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Newsletter |
| Federation Executive |
| At the Annual General Meeting held in Wellington in November Keith Griffiths was re-appointed as President for a second term. David Fentress and Sandra List were also re-appointed as Secretary and Treasurer respectively. |
| Federation Awards |
| The Federation was pleased to announce the following awards at its AGM. |
| Awards of Honour: | Norm Banfield and Jeff Long |
| Award of Merit: | Anne Bevan |
| Philatelist of the Year: | John Kelsey |
| Youth Philatelist of the Year: | Amber Everett |
| Congratulations to these worthy recipients. |
| Federation Meetings 2003 |
| 8 Mar | Wellington |
| 12 Jul | Hamilton |
| 28/29 Nov | Christchurch |
| 29 Nov AGM | Christchurch |
| NZ National Philatelic Trust |
| The Secretary to the Trust has reported the following to 31 Oct 2002. |
| March | |
| $15,000 | Northpex 2002 (ex NZ Post) |
| $1,500 | Bryan Ogier for FIAP meeting in Chiang Mai |
| $2,000 | Federation News in NZ Stamp Collector |
| $1,350 | Wellington Regional Stamp Show |
| $500 | grant plus $1,000 suspensory loan 2002 PYC Stamp Camp |
| July | |
| $120 | Judges Association for Judges Handbook update |
| $550 | 2001 Stamp Odyssey for repairs and maintenance of display frames |
| October | |
| $3,000 | grant plus $2,000 suspensory loan to Welpex 2003 |
| $1,400 | PYC for printing two newsletters in their next financial year |
| Refunds received | |
| $550 | PYC Foxton Stamp Camp blanace of loan not used |
| $600 | Wellington Regional Stamp Show unexpended portion of grant |
| $2,000 | Northpex 2002 repayment of suspensory loan |
| Exhibition Frame Fees |
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At its meeting on 29 June the Federation executive agreed to changes in exhibition frame fees. Unfortunately most of the information published about these changes has been incorrect or misleading due to the omission of some details. The following sets out full details of the reasons for the changes, the changes themselves and the procedure to be followed. Reasons for change The need for additional funds arises from the increasing cost of participation in international organisations - this includes the cost of membership and of representation on the boards or committees of FIP and FIAP. The Federation Executive felt these additional costs should be raised from national and international exhibitors who benefit directly rather than spread over all clubs. That is, those who benefit the most should contribute the most. What has changed? The frame fees charged by Federation to National exhibition organising committees will be increased from $3.00 to $6.00 per frame for competitive frames. This increase applies to all National exhibitions approved after 1 July 2002. A levy of $6.00 per frame will be made by Federation on all New Zealand exhibits, except Youth entries, sent to overseas exhibitions (ie FIP, FIAP and Australian, Canadian or other Accord exhibitions) for which the Federation has appointed a New Zealand commissioner. The levy will be collected by the commissioner at the same time as exhibition fees and will be forwarded to the Federation prior to the exhibition. The levy will be collected for all exhibitions after 1 January 2003. Note For a five frame exhibit the total frame levy for overseas exhibits approximates the entry fee for one extra frame at an Australian exhibit and between one third and one half of the entry fee for a frame at other overseas exhibitions. Both the Australian and UK federations charge their overseas exhibitors appreciably more [AU$15.00 or UK£31.00 respectively per frame]. |
| Exhibition News |
| Federation has approved the following national exhibitions for the years through to 2006. Some dates and venues are still to be confirmed. |
| 7-9 Nov 2003 | Welpex 2003 Stampshow | Wellington |
| 29-31 Oct 2004 | Baypex 2004 | Napier or Hastings |
| July 2005 | Northpex 2005 | North Shore |
| Nov 2006 | Kiwipex 2006 | Christchurch |
| Exhibition Results |
| Stampshow Melbourne 2002 Jenny Banfield (80) Large Vermeil Norman Banfield (82) Large Vermeil Stephen Chivers (76) Vermeil Robert Dunns (80) Large Vermeil Alistair Gow (68) Silver Keith Griffiths (86) Gold + Special Prize Frank Jans (90) Large Gold + Special Prize Bruce Marshall (87) Gold Bruce Marshall (80) Large Vermeil Ross Marshall (87) Gold + Special Prize Lynne Nicholl (73) Large Silver Bryan Ogier (87) Gold + Special Prize Deanna Parsons (Youth)(70) Large Silver Philatelic Foundation (76) Vermeil Stephen Shimmin (75) Vermeil Doug South (85) Gold + Special Prize George Stewart (70) Large Silver Tony Thackery (68) Silver Jillian Williams (66) Silver Congratulations to all these exhibitors. |
| Commissioner Appointments |
| The Federation Executive has approved the following appointments for commissioners to exhibitions to be held in 2003/04. |
| China 2003 [FIAP] | Jeff Long |
| Bangkok 2003 [FIP] | Bryan Ogier |
| Singapore 2004 [FIP] | Ross Marshall |
| Spain [FIP] | Don Richardson |
| India 2004 [FIP] | Stephen Chivers |
| Hong Kong 2004 [FIAP] | Bryan Ogier |
| Newcastle 2004 | Robert Duns |
| NZ Stamp Exhibition Trust |
| At the last Federation Executive meeting the Trust advised some significant changes being made to how the Trust will continue to support the hobby. Details will be appearing at New Zealand Stamp Exhibition Trust . |
| WNS - the WADP Numbering System |
| The World Association for the Development of Philately [WADP], under the aegis of the UPU, has introduced the world wide numbering system [WNS] of official stamps of UPU member countries, their territories and dependencies. Launched on 1 January 2002, WNS is a system where every official postage stamp issued by participating UPU members is verified for authenticity, registered and assigned a unique number comprised of the internationally recognised ISO3166 2-letter country code, a serial number and the year of issue. The increasing number of illegally produced postage stamps or labels offered for sale as stamps is one of the major reasons for the establishment of the system. The stamp images, a brief description of them and their WNS number are made available through www.wnsstamps.ch which operates in English and French. It provides five search criteria - WNS number, issuing country, year of issue, month of issue and primary stamp theme. |
| NZ Inter-club One-frame Competition |
| In August the inaugural event of this competition by the Christchurch Philatelic Society was held at Rydges Hotel, CVhristchurch with seven clubs participating. The intent of the competition was that each club, affiliated to NZPF, should submit a team entry of five 16-page or one-frame, stand-alone, entries from five different exhibitors. The selection of any team by whatever method is entirely up to the stamp club concerned and to help encourage smaller clubs a composite team entry from more than one club would be permitted. The 2003 competition will be hosted by the Whangarei Philatelic Society and will be held at the St John Uniting Church Hall, Kamo Road, Whangarei on Saturday 17 May 2003 in conjunction with a stamp fair. At this stage it is anticipated five dealers will be in attendance. The winning team entry will be awarded a trophy donated by the Christchurch Philatelic Society. Clubs interested in entering the competition should contact Mrs Monica Comrie, Secretary, Whangarei Philatelic Society, 3 Tudehope Road, R D 1 Kamo, WHANGAREI for details of entry classes, entry forms, charges, etc. Entries must be received by 7 May 2003. |
| Judging Seminars |
| It is intended to hold a judging seminar in Auckland on 3-4 May 2003. The subject under scrutiny will be judging one-frame entries. We have had some very wild swings in the marking of some exhibits at several competitions and the intention is to try and obtain a degree of consistency for the future. There will be a requirement that each seminar participant will produce a one-frame exhibit to be shown, analysed and discussed. More details will be forthcoming early 2003. |
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