Jipex 1/2d 'Empire Exhibition' cancellation....

#1 · April 23, 2021, 4:38 pm

Hi All

I have in my collection a plate 20, JIPEX 1/2d with an 'Empire Exhibition' cancellation. Since purchasing this I have not found any more with this cancellation just the usual 'Johannesburg International Philatelic Exhibition'.

Does anyone have any further information on this at all. I know there was an Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg - "The Empire Exhibition, South Africa, held in Johannesburg, was intended to mark that city's jubilee and was opened by the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa on 15 September 1936. It was the first exhibition held in the Union of South Africa following two earlier exhibitions in Cape Colony in 1877 and 1892." (Wikipedia!).

Has anyone any JIPEX sheets with this cancellation on or seen any? I am very interested to learn whether there are any more to be found so I can add them to my collection... I'm sure there must be but...

I look forward to your responses

Regards

Pam

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#2 · April 23, 2021, 7:13 pm

I think there is a relatively simple explanation for this - unless I am missing something.

The EMPIRE EXHIBITION ran from September 15th 1936 to 1st February 1937.

JIPEX, the Johannesburg International Philatelic Exhibition ran from 2nd - 14th November 1936.

These two exhibitions overlapped.

The obvious answer is that someone acquired a JIPEX sheet which they managed to get cancelled at the Empire Exhibition. This is fairly typical philatelic behaviour. I imagine if one philatelist did it, others did as well but I personally have not seen examples like this before. Again, I have acquired JIPEX sheets but have not been interested enough to specialise in them. There are certainly some people who may be interested in this item. I would hope I can encourage them to pass a comment. Watch this space.

#3 · April 23, 2021, 8:22 pm

Thank you for your input Steve, I also thought that may be the case but thought I'd get others input incase there was another reason for it.

The JIPEX sheets are something I am collecting as an interest... but I am a long way from being a specialist in them...

Thank you, I look forward to hearing from others who can contribute to this subject in any way.

Regards

Pam

#4 · April 25, 2021, 9:19 am

Thanks for submitting this. It is the sort of curiosity that get's the postal historian's blood racing! :>)

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