London 2010 Festival of Stamps Miniature Sheet

The London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition, 8–15 May 2010 at the

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, was a major international

stamp exhibition A philatelic exhibition is an exhibition of stamps and postal history where stamp collectors (philatelists) compete for medals. The displays are shown in glass frames, and the exhibition is normally accompanied by stamp dealer bourses and post ...

that was granted FIP (

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) patronage.

Theme

The show was part of the year-long

London 2010 Festival of Stamps The London 2010 Festival of Stamps is a yearlong series of events to mark the centenary of the accession of King George V to the British throne. King George V was an enthusiastic and distinguished philatelist, and President, then Patron, of the ...

to mark the centenary of the accession of

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, the philatelist king.

Controversy

The choice of the Business Design Centre as the venue has been controversial as it has been criticised as too small and in a poor location. Attempts by David Springbett and others to develop an alternative exhibition based at the

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in East London were abandoned when the FIP granted the London 2010 show patronage.

Competition classes

The exhibition was the first to change the competitive displays halfway through and featured the following classes: First four days: * Traditional philately *

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s *

Postal stationery A piece of postal stationery is a stationery item, such as a stamped envelope, letter sheet, postal card, lettercard, aerogram or wrapper, with an imprinted stamp or inscription indicating that a specific rate of postage or related servi ...

*One-frame displays with a link to George V Second four days: *

Aerophilately Aerophilately is the branch of philately that specializes in the study of airmail. Philatelists have observed the development of mail transport by air from its beginning, and all aspects of airmail service have been extensively studied and docu ...

Postal history Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of postage stamps and covers and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the development of postal systems. The term is att ...

Thematic philately Topical or thematic stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps relating to a particular subject or concept. Topics can be almost anything, from stamps on stamps, birds, trains and poets on stamps, to famous physicians and scientists, al ...

*Youth philately Philatelic literature was also shown. By changing the display frames halfway through, over 2400 frames of material were shown.

Palmares

The Grand Prix d'Exposition went to Alan Holyoake for ‘The First Line Engraved Postage Stamps‘ (98 points). The Best in Class awards went to the following exhibits: * Traditional Class: Yo-Chi Kim (South Korea) for Great Joseon and Daeha Empire (1884-1909) (96 points) * Postal History Class: Steven Walske (United States) for Heart of the West: San Francisco as a Postal Hub from 1849 to 1869 (98 points) * Postal Stationery Class: Alan Holyoake (United Kingdom) for The Introduction and Usage of the Mulready Envelope and Letter Sheet Stationery (98 points) * Revenue Class: Jukka Mäkinen (Finland) for Sweden, the First Revenue Stamp Issue of 1811-1844 (95 points) * One Frame Class: Pradip Jain (India) for The Development of the Airmail Route Cairo-India 1918-1929 (94 points) * Aerophilately Class: Peter Motson (United Kingdom) for Newfoundland Airmail Stamps & Airmail Flights: 1919-1948 (97 points) * Thematic Philately Class: Joshua Magier (Israel) for Land Cultivation from the Beginning of Agriculture to the Present Time (97 points) * Youth Class: Livie-Laure Tillard (Canada) for La Marianne de Briat surchargée St-Pierre et Miquelon (84 points) * Literature Class: Ulrich Ferchenbauer (Austria) for Österreich 1850-1918 Spezial Katalog (96 points)

References

External links

Official website.

London Calling magazine from Stamp & Coin Mart.

London 2010 Palmares.

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