Julian Chapman Memorial Scholarship

Applications are invited for this travelling scholarship from philatelists, wherever resident, wishing to study Commonwealth stamps or postal history. The scholarship, for a sum of up to £2,500 , will be a contribution towards travelling costs, accommodation and subsistence for a trip, particularly overseas.

Applications, which must be received before 30 September 2008, should include:

• an outline of the subject to be studied and how it relates to the applicant's previous philatelic research;
• intentions as to publication of the results after completion of the study;
• an accurate costing of the trip, including places and organisations to be visited;
• a short philatelic curriculum vitae (including personal details, collecting interests, previous publications and philatelic achievements).

The application should, if possible, be limited to two sides of an A4 sheet of paper and should be sent to:

The Julian Chapman Memorial Scholarship
The Royal Philatelic Society London
41 Devonshire Place
London W1G 6JY
UK

Julian Ernest Chapman was born in England on 5 January 1952 and emigrated to Australia with his parents in the 1960s. He became a teacher and was later employed as a financial administrator in the Australian Federal Department of Agriculture. He died in September 1994, aged 42. His father died in 1992 and his mother in 1999. Julian was an only child and had never married.

Julian had several pastimes but his main interests centred on philately and coin collecting. His philatelic interests included British Africa and Gibraltar, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, and the postal history of Lundy Island. He became a member of The Royal Philatelic Society London in 1975 and was elected a Fellow in 1987.

Julian expressed a wish to bequeath some money to The Royal Philatelic Society London and following his death provision was made in his mother's will for establishing a memorial scholarship in her son's name. Following Mrs Chapman's death the Royal has received a bequest and a memorial scholarship has been established.

Recipients of the Julian Chapman Memorial Scholarship

2001: Peter Newroth, Victoria, Canada
2002: Bernard Manning, Kew East, Australia; Denis Vandervelde, London, England
2003: David Stotter, Woking, England
2004: Neil Donen, Canada; John Watts, New Zealand
2005: David Tett, Wheathampstead, England
2006: Anita McCullough, London UK; Bernard Beston, Queensland, Australia
2007: Professor Akthem Al-Manaseer FRPSL, USA