2016 ISSN: 0046-1318 Mailing Address: P.O

Volume 105, Number 8 October 2016 ISSN: 0046-1318 Mailing address: P.O. Box 399, Edmonton AB T5J 2J6 Web site: http://www.edmontonstampclub.com

ZEP, GERMANY-C35_Post Card, to Lubeck, (41 bids) $195 Ebay July 2016

Regular meetings St. Joseph High School Cafeteria, 10830 - 109 Street, 6:00 pm

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The Edmonton Stamp Club dates back to 1912. 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, 25th day of each month. These may be forwarded to Fred Tauber, Edmonton Stamp Club, Box 399, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 2J6, click “contact” on our website or email to [email protected]

2016 - 2017 Board of Directors, etc. Area code 780- Schutte, Robert President 989-1260 [email protected] Dykstra, Ed Vice President 587-341-0804 [email protected] (Chair, Spring Show Committee) Lockau, Jim Vice President 467-4825 [email protected] Verrier, Rod Treasurer 489-7506 vcorp1@telus.net Stein, Warren Secretary 463-9881 [email protected] (Archivist) Tauber, Fred Membership 469-3034 [email protected] (Webmaster-edmontonstampclub.com & Editor-Bulletin) Kuester, Peter Past President 451-0520 [email protected] Director (Circuits Manager) Ellis, David Director 457-7491 [email protected] Pacey, Jeff Director 989-3491 [email protected] Spencer, Keith Director 437-1787 [email protected] (Past President & NWFSC, RPSC liaison) Hetke. Dave Director 909-3974 [email protected] Sheena, Arif Director 951-5707 [email protected] Wissink, Barend Director 922-5019 [email protected] Fast, Malcom Director 966-2812 [email protected] (Coordinator Summer Auction)

Piercey, David BNAPS liaison 437-2771 [email protected]

Advertising rate schedule: Full page $30, half page $18, quarter page $10 per ten issues (annual subscription). Ten issue discount 20%. Five issue discount 10%. Contact Fred Tauber at [email protected] or Edmonton Stamp Club by mail.

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Messages Presidents report 2015-2016

Last club year by all accounts was a successful one. It is difficult to measure success of a club like the Edmonton Stamp Club but it is possible to give a few observations that may give you an idea of how it is going. The stamp club is a collection of collectors. So you know that while some parts of a collection are steady and virtually unchangeable you also know that some parts are in flux. Collectively we managed quite well. A new set of bylaws was adopted in September 2015. Some inconsistencies were removed. The first party of the year was the Christmas party that went off quite enjoyable. Almost a hundred people attended. The spring show was a success in several aspects: attendance was good and financially it did better than breaking even. That was quite a change from previous years. As you know we came from a long sequence of financial deficits for the spring show. I calculated that in less than 5 years we would run out of money to put on the show unless we changed and found ways to stop the losses. The whole show committee worked to make this happen and our sincere thank you goes out to Chairperson Ed Dijkstra and his committee members: Dave Piercey, Ken Kluchky, Arif Sheena, Jeff Pacey, Kelly Liusz-Moser. Each regular meeting had 3 auctions. The silent auctions are perhaps the least predictable in their style and outcomes. Especially early in the year, that is the last quarter of 2015, it was a bit haphazard of how the deadline was perceived. Almost too much enthusiasm to submit bids at the last moment. It seems to me that the Silent auctions are building their own clientele in terms of submitting lots as well as in who does the bidding. They seem to fill a unique corner of the market. Estate auctions and regular auctions did well. We need to remind submitters of lots that if the lot does not sell it must be picked up by the seller before the end of the evening. Of greater concern to me and the Board is that the maximum 100 lots for the member’s auction are already entered by early evening. There are however members who would like to submit lots but who cannot come so early. We are working on overcoming this two class system and any suggestions you may have will be considered with great interest and goodwill. Continued page 17

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NOTICES NOW OVERDUE Membership $Dues$ July 1st 2016 2016-2017 Club year Don’t lose your privileges $30 per year for individual, $40 for family

New Members (2015-2016) 2465 Steven Hijmans 2466 Bruce Bevan 2467 Ron Hay (rejoin) 2468 Ray Woods Ireson 2469 Lora Stromberg (family) 2470 Anthony Vredegor 2471 Dylano Nissen (family) 2472 Dan Drewe 2473 David Spurr 2474 Karen Prince 2475 Kesh Mani 2476 Grant Ruske 2477 Karin Stiles 2478 Randy Stiles (family) 2479 Monica Kwoon 2480 Vladimir Pitchko 2481 Edwin Pitts 2482 Andy Twigg 2483 Beverly Fox (Weeda Stamps) 2484 Louisa Kamuchik 2485 Aurella Kieser 2486 Kevin Kieser (family) 2487 Richard Bury

ESC attended the Dealers Fall Bourse Sep 9 & 10 Bill VanderStelt and the junior table Peter Kuester and Art Gill with the circuit books Deveney Stamps from BC

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STAMP CONTEST

This is a 4 liter jar filled to the rim with world wide stamps but no Canadian stamps. You can win this jar by guessing the number of stamps in the jar. Each guess is $1 or 8 guesses for $5. You may guess as often as you like. The jar will be on display at every stamp club meeting. The winner will be either the actual number guessed or the closest number thereto. If there is a tie we will draw names from a hat. For those unable to attend regular stamp club meetings you may send in your guesses with appropriate funds to Bill Vanderstelt. 81 Groveland Rd. Sherwood Park AB. T8A 3G7 If you wish you may send your email address so I can confirm that your guesses are in the contest. All proceeds will go to the Edmonton Stamp Club.

The number of stamps in the jar will be given to the club treasurer in a sealed envelope. The contest will start on the first club meeting on September 12 and will end on December 19, where the sealed envelope will be opened. The contents of the jar will be mailed to the winner if he or she cannot attend a meeting.

Bill Vanderstelt.

6 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 105, Number 8 The Theriso Revolt by Richard Barnes

Even before Pharaonic Egypt the Island of Crete was in one of the world’s most strategic locations. Its location in the Mediterranean Sea offers control of the Eastern Mediterranean (Fig 1) including the Dardanelles and the present day Suez Cannel. During the Balkans Wars the Christian majority on the Island saw the opportunity to break away from the Ottoman Turks and join the newly formed Kingdom of Greece. This struggle turned out to be a long and frequently ferocious series of events. The Island because of its strategic location was a pawn in the Great Game of the Imperial Powers particularly, Great Britain, Russia, Austria, France and Italy. It was not until the beginning of WW I that Crete was finally part of the Kingdom of Greece.

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The Philatelic History of the Island of Crete is convoluted. In 1897 the Christian Cretans rose up against Ottoman rule. The Ottoman postal service was in place so Turkish Post conventions including stamps etc. were used. By 1898 much to the disgust of the local population the Great Powers came to a compromise solution creating an Autonomous Crete State under Ottoman suzerainty with a High Commissioner, Prince George of Greece and as Prime Minister Venizelos (who later became Prime Minister of Greece). Great Britain, Russia, France, Austria and Italy guaranteed the peace with their own military forces stationed on the Island. This resulted in there being six different postal services all offering their own stamps, etc., Crete, GB, Russian, France, Austria and Italy. These stamp issues are for the most part covered by Scotts. From 1897 on in Crete there were frequent riots, disturbances and civil unrest. The derogatory use in the English language “Cretan” is found in the English press around the turn of the 20th century. The only major civil unrest and only rebel stamps that I am aware of for this period of Crete’s history is the 1905 Theriso Revolt, named for the town were the revolt originated. At the height of this short lived revolt (March 1905 - November 1905) the rebels held 25 % of the island and operated 7 post offices until suppressed by the Great Powers military. The Therisson Rebels issued two or perhaps three sets of stamps in 1905. The first set of 5 stamps (Fig 2) was produced in Athens.

Fig 2 Fig3

These stamps have the statue of Victory in the center. They were hand struck, imperforated and ungummed stamps with values of 5 I to 1d.

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The second set of 6 stamps is the most commonly seen set of stamps issued during the revolt. They were lithographed in Athens, perforated 11 ½ and gummed. The first four stamps (Fig 3) depict Crete Enslaved, values 5 I to 20 I. The last two stamps show King George I of Greece (Fig 4) values 1 d and 2 d. The final three stamp set issue for this revolt is again hand stamped, has the map of Crete (Fig 5) as part of the handstamp, imperforated and without gum. The three values are 5 I, 10 I and 20 I. Stanley Gibbons states that this set was not officially issued.

Fig 4 Fig 5

There is a lot of differing opinions about these sets. Only Stanley Gibbons and the Yvert and Tellier catalogues mention all three sets. The Hellas catalogue does not list the Crete map set. In my opinion that is an important fact. The first two sets; “Victory” and perforated set of stamps were produced by a stationer named Kokinokis. These stamps were on the philatelic market close to the stated day of issue. It has the look of the classic philatelic scam of the time. The rebels were desperately short of money and that may explain the accelerated speed to get these stamps on the Philatelic market. Covers of these stamps are known in the literature. There is of course the question of authentication. The “Map” set is very much an unknown. It was another exceptionally quick rush into the philatelic market. The printer of the stamps is unknown. I have not seen any mention of covers/authentic covers in the literature. There was no philatelic use for these stamps because by the time these stamps were produced the remnants of the rebels were a freezing starving lot in the White Mountains. The final Crete “Map” stamp set is probably a philatelic fantasy. 9 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 105, Number 8

The imperforated “Victory” and “Map” set were available on the market in large numbers and were initially issued tete-beche with an extraordinary number of imaginative philatelic “errors”; semi-tete- beche, overlapping, double, part-double, part-omitted, and others. Quickly there were concerns being expressed about reprinting of these two issues. Originally the “Victory” and the “Map” sets were the more common of the three Cretan Rebel stamp sets. The doubt about the genuine philatelic use of these stamps and probably the crude appearance of these stamps now has these stamps hard to find outside of old world albums. RB

The Trading Post

I have a large Israeli accumulation, as well as a large accumulation of mint Canadian corner blocks and mint sheets of 50 stamp plates. Contact Herman Stadel at [email protected], or phone me at 780-387-5156. ______

200 WW STAMPS (75% large $4), Canada packet 200 stamps (75 % large $5), mint Mexico 100 (large $4), foreign mint stamps $8, plus SAE (self addressed envelope) for each order. ESC members postage free. Harold Towlson, 60 Ivanhoe Road, Buffalo, NY, 14215, USA.

NEPAL-44, 44a_COVER, (1 bid) -$16 (EBay September)

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From The Keith Spencer Albums

The programs section of our stamp club meetings has some interesting and fun topics from club members. One such talk was about a weird topical collection. Collecting stamps of “K” countries.

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Meeting Dates The Edmonton Stamp Club meets Mondays at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of St. Joseph High School, 10830 - 109 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 780-451-0420 or 780-437-1787.

Edmonton BNAPS2016 (British North 2017 January 9th, 23rd America Philatelic rd Society)th meets October 3 , 24 , th th February 13 , 27 November 7th, 21st th th March 13 , 20 th th th th December 5 , 19 April 10 , 24 th th th May 8 , 15 , 29 th June 12 (elections)

Edmonton BNAPS (British North America Philatelic Society) meets from time to time. All BNAPSers welcome. For information contact David Piercey at 780-437-2771 or Steven Friedenthal at 780-458-1233.

CAN-1_U, (34 bids)-$357 CAN-2_U, (51 bids)-$473 CAN-4d_U, (17 bids)-$84

CAN-5_U, (25 bids)-$318 CAN-7_U, (30 bids)-$463 CAN-9_U, (42 bids)-$722 EBay September 12 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 105, Number 8

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CIRCUIT BOOK REPORT 2015-2016

My second year as The Edmonton Stamp Club’s Circuit Book Manager has proven that the job has a good deal of “grunt work“ along with the responsibilities to both the club and its members who have entrusted their material with me. I have worked many long hours to do my best as your Circuit Book Manager. Sales were up this year, with a 9% increase. Roughly 45% of the sales were at the monthly club meetings and the Spring Show, while the other 55% came from the Saskatoon Stamp Club (20%), Lethbridge Stamp Club (17%), Kaslo (12%), and Lloydminster (6%). These sales also provided a $2,887 payout to 13 contributing club members, 3 more than last year. I received $344 as my commission, and the club kept $214 for it’s insurance costs. The increase is both modest and welcome. It provides incentive for further growth in the coming year. In closing, I’d like to thank Graham Gilbert in Kaslo, Don Waters in Saskatoon, Walter Kerber in Lethbridge, and Jeanette Plaami in Lloydminster for their continued work in handling circuit book sales in their areas. Jim Lockau keeps track of the financial end of things, and I’m grateful to him for that. Next, I’d like to thank both the buyers and the sellers for their interest with the circuit book offerings. Please keep them coming and I’ll continue to make sure they get exposure, and hopefully, lots of sales. This is a program that benefits from the participation of many, rather than a few. Finally, I’d like to thank my loving wife, Judy, who allows me the quiet time to keep on top of both sales and record-keeping, as well as, computer assistance when I start hitting the wrong buttons. I’m grateful to you all.

Respectfully submitted, Peter Kuester, ESC Circuit Book Manager

MEMBERSHIP REPORT (September 12th, 2016)

At the end of August 2016 the club had 73 Life and 153 Regular Members for a total of 226 philatelists. We count in this total 15 family members. Membership increased by 23 in the past year. We mourn the loss of 6 members for the 2015-2016 club year: Andy Nimo (634), David McFee (2286), Guy Woodward (2176), Gary Hamilton (1785), Raymond Smith (1846) and Sigfried Osterwolt (273).

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It gives me great pleasure to report that on June 30th 2016, six of our members became Life members by completing 25 years of combined membership. They are: Chris Johnson (1927), Mat Kuester (1919), Christopher Miller (1929), Karl Beinert (1921), Steve Friedenthal (1925) and Anne McIntyre (1900). I would like to remind everyone to keep your membership information up to date and pay your fees on time. This past year the membership has been particularly slow (again) in paying their dues. There are now as many as 64 members in arrears (September 11th of this year). A special thank you to those life members who continue to donate to the club, to help support our activities. If you change your address or phone number or e-mail address, please let us know. We are also interested in knowing your collecting interests and the names of any other philatelic organizations you belong to. Just drop us a note to Box 399, Edmonton, AB T5J 2J6 or give us a slip of paper with the information at the next meeting. Or use the website www.edmontonstampclub.com and click on "Contact Us". If you still owe us fees for this year, they must be paid at the next meeting (Sep 19th) or mailed to us before Oct 1st. Increased costs do not allow the luxury of sending the Bulletin to unpaid members. Do not lose your privileges of membership. Pay now! The upcoming year, July 1, 2017, will see no increase of membership dues. Individual $30 and family $40. These fees are still a great bargain compared to other clubs. We want to thank all of you for your support and involvement in the club.

Respectfully submitted, Fred Tauber (membership secretary)

“BULLETIN” NEWSLETTER REPORT The 2015-2016 club year we managed to publish eleven issues. The Bulletin would be awfully dry without the article contributors. Special thanks to contributors and club members: Keith Spencer (3), Richard Barnes (10), Jeff Pacey (2), Nino Chiovelli (1), John Woollard (1), Dale Speirs from Calgary (1), Barend Wissink (2), Earle Covert (1), Bill Symonds (1) and numerous philatelic websites. A special thanks to Bill Vanderstelt who prepares the envelops, sticks all those stamps on them and mails them.

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WEBSITE (edmontonstampclub.com) The club year from July 2015 to June 2016, showed the number of visitors to the website was 2758. The Club received income from Bulletin advertising ($760). The advertisers are: Saskatoon Stamp Centre, MJR Postcards & Covers / Canada Covers & Stamps (Bucci / Kellett), Deveney Stamps and The Stamp Gallery. I want to thank all of you for your support and involvement in the club activities. An addition to the website; The Trading Post, gives the membership an online connection to our valued advertisers and notifications of interest, such as club and local auctions. Fred Tauber (webmaster)

Annual Financial Report A complete report will be published when completed and audited. EBay September

CHINA PRC-767-781_U, cto, (11 bids)-$74 CHINA PRC-C71_U, cto, (17 bids)-$63

Australia SA-Post Card_Mint, Sanatora Home for consumptive women, embossed, (7 bids)-$21 17 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 105, Number 8

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The summer Auction was also a success. The venue was great and again the financial result was positive. We can thus look forward to continuing existence as a stamp club. Optimists are already saying: what are you going to do with the money but frankly, one swallow does not make summer, as they say in Dutch. So let’s repeat in the next year the positive experience of the past year after which we will certainly have some good ideas on how to expand the reach of the stamp club to bring the delights of stamp collecting to an even greater diversity and number of collectors. In the spring of this year I had the pleasure of attending a Grade 3 Class in Kameoyosek school in Millwoods where stamps were the topic of education in its many forms. I reported in some detail on that experience in the June Bulletin. The club, through the efforts of Jeff Pacey and Bill VanderStelt, had provided a large laundry basket with stamps selected for their attractiveness to young people. Next year that program is slated to expand to perhaps 5 schools at which time we will ask for more volunteers to represent our hobby and provide a glimpse of the many aspects of philately to young and eager audiences. I like to thank the many people who make the meetings of the Edmonton Stamp Club such a joy to participate in. As is usual in this respect: there are too many to list but be confident that your presence, up-beat mood and many facetted physical contributions are highly valued by your fellow club members. Thank you.

Pres. Robert Schutte

Hello all.

The Spring Show may seem a long way off, but we are planning it now. Mark your calendars for next year: March 25-26. 2017 The theme: The 150th anniversary of Canada's Confederation. The Central Lion’s Centre Has been a great location so far on 111 Ave and 113 Street. There will be about 12-15 Dealers selling a variety of stamps. There will be Competitive exhibits as well. We are still one of the few national level Stamp Shows in the country. This is thanks to having enough Exhibits. Perhaps you would like to learn more about this aspect of Philately. We have excellent people who can help you. Perhaps you would like to join

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The Stamp Gallery

Featuring Canada, British Colonies, Europe And the Rest Of The World

Ihor Rudyk 14027-101 Ave. open: Thursday to Saturday Edmonton, Alberta 10am to 5 pm T5N 0K2 Phone: 780-760-6078 email: [email protected] Over 500 Red Boxes Half Catalogue Or Less

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Continued from page 17 us on the Show Committee and help plan and organize the next Stamp Show. We have a great organizing committee. If anybody would like to join us give me a call 587-341-0804 or send an email to [email protected]

Thanks a lot, Ed Dykstra

100 year old stamp : Canada Scott #135, a Commemorative of 1917 when Canada was 50 Years old. From a painting showing the Fathers of Confederation in Charlottetown, 1867.

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