Scholarships

Julian Chapman Memorial Scholarship

The Julian Chapman Memorial Scholarship is made available to philatelists, wherever resident, wishing to study Commonwealth stamps or postal history. The scholarship, in memory of Julian Ernest Chapman and administered by The Royal Philatelic Society London, will be a contribution towards research costs, especially travel, accommodation and subsistence for a trip, particularly overseas.

Applications, which may be made at any time, 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 of the study; an accurate costing of the trip, including places and organisations to be visited, and a short philatelic curriculum vitae (including personal details, collecting interests, previous publications and philatelic achievements).

Potential applicants are invited in the first instance to write for fuller details to: The Julian Chapman Memorial Scholarship, The Royal Philatelic Society London, 41 Devonshire Place, London W1G 6JY. 

Members of the Committee:

R J West (Chairman), G J Brown, A Holyoake, A N Moorcroft, J S Sacher CBE, B J Trotter.

Note for Editors:

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 and following his death provision was made in his mother's will for establishing a scholarship in memory of her son. Following Mrs Chapman's death the Royal received a bequest and a Memorial Scholarship has been established. 

Previous Awards:

The Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that the Scholarships for 2009 have been awarded to Derek Diamond FRPSL of the UK for study of the first pictorial issue of New Zealand 1895-1911, and to George Stewart FRPSL of New Zealand for study of Southern Rhodesia 1937 definitive issue.