Grand Award: Thomas Johansen Muscat 1864 to 1948: The development of the Indian Post Office in Eastern Arabia 95 points, Large Gold + Felicitations
Runner-up to the Grand Award: David Collyer Years of Change – International Airmail to and From Australia 1939-1945 92 points, Large Gold

Exhibitor Title of Exhibit Frames Points Award

2.1 Traditional – NZ or Australia
Mark Benvie The First Sideface Issue of New Zealand 1874-1882 5 87 G
Klaus Møller The New Zealand Chalon Issues: 1855-1873 5 87 G+SP

2.2 Traditional – Other Countries
Omar Ahmad Glance on Stamps used in Dubai 5 75 V
John Goose First day and last day covers from the Bailiwick of Guernsey 1958-1969 3 63 SB
Sarah Harvey Hong Kong George V definitives 1912-1937, including China overprints 5 79 V
Abdulla Khoory Abu Dhabi from Trucial States to the UAE 8 91 LG+SP
Linda Lee Algeria 1849-1930 8 85 G
Ross Marshall Poland May 1921 – May 1924 5 84 LV
Ian McMahon St Pierre et Miquelon 5 74 LS
Javaid Muhammad UAE Stamps (1973-1985) 5 75 V
Vijay Shukla India Handstruck, Scinde Dawk and Lithograph Issues 1685-1857 5 79 V
Glen Stafford Nicaraguan Postage Stamps The Seebeck era (1890-99) 8 86 G
Martin Treadwell The Philately of the New Hebrides 1842-1941: A story of two jurisdictions and one post office 8 90 LG
Penny Wells South Africa The Pictorial Series 1926 – 1951 4 68 S

3.1 Postal History – Class 2A NZ or Australia
Tony Lyon New Zealand Forces mail to and from the Pacific 1939-45 5 81 LV+SP
Ross Marshall Manuscript usage by New Zealand Post Office 6 81 LV

3.2 Postal History – Class 2A Other Countries
Lindsay Chitty Prisoner of War Correspondence, Japanese Occupation of the Far East WWII 1942-45 8 92 LG
John Gibson British Solomon Islands 1898 to 1944 5 82 LV
Thomas Johansen Muscat 1864 to 1948: The development of the Indian Post Office in Eastern Arabia 8 95 LG+Fel+SP
Ross Marshall Polish Galicia Judicial Mail 1919-1933 5 84 LV

3.3 Postal History – Class 2B Marcophily (postal markings)
Ali Abdulrahman Dubai Postmark on IRC 1966-1973 3 70 LS
Lindsay Carswell The Early Postmarks of Banks Peninsula 3 75 V
Tony Presgrave Slogan Cancels used at Adelaide GPO and mail exchange 1917-1999 8 76 V

3.4 Postal History – Class 2C Historical, Social and Special Studies
Ross Marshall Waikato Coal – Northern Geological Region of New Zealand 8 82 LV+S
Ian McMahon Guelph: The Royal City 5 75 V
Martin Treadwell The Allied Military Forces in the New Hebrides during WW2 5 85 G

4.1 Postal Stationery
Bernard Beston Vacuum Oil Company Ltd 8 85 G+SP
Lionel Savins The Department of Education Postcards of NZ 1927-1971 5 81 LV
Peter Tozer A Study of the Small 18-cent Australian Embossed PSE 2 76 V

4.2 Aerophilately
David Collyer Years of Change – International Airmail to and From Australia 1939-1945 8 92 LG+SP
DB Tennant Mail for Ulm’s April 1934 Flights to and from New Zealand 3 81 LV

4.3 Astrophilately
Ross Newton One Small Step for Man 5 75 V

4.4 Thematics
Roshan Prasad The Story of Cricket 5 71 LS
Ghazi Qayyum Canoe, the Amazing Prehistoric Watercraft of all time 5 81 LV+SP

4.5 Revenues
Norman Banfield Russian Revenues: Stamped paper and Stamps from the Imperial to the Soviet Periods 5 91 LG
Jim Shaw New Zealand Wages Tax Evolution 1931-1958 8 85 G+SP

4.7 National One Frame
Mahamed Hassan Almarzooqi Bahrain KGVI Postal Stationery 1 78 V
Mark Benvie New Zealand Law Court Revenue Stamps 1 86 G
Lindsay Chitty The New Zealand 1½d Boer War Contingent Stamp and Postal Use 1 81 LV
indsay Chitty The Postal Use of the New Zealand ½d Newspaper Stamp 1 83 LV
Michael Christensen Walter Quensell – Tin Can Mail Correspondent 1 83 LV
John Goose Guernsey Machine Cancellations 1 83 LV
Tony Griffin Excelsior 1970 National Development First Day Covers 1 78 V
Ross Marshall New Zealand Coal Promotion 1 76 V
Vera Radnell The Language of Falconry 1 83 LV
Jim Shaw Victoria ½d Bantam Stamp issue and usages 1 78 V
Jeff Simpson One Stamp, Many EFOs 1 74 LS
Alastair Watson Brown Trout New Zealand and Fly-fishing for them 1 68 S
Alastair Watson King George V 1½d Letter Cards – Bock Dies I & II, New Zealand 1916-20 1 87 G+SP
Geoff Wotherspoon Australian 4d KGV empirical research 1 75 V
Paul Xavier Fiji – First and Second South Pacific Games Issues 1 65 S

4.8 Open Philately
Louise Brownie The Kauri Tree 5 81 LV
Lindsay Chitty Māoritanga: The Culture of a Proud Race 8 92 LG+SP
Gerald Ellot Fanning Island 8 78 V
Ross Marshall USA-USSR Scientific Exchange programme in Antarctica 8 80 LV
John Paston The Suez Canal 8 86 G

5.1 Youth up to including 15 years old
Adithy Sarma Conserve Wild Life 1 62 SB

5.2 Youth 16-18 – Thematics, Open & Maximaphily 2-4 Frames
Rose McTaggart Birds around New Zealand – from the coast to my garden 2 84 LV+SP

6.1 First Day Covers – all except Thematics
Frank Pauer Australian ‘Official Post Office’ First Day Covers to 1970 8 88 G+SP

6.2 Cinderella
Ross Marshall Coast Community Society Document Exchange 4 74 LS

6.4 Adult Development Class (One or Two Frame)
Gary Graham Captain James Cook 1 64 SB+SP

6.6 Youth Development Youth below 13, 8 or 16 pages
Lucy Muller My Favourite Days 0.5 64 SB
Emily Muller Over Feline Obsession 0.5 68 S

7.1 National Postcard 1 Frame
Marilyn Gendek Nutritional Sustenance in a Nursing World 1 71 LS
Glenn Reddiex Hospital Blues – the story of No.2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton on Thames 1 73 LS+SP

7.2 National Postcard 2-8 Frames
Lindsay Chitty Picture Postcards of the King Country, New Zealand 8 88 G+SP
Valerie Ellott Mabel keeps calm and carries on 2 77 V
David Figg Strike a Light! Aspects of the Match industry on Postcards 8 80 LV+SP
Karen Jeffrey Homes of the British Monarchy – built from 1070-1913 3 71 LS

 

  * Key to Awards
Medals  Other codes
LG  Large Gold  Fel  Felicitations
G  Gold  SP  Special Prize
LV  Large Vermeil
V  Vermeil
LS  Large Silver
S  Silver
SB  Silver Bronze
B  Bronze