Isle of Man Stamps & Coins News 133

NEWS Issue Number 133

Summer 2011

In this issue of Manx Stamp & Coin News…

Manx Cats • Isle of Man Internment Knockaloe Set & Miniature Sheet • Special Royal Stamp & Coin Commemorative Collectables • 2010 Year Collections • IOM Treasury Coins and all the latest news…

WELCOME

Dot’s Message s I write it is a most beautiful

A summer day on our Island.

I drove along Douglas promenade this morning and looked out towards the Tower of Refuge, the sea was so calm.

Although the promenade has been crammed with TT fans, the beach no longer fills up with throngs of visitors and locals as it did many moons ago. Each day during the height of the summer the post office would process thousands of postcards, we even had a seasonal post office in the Villa Marina Colonnade - staff clammered to work there as it was close to Felices Ice Cream Parlour!

John McGuinness and Dot at the TT launch

We have captured the spirit of the bygone tourist era with our Tails of the Tailless issue inspired

Chaghteraght Dot by a local collection of Manx cat postcards, which we hope you will enjoy.

The second part of our Internment Camp series also derives in part from antique postcards but features postal history of a different nature: handstamps, cachets and even Carl Fogarty and Dot an unofficial postage stamp at the TT Grandstand which was used in the Knockaloe Camp during WW1.

Unlike the mass-produced tourist cards these hand-engraved works are rich in detail and were produced in a very different context. I found the research material for the stamp issue truly fascinating.

I hope you have a lovely summer, with all good wishes

Royal Collectables The Complete Royal Wedding Collectable – Special Folder A stunning folder containing the cream of our Royal Wedding philatelic items: the world's first William and Catherine engagement postal tribute; the officially approved wedding commemorative sheetlet postmarked 29th April, and - the highlight of the collectable - a complete sheetlet of stamps and images from the wedding day.

Also featured is a wonderful text by Claudia Joseph which, we hope you'll agree, captures the happiness and sense of national celebration which brought so many people from all walks of life together to wish the newlyweds all the very best for their future happiness together.

Royal Wedding Special Folder PC44 £20.00

Royal Wedding Commemorative Sheet A wonderful collectable which perfectly captures the highlights of the wedding of Prince William with Catherine Middleton Royal Wedding Commemorative Sheet Mint PC68 CTO PC69 £10.00 Lifetime of Service Commemorative Folder With a beautiful diamond-shaped sheetlet, miniature sheet, two pictorial sheets and individual stamps our gold-foiled folder is filled with fullcolour illustrations. The excellent text tells the story of ‘a lifetime of service’ to our country.

Lifetime of Service Commemorative Folder PA43 £30.00

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NEW RELEASE • Issue Date –23rd June 2011

The Isle of Man Post Office is pleased to present a set of six stamps featuring artworks from a series of Manx Cat postcards.

There is a Victorian saying: “There is no end of cats in the Isle of Man because they have no ends. These are the totally tailless”.

There is no end to them either, despite repeated predictions about their imminent extinction. They still roam free on their Island home and internationally are prized pets.

Animated cartoons have portrayed Manx cats as dim-wits like Stimpson J. Cat, or cowards, like Mayor Manx in the Hanna-Barbera 1990s series Swat Cats.

Really, they are tough, determined and bright.

Their hunting instincts were demonstrated at a World Mousing Championship at a 1964 Calgary cat show. A Manx cat was the fastest to follow a mouse’s scent through a glass maze. Little wonder then, that a Manx cat was a mouser in the House of Lords in the early 1940s and another, the black ‘Peta’, in Britain’s Home Office in the 1960s.

A gift from the Island in 1964, ‘Peta’ invaded 10 Downing Street and roughed-up the resident Siamese owned by Prime Minister Harold Wilson. There were no repercussions; however, as The Home Office once ruled that she enjoyed ‘diplomatic status.’

Manx cats have been the companions of royalty and the famous: for example - ship’s cat on the former royal yacht, Britannia.

Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, had a black one.

Manxie was a gift from the Isle of Man in 1933 and roamed the Disney studios. The unrealised hope was that he would inspire the creation of a Manx cat playmate for Mickey.

Two Manx cats were adopted by Koko, the Gorilla Foundation’s amazingly communicative lowland gorilla. The first, named All Ball by Koko because she looked like a ball of fur, became an international celebrity. When Koko was told of All Ball’s accidental death she hooted mournfully in painful understanding.

Today a Manx cat named Zoe is used as a logo for the American-based Zoe Foundation, whose objective is the creation of a preserve for endangered tigers.

The slogan, which applies as much to Manx cats as tigers, is “extinction is not an option”. Throughout the world show standards for Manx cats vary.

Traditionally, on the Isle of Man Dimple Rumpies are totally tailless, with an absolute hollow where a tail would begin. Rumpy Risers have a hint of a tail.

Stumpies have a little more. Tailed cats, known as Longies, can be Manx if they carry the appropriate genes and display other Manx characteristics that can be passed on to their tailless kittens.

Other distinctive features are: a round and large head, a nose longer than that of a good British shorthair, prominent cheeks; ears wide at the base and tapering slightly to a point; hindquarters, exceptionally high; rump round; back short. Of primary importance is a ‘hopping gait.’

The coat must be ‘double’ - open and soft like a rabbit’s; colour - immaterial though the earliest recorded was ‘brown tabby,’ otherwise ‘tiger’ - earth brown with black markings.

TECHNICAL DETAILS Design ......................................................................Kcreative Printer............................................................................Cartor Text ......................................................................Robert Kelly Stamp Size ..............................................................42 x 28mm Colours ..................................................................................4 Process ........................................................Offset Lithography

Perforations............................................................13 per 2cms Paper......................................................110gms PVA gummed Format ..................................................................Sheets of 20 Issue Date ........................................................23rd June 2011 PRODuCTS AVAILABLE: Set of 6 Stamps, Presentation Pack, First Day Cover

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NEW RELEASE • Issue Date – 8th August 2011

The Isle of Man Post Office is pleased to present a set of 8 stamps to document the postal history of the Knockaloe Internment Camp on the Isle of Man.

ISLE OF MAN

INTERNMENT

TOP LEFT PAIR: LEFT HAND STAMP: The Postcard issued by the YMCA is number 15 in their series and depicts the South Lancashire Brigade on Peel Harbour en route to the Army camp at Knockaloe Moar Farm in August 1908, the first year that mail was postmarked from Knockaloe. Other Regiments known to have attended this camp are the Royal Army Medical Corps and The King's Liverpool Regiment.

Internment Camp to celebrate a Happy Easter during an unknown year between 1915 and 1919 when the Camp closed.

RIGHT HAND STAMP: The pair of George V Profile Head 1 /2ds first issued in January 1913 are cancelled by the Code A Peel I.Of.Man Single Circle which looks to have been taken from the 1881 Peel D51 Duplex on the 23rd November 1914.

The cover is an official Postal Stationery one titled “Alien’s Detention Camp, Knockaloe, Isle of Man” and, with agreement to open the Camp only being given on the 24th October 1914, this is one of the earliest surviving Internment Camp mail items known.

cat and emblem of the Three Legs of Man. It shows various buildings within the Camp and it sends “Greetings from the Prisoners at Knockaloe Camp, Peel, Isle of Man”. This card is undated.

POSTAL

RIGHT HAND STAMP: The 3d King George V Registered RIGHT HAND STAMP: The King Edward VII 1/2d first issued on Envelope first issued in 1912 is the 1st January 1902 is cancelled by the 35mm Knockaloe cancelled with two strikes of Camp Peel Skeleton on the 3rd August 1908. The Skeleton The Camp Knockaloe Peel Double Circle, datestamp 25th was issued by the Post Office as a temporary mail canceller.

November 1915 and first issued that year. Also affixed to the TOP RIGHT PAIR: LEFT HAND STAMP: The postcard printed front of the envelope is the Knockaloe Camp, I, of Man No. 866 Registration Etiquette, together with the Violet small

by SKB & Co and designed by an internee depicts the general layout of Knockaloe Camp, together with a backdrop type Aliens’ Detention Camp Censored Knockaloe, I.O.M. Double Oval which is also known to be used in black and of Peel Castle and headland. Various trades carried out by the internees are illustrated on the card. It is dated 1915, thus blue colours.

BOTTOM RIGHT PAIR: LEFT HAND STAMP: issued within the first year of the Camps operation and it sends “Greetings from the Prisoners at Knockaloe Camp, Isle The postcard printed within Knockaloe Camp and designed of Man”. This example has been hand coloured, as it was by an internee depicts the general layout of Knockaloe Camp originally printed blue and white. together with a backdrop of a map of the Isle of Man, a Manx

BOTTOM LEFT PAIR: LEFT HAND STAMP: The postcard was published by the Printers Workshop, Camp 3, Knockaloe

HISTORY

RIGHT HAND STAMP: This depicts the Internee-produced stamp from around 1916, believed to be sold for 2d and used, as this example indicates, on an internal Knockaloe mail sending i.e. from one camp to another. This cover is believed to have been sent by the actual designer of the stamp and it is thought that he designed the Knockaloe IOM Single Circle cancelling it.

TECHNICAL DETAILS Design ..........................................................................Kcreative Printer ..............................................................................Cartor Text ....................................................................Mr Kerry Kemp Stamp Size ................................................................42 x 28mm Colours ......................................................................................4 Process ........................................................Offset Lithography

Perforations ............................................................13 per 2cms Paper ......................................................110gms PVA gummed Format ....................................................................Sheets of 20 Issue Date ........................................................8th August 2011 Products available: Set of 8 Stamps, Presentation Pack & First Day Cover

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Set 37p,38p,68p,76p,110p,165p (Sheets of 25) PD31 PD81 £4.94 Presentation Pack PD41 £5.69 First Day Cover PD91 £5.64 IOM Butterfly Collection Issued 01.04.11 Set 2x37p, 2x38p, 2x58p, 2x115p (Sheets of 50) PC31 PC81 £4.96 Presentation Pack PC41 £5.71 First Day Cover PC91 £5.66 Souvenir Sheetlet PC64 PC65 £9.92 Limited Edition Collection PC43 £20.00 IOM Value Stamp Booklet (12 x 37p stamps) PC71 £4.44 The Royal Wedding 2011 Miniature Sheet Issued 15.04.11 Miniature Sheet (2 x £1 stamps) PC25 PC75 £2.00 Presentation Pack PC42 £2.75 First Day Cover PC92 £2.70 Royal Wedding Commemorative Sheet PC68 PC69 £10.00 Royal Wedding Special Folder PC44 £20.00 TT2011 Centenary of the Mountain Course Issued 01.04.11 Set 5x38p, 5x68p (2 Sheets of 20) PE31 PE81 £5.30 Presentation Pack PE41 £6.05 First Day Cover PE91 £6.00 Pictorial Sheet Set (2 Sheets of 4 sets) PE66 PE67 £21.20 Special Commemorative Folder PE43 £25.00 TT2011 Greatest Races Miniature Sheet Issued 01.04.11 Miniature Sheet PE25 PE75 £3.00 Presentation Pack PE42 £3.75 First Day Cover PE92 £3.70 Isle of Man Genealogy Set 2 x 35p, 2 x 36p, 2 x 67p, 2 x 110p Presentation Pack First Day Cover

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NEW RELEASE • Issue Date – 8th August 2011

ISLE OF MAN

INTERNMENT

POSTAL HISTORY

The Isle of Man Post Office is pleased to present a miniature sheet which focuses upon the postal history of the Knockaloe Internment Camp on the Isle of Man. LEFT HAND SIDE OF MINIATURE SHEET (Also, cover image of presentation pack) This depicts a coloured steel engraving of Knockaloe Camp stretching from the main road at Patrick village across Knockaloe Moar Farm out towards the west coast of the Island, which was published by the internees. Inset are pictures of Peel Castle and Patrick Church where some two hundred internees, who died during their internment, were buried; these being repatriated in the 1960s to the German War Cemetery in Staffordshire, England.

A smaller black and white version of this engraving, depicting only the Internment Camp itself, was also produced by the internees.

TOP PAIR: LEFT HAND STAMP: This postcard depicts a number of the huts, with washing hung out to dry, at Knockaloe Camp in 1916, publisher unknown.

RIGHT HAND STAMP: The King George V 1d, first issued on the 28th September 1912, is cancelled by The Camp Knockaloe Peel Double Circle, datestamp 28th October 1915, which was first issued in 1915. This cover is an official Prisoners of War envelope and is not overprinted for specific use at Knockaloe Camp.

Also applied to the envelope is the Violet small type Aliens’ Detention Camp Censored Knockaloe, I.O.M. Double Oval which is also known to be used in Black and Blue colours.

BOTTOM PAIR: LEFT HAND STAMP: This postcard by an unknown publisher was issued to send “Easter Greetings to Home” in 1917. Although it does not specifically mention Knockaloe Internment Camp, the card was sent by a Knockaloe internee and the style is characteristic of those produced within its Camps. Also depicted is a clear example of The Camp Knockaloe Peel Double Circle cancelling a “D“ Registration Label, datestamp 14th September 1915, which was first issued in 1915.

RIGHT HAND STAMP: The 3d King George V Registered Envelope, first issued in 1912, is cancelled with two strikes of The Camp Knockaloe Peel Double Circle, datestamp 14th September 1915, first issued in 1915. Also affixed to the front of the envelope is the “D” type No. 39 Registration Etiquette, which were temporary labels issued when either a Post Office had run out of labels or were required for special occasions. In this instance, it is reasonable to assume that, with the opening of the Knockaloe Camp Post Office by the British Post Office during 1915, the personalised “Knockaloe Camp, I Of Man” labels had not been printed and issued, hence the use of this temporary label until late 1915. Also applied to the envelope is the Violet small type Aliens’ Detention Camp Censored Knockaloe, I.O.M. Double Oval which is also known to be used in black and blue colours.

TECHNICAL DETAILS Design ..........................................................................Kcreative Printer ................................................................................Cartor Text ....................................................................Mr Kerry Kemp Stamp Size ................................................................42 x 28mm Colours ......................................................................................4 Process ........................................................Offset Lithography

Perforations ............................................................13 per 2cms Paper......................................................110gms PVA Gummed Format ........................................Miniature Sheet of 4 Stamps Issue Date ......................................................8th August 2011 Products available: Miniature Sheet, Presentation Pack & First Day Cover

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COINS AND COLLECTABLES

Isle of Man Treasury Coins Cooinaghyn Tashtey Vannin TT2011 Mountain Course Centenary Crown Featuring the race voted the best on the Mountain Course by the fans themselves and featuring Steve Hislop and Carl Fogarty - this excellent cupro-nickel crown comes in a plush red hard-shell collectors box and includes free worldwide postage.

TT2011 Mountain Course Centenary Crown AG35 £12.95 Commonwealth Youth Games £2 Coin Superb cupro-nickel collectable on a special decorative blistercard or in a collectors box IOMCYG £2 Coin on Special Blistercard AG37 £5.00 IOMCYG £2 Coin in a box AG38 £9.95 TT2011 Yamaha 50p Coin We present a new TT2011 50p coin to honour Yamaha’s 50 year participation in the IOM TT Races. In addition to being available in a collectors box it also comes in ‘blister’ form in Yamaha’s own branded card format.

Yamaha Anniversary 50p Coin in a box AG34 £9.95 Royal Wedding 2011 Crown The event of the year is commemorated by this IOM Treasury cupro-nickel crown, supplied in a plush red hard-shell box and with Pobjoy Mint certificate of authenticity enclosed. Image for illustration purposes only. Royal Wedding 2011 Crown AG36 £12.95 Lifetime of Service Royal Crown In association with Pobjoy Mint, the IOM Treasury has issued this superb cupro-nickel coin which is delivered in a deluxe, robust collector’s box. Lifetime of Service Royal Crown AG31 £12.95 Buckingham Palace Engagement Crown We present this superb royal collectable - a Buckingham Palace crown marked with 'WK' to commemorate the engagement of William & Kate - delivered in a plush-lined hard-cased red Pobjoy Mint collector's box. This special coin carries the initials ‘W&K’ entwined as a Privy Mark to celebrate the Royal Engagement. Buckingham Palace Engagement Crown AG22 £12.95

The Isle of Man Treasury Coin Collection As appointed agents for Isle of Man Treasury coins we are proud to offer a selection of these unique and beautifullycrafted cupro-nickel items. We concentrate mainly on coin sets which complement our philatelic collection. The collections are also available from our retail outlets on the Isle of Man and from our website www.iomcoins.com • A number of other Isle of Man Treasury coins are available - for a comprehensive list please visit: www.pobjoy.com or contact Pobjoy Mint Ltd. on 01737 818181

Isle of Man Treasury Commemorative Coins IOM Stamp & Coin Mini Collection IOM Decimal Coin Set 2011 Five Pound Coin John McGuinness 50p Coin in a Box Berlin Wall Silver Crown & Fragment Paddington Bear & Crown Abyssinian Cat Crown 2010 Suzuki 50p Coin in a box Kublai Kahn Coin Manx Cat Crown 1988 Buckingham Palace Engagement Crown Christmas Card & 50p Coin 2010 Christmas 50p Coin 2010 in a box

AF99 £9.99 AG02 £27.50 AG03 £16.50 AG04 £9.95 AG06 £65.00 AG09 £19.95 AG15 £12.50 AG17 £9.95 AG18 £149.95 AG19 £12.50 AG22 £12.95 AG25 £8.50 AG26 £9.95

Christmas 50p Coin 2010 Decoration Twelve Days of Christmas six 50p Box Set Turkish Angora Cat Crown Peter Rabbit Coloured Crown Gift Set Lifetime of Service Royal Crown Peter Rabbit Coloured Crown in box Yamaha Anniversary 50p Coin in a wallet Yamaha Anniversary 50p Coin in a box TT2011 Mountain Course Centenary Crown Royal Wedding 2011 Crown IOMCYG £2 Coin & Blistercard IOMCYG £2 Coin in a box

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AG27 £8.50 AG28 £27.50 AG29 £12.95 AG30 £29.95 AG31 £12.95 AG32 £19.95 AG33 £2.00 AG34 £9.95 AG35 £12.95 AG36 £12.95 AG37 £5.00 AG38 £9.95

COLLECTABLES TT Tarmac - Get The Hump!

This piece of TT course tarmac was taken from Ballaugh Bridge on the world-famous Isle of Man TT Course. Fully endorsed as genuine by the IOM Director of Highways.

Choose a colour backing card from 7 great TT legends at £3.00 each…

Joey Dunlop PE11, Guy Martin PE12, Conor Cummins PE14, Ian Hutchinson PE15, John McGuinness PE16, Cameron Donald PE17, Klaus Klaffenbock PE18

TT2011 Commemorative Folder Our Special Commemorative Folder is bound to please and great value too.

A wonderful showcase for the TT2011 Pictorial Sheet Set - printed using four colour process plus gold-foil overlays - and our Greatest Race Miniature Sheet.

A gilt-edged collectable!

TT2011 Commemorative Folder PE43 £25.00

IOM Post Office Yearbook 2010 From Internment Camps to Girlguiding, our stamp issues are lavishly illustrated, while the accompanying texts are written by experts in their field. With all the stamps for the year placed in context there is something for everyone in this packed compendium.

Hardback (30 x 21cm) with 80 colour pages. Limited numbered edition of 1000 copies.

IOM Post Office Yearbook 2010 OK07 £57.50

Carl Fogarty Limited Edition Signed Cover This great special cover commemorates the race voted the Greatest Ever on the TT Mountain Course by TT fans - and, of course, honours the legend that is ‘Foggy.’

LIMITED EDITION of 400 COVERS Signed by the man himself this attractive cover sports a gold-foil postmark and is individually numbered.

Carl Fogarty Signed Cover PE96 £20.00 Year Collection of Presentation Packs 2010 The presentation packs for the year in a complimentary binder, fantastic value.

Year Collection of Presentation Packs 2010 OK04 £63.00 Year Set 2010 Contains one full set of all stamps and miniature sheets for the year in a folder and including a brief explanatory text for each issue Year Set 2010 OK12 £54.00

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FUTURE ISSUES The Narcissus Flower

– Issue Date 01.09.11 This issue is released to coincide with our attendance at the 27th Asian International Stamp Exhibition Wuxi, Jiangsu, China which takes place in November this year. The stamps form part of a collection of issues from a number of countries depicting Chinese Flora.

Isle of Man Commonwealth Youth Games Miniature Sheet – Issue Date 01.09.11 We celebrate the Island’s hosting of this year’s wonderful event with a colourful miniature sheet of eight 38p stamps featuring the feline mascot Tosha the cat.

Birds in Winter

– Issue Date 28.09.11 The work of BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2011 finalist Jeremy Paul features on this beautiful six-stamp set.

Our Europa stamp is the 68p value while the 58p stamp has been selected to represent us in the SEPAC Collection for 2011. As our Christmas postal issue, the IOM and UK values are ‘non-value indicators’ and will also be available as self-adhesives.

Top Gear

– Issue Date 20.10.11 As probably the world’s leading motoring TV programme - and with ringleader Jeremy Clarkson an Isle of Man resident - we celebrate some of their most ingenious and light-hearted vehicle ‘conversions’ featured in the series.

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