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VICPEX and Congress

And Brighton P.S.

Centenary of ANZAC

Commemoration

VICPEX 2015

VPC Activities

Around our Societies

VICPEX 2016

APF AGM and State Council Meeting

Spring Quiz

APTA/ANDA Stamp & Coin Fair

Coming Stamp Fairs

News

Inc. No. A0023061U

September 2015

All correspondence to:

GPO Box 9800, Melbourne,

Victoria 3001 Editor: Alex Stoneman OAM

PO Box 66, Carisbrook Vic

3464 <[email protected]>

In This Issue

Dealers’ tables at Brighton, with the VICPEX en-

tries on show in the centre of the room.

Lt. Col. Neil Smith addressing the crowd on Sunday

afternoon at the Brighton P.S. commemoration.

‘VPC News’

The Victorian Philatelic Council publishes

VPC News quarterly. It is issued in March,

June, September, and December.

It is issued only in electronic format on

the APF and the APTA web-sites.

APF www.apf.org.au

APTA www.apta.com.au

Change of Contact/Mailing

Address Please notify the VPC of any change to Club

contacts or mailing addresses. The Decem-

ber issue of VPC News will include an up-to-

date Club & Society Listing.

The VPC meets four or five times a year, at

roughly two monthly intervals. The next

meeting will be in October.

Victorian State Exhibitions &

VPC Congresses 2016-2017

2016: Maryborough

2017: Melbourne

VPC Award of Merit

This is given to a stamp collector/philatelist who has

made an outstanding contribution to organized phi-

lately beyond Club level in Victoria.

Nominations are invited and these should be ad-

dresses to Peter Leitch, VPC Secretary. An outline of

the nominee’s contribution must accompany the

nomination.

The award is announced and presented at the annual

VICPEX.

Editorial

If your Society, Club, or organization wishes

to publicize its activities or publications to

the broader philatelic community please

send details to the editor via the GPO Box

or direct by email in Word, Publisher, Excel

or PDF format to

[email protected]

The closing date for material for the next

issue of VPC News is 21st November 2015.

I am pleased to announce that John McKay

from the Brighton Philatelic Society has

agreed to edit VPC News. He will take over

for the December 2015 edition. John is the

current editor of the Brighton Society’s Bul-

letin.

Alex Stoneman (03) 54642400

Victorian Philatelic Council Office Bearers 2015

President: Charles Bromser

Vice President: Robert Williamson

Secretary/Treasurer: Peter Leitch

Representatives on Victorian

Philatelic Council 2014-15 Clubs: Charles Bromser, Alex Stoneman,

Raymond Lancaster, 1 vacancy

R.P.S.V.: Gary Brown, Peter Leitch,

Frank Pauer, John Rennie

A.P.T.A.: Robert Williamson, 3 vacancies

Australia Post: 1 vacancy

Items for the APF website

Please send details of club events or

changes in club meetings, contacts or office

bearers to the APF webmaster via Gary

Brown:

details t.b.d.

VPC News September 2015

Victorian Philatelic Council News

The Annual General Meeting of the Austra-

lian Philatelic Federation was held at

Purves House last week-end– 29th and 30th

August. It was attended by a delegate from

each state council and APF office-bearers

and other officials.

The AGM dealt with:

Retiring officers’ reports, including a full fi-

nancial report

FIP Commission delegates’ reports

APF Co-ordinators’ reports

Project Officers’ reports

Reports from each State Council

Other reports

Election of Directors.

Two motions were considered:

“That the position of the APF Youth Officer

as a Director be removed.”

“That the position of the APF Public Rela-

tions Officer as a Director be removed.”

Nominations for 2015-2016 Office Bearers:

President: Glen Stafford [W.A.]

Vice-President: John Moore [N.S.W.]

Secretary: Ian McMahon [A.C.T.]

Treasurer: David Figg [S.A.]

Public Relations Officer: no nomination

Philatelic Development Officer: Darryl

Fuller [A.C.T.]

Youth Development Officer: no nomination

International Officer: Gary Brown [Vic]

At the APF Awards Dinner on Saturday the

awardees were:

Malcolm Groom—Fellow- Australian Phila-

telic Order

Ken Scudder—Australian Philatelic Order–

Research

Arthur Gray’s Honorary Fellow Ribbon and

Medal was presented to Nancy and Rebecca

Gray.

On Saturday afternoon and Sunday the

State Council Forum was conducted. The

following issues were on the agenda:

Election of officers.

1. Reduction in the number of APF Direc-

tors.

2. Picture Postcard Challenge 2016 and be-

yond.

3. National frame fees.

4. The need for a Supporters’ Club at a Na-

tional Exhibition.

5. A review of organisation of exhibitions.

6. The need for the APF to provide profes-

sional assistance to societies in journal

publication and in website skills and ser-

vices.

7. Future Journal publication.

8. Proposed revision of PPC judging crite-

ria for adults and youth.

9. The benefits or otherwise of ’Single Class

National Exhibitions’ to coincide with

specific events and anniversaries.

10. Addressing the downward trend in the

number of stamp clubs in Australia.

[There are six fewer clubs in 2015 than

in 2014. From 175 to 169]

11. How to attract those 45+ into/back into

the hobby.

12. A proposal to locate a frames container

in W.A.

13. Implications of new sheet sizes from FIP.

14. A ‘wants’ forum.

15. Preliminary discussion on States’ re-

quirements for the new APF website.

16. A design competition for a new APF

medal.

17. General business.

A full report on the APF AGM and the

States’ Forum will be included in the De-

cember edition of VPC News.


APF Annual General Meeting

VPC Congress and VICPEX 2016 VPC Congress and VICPEX 2015

The Congress and VICPEX will be held in

Maryborough on Saturday 23rd April 2016.

It will be hosted by Maryborough Stamp

Club, which will be conducting its annual

Stamp Fair at the same time. This will be in

the ANZAC Day long weekend.

VICPEX is the annual state competition for

both single and multiple frame entries. The

format will be the same as in previous years

and entry forms will be distributed to all

Victorian clubs and societies and will be in-

cluded in the December edition of VPC

News.

Maryborough Stamp Club members will be

mounting philatelic displays, and we are

asking our neighbouring Societies—

Bendigo, Ballarat and St.Arnaud– to join us.

As well as invited stamp dealers, our mem-

bers will also have stamps for sale.

There are many great eating places and a

wide range of accommodation venues in

Maryborough and district, and significant

heritage and environmental features easily

accessible in the Central Goldfields, Hep-

burn and Pyrenees Shires.

The Congress and VICPEX were conducted

at Brighton PS’s Briphil House on Sunday

2nd August, in association with Brighton’s

Centenary of ANZAC exhibition.

As well as an outstanding display by Brigh-

ton members there was an address by Lt.

Col [ret] Neil Smith AM. He spoke to a very

attentive audience about the ANZAC cam-

paign and the ANZAC ethos.

The results of the VICPEX competition

were:

Single Frame

Gordon Scholes: Australia’s first Airmail

Stamp—Bronze

John Waugh: Postage Due Stamps of Victo-

ria—Large Vermeil

Max Crane: Australian Antarctic Terri-

tory—Bronze

John Shaw: Instructional Markings– N.Z.

1890s to the 1960s—Silver

Multi Frame

David Kajewski: Post Cards from Mack–

Silver

Ray Lancaster: Charles Wesley—Bronze.


An attentive audience at Brighton listens to Lt. Col. Neil

Smith

McLandress Square—the civic centre of Maryborough,

showing the courthouse [left], Post Office [centre] and

Town Hall [right]. 1905 Postcard.


Stamp Society Brochures

Aids to attracting new members and informing current members

APTA and ANDA have combined their

Stamp and Coin Fairs in 2015. They have

done this to improve their offerings to collec-

tors and to share the increasing costs of

venue hiring. Their Fairs deserve collector

support.

The three Fairs for 2015 are being held at

Bayview on the Park, located at 52 Queens

Road. The remaining date is:

November 7th & 8th.

The venue is well set out and well lit, with

room for about 20+ dealers.

I’d suggest the most convenient access is by

tram along St.Kilda Road, giving you a short

two block stroll along Roy or Beatrice

Streets to the venue. Vehicle parking is pos-

sible nearby but it is time limited and pa-

trolled by inspectors all day on Saturday

and Sunday!

I attended the August ANDA/APTA Show

at Albert Park on Sunday 22nd. The pluses

of the Show were that the venue was very

accessible, the stalls were well set out and

well lit, the organizers were very welcom-

ing, and there were some wonderful exhibits

for perusal.

On the other hand in my view there are a

few minuses. Because of the cost of venue

hire the organisers had quite high table

charges to cover their costs. As a result

there were only five stamp dealers and

about fifteen coin and note dealers present.

They had some wonderful stock on display

and for sale, but this was generally mar-

keted at the upper end of the scale. There

was precious little for the beginning or mod-

estly funded stamp collector.

I do not know if there is any resolution to

the dilemma of the high venue costs and the

need for dealers at these shows to maintain

a viable business.

Stamp Shows deserve collector support but

collectors will only support dealers at shows

who have items they can purchase.

The Numismatic Association of Victoria had

some great displays at the show. They also

had copies of their journals for sale. The ar-

ticles cover historical and economic back-

grounds to coinage and note issues and are

very interesting

reads!

There are active

n u m i s m a t i c

groups in Mel-

bourne, Geelong

and Bendigo.

David Burgess is

the President and

Bill Xynos is the

Secretary at Mel-

bourne. They pro-

duce a quarterly

newsletter for

members.


APTA/ANDA Fair

Congratulations to John McKay of Brighton

PS, who has been awarded the Norden

Award, given by the Scandinavian Philatelic

Society for the best article on Scandinavian

philately published in 2014. His prize-

winning article on ’Challenges to Swedish

Neutrality in World War One’ was published

in Scandinavian Contact in March. John’s

display on this topic was on show at Brigh-

ton at its special ANZAC exhibition re-

cently.

Hans Zomer is the Secretary of the Ring-

wood and District Philatelic Society. The

Society’s mailing address is PO Box 79 , Kil-

syth, 3137 (times and locations of meetings

have not changed. Hans’ phone number is

0412 681 881 and email address han-

[email protected].

What is this postal item? When was it is-

sued?

The first two correct entries will each win

a 2015 VPC overprinted miniature sheet

courtesy of the VPC.

Entries to Alex Stoneman, PO Box 66,

C a r i s b r o o k , V i c 3 4 6 4 o r t o

<[email protected]

Winter Quiz Answers

This seal has an important postal connec-

tion.

In which year was it first used? 1838

In what postal format? Letter sheets.


Around our Societies Spring Quiz

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Special Events *** indicates admission charges apply

APTA / ANDA Stamp & Coin Fair

***

Saturday 7th &

Sunday 8th November

Bayview on the Park

Gabrielle Griffiths

0438 342 553

Essendon: Strathmore Bowling Club

40 Loeman St, Strathmore

First Sunday monthly

9 am – 2.30 pm

Chris Varvakis 0413 355 716

Mike Lee 9729 5855

Grant Carter 0423 271 001

Nunawading: Jaycees Hall,

Silver Grove

Last Sunday monthly [second Sunday in December]

9am—3.30 pm

Grant Carter

0423 271 001

Bentleigh: Bentleigh-McKinnon Youth Centre,

Higgins Rd, Bentleigh

Third Sunday monthly [January to December]

9am—2.30pm

John Thomas

0418 322 315

Geelong

Stamp & Coin Fair

Saturday 10th October

10am—4pm

Geelong West

Town Hall

0438 578 591

<[email protected]>

Ballarat PS

Eureka Stamp & Coin

Fair

Sunday 11th October

9.30 to 3.30

Ballarat Specialist School

Gillies St, Wendouree

Peter Morey 53 391767 or 0435 601 673

Maryborough S.C.

Stamp Auction

Tuesday 13th October

7 for 7.30pm

St Augustines Hall

Burns St, Maryborough

Alex Stoneman

54642400

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