Philatelic Exhibition & Stamp Show Labels & Poster Stamps

Nice cover Cjd !
Nice label too which does exist in quite contrasting shades of blue. Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson in Recess, it shows the show dates as being March 3-9 whereas the cancel shows March 3-8 !
In this case, the cancel wins !
I imagine a large number of sheets had been printed before they realised the mistake or they were printed long before and then changed the show dates.
Either way, an interesting item.
Research ongoing on this one.

Londonbus1

Here is a larger view of the cindy...I didn't pay attention to the dates:



(I didn't rescan it...I cheated and cut it out of my original scan.)

Love the design.
SCA stands for "Stamp Collectors' Association".

Below is a numbered sheet of 4 labels issued for the Aerophilately [F.I.S.A.] London Congress, May 9th 1980. The sheet celebrates 4 different organizations seen in the border inscriptions.



A large sheet of the Concorde design with similar inscriptions. Unlike the Imperf sheet above, this one is rouletted but not marginally. the labels are slightly larger than the sheet of 4.



F.I.S.A. = International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies !

Londonbus1

I'm all excited !
One hugely exciting Exhibition piece should arrive here in the next few days.
I won it on Delcampe [unusually] and it was quite a battle with another bidder. The good thing about Delcampe is that the auctions can be great fun as last minute bids mean the auctions keeps running ! Much like a room auction. It doesn't happen too often but when it does, it's great fun. Knocks spots off ebay and all those pre-ordained last-minute bids.
But I digress..... this item is the most exciting Exhibition piece since Partime sent me those lovely 1950 labels.
I hope to tell you all about it in the coming days.

I attach a scan of the face of a B&W photograph taken from (presumably) the original uncompleted artwork of the 1947 exhibition stamps at the time. The reverse bears a block of four of the label cancelled by the huge red cachet shown on the envelope in an earlier post. It is unaddressed.



GLENN MORGAN

I record here text from British Stamp Exhibitions by myself and Graham Wilson, and yes there is an element of repetition from what has already been stated ...

Label depicts a 2d Blue and heraldic animals. 300,000 copies were printed, according to a contemporary issue of Stamp Collectors' Digest. The designer of the label was Mrs [U*] C Scaramanga (what a great name!) of Esher, Surrey. Printed by recess in blue by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd in sheets of 120 (ten rows of twelve labels).

Note: The label is inscribed 3-9 March 1947, whereas covers are cacheted 3-8 March 1947. From contemporary news reports, it would imply that closure on the 8th is correct, as the 9th would have been a Sunday and it is unlikely that an exhibition would have opened to the public on a Sunday during that era. 'SCA' is an abbreviation for 'Stamp Collectors' Association' (based in Bolton, Lancashire) and each member received a 'few copies to use on their correspondence', according to a contemporary issue of Stamp Collectors' Digest.

Note: Mrs Scaramanga's first initial is U, but the SCF software insists on converting the letter "U" to the word "You" when previewing. Don't you just hate software that thinks it is more intelligent than the writer!

GLENN MORGAN

Glenn,

Don't go away too far....I'd like your opinion about an item that I'll be posting within the next few days [awaiting arrival].
Get's a brief mention in your 2010 catalogue but no pic.

Thanks in advance !

Londonbus1

Londonbus1, Intrigued, and always happy to help where I can. GLENN

Thanks for the additional information.

Something rather nice landed in the mailbox today and I am hoping if Glenn is still around, he might be able to shed some more light on it.

I had never seen one before, never really expected to either. As my Philatelic budget is tiny, even if I did see one, I thought it might be out of reach !

Anyway, after a tiny bidding war [see earlier post] I won a very nice item. Shown together with normal, issued sheet.





It looks like a 1940 Centenary Exhibition Souvenir Sheet cut from a Proof sheet of 4. It appears to be the right corner copy. It is, of course, missing the Red Cross Overprints.

In Glenn's [and Graham's] Catalogue, British stamp exhibitions, it is cut from number 40A-10a.
My questions to Glenn are:

Do you know how many Proof sheets exist ?
Am I correct in assuming that the Proof sheet in green would have the same layout as 40A-09a, the Chestnut example which is shown in the catalogue ?
You state in the catalogue that a sheet was sold in 1997. Is this the first time you had knowledge of the existence of the Green Proof Sheet? [There was no mention in the earlier catalogue].
And do you know where the sheet was sold ? [auction; dealer; private]

To me, a nice find especially as I have been unable to add much to my collection recently due to the rising prices of Cinderellas generally, and Exhibition material especially.

Londonbus1...I'll add the regular sheet tomorrow.

P.S. Regular sheet added !

I'm sure it has been said before, but can you refresh my recollection on the significance of the 'D - K' choice of check letters?

Londonbus1 - a lovely sheet. Well done! I would appreciate your permission to include it in any future British Stamp Exhibitions catalogue that might be produced, please.

As for your questions, I am liaising with a couple of fellow collectors and will revert as soon as I hear from them.

cjd - I am unaware of the letters D-K choice ever having been explained. It could be a simple case of the designer/engraver being cheeky and using his initials, or a purely random choice. For now they must stand for Don't Know!

GLENN MORGAN

Of course you may use it, with pleasure. I have in the last couple of years sent Graham a few scans/info of possible new finds.
I am always on the lookout.

Would appreciate any info you can find from your fellow collectors.
Thanks

Londonbus1

Two things-
1. is this the same guy who done the CSA reprints and...
2. he looks like Grandpa Munster here



By the way- This is not mine but found it on pg. 15 of this thread.

Regarding the D K check letters on the 1940 sheet, I did a little digging and found this:



The questioner in the earlier issue had inquired about the reason for the D - K check letters. I'll keep looking through a few later issues of the journal to see if someone else commented, but perhaps the reason for the choice of D and K is lost to history?