'Australia 2013' World Stamp Expo - Australian Mint Stamp Variations

Australian Mint Stamp Variations David Mallen

Introduction The World Stamp Exhibition “Centenary of the Kangaroo Stamps” was held at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne from 10th – 15th May 2013. It was a Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) event.

24 items sold at the Expo or related to the Expo containing a mint stamp variation have been listed. The items sold prior to the Expo were released to raise funds and to promote the Expo. Some related items sold after the Expo have also been listed. Overprinted and cancelled products have been ignored unless they contain a stamp variation. Many items were only available at the Expo and some were sold prior to their First Day of Issue. This has been highlighted in the list.

The main stamp issue of the Expo was the $10 ‘Centenary of the First Australian Commonwealth Postage Stamp’ (Kangaroo & Map) stamp. It was released with 13 image variations as well as some pre-decimal variations. Some variations had printed perforations. The most unusual Kangaroo & Map variation was the 1d black stamp released in the silver foil Premium Season Passes.

A different minisheet was released on each day of the Expo. The 6 minisheets were produced with different printing techniques. They were available mint and could be cancelled with a normal black ink cancel or special foil cancels.

Quite a number of “Collectable Stamps” (not valid for postage) were also released. The ‘King George V Issued and Unissued Stamps 1913 – 1914’ souvenir stamp sheet released on 1st December 2012 contained 4 pre-decimal stamps in the tabs. This was the first day of issue for the 2d black KGV and 1/- brown Swan stamps!

A special thank you goes to Noela Dodd for supplying much of the detail listed and many images and for reviewing the draft versions. Gary Brown sent me the “Call to Melbourne for Australia 2013” promotional folder containing the huge lenticular stamp variation. Thanks also go to the collectors, dealers and Stamp News readers for their input and stamp images.

David Mallen

Australian Stamp Variations Melbourne, Australia david@asv.net.au www.asv.net.au http://issuu.com/asvcat V26 : Dec 2015

Contents

‘Australia 2013’ World Stamp Expo: 24 Items with Mint Stamp Variations

Centenary of the First Australian Commonwealth Postage Stamp: $10 Kangaroo & Map – 13 Mint Stamp Variations

Daily Minisheets: Day 1 – Day 6 Statistics: Type and Number of Variations per Item – Total = 225 variations

‘Australia 2013’ World Stamp Expo : Mint Stamp Variations #

On-sale Date

16

10 May 2013 11 May 2013 12 May 2013 13 May 2013 14 May 2013 15 May 2013

17

10 May 2013

Item

Stamps $10 Kangaroo & Map (Day 1) $10 Kangaroo & Map (Day 2)

Centenary of the First Australian Commonwealth Postage Stamp daily minisheets

$10 Kangaroo & Map (Day 3) $10 Kangaroo & Map (Day 4) $10 Kangaroo & Map (Day 5) $10 Kangaroo & Map (Day 6)

Kangaroo & Map 1913 – 2013 prestige souvenir booklet

P 17

$10 Kangaroo & Map

P 39

$10 Kangaroo & Map (imperforate)

P a g e 41

1st row: ½d green, 1d red & 2d grey 2nd row: 2½d indigo, 3d olive & 4d orange 3rd row: 5d chestnut, 6d ultramarine & 9d violet 4th row: 1/- emerald, 2/- brown & 5/- grey & yellow 5th row: 10/- grey & pink, £1 brown & blue & £2 black & rose

Original Issue Date 10 May 2013 11 May 2013 12 May 2013 13 May 2013 14 May 2013 15 May 2013 10 May 2013 10 May 2013 16 Jan, 2 Jan & 11 Jan 1913 27 Jan, 22 Jan & 12 Feb 1913 16 Jan, 11 Jan & 29 Jan 1913 21 Jan, 25 Jan & 20 Mar 1913 20 Mar, 20 Mar & 18 Apr 1913

Notes These minisheets were available mint, black ink cancelled or ‘foil’ cancelled at the Expo on each day.

Each minisheet had a different printing technique. The stamps had printed perforations (= no holes).

See images and details below.

(See also Item 23.)

Page 17: Page background = Postcard illustration.

Page 39: Page background = Envelope illustration with multiple cancellations.

Page 41: 15 pre-decimal Kangaroo & Map stamps.

5 rows of 3 stamps.

Stamp size = 21.5 x 28.5mm.

The stamps have printed perforations (= no holes) and are microdated “2013”.

‘Australia 2013’ World Stamp Expo : Mint Stamp Variations #

On-sale Date

Item

Stamps

P a g e 9

P a g e 13

18

10 May 2013

Story of the Kangaroo prestige booklet

17

Zoological ½d Kangaroo (orange)

3 Oct 1938

Animals 9d Kangaroo (deep sepia)

21 Oct 1959

Fauna Conservation 18c Kangaroo

5 Jul 1971

ANZCER 27c Kangaroo & Kiwi

2 Feb 1983

Queen’s Birthday 33c Order of Australia – The Queen’s Badge

22 Apr 1985

America’s Cup Triumph ′83 36c Boxing Kangaroo

26 Sep 1986

Living Together 39c Tourism Australian Wildlife 36c Red Kangaroo Celebration and Nation 50c Kangaroo & Flag

P a g e 21

P a g e 25

19

10 May 2013

Black Caviar sheetlet

Notes Page 9: Se-tenant pair of perforated stamps.

Microdated “2013”.

Australia Day – The First Fleet 37c Arrival into Sydney Cove P a g e

Original Issue Date

Australian Wildlife 90c Eastern Grey Kangaroo

26 Jan 1988

28 Sep 1988 13 Aug 1986

Stamp size = 24.5 x 29.5mm (Original size: ½d = 19.5 x 24mm, 9d = 19.5 x 23.5mm) Perf = 14 x 14 (Original perf: ½d = 13.5 x 14, 9d = 15 x 14) Page 13: Block of 4 perforated stamps.

Microdated “2013”.

Stamp size = 25.5 x 37mm (Original size: 18c = 24.5 x 37mm, 27c, 33c & 36c = 25.5 x 37mm) Perf = 14.6 x 13.9 (Original perf: 18c = 13.5 x 13.5, 27c, 33c & 36c = 14 x 13.5) Page 17: Group of 4 stamps with printed perforations (= no holes).

Microdated “2013”.

Stamp size: 37c = 30 x 30mm, 39c, 36c & 50c = same as originals (Original size: 37c = 35 x 35mm) Perf = same as originals

7 Jan 2003 12 Aug 1993

Page 21: Block of 4 perforated stamps.

Microdated “2013”.

Koalas & Kangaroos 45c Pair of Kangaroos 45c Mother & Baby Kangaroos 45c Bounding Kangaroo Christmas 43c Baby Jesus with koalas and wallaby

12 May 1994

31 Oct 1990

Page 25: Block of 4 perforated stamps.

Microdated “2013”.

Marking the Occasion 50c Kangaroos

22 Mar 2005

Size same as originals.

Bush Babies $2.10 Eastern Greys

1 Jul 2009

Bush Babies $1.65 Baby Joey

1 Jul 2011

10 x 60c Black Caviar

11 May 2013

Size and perforation same as originals.

Perf = 14.6 x 13.9 (Original perf: 43c = 14 x 14.4, 50c, $1.65 & $2.10 = same as originals) Show Pack containing a sheetlet of 10 gummed digitally printed stamps with a white border and light brown background. (Original stamps had no border and pink background.)

Limited edition = 2500.

Only available at the Expo.

[Official First Day of Issue = 11th May.]

#0

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

# 10

# 11

# 12

# 13

Centenary of the First Australian Commonwealth Postage Stamp $10 Kangaroo & Map : Mint Stamp Variations #

Original

0

Perforated stamp

# 1

Variations Imperforate stamp

2

Imperforate intaglio stamp

3

Stamp with printed perforations

4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13

Day 1 stamp with a special printing technique and printed perforations.

Day 2 stamp with a special printing technique and printed perforations.

Day 3 stamp with a special printing technique and printed perforations.

Day 4 stamp with a special printing technique and printed perforations.

Day 5 stamp with a special printing technique and printed perforations.

Day 6 stamp with a special printing technique and printed perforations.

‘Specimen’ overprinted stamp ‘OS’ overprinted stamp Small ‘OS’ perfin stamp Large ‘OS’ perfin stamp

Source Sheetlet of 10 stamps. Also issued in a Minisheet with one stamp (Stamp Pack), Specimen sheetlet of 10 stamps, Page 17 Kangaroo & Map prestige souvenir booklet, Stamp & Coin Set. Source Page 39 Kangaroo & Map prestige souvenir booklet.

Intaglio printed minisheet with one stamp (Intaglio Pack), Colonial Heritage Intaglio Collection folder, “Impressions” product: Colonial Heritage Intaglio Collection.

Embellished gummed minisheet with one stamp released at the Melbourne International Coin and Banknote Show, October 2013.

(This stamp variation was not available at the Expo.)

A special mint gummed minisheet was released on each day of the Expo, each with a different printing technique (details below). Each minisheet contained one stamp with printed perforations.

The set of 6 was also released on 24th November 2013 in a limited edition “Impressions” product: The World Stamp Expo Minisheet Collection.

Specimen sheetlet of 10 stamps 4 originals, 2 ‘Specimen’ overprints, 1 ‘OS’ overprint, 2 small ‘OS’ perfins & 1 large ‘OS’ perfin.

Day 1 10 May

Day 2 11 May

Day 3 12 May

Day 4 13 May

Day 5 14 May

Day 6 15 May

Daily Minisheets The 6 gummed minisheets were available mint, hot ‘foil’ machine cancelled or hand cancelled at the Expo on each day (10th – 15th May 2013). Each sheet had a different printing technique and a different type of ‘foil’ cancellation. The stamps had printed perforations (= no holes). There was a range of different hand cancellation marks and ink colours available each day. (See pages 26 & 27 in the May-June 2013 Stamp Bulletin).

They were also released mint on 24th November 2013 as a limited edition “Impressions” product: Kangaroo & Map World Stamp Expo Minisheet Collection. Limited edition = 300.

Day

Printing Details

Foil Cancellation Green foil

1

Fully printed digitally at the show on a Fuji Xerox Color 1000 Digital Press that uses a dry toner print process. It is at the top end of the digital print market with print quality very close to lithography.

2

Lithography, Letterpress and Hi Build Coating embellishment. The $10 stamp was printed in traditional letterpress with the background printed lithographically in 4 colour process using conventional screen ruling.

The Hi Build was put over the stamp and red Australia 2013 logo.

Lilac foil

Light blue foil 3

The minisheet was printed digitally over silver foil which was applied onto the gummed stamp paper prior to the show.

Blue foil 4

The minisheet was printed digitally, with a clear gloss repeat pattern of kangaroos also printed digitally, repeating through the background of the minisheet.

5

The minisheet was digitally printed over a silver laser foil, with the design of the Exhibition Building being reversed out so that it appears silver instead of red as it is on all of the other sheets. The silver laser foil was applied to the gummed stamp paper prior to the show.

6

The final minisheet was made up of a combination of all elements used in the previous five days. The background was printed lithography with the repeating Kangaroo clear gloss digitally, the $10 stamp was printed letterpress and a red foil was used on the Australia 2013 logo and a satin silver foil used on the text beneath the logo.

Foil cancellation image colours above are indicative only

Red foil

Holographic silver foil

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