Rowland Hill Award
On April 18, 2007, a British collector, Glenn Morgan, has sent an image of
Sir Rowland Hill, reportedly engraved by Czeslaw Slania. Mr. Morgan writes in
his accompanying email to me:
In Britain, Royal Mail hosted an annual event for several years entitled
The Rowland Hill Awards. I was fortunate enough to be nominated on three or
four occasions for my philatelic organising involvement.
| In the early days (2000, for example) winners and nominated
entrants received a certificate that incorporated the engraving portion of
the UK Rowland Hill Communications issue stamp, as engraved by "The
Great Man" (met him in London and Toronto - what a lovely person he
was).
I attach a scan of the engraving close-up and the whole certificate. My
copy is encased in a sealed frame and I am not keen on taking it
apart to scan, so the image is as good as I can get with my digital
camera and has been shot through the glass. Still, it will give you an
idea of the item.
Winners also received a slate award with a die of the same head on the
top. Unfortunately, by the time I won they had changed to an acrylic award
and that did not depict Slania's work! I have a photograph of the award
somewhere, but cannot trace it today. When I find it, I shall email it
across. Hope this is interesting as I have not seen it mentioned anywhere
before". |
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A close-up of the engraved portion is uploaded here for your viewing pleasure
by gracious permission of Mr. Morgan.
- Close-up of the engraved portion of the Rowland Hill Award.
And here are images of the certificate and the blank formula.
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Mr. Morgan informs, that the certificates were all on
hand-made paper and the engraving was done one-by-one. They are
rumoured to have cost a great deal of money!
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- Mr.Glenn Morgan's Certificate.
- The blank formula of the certificate.
Thank you very much, Glenn, and congratulations to your precious award
:-)
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