Awards and Medals

Congratulations to Michael Waugh, FRPSL. He has been awarded the ABPS Award of Merit for his services to philately.

Congratulations to Susan McEwen on her election as a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London.

Congratulations to Len Stanway for the award of a Vermeil Medal at Singapore 2015 for “Singapore Post Offices and Registration Labels 3rd Edition 2014” which is published by the Malaya Study Group.

Stephen J Schumann, the MSG National Representative in the USA, has been elected to become an RDP. Congratulations Steve.

This award means he joins the select list of senior philatelists and philatelic workers who have been invited to sign the ‘Roll of Distinguished Philatelists’.

The award is for his work as a National and International Judge, for Chairing the FIP Commission on Postal Stationery, work on the organisation of Philatelic Exhibitions, and work for many other philatelic societies and events.

We are delighted to report that our member, Hugh Jefferies, Editor of Gibbons Stamp Monthly and the vast range of Gibbons Stamp Catalogues, has been awarded an MBE for Services to Philately.

The official wording is “Anthony Hugh Mostyn Jefferies. Editor Gibbons Stamp Monthly and Stamp Catalogues. For services to Philately. (Bournemouth, Dorset)”

There is an excellent article about this on Glen Staphens’ Stampboards.com from which we have used the photograph below. Glen kindly provided this link to a video from SG. 

Francis Podger an active member of the MSG has been awarded the Tapling Medal for the best paper in “The London Philatelist” for his article “Singapore: The use and Development of Revenue Impressed stamps.” 

Results of members exhibiting were:

Yen Boon Swee – ” Australian Forces in Malaya – WWII” – Gold 
Patrick – ” British North Borneo – Stamps & Postal Usage 1883-1925″ – Large Vermeil
Jim – “Brunei 1895- 1947 ” – Large Vermeil
Paul – ” Laos” – Large Silver & “Benin-Dahomey Postal History” – Large Silver
Derek Pocock – “Picture Postcards of The Melanesian Mission”-Vermeil
Ross Duberal – ” Western Australian Postal Markings 1840-1913″ – Large Vermeil

The Tri-Nation Stamp Exhbition was a success and the awards received by Malaysian MSG members are as follows:

Ong Kuee Hong: Kedah, Malay Peninsula State: The Postal History from 1887 to 1940s: Large Gold with Special Prize and Best Exhibit
Ngoh See Jam: Postal History of Selangor, Malaya (1934-1949): Gold with Special Prize
Johnson Sau: Opposite, the contradicting norm: Large vermeil
Ngoh See Jam: Postwar Selangor, Malaya/Malaysia 1949-2001: Vermeil
Boey Ken Khoon, Malaya Penang from 1833 to 1948: Vermeil
S. Muthu Chellappan: Malaysia Revenues from Federated Malay States Period: Vermeil
Dr. Cheah Cheng Huat: Malaya 1942-1957: Large Silver
A. P. Subramaniam: Iron Track Transportation: Large Silver

The awards received by Singapore MSG members were:

James Song: The development of airmail and linking Burma to the world 1925-1942: Gold

Awards received by MSG members in the Malpex 2013 (Malaysia National Stamp Exhibition 2013) exhibition are as follows:

Ho Hon Keong: BMA Malaya 1942-1951: Vermeil

One-frame exhibits:
Tan Sioh Nam: The unofficial provincial issues of the People’s Republic of China: 84 points
Johnson Sau: Federation of Malaya 1957-1963 commemorative issues: 78 points
Kuo Chee Yoong: Malaya Johore: Skeleton temporary datestamps during postal network expansion in 1950s & 1960s: 74 points

Awards to MSG members and other Malayan related displays

Masayoshi Tsuchiya ……………Japan …………………………Japanese Occupation Stamps in British Territories …84 ………..V

Tan Ah Ee ……………………………..Singapore ………………….Straits Settlements Classic …………………………………………97 ……….LG

Nestor Nunez…………………………USA ……………………………Perak: 1878-1900 ………………………………………………………..89 ………..LV

James Song ………………………….Singapore ………………….Burma Under the Reign of the Three Kings………………93 ………..G

Terence Pickering …………………United Kingdom ………Japanese Military and Prisoner of War Mail 
……………………………………………………………………………………..of the Thai-Burma Railway …………………………………………88 …………LV

Vincent Ong ………………………….Singapore …………………The Quest for Postal Privacy ………………………………………91 …………G

Goh Khee Huang Augustine ..Singapore …………………Singapore Air Letters ………………………………………………….78 …………LS

Johnson Sau Chee Min ………..Malaysia ……………………Opposite: The Contradicting Norm ……………………………83 …………V

Tan Chee Hui …………………………Malaysia ……………………Malaya: Sultan Ibrahim’s Johore : The Middle Period .82 ………..V

Kuo Chee Yoong …………………..Malaysia ……………………Johor, Malaya: 
……………………………………………………………………………………..Skeleton Temporary Datestamps During 
………………………………………………………………………………………Postal Network Expansion in 1950’s and 1960’s ……..68

Mok Chee Yong …………………….Malaysia ……………………..Malacca, Malaya:
………………………………………………………………………………………Date-Cancellers During Japanese Occ. ……………………64

The Crawford Medal, instituted in 1920, is awarded by the Royal Philatelic Society London for the most valuable and original contribution to the study and knowledge of philately published in book form during the relevant period.

It has been awarded for 2012 to David Tett for his books “A Postal History of the Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees in East Asia During the Second World War Volumes 1 – 6.

The Lee Medal is awarded by the Royal Philatelic Society London for the best paper read before the Society, supported by a display at an ordinary meeting dealing with any aspect of philately.

It was awarded for 2012 to David Tett for his paper “War Prisoners Mail in East Asia, in the Second World War” read before the Society on 24th February 2011.

David Tett has now published all 6 Gold Medal winning volumes of his epic work on Far Eastern Prisoners of War. He is now selling his very large comprehensive Research Library. Many of these books are about Malaya, Singapore, and the area so MSG members may like the opportunity of buy them. The list of these is available as a 73 page Pdf Research Catalogue from his website. The page on the site is Fewpowmail Research Library Catalogue.

NAPEX is the National Philatelic Exhibitions, held annually in USA. The MSG entered in 2 categories and was awarded a Vermeil Medal for Malaya Postal Stationery, 1937 to 1947 in the Literature category, and a Silver Medal for The Malayan Philatelist Volume 51 in the Periodicals category.

Thanks to Len and everyone who contributes to TMP, and to the project team and all the contributors to the Postal Stationery book.

Jimmy Song Burma Gold Medal

Henry Ong Postal Stationery of the Malayan Postal Union 1935-1941 Large Vermeil

Lim Sa Bee Malayan Airmails Large Gold

Vincent Ong Duty of the crown – An Anthology of Straits Settlements Queen Victoria Revenue Stamps Large Vermeil

Ken Khoon Boey Malaysia Postal History Malaya – Penang From 1833 To 1963 Large Silver

See Jam Ngoh MalaysiaPostal History Postal History of Selangor, Malaya (1934-1949) Large Vermeil

Stephen D. Schumann, New Zealand Postal Stationery 1876-1940, Large Gold

Boon-Swee Yen, Malayan Airmails 1919-1942, Gold

Paul Yap, Ceylon Postal Stationery 1857 – 1936, Large Vermeil

Len Stanway MSG Book, Malaysia and The Federation of Malaya – their stamps and postal stationery 350 pages (Volume 1) Large Vermeil

Jeff Newman has sent us an account of the MSG Meeting at the Sydney 2011 Expo, with the excellent award results for which we warmly congratulate our members.

Paul Barsdell’s exhibit of Benin/Dahomey for which he gained a gold medal.

Patrick Longfield exhibited North Borneo and was awarded a vermeil.

Glen exhibited British New Guinea & Papua Lakatois and received a large vermeil.

Boon Swee exhibited his gold medal collection of Malayan Airmails in the Championship Class.

‘Sarawak’s Three Rajahs’ by Phil Platt of NZ gained a large silver.