Canberra Stampshow 2008

Canberra Stampshow 2008 was held from the 14th to 16th March in the Hellenic Club, Woden which is a suburb south of the city.  The exhibition which attracted approximately 350 frames of exhibits was a Half-National comprising of Aerophilately, Postal History, Maximaphily, Revenues, Social, First Day Covers, Literature and Open Class.  Held in conjunction was a State Level Exhibition and Postcards.

The theme of the exhibition was the 100th Anniversary of Scouting in Australia with the Chief Scout Commissioner in Australia, John Ravenhall AM opening the exhibition The Scouting theme included a number of invited exhibits, displays of scouting memorabilia as well as souvenir products being sold by the organising committee.  The Palmares was held in the Aegean Room at the Hellenic Club on the Saturday night.  John Dibiase's entry The Fiscal Stamps of Western Australia was judged as the Best Entry in the Show, the prize being a framed display of Scouting Centenary Stamps donated by Australia Post.

+SP  denotes Special Prize
+SP(e)  denotes Encouragement Award

National Level Classes

Revenues

John Fletcher Cape of Good Hope Revenues 1711 to 1898  [8 frames] Large Vermeil [83]
John Dibiase The Fiscal Stamps of Western Australia  [8 frames] Large Gold [91] +SP
James Shaw New Zealand Wages Tax Stamps and Usages 1931 -1958  [5 frames] Large Vermeil [81]
Dave Elsmore New South Wales Revenues 1865-1903  [5 frames] Gold [85] +SP

Social Philately

Kim D Dwyer Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1955-2004  [6 frames] Vermeil [76]
James Johnstone Communications by Telegram in Colonial Australia  [7 frames] Vermeil [79]
NAPE - interNational Association for Philatelic Exhibitors Chairman of the Show Committee  [1 frame]  

First Day Covers

Michel Roland Local First Day of Issue - a Vexatious Concept  [8 frames] Large Vermeil [80] +SP
Tony Thackery Children's Health Camps Official FDCs 1941-1978  [6 frames] Silver [66]

Open

Dawn Radley Handicrafts (The Art and Crafts of Hands)  [5 frames] Large Silver [70]
Monica Comrie and John Comrie Sheep and their Products  [5 frames] Large Vermeil [81]
Frank Jans New Zealand Centennial Exhibitions 1840-1940  [5 frames] Large Vermeil [80]
Sean Burke A Philatelic Window into the Times, the People and the Places in British South Africa (Rhodesia) 1900-1924  [6 frames] Silver [67]
Lynne Nicholl Tobacco  [5 frames] Large Vermeil [83] +SP
John Campbell Poland and Sweden through the engraving skills of Czeslaw Slania  [6 frames] Silver [68]
Doreen Holmes From Hanover to Windsor  [6 frames] Silver [69]
Sue Vernall Amateur Radio  [4 frames] Large Silver [72]
Sandy Johnston The Life Story of the 'Titanic'  [7 frames] Large Vermeil [83] +SP
Jeff A Long One Man's Journey  [3 frames] Bronze [56]
John Paston "Britannia" and British Royal Yachts  [6 frames] Large Vermeil [80]
Paul van Herpt The First Fifty Years, The Scouting Movement 1907-1957  [8 frames] Silver [67]
Barbara Bartsch Electronic Mail in Australia 1984-95  [6 frames] Large Silver [74]
John Vassallo A Worldwide Selection of Scout Badges  [1 frame - non competitive]  
Barry Smith Commercial Propeller Aircraft 1910-1960s  [7 frames] Large Silver [73]

Aerophilately

Derek a Pocock Nicaraguan Airmail Services - The First Ten Years  [8 frames] Large Silver [71]
John S Gibson Sudan Airmails 1927-1945  [5 frames] Vermeil [79]
Don E Napier The Development of Airmails in British Africa  [5 frames] Large Vermeil [84] +SP
John F Cress Up and Over . . . Down Under  [5 frames] Large Vermeil [82] +SP
Gary Brown The Airgraph Service  [5 frames] Vermeil [75]
Ross A L Wood Flying Boats over the Pacific  [5 frames] Large Vermeil [81]
William Drummond FAM14: 1935-1941  [6 frames] Vermeil [78]
Jeff A Long New Zealand and the All-Empire Airmail Service 1938-39  [3 frames] Silver [68]
Ross Wood Czechoslovak Airmails 1918 to 1940  [5 frames] Vermeil [78]

Postal History

John Moore Australian Letter Mail Postal and Registration Rates 1913-1966  [6 frames] Large Silver [72]
Clyde F Ziegeler Bohemia and Moravia  [5 frames] Large Silver [74]
John Lucaci Australian Defence Force Postal Services in South Vietnam during the conflict 1962-1972  [5 frames] Large Vermeil [81]
Jean D Lee New Zealand Pioneer Machine Cancellations  [5 frames] Vermeil [77]
Suzan Claridge Italian Prisoner of War Mail in Egypt  [5 frames] Large Vermeil [83] +SP
Len Jury New Zealand Instructional Marks  [5 frames] Vermeil [76]
Len Jury New Zealand Registration Markings  [5 frames] Gold [85] +SP
Hans-Jochen Dahl German Field Post 1937-1945  [8 frames] Large Vermeil [80]
David Smitham Letter Coding  [8 frames] Vermeil [75]
Stephen Browne The Postal History of New South Wales 1810-1849  [8 frames] Large Gold [94] +SP
Jack A Gunn Postal History of the Mornington Peninsula  [5 frames] Bronze [56]

Literature

Chairman of the Show Committee Literature Entries Described - non competitive  
Erhard Stermole Australian Scout and Guide Philately Large Silver [71]
Michael Moore The Cover Collector Large Silver [74]
Jack A Gunn and Alastair Gunn An Introduction to UK 1st and 2nd Class Official Mail Large Silver [70]
John Mathews Handbook of Australian Private Perfins Large Vermeil [84] +SP
David Anderson Australian Official Perfins Vermeil [79]
Margaret Ritchie A History of Nursing through Philately Silver [69]

Maximaphily

Daryl R Kibble A Maximum Life  [5 frames] Vermeil [79]

Polar Philately

Kevin W Dwyer Australian Antarctic Territory 1902-1970  [7 frames] Large Gold [90] +SP
Graham Englefield ANARE and the Lauritzen Shipping Line  [3 frames] Large Silver [74]
Brian Summerell The New Zealand Oceanographic Institute sub-Antarctic and Antarctic voyages 1966-1979  [3 frames] Silver [69]
Anthony Ross Marshall Soviet Antarctic Amateur Radio  [3 frames] Vermeil [78] +SP

State Level Classes

Postal Stationery

Anthony Scott Air Letters to Aerogrammes 1944-1962  [3 frames] Large Silver [69]

Postal History

David Burke Postal Problems and Solutions - Things that can Happen to a Letter  [3 frames] Large Silver [67]

Traditional Philately

Edward Lean Australian King George V Varieties  [3 frames] Silver-Bronze [56]
Jeffrey Alan Trinidad Latvia 1923-1940  [5 frames] Large Silver [67]
Kenneth Moore The Postage Stamps of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953-1963  [5 frames] Large Vermeil [75] +SP
Trevor Eley Colonial and Australian Postage Dues  [5 frames] Vermeil [73]

Youth Philately

Andrew Verdich Moving Mail  [4 frames] Large Vermeil [75]
Blake Griffin James Cook - A Life of Discovery  [2 frames] Silver-Bronze [58]

Thematics

Geoffrey William Smiley The Umbrella  [2 frames] Silver [64] +SP(e)
Julie Green New Zealand Christmas Stamp Issues - the Early Years  [2 frames] Bronze [51]

Open

Anthony Scott CHINARE  [2 frames] Large Silver [69]

Postcards - National Level

One Frame Postcards (Experimental)

Meree Barrasch Death of a King Emerald [66]
Jeffrey Alan Trinidad Philip Boileau - Painter of Fair Women Ruby [77]
Ross Duberal Cartography of the Isle of Wight Ruby [75]
Linda Welden "Bath", the Cradle of the Nation Sapphire [64]
Kenneth Moore Porepunkah Topaz [45]
Linda Welden The Church of St. Peter, Exeter Sapphire [64]
David Edwards Circular Quay to Manly Emerald [66]
Pauline Edwards Mechanical Marvels Diamond [85] +SP
Lynn Kitchin New South Wales to 1908 Topaz [45]
William Main Pelorus Jack Emerald [65]
Joe Duif The Story of Donald McGill Postcards Ruby [75] +SP(e)
David Burke Places of Worship Topaz [45]
Marilyn Gendek A Nurse's Album Sapphire [64] +SP(e)
Ruth Rathjen German Detention Camp Berrima 1915-1919 Emerald [66]

Postcards

Klaus Barrasch Who is Gorch Fock  [3 frames] Large Silver [72]
Jeffrey Alan Trinidad Western Australia - The Early Years  [5 frames] Gold [88] +SP
Linda Welden The Isle of the Channel  [5 frames] Large Vermeil [83]
John Dibiase Morbid Views!  [5 frames] Vermeil [78]
Robert J Duns Sumner by the Sea  [5 frames] Large Silver [72]
Alma Downes A Cornish Tour  [6 frames] Gold [85] +SP
Kenneth Moore World War I Diggers: their Lives, their Loves, their Hopes, their Dreams  [3 frames] Vermeil [75]

 [ Journal Coverage: APF News, July 2008 ]