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Vol.46 No 7

 

August 2007

 

1          August Meeting

 

Please note that the Library will be open for members from 7.00pm to 7.25pm on meeting nights.

The next meeting of the Society will be held at 7.30pm on Tuesday August 14th, 2007 in the first floor rooms of Turnbull House, Bowen Street, Wellington.

 

Programme: Business

    • Items of Interest.
    • Speaker: Adam Miller on Copyright Stamps

Adam will be showing much more than just pages of these curious stamps - he'll be aiming to demonstrate both the breadth of usage and depth of specialisation available. Usage on original items will be prevalent, as well' as the record equivalent of Maximaphily. He promises a detour into the world of 78rpm record collecting, and maybe even some aural treats as well!

 

2          July Meeting                                                                                                    .

President, Brian Vincent, welcomed members on a very cold and wet winter's evening. He began the meeting with the. very sad news that two members had recently passed away- John Thomson Ca Vice President) and David Jarvis Ca Life Member). Brian noted that the Society and philately in general will miss the contributions and support of these two distinguished philatelists. Members stood in silence as a mark of respect.                                                                              '

Five members produced the usual array of items of interest, after which Brian invited Geoff Rickards to take the floor for a special display commemorating the introduction of decimal currency 40 years ago to the day. Geoff summarised this piece of philatelic history with the items that were on sale immediately prior to 10 July and those items that were on sale from the introduction of decimal currency. His display included our 3rd Pictorials, Commemoratives, Health, Life Insurance etc., and our 'lost' Postage Dues, Airs, Express Delivery and finally, the Ross Dependency sterling and deci­mal sets postmarked last/first day at Scott Base.

 

Brian then presented his display for the evening beginning with a range of stamps issued by Tannu Tuva, a small region on the Mongolian border now incorporated into Russia. Next was a display of the Game Bird stamps of New Zealand - all used on actual Game Bird Licences from 1996 through to 2003 inclusive (Brian's source for these items - his nephew - is now living in Ireland, so his collection stopped at the 2003 stamp).                                                                              .

The next frame featured the TV Licence fee stamps of Great Britain from 1974 to 1998, each one used on the receiving licence document. It was interesting to note that the fee had risen from $7 to $91.50 over this period. A series of commemorative stamps from the USA featuring jazz, blues and popular singers, jazz musicians and Bandleaders, on commemorative panels were also shown. 

 

Brian then concluded his varied display with some newly mounted material from his boxes of rugby items focussing on items that he had not previously displayed including GB Oxfam Booklets which showed a rugby ball on one of the interleaving advert pages and a 1930 New Zealand booklet with an advel1 for rugby balls. He showed several booklets from New Zealand's Alternative Postal Opera­tors with a rugby connection, some early postal stationery relating to rugby and some of the more modern background material.

Norman Banfield proposed a vote of thanks to Brian on behalf of those present.

 

3          Volume IX

Volume IX The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, our latest in the handbook series, is now available. If you haven't ordered this, now's the time to do so. It is a comprehensive study of New Zealand's postal stationery by the late Robert Samuel running to 492 pages and for the first time the illustrations are in colour. Apart from some glowing reports from members who have received their copies, the volume has already won Gold in Sydney and Palmerston North so don't wait as only 500 copies were produced and there will not be any reprints. Priced at $140.00 plus P&P for members contact, the office for further details.

Latest News – International FIP Gold Medal

We are pleased to advise that Volume IX of the Postage Stamps of New Zealand - Postal Stationery - was awarded a Gold Medal at the exhibition in St Petersburg in Russia.

 

4          Huttpex 2Q07                               -                                                                                                                                                                                                                               .

It is now getting much closer. to this big event. This National Exhibition being held in the Lower Hutt Town Hall Complex from 31 August to 2 September. The organisers are now calling for volunteer assistance over the period of the exhibition.. If you have time available then volunteers are required to set up on Thursday 30 August and dismantle after closing at 4pm on Sunday 2 September. Or if you cannot do this then maybe you could help out during the exhibition by manning the front desk, greet visitors or help as security roaming the halls. Please contact Sue de Lange at the office if you can help.

For other information on the exhibition go to www.nzpf.org.nz or email Huttpex@xtra.co.nz or PO Box 30-657, Lower Hutt. Huttpex is to be the first national exhibition to offer the First Day Cover class; This class has been included in Australian National Exhibitions since 1998.

 

5          Awards to Members

Results from St Petersburg. Tony Thackery, Norman Banfield, Allan Berry, Adam Miller, Ian Mc Mahon, Jan Berg.

Results from Sydney. James Shaw, Gordon Darge, Greg Francis, Ross Marshall, Denbigh Garrard, Lionel Savins, Penny Wells, Harold Waite, Colin Larsen, Adam Miller.

Results from Manawatu. R Startup, C LaBlonde, Adam Miller, Robert Odenweller, Andrew Dove Richard Bloxham, Ross Marshall, John Mowbray. Congratulations to all our winners.

 

6          Further additions to the Library since the 2007 Library List was published

Monographs ..

The Impressed Duty Stamps of Victoria, Dingle Smith & Dave Elsmore, 32pp (supplement to June 2096 Revenue Journal)

RPSNZ Archives, Draft Holdings, R M Startup, 43pp

New Zealand Long Type Fiscal Stamps - First Type, Jim Brodie, Xerox of exhibit and collection, c1977, 120pp An Introduction to Stamp Collecting, Colin Narbeth, 1970. 157pp

British Postal Stamps - The British People in Pictures, S C Johnson, 1944, 48pp

Captain James Cook The Explorer: An Historical & Philatelic Review, Barry Floyd, 2006, 271pp                                            .

The Postal History Society of New Zealand, Members Handbook, March 2007, 50pp, includes Library List. Library List, RPSNZ, Rees Price, 1976, 24pp

 

Specialised Auction Catalogues

All World with Falkland Is & Egypt, Grosvenor, 7/12/2006

Specialised Crash & Pioneer Arctic Flights, Nutmeg Stamp Sales, 3/4/2007

The 'Dubois' Collection of NZ Chalon Heads 1855 - 1872, Matthew Bennett International, 23/5/2007

7             November Postal Sale

Material for this sale should be lotted and sent with covering list to the office no later than August 30th.

If you can send an additional copy of your list by email using the template, this would be much appreciated. If you require a lotting template please contact Sue de Lange at the office. The sale date is set for 8 November.

 

8          Recent new Members.

There was one new member during the past month, Tony Charleston from New Zealand.

 

9          Subscriptions for 2007/08 now due

By now you will have received your invoice (gold paper). Remember, to save the $5.00 on the subscription, don't forget to send your remittance back by the end of August together with the invoice, email address and your new postcode. (The Royal's postcode is 6140). And apologies for giving old email address on the invoice.