Thirty eight One-Frame entries and 8 non-competitive displays faced the
visitors to the 7th Stamp Expo held on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, NSW on
September 13th and 14th. This was the first National One-Frame exhibition staged
in NSW.
The entries came from every state, as was hoped for by the organizers, so that the National hobby was truly represented. We even had two interstate dealers!
Run as a two-day event, the Friday afternoon was used to set up the frames. The combined members of the Manly Warringah Philatelic Society and the Manly Warringah Leagues Club Stamp Club completed the setting up task in under 3 hours.
This allowed the
judges, Malcolm Groom from Tasmania, Linda Lee and David
Collyer from Sydney, to commence judging by 5pm Friday. Working till 10pm,
recommencing at 9am on Saturday morning, judging was completed by 2pm
Saturday. The task of critique writing was finished by 3.30pm and the
laminating and collating of the certificates completed for the 5pm presentation
to the entrants.
The "Best of Show" was Ray Kelly's entry of Havelock-Fosters Postcards that clearly observed all the finer requirements of a One-Frame entry. The prizegiving was followed by a critique at the frames for all those exhibitors who wanted to understand the finer points of their score. A delicious dinner followed in the Leagues club restaurant to end a busy Saturday.
For the organizers and judges, Sunday was a day of comparative rest with a chance to add to their collections by visiting the dealers or the society club tables. The first two issues of the latest overprinted booklet were auctioned off as a pair. The "Popular Choice" was won by the only youth entry in the display Andrew Verdich. What a wonderful way to end the show!
Pull down commenced at 4pm and by 5.15pm the entire hall had been returned to its original state with the entrants having collected their exhibits. An exhibitor from Perth was able to e-mail on Tuesday morning that he had received his returned entry! Smooth running and good teamwork by dedicated members are the stand-outs of this Expo.
Exhibition Results
| Raymond Kelly | The 'Havelock-Fosters' Postcards 1895 | Diamond [86] SP |
| William McCredie | The 1891 Reprint of Victoria | Ruby [84] SP |
| Barbara Hancock | 45c Wetland Birds | Ruby [83] SP |
| Geoffrey Lewis | New Orleans Postal History | Ruby [82] SP |
| Kevin Dwyer | Douglas Mawson & the 1911-14 AAE & 1930 BANZ Expeditions | Ruby [82] SP |
| Gay & Graeme Chequer | 'O' is for Orchids | Ruby [79] SP |
| John Sadler | The England-Australia Air Mail link | Ruby [79] SP |
| Treacey Scott | Plate Repairs of the Early Line-Engraved GB Issues | Ruby [78] SP |
| Kevin Nelson | Australian Mail Taxed in Foreign Countries | Ruby [78] |
| Anthony Scott | Scott's Two Expeditions to Antarctica | Ruby [78] SP |
| John MacDonnell | Swedish Steamboat Post Offices around Stockholm | Ruby [77] |
| Erica Genge | The GB Coronation Air Letters | Ruby [77] |
| Maurice Williams | Post Offices of Coastal and River Towns – NSW | Ruby [77] |
| Malcolm Givans | British Empire Postage Stamp Designs 1839-1880 | Ruby [76] |
| Peter Brigden | WA Registered Mail 1883-1912 | Ruby [75] |
| Richard Peck | Counter Printed Stamps | Emerald [74] |
| Andrew Verdich | Moving Mail | Emerald [74] SP - Popular Vote |
| Richard Peck | Frama Australia 1984-2001 | Emerald [72] |
| Dingle Smith | Cattle – Australian Revenue Taxes | Emerald [72] |
| Kim Dwyer | The Battle of HMAS 'Sydney' and SMS 'Emden' | Emerald [72] |
| Rodney Kantor | Evasion, Avoidance or Indifference - Half a Century of Postage Due | Emerald [71] |
| Vivienne Scott | Chinese Lunar New Year – the 12 Zodiac Animals | Emerald [71] SP |
| Graeme Morriss | NZ Pictorial Definitives on Coarse Paper 1942-1947 | Emerald [70] |
| Graham Englefield | France and Australia – The New Antarctic Bases | Emerald [70] |
| Jeffrey Newman | Siam Issues of King Vajiravudh | Emerald [69] |
| Rodney Kantor | Secession – Consequences of an African Tragedy | Emerald [69] |
| John Higgs | Faroe Islands 1919-1975 | Emerald [69] |
| Robert Lynn | The English Free Franking System | Emerald [69] |
| Kevin Dwyer | Ships Chartered by 'ANARE' 1947-1990 | Emerald [69] |
| Ed Wolf | The Royal Flying Doctor Service | Emerald [68] |
| Graham Englefield | Australia's Antarctic Activities 1947-1957. The 'Bergen' covers | Emerald [68] |
| Paul Thomas | Illnesses | Sapphire [63] |
| Laurent Villoing | French Aircraft Carriers | Sapphire [63] |
| Barbara Bartsch | Touring Spain | Sapphire [63] |
| Joan Palmer | Marine Mammals | Sapphire [62] |
| Phillip Green | Arctic Huskies | Sapphire [61] |
| Herbert Gruenewald | Heroes of Medicine | Topaz [53] |
| Cyril McColough | What Shape the Stamp ? | Topaz [51] |