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Stamps of the Pacific

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Pacifica - Jan 2012

Now out...! The January 2012 issue of Pacifica.

Welcome to the website of the Pacific Islands Study Circle

The Study Circle was founded in Great Britain in 1962 for collectors of the stamps and postal history of the smaller Pacific islands and the Indian Ocean islands of Christmas and Cocos (Keeling). The list of territories covered include:

Christmas Island Easter Island Cocos Islands (Indian Ocean) Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia Gilbert & Ellice Islands Hawaii Nauru New Caledonia New Hebrides

Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands Pitcairn Samoa & Western Samoa Solomon Islands South American Islands & Galapagos Tokelau & Union Islands Tonga Tuvalu & Kiribati US Territories Vanuatu

The PISC currently has around 350 members, of whom more than 40% live overseas.

The Michael Shaw Collection

PISC has for many years provided a service to members covering the disposal of their philatelic estates in the event that they are no longer in a position to continue collecting. In such cases PISC is often asked to dispose of deceased members collections through a members only auction.

 

Following the sad departure of Mike Shaw, the auction of the Michael Shaw Collection, currently available through the web-site, is one such example, with material from his comprehensive collection being offered exclusively to members of the PISC and the Kiribati and Tuvalu Philatelic Society. The remainder of the Michael Shaw Collection will appear in further members only auctions coinciding with the January 2012 (now open) and April 2012 distribution of Pacifica. An unrepeatable opportunity to obtain some first class, and rarely offered, material at very competitive prices.

Now Published.....

 

Fiji's Times Express Stamps - The Three Issued Paper Types and Other FTE Topics

 

by David E. Gillis

 

This latest publication covers in great detail the story of one of the “classics” of Pacific Islands philately – the Fiji Times Express stamps and the service for which they were produced.

 

The book covers the Fiji Times Express Service, the methods used to produce the paper from which the stamps themselves were printed, comparisons of the paper types, together with a critique explaining why some earlier “Experts” misidentified these papers. Details of the stamps themselves, together with known covers is also included. Read more...