Postcard Pillar 090 - New Zealand Postcard Society

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New Zealand Postcard Society (Inc) Directory Patron Chas Lilley: P O Box 372 New Plymouth chas@stampshop.co.nzPresident Jeff Long: 160 Soleares Ave, Mt.Pleasant, Christchurch 8081 jefflong@xtra.co.nz (03) 3848463Vice-Presidents Laurence Eagle: 55 Ravensdale Rise, Westmorland, Christchurch lfeagle@clear.net.nz (03)338 4184 Diane McKoy: 1/2A Eastglen Road, Glen Eden, Waitakere 6062 diane.brian@xtra.co.nz (09)818 6447Editors Jeff Long &Laurence Eagle (details above)Secretary Jenny Long: 160 Soleares Ave, Mt.Pleasant, Christchurch 8081 jenny.long@paradise.net.nz (03) 3848463Treasurer Ross Alexander: 110 Aikmans Road, Merivale, Christchurch 8001 rossalexander@xtra.co.nz 03 355 5357Sales Mgr/Auctioneer Chris Rabey 55 Apuka Street, Brooklyn, Wellington ships.pubs@paradise.net.nz (04)384 9293‘Annual’ Editor Bill Main: 93 Burma Road, Wellington 6035 wmain@paradise.net.nz (04)971 3535Committee Geoff Potts: 102 Fox Road, Wanganui pottsfamily00@hotmail.com (06) 344 6675 John Eccles: PO Box 1174, Wellington. john.eccles@xtra.co.nz (04) 499 6460 Donal Duthie: 5 Ellerslea Lane, Feilding 4702 donalduthie@paradise.net.nz (06) 323 8527 Chas Lilley: P O Box 372 New Plymouth chas@stampshop.co.nz (06) 758 7961 Bruce Isted: 30 Niblett St, Wanagnui 4500 cartophilic@xtra.co.nz 0210381671 The Postcard Pillar News & Views is produced three times a year under the editorship of Jeff Long and Laurence Eagle. Contributions are very welcome at any time; please email or post to Jeff Long (details above) Membership of the Society can be obtained by sending a cheque payable to N.Z. Postcard Society Inc for $30 (families $35, overseas $NZ40) to the Secretary, with your name, address, telephone number, email address and collecting interests

Editorial: This is the seventh edition of the Postcard Pillar News & Views. Remember we need your contributions, preferably in electronic format, but it is perfectly fine if this is not possible. The main aim is to get your words and pictures and ideas out to our membership. This issue we have interesting and significant articles by Bill Main, Donal Duthie, Laurence Eagle and Diane McKoy

News: A postcard ‘special interest’ group has been formed in Christchurch, under the auspices of the Christchurch Philatelic Society. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of alternate months, with the next meeting to be held on January 18. Come along !

From the Committee: Our Convention in Palmerston North went very well, despite the weather, with some great talks and displays (see article and pics on page 9-10)

The proposed change to our Constitution, mainly aimed at simplifying our bank transactions and payment of subscriptions, was passed with little comment. We have a full slate of officers for the coming year. There was much interested discussion about a proposal from Doug South about a postcard exhibition, and from Ross Alexander about a Society website. More about the website proposal is on page 2. Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Cover illustration

This edition’s cover picture is one of the Christchurch Quake cards produced by the Society. At $20 for 15 different full-colour views they are great value, and you would be helping us generate some funds for the Society website. Please use the enclosed flyer, and order today !

New Zealand Postcard Society Website Project

The project to create a website for the Society was approved at the AGM and is now underway. As a first step we are requesting members offer ideas. What do you want to see in the website? Please send your thoughts to me at rossalexander@xtra.co.nz as I will be co-coordinating the site design and publication.

The motivation for the project is:

To provide a “home” for the Society and maintain an information database on NZ postcards
To promote the Society and also postcard collecting in general
To encourage new members and also perhaps a youth membership
To provide support for our auctions, especially images, so that they become more competitive

Of course the main focus will be on providing the members with information.

The website will be divided into two areas: public, and members only.

At this stage the members only area will be accessed by an individual password and include:

Auction details with images
Members Interests and contact details (with permission). Members will have the ability to update their personal information directly.
Any other information that the membership feels should remain confidential

The public area will include:

Details about the Society: contact details, membership, subs etc
Details of products we have for sale – books, Postcard Pillar & Annual, postcards, calendars
Unsold cards from auctions may be offered here
Articles from members
Articles from past copies of the Postcard Pillar and an index
Publisher/ Photographer lists for New Zealand postcard publishers
Classified advertisements for members
Advertising for dealers
Upcoming stamp/antique fairs of interest to postcard collectors
Information on collecting postcards for new & current collectors
Information on exhibiting postcards
A forum where questions can be asked by a collector and answered by anyone
Links to other sites especially those run by members
A youth section with perhaps competitions to get younger people interested in the hobby

The opening page will feature Images of postcards, perhaps commemorating the anniversaries of events long past. Maybe we could invite members to provide an exhibit of their favourite postcards?

The project would involve producing a professionally designed website. This would have a one-off cost estimated around $3,000 to $5,000. This cost will be part-funded by our new fundraising activities, calendars and the Christchurch Earthquake postcards. After this one-off cost there would be web hosting costs on an annual basis, and no doubt maintenance to add new features etc. It is proposed to design the site so that it can easily be managed by a committee member. A special thanks to Leo Haks who made an unsolicited donation of $500 to help fund the project.

The annual cost of web hosting will be covered at least partially by advertising revenue. Cost varies but probably would be $300 to $500 per annum.

So this is your opportunity to contribute and to offer advice. The ideas listed above are just the thoughts of a few, and I look forward to hearing what else members want before we move to the next stage. There is a limited time for you to do this so please do so now.

Ross Alexander

“Driving the Team”

Graphic Series C B & Co 109

A Quartette of NZ

Station Pets

N Z Graphic Series

On Diamond Lake,

South Island, NZ

NZ Post Card

Reid of Wishaw, photo

(perforated along 3 edges)

Botanical Gardens

Wellington

Botanical Gardens

Image taken Jan 1911

REQUEST FOR POSTCARDS FOR PUBLICATION IN:

‘NEW ZEALAND: 500 EARLY POSTCARDS’

At the New Zealand Postcard Society’s annual convention in September 2010, I requested the co-operation of members of the Society in providing postcards for potential inclusion in the book titled above.

This will be another title in the series of early postcards books by Archipelago Press in Singapore.

Other titles are: Indonesia, compiled by Leo Haks and Steven Wachlin, Singapore, Malaysia and Perak, (a Malaysian State), with Vietnam in production.

Details: c. 288 pages; flexi cover; predominately 2 cards per page; size 23 x 25 cm.

Details of location, photographer, publisher, series title and number, date of cancellation and any other, relevant information provided on the cards will be listed. In some cases there may be author’s comments.

The book will show 4 postcards, in actual size, per double page, dealing with subjects like; advertisements, early settlers, animals, transport, mining, disasters, schools, social movements, architecture, sport, WWI, exhibitions, city and landscapes, natural beauty, Maori and many more. It is not the aim to make this a social history book but rather a book which can be enjoyed for its diversity of subject and interest matter

Where subjects cannot be treated in 4 cards, multiple double pages will be allocated to such subjects.

Collectors of postcards will know that one person cannot collect quality postcards for all of these subjects;

Not if the book is to receive the appreciation of the general public as well as the discerning collector.

Hence my appeal to members of the New Zealand Postcard Society to assist in making this book a celebration of New Zealand’s past, by contributing cards for inclusion in the book. Proper credit will of course be given to the lenders of such cards. Inclusion in the book will add to the provenance of such cards.

You can contact me at info@leohaks.co.nz to let me know your area of interest and what cards you have for possible inclusion. A simple scan will be adequate for me to assess the quality and content of the card. Towards the production stage, now planned for the second half 2011, I will ask for a high resolution scan or photograph of the selected postcards.

Thank you for your co-operation. Leo Haks

Cover of the Indonesia title in the series

Does anyone have a postcard of this Trevor Lloyd or a Maori subject postcard with a cancellation before Cartoon, published in the Auckland Weekly in 1905? 22 June 1900?

In the introduction of the book I like to include 4 historic postcards.

The 1876 1d. brown red postcard with a cancellation of that year

The 1897 1d. or ½ d. illuminated postcard, with the 3 vignettes, and with an 1897 or 1898 cancellation.

The 1897 New Zealand cyclists’ Touring club postcard, preferably cancelled

The 1899 Kempthorne Prosser postcard.

These 4 cards are all illustrated in Robert Samuel’s ‘The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, volume IX’, The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Inc. 2006.

Other pre 1930 cards I am looking for are:

Cards with a date and showing a particular and significant event.

Portrait of Ernest Rutherford

The Higher Tought Temple, Auckland. Both exterior and interior.

Fibrolite church, Rauokore

Sport heroes. ( I have the 1905 rugby team)

Fokker monoplane v.11/3m, VH-USU at Christchurch, September 1928

Railway Station of Little River, seen from a distance.

Evidence of French, German, Dutch, Italian and Chinese settlers; are there cards of that?

The Chinese Citizen’s arch, constructed for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1901.

Cards of New Zealand’s Outer Islands

Has anyone got a card with this type of wagons? Or the postcard after this photograph, at Methven?

(this photo was scanned from a book)

Our Convention in Palmerston North

This who arrived early started off with a dinner at a local hostelry then repaired to the President’s rather small motel room to look through the unsold lots from the first two Ian Conrich auctions. At 80% of estimate, there were many interested buyers. More than 40 members were in attendance on the Saturday, and there were many visitors at the Collectables Fair on the Sunday. New members were signed up, and the Society sold much stock of booklets and cards. Doug and Evie South provided dozens of packets of mystery postcards to sell (they all went !), and Laurence Eagle provided four packs of 500 cards each to use as door entry prizes – the winners were VERY excited! There were many items and talks of interest on the Saturday, including, with apologies to anyone I may have missed out:

Postcards:

Doug strange and interesting postcards !

Geoff Patea shipping **

Leo a new book on NZ postcards **

Laurence Gladys Goodall coasters **

Barry advertising postcards

Ross Society quake cards, calendars

Diane Hotel Titirangi ** and ‘Closing the Gap” (Taumaranui – Taihape) **

Val Olympic swimming postcards

Bill Enos Pegler cards ** and recent publications **

Heather H B Clapham ‘Bonzo’ cards re Big Tree

Yvonne Harry Rowntree artist cards

Chas historic postcards **

Laurence postcards and photos of the early Manawatu

My other collecting interests:

Laurence ancient Greek and Roman coins

Ray old documents

Chas BIPEX booklets and stories **

Bruce postmen, post boxes

Barry N Z troopship magazines

Val carnival wear relating to NZ exhibitions

Ivan Palmerston North rules, bricks, siphons, bottles, etc etc ! Great stuff

Well done to all ! Those items with ** will feature as articles in future editions of the Postcard Pillar News & Views.

Proposal for 2011-13: Following a proposal from Doug South at the Convention, the Committee has now agreed to go ahead with the idea of a postcard exhibition in Nelson in January 2013. The Trafalgar Centre had excellent facilities and we have penciled in a weekend. Entries could be in competitive or display groups, so everyone should be able to have a go. Start planning now please! This idea has consequences for previous years. In 2011 we have agreed, subject to finding a suitable venue, to head to Tauranga for our annual convention. In 2012, instead of having a convention near year-end then the exhibition early in 2913, we have decided to hold our AGM at the Blenpex stamp and postcards exhibition (Blenheim, Sept 21-23), then have the exhibition and convention weekend combined in Nelson in January 2013. Any thoughts or suggestions would be welcomed by the Secretary.

Leo Haks book: Pages 7-8 feature a proposal by Leo Haks of Nelson to produce a book on NZ postcards, and he is looking for some assistance. The book he has already produced on cards of Indonesia is fantastic, so it would be great if any of you could help with Leo’s requests.

New book by Bill Main !

Writer of many books about photographers and postcards, Bill has now written and produced Maori Maidens & Warriors, Postcards of a Bygone Age. Limp-bound, 50 pages in full colour, the book is a representative sample from Bill’s own collection, and also incorporates some images from other well-known Maori collections. As usual, Bill provides quality information about the photographers and producers, so this volume would be a welcome addition to your bookshelf. Limited to a print run of 100 copies, the cost is only $30 post-paid to anywhere in NZ. Get in quick !

J J Samuels Ltd and his Advertising Bus

By Ray Staal

Pictured below is a ostcard from my collection produced by Samuels Ltd, of 84, 150 and 371 The Strand, London posted by Denise at Earl’s Courts to her father in Paris in 1909. Mr Samuels must have been into postcards in a very big way because not only did he occupy three separate premises along The Strand, but he also promoted his postcards with advertisements on the sides of buses, in this case a Waring’s motor bus.

The message is in French, but reads: ‘Will you look after the cards so I can put them in an album. In the streets one only sees these buses. We have already been on (?) an omnibus and cab.”

Collins & Sons

photo stock

Stewart Island

Xmas 1915

Jim, Dick, Ern, Tom

Still looking for decent photo corners ??

Large size 36mm along the edge opposite the corner, suitable for bigger items, are produced by Herma. $34.95 for a box of 100. They are produced in Germany, and are made of water-soluble gummed paper. If you are careful, you can re-use them !

Smaller size (20mm along the edge opposite the corner), which are more suitable for postcards, are also made by Herma. $34.95 for a box of 250. These are self-adhesive.

In both cases, the postcard fits snugly into the corner of the mount, with no protruding sealed edge.

Such photo corners are extremely hard to obtain from stationers; your local stamp shop may be able to help, but it is only after some period of asking that Philatelic Distributors of New Plymouth have been able to source the smaller size corners. They can be contacted at PO Box 863 , New Plymouth, or by email at stamps@stampcollecta.com Postage is $4 per order.

HOTEL TITIRANGI

by Diane McCoy

The original Hotel once stood on the southern side of today’s Titirangi shopping centre. In the 1880s it was quite a pretentious, two storey structure with 13 rooms and a large bar room. The licensees were John Rigby and Benjamin Carrol and celebrations were a feature of their hotel, each day they commemorated some event and if an event did not suggest itself they took turns at celebrating their own birthdays. However at 2 o’clock on Saturday, June 26 1886 while Ben Carrol was absent for a few minutes a pan of fat caught fire on the stove and the building was burnt to the ground.

The new Hotel Titirangi was designed in 1930 by Shortland Street Architects Bloomfield and Partners and originally envisaged by the main shareholder to be an impressive four-storied monument, with colonnades and courtyards. A less embellished Hotel was opened on 20^th November by Prime Minister Gordon Coates in a grand stylish occasion. The hopes that this hotel would become a ‘tourist mecca’ for Auckland were never realized for it failed to gain a liquor licence.

Throughout the years of the Hotel’s existence it was plagued by difficulties through low patronage, lack of a liquor licence and then the Depression. In the late 1930’s with a slight increase in traffic, a nightclub was opened featuring singing, supper, music and dancing. This unfortunately was short-lived with World War 11 removing the rest of the patronage. In 1942 the building was passed on to the Department of Education to use as a School for the Deaf, beginning a 40 year association with education. The Hotel was renamed ‘Frank Lopdell House’ in 1960 after the Superintendent of Education. In 1983 it was purchased by the Waitemata City Council to become an Arts and Cultural Centre. Today ‘Lopdell House Gallery’ is Waitakere City’s Regional Art Gallery.

THE MOASCAR CUP

THE RANFURLY SHIELD OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS RUGBY

By Brian Vincent.

Illustrated here is a Frank Duncan & Co, Auckland, Real Photo Postcard. Undated. It shows the Moascar Cup. This cup has been played for by Secondary Schools since 1920. In 1990 new rules meant that the holders had to play at least 7 challenges each year, including one against a team from the other Island, if received.

The cup itself was won by the NZ Mounted Rifle Brigade of Egypt in 1919 (won eight drew one), after the end of World War I. British & Australian teams also participated. “Moascar” is Arabic for “camp.”

The cup was originally mounted on part of a sawn-off propeller from a German plane shot down over Egypt. However, it was reported in “Cradle of Rugby, The History of New Zealand College Rugby” by Arthur W. V. Reeve, edited by Lynn McConnell, published in 1992 by Inprint Limited, that some time between 1967 & 1970 this was stolen and replaced with another propeller. This postcard shows the original propeller mount with the 3 shields and plaque.

The Wreck of the SS Penguin

By Donal Duthie

The wreck of the SS Penguin in Cook Strait on Feb 12^th 1909 was a major disaster for NZ. In the middle of the night, with high seas running, the ferry struck Tops Rock and sank. More than seventy lives were lost.

From time to time, postcards of the ship and subsequent wreck appear in postcard circles. The wreck cards in particular are keenly sough after, and command very high process if you are willing to pay.

Cards can be found of the survivors and the wreckage washed up on rocks of the rugged Wellington coast. Joseph Zachariah and other photographers produced some great cards of huge funeral crowds at the Wellington Drill Hall, and the mournful procession that would its way to the Karori cemetery.

I recently came across a card relating to the wreck of the Penguin, not as a photographic record but in the message of the sender. The pictorial side of the card is a simple coloured lithograph of Manchester Square, Feilding.

Ethel, the sender of the card, writes of Walter Stanley Rentoul, 3^rd Engineer, who was one of 70 drowned that night, and of ‘Old Jackson’, Charles Lawrence Jackson, one of the thirty fortunate survivors. The message is printed below.

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