STAMP EXHIBITION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19255, 20 August 1924, Page 8

STAMP EXHIBITION.

TO BE HELD IX CHRISTIANIA THIS YEAR. King Haakon VII has graciously granted Mb patronage to the first international exhibition ever held in Norway (writes Fred J. Melville in the Daily Telegraph). This is being organised by the Christiania Philatelic Club, and will be held in the University Library, Christiania, from September 19 to 23. It has been planned largely on the lines of the London exhibition o i last year, and the scheme of its competitions, following the London model, will appeal to British philatelists as affording wide scope for their special interests. There is very r properly a championship class, and any collection which ha« gained a goM medal at any previous international philatelic exhibition may only be entered in t.us championship. “Class A,” which is subdivided into two sections, one for Europe and the other for the rest of the world. Claes B is devoted to Norwegian stamps, and in this the leading collectors in Norway are expecting strong competition from Great Britain and from America. A new and exhaustive history of the postage stamps of Norway is in the press, and-will be published at tlie time of the exhibition. It embraces the earlier semi-official work by Henrik Dethioff and Dr Justus Anderesen, published in 1914, and all the intensified studies of the various issues to which that work gave rise. The Post Office is recognising the book, and is permitting the reprinting of certain of the older stamps from the original plates for the purpose of lilustraClass C is devoted to the other countli cs of Scandinavia, Sweden, Denmark (and colonies), and r inland, whose societies aio actively co-operating with the Christiania Club in the organisation of the exhibition. Class D is the one which has the widest appeal to the collector in England, comprising the stamps of Great Britain and the British Empire. ' Class E covers other European countries and their colonies; Class F, Independent States of America, Africa, and Asia; Class r r, specialised studies «£ single stamps or single issues; Class H, States founded since 1918; Class I, war stamps and aero stamps; Class K, rarities (limited to groups of 50); Class L, general collections; Class A, restricted to young collectors (a) up to 18, (b) from IS-21 years; and Class O, philatelic literature. , . The rules of competition ate in nearly every respect the same as for London last vear. The international jury comprises Henrik Dethioff, Christiania (chairman); Fred. J. Melville, London; Dr Phil. Herbert Munk, Berlin; Ldeut-Coionei A. U. Ramsmg, Copenhagen; G. B. Van der Schooren, Arnhem; and Nila Stranded, BA., Stockholm.