NEWSLETTER OF THE ROYAL PHILATELIC
SOCIETY OF NZ
ROYAL LINES
www.rpsnz.org.nz
Vol. 47 No 8 September
2008
1. September Meeting - IMPORTANT CHANGES
The next meeting will be the combined meeting with the
Note: As the meeting is at a different venue the library will not be
open as usual.
Programme: Speaker:
Don Mee on
At this the second of the combined meetings with the
Wellington Philatelic Society, Don Mee from
2. August Meeting
Items of Interest
Items of interest included Brian Vincent's take on the
rugby thematic possibilities of the recent A-Z set, shipping ephemera from John
Kersel, a Panama canal company share certificate with
many fiscals and very off-centre .Albert & Son copyright stamp 'on 78' from
Adam. And from Doug a large piece with many c1923 German air post stamps used.
Patrick Brownsey's talk was
on his fern-themed collection. Patrick is Curator of Botanical Collections at
the
Despite their prominence as a
The first book dedicated to our ferns was published in
1880 by the cyanotype process by H B Dobbie. Later he
became more philatelically famous as the
stationmaster at Whangarei where New Zealand Railways
trialed the early Freight and Parcel stamps - now
scarce. Patrick had a strip of three with 'HBD' initials. A second vastly
improved edition of the book was published in 1921. Patrick has also
co-authored a book on
In the late Victorian age, there was somewhat of a
fern craze, leadJng to considerable export of
material from
Patrick showed the use of ferns on cinderellas (eg Hays
coupons), postmarks (Fern Flat) and advertising covers (YMCA &NZAF). The
silver fern logo is getting near-ubiquitous, both in various logos and on
stamps, leading Patrick to wonder if it isn't now being over-used.
Brian Vincent gave the vote. of
thanks on behalf of those present.
3 Recent new Members
There has been two new members join the Society in the
past month. Terry Layman from the
Another pleasant, if modest statistic to emerge from
the 2007-08 year, is the fact overall membership of the Society made a net gain
of nine during the past twelve months. This arrests the trend in the last few
years for the membership total to steadily shrink, and hopefully we can
continue on this upward course.
4 Postal
The November sale date has been set as 13 November.
Material has been steadily accumulating and it is reported by the Sales
Manager, there are some very interesting items to be sold.
5 Tarapex 2008
on the Saturday afternoon, the Society is to hold its
November meeting at Tarapex. This will be in the
upstairs facilities and the speakers will be President, Adam Miller and Vice
President Allan Berry. There is an open invitation to all societies for their
members to attend. As for the exhibition itself, a reminder
entries are required no later than 1 November. For further information
contact the Secretary, Tarapex 2008, P
6 Prestigious Awards
Robin Startup was recently
asked to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. This is the ultimate
accolade in the philatelic world and is recognition for the contribution to our
hobby that Robin has made. The Society's heattiest
congratulations go to Robin. There is to be a full write up in the September
issue of the New Zealand Stamp Collector. And just to hand, another for Robin
'This is his induction to the American Society Writers Unit Hall of Fame at
7. Subscriptions" - Have you
renewed-yours?
The new one month discount period worked well this
year and thanks go to those members who took advantage of this. There are still
a few outstanding subscriptions to come so please check and send your
remittance in as soon as possible.
8 Publications Still Available
Still available from the office are 'the following
publications. If you do not have these then what better time to make an addition to
your library.
Volume IX The Postage Stamps of
Covers all aspects of Postal Stationery in
Priced
at $140.00 plus P&P. .-.
Mails by Rail in
By Robin Startup
and Albert Johnstone. 206 pages. Members price
$75.00 plus P&P.
Bibliography of
Bibliography of
Index to the
Available at $15.00 plus P&P.
Special offer. Order the update and receive a copy of the original
Index of the Stamp Collector 1919-1994 for $40.00 plus P&P.
Two
new Publications.
ROSSITER POSTAL HISTORY JOURNAL VOLUME No.8: 2008
Contents The Post Office - The Other Side of the
Counter Or - What the Customer does not see Robert J ohnson Netherlands East Indies: Postal History 1789 to 1877
Richard Wheatley The Stuat1 Rossiter Trust 2008
Available from1\lfan P. Berry, 238,
Express Mail, After Packets and Late Fees in
This book on an interesting time in Indian Postal
History explores the complexities, and sometiI1! s
overlapping, services designed to speed the transit of mail to, from and across
the continent of .
The book has xiv + 291 pages, illustrated, soft-bound,
bibliography, index of place names and
general index. ISBN 0-9545207-2-6.
The cost is £20-00, plus postage to air mail to
£15-00 surface mail to
Cheques should be made payable to Allan P. Berry for
the equivalent in
Those who have access to a Sterling Bank Account
should make their cheque payable to The Stuart Rossiter
Trust, and send them, with their order, to: - David Tett,
P.O. Box 34, Wheathampstead,
9 In General
Don't forget, the Annual
General Meeting comes up on October 14 and will be as usual at Turnbull House.
This is your chance to have your say in the running of the Society, so make
sure you attend.