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8th January 2025 The first meeting of 2026 was held recently with a somewhat reduced attendance because several members had earlier attended the funeral at St Breward of late member Roger Wynn. In the absence of the chairman due to illness the Treasurer, Des Kent led the proceedings by welcoming members and the dealer for the afternoon Rex Eccott and his wife Helen. The planned display for the afternoon was ‘Members recent acquisitions’ and Des invited members to show what they had brought to display. First up was Brian with a selection of books on Greenland issued by the post office. Both informative and colourful they portrayed a comprehensive picture of the country and would no doubt be of interest to Mr Trump! Next came Viv with three items – first a tatty cover from Guatemala with a not often seen postmark and early use of a block of 25 stamps from the 1902 Waterlow issue. Then a card sent from a soldier who had received a gift of tobacco from schoolchildren during World War II under a scheme organised by the Over-Seas League Tobacco Fund. Finally a piece of Launceston ephemera – a wedding invitation sent by Mr Arthur Trewin to a Miss Barron inviting her to the marriage of his daughter Marjorie to Mr Fred Philp on 28th June, 1928. Next came Evelyn who showed a delightful envelope used by the Australian Philatelic Bureau to send their bulletins to subscribers by airmail. The envelope featured a close-up of cattle in a scene from the Melbourne Show. John who specialises in Great Britan covers showed a selection of £2 coin covers commemorating events from World War I. Des followed with a selection of stamps from Cape Verde Islands and a currency note. Also some recent additions in his pursuit of items from Stratton, Stratton on the Fosse and Stratton Strawless. Another forte is South West Africa and examples of a cover from Walvis Bay and revenue stamps were shown. His contribution concluded with a selection of modern stamps from Namibia. To round up the proceedings Terry showed some items regarding the entertainment tax that used to be levied on forms of entertainment and readers may well remember seeing some of the stamps that were used when perhaps attending the cinema all those years ago. Terry also showed some Foreign Bills of Exchange or drafts some of which were quite elaborate in design. To sum up a very varied and interesting range of subjects and material. |
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Viv
Sandercock
4th December 2025 |
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Yemen
The December meeting of Launceston Stamp Club was held
recently at the Methodist Church Schoolroom, Ladycross.
The chairman welcomed the dealer for the evening Kevin
Webb and then introduced the speaker, club member Viv
Sandercock. Viv’s subject was Yemen which he said he began
collecting more or less by accident when he bought an
auction lot for its Aden content but which also contained
some Yemen which wetted his appetite to the extent that he
had prepared 128 pages for this display. He outlined some
of the history of Yemen which reputedly had links with the
Queen of Sheba and the Three Wise Men and was a source of
frankincense and myrhh. In the days of the Romans Yemen
was referred to as ‘Happy Arabia’. Later there was Ottoman
and then British influence when Britain annexed Aden in
1839 and examples of Turkish and Indian stamps used in
Yemen were shown. After the Ottoman empire ceased to exist
after World War 1 Yemen was ruled for the next 44 years by
two powerful Imams and a representative selection of
stamps issued during this period was shown. A
revolution in 1962 deposed the Imam and the Yemen Arab
Republic was declared. Almost immediately civil war broke
out between the republicans and the royalists both
factions issuing stamps showing topics such as space,
olympic games, famous people or works of art all of which
had little connection with the country. The display went
on to show the stamps of the Federation of South Arabia
after the British withdrew in 1967, the People’s republic
of Southern Yemen, the People’s Democratic Republic of
Yemen and finally the unified Republic of Yemen. But alas
since the revolution in 1962, Yemen has been plagued by
almost continual civil war and unfortunately the Yemeni
people have been the losers. The chairman thanked Viv for his display and presented him with the Club’s certificate of appreciation (see below). At the interval members enjoyed tea, coffee and mince pies with clotted cream. |
