Scavenger Hunt Meeting — November 4, 2008
Gather ye philatelica
as ye may!
Rules
1. The competition is open to members of the Waltham Stamp Club and to those who have applied for membership.
2. The criterion for each item to be located is listed below. The point value of each criterion is shown in the rightmost column. Judging will occur at the regular club meeting on November 4, 2008. The winner will be the contestant who attains the largest number of points.
3. A Philatelic Prize will be presented to the winner!
4. Identify each item which you submit as part of your contest entry with your name, the criterion number from the list, and enough of a description to show that it meets the criterion.
5. Unless otherwise specified, a stamp may be mint or used, on or off cover, or on piece.
6. “Cover” shall include envelope, card, wrapper, and piece of a package which includes both postage and address.
7. A given item may be entered to satisfy only a single criterion. Duplicates may be entered to satisfy distinct criteria.
8. Any decision by the judge (singular although married) shall be phinal!
|
No. |
Criterion |
Points |
|
1 |
Used
imperforate stamp |
4 |
|
2 |
Used
rouletted stamp |
5 |
|
3 |
Air
mail stamp created by overprinting an ordinary stamp |
5 |
|
4 |
Stamp
surcharged to change the currency |
6 |
|
5 |
Postally used souvenir sheet |
8 |
|
6 |
Stamp
postmarked more than 25 years after issue |
6 |
|
7 |
Stamp
issued by a company acting as a government |
5 |
|
8 |
Stamp
with a design including a flag foreign to the country of issue |
4 |
|
9 |
Stamp
showing a fictional character |
4 |
|
10 |
Stamp
whose greatest dimension is not more than 18 mm |
6 |
|
11 |
Stamps from two countries which at the time of
issue share/shared a boundary on an island |
6 |
|
12 |
Stamps from dead countries on three distinct
continents |
7 3 |
|
13 |
Foreign
postal stationery |
4 |
|
14 |
International
postage due cover |
8 |
|
15 |
Cover
returned to sender |
6 |
|
16 |
Damaged
piece of mail |
6 |
|
17 |
Cover
sent postage-free |
5 |
|
18 |
Cover
with a postmarked precancelled or bulk mail stamp |
5 |
|
19 |
Foreign
postage paid (“Port payé”) cover |
5 |
|
20 |
Telegraph
stamp |
4 |
|
21 |
Stamp
showing exemption from a revenue stamp requirement (“no fee”) |
7 |
|
22 |
Customs
form which has been used on mail |
7 |
|
23 |
Postage
stamp properly used on a non-mail item (not revenue usage of a
postage/revenue issue) |
8 |
|
24 |
Philatelic
article from a non-philatelic publication |
8 |