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Volume 7, Issue 1 November 2017 3rd International Symposium, London

The Royal Philatelic Society Jonas managed to keep us on rator Daniel Piazza, and the Committee, Chris Harman London hosted 53 delegates to schedule with firmness and Wilson Blount Research emphasized the pitfalls of IAP’s third symposium, held good humor. Chair, Dr. Susan Smith. Par- relying on science or technol- at the Society’s clubhouse, Chris Harman RDP, Hon. ticipants also included David ogy alone, especially if the No. 41 Devonshire Place. FRPSL, chaired all sessions. Beech and Paul Skinner, the wrong questions are asked, or A delightful gourmet dinner Chris’ affability and cheerful- retired and current Lead Cura- if the right question is asked was kindly provided and ness set a collegial and re- tors of Philatelic Collections but answered using an irrele- at the British Library. vant analytical method. The Vincent Graves Greene Demonstrations Foundation, Canada’s premier Activities at the clubhouse expertizing agency, was rep- began on 12 October as an resented by Chairman Ted open house with the RPSL Nixon and Vice President Expert Committee. Visitors Garfield Portch. Their use of a had an opportunity to examine VSC 6000 has caused them to the committee’s reference routinely ask questions which collection and technical had been previously difficult equipment. to answer with a philatelist’s Demonstrations of technical standard tools. A superbly equipment were given by in- forged change in a stamp’s vited exhibitors. A Bruker denomination which had gone representative discussed the undetected using standard capabilities and uses of their examination methods was newest instrument for X-Ray Symposium Chairman Chris Harman revealed under spot fluores- Fluorescence work, the M4 cence. Tornado. hosted by Patrick Maselis laxed tone for an audience The newest version of Fos- RDP, RPSL President, on the with a wide range of profes- ter & Freeman’s Visual Spec- evening before the sympo- sional backgrounds. This tral Comparator (VSC 8000) sium. IAP delegates had the spurred more questions than was run through its paces to pleasure of dining with mem- might otherwise have been show several new features bers of DASV, the German asked by those without ex- added as a result of user re- postal history society. Many perience in technical disci- quests. These include a work- thanks to Patrick for his kind- plines—which of course is station-based, a better user- ness and generosity! one of the reasons IAP was centered design, higher reso- The Philatelic Foundation Jonas H ällström, IAP Direc- founded. lution imaging, and hyper- was represented by Executive tor and Senior Fellow, organ- Delegates reflected a wide spectral imaging for recogni- Director Larry Lyons, who ized and ran the technical range of interests and back- tion of inks. showed several examples of program. It is often difficult grounds. We were pleased stamp alteration detected by to keep those passionate about with the participation of the Expertization their VSC 6000 and Bruker their subject to adhere to Smithsonian National Postal In his keynote address on XRF device. Larry also pre- speakers’ time limits, but Museum, represented by Cu- the work of the RPSL Expert sented the results of his re 2 The Analyst Volume 7, Issue 1, November 2017

Expertization (cont.) composition and fabric Ted Nixon and Garfield Portch search on the XRF signatures are also potentially fruitful \ Impact of Technical Analyses on Greene Foundation of the U.S. newspaper stamps areas for study. of 1875-94, which now can be IAP has a strategic alliance conclusively identified. with the Center for Ink and Paul Leonard pointed out Printability at the University challenges that have yet to be of Western Michigan. We can addressed by philatelic re- also avail ourselves of techni- searchers. Two of the most cal advice from Dr. Robert intriguing are the challenge of Hisey, who spent his entire imaging in stamps career in paper on cover, and the analysis of and is an Emeritus IAP Direc- adhesives. tor. The opportunities are there for an energetic philate- 2017 Symposium Focus list interested in learning more Six of the presented about stamp paper. We can at the symposium dealt with help you with funding and chemical analyses of technical advice. inks, variously employing X- There is still plenty of re- Ray fluorescence (XRF), Fou- search to be done, and IAP rier-transform infrared fluo- stands ready to help with ad- rescence (FTIR), or spectro- vice and funding. The Na- Robert V. Mustacich, Ph.D. scopic analyses using proton- tional Postal Museum labora- A Versatile Comparison of Stamps by High Resolution induced X-ray emission tory stands ready for your (PIXE). use—at no cost to you. For Three papers reported re- information about the lab, see: sults of color analyses, with https://postalmuseum.si.edu/ RGB data collected in one research/forensic-laboratory/ case by a digital camera, and index.html. in another using a table-top scanner. One paper detailed 2017 Proceedings Volume PC-compatible software for The proceedings book will collecting, analyzing and be published in 2018 by the graphically displaying RGB Smithsonian Scholarly Press. data using a scanner. All IAP members will receive One paper reported progress a free copy, postpaid. in high-resolution image Authors: please send your analysis using a scanner. final manuscripts to our Edi- Thumbnail examples of tor, Dr. Susan Smith, by De- work presented in some of the cember 1. lectures are included on these pages. Abstracts of all presen- 2020 IAP Symposium tations can be found on the The next International Sym- IAP website at: posium on Analytical Meth- Prof. Paul Leonard, BSc (Hons.), CSci, FRPSL http://analyticalphilately.org/ ods in Philately will be held at Forensic Philately in 2020 - Challenges and Opportunities wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ the Smithsonian National IAP-Symposium-2017 Postal Museum in Washing- _ Final.pdf. ton DC in September 2020. Dates and details will be an- Research Opportunities nounced in January 2018. No analytical work on stamp paper was reported, nor 2018 Dues apparently is much being Please see the dues-payment done. This is a pity, as there is form on page 4. We need your much to learn about the evolu- help to continue supporting tion of fillers, brighteners and applied technical research in , all of which affect philately. Thanks for your printing quality and color. past support! The Analyst Volume 7, Issue 1, November 2017 Page 3

Tim Lyerla Richard Judge The Use of Tonal Histograms for the Study of Stamp of Aniline Inks, 2-cent Admiral Issues of

Harry K. Charles Jr., Ph.D. Fernando Silva Moreira dos Santos Exploring Color Mysteries in U. S. Large and Small Numeral Non-Destructive Analysis: Creating Standards for Postage Due Stamps using X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry Imperial Brazilian Stamps from a Case Study of

Larry Lyons Using the Bruker XRF to Distinguish the Six Different Print- John Barwis & Harry Brittain U.S. 24c Purple, 1870-1875: Progress Report on a Overlay of the CBNC, ABNC and BEP XRF Results for the Red Newspaper Stamps

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