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Шаблон:Use dmy datesШаблон:Short description 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

References

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Further reading


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  1. 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.
  2. Шаблон:Cite journal
  3. "Newsdesk", Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Vol. 63, No. 8 (January 1990), p. 6.
  4. "Only Chance to See Doctor Who Episode." The Press (Christchurch), 13 April 1999.