Bruce Ronald Henderson, also known as Bruce Grenville and Martin Renwick (born 1950), is a New Zealand

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, hoaxer and producer of

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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.

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

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on the

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, 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, ''

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'', 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 ''

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'', discovered in a garage sale in

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."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. *

Early life

Sultanate of Occussi-Ambeno

''Doctor Who''

Selected publications

References

Further reading