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GEOFF WALBURN 1902-1999Henry Geoffrey Walburn wasborn in Bramhall, Cheshire,England on September 21,1902. He died in Kelowna,British Columbia onSeptember 4, 1999, at age96. Geoff was predeceased byhis wife Bernice (neeDelaney) in 1995.

During Geoff's lifetime, hesold real estate, worked onfarms, owned and operateda large apple orchard, and,prior to his retirement,owned and operated asummer resort named PixieBeach which overlooksOkanagan Lake just north ofthe Okanagan Centre postoffice. During much of theabove, he was ably assistedby his wife Bernice.

Geoff was an accomplishedbridge player and belongedto many clubs over the years.An avid reader, he wasconstantly busy at a numberof philatelically-orientedprojects. A generous man, hegave freely to a variety ofphilanthopic causes.

As a precancel collector ofCanadian stamps, Geoff hadfew peers. For nearly fortyyears, he owned and editedthe Standard CanadianPrecancel Catalogue and thecurrent edition still bears hisname. His collection ofprecancels was one of themost complete everassembled and he left aphotographic record incolour of it for reference

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purposes to be used andenjoyed by advanced andnovice collectors throughoutthe stamp collectingcommunity.

Geoff was a founding memberof the Okanagan MainlinePhilatelic Association whichrecently celebrated its 40thanniversary. He belonged tonumerous stamp fraternitieswhich included BNAPS, CPS ofGB, RPSC, PHS of Canada, andthe PSS of the USA. He was anHonorary Member of theOMPA, a Fellow of the RPSC andrecently received a citation forover 50 years of membershipin the PSS (USA).

Geoff Walburn will be missedby his many friends,especially those in theUnited Kingdom, UnitedStates and Canada, for hissincere and friendlyapproach to the people andlife around him. His adviceand counsel will long beremembered. R.I.P.

"No man is an island, entire of itself every man is a piece ofthe continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed awayby the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontorywere, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine ownwere, any man's death diminishes me, because I am involvedin mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom thebell tolls, it tolls for thee."

John DonneDevotions XVII

PRECANCELLEDADMIRALSHADESby Hans Reiche

The question that was raisedby A. Ellwood about the lackof data of the Admiral shadesthat were precancelledoriginated from this writer.Admirals are full of shades andpartially listed in the Unitradecatalogue.

For example the 4 cents existsin olive bistre, olive yellow,golden yellow and yellowochre. The golden yellow is thebest and often undervalued.

The 5 cents exists in dark blue,grey blue and indigo. The 5cents violet shades are not aspronounced.

The 7 cents has some very niceshades such as the straw, sagegreen, greenish yellow andolive bistre.

The 10 Cents comes in brownpurple, reddish purple andgrey purple (the first print-ing).

Then comes the 20 cents withits olive shade, sage green(most of the timemisidentified), dark olive, andgrey green.

Now, with regard to precan-cel,, what Admiral shades doexist? One could assume thatall the shades exist but this isnot true. The reason is simple.

The majority of citiesprecancelled had just a singleprinting, enough to meet thedemand. Small places such asCarleton Place, Kitchener,Niagara Falls, and othersrequired only small quantities;a single order was enough.This is evident from the pricesof such stamps that areusually high. The Niagara Falls

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IN THIS ISSUEPrecancelted AdmiralShades .......................... 1Secretary/Treasurer'sReport ........................... 2Letter from the Editor .... 3Webmaster .................... 3Meet Your Officers .......... 4

PRECANCELS/CANADA ispublished quarterly by theBNAPS Precancel StudyGroup

***OFFICERSChairperson:

Andy EllwoodPO Box 41061Elmvale Post OfficeOttawa, Ontario K1G 5K9CANADA

Phone: (613) 737-2137E-mail: andy_ellwood@

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PROGRESS REPORT ON THE STUDY GROUPby Andy Ellwood , Chairman

The Study Group is alive andwell and is starting to takeshape. Much has beenaccomplished, thanks to theefforts of Larry Goldberg(Editor) and DuncanMacDonald (Webmaster). Dr.Wayne Walton has agreed totake on the role ofMembership Secretary-Treasurer. His address can befound elsewhere in theNewsletter.

COMMUNICATIONS

Much debate has been heldover the role of the newsletterversus the website inproviding the members witha communications capability.While the website providesrapid communications, it doesnot reach all members and youcan't read it in bed orelsewhere. So we have decidedto have both a newsletter anda website and the followingguidelines will be followed bythe Executive.

• All members should haveaccess to information toinformation developed by theSG before it is made availableto other BNAPS members orthe general public.

• Whenever practical,members without web accesswill receive web-publishedmaterial through thenewsletter or by a special webprintout. The webmaster andeditor will coordinate themailing of these printouts.

• Information flow will notbe restrained because somemembers do not have webaccess. The website is dividedinto sections for the Publicand for Members Only, withthe latter accessible only bypassword. SG articles writtenfor the newsletter will beposted to the Public sectionapproximately two monthsafter the newsletter ispublished. If the authorwishes, the article may berestricted in whole or in part

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to the newsletter or theMembers Only.

• Scans of precancels will onlybe attributed to the ownerwith permission.

The SG Executive does notpretend to have all theanswers on how to handle theuse of a website in a studygroup and will raise the matterfor discussion at our gtudygroup session at Chicago.

RESEARCH

Research activities havestarted under the guidance ofseveral coordinators. I hopethat every member will findsomething here that is of spe-cific interest and that the co-ordinators will be over-whelmed with offers to help.Addresses are on the website.If you don't have access,please contact me at 613-737-2137.

• David Marasco has under-taken to support JimKraemer and Hans Reichein their ongoing efforts tokeep the Standard CanadaPrecancel Catalogue cur-rent. He will be gatheringdata on quantities and pricesand needs to have everymember supply him with dataabout their collection orholdings.

• Norm Wagner is gatheringstories about major users. Heis intrigued by stories andanecdotes about the

companies that usedprecancels, especially thoselocated in small towns.

• Duncan MacDonald has astrong interest in latheworkand would be interested ingathering any informationabout what you have in yourcollection in this regard. Seehis article on the website.

• Michel Jean has agreed toexamine the subject ofAdmiral shades . While theAdmiral shades are well-documented, there is littlewritten about them from aPrecancel perspective.

We have made a good start onthese areas of research, butthere are many other areaswhich are begging to beexplored. One which isfrequently mentioned is theidentification of Bar Types.There is some question aboutwhether the existing typesare, in fact, unique. Whilethere is some hesitancy aboutthe impact of combiningtypes, it is an area that reallycould use some research.

Duncan MacDonald is tryingto prepare a color chart whichwill more realistically definethe different types and thismay be the kickoff needed forsomeone to start a goodresearch activity. Is anyoneinterested?

Enough for now from me. Itrust that this first Newsletterwill trigger more involvementby members and that Larrywill see several articles arrivefor the next newsletter. In themeantime, Happy Hunting.

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LATHEWORK INVENTORYby Duncan MacDonaldOne of the aims of theprecancel study group is tocompile a detailed listing ofprecancelled lathework.

The Canada PrecancelHandbook lists the followinglathework': 1 cent green withlathework Type B, 1 centyellow with lathework Type D,2 cent carmine with latheworkType B, and 2 cent green withlathework Type D.

Listed below are latheworkpieces of which I have knowl-edge. I would appreciate hear-ing from anyone who hasprecancelled lathework, evenif it is listed below.

Most of these pieces can beviewed on the precancel website. A scan of anyadditional pieces would beappreciated so I can add itto the web site.Scott #104 14 green withlathework Type B:Brandon 1-104Brockville 3-104-D (block)Carlton Place 1-104Estevan 1-104-I (cornerblock)Hamilton 3-104 yellow greenwith "extended Guideline"from top line of latheworkKitchener 1-104-ISt Johns 3-104Vancouver 2-104Windsor 3-104Woodstock 1-104Woodstock 1-104-I

Scott # 104 14 green withlathework Type C:Brockville 3-104-DKitchener 1-104London 1-104Regina 2-104Saskatoon 1-104-IToronto 7-104Toronto 10-104Scott #105 1 cent yellowwith lathework Type C:

Kitchener 1-105 1 centyellow Type C

Scott #105 14 yellow withlathework Type D:Brantford 1-105 (pair)Brantford 1-105 (block)Brantford 3-105Kitchener 1-105 (dry

printing die 1)Kitchener 1-105-D (bl4 wetprinting die 1)

Peterboro 1-105, Toronto 10-105 (corner block of 4,bottom pair withoutprecancel)

Toronto 11-105 (corner b14)Toronto 11-105 (bl4)Toronto 12-105 (corner bl4left pair without precancel)

Toronto 12-105-D (block)Winnipeg 1-105.

Scott # 105 14 yellow withlathework Type DInverted:

Bribdgeburg 1-105-EKitchener 1-105Toronto 11-105Victoria 1-105

Scott #106 24 carminewith lathework Type B:

Saskatoon 1-106-DVictoria 1-106-I

Scott #107 24 green withlathework Type C:Kitchener 1-107

Scott #107 24 green withlathework Type D:Brantford 1-107Brockville 3-104-D (block of4)Kitchener 1-107-IPeterboro 1-107 (strip of 3)Peterboro 1-107 (LR cornerpair)Vancouver 2-107-IScott #108 24 brown withlathework Type D:Kitchener 1-108Kitchener 1-108-INiagara Falls 3-108Welland 1-108Welland 1-108-I

Scott #109 24 carminewith lathework Type D:Niagara Falls 3-109North Battleford 1-109-IQuebec 3-109Quebec 3-109-IRegina 2-109St John 3-109Toronto 12-109 (block)Toronto 12-109Weston 1-109

Victoria 1-109Winnipeg 6-109.

Scott #110 44 olive bistrewith lathework Type D:Calgary 1-110Halifax 2-110Londonl-110Niagara Falls 3-110Niagara Falls 3-110 IScott #112 54 violet withlathework Type D:Toronto 12-112 mint LLhorizontal block of 16 withlathework type D. The righthand block has beenreattached. As a result ofthe diagonal precancel thelower left stamp has no traceof the precancel)Kitchener 1-112 (block)Montreal 6-112 (block)Niagara Falls 3-112Scott #113 74 Olive Bistrewith lathework Type B:Niagara Falls 3-113Regina 2-113-IScott # 114 7C red brownwith lathework Type D:Hamilton 1-114-I (2 copies)Scott #116 104 plum withlathework Type C:Ottawa 1-116Scott #117 104 Blue withlathework Type D:Edmonton 3-117-IHalifax 2-117Niagara Falls 3-117Niagara Falls 3-117-IScott #118 104 BistreBrown with latheworkType D (this is the rarest ofthe admiral lathework withtwo singles, Toronto style10, and two blocks, oneToronto style 11 and theother thought to be Torontostyle 10, recorded):Toronto 10-118Scott #119 204 olive greenwith lathework Type D:Niagara Falls 3-119Toronto 11-105Toronto 12-119Vancouver 2-119.Revenue FWT 8-Invertedprecancel block with type Dlathework

1. Precancel Committee. The

Canada Precancel Handbook.

Toronto: Unitrade Press, 1988.

p.134.

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A WORD FROMYOUR EDITORby Larry GoldbergThis is the first 'real' newslet-ter published by our SG, and,as promised, it devotes a lotmore space to precancels thanthe machinations and logisticsof the group.

While the issue devotes adisproportionate amount ofspace to Admirals and thelathework thereon, this wasnot by plan. It is hoped thatfuture issues will provide abroader range of information.

Thanks. We are grateful toHans Reiche for providing uswith a number of interestingarticles. We also wish to thankDuncan MacDonald for hissubmissions as well his gen-eral support and assistance ingetting this issue to press.Last, but not least, thanks tothe SG Chairperson, AndyEllwood, for his splendid ar-ticle and analysis of the beau-tiful Brantford precancelledsheet. (I'm not the jealoussort, but I am willing to makean exception in this case).

Ready to be a writer? As aneditor for a number ofpublications, I realize thatthere are many of you whohave valuable information,but are reluctant to write anarticle or question your abilityto do so. If you will drop mea note or email with thepertinent facts, I would behappy to 'ghost write' it foryou, send it to you forapproval and include it in thenewsletter with your byline.The fact that I cleaned it upwould be our secret.

Let me repeat what I said inour Special Edition: "None ofus is as good as all of us."

Blessings.

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ANALYSIS OF AN ADMIRAL PRECANCEL SHEET:BRANTFORD # 3 - 105by Andy EllwoodI was fortunate recently inpurchasing a full sheet ofBrantford # 3-105, lower leftpane. The stamp is cataloguedas # 105 vi, Die I, dry printingfrom plate 186 or 187 and wasprinted at the end of 1924. Ithas full Type D lathework with100% impression.

Query : Why does Marlerstate that these plates wereprinted without lathework?(See Marler)'

In addition to being attractedby the full sheet, I was alsointrigued by the obviousvariations in spacing betweenthe lines of precancels. As aresult, I got out my magnify-ing glass and went to work re-cording the following details.

Vertical Centering

The precancels were printedfrom a plate of 10 horizontallines of 10 precancels. Eachline is 200 mm wide with the10 precancels being spacedequally distributed. Since therow of 10 stamps is 209 mmwide, it is obvious that eachprecancel will have a differ-ent position relative to thedesign of the stamp beingprecancelled.

In fact, only precancels in col-umns 6 and 7 are positionedinside the design. All othercolumns have the cancel out-side the design and about 50%are outside the perforations.This is a fine illustration ofwhy so many precancels arenot centered on the stamp.For many collectors, uncenter-ed cancels are less desirableand on this sheet, only 10%of the stamps could be classed

as having VF centering. Is thisa factor in determining value?

Horizontal Positioning

The precancels in rows2,3,5,6,7,8, and 9 are parallelwith the design across all 10stamps and are 2.0 mm belowthe top of the design. In rows1 and 4, the precancels are 2.0mm below the top of thedesign on the left stamp andgradually rise to 1.5 mm onthe right. In row 10, theprecancels rise from 2.5 mmbelow the top of the designon the left stamp to 1.0 mmon the right, leaving an imageof a curved row of precancels.

Varieties

Of the 100 stamps, 13 werefound to have varieties in thecancels. In the following list,reference to "Listed Types" isfrom the 2000 StandardCanada Precancel Catalogue2.

(D Position 8 - Unlisted -upper left comer of B missing

O Position 18 - Listed - TypeC1 - top of'NTF' missing

O Position 30 - Listed - TypeB2 - bars stop short at right

® Position 51 - Unlisted -break in upper bar, left end

O Position 68 - Listed - TypeC2 - top of 'OR' missing

© Position 69 - Nailhead -faint - right of city name

M Position 81 - Unlisted -break in upper bar, left end

® Position 83 - Unlisted -period after ONT - left halfmissing

O Position 84 - Nailhead -right of ONT - shows screwslot

0 Position 90 - Unlisted -Most of right side of barsmissing due to faint nailhead- similar to Type B2

>> Position 91- Listed - TypeB1 - break in bottom bar

© Position 92 - Unlisted -period after ONT iscompletely missing

0 Position 100 - Nailheads- one at right end of lowerbar - one to right of 'ONT'

Conclusions

It appears logical that the rowof precancels were printedfrom separate strips, each ofwhich was separately securedto the overall plate. It mayalso be that when theretaining screws became looseand sometimes create a'nailhead', the strip shifted.This is most obvious in thebottom row where the shift isquite noticeable on the leftend.

1. Marler GC. The Admiral Issue of

Canada. State College, Pa.: APS,

1982. p. 202.

2. Kraemer JE, Reiche H, Walburn

HG., Ed. The Standard Canada

Precancel Catalogue 2000. Toronto:

Unitrade Press, 2000. pp.62-3.

NOTE: The facing page showsa slightly reduced image of thesheet Andy is discussing here.The numbers shown on thesheet reference the numbersindicated in the article.Hopefully the finished printedpiece will be of high enoughresolution that you can see theactual flaw. Ed.

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SHADEScontinued from page 1

7 cents (3-113) was printed ina quantity of 30,000,

Therefore, no shades of thisstamp exist.

For all practical purposes, wecan forget shades of all thesmaller cities. It is differentwith the larger cities, likeToronto or Montreal, wheremore than one plate was usedfor the ovcerprint and largequantities were printed.

Montreal and Toronto alonereceived more than 4,000,000of the 10 cents plum. It isobvious that, based on thetremendous quantity printed,various shades do exist.

There are still some shadesthat have yet to turn up forthese cities, such as the 4cents golden yellow, the 10cents grey purple first printingand the 7 cents sage green.

Looking at the Admiral Platesthat were used for precancels,it is evident that just very fewplates, often only a singleplate, weres used for somevalues. This again shows thatone can not expect very muchshade varieties.

Query : Who would beinterested in following thisup?

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THE TEN CENTSBISTRE BROWNPRECANCELby Hans ReicheThe 10 Cents was issued 1August 1925.The value wasissued in two distinctiveshades, Unitrade 118 bistrebrown and 118i in yellowbrown. The first two plates,plates 21 and 22 were printedin yellow brown and the otherthree plates in bistre brown.

The quantity that wasprecanceled has beensuggested as 1,000,000, thesame as for the 10 Cents blue.The small quantities for bothwere the result of largequantities of the 10 Centsplum that were printed andremained in circulation for along time. As a matter of factthe plum value can be foundwith additional cancels thatdate beyond 1926.

The Canada PrecancelHandbook, page 135, shows atable that indicates the shadesthat have been recorded foreach city. The table, whichmay not be complete, showsthat the late styles ofprecancels were only from thelater plates and therefore inbistre brown and not in yellowbrown. Examples include:

Edmonton, Style 3Hamilton, Style 4London, Style 3Montreal, Style 6Quebec, Style 3St.John, Style 3Toronto, Style 12

It is interesting that the laterprintings practically do notexist in inverted form, butalmost all the first printingsdo. There has been somespeculation that these invertswere specially made forphilatelic purposes,as thePhilatelic Agency in Ottawasold both normal andinverted.

Any new reports would bewelcome.

QUEBEC MAJOR RE-ENTRYby Duncan MacDonald

Congratulations to BruceFields who won a gold medaland received the award forbest BNA exhibit for hisprecancel exhibit at theEdmonton Stamp show.

Bruce recently joined theprecancel study group andwhen I asked him how heacquired the Quebec major re-entry he related the followingstory. He was preparing hiscollection for exhibit at the

CLOSE UP OF RE-ENTRY

Edmonton stamp show and check his collection and couldread the article in the hardly believe his eyes when hehandbook on the Toronto found the major re-entry on hismajor re-entry. He decided to own copy of Quebec 1-104-I.

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THE DOUBLE TOWNSby Duncan MacDonald

The four known combinationsof double towns are among therarest of Canadian precancelsand Harry Lussey provides thebest explanation of how theyoccurred:

"These combos came about ina perfectly logical manner.When Postal authorities hadrequests for precanceledstamps they would turn overto the printers the exactnumber of sheets to beprecancelled and wouldspecify how many sheetswere to be prepared for eachtown. The sheets were, ofcourse, gummed andperforated which makes themrather difficult to handle. Ifthere was an order for twentysheets of a certain town nameand the printers ran offtwentyone by mistake hecould not throw away theoverrun, it had to be used tocomplete the order andreturned to the Postal

Authorities. There was onlyone thing to do and that wasto put the sheet back on thepress for a strike of a differenttown and use it for thatorder"

All four of the double townsfrom the Lussey collectionhave Vinnie Greene certifi-cates and can be viewed onthe precancel website.

One of the lots I purchased,lot 2116, at Robert Lee'sAuction #93 in March of lastyear was the Windsor-Londondouble town combinationfrom Harry Lussey's collection.Included with the lot was aletter from Harry to Geoff(part of which is reproducedhere).

Jan 10, 1985

Dear Geoff,

It was a very pleasantsurprise to receive your letterenclosing a copy of the 14Edward with the doubleWindsor & London precancel.Thank you ever so much and

PRECANCEL BAR IDENTIFICATIONby Hans ReicheThe difficulties of theidentification of the bar stylesremain. For many yearsvarious methods have beenused in the catalogues toclarify this. But the problemremains.

The reason for this is simple.Most of the bar styles wereproduced by more than onecancelling device. Every timea new device was manufac-tured the characteristicschanged slightly. Therefore,over the years during whichmany styles were used,changes occurred.

As a matter of fact, Walburnhimself never agreed to all thestyles that are now listed. Hebelieved that some of the earlystyles are all the same butwith slight variations due tochanged cancelling devices ofa particular style. Hesuggested that Styles B, C and

D all belong to the same style.Also he suggested that StylesF,G and H should be combined.

In addition, it is obvious thatStyles R, S and T come in vari-ous types. The number ofwaves that belong to eachstyle varies over the usageperiod. For example, Style Tcomes with two,three or evenfour waves but the sameheight.

Unfortunately, Style U hasbeen forged in large quanti-ties. The key to this style isthe slightly different lengthof flat portions on one or theother side. All genuine StyleU precancels should have twodifferent dimensions,namelyone flat part 6.75 to 7.5 mmand the other part 8.0 to 8.5mm long.

Recent auction catalogueshave listed some double barcancels, but a careful look atmost of them indicates that

I am enclosing my check for stamp prices haven t increased$75.00 U.S. which, I am sure, in value?will work out to somewhatmore than $90.00Canadian.....

The price I paid was about$2,500.

And who says precancelled

TYPE T-67 ... MAYBE.

these are not double but just the next catalogue would beheavily overinked or slightly appreciated.offset printings that appear tobe double. Any comments toimprove the listing of bars in

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SECRETARY/TREASURER'S REPORTby Duncan MacDonald

I have passed on the dutiesof Secretary/Treasurer toWayne Walton and will beconcentrating on trying tokeep the web site up to date.I wish Wayne every successand am sure he will be avaluable member of theexecutive.

We presently have 24 membersand interest has been shownby several other people. There-entry study group hasincluded information on ourgroup in their newsletter and

the LQ/SQ study group will dothe same in a futurenewsletter.

Copies of our introductorynewsletter were sent topurchasers of precancel lots atthe recent Robert A. Leeauction. I will hand out copiesof the newsletter at theCanadian Philatelic Society ofGreat Britain meeting at Hovein May and John Jamieson ofSaskatoon Stamp Centre hasagreed to let me leave copiesat his booth during theLondon show.

WEB REPORTby Duncan MacDonaldThe web site is graduallygetting built and by the timeyou receive this newsletter Ishould have the LatheworkInventory uploaded, completewith scans of most of thepieces. There is now a bulletinboard on the web site for anymember to post questions ora buy/sell list. ProjectCoordinators are beingappointed and moreinformation on the variousprojects being started will belisted as it becomes available.

Any member who wishes tobecome involved in a projector wants to start one isencouraged to email me and Iwill pass the message on. Ifthere is a project coordinatorlisted email them andvolunteer.

People like Hans Reiche havepublished many articles onprecancels and are to becongratulated for increasingour knowledge. However thereis a lack of knowledge in many

areas of precancel collectingand a great deal of workremains to be done.

The passing of Geoff Walburnand Dave Izzett means valu-able sources of informationare no longer available. I un-derstand that Harry Lussey isnow bedridden and can't talk,so another major source is nolonger available . It is crucialthat we start to gather infor-mation as soon as possible.

I will be mounting a list ofprecancels that I would liketo receive a scan of on thebulletin board and wouldappreciate members help inthis area.

I would also appreciatereceiving any informationmembers have on upcomingauction lots.

Please e-mail any suggestionsfor things you would likeposted on the site or anycorrections on informationposted.

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MEET YOUR OFFICERS - PART IIAs Andy mentioned in hismessage on page 2, DuncanMacDonald has turned overthe Membership Secretary/Treasurer's job to WayneWalton. Duncan will retain hisposition as Webmaster andwill be devoting his time tobuilding the study group'spresence on the Internet.

Herewith a brief bio on Wayneto add to those that appeared

in our Special Edition.

WAYNE WALTONMembership Secretary/Treasurer

Wayne (Doc) Walton has livedall over the United Stateshaving worked for NASA onthe Lunar samples andteaching at various universit-ies. Trained as a mineralogist(Ph.D. Ohio State University),he has worked on thechemical systems of hightemperature ceramic bodies aswell as meteorites.

The last 17 years he served asa missionary (SouthernBaptist) in Burkina Faso, WestAfrica where he taught at theuniversity and worked withstudents. Due to a medicalproblem, contracted while inAfrica, he was forced to takedisability in May of 1998.

He became interested in pre-cancels due to the tutelage ofGeoff Walburn. Mr. Walburnsold him his first precancel.Over the years, until his ser-vice overseas, he pursued thehobby and built a basic to

WAYNE WALTONMembership Secretary/

Treasurer

moderate collection of precan-cels. Ater the 17 year hiatus,he has once again startedworking on his collection. Hiscollecting interests includeCanadian precancels, squarecircle cancels and Hawaii phi-lately. He is a life member ofBNAPS (L2431) and a memberof the Hawaiian Philatelic So-ciety. He has served as a lotwriter for various auctionhouses as well as serving asan authority on British Colo-nies and Hawaii. He is pres-ently affiliated with theAmerican Coin and Stamp Ex-change, Madison, TN.

He can be reached by email atwaltonwl@aol.com and bymail at 589 Thomas JeffersonCircle, Madison, TN 37115-2165.

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