The Capital Stamp Show 2015 – Awards List

Grand Award Stephen Browne The Postal History of New South Wales 1801-1849
Runner-up to the Grand Award David Patterson New Zealand: The Chalon Issues 1855-1873

The results for the 14th National Philatelic Literature Exhibition, held in conjunction with The Capital Stamp Show 2015, can be found at Fourteenth 2015.

Entrant Title #Fr Points Award
 Class 1.3 Jury
Robert Livingston New Zealand Domestic Airmails 1919-1940 8 87 G
Jenny Banfield  History of and Advances made in Medicine 5 78 V
Sue Claridge World War one Heroine – Miss Edith Cavell 1 73 LS
Robert Livingston  Taupo A Tourist Mecca 3 65 S
Sue Vernall Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika Postal History 1933-1961 8 83 LV
Graeme Russell Chemistry Servant of Mankind 8 90 LG
Tim Beach 1960 Pictorials New Zealand 8 80 LV
 Class 2.1 Traditional – NZ or Australia
Robin Gwynn NZ Advertisement Stamps 1893 8 88 G 8 88 G
Lionel Savins The 1935 Pictorial Definitive Stamps of New Zealand 8 88 G + SP 8 88 G+SP
David Patterson New Zealand: the Chalon Issues. 1855-1873 5 95 LG+SP
Jim Shaw New Zealand Postage Dues 1899-1939 (1st & 2nd Series) 8 83 LV
Neil Fenwick The First Pictorials of New Zealand 4 80 LV
Harry Swanljung New Zealand: 1935 Pictorials and 1931 Arms Issues 8 85 G
Class 2.2 Traditional – Other Countries
Ian Burtt Channel Isles – Islands of Occupation 2 50 B
Geoffrey Lewis The Spanish Philippines 4 83 LV
Sammy Chiu Chefoo Local Post, China, 1893-1896 5 95 LG+SP
Santpal Sinchawla Classic India used from Burma 5 92 LG
Orville Osborne Zemstvos: An Introduction to the Russian Rural Post 8 88 G
Class 3.1 Postal History 2A – New Zealand or Australia
Stephen Browne The Postal History of New South Wales 1801-1849 8 96 LG+SP
Tony Schluter New Zealand’s Victorian Era Postal History to 1876 3 74 LS
Tracy Bradberry Australian Commonwealth Surface Mail Postcard Rates and their Interpretations internally and those set by the UPU 1-3-1901 to 1941 4 78 V
Andrew Dove New Zealand and the Second Anglo-Boer War 4 80 LV+SP
Class 3.2 Postal History 2A – Other Countries
Bruce Chadderton  Republic of China Airmail letter rates to North America (Post War Chinese National Currency Period) 4 78  V
Ron Allan  A Glimpse of the Post Markings and Rates in Britain from 1700s to 1864 4 68 S
Ross Marshall  Stampless Mail across Russian-Austrian Border in the pre-UPU Period 5 91 LG
Clace Schwabe  Correspondence of the Armies of the French Republic / Unofficial Military Exempt Postage Cards 2 66 S
Charnchai Karnasuta  The Siamese Railroad Post Offices (1896 – 1941) 8 91 LG+SP
Robert Hisey The Fall and Rise of French Africa Air Routes WWII 5 89 G
Zuo Ming  Domestic Mail Rate during the Early People’s Republic of China (1949-1951) 8 92 LG+SP
Ron & Shirley Hebberd  Spanning the Ocean 18th & 19th Century Trans-Atlantic Mail 5 71 LS
Ron & Shirley Hebberd  USA Private Mail Carriers 1844-1880 3 72 LS
Ross Marshall  Germany Foreign Postal Rates July 1, 1922 – December 31, 1923 8 90 LG
Class 3.3 Postal History 2B – Marcophily
Elspeth Wells Post Offices in Marlborough 8 70 LS
Kathryn Johnson The Scottish Additional Half Penny Mail Tax 5 90 LG+SP
J Edward Nixon Les Étoiles de Paris 5 88 G
Class 3.4 Postal History 2C – Historical, Social and Special Studies
Lindsay Chitty Civilian Internee Mail Japanese Occupation of the Far East, WWII 1942-45 3 74 LS
Ross Marshall West Coast Coal – The Buller and Greymouth Coalfields of New Zealand 8 73 LS
Lindsay Chitty British Commonwealth Prisoner of War Repatriation Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East WWII 1942-46 5 88 G+SP
Lindsay Chitty Prisoner of War Correspondence, Japanese Occupation of the Far East, WWII 1942-45 8 93 LG+SP
Peter Granfield Tattersall’s alias Business Network 3 75 V
Charles Colomb The Pneumatic Post of Vienna – The Empire Period (1875-1918) 5 85 G+SP
Tony Thackery 1901 January 1 The First Day of Issue of the 1d Universal 4 78 V
Class 4.1 Postal Stationery
Alistair Gow Registered Postal History of Great Britain 1878-1923 8 81 LV
Frank Li Zhifei Postal Stationery of Albania 1913-1944 5 86 G
Colin Capill NZ Post’s Postal Stationery – 1987 to 1998 5 60 SB
Stephen Schumann New Zealand Postal Stationery 1876-1940 8 95 LG+SP
Class 4.2 Aerophilately
Glen Stafford Nicaragua – Airmail Stamps (The early years) 5 82 LV
David Collyer Years of Change. International airmail to and from Australia January 1939 to December 1945 7 82 LV+SP
Steven Ferguson Overseas Airmails to New Zealand: 1929 to 1945 5 77 V
Class 4.4 Thematics
Jose J Vattoth Soccer 5 56 B
Phairot Jiraprasertkun Olympic Games 8 95 LG+SP
MD Zahidul Islam In Search of Mahatma Gandhi 5 57 B
Ke Yujun Oil and Gas-How they have come into human life history 8 95 LG+SP
Douglas South Our Feathered Friends 8 87 G
Phillip Stager Coconuts 8 85 G
Class 4.5 Revenues
Jim Shaw New Zealand Wages Tax 1931-1958 5 80 LV
Liu Yongxin China’s Fiscal Stamps in North China Area (1913—1934) 5 83 LV+SP
Prasatporn Eksombatchai Revenue Stamps of Siam 5 84 LV
Robert Hohertz Revenue Stamped paper of the Spanish American War Tax Era 5 92 LG+SP
Class 4.6 Maximaphily
George Constantourakis History of Maximaphily, 1872-1940 8 74 LS
Class 4.7 National One Frame
Mark Wooller Kauri 1 68 S
George Stewart Little Brown Farthings 1 81 LV+SP
Geoff Tyson Stampex85 Souvenir Postcards. Private Postal Stationery 1 68 S
Grace Phillips Kiwi Kai 1 76 V
Robert Watson 19th Century Mexican Maritime Mail to Overseas Destinations 1 73 LS
Terry Isaac British Columbia Air Mail Development 1 72 LS
Paul McTaggart 1d. Parliament – 1946 Peace Issue, Stamp and Usage 1 73 LS
Jim Shaw New Zealand 1d Revenue 1878 “Stamp Duty” a study of the stamps & usages (fiscal and postal) 1 88 G
John Goose The Occupation Stamps of Guernsey 1 71 LS
Paul Stark Terra Australis Incognita 1 72 LS
Clace Schwabe A Tale of Tobacco 1 66 S
Frank Jans Trout Fishing  1 59 B
Jeff Long Compulsorily Registered Mail in New Zealand 1 79 V
Murray Clark The First Sidefaces 1874-1882 1 74 V+SP
Robert Duns NZ Forces in Timor – Leste 1999-2002 1 74 LS
Robert Watson Airmails from New Zealand to the United States 1930-1953 1 84 LV+SP
Terry Isaac Tristan Da Cunha Pre-Stamp Cachets 1  81 LV
Matt Henderson 1982 NZ Map Stamp 1 73 LS
Jeff Long New Zealand’s first pictorials overprinted for use in the Pacific Islands 1 85 G
George Stewart Extracts from a Frama Fanatic’s Diary 1 79 V
Geoff Tyson ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 1 65 S
Frank Jans New Zealand Fund Raising Social Events 1903-1921 1 88 G+SP
Robert Watson Surface Letter Postage Rates from New Zealand to the USA A Survey from 1891 to 1948 1 86 G
John Goose Ink Jet Cancellations on Wellington Mail 1993-1994 1 74 LS
Barbara Streeter Culinary Delights 1 70 LS
Class 4.8 Open Philately
Jose J Vattoth Gandhi  2 59 B
Ann Still Aspects of Camel 5 75 V
John Paston The Suez Canal 8 80 LV+SP
John Kersel SS Tahiti and SS Monowai 5 70 LS
Ken Markham New Zealand – from Discovery to Depression 7 85 G
Stephen Dowd Sun Rise, Sun Set: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Colonial Power 1931-1951 5 62 SB
Paul Stark Early Exploration of the Antarctic Continent 5 75 V
Michael Christensen Tin Can Island 5 70 LS
John Paston Britannia & British Royal Yachts 7 73 LS
Paul McTaggart Supreme Valour 5 75 V+SP
Sinclair McLaren Fur, Feather and Fin 2 50 B
Violet Stewart Cotton Seed to Denim Blue Jeans  3 65 S
Gary Brown Cricket: The Game 5 89 G+SP
Monica Comrie The Sheep – Man’s Greatest Provider  8 80 LV+SP
Patrick Brownsey The Fern: From Native Plant to New Zealand Icon 3 70 LS
Class 5.1 Youth A up to including 15 years of age 1-3 Frames
Amy Rosenfeldt New Zealand Definitives Issued 1975-1980 3 82 LV
Ciara Gibson It’s Christmas Time 1 76 V+SP
Lachlan Smith Gold 2 81 LV
Rose McTaggart Birds in my Garden 1 73 LS+SP
Andrew Sknar The Discovery and Rediscovery of New Zealand 1 63 SB
Ryan Smith The Armed Forces 2 75 V+SP
Annalise Smith Children’s Books – piecing together the story of children’s stories 1 75 V
Hadley Muller Marine Food Web 1 62 SB
Class 5.2 Youth B 16 – 18 years of age 2-4 Frames
Warrick Wright Revenues of New Zealand Air Travel 4 86 LV+SP
Isabella Beach The World’s Most Popular Sport 3 75 V
Class 5.3 Youth C 19-21 years of age 3-5 Frames
Louisa Slack Agriculture: The raising of animals and crops for Human use 3 71 LS+SP
Class 6.1 First Day Covers
Tony Thackery Keith Collinson Cacheted Covers 5 69 S
Steven Ferguson George VI: First Day Use 8 75 V
Class 6.4 Modern – Traditional
Nilo Dizon Jr The Hologram in Philately  5 63 SB
Ross Wood Australia 1988 Living Together Series 5 72 LS
Class 6.5 Adult Development Class (One or Two Frame)
Ross Moynihan A Philatelic window on the city of Wellington 2 56 B
Denys Nichols The Full Face Queen Stamps of New Zealand 2 69 S
Geoff Rickards New Zealand Adhesive Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery items issued during WWI 1 64 SB
Robert Lyon An Advertiser’s Dream: The New Zealand 1893 “Adson” Scheme 1 81 LV+SP
Class 6.6 Youth B 16-18 years of age 1 Frame
Anna McTaggart A Study in Sherlock 1 74 LS
Class 7.1 Youth Development
Nathanael Paltridge The Story of Mail 1 67 S
Leyton Wright The Modern Day Revolution: The uses of the Helicopter 1 71 LS+SP
Conor Smith Antarctica 0.5 68 S
Class 9.1 National Postcard 1-2 Frames
Christine Haythornthwaite Damaged Churches in Christchurch 1 63 SB
Lindsay Chitty Postcards sent from the Ruhleben Civil Internee Camp, WWI, Germany 1 81 LV
Elizabeth Hisey An Analysis of Edward H Mitchell’s Production of his exaggerated California Produce Postcards. 1 80 LV+SP
Lynn Kitchin Louis Wain – The King of Catland 2 63 SB
Jillian Williams Mountain from any angle 1 74 LS
Class 9.2 National Postcard 3-8 Frames
Ann Still A Postcard View of Early Nelson and District 6 87 G
Pauline Schwartz “Central” – Otago’s Heart of Gold  5 73 LS
Evie South A Passage “The Marlborough Sounds” 8 88 G
Jenny Long Estuary to Esplanade: The Sumner Coast, Christchurch NZ 3 84 LV
Jenny Long A Study of New Zealand Pictorial Postcards 8 95  LG+SP
Jeff Long The Franz Josef Glacier and Township 3 84 LV
Class 9.3 National Postcard Youth
Hadley Muller Native Birds of New Zealand 1 69 S
  * Key to Awards
Medals  Other codes
LG  Large Gold  Fel  Felicitations
G  Gold  SP  Special Prize
LV  Large Vermeil
V  Vermeil
LS  Large Silver
S  Silver
SB  Silver Bronze
B  Bronze