THE KIWI

THE JOURNAL OF THE EW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIISS 0964 7821

VOLUME 59, NUMBER 4, JULY 2010 WHOLE NUMBER 342 ITHE EXT MEETING OF TH E SOCIETY WILL BE HELD AT UN IO JACK CLUB 0

JULY 3 1ST, 2010 BEG INNI GAT 14.00.

THE UBJECT OF THE MEETING WILL BE

'THE .1970- 1976 PICTORIAL DEFINITIVES'

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE PAGE 70

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Membership 70

Next Meeting of the Society 70

ext Meeting of the Scottish Regional Group 70

ext Meeting of the Western Regional Group at SWIPEX 71

A AL SOCIETY A CTIO RE MI DER 71

otes of the Society Meeting held at the Festival of Stamps on May 15th, 2010 71

Searching for that Elusive Item 73

16 Sheet Competition Rules 74

The York Weekend 75

London 2010: A Personal Impression 77

Media Releases (Expo 2010 Shanghai) 78

Publications Received (Kiwi Catalogue of Revenue and Railway Stamps , ewZealand Postal Notes 1886 - 1986) 79

Regional Booklets - Another New Venture for New Zealand Post 80

Christchurch Philatelic Society 100 (CPS 100) 81

USA- ew Zealand Air Mail, July 1940: A UK Perspective 81

Wilde about Hausberg 85

Patriotic Cove r Concerning Sick , Wounded and Prisoners of War 87

The Society is affiliated to: The Association of British Philatelic Societies, The ew ZealandPhilatelic Federation and the Midland Federation Annual Subscr iption £15.00

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Honorary General Secretary

Keith C. Collins13, Briton Crescent,

Sanderstead, Surrey CR2 OJN"'0208-657-4566.

e-mail: keithccollins@aol.com

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OFFI CERS OF TH E NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAINHONORARY PRESIDENT

JOHN SMITHHon. Treasurer and Membership Secretary

Professor Derek R. Diamond,9, Ashley Drive, Walton on Thames,

Surrey KT12 IJ L1ir01932-223280

e-mail: drd iamond@mac.com

Honorary Packet Secretary

B. T. Atkinson,77, Wood Lane,

Osterley,Middlesex, TW7 5EG1ir0208 - 560 - 6119

Honorary Editor

Dr. Andrew Dove,12, Stella Avenue,

TollertonNottinghamshire NG 12 4EX

"'01159-373762e-mai l: dove697@btinternet.com

Internet Address : http://www.nzstamps.org.uk/nzsgb

SOCIETY NEWS:MEMBERSHIP NEWS:

NEW MEMBERS:We welcome:

H. Towers, OxfordN. Fenwick, Palmerston North, New Zealand

DECEASED:Our sympathy to the family of:

Captain R. J. Pratt

NEXT MEETI NG OF TilE SOCIETYThe next meeting of the Society will be held on July 31' ', 2010 at the Union Jack Club starting

at 14.00.The subject is the 1970-76 Pictorials. The meeting will be led by a display from DeanCurtis and contributions from other members attending would be very welcome.

The meeting will be preceded by a Committee Meeting. Members of the Committee willreceive further information before the date of the meeting.

NEXT MEETING OF TH E SCOTT ISH GRO UPThe next meeting of the Scott ish Group will be held on Saturday June 1 9~, 2010 at John

Studholmes house in Longniddry starting at 12.30. Members are invited to bring along a display ofbetween 10 and 20 sheets, together with any new acquisitions.

For further information, please contact James Smith e-mail: iim@jamessmith789.plus.com.

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EXT MEETI G OF THE \-VESTER REGIONAL GRO PThe next meeting of the Western Regional Group will be held at SWIP EX 20 I0 which is being

held at the Plymouth Gui ldhall on Royal Parade, City Centre on July 3rd, 20 IO. The Society

Meeting will be held between 13.30 and 15.30. All those attending arc invited to bring along adisplay on a subject of their choice.

The information avai lable is that more than 20 dealers will also be present. Park & Ride isavailable from Plymouth Argyle Football Ground or from Marshmills.

For further information, please contact 1. Parson: ~ 0 1752 843587 .

THE ANNUAL SOCIETY AUCTIONA reminder that the Societ y auction will be held on lovern bcr 2ih 20 I O.

If you have material that you would like to be included, deta ils must reach theCatalogue Compiler (Editor of The Kiwi) beforc Ju ly 23rd

, 20 10. If your list has notbeen acknowledged within 5 days, it has not been received: send it again.

Full detai ls were pub lished in the last issue of The Kiwi ( 'lay 20 I0).

NOTES OF THE MEETI G OF THE SOCIETY HELD AT TIlE 20] 0 FESTIVAL OF. TAM PS I LO DO 0 IAY] STII,20]O

The Chairman, Derek Diamond, opened themeeting at 11 .00 by welcoming those present. Hesaid that he was particularly pleased to meet thosefrom overseas who were attending the exhibition. 1\notable attendee was Tony Thackcry, the President ofthe Royal Philatelic Society of j cw Zea land.

Derek then introduced our distinguished visitor,Dr. Robin Gwynn. Robin has been an active and verysupportive member of the Society for many years. li eholds a distinguished position in the philatelic worldin ew Zealand and has applied the academicdiscipline from his everyday life to many field of

Dr. Robin Gwynn and Professor Derek Diamond philatelic interest and his writings.

Robin said that he wanted to tell a personal philatelic story the conclusion of which was aproper appreciation of the importance of 1882 in ew Zealand philate lic history. Whilst pursuinghis prime collecting interest of the First Side Face s (FSF), he had been struck by the occasionalfiscal stamp which seemed to have been postally used in 1882. At the same time, it appeared thatthe introduction of the FSFs in 1874 had been a more defined event than their replacement as veryfew covers are known which have both Chalons and FSFs; use of the Chalons ' imply ceased.When the Second Side Faces ( F) were released in the 1880s, the F F did not disappear asquick ly or complet ely. And how did the postally used fiscal stamps fit in?

A problem arose partl y because, unusually, the Ilandbooks of the Royal Philatelic Society ofNew Zealand have uncicar and, in places, contradictory statements on the subject. Volume I(published in 1939) states that there is a difference of opinion about the postal use of fiscals andincludes a list provided by the Post Office in 1937 of those fiscals supposedly available for postaluse. The debate does not seem to have progressed by the time that Volum e II was published in1950. When Volume IV appeared in 1964, the argument appears to have moved against postal usc

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as the section on the issue includes the statement (on page 349) that : 'Since the publication ofVolume I, there has been f urther strong evidence to justify the contention that the early dutystamps, and the Land and Deeds and Law Courts issues were not used generally or legitimatelyf or the payment ofpos/age' . The contention was that examp les were either cleaned stamps whichhad been previously been used for fiscal purposes or were phi latelic productions.

In 1977, Volume VI was released, under new Editorship, the view had changed and, on page323. the statement is made: 'Accordingly, some 4d, 6d, 8d and 1s duty stamps of/h e 1880 designswere used/ or postal purposes'. Around this time, the debate was pursued with some vigour by Mr.Wardrop who argued for postal use and Mr. Dacre who argued against.

Following extensive study, Robin , Ken McNaught and Bruce Alexandre were persuaded of thepostal use of the 4d, 6d, 8d and I I- long type fiscals. This research resulted in Robin' s contributionto the published information in 1988 when he wrote Collecting New Zealand Stamps, Chapter 3 isentitled 'A Forgotten Issue: the 1882 Provisionals' and makes a strong case (supported by twoplates of colour illustrations) for the postal use of the fiscal stamps. Only after writing it did Robinrealise that Ken had traversed much of the same ground, and reached almost the same conclusions,in an article in Philately f rom Australia, Vol. 20 (1968), Pp. 55-59.

This postal use of the fiscals originated from the Stamp Amendme nt Act ( 1881) which allowedfiscal stamps to be used for postal purposes and postage stamps to be used for fiscal purposes.Before this Act, any mail franked with a fiscal stamp was liable to be surcharged. Previously,stamps were produced for a range of fiscal purposes. After the Act came into force, only the Y2dNewspaper stamp and Beer Duty stamps retained their specific use. Other stamps cou ld be usedfor either purpose and , unlik e the First Sidefaces, the Second Sidefaces carried the text ' Postageand Revenue' . The interestin g question, therefore, is how the transition from the FSF to the SSFoccurred and the part that the fiscals took in it.

The evidence as shown by the examples displayed at the meeting is that the authorities went tosome lengths to use up the now obsolete fiscal stamps and delayed the introduction of the newdefinitive series to allow this to happen . One piece from Ken MeNaughts collection showed mixeduse of the FSFs, SSFs and 2 x Is Law Court stamps dated 18.5.82.

The late Robert Samuel raised some interesting questions about this theory: first was there ashortage of these values: this is not known but there may have been - there certainly was of the Id.;secondly, were the long type fiscals sold by Post Offices, again, this is not known but it seemsprobable from the wide geographical spread of dated examples in mid 1882; thirdly, were other fiscalstamps used: yes, Law Courts and Lands & Deeds examples are known as well as the small typc l dblue and; fourthly, should they be labelled 'Provisional'?: debatable but it seems to cover the usage.

Later use of the low value fiscals, from 1886 onwards, was philatelic. Robin ' s view is that therewas so little philatelic activity in 1882 in New Zealand that this is high ly unlikely at this time.There is no consis tent pattern to thc Post Offices cancelling the examples seen, other than that theyarc mostly larger offices of the sort likely to have stocked fiscal stamps. Plainly the stampsdisplayed, normally with duplex cancellations, were not specially or carefully postmarked.

Robin made reference to a series of articles that had appeared in the New Zealand StampCollector which had pursued the debate and allowed a number of research results to be tabulatedand published. An interesting result was a table published in September 2004 showing the relativepercentages of recorded dated copies of the Long Type Fiscal 4d, 6d, 8d and 11- and SSFs ofsimilar values in 1882. This showed that in April , 100% of the uses were Long Type Fiscals, byAugust, this had dropped to 50% and from October. there was an almost exclusive use of theSSFs. Later findings have modified the detai ls of the percentages but not changed the overallpattern. This would seem to prove a staged replacement with the new definitives to allow the oldstamps to be used up.

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Robin showed a frame of examples of 4d, 6d, 8d and 1/- Long Type Fiscals which appeared tohave been used postally, He also showed the postal use of some higher values watermarked NZwhich are not listed in eit her Stanley Gibbons or Campbell Catalogues.

Paul Wreglesworth contributed a display of early usc of the Second Side Faces whichcomplemented Robin ' s display and illus trated the scarcity of examples used in the first fewmonths after their official date of issue.

Robin then turned to the question of the bullseye markings in the margins of the SSFs. Thesehave been described in a previous issue of The Kiwi but no reason for their use has yet beenagreed. It had been thought that they might have been in use from the beginning of the issue but ablock of the first issue ld had just corne to light at the Londo n 20 10 exhibition with out a markingso this invalidates that theory! There is a lways more to learn.

Paul gave a vote of thanks to Robin for his illuminating and interesting talk. He said that it hadillustrated the reality of the nature of stamp collecting. We are all students and should listen to experts,read as widely as possible and then not be afraid to challenge dogma if it is appropriate. We shouldalso be willing to commit our thoughts and findings to paper for the benefit of future collectors.

The meeting was concluded by the: Chairman thanking Robin for the meeting but, moreimportantly, for his support over the years, in many ways, some overt and some covert. In recognitionof his consistent good offices, he presented Robin with Honorary Life Membership of the Society.

The meeting concluded at about 12.30 and those present departed to enjoy the remainder ofFestival of Stamps. .

PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLESociety publications are now available:

SP 1: Aspects ofCollecting New Zealand Stamps.(Out of Stock)SP 2: Index to The Kiwi Volumes I to 50. Printed and CD Version.SP 3: The Kiwi Volumes 1 - 50. Full text on CDPrice: SP I: £10 inc. P. & P.

SP 2 & SP 3, £30 in UK and £35 overseas airmail inc. P. & P. (Society members willrece ive a 40% discount, i.e. £18 for UK and £21 for overseas»

Payment accepted in NZ$, US$ or £St. All orders to:New Zealand Socie ty of Great Britain

9, Ashley Drive,Walton-on Thames,==== Surrey KTI 2 IJL

SEARCHING FOR THAT ELUSIVE ITEM

KEITH C. COLLINSFor over 30 years, I have been searching for an unused example of the Pictorial Envelopes

issued by the New Zealand Post Office for the 1935 Pictorial Issue. I happened to men tion this toJaM Watts, our Society Man in New Zealand, when he was on a visit to the United Kingdom in2007. In February this year, I received an e-mai l from John to say that he had found one . Eureka: asmall amount of $NZ changed hands and now the envelope is in my collection.

Maybe an e-mail to John Watts (j.watts(dlclear .nct.nz) could help other Society members findthat elusive item and thev, too , could have a Eureka moment!!

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16 SHEET COMPETI TI ON RULES

The biennial 16 sheet competition will be held during the Philatelic Weekend to be held inYork between September 24th

_ 26th•

If you wan t to enter the comperinun, please contact the Honorary Secretary, KeithCollins, for an ent ry form. Entry forms han to be returned to the Hen. Sec. by Mond ay 13th

September 2010,

No entries will be acce pted unless an entry form has been received. It is regretted that postalentries cannot be accepted . Entries should be handed to the Secretary between 10.30 and 11.00 onSaturday 25th

, 2010. The Secretary will be outside the meet ing room at the Lady AnneMiddleton' s Hotel during this time.

Members arc respons ible for the insurance ofthcir entry.

RE GULATIONS FOR 16 SHEE T COMPETI TI ON T O BE HELD BIENNIALLY

Introduction:

The competition will consist of 16 Sheets including a desc riptive sheet, which may containExhibits. Each should be mounted on display sheets, numbered consec utively on the reverse andcontained in transparent protectors not more than 296mm deep by 245mm wide. Larger sheets willbe accepted but they must be in multiples of the standard size. Judged and marked to the NationalLevel.

Judges Note: The use of photographic essays and proofs are accept ahl e for inclusion incompet ition entries.

Awards:

The best overall entry in the Competition will be awarded the H. Gordon Kaye Commemorat iveSalver.

Certificates will be awarded to entry ' s obtaining 50 points or more. Any receiving less willreceive a Certificate of Participat ion.

Marking Scheme:Philatelic Knowledge & Personal Study 35pts.

Treatment, Originality & Importance 30pts.

Relative Condition & Rarity 25pts.

Presentation, Write-up & Arrangement l Opts,

Total IOOpt, .

The competition is split in to the following classes and sections:

Classic Class: Issues of Queen Victor ia and First Pictori als:

All aspect of philately; based on the collecting of all postal items, including items related to theproduction of postage stamps from these issues.

Modern Class: Issue from K E VII to Present Day:All aspect of philate ly; based on the collecting of all posta l items , incl uding items related to the

production of postage stamps from these issues.

Postal History :

This class includes items on routes and rates, and studies of markings and marcophily. It is notnormally advisab le to include unused adhesives or postal stationery.

Aerophilatelic Class:

Based on the study of postal material prepared for, and or conveyed by airma il, whether officialor unofficial. It can also include exhibits of airmail stamps and their usage.

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Revenue Class:

The revenue exhibit comprises embossed. imprinted or adhes ive tax, fee or credit stamps issuedby or under the aegis ofa Government Authority.

Experimental Class:

This is for material not recognised for international transmission of mail but accepted as beingissued locally or generally for the transmission of messages or packages (e.g. Loca l, Railway orTelegraph ).

Posta l Stationery Class:

Exhibits can include proofs, essays and formula items where appro pr iate.

Thematic Class:This class is for entries based on a Ne w Zealand theme or a subject, which is developed to a

logical plan by the usc of the widest range of appropriate stamps and other philatelic material.Revenue stamps may be included where no other philatelic material will convey the intendedmessage; such mater ial should be use d sparingly. Please note that a copy of the PLAN SI lEErshould accompany the entry.

Special Studies Class:This is a new National Class, which has been introduced for those who wish to enter exhibits

which would not readily conform to the requ irements for evaluat ion in the other Nat ional Classes.The normal constraints relating to exh ibits entered in the ' Traditional, Postal History, PostalStationery, Aerophilatel ic, Thematic and Revenue Classes will be relaxed. A proportion (say up to10%) of relevant supporting non-postal material may also be included .

Social Philate ly Class:This is very similar to the Special St udies Class but relies upon the exhibit being based on a

theme and up to 50% of non-philatelic material is allowed to be included .

New Zealan,d Society of Great Britain:..---:-r-....

York24'h _ :26'h September 2010

A reminder to all members that this yea r's residential weekend will be held at:

Lad)" Anne Middleton 's HotelSke ldergate

Cromwell RoadYork YOl6DS

Tel : 01904 611570

A few rooms remain and bookings should be made directly with the hotel. A boo king form canbe found on the Society ' s website, or con tact Stuart Potte r (tel. 01625 432808 or e-mailpotter571@btinternet.com ). Non-residential attendance for the Saturd ay is also available - detailsfrom Stuart.

An exciting programme has been put together by the organising committee and full details willbe publ ished in the Sept ember issue of The Kiwi. The bienn ial compe tition (16 sheets) will be heldduring the course of the weekend and we are pleased that the international judge, John Sussex,

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RDP, FRPSL, has agreed to judge the competition and provide a constructive critique of theentries.

A raffle will be drawn after the Society Dinner on the Saturday evening (25Ih) . A fantastic range

of prizes is available thanks to the generosity of a number of individuals and organisations. Theseinclude:

•••••••••

Dealer Credit Note - £10012month CP NewsletterNZ 2009 Collectors PackSG Catalogue of NewDealer Credit Note - £50Flight covers, WWlI coversDealer Credit Note - £1 00Book - The Summer ShipsNZAirmail Society

• Dealer Credit Note - NZ$200• 12month 'Stamp Magazine'• Stockbooks• Selection of CALs• The Chalon Issues (/ 855-1 873)• Dealer Credit Note - £50• WWIIcovers• Antarctic Expedition - Share• Several other lots of stamps and

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Members who are unable to attend the weekend can still purchase raffle tickets with an equalchance of winning the prizes available. Raffle tickets may be obtained (£1 per strip of 5 tickets)from: John Hepworth, 2, Ca rnoustie C lose, Fulwood, Preston. PRl 7ER Cheques should bemade payable to 'New Zealand Society of Great Britain' .

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INFORMATION RECEIVED:LONDON 2010: A PERSONAL IMPRESSION

DEREK llIAMOND

The Kiwi, Volume 49 (1), records my impressions of London 2000 and here we are a decadelater! What is di fferent is the location - Earls Court Exhibition Hall has been swapped for theBuilding Design Centre in Islington. However, I found that all the impo rtant clement s of asuccessful international stamp show under full FIP oversight were present and, in many instances,enhanced. I visited on six out of the eight days and found it always busy - London attracts visitorsfrom everywhere that issues stamps ! - and because of the qual ity and quantity of the exhi bits andthe immense variety of traders I still did not have enough time to do all that I wanted. Perhapsbecause my links with New Zealand collectors arc greater than 10 years ago, I gained theimpression that several dozen New Zealanders were attending, dealers, exhibitors and collectors ofall levels which mad e the whole week most enjoyable socially and philateli cally exci ting when, forinstance, I discovered an Australian and a Belgian each with truly fanta stic collect ions of NewZealand material.

The other significant change from 2000 was a highly imagina tive tactic of displaying differentclasses in the first four days (traditional, postal stationery and revenue, one frame and Youth) fromthose in the second ' phase ' (postal history, thematic philately and acrophilately). This required the' volunteers' to change 40 ,000 + pages from exhibitors collections between 14.00 and 20.00 onTuesday - and it was accomplished ahead of schedule! Anyone who doubts the vitality of stampcollecting in G.A. can take comfort from the massive enthusiasm and commitment of the band ofvolunteers.

This time there were 5 entries among all the classes that were entirely of New Zealand materialcompared to 7 in 2000 and only one name was common to both lists. I was delighted to learn thatthe most exciting entry for me entitled ' New Zealand Defi nitive Stamps showing the Head of KingGeorge V' was also much like by the j udges (sec below) .

Finally, it proved to be a sound decision of the Society' s Committee to link our May meeting tothe London 2010 Exhibition enabling both visiting ' Kiwis ' and me mbers to attend a speciallyattractive Society meeting just as the exhibition was dismantled and the traders packed up.

The list of New Zealand entries was:

Exhibitor

Mark Bcnvie

Andrew Dove

Robin Gwynn

Len Jury

Jim Shaw

Tony Thaekery

Reference:

Title

Nol . Mail to Overseas Destinations1856- 75

N.Z. Definitiv e Stamps showing theIl ead of King George V

Maritime Disaster Mail

N.l. 1920 Victory Issue

NZ. Postage Dues 1899-1939

Proving First Day and Earliest Usc ofNZ. Stamps 1855-1935

Number of AwardFrames

5 Large Gold

8 Gold

8 Large Gold

5 Large Vermeil

5 Large Vermeil

5 Large Vermeil

1. Diamond D 'London Stamp Show: A Personal Impression' . The Kiwi (2000). Vol. 49. No. 5. Pp. 104-105

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MEDIA RELEASES

E XPO 2010 SHANGHAI

• ..30 April 2010

New Zealand Post is celebrating New Zea land' s presence at the largest-ever world Expo, Expo2010 Shangha i China , through a series of commemorative stamps.

The stamps capture the remarkable similarities between the cultures of New Zealand and China ,and complement the Expo theme ' Better City Better Life' .

'We are proud to mark this special event , and sought inspiration for the stamp designs from theNev.' Zealand pavilion which explores the New Zealand lifestyle and Expo theme throughout,Cities ofNature, Living between Land and Sky.' said Ivor Masters, Genera l Manager Stamps.

'The five stamps are larger at 80mrn high and 30mm wide to accom modate two facing images ­one new Zealand, the other Chinese - that together reflect the cultural links between our twonations.'

The 50-cent stamp features the native pohutakawa alongside peony flowers often seen inChinese art. Both blossoms are red, a. colour of significance in both Maori and Chinese cultures.The New Zealand pavilion at Expo .2010 includes a pohutakawa tree (artificial to withstand theShanghai climate) that is strong enough to climb, big enough to fit 20 people and includes a NewZealand childhood classic, a tyre swing.

The Maori kaitiaki (guardian) and China's Fu Dog have similar roles culturally. and aredisplayed on the $1.00 stamp. Eight kaitiaki, one of which has inspired this stamp design, werecarved by Lyonel Grant for the New Zealand pavilion at the Expo. They adorn the railings thatzigzag through the garden at the pavilion.

Visitors to the New Zealand pavilion pass through the Waharoa (gateway) carving of Tane (thegod of the forests and birds) and into the dawn of a new day for an average New Zealand family.The carving of Tane, designed by Sam Sakaria and sculpted by Winiata Tapsell, appears on the$1.80 stamp. Also featur ing on the $ 1.80 stamp is 'Pan Gu' . The story of how ' Pan Gu ' createdthe world by separating the heaven and the earth from chaos is one of many Chinese creationstories.

Just as Auckland is the larges t city in New Zealand, so is Shanghai the largest city in China.Both cities have harbour-side locations, with the shipping trades of the past leading to their growthand development. Auckland is known as the ' City of Sails', while the symbols of Shanghai's nametranslate as ' up, on, or above' and 'sea' . These similarities arc broug ht together for the $2.30stamp.

Jade (pounamu) is significant in both Maori and Chinese cultures. Its importance and use byboth civilisations date back thousands. of years. The similarity is portrayed in the $2.80 stamp bythe heitiki and cong, both jade objects once owned and used by high-ranking 'aristocrats' . The

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heitiki featured on the stamp is on loan from the Otago Museum for display at the New Zealandpavilion.

All five stamps have the unique attribute of having text on the reverse of the stamp, somethingthat New Zea land has not done since 2003. The stamps on the miniature sheet however do nothave this copy on the reverse .

As part of the Expo 2010 Shanghai China product offer, a unique souvenir envelo pe is includedwhich is completely reversible and has no back. This product is being issued on the day of theExpo opening, 1 May 20 IO.

The stamps and first day cover have been designed by Assignment Group, Wellington andprinted in offset lithography by Southern Colour Print of Dunedin. The issue includes five stamps,a miniature sheet, first day cover and a unique souvenir envelope. The products are available fromthe usual outlets from 30 April 2010.

PUIlLlCATIONS REC EI VF:D

KIWI CATALOGUE OF NEW ZEALAND REVEN UE AND RAlLWAY S TAMPS

Ed. By David Smitham. Fourth Edition (2010). AS Pp. 48. Fully illu strated in colour.Available from House of Sta mps, Private Bag 63000, Wellington, New Zealand 6140. Price

NZS30.

This is a welcome return as the last edition was published by Stirl ing & Co. in 1999. Thepublication has now been taken over by Mowbray Collectables and, hopefully, this ensures thesurvival of this invaluable little book.

The number of those collecting areas ' peripheral" to main stream philately is increasing and thisprovides a comprehensive and well illustrated to those interested.

The text begins with an acco unt of the stamp duty monogram seals and detailed informationabout the fiscal usc of stamps and the postmarks that may be fo und on them. Thereafter, there is alisting of Stamp Duties stamps and the Coat of Anus. Further sections cover Beer Duty, HoneySeal, Fruit Inspection Fee, Lands and Deeds, Law Courts, Wagcs Tax stamps, the range of Social,Security stamps and Railway stamps. The other fiscal uses, such as counterpart etc. have their ownlisting. Where appropriate, a simplified list is followed by a specialised listing.

The illustrations are detailed and all in colour. Each entry is priced with the prices being arr ivedat by consultation with leading stamp dea lers in New Zealand.

Overall , this is an excellent little reference publication which everybody interested in theseissues, or who is intrigued by the occasional example, should 0 \\'0.

This is the second recent publication from Mowbray Collectables (the previous being the Thirdedition of The New Zealand Airmail Catalogue ). Collectors should be grateful that the company issupporting philately in this way.

••••••N EW ZEALA ND POSTAL NOTES 1886 - 1986

A PRIC!:."'D CATALOGUE INCLUDING NOTES ON BRITISH POSTAL ORDERS ISS UEDIN NEW ZEALAND

Author J ack Ha rwood. First Edit ion. Soft bound Pp. 130 full y illustrated in colour. ISB N978-0-692 R00154-7. Avail able from th e author at 3241 Ringwood Mcadow, Sarasota, Florida34235, USA e-mail jhan..·ood 2@comcast.net. P rice £30 + P&P.

To my knowledge, this is the first publication devoted solely to this niche area of collecting.The subject was covered briefly by the late Robert Samuel in Volume 9 of The Handbook ­Chapter 12 was derived from information given by Jack Harwood. The Postal Notes were issued

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by the Post Office to facilitate the transfer of small amounts of money and, as such, have alwaysbeen accepted by collectors as an integral part of the Postal Stationery story of the country. Thenew monograph covers the subject in a well presented, concise, understandable and readable way.

Early in the book, there is a useful table allowing easy identification of the 12 types and 15 sub­types of note issued between 1886 and 1986. This is followed by a detailed description of eachtype with the recorded range of usage dates and a priced list of values known. The next sectiondescribes the artwork, essays and proofs held in the Post Office Archives at Te Papa. Last sectiondescribes the British Postal Orders that were issued in New Zealand as part of an Empire initiative.Appendices give the numbers printed where known and finish with reproductions of the officialGovernment publications regulating the use of the notes.

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New Zealand Post have recently issued two booklets , one valued at $5.00 and one at $10.80 seeFigure 1 & 2. A press release has made the point that since Personalised Postage was launched,PostShops have been requesting customised stamps in a regional format to showcase their own

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area. Collectors will recall that two Private Post Operators, NZ Mail and Universal Mail, havealready issued local stamps .

During the first two weeks of Ma rch, NZ Post sold the two booklet s as a trial at their Kaikouraoutlet. One booklet was valued at 55 .00 and contained 10 x 50c and the other at $10.80 with 6 x$1.80. The stamps show images of the local marine wild life. The experiment was a success as thestocks sold out during the period .

As with Personalised Postage. New Zealand Post does not view these labels as stamps nor areCA Ls. They do not contain the words 'New Zea land ' or carry the official New Zealand Postunique iden tifier. As they are labels and not stamps there is no specific release date.

New Zealand Post says that if the trial is successful, it is likely that other ' hotspots ' will follow.

The booklets are availab le for purchase thro ugh the NZ Post website and co llectors may creat ea standing order for future issues.

On an historical note, it is probably wort h noting that this is not the first time that local bookletshave been produced by the New Zealand Post Office . The first experiment was undertaken in 1925when local advertisements were carried on booklets in Christchurch (Dainties) and Dunedin(Cameron Bros . Chemists) . AD

CPS 100Newsletter number 1 has now been issued by Canpex to publicise CPS 100, a National Stam p

Exhibition which will be held in Christchurch between November I Sth and 20th, 2011 to celebrate

the centenary of the Chr istchurch Philatelic Society.

The organising committee is now in place and the first souvenir has been produced . Support ingmembership is available for 525 and all those subscribing will receive a specially overprintedPolar Year miniature sheet.

Further information is available by e-mailingcanpe xrci)paradise.net.nz or writing to : CanpexIncorporated . P.O. Box 18914, Chri stchurc h 864 1, New Zealand .

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:USA - NEW ZEALAND AIR MAIL, JULY 1940: A UK PERSPECTIVE

ROBERT CLARK

Introduction:

I have recently made several visits to the Royal Mail Archive which is situated beside theMount Pleasant Sorti ng Office in Londo n. Whilst there, I consulted documents concerning air mailserv ices between the UK and New Zealand in the early yea rs of World War II. Many of thedocuments were originally secret or confidential and were not readily available until recently.

One of my interests is the development of the San Francisco - Auckland air mail service FAM19 by Pan American Airways and its use in carrying airmai l between the UK and New Zealand(l). The first flight of the service, using Boeing 314 flying boat 'Californ ia Clipper ' , was from PanAme rican ' s base at Treasure Island, San Francisco on lih July 1940. With the closure of the airmail route through the Mediterranean when Italy entered the war on 10lh June 1940, this providedthe only comp lete airmail service between Bri tain and New Zealand. The documents in the archivegive background information on the development of this route from a UK perspective.

The Brit ish Gov ernment were concerned with two issues about the Pan American service: thesovereignty of Canton Island and official air mai l. There is also the question of whether the firstacceptance from the UK connected with the first flight.

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C an ton Island:

The route from San Francisco to Auckland was via Los Angeles, Honolulu, Canton Island andew Caledonia and there was a question of the sovereignty of Canton Island which had been

claimed by Britain as part of the Phoenix Islands. The solution was to put it under joint IUKadministration from 1939 (it is now part of Kiribati).

In a letter from the General Post Office to the Dominions Office dated 13th ovember 1939, thequestion of whether mail from Canton Island should be franked with New Zealand or withstamps was discussed as was the suggestion ' that a British postal agency should be established onCanton Island.' (2). The issue was resolved when, according to the ell' York Tribune. theestablished a post office on Canton Island on zs" April 1939 (2).

When the fir t flight on FAM /9 arrived on Canton Island on 14th July 1939, Harold Graves wassworn in as Postmaster by Captain Tilton who, as commander of the 'California lipper' wasqualified to represent the nited tates Government (3). The mail to be despatched on the fi rstflight from Canton Island was actually flown on the incoming flying boat (4) and staff had a busytime cancelling the 9,252 covers so that they could be loaded back on the plane before it left thefollowing morning (3). Figure 1 shows an example flown to ew Zealand before being returned tothe SA by sea.

p Co .t •

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VIA AIR MAIL

I p 1 - t. 02 1o" 11 b r t... !.l del . 1

TAIR MAIL

"'--- - - .- I---to NEW CALEDONIA.. EW ZEALAN D

Figure 1: First airmail from Canton Island to ew Zealand

Official Air mail:

The other issue was whether the service should carry official airmail. This was raised in atelegram from the UK High Commissioner in ew Zealand to the Dominions Office on 25th June1940 which reads:

'The ew Zealand Postmaster General announced on 24th June that a fortnightly PanAmerican Airways ervice will open on 12th July from an Francisco, returning onzo" July from Auckland and that transit time for mails between ew Zealand and

nitcd Kingdom i expected to be about 12 days.

During interruption of Empire Air crvice it seems worth considering exchange of ourofficial non-confidential mail; by this route (rate 4/- ew Zealand) per half ouncebetween ew Zealand and U. .A. '

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The rate of 4/- only paid for air transit from Auckland to ew York followed by trans-Atlantictravel by surface mail. The rate for air mail all the way was 6s 3d per half ounce (reduced to 5s 9din eptember 1940).

There was correspondence between the Dominions Office and the GPO and a GPO reply dated3rd July stated that they had already arranged to accept air mail from the K to ew Zealand to besent by air across both the Atlantic and Pacific at a rate of 4s 6d per half ounce and that the routinginstructions should be North Atlantic and Transpacific Air Service. With respect to the suggestionabout sending official mail between ew Zealand and the UK by air across the Pacific, but by seaacross the Atlantic, the letter then goes on to say (2) that:

'There is not likely to be much demand in this country for a similar service in thereverse direction, i.e. by surface route, instead of by the Transatlantic air service, to the

SA and we do not at present propose to advertise such a service although we wouldnevertheless accept correspondence for transmission by it if prepaid at the rate of 3/­per half ounce and superscribed via ew York and Transpacific Air Service. '

As a result, the Dominions Office replied by telegram to the K High ommissioner in ewZealand on 4th July stating that it was not advisable for official non-confidential mail to beexchanged between the UK and ew Zealand on the Pan American Trans-Pacifi c service. Thiswas followed up by a further telegram from the Dominions Office on u" .July stating (5):

'it is not considered advisable that official mails should travel by air via foreign countrieswhere this can be avoided, and we do not therefore intend to use the Trans-Pacific service.'

Despite saying that they were not going to advertise the service, the 3/- rate to ev Zealand is inthe list of Air Mail Services issued with the Post Office Circular of 7th August 1940 along with the allair 4s 6d rate. However, they were correct in assessing that the 3/- rate would be unattractive andcovers are scarce. The only example that I have seen is shown in Figure 2 and is postmarked Tauntonon 27 cptember 1940. It has the rather faint routing instruction Via ew York & Transpacific inpencil. It is interesting that neither Walker (6) or tartup (7) mention the 3/- rate.

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Figure 2: UK to ew Zea land at the 3/- rate

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Did air mail from the UK connect with the first FAM 19 flight?

Most covers flown on the first FAM 19 flight were philatelic and were sent to the Postmaster inSan Francisco or Los Angeles so that they could be processed and have a special cachet applied.Such covers had to arrive in San Franc isco or Los Angeles not later than 10th July (4). However.non-philatelic air mail could arrive later as the envelope illustrated in Figure 3 demonstrates. Thisletter is addressed to Australia and was posted in New York at 7pm on July 10th and so cannothave arrived in San Francisco before July 11 th Although it does not have a special cachet, it has anAuckland transit mark on the back dated 18th July and so was flown on the first FAM 19 flight.

Both Walker (6) and Startup (7) state that air mail from the UK, at a postage rate of 4s 6d wasaccepted for the first flight from 3'd July. Walker states that the mail left London on 6th July andthat the distinctive San Francisco cachet was not applied to mail acce pted from the UK (6) .

Glen Avenue ,

John Nolan Esq. ,

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V IA A I R MAIL

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B. NOLANLO Bridge st . ," york City .

Figure 3: Acceptance for the first FAM / 9 flight with a New York postmark dated 10'hJuly 1940

The air mail route from the UK was by a BOAC flying boat from Poole in Dorset to Lisbon:from Lisbon via the Azores (and sometimes Bermuda) to New York by Pan American Airwaysroute FA M 18; from New York to San Francisco by domestic US air services; and then from SanFrancisco to Auckland by route FAM 19. According to Walker (6), the UK-Lisbon service wasflown by a DH 91 Albatross, but the last flight on that service was on June ts" with the first flyingboat from Poole being on 19th June and a regular twice weekly service starting on 8th July (8).

Each week durin g World War II, the Overseas Mails Branch (OMB) of the GPO produced aconfidential report (8), but they make no reference to acceptances from Britain for the PanAmerican service to Auckland. However, they do give useful information about Poole - Lisbonand Lisbon - New York flights.

An interesting feature of the information on war-time airmails is that different sources giveconflicting acco unts. For example, the Reporl on the Progress of Civil Aviat ion in 1939-1945notes that the service from Poole to Lisbon was only used to carry diplomatic mail (9) while theOMB Reports sugges t that it was used to carryall air mail. On balance . the ev idence seems tosupport the OMB account.

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According to OMB Report 44 for the week ending 13 July 1940, there were delays in the UK ­USA airmail service in early July and there was no flight from Poole to Lisbon between 30th Juneand the flight on 8th July (8). Less than half the waiting UK - Lisbo n air mail could beaccommodated on that flight and so it is possible that some of the air mail intended for the firstSan Francisco - Auckland flight was not flown to Lisbon until 11th July.

Mail from the Poole flight of s'" July was flown Lisbon - New York on 10 - 11th July (8).According to Aitink & Hovenkamp (10), that flight included a stop in Bermuda and so did notarrive in New York until noon on 11th July. It is therefore very possible that this mail did not arrivein San Francisco in time for the flight scheduled to leave at noon on 12th July.

The question of whether or not a cover posted in the UK in early July and addressed to NewZealand at the 45 6d rate connected with the first FAM 19 flight would be easily resolved bychecking whether it had the Auckland backstamp of is" July. Unfortunately, despite searchingreference books, articles. auction catalogues and contacting several experts, I cannot find a singleexample of such a cover. Given that 16,275 items were flown from San Francisco to Auckland onthe first flight (6), acceptances from the UK are surprisingly elusive.

I would he interested in hearing from anyone with a cover postmarked in the UK in the firstweek of July and intended for the first FAM 19 flight .

Ackno wledgements.

I would like to thank John Johnson Jr. for providing me with information from the US PostalBulletins and the Clipper News and Richard Seith for helpful comments. The quoted extracts fromthe Royal Mail Archive are reproduced courtesy of The British Postal Museum and Archive.

References:

I. Clark R 'New Zealand Air Mail to UK and Canada via USA in 1940-41: was it flown withinUSA?' The Kiwi (November 2009). Vol. 58 No.6. Pp. 128-133.

2. 'New Zealand: Pan American Airmail Services 1935140' , POST 33/5611, Royal Mail Archive.

3. 'Ne w ZealandAir Service' , Clipper News from Treasure Island, (July 26, 1940) Vol. I No. 6.

4. ' The Poscal Bulletin', (June 26, 1940) No.17975, Pub. US Postmaster General, Washington.

5. 'Empire Airmail Services: wartime arrangements: Parts 1-8 ' , POST 33/5608, Royal MailArchive.

6. Walker DA 'Airmails of New Zealand, Volume 2'. Pub. Air Mail Society of New Zealand.(1986). ISBN 0-959778 7-1-3.

7. Startup, RM 'Airmails of New Zealand, Volume 3' . Pub. Air Mail Society of New Zealand.(1997). ISBN 0-9597787-6-4.

8. ' Overseas Mails Branch Weekly Reports Nos. 17-68' , 1940, POST 56176, Royal Mail Archive.

9. Wilson J (Editor) ' Report on the Progress a/Civil Aviation 1939-1945 ' . Pub. West Africa StudyCircle (2005).

10. Aitink HE & Hovenkamp E 'Bridging the Continents in Wartime: Impo rtant Airmail Routes1939-45 '. Pub. SLTW, Enschede . (2005). ISBN 90-809628-1-3.

WI LD E ABOUT HAUSBERG?

Introduction:

Surely, there can be few more worthy ofremembrance for their dedication to Philately than thelate Leslie L I-Iausberg. ' Hausberg", I hear you say - who? It is probably true to say that he wouldnot have been well remembered were it not for the reprints of the Chalons (or the Full FaceQueen ' s, if you prefer).

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Hausberg is first mentioned in the London Philatelist in 1896 when he is listed as an attendee atthe 25tll meeting of the Royal Philatelic Society of London during the 1896/7 season which washeld on May ill, 1896. He is next mentioned in an account of the Manchester Exhibition of 1899when he was awarded silver medals for his displays of Grenada, Jamaica and Hong Kong.

Hausberg was undoubted ly a man of means. Interestingly, in his play, The Importance of BeingEarnest (1895), Oscar Wilde mentions a Baron l-Iausberg who dresses as a beggar for his portrait:'My dear boy ', said Trevor smiling, 'that old beggar, as you call him, is one ofthe richest men inEurope. He could buy all London tomorrow without overdrawing his account. He has a house inevery capital, dines offgold plate, and can prevent Russia going to war when he chooses ', Is it toomuch of a coincidence to suppose that Wilde based his character on our Hausberg? As we will sec,Hausberg undoubtedly had considerable wealth at his command as well as time on his hands.

Further mentions in the London Philatelist suggest that his main interest was in identifying thecauses of retouches, re-entries and the result of worn plates, particularly as related to the stamps ofIndia and New Zealand. He set off to India and thence to New Zealand, arriving there in February1905. Following discussion with the New Zealand Postal Authorities inspected material in theirarchives. On the pretext that The Royal in London was planning to publish a book detailing theearly issue of Australasia, he requested (on behalf of the RPSL) 1000 prints of the 2d Plate II inblack for inclusion in this book. As Me. Hausberg undertook to pay the cost of the work and tosupply the paper, the request was approved. Hausberg then requested a supply of paper fromPerkins. Bacon and Co. and Me. J M. Heath selected an unwatenn arked white wove sheet whichwas despatched to New Zealand. In April 1906, the Government Printer ran off 1,020 sheets of the2d Plate II and 26 sheets from plates for the remaining values, l d, 3d, 4d, 6d, and Is. In August ofthe same year, 26 sheets were also printed from the 2d Plate I. One thousand sheets of the 2d PlateII and 6 sheets of the other values were sent to Hausberg with the Postal Authorities retaining theremaining 20 sheets of each value. The sheets sent to Hausberg were all printed on card.

The planned publication never saw the light of day so the 2d Plate II was not used for thepurpose for which it had been produced. Of the 20 sheets retained in New Zealand, one of eachwas entered into the Reference Collection in Wellington and the remainder destroyed in 1936.

What to Look for in a Hausberg Reprint:

The 2d value from Plate II is by far the commonest and is often to be seen on eBay. A singlecopy may be purchased for about £2 and a block of 4 for about £I S. Larger multiples are lesscommon with a block of 36 selling for around £50 and the last complete sheet to appear in auctionfetched just under £500.

To obtain a complete set of the other values is less easy. The best way seems to be to look for aset in pairs and hope that other readers of the catalogue do not realise how scarce they are! Pricesusually start at around £50 but may go as high as £100+ for a clean set of marginal pairs. Myexperience is that none appears for years and then 3 or 4 sets appear very close together atdifferent auction houses. Complete sets in blocks of four are rare and highly desirable. Baillies setin blocks of 4 sold for £368. I have only seen the 2d in a block of six. From discussions with othermembers of the Society, it appears that the 1d is particularly problematic.

From my observations over the last few years, I doubt if more than about two hundred completesets exist. One may quite often sec odd single values at auctions.

A WORD OF WARNING

There are forgeries of the Hausberg reprints. The 2d as singles or multiples is sometimes seenwith a photocopy in blue on watermarked paper being the most conunon. I have yet to see theother values similarly treated. I have also had the pleasant experience of finding other items that

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purported to be Hausberg reprints but were, in fact, the much scarcer original plate proofs. It paysto keep your eyes open!

In Conclusion:

The significance of the Hausberg reprints cannot be overstated. They have made it possible forph ilatelists to study the final state of the printing plates and to position copies on the plate. Thequality of the 4d and 1s plates is obvious because of the smaller numbers of stamps printedoriginally. The fact that they were printed on card has also ensured their survival and continuingquality and will ensure their availability in the future. Thanks, Mr. Hausberg.

Thanks to Paul Moorcroft and CarolineBossowska at the RPSL for their help with this

article.

PATRIOTIC COVER CONCERNING SICK, WOUNDED AND PRISONERS OF WAR

ALLAN P. BERRY

Il«: Ip Our Sick ~ nll Wou nd~d.

Prl.flnrn QI War•• "d fight ing Mrn.

Sub.c,rt.t l iberAlly 10 PlI. lriolh:: rund,

Figure I: The Patriotic cover illustrated in The Mail Coach <at 75% of original)

The cover illustrated in figure 1 was first reported by Gerald Lawson in The Mail Coach in Vol.15 No.4, page 71 December 1978. The title of the article was 'WORLD WAR PATRIOTICENVELOPES, although they are now more commonly referred to as Patriotic Envelopes.

As part of my collection of the usage of the 1940 Centennial of British Sovereignty on cover, Ihave pursued such covers and they now form a significant part of the study.

However, I have never seen a copy of the cover illustrated, and it is my belief that its subject led toits suppression by the Authorities as being damaging to the morale of the citizens of New Zealand.

I am at present preparing a monograph on the Patriotic Covers Used in New Zealand Duringand After the Second World War. If any reader has an example of this cover, I would be mostgrateful if they could send me a coloured laser copy - and , of course, all expenses will be paid. Ihope that someone can help to complete the story and look forward to hearing from you.

I can be contacted bye-mail at apberry@wave.co.nz or my postal address is 238, WaikiekieRoad, Thames 3500, New Zealand.

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