Bruce Ronald Henderson, also known as Bruce Grenville and Martin Renwick (born 1950), is a New Zealand
anarchist
Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...
, hoaxer and producer of
artistamp
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s. He is particularly known for the creation of the fictional Sultanate of Occussi-Ambeno.
Early life
Bruce Henderson was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1950.
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Sultanate of Occussi-Ambeno
In the 1970s and 1980s he gained notoriety for a hoax involving the fabrication of the utopian Sultanate State of Occussi-Ambeno, located as an exclave
An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...
on the Island of Timor, with himself as the self-proclaimed Sultan. Stamps were produced for the "Sultanate".["Long Live The Sultan! The World and Stamps of Bruce R. Henderson"]
by Geir Sør-Reime, '' The Cinderella Philatelist'', Vol. 56, No. 1, (Whole No. 221), January 2016, pp. 10–22, & Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 58–64.
''Doctor Who''
In January 1999, he came to notice for the discovery of a long missing 1965 original episode of the BBC television series ''Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
'', discovered in a garage sale in Napier.["Only Chance to See Doctor Who Episode." ''The Press'' (Christchurch), 13 April 1999.]
Selected publications
*"Voyages to Imaginary Countries" in ''Artistamps Francobolli D'Artista'', James Warren Felter (Ed.), AAA Edizioni, Bertiolo, Italy, 2000.
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References
Further reading
Bruce Grenville and the Utopian State of Occussi-Ambeno
* Boraman, T. (2007
Rabble Rousers and Merry Pranksters: A History of Anarchism in Aotearoa/New Zealand from the Mid-1950s to the Early 1980s
Christchurch: Katipo Books and Irrecuperable Press.
1950 births
Living people
New Zealand philatelists
New Zealand anarchists
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