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Ross Duberal, FAP
1995
Citation - Member
Ross Duberal is best known for his traditional exhibit of Fiji, but he also has exhibits of Fiji postal stationery, Aitutaki, Honduras and Western Australian postal history. He has shown these exhibits widely at State, National and world exhibitions in the period 1967 to 1994, achieving many awards.
Ross has served as an Executive member on most Western Australian State level exhibitions since 1979 and on several occasions been either Jury Chairman or Committee Chairperson. He has judged at State and National Exhibitions as well as the World exhibitions at Ausipex '84 and Grenada '92.
Ross was co-author of Fiji: the stamps and postal history, 1870-1875 published in 1970. He also wrote two chapters and prepared all the illustrations for Western Australia - the stamps and postal history published by the Western Australia Study Group in 1979. Additionally he has written many articles for world-wide journals and was editor of Black Swan from 1975 to 1980.
Ross is a member of the Philatelic Society of Western Australia and in 1974 was co-founder of the Western Australia Study Group, on which he has served in various Executive positions. He has also been President of the Western Australia Stamp Promotion Council and the Western Australian Philatelic Association and is currently a Committee member of the State Philatelic Council.
With the formation of the National Association of Philatelic Exhibitors, Ross w as elected Secretary / Treasurer in 1991/92 and editor of the Association journal form 1988 to 1992.
Ross has been extensively involved in the fields of education and training at both junior and adult levels. He has also undertaken several radio and TV interviews to promote the hobby and been guest writer for a short period on "Weekend News".
In 1987 he was awarded the Hasluck Medal for outstanding service to Western Australian philately.
[ Source: APF News July 1995 ]
2004 Citation - Fellow
Few Australians can have contributed so much to the hobby as Ross Duberal. He has been involved in the hobby in a serious way for some 40 years as exhibitor, judge, commissioner, administrator, and author. In addition he has been at the forefront of all the developments that have occurred in Australian Philately in the last quarter of a century and which have placed Australia in the current high position it enjoys in world opinion.
From the time when he was appointed a Member in 1995 he has continued his extensive commitment to Philately at every level. He has continued to exhibit not only his Traditional collection of Fiji and for which his awards continue to improve but extended to it to Postal Stationery whilst also adding collections of Honduras and a Thematic Volcano collection to his exhibits. He has built a large collection of Western Australian Postal History for which his research on the subject is extensive.
He has continued to judge at WA State exhibitions as Chairman of the Jury, National, as well as on International juries where he has added Literature to his accepted classes.
He has continued to serve as a Commissioner at both National and International exhibitions.
However it is in the field of philatelic publication that we see Ross' s greater achievements with recently a comprehensive book on the Postal Stationary of Fiji as well as an extensively researched monograph on the 5 shilling Queen Victoria issue of that country. Both of these publications are regarded as the last word on the subjects and have been internationally acclaimed. He contributes articles and commentaries as well as being an active member of several specialist societies -not least those dealing with judging such as the Australasian Exhibitor (of which he was the founder editor) but also the American Philatelic Exhibitor.
Ross has also worked tirelessly in his home state as a judge, mentor and administrator. He is always part of any workshop or seminar which occur regularly in WA both at Clubs as well as at those initiated by W APC. In addition Ross founded and continues to run the Daytime Stamp Club after some six years which is a potential model for others to follow given the increasing popularity that it has achieved since it began.
Few collectors could have put in the time and devotion to philately that Ross has given to help other collectors including youth and the disabled. He is ever present at meetings when issues need consideration -sometimes with controversial ideas but always constructive with the good of philately at heart.
[ Source: APF News, August 2004 ]