2019 ISSN: 0046-1318 Mailing Address: P.O

Volume 108, Number 5 April 2019 ISSN: 0046-1318 Mailing address: P.O. Box 399, Edmonton AB T5J 2J6 Website: http://www.edmontonstampclub.com

Topical category – Zeppelin BRAZIL-4CL6_MNH $114 (eBay)

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

April 15th & 29th May 13th & 27th May 25th (Red Deer) June 10th (elections) 2 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 108, Number 5

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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, 7 days before first monthly meeting. 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]

2018 - 2019 Board of Directors Area code 780- Barnes, Richard President 488-5288 [email protected] Schutte, Robert Past President 989-1260 [email protected] Dykstra, Ed Vice President 587-341-0804 [email protected] Lockau, Jim Vice President 467-4825 [email protected] Rod Verrier Treasurer 489-7506 vcorp1@telus.net (summer meeting coordinator) Stein, Warren Secretary 463-9881 [email protected] (Archivist) Tauber, Fred Membership 469-3034 [email protected] (Webmaster-edmontonstampclub.com & Editor-Bulletin) Kuester, Peter Director 451-0520 [email protected] (Circuits Manager) Ellis, David Director 457-7491 [email protected] Pacey, Jeff Director 989-3491 [email protected] Spencer, Keith Director 437-1787 [email protected] (NWFSC, RPSC liaison) Hetke. Dave Director 909-3974 [email protected] Wissink, Barend Director 922-5019 [email protected] Fast, Malcom Director 966-2812 [email protected] Ken Bailey Director 473-6903 [email protected] Gary Belyea Director 483-7099 [email protected]

Dave Pattison Director 914-7742 [email protected]

Piercey, David BNAPS liaison 437-2771 [email protected] Kelly Liusz-Moser Spring Show coordinator 569-0044 [email protected]

Advertising rate schedule: Full page $30, half page $18. Nonmembers, $1.00 per line up to 5 lines. Ten issue discount 20%. Five issue discount 10%. Members, Free, up to 5 lines. Contact Fred Tauber at [email protected] or Edmonton Stamp Club by mail.

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President’s Message Congratulations to the Edmonton Stamp Club and our 2019 Edmonton National Spring Show committee, headed by Kelly Liusz- Moser and Jim Lockau. In my opinion this year’s Spring Show was an outstanding success. It continued the trend of building on the previous successful shows. We, in 2019 have not seen attendance, roughly 900 people, dealer participation [17], dealer satisfaction and number of stamp frames, over 100 since the Royal Show back in 2012. In addition, we had two well attended seminars, the first in many years. The success of a show of this size can only be achieved by the work of many club members. I must mention a few members whom put in stalwart service at the show in no particular order: Jeff Pacey, Ed Dykstra, Rod Verrier, Fred Tauber and Keith Spencer. I know this list is incomplete but so many contributed to the success of this show that it is not practical to name everyone who contributed to the success of this show. I want to thank those club members who attended the Spring Show and did wear their ESC ID badge. I did receive positive mention from visitors to the show on how welcoming and helpful our members were when approached by the visitors. The next important event to remember is the regional stamp club meeting and bourse in Red Deer on May 25. If you need a ride down to Red Deer or can take a passenger down to Red Deer, please let a member of the Board know. Meeting different collectors, seeing new material for sale and a 200-lot auction should be fun and worth the effort to attend the meeting in Red Deer. We need volunteers to give a short presentation to the club at our regular meetings. The topic is up to you. Please think of participating. If you can give a short 5-15-minute talk on a stamp, area of collecting, your collection, etc. please contact Keith Spence, Barend Wissink or any Board member. I look forward to seeing you at our regular meetings. Richard Barnes

KINGDOOM of MACEDONIA, LOCAL REVOLUTIONARY ISSUE of 1906

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PALMARES

Edmonton National Spring Show 2019 Edmonton, Alberta March 23-24, 2019 RPSC Judges: Ed Kroft (Chief Judge), Norma Nielson and Steve McGill

Special Awards:

Edmonton Stamp Club Grand Award Joel Weiner Cancellations used by the Allied Forces in Palestine during World War I 1917-1920 Reserve Grand Award Sam Chiu Wei Hai Wei China, 1895-1949 Best One Frame Neil Donen The 1935 Quetta Earthquake Best Youth Amelia Kelbert The World of the Monarch Butterfly

American Philatelic Society Medals of Excellence: pre-1900 material Sam Chiu Pre-War Port Arthur, China, 1898-1904 1900-1940 material Donna Trathen Christina Broom, Her Work as a Photographer 1940-1980 material Ingo Nessel Hong Kong 1945 - Order Out of Chaos post-1980 material Jan Brookes The Evolution of the World Wildlife Fund Logo Research Award Ken Snelson Returned Letter Offices of the United Kingdom - the Exclusively Metropolitan Offices Era 1811-1873

British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Best BNA exhibit David Piercey Early Tourism in Canada’s Rocky Mountain Parks Research Award Earle Covert King George VI Private Order Envelopes Best 2x4 Ed Dykstra 1934 Cartier Commemorative - Single Stamp Study

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Best BNA One-Frame David Piercey The Cancellations of Newfoundland 1865-1908

Elizabethan Study Group: John D. Arn White Queen Award David Bartlet 13th Canadian Scout Jamboree

Postal History Society of Canada (PHSC) Best BNA Postal History Exhibit David Piercey The Cancellations of Newfoundland 1865-1908 RitchToop Best Military Postal History Exhibit Joel Weiner Cancellations used by the Allied Forces in Palestine during World War I 1917-1920

American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (AAPE) AAPE Gold Pins Sandra Freeman Lampooning the Three Axis Amigos Raymond Villeneuve Special Delivery Service in Canada: Forms and Labels AAPE Creativity Award Sam Chiu Chefoo/Yantai, China, Picture Postcards, 1898-1911 WE Award Hal Kellett What to do in London During World War II – Letters Home 1941-1945 Epilogue Award Jan Brookes The Evolution of the World Wildlife Fund Logo AAPE Youth 1st Award Amelia Kelbert The World of the Monarch Butterfly AAPE Youth 2nd Award Alex Liusz Moser Time of Dinosaurs AAPE Youth 3rd Award Ella Liusz Moser Animals of the World

American Topical Association Awards ATA First Award Jim Taylor Earth Science from Flat Earth to Planetary Tectonics ATA Youth Award Amelia Kelbert The World of the Monarch Butterfly

Philatelic Specialists Society Award Steven Friedenthal Czechoslovakia Machine Advertising Cancels: The First Republic Period Next page 7 E.S.C. BULLETIN Volume 108, Number 5

Northwest Federation Awards Thunderbird Award Hal Kellett The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Thunderbird Award David Bartlet Voluntary Fundraising for WWI

United Postal Stationery Society Marcus White Award Earle Covert King George VI Private Order Envelopes

Royal Philatelic Society of Canada RPSC Excellence: Treatment Donna Trathen Christina Broom, her work as a Photographer Material Jean-Jacques Tillard St. Pierre et Miquelon le 2F “Croix de Langlade” de1947 Presentation Jim Taylor Earth Science from Flat Earth to Planetary Tectonics Title/Synopsis David Piercey The Cancellations of Newfoundland 1865-1908

Adult National Multi-Frame Exhibits Large Gold Joel Weiner Cancellations used by the Allied Forces in Palestine during World War I 1917-1920 (94 points) Sam Chiu Wei Hai Wei, China, 1895-1949 (93 points) Sam Chiu Chefoo/Yantai, China, Picture Postcards, 1898-1911 (90 points) Jim Taylor Earth Science from Flat Earth to Plate Tectonics (90 points) David Piercey Early Tourism in Canada’s Rocky Mountain Parks (90 points) Donna Trathen Christina Broom, her work as a photographer (90 points) Gold Ken Snelson The Returned Letter Offices of the United Kingdom - The Exclusively Metropolitan Offices Era 1811 – 1873 (89 points)

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Jan Brookes The Evolution of the World Wildlife Fund Logo (88 points) Earle Covert King George VI Private Order Envelopes (87 points) Steven Friedenthal Czechoslovakia Machine Advertising Cancels: the First Republic Period (86 points) David Barlet Voluntary Fundraising for WWI (85 points) Large Vermeil Ed Dykstra 1934 Cartier Commemorative - Single Stamp Study (81 points) Vermeil Hal Kellett The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan ( 78 points) Raymond Villeneuve Special Delivery Service in Canada: Forms and Labels (78 points) Sandra Freeman Lampooning the Three Axis Amigos (77 points) David Bartlet 13th Canadian Scout Jamboree (77 points) Silver Hal Kellett What to do in London During World War II - Letters Home 1941 to1945 (66 points)

Adult National One Frame Exhibits Large Gold Neil Donen The 1935 Quetta Earthquake (94 points) Jean-Jacques Tillard St Pierre et Miquelon le 2F “Croix de Langlade” de 1947 (92 points) David Piercey The Cancellations of Newfoundland 1865-1908 (90 points) Gold Sam Chiu Pre-War Port Arthur, China 1898-1904 (86 points) Ingo Nessel Hong Kong 1945 - Order Out of Chaos (85 points)

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Vermeil Fred Fawn Marx & Engels, First Time on Stamps in the World 1919 ( 79 points) Ken Snelson Nasty Wars of the 2nd Half of the 20th Century - Undeliverable UK Mail (79 points)

Youth National Exhibits Large Gold Amelia Kelbert The World of the Monarch Butterfly (90 points) Large Vermeil Alex Liusz Moser Time of Dinosaurs (83 points) Large Silver Ella Liusz Moser Animals of the World (74 points)

Court of Honor Exhibits Jan Brookes Of Men and Giant Pandas

Judges Present Awards

Jan Brookes / Dave Piercey / Amelia Kelbert Gold Large Gold Large Gold

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2019 Spring Stamp Show

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Meeting Dates The Edmonton Stamp Club meets Mondays at 6:00 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 780-488-5288 or 780-437-1787.

Red Deer Meeting 2019

May 25 th ,2019 April 15th & 29th May 13th & 27th Summer June 10th (elections) Meeting/Auction July 29th,2019

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 780-721-3669.

Here is why you never dump kiloware on the guest bed and then leave the bedroom door open.

Jeff Pacey

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RED DEER MEETING (May 25th, 2019)

A gathering for interested members of the Calgary Philatelic Society, the Edmonton Stamp Club and the Lethbridge Philatelic Society has been scheduled for Saturday 25th May 2019. The location has been set for the Liberty Christian Assembly (1B, 6315 Horn Street, Red Deer). It is also anticipated some members of the Calgary and Edmonton BNAPS Chapters will also use a separate meeting room at the facility at the same time.

Outline 0930 – 1030hrs Presentations by Calgary, Edmonton and Lethbridge concerning recent activities, challenges and future plans. To be followed by open discussions and coordination for future plans. The target group would be board members, but members are welcome to attend. 0900-1300hrs Circuit books from Calgary, Edmonton and Lethbridge would be available for viewing and purchases. 1130-1400hrs Members tables at a cost of $5 each would be open for direct sales. Reservations will be limited and can be made directly to Jim Senecal (403-547-7681) on a first come basis. Note that the tables will be round dining tables. 1330-1430 Auction viewing. An auction limited to 200 lots will be conducted by the CPS Auction staff. Commission will be 10%. Initial limit of 6 lots per individual, minimum bid $3. 1430hrs Auction called 1600hrs (or earlier) end of gathering.

DETAILS Meals no food will be provided. Individuals can bring lunches or go to the restaurant in the strip mall or a fast food outlet further north. Coffee will be available on an honor pay basis. Registration There is no entry charge, but we would ask all attendees to sign in to gage interest and allow for contact for future events. Those wishing to take part in the auction must register separately to obtain bidder numbers. Volunteers What we still need is a couple of volunteers willing to man the registration desk (in turns) and replenish the coffee dispensers. Please contact Jim Senecal. (403-547-7681)

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An Irresistible Auction Lot

This winter perusing the regular stamp club’s meeting silent auction table there sits a lot of 7 mint stamps (Fig 1) under the owner’s statement “I do not know what these stamps are”.

A mystery with an itsy-bitsy opening bid. NO worry about explaining anything to She Who Must Be Obeyed! Darn, I should know what these stamps are, but I am experiencing a mind freeze and I do not know the identity of these stamps. I ask around me. I get answers such as “I don’t know,” or “I do not collect them”. Like a shark I circle the silent auction table. Oh no another scavenger is homing in on this lot. I move and intercept. We talk. I point out that they are probably forgeries. He signed the bid sheet. He is gone so I wiggle over and raise the bid. Time has been declared and now I can scoop in and fondle my prize. I am home and find out that my memory is no longer that of a youth of 65 years. I must use a stamp identifier. Several stamp identifiers later I know these stamps are from the Republic of North Ingermanland. Where and what is North Ingermanland? North Ingermanland is a dead country, 9 July 1919 to 5 June 1920. Ingerland is located on the northern part of the Karelian Isthmus connecting Russia and Finland (Fig 2).

The seven stamps in this lot (Scott #8-14) compose the second (last) set of this country. Counterfeits, particularly from the 1950 era abound. I found only two different overprints on the web for North Ingermanland stamps. Next page

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First (Fig 3) the overprint translates as Specimen. This overprint is on a Scott # 7, the last stamp in the first North Ingermanland stamp set.

The second overprint was probably only overprinted on the second set of stamps. However, my interpretation of the information may be too precise. The second overprint was placed on North Ingermanland stamps after the Bolsheviks had reoccupied the capital city Kirjasalo and the Treaty of Tartu formalized the Russo/Finnish back to the pre-republic of North Ingermanland location. Some authors call the next overprint a Finish charity issue while others a North Ingermanland revenue stamp. The overprint translates “Ingermanland prosperity”. These overprinted stamps were printed in Finland in 1921 in quantities of 2,000 each only on the three stamps with denominations in marks (Fig 4).

These stamps were sold at face value. Also found for sale on my web search was an overprinted stamp with a printing error (Fig 5). According to my information this stamp was never overprinted officially.

It probably is an example of the many the many counterfeits previously mentioned. Since I wrote this note “The American Philatelist” in their November 1919 published an article on North Ingermanland.

Richard Barnes

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FUN FRAMES

Undersized Covers

The next four pages are part of two frames (32 pages) by Barend Wissink at the 2019 Spring Show.

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Undersized Covers

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Undersized Covers

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Undersized Covers

Barend Wissink

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