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The "Bulletin" is the official journal of the East Midlands & East Anglia Philatelic Federation and it is published at least three times per year, being made available to all members of societies affiliated to the Federation. The first issue was published in January 1951 soon after the formation of the Federation and (apart from one short break) it has been produced continually since that date. The Bulletin contains news of Federation affairs together with reports of the activities of affiliated societies, article of general interest to philatelists and stamp collectors alike, a list of all societies programmes for the current season, members wants lists etc. etc. |
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Will Secretaries please keep me updated with all changes, Secretary
change, Venue change, Email Address, ect East
Midlands & East Anglia Philatelic Federation
Convention
2012 14th
April Cambridge Arbury Centre
Cambridge CB4 2LD 10.00am-3pm Convention 2013- Kings Lynn 13th April 2013 Election
of Officers & Committee 2011/12 President
Gilbert Smith Vice
President David Belton Hon.
Secretary – Terry Wagg Hon
Treasurer - Susan Cattermole Hon.
Youth Officer - Susan Cattermole Hon.
Comp Secretary - Bill Quirk Hon.
Web Master - Brian Needs. Committee
Members 1.
Peter Morton 2. Bill Clarey 3. Ray Revell 4.
John Pearce 5. Next
A.G.M on 10th NOVEMBER 2012 AGM at 10.00 am followed by Display Committee Meetings 2012 14th January 2012 at 11am 10th March 2012 at 10.30-12.30 8th September 2012 at 10.30-12.30 At the Arbury Centre, Societies Reports . . .
Hinckley & District Philatelic Society Reports EDITOR'S NOTES Since the previous edition of The Pastharn I have been on my holidays - the USA again but this time to Washington and the Virginias. Three days in Washington then south through the Shenandoah National Park and the Smokey Mountains before heading out to the coast, to Jamestown where some of the early settlers settled. Then back to Washington and home. This meant that I missed the second meeting. I understand that it was noticed that I also missed meeting number 3. But that evening I was on philatelic duty at the Banbury Society where I showed my display on "The History of Writing". I was originally due to go in April 2012 but the planned speaker for the 4th October was unwell so I went then instead. Hence my absence from that meeting. The membership at Banbury is nowhere near as big as Hinckley when I went there were 19 people present. which I think is virtually their total membership.. They are a very friendly group .and, like us, have the evening in 2 parts with refreshments in between – a choice of tea or coffee and, on the evening I was there. Cake! I think they normally have biscuits - cake was a special treat. You will see reports on the Fair
elsewhere. The general feeling seems; to
be that it was very successful. The full financial situation is not yet:
known - when it is it will be reported in The Pastharn.
As this is the last edition of 2011 I will finish my ramblings by wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and look forward to seeing you back in 2012. Regards, Joan T _ _ The
following has been provided by Graham Moore. He states:-
"So my wife is no youngster but here 21st
birthday card still holds a record for the largest
posted and it only cost £1.10.00d. Oversized letters these days - try getting
one delivered the next day!". This is from a newspaper report in
1963, at the time of his wife's 21st birthday. "HER BIRTHDAY CARD CAME IN 2
MAILBAGS. Miss Janet Smith is only 4ft. 11 in
tall. For her 21 5t birthday she received a special card from her fiance. IT MEASURED 6 FEET BY 4 FEET. 'I was
flabbergasted when the Post Office delivered it at 7.15 a.m.' she said, 'it
came by special delivery. It was so big that it needed two mail bags to itself, one over each end.' Janet's
fiancé is Mr. Graham F. Moore. of Alum Rock. 'I had quite a job posting it,' he said. 'Eight Post
Offices and various departments told me it could not be done. Eventually, I
posted it at the head Post Office in Victoria
Square'. Janet
said today: 'Last year, my birthday cards were delayed and Graham's arrived
with the Christmas cards. It was six days late and I was disappointed. This
year he decided to give me a surprise.' The card, of
lightweight polystyrene, is painted as doors with a large keyhole and key.
Fully opened out it measures 6ft by 8ft. Janet also received a 3ft
gold-painted key from a friend." My thanks to
Graham (and his wife) for sharing this unique event.
In the autumn of 1816 Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, with their two small children, Sarah and Abraham, migrated to Indiana and settled in what was to become Spencer County. Two years later, in the autumn of 1818, Nancy died and was buried on a hill opposite their cabin home. During the month of December 1819 Thomas Lincoln journeyed to Kentucky for a visit and while there he married Sarah Bush Johnston. a widow with three children. The five youngsters were reared together in the Indiana cabin with much love and understanding from Sarah. She always declared that Abraham was going to be a great man someday and did everything she could to help with his education. When speaking of her many years later Abraham said "All that I am lowe to my angel mother'". From her he learned many valuable lessons of life, not the least of which was the power of prayer which was to sustain him so often when beset by the vicissitudes of the presidency. Abraham attended only three brief terms of school. in the Pigeon Creek area near Gentryville, Indiana, but that was as much as the average pioneer boy received. To his schoolmates he often repeated long passages from the books which he was reading. While his mother and father were at church he would take down the Bible, read a verse, give out a hymn and the rest of the children would sing. Then he would preach. Once while preaching one of the children caught a land terrapin and crushed it against a rock. Abraham was so moved that he changed the text of his little sermon to that against cruelty to animals, contending that an ant's life was as sweet to it as ours is to us. He later wrote an essay on the subject. What did Abraham look like? He was slim but wiry. his skin shrivelled and yellowed, his arms large and muscular, his legs long. He usually wore buckskin breeches, a wool shirt and a cap made from the skin of a squirrel or coon. His breeches were baggy. Abraham had to work. As soon as he was able to earn wages, he was hired out among the neighbours. When he was sixteen years of age, he secured work on a ferryboat at the mouth of the Anderson River 12 miles from his home. Three years later, as a hired hand, he made a trip down the Ohio River on a flatboat, and for the first time observed slaves being sold over the auction block, which deeply impressed him. At about the time of this river trip in 1828, his sister, Sarah Lincoln Grigsby, died. Only Abraham and his father were left of the original family that arrived. in Indiana from Kentucky some 12 years previously. Abraham next served as a clerk in a country store for a wage of 30 cents per day. The proprietor was a great admirer of Henry Clay and subscribed for some Whig newspapers which greatly influenced Abraham. A history of the United States, biographies of Clay and Webster, the statutes of Indiana, and many other books of importance were read by Lincoln at that time. He often walked 17 miles to Rockport to borrow books from John Pitcher, a noted lawyer and postmaster. Fourteen years (one-quarter of Lincoln's entire life) were spent in the Indiana wilderness. There he grew from a child seven years of age to a man of twenty-one. Not only did he gain his full stature of 6 feet 4 inches, but he gained stature as a man. Who can say that these years were not the formative years of his life? My thanks to David for this insight
into the early life of Abraham Lincoln.
Joan. THE CHARTWELL COLLECTION The "Post Office Mauritius" 2d blue stamp was sold recently for over £1 million - the most valuable stamp ever sold in Britain. It was bought by a telephone bidder whose identity is unknown. The former businessman, Sir Cyril Humphrey Cripps, had owned it since 1972 when he bought it for £29,000. Soon after buying it he turned down an offer of £39.000 for the stamp. Over the next several months the collection, contained in around 80 albums, will be sold in a series of nine auctions. The finest known penny black, dating from 1840, is expected to fetch in the regions of £150,000 to £200,000. The last lot is scheduled to be sold in December 2012 when the sales of the whole collection is expected to have reached over £20 million. A spokesperson for the auctioneers said "The Chartwell Collection is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the biggest 'wow' moments we have ever experienced. When the Collection arrived in London it was amazing to watch as our specialists turned the pages and kept discovering treasure after treasure. It has to be one of the finest philatelic Collections of our time". Sir Cripps was an avid collector throughout his life. After his death in 2000 his children found a shoe box in the back of a wardrobe full of thousands of train tickets. He had kept the ticket of every journey he had made by rail. My thanks to Colin Smith for this interesting information. 4th OCTOBER, 2011 : MEMBERS' NIGHT - MY OTHER HOBBY A total of eight members took the floor to entertain the 39 members present. Bill Shepherd was first with an interesting talk based on "Who do you think you are?". He has traced his ancestors back several generations and showed us a family tree of its members. Roger Simmons takes a sketch pad and pencils with him when he goes on holiday and he showed some of the sketches that he has done. Another Roger, Roger Holmes did an interesting display of some of the photographs he had taken based on natural history. Mark Postins surprised us all by producing a lizard out of a box and explained about keeping reptiles. Unbeknown to many members the society has an international athlete amongst its membership. Roger Black produced some of the Commonwealth medals he won during his racing career including a silver medal for the 10,000 metres and a bronze medal for the 5,000 metres. Following the break Roy Butler spoke about his enthusiasm for music and about sheet music and the music library. Next was Richard Flemming who explained about his love of growing orchids, showing a few of his two hundred plant collection. He also gave advice on maintaining household orchids that can be bought from supermarkets. Finally Mike Summers showed photographs of steam locomotives and explained about his career working with them. Richard Flemming, (Archivist) ****************************************
SUNDAY 9th OCTOBER, 2011 : _ ANNUAL STAMP FAIR AND EXHIBITION. After a busy Saturday morning setting up the school hall and entrance vestibule ready for the Sunday fair and exhibition, it was good to see so many people attending, especially HDPS members. It was also good to see the main hall full with stamp, postal history and post card dealers something for everyone. The exhibition was held in the entrance foyer which was light and gave sufficient space to move around the displays - all of which were full of material. The Fair and Exhibition was officially opened by the Deputy Mayor of Hinckley and Bosworth, Councillor Martin Cartwright who was accompanied by his wife and the Town Crier, Mr. Joe David. Joe later judged the best display on show. Thanks must go to the following people for their hard work throughout the day:- Eddie, Terry and Janet for manning the door and selling the raffle tickets; for Pat and her group of helpers for providing the tea and cakes; and to Barbara and Eric Cook for manning the tombola and book stall; finally to Rebecca and Cassandra for manning the youth stall. Thanks to one and all for your support. The following members kindly loaned
material for the exhibition :- Bill Shepherd- Germany and World War 11 Paul Dexter- 1st and 2nd class £1.00 Machin booklets. Richard Flemming- Mail from the Channel Islands to France 1773-1 843!The Language of Stamps. Derek Mosley - The Calgary Stampede Rebecca Mansfield - Birds Kate Shepherd - Violins Bob Storer - The Rise and Fall of the USSR Terry Tompkins - Censored Mail- Boer War/Winning entry for Herford Plate 2011. Cliff Hall - Ships Colin Smith - Football of the WorldlGB Miniature sheets Alan Griffin - Post Cards of Old Hinckley Roger Holmes - St. LucialNational Parks of the World David Black - Simon Bolivar Anthony Bishop - Gilbert Islands! Airmail Clem Petcher - Henry VIII and his six wives Bob Mason - Military covers/Smiler sheets Avril Butler - Animal life of Antarctica Roy Butler - Percussion instruments Roger Simmons - Censored mail. _ NB: Roger Simnmons was judged by Joe David as the best display in the Exhibition.
Richard Flemming, Archivist SUNDAY 9th OCTOBER, 2011 - ANNUAL FAIR AND EXHIBITION It seemed to be a good fair. I had the impression that most of the dealers were pleased with the day. The door was dovm by about £ 10.00 on the 2010 amount but I discovered half way through the day that a significant number of the public were getting in via the dealers entrance, so the figures could well have been up slightly. Anyway. I can assure you that loophole will be addressed next year. The Membership Book was well signed with 48 members supporting the Fair. I was impressed!! Thanks as always to Jan and Terry with their back-up in the Foyer. One of the first punters through the door, at 9.30 a.m., was from London. coming up direct just to attend our fair. There was a significant number of people from Loughborough. loads from Leicester. one from Falkirk in Scotland. one from Bury St. Edmunds and one or two from Birmingham and Solihull. Some found out about us from the press and magazines and some from word of mouth at other Fairs attended by our members. The three prizes in the raffle were all won by our own members. 15t went to Brian Applebee who selected the £20.00 Co-op voucher; 2nd the Penny Black was won by Janet Cook (I haven't sussed out yet how she worked it! !); 3rd prize - a stamp book - went to Mick Rose, it is a reference book on all sorts of aspects to do with philately. I think it was a first for members to win all three prizes. I am looking forward to prising more money out of your pockets again next. so be warned. See you at the next meeting. Eddie Waters. THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION - PART 2 King Edward VIII
and King George VI Work had started on stamps with the portrait of King Edward VIII, but owing to the abdication they were not issued. The Collection includes the proposed issues for British Honduras, New Zealand, St. Helena and St. Lucia. The stamps from the British Commonwealth for the reign of King George VI are mainly the work of the 4 stamp printers - De La Rue, Waterlow, Bradbury Wilkinson and Harrison - whose artists and engravers prepared the drawings and essays. The design work was mainly supervised by the Crown Agents. The Collection includes a wide range of artwork, proofs and issued stamps, including examples from different printings of the same stamp. Events such as the Coronation in 1937 and the Royal Silver Wedding in 1948 were marked by both Great Britain and members of the British Commonwealth, and the Collection includes much of the artwork for both issues. Likewise commemorated by both Great Britain and the British Commonwealth was Victory in 1946. The Collection includes the Victory stamps inscribed "Malayan Union" and "Singapore" which were not issued to avoid any political embarrassment. Queen Elizabeth II During the present reign there have been great advances in design and printing, and a substantial increase in the number of stamps issued. The material for the present reign includes two outstanding errors. In 1976 Great Britain issued a set of four stamps for The National Rose Society. Following work on the cylinder used to print the 13p denominations, a few sheets were printed on which one stamp had the 13p omitted. Four copies are known, the Collection includes an unused example and one which has been used on an envelope. In 1964 the Falkland Islands issued
four stamps for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Falkland
Islands. In error a sheet of the 6d denomination received the design intended
for the 2Yzd value - the Collection
includes this 6d error. The information was taken from promotional material produced by Royal Mail for the Stamp Show in 2000. PRESIDENT'S PAGE The Fair and Exhibition were the best I have attended for a long time. The atmosphere was good and, of course, so was the food. I saw quite a lot more members than I had expected, and all went well - any hiccups were dealt with quickly. Congratulations to Bob Mason, Bob Storer, Mick and Pat Rose and Richard Flemming. Richard Flemming, as usual had been working "his socks off' prior to, and after the fair - a fantastic example, I feel that Richard should be congratulated on putting together a better exhibition this year - no empty frames. The Herford Plate for Junior exhibitions at the fair, judged by Joe David, was won by Kate Shepherd's display of "Violins". I understand that Rebecca Mansfield's display could not be accepted because it won the trophy last year. Rebecca worked hard on the Youth Stall until she had to go to play football against a Leicester team. Cassandra McKay came to help despite not being a member now, and worked all day taking just over £20.00 for the society. Well done girls. Eddie Waters once again did a marvellous job with the signs for the fair, you couldn't miss them. I hope that he has his usual success with the raffle finances. . Brian Applebee won the Penny Black but chose to take the second prize. As a consequence Janet Cook received the Penny Black which delighted her. Third prize. A book, went to Mick Rose. Didn't HDPS members do well. Chris Hailstone brought three prizes for the raffle but, as the October Fair already had its quota of prizes, these gifts will go to the Spring Fair at Market Bosworth. Thank you Chris. Eddie, Janet and Terry once again did a superb job "on the door" although visitors kept coming into the hall from the rear door - we must do something about that for next year. Our lady treasurer was on good form - several members paid their subscription, now somewhat overdue. Two prospective members were invited to come to our next meeting but no details were taker, Terry gave me a completed form for Roy William Bennett who liwin Earl Shilton. I will contact him. I had the pleasure of chatting with a visiting collector, Shaheed Hassan, who lives in Leicester. He collects Indian early air mails and Indian First Flight covers. I also chatted with a Chinese couple, Min Chang, who also live in Leicester and are collectors. I hope that we will see them soon. I also think that Colin Smith will do a great job with one of his old friends who came to the fair - another person who may become member. I hope that the book and tom bola stall did well. Eric and Barbara Cook work very hard for the society and deserve to have a good result in these difficult times. I must also send them, via The Posthorn a public "thank-you" for their gift to HDPS of 2 boxes of crockery. In the future we should be able to dispense with the plastic and cardboard. A letter has been sent by the committee on behalf of the society. Wonderful to see David Baxendale out of uniform but still active in the forces of law and order. Roy Bennett attended, still smiling, one of our original members but not seen at meetings due to the stresses and strains of work. Meryl Hall was amongst those present a past chairman and for many years one of our most distinguished committee members and treasurer. Robert King came on his annual pilgrimage having just returned from another holiday abroad. I saw John Ivey having a chat but didn't manage to ask if he was any better. John Adcock is still suffering after his fight with a car door while on his bicycle. John reckons it was 1:2 in favour of the door! I was delighted to see Alan Griffin rushing around as usual - he doesn't slow down despite the passage of time - long may it continue Alan. Thanks to Anthony Bishop for his calligraphy work on the exhibitors certificates and the photography work. A new trophy is on its way - I have seen the design drawing. Roger Holmes will present it to the society as "The Natural History Trophy". He is to write the rules and I expect that it will be available for competition night. I am sure that we were all pleased to see the Deputy Mayor and Mayoress. They seemed to enjoy themselves. This was good practice for their visit next October when he will be Mayor. He told me to "get your invitation in soon, we are booking for June 2012 now". It is obvious he doesn't know me. Joe David turned up as usual, looking the part. He is a marvellous example of military splendour and tradition. We are proud to have him as an Associate Member of HOPS. I met Joe Abele in Asda today - he looks well but is still walking with difficulty. He goes to bed in the early evening to read because that is where he is most comfortable. Joe was telling me that he had a chat with Rolf Hoelmer recently and he has a friend who lives in Sapcote (also not well) who has become a collector. Joe hopes to make the journey to more of our meetings with Rolfs friend but will have to leave at half time due to their physical problems. Tom White is still jogging along. I delivered a post box book which I picked up at the fair, and I will pop in for a short visit soon. It was a delight to see Peter Thomas, who gave me some ephemeral goodies and the updates of the souvenirs and special envelopes booklet which I shall hand over to the Committee at the next meeting. Peter feels that we may have to establish another book/file, keeping one for the HDPS covers for the fair and another for all the other souvenirs. Roger Bucknall had told me that he would do his best to get to the fair which he did achieve. You may remember Roger, our Junior Vice President, lost his eyesight due to muscle failure. His medics are trying to improve the situation, but he still has double vision although the blanking off one eye has helped. He has also received a boost from Mike Summers who has offered to give him a lift to meetings. Mike already brings Christine to meetings - what a good example he is. Those who were at the last meeting will remember our surprise to find that we had an Olympian in our midst with one silver and one bronze medal, namely David Black. I found that we have another Olympic personality in society in the shape of Clem Petcher who has become a steward in the support team for the 2012 event. Jeff Chantrell was suffering with a painful shoulder at the fair, he is also having problems with his eyes, particularly driving at night. He will stand down as Chairman of the Town Twinning Association in a couple of weeks. Our good, and long time friend Friedrich William Roeder has been presented with a testimonial to commemorate his Diamond Wedding and his long service in the Wittkind Philatelic Association and the Herford Youth Stamp Club. 1 understand that the committee will expand the Caldicote Trophy rules this year to allow any vehicle to be included - watch out for the rules to be published in The Posthorn before competition night. David Hunter has produced a "mock up" of the proposed new style Members' Handbook. He has done a wonderful job of building on Tom's original books, and I am sure that members will appreciate the efforts of both of them. PLEASE NOTE :- Subscriptions are now way overdue. If they are not paid soon this is the last edition of The Posthorn that you will receive. Editor. Huntingdon P.S. Up Dated 21th November 2011 |