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JULY/AUGUST 2004 JUILLET/AOÛT - VOL. 55 • NO.4
Journal of The ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF CANADA
Revue de La SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DE PHILATÉLIE DU CANADA
CONTENTS MATIÈRES
Journal of The
ROYAL PHILATELIC
SOCIETY OF CANADA
Revue de La
SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DE
PHILATÉLIE DU CANADA
Volume 55, No. 4 • Number / Numéro 323
FEATURE ARTICLES /
Table des
ARTICLES DE FOND
Home Hardware Stamp Launch
By Tony Shaman...............................................198 Home Hardware – Page 198
Imperforate 2¢ Map Stamps
By Richard Lamb, FRPSC...................................202
Outer to Inner Space
By Joseph Monteiro..........................................208
Transcribing Sounds
By Michael Madesker, FRPSC, RDP ...................214 Outer to Inner Space– Page 208
A New Policy for Austria Post
By Alf Brooks ...................................................216
Registered Domestic Post Cards
By George B. Arfken
and Horace W. Harrison ...................................218
Austria Post – Page 216
In Search of El Dorado
By Raymond W. Ireson .....................................221
ROYAL *2004* ROYALE
By Michael Peach and Carmichael Wallace .......226
From Port Arthur to Brussels
By Ken Lewis....................................................231
El Dorado – Page 221
Table of
ORAPEX 2004 Revisited
By Doug Lingard ...............................................234
Varieties
By "Napoleon".................................................237
APS Summer Session
By Peter Butler..................................................250
ROYAL *2004* ROYALE– Page 226
196 July -August / Juillet - Août 2004
DEPARTMENTS / SERVICES THE ROYAL PHILATELIC
The Lighter Side of Philatelic Writing ......................................200 SOCIETY OF CANADA
Quick Licks..................................................................................200 LA SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DE
Book Review / Ouvrages parus .........................................230, 236 PHILATÉLIE DU CANADA
Patron Her Excellency The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson
News, Views, & Happenings / C.C., C.M.M., C.D., Governor General of Canada
Nouvelles, opinions et événements..........................................238 Présidente d'honneur Son Excellence la très honorable Adrienne Clarkson,
C.C., C.M.M., C.D., Gouverneure générale du Canada
President’s Page / La page du président ..................................240
Membership Reports / Rapports des membres........................241 2004-2005
Coming Events / Calendrier.......................................................243 BOARD OF DIRECTORS –
Chapter Meetings / Réunions des clubs membres...................244 CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION
EXECUTIVE - L’EXÉCUTIF
Illegal Issue Alert! - Benin .........................................................246
Letters / Lettres ..........................................................................248 President – Président:
Charles J. G. Verge, FRPSC
Exchanges / Demandes d’échange .........................................249 Box 2788, Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 5W8
One Last Word / Un dernier mot ..............................................252 president@rpsc.org
Classifieds / Annonces classées..................................................254 1st Vice President – 1er Vice-Président:
Departments and Committees / Services et comités ...............255 J. Edward "Ted" Nixon, FRPSC
255 Cortleigh Blvd Toronto, ON M5N 1P8
Alphabetical List of Advertisers / Liste des annonceurs ..........255 ted.nixon@mercer.com
2nd Vice President –
2ième Vice-Président:
THE COVER / PAGE COUVERTURE:
Rick Penko
Box 1425, Winnipeg, MB R3C 2Z1
rpenko@shaw.ca
There still exists a great deal of postal history, preserved on
covers and correspondence hidden away in attics and dealer Treasurer – Trésorier:
boxes, that remains enigmatic and needs to be unravelled. One John Keenlyside, FRPSC
such small cache of covers and letters originating in the high 622 - 470 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6C 1V5
Andes of Colombia provided the inspiration for the story in this Secretary – Secrétaire
issue by Raymond W. Ireson entitled “In Search of El Dorado”, Harry Sutherland, RDP, FRPSC
beginning on page 221. 10 Summerhill Ave, Toronto, ON M4T 1A8
vggfoundation@on.aibn.com
Une énigme doit être résolue: celle de tranches complètes de
Past President – Président Sortant:
l’histoire postale préservée sous forme d’enveloppes et de Keith Spencer, FRPSC
correspondance cachées dans des greniers et dans les cartons des 5005 Whitemud Rd, Edmonton, AB T6H 5L2
marchands. C’est d’une telle cachette, abritant des plis et des krs2@ualberta.ca
lettres en provenance des hautes Andes de Colombie, que
Directors – Les Directeurs
Raymond Ireson a puisé l’inspiration pour son récit intitulé « In Frank Alusio, FRPSC, Etobicoke, ON
Search of Eldorado » (À la recherche de l’Eldorado) que nous Peter Butler, pbutler@ilap.com
pourrons lire à partir de la page 221. François Brisse, Beaconsfield, QC fsbrisse@sympatico.ca
Raymond Ireson, Roxboro, QC
Kenneth Magee, Clinton, ON kmagee@tcc.on.ca
We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the J. Graham McCleave, FRPSC, Fredericton, NB
Publication Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. mccleave@nbnet.nb.ca
Nous remercions le gouvernement du Canada pour son appui financier pour nos frais R. F Narbonne, Carleton Place, ON
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John M. Powell, FRPSC, Edmonton, AB
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July -August / Juillet - Août 2004 197
St. Jacobs Hosts Stamp Launch
By Tony Shaman
The heavy downpour shortly
before the scheduled unveiling Grades 4 and 5 pupils from St. Jacobs Public School
of the Home Hardware 40th- helped kick off the stamp unveiling ceremonies
anniversary stamp and the still- with their melodic rendition of O Canada.
threatening clouds hanging over
St. Jacobs did not dampen the
party atmosphere. Only the odd
umbrella was in evidence as the
crowd, estimated at about 700
including a number of Home
Hardware dealers in town for
their semi-annual Market,
assembled for the festivities.
Albert Street, several doors
down from the downtown post
office, was cordoned off for the
April 19, 2004 official ceremony.
Across the street, the caterer was
voices of St. Jacobs Public School National companies have the
already busy firing up his grills
Grades 4 and 5 students with resources to do things in grand
to barbeque several hundred
their rendition of O Canada. style and Home Hardware
hamburgers and hot dogs. A
Local dignitaries, company organizers left no stone
pair of six-foot, end-to-end
officials, politicians, and area unturned for their stamp launch
tables was needed to hold the bash. To show its support for the
residents also participated in the
two birthday cakes each shaped event, the board of directors of
ceremony. To add a local touch
and decorated to resemble a the giant hardware chain
of the village’s unique appeal,
stamped, addressed envelope. showed up in their signature red
organizers arranged for a horse-
Kicking off the unveiling drawn buggy to provide a visual blazers. While the village may
ceremony were the melodic backdrop to the proceedings. not have been the “sea of red”
that stamp designer Ron
Mugford alluded to in his
Two table-size 40th-anniversary cakes, shaped and address to the assembled
decorated to resemble a cover, added to the gathering, the red shirts and
celebratory mood throughout the village of St. Jacobs
jackets worn by Home
for the April 19, 2004 Home Hardware stamp launch.
Hardware dealers, company
officials, staff, and employees
did outnumber the non-red
apparel seen around town.
Company President Walter
Hachborn personally signed
5,000 first-day covers for
presentation to visitors
attending the unveiling. Also
available to autograph covers
was Home Hardware’s Creative
Director Ron Mugford, who
designed the stamp.
198 July -August / Juillet - Août 2004
Pictured on the Home Hardware First-Day-of-Issue cover are depictions of company co-founders Walter Hachborn
(right) and Henry Sittler. Hachborn personally autographed 5,000 covers for presentation to guests attending the
stamp unveiling.
Collectors availed themselves crowd began to line up for all but dissipated and made
of the special hammers at the hamburgers, hot dogs, soft way for a perfect ending to a
nearby post office to cancel drinks, and scrumptious stamp launch that will long be
their first-day covers. birthday cake, the clouds had remembered in St. Jacobs.
The village’s pictorial
canceller depicts a typical
Home Hardware 18-wheel
tractor-trailer used by the
company to keep its more-than
1,000 coast-to-coast stores
supplied. A second hammer,
featuring a large numeral 40 in
bold print along with the
company logo, was especially
designed for the stamp launch.
Post office staff were kept busy
from early morning and
throughout most of the day
serving customers eager to
purchase the 10-stamp panel
prestige pack, first-day covers,
and sample strikes of the two
special cancellers. Assisting at the stamp unveiling are left to right: Home Hardware President
Walter Hachborn, MP for Waterloo-Wellington Lynn Myers, Canada Post
By the time that the official
Vice-President of Business Transformation and Sourcing Management Louis
ceremonies were over and the O’Brien, and stamp designer Ron Mugford.
July -August / Juillet - Août 2004 199
C.R. MCGUIRE CONVENTION
WINS PRATT CHAIRMAN REPORT:
By Steve Thompson
AWARD Due to unforeseen circumstances,
St. John’s, NF, will not be hosting
The Collectors Club of Royal*2006*Royale. This is
New Way of Chicago is pleased to disappointing to everyone and we
announce that this year's hope they will be able to host our
Preventing Forgeries winner is C.R. McGuire of convention at some future date.
Stamp forgeries should be a Ottawa, Canada. Mr. McGuire Calgary was able to move from
thing of the past thanks to won for his series on the 2009 to 2006 and we are indebted
noted German stamp collector Newfoundland Ferry SS to them for making that change.
Elsa Schlitztorf. Next year will Caribou, the stamps depicting
Convention Schedule
see the first stamps ever issued the steamship and their postal
with a perfumed scent. “I got history published in the Postal 2005 - London, May 27-29
the idea because I was History Society of Canada 2006 - Calgary, Sept. 29-Oct. 1
constantly being sent Journal. 2007 - Toronto
perfumed paper. One day I 2008 - Quebec City
thought, ‘Why not on stamps 2009 - St. Catharines
2010 - open
too?’ So I wrote the German
2011 - Montreal, Lakeshore
post office about my idea and
they accepted it. It will be a SAVE MOZART!
great way to stop forgeries.
Someone is bound to be caught On April 1, 2004, a pictorial SIR SAMUEL CUNARD
if they issue a fake stamp with postmark debuted at the
an Eau d’Heaven scent when it Canadian hamlet of Mozart, SIGNED LETTER
should have been Chanel Saskatchewan. Postmaster
Number 5.” Jean Halldorson chose the
date to coincide with the 95th
Schlitztorf has other motives anniversary of the settlement’s
with her revolutionary idea. founding on April 1, 1909.
“There are too few women
collecting stamps. They need The tiny post office has the
something more than a piece of distinction of being the only
paper to attract them to our currently existing post office
hobby. I am confident that this named for the famous
idea will prove a breakthrough composer.
in increasing female Requests for the pictorial
membership, especially among cancel, with remittance of
young girls.” Money Order or International
One can hardly wait for the Reply Coupons to cover the
heavenly scents emitting from cost of postage, should be sent
the stamp albums of the future. to: Mrs. Jean Halldorson,
Postmaster, Mozart, SK S0A 2S0.
Courtesy: Doug Lingard
200 July -August / Juillet - Août 2004
July -August / Juillet - Août 2004 201
Imperforate 2¢
Map Stamps By Richard M. Lamb, FRPSC
Before sharing my personal The Essays and Proofs of British Thefts from the archives and
stories and experiences with fel- North America by Minuse and gifts to prominent Post Office of-
low members of the Map Stamp Pratt (1970) relegates the Map im- ficials supplied the stamp trade
Study Group, I would like to perforates or Plate Proofs in nor- from the early 1900’s on. In the
comment on the status of the im- mal colour on Stamp Paper to 1929 Jarrett Stamps of British North
perforate Map stamps. Appendix B values at $40 for America, Fred priced 2¢ Map im-
pairs, $80 for blocks, all four perforate pairs, all colours at $50
For decades Scott catalogues
shades. a pair. Jarrett’s March 1931
have listed #85a and #86a as im-
perforate without gum, and
dealers and auctioneers often de-
scribe them as “without gum as
issued”.
The fact is that no Map stamp
in this condition was ever offi-
cially sold to the public to qual-
ify as legitimate errors and thus
join catalogue status.
With proof collectors in a mi-
nority, catalogue publishers were
always under pressure from the
stamp trade to list imperforate
stamps as legitimate errors
rather than proofs.
According to Fundamentals of
Philately published by the
American Philatelic Society, the
Essay Proof Society in 1944 de-
fined a proof as follows: “Any
impression from an officially ap- Robson Lowe’s Encyclopaedia of B.N.A. Record offered unpicked
proved design die, plate or British Empire Postage Stamps, Vol- 2¢ Maps at $20 per 1,000 and 200
stone, or a new plate made from ume 5, North America (1973) on on cover at $10. Therefore, at that
the approved die in which the page 289 states that various im- time an imperforate pair equaled
design is exactly like the stamp primatur or proof sheets includ- 2,500 stamps or 1,000 covers.
as officially sold to the public, re- ing 2¢ Maps, were illicitly Sir William Mulock
gardless of the colour, kind of removed from the archives of the Jan. 19, 1844 - Oct. 1, 1944
paper or material on which it is Canadian Post Office. Some 2¢
printed or any experimental Map sheets in different colours William Mulock represented
treatment to which it was sub- were said to have had original York North in the House of Com-
jected and not used on stamps gum. On page 216 the imperfo- mons as its Liberal member from
sold to the public. Proofs were rates are stated to total 1,200 or 12 1882 to 1905. Prime Minister Lau-
not sold to the public.” sheets for the three main shades. rier appointed him as Postmaster
202 July -August / Juillet - Août 2004General in 1896. He served until In a book on Fred Jarrett, now
1905 and his initials appear on in preparation by Gray Scrim-
die proofs of Jubilee, Leaf, Nu- geour and Merrick Jarrett, Fred’s
meral, Map and Edward issues. notes will express a cautious re-
spect for Ritter and will record
In 1897 he proposed unsuccess-
some amazing stories.
fully to the Imperial Postmaster
General that a penny (2¢) postage Ritter attended the first meet-
rate be introduced for Canada ing of the Canadian Stamp Deal-
and within the Empire. Mulock ers’ Association in October, 1942.
then proclaimed that Canada Later after a fire at his Yonge
would adopt a 3¢ rate to Eng- Street Arcade stamp and coin
land. A conference on Imperial shop, Ritter, who was a bachelor,
rates was called in London in ran his business from his home.
1898 and after a bitter debate, In 1952 I was in the Bloor Sub-
Mulock’s 2¢ rate was passed by a way station stamp shop of Neil
one-vote margin. Carmichael, late father of Vance
He then was instrumental in Carmichael. Neil purchased a
having the Imperial cable com- collection, made a phone call and
pleted to Australia in 1901. In Sir William Mulock within the hour a stocky figure
1902 he was knighted by King entered the store. He was pro-
Edward VII for those services to hung in the offices of senior tected by a heavy coat and a hat
the Empire. postal officials or bureaucrats to which covered all but his eyes.
emphasize the extent of the He quickly checked the lot, paid
After the Imperial rate confer- British Empire. In 1905, when he cash in large bills and left. I inno-
ence, Mulock had four artists retired, or earlier, presumably Sir cently enquired regarding this
work on essays for his proposed William had the remaining sheets unusual character and was ad-
2¢ Map and also on a 3¢ design. shipped to his Toronto residence. vised in confidence that the visi-
W.L.Green, president of the
On October 1, 1944, the nation tor was Ritter.
American Bank Note Co., also
submitted an essay which was mourned the death of Sir William Later that year I visited Ritter at
more like the approved design. Mulock, a truly great Canadian. his three-story red brick house at
The issued stamps appeared in At his bedside among others, was 124 Isabella Street. The door only
December, 1898, with the Imper- Colonel the Honorable W.P. Mu- opened a couple of inches, but
ial 2¢ rate effective on Christmas lock, Postmaster General of unlike many other visitors, I
Day. Canada. The Colonel may have passed scrutiny and was soon
been standing within a few feet seated at the dining room table.
Presumably the Post Office of the mother lode of imperforate
would normally present the Post- Map stamps. They would have Ritter enjoyed my reaction to
master General with at least a made a great addition to the unpriced items – if I made an
large die proof of the Map stamp. stamps of the 1920s on sale at the offer it was always too low. At
However, since Mulock con- Philatelic Agency in Ottawa. If this and subsequent visits I made
ceived the idea, proposed and sold by the Agency; they could some minor purchases. Eventu-
approved the design, a signifi- have gained true catalogue sta- ally Ritter invited me into the li-
cant exception appears to have tus! brary where he kept his
occurred. I suggest that some- enormous wholesale stock of
Milton Leroy Ritter Canada and his better retail items
where in the Postmaster Gen-
eral’s expense accounts is an In the late 1920s and 1930s, and collections.
invoice for framing a substantial Fred Jarrett and Milton Ritter
were among the leading Toronto He produced an envelope of
number of imperforate sheets of imperforate Maps without gum,
stamp dealers. Both had offices
the Map stamp. priced to me at $30 a pair or $60
on or near Yonge Street and both
The framed sheets may have responded swiftly to advertise- a block in the two main shades.
been intended to grace the corri- ments listing collections in the My hourly wage at Massey Har-
dors of power in Ottawa or to be Toronto newspapers. ris was only $1.19 so I had to sell
July -August / Juillet - Août 2004 203these at local stamp clubs before were or had originally been an inch in thickness by an adhe-
buying others. Demand was low framed for display purposes. sive which defied all efforts to re-
as Ritter had flooded the market move them. Jim Sissons and
Members of the stamp trade
and placed ads in U.S. stamp others were consulted but experi-
claimed that the find consisted of
magazines. ments damaged or destroyed
between 8 and 16 sheets. It is un-
many copies. Finally, it was
With my limited means, Ritter clear whether a picker was in-
found that boiling water would
obviously saw no reason to offer volved, if workmen were paid off
do the trick. Bill Maresch clearly
me a complete sheet. However, or Ritter had to borrow a wheel-
recalls soaking off a sheet for a
he did show me an almost per- barrow to haul them home.
customer by this method with al-
fectly centered mint sheet of the What is less clear is why after most perfect results.
50¢ Bluenose which was stored in nearly 50 years this hoard was en
a rolled up newspaper! route to the dump. One would Lot 444 in the Sissons’ Jarrett
have thought that someone in the sale May 25 - 26, 1960, was de-
I had no idea then that these scribed as #86a imperforate
imperforate Maps were from a family, like the Postmaster Gen-
eral himself, would have realized block, red omitted which made
fortunate find made by Ritter a $170; could this have been too
few years earlier. Apparently the significance of this material.
long in the boil cycle?
some time after Sir William Mu- After 100 years, title to any im-
lock died on October 1, 1944, a perforate map stamps is techni- In the Sissons’ Walter Bayley
pile of household trash was al- cally in doubt. They are probably sale on March 29, 1961, a #86a
legedly spotted by Ritter outside actually still the property, of the centre line block of 10 made $65.
the Mulock mansion at 515 Jarvis government which is not plan- It had faults likely caused by at-
Street, just around the corner ning any action now or ever. Rit- tempts to free it from the mat.
from 124 Isabella. To his surprise ter got the sheets home safely but Ritter was brutally murdered in
it included a number of imperfo- then the fun began. The sheets his home on March 19, 1971. A
rate Map sheets which either were glued to a card mat 3/16 of man living in the next street was
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204 July -August / Juillet - Août 2004charged with non-capital murder from at least three other sheets. After noting up to 10 sheets of
on March 21, 1971. This was front As plate #s were not indicated, proofs of some Pence and 1859 is-
page news in the Toronto Star and they could have been trimmed sues, a huge lot of 8,095 Numeral
the Globe and Mail with specula- off to fit the Mulock picture issue proofs, disappointed 2¢
tion about the number of imper- frames. Lot 426, the imprint sheet Map collectors found only 98
forate sheets and the value of his of 100 of #85a made $4,000 black proofs and 71 black, blue
huge stock of stamps and coins. against a Scott catalogue value of and carmine proofs.
Several hundred thousand dol- $5,500 and lot 431, the similar At the time, the significance of
lars of old bank notes were found sheet of #85b with the same Scott the small number of 2¢ imperfo-
by the Toronto police investigat- value, realized $4,800. rate Map proofs offered was not
ing the crime. The suspect was After the sale approximately 11 connected to the large number of
apparently looking for cash, of further sheets, not in equal quan- sheets framed by Mulock and
which Ritter was known to carry tities of the two colours, were later salvaged by Ritter.
a large amount. sold to the buyer of lots 426 and The Canadian Post Office is
The H.R. Harmer Ritter Sale 431, who was almost certainly said to have forced the with-
March 6 - 8, 1973 Kasimir Bileski of Winnipeg. He drawal of 186 lots in the sale. It is
After a couple of years of ru- could then take over distribution not clear if they purchased them
mour and speculation, H.R. previously controlled by Ritter. or claimed title to them in accor-
Harmer Inc. of New York an- Taking into account personal dance with contracts signed with
nounced the Ritter stock had sales by Ritter, his original find the printers of the day.
...a pile of household trash was allegedly spotted by Ritter outside
the Mulock mansion... it included a number of imperforate Map sheets
which either were or had originally been framed for display purposes.
been consigned by Canada Per-
may have been more than 20 im- Lot 1828, the 2¢ Map produc-
manent Trust, administrator of
perforate sheets, far more than tion file, estimated at $5,000 -
the estate. Most Toronto dealers
and collectors had hoped that a previously suggested by writers $7,500, was hammered down for
Toronto auction house would on the subject. $60,500, including the 10% buy-
handle this important local es- ers’ penalty!
The sales also included about
tate, there being no premium for 200 mint 2¢ Maps and also 6,100 Of all the lots in the sale, this was
U.S. funds at that time. used examples, including 5,500 in probably the most historically sig-
Keith Harmer and Bill Roscher bundles of 100. However, most nificant to the people of Canada,
rented a van and picked up the bundles had been picked over for stamp collectors in general and 2¢
stock in Toronto. Bernard Harmer cancellations and then made up Map collectors in particular. This
assisted them in breaking down to strength by fortunate collectors lot should have been repossessed
the huge accumulation into 1,491 who resold them to Ritter. or purchased for or by the Cana-
lots. dian Post Office for display and for
The American Bank Note researchers to access at the Na-
Apart from the 1950 Reford Company Archives Sale, tional Postal Museum.
Sales, this may be the only three- New York
day sale of a Canadian consign- This article appeared in Volume
On September 13, 1990,
ment not auctioned in Toronto. 4, Number 3, of The 1898 Christ-
Christies Robson Lowe sold
mas Map Stamp Newsletter, the
I attended the sale with several B.N.A. material from the ABN
official organ of the Map Stamp
other Canadian dealers. There Co. Archives. 2¢ Map collectors,
Study Group of the British North
were approximately 245 imperfo- noting the 2¢ Map Essay on the
America Philatelic Society.
rate 2¢ Maps, including two im- front cover, eagerly examined the
print sheets of 100 and blocks 2¢ Map section. Ed.
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July -August / Juillet - Août 2004 207Outer to Inner Space:
Royal Mail Continues its Innovative Program
By Joseph Monteiro
I. Introduction subjects ranging from birds, veg- which means you can combine
Astronomy, an ancient science, etables, landscape, transporta- these stamps with your picture
has been in existence since the tion, and the Coronation of or any other picture. These Smil-
dawn of recorded civilization. Its Queen Elizabeth II to the annual ers complement others issued for
impact on human progress is releases such as Christmas and invitations, birthday greetings
monumental. Uncounted lost Smilers. Brief technical details, as and letters. The stamps are avail-
sailors and aviators have been available, will also be men- able in sheets of 20.
guided by the stars in the sky. tioned. 3) Occasions (1st x 6 - Febru-
From stamps on outer space to 1) Birds of Prey (1st x 10 - Jan- ary 4, 2003): Occasions are usu-
the recent issue of stamps on uary 14, 2003): To pay tribute to ally on everyone’s calendar. To
inner space, Royal Mail has con- two birds of prey that have been remind everyone of this, Royal
tinued to thrill philatelists in used in heraldry Royal Mail has Mail issued a set of six stamps
2003. The inner space stamps released a ten-stamp set. The on Occasions. This is the third
commemorate the findings of birds of prey, the barn owl and set of Occasion stamps and these
Francis Crick on the DNA (de- kestrel, belong to the nocturnal stamps give customers a chance
oxyribose nucleic acid) sequence and diurnal group of birds. Each to interact on a stamp by making
that makes each person unique. of these birds, captured on the their own mark and then send-
In April 1953 he stated, “We wing and depicted on the ten ing their own personalized mes-
have discovered the secret of stamp, was taken by bird pho- sage on an envelope. The
life” that laid the foundations for tographer Stephen Dalton. These messages on these stamps allow
the Human Genome Project. stamps were designed by John customers to congratulate, com-
These stamps and several other Gibbs and printed by Walsall Se- miserate, express their love, or
issues as described here continue curity Printers using lithography. give someone the all-important
to make Royal Mail stamp pro- The stamps were printed in a thumbs-up or down. These
gram for 2003 very exciting. horizontal sheet format of 60 and stamps were designed by UNA
II. Stamp Programme for 2003 were perforated with a 14x14.5 and printed by the House of
The leading graphic artists and perforating gauge. The size of Questa using lithography. The
stamp designers of these stamps each stamp is 37mm (wide) x stamps were printed in a hori-
are: John Gibbs, Stephen Dalton, 35mm (high). The adhesive used zontal sheet format of 60 and
Enid Marx, Michael C. Farrar is PVA and the stamps are phos- were perforated with a 14x14.5
Bell, George Knipe, Mary Ad- phor coated all over with bird perforating gauge. The size of
shead, Edmund Dulac, Williams images reversed out. These each stamp is 41mm (wide) x
Murray Hamm, Johnson Banks, stamps do not have the usual 30mm (high). The stamps are
Howard Brown, Kate Stephens, phosphor bars but instead the phosphor coated where appro-
UNA and Phelan Barker Design phosphor is incorporated into priate. Royal Mail also released a
Consultants. This article de- the white and black backgrounds Smilers Occasions 2003 generic
scribes their stamps and pro- of the stamp. sheet consisting of twenty 1st
vides technical details and 2) Smilers (1st x 8 - January 21, Class stamps on the six Occa-
illustrations where available. 2003): To enable collectors to sions 2003 stamps. To each
continue to enjoy the British clas- stamp is attached a label.
Commemoratives:
In 2003, 14 commemorative sic flower garden stamps issued 4) The Secret of Life (2nd x 1,
sets were issued. The commem- in 1997, these stamps are now 1st x 1, E x 1, 47p x 1 and 68p x 1
orative sets cover a diversity of being made available as Smilers, - February 25, 2003): The secret
208 July -August / Juillet - Août 2004of everlasting life has eluded Kevin Summers. These stamps were designed by award-win-
every researcher so far. One step were printed by Walsall Security ning designer Howard Brown.
nearer to understanding this was Printers using gravure. The These stamps were printed by
taken by decoding DNA. To cele- stamps were printed in a hori- De La Rue Security Print using
brate 50 years of decoding DNA, zontal sheet format of 10 and are gravure. The stamps were
a set of five stamps was issued die-cut with simulated perfora- printed in a sheet format of 50
by Royal Mail. The DNA of a tions. The size of each stamp is stamps and are perforated with
single person would stretch to 39mm (wide) x 38.5mm (high). 15 x 14.5 gauge. The size of each
the Sun 600 times if spun into a The adhesive used is PVA and stamp is 60mm (wide) x 21mm
single thread. The five stamps on the stamps are completely phos- (high). The adhesive used is PVA
Genome depict the end of the be- phor coated. and the stamps are phosphor
ginning, comparative genetics, 6) Extreme Endeavours (1st x coated all over.
cracking the code, genetic engi- 1, 2nd x 1, E x 1, 42p x 1, 47p x 1 7) Coronation (1st x 10 (differ-
neering, and medical futures. and 68p x 1 - April 29, 2003): To ent) - June 02, 2003): To commem-
These stamps were designed by celebrate extreme endeavours orate the 50th Anniversary of the
Williams Murray Hamm and across oceans, deserts, polar re- coronation of Her Majesty Queen
printed by Joh Enschedé Security gions and the skies, Royal Mail Elizabeth II, Royal Mail has is-
Print using lithography. The has issued a set of six stamps. sued a set of ten 1st stamps. It will
stamps were printed in a hori- The six stamps depict Conquest enable one to relive the pageantry
zontal sheet format of 50 and of Mount Everest (1953), Amy and enjoyment of June 2, 1953. On
were perforated with a 14x14.5 Johnson-Queen of the Air (1903- that day fifty years ago, the
perforating gauge. The size of 1941), Freya Stark-Solo Traveller Queen stated “This, my Corona-
each stamp is 37mm (wide) x and Writer (1893-1993), Ernest tion, is a declaration of our hopes
35mm (high). The stamps are Shackleton-Polar Explorer (1874- for the future.” It summed up in a
phosphor coated where appro- 1922), Francis Chichester - sentence the aspirations of a na-
priate. Yachtsman (1901-1972), and tion that was recovering from the
5) Fun and Fruit Vegetable Robert Falcon Scott-Polar Ex- aftermath of the World Word II.
(1st x 10 (different)- March 25, plorer (1868-1912). The stamps Five of the stamps capture the
2003): DIY (do-it-yourself)
stamps, consisting of a set of ten
fruit and vegetable stamps, were
issued by Royal Mail. This is an-
other ‘world first’ in the area of
innovative ideas for stamps. DIY
enables the customer to give a
stamp its own personality by
using special stickers. Customers
can then construct their own
weird and wonderful world of
fruit and vegetable characters,
thereby extending the basic de-
sign of the stamps. The stamps
were designed by Johnson Banks
and the photography was by
July -August / Juillet - Août 2004 209pomp and ceremony of the event each stamp is 35mm x 35mm 11) Pub Signs (1st x 1, 2nd x 1,
in glorious technicolour and the and the stamps are phosphor E x 1, 42p x 1, 47p x 1 and 68p x 1
other five stamps are in black and coated where appropriate. The - August 12, 2003): In August,
white colours. These stamps were adhesive used is PVA gum. Royal Mail issued a set of stamps
designed by Kate Stephens and drawing attention to British
9) Scotland (1st x 1, 2nd x 1, E
printed by De La Rue Security pubs. The stamps on pubs cele-
x 1, 42p x 1, 47p x 1 and 68p x 1 - brate the heritage of Britain in a
Print using gravure on coated and July 15, 2003): To depict Scot-
watermarked paper. The stamps unique way. Pub signs tell stories
land’s turbulent history against a of kings, queens, religion and
were printed in a sheet format of dramatic, natural background,
60 stamps and are perforated with history marking events and char-
Royal Mail has issued a set of six acters great and small. The
14.5 x 14 gauge. The size of each stamps. The stamps depict the
stamp is 35mm (wide) x 36mm stamps depict the following pub
following views of Scotland (cor- signs: the Station; the Black
(high) and the stamps are phos- responding to the above values):
phor coated where appropriate. Swan; the Cross Keys; the
Ben More, Isle of Mull; Loch As- Mayflower; and the Barley
8) HRH Prince William ( E x 1, synt, Sutherland; Roth- Sheaf. These stamps were de-
28p x 1, 47p x 1 and 68p x 1 - iemurchus, Cairngorms; Dalveen signed by Elmwood and printed
June 17, 2003): To celebrate the Pass, Lowther Hills; Glenfinnan by De La Rue Security Print
21st birthday of Prince William, Viaduct, Lochaber; and Papa Lit- using gravure. The stamps were
printed in a sheet format of 50
stamps and are perforated with
14 x 15 gauge. The size of each
stamp is 30mm (w) x 41mm (h)
and the stamps are phosphor
coated where appropriate. The
adhesive used is PVA gum.
12) Transport Toys (1st x 1, E x
1, 42p x 1, 47p x 1 and 68p x 1 -
September 18, 2003): Royal Mail
issued a set of stamps to cele-
brate a range of classic toys dat-
ing from the 1920s to the 1950s.
The stamps depict the following
toys: Meccano- constructor bi-
a set of four special stamps fea- tle, Shetland Islands. These plane, Wells-Brimtoy- clockwork
turing portraits of Prince William stamps were designed by Barker double decker omnibus,
was issued. This is the first Design Consultants and printed Hornby- M 1 clockwork locomo-
stamp issue where a member of by De La Rue Security Print tive and tender, Dinky toys- Ford
the Royal Family has had this using gravure. The stamps were Zephyr and Mettoy- friction
milestone celebrated in this par- printed in a sheet format of 50 drive space ship eagle. These
ticular fashion. Prince William stamps and are perforated with stamps were printed by Joh En-
was born on 21st June, 1982 at St. 14.5 x 14.5 gauge. The size of schedé Security Print using
Mary’s Hospital, Paddington in each stamp is 35mm x 35mm gravure. The stamps were
London. He completed school at and the stamps are phosphor printed in a sheet format of 50
Eaton College and is going on to coated where appropriate. The and were also available as a
study History of Art at St. An- adhesive used is PVA gum. miniature sheet with each of the
drews University in Scotland. stamps issued. The stamps were
10) Smilers (1st x 20 - July 29,
perforated with a 14x14.5 perfo-
These stamps were designed by 2003): A new Smilers Generic
rating gauge. The size of each
Madeleine Bennett and printed Sheet was made available on 29 stamp is 41mm (wide) x 30mm
by Walsall Security Printers Ltd. July, 2003. The Cartoons Generic (high). The stamps are phosphor
using gravure. The stamps were sheet contains labels alongside coated where appropriate. The
printed in a sheet format of 50 stamps featuring crossword adhesive used is PVA gum.
stamps and are perforated with clues. The stamps are available Many toys are also sold at Royal
14.5 x 14.5 gauge. The size of in sheets of 20. Mail and thousands of other
210 July -August / Juillet - Août 2004transport toys can be viewed at Irregular Definitives: Regular Definitives:
the Cumberland Toy & Model 1) Wilding Definitives (May 1) Machin Head (May 8,
Museum 20, 2003): Dorothy Wilding, a 2003/July 1, 2003): A new 34p
(www.toymuseum.co.uk). British photographer, was the Machin Head stamp was issued
13) British Museum (1st x 1, first woman to be granted ‘By on May 6, 2003. The stamp was
2nd x 1, E x 1, 42p x 1, 47p x 1 Appointment’ status to the Royal printed by De La Rue Security
and 68p x 1 - October 7, 2003): Family. Dorothy Wilding (1893- Print using the gravure process.
On October 7, 2003, Royal Mail 1976) designed the first defini- On May 28, 2003, the Welsh 2nd
issued a set of stamps to cele- tive series of Her Majesty, Queen Class definitive stamp was is-
brate 250 years of the British Mu- Elizabeth II which were released sued. This stamp was printed by
seum. It houses a vast collection on December 5, 1952. In Decem- De La Rue Security Print instead
spanning the millennia and the ber 2002, a miniature sheet con- of Walsall Security Print. On July
globe, ranging from the Babylon- taining nine stamps was issued. 1, 2003, four high value stamps
ian boundary stones to the 20th This was followed by definitive (£1.50, £2, £3 and £5) were is-
century credit cards. The stamps sued. The stamp was printed by
stamps issued on May 20, 2003.
depict the following: Alexander De La Rue Security Print using
Michael C. Farrar Bell designed
the Great, Coffin of Denytena- the gravure process rather than
the (4d) 4p, (3d) 8p and (4 1/2)
mun, Sutton Hoo Helmut, Sculp- the intaglio. The size of all the
10p; George T. Knipe designed
ture of Parvati, Mask of stamps described in this para-
the (6d) 20p and (7d) E; Mary graph are 24mm x 20mm.
Xiuhtecuhtli, and Hoa
Hakananai’a. These stamps were
printed by Walsall Security
Printers Ltd. using gravure in a
sheet format of 50 stamps and
are perforated with a 14 x 15
gauge. The size of each stamp is
31mm (wide) x 41mm (high) and
the stamps are phosphor coated
where appropriate. The adhesive
used is PVA gum.
14) Christmas (November 03):
Royal Mail issued a set of stamps
to commemorate Christmas.
Christmas stamps have been is-
sued in the UK since 1966. A
number of countries follow this
tradition to provide us with a Adshead designed the( 9d) 28p,
sign of hope. It took nearly 400 2) Definitive Coil Stamps: a)
(10d) 34p, and (11d) 42p; and Ed- On January 21, 2003 a definitive
years of prayer before Christ was
mund Dulac designed the (1s 6d) coil of 500 x 1st class stamps NVI
finally born on earth.
68p. The designs are considered was issued; b) On January 21,
Definitives: to be classics. These stamps were 2003 a definitive coil of 500 x 2nd
In 2003 Royal Mail issued a printed by De La Rue Security class stamps NVI was issued;
number of definitive stamps. Print using gravure on uncoated and c) On May 28, 2003, the 1st
Collecting definitive stamps of water-marked paper. The stamps Gold Definitive Stamp Roll was
the UK is the most challenging were printed in a sheet format of issued. This stamp was printed
aspect of modern British philat- 9 stamps and are perforated with by De La Rue Security Print.
ely. A large number of definitive 14 x 15 gauge. The size of each Each coil consists of 500 stamps.
stamps has been issued in 2003 stamp is 24mm x 20mm. The The coils were designed to be
because of two factors: Royal stamps are phosphor coated as used in stamp dispensing ma-
Mail has switched printers to De appropriate. The souvenir sheet chines in Post Offices™, etc.
La Rue Security Print, which will was designed by Rose Design
replace Harrison print; and a re- 3) Definitive 1st Class Gold:
and the size of each sheet is On July 1st, 2003, a gummed 1st
issue of the Wilding stamps with 70mm x 123mm.
new values. Class Gold Definitive stamp was
July -August / Juillet - Août 2004 211made available. The stamp was itive stamps, plus a label of DNA the first three of the Secret of Life
printed by De La Rue Security sequences; 3) Pane 3 - 2x2nd stamps described in section I.
Print. This is the first gold class and 2x1st class Secret of 2) Coronation: On June 2 a
gummed definitive stamp is- Life stamps; and 4) 4xE Secret of prestige booklet entitled A Per-
sued. Life stamps. The stamps of fect Coronation was released.
Stamp Booklets: Northern Ireland were designed This booklet contains four
by Rodney Miller Associates and panes: 1) Pane 1 - 4x1st class
In 2003, Royal Mail issued two
the genome stamps were de- and 4x2nd class plus a label; 3)
types of booklets: prestige book-
signed by Williams Murray Pane 2 - 4x1st class (new com-
lets and regular booklets. The
Hamm. The Secret of Life stamps memoratives); 3) Pane 3 - 4x1st
prestige booklets provide inter-
were printed by Joh Enschedé class (new commemoratives); 4)
esting information and photo-
Security Print using lithography; Pane 4 - 2 x 68p, 2 x 47p and 1 x
graphs and are certainly among
the Northern Ireland stamps £1. The Coronation stamps were
the best in the world.
were printed using lithography; designed by Kate Stephens. The
Prestige Stamp Booklets: and the Machine stamps were stamps were printed by Walsall
1) Microcosmos: A guide to printed using gravure. The Se- Security Printers Ltd. using
Inner Space takes you on a jour- cret of Life stamps were perfo- gravure. The size of the stamps
ney inside the human body rated with a 14x14.5 perforating with the Machine Head and
through cells and chromosomes, gauge. The size of Secret of Life Wilding Portrait is 24mm x
and molecules and atoms. It is stamps is 37mm (wide) x 35mm 20mm with one elliptical perfo-
written by Susan Aldridge. The (high). The Secret of Life stamps ration on each vertical side. The
prestige booklet contains four are phosphor coated where ap- size of each Coronation stamp is
panes: 1) Pane 1 - 5x2nd Class propriate and the other defini- 35mm (wide) x 36mm (high).
and 4x1st Class Ireland country tives have one or two phosphor The size of the £1 stamp is
definitive stamps; 2) Pane 2 - bars. It should be noted that the 24mm x 40.5mm. The Machin
4x1st class and E Machine defin- prestige booklet only contains stamps were printed on coated
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212 July -August / Juillet - Août 2004paper; the Coronation stamps III. Other Products Issued in 2003 3) Others: Besides the above
were printed on coated and wa- In addition to commemorative products Royal Mail also issues a
termarked paper; and the Wild- stamps, definitive stamps and number of other products such
ing/Dulac definitive stamps stamp booklets, Royal Mail has as: First Day Covers, Yearbooks,
were printed on uncoated and also issued various other prod- Yearpacks, Phone Cards, Albums
watermarked paper. The stamps ucts in 2003. Those of greater in- and Gifts and Collectibles. A
have phosphor coating as ap- terest to philatelists are as complete listing can be found in
propriate. The size of the pres- follows: its Stock List.
tige stamp book is 162mm x
1) Stamp Cards: Several sets of IV. Concluding Remarks
96mm.
stamps cards were issued in 2003. Royal Mail has come up with a
Regular Booklets: These are: a) Birds of Prey (10); b) fascinating philatelic program
1) On March 4, 2003 Royal Occasions 2003 (6); c) Secret of for 2003. This is hardly surpris-
Mail issued a Occasions 2002 Life (5); d) Fun Fruit and Vegeta- ing for the year in which Her
‘Hello’ retail booklet. This £1.68 bles (10); e) Extreme Endeavours Majesty Queen Elizabeth II cele-
booklet consists of 4 x 1st NVI (6); f) Coronation (10); g) Prince brated the 50th anniversary of
and 2 x 1st NVI Hello stamps. William (1); h) Scotland (6); i) Pub her Coronation. Besides com-
This booklet contains self-adhe- Signs (5); j) Transport Toys; k) memorative stamps, there were
sive stamps. British Museum; and l) Christ- also other interesting products
mas. The number after the brack- such as new definitive stamps
2) On March 27, 2003, five self- ets indicates the number of stamp that added to the many varieties
adhesive stamp retail booklets cards issued in the set. Generally, to keep the interest of specialists
were issued. The booklets were: the number of stamp cards corre- alive. Then there were the pres-
a) 4 x European 40g (£2.12); b) 4 sponds to the number of stamps tige booklets that stand out as
x Worldwide 40g (£4.48); c) 12 x issued and each is sold for 25p. carefully researched and printed
1st Gold NVI (£3.36); d) 12 x 2nd 2) Coin/Banknote/Ingot Cov- products. In summary, the
NVI (£2.40); and e) 6 x 1st Gold ers: Several covers with a coin United Kingdom has always
NVI (£1.68). The booklets noted or/and banknote or ingot have marketed well designed and at-
from c) to e) were printed by also been issued. In 2003 these tractively printed stamps to keep
Walsall Security Printers Ltd. special covers were: a) DNA Dis- it ahead of nearly every other
3) In April 2003, Royal Mail is- coveries Coin cover; b) Pillar to country in the world.
sued a Endeavours Retail book- Post 2nd Class Ingot cover; c)
let. This £1.68 booklet consists of Pillar to Post 1st Class Ingot
cover; d) Penny Black Stamp BIBLIOGRAPHY
4 x 1st NVI and 2 x 1st Extreme
Endeavours Stamps. This book- Ingot cover; e) Coronation Coin 1. Stamp Preview, 2003.
cover; f) Coronation Banknote 2. Stamp Calendar 2003,
let contains self-adhesive
cover; g) Coronation Ingot cover; Your Guide to New Special
stamps.
h) Coronation Ingot and Crown; Stamps, Royal Mail.
4) On May 28, 2003, three retail and i) Green Shilling Ingot Pk.
booklets were made available
with visible changes to the book-
let covers. These booklets, printed GET ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE
by Walsall, reflect a new branding
change of Royal Mail’s logo, ON CANADIAN PHILATELY
which now has ‘The Real Net- Nearly half our members come from the other side of the pond.
work’ placed below the cruciform.
They enjoy our quarterly award-winning magazine, Maple Leaves.
The three retail booklets are: a) 6 x
E NVI; b) 6 x 42p; and c) 6 x 68p. Some of them come to our annual convention
5) In September 2003 Royal Are you missing out?
Mail issued a retail booklet con- For a complimentary copy of Maple Leaves and
taining six 1st stamps. The six further information write to the Secretary:
John Wright, 12 Milchester House, Staveley Road,
stamps are: 4x1st Machins and Meads, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 7JX UK
2x1st Transport stamps.
SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE IN CANADA
July -August / Juillet - Août 2004 213Transcribing Sounds
By Michael Madesker, RDP, FRPSC
The author of this study has of their activity (staking out of
taken many liberties, with apolo- territories is still the practice of
gies to all concerned, with the domesticated animals); it may
rules of philatelic composition have been initiated by an indi-
and the interpretation of some vidual as social interaction grew
scientific facts to make the narra- to indicate the dangers or the
tive more interesting. Care, how- bounty of an area or, perhaps,
ever, was taken in accuracy of from magic symbols created to
the information provided. appease a deity or repeal evil
This article should not be used spirits.
as an example for the prepara- As fascinating as the study of
tion of collections for an exhibi- the development of writing is, it
tion nor be quoted as a scientific Egypt's Golden Goddess
is not the scope or purpose of of Writing
work. The purpose of this work this article. The purpose of this
is strictly to furnish some basic study is to assist the reader in
information and to stimulate fur- pen, chisel or other implement
recognition of the many writing for the purpose of conveying a
ther studies in the many areas systems found on stamps and
touched upon here. message, telling a story or leav-
other philatelic materials. It is ing a record.
PREFACE: Human progression with great reluctance that we
from a gestural to a sound-based must leave the theories and WRITING: a group of signs or
language and ability to make foundations of languages to the symbols, drawings, etchings or
tools has also increased mobility scientific community. other symbols containing a
of the individual. This generated thought.
DEFINING SOME TERMS
the need for a greater degree of SCRIBE or WRITER: a person
communications. Writing may SCRIPT: a mark, sign or other producing a script, symbol,
have developed from the mark- manual distortion of a surface drawing, etc. In some cultures a
ings our early gatherer-hunter such as paper, rock, wood, etc. scribe was a highly regarded
ancestors left to indicate the area made by means of a tool be it a professional charged with record
Shang Dynasty: Han Dynasty: Ming Dynasty: Qing Dynasty:
Tortoise Shell Wood Slips Iron Scrolls Paper Book
16-11th Century BCE 3rd Century BCE 14th Century CE 17-20th Century CE
Writing surfaces used in China through the ages.
214 July -August / Juillet - Août 2004You can also read
