| Contemporary Postal Stationery Competition |
Following discussions at Tasmania 2003 and Newcastle Stampshow 2003, the Postal Stationery Society of Australia (PSSA) and the APF are sponsoring a Contemporary Postal Stationery Competition to promote the exhibiting and collecting of post-1970 postal stationery.
David Collyer has agreed to be the Competition Convener. The PPSA has agreed to provide a suitable memento to all exhibitors in the Competition at Australian National exhibitions over the period 2004-2008. For more information please contact David Collyer, PO Box 201 Gladesville NSW 1675.
Competition Rules
1. This competition will be available at
the Postal Stationery classes at Australian National Philatelic exhibitions from
September 2004 until 2008.
2. It has two aims: (a) to increase the interest of
exhibitors in postal stationery of the modern period; and (b) to generate 3-5
new entries of material of the contemporary period of postal stationery per
exhibition for the duration of the competition.
3. It is open to entries
covering the period from 1970 onwards.
4. Entrants may select material from any
country, or any type of postal stationery from 1970 onwards. No Value Indicated
(NVI) entries will be particularly encouraged.
5. Each entry is to consist of
between 3 to 8 frames. The frames used will be Australian National Standard
frames with 16 sheets per frame [4 x 4].
6. Entries will be assessed on FIP
Postal Stationery class rules.
7. The overall organiser of the competition will
be the Postal Stationery Society of Australia (PSSA) in consultation with the
Australian Philatelic Federation (APF).
8. The competition will be coordinated
by a Convener, who will be appointed by the PSSA in consultation with the APF.
9. The Convener will maintain a list of entrants to the competition over the
nominated time period. He is to be notified of intention to enter the
competition at a specific exhibition, either by the entrant directly, or by the
exhibition organisers.
10. It is also possible that the Convener, on scanning a
list of entries to a Postal Stationery class, might identify certain entries
that fall within the guidelines of the competition. He will then advise the
exhibition organisers accordingly.
11. Entrants to the competition will receive,
from the PSSA, a suitable memento for each different entry that they submit.
These mementos will have a common design throughout the competition.
12. There
will be a continuous evaluation procedure, that is, the Convener and the overall
organiser, the PSSA and the APF, will consult after each National Exhibition.
13. There will also be a general evaluation after the National Philatelic
Exhibition of 2008, to assess the impact of the competition on the exhibiting of
Modern postal stationery.
14. The competition will be advertised in APF News, on
the APF website, by relevant State Philatelic Councils, by the PSSA through its
journal Postal Stationery Collector, and in the prospectus issued by the
organisers of the individual exhibitions.