus
pandemic in May 2020.
The tradition of holding an international
show in Britain at 10-year intervals might
have been rudely interrupted, but everyone
in the philatelic community hopes the
eight-day event will signal some sort of
return to normality.
The Business Design Centre in Islington
will be packed with more than 100 standholders, including dealers, auctioneers,
postal administrations and societies.
Royal Mail has a stand, and this is the only
place it will be selling the limited-edition
Stamp Designs of David Gentleman
miniature sheet with the London 2022
exhibition overprint.
Over the course of the show you can view
more than 600 competitive exhibits,
occupying no fewer than 3,400 frames,
although you might want to time your visit
carefully because these will be on display in
two parts, each shown for only four days.
The Grand Prix National will be awarded

wHEN & wHErE
VENUE
Business Design Centre, 52 Upper
Street, Islington, London N1 0QH
DATES
February 19-26, 2022
TIMES
Saturday, 10am-6pm
Sunday, 10am-6pm
Monday, 10am-6pm
Tuesday, 10am-6pm
wednesday, 10am-6pm
Thursday, 10am-6pm
Friday, 10am-6pm
Saturday, 10am-4pm
ADMISSION
Opening day, £10
(tickets can be purchased in advance)
Other days, free
INFORMATION
www.london2022.co

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to the best exhibit of a predominantly
British subject, and the Grand Prix
International to the best overall exhibit. A
silver medal will be awarded for the best
exhibit in each class, and there is also a

COvID-19
BRITISH VISITORS
The venue will need to adhere to any
regulations imposed by the
government in response to the
pandemic. These are not expected to
be onerous, but are subject to change
at short notice.
It may be advisable to have a Covid
Pass, to show you are fully vaccinated,
and carry a facemask to wear inside
the BDC and on public transport.
OVERSEAS VISITORS
A professional Covid-19 testing
facility will be able at the venue to
handle the testing of international
visitors, including commissioners,
jurors and stand-holders.
This will be open on February 17-19
for lateral-flow tests on arrival, and
on February 26 for fit-to-fly tests
before departure.
Tests can be booked on the website
at www.london2022.co

World Stamp Championship prize.
Note that there is a £10 admission fee on
the first day of the event, but that entry is
free on every other day.
You can travel to the BDC by London
Underground (it is a short walk from Angel
station on the Northern Line) or by bus
(various routes pass along Upper Street).
Catering services are provided inside the
venue and in a variety of bars and
restaurants close by. Hotel bookings can be
arranged via a link on the exhibition website
if required.
The exhibition has FIP (Fédération
Internationale de Philatélie) patronage and
FEPA (Federation of European Philatelic
Associations) recognition.

The Stamp Active Network, which promotes stamp collecting to children in the UK, will
be offering activities and goodie bags for young collectors attending London 2022.
Activities will include the opportunity to create some philatelic art and an Ask The
Expert feature, at which experienced collectors will answer any questions about
getting started, arranging a collection, exhibiting and more.
Ten £20 vouchers, which can be spent with selected dealers at the show, will be given
out to under-18s on each day of the event.

SEMINARS
The European Federation of Philatelic
Associations (FEPA) is holding two
seminars during the event.
■ Best Practice in Youth Philately
(Sunday 12am)
■ Digitalisation & Social Media in
Philately
(Friday, 10am)

EXHIBITS
Following the formula adopted at
London 2010, the competitive exhibits
will be on display in two parts.
The postal history, postal stationery,
open, picture postcard and revenue
classes, and part of the youth class,
will be on display from the opening
Saturday until midday on Tuesday.
The traditional, aerophilately and
thematic classes, and the remainder
of the youth class, plus exhibits for the
World Stamp Championship, can be
seen from Wednesday until midday
on Friday.
Grand Prix and World Championship
winners, and exhibits recognised as
best in class, will be on show during
the closing Saturday.
Entries in the literature class can be
viewed in the Reading Room, which is
open through the exhibition.
A full list of the exhibits, and when
they will be on display, can be
consulted at www.london2022.co

ABOVE: The Grand Prix International award for the best
overall exhibit is a British Gold Sovereign, dated 2020

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STAMP ACTIVE

LONDON 2022 EXHIBITION
SOCIETIES
TABLES
On the wednesday, around 15 philatelic
societies and study circles will have a
table manned all day in one of the large
meeting rooms at the Business Design
Centre, giving you a chance to talk to
members, have a look at their literature
and find out more about their activities.
They will include:
■ British Society of Australian Philately
■ British west Indies SC
■ Bromley & Beckenham PS
■ Burma (Myanmar) Philatelic SC
■ Czechoslovak PS of GB
■ Egypt Study Circle
■ Forces Postal History Society
■ Great Britain PS
■ Hungarian PS of GB
■ Polar Postal History Society of GB
■ Postal Stationery Society
■ South African Collectors’ Society
■ west Africa Study Circle

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MEETINGS
More than 30 philatelic societies will be
holding meetings during the exhibition,
including the Postal History Society, the
Postal Stationery Society, the GB

Overprints Society, the Perfin Society, the
George vI Collectors Society and the
Exhibitions Study Group.
Also meeting up will be the study
circles for collectors of British west

rDP CErEMONY
This year’s signing ceremony for the roll of Distinguished
Philatelists will take place during the exhibition, at the
premises of the royal Philatelic Society London.
The five 2022 signatories will be accompanied by others
from the past two years who have not yet been able to sign
due to the pandemic.
The event takes place on Monday, February 21, at 15
Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7Bw. There will be a small
exhibition of the collecting interests of some of the
signatories, starting at 2pm, before the ceremony at 5pm,
followed by a drinks reception.
Attendance is open to all, with no need to pre-book. The
ceremony will also be broadcast live on Zoom, so that it can be
seen by a worldwide audience. The meeting ID is 893 1647
5246, and the passcode is rDP@2022.
The invitation to sign the roll is the most prestigious honour
in philately, instituted in 1921. Most years, the ceremony has
taken place at the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain.
The new signatories for 2022 are Dr Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi
from Italy, reinaldo Estevao de Macedo from Brazil, Hugh
Feldman from the UK, Malcolm Groom from Australia and
Patricia Stilwell walker from the USA.

‘An invitation to sign the Roll of
Distinguished Philatelists is the
most prestigious honour in the
hobby, instituted in 1921’
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PAPAL STATES 1852
Complete sheet of the 1s

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£99

David Feldman’s
auction on
December 15 sold
what the
auctioneer
described as ‘one
of the two most
significant items in
Papal States
philately’.
This was the
unique complete
sheet of 50 of the
1852 1-scudo
carmine-rose, the
top value in the
states’ first issue.
In exceptionally
good condition for a
large-format item,
the sheet has
excellent margins
and fresh original
gum, with only a
few hinge remains
in the margins and
a repaired tear in
upper right corner.
It shows the
small interpanneau
margin between
the fifth and sixth
rows, which is
rarely evident on
smaller multiples.
The issue comprised a total of 11 imperforate values with various designs, all based on
the papal insignia, mostly printed in black on coloured paper. With some changes in paper
colour, it remained in used for 15 years.

CHINA 1980
Year of the Monkey
sheet of 80
At the John Bull sale in Hong Kong on
December 20-22 four complete sheets of
China’s 1980 Year of the Monkey 8f stamp
came up in consecutive lots.
The two sheets of 80 which were
described as ‘fresh mint never hinged and
in superb condition’ fetched £81,832 each.
One which was folded along a perforation
made £73,366, and another on which three
stamps had light creases realised £71,480.
Around five million of the ‘Golden Monkey’
stamp were printed, but it remains in
extraordinary demand as the first New Year
issue of the People’s Repubic of China.
In Chinese culture, the number 8 and the
colour red are both considered lucky.

SOLD BY JOHN BULL £81,832

SOLD BY DAVID FELDMAN £99,790

TIBET 1911
Chinese Empire postal stationery
Spink China’s auction of the Shambhala collection of Tibet on January
14 included a rare example of the Chinese Imperial Post’s 1c green
‘Coiling Dragon’ postal stationery card used in Tibet.
Posted from Shigatse to Gyantse (Gyangze) on February 3, 1911, it
was cancelled by a clear strike of the Shigatse-Tibet type C3 circular
datestamp, with a second strike alongside for good measure, and a
smudged Gyantse type C3 datestamp.
Fewer than 12 of these cards are recorded as being used in Tibet,
although it was part of the Chinese Empire at the time.
Eight months after this card was sent, the Xinhai Revolution broke
out in China, bringing an end to the Chinese Empire and allowing Tibet
to claim independence from 1912 until 1951.
The message was written by a Nepalese trader operating in Tibet.

SOLD BY SPINK CHINA £45,253
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BRITISH GUIANA 1851
Unique 4c cover
The latest in a flurry of British Guiana material to
come to the market was the only known cover
franked with the 1851 4c black on lemon-yellow,
sold by David Feldman on December 16.
Cut round, just touched at top left but still with a
continuous frame line, the stamp bears the initials
of postal official W H Lortimer and has a centrally
struck Demerara datestamp of January 14, 1851.
Part of the Quayle correspondence, the cover
was posted from Mahaica to Georgetown. It comes
with BPA certificates of 1969 and 1992.
The primitive 1850-51 ‘Cottonreels’ were the
first stamps of British Guiana, typeset with values
of 2c, 4c, 8c and 12c at the offices of the Royal
Gazette in Georgetown. The 4c in the lemon-yellow
shade was printed on medium wove paper in 1851.

SOLD BY DAVID FELDMAN £38,000

MAURITIUS 1860
Dardenne issue on cover
A very rare cover from Mauritius, sold by Soler y Llach in
Spain, featured both values from the last of the British
colony’s famous locally-printed stamp issues.
Its two examples of the 1d dull vermilion and single 2d pale
blue, imperforate and with very large margins, are from the
issue lithographed by L A Dardenne in December 1859.
The letter was posted to France on February 7, 1860, with a
back stamp confirming its arrival in Bordeaux on March 6.
Following the engraved Lapirot issue in March 1859 and the
re-engraved Sherwin issue of October 1859, both of which
were in the style of the long-running 1848 series, the
Dardenne issue dropped the ‘Post Paid’ inscription and moved
the country name to the top of the design, above a slightly
more convincing portrait of Queen Victoria.
It was in turn replaced, from April 1860, by a brand new
series, with a wider range of values, typographed by De La
Rue in Britain.

SOLD BY SOLER Y LLACH £25,783

SWEDEN 1857
Unique rate to Finland
Amongst an extensive range of classic Sweden stamps and
postal history offered in the Frimärkshuset Skandinavisk sale
on December 11 was this attractive cover paying a rare
postage rate.
In what is thought to be a unique franking, a 24sk orangered and two examples of the 3sk bluish-green from the 1855
first issue of Sweden were used to pay one and a half times
the basic rate to Finland.
The letter was addressed from Upsala to Åbo (the Swedish
name for Turku) on March 12, 1857.
The 24sk was the only value above 8sk in Sweden’s
inaugural series of stamps, so covers such as this are
sought-after exhibition pieces. This one had a fresh
appearance, other than a repaired tear in the side.

SOLD BY FRIMÄRKSHUSET SKANDINAVISK £16,887
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NEW ISSUE

It’s only rock’n’roll,
but do you like it?

oyal Mail issued a set of stamps and a
miniature sheet on January 20 to
celebrate the 60th anniversary of The
Rolling Stones, one of Britain’s most
successful rock bands.
Unlike previous issues in the Music Giants
series, from 2016-21, the eight counter
sheet designs do not reproduce album
covers but focus on the Stones as a live act,
from archive photographs.
Of the four stamps in the miniature sheet,

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two feature posed photographs of the band
and two show posters promoting tours.
The Rolling Stones have sold 250 million
records, including eight No1 singles and
twelve No1 albums in the UK. They have
been acclaimed as the greatest rock-androll band in the world, and were named the
greatest touring band of all time at the
World Music Awards in 2005.
Founded at the instigation of slide
guitarist Brian Jones in June 1962, their

original members also included vocalist
Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards.
By 1963 Bill Wyman had joined as a bass
guitarist and Charlie Watts as a drummer.
Jones left in 1969, and Wyman in 1993, but
guitarist Ronnie Wood joined in 1974,
completing the line-up which dominates all
of the stamps. The quartet was broken up
only by Watts’ death in 2021.
Although their roots were in blues music,
the Stones graduated to the heavier sound

1st class
Mick Jagger on stage in Hyde Park, London,
in July 1969.
1st class
Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts
and Keith Richards on stage in New Jersey,
USA, in August 2019.

PRICES
Set of 8 stamps

£10.20

Miniature sheet

£5.10

Press sheet

£78.50

Presentation pack

£16.20

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Medal cover

£5.85

1st class
Keith Richards on stage in Rotterdam, the
Netherlands, in August 1995.

£1.70
Posters promoting the 1971 UK Tour and
1981 American Tour.

1st class
Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards on stage in
Tokyo, Japan, in March 1995.

1st class
Portrait photograph of the band, circa 2019.

£1.70
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on stage in
New York City, USA, in July 1972.
£1.70
Ronnie Wood on stage in Oslo, Norway, in
May 2014.
£1.70
Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith
Richards on stage at Knebworth,
Hertfordshire, in August 1976.
£1.70
Charlie Watts on stage in Düsseldorf,
Germany, in October 2017.

MINIATURE SHEET
1st class
Portrait photograph of the band, circa 2016.

£12.90
£6.80
£19.99

£1.70
Posters promoting the 1990 Urban Jungle
European Tour and 1975 Tour of the Americas.

OTHER PRODUCTS
The presentation pack, written by rock
critic Alexis Petridis, looks back at the long
history of the band and has a selection of
photographs taken throughout their career
A press sheet of 14 uncut miniature
sheets is offered in a limited edition of 500,
and stamp cards and aselection of first day
covers are available.

VERDICT
COMMEMORATIVE WORTH
The Rolling Stones are a British export
with international acclaim and an
impressively long pedigree
QUALITY OF DESIGN
An almost complete reliance on
photographs from performances is
unimaginative and disappointing
WOW FACTOR
It may be rock-and-roll, but few of the
selected images are particularly edgy

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as they wrote more of their own songs, with
Jagger and Richards taking the lead role.
Among their most famous recordings are
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction in 1965, Jumpin’
Jack Flash in 1968, Brown Sugar in 1971 and
It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (But I Like It) in 1974.
Designed by Baxter & Bailey, the issue
was printed in litho by International
Security Printers. The counter sheet
stamps come in se-tenant strips of four.

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NEW ISSUE

Gentlemanly tribute to
an influential artist

n February 18, Royal Mail will release
a miniature sheet of six stamps
celebrating The Stamp Designs of
David Gentleman.
The stamp-on-stamp issue is timed to
coincide with the London 2022 international
exhibition, and a limited edition of 10,000
numbered sheets bearing the logo of the
exhibition will be produced for sale at the
event only, at the same price.
Gentleman, who will be 92 years old in
March, is the most famous designer of
British stamps in the modern era, credited
with more than 100 designs between 1962
and 2000. At a time when most stamps were
hand-illustrated by artists rather than
based on photography or created digitally,
he was known for his detailed watercolour
paintings and evocative woodcuts.
He also exercised huge influence over the
development of special issues, through the
‘Gentleman album’ of experimental designs
commissioned by Tony Benn as Postmaster
General from 1964-66. It demonstrated how
pictorial stamps could benefit from
downsizing the image of the monarch, from
the Wilding portrait to a small cameo head,

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Press sheet
Presentation pack

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£89.88

1st class SOCIAL REFORMERS, 1976
The 8½p value in a set of four, noting
Thomas Hepburn’s 19th century efforts to
improve working conditions for coal miners.
£1.70 900th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
BATTLE OF HASTINGS, 1966
The 6d value in a set of eight, based on the
Bayeux Tapestry, showing a Norman ship.
£1.70 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE
OF BRITAIN, 1965
One of six se-tenant 4d values in a set of
eight, illustrating a quartet of Supermarine
Spitfires in flight.
and set the tone for more popularist sets.
The illustrated designs cover the years
1962-76, and include some of Gentleman’s
most memorable work. The 1st class
stamps have a smaller format than the
others, in keeping with the original issues.

OTHER PRODUCTS
A press sheet of uncut miniature sheets is
available, as well as a presentation pack,
stamp cards and first day covers.

2nd class NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY
YEAR, 1962
The 3d value in a set of three, showing the
logo of NPY, a government initiative, and an
allusion to rising industrial efficiency
throughout the country.

COMMEMORATIVE WORTH
This is a rare but welcome recognition
of a legend of British stamp design

2nd class BRITISH SHIPS, 1969
One of three se-tenant 9d values in a set of
six, illustrating an Elizabethan galleon.

£7.35

Stamp cards

£3.15

First day cover

£8.35

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1st class BRITISH TREES, 1973
A 9p value illustrating an oak tree, the first
in a short series of two singleton stamps.

VERDICT

QUALITY OF DESIGN
Taking the minimalist approach to a
stamp-on-stamp set allows the
original artwork to shine through
WOW FACTOR
This issue is one for philatelists rather
than for the general public, most of
whom will not notice it

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2022 stamp programme
is a mix of predictable,
thematic and secretive
2022 SCHEDULE

Royal Mail’s special stamp programme for
2022 will comprise 15 issues, although the
subjects of only 11 of these were announced
in January.
After the January and February issues
with their musical and philatelic themes,
two of the remainder have sporting subjects
and two more focus on fauna. Two honour
‘heroes’, of various kinds, while one is
military, one historic and the other is the
Christmas issue.
Stamps marking the 150th anniversary of
football’s FA Cup in March and Birmingham
hosting the Commonwealth Games in July
should be popular with sports fans, while
the Migratory Birds and Cats sets might be
expected to be purely pictorial.
The Heroes of the Covid Pandemic issue
was announced in advance last year, as the
designs are being selected from entries to a
competition aimed at school-age children.
Unsung Heroes is clarified as featuring

Women of World War II, but that broad
description leaves a lot to the imagination.
The Royal Marines issue does not appear
to be inspired an obvious anniversary, as
this famous corps of the Royal Navy was
established in 1664.
The Tutankhamun theme is an unexpected
choice, marking as it does the 150th
anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of
an Egyptian pharaoh, albeit by a British-led
team of archaeologists.
Of the unannounced sets, one can be
expected to celebrate the 70th anniversary
of the Queen’s Accession (which occurred
on February 6, 1952), and there is
understandable speculation that one will
mark the 100th anniversary of the BBC
(founded on October 18, 1922).
Reasons for keeping details of planned
sets under wraps include human
sensitivities, but also licensing deals which
have yet to be finalised.

ISP rebrands
as Cartor

Letter delivered thanks to
description rather than address

International Security Printers, the
umbrella organisation for Walsall and
Cartor, has formally changed its name to
Cartor Security Printers.
Walsall, based in the UK, has been
printing British stamps by lithography and
photogravure since 1989. Its main UK plant
in now in Wolverhampton.
Walsall took over French-based Cartor in
2004, and some of its production for Royal
Mail has been carried out in France since
2005. Accreditation for the printing of
British stamps has been given to the group
name ISP since 2013.
ISP has worked for more than 180 postal
administrations, and may feel the Cartor
name has more resonance internationally.

Royal Mail got some
positive publicity in
the national media
in January for
managing to deliver
a letter to its
intended recipient
in Northern Ireland,
based on his first
name, the name of
the town where he
lives, and a potted
family history.
The address on
the cover read:
‘Feargal, Lives
across the road
from the Spar, his
ma and da used to own it, his mother was Mary and da Joseph, moved to Waterfoot after he
got married, plays guitar and used to run discos in the parochial hall and the hotel in the
80s. Friends with the fella runs the butchers in Waterfoot too, Cushendall, BT44, N Ireland.’
The letter was successfully delivered with a label marked ‘Address incomplete’.

30 www.stampmagazine.co.uk MARCH 2022

Jan 20 The Rolling Stones
Feb 4

(to be announced)

Feb 18 Designs of David Gentleman
Mar 8

The FA Cup

Mar 23 Heroes of the Pandemic
Apr 7

Migratory Birds

May 5

Unsung Heroes: Women of WWII

Jun 9

Cats

Jul 1

(to be announced)

Jul 28

Commonwealth Games

Sep 1

(to be announced)

Sep 29 Royal Marines
Oct 19

(to be announced)

Nov 3

Christmas

Nov 24 Tutankhamun

The huge range of products accompanying the Rolling
Stones stamp issue includes prestige stamp books,
collector’s sheets, ‘fan sheets’ and much more besides.
The 24-page prestige book has four panes of

stamps: two featuring the counter sheet designs, one
featuring the miniature sheet designs (all in se-tenant
arrangements not found elsewhere) and one with two
10p, two 20p, two 50p and two £1 Machin
definitives around a non-postal label.
The standard book is priced £20.85,
while a limited-edition version
presented in a flight-case style
presentation box is priced £49.99.
The two collector’s sheets both
include one of each design from the
set of eight, in self-adhesive rather
than gummed form, alongside labels
showing the band on stage.
One carries images from various
tours, while the other focuses on the
Hyde Park concerts of 1969 and 2013.
Both are priced £11.50.
The two fan sheets are limitededition miniature sheets of three 1st
class designs, with the borders
recalling the Hyde Park gigs and the
Voodoo Lounge Tour of 1994-95. Both are
marketed at £7.00, a huge premium over
the face value of the stamps.
Besides the usual presentation pack for
the stamp issue as a whole, there is a
stamps pack priced £10.50 and a
miniature sheet pack priced £5.40.
Further merchandising includes
two replica stamps produced in solid
silver, sold at £99.99 each, and a replica set
of eight reproduced in 24-carat gold,
colourised and embossed, sold at £149.99!

NEWS IN BRIEF
> Subscribers to the

philatelic service
were forewarned
about new definitive
stamps and booklets
to be issued on
February 1, although
Royal Mail did not
formally announce
details in advance. A
special set of
Machins to mark the
Queen’s Platinum
Jubilee was
expected, and new
booklet formats for
stamps with
data-matrix codes.

> During the London
2022 exhibition, The
Postal Museum will
mount a temporary
display of David
Gentleman’s work
which has never
been shown before,
including wood
engravings, essays
and artwork for
unadopted stamp
designs of 1966-68.

> The 2021 yearbook
included a space for
the Christmas
miniature sheet in
error. Since the
sheet was not
packaged with the
product, Royal Mail
sent a free one to
those who ordered
the yearbook from
Tallents House.

> The postal

Collector’s sheets for Lunar New Year
and the London 2022 exhibition
Royal Mail has produced collector’s
sheets for the Lunar New Year and
the London 2022 Exhibition.
The Year of the Tiger sheet, the 11th
in a series which began in 2012, has
20 1st class Firework stamps with 20
se-tenant labels.
Of these, 10 are photographs from
new year festivities and 10 are papercut designs representing the five
elements of metal, water, wood, fire
and earth.
The exhibition sheet has 20 1st
class Hello stamps, with labels
featuring photographs or posters
relating to Mail Rail, London’s former
underground postal rail network.
The sheets are priced £18.20 each.

International Stamp Exhibition
London 2022

services watchdog
Ofcom said it was
monitoring Royal
Mail in January, as
households in more
than 120 districts
experienced long
delays in receiving
their post. During
one week, 15,000
postal staff were
absent from work.

> Thieves stole

seven postboxes
from rural areas in
Suffolk and Norfolk
in the space of two
weeks in January.

Poster art by Edward Bawden, c.1935

Post Office Railway switch frame, 1971

Exhibition at Charing Cross, 1936

Poster art of a switch cabin, c.1939

Mail chutes at Paddington Station, 1928

Sorting table at Charing Cross, c.1948

Train location indicator, 1967

Western District Office station, 1966

Sorting letters at Mount Pleasant, 1934

Poster art by Lili Réthi, 1937

Travelling through the tunnels, 1971

Inside a tunnel, 1932

Pushing a mail bag container, 1928

Loading wagons into a lift, 1927

Post Office Railway, 1935

Emptying a loaded wagon, 1932

Poster art by Richard Ziegler, c.1939

Unloading a mail train, 1962

Operating the control panel, 1935

Post Office Railway route map, c.1984

> In an episode of

Channel 4’s
television series
The Great Pottery
Throwdown, one of
the contestants, who
was from Bath,
made a ceramic
model of a Penfold
postbox.

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LETTER OF THE MONTH

What I got for Christmas: two
counterfeit Machin definitives

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In early December, my postie delivered a ‘Fee To Pay’ card through my door, with the
‘Sender didn’t pay the full postage’ box ticked.
I stumped up £2, and my letter duly arrived, with a £2 To Pay sticker annotated ‘Paid’ in
manuscript. The letter bore a 1st class stamp, which at first glance looked genuine, but
closer inspection revealed several anomalies.
It was not well centred, with the bottom margin very close to the perforations, and the
elliptical perforation was angular, as opposed to the normal gentle curve.
When I examined the security overlay, it clearly wasn’t right. It was in gold, rather than
a shade of red, and stopped significantly to the left of the Queen’s face. Every alternate
row of text was
backwards, and
there was no sign of
any year code.
Just before
Christmas, the
postie delivered an
eBay purchase from
North Yorkshire with
another forgery
affixed to the cover.
It was better centred
than the first, but the
other telltale signs
were still evident.
This one had not
been detected by
Royal Mail.
Brian Dow,
via e-mail

Donate your unwanted material
to youth organisations

Gabon’s postal service is still operating,
albeit with ageing stamp issues

The Soapbox column by Alan Spencer urging us not to give
up on encouraging young collectors (February issue, page
27) was very laudable.
During the pandemic lockdown I sorted through my
collections and accumulated stamps and covers, and sent
unwanted items to Stamp Active, the voluntary
organisation which promotes stamp collecting for young
people.
Keith Cruttenden, via e-mail

I was very interested in your feature on Gabon (January issue, page 50), and
its closing comments on the country’s philatelic decline in recent years.
I have a couple of 2017 covers from Gabon, with the country’s distinctive
new-style rectangular postmark, which show that it does still have a
functioning postal system.
In both cases the stamps themselves date from 2000-07, which appears to
dovetail with the statement about the Stanley Gibbons catalogue listing
tailing off after 2008.
I believe that both the Michel and Scott catalogues have more up-to-date
listings, though.
Nicholas Pertwee, via e-mail

Even the Post Office is giving
up on sending letters
I received a letter and brochure from the Post Office
telling me that my PO Savings Account must now be
linked to a current account with a UK bank.
Rather more bizarrely, there were repeated demands
that all customers must also provide an e-mail address,
so it looks very much as if even the Post Office is giving up
on sending letters.
Are we really on our way to witnessing the end of a
postal service we have enjoyed for centuries?
Russ Walker, Glasgow
34 www.stampmagazine.co.uk MARCH 2022

Recent Soapbox columns have offered contrasting views on whether and how
youngsters can be encouraged to become collectors. Jeff Newman adjudicates
The recent Soapbox columns by Alastair
Gunn (December issue, page 33) and
Alan Spencer (February issue, page 27),
have got me thinking.
The question of how to bring new
collectors into the hobby has been
debated for almost as long as I can
remember, and Alastair and Alan appear
to have very different views on the topic.
I have some differences of opinion with
Alan, but I’m afraid I couldn’t disagree
with Alastair more.
APPEAL OF COLLECTING
Alastair begins with the assertion that
children were never interested in
philately en masse, and that those that
were came primarily from upper-middle
class families where the father was a
philatelist.
This is complete nonsense. Kids from
all backgrounds were avid collectors of
all sorts of things: cigarette cards,
football stickers, tea cards, coins and, of
course, stamps. When I was at school, as
a pre-teen in the late 1960s and early
1970s, virtually everyone collected
stamps.
He proceeds to suggest that there is
some sort of skill involved in philately
that eludes the young. Whilst I agree
that a collection may become more
sophisticated as the collector matures,
that doesn’t mean that kids can’t get
involved in their own way.
What I enjoy most about going to a
stamp fair today is what drew me to
collecting in the first place: sifting
through boxes of material looking for
interesting (or valuable!) items.
Alastair says philately is a hobby for
adults, but few adults can match the
enthusiasm that children show when
they embrace a hobby.
AVAILABILITY OF MATERIAL
Alan’s approach is to suggest positive
action to bring the hobby to the attention
of children, such as by making material
and albums freely available, running
courses for teachers and youth leaders,
and persuading the media to give more
coverage to philately.
My main difference of opinion with him
is not over how to stimulate young
people’s interest, but why this should be
necessary.
When I started collecting I didn’t need
encouragement from adults, or indeed

ABOVE: Poster promoting the 1972 Broadcasting Anniversaries set. Fifty years ago, new issues were anticipated
with excitement, could be purchased mint for 24½p, and could be found used on your mail
any sort of artificial stimulation. A
regular supply of mail with stamps on it
was all I required.
New issues were comparatively rare
(which increased interest in them), and
affordable. The fact that used stamps
were numerous and effectively free
made collecting more accessible.
Finding relatives or friends with
foreign correspondents was a gateway
to an exotic world, at a time when
foreign travel was rare. Used stamps
from these letters stoked interest in
geography and other cultures.
CONTINUING RELEVANCE
Sadly, these catalysts to the juvenile
imagination are largely a thing of the

past. Keeping up with the plethora of
sticky labels issued today is beyond the
wallets of many adults, yet alone those
of their children, and it is also becoming
increasingly difficult to find examples
used in the post.
I have tried to encourage my daughter
and granddaughter to collect, but they
are not interested. I have reached the
conclusion that kids need to be selfmotivated, and this will not happen
without the source material being
readily and cheaply available.
Alan’s suggestions are laudable, but
they require the use of stamps for
postage. Without this, there simply is no
hobby to support.
Dr Jeff Newman

MARCH 2022 www.stampmagazine.co.uk 35

SOAPBOX

YOUR VIEWS
A unique Victorian franking picked up for 99p
Your Victoriana
feature about an 1881
cover to Mauritius
(February issue, page
55) reminded me that
few years ago I picked
up one of the most
battered covers I have
ever bought, for 99p
on eBay.
It turned out to be a
unique example of the
1880 1s brown (from
plate 13) in
combination with the
1873 1s green (from
plate 13). The 1s
brown is obviously
ripped, but as the late Gilbert Wheat said, ‘find me another one’.
The letter was sent from London to the same addressee as the cover you featured, Messrs
Pipon Adam & Co, on October 28, 1880.
Directed via the Cape of Good Hope, it arrived on December 6, taking about six weeks,
considerably longer than the cover via Aden.
Peter McCann, via e-mail

Should the public have
been advised about
‘barcoded’ stamps?
An interesting comment column in the
Bradford Telegraph & Argus in December
gave a non-collector’s perspective on the
British stamps which are now appearing
with data-matrix codes.
The writer reported buying a batch of 2nd
class Christmas stamps, and finding to her
surprise that ‘each one had a weird sticker
on the edge with what looked like a
scrambled pattern on it.’ Her response was
to tear this off!
Later she realised they were ‘barcodes’
and ‘were meant to be left on’. She thought
they were ‘a new addition to deter people
from reusing stamps’.
Having got several assumptions wrong,
however, she was probably quite right in her
overall conclusion: ‘Wouldn’t it have been
good for (this innovation) to have been
publicised widely?’
Stuart Phillips, Bradford

In the dock for impersonating a police officer

Why pay over the odds?

I was surprised to see the answer to your
recent Spot The Stamp competition
(January issue, page 31) given as the 13p
value in the 1976 Centenary of the First
Telephone Call set, ‘illustrating a policeman
making a call’.
I have been collecting on the theme of the
police since 1968, and this was news to me!
The illustration alongside the answer
confirms that the man making the call on
this stamp is not wearing a police uniform
or helmet, but an industrial hard hat.
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue describes
him as an ‘industrialist’. Case solved?
Robert Holdeman, Constabulary & Other
Philatelic Society (COPS)

Of course, collectors can choose to source
their material from wherever they like. But
after 50 years or so of being involved in the
stamp dealing world, I’ve never understood
why some people are quite prepared to pay
over the odds, for rare stamps or for
common stamps.
They buy from Stanley Gibbons, for
example, when identical items can be
purchased elsewhere for less money.
Why would you buy a bottle of wine for £10
from one supermarket, when you can buy
the same bottle for £7 from another? It’s an
unresolved mystery.
Ray Howes, Weymouth

You’ve caught us red-handed. It’s the 10p value
in the set, of course, that depicts a police
officer. The next time we find ourselves in
front of an identity parade, we promise to look
more carefully!

Surely religious themes and images are eminiently
suitable for Christmas stamp issues?
I must take exception to Steven Ardon’s letter (February issue, page 26) complaining that
religious themes are dominating Royal Mail’s Christmas stamps.
As he obviously dislikes Christian imagery, I am surprised that he wants to send cards
that celebrate a Christian festival.
I have no problem with the festivals and holidays of other faiths being marked by the issue
of special stamps, however. I fact, I would strongly support these rather than issues that are
in the 2022 schedule, such as the Rolling Stones, the FA Cup and Cats.
John Shannon, Moneyreagh
36 www.stampmagazine.co.uk MARCH 2022

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stamps) ... ...................................................... £285

7897 : 1938-1949 KGVI mint light hinge selection
with 1938 etc 5s, 10s (both perfs), £1, 1945 Constitution including the four extra perfs. Cat £140 (19
stamps)` ........................................................... £35

MALAYA - KEDAH

JAMAICA

7874 : 1937 Sultan short set to $2 (no $5) mint light
hinge (SG 40/53 cat £770) (14 stamps) ...... £225

7896 : 1955-1969 QEII mint range (light hinge to
1960, later mainly u/m), includes 1956 set (SG 159/
74 cat £100), 1964 set, 1969 C-DAY ovpt set, and
a few others. Cat c£135 (70 stamps) ............. £25

LATVIA
7955 : 1918-1940 mint (hinged) and used collection on quadrille leaves (written up), with 1918 Map
stamps (12), Sun type with perforation varieties,
banknote stamps, 1925 Libau Views set mint, various 1920s commems, 1930 Anti-TB set mint, 1932
Militia (Feb) perf and imperf u/m, Militia (May) set
mint, and others to 1940 (350 stamps) ........ £250

LITHUANIA
7956 : 1932-1940 mint (hinged) and used range
of commems and airmail commems (some in sets),
1939 Olympics and Scouts mint, 1939 Basketball
mint + used, others to 1940, plus a few modern
(300 stamps) ................................................... £75

MARCH
2022

7873 : 1937 the large format Sultan set mint light
hinge (SG 60/68 cat £300) (9 stamps) ......... £125

MALAYA - KELANTAN
MALTA
7779 : 1899 5s Allegory (SG 34) ovpt SPECIMEN
unused no gum ............................................... £35

MALTA
7936 : 1885-2005 used collection in 4-ring binder,
quadrille leaves, from 1885 to 1s (2 shades), 1899
4½d, 2s6d, Edward to 1s, KGV to 1s. 1922 2s6d
Self-Government, 1922 Allegory to 5s, 1926 POSTAGE ovpts most to 10s, 1928 Views ovpts to 2s6d
and 1930 to 3s, KGVI to 5s, 1949 Silver Wedding,
QEII virtually complete to 2005 (weight 1½ kilos)
....................................................................... £350

MALTA
7778 : 1870-1986 mint and used collection in Davo
hingeless album (peg binder, titled) from 1870 ½d
wmk CC unused and used, 1882 ½d wmk CA used
neat cds, 1885 QV to 1s, 1899 2s6d and 10s large
format used, 1903 and 1904 Edward to 1s mint or
used, 1914 KGV 2c and 5s used, 1922 Allegory
most to 10s mainly mint, 1926 similar for POSTAGE ovpts, 1926 pictorials to 3s mint. 1930 ovpts
range to 3s, KGVI nearly complete mint or used,
QEII and Independent fairly complete mainly mint
to 1986. (weight 1½ kilos) ............................. £250

MALTA
LUXEMBOURG
6331 : 1874 25c Arms (small margins local printing), mint, well centred and fresh colour (SG 52 cat
£1100) (illus) (1 stamp) ... ............................. £200

40+ years in the same
successful format. Just
ask for our monthly list ->

7780 : 1912 "One Penny" surcharge (SG 36) ovpt
SPECIMEN, mint light hinge .......................... £25

Hundreds more lots...
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PO Box 873, YORK YO31 6GL telephone 01904 400648
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THE LATE, LATE SHOW
A full world stamp exhibition takes place in Britain only once every 10 years.
Or, in this case, 12 years. So make the most of London 2022
THE AUTHOR
t was in March 2020 that I
would-be stand-holders and
You might conclude that there
Richard West is
last contributed a Talking
exhibitors can now no longer
is so much to see that a single
Stamp Magazine’s
Point column to Stamp
participate. Generally their
day’s visit will not be sufficient
Editor at Large
and a Past
Magazine. Who could have
places have been taken by those
for you. But which days will you
President of the
foreseen what the next two
who were not able to take part
set aside? A couple of key
National Philatelic
Society
years would bring?
then, but have seized the
factors may influence your
Then, the philatelic world was
opportunity now.
decision.
looking forward to London 2020,
London has a proud history of
First, since there is sufficient
The website details clearly
the international stamp
organising ‘internationals’.
exhibition material to fill 3,400
which exhibits you will find in
exhibition that was planned for
However, those planning a visit
frames, which is twice as many
which half of the event.
May. It was
Second, many
promptly
societies are
postponed, due to
holding meetings
the coronavirus
during the show, or
pandemic, and we
having tables
have since become
promoting their
used to an online
activities on the
hobby, from society
Wednesday.
meetings via Zoom
Bear in mind, too,
to navigating our
that while
way around Virtual
admission will be
Stampex.
free on most days,
There is still
there will be a
some uncertainty,
charge of £10 on
but gradually some
the opening day. To
of the aspects we
save time, these
have missed have
tickets can be
been returning.
purchased in
Many were able to
advance, again via
meet fellow
the website.
collectors and
Naturally, do
dealers ‘in the
ensure that you are
flesh’ once more at
aware of the latest
Stampex last
ABOVE: There will be plenty to see at the London 2022 international exhibition, so plan your visit carefully
advice on Covid-19,
September. Local
and plan your
stamp fairs are
journey to and from
starting up again,
London carefully;
and most societies
for example, there
have resumed
may be disruption
regular meetings.
for those using rail
Now, finally, we
services from the
can look forward to the
these days have one huge
as can be accommodated at the
south coast, and part of the
rescheduled international
advantage: the information
BDC at any one time, the
Northern Line of the London
exhibition, renamed London
available online in advance. To
exhibits will be shown in two
Underground will not be in
2022, from February 19-26.
ensure you make the most of
parts; some will be on display
operation.
Much about the event will be
your visit, it is highly
from February 19 until midday
A wide range of dealers,
as originally intended in May
recommended that you study
on February 22, and the
auctioneers and postal
2020. The venue will be the
the exhibition website at
remainder from February 23
administrations will be present,
familiar Business Design Centre
www.london2022.co
until midday on February 25.
including Royal Mail, so you will
in Islington. Most of the booth
probably want to plan in
holders who had previously
advance which booths you are
booked will be there. The
most keen to visit.
majority of the competitive
But do leave some spare time
displays entered back then will
for
being distracted by other
If you go to London 2022, please give us your feedback after
still be on view.
dealers and exhibits, or
the event. How important are international shows to you?
Sadly the two years have
bumping into collectors you
E-mail your comments to guy.thomas@mytimemedia.com
taken their toll, and some of the
have not seen for two years! ■

‘You might conclude that there is so much to see at
London 2022 that a single day’s visit will not be
sufficient. But which days will you set aside?’

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

MARCH 2022 www.stampmagazine.co.uk 39

TALKING POINT

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REF T604

REF T605

REF T606

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CONTAINING ON AND OFF PAPER,
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BUT SOME EARLY MIXED IN, BETTER
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CONTAINS STAMPS ON & OFF PAPER,
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GREAT BRITAIN SHOE BOX, FREE
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CONTAINING A GOOD MIX OF ALL 6 REIGNS
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WORLD (NO GB) 12KG BOX
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COMMONWEALTH AND FOREIGN (NO
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ON & OFF PAPER, ALSO MIXED COUNTRIES IN VARIOUS BOXES &
STOCKBOOKS OF WORLD ETC A GOOD MIX INC GB, C/W & FOREIGN
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A GOOD LOT, VERY HIGH CAT, WITH TOP VALUES AND AUCTION
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OLD-TIME PARAPHERNALIA

Philostalgia!
Things ain’t what they used to be, and that’s as true of philatelic gadgetry as it is of
postage stamps themselves. How many of these venerable products did you once
own and use? And how much do you enjoy wallowing in nostalgia?
■ Report by John Winchester

n 1902 the philatelist and
journalist Edward Nankivell
prefaced his classic work, Stamp
Collecting As A Pastime, with the
observation that ‘Many people are
at a loss to understand the
fascination that surrounds the
pursuit of stamp collecting.’
How puzzled would these people
be to learn that, 120 years on,
collectors could still be fascinated
not only by the history of stamps
themselves but also by the history
of the hobby?
Evocative collectables include old
books (such as Nankivell’s) and
magazines, long out-of-date
catalogues and exhibition
souvenirs, many of which have a
period charm which extends
beyond their value as historical

RIGHT: Box for the
original metal version
of the Thor stamp
press by White Ace, a
philatelic gadget for
collectors who loved
a gadget

‘Amongst the most charming of
all philatelic ephemera is the
hardware of yesteryear, once
essential but now passé’
reference material.
Amongst all this ephemera,
perhaps the most charming of all is
the philatelic hardware of
yesteryear, the paraphernalia
which was once thought essential
but has now become passé.
It has been said that nothing
intensifies warm feelings about ‘the
good old days’ so much as a poor
memory. Sure enough, while some
of the gadgets which were
marketed to the burgeoning army
of collectors in bygone days proved
invaluable, others were destined to
gather dust.
But if the sun has indeed set on
the golden age of philately, some
nostalgia is excusable. Here are a
few objects which, for those of a
certain age, are sure to evoke
feelings of what we might call
‘philostalgia’.

Stamp packets
In the golden
age of
philately, how
did budding
stamp
collectors
acquire new
material?
Some were
lucky enough
to receive
colourful
issues torn
from the correspondence of a friend or
relative, but for many their fix was
provided by taking their pocket money to
the local stamp shop, or Woolworth’s.
Among the many stamp packets on offer

44 www.stampmagazine.co.uk MARCH 2022

might be the
Trusty Packets
marketed by
Frank Godden,
their very
name
suggesting
dependability.
The Golden
Value series
might offer
you six mint
British Empire
stamps, eight transport stamps, or even a
dozen world commemoratives for just 6d.
These were a real rival to the ‘guaranteed
unpicked’ Mission Mixture offers you
might see advertised in your weekly comic.

Stamp collecting had been an evolving hobby for
some years before any refined method of
attaching stamps to an album page was devised.
The gummed hinge did not appear until 1868,
and even then it was unfolded.
Some early collectors (look away now if you are
easily offended) were reduced to pasting items
onto a page, while the more savvy fabricated
home-made hinges from selvedge, or strips of thin
typewriting paper treated with gum Arabic.
The commercially manufactured hinge did not came into
common use until around 1900, and was not pre-folded or
‘peelable’ until about 1930.
The Peerless brand of stamp hinges, which were made in
England and could be purchased in tins of 1,000, were
promoted as holding securely but capable of being peeled
off easily and cleanly from mint or used stamps when
necessary.
They were also described as being
‘tasteless’, which tells us something about
how our use of language has changed in
the interim!
Hinges could not hold out against the
knowledge that they would devalue mint
stamps by 10-20% of their catalogue value.
How many collectors use them today?

Hinge
moistener
The philatelic
press used to
be full of
instructions as
to how
collectors could
fabricate their
own philatelic
aids from
household items,
and one classic
example was
how to convert
an old fountain
pen into a hinge
moistener, with a
brush installed in
place of a nib.
This device must
have been
particularly welcome for those who
had made their own hinges from
strips of thin typewriting paper
treated with gum Arabic and borax
or carbolic acid, because they could
not have tasted very pleasant!

Thirkell position finder
Devised in the early 1930s and marketed by Stanley Gibbons, the
Thirkell position finder was created to enable collectors to give an
alphanumeric reference to a flaw, retouch or re-entry.
The transparent device was printed with a grid of 3mm squares,
which was placed over the stamp in question, aligning the top left
corner of its design with the zero coordinates. The position of the
point of interest could then be given a grid reference.
If an even more exact location was required, measurements could
be read off the millimetre scales on the opposite sides.
The method was used by a few specialist catalogues to locate
constant varieties, but its drawback was that it did require all
parties to be ‘singing off the same hymn sheet’.

MARCH 2022 www.stampmagazine.co.uk 45

Peelable hinges

OLD-TIME PARAPHERNALIA

Colour guides
Graduations of colour are infinite, and can be a
minefield for collectors. Green, for instance, varies
from yellow-green to blue-green, and adding prefixes
such as ‘bright’, ‘dull’, ‘pale’ or ‘deep’, not to mention
suffixes such as ‘-ish’, creates a spectrum that is largely
subjective.
Demand for a universally acknowledged guide
encouraged Stanley Gibbons in 1899 to commission
Benjamin Warhurst to edit a Colour Dictionary, which
identified, named and numbered about 200 different
shades used to print stamps.
This led to the Colour Guide For Stamp Collectors,
in which 45 actual used stamps were assembled on a
card for comparison. The concept was sound,
although not helped by the cancellations, which in
some cases could be rather heavy.
In the 1930s, this useful tool was improved when
Gibbons commissioned Perkins Bacon to print a
cinderella stamp (with a Britannia design) in 100
different colours.
This was the apogee of colour guides, much more
inspiring than the familiar block colour swatches of
modern times.

COMPETITION MEDALS
It has been said that the difference
between a stamp collector and a
philatelist is that the former wants you to
look at his stamps, while the latter is
more keen to examine yours.
Either way, recognition for a fine exhibit
is important, and the traditional accolade
is the award of a medal.
Like other paraphernalia, old-time
medals have a historic aura, and can be
found on the philatelic market. This
example, minted by J A Restall, was
awarded to H J White at the London
Philatelic Exhibition in 1897.

46 www.stampmagazine.co.uk MARCH 2022

For collectors using blank stamp albums, the most convenient way to
head up pages with the relevant country name used to be packs of
gummed pre-printed labels.
The manufacturers of these had their work cut out, because stamps
have been issued by more than 700 postal authorities, from Abkhazia
to Zululand. Dead countries, nascent countries and perhaps even
unrecognised countries needed to be catered for, but how many labels
should be supplied for each?
To appeal to a buyer who might
otherwise have employed calligraphy, a
typewriter or even a stencil, the
benefits needed to be tangible. ‘Nontacky coated paper’ or ‘dry gummed
paper’ were selling points, as were
additional labels for thematic titles.
The offerings of W A Prangnell,
Errington & Martin, G F Rapkin,
Dauwalders and others are each a
snapshot of their time. And, even
though laser-printing has threatened to
consign gummed titles to history,
Stanley Gibbons still offers a pack of
2,500 for £4.96.

Roto-Gage
perforation gauge
The most sophisticated method of gauging stamp
perforation was perhaps the Roto-Gage, manufactured
from the early 1930s by the Imperial Moulded Products
Corporation of Chicago, USA.
Part of its modern vibe no doubt came from the fact
that it was made of Bakelite, the first plastic created
from synthetic components.
This multi-functional device incorporated a
revolving perforation gauge, which could be
scrutinised through a swinging convex lens, as well as
a watermark tray.
US President Franklin Roosevelt, an enthusiastic
collector, had one on his desk in the Oval Office, and it
is now part of the Smithsonian Institute’s display at
Disney World. Perhaps this unusual-looking piece of
equipment had the added benefit of being an icebreaker during top-level political negotiations?

EXCHANGE PACKETS

Philatelist’s Vade Mecum
Few patented accessories sound more impressive than the
Philatelist’s Vade Mecum, offered in the 1890s by George
Coleby, who ran stamp shops in France and Belgium.
Fashioned in polished nickel and housed in a velvetlined case, it looked like the perfect gift for the philatelist
who had everything. And with a name that is the Latin
for ‘go with me’, it was apparently aimed at the
classically educated.
Sold for 2s 6d, its aim was to be the collector’s
equivalent of the versatile Swiss army knife, but in
truth the Vade Mecum added up to little more than
a pair of tongs, for holding and folding a stamp
hinge, a magnifiying lens and a millimetre rule.

The exchange packet became popular during
the inter-war years as a handy way for members
of philatelic societies to trade with each other,
and of course its popularity persists to this day.
Filling up an approval book was always a
challenge, trying to offer the right material at a
tempting price. Your success could be measured
only when the circulated book was
returned, either still containing its
original offerings or filled with
handstamps and signatures denoting
successful sales.
Vintage circulated approval books
are now collectables, with the prices
noted in them sure to evoke some
nostalgia, and you might even come
across the personal approval
handstamps used by celebrated
philatelists.
This one belonged to R A G Lee,
a signatory of the Roll of
Distinguished Philatelists.

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Gummed page titles

OLD-TIME PARAPHERNALIA

Thor stamp press
For some collectors, drying stamps soaked off
covers and ironing out any creases was achieved
with the aid of a pile of weighty books and a
couple of sheets of blotting paper. For those who
demanded a substantial-looking gadget, however,
there was the Thor stamp press.
Originally constructed of metal and latterly of
stout marbled plastic, this contraption was part of
the White Ace range made by The Washington
Press in the USA. Presumably it was named after
the hammer-wielding god of Norse and
Germanic mythology.

Surcharge measurer
Some early philatelic products genuinely added a new dimension to stamp
research, while others merely gave an old dog a new name.
One example of the latter was the surcharge measurer, which amounted
to little more than a pair of dividers, albeit constructed of polished nickel
steel and with points which were reversible for safe transport.
Whether identifying the subtle differences between genuine and forged
overprints was any easier with this device than with the dividers in your
school geometry set was a moot point.

‘Some philatelic
gadgets merely
gave an old dog
a new name’

STAMP BOXES & CASES
The stamp box seems to have been invented as early as
1850, which was only 10 years after the adhesive postage
stamp itself.
It was sold not to collectors, of course, but to
users of the postal service. The thought of
misplacing stamps clearly offended
thrifty Victorians!
At the refined end of the market were
the elegant parquetry boxes, known as
‘Tunbridge ware’, with lids typically
decorated with a micro-mosaic or perhaps
with an actual stamp.
They were rivalled by ‘Mauchline ware’
boxes from Scotland, usually made of
sycamore with hand-painted decorative motifs.
Then there were slim and dainty stamp cases,
often fashioned in silver or leather.
Once stamps began to be offered in booklets,
in the early years of the 20th century, the stamp
box lost its primary function, but the stamp
case remained a popular accessory.

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The detection of a watermark was a key element in the identification
of many stamps of the 19th century and early 20th century, and it was
not always readily apparent simply by holding a stamp up to the light.
Of all the various aspects of philatelic study, this was the one most in
need of a gadget.
One of the most successful optical devices for detecting
watermarks was the Macon Detector, invented in the 1930s and
proudly marketed as coming from New York City.
It was essentially a circular black box with space for a stamp to be
placed inside, and transparent light filters of blue, red and green
incorporated in the lid.
The stamp would be viewed through the lid, with the correct
selection of filter absorbing certain wavelengths of light and making
the watermark more visible.

A refinement of this concept was the Philatector, which was
designed and manufactured in Britain.
This comprised a rectangular Bakelite box containing a batterypowered light bulb, over which you would insert a transparent
carrier holding the stamp.
A dial would allow you to rotate a selection of coloured filters in
the viewfinder, and choosing the most appropriate one would give
you a good view of the watermark.
Postmarks could present some difficulties, as could bi-coloured
stamps. Nevertheless, the apparatus has a character of its own.

Benzine
dropper
You didn’t have to
possess a special device
to detect a watermark, of
course. You could just
use basic chemistry.
Resourceful collectors
discovered that certain
liquids, if dripped onto
the surface of the
stamp, would render
the watermark visible for a short time, while
leaving the gum intact.
Benzene was an early recourse, although it was
soon abandoned when its carcinogenic properties
were discovered. It was replaced by the similar
sounding benzine, a petroleum ether which was
safer, although still highly volatile, inflammable
and dangerous to inhale.
It was often applied in the form of cigarette
lighter fuel, which could be squirted onto the back
of a stamp as required.
Unsurprisingly, the stamp trade soon came up
with its own product, the ‘benzine dropper’,
which looked more professional and made the
process easier to control.
It did the job for a period, until it became
apparent that benzine made photogravure or
rotogravure printings liable to bleed.

PERFORATION GAUGE
Most collectors will
be very familiar with
flat, transparent
perforation gauges
presented in the style
of a ruler.
In bygone days these
simple measuring
devices were marketed
with exciting brand
names such as Ideal,
Clearvue, Peerless
and Perfecta.
One was produced by
Stamp Magazine back in
the 1990s, with the
additional benefit of a
postmark measure.
Has anyone still got
one of these, we
wonder? It’s not
currently considered
venerable or valuable,
we grant you, but one
day, one day…

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Desert storm
The peaceful scenes depicted in the first definitive series of Iraq in 1923 belie
the turbulent reality of life under Britain’s League of Nations mandate
■ Report by John Winchester

ritish, Indian and Australian
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Advancing up the Tigris and
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Empire in 1917.
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In 1920 a League of Nations
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unrest the British established the
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RIGHT: Iraq 1923-25
4a violet, based on
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Deputy Commissioner. Between
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employing both vertical and
horizontal formats.

‘The High Commissioner had a
couple of unlikely amateur
artists up his sleeve’

MARKET VALUES
The full set of 13 values in the 1923-25 series has
a catalogue value of £325 mint (mostly accounted
for by the rupee values) but just £50 fine used.

Perhaps the best recognised of
these is a fine illustration of the
standard bearer of the Dulaim
Camel Corps (a mobile police
force), painted by Cheesman,
which was used for the 4a violet,
8a olive-bistre and 5r orange.
The other designs in this elegant
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mosques, gufa boats on the Tigris,
a Babylonian wall-sculpture of a
bull, the ancient Arch of Ctesiphon,
a winged cherub and an allegorical
representation of a date palm.
All the stamps in the series were
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except for the 1r, which was
printed by typography in brown
and blue-green.
They were produced in sheets of

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Crown & Script CA watermark,
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The series was on sale from May
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different type settings. ■
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SIERRA LEONE SELF-ADHESIVES 1964-71

Sticky patch?
Big and brash and shiny, the pioneering self-adhesive stamps of Sierra Leone are
all too easily dismissed as gimmicky. Yet they had a genuine postal purpose, and
perhaps the best way to collect them is on cover
■ Report by Norman Watson

RIGHT: 40c airmail
value from Sierra
Leone’s third selfadhesive issue in
1965, depicting the
country’s coat of
arms. Multicoloured
and embossed, the
stamp was die-cut in
the shape of a shield

o the newly
independent but
impoverished
west African country
of Sierra Leone fell
the honour of
producing the first
postage stamps
which could be
affixed to a letter
without having to
be licked or glued.
The world’s first
pressure-sensitive,
self-adhesive issue
appeared in February
1964, and it was
followed by 15 more over
the next seven years, with
overprints, surcharges and
reissues adding to the
collectables.

stick together in messy lumps
in a hot and humid
climate.
However, using diecut self-adhesive
paper also made it
easier to produce
‘free-form’
designs in all
manner of shapes,
and even emboss
them on gold foil.
These possibilities
were fully exploited.
Sierra Leone’s selfadhesives were ‘in your
face’. The higher values
in the 1966 gold coin issue
had a diameter of more
than 3in (about 8cm), and the
1970 Diamond Industry set of
12 comfortably occupied three
pages of a normal album!

New horizons
Although derided by many
philatelists, these issues were not just
a gimmick. They came about partly
because the postal authorities were stymied
by the way conventionally gummed stamps tended to

RIGHT: Registered
first day cover
featuring the full set
of seven domesticrate stamps in the
first self-adhesive
set, commemorating
the 1964 World’s Fair,
die-cut in the shape
of Sierra Leone and
posted in Freetown
on February 10, 1964
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Different approach
Sierra Leone was five years ahead of
every other country in issuing selfadhesives and, in truth, these newcomers to
the world of philately found little support from dyedin-the-wool traditionalists.
The stamps were coated with
polymers which stuck firmly to
paper once pressed into place.
Collectors soon discovered they
could not be soaked off envelopes
in the usual way.
Furthermore, they could not be
added to albums very easily. Mint
stamps needed to be kept on their
backing paper, and hinges did not
stick to this.
This awkwardness is one reason
why unused examples of these
flamboyant stamps can be
purchased cheaply today, at
come-and-get-me prices from 10p
upwards. But where’s the fun in
that? They are more spectacular
and less common on cover, so
commercial (non-philatelic) uses
are worth hunting for.

The first issue, on February 10,
1964, consisted of 14 stamps to
commemorate the World’s Fair in
New York.
Printed in sheets of 30 by the
Walsall Lithographic Company,
using multicoloured lithography
and thermography, they came
die-cut in the shape of a map of
Sierra Leone.
Seven stamps issued for surface
mail, with values from 1d to 5s, had
a lion emblem in the centre, from

the country’s coat of arms. Another
seven values for airmail, ranging
from 7d to 11s, were a slightly
larger size and had a globe motif.
All carried the inscription ‘Land
of Iron & Diamonds’, which would
put in regular appearances on
future self-adhesives.
The surface mail values came on
green backing paper and the
airmail values on yellow backing
paper, in both cases with the logo
of the the papermakers, Samuel
Jones, on the reverse.

THE PRINTER
The world’s first self-adhesive postage stamps relied on technology provided by a
British printer, Walsall.
Founded as the Walsall Lithographic company in 1894, in the eponymous market town
north west of Birmingham, the company had offered a novel process from as early as
1913, whereby irregularly-shaped foil labels could be printed and cut-out in one strike
using letterpress dies.
By 1964 the company was occupying a three-storey building, and was about to set up
a subsidiary company, Walsall Security Printers, which would carry out its stamp
production from 1966.
Walsall produced distinctive presentation folders for the Sierra Leone issues, which
included a sample mint set of each issue and were used for marketing and promotional
purposes. It also produced promotional postcards trumpeting the world’s first peeland-stick stamps, notably in 1964 and 1969.

ABOVE: The 10c cerise and greenish blue on
gold foil, from the 1966 issue commemorating
the First Sierra Leone Gold Coinage

This first issue was followed
three months later by a strikingly
similar second set, honouring the
United States President John F
Kennedy six months after his
assassination.
The set of 14 had the same shape
and the same face values, but the
centre of the design carried a
commemorative inscription and, on
the airmail values, a small portrait.

1964-65 surcharges
The start of the self-adhesive era
was awkwardly timed because
Sierra Leone almost immediately
decimalised its currency, from
pounds, shillings and pence to
leone and cents.
Decimal surcharges were
required, and these were printed
on a mix of conventional gummed
stamps from 1961-63 and the new
self-adhesives.
The first issue, in August 1964,
included only two surcharges on
Kennedy Memorial stamps, and a
second in January 1965 only four.
But the third, in April 1965, had
three surcharges on World’s Fair
and four on Kennedy Memorial
stamps, and the fourth, in
November 1965, had seven of each.
That wasn’t quite the end of the
story, because a further set of
provisional surcharges in
December 1967 would include one
World’s Fair and two Kennedy
Memorial values.

ABOVE: Walsall Lithographic’s premises in Walsall in the 1960s

ABOVE: The printer’s promotional postcard for Sierra Leone’s 1969 issue
marking the 5th anniversary of self-adhesive stamps

ABOVE: The printer’s presentation
folder for the 1965 stamp issue

1965 shape-shifters
The self-adhesive programme
gathered pace with a 1965 set of
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SIERRA LEONE SELF-ADHESIVES 1964-71
‘These self-adhesives
were in your face.
The 1970 Diamond
Industry set of 12
filled three pages of
an album’
golde, half-golde and one golde
coins, and in two different designs,
with either a lion’s head or a map of
the country as the central motif.

1967 soaring eagles

10 which offered three very
different free-form designs.
Surface mail from 1c to 5c was
covered by a design in the shape of
a cola nut (and illustrating the cola
plant), printed in green, yellow and
red and embossed on silver foil.
Surface and air rates from 20c to
40c were met by a design
illustrating the Arms of Sierra
Leone, typographed and embossed
on cream paper.
Airmail rates of 7c to 15c had a
pentagonal design illustrating a
diamond necklace on a black

ABOVE: Five
examples of the 1965
Cola Plant & Nut 3c
self-adhesive,
embossed on silver
foil, on a commercial
cover posted to
Manchester in 1966

tHE pApERmAkER
paper for the Sierra Leone self-adhesives was
supplied by Samuel Jones & Co of Camberwell,
London, a company which could trace its roots as
far back as 1810. many of the stamps have the
company’s butterfly trademark on the reverse of
the backing paper.

ABOVE: Reverse of the backing paper of the 1964 World’s fair 1d

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background, die-stamped and
lithographed on white backing.
With the exception of the airmail
7c, which came in sheets of 25, all
these stamps were sold singly, with
a tab attached on the left side to
facilitate the removal of the
backing paper.
The reverse of the backing paper
now carried various paid-for
advertisements, including for the
Sierra Leone Post Office Savings
Bank, the printers Walsall, the
jeweller Harry Winston and the
tyre-manufacturer Pirelli.
Both the tabs and the adverts
would reappear on various
subsequent sets.

1966 shiny coins
One of the most spectacular sets
was the 1966 commemoration of
the First Siera Leone Gold Coinage,
which comprised 12 circular
designs embossed on gold foil.
There were six surface mail
values, from 2c to 1l, and six
airmail values, from 7c to 2l, each
printed in different colours.
They came in three different
diameters, to represent the quarter-

The cola plant design of 1965
reappeared in a wider range of low
values issues of 1967-69, ranging
from ½c to 7c but this time on
white paper rather than silver foil.
It was outshone by a new design
in the shape of an eagle with
outstretched wings, for the airmail
values of 9½c and 15c. This looked
sensational in red and gold, blue
and gold or green and gold, in each
case on a black background.
Further airmail eagle designs
would be issued in 1970, in a set of
seven ranging from 7½c to 2l. Gold
and silver featured among a wider
range of colours, but this time they
were embossed on white paper.

1968 continental vision
The most numerous issue of the
self-adhesive era came in
September 1968, when stamps in
the shape of the continent of Africa
celebrated Human Rights Year.
Seven surface mail values from
½c to 15c and seven airmail values
from 7½c to 2l each came in six
different types, with the country of
Portuguese Guinea (now GuineaBissau), Angola, South West Africa
(now Namibia), Rhodesia,
Mozambique or South Africa
highlighted in yellow.

ABOVE: On Government Service cover from Freetown to the UK, dated November 19, 1966, franked with
the 2c, 3c and 10c values in the First Sierra Leone Gold Coinage set, embossed on gold foil

■ 1964 World’s Fair, New
York
Set: 14 stamps.
Shape: outline of country.
■ 1964 President Kennedy
Memorial
Set: 14 stamps.
Shape: outline of country.
■ 1965 Cola Plant, Arms &
Diamond
Set: 10 stamps.
Shape: cola nut (5), shield (3),
pentagon (2).
■ 1966 First Gold Coinage
Set: 12 stamps.
Shape: circular.
■ 1967 Cola Plant, Arms &
Eagle
Set: 17 stamps.
Shape: cola nut (11), shield (2),
eagle (4).
■ 1968 Cola Plant
Set: 5 stamps.
Shape: cola nut.
■ 1968-69 Cola Plant
Set: 4 stamps.
Shape: cola nut.
■ 1968 Human Rights Year
Set: 84 stamps.
Shape: outline of Africa.
■ 1968 Mexico Olympics
Participation
Set: 10 stamps.
Shape: shield.
■ 1969 5th Anniversary of
Self-Adhesive Stamps
Set: 12 stamps.
Shape: upright scroll (6),
horizontal scroll (6).

■ 1969 Pepel Port
Improvements
Set: 12 stamps.
Shape: oval (3), anvil (9).

ABOVE: Two 2½c, one
½c and one 9½c
values from the 1968
Human Rights Year
set (three
highlighting South
West Africa and one
highlighting
Portuguese Guinea),
on a commercial
cover posted from
Freetown to London
on May 24, 1969

■ 1969 5th Anniversary of
African Development Bank
Set: 2 stamps.
Shape: arch.
■ 1969 Diamond Jubilee of
Scouting
Set: 12 stamps.
Shape: inverted teardrop (6),
octagonal (6).
■ 1970 World Fair, Osaka
Set: 12 stamps.
Shape: overlapping circles (6),
chrysanthemum logo (6).
■ 1970 Land of Iron &
Diamonds
Set: 22 stamps.
Shape: diamond (8), palm nut
(7), eagle (7).
■ 1970 Diamond Industry
Set: 12 stamps.
Shape: jewellery box (6),
curtains (6).

1968 sporting chance
Late in 1968, a set of 10 noted Sierra
Leone’s participation in the
Olympic Games in Mexico City, but
these were merely overprints (and
in most cases surcharges) on the
existing arms design of 1965.
For surface mail use, the 50c was
surcharged with four values from
6½c to 28½c, as well as simply
overprinted at its original value.
For airmail use, the 40c was
surcharged with four values and
likewise overprinted at its
original value.

1969 self-congratulation

BELOW: Examples of
the 1967 airmail 15c
(embossed on black
paper), the 1970
airmail 9½c
(embossed on white
paper) and the 1970
World Fair, Osaka
airmail 9½c on a
1970 cover to
Somerset

The first issue of 1969 felt much
more substantial, albeit rather
self-congratulatory, as it celebrated
the 5th anniversary of self-adhesive
stamps.
It comprised 12 denominations,
with the surface mail values 1c to 1l
in the shape of a vertical scroll and
the airmail values from 7½c to 2l in
the guide of a horizontal scroll.
Each had a different stamp-onstamp design, with the 1c, 1l, 50c,
12½c, 3½c and 2l depicting Sierra
Leone issues of 1859, 1923, 1933,

■ 1971 Right-Hand Traffic
Changeover
Set: 2 stamps.
Shape: hourglass.
■ 1971 10th Anniversary of
Independence
Set: 12 stamps.
Shape: outline of country.

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That amounted to a set of 84,
which is excessive by anyone’s
standards.
The stamps were issued in sheets
of 30, on backing paper depicting
diamonds or the coat of arms, with
the six types of any given value
occurring once in each row. A full
set is therefore comparatively easy
to collect in mint condition, but
much harder on cover.
As a small country, Portuguese
Guinea’s yellow highlighting
would have been easy to overlook,
so on these designs a helpful arrow
was added from the central red
‘Justice’ inscription.
In March 1970 the six ½c stamps
would be surcharged with various
airmail values from 7½c to 1l.

SIERRA LEONE SELF-ADHESIVES 1964-71
1948, 1961 and 1963, respectively,
and the other six showing selfadhesives from the past five years.
The 30c value was later used, in
1971, for two airmail surcharges.

1969 bumper output

ABOVE: Three
examples of the 3½c
value from the 1969
Fifth Anniversary of
the World’s First Self
Adhesives set, on an
airmail cover posted
from Kenema to
Yorkshire on
September 6, 1969
LEFT: Four examples
of the 3½c value
from the 1969 African
Development Bank
issue, sent from
Kenema to Bradford
on April 6, 1970

‘Mint stamps needed to be kept on their
backing paper, and used stamps could not
easily be soaked off envelopes’

ABOVE: Two examples of the large octagonal 7½c airmail stamp from the 1969 Diamond Jubilee of
Scouting set, dominating a commercial cover posted from Freetown to Kent on September 6, 1970
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Three further issues turned 1969
into a bumper year.
The Pepel Port Improvements set
of 12 in July was eye-catching, with
three of the designs in an elongated
oval shape and nine in the shape of
an anvil.
Both types showed a ship, a map
and flags (including, in three cases,
that of the United Kingdom),
alluding to the port’s international
importance in exporting iron ore.
In September a set of two marked
the 5th Anniversary of African
Development Bank, shaped like an
arch and showing the bank’s
emblem, which included an outline
map of the continent.
More ambitious again was
December’s set of 12 noting the
Diamond Jubilee of Scouting. Six
domestic-rate values in an inverted
teardrop shape featured the Sierra
Leone Boy Scouts emblem, while
six airmail values in a large and
ungainly octagonal shape
illustrated a scout saluting (and a
small portrait of Robert BadenPowell), both against a background
suggestive of diamonds.

1970 sparkling jewels
The following year brought
another three issues, starting with
a set of 12 commemorating the
Expo ’70 World Fair held in
Osaka, Japan.
Expo symbolism and maps of
Sierra Leone and Japan were
incorporated within two different
shapes, one of three overlapping
circles and the other based on the
‘chrysanthemum’ logo of the event,
which resembled a ring of five
circles with arced cut-outs.
Next came a set of 22, the secondlargest of the self-adhesive era,
widely known as the Land of Iron
& Diamonds issue, after the
inscription which was common to
both designs. Eight values from 1c
to 5c were in the shape of a
diamond, and seven from 6c to
18½c in the shape of a palm nut.
Even more sparkling was the
Diamond Industry set of 12 which
ended the year. Six surface-rate
values from 2c to 1l illustrated a
diamond in a jewellery box, and six

■ 1964-66 Decimal
currency surcharges
Set: 27 stamps.
(World’s Fair 10, Kennedy
Memorial 17).
■ 1967 Provisional
surcharges
Set: 7 stamps.
(World’s Fair 1, Kennedy
Memorial 2, Arms 4).

ABOVE: 1972 airmail
cover to the United
States franked with
the 1970 Diamond
Industry 12½c, the
1970 Land of Iron &
Diamonds 2½c and
the 1971 10th
Anniversary of
Independence 10c
LEFT: 1973 airmail
cover to Somerset
franked with the 7½c
and 9½c values from
the 1970 Diamond
Industry set, and two
9½c stamps from the
1971 Traffic
Changeover issue
LEFT: Three examples
of the 3½c value
from Sierra Leone’s
final self-adhesive
issue, the 1971 10th
Anniversary of
Independence set, on
a cover posted to York
on December 3, 1971

airmail values from 7½c to 2l
showed a diamond framed by
curtains, both in oversized
free-form shapes.
Inscriptions on both designs
proclaimed proudly that ‘More
great gem diamonds are found in
Sierra Leone than any other
country’.

1971 final fling
The first set of 1971 was something
akin to a public information
message, comprising two stamps

promoting Sierra Leone’s
changeover to driving on the right
side of the road.
With an hourglass shape, the
domestic 3½c and airmail 9½c
designs were both based on the
official Right Hand Traffic motif of
an arrow changing the left
carriageway to the right.
The following month, on April 27,
a set of 12 marked the 10th
Anniversary of Sierra Leone’s
Independence. Fittingly, as it
turned out, this concluded the

■ 1970 Airmail surcharges
Set: 6 stamps.
(Human Rights Year 6).
■ 1971 Airmail Surcharges
Set: 2 stamps.
(Anniversary of SelfAdhesive Stamps 2).

self-adhesive era in a style which
was similar to the way in which it
had started, with designs in the
shape of the country.
Surface-rate stamps from 2c to 1l
featured a lion’s head and flag,
while airmail values from 7½c to 2l
showed a lion’s head and bugles.

Long-term legacy
Alas, that is where this pioneering
experiment in stamp design and
printing came to a sudden end.
From 1972, Sierra Leone reverted
to traditional rectangular shapes,
regular printing methods and
conventional gum, starting with a
definitive set portraying Siaka
Stevens, who had proclaimed the
country a Republic and become
its President.
If you came across only stamps
and covers from here onwards, you
could never guess what had gone
before. The world of philately
would never be the same again,
however.
Tonga and Bhutan had already
begun producing self-adhesive
stamps, and others would follow. ■
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GREAT ENGRAVERS

Jewels of the Empire
William Humphrys enjoyed only a brief career as a stamp engraver, but it came
at a time when many British colonies were producing their earliest issues
■ Report by Adrian Keppel

hat a time to be a stamp
engraver! William
Humphrys was
employed in that capacity for only
a few short years, but it came in
the 1850s, with the printers
Perkins Bacon.
This was a period when many of
the British colonies were issuing
their earliest stamps. Perkins Bacon
held the contract to produce these,
giving Humphrys the opportunity
to create some all-time classics.

RIGHT: One of William
Humphrys’ several
interpretations of the
Chalon head of Queen
Victoria was used for
the 1855 series of
Tasmania

Humphrys was born in Dublin in
1794, but like so many others of his
generation he moved from Ireland
to America at a young age.
He lived alternately in the United
States and England from the 1810s
until the 1840s, and it was in the
USA that he learned the art of
engraving. Mentored by George
Murray at Murray, Draper, Fairman
& Co in Philadelphia, his work
consisted mainly of illustrations for
books, as well as banknotes.
One of those engravings was a
portrait of the first US President,
George Washington. Originally it
was intended solely for banknotes,
but the printers Rawdon, Wright &
Hatch, who owned the master die,
also used it to produce the
postmaster’s provisional 5c of New
York in 1845, the very first postage
stamp used in the United States.

‘A number of Humphrys
engravings were based on the
famous Chalon portrait of the
young Queen Victoria’
It was at around this time that
Humphrys finally settled in
London, and went to work for
Perkins Bacon, the company which
had been printing the world’s first
stamps since 1840.
He found himself in the right
place for his philatelic career to
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take off, as many of the British
colonies had early issues printed by
Perkins Bacon in the 1850s.
A number of Humphrys
engravings were based on the
famous painted portrait by Alfred
Chalon, of the young Queen
Victoria in her state robes soon
after her accession in 1837.
The first of these, in 1853 was the
1d value in the first issue of Nova
Scotia. Humphrys also engraved a
Chalon portrait for New Zealand’s
first issue of 1855, Tasmania’s
second series in 1855 and the first
issue of Queensland in 1860.
Each of these ‘Chalon heads’

employed a slightly different
close-up cropping of what had
originally been a full-length
portrait.
Philatelists could enjoy yet
another of Humphrys’ Chalon
portraits as late as 1940, when his
engraving of a larger part of the
original painting featured on a
souvenir sheet issued for the Stamp
Centenary Exhibition in London.
Humphrys’ portfolio included
many other iconic early stamps.
One of his first engravings for
Perkins Bacon was the famous
triangular-shaped allegory of
Hope, for the Cape of Good Hope’s

first issue of 1853.
Another was for the first issue of
Chile, also in 1853, with its portrait
of Christopher Columbus.
Soon afterwards came the launch
of New South Wales’ 1854-59
‘Garter’ series, with its profile
portrait of Queen Victoria framed
by a circular garter. Some regard

this as the finest example of his
craftsmanship.
He was also responsible for the
engraving of the black swan which
adorned the first stamp issue of
Western Australia in 1854.
Humprhys got one significant
opportunity to work on British

ABOVE: Humphrys’
banknote portrait of
George Washington
became his first
stamp engraving,
when it was
redeployed for New
York’s postmaster’s
provisional 5c in 1845

stamps as well. It was he who
retouched the die of the Queen’s
portrait which was used for the 1d
red and 2d blue, when the original
(engraved by Frederick Heath in
1840) became worn.
Deepening the lines resulted in
sharper impressions, and die II
would be used for all British
definitives (apart from the smallformat ½d) from 1855 until the end
of the reign.
To Humphrys’ immense credit, a
layman would not be able to
perceive any difference between
the dies at first sight. Only detailed
study shows up minor variations
such as in the shading of the eyelid
and the curve of the nostril.
During the last few years of his
career, he Humphrys created
several more profile heads of
Queen Victoria.
The first of these appeared on
South Australia’s first issue of 1855,
and he improved on this in
creating St Helena’s inaugural issue
in 1856 and that of Ceylon in 1857.
Each version was slightly more
elegant than the previous one.

LEFT: Humphrys was
responsible for the
retouched die which
was used to print
Great Britain’s 2d
blue and other
stamps from 1855

Perkins Bacon’s dramatic fall from
grace in the early 1860s heralded
the end of Humphrys’ spell as a
stamp engraver.
In an unusual career change, he
found new employment as an
accountant, until he died in 1865. ■

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ABOVE: The 1c black for Western Australia’s first stamp issue of 1854, illustrating the black swan

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Half a chance?
How good were a Victorian letter-writer’s prospects of getting away with a
using a bisected stamp? Better than zero, it appears, but not much better
■ Report by Norman Watson

isected stamps from the
reign of Queen Victoria are
philatelic rarities, and with
good reason.
For one thing, unlike in certain
other countries, they were never
officially authorised as a
provisional measure.
Besides, until 1870 no domestic
postage rate existed which would
have required a ½d stamp. By the
time it did, the requisite value was
duly on sale.
Even in the earliest days of the
postage stamp, most people
instinctively realised that cutting a
2d blue in half to pay the 1d rate
would look like a fraudulent
attempt to reuse a cancelled stamp.
Nevertheless, it did happen.
There are at least seven recorded
uses of bisected 2d stamps,
apparently cut in half to pay the
penny postage when there was a
local shortage of 1d stamps.
At least two, which emanated
from the tiny post office at West
Sandwich in the Shetland Islands
in March 1842, were officially
accepted at Lerwick because the
problem was recognised.
Once there was a postal need for
½d stamps, from 1870, a few more
bisects began to appear. They were
generally deemed unacceptable,
however, and liable to a surcharge.
Illustrated here is a postcard sent
within the Manchester area,
stamped with a diagonal bisect of
the 1d lilac, which served as the
basic letter rate stamp from 1881
until 1902.
Cancelled by a double-ring
datestamp of November 8, 1899, it
was an attempt to pay the ½d
postcard rate, but was predictably
deemed inadmissible.
Sent by a daughter to her mother,
using the printed stationery of the
Aznavorian Cotton Company of
Queen Street, Manchester, the
message on the reverse reads:

ABOVE: Postcard of
November 8, 1899,
sent within the
Manchester area,
with a diagonal bisect
of the 1d lilac
attempting to pay the
½d postage rate, a
two-line ‘Contrary to
regulations’
handstamp in black
and a ‘1d’ manuscript
mark confirming
postage due

‘This 1899 bisect of the 1d lilac was an
attempt to pay the ½d postcard rate, but was
predictably deemed inadmissible’
kind to be sent.
Unfortunately for the poor
mother, there was a penny to pay
for her daughter’s message. The
card was struck with a two-line
‘Contrary to regulations’
handstamp in black, and endorsed
in manuscript with 1d postage due.
Besides adding his initials
alongside this charge, the sorter
inked a cross next to the offending
stamp and beside the cachet.
‘I shall be working late tonight, and
so you can leave the key next door.’
This is a wonderful reminder for
today’s postal historians of the
efficiency of the Victorian postal
system. Large cities benefited from
multiple deliveries per day,
allowing urgent messages of this

Oddly, such was the rarity of
bisects that the Post Office never
issued any official regulation
regarding the non-acceptance of
half-stamps to pay for postage.
It simply left the public to assume
that the practice was doomed to
failure. By and large, it was. ■
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moore.john@optusnet.com.au
www.melbourne2022.com.au
SepTeMber 28OcTOber 1
uK
Autumn Stampex
Venue: Business Design Centre,
52 Upper Street, Islington,
London N1 0QH.
Contact: Philatelic Traders Society,
PO Box 290, Lingfield, Surrey RH7 9AX
Tel: 01342 830225
info@thepts.net
www.thepts.net
OcTOber 13-16
cZech republic
Liberec 2022
Venue: Wellness Hotel Babylon,
Nitranská 1, 460 07 Liberec,
Czech Republic.
Contact: Steve Harrison,
UK Commissioner
Tel: 0121 313 0671
sharrison500@btinternet.com
www.liberec2022.eu
OcTOber 14-16
irelaND
Stampa 2022
Venue: Griffith College Conference
Centre, South Circular Road,
Dublin 8, Ireland.
Contact: Stampa 2022
www.stampa.ie
OcTOber 21-23
DeNMarK

Nordia 2022
Venue: Birkerød Idrættscenter,
Bistrupsvej 1, Birkerød 3460,
Denmark.
Contact: Danish Philatelic
Association
www.danfil.dk
NOveMber 8-13
SOuTh aFrica
IPEX Cape Town International
Exhibition
Venue: International Convention
Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower
Long Street, Cape Town 8001, South
Africa.
Contact: Jon Aitchison, UK
Commissioner
Tel: 01279 870488
britishlocals@aol.com
www.capetown2022.org
NOveMber 18-20
uSa
Chicagopex 2022
Venue: Westin Chicago Northwest,
400 Park Boulevard, Itasca, Illinois
60143, USA.
Contact: Kathy Johnson
kjj5217@gmail.com
chicagopex.org
NOveMber 24-26
MONacO
Monacophil 2022
Venue: Musée des Timbres et des
Monnaies, Terrasses de Fontvieille,
98000 Monaco.
Contact: Patrick Maselis, General
Commissioner
Tel: +32 474 84 84 39
patrick@maselis.be
www.monacophil.eu

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WHAT’S ON: AUCTIONS

To include an event in this listing, we need at least two months’ notice.
Send details to What’s On, Stamp Magazine, MyTimeMedia Ltd,
Suite 25, Eden House, Enterprise Way, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 6HF.
E-mail: guy.thomas@mytimemedia.com

UK & WORLDWIDE AUCTION
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
February 9
aJH StampS
Venue: The Dunkenhalgh Hotel &
Spa, Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire
BB5 5JP.
Contact: AJH Stamps
Tel: 01254 393740
sales@ajhstamps.co.uk
www.ajhstamps.co.uk
February 12
SoutH WeSt
pHilatelic auctionS
Venue: Harewood House,
Ridgeway, Plymouth PL7 2AS.
Contact: SWPA
Tel: 01752 698089
richardswpa@outlook.com
www.swpa-stamp-auctions.com
February 12
cHeSHire Stamp
auctionS
Venue: Egerton Court, Haig Road,
Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8DX.
Contact: Sandafayre
Tel: 01565 653214
stamp@sandafayre.com
www.sandafayre.com
February 15
cHriStopH Gärtner
Venue: Steinbeisstrasse 6 & 8, 74321
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany.
Contact: Philatelic Christoph Gärtner
Tel: +49 7142 789 400
info@auktionen-gaertner.de
www.auktionen-gaertner.de
February 15-17
Daniel F KelleHer
United States & Possessions
Essays, Proofs, Stamps, Errors &
Postal History
Venue: 22 Shelter Rock Lane, Unit 53,
Danbury, Connecticut 06810, USA.
Contact: Daniel F Kelleher Auctions
Tel: +1 203 297 6056
info@kelleherauctions.com
www.kelleherauctions.com

Tel: +1 630 794 9900
info@rasdalestamps.com
www.rasdalestamps.com
February 20
Doron WaiDe
Venue: online only.
Contact: Doron Waide Stamps,
PO Box 536, Clarks Summit,
Pennsylvania 18411, USA
Tel: +1 570 319 9803
doronwaide@aol.com
www.doronwaide.com
February 24
Filatelia llacH
Venue: online only.
Contact: Filatelia Llach
Tel: +34 93 410 50 00
fillach@filateliallach.com
www.filateliallach.com
February 24
pHilatino
Venue: online only.
Contact: Jalil Stamps
Tel: +54 291 456 3308
info@philatino.com
www.jalilstamps.com
February 26
SparKS

Venue: Suite 101, 1770 Woodward
Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2C 0P8,
Canada.
Contact: Sparks Auctions
Tel: +1 613 567 3336
www.sparks-auctions.com
marcH 1-2
GroSvenor
Donald Avery collection of
Cinderellas and Locals of the World
Moore & Moore collection of
Gibraltar & Morocco Agencies
Deanery collection of Falkland
Islands & Antarctica
Venue: Third Floor, 399-401 Strand,
London WC2R 0LT.
Contact: Grosvenor Philatelic
Auctions
Tel: 020 7379 8789
info@grosvenor-auctions.co.uk
marcH 2-3
cavenDiSH
Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps
& Postal History
Venue: Cavendish House,
153-157 London Road, Derby DE1 2SY.
Contact: Cavendish Philatelic
Auctions
Tel: 01332 250970
stamps@cavendish-auctions.com

www.cavendish-auctions.com
marcH 7-11
cHriStopH Gärtner
Venue: Steinbeisstrasse 6 & 8,
74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany.
Contact: Philatelic Christoph Gärtner
Tel: +49 7142 789 400
info@auktionen-gaertner.de
www.auktionen-gaertner.de
marcH 8-10
DutcH country
auctionS
Venue: Auction Gallery, 4115 Concord
Pike, Wilmington, Delaware 19803,
USA.
Contact: Russell Eggert, Stamp
Center Inc
Tel: +1 302 478 8740
auctions@dutchcountryauctions.com
www.dutchcountryauctions.com
marcH 9
aJH StampS
Venue: The Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa,
Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire BB5
5JP.
Contact: AJH Stamps
Tel: 01254 393740
sales@ajhstamps.co.uk
www.ajhstamps.co.uk

LOT TO BE DESIRED
Daniel F Kelleher’s auction in Connecticut on February 15-17 focuses on
essays, proofs and errors from the United States and its possessions,
and one of the star turns is a rare and famous inverted-centre error.
The 1901 Pan-American Exposition 4c with its image of an early
automobile inverted is described as ‘fresh and very well centred, with
bright colour and sharp detail’, but has been regummed. It comes with a
PSE certificate from 2008.
About 200 examples of this stamp are known in all, and only around
100 without a ‘Specimen’ overprint.
The estimate is $15,000-$20,000 (about £11,000-£14,600).

February 16-18
rölli
Venue: Buzibachring 4a,
CH 6023 Rothenburg, Switzerland.
Contact: Rölli Auktionen
Tel: +41 41 226 0202
info@roelliphila.ch
www.roelli-auktionen.ch
February 17
pHilatino
Venue: online only.
Contact: Jalil Stamps, Casilla de
Correo 649, 8000 Bahía Blanca,
Argentina
Tel: +54 291 456 3308
info@philatino.com
www.jalilstamps.com
February 18-19
raSDale
Venue: 35 Chestnut Avenue,
Westmont, Illinois 60559, USA.
Contact: Rasdale Stamp Company

enGliSH-lanGuaGe
poStal SaleS
county
county@stampauctions.co.uk
www.stampauctions.co.uk
mayFair
info@mpastamps.com
www.mpastamps.com
moWbray
mowbray.stamps@xtra.co.nz
www.mowbrays.co.nz
SaJal pHilatelicS
brian@brian-reeve.com
www.brian-reeve.com
SanDaFayre
stamp@sandafayre.com
www.sandafayre.com
univerSal
info@upastampauctions.co.uk
www.upastampauctions.co.uk
vance
mail@vanceauctions.com
www.vanceauctions.com

enGliSH-lanGuaGe
online SaleS
DalKeitH
www.dalkeith-auctions.co.uk
Delcampe
www.delcampe.net
mccuSKer
www.jamesmccusker.com
moWbray
www.mowbrays.co.nz
pHilatino
www.philatino.com
raSmuSSen
www.bruun-rasmussen.dk
reGency
www.regencystamps.com
roGerS
www.michaelrogersinc.com
SammarineSe
www.filsam.com
SanDaFayre
www.sandafayre.com
SKanFil
www.skanfil.no
Stamp center
www.thestampcenter.com
StampFair
www.stampfair.com
Stanley GibbonS
www.stanleygibbons.com
torreS
www.antoniotorres.com
traFForD booKS
www.traffordbooks.co.uk

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Photo: Jákup Brúsá.

filming
location

Faroe Islands Stamps
New stamp issues in February 2022
Kalsoy - filming location
The film ”No Time To Die” is the first ever
James Bond movie to include sceneries from
the Faroe Islands. Scenes in the movie were
filmed in Kalsoy island in 2019. Photos:
Jákup Brúsá.

FØROYAR

Kalsoy - filming location 2022

Northern lights - Aurora borealis
The Northern Lights feature prominently in Norse
mythology. One legend suggests that the lights
were reflections or glow from the shields and armour
of the female warriors, Valkyrie. Photos: Thomas
Vikre and Árni Øregaard.

Norðlýsi - Aurora borealis

19KR

2022

FØROYAR 19KR

FØROYAR

29KR

Kalsoy - filming location 2022

Norðlýsi - Aurora borealis

2022

FØROYAR 43KR

William Morris: Pure Torshavn Weave Fabric
William Morris (1834-1896), the great Arts and
Crafts designer and artist visited the Faroe Islands
in 1871 on his way to Iceland.
The grey fabric ”Pure Torshavn Weave Fabric” was
designed on this journey and takes its’ name from
the Faroe Islands’ capital, Tórshavn. Design: Kim
Simonsen.

Order Faroese stamps from our webshop: en.stamps.fo
Posta Faroe Islands - one of the smallest Postal Services in the world, yet known for its unique,
beautiful and creative stamps, which have gained worldwide recognition since 1976.

Posta Stamps, Óðinshædd 2
FO-100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

Tel. +298 346200
stamps@posta.fo

WHAT’S ON: FAIRS

UK STAMP FAIR
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
FEBRUARY 12
DERBY
(stamps, postal history)
Venue: Nunsfield House
Community Hall, 33 Boulton
Road, Alvaston, DE24 0FD.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Tel: 01909 562927
LEICESTER
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Derby Room, The
Holiday Inn, St Nicholas Circle,
LE1 5LX.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: John Suschitzky
Tel: 0116 235 0441
NORTON
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Norton Methodist
Church Hall, High Street,
TS20 2QQ.
Time: 9.30am-1.30pm
Contact: Graham Whitewick
Tel: 07849 904353
FEBRUARY 16
EAST GRINSTEAD
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Chequer Mead Arts
Centre, De La Warr Road,
RH19 3BS.
Time: 10am-3pm

Contact: John Perriman
Tel 01903 244875
FEBRUARY 19
HULL
(stamps, postal history)
Venue: St James Centre,
169 First Lane, Hessle,
HU13 9EY.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Tel: 01909 562927
ST IVES
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Corn Exchange,
The Pavement, The Old
Riverport, PE27 5AD.
Time: 10am-3pm
Contact: David Birkert
Tel: 01480 468037
SITTINGBOURNE
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Carmel Hall,
Ufton Lane, off West Street,
ME10 1JB.
Time: 9.30am-3pm
Contact: Chris Rapley
Tel: 07711 677760
FEBRUARY 20
DRONFIELD
(stamps, postal history)
Venue: Coal Aston Village
Hall, Eckington Road,

Coal Aston, S18 3AY.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Tel: 01909 562927
FEBRUARY 23
TORQUAY
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)

Venue: Torquay Boys’
Grammar School,
Shiphay Manor Drive, TQ2 7EL.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: Barry Mudie
Tel: 07931 508886

(stamps, postal history)
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall,
Commercial Street, LS27 8HZ.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Tel: 01909 562927

FEBRUARY 26
MORLEY

FEBRUARY 27
HARROGATE
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Masonic Hall, Station
Avenue, HG1 5NE.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: Graham Whitewick
Tel: 07849 904353
MARCH 5
BECKENHAM
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Azelia Halls,
Croydon Road, BR3 4DA.
Time: 9am-3pm
Contact: Ray McQuade
Tel: 020 8395 9285
CHESTER
(stamps, postal history)
Venue: Hoole United Reformed
Church, Hoole Road, CH2 3NT.
Time: 10am-3.30pm
Contact: Terry Barnett
Tel: 0151 486 2610
LEICESTER
(stamps, postal history)
Venue: Derby Room, The
Holiday Inn, St Nicholas Circle,
LE1 5LX.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: John Suschitzky
Tel: 0116 235 0441
SUTTON COLDFIELD
(stamps, postal history)

Venue: South Parade,
Town Centre, B72 1QY.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: JRS Fairs
Tel: 01785 259350
YORK
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Wigginton Recreation
Hall, The Village, Wigginton,
YO32 2PL.
Time: 9am-2pm
Contact: Graham Whitewick
Tel: 07849 904353
MARCH 11
LONDON
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Royal National Hotel,
Bedford Way, Russell Square,
WC1H 0DG.
Time: Friday 9am-3pm
Contact: Kate Puleston
Tel: 020 8946 4489
MARCH 12
DERBY
(stamps, postal history)
Venue: Nunsfield House
Community Hall, 33 Boulton
Road, Alvaston, DE24 0FD.
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Contact: H V Johnson & Co
Tel: 01909 562927
NORTON
(stamps, postal history,
postcards)
Venue: Norton Methodist
Church Hall, High Street,
TS20 2QQ.
Time: 9.30am-1.30pm
Contact: Graham Whitewick
Tel: 07849 904353

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Visit us at the London 2022 Stamp Exhibition
19th 26th February Stands 127 & 143
And our shop in Salisbury open 6 days a week.

SF Stamp Mounts

Strips
(pack of 25)
Size of
stamp
Width x
height

£7.50
Ref. №
black

Ref. №
clear

217 x 21

335 835

335 349

217 x 24

322 684

317 059

217 x 25

303 127

337 002

217 x 26

314 839

329 619

217 x 27.5

322 110

301 847

217 x 29

306 970

303 820

217 x 30

328 170

332 746

217 x 31

307 329

305 315

217 x 32

332 364

318 961

217 x 33

329 484

322 054

Strips
(packs of 25)

£8.95

Size of
stamp
Width x
height
217 x 35

330 879

309 730

217 x 36

308 959

313 501

217 x 37

300 072

324 689

217 x 39

303 451

314 571

217 x 40

334 656

326 785

217 x 41

305 180

337 078

217 x 43

334 104

327 930

217 x 44

311 411

309 707

217 x 46

308 235

309 104

217 x 48

305 985

325 863

217 x 49

336 189

—

217 x 51

329 732

301 133

217 x 52

317 423

317 169

217 x 53

321 939

302 792

217 x 55

309 356

307 379

Ref. №
black

Ref. №
clear

Strips XL
(265 mm long)
Size of stamp
Width x height

Strips
(pack of 10/8*)

£8.95
Ref. №
black

Ref. №
clear

265 x 80 d***

311 272

—

265 x 95 d***

323 338

—

265 x 100 d***

308 204

—

265 x 105 d**

319 346

—

265 x 110 d**

314 135

334 160

265 x 115 d**

320 538

311 778

265 x 135 d*

303 409

311 338

265 x 235 d****

335 548

314 720

Mounts for blocks
(pack of 10)

£7.50

Size of stamp
Width x height

Ref. №
clear

Ref. №
black

148 x 105 D

324 316

329 294

160 x 120 d

331 094

306 326

165 x 95 D

325 267

324 866

162 x 115 D

306 253

306 829

130 x 85 d

300 856

—

(pack of 5)
217 x 170 d

301 145

317 386

(pack of 6)
217 x 148 d

303 925

316 174

(pack of 7)
217 x 125 d

337 594

314 961

(pack of 8)
217 x 100 d

331 820

308 144

Dauwalders
42 Fisherton Street, Salisbury, Wilts, SP2 7RB

—

Size of
stamp
Width x
height

Ref. №
black

£7.50
Ref. №
clear

217 x 58

335 868

—

217 x 60

301 572

317 399

217 x 63

321 158

328 683

217 x 66 d

320 242

325 400

217 x 68 d

322 783

—

217 x 70 d

303 692

311 835

217 x 72 d

318 031

337 467

217 x 78 d

318 704

322 377

217 x 84 d

313 782

317 055

217 x 86 d

337 024

326 004

217 x 92 d*

300 587

304 921

Large blocks
(pack of 5)
Size of
stamp
width x
height

317 772

9 blocks mixed
(standard sizes)
Size of
stamp
width x
height

Ref. №
black

297 x 210 d

—

£12.95
Ref. №
black

297 x 210 d

—

310 118

Ref. №
clear
325 258

£7.50
Ref. №
clear
300 007

D = Doragard
(closed top and bottom, open at back)
d = double seal
(closed top and bottom)

*= pack of 7 / **= pack of 8
***= pack of 10 / ****= pack of 5

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WHAT’s on: soCIETIEs
SELECTED UK PHILATELIC SOCIETY
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
February 10
bristol ps
Visit from Newport PS
Venue: Redland Park United
Reformed Church,
Whiteladies Road, BS6 6SA.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Mike Breward
Tel: 01179 567853
DunDee & District
ps
Visit from Perth PS
Venue: Art Society Gallery,
17 Roseangle, Dundee
DD1 4LP.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Charles Lloyd
Tel: 01241 852210
MaiDstone &
MiD-Kent ps
British Empire Exhibition
Venue: St Paul’s Church Hall,
Boxley Road, ME14 2AH.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Brian Stonestreet
Tel: 01622 675784
b.stonestreet@btinternet.com
February 15
newcastle upon
tyne ps
Nyasaland, part 2
by Tony Plumbe
Venue: Literary &
Philosophical Society,
23 Westgate Road, NE1 1SE.
Time: 6.45pm
Contact: Stephen Dixon
Tel: 07531 322654
February 16
Farnborough
s&pc
History of the Royal
Aircraft Establishment &
Farnborough Airshow
by Chris Wright
Venue: Royal British Legion,
51 Cambridge Road East,
GU14 6QB.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Norman Kelsey
Tel: 01252 514002
waKeFielD ps
Trinidad by David Druett
Venue: Thornes Junior
Football Club House, Queens
Drive, WF5 9BE.
Time: 7pm
Contact: Philip Reynolds
Tel: 07805 509469
February 21
south MiDlanDs
sc
Ouvertures & Beginners
Venue: Barford Memorial Hall,
Church Street, Barford,
CV35 8EN.
Time: 1.30pm
Contact: John Gledhill
Tel: 01789 842112

February 22
spalDing &
District sc
Annual Competitions,
Bring & Buy
Venue: The Frasier Room,
Gosberton Road, Surfleet,
PE11 4AB.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Derek Pollard
Tel: 01778 426904
February 23
bath ps
Wisbech Postal History
by Clive Edwards
Venue: Avon Room, Limpley
Stoke Hotel, Woods Hill,
Limpley Stoke, BA2 7FZ.
Time: 2pm
Contact: Nick Hillier
Tel: 01179 407258
broMley &
becKenhaM ps
Open & Thematic
Competitions
Venue: Middle Hall, Melvin
Halls Community Centre,
Melvin Road, SE20 8EU.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: David Rennie
Tel: 020 8778 7001
lythaM st anne’s
ps
President’s Display
Venue: The Drive Methodist
Church, Eastbank Road,
FY8 1LH.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Tim Giddings
Tel: 07703 183655
February 25
King’s lynn ps
Great Britain 1879-80
Tenders for Stamp Printing
by Simon Kelly
Venue: The Scout Building,
Beulah Street, Gaywood,
PE30 4DN.
Time: 7.15pm
Contact: Dahlia Harrison
Tel: 01775 423087
March 1
newcastle upon
tyne ps
Science
Venue: Literary &
Philosophical Society,
23 Westgate Road, NE1 1SE.
Time: 6.45pm
Contact: Stephen Dixon
Tel: 07531 322654
southaMpton &
District ps
Danzig by Giles du Boulay
Venue: St Joseph’s Church
Hall, Bugle Street, SO14 2AH.
Time: 7pm
Contact: Eddie Mays
Tel: 023 8040 2194

March 2
Farnborough
s&pc
Club Competitions
Venue: Royal British Legion,
51 Cambridge Road East,
GU14 6QB.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Norman Kelsey
Tel: 01252 514002
spalDing &
District sc
Wain’s Rubbish
by Peter & Eddie Lincoln
Venue: The Frasier Room,
Gosberton Road, Surfleet,
PE11 4AB.
Time: 2pm
Contact: Derek Pollard
Tel: 01778 426904
waKeFielD ps
Competition Night
Venue: Thornes Junior
Football Club House,
Queens Drive, WF5 9BE.
Time: 7pm
Contact: Philip Reynolds
Tel: 07805 509469
March 3
burnley &
District ps
1940 Centenary Issues
by Brian Lythgoe
Venue: The Central Methodist
Church, Hargreaves Street,
BB11 1DU.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Barry Ribbywood
Tel: 01282 616156
perth ps
Norman Watson and Grant
Mitchell entertain
Venue: West End Bowling Club,
Grey Street, Perth PH2 0JH.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Rev J Colin Caskie
Tel: 01738 445543

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by Richard Moss
Venue: Bradshaw Rooms,
Silver Street, Axminster,
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Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Nicholas Arrow
Tel: 07973 253951

Venue: Newport Conservative
Club, Lower Pyle Street,
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PO30 1XB.
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Contact: Mike Torreggiani
Tel: 01983 821417

north west Kent
ps
Imperial & Revolutionary
Russia
Venue: Hurst Community
Centre, Hurst Place, Hurst
Road, Bexley, DA5 3HL.
Time: 1.30pm
Contact: Clifford Ayers
Tel: 07551 993819

March 9
bath ps
Exhibitionism by Peter Van
Gelder and Ian Ottoway
Venue: Avon Room, Limpley
Stoke Hotel, Woods Hill,
Limpley Stoke, BA2 7FZ.
Time: 2pm
Contact: Nick Hillier
Tel: 01179 407258

ringwooD ps
Annual Competition,
Bring & Buy
Venue: Greyfriars Community
Centre, Christchurch Road,
BH24 1DW.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Gordon D Masson
Tel: 01425 470710

broMley &
becKenhaM ps
Wilhelm Rontgen
by Adrian Thomas
Venue: Middle Hall, Melvin
Halls Community Centre,
Melvin Road, SE20 8EU.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: David Rennie
Tel: 020 8778 7001

Vectis ps
Recent Acquisitions &
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guilDForD &
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1936 Olympics
by Tony Bosworth
Venue: Quaker Friends’
Meeting House, Ward Street/
North Street, GU1 4LH.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Barry Stephens
Tel: 01483 828630
March 10
MaiDstone &
MiD-Kent ps
British Levant
by Julian Bagwell
Venue: St Paul’s Church Hall,
Boxley Road, Maidstone
ME14 2AH.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Brian Stonestreet
Tel: 01622 675784
March 12
hayling islanD sc
Budapest 1896 Postal
History by Len Yandell
Venue: The Small Hall,
United Reformed Church,
Hollow Lane, Mengham,
PO11 9EY.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: David Carter
Tel: 023 9248 6534

norTH WEsT KEnT ps
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society and Eltham & Woolwich stamp Club.
The new north West Kent philatelic society will meet
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Membership costs £10 per year, and new members are
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secretary, Clifford Ayers. Tel: 07551 993819.
E-mail: cayers310563@outlook.com

withaM ps
Thematics
Venue: Spring Lodge Centre,
Powers Hall Lane, CM8 2HE.
Time: 1.45pm
Contact: Ian Kelly
Tel: 07767 633655
March 7
portsMouth &
District ps
Lighthouses of the British
Isles by Kevin Dillistone
Venue: Portchester Parish
Hall, Assheton Court,
Portchester, PO16 9PY.
Time: 7.30pm
Contact: Paul Davidson
Tel: 023 9259 3987
March 8
axe Vale sc
Tristan Da Cunha

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Prince Wilhelm of Albania had lost his throne before definitive stamps bearing his
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■ Report by John Winchester

hen the great powers of Europe were looking for
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STRANGE BUT TRUE

UPA VIP Series: ‘Because’ …

The Significance
of Centring ...

ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
AJH STAMPS....................................40

JOHN WELLS ...................................18

AN POST ..........................................37

LE TIMBRE CLASSIQUE ....................18

The trade won’t thank me for this, but have you ever seen or read an
article about centring, or as our friends across the pond would term
‘centering’ ?

ARGYLL ETKIN .................................37

No ? nor have I, and that’s in 49 years of full-time philatelic
trading and auctioneering !

BB STAMPS ............................... 67-82

Why ?

LODDON AUCTIONS .........................42

LONDON 2022 ...............................114
CDD .................................................93

It doesn’t make sense does it: Stanley Gibbons has long
recognised the importance of centring. Looking back, ever since I
can remember SG catalogues for Victoria and early Kings pre-1920
classic GB have always had column ‘footers’ indicating significant
catalogue price premiums for well-centred lightly used stamps.
Premiums of up to 125% SG catalogue values abound.
That’s because catalogue values for pre-1920 period classic GB
are for normal heavier cancelled stamps …
Did you know the Victorians were so pre-occupied by security,
that in-order-to prevent stamps from being re-used, Postal workers
were instructed to ‘obliterate’ them ? In those days heavy ink
numeral cancellers were utilised (ironically nowadays replaced by the
ubiquitous biro).
The point is that catalogue editors have long recognised ‘The
Significance of Centring’, but most of the stamp trade, particularly in
the UK has overlooked this. Naturally we are all capable of adding a
premium upon a premium stamp, but what about the stamp which has
been printed and perforated significantly off-centre ? Isn’t it amazing
how few dealers draw attention to this (even when the centring may
‘set-off’ another attribute – such as a matching positioned off-centre
CDS cancel, and we must all be included … for the temptation to
ignore centring in valuing/pricing stamps resides in us all ...

M.L.CLIFFORD .................................84
CAMBRIDGE PHILATELIC AUCTIONS .42
MARK BLOXHAM
CHRISTOPH GARTNER ..................... IFC

STAMPS (1-16) ........................51-66

COLONIAL STAMP CO.........................3
MARTIN TOWNSEND ........................25
CORINPHILA ................................... 6, 7
MICHAEL G. READ ............................24
COURT PHILATELICS ........................92
MILLSTAMPS ...................................98
DAUWALDERS................................107
MONACO POST OFFICE ....................12
EASTERN AUCTIONS ........................12
NORTH STAFFS STAMPS ................103
GP KEEF...........................................37
PHILATELINK ....................................93

Yet, are we missing the most valuable point, which has long
been grasped (some would say to excess) by collectors, dealers and
auctions in America … where perfectly centred (and graded) United
States classic stamps can sell for multiples of 10x catalogue values,
and even silly levels of up to 50x catalogue prices of low value stamps.

GUERNSEY POST OFFICE..................32

Bear in mind that when I started in the stamp trade in the
early 1970’s it was standard policy to ignore centring. There was
no real ‘side’ to this, simply, little or no thought was really given to
centring, unless that is, the stamp was so significantly off-centre to
the perforation that suddenly it was an error !

IAN LASOK SMITH ..........................109

PURVES PHILATELICS ............. 112, 113

IAN OLIVER ......................................93

ROBSTINE ........................................33

However, I would urge you to reconsider the significance
of centring, because in our UPA auctions and TopUpTwenty price-drop systems, I detect stirrings of
awareness, and where there is recognition … values may rise –

IAN PERRY .......................................18

ROWLAND HILL .......................... 24, 92

Test

H.W.WOOD.......................................84

ISLE OF MAN POST OFFICE ..............43

PLUMRIDGE .....................................24

SOUTH -WEST

JR MOWBRAY ............................ 24, 96

PHILATELIC AUCTIONS ................. 111

JERSEY POST OFFICE ......................19

TONY LESTER ..................................11

JERWOOD PHILATELICS ...................32

UPA ..........................13, 22-23, 85, 97

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Like You First

JOHN BAREFOOT .............................38

.......................................122, IFC, OBC

JOHN CURTIN ..................................96

WARWICK and WARWICK ................29

JOHN LAMONBY ..............................92

WILLARD ALLMAN ...........................18

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ATTENTION OWNERS OF LARGE/ VALUABLE COLLECTIONS –
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…but did it really? What was the real reason?
How could a Dealer pay a higher price than a Collector? It doesn’t make sense, does it? Collectors are
customers. Customers usually pay the highest price,
unless… for a Collector, this was…

✗

Wrong Place
Wrong Presentation
therefore Wrong Price

✗

Fast-forward 48 years later to a British
►Empire
collection, lot #1 in an International Stamp Auction – Estimated at £3,000, but
we were the highest bidder at £21,000 – YES
– some 7×higher. Including Buyer’s Premium in
the extraordinary sum of £4,788 we actually
paid GBP£25,788= upon a £3,000 estimate…
however, we broke it down into sets, singles,
mini-collections etc. We made a proﬁt. Some
might say it found its price. Others may say:

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ANDREW PROMOTING PHILATELY ON
THE ALAN TITCHMARSH SHOW ITV

About The Author ► Andrew found his
Father’s stamps at the age of 10. A year later at
Senior School he immediately joined the School
Stamp Club. He ‘specialised’(!) in British, but soon
was interested in Queen Victoria which he could
not aﬀord. The 2nd to last boy wearing short
trousers in his school year, he religiously bought
Post Oﬃce New Issues on Tuesdays with his
pocket money. He soon found that he enjoyed
swapping / trading stamps as much as collecting
them. Aged 19, eschewing University he quickly
found a philatelic career in London, leading to
creating his own companies in stamps. Andrew
has authored many internationally published Stamp
‘Tips’ articles, appearing on Local Radio and National
TV promoting Philately with Alan Titchmarsh.
Andrew’s area of expertise is unusual – in so far
as his grounding in collecting and wide philatelic
knowledge has given him a deep understanding
of Philately. He has studied Philately for the past
51 years, in combination with Commerce and
Marketing Expertise, enabling him to create
synergies in ‘lifetime’ interlinked Stamp Selling
Systems, selling unit-priced stamps through to
handling collections & Rarities up to £700,000 each.
Today Andrew is fortunate to be co-owner with his
Wife, of Universal Philatelic Auctions (aka UPA) –
the Largest No Buyer’s Premium Reducing-Estimate
System Stamp Auction in the World, creating
records selling stamps to
2,261 diﬀerent bidders from
54 diﬀerent countries ‘in his
international auctions.
Andrew stopped collecting
stamps aged 18 reasoning
that his enjoyment of stamps
would be in handling them
and selling them… He
loves working in stamps
’
and looks forward to
DE
MYTRA
each philatelic day
T
ES HE ET
QU F T KL
RE S O OO
B
P
TI EE
OP FR
T
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Wrong Estimate Wrong Presentation
Wrong Structure Wrong Protection of Price

✗

– Lucky for the seller that 2 well-heeled bidders saw
the potential value that day or it could have been
given away… the seller could easily have lost out
couldn’t he? or she?
So, by un-peeling the layers of obfuscation,
hopefully we can all agree:

The Secret is Simple –
it’s ALL ABOUT : TIMING
Plus the 3 Philatelic ‘P’s –
Presentation

✔Place ✔and Price ✔

4►

Understanding the problem… I always
remember the car trade had their own
little ‘bible’ – Glass’s Guide. I’ve no idea, I’ve not
even looked – in this internet-dominated world,
it may even have disappeared. Well, there was
an insider Stamp Trade publication for Stamp
Dealers called “The Stamp Wholesaler”. There
was nothing that special about it – and you
would not have learnt much or found massively
reduced prices by subscribing then – BUT – it
was a forum, a paper focal point, a last ‘bastion’
in this on-line transparent world that we inhabit… whereby dealers (and auctioneers) can try
and communicate with each other. I published
my own articles there…

More recently in print, I discussed the outcome
of my 10 years’ simple research, asking dealers and
auctioneers ‘‘what is your biggest problem?’
To a man, (why are we almost all men), they replied – “my biggest problem is stock, if I can get
more of the right stock I can sell it easily”
Strange that, nobody ever asked me the same

question back – because my answer would have been
entirely diﬀerent (and I don’t treat it as a problem) – I
seek to satisfy more collector clients than any
other stamp auction
This is the reason why my company has such
massive advertising. This is the reason why we
spend up to 8% of turnover – up to £200,000 per
annum in marketing costs. (Most dealers don’t even
sell £200K per annum).

5►

Why is that? Because, as the world revolved the Stamp Market, imperceptibly Changed, and incrementally –
Massively

So, although few will tell you this, it’s clearly
evident that the problem for most Sellers of
Stamps today is no longer absent stock – but
absent collectors in the place they choose
to sell their stamps in. Simply put, other
Dealers, Auctions, Stamp Fairs have not invested in
marketing to have a strong Customer-core. To be
fair, this is not true of all – but it is true of most
– so that a former competitor had 800 bidders
in a recent auction. In my most recent 18,933 lot
UPA 80th Auction we had 1,893 diﬀerent bidders
from 51 diﬀerent countries, 95% of whom were
Collectors. Some other well-advertised auctions
only have 200 bidders (a high percentage of whom
are dealers – so that, essentially they are Dealerdominated auctions) – so that when you sell through
them – you’re paying up to 18% (including VAT)
seller’s commission and the buyer is paying up to
25% and more in Buyer’s Premium, credit card fees,
on-line bidding fee, delivery and insurance etc…
AND all of that so that your stamps may be
sold, wait for it – TO DEALERS (and some
collectors), but Dealers, that naturally must make
a proﬁt to survive…

6►

Now, let’s examine the cost implications
– Example: Your stamp collection sells in
public auction for £800. Upon a 25% buyer’s
premium, the dealer pays £1,000 and it could
be more. He breaks it into £2,000+ selling price
(much lower and he’ll go out of business). The
auction charges you a seller’s commission of
up to 18% (VAT included) upon the £800 sale
price. This is GBP£144. Therefore you receive
approaching £656 – which is approximately 33%
of the dealer’s £2,000+/- retail selling price BUT… now that we have identiﬁed the
problem…

Isn’t the Solution Staring us
Right in The Face ?

7►

Why Pay an Auction to Sell to
Dealers: Sell to Collectors instead?
In our example with buyer’s premium, sellers
commission, lotting fees, extra credit card
charges, VAT and even insurance - you’re already
being charged in diﬀerent ways up to 40% of the
selling price to sell, possibly or probably, to the
wrong person.
Why not direct that 40% cost you’re paying to
sell to Collectors instead? Sounds good, so why
hasn’t this been done before ?

8►

Truth is, it Has been done before…
Sometimes the ‘old’ ways are the best
ways aren’t they? But in today’s enthusiasm to
obscure the obvious so that money may be taken, almost surreptitiously, in numerous diﬀerent
ways, (without us apparently noticing until we
see the cheque in our pocket) – the transparent
‘seller pays’ has been deliberately ‘obscured’ –
so much so that, amazingly, the latest 2017
European Auction Selling Legislation just introduced – now requires auctions that charge
‘buyer’s premiums’ to warn the buyer in
advance. Just imagine going into the petrol
station, and being warned that the price you’re
paying to put fuel in you tank is not the real
price, you have to pay a premium! Obviously,
there would be an uproar…

9►

How can you cut out the middleman
and sell to Collectors instead? Well, I
can think of two ways. 1). DIY - Do It Yourself selling on eBay. That may be ﬁne for lower
grade material – but, would you risk auctioning
relatively unprotected rare material on eBay ?
We don’t and we’re professionals, so we should
know what we’re doing. Or 2). Cut out the extra
middle-man. Use my company UPA, which
reaches collectors instead. Here’s how it
works: Continuing from our previous Example:

The auction sold your stamps to a dealer for
£1,000 – but You received circa £656
UPA sells them to collectors for you for up to
£2,000 – even after 40% commission you receive up
to £1,200. Up to £544 more. Now that’s amazing,
isn’t it?
G

10►

Sounds Good Andrew, but Can You
‘Deliver’? Obviously, nothing is as simple
as that, and as we auction stamps to collectors
some collections may ‘break’ to the example
£2,000+/- but the stamps may be sold for more
or less – especially as we reserve all lots at 20%
below, (Estimate £2,000 = £1,600 reserve) and
not everything sells ﬁrst or even 2nd time so
prices may come down… Naturally, it’s not that
straightforward for a dealer either – he may sell at
a discount to ‘move’ stock OR, like many dealers
he may be sitting on the same unsold stamps, that
you see time and time again, in dealer’s stocks years
later and still at the same unattractive prices…
So, I think it is more reasonable for you to expect
up to 36% to 50% more, indirectly or directly via
my Collector’s Secret Weapon: Universal
Philatelic Auctions, which moves material more
quickly, by incrementally reducing estimate (and
reserve) price in a structured selling system…

11►

Q.❱ What is the Collector’s
‘Secret Weapon’?

A.❱ It’s called the Unique
UPA Reducing Estimate
System...
This is a rather long explanation, I don’t want to
bore you, but 20 years ago, when my wife and I set
up Universal Philatelic Auctions I detected that the
stamp trade’s biggest problem then was not what
sold – but what didn’t sell… So, because I didn’t
want to try to keep on oﬀering the same either
unsaleable or overpriced stock I created the unique
UPA Reducing Estimate (and reserve) Selling System.
Simply put, if a lot doesn’t sell in the 1st auction we
reduce the estimate (and reserve) by 11% and unlike
other dealers and auctions WE TELL YOU – ‘US’
= once unsold. If unsold after the following auction
we reduce by a further 12% and WE TELL YOU
‘US2’, if unsold after a 3rd UPA auction we reduce
by a further 13% and WE TELL YOU ‘US3’ and
so on till the lot ﬁnds its price, is sold or virtually
given away...
Any Scientist will tell you that
combinations of ingredients can produce
powerful results. So we created the unique
combination of my UPA Reducing Estimate System,
married (in stone), with UPA’s fair ‘NO BUYER’S
Premium’ policy, PLUS each lot carries my total ‘no
quibble’ guarantee – this formula is the reason why
within the span of 4 auctions (one year)… 90%95% of lots broken from a collection have sold.

✔

►

WE CAN
SAFELY
COLLECT
YOUR
STAMPS
NOW

in speciﬁc areas. Some Collectors will not wish to
use time and systems to leverage price, others will
want to agree a speciﬁc price and know that they
are paid precisely this amount. No client is treated
like a number and no client is forced like a square
peg into a round hole.
M

15► OK, What Do I Do Next?

a). You contact UPA to discuss with Andrew or a
highly-qualiﬁed Auction Valuer/Describer what
you have to dispose of and your options bearing
in mind your speciﬁc interests / requirements
b). If you wish, get a 2nd opinion, but investigate
what type of auction / dealer you are dealing
with. Is it a Dealer’s auction with relatively few
collectors? Can you see where / how the Dealer
sells? If you can’t easily see any pricelists or high
quality selling catalogues – that Dealer may sell
your stamps to other dealers…
c). Finally you ask U P A to collect your stamps,
insure in transit for an estimated replacement
retail value…
CBS

16►
Contact UPA: 01451 861 111
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL:

Dear Folk at UPA,
I’ve dealt with the public for 37 + years, and
as both a consumer, and a businessman, I
have created huge numbers of orders from
all over the world from a complete range of
suppliers from all aspects of our daily lives.
But I don’t believe I have ever encountered
such sensitivity, such kind thought, such
understanding as I have with you in our
initial meeting, our subsequent successful
transaction, and now this.
I recall well the item you highlight, and
realise that this one item has such colossal
personal value, I could never part with it.
It has been an absolute pleasure dealing
with yourself, and I am more than willing for
you to use this e-mail as commendation to
others who may be thinking of disposing of
their collection.
Many, many thanks for a memorable
experience, and I will try to emulate your
thought and care in my own business sphere.
Yours sincerely
D. E. B. Bath, UK
This Unique Philatelic Selling System Formula is the
reason why we are the largest stamp auction in the
UK today with more than 2,250 diﬀerent regular
bidders.
E
In Hindsight Dealers warned me 20 years ago
that my idea wouldn’t work. 20 years later I think
I’ve proven that it does. (Reader: Please Request a
complimentary UPA catalogue – using the contact
details further below)

13►

OK, Cut to the Chase Andrew, what’s
the oﬀer? All of my Selling Systems are
based upon selling to Collectors Globally, so
that 95% of stamps sold by UPA are sold directly to
Collectors. If you wish to beneﬁt by up to 50% or
more, depending upon your circumstance and type
of material, by cutting out the middleman – then
this oﬀer may be for you. Generally ‘time’ is the
enemy in our lives, and for most dealers not being
able to sell stock. Now is the time to let ‘time’ do
the ‘heavy-lifting’ and consider making ‘time’ work
for you, so that at UPA you can make time your
friend.
I

14►

AND the SMALL PRINT? Some lots
are too small in value for us to oﬀer this
system. Other lots may not be suited to selling
in this manner (e.g. surplus mint British decimal
stamps best used for postage) – especially if the
market is heavily compromised by stock overhang

What Happens then?A member of my
Team telephones/e-mails you to conﬁrm
safe receipt. ‘Overnight’ valuations, unless simple,
are rare. Valuing stamp collections that have taken
tens of years to create takes time. Depending upon
your priorities / timescale I, or an experienced
member of my Team will contact you to discuss
your requirements and the options available to
you for the sale of your collection. Provided only
that you feel well-informed and comfortable do
we agree strategy
TD

17►

How Strong is the Stamp and Cover
Market? Everybody knows that the
strongest areas are GB and British Empire. PostIndependence / QEII material sells but if hinged
at considerable discount. Mint hinged material
pre 1952 is regarded as the industry ‘norm’ and
therefore desirable – but genuine never-hinged
commands a premium. Europe sells but at reduced
levels, Americas is good, as generally is Asia but
the ‘heat’ has come oﬀ China which is still good –
and Russia which can still be good. East Europe is
weaker. Overall, Rarities throughout can command
their own price levels and real Postal History has
good demand.

18►

What Should I Do Next?
Discuss your collection
with U P A. Contact Andrew or
an experienced member of his
Team now…
BC

19►

Guarantee: I want You to be absolutely
Sure So If You’re not sure we’ll transport
and return your stamps for FREE up to £200 in
actual shipping cost at our expense. It sounds
generous (and it is), but it’s far less than the cost
of driving 100+ miles each way and 3 to 6 hours in
your home valuing your stamps
U

My Double Cast Iron Guarantee: We can
►do
a better job valuing your stamps in our
20
oﬃce than in your home. If you don’t agree I’ll pay
you an extra £50 for you to pay somebody trusted
to open the boxes and put your albums back, in the
same place, on the shelf they came from. U U

21►

Act NOW: Contact Andrew or an
experienced member of his Team using
the on-line selling form at our website, by fax,
telephone or by mail. We’ll work harder for you
not to regret the decision to sell all or part of your
collection…
CB

Andrew McGavin, Philatelic Expert,
Author, Managing Director
Universal Philatelic Auctions UPA

UNIVERSAL PHILATELIC AUCTIONS
4 The Old Coalyard, West End, Northleach, Glos. GL54 3HE UK
Tel: 01451 861111 • Fax: 01451 861297
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