Tasmania 2003 was a modified National Philatelic Exhibition held at the Wrest Point Convention Centre,
Hobart from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 April, 2003.| Tasmania 2003 |
Tasmania 2003 was a modified National Philatelic Exhibition held at the Wrest Point Convention Centre,
Hobart from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 April, 2003.
Exhibition
Souvenirs
Limited stock of the two Australia Post Airmail Post Cards featuring Constitution Dock, Hobart and a Tasmanian Devil, overprinted in gold "Tasmania 2003 National Philatelic Exhibition 11 - 13 April 2003" are still available. These are an official Australia Post postal item, valid for postage anywhere within Australia and delivery worldwide. The cost of the cards is $2.00 each, plus $1.00 postage and handling. Orders should be forwarded to the Exhibition Secretary and cheques made payable to "Tasmania 2003".
Exhibition Results
Tasmania 2003 featured Traditional, Postal Stationery and Revenues as National Classes as well as two Challenges – the ".Com Challenge" and the "French Challenge Revisited". The remaining classes were held later in 2003 at Newcastle Stampshow 2003.
To download the full list of Tasmania 2003 Special Prize details, click here.
Traditional
| Arthur Gray (NSW) | The George V Commemorative and Special Issues of Australia 1927-1936 | Gold [88] [SP] |
| Lionel Savins (NSW) | Papers and Perforations Galore - The 1935 New Zealand Pictorial Stamps | Silver [69] |
| John Shepherd (Tas) | Tasmania: Chalon Heads 1854-1891 | Vermeil [78] |
| Malcolm Groom (Tas) | Tasmanian Pictorial Issues 1899 - 1912 | Large Vermeil [83] [SP} |
| Bernard Manning (Vic) | Tasmanian Sidefaces & Tablets 1870 - 1912 | Large Vermeil [83] |
| Paul Fletcher (NSW) | The Postage Due Stamps of New South Wales and Victoria | Gold [88] [SP + Fel] |
| Bernard Manning (Vic) | New Zealand - The Full Face Queen 1855 - 1973 | Gold [85] |
| David W McNamee (USA) | Focus on the Holes: Tasmanian Perfins | Large Silver [71] |
| Martin Treadwell (NZ) | New Hebrides Condominim Des Nouvelles Hebrides 1846 - 1945 | Large Silver [74] |
| Leslie Doble (Tas) | Postage Stamps of Van Diemen's Land | Silver [65] |
| Tony Adams (Tas) | Famine and the Russian Civil War | Silver-Bronze [62] |
| Michael Dury (NSW) | The Tasmania Salmon Eosin and other grate Australian Reds of King George V | Silver [66] |
| Geoffrey Lewis (NSW) | The Spanish Philippines | Large Vermeil [80] |
| (James) Gordon Harrison (Tas) | The Engraving Art of Czeslaw Slania | Silver-Bronze [61] |
| John Campbell (Eng) | Czeslaw Slania - Portrait Engraver | Silver-Bronze [63] |
| Raymond Todd (WA) | Chile - The 1910 Centenary of Independence Issue | Vermeil [76] |
| Philip Levine (Qld) | Gold Coast Queen Victoria & King Edward VII | Large Silver [73] |
| John C Bell (SA) | Ceres | Large Silver [74] |
| Erica Genge (Tas) | Printers Dilemma - 1937 Coronations Issues | Vermeil [75] |
| Mick Meyles (Tas) | Australian Christmas - 1957 to 2002 | Bronze [56] |
| Bernard Manning (Vic) | Queensland - The Chalon Issues 1860 - 1912 | Large Vermeil [82] |
| Robert Radley (Qld) | Canal Zone | Silver [66] |
| Anthony Presgrave (SA) | The Departmental Stamps of South Australia | Large Vermeil [83] [SP] |
| Elsa Todd (WA) | Nicaragua - The 1912 Liberty Issue by Waterlow | Large Silver [74] |
| Timothy Morgan (Vic) | The 1928 - 1929 Scroll Issue of Canada | Large Silver [72] |
Postal Stationery
| Charles Bromser (Vic) | USSR Postal Stationery - The '1961' Issues | Large Silver [74] |
| John Sinfield (Vic) | Postal Cards of Victoria 1876 - 1917 | Gold [88] [SP] |
| Arturs Neboiss (Vic) | Latvia - Prestamped Envelopes 1990-1992 | Silver-Bronze [66] |
| Philip Levine (Qld) | Gold Coast Postal Stationery | Large Vermeil [81] |
| John Sinfield (Vic) | Australia Before the Roo | Gold [89] [Grand Prix] |
| Ross Wood (WA) | Czechoslavakia Postal Cards 1918 - 1938 | Silver [65] |
| David Collyer (NSW) | Australia Post C-6 Pictoral Envelopes Printed to Private Order | Silver [67] |
| Byron Dilworth (Tas) | Estonia Post Restored 1990 - 1995 | Bronze [57] |
| John Sinfield (Vic) | Postal Stationery of Panama | Vermeil [75] |
Revenues
| Dave Elsmore (Qld) | Western Australia Revenues | Vermeil [78] [SP] |
| Leslie Doble (Tas) | 159 Years of Tasmanian Revenue Stamps | Large Silver [72] |
| Tony Adams (Tas) | Indian Native Court Fee, Revenue Stamps and Stamped Paper | Large Silver [72] |
Dot Com Challenge
| Bernard Doherty (NSW) | USA - Americana Series | Silver [68] |
| Michel Roland (SA) | The First Definitive Design of the Frama Stamps of Belgium | Silver-Bronze [61] |
| John MacDonnell (Vic) | Canada - Environment Definitive Series 1977 - 1987 | Silver-Bronze [64] |
| Gary Brown (Vic) | South Africa - Protea Definitives | Silver [65] |
| Ross Wood (WA) | Czechoslovakia regional Buildings Definitives 1971 - 1992 | Silver-Bronze [64] |
| Elsa Todd (WA) | France - Liberte De Gandon | Large Silver [72] |
| Erica Genge (Tas) | South Africa - Sixth Definitive Series | Silver-Bronze [61] |
| Bernice Van Tenac (SA) | United States Transportation Coils Issued 1981 - 1995 | Vermeil [75] |
| Jan Gane (WA) | Stand by Shequels 1980 - 1985 | Large Silver [70] |
| Joan Orr (Qld) | RSA - 2nd Definitive Issue | Silver [65] |
| Ross Duberal (WA) | Fiji - The Architectural Definitives 1979 - 1999 | Silver [65] |
| Linda Lee (NSW) | Australia Commemorative and Special Issues 1977 & 1978 | Large Silver [70] |
| Michael Rhodes (WA) | Mexico Exporta | Large Silver [71] |
| Raymond Todd Jnr (WA) | South Africa - Protea Definitives | Silver [69] |
| David Collyer (NSW) | Republic of South Africa - 4th Definitive - Architecture Series | Silver [67] |
| Richard Peck (NSW) | Living Together - 10 Years of Stamp Design Production and Usage | Silver [66] |
| Martin Walker (SA) | Marine Life and Gemstones Definitives of Australia | Vermeil [75] [SP] |
| Raymond Todd (WA) | France - Sabine de Gandon | Large Silver [71] |
| Charles Bromser (Vic) | Famous German Women Issues 1986 - 2001 | Silver [65] |
| Genevieve Todd (Eng) | Marianne de Luquet | Silver [67] |
| Gregory Jorgensen (Qld) | Tonga - 1993 Commemoratives | Large Silver [73] |
| Malcolm Groom (Tas) | South Africa - Proteas and Succulents 1977 - 1982 | Silver-Bronze [62] |
| Keith Garrard (SA) | Great Britain - 1992 Commemoratives | Bronze [55] |
| Jeff & Jenny Long (NZ) | New Zealand 1997 Commemorative and Special Issues | Bronze [58] |
French Challenge
| Anthony Presgrave (SA) | Railways | Silver-Bronze [60] |
| Gary Brown (Vic) | Pressure Sensitive Stamps versus Sheet Stamps | Vermeil [78] |
| David Ingle Smith (ACT) | Martinique | Non Competitive |
| Keith Garrard (SA) | French Guinea 1892 - 1958 | Silver [66] |
| Linda Lee (NSW) | Alegeria 1924 - 1945 : From Letterpress to Recess | Vermeil [77] |
| Paul Barsdell (ACT) | Benin / Dahomey | Silver [68] |
| Raymond Todd (WA) | Indochina - The Airplane Series 1933 - 1949 | Silver [69] |
| Hubert Goron (ACT) | New Caledonia | Vermeil [77] |
| Ross Wood (WA) | French New Hebrides Definititives | Large Silver [70] |
| Elsa Todd (WA) | Guyane - The Definitive Series 1904 - 1940 | Large Silver [70] |
| Robert Radley (Qld) | French Oceania / Polynesia | Silver-Bronze [64] |
| Yung Benson (NSW) | Tunisia to 1940 | Large Silver [70] |
| Malcolm Groom (Tas) | Cote D'Ivoire 1892 - 1936 | Silver [65] |
| Bruce Marshall (NZ) | Alexandria - The French Post Office | Large Vermeil [83] [SP] |
| Martin Walker (SA) | Mauritania - From French Civil Territory to French West Africa | Vermeil [75] |
Photo Gallery
A collection of photos from Tasmania 2003 is currently on show in our Photo Gallery.
Inquiries
Inquiries regarding Tasmania 2003 including Post Card orders should be directed to The Exhibition Secretary, Tasmania 2003, GPO Box 9800, Hobart 7001, or telephone (03) 6278 7084.