BESG - Thursday, March 9 6PM ET (11PM GMT) - "De-Mystifying the Line-Engraved Cape of Good Hope Triangles"

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Thursday,March 9th

6:00 PM - 07:00 PM (ET - NY) (11pm GMT)

followed by an open Social

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About the Program

The triangular stamps of the Cape of Good Hope (COGH) are among the most iconic in philately. Issued on 1st September 1853, they were the world’s first triangular stamps. They have been sought after by collectors ever since the hobby of stamp collecting began in the 19th Century. Through happenstance, I needed to know more about these stamps in order to preserve some posts in the online philatelic website, The Stamp Forum (TSF), and now they have become one of my collecting passions, culminating in a technical article about Cape Triangles, published in September 2022.

Christopher's goal is to build on the seminal work of D. Alan Stevenson by trying to systematically link catalogue number identifications to certified examples from organizations with experienced expertizers specifically for Cape Triangles, as supported by evidence from Stanley Gibbons, the acknowledged source of the preeminent catalogue listings in the field.

This presentation will describe a bit about his philatelic and professional backgrounds, how he came to learn about Cape Triangles, online resources for telling genuine stamps from forgeries, and how to apply other resources to proper identification.

Chis's approach can be used in other collecting areas - a specialization or deep interest in Cape of Good Hope is not required to appreciate the techniques Chris developed.

The British Empire Study Group invites you to join us on March 9th at 6:00 pm ET when Christopher Dorn presents "De-Mystifying the Line-Engraved Cape of Good Hope Triangles".

About Christopher Dorn

Christopher Dorn
A brief biography (professional and philatelic).

• Born and raised in the midwestern US

• Graduated from MIT with BS degrees in Chemistry and French Language & Literature

• Served 4 years on active duty in the US Marine Corps

• Worked as a materials engineer, international sales & marketing manager, facilities managing director in the commercial beryllium-metal industry for over 30 years

• More recently employed in fusion energy research

• Lived and worked in France and the UK for most of the past 5 years

• Started worldwide stamp collecting as a youth in the mid-1960s

• Specialized in classic era stamps (pre-1940) by the early 1990s

• Joined TSF in Nov-2016, becoming a moderator in 2020

• Wrote 15-20 articles for the TSF Newsletter from 2017 to date, including one about how to gain philatelic expertise using online resources

• First article on Cape Triangles published in the Cape & Natal Philatelic Journal (CNPJ) in Sep-2022, with intent to write more

• Member of the American Philatelic Society & Cape & Natal Study Circle