SALES 751 AND 752 ONLINE
Worldwide and GB Stamps & Postal History
1.00 pm both days Thursday June 21st 2012
The Frank & Peter Thompson Collections of Worldwide Postal History and The Postage Stamps of Malaya & U.S.A.
1.00 pm Wednesday March 7th 2012
Worldwide & G.B. Stamps & Postal History
1.00 pm Thursday March 8th 2012
Worldwide & G.B. Stamps & Postal History
To start immediately after the Thompson GB auction Wednesday January 25th 2012
The Frank & Peter Thompson Collections of Great Britain Essays & Postage Stamps, 1837-1966
1.00pm Wednesday January 25th 2012
Worldwide & G.B. Stamps & Postal History
1.00 pm Thursday November 17th 2011
The Neville Clifford-Jones Collection of Hand Decorated Covers of The World, 1840-1918
1.00 pm Wednesday November 16th 2011
The Falconer Collections of The British Empire & Great Britain
To commence immediately after the Clifford-Jones auction Wednesday November 16th 2011
Worldwide Collections and Literature
1.00 pm Wednesday July 20th 2011
Worldwide and GB Stamps and Postal History (start time 12.00 noon)
12.00 noon Thursday June 23rd 2011
Worldwide and G.B. Stamps and Postal History
Sales commence each day at 1.00 pm
Thursday March 10th 2011
Wednesday March 9th 2011
THE JOHN WHITESIDE COLLECTIONS incl. Afghanistan, Danzig,Worldwide Postal Hyperinflation (Germany, China, Hungary, Russia, etc.) & Indian Revenues.
As will be seen from the heading above, John Whiteside FRPSL (1939-2011) was never afraid to tackle an obscure or difficult collecting area. He was perhaps best known as a mathematical Postal Historian, and his scientific background naturally led him to study complicated postal rates, with the emphasis on the complexities that arose from hyperinflation around the world during the 20th century. John read chemistry at Manchester University but he was also very successful in maths at school. His first career was in the gas industry, but maths was essential in his second career - as a specialist in pensions and redundancy calculations for a large firm in Leeds. In addition to philately, his hobbies included supporting the Yorkshire cricket team and classical music(especially the works of Mahler). His delight in driving the 3-wheeled Reliant Robin apparently arose from his discovery that it was taxed as a motorbike rather than as a car!
I think I first met John in 1979, but it was at the meetings and Conferences of the Society of Postal Historians that I came fully to appreciate his unique abilities and collections. He joined the S.P.H. in 1980 just as I was attending my first few meetings as a guest and what struck me from the start was his ability to present the most complex subjects - usually connected with international currency calculations - with total fluency and no reference to written notes. He was the most modest of men but a seriously intellectual one. It is reported that John could regularly complete the Daily Telegraph crossword in 5 minutes and the advanced Times crossword in 15 minutes or so! He helped a huge number of collectors - usually with impeccably written detailed letters full of facts and figures - with their postal rate queries of all kinds.
