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Newsletter |
| New Zealand Exhibitions |
| Art in Miniature and NZ Inter-club One-Frame competition Art in Miniature hosted by the Marlborough Stamp Collectors Club and the Air Mail Society of NZ has just concluded. This was a non-competitive display, but also included the NZ Inter-club One-Frame competition. This year 8 clubs entered, with the following results: Manawatu Philatelic Society (424 points) Christchurch Philatelic Society (400) North Shore Philatelic Society (370) Marlborough Stamp Collectors (370) Hastings Stamp Collectors Club (362) Airmail Society of NZ (361) Whangarei Philatelic Society (353) Wanganui Philatelic Society (340) Two entries achieved the highest level of award (a diamond); both were members of the Manawatu Society and both were from the same family! -Jenny Banfield with Postal History Study of Airmails from Iraq - the RAF Period -Norman Banfield with Imperial Russia Censorship of Prison Mail 1884-1916 The judges for this competition were Jeff Long, Barry Scott and Sue Claridge. Upcoming NZ Exhibitions There is an interesting programme of exhibitions coming up, leading off with NZ2005 to be held very short1y. For those of you who like exhibiting or just looking, or adding to your collections get out your diaries. NEW ZEALAND 2005 Nov 17-20 North Shore Events Centre KIWIPEX 2006(FlAP support) Nov 2-5, 2006 Christchurch NORTHLAND 2007 1 Mar 1 Apr, 2007 Whangarei (Traditional, Postal Stationery, Open, One-frame classes) TARAPEX 2008 Aug/Sep, 2008 New Plymouth (Incorporating the Australasian Challenge) TIMPEX 2009 Sep, 2009 (Timaru) |
| Overseas Exhibitions |
| Tapei 2005 Taipei 2005 has also just been completed, with some NZ entries doing very well. Jeff Long was a member of the Jury, Norman Banfield successfully served his apprenticeship in Postal History, and Jenny Banfield served as the Commissioner. The results of the competition were: Allan Berry N Z Government Department Printed Franks 78 LS Monica Comrie The Forgotten Forces - WW 2 Military Post Offices of the Northern Territory of Australia 82 V Keith Griffiths N Z Airmail Letter Cards74 S Helen Harris NZ Official Stamps & Related Material 85 LV David Loe The Early Postmark Types of Iceland 79 LS Rick Oxenham Airmails of the Belgian Congo 1922-1947 79 LS Don Richardson US Postal Rates 1851-1863 94 G Sp Prize Stephen Shimmin 1948 Palestine British Mandate and the Jewish Peoples Council Postal Service 75 LS Awards in the one-frame class were Gold (90 points or more), Silver (70-89 points) or Bronze (50-69 points) certificates. Results from NZ entrants were excellent: only five gold awards were made from 36 entries and NZ scored three of them! Bruce Chadderton Marjan Rowinski His War Years 81 S Ross Marshall Moscow-Antarctica.: the Return Flights 92 G Special Prize Ross Marshall Russia Foreign Insured Money Letters 1901-1917 90 G Barry Scott WW 2 NZ Prisoner of War Air Lettercards 1941-1945 90 G Felicitations (Research) Anne Still King George V Official Court Mourning 80 S Upcoming Overseas Exhibition Canberra Stamp Show 18 20 Mar, 2006 Commissioners: David Loe (NI), Steve McLachlan (SI) (Australasian Challenge event) Washington '06 27 May - 3 Jun, 2006 Commissioner Don Richardson Adelaide Stampex 2006 18 20 Aug, 2006 Commissioner Robert Livingstone Espana 2006 7 13 Oct, 2006 Commissioner Robin Gwynn Belgica 2006 6 20 Nov, 2006 Commissioner Jeff Long Brasiliana 2007 Sydney 2007 23 25 Mar, 2007 Canberra 2008 15 17 Mar, 2007 (half national) Brisbane 2008 August, 2008 (half national) Israel 2008 14 22 May, Tel Aviv EFlRO 2008 15 22 Jun, 2008 Bucharest |
| Te Papa Display 2005 Stamped |
| The 15Oth anniversary of the postal service in New Zealand is currently being celebrated at the
Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa. Sponsored by New Zealand Post, Stamped:
Celebrating New Zealands Postal History is great viewing for both philatelic
enthusiasts and those with a general interest in stamps. Entry is free! Have
you been yet? Stamped is on show through to Sunday 15 January 2006. For further information please contact: The Museum of New Zealand at email mail@tepapa.govt.nz or their website at www.tepapa.govt.nz or view the NZPF website at www.nzpf.org.nz |
| Youth News |
| Just a reminder that the annual stamp camp is coming up in October 2-8, and will be held at
Wainuiomata this year. How about your club sponsoring a youth or two to attend? Details
from Geoff Tyson at 03 354 1064 or gftyson@inet.net.nz |
| NZ Post News |
| Upcoming Issues for NZ POST include: 2005 Oct King Kong, and Christmas Nov NZ 2005 issue, and Ross Dependency (preservation of the historic huts) Dec 'The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe' film based on the book by C S Lewis 2006 Jan Year of the Dog issue Feb Hawke Bay Earthquake commemorative issue Mar 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne Apr the Queens' 80th Birthday (joint issue with Jersey) May Washington exhibition issue Jun Maori Performing Arts Jul Renewable Energy Aug Health ('five fruit and veges a day') Sep Gold Rushes Oct Summer Festivals Nov Ross Dependency (50th anniversary of Hilary's trans-continenta1 trip), Christmas and surely an issue to commemorate Kiwipex 2006! |
| New National Exhibiting Class |
| Picture postcards has now been approved by Federation as a national competitive exhibiting class.
The class will be offered at both NZ 2005 and Kiwipex 2006 exhibitions so far.
Details are available from the Editor of this News Release, the Federation Resource Kit, and
shortly on the NZPF website. |
| Youth Awards |
| A bronze award will now require 50 - 59 points rather than 55 - 59. Exhibits scoring 40-49 points
will receive a Diploma. This brings the bronze award for youth into line with that for adult
entries. |
| Apprentice Judges at National Exhibitions |
| A guideline regarding apprentice judges will be included ID the next update to
the Judges Manual. |
| Social Class |
| With the ongoing development
of the Open Class to the stage where it is now an experimental class at the
world level, the Federation would like to receive feedback on whether or not
the Social Class should be dropped as a national class at some future time.
This request has already been sent to all members of Federation, but with
little response so far. Please send your ideas to the Secretary at secretary@nzpf.org.nz |
| YOUR web page on the Federation site |
| Have you updated your page yet? Thirteen have responded to the webmaster's request, but the
remaining clubs still have pages very much out-of-date, Bob Gibson is happy to receive
updates either electronically or in paper form, so how about looking at your
page TODAY and seeing if it is up to date? Contact webmaster@nzpf.org.nz The site is at www.nzpf.org.nz |
| Acknowledging source material |
| Just a reminder to newsletter editors to obtain clearance from the appropriate source if quoting
or copying. If clearance is obtained, or is not necessary, still please acknowledge the source
of your material. The copyright laws in NZ are fairly stringent. |
| Wanting support or materials from NZPOST? |
| Just a reminder that clubs and societies requesting material ftom NZ
POST for promotional materials directly is not in accordance with the agreement
Federation has with NZ POST. Such requests should be forwarded through the NZ
National Philatelic Trust via the Secretary, John Wilson, P 0 Box 315, Timaru.
The Trust will forward the request to New Zealand Post together with a
recommendation to NZ Post for suitable material or other reply. |
| Promotional Material |
| Just a reminder that the Christchurch Philatelic Society has arranged for some interesting
one-frame exhibits to be quality-printed, and made available for all clubs to help
promote the hobby. A great effort! They are available for borrowing through
either the Christchurch Philatelic Society or the Federation Secretary for just
the cost of postage. |
| News Release for National Judges and Apprentices |
| The Federation has asked that copies of the News Release be sent to all national judges
and apprentices as an email attachment to those judges and apprentices which have
email. Persons without email will be sent copies by post only on specific
request, so let me know if you fit into the latter category. |
| Contact Details |
| If you have any comments, helpful ideas or just want further information, contact me at
jeff.long@paradise.net.nz
or via the Secretary at P 0 Box 19-119, Hamilton. |
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