. e . .. .. .. .. ... .. ... x;. U . L1 HT . .. YE .. December 1998 .. i . \ . Vol.13 No.2 E 5 1B THE BIRD STAME SOCIETY g II I 1 I EDITORIAL MISCELLANY g Post BIRDPEX . 2 The last five or six issues of "Flight" have been enlivened by the business of BIRDPEX '98 its advance publicity, prospectus, lists of entries and awards, reports and a few pages illustrating a couple of the exhibits. That is just about behind us now, although the second extract from John Fosbery's intriguing display appears in this issue and l'm sure reminiscences from the exhibition will continue to crop up in § the pages of "Flight" for some time to come. David Cox has written a more measured article on the . subject of thematic collecting as a counterweight to my, perhaps provocative, feature in the September . .. .. issue and you will also find an interesting 'new start' in the form of a feature on Chris Gibbins' bird stamps website in these pages. I hope to be able to provide at least occasional features about stamps on the internet. l'm sure that there will be many more goodies from the regular contributors - although none of us can go on for ever - but it would be good now if a few members who have rarely if ever put in a piece did so from time to time. Why not have a go? lt need only be a letter with a query of some kind or drawing attention to something slightly out-of-the-way. But it can easily be rather more - perhaps a short feature on some aspect of your collecting or any extracts from your album or displays that might be . of interest to members. l can cope with most formats of text and illustration but give me a ring | .,| l .I beforehand if l can help in any way. l can't see any problem in producing a quarterly magazine of 40 to i 60 pages from present resources but "Flight" is almost the only connection the Society has with upwards of 200 members and it does really need some fresh authors to keep it lively. Thematic Stamp Albums Those who still have the March 1998 issue of "Flight" to hand are invited to look again at the feature entitled 'Bird Stamp Catalogue Project' in the Secretary's 'Newsbriefs' (p. 108) and at my publication of Mr Hoffmann's appeal for help in respect of birds of prey in the 'Philatelic World' feature (p. 115). Unfortunately none of us (apart from the Secretary) was able to offer any support - possibly because of the over-riding impact of BIRDPEX at the time, possibly for other reasons. The good news is that Mr I U .2 Hoffman's albums are now in publication and I have included a couple of pages about them later on in .l the magazine. He has written - " - - .to at the moment thematic collectors are using various ways and reference points to store their collections, which also makes communication between collectors at times very difficult. My vision is to create a unified basis for collection which is so broad that it leaves room for the individual collector to personalise his or her collection. The main Bird collection for example depicts in general the total sets which might contain only one or two bird stamps, and thereby leaving it up to the individual to collect just the theme stamps or to collect the whole sets. On the smaller themes like the 'birds of prey' and the 'owls' there will be in eachn case two versions available. One version will depict the complete sets which contain the thematic stamps and the other will only depict the thematic stamps." lt should be well worth a look. Apology I hope my proof-reading carelessness is not putting members off submitting articles for "Flight", I have to say sorry to both A.J.Dechant and Bruce Cruickshank for the loss into limbo of my final comments on nomenclature policy on page 9 of the last issue. The final paragraph should have read as follows: "(For a brief explanation of nomenclature policy in the "Flight" new issue listing I would refer you to my book review on page 210 of the last (June 1998) issue. Just now I am feeling very glad to have stuck to H&M (1980) because Bruce Cruickshank, who produces the 'Biophilately'? listing based on Clements, is finding the rate of change of structure there almost impossible to keep Up with and ruinous from the viewpoint of collectors' layouts.)" Founded August 1986 1 11 I I, I I I President: David Cox, "Lynnmoor", 16 Berryhill Road, CIRENCESTER, Glos.GL7 ZHE EQ 01285 651757 The Bird Stamp Society has been formed to cater for the large number of collectors who specialise in bird stamps and relevant material. Chairman' Ker Macrosson, Secretary: Graham Hors ran, 9 Swinton Close, 9, Cowley Drive, IPSWICH, Worthy Down IP2 9RL WINCHESTER, '&' - 01473682989 Hants. 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Giro Alc No. 29 776 6902 (Overseas members when transferring by Giro should .. ... .. .. .. please add £2.50 for bank charges) . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. The society journal "Flight" is published quarterly .. .. March, June, September and December. .. .. Material submitted for publication should be sent to the editor by one month preceding publication, .. Back numbers of "Flight" available @ £2.60 plus P&P - apply to Secretary. Page 62 FLIGHT December 1998 Vol. 13 No.2 ! > i s I z ; i ? > . .. .. .. .. .. .. i . .. .. .. .. .. .. • . a . a 9 . I I I C . \ . I I . - I Q . l I O I l ` O I Quo . .f a ».»» O O . .. 'L A . '..1 .. I a . *¢° H . \ 5§;rA . v¢¢ . • P .(v . so )'¢* ¢ ,.. | 4 . Us . 11,lw\ .+ . ¢ . \ . a . '~ . .¢ ,. I ~» W" .¢ A 13- . .. NTENTS ..§ PAGE FEATURE AUTHOR 64 NEWSBRIEFS I MEMBERSHIP CHANGES Secretary 67 MINUTES OF THE 1998 AGM Secretary I . :~. .. .f . .. .. .. I R. ,J 70 "POSTBAG" Members Write *I x i¢ v i I v 71 THEMATIC CIOLLECTING David Cox 72 "THE CYGNET" 0 JUNIOR COLLECTORS' CORNER Editor 73 BIRDS FROM THE TRUCIAL ARAB STATES I PART 2 John Fosbery 3I 81 Z HERE AND THERE Editor .2 I' xv 5 v. 82 THE BIRD STAMPS OF INDONESIA - PART 2 P J Lanspeary 85 BIRD STAMPS ON THE INTERNET Chris Gibbins 88 THEMATIC STAMP ALBUMS p 90 BIRD DIARY Roger Chapman 98 DUCK STAMPS David Cox Ix A 99 RECENT NEW BIRDS IN THE PHILATELIC AVIARY Bruce Cruickshank § i I i I 101 A LIST OF ARTHUR SINGER PORTRAITS ON STAMPS P J Lanspeary 102 IDENTIFICATION PARADE / NEW ISSUE LISTING Editor et al. December 1998 VoI.13 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 63 o NEWSBRIEFS By the Secretary As another year draws to a close it will be long remembered by me as one of the most successful in our short history. BIRDPEX was obviously the highlight of the year but a record number of new members, including juniors by the hatful, is also noted. We also lost one of our most senior, loyal and dedicated members in Tony Weatherley although I hasten to add that at the time of writing Tony is still in a nursing home. Packet News On behalf of our Packet Secretary (Tony Wise) I would like to pass on his thanks for the response to the plea for more books. We have gone from the 'sublime to the ridiculous' and Tony has received a large number of books in the past few weeks. Please don't .. .. .. stop at that though - the more the merrier! .. .. .. Auction As you will all be aware I took on the running of the last auction. I would like to thank all those (and there were several) members who wrote in with notes of appreciation and suggestions for the new rules. l know Tony Weatherley's efforts were also appreciated but it is nice to receive the odd compliment now and again. The additional rules added as a result of letters received and comments from the AGM are: For overseas members .to Bay by Giro. For overseas members to e giveni more time to pay as post sometimes takes 4-6 days. All vendor stock .to .be l.nsured y the vendor. Vendors' Commission Is 10%, The auction itself, for me, sprung a few surprises. I knew it was popular but I didn't know just how popular. I was amazed at the number of bidders (58), and the amounts members were prepared to pay for some items. I hope that the realisation list does not.contain too many typos! The only disappointing aspect was the fact that I had no junior bids whatsoever. A number of our juniors have resigned through either formal notification or failure to renew their subscriptions therefore l have decided to include a small Junior Section this time around.