EDMONTON STAMP CLUB. Regular meetings: St. Joseph High School Cafeteria, Street, 6:00 pm

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1 EDMONTON STAMP CLUB Volume 104, Number 2 February 2015 ISSN: Mailing address: P.O. Box 399, Edmonton AB T5J 2J6 Web site: New South Wales (Australia) Scott #20, (VanDyke reprints-forgery from stolen plates) Prestige Philately auction Aug 2014, blue $240, yellow $230 AUD Regular meetings: St. Joseph High School Cafeteria, Street, 6:00 pm January 26 th, 2015 February 9 th & 23 rd March 28 th & 29 th, Spring National Show

2 2 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 The Edmonton Stamp Club dates back to The Club is Life Chapter #6 of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and Chapter #680 of the American Philatelic Society. The editor welcomes communications of all kinds letters, comments and articles. Deadline, 7 th day of each month. These may be forwarded to Fred Tauber, Edmonton Stamp Club, Box 399, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2J6, or to fxtauber@shaw.ca 2015 Board of Directors, etc. Area code 780- Dykstra, Ed Vice President eddykstra@shaw.ca Barnes, Richard Vice President rtbarnes@shaw.ca Ellis, David Director dwellis@interbaun.com Kluchky, Ken Director kluchky@shaw.ca Lockau, Jim Treasurer jimlockau@gmail.com Pacey, Jeff Director jpacey@telus.net Schutte, Robert Membership rschutte@telusplanet.net Spencer, Keith Director keithr.spencer@shaw.ca (Past President & NWFSC, RPSC liaison) Stein, Warren Secretary warren.stein@worleyparsons.com Tauber, Fred Director fxtauber@shaw.ca (Webmaster-edmontonstampclub.com & Editor-Bulletin) Hetke, Dave Director davehetke@yahoo.com Sheena, Arif Director arifsheena@hotmail.com Verrier, Rob Director vcorp1@telus.net Wissink, Barend Director wissink@mcsnet.ca Fast, Malcom Director mfast@beyondnumbers.ca Bates, Pat Archivist patbates@shaw.ca Piercey, David BNAPS liaison dpiercey@telus.net Kuester, Peter Director peju@shaw.ca Carol Warren Circuits Manager (Past President) Coordinator Summer Auction carwarren@shaw.ca View the Bulletin in colour edmontonstampclub.com (click ESC Bulletin)

3 3 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 Greetings Philatelists, Messages An excellent Christmas party was held on Dec 15th. Thanks are due to the Verrier family who provided the sandwiches and oranges and one of the cakes. I also like to acknowledge and thank Judy Kuester and my wife Margot who looked after cutting the fruitcake, setting the tables and the myriad other details that make for a successful party. Another cake was there to celebrate Matt Kester s ninetieth birthday, a joyful occasion mc'd by Keith Spencer in his inimitable way. After Christmas comes New Year: Happy New Year to all! The club was notified by the Societies Branch of the Provincial Government that the Branch had not received our annual reports for the past three years. A committee of the board is hard at work to catch up and complete these reports. The membership will need to approve the reports and the current plan is to call a special meeting of the membership for some time in mid- February to complete the requirements for submission to the government. As a result of the cold weather of the last few days I spend more time indoors than otherwise which provided time for browsing through old Bulletins of the early eighties and I was struck by how much the practice of the club has changed over the years. In those days meetings started at 8 pm, estate auctions were irregular, and envelopes were not used for mailing the Bulletin. There is no mention of kiloware or silent auctions. These changes show that we are a living organization and when you keep the suggestion box in mind, and use it, we will continue changing and living for quite a while yet. President Rob

4 4 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 Hello Fellow Club Members And a Happy New Year to you all. I was reading a Stanley Gibbons, Stamp Monthly. One of the articles I read was comparing 1914 to 2014, for the number of stamps issued. There were no commemorative stamps celebrating anything that year way back. As a matter of fact, there were no issues issued for about 3 ½ years. The previous issue for the Br. Comm. was New Zealand s Auckland Exhibition in The four of them were overprints of definitives. They were inspired by the Auckland Collectors Club, and only valid for postage in New Zealand, and to Australia. In the Scott Catalogue, they are designated with local issue status and not given full regular numbers. What Scott does with these issues is to give them a numbers of the normal stamps that were used to make the overprinted set. (130 is normal stamp 130a is the first stamp of the overprinted set.) The next issue in all of the Commonwealth was the 1917, 50 th anniversary of our country s Confederation. You really needed a good reason to print stamps back then. Role reversal: as in 1914 many people collected stamps, and not many issued. Today: lots and lots of lots are in the auction, circuit books and of course, a steady stream of new issues from our post office. Well we do have many stamps to collect so we should be well stocked in our stamp dens at home. Maybe this could motivate us to keep giving stamps to kids and try and find those new members. So a big hello to all who joined our club last year as we look forward to another year of collecting stamps, from a smorgasbord of many different stamps from many different countries you are sure to find at our club and at our big Spring Stamp Show March Speaking of which, let s get the word out if you know of anybody in or out of town to come down at Sow Time and see the action over at the Lions Centre on 111Ave & 113Str. Maybe someday our club will get to have a set of stamps printed for a good cause over here out west (like the Oilers making the playoffs?). We need a good reason for living out here except for oil. So let s get a set of stamps printed for us for encouragement. In any case, all the best to you in 2015, and let s enjoy our hobby. See you around, ESC display at the Main Library, biannual entry) Ed Dykstra

5 5 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 Royal-2015-Royale.com On behalf of Northwest Federation of Stamp Clubs and Oregon Stamp Society Portland Philatelic Exhibitions presents PIPEX , 9, 10 May, 2015 Red Lion Hotel on the River, Jantzen Beach, Portland, OR. American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately annual event

6 6 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 LOST TERRITORIES AND LOST COLONIES by Jeff Lough PART II: LOST TERRITORIES Memel Memel had been part of East Prussia prior to World War I (Figure 4-a). After the war, the League of Nations tried to control this area that was between Lithuania and Poland. Both Lithuania and Poland claimed the area. French and German Imperial stamps (Figure 4-b and Figure 4-c) were used during the time it was controlled by the League of Nations. Eventually Lithuania instituted a coup d état and an interim puppet government issued a few sets of definitives (Figure 4-d and Figure 4-e), some in German and some in Lithuanian. During World War II Memel was re-conquered by Germany and after the war the Soviet Union made the area part of Lithuania. Figure 4-a Figure 4-b Figure 4-c Figure 4-d Figure 4-e

7 7 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 Danzig Following World War I the Treaty of Versailles made Danzig/Gdansk a Free State to deny it to Germany and give Poland access to the Baltic Sea (Figure 5-a) An overwhelming portion of the population at this time was German speaking and apparently wanted to be part of Germany. During the transition period late German Imperial definitives were overprinted (Figure 5-b). The Free State of Danzig issued some of its own very interesting and varied stamps (Figure 5-c). At the same time Poland issued a few stamps overprinted for Polish citizens to use Figure 5-d). The Nazi conquest of Danzig in 1939 was the beginning of continuing multi-national armed conflict in World War II. It is interesting that the Polish postal facility in Danzig was among the very first areas attacked by German forces. The fighting Polish postal workers have been honored with a Polish commemorative stamp Figure 5-a Figure 5-b Figure 5-c Figure 5-d

8 8 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 Hultschriner Hultschriner is an interesting very small area that contained what was mostly German speaking people that had been given to Czechoslovakia after World War I (Figure 6-a). No stamps or other labels are known to have emanated from the area although there is an interesting German propaganda cover pictured on a website (Figure 6-b). A translation of this cover indicates that the Czech authorities forcibly closed German language schools and were perceived as being discriminatory towards German speakers. Figure 6-a Figure 6-b to be continued.

9 9 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 Advertisement Rates Per issue: Full page - $30.00 Half page $17.50 One quarter page $ issue discount 20% 5 issue discount 10% * Desired graphics must be supplied Contact Fred Tauber at fxtauber@shaw.ca Place a onetime ad in the Show Bulletin April 2015 issue Edmonton National Spring Show March 28 &

10 10 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 King Talal of Jordan -Richard Barnes The elder son of King Abdullah I of Jordon was Prince Talal (born 26 February 1909). They both lived in very interesting times where they went from being Ottoman subjects in the Hejaz through the Emir ship of the Transjordan to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Prince Talal experienced the Arab Revolt of Lawrence of Arabia fame, received a British style education and served in the Arab Legion under Sir John Blubb. King Abdullah I was assassinated on 19 July 1951 and as the oldest son King Talal I became ruler of Jordan. His was a short reign. He had schizophrenia and was forced by the Jordanian Parliament to abdicate on 11 August The outstanding accomplishment of his reign was to create a new liberal constitution for Jordan. It was the new constitution that enhanced the power of Parliament and proscribed a concise regency process that enabled his son Hussein (a minor) to become king without incident. Thomas De La Rue and Co was contracted to produce an eight stamp set, 1 fil, 2f, 3f, 4f, 10f, 20f, 50f and 100f for the Commemoration of Ascension, 6 September 1951 of King Talal to the throne of Jordan. This stamp set was never issued because of the abdication. It speaks great volumes that when this set was ordered burned that it was. Only one partial set in good condition escaped the fire (fig 1). All the 4f, 10f and 50f were destroyed. A few partially burned and smoke damaged stamps survived. I received a notice that the partial set is now up for sale. I lusted for this set. Unfortunately She Who Must Be Obeyed (THE WIFE) will not allow me to sell the house and the car or the grandsons to buy the set. It is expected to raise between 100,000 and 160,000 English pounds. RB

11 11 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 Meeting Dates The Edmonton Stamp Club meets Mondays at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of St. Joseph High School, Street. Park to the north of the school and use the main entrance at the south-east corner of the school. For information about the club call or January 26 th February 9 th & 23 rd March 9 th & 23 rd March 28 th & 29 th Spring Show April 13 th & 27 th May 11 th & 25 th June 8 th & 22 nd July 29 th summer meeting Edmonton BNAPS (British North America Philatelic Society) meets from time to time. All BNAPSers welcome. For information contact David Piercey at or Steven Friedenthal at E.S.C. Distinguished Service Award Our Club s highest award, the Edmonton Stamp Club service award. Members are eligible on the basis of service for the benefit of philately and service to the club Bill VanderStelt 1997 Alan Meech 2013 Ed Muxlow 1996 Edmund Harris 2012 Carol Warren 1995 John Powell 2011 Richard Barnes 1994 Deirdre McKay 2010 Bob Hyodo 1993 Edgar Mackay 2009 Joe Liusz 1992 Roman Zrobok 2008 Ed Dykstra 1991 Doris McKay 2007 George (Bud) Cutler 1990 Jan Roebroek 2006 Patricia Bates 1989 Michael Burrington 2005 John Attrell 1988 Stewart Kenyon 2004 Ernie Carlson 1987 Siegfried Osterwoldt 2003 Roy Hauer 1986 Kim Frandsen 2002 David Piercey 1985 Doris Church 2001 Jim Miller 1984 Ian Paterson 2000 Margaret Powell 1983 Keith Spencer 1999 Christopher Miller 1982 Bert Huffman 1998 Maurice Hampson 1981 Clark Bolton 1980 George Parkinson

12 12 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 To finish this series, here are a few more recent stamps demonstrating the constant appetite for new and innovative ideas in the world of stamp issues. Wooden Postage Stamps Switzerland, 2004 On 7 September 2004 Switzerland issued a limited edition of stamps made from high-quality fir cut 0.7mm thick to promote Swiss wood and demonstrate its variety of uses. Stamps around the world have also appeared on other alternative materials, including cork (Portugal, 2007), embroidery (Austria, 2005), CD-ROMS (Bhutan, 2008) and even meteorite dust (Australia, 2004). Photo Swiss Post Ltd. Smelly Postage Stamps Coffee Scented Brazil, 2001 In 2001, Brazil produced coffee scented stamps to promote their coffee, using coffee essence and special technology to ensure the aroma lasted.

13 13 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 Sweet and Sour Pork China, 2007 Going one step further, to celebrate the Year of the Pig in 2007, China issued a Sweet and Sour Pork stamp. Not only did you get the aroma of this famous dish, but if you licked the back you also got the taste! Chocolate Belgium, 2013 Continuing the trend for delicious smelling and tasting stamps, Belgium produced a range of stamps that also looked great to promote their famous chocolate. photos bpost This article written by and photos provided by Pitney Bowes suppliers of postal materials including franking machines, envelopes and letter folding machines.

14 14 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number OPERATION SKYHOOK, FLIGHT 1159 BY Nino Chiovelli In1947 the United States Navy, Office of Naval Research transferred all balloon activities to Operation Skyhook. The project used thousands of unmanned polyethylene balloons to carry instrument packages into the atmosphere for basic research (and to carry out clandestine photographic operations over iron curtain countries). Flight 1159 was conducted by RAVEN Industries from the joint Canadian Forces-U.S Military Base at Fort Churchill, Manitoba on July 7, The flight was conducted for the NASA - Goddard Flight Center, and was launched at15:2lz on July 7, 1966 under the direction of G. Mancuso and M. Fulkerson. The layout and launch went smoothly with essentially no crosswind. After a 16.4 hour flight, termination was made with the main timer which operated four minutes late. Impact occurred in a lake and damaged the photo barograph. Principal investigator for Flight 1159 was Dr. V. K. Balasubrahmanyan. Thee experiment was one of a continuing series of measurements designed to study the effect of solar activity of the number and energy distribution of galactic cosmic rays. The equipment contained a Cerenkov scintillation counter array which can give information of charge composition of rays from protons to oxygen and energy distribution from 200 MeV/ nucleon to 1 BeV/nucleon. ( MeV is a measurement used to determine the binding energy of light nuclei. BeV is a measurement used to calculate proton antiproton formation.) Problems with radio command occurred immediately after launch, although all command channels functioned normally during pre-flight checkout. Postflight analysis revealed tbat the center conductor of the command antenna was open at the BNC connector, preventing signals from entering the command receiver. As a result, no command ballast was dropped, however, the dribbler continued to function normally. The climb factor of a scientific balloon is controlled by the amount of lifting agent (in this case helium), temperature and load weight

15 15 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 including ballast. The result of no command ballast drops during ascent was rounded entry into float: the balloon topped out at maximum altitude in a slow curve rather than a near straight climb. Poor communications from 11:00Z to 18:00Z resulted in few position fixes since coordinates and times couldn't be referenced. The blackout condition existed at all three stations and was undoubtedly due to solar activity. This was predicted to increase in severity and duration over the next few years and the report included a recommendation on how to circumvent this problem". The cover shown was carried aboard Flight Note the dual franking: The U.S. postage signifies mailing from the U.S. Military Base at Fort Churchill and is cancelled July4, The actual launch date was July 7, The balloon landed on the same date after the 16.4 hour flight at 59 degrees 6 minutes north latitude, 12 degrees 2 minutes west longitude in a lake in northern Alberta and was date stamped at Uranium City, the recovery base on July 8, I hope that printing this report of Flight 1159 will bring attention to an interesting scientific balloon launch in Canada and would like to thank RAVEN Industries for providing this information and Neil Hunter for the cover. Written for The Canadian Aerophilatelist Matt s birthday celebration: December 15 th meeting

16 16 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 Closed Albums: Bert Huffman On December 10, 2014, our long time member and good stamp friend, Bert Huffman passed away at the age of 90. A number of members joined together December 15 th to celebrate Bert s friendship and service to his community. Bert was a keen collector, especially of British Machin issues and even after his eyesight began to fail he continued to save and gift stamps to Club members. Member #569 was a quiet, rather private man who had a subtle sense of humor and was a very hard and dedicated worker. During his tenure as our Club President, Bert and his wife, Blanche, were generous hosts for many Cub executive and show meetings at their Strathern home. Great long winded speeches were never required when Bert was in charge he simply rolled up his sleeves and got to work, whether the Task was chairing a Club meeting or loading exhibition frames. Under his watch, the Club ran much like the City of Edmonton did where, after graduating from the RCAF and UofA, Bert served as the city s first Traffic Engineer, guiding the city at a time of great population and traffic growth. Complex, and often long winded questions earned the typical Bert answers of yes or no and that was it. In 1982, Bert was elected as the third recipient of out Club s Distinguished Service Award. It was a well deserved honor and appreciation of this willing worker who never had to be asked to help. Heck the job was always done! Bert wasn t just a stamp guy. He was a keen hockey and football fan too and when the stamp tongs were set down, a lively, humor edged sport conversation would quickly start up. When Blanche died, Bert had the good fortune to find a second great partner, Joan. They lived in the country, close to Bert s Lac Ste. Ann cottage. For many years, they would drive to Edmonton and make an appearance at our Spring National Shows and old acquaintances would be renewed. That our Club is a thriving and successful one is thanks to the involvement of good guys like Bert. Thanks good friend. KRS

17 17 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 EDMONTON STAMP CLUB 2015 SPRING NATIONAL STAMP SHOW March 28-29, 2015 Saturday 10-5pm, Sunday 10-4pm - NEW LOCATION - Central Lion s Recreational Centre 113 St & 111 Ave (Large Gym) Stamp Dealers from across Canada Stamp Circuit Books, Door Prize Draw, Junior Stamp Table National-level Competitive Stamp Exhibits (WSP) Free Admission, Free Stamp Evaluations The theme of this year s show is: the 100 th Anniversary of the 49 th battalion Loyal Edmonton Regiment For further information: (Illustration used by permission from : The Loyal Edmonton Regimental Museum)

18 18 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 Northwest Federation of Stamp Clubs A Tasty Thank You Alan Meech Years and Years as the Bulletin Editor Also Past President Note: not his real hair, just a bad rug. Member s Trading Post I have acquired a substantial volume of Great Britain souvenir sheets, FDC s, mint stamps in presentation packets, including lots of topical themes. Most material is in packet form untouched. A great offering for appropriate collectors! All material is mint with FDC s in cover albums. Please contact me at: , or at stadel@telusplanet.net

19 19 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 104, Number 2 Up Coming Events Courtesy Canadian Stamp News January 31, 2015 Winfield Stamp Show Bourse Okanagan Mainline Philatelic Association Senior Activity Centre 9830 Woods Lake Road, Winfield, British Columbia 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Saturday Free admission Philatelic displays Stamp auction Door prize Contact: Roy Heinrichs rhein2@telus.net February 21 to 22, 2015 Regina Philatelic Stamp Show and Sale. February 21, 2015 to February 22, Regina Senior Citizens Centre, 2134 Wpg. St., Regina, SK, s4n 4c3. Annual stamp show and sale for southern Saskatchewan. Approximately 10 stamp and coin dealers in attendance. Admission: adults $3 and children under 12 enter free. Lots of free parking. Hours: Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Door prizes each day. Receive a free copy of Canadian Stamp News on Saturday. Phone: merf.reg@hotmail.com March 14 to 15, 2015 VicTopical Stamp and Postcard Show. March 14, 2015 to March 15, Comfort Hotel, 3020 Blanshard St, Victoria, BC, V8T 5C7. Stamp and Postcard Stamp topical show sponsored by the Vancouver Island and Greater Victoria Philatelic Societies. Hours: Sat. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sun. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone: (250) docdon@shaw.ca Website: March 28 to 29, 2015, Edmonton AB Edmonton Spring National Stamp Show. Central Lions Centre, 111 Ave & 113 Str Hours: Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dealer and exhibits set up is Fri. 6 to 10 p.m. Dealer s bourse exhibits, (grand award winner can compete in the APS World Series of Philately or Champion of Champions), door prizes, junior table, circuit books, free admission, more awards, wine and cheese, reception Sat. evening, BNAPS breakfast Sunday morning. Sponsor/Affiliate: Edmonton Stamp Club. For more information contact Ed Dykstra eddykstra@shaw.ca website: edmontonstampclub.com

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