Biography:Bruce Henderson (philatelist)
Bruce Ronald Henderson, also known as Bruce Grenville and Martin Renwick (born 1950), is a New Zealand anarchist, hoaxer and producer of artistamps. He is particularly known for the creation of the fictional Sultanate of Occussi-Ambeno.
Early life
Bruce Henderson was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1950.[1]
Sultanate of Occussi-Ambeno
In the 1970s and 1980s he gained notoriety for a hoax involving the fabrication of the utopian Sultanate State of Occussi-Ambeno, located as an exclave on the Island of Timor, with himself as the self-proclaimed Sultan.[2] Stamps were produced for the "Sultanate".[1][3]
Doctor Who
In January 1999, he came to notice for the discovery of a long missing 1965 original episode of the BBC television series Doctor Who, discovered in a garage sale in Napier.[4]
Selected publications
- "Voyages to Imaginary Countries" in Artistamps Francobolli D'Artista, James Warren Felter (Ed.), AAA Edizioni, Bertiolo, Italy, 2000. ISBN:978-8886828253
- Lloyd, Charles. "The 2005 South Kasai stamp issues and the activities of their colourful creator". http://www.dundeephilatelic.org/Articles/2005_South_KASAI.pdf.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Long Live The Sultan! The World and Stamps of Bruce R. Henderson" by Geir Sør-Reime, The Cinderella Philatelist, Vol. 56, No. 1, (Whole No. 221), January 2016, pp. 10–22, & Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 58–64.
- ↑ Hayward, Philip (November 2019). "Oecusse and the Sultanate of Occussi-Ambeno: Pranksterism, misrepresentation and micronationality". Small States & Territories 2 (2): 183–194. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/49774/4/SST-2-2-Hayward-FINAL.pdf.
- ↑ "Newsdesk", Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Vol. 63, No. 8 (January 1990), p. 6.
- ↑ "Only Chance to See Doctor Who Episode." The Press (Christchurch), 13 April 1999.
Further reading
- Bruce Grenville and the Utopian State of Occussi-Ambeno
- Boraman, T. (2007) Rabble Rousers and Merry Pranksters: A History of Anarchism in Aotearoa/New Zealand from the Mid-1950s to the Early 1980s. Christchurch: Katipo Books and Irrecuperable Press.
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