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About NZPF |
| Objectives |
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| Background |
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Organised philately began in New Zealand with the formation of the Philatelic Society of New Zealand, later to become the
Royal Philatelic Society
of New Zealand, in 1888. Other societies were formed but of our present-day
societies the Royal (1888),
Christchurch Philatelic Society (1911) and
Dunedin Philatelic Society (1913) are the oldest. The present Federation, then known as the Federation of New Zealand Philatelic Societies, was formed on 13 March 1948. |
| Structure |
| The Federation Executive Committee includes two delegates from each of the three regions - Northern, Central and Southern. The officers of Federation - President, Secretary and Treasurer - are elected by all members at the Annual General Meeting. Each member of the committee has specific areas of responsibility (portfolios). |
| Executive Committee |
President: Len Jury, Auckland Email: len.jury@xtra.co.nz Secretary: Bob Gibson, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua 5245. Phone: (04) 234 7218 Email: secretary@nzpf.org.nz Treasurer: Terry Isaac, Upper Hutt Phone: (04) 528 4123 Email: km_issac@paradise.net.nz Auditor: Brian R Patchett Northern Region Delegates: Bruce Chadderton, Auckland. Email: bruce.chadderton@fitec.org.nz Monica Comrie, Whangarei Phone: (09) 434 8000 Email: john-monica@xtra.co.nz Central Region Delegates: Terry Isaac, Upper Hutt Phone: (04) 528 4123 Email: km_issac@paradise.net.nz Norman Banfield, Raumati Beach Email normanb@xtra.co.nz Southern Region Delegates: D John Wilson, P O Box 315, Timaru Phone: (03) 688 0343 Fax: (03) 688 8151 Email: jjwilson@farmside.co.nz Geoff Tyson Email: gftyson@inet.net.nz Committee Portfolios: |
| Finance | |
| Treasurer | Terry Isaac |
| Auditor | Brian Patchett |
| Publicity | |
| Promotion of hobby / public relations / publicity | Publicity sub-committee - Terry Isaac (chair), Jeff Long, Bruce Chadderton |
| Federation "News release" | Jeff Long |
| Federation pages NZ Stamp Collector | Len Jury |
| Maintain guest speaker list | Terry Isaacs |
| Resources | |
| Federation Resource Kit | Len Jury, Norma Banfield, Bob Gibson |
| Webmaster | Bob Gibson |
| Holder of exhibit photocopies | Bob Gibson, Christchurch Philatelic Society |
| Federation display stands | Terry Isaac, Bob Gibson, Sue Claridge |
| National relationships | |
| Liaison with NZ Post | Bob Gibson (Jenny Banfield/Terry Isaac as needed) |
| NZ Stamp Dealers Assoc | Monica Comry |
| Youth / PYC liaison | Geoff Tyson |
| NZ National Philatelic Trust trustees | D John Wilson, Jenny Banfield |
| International relationships | |
| Liaison with accord partners | President (Len Jury) |
| Liaison with FIAP, representative to FIAP | Norman Banfield |
| Liaison with FIP - correspondence | Secretary (Bob Gibson) |
| - personal matters (judges, commissioners) | President (Len Jury) |
| FIP Commission delegates | see list below |
| Judging and exhibiting | |
| Judges, judge qualifications, judging regulations / rules and maintain list FIP qualifying exhibits | Norman Banfield |
| Co-ordinator NZPF Commissioner case | Jenny Banfield |
| Maintain list of FIP qulifying youth exhibits | Philatelic Youth Council |
| Training of judges and exhibitors | Assoc of NZ Philatelic Judges - Jeff Long |
| Federation awards | |
| NZ medal of philatelic excellence | Allan Berry, D John Wilson, Jenny Banfield |
| Award of Honour, Award of Merit, Philatelist of the Year and Desrving Philatelist | President (Len Jury), Secretary (Bob Gibson), Jenny Banfield |
| Youth Philatelist of the Year | Monica Comry (convenor), PYC and NZ Post |
| Federation Resource Kit |
| Each society affiliated to Federation has received a copy of the NZPF Resource Kit which should be readily accessible to any individual member of the society. It is loose-leafed (so that it may be readily updated) and has over 200 pages containing a wealth of information intended to assist all stamp societies. The Resource Kit's nine sections cover the following: |
| Section A: | Philatelic Calendar |
| Section B: | NZPF Awards for Philatelists with rules and nomination forms for each. |
| Section C: | Federation providing a list of officers and representatives, a brief history, current structure, the Rules and Regulations and details of all affiliated societies. |
| Section D: | National exhibitions detailing regulations for NZPF approved exhibitions. |
| Section E: | Philatelic Trusts |
| Section F: | General Information providing details of NZ Stamp Dealers' Association members, books and periodicals, postal auctions, philatelic videos and libraries. |
| Section G: | Activities providing a variety of ideas and activities to assist in running an active society. |
| Section H: | Workshops giving outlines for a selection of workshops helpful in teaching the basic elements of stamp collecting |
| Section I: | Competitive Philately giving outlines for workshops, judging hints and judging sheets for basic 4, 8 and 16 page philatelic competitions. |
| Awards for Philatelists |
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The NZPF has a range of awards with which it acknowledges the services of individuals to the hobby in New Zealand. These include the Award of Honour, Award of Merit, Philatelist of the Year and Deserving Philatelist. Only affiliated societies of the Federation can make nominations for these awards. Full details of the rules relating to these awards, nomination forms, past recipients, etc are contained in Part B of the NZPF Resource Kit. Award of Honour This award recognises a philatelist who has given outstanding service to philately in New Zealand in some public or other capacity by:
This award recognises either:
These awards, no more than one and five each year respectively, are made on the basis of work done by individuals to promote the hobby. The nominees must belong to a society affiliated to the Federation. Youth Philatelist of the Year This award is presented to :
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| Award Certificates The Federation has various award certificates to give away to member societies for local and regional exhibitions. The society should contact the secretary by e-mail or post their request to Secretary, NZ Philatelic Federation, P O Box 19 119, HAMILTON. |
| Exhibitions |
| The NZPF sees exhibitions as a suitable opportunity to promote the hobby, demonstrating to everyone its cultural and educational values. National exhibitions provide a means for New Zealand exhibitors to qualify for international exhibitions. In these exhibitions the entries are judged in accordance with national judging standards. Awards of appropriate levels then qualify the exhibitor for exhibitions held under the auspices of the International Philatelic Federation (FIP) or Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP). National exhibitions may only be organised by an affiliated member of NZPF; participation is open to individuals who belong to affiliated societies or clubs of the NZPF, the Australian Philatelic Federation (APF) or who are otherwise expressly approved by the NZPF; and the judges must be approved by the NZPF. While the NZPF does appear to have a very strong part to play in national exhibitions this is to ensure appropriate and agreed standards are maintained so New Zealand qualified exhibitors meet rigid overseas criteria. New Zealanders achieve outstanding results. Not all exhibitions meet, or need to meet, these criteria. Many societies and clubs run regular exhibitions and displays. These provide opportunities for individuals to display material for the enjoyment of visitors and themselves. This may encourage those who have never done so before to compete at a national level, but that is certainly not the main objective. More details are provided regarding exhibitions and exhibiting elsewhere in this site - why not take a browse. Some exhibiting material for youth collectors can be found at Youth Exhibition Activites and PYC Inter-Club; up-coming exhibitions and displays are listed in Calendar; and some details on rules for the various disciplines of philately, judging, judges and awards can be found at Exhibitions. |
| FIP (International Philatelic Federation) |
| The Federation Internationale de Philatelie (FIP) is made up of about 80 member federations representing collectors of their respective countries. NZPF is the national representative for New Zealand collectors. For details about FIP and other member federations check
Links. |
| FIP Commission Representatives |
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Within FIP each philatelic discipline has a Commission. Each affiliated federation nominates representatives. This ensures the business of the Commissions can be widely diseminated and each country has the opportunity of making an input to the Commissions' deliberations. New Zealand representatives on each of the Commissions are as follows: Aerophilately - Jenny Banfield Astrophilately - Brian Vincent Forgeries - Colin Capill Literature - Norman Banfield Maximaphily - Bob Gibson Postal History - Gerald Ellott Postal Stationery - Barry Scott Revenues - D John Wilson Thematics - Jeff Long Traditional - Allan Berry Youth - Sue Claridge |
| FIAP (Federation of Inter-Asian Philately) |
| The idea of a Federation of Inter-Asian Philately dates back
to 1970 and FIAP was finally registered in Singapore on 14 September 1974.
The first FIAP Congress was held in Kuala Lumpur on 22 September 1975. Today
FIAP comprises the national federations of over 20 countries between Japan in
the east and Saudi Arabia in the west and includes New Zealand, Australia
and South Africa. FIAP is one of the three 'continental' federations of FIP which have representatives on the FIP board and on each of the eleven FIP Commissions covering each class or discipline of philately plus forgeries. The objective of FIAP is to promote philately in the 'Asian' region through exhibitions, training and publications. |
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