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1. New Zealand 1863 3d lilac-brown, imperforate, large star wmk. Premium example with four large margins. Good range of NZ currently being added to website. Please enquire. SG 40, $175 2. 1913 2/- Brown (1st wmk) with premium centring. Bold ‘sock on the nose’ TOORAK VICTORIA SE 7 15 cds. SG 12, $125 3. 6d Blue (3rd Wmk) Die II CA Monogram. Nicely centred and fresh with part original gum. BW 19Bzk, $1500
Die II. Very Fine and nicely centred block. SG 21d - BW #71(1)fa, $975 6. NSW 1897 Consumptive Homes Charity Issue Pair. A premium pair and tough to find like this, MLH SG 280/81, $275 7. QLD 1874 1s Mauve small Chalon. Full original MLH gum, exceptional example. SG 73, $325 8. SA 1855 2d rose-carmine (London printing). Four margins, tidy usage. SG 2, $125
4. £1 Grey, Ash Imprint Pair (1935, CofA Watermark). Nicely centred and lightly mounted, VF. BW 54za. SG 73, $2950
9. TAS 1853 1d Courier, blue. Medium-soft yellowish paper. Superb early impression.
5. 1d Carmine-Red Block (Die I/II block of 4), smooth paper with the 2 left hand units being
10.VIC 1854 1d red Half Length, BN 10 cancel. Three huge margins, one close. ASC 1b, $100
Premium four margined example. SG 1, $1450
11. WA 1860 2d Pale Orange. Stunning corner example with two massive margins, VF. SG 25, $275
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12. 1931 6d Airmail OS, fresh Ash Imprint Strip (3). Centre unit lightly mounted. BW 144zd, $125 13. 1905-7 BNG large Papua overprint (simplified). VF and fresh. SG 19/26, $650 14. 1914 New Guinea, GRI ½d on 10pf carmine. Superb unmounted block (4). Stg 4, Pos 1-2. SG 5, $600 15. 1918 New Guinea Surcharge 1d on 1/Green Roos, with purple NAMATANAI per favour cancel. Full original gum. Scarce ‘abc’ strip. SG 101, $950
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A closer look at modern Australian stamps: Chris de Haer.. 10 Woodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ................................................ 16 Revenue Review: Dave Elsmore ................................................. 24 Ireland: the Definitive Issues: Mike Lee ................................... 28 Cinderella Corner: Tony Presgrave ............................................ 32 Majorca’s stamps: Christer Brunström ..................................... 36 Looking at New Zealand: Graeme Morriss ............................. 40 Introducing the APF: John Sadler .............................................. 44 Stamps in the News: Margo Campbell .................................... 48 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................... 54
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philatelic news Happy And Glorious – Royal Mail Celebrates Diamond Jubilee With Eight New Stamps Royal Mail will mark the culmination of Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations with eight new stamps featuring significant events over the past 60 years. The Diamond Jubilee stamps will be issued on 31 May, issued in time for the extended Jubilee Bank Holidays on 4 and 5 June, using archive photography show The Queen performing her official duties both at home in the UK and on the world stage. Issued in four se-tenant ‘pairs’, the stamps give an insight into the hugely diverse duties The Queen has performed; from delivering the first televised Christmas broadcast in 1957, to inspecting the 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh, as head of the UK’s Armed Forces, half a century later in 2007. The stamps demonstrate The Queen’s unwavering
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devotion to duty that has not faltered since the accession to the throne on 6 February 1952. Much of this is recounted in a 24page prestige stamp book that is also being issued to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. Written by Robert Hardman, journalist and royal correspondent for the Daily Mail, this richly illustrated book offers an overview of The Queen’s 60-year reign, and also features four stamp panes This is the third and final stamp issue in 2012 to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The first was The House of Windsor issue (2 February), which featured a 1954 portrait of The Queen. The second, the Diamond Jubilee Miniature Sheet, was issued on 6 February, the same day The Queen came to the throne in 1952 (illustrated on
front cover). The sheet created a philatelic first: bringing together iconic and official imagery on six new stamps, featuring the Queen as she has appeared on selected coins and banknotes, as well as stamps, issued during her reign. The sheet also included a brand new 1st Class Diamond Jubilee blue definitive, which replaces the gold definitive in UK Post Office Branches for 2012, and will also be available in stamp books. Philip Parker, Royal Mail Stamps spokesperson, said: “The Diamond Jubilee, only the second in royal history, is a deeply important anniversary and the most intensively researched stamp issue I can recall.“We wished to convey the official roles of The Queen with distinctive and memorable images, many of which have not been widely seen before.” Stamps and stamp products are available from Max Stern & Company, Ph:03-9654-6751, Box 997 GPO, Melbourne, 3001 or 234 Flinder Street, Port Phillip Arcade Melbourne, VIC 3001 Australia. www.maxstern.com.au, or Email maxstern@ maxstern.com.au.
monarch to embrace the then new technology of television for the traditional Christmas address to the nation. 87p – Silver Jubilee Walkabout 1977
The nation celebrated 25 years of the Queen’s reign in 1977. She is seen here on one of the many royal walkabouts taken during the celebrations. 87p – Garter Ceremony 1997
Every June, a procession and service take place at Windsor Castle for the Order of the Garter. Founded by Edward III in 1348, the Order is the senior and oldest British Order of Chivalry and the Queen formally invests new Companions of the Order of the Garter in the Throne Room of Windsor Castle. £1.28 – United Nations Address 1957
Cementing her position as a world statesperson, The Queen addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1957. £1.28 – Commonwealth Games 1982
The Diamond Jubilee of HM The Queen Elizabeth II stamps
The Queen, as Head of the Commonwealth, is seen here at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.
1st Class – Golden Jubilee 2002
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2002 marked the 50 anniversary of HM The Queen’s reign. She is seen here at the Golden Jubilee Thanksgiving Service at St Paul’s Cathedral. th
1st Class – Trooping the Colour 1967
The Trooping of the Colour celebrates the monarch’s official birthday every June. Queen Elizabeth took the salute on horseback until the retirement of her favourite charger, Burmese in 1986. 77p – The Royal Welsh 2007
The Queen is head of the UK’s Armed Forces. She is seen here inspecting the 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh at Tidworth 1 March 2007. 77p – First Christmas TV Broadcast 1957
Now a well-established element of the UK Christmas celebrations, Queen Elizabeth II was the first UK
Beautifully designed by Russell Warren-Fisher and written by Robert Hardman, journalist and royal correspondent for the Daily Mail, this richly illustrated prestige stamp book offers an overview of Her Majesty Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne. The book focuses on the Queen’s key roles – as Head of the Nation, Head of State and Head of the Commonwealth – and highlights key events from the first six decades of her reign, offering a fascinating, authoritative look at one of the world’s most famous monarchs. The PSB features the Diamond Jubilee special stamps in unique combinations as well as a definitive pane containing the new Diamond Jubilee Machin definitives and the Diamond Jubilee Wilding definitives detailed below. It is printed by Walsall Security Printers. Stamp News - 7
philatelic news Queen’s NZ visits shine on Diamond Jubilee stamps New Zealand Post has unveiled a special commemorative stamp issue honouring the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The stamps, which have been officially approved by the Queen, highlight her close association with New Zealand - which she has visited 10 times since her accession to the throne 60 years ago. The issue features six stamps - each with silver foil on a metallic background. There are two 70c stamps - with the other four stamps valued at $1.40, $1.90, $2.40 and $2.90. “Queen Elizabeth II - who also holds the title Queen of New Zealand - was the first reigning monarch to visit New Zealand” Ivor Masters, Head of Stamps for New Zealand Post, says. “In this very special stamp issue we celebrate her time in this country. We selected the two official New Zealand portraits released to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and a combination of photographs that capture the Queen during her public appearances in New Zealand. “The $2.90 stamp depicts a young Queen Elizabeth delivering her first Christmas Message at Government House in Auckland in 1953. This is still the only time the Christmas Message has been broadcast from outside Britain. “The 1953 tour was her first visit to New Zealand and she made the most of it - travelling to 46 towns and cities. This was a huge occasion for New Zealand and it’s been estimated that three-quarters of all New 8 - Stamp News
Zealanders turned out to greet her,” Ivor Masters says. Then “Of special note is the $1.40 stamp which features the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in Hastings in 1986 attending the national Māori reception given in their honour. The photo shows the Royal couple as they arrive at the reception at Nelson Park - with both wearing ceremonial korowai (cloaks) made from kiwi feathers. “Two of the stamps show the couple in Wellington, first during their Commonwealth tour for Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 and again in 1981 waving to well-wishers from their open car during a twoweek visit,” Ivor Masters says. “We’re very proud to celebrate Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee and her service to New Zealand over the past 60 years - and we expect a high-level of public and collector interest in these stamps,” Ivor Masters added. The 2012 Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee issue also includes a first day cover, miniature sheet, miniature sheet first day cover and a limited edition presentation pack. Earlier in the year New Zealand Post released a 1oz silver proof commemorative coin for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee - the only New Zealand legal tender commemorative coin to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty to the throne. The stamps are available from 9 May through selected New Zealand PostShops, at REAL Aotearoa stores in Auckland and Wellington, online at http:// www.nzpost.co.nz/stamps or by phoning 0800 STAMPS (782 677).
A Closer Look at Modern Australian Stamps Those who enjoy their varieties would’ve found March a little lacking, but perhaps April contained too many, with selfadhesives, a semi-imperforate sheet, an intaglio sheet and silver and gold stamps.
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (3 April 2012)
This year’s Queen’s Birthday issue has been replaced with an issue celebrating the Queen’s sixty years as sovereign. The two gummed sheet stamps were issued in separate sheets of 50 consisting of 2 panes of Figure 2. Booklet of five $2.35 self-adhesive stamps.
Figure 1. Gutter pairs showing the number of colours used to print two of April’s issues. 10 - Stamp News
25 stamps (5 x 5), separated by a gutter containing traffic lights. Despite the stamps’ black and white appearance, the gutters indicate that the usual four colours (black, cyan, magenta and yellow) were used for the printing of these stamps (with an additional Pantone™ colour for the ‘International POST’ indicator on the $2.35 stamp) (see Figure 1). The gummed stamps also appear in a se-tenant pair within a miniature sheet. Spot gloss was applied to the selvedge of the miniature sheet, giving a luster to the diamond background, which was further enhanced with foil die-stamped text. It is a shame that neither of these features extended onto the stamps. A self-adhesive version of the $2.35 stamp was released in booklets of five (Figure 2). The design of the stamp is same as the gummed version, with phosphorescence applied to the white border. It is most unusual for a commemorative issue to include a high value self-adhesive, but not a self-adhesive base rate stamp in either a booklet or roll. Silver and gold versions of the 60c stamp were
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Figure 3. ‘Mock-up’ of a strip of five from the self-adhesive roll shown on Australia Post’s online shop. This arrangement of the stamps does not exist in real life. produced by PAMP Switzerland. Both stamps appear on limited edition souvenir covers (7500 of the $29.95 silver stamp covers, and 500 of the $199.95 gold stamp covers). An additional 2400 silver stamps were produced for a special Australia-UK Diamond Jubilee presentation pack (2000 were made available for sale in Australia for $79.95). At the time of writing, I have yet to see either of these covers or the pack, despite ordering them back in mid-February (see ‘Late News’ at the end of this article). The silver stamp cover first appeared on Australia Post’s online shop on 9 April, with the gold stamp cover and Australia-UK pack being placed on sale on 24 April. I hope to have a full report on these in my July article.
between the two panes of 25 stamps show the stamps were only printed in two colours – black and a very specific light blue (which is not cyan (see Figure 1)). If Australia Post issues another multi-sheet this year as part of the Impressions range, it is possible that the blue used on the stamps from this sheet will be different to the normal sheet issue. Pemara Labels printed the self-adhesive version of this issue in rolls of 200. As with most of Pemara’s printing, the image on these stamps is a little blurred. Collectors may have also seen some different arrangements of these stamps, including the selfadhesive stamps rotated around 90 degrees on the backing paper (see Figure 3); and a horizontal setenant strip of five. Collectors are advised that these
Medical Doctors (10 April 2012)
Many Australians would know of the work of Professor Fred Hollows, Dr Victor Chang and Professor Chris O’Brien, as they regularly featured in the media, and their pioneering work continues on through various foundations and programmes (Hollows also appeared on a 45c stamp in 1995). However, I had never heard of the work of Dr Jane Greig and Dame Kate Campbell until I read about them in the Stamp Bulletin. Unusually, each gummed stamp in this set of five was printed in individual sheets, a format last used with the 1992 Vineyards issue. The gutter Stamp News - 11
A Closer Look at Modern Australian Stamps
Figure 4. Layout of this year’s ‘Footy Stamps’. are ‘mock-ups’ generated on a computer, and that none of these formats exist in real life.
Footy Stamps (mid-April)
To my surprise I discovered this year’s ‘Footy Stamps’ on sale at my local post office on 16 April (the sheets first appeared online on 3 May). Stamp collectors will breath a sigh of relief as this year’s ‘stamps’ return to the familiar gummed stamp with separate tab format of previous years. The sheets are printed by RA Printing who have printed both the red and blue 60c Southern Cross stamp with tab in previous souvenir stamp sheets. What is new this year is the arrangement of the stamps (one sheet is shown in Figure 4). For the first time, the Southern Cross design is available in ‘sheets’ of 20 stamps of the same colour (both red 12 - Stamp News
and blue sheets are available (18 red and 16 blue)) with the tabs alternating between the club’s mascot and logo (with the exception of the Greater Western Sydney sheet who don’t have a mascot). The only other time this stamp has appeared in sheets of 20, was when they were issued in 2010; in these sheets the stamps are without tabs, and the colours alternated between the columns.
Botanic Gardens Prepaid Envelope (17 April 2012) A new set of definitive prepaid envelopes appeared in April featuring images of botanic gardens (Figure 5). The seven envelopes feature photographs by Simon Griffiths, who also supplied photographs for the five Botanic Gardens stamps released on 12 September 2007. For those who collect their state or territory
Chris de Haer Rising Sun Badge (17 April 2012)
The last issue for April, is one all Australians can be proud off. Tracing the evolution of the Rising Sun badge, worn by all Australian army personnel since 1902, the badge is readily identified with the spirit of ANZAC. It will be interesting to see if this issue is reprinted in 2015 as part of the centenary of Gallipoli commemorations. Five of the seven iterations of the badge are featured on gummed stamps issued in se-tenant strips of five within sheets of 50 stamps. The simple gutter strip design Figure 5. The C6 (window), DL (plain) and C5 Botanic Gardens prepaid features ‘RISING SUN envelopes. BADGE’ and when the badge was in use. The five gummed stamps also appear in on stamps and covers will find the George Brown a ‘block’ within a miniature sheet, with some sheets Darwin Botanic Gardens on the C6 plain envelope, showing the top and bottom perforations of the Royal Botanic Garden and Domain, Sydney (C6 middle stamp slightly out of alignment. window), Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (DL Self-adhesive versions of the five stamps were plain), Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne (DL also released in booklets of 10. Collectors wanting window), Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha the five self-adhesive stamps can break the booklet (C5), Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth (C4) down the middle, however the layout of the booklet and finally the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide on the means that neither vertical strip has the stamps in the large B4 envelope. correct order (Figure 6). As mentioned in a past article A&G Envelopes A semi-imperforate miniature sheet was also printed the envelopes (and not AN6 as mentioned released with this issue. As can be seen in Figure in Stamp Bulletin No. 315). Comparing these to 7 the sheet contains two new $1 stamps featuring last year’s prepaid envelopes, the recycling symbol the two other iterations of the badge, and has a on the back of the five smallest envelopes (C6, DL very interesting perforation layout (I won’t even and C5) is missing the ‘60%’ inside the recycled try to describe them!). As Australia Post notes the symbol (recycled paper is not used for the C4 or B4 individual sheet is valid for $5 worth of postage (the envelopes). Printing numbers (found under the flap sheet is sold for $9.95), but the individual stamps on the back) are missing from the C5, C4 and B4 envelopes; while none of the printing numbers on the are not. For this reason, the sheet and the stamps it contains will probably not be catalogued. C6 or DL envelopes are highlighted. While this semi-imperforate miniature sheet is a Stamp News - 13
A Closer Look at Modern Australian Stamps bought more. Using the same perforation comb, the two $1 stamps in the sheet would’ve been fully perforated and hence postally valid as single stamps. These would’ve been more likely to be catalogued and hence collected by both mint and used stamp collectors (many catalogues list miniature sheet stamps separately to regular sheet stamps). As a result more sheets would be sold. I also find the way the miniature sheet has been packed disappointing, being packed in a ‘bag’ rather than in a mount. To remove the miniature sheet for examination you have to cut the pack up, thus destroying the actual pack.
Colonial Heritage – Emerging Identity Update
The long awaited intaglio version of this sheet went on sale on 24 April. The sheet was delayed due to a problem with reproducing the blue colour of the design. In the end Australia Post employed BurdgeCooper New World Printing in the USA to print the intaglio part of the sheet, which has been printed in black (see Figure 8). I believe they will also print this year’s intaglio sheet as well, and it is first time Australia Post has used a printer in the USA. The last time Australia Post had a stamp printed overseas was in 2001, which coincidentally was the intaglio printed Sweden-Australia joint issue. Collectors might ask why Australia Post didn’t use Sweden Post for the production of these sheets. Australia Post informs me they wanted to print the intaglio part of the stamp using the same manual process as used in the 19th century, rather than the automated printing presses used by most printers.
Late News: Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Figure 6. Layout of the Rising Sun self-adhesive booklet. wonderful commemoration of the ANZAC spirit, I wonder why Australia Post decided to perforate this sheet in the way they did? If this sheet was perforated with the same perforation comb that was used for the regular miniature sheet, collectors could’ve 14 - Stamp News
Was about to send this article off, only to discover a local post office had the silver stamp pack on sale! Unlike previous silver stamps, this time the design is embossed, and is sold unattached to a cover (the individual stamp has a self-adhesive pad on the back, so it can be attached to an envelope – though I doubt anybody would actually post a letter with one of these silver stamps).
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As I have mentioned before these special items often provide an insight into how the stamps are produced. This time the write up on the back of the pack is rather confusing: ‘Stamps produced by Royal Dutch Mint with permission from Australia Post and
Figure 7. Special semi-imperforate miniature sheet. Royal Mail Group Ltd. Both stamps reproduced on 999.0 fine silver by Royal Dutch Mint and PAMP SA.’ Previous silver stamps have, as far as I know, been produced by PAMP. I also know that the Royal Dutch Mint has produced silver stamps from the Netherlands, Belgium and a number of other countries. Next month I will clarify exactly who produced the silver stamp, and whether the stamp in the pack is different to those on the covers. Figure 8. Intaglio version of the 2011 Colonial Heritage miniature sheet. Stamp News - 15
Last month I made a plea: “NZ higher denominations on cover: where are they?” I have yet to receive any promising leads in this “missing in action” enigma, although it’s only a week since the appearance of the May issue as I pen these words. This month marks the 10th anniversary of the commencement of this column; so on this occasion I’ll turn the Figure 1. Stateside for almost three-quarters of a century focus to Australia’s high denomination frankings, for by them spending some time in my brass, Victorianwhich, unlike NZ, I do have era book press). a more generous representation of subjects from California’s pleasant climate certainly looked which to select to share with readers. after these items; the colours are fresh and bright. A number of parcel tags and parcel-wrapping Glen apologized for the “blurry photo taken quickly” fragments, franked with high denomination for his column, which accordingly did not do justice Kangaroos, amongst Robes, were featured by Glen to the items. Judging from the illustrations which Stephens in his April Stamp News column. These appeared, I was expecting the group to arrive with items were stated to have turned up in California, faded 10/- Kangaroos. This was anything but the some 75 years after they were sent from Melbourne or Perth. The subsequent new owner sent these items case; the shades are bright, and one in particular leapt out at me (unintended pun). It transpires that to me for purposes of (a) calculating the postage this is from the scarce “aniline” printing, made in rates, and (b) attending to some bumps and bruises December 1937. ACSC states “. . . most of this encountered during their journey (largely remedied
Figure 2. Robes 5/- to Walt Disney 16 - Stamp News
Figure 3. £1 Robes x4 printing was withdrawn and destroyed following issue of 10/- Robes definitive in November 1938.” Two shades are listed for the “aniline” printing, and it is the scarcer “dark grey”, shown as Figure 1, which so caught my attention upon first inspection. Both this and the “grey” shade from this final printing show a bright orange-pink reaction under UV lamp. The six postal articles from this “find” are believed to have paid postage for gold bullion shipments from Melbourne and Perth Mints. Post Office rules dictated that articles bearing gold, silver and precious metals, being ineligible for Parcel rates, had to be sent at Letter rates, and could be registered only when paid at Letter rates. In this instance, the rate of £3.14.0d is calculated at Foreign letter rate of 3d 1st oz. + 2d each additional oz. x441 + 3d registration fee. A lot of money on 7 Nov 1938, when this article was posted. I was going to calculate here the value of the 442ozs. of gold conveyed at today’s rates, but the sum would be so indecent I decided “maybe later” (and see final paragraph). Suffice to conclude, we have been left with a wonderful survivor from the conveyance: an intact postal article with Kangaroo £2, the only example of usage of the 10/- dark grey and aniline-pink I’ve recorded, and a £1 Robes to round out a most attractive and desirable item. Valuation: $5000. ACSC states of imprint pairs of the £2 “. . . probably at least 30 imprint pairs extant”, and catalogues
pairs at $15000. For my money, the tag is a more philatelically significant item than is an imprint pair. Figure 2 is not a particularly valuable item, but it’s one I particularly like, given its association with the great Walt Disney. This fashioned wrapper (it may have originally been cylindrical?) bearing 5/- Robes x4 + 1/- Lyrebird left Perth 1 Apr 1948, destined for Walt Disney Productions in Burbank, California. What did it originally contain? Whatever it was, it weighed in the 6½-7ozs range; the postage rate of 21/- confirms that [1/6d ½oz. airmail x14]. The sender was a P. Hartland, South Perth; internet searches did not assist with details of sender or recipient (B.D. Hedding). An unusual and attractive survivor, although I can’t help wishing a £1 Robes had been affixed in lieu of 5/- x4. I bought this item on eBay recently, from a U.S. seller, so another repatriated Aussie from California, this time over 60 years after it left our shores. Valuation: $150 Completing a trio of ex-U.S. missives, Figure 3 fortunately does provide us with the £1 Robes, four of them (although 5/- Robes x16 would also have been impressive!), sent Melbourne to Boston on 4 Sep 1945. The aggregate franking of £4.8.0d (88/) was for 4/- ½oz. airmail x22 (i.e. for an article weighing 10½-11ozs.). A way heavier than average article, it apparently had ruptured by the time it reached Boston, for on reverse is a handstamp of G.P.O. Boston Mailing Division explaining it was received in poor condition, tying a U.S. “Officially Sealed” label. The rather ungraceful repairs at sides were executed by U.S. Postal Service. Spectacular frankings such as this are rare. Valuation: $2500 The Arms £1 was replaced by £1 Navigator on Stamp News - 17
26 Feb 1964, so the 10 Jan 1964 solo use of the former in Figure 4 is late indeed. This use from American Consulate General, Sydney, (continuing the heavily U.S.-centric flavour this month), was for 2/3d ½oz. airmail to U.K. x8 (i.e. 3½-4ozs.) + 2/- registration fee. Solo frankings of £1 on cover are rare. Valuation : $900 The 7/6d Cook on any type of contemporary commercial postal article is of great rarity (FDCs are common, so don’t confuse the respective beasts). I’ve recorded just a parcel label, a cover, and Figure 5. This may Figure 4. Late solo use £1 Arms surprise readers who have not studied Australian stamp usage Denominations 5/- and above are generally found in the past. I know it surprised the vendor of the punctured on Telegram forms, so it’s a bonus that lot, and the auctioneer, Phoenix Auctions, where the 7/6d and 10/- did not meet with that fate on this the item recently was offered. In the same sale was occasion. Incidentally, 18/4d was a lot of money a 7/6d solo philatelic cover from Trader, Eugene in 1965 to say just “Bon voyage” to recipient! The Stanley. The subject item is used on a Telegram Telegram realized $437 (incl premium), so we’ll use form, together with 10/- of the series, and 1964 that figure for our valuation. Christmas 5d x2, from Nundah (Qld) 19 Jan 1965: Figure 6. £1 Bass x3, alas, no £2 note use of Relief 19 cds then resident at Nundah. The 7/6d Cook is a rarity on commercial postal articles, I’ve just explained. So too is the £1 Bass, of which I’ve also seen just three items. The £2 King? I’ve seen a couple of pieces, for which the rate can’t be determined (hence “pieces”), but nothing I can get too excited about, yet. Can any reader make my day? If you have a £2 King on a commercial postal article of any kind, one which has enough information to be able to positively determine the postal rate, please send scan to me at rod@rap.com. au Don’t send me a scan of Figure 5. 7/6d Cook Telegram usage 18 - Stamp News
Figure 6. £1 Bass x3, alas, no £2
tags, and fragments of parcel wrappings/coverings which incorporate vital information such as addressee details and registration label if applicable.” See also Figures 7 and 8 in this regard. The rate I’ve calculated for Figure 6 relies upon the 11d having been employed in error for a 1/2d (i.e. underpaid 3d), although I’m reasonably confident I’m correct, which I’ll explain as follows: converting £4.4.11d to pence we arrive at 1019d, which is indivisible by two of the three airmail rate possibilities; 2/3d ½oz. 1st class airmail, and 3/- per 2ozs. “Other articles”. However, when we take the third possibility, the 2nd class airmail rate of 1/2d per ½oz., and substitute a 1/2d for 11d stamp, we have 1022d, which divided by 14d (1/2d) gives us 73. This, therefore, is 1/2d 2nd class airmail x73
an obvious philatelic use, such as on FDC, unless you want to hear me scream from Port Douglas to your place. Figure 6 is the grandest of the three £1 usage items I’ve seen. This 27 Jul 1965 package-wrapping fragment from Crow’s Nest to U.K. has aggregate franking of £4.4.11d. It would have been a treat if £2 King x2 had been utilized (!), however, it would appear that Crow’s Nest P.O. did not have stock of that denomination, or not on that day at least. Some readers may question “but, isn’t this just a piece?” A reasonable question, and in reply I quote my qualification for eligibility for cover prices in ACSC: “Eligible [for quoted cover price] are Post Figure 7. $2 Bass x block of 10 Office labels, parcel
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for an article weighing 3636½ozs., readily possible for a package of printed matter from Sydney office of Horlicks Pty Ltd to Head office in U.K. Valuation: $1000 I featured Figure 7 in the November 2007 column. It’s such a knockout item, the record franking for a $2 Bass, I don’t apologise for repeating it in this appropriate place. What I said then I can’t improve upon, save for a revisionary footnote: “Although reduced from its original dimensions, we have enough information to deduce all that we need Figure 8. $4 King x5 for starters. An Aristocrat of Decimal Philately. to know to analyze this item. It left Kings Cross on 21 Mar 1974 for U.S.A., papers rates. The conveniently inscribed “LETTER franked at $21.25, which represented 85 times the POST” upper left provides further confirmation of Zone 4 25c 10gm airmail rate! The blue crayon “X” the rate paid. The $2 is very scarce on any type of indicates that full letter rate had been paid, rather postal article, and one would be hard pressed to find than the concessionary printed matter or commercial a better example of usage of that stamp . . . What’s it
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Figure 10. CPS $20 Cute Koala TaxPackExpress worth? Well, until such items begin to appear in public auctions we can only guess. Let’s say $300 for now. That’s what I would willingly pay, and I’ll take a hundred at that price, thank you.” Well, demand for such items has developed considerably in the past five years, and the 1966 first Decimal series is a particularly popular usage subject, and so it should be. Valuation: $1200 I’ve also featured Figure 8 previously, in October 2005, from the same correspondence as Figure 7, similarly reduced. On this occasion the rate of $25, comprising Navigators strip of five $4 King, pair $2 Bass and single $1 Flinders, represents 100 times (!) the Zone 4 25c 10gms airmail rate. I mentioned in the previous appearance of this item that I had offered $1000 to the then owner, which had been refused. Persistence paid off, and the previous owner and I struck a mutually satisfactory deal, which values this item at much more than the 2005 offer. How much more will remain confidential; I hope to enjoy this Aristocrat of Decimal Philately for a while yet, and for good reason. When one sells an item such as this, the outcome is guaranteed: one will come to regret so doing. Figure 9. $20 Painting solo, with added technical interest The 1990 $20 Painting as a commercial solo franking on standard-size cover would be nigh on impossible were it not for a fortuitous occurrence.
A little background on that event will assist in explaining the existence of items such as Figure 9. In the mid-1990s, the Australian Taxation Office and Australia Post united to provide a priority service for the processing of annual Tax Returns. This service received the catchy TaxPackExpress monicker. For the sum of $20, Australia Post would deliver your Tax Return forms with haste to the ATO, which would then process your tax refund, er, with haste (one assumes you wouldn’t pay $20 unless you were expecting a refund). The dedicated envelope containing the tax forms was retained by A.P., in the capital city of the State where posted. David Maiden, then CEO of the Philatelic Sales section of A.P., generously offered these TaxPackExpress covers to APTA, in recognition of the excellent relationship which existed, and still does, between the respective organizations. The directive was to auction off the material amongst the membership, with funds to be deployed for worthy philatelic causes, such as upon the impending Australia 99 Exhibition. I was acquisitive at the APTA auctions (there were two); you would expect no less of me. Figure 9 was amongst the batches of lots I bought, bearing a corner example of the $20 with portion of Colour control, adding a nice technical element to the usage story. Valuation: $30 Related to the circumstances explained under Figure 9, we have Figure 10. Posted at the National Philatelic Centre (NPC), Melbourne, one could be forgiven for saying “Hey, but this is philatelic, isn’t it?” Of course it’s not as it so happens; the NPC is a centrally located P.O. in Melbourne, and receives its fair share of mail posted in the everyday course of events. Stamp News - 21
I felt the use of Counter-printed stamps in payment of this service was pretty special, and so went to the trouble to conduct a census of the number of CPS covers present in the many APTA auction lots processed: the headcount was just 25. Most were NPC, with a sprinkling of Adelaide GPO and CPH (Parliament House P.O., Canberra). Naturally, I made a point of buying as many lots as possible containing these stamps, and where I missed out, I negotiated to buy from the lot winners. Remarkably, I was able to assemble a set of the six designs of the Kangaroos and Koalas in the CPS series then current. This set is the pride and joy of my more modern decimal usage material. I featured another of these six covers in the February 2003 column, where I arrived at a valuation of $50. Others of the 25 covers existing have since changed hands for much more, so a serious revision is called for. Valuation: $250 Related to this month’s subject, regular readers will be well aware that I’m very fond of high denomination 20th century stamps used on commercial postal articles, not just high denominations of Australia or NZ, but those of the whole world. Such items can represent spectacular examples of Philately as Art, while others qualify as candidates for my interpretation of the title: Aristocrats of Philately. Frankly, I find such items far more philatelically worthy than, say, ultra high denomination British Empire 20th century stamps mint; items such as KUT to £100, Malaya KEVII and KGV to $500, Northern Nigeria KEVII £25, etc. I know these items have stunning catalogue values, but I’m undeterred in my opinion of them. They were supplied by New Issue services to the well-heeled, who had performed no more than ticking the box on their New Issue standing order form, along the lines of: “Please supply all denominations”, as distinct from the boxes reading “. . . denominations to 1/-“, “. . . to 5/-“, “. . . to £1”, etc. The great Robson Lowe wrote a fascinating, indeed very courageous article in a U.K. philatelic magazine at the height of the 1970s boom, contemptibly labeling the ultra high denominations 22 - Stamp News
as “Cinderellas”. And this at a time when, it’s fair to say, the Lowe organisation was benefitting financially more than most from the crazy prices being realized at auction for these stamps. These days the more politically correct term for such stamps is “Revenues”, however, R.L. made his point, to me at least. I must conclude that despite such informed comment from this most influential of Philatelists, no impression was then made upon speculators (the target market for such material), however, so I’m not likely to create even a ripple in the pool of current demand for such stamps. To conclude, with yet another touch of nostalgia, in April 2006 I made reference to the 34 separately catalogued “mega rare” Australian watermark varieties (inverted and/or sideways) found amongst Kangaroo and KGV Heads issues. The amazement to me at the time was that it could well cost a million dollars (i.e. an average $29,400 per item) to put together a complete “collection” of these varieties (a friend at the time irreverently made the comment: ‘Yeh, a million bucks and nothin’ to show for it’). We haven’t enjoyed a King George V in the ACSC series since 2007 edition, so I decided to see what 2012 SG “Part 1” values these 34 items at, taking the dearer of mint or used where both are listed. I came up with £678,500 (more than the value of that 442ozs. of gold mentioned above: I’ll take the gold). The Stuart Hardy collection contains its fair share of those 34 watermark varieties, so it will be interesting to note market sentiment for such material when Phoenix Auctions commences the Hardy sales late this year. Rod Perry has been a philatelic trader since 1962 and a Stamp News advertiser since the 1960s . He founded Rodney A Perry Auction Galleries (now Millennium Philatelic Auctions) in 1971. As a collector he has exhibited nationally and internationally. Rod prefers his used stamps on cover and likens taking a stamp off its original cover to converting a tree to woodchips. Past editions of this column may be accessed on Rod’s ‘rap.com.au’
Revenue Review What the Who the?
I have had many of you contact me re the March edition of ‘Revenue Review.’ I can only apologise for the non-entry of this, as it was beyond my control. My column drew the short straw, as there was a twelve-page article for March and space was at a premium. Still, it was very good to know just how many of you are reading this column.
Taxing the Mother-in-Law
One of the few exotic revenues from Victoria is on talking, Taxing the Mother-in-Law or Talking Tax. In 1904, Victoria issued a Telephone Conversation Ticket with the rate being 3d for a three minute of conversation. The Government would have made a stack of money had they introduced this talking tax for mother in laws! Strictly not a tax more of a fee for a service. Here is what I can find on this fascinating ‘Talking Tax’ for Victoria [fig1]: Public Telephone Regulations. The Coupon
System. The Postmaster-General has framed the following rules, by which subscribers to any telephone exchange may allow non-subscribers to use their services:- 1. These regulations shall take effect on the 14th day of January 1904. 2. Any subscriber to a telephone exchange who pays a subscription at the business rate may apply to the deputy Postmaster-General for permission to place his telephone at the service of the public. 3. The deputy Postmaster-General may, if he thinks fit, grant the permission applied for, and thereupon the telephone shall be available for public use subject to these regulations. 4. The subscriber shall, if the permission is granted, exhibit a plain and legible notice in a prominent position on his premises indicating that the telephone is available for public use. 5. A charge of threepence (3d) for each conversation of three minutes or part of three minutes shall be made and shall be paid by ticket as herein provided. 6. Tickets for the payment of conversation charges shall be issued by the Postmaster-General’s department, and sold at the price of threepence each. Books containing twelve
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Dave Elsmore tickets each may be purchased on application at the General Post Office. 7. Any person who desires to use the telephone shall place a ticket in a locked box, to be provided and kept by the subscriber, but opened and cleared only by an officer of the Postmaster-General’s department, and may then use the telephone. 8. An additional ticket must be placed in the box for each three minutes or part of three minutes by which the conversations exceed the first three minutes. 9. The subscriber shall be entitled to receive one penny from the Postmaster-General for each ticket removed from the box by the officer who opens it. 10. “Nothing in these regulations shall affect the use of the telephone by the subscriber, his family or employee in his business.”
The above 10 regulations were found on “Trove”, in The Argus newspaper January 1904. I can find nothing else. That said, figure one is a 1d coupon [Edward reign] and not a 3d coupon as described above. I am then presuming it is a later issue when a telephone call at 3d for 3 minutes was reduced to 1d for 3 minutes? Has anybody seen or heard of other
Fig 3
telephone coupons for Victoria? If so can you please let me know so I can add any of this information to the listings.
More Plates
Like a London Bus, you can wait for ages for one to come along, and then 3 or 4 turn up all at once. Figure 2 is no different. These plates from South Australia rarely show up. I spoke on some coming to light last month and further noticed a couple of the same in the last Prestige Auction. This time a few of the colourless ones have shown up [fig2]
Unemployed
Figure 3 is something to add to the listings. This is the first 2/- Development Tax from Queensland with the red ‘UI/1943’ on top of the black 42 [1942] over date to have turned up in my 40 years of seriously collecting this State. The 1/- appears now and then but other values can be exceedingly rare. Maybe you
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Revenue Review are sitting there reading this saying to yourself hmm I have a book load of these, If so can you please let me know. Maybe you have other Development Tax values with the ‘UI/1943’ [Unemployment Insurance] overprints on, again if so please make contact with me.
On the Rails
One of the harder colours of the Victorian railway wing issues is figure 4 the 1/6d grey. Keep you eyes peeled for this elusive colour, and if you do see one don’t be scared to get your wallet out.
Off the Rails
of the time they are unlisted. Still this adds to the fun of it all.
More Vic
More on Victoria is figures 7 & 8. Figure 7 being the well-known 1d from the numeral series imperf, perf x imperf etc. Many separation variations of this issue exist, and all claim to be unique. That is pure fantasy, as more were collected at the time, especially the low value errors. I have seen a specialised collection of Victoria in the UK, with all sorts of errors in it from this issue. So if you are offered any, just watch you are not conning into parting with big bucks. Figure 8 is a different kettle of fish. Imperf Statue issues are hard. I have recorded two values imperf, the 6d and the 1/-. A nice edition to your collection if you can get hold of them.
Collecting private user imprints from Queensland, or in fact any of the Australian States can be quite daunting. Figures 5 & 6 are just two more unrecorded private users to add to the listing. ‘Geo. A Bond Pty Ltd’ & ‘Buzacott & Co Ltd’. It amazes me just how Perfin Corner few of these actually turn up, and when they do 50% While sorting my NSW Perfins in preparation for the
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Dave Elsmore NSW edition of the ‘Revenue Perfins of Australia’ I holdings of insurance documents and see if you have came across many documents showing Perfin cross any of these cross over Perfins and let me know, overs from insurance company mergers, and figure thanks. 9 is just one example. It is the Royal Insurance Co merger of The Lancashire Insurance Company. The I can be contacted by mail: P O Box 66 document showing an RIC.a perfin. The Australian Springwood 4127 Queensland or an Estates Co were agents for the Lancashire Insurance Email link from my web site Company and have used their company canceller on ozrevenues.com these Perfins. Can you please have a look at your
Fig 7
STAMP, COIN & PHONECARD FAIRS Last Sunday each month from 9am to 3pm (December - 3rd Sunday) Jaycees Hall, Silver Grove, Nunawading, VIC Melway map 48 E10 First Sunday each month 9am to 3.30pm Ukrainian Hall 3-11 Russell St, Essendon, VIC Melway map 28 G4
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Ireland: the Definitive Issues. Part 6. found with gum Arabic (the only decimal issue to be found with this gum), and both types of PVA gum, as described in the last article. All of these panes are also known with inverted watermarks. In all cases, if the watermark is inverted, it will be facing to the left. According to the 2009 Hibernian catalogue, these panes/booklets are worth virtually the same with upright or inverted watermarks. Less than a month later, in March 1971, two new booklets appeared. Both had a face value of 50p, Watermarked Booklet issues one being green, and the other again being blue, but As you may recall from last month, this was the one a lighter shade. Both booklets reverted to having area of the watermarked decimal issue that we still details of the contents on the cover. The green need to cover, so booklet contained let’s get stuck into twp panes of 5p it! The first decimal stamps, but this time booklet appeared, the top left position along with the other of each pane of six decimal issues, on consisted of a label ‘Decimal Day’, of thick diagonal February 15th, 1971. lines in the colour It was essentially a of the stamp, in direct replacement this case ‘apple for the 6/- booklet, green’ rather than being a 30p booklet an actual stamp. with the same This provided ten 5p colour cover. There stamps in two panes, was, however, one plus the two labels significant difference in each booklet, in the cover design making a total face to it’s pre decimal value of 50p. It’s Fig 1: Gerl booklet panes with and without label counterpart, and interesting to note in fact nearly all that this is the first previous Irish booklets, in that the there was no Irish booklet in 30 years to have labels as part of it’s reference to the booklet contents on the cover. And composition. Fig 1 The blue 50p booklet contained the contents, apart from the fact that they were three panes, a pane of five 1p stamps and a label, and decimal stamps, were quite different. Whereas the panes each of six 2½p and 5p stamps. 6/- booklet contained only two panes of six 6d Two more booklets were issued on 27th January, stamps, the new 30p booklet contained four panes 1975, due to postage rate increases, a 40p booklet in three different denominations; six x ½p in one with a pink cover Fig 2, and a 70p with a pale grey pane, twelve x 1p in two panes, and six x 2½p in cover. The 40p consisted of three panes of six stamps one pane. The other major difference, which applies (no labels this time), one each of 1p, 2p and 5p. On to all of the decimal Gerl booklet panes, is that the other hand, the 70p had four panes, two each of they are imperf around the outside, resulting in all 2p and 5p, with all the panes made up of five stamps stamps being imperf on one or two sides. There and a label. All of these panes can again be found are watermark inverted varieties to be found on the with upright or inverted watermarks. two lower value panes, and the 2½p pane can be Some of you out there may have noticed a bit Hello again, and welcome to part 6, where, if all goes according to plan (stop laughing please), we’ll finish off the Gerls, and maybe even make a start on the Architecture series. It occurred to me during the last month that as there are an awful lot of Gerl issue stamps of various types, 56 low values in fact by my reckoning, and that doesn’t include coil and booklet stamps, that a quick sorting guide may be of use, so I’ll include that at the end of the Gerl section.
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Mike Lee of an anomaly with these last two booklets, that is that they contained stamps with watermarks, but were issued several months after the first of the Gerl stamps started appearing on unwatermarked paper. I’m not completely sure why this was the case, but an obvious answer is that there was a more than adequate supply of the existing booklets containing watermarked panes. It’s also worth noting that while there is a bit of overlap between the earliest of the unwatermarked sheet stamps appearing and the watermarked booklets still being available, only the 5p had been issued in sheets on the new paper by the time these two booklets appeared early in 1975. But if you like a bit of an anomaly, here’s one for you… sort of!
was issued almost 15 months after the increase, and just over a week before the next rate hike, which would render it pretty much useless! Strange but true.
The unwatermarked Gerl issues
In May 1974, the Irish Department of Posts & Telegraphs announced that all future printings of the definitive series would be on unwatermarked paper. This change didn’t really have too much of an impact initially. Sheet arrangements and markings were unchanged. Over the next few years a number of new values were added and some of the values that originally appeared in the stag design were replaced by stamps of The ‘Mix & Match’ the same values, but in the dog design. These booklet st are all pretty straight March 21 1977 saw the forward changes which issue of yet another 50p all of the catalogues booklet, this time with an cover, so with a couple olive cover. This would of exceptions I won’t be the last booklet with detail them here. watermarked Gerl design Before we get on to stamps. It would also those exceptions, there be the first booklet with is one thing I want to unwatermarked Gerl mention, and that is stamps in it. In fact, it Fig 2: The 1975 40p booklet that the watermarked was the last of the Gerl and unwatermarked booklets of any type, as papers, in most cases, are very hard to tell apart. the next Irish booklet wouldn’t appear until August Unfortunately, there’s no easy way around this, 1983, and it would contain stamps from the new so it’s just a matter of persevering and gaining Architecture series. experience. If you can obtain a stamp that has Confused and mystified? No need to be, it’s all selvedge, that will make it easier. On the upside, quite simple! The 1977 50p booklet contained one there really aren’t any huge differences in the price pane each of the 1p and 2p on watermarked paper, of the stamps on the two different papers, so at least and a new 7p pane on unwatermarked paper. All three panes consisted of five stamps and a label, and you won’t be sending yourself bankrupt if you make a boo boo! There is one exception to this. At a more here again the 7p pane differed from it’s booklet specialised level, a number of new gum and paper mates in that the label on the 7p pane was in the variations appeared during the period that these lower left position. stamps were on issue. There are a couple of Cylinder One other thing is worth noting about this block gum/paper combinations, particularly the 7p booklet, and that’s the rather odd timing of it’s dog and the 10p stag, where you are looking at a appearance. Postage rates had last gone up in big difference in price. Of course, cylinder blocks January 1976, and it seems that this booklet was will always have selvedge, so it’s not too much issued to meet that increase. The odd part is that it Stamp News - 29
Ireland: the Definitive Issues. Part 6. of a problem telling the cheaper from the more for it as all the £1 will be mixed in together in most expensive. dealers stock. Now on to those more interesting exceptions that I mentioned earlier. First of all we have the humble Coils 5p dog. This stamp can be found in quite a range Similar in format to the watermarked issues, there of shades, ranging from a yellow-green, which is is also one unwatermarked multi-value coil strip mainly found in the earlier printings, through to consisting of a 5p, two x 2p, and one 1p stamp. a much deeper olive-green which first appeared Fig 4 These strips, like the around February 1976. Fig earlier Gerl coil strips are 3 There are quite a range fairly common, and will of shades of green between only set you back a few these two extremes, and a dollars. Coil starters are few pages of this particular popular as always, and are value, perhaps including a little more affordable cylinder blocks, covers etc, than most Irish coil would make an interesting starters, with the 2009 addition to you collection. Hibernian pricing them at Fig 3: Two shades of the 5p dog The 10p purple dog €25, although I suspect design of 1977 was printed Below: Fig 4: The unwatermarked coil strip you;ll pay a bit more than from two cylinders, and that in today’s market. some stamps from cylinder 2 show a smudging of the dog’s outline. The 1981-82 Lithographed As you’d probably expect, this variety is usually referred to as the ‘Furry outline’. Gerls Another interesting one to look out for. The last hurrah for the Gerl designs In 1983 the 50p eagle was reprinted came with the six values that appeared from a new cylinder with a coarser in the early 80’s. These, unlike all of screen or mesh. This resulted in the the earlier Gerls which were printed background appearing rougher or more in photogravure, were produced by lithography. All six values were of the ‘spotty’, and the coarse nature of the stylised dog design. These are the only printing is particularly noticeable around the back leg and claws of the eagle. Both Gerl stamps to incorporate a printers imprint into the sheet margins. This set of these printings are listed & illustrated is fairly straightforward, with no coil or in the major catalogues, and the coarse booklet issues. It is interesting to note screen printing is usually listed as Type three of the values, the 19p, 24p and 29p II. are quite elusive used, and are worth And finally the £1 eagle, the highest grabbing whenever you see them. of the Gerl values, first appeared in Well, my plan almost worked, but 1975 on a thin, fairly opaque paper. In once again space has beaten me, so 1977 there was a short lived printing on I’ll start off next month’s article with a thicker and heavier paper, much the the Gerl sorting guide that I promised same as all the other values in the set. earlier. The latter is certainly the more elusive of the two (my ‘guesstimate’ would be Until then happy collecting! a ratio of one to four or five) , but as this paper Mike variety isn’t listed in any of the major catalogues, mlphilatelics@bigpond.com if you need one you’ll probably only pay $2 or $3 30 - Stamp News
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Perth Exhibition
In May from the 12th to 14th a full National exhibition was held in the Robinson Pavilion, Claremont Showgrounds. All classes were on offer, but although there were entries in the Revenue class, there were no entries in the Cinderella class. Cinderellas were evident in at least one of the Open Class entries though.
Balloon Flight
I have had more correspondence about this item than any other item I have written about in the column and my thanks to all those who responded. There were two souvenir miniature sheets produced, I illustrated one in the April column and the other one is illustrated here. (Fig. 1). The flights were organised by the Royal Federation of Aero Clubs Australia from Bankstown (Sydney) Airport in conjunction with their 67th FAI General Conference held in Sydney from 27 October – 2 November 1974. On each of the four covers the
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balloonist is listed as Peter Vizzard. All flights were apparently undertaken on 31 October 1974 but the postmarks are not dated.
London 1980
This is the lower part of the souvenir miniature sheet produced for the London 1980 Philatelic Exhibition at Earl’s Court. (Fig. 2). It was printed by the House of Questa and features six well known landmarks in London. The other half of the sheet features six stamps, one from the reign of each sovereign from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II.
Oslo. (Christiania 1624 – 1924)
This Norwegian Cinderella was sent to me by a New Zealand reader. (Fig. 3). There are two labels, one in Norwegian and the other in English and the English one explains the reason for the labels. I did a Wiki search and the information that follows is the result. Prior to 1624, the city was known as Oslo. A fire in
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1624 destroyed much of the medieval city, and when the city was rebuilt it was moved westwards in order to be nearer the Akershus Fortress. King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway renamed the reborn city Christiania. This original name was restored by a law of 11 July 1924, effective 1 January 1925; a decision which caused much debate in the time. When the city in general now took up the name of Oslo again, the eastern district of the city that had preserved the old name became known simply as Gamlebyen (Old Town). This label issued in 1924 commemorates the return of the name Oslo, the name by which the city was known for six hundred years from 1047 to 1624.
Hermes
Maris Lee has sent me some more details about this stamp. The scans he sent me indicate that the sheets were probably 16, or four blocks of four. He also sent scans of two other examples of the same stamp, one
in blue on white, (fig. 4), and the other in green on brown. (Fig. 5).
Patriotic Labels
Maris also sent me a scan of several different patriotic labels, some of which I had not seen before. They appear to be from 2 different series, rouleted or perforated. The single one, (fig. 6), looks to be part of one set while the other five certainly all belong to another set. (Fig. 7). Another reader gave me a scan of a full sheet of these so I now know the sheet layout and the number of labels within the sheet. The sheet is made up of 48 labels, (6 rows of 8), with 8 to a set repeated 6 times to a sheet. I have illustrated in reduced size one block of 8 to show the layout. (Fig. 8). Maris also sent a scan of the eight individual labels in this set.
Omaha Boys’ Home
This small label, (fig. 9), was issued to celebrate the
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50th anniversary of the home. It is undated but a search of the www located the following information which I have condensed into a few lines. The Omaha Home for Boys was founded October 12, 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska, after the Chamber of Commerce recognized the need for a safe place to send orphaned, neglected and wayward boys within Omaha’s city limits. In 1952, the name changed to the Omaha Home for Boys and in 1970 celebrated its 50th anniversary
Hubert De Blanck
Hubert de Blanck was a Dutch born pianist, composer and professor. He spent some time in America and in February 1883 he moved to Havana and began a new life with his wife and children. He immediately began forging relationships with important members of the Cuban arts community and began contemplating Havana’s lack of a dedicated conservatory of music. In August 1885,
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he met with various Cuban professors and suggested the idea that together they could work on creating a Cuban conservatory of music. The group convened a number of times but the project stalled. De Blanck then decided to go it alone and opened the Conservatory in September 1885. Originally named the Hubert de Blanck Conservatory, it was later renamed the National Conservatory of Music. Hubert de Blanck died in 1932 at age 76. Widely acclaimed in Cuba during his lifetime for his significant contribution to the country’s culture, he has since been honored with his image on a Cuban postage stamp. A label was issued in 1956 to commemorate the centenary of his birth. (Fig. 10).
Reward Stamp
This stamp, (fig. 11), was among a batch of odds and ends I acquired from somewhere. I don’t know anything about it, can any reader throw some light on it for us?
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Majorca’s Stamps In Sweden and in many other North European nations mass tourism began in the 1960s. Millions of tourists travelled to the Mediterranean area in search of warm and sunny weather. One of the very first tourist destinations was the Spanish island of Majorca. It offered not only a pleasant climate but also wonderful beaches. When the visitors tired of beach life there was a huge variety of cheap bodegas. In recent times, many Europeans have selected far more distant destinations in search of the perfect holiday. I have been a regular visitor to Spain since the late 1960s but it was only in March 2012 that I made my first visit to Majorca. Palma de Mallorca, the island’s capital city, turned out to be a wonderful surprise.
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The Old Town is replete with museums, art galleries and medieval churches. It has been described as the largest historic city centre in all of Europe. Majorca has a most interesting history and there have been periods when the island was an independent nation. As a philatelist you are always on the look-out for stamps that can be used to document a city or a country. Majorca’s philatelic heyday occurred during the Spanish civil war (1936-1939). This was a most tragic period in modern Spanish history. Under the command of General Francisco Franco the Spanish army in Africa revolted against the legal Republican Spanish government in Madrid. Franco received strong support from the Spanish upper classes, the
Christer Brunström land owners and industrialists and the Catholic Church. The Fascist regimes of Germany and Italy also offered material support. Resisting the Army rebellion were a number of leftists parties. They had formed a government after winning democratic elections. Many leftist groups all over the world supported the Republican side. In 1939, the civil war ended in total victory for the Nationalists. General Franco then served as Spain’s dictator until his death in 1975. The fact that Spain was a dictatorship did not prevent sun-thirsting tourists from visiting the country. In 1936, the local army command on the island of Majorca immediately joined Franco’s National forces as did the island of Ibiza. Only the island of Menorca
to the north remained faithful to the Spanish Republic. A Republican attempt to liberate Majorca failed. The Nationalists resented using Republican Spanish stamps and had four values overprinted with the following wording: ¡Viva España!/Mallorca/19 Julio/1936. Later there were four additional provisional stamps but as these eight stamps do not feature Majorcan topics they are outside the scope of this article. The civil war created a lot of serious problems for the entire country. Throughout Spain hundreds of towns and villages printed stamp-like labels which were obligatory on mail. The funds obtained from the sale of these stamps went to various charitable causes. Unemployment was a major problem during the
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Majorca’s Stamps civil war. This was also the case on the island of Majorca. The Nationalists immediately proceeded to issue stamps to collect money for the unemployed. The stamps carry the words Pro Paro/Mallorca and also depict the Fascist emblem. Paro is the Spanish word for unemployment. Some time later a far more interesting set of nine different designs was released. This time the wording is Cruzada contra el paro which can be translated as the crusade against unemployment. The set has values ranging from 5 céntimos to 5 pesetas. The stamps used on ordinary letters generally seem to be the 10c denomination. I suppose the higher denominations were mainly used for fiscal purposes. The Majorcan stamps were used in addition to regular Spanish stamps which covered the postal fees.
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The lowest denomination is 5 céntimos and it depicts La Seo, Palma’s majestic cathedral. The building of La Seo began in medieval times and it has undergone important changes during its long history. In the early 1900s, major changes were made to the cathedral. Antoni Gaudí, the famous artist and architect, played a major role in this work. He is otherwise famous as the architect of La Sagrada Família, a famous church in Barcelona which has still not been completed. Palma has some 20 buildings that were designed by Gaudí. A visit to the cathedral is a must for all visitors to Palma. Just behind the cathedral there is a most interesting diocesan museum featuring religious art and a stuffed crocodile! The 5c stamp was printed in different colours with the one in red being particularly scarce. I discussed
Christer Brunström the issue with a Palma stamp dealer who charged 400 Euros for the complete set (including a number of varieties). In the 16th century, a large number of watchtowers were built along the island’s coastline. All in all there are more than 30 towers most of which still stand today. The idea was to warn the Majorcans if enemy ships approached the island. Messages could be transmitted from tower to tower with the one in Palma being in charge of this early communications system. A typical watchtower is depicted on the 10c stamp and this value was either printed in blue or red. Some exist imperforate and some printings had various kinds of control numbers on the back. This particular stamp is the one most commonly found on Majorcan civil war covers. The 15c stamps depicts Palma’s city hall. It is located right in the centre of the Old Town and is not really open to tourists. Instead they will have to admire it from the outside. On a hill just outside Palma we find a fortress called Bellver. Today it serves as a museum. It also provides wonderful views of Palma and surrounding areas. The fortress has also been used as a prison for political prisoners from the mainland. It is shown on the 20c stamp. We started our visit to Palma by having a close look at the Almudaina palace located next to the cathedral. A couple of hours each week admittance if free for citizens of the European Union so no luck there for South Pacific visitors. The palace has a long history going back to Arab times and it has been rebuilt and expanded on several occasions. Today it serves at the official residence of the Spanish King when he visits the island. The palace is undoubtedly another must for a visitor to Palma. It is depicted on the 25c denomination. At night time, the Cathedral and the Palace are illuminated and they offer a splendid sight for all who take an evening stroll along the street next to the harbour. There are several spots in Palma where old windmills can be found. Most of them are unfortunately in a dilapidated state. Perhaps they were still in use when the 50c stamp was issued in the late 1930s?
The 1-peseta stamp shows an old bearded man who looks very much like a typical depiction of Father Christmas. However, the stamp features Ramón Llull (1235-1315), Majorca’s most famous historical figure. Already in the 13th century there were troublesome youths. Ramón was apparently a most difficult young man causing his parents unending misery. But after a tragic love affair with a married woman he decided to leave his bad ways to devote himself to the Church. Llull was not only a theologian but also a writer and a philosopher. He made numerous trips to various institutions of learning in the Western Mediterranean area. Llull’s important literary work has been of paramount importance for the development of the Catalan language which is spoken on the island. In 1858, he was beatified by the Catholic Church. The 2-peseta value also has a historic design. It shows a portrait of King James I. He was king of Aragon and conquered Majorca from the Arabs in 1229. This gives me an excuse to give a very brief introduction to Majorcan history. Quite early on the island was populated by Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians. In 123 a.C., the island became a part of the Roman Empire and was called Balearis Major which eventually became Majorca. In 903 the Arabs took over the island and then ruled it until 1229. From 1276 until 1349 Majorca was a kingdom before being once again reunited with the kingdom of Aragon. There are times when it is extremely difficult to decide what a stamp depicts. The 5-peseta is one such stamp. It shows a typical inner yard or patio. It is my guess that it could be Sa Llotja, a building which was used in connection with trade in the early days. Today this well-preserved building is an exhibition hall. The stamps discussed in this article could easily form the basis for an interesting collection of Majorcan philately. However, I also wanted to point out some interesting sights for those readers who are planning to visit Majorca and Spain at some time in the future. Whenever I look at these stamps in my album I will be reminded of a wonderful week spent on a delightful island in the Mediterranean. Stamps can certainly serve as the perfect souvenirs of interesting visits. Stamp News - 39
Looking at New Zealand 1957 Lamb Export Trade and Plunket Society Anniversaries From the earliest days of settlement, sheep farming was a major part of the New Zealand economy. Fine wool from Merino sheep was exported from the South Island grasslands from the 1850s and from the central North Island as European settlement was permitted following the conclusion of conflicts with Maori tribes. The Merino, a Spanish breed, was not well suited to the damper New Zealand climate, however, so British breeds were imported and crossbred with the Merinos already in the country. Apart from the wool, meat was sold for local consumption but there was no market for the bulk of the carcass except to boil it down for tallow to make candles and soap. The development of shipboard refrigeration opened the possibility of frozen meat exports. The first shipment left Port Chalmers, Dunedin in S S Dunedin on 15th February 1882, arriving in London on 24th May. Figure 1 shows the ship being loaded. The voyage was not without incident – sparks from the refrigeration Right Fig. 2 1957 75th Anniv. machinery set the stamp issue sails on fire on Below Fig. 3 Cover showing two occasions and Totara Homestead postmark
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Fig. 1 The SS Dunedin being loaded
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Figs 4 & 5 50th Anniv. of Plunket Society. Above showing plate numbers, left showing sheet value of 40/-
when the air ducts became blocked the captain had to crawl down the pipes to chip away the ice. Nevertheless, this was the beginning of a major economic boost to New Zealand which has continued to the present day. Today the country has about 39 million sheep of which only 3 million are Merinos, the rest are cross-breeds. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board requested that the Post Office issue stamps in 1957 to mark the 75th anniversary of S S Dunedin’s voyage. The Board submitted drafts of two stamp designs by Russell Clark. While the ideas of these designs were retained they were heavily modified at
the request of the Post Office and the final designs were the work of Michael Goaman of the printers, Harrison and Sons. The stamps (Figure 2) were printed by photogravure in sheets of 120 on ‘Royal Cypher’ (wood-pulp based) grade paper with the ‘NZ & star’ watermark (sideways on the 4d). The cylinder numbers were guillotined off after printing and there are no marginal markings on the sheets. The comb perforation gauged 14 x 14½ on the 4d and 14½ x 14 on the 8d. A farmer, Thomas Brydone, from Totara Park near Oamaru was one of those most responsible for the 1882 shipment on the S S Dunedin. A temporary post office was established on the site of his homestead to cancel first day covers (Figure 3).
50th Anniversary of the Plunket Society
As a baby in 1860, Truby King and his parents had to be evacuated from Taranaki (on the west coast of the North Island) to Nelson in the South Island because the armed conflict between settlers and Maori was encroaching on the area. The weather during the voyage was so bad that he was not expected to live. He suffered poor health in later life as a result. After training as a doctor in Edinburgh, Truby King worked at the Seacliff Mental Hospital north Stamp News - 41
Looking at New Zealand of Dunedin. In 1907 he wrote an article on child welfare for the Otago Daily Times followed by a public meeting at which it was decided to form the Society for the Promotion of Health of Women and Children. A short time later he opened his own home at Karitane, north of Dunedin, to board unwanted children as conditions in existing boarding houses were dreadful. Before the end of 1907 the first permanent hospital for children had been established in Dunedin. The Society came to be known as the Plunket Society because of the support given by Lady Plunket, the wife of New Zealand’s Governor. With the establishment of Society branches throughout New Zealand and more children’s hospitals there was a marked decline in infant mortality. There were discussions between the Society and the Post Office for several years concerning the issue of a stamp to mark the 50th anniversary in 1957. Early suggestions of surcharging the stamp to raise funds for the Society or of using the annual Health stamp with a Plunket Society theme were not acted upon. A Health stamp design featuring a portrait of Sir Truby King had been prepared by M. R. Smith some years earlier but not used. He was asked to adapt the design for the Plunket Society issue. The stamp was engraved and printed by Bradbury,
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Wilkinson & Co in sheets of 160 (8 rows of 20) on ‘Royal Cypher’ grade paper watermarked ‘NZ & star’. The printer’s imprint and plate number (1 or 2) was in the bottom right corner and the sheet value of 40 shillings in the top right (Figures 4 & 5). The perforations gauged 13 ½ x 13. Several images on each plate show touching-up by hand of the left frame line. A special pictorial post mark was applied to first-day-covers mailed from the Karitane post office north of Dunedin (Figure 6). In the 1970s the Karitane hospitals were closed because of funding difficulties. Child care continued through family health centres and the establishment of a telephone advice service staffed by nurses. Specialist services operate in the Maori and Pacific islander communities. References: Catalogue of New Zealand Stamps, Auckland, Campbell Paterson, 1952 – . The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, vol. 4, Wellington, RPSNZ, 1964. Graeme can be contacted through his website, www. stampsmw.top1.com.au . Fig. 6 FDC from Karitane
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Part 23 The 6th Australasian Challenge
At the recent Canberra Stampshow 2012 the 6 Australasian Challenge was conducted. The history of the Challenge to date was described in detail in my article for March this year. If you missed the earlier article it can be viewed on the APF website www.apf.org.au/stampnews. All states, territories and islands were represented, but, unfortunately, neither South Australia nor Victoria included a Youth entry. Again, there was strong competition, with Queensland ultimately prevailing. The final team scores were 1 Queensland 510 2 North Island of New Zealand 492 3 Western Australia 491 4 New South Wales 485 5 Tasmania 483 6 South Island of New Zealand 466 7 Australian Capital Territory 452 8 South Australia 402 9 Victoria 384 It is beneficial for the future of the Challenge to have a first time winner. The two top Queensland exhibits can no longer be included in any future Challenge. This will create a problem for the Queensland Philatelic Council (QPC) to resolve. The top exhibit was clear, Elephantasia by John Edward Crowsley, 89 points. The second place was shared by two exhibits, Gold Coast – The Early Period by Philip Levine, and Victorian Revenues 1901 – 1965 by Dave Elsmore, both with 87 points. The QPC will need to advise the APF of the entry selected for future exclusion. The average points scored by the complete teams of 6 was 483, just below the average of 485 from the 2010 Challenge, a positive indicator that the quality of exhibits included has been maintained.
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In the March 2012 issue of APF News, President’s View, Darryl Fuller has noted – • Stamp exhibitions, at whatever level, are the focal point of collecting where collectors, dealers and postal administrations meet. 44 - Stamp News
Surely it is the role of the national body to ensure that such events are well run and managed as well as having consistency (in judging for example). • … Australian judges are, on the whole, well trained and relatively consistent in their judging. For all of our potential exhibitors, and to some degree the current ones, there is a need to fully appreciate the significance of these statements. Firstly, exhibitions are the windows to the hobby, the opportunity for collectors to view and study material they may otherwise never see. Secondly, once you start to exhibit, your material will be consistently assessed. In Darryl’s first statement above there is possibly one important group omitted, the general public. This group is most essential to the future growth of the hobby. This group will provide our future collectors, progressing to become club members and ultimately developing into exhibitors. Once the decision has been taken to follow the exhibiting path, Darryl’s second statement becomes very relevant. There is a misconception that the judges’ role is to criticize, and even humiliate, the exhibitor, and this misconception has precluded some collectors from taking this ultimate step in philately. Nothing could be further from the truth. The judges take great satisfaction from seeing an exhibit that they have previously judged progress to a higher medal level. Part of the judging role is to write a positive and instructive critique on the exhibit. It is always pleasing to see these suggestions implemented in the next showing of the exhibit. Every exhibitor wants to see his exhibit ascend to the great heights of a large gold medal. Whilst this ultimate goal may not be achieved in every case, it is always satisfying to obtain an increase in medal level each time the exhibit is shown. This rate of progress will tend to slow down as you approach the ultimate goal. It is along this progression that the consistency of judging becomes most important. Whilst it is always possible to achieve the ultimate goal at the first attempt (I have seen it happen once) most of us follow a path of learning
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Philatelic Development Officer, APF that starts with a low level medal, and, with due application, progresses over a number of years. Generally in Australia, an exhibit can be shown once each year. Exhibiting can be quite different from mounting your collection or preparing a club display. In both of these latter cases there are no rules or restrictions to limit or control the material included or the way that it is presented. Exhibiting introduces rules and guidelines, both of which are necessary as a precursor to consistency in judging. Some collectors have difficulty accepting the need for rules and guidelines, and cannot understand why magnificent rare material does not always result in a high award. Many of the points awarded to an exhibit relate to the exhibitor’s understanding of his material and the research he has undertaken to acquire that understanding. A positive outcome of this understanding and research is a much better appreciation by the exhibitor of his collection. So what can be done to assist interested collectors in this transition to exhibiting?
Exhibiting Beginners’ Training Course
NSW has just completed a two part course aimed at beginners, although experienced exhibitors were welcome. This course was well attended with 20 nominations, 6 of whom were already exhibiting. Each session was approximately three hours. In summary, the program for the first session was • A general introduction to exhibiting including the need for rules and guidelines; • The differences between an exhibit and either a club display or a collection; • A brief look at the various exhibition classes, both world-wide and national • Some “Do’s” and “Don’ts”; • The significance of the point scoring criteria – good and rare material alone is no guarantee of a high score; • Planning the exhibit – there are many benefits to be derived; • Selecting the paper – sizes, weight, colour and continuing availability – the material being
shown will determine the size and weight of paper required; • Selecting the protector – different construction materials produce different results; • Mounting the material onto the pages; • Do not be restricted by your computer and printer – these are simply challenges to be overcome – the most important items on your pages are the material which needs to be shown to its best advantage. • Discussion around the exhibition pages, pointing out both good and bad features. The program for the second session was • Quick review of the first session - brief question and answer session; • Briefly review the implications of the various classes – material and storylines; • Discuss page layout, placing of the material, placing and size of text, use of different fonts for highlighting and for different storylines.possible handout; • Have the whole class review and discuss the practical exercises; • Discuss the importance and preparation of Title Pages; • Question and answer session; and • Feedback.
First Session Proceedings and Comments
Prior to the first session, the attendees were sent the program plus non-technical descriptions of all of the exhibition classes currently available within Australia. As the various classes feature so prominently in all of the training it was essential that the students had a basic knowledge of the differences between the classes. The attendees were also invited to bring with them 6 to 10 sheets of their own collection. This material was mounted in the frames as each student arrived. Also mounted in the frames were exhibit pages from three of the presenters, all experienced exhibitors. At the start of the session the attendees were each given a set of notes covering the whole of the session, enabling them to follow the discussion and Stamp News - 45
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Part 23 of material included and the amount of research undertaken are entirely the province of the exhibitor and his ambition for success and recognition. Overall, there seemed to be a good response to the course, which was most encouraging. It is intended that the various handouts be updated to incorporate all of the feedback received, with a real possibility of producing a printed booklet, or adding the final document to the APF website for downloading, or most likely, both alternatives. What should come next? Perhaps an exhibitors’ refresher course could be considered? To be effective such a course would need to be restricted to lower level medal winners, say vermeil and below. Above that level the main limitations on advancement are Second Session Proceedings and usually shortage of material and/or money, both of Comments which cannot be overcome with a course. Should we Again the participants were requested to mount their consider a course about research, or would this have experimental sheets in the frames. to be too class related to be effective? After a brief recap the matter of page layouts was To ensure the continuity of our very successful, approached from three directions high quality exhibitions we need a continual influx • Classes including basically stamps – traditional of new exhibitors. Considering that a large majority philately, of our collectors are over 50 years of age (would • Classes using mainly covers or equivalents it be more correct to say 60?), it is imperative that – mainly aerophilately, postal history, postal every opportunity be taken to encourage interested stationery, and collectors to make that final step. The starting point • Classes using mixed material – thematic for this encouragement is at state level, generally philately, open philately and possibly polar with one frame exhibits. philately. If you are interested in attending an exhibiting In each of these presentations good and bad course please approach your State Council to see were discussed and questions invited. While all of when they might next be running such a course, or this information was fresh, the experimental pages to at least express an interest in such a course. For prepared between the sessions were reviewed. a listing of the State Council contacts visit the APF The final instructive period was all about title website www.apf.org.au, and select the State in pages and their role and importance in the preparation which you are interested. of an exhibit. This was followed by a brief question Earlier articles in this series can be viewed on the and answer session and feedback to the presenters. APF website www.apf.org.au/stampnews. Generally, Feedback was also received from the presenters. these articles are available one month after their Handouts were prepared for this session, but were publication. not given out until after the title page discussion. Coupled with the information received from the first Should you have a subject that is either session, all of the participants should have sufficient interesting, difficult to understand, or one which notes to enable them to produce well presented you would like to have explained, or if there is a exhibits. particular topic on which you would like more Naturally, a course such as this can only deal with information, please let me know by emailing the aesthetics of the exhibit. The quality and quantity jpsadler@bigpond.com.au. make any explanatory notes they needed for better understanding. After the discussion of the “Dos” and Don’ts”, the attendees were invited to review their material for compliance, after which they could study the presenters’ examples. At the conclusion, the participants were given a handout showing the web addresses for access to the rules and guidelines for each of the exhibition classes. They were also requested to experiment with possible exhibition pages using the information relayed to them during the session, and to bring their experiments to the next session for review.
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Stanley Gibbons Catalogues
It has been quite some time since we last reviewed any stamp catalogues in Australasian Stamp News, and since Stanley Gibbons have released a flurry of new editions of some of their more popular catalogues over the last few months, this seems like an opportune time to do some catching up! It should be noted that all of these new editions are in the now SG standard size of 170mm x 240mm, the familiar size of the SG GB ‘Concise’ catalogue and the last three editions of the ubiquitous ‘Collect British Stamps’. In my opinion, this size change by SG is an excellent move. Not only is a catalogue this size easier to carry and use than the former A4 size, but the quality of the paper and colour stamp images have improved significantly, making the new format much more ‘user friendly’. Now, on to the catalogues. All catalogues are published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 7 Parkside, Christchurch Rd. Ringwood, Hants BH24 3SH U.K. 2012 Collect Channel Islands and Isle of Man stamps Paperback, 356 pages 27th Combined edition RRP A$TBA This excellent, full colour catalogue covers all the issues of Guernsey, Alderney, Isle of Man and Jersey up to October or November 2011. It’s also worth mentioning that all stamps are fully illustrated, making finding and identifying stamps very easy. All areas are covered including German
Occupation issues, including the Guernsey bisects and the Jersey unissued overprints, postage dues and booklets, together with the Regional issues. First Day Covers and packs are also listed Stanley Gibbons advise that 250 new stamps, miniature sheets & booklets have been added since the last (2010) edition. If you are a collector of this popular area, this new edition is a must have. Highly recommended. Ireland Stamp Catalogue Paperback, 116 pages 4th edition (published November 2011) RRP A$29.95 A new edition catalogue for this popular country is always welcome (well, by me anyway!). This new edition includes all issues up to the September 2011 Irish Horses series. The publishers state ‘Prices have been carefully revised throughout, to give an accurate picture of current stamp values’ and this can be seen in the increased prices of some of the more elusive 1922-1935 overprints and the seemingly ever upward direction of the early booklet prices. It’s interesting to see the recently issued ‘SOAR’ (Stamps On A Roll) machine printed stamps are included in the main part of the catalogue, and accorded full catalogue numbers, as this is not the case for the similar GB ‘Post & Go’ issues which are listed well after the main section of ‘regular’ Royal Mail issues, and given a separate letters & numbers numbering system in ‘Collect British Stamps’ Another great catalogue, and a must have for all Irish collectors. (cont. on page 53) Stamp News - 47
Stamps in the News - Globally! Turning stamps into cash
Reported in The West Australian May 7, 2012 Where are the key investment areas in stamps? According to Western Australian dealer, Ian Boulton, annual returns for investments in stamps have been roughly 5 to 10% over the past 10 years. Only 5% of stamps are classed as scarce to rare and have investment potential. “People who collect specialise in certain areas so they accumulate knowledge and pick up stamps other people haven’t noticed,” Mr Boulton said. “Very few people have just walked off the street, bought a stamp, sat on it and made a wad. The exception to that is buying into fast moving areas - stamps from China, India and Brazil, which have risen because the broader markets had taken off.” Investors should buy items in good condition with a proven track record that had steadily risen in value over decades. With Australian material, collectors should look for rarity, covers and age, and the pre-decimal era (pre 1960s), particularly pre-WWII.
It was wise to stick to stamps from the classic period (Queen Victoria to King George V) and classic countries (Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the US), Mr Boulton said. Top English stamp dealership Stanley Gibbons records the prices of the top 30 rare stamps it recommends for investment, both in a Commonwealth Rarities Index and a GB30 (Great Britain) Index. Australia’s 1930 King George V 2d golden 48 - Stamp News
scarlet tête-bêche was worth $44,800 in 1998 and is this year worth $209,500, according to the Commonwealth Rarities Index. Australia’s most prized regular postage stamp is the 1913 two pound black and red kangaroo. One in perfect condition would fetch $20,000. Risks for investors include damaged or faulty stamps and forgeries. “Knowledge is my biggest concern with investments,” Mr Boulton said. “Stamps are touted to rise in value as they become a “thing of the past” and electronic alternatives take over. The fewer stamps there are out there, the more people will turn to them because they become more historical and there is greater interest,” he said.
Seedy Cinderellas
Reported in www.bbc.co.uk/news Two German cities are issuing revenue stamps to show a tax levied on streetwalking prostitutes has been paid. Bonn and Dortmund issued the stamps for prostitutes who walk the streets rather than work in brothels or sauna clubs, where it’s easier to collect the taxes.
Bonn sells the stamps through a parking meter in the red-light district that has been converted into an automatic ticket dispenser. The prostitutes must buy a ticket/revenue stamp for each night they work. They get a warning the first time they don’t buy the ticket and face fines for additional offenses. This is the first such vending machine system in
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Germany. The machines were designed for those streetwalkers with limited German skills, who have difficulty filling in income tax forms Dortmund’s tickets are sold in petrol stations in areas where the work is legal. The tickets come in booklets, which are signed and dated when purchased. Both cities charge 6 euros for the tickets, which are valid only for specific time periods shown.
There will be a reissue with the name properly spelled. While the error is interesting, the stamp is not likely to jump greatly in value because it was not recalled. The change, which will be announced when it happens, will come when the stamps need to be reprinted, Canada Post officials said.
Birds, birds, birds….
Reported in http://mangaloretoday.com
Red faces at Canada Post Reported in Linns May 2012
Canada Post recently revealed that “despite a rigorous approval process” they accidentally misspelled the name of Canadian Olympic bobsled medalist, Pierre Lueders, on their “Canadian Pride” definitive issue. The set of five stamps -- one of which depicts Mr. Lueders racing down the bobsled track at the 2006 Turin Olympic Winter Games -- released on 16 January 2012 in booklets of ten, 30 and in a souvenir sheet of 5 refers to Mr. Lueders as “Leuders.” While the stamps themselves do not bear the erroneous text, the misspelling does appear on the back covers of the booklets in both formats as well as on the selvedge of the souvenir sheet. Canada Post has “written a letter of apology to Mr. Lueders and are currently working on a corrected version.”
Daniel Monteiro of Mangalore, India, has 4,911 stamps on birds from 263 countries - setting the new world record for the Largest collection of stamps featuring birds. The previous Guinness world record was held by Paul-Erwin Oswald of Germany, who had a collection of 2,166 stamps on birds from 126 countries. Mr. Monteiro attempted the new world record by organising a philatelic exhibition titled “Birdpex-2011” in Brahmavar. Mr. Monteiro started collecting stamps at the age of 11 when his teacher encouraged him to develop a hobby. He began by collecting stamps of all types and went on to specialise in water birds. Later, he undertook ornithological studies and is now a keen bird watcher and environmentalist. He has won numerous philatelic awards, including 10 internationalStamp News - 49
Stamps in the News - Globally! level awards from Belgium, Austria, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Korea, Indonesia and China.
And Angry birds…
Reported in http://www.posti.fi/ Angry Birds is a game for computers and mobile phones, but one of the birds is featured on a Finnish stamp issued March 21 to honour the ice hockey world championship. Toni Kysenius, an artist with Rovio Entertainment, which created Angry Birds, is quoted in a news release as saying, “For Rovio, being a part of the hockey world championships is something new, and Hockey Bird is the right person to join the party.”
Kysenius admits that he got a tad nervous when he looked at earlier stamps. “Many of the fabulous stamps were designed by people I know from the University of Art and Design. I have admired their work for years.”
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With the HockeyBird stamp, Toni Kysenius had the opportunity to utilize printing technologies that he is rarely able to use in his other work. “What’s best about stamps is the incredibly detailed technical process and the use of special printing effects.”
Something strange at the bottom of the garden Reported in http://www.metro.co.uk
Stamp collector Mr Knight took his Royal Mail obsession to new heights after completely remodelling his garden shed. It features its own telephone line, which is connected to the national network through a vintage 1937 exchange.
The 50-year-old Essex resident had been collecting postal memorabilia for over a decade when he ran out of space to keep his collection. He then decided to give his modern lean-to, which includes original signs, scales, stamps and uniforms from a traditional 1950s post office, a makeover.
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‘I’ve always been a keen stamp collector since I was a young boy but I started collecting letter boxes around 14 years ago and it just grew from their - I now have 115 of them dotted around the garden,’ he explained. ‘After years of collecting I realised I had everything needed to create a replica of a 1950s post office. ‘That’s when I began restoring the items and opened my post office shed to the public.’ He said: ‘I am very lucky to have such an understanding wife and neighbours who have helped me create such a unique space.’
Queen’s head in certain size, the Olympic logo, the price. And then, in addition to those restrains (rules), stamps are very collectable, so I had to design gift sets and collectors’ items.”
Meanwhile in Russia…
Reported in The Voice of Russia May 2012 Stamp collectors in Russia have got a good chance to become the first owners of the Sochi (Russia) – Capital of the 22nd Olympic Games 2014 stamp. A memorable seal stamp set ceremony was held simultaneously in Moscow and Sochi.
Fashion designer turns to stamps Reported in www.isleofman.com/news
His creations are more commonly found paraded on fashion catwalks or on hangers in boutiques around the world. However, the British designer Sir Paul Smith is not a man to be confined by genre as his recent Isle of Man London Olympic and Paralympic Games stamp designs demonstrate. “l looked at posters and artwork from previous Olympics and realized I wanted the stamps to be positive, powerful, colourful and, above all, optimistic,” said Smith in a recent interview. “Actually the job was quite huge and I worked on the project for about a year,” he explained. “Because stamps are governed by law, you have to incorporate certain things: the
“Since 1896 all organisers of the Olympic Games have been issuing stamps on the occasion,” the President of the Sochi-2014 Organizing Committee Dmitry Chernyshenko says. “Our series, “Sochi – 2014” includes 45 topics, which contain information about the beautiful city of Sochi and of course, about the winter Olympic sports. We also plan to use our wonderful mascots, which will promote both the image of Sochi and the Sochi – 2014 project all over the world.” The new stamp set will be an edition of 120,000 copies, which will be distributed via the post offices all over Russia. 4 stamp sets, 45 stamps with different plots, Stamp News - 51
Stamps in the News - Globally! postcards, and also sets of postage stamps in the art cover.
Korea memorial sculptor fights back
for a 10 percent royalty and the earlier court ruling should have determined what deal he and the postal service would likely have reached.
Something fishy going on?
Reported in www.reuters.com
Reported by www.foxnews.com
An 87-year-old sculptor is entitled to more money from the U.S. Postal Service after it made tens of millions of dollars from using an image of his Korean War memorial on stamps and merchandise, a federal appeals court ruled recently.
The Virginia man who received a postcard from his parents nearly 60 years after it was sent is headed to the Chicago aquarium shown on the long-lost piece of mail. Recently a postcard featuring a 2-cent stamp and a loving message from the parents of Scott McMurry turned up in the mail of a Florida woman. McMurry has now accepted an expensespaid offer to come visit the Chicago aquarium depicted on the long-lost postcard. “We invited Mr. McMurry and his family so they can enjoy a place that his parents enjoyed 60 years ago,” said a spokeswoman for Shedd Aquarium in Chicago The postcard, which was sent to McMurry in 1957, when he was a junior in high school and his parents had taken a trip from their Decatur, Ga., home, includes the loving message: “We’ll probably be home before this gets there.”
Frank Gaylord, who is now 87 and a World War Two veteran, won a government-sponsored contest to build a memorial to Korean War veterans in 1990, and his work, consisting of a platoon of 19 steel soldiers, became the centerpiece of the Korean War Veterans’ Memorial in Washington. In 1995, photographer John Alli captured a ghostly image of the steel soldiers after a snowstorm which the U.S. Postal Service paid $1,500 to use in a commemorative line of 37-cent postage stamps in 2002. The postal service sold 86.8 million of the stamps and licensed the image to retailers, reaping estimated revenues of $30.2 million, but failed to request Gaylord’s permission for use of the image of his sculpture. Gaylord sued in 2006 but his request for a 10 percent royalty, plus interest, was rejected and he was instead granted $5,000 -- the most the postal service had ever paid to license an image. In Monday’s ruling, the appeals court said Gaylord consistently licensed images of the work 52 - Stamp News
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(cont. from page 47) Cyprus, Gibraltar & Malta Paperback, 216 pages 3rd edition (published October 2011) RRP A $37.50 The first new edition of this catalogue since 2008, this welcome arrival packs in a bit more than the title might suggest. As well as the three main countries of the title, and all that they entail, there are also comprehensive listings for the British Post Offices in Crete, the former British Colonies of Heligoland and the Ionian Islands, and the Turkish Cypriot Posts. New issues are covered up to May 2011, including postage dues and booklets. As the publisher advise us, there are ‘hundreds of price changes’ and newly discovered watermark and constant varieties are included. An essential addition to the library of any collector of this area. Collect British Postmarks Paperback, 400 pages 8th edition (published November 2011) RRP A $53.90 It has been 14 years since the last edition of this popular title was published, and this new edition, published by Stanley Gibbons for the first time, doesn’t disappoint! In fact this new edition of the catalogue has been produced as a ‘joint venture’ with the British Postmark Society making it possible to call on the knowledge of a number of leading experts in the field, including editor Bill Pipe. The catalogue has a completely re-worked, user friendly, layout with clear illustrations. There is
mike lee very useful introductory information for most sections, and notes throughout, making this catalogue ideal for collectors just starting out in the field, or those who are well seasoned veterans. There are thirty one different sections in the Contents pages including the more obvious areas such as London Local Posts, early Irish & Scottish marks, Numeral, Spoon and Duplex Postmarks, Later Circular handstamps, Railway postmarks, Military and Camp postmarks, including BFPO information for the Gulf War, Iraq & Afghanistan, and Machine cancellations, together with some slightly more obscure areas such as Royalty and Tourist Cachets. There are also sections on Post Office names, an A-Z of interesting places, and a comprehensive Postal Rates guide from 1638! Pricing is provided throughout the catalogue, and it should be noted that prices are for complete covers, although in the Pricing Guide on page viii there are percentages given to help you calculate the approximate prices for postmarks on piece, or on ‘loose’ stamps. This new edition is a truly indispensable reference tool for any collector of this area, and even if you don’t collect British postmarks, there is certainly enough interesting information contained within to warrant adding it to your philatelic library. Highly recommended. Well that’s it for this month. Next time we’ll have a look at another four or five new SG catalogues, including the just arrived GB Specialised part 1 – Queen Victoria Until then, keep reading and discovering! Mike Stamp News - 53
Market Matters: Check that Kiloware!
Eagle-eyed collectors have been making good money spotting interesting errors on the current “2nd Class” QE2 Machin stamps. Some of them were printed with the security background wording reading “ROYAL MRIL” instead of ROYAL MAIL. This is a VERY common stamp in kiloware, and the error is pretty easy to spot. Current price on ebay now is about £50 each, and they were well into the £100s each until recently. Find a mint one and I can offer you VERY big money for it!
the part which is over the dark background (i.e. in ‘negative’.) However on the Queen’s head, the words are smaller, and are ‘positive’, i.e. there is an area over the head which has a clear background, with the words printed in it. A Stampboards member reported latter May he found one with the top section of the security print missing. It is shown nearby in 2 scans to show the error front on, and obliquely. An easy $100 Kiloware find I predicted it is a £100 item if sold now, as other GB specialists on the board discussion had not seen or heard of this one. These new “SLITTED” stamps were first released in the UK on February 17, 2009. New Style “Slitted” Machins As most readers will know UK are now releasing most new Machins in a new style - each with two The NEVER aging Queen! All allegedly have non-soakable PERMANENT or four “U” shape slits in each stamp as illustrated adhesive on them, although it appears not as robust a nearby. glue as the USA gum. The idea is, it is impossible to peel these off an The “Machin” series has been issued for 45 years envelope that has not been cancelled, and then re-use them again on the mail. now, the first tranche being released in 1967 – the Queen’s head design being approved in 1966. The official explanation is that this will: “act in the same way as retail price stickers, causing a As a testament to the remarkable vanity of our stamp to rip if you try to pull it off an envelope.” Monarch, Lizzy has magically not aged a single year since then, nor added The ‘ROYAL MAIL’ overprint a wrinkle – the exact is in a semi-visible same portrait being layer, more obvious used now as in 1967. I’d hate to as the stamp is slanted against think how many the light - as with denominations and colours they can be phosphor bands. The semifound in, and how visible layer is an many billions have “all-over” print, been sold. Certainly they exist from ½d with the words ROYAL MAIL to £5 - and masses of “reversed out” of values in between. Another “2nd Class” GB Error 54 - Stamp News
Glen Stephens Then you can add endless specialised variations - with various phosphor bands, shades, papers, printers, elliptical perfs and the like, to the list as well.
£12,000 mint and £350 used. A Plate 11 is now £4,500 used – up £500.
Sold 60 x 1d Blacks
I know a local dealer who sold SIXTY 4 margin “1d Black” Phoenix Auctions Melbourne copies last week, before the “new” will offer the ½d green Sideways prices were known to him, who Watermark KGV head on June 9. will be VERY annoyed with One of the great Australian himself! watermark rarities, this example The 1840 2d blue is also up by turned up in a cheap kiloware/ £3,000 mint to £35,000, and up bundle lot, they reported on £150 to £850 used. stampboards. And if you think that is “high” Another Kiloware find! The out dated ACSC catalogue unusually nice used copies can sell value for this is $A40,000. I have for about 4 times catalogue price, little doubt it will fetch that kind of money, as it is like the example shown nearby sold by UK dealer the finest of the 3 known. Perfectly centred, it has a Western Australia machine roller cancel. I archived all columns of my much missed colleague Simon Dunkerley for posterity on my website, and he wrote a detailed piece on the 2 other 2 known copies here - tinyurl.com/simon-5d
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New 2012 SG “Concise”
The new Gibbons 2012 GB ‘Concise’ catalogue has just been released. If you collect or stock pre-war GB you MUST get a copy, or you will be way behind the market on prices. Hugh Jefferies and Vince Cordell are the lead Editors of this huge full colour opus, that is now over 400 pages thick. Australia RRP is just $A54, and I sell a lot each year. UK retail is £30 so the local price is most attractive, as they are heavy to mail. Values of the TOP END GB material are up strongly right across the board. Indeed the entire pre 1920s era seems to have an upward price tick on near every item I looked at. Starting right from the basic 1840 1d Black, which in very cheapest plate is up strongly to
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Market Matters Mark Bloxham. And that 2d blue imperf is up to a whopping £15,000 mint and £1,500 used with Inverted Watermark. These are large rises in one year. The 1840 1d Black “VR” is up £7,000 used to £35,000 used. For a REAL one - see last month’s column for the ebay idiots bidding £500 on obvious fakes.
too. The 1883 “Lilac and Green” set are all up – the key 9d is now £1,200 mint and £475 used. A really hard stamp to find in good shape – about 100 times scarcer than the 6d Green, which has about HALF that catalogue value!
The “Glamour” stamp
The 1910 KEVII 2d Tyrian Plum goes up to £110,000, taking the Gibbons value to 6 times what it was just The rare 1864 1d red a few years back. Plate number 77 is now Who said there was Retail was FOUR times full SG £550,000 - in line with “no money in stamps”? the price SG claim to Auction results support have sold one for in recent weeks. See story below. the catalogue price rise on SG 266a. For the last few years this plate has been listed but An example shown nearby was invoiced for unpriced for some strange reason. £102,000 late 2011 by Spink in London. The 1841 imperf 1d red SG 8 cheapest type is A huge number of the KEVII 2d Tyrian Plums now up to £600/£30 from £500/£25. were initially printed - 100,000 sheets, totalling Remember with all these prices – the SG prices 24,000,000 stamps emerged from the presses - but are deemed to be for FINE quality copies. The often today very few remain. One is known on cover to found “roughies” of all the above KGV. sell for far less anywhere. Almost all were destroyed The iconic SG 121, the 1880 without being issued, when 2/- Brown, is up to £3,800 used Edward VII died, with only 12 and £28,000 mint. This really is now believed to exist - three of a scarce stamp, and very small which are in The Royal Philatelic numbers were sold. Collection of Her Majesty, Queen Being a “boring” looking tiny Elizabeth II. brown stamp, typically used on a The example offered in the brown parcel wrapper, few were Spink “Chartwell” Collection kept - that much is obvious. was a lower right corner example. And those that were, had those With part original gum, it shows a horrid super heavy 1880s era colour dot in right margin. “killer” parcel cancels on them There were a couple of defects Auctioned for over £100,000
Plate “77” priced again
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Glen Stephens in this copy – a sizeable tear in the bottom margin, and a small mark on Edward’s cheek near his earlobe, but it is one of the finest examples of this exceptionally rare stamp.
always been hard. Did you realise that no POSTALLY used examples of this are believed to exist? As chance has it, I had a UK auction house owner visit me here, who has a 16 frame exhibit of the Buy the scarce ones 1882 GB £5 Orange he NOW! showed me. Many of us saw such rises An attractive non postal cancel? He has one of the best happen 30 years back with showings of these stamps each new SG Catalogue on earth. This is not a appearing, and I get a strong feeling of Déjà Vu. novice we are talking of here! Mark my words - you will see this same pattern
occur for several years to come in SG catalogues. NO postal used £5 Oranges? The lesson? Buy the stamps you need NOW in That UK dealer believes near all, if not all, the this better grade of material. The common $5 items existing “used” £5 GB Oranges were NOT postally will likely still be $5 in 5 years’ time. Maybe less. used. The $500 item might however become $1,000, Even the “Registered Threadneedle Street” cancel and the $5,000 stamp might be $15,000. Or more. one he has in his collection, that is illustrated on And the same money in the bank will likely to stampboards. have gone up only 15% or so in 5 years. Which he believes was used for TELEGRAM And if left in the stock-market or traditional bulk lodgements there, despite the superannuation funds, it may well “Registered” cancel. have DECREASED, as we can He has never seen a £5 he is all see from some recent annual convinced has done genuine postal returns! service of any kind. Or seen a parcel As an example of how easy the label or parcel piece even. pricier material is to sell, I have set The dealer advised me that about up a “Rarity” page offering choice 15% of them he has seen, have single items and covers priced Edinburgh, Glasgow or Belfast neat mainly over $1,000. cds cancels. Shameless plug, but many items These were used for the sell in a day or so of listing them – collection and payment of excise www.glenstephens.com/rarity.html duty (nearly all whisky) paid by the - and other dealers report the same many distilleries in those places. experience with top shelf material. As was the used strip of 3 The iconic £5 Orange Queen all used with neat “Edinburgh” Victoria from 1882 increases of cancels. Illustrated nearby from his course in the “Concise”- up to collection – excuse the fuzzy scan. £15,000 used. Don’t get me wrong – I’d love Being a huge stamp, finding top to have it in stock, but never knew quality examples without faults has All 3 fiscally used it seems! Stamp News - 57
Market Matters such pretty things were fiscal used only. tinyurl.com/QV5PD contains many more images, and much discussion on this interesting topic!
the topic on stampboards.com
A “Must Read” discussion
tinyurl.com/RooCTO is the web link to that, and much has been uncovered and reported What is a 1d red Roo much there that was not worth? previously recorded in print. The short answer is, a dollar or The Journal of the ACCC so in most dealer stockbooks has recently had 2 articles on earth. The 1d Kangaroo from Geoff Kellow that adds is a very common stamp, and to the interest in this field not well over a BILLION were otherwise studied much by used. collectors. The example shown Arthur Gray was kind nearby has no special die or enough to bring over his watermark or plate varieties CTO Kangaroos recently, - it is catalogued in Stanley and I scanned and posted up Would YOU pay $90 for this? Gibbons at just £1 used. all pages of his collection, Not always so. The and much unique material is example shown nearby among it. sold for $A90 on ebay in mid-April, and 2 very Shown nearby is a 5/- Kangaroo 1915 “Second experienced collectors were bidder and underbidder. Watermark” (SG 30) pair from Arthur’s collection. Both are active stampboards members, and the Until sighting these I had never believed this funny thing is if a dealer offered it for $80 nett, watermark received the special “CTO” cancels - they neither would have bought it I suspect! Ebay fever. clearly did. Seller “1915cazna” is one of a few ebay stamp The ACSC note on these is a little outdated now sellers who does not get immersed in the absurd BS that this pair is recorded. and hyperbole many use, and oddly his results are Value probably $5,000 if it were offered for sale. better. As I recall this pair Lesson learned for had gum. (Beware of some ebay sellers. fake cancels, on no Less is often more. gum copies.) The lot number was Scans of Arthur’s 270949528778 and other amazing and there were 11 bids. often unique CTO The interest stamps and Roo in CTO Australia specimens are also stamps has been shown on tinyurl. heavily driven by com/RooCTO the interest on a long Make a VERY discussion of near large cup of coffee 2,000 messages on to read all the A $5,000 type pair 58 - Stamp News
Glen Stephens 2000 messages, and accompanying photos! The “AP 15 – 13” crisp cancels are developing quite a cult following. Very much scarcer than the “DE 3 – 13” cancels shown on the 1d Roo above. More on them, and more great photos in a future column.
The buyer, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased the Plate 77 Penny Red through the company’s recently opened Hong Kong office. Of the four mint examples recorded, one is in the Royal Philatelic Collection, one in the Tapling Collection in the British Library. GB “Plate 77” on piece Another was in the Off-centre stamp “Raphael” collection that sells £550,000 was stolen in 1965, and has not been seen since. A single example of the elusive 1858 GB “Plate 77 The fourth was in the famous Ferrary collection Penny Red” has just been sold by Stanley Gibbons in that was sold in the 1920s - the authenticity of that London. The company has announced its sale to “a private has never been confirmed, and again has not been seen since the auction. client in Australasia” for £550,000. Of the five “accepted” used examples, two SG were not prepared to give me a specific damaged examples were found in the early 20th country of residence when I asked. Century, neither of which has been seen on the open It was sold just two months after SG acquired it. market for over 50 years. The stamp was A third was in the described as “the finest “Crocker” collection and lost used example in existence, in the 1906 San Francisco inside or outside a Earthquake, and a fourth museum” by the Stanley example from the “Adams” Gibbons Director of Great collection is now in the Britain Philately. British Library. A fifth example, is the one Wide General Media offered for sale by Stanley cover Gibbons for £550,000 and is The acquisition of the stated to have recently sold stamp attracted much for that figure. media attention in the UK, being featured on the BBC The trio on cover website etc. An un-resolved discovery of Its appearance on this stamp was made a few prime time television years back, that I personally was heralded as, “a coup believe to be 100% genuine. for the hobby” in the The discovery was of philatelic press. Great a 1865 part cover from stuff! Part of the “Mystery Cover”. Stamp News - 59
Market Matters Guernsey to Brussels Belgium, in an old collection job lot in Europe, where the plate number had not been recognised. The cover was pre-paid with 3 x 1d red stamps, all dreadfully centred, with the Guernsey “324” barred numeral obliterator. One of those is very badly scuffed, and one is creased. A rather ugly piece, value in normal circumstances - a few dollars on a good day. However all stamps are showing Plate “77” on both sides – making this a literally £100,000s rarity if finally certified genuine. Indeed arguably a 7 figure piece based on the SG recent sale of £550,000 for a single.
£100,000s discovery?
No forger would have worked tirelessly on 3 stamps when 1 was normal, and choosing a ratty cover and damaged stamps is not any forger’s path. The stamp world has changed, and stampboards may have unveiled the greatest stamp discovery of this century. All essentially due to a long discussion on the internet Stamp Bulletin Board. There are 100s of detailed colour photos, and charts and graphs, and large blow ups, and whereabouts of the other known existing plate “77’ examples. All added by members all over the globe. tinyurl.com/plate77 caries the complete discussion, which to date is some 1,200 different messages, with about 50,000 page views so far. A decade back this discovery would have appeared as a mention in a specialist journal somewhere, a letter or two in response might have been published, and the matter then consigned to the dustbin of history. “Alleged cover bearing GB plate 77 stamps is rejected as forged” etc, and case closed. However the 8500 stampboards members voted this as their favourite discussion thread of all time, as it may well be history in the making.
Another probable “77” on cover
One member “stampmann” (Grahame Mann) from 60 - Stamp News
Looks like “77” to me Torquay UK who is a long experienced specialist dealer in GB 1d Plate numbers reports he also found a “77” cover in recent years, and also got a “bad” certificate. He knows his stuff backwards, and felt sure he had the real McCoy and a plate 77, (E.I.) but dejectedly sold it for £1 at Stampex described as the plate 73 that he was advised it was by the “experts”. His May 1992 RPS Cert (which he shows on the board) says – “Used on cover, is NOT plate 77.” Understandably he is now furious he sold it for a song, and did not back his better judgement that it showed 77. The trio on cover saga however, has soldiered on substantially since my last mention. The two initial “Certificates” decided the 3 stamps on cover were NOT bearing Plate ‘77’ stamps. Like many major stamp discoveries, the stamp establishment is never terribly keen to accept on face value, something clearly very valuable, they did not know existed before. Most especially in the ultra conservative British stamp world. The RPS London’s view was plainly absurd, arguing essentially that someone had cut the number “7” out of other stamps, and pasted it over the
Glen Stephens
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“7” out of other stamps, and pasted it over the second “7” on each stamp on the cover.
The $20 UV lamp test
A basic $20 UV lamp would detect that if it were true! As would 20/20 eyesight I’d guess, or a human fingernail. The other Philatelic Foundation (PF) view in essence imputed the second original number had been hand-painted out in red, and a new 7 in white painted in on every stamp. Again the most rudimentary of checking would reveal this, if it were the case – and if it were possible to do. The UK owner Abed Najjar was not satisfied with these clearly sloppy opinions, and commissioned a raft of University and forensic lab reports on the cover. As you will see in the highly detailed reports here – www.johfail.notlong.com - senior forensic Scientists and technical labs, using electron microscopes, and a million dollars of analytical equipment, see no evidence whatever of faking or alteration. Najjar spent £10,000’s, and a great deal of time, and went out and got those highly technical forensic reports on this cover. The detailed forensic evidence appears to clearly show those “Expert” views above are simply wrong.
However after the initial discussions on stampboards, Najjar further commissioned Robert Radley, a leading paper and forensic expert to take the specific RPSL and PF “opinions” and analyse them point by point. Point 33 of the long forensic report is shown nearby, and a massive close up of one of the “7” diamonds. YOU be the judge! This super detailed Radley report is found on tinyurl.com/radleys and is well worth a close read. In summary this expert showed that both the “Expert” opinions were total nonsense, and were not supported by a shred of scientific or forensic evidence. And make no mistake, the writer of this report condemning both Certificates is a world leading expert, and has often tendered forensic paper evidence to courts on a very wide scale. If this was a Court Of Law, the RPSL and PF views on this cover, would be tossed out unceremoniously in my view. The opinion appears to be that there was an emergency and short lived substituted cliché or repair or similar. Done for whatever reason, on one of the plates, leaving some units showing Plate 73 corner letter characteristics, but showing “77”. The Jury is still out on this interesting cover. tinyurl.com/plate77 is a truly fascinating read. As I often type – “the last word is NEVER written in Philately” ! Stamp News - 61
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philatelic clubs & societies new south wales Armidale Circle RSPC: Mtg 2nd Wed Australian Cmwlth Collectors Club of NSW: Mtg 3rd Mon 7.45pm, 1st flr. Philas House, 17 Brisbane St, Darlinghurst, Sydney 2001. Ph 02 9267 8301; Fax: 02 9264 4741. GPO Box 1971, Sydney NSW 2000 Ph: 02 9264 8301 Aust. States Study Circle: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Bathurst Stamp Coin and Collectables Club: Mtg 1st Mon 7.30pm, Old Eglinton fire shed, Park St, Elington PO Box 151, Bathurst NSW 2795 Bega Phil. & Numismatic Society: Mtg 3rd Friday 8.00pm. Mthly Newsletter. PO Box 370, Bega NSW Blue Mountains Stamp Club: Mtg 4th Friday (ex Dec) 8.00pm Katoomba Public School; PO Box 76, Blackheath Boambee East PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan) 6pm Boambee East Comm. Centre, Bruce King Dr. Ph: 02 66581385 Campbelltown District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan - 4th Wed); @ Catholic Hall Acacia St, Ruse. Inquiries: mystampclub@yahoo.com.au; PO Box 478, Campbelltown 2560 Castle Hill SC Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, Hills District Bowling Club, Jenner Street, Baulkham Hills; PO Box 151 Castle Hill NSW 1765 China Study Group of PSNSW: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Cinderella SC: Mtg 2nd Friday, even months; Produces “Cinderellas Australia” and monographs; PO Box 889, Chatswood, NSW 2057 Coffs Harbour SC: Mtg 2nd Wed Earlwood and District SC:Mtg 1st Wed Grafton SC: Mtg 2nd Wed (ex. Dec) Grafton Stampers & Everything Philatelic: Mtg 1st Sun 2pm (ex School Hols). Grafton Baptist Church Hall, Cnr Queen & Oliver Sts. Ph 02 6642 1363. email gbchurch@bigpond.com. Great Lakes SC: Mtg1st Sat 9.30am , Workshop & Market 1st Sat 9-12, Great Lakes Campus Annexe, Taree St, Tuncurry Enq: Ph 02 6554 9776 Gosford PS: Afternoon Mtg 1st Mon; Evening Mtg 2nd Thurs Hawkesbury Valley PS (Richmond Stamp Club): Mtg 2nd Thurs (ex Jan) PO Box 28 Richmond 2753 Illawarra PS: Mtg 3rd Thursday (ex. Jan) Wollongong Master Build. Club Ltd, Oasis Room, 7.30pm. All welcome. Tel. (02) 42252011. Kempsey RSL PS: Mtg 2nd Wed Lake Macquarie Stamp Club:: Mtg 2nd Sat 9am; Combined Pensioners & Community Care Services 130 Josephson St, Swansea. Enq: 02 4392 5211 Lord Howe Island Postal History Society: Mtg by arrangement. Contact Pres: Dr William Mayo, 02 9918 6825 Lower Clarence PS: Mtg 4th Tues Macquarie Valley PS: Mtg 2nd Tues Maitland SC: Mtg 2nd Mon ex Jan. ‘Show & Tell’ every mtg E. Maitland Bowling Club, Bank St. Pres. Mark Saxby; Sec. David Carratt; Ph: 02 4932 4045 Email: carrotspatch@tpg.com.au Manly-Warringah PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs St David’s Church Hall, Dee Why. Sec. Graeme Morriss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: stampsmw@bizland.com.au Manly-Warringah Rugby Leagues SC: Mtg 4th Tues cnr. Pittwater Rd & Federal Pde, Brookvale. Sec. Graeme Morriss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: stampsmw@bizland.com.au Milton-Ulladulla SC: Mtg 7pm on 4th Mon (ex Dec); Milton-Ulladulla Bowling Club Mtg Room, St Vincent St, Ulladulla, Sec. PO Box 670, Ulladulla, NSW, 2539 Morisset Uniting Church SC: Mtg 4th Sat 10am (ex Dec) Enq: 4977 2525 (Jenny)
act Canberra, Philatelic Society of: 1st Thursday: General Meeting,3rd Thursday: Afternoon Meeting (IF REQUIRED),3rd Thursday: (Evening) Exchange Night, 2nd Tuesday: Postcard Group, 4th Monday: Machin Collectors Group. All meetings 7:45pm, Griffin Centre, Genge Street, Canberra City Postal Address:PO Box 1840,Canberra ACT 2601,Email:psc@netspeed.com.au www.canberrastamps.org
western australia Armadale-Kelmscott PS: Mtg 4th Tues; Ph: 08 9397 6525 email: fit.kanga@bigpond.com Bridgetown-Manjimup SC: Mtg 1st Thurs 7.30pm Masonic Hall, Hampton St, BridgetownPh 08 9761 4638 or 08 9761 2005 Busselton SC: Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9752 4449, 0400 646 282 email witches1@westnet.com.au Canning SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9457 7565 Daytime SC: Mtg 1st Thurs; 08 9341 3576 Eastern Goldfields: Mtg 3rd Thurs ; Ph: 0412 156 351 Eaton SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7pm Ph. 08 9795 7744, email: scrapbit@tpg.com Ellenbrook SC: Mtg 3rd Wed; Ph: 08 9296 9306 Fremantle and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed, Tennis Club House, Parry St, Fremantle at 8pm; Ph: 08 6363 6415 Kalamunda SC: Mtg 3rd Wed; Ph: 08 9291 8484 Mandurah PS PO Box 625 Mandurah WA 6210 2nd Tues 4.45 - 6.30pm Bortolo Park Pavilion Cnr. Bortolo and
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NSW club information:The Philatelic Association of NSW, PO Box220, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1300 Phone: 02 9264 8301
Mudgee Coin Note & Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sunday Ph 02 63735324 Nambucca River PS: Mtg 1st Sunday Newcastle PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs, 7.30pm Mayfield Ex-Services Club; 10am 3rd Wed, 48 Mackie Ave, New Lambton, Juniors 11am 3rd Sun, Wallsend Pioneers Hall NSW Postcard Collectors Soc: Mtg 1st Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Northern Suburbs PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7.45pm, Naremburn Library, Central St, Naremburn off Slade St; Ph: 02 9419 7354 Orange Coin and Stamp Club: Mtg Last Tuesday, Orange Community Info Centre, 79-81 Kite St, Orange 7.30pm Ph: 02 6362 3754. Orchid Stamp Club: Mtg 3rd Sat. (Jan and each 2nd mth) Parramatta PS: Mtg 1st Friday Penrith and District PS: Mtg 1st Thursdays, 8pm, CWA rooms, Baby Health Ctr, Tindale St PO Box 393, Kingswood NSW 2747 PHILAS Stamp Auctions: Mtg 2nd Sat Mar,Jul, Nov Ph 02 9264 8301 PS of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed (exDec); Ph 02 9399 7556 PS of NSW: Mtg 1st Tues (Philas House), 3rd Tues (Chatswood); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Richmond River (Lismore) PS: Mtg 4th Thursday Royal Sydney Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd Tues. (ex Jan); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Sapphire Coast Stamp & Coin Club: Mtg Enq 02 6495 7308. Mail to PO Box 285, Pambula, NSW 2549 St. George PS: Mtg 1st Mon Shoalhaven PS: Mtg 2nd Monday (Ex Jan) PO Box 4047, East Nowra 2541. Ph 02 44472976 Smithfield SC: Mtg 2nd Mon Society for Polar Philately: 2012 meetings: 2nd Wednesday of February, March, May, July, Sept and November held at Ryde Ex-Services Club 724-730 Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW Tel: 9807 3344 (in Mackinnon room) starting at 8pm.Enq 0407 277 223 or email penviews@hotmail.com Strathfield-Burwood PS: Mtg 4th Wed Sussex Inlet and District: Mtg 3rd Mon Sutherland Shire PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. , 7:30pm, Sutherland Uniting Services Club, 7 East Pde, Sutherland. Information Secretary, PO Box 339, Sutherland, NSW 1499 Sydney Anglican Stamp Society: Mtg 2nd Sat, even months 9.30am - 2.30pm, St Paul’s, Carlingford. Details: www.philas.org.au/sysdneyanglicanstampsociety Tamworth PS: Mtg 1st Mon ex. Jan. Tamworth Bridge Club, 7 Hilton St, Tamworth Sec. Graeme Mitchell. PO Box 678, Tamworth NSW 2340 Ph. 02 67664853 Taree RSL Club Ltd SC: Mtg 3rd Mon Thematic Society of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed Toronto SC: Mtg 1st Wed Tuggerah SC: Mtg 4th Sun (ex Dec.) Turramurra SC: Mtg 2nd Monday, 7.45pm. Ph: 9144 4225 Twin Towns Stamp Club Inc.: Mtg 1st Monday, 7.30p, Home & Comm. Centre, Tweed Heads Wagga SC: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) ARCC Building, Tarcutta St, 7.30pm. Secretary: Peter Simpfendorfer Ph:02 6922 3393 Willoughby Legion Philatelic Section: Mtg 4th Tues Wyong PS: Mtg 3rd Tues, 7.30m. Jim Spence, Sec. Ph 02 4392 7536
northern territory Alice Springs SC: Meet Informally; PO Box 1529, Alice Springs, NT, 0871. Ph 08 8953 3054 Darwin Philatelic Circle: 1st Sun. 10am - 2pm. 53 Flametree Crt, Rosebery; Ph:(08) 8931 2898; PO Box 1624, Palmerston, NT, 0831; Email: Nadine.Tinsley@nt.gov.au-. WA club information: WA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Perth, WA, 6001 Murdoch Drives Greenfields WA 6210 08 9581 1083 keithmich@bigpond.com Northern Districts SC: Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9329 0117 Philatelic Forum: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan); Ph: 08 9294 4277 Rockingham & Kwinana (PS of): Mtg 3rd Tues (NB 2nd in Dec) Pres. Malcolm Brown; Sec. Terry Boyd; PRO Lucie Schokker Ph. 08 9419 1604; email: malcolm.b@iinet.net.au PS of WA: Mtg 3rd Tues; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Wed (ex Dec); Clubrooms, Charles Riley Reserve, Wendling Rd, North Beach, Ph: 08 9447 7256 The Postmark Circle (WA): Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Victoria Park SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9472 8072 or 08 9450 5280 WA Study Group: Mtg 4th Thurs (ex Dec) 08 9384 1050 Wanneroo SC: Mtg 3rd Mon; Ph: 08 6106 0874.
philatelic clubs & societies new zealand Air Mail Society of NZ: Mtg 3rd Mon (ex. Jan). Ph: 03 358 4838 Auckland PS: Mtg 1st and 3rd Tues (except Jan); Email bruce.chadderton @fitec. org.nz Add Ph 09 9853212 www.aps.gen.nz Christchurch PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Library night 3rd Tuesday; Email: gftyson@inet.net. nz Ph 03 3541064 Dunedin PS: Mtg 4th Thurs (except Nov and Dec). Ph 03 4557643; Email paul@ classiekrealestate.co.nz Hastings Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Wed (except Jan and 2nd Wed Dec). Ph 06 8706710; Email jan-dave@clear.net.nz Hawkes Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan); Ph: 06 843 9433 Email dennmarg@paradise. net.nz Horowhenua PS: Mtg 2nd Mon. Ph: 06 368 6202 Email michael.Christensen@xtra. co.nz Hutt Valley PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan); Ph: 04 568 4892; Email: richards@nec.co.nz Kapiti PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec); Ph: 04 297 1197 Manaia PS: Mtg (Hawera) 1st Sun. Ph 06 2784292, email: peter.Williams @xtra. co.nz Manawatu PS: Mtg 1st Wed, daytime meeting 3rd Tues. Ph 06 3289 895; Email patricia.Larsen@xtra.co.nz Marlborough Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Mon (except Jan and 2nd Mon Dec). Ph 03 5776166; Email lousv8@yahoo.com Morrinsville Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Wed Ph 07 8896251 Nelson PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 03 5477516 NZ Stamp Collectors Club Christchurch: Mtg 4th Wed ; Ph 03 3596758; www.nzeal. com/philately/nzscc.htm North Shore PS: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Wed (except Jan and Dec). Ph: 09 4141044; Email: nsps@xtra.co.nz www.northshoreps.com Postal History Soc of NZ: Auckland 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 09 522 0311 Chapter meetings held Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington. Ph: 07 3476428
queensland Arana Hills SC: Meeting 2nd Tues; 07 3851 0213; email: petermccloskey@bigpond. com Bayside Afternoon SC: Meeting last Wed; Ph: 07 3206 6281. Bribie Island SC: Meeting 4th Wed; Ph: 07 3408 2238 Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, The Family Centre, Kensington St (in the Show Grounds); Ph: 07 4152 2403 or 07 4151 3062 Caboolture & District SC: Mtg 3rd Sat. Ph: 07 5498 6504 Cairns SC: Mtg 3rd Wed. 7.30pm Star Services, 115 Lyons St, Bungalow Ph: 07 4055 1302 Sec: Ross Bottomer, email:rbottomer@y7mail.com, web:www.cairnsstampclub. asn.au Caloundra SC: Mtg 4th Thurs 1.30pm Ph: 07 5494 7233 City Daytime SC: Mtg 2nd Thurs. Ph: 07 3206 6281 City of Brisbane PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs; Ph: 07 3263 8573 (ah); email: desley@mycelebrant.com COLLECTORS CLUB QUEENSLAND: Mtg 2nd Thurs 1.00 pm BCC Library, Garden City Shopping Centre, Upper Mt.Gravatt. Contact 32068507 or stampman5@ bigpond.com Deception Bay SC: Mtg 1st Sat. Ph: 07 3204 6095 Enoggera SC: Mtg 1st and 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 3264 4157 Gladstone and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed (Ex. Jan) & 4th Wed (Ex.Dec). Ph. Sec: 07 4978 1155 Ian Rippingale, Gold Coast PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 11.30am, Southport Community Centre, Lawson St, Southport. Ph: 07 5546 3801 Gympie SC: Mtg - 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 5482 5698 Hervey Bay Afternoon Club: Mtg 3rd Wed. Ph: 07 4124 1138 Ipswich SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan). Ph: 07 3282 2983
Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: secretary@nzpf.org.nz Pukekohe Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sunday Ph: 09 2357737 Email: pukekohestampclub@gmail.com Royal PS of NZ: Mtg 2nd Tues (ex Jan); Ph: 04 472 2590; Email office@rpsnz.org.nz and; Website www.rpsnz.org.nz South Auckland PS:Mtg last Sat (except Dec), Papatoetoe, day time mtgs 3rd Fri(ex Dec); Ph: 09 5366708 ; Email: panross@xtra.co.nz Southland PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (except Jan). Ph 03 2158177 Email antqgevi@es.co. nz Taranaki PS: Mtg 1st Mon except Jan. Ph: 06 758 6233; Email: sheryllb@xtra.co.nz Tauranga & District Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Mon (except Dec); Ph: 07 5765210; Email: beducker@hotmail.com Thames Valley PS: Mtg 1st Mon(except Jan). Ph: 07 8689190; Email: apberry@ wave.co.nz Thematic Association of NZ: Ph: 04 234 7218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Timaru PS: Mtg 1st Wed. Ph: 03 6888829 Upper Hutt PS: Mtg 3rd Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec).04 5284123 ; Email km_Isaac@ paradise.net.nz Waikato PS: Mtg 1st (except Jan) and 3rd Wed (except Dec). Ph 07 8556572 Email c.cameron@agresearch.co.nz Wakatipu PS: Ph: 03 442 8865 Wanganui PS: Mtg 2nd Wed. (Ex. Jan) Ph 06 3448009 Warkworth & Districts Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Thu 1:00pm Ph 09 4258791 Wellesley PS: Mtg 2nd and 4th Mon (ex public holidays). Ph: 09 8271240 Wellington PS: Mtg 4th Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec); daytime meeting 3rd Thurs. Ph: 04 234 7218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Whakatane PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Thurs Ph: 07 3071016 Whangarei PS: Mtg 2nd Meeting: 2nd Tues (Ex. Jan) 09-4348000 Email johnmonica@xtra.co.nz QLD Philatelic Council, 18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum, Qld, 4178. Ph: 07 3396 0846 Fax: 07 3396 0842. Email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Web: www.qpc.asn.au
Junction Park SC: Mtg 1st Tues, 7.30pm, Annerley Baptist Hall, Lambton St. Contact: 07 3272 8304. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, lopatich@bigpond.net.au Lockyer Valley SC: Mtg 4th Sun, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’s Hall, Gatton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: lvsc@bigpond.com Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, Presbyterian Church, Barry St, Slacks Creek, 6pm. Ph: 07 3805 9226. Mackay and District PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 4942 5433; Maryborough and Wide Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Salvation Army Youth 7 Comm. Hall. Bazaar St Maryborough. Ph: 07 41224708 (see also Hervey Bay) Nanango SC: Mtg 4th Thurs. Ph: 07 4162 2945 Philatelic Society of Qld: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm,18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum. Ph: 07 3245 5222 Queensland Study Group: Sunday bi-monthly 1.00pm meets QPS house. Contact Ph: 07 3396 0846 email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Redcliffe SC: Mtg 2nd Sat. Ph: 07 3204 6095 Rockhampton SC: Mtg 1st Tues. Ph: 07 4926 3336 Sherwood Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 3372 6096 Southport Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 07 55630384 Southside PS: Mtg 3rd Tuesday & 3rd Wednesay (9am) Ph: 07 3848 2304 (ah) email: david.appleton@mailbox.uq.edu.au Sunshine Coast SC (formerly Nambour SC): Mtg 1st Wed, 7.15pm at C.W.A. Hall, Short St. Nambour. Ph: 075445 3647 Thematics Queensland: Mtg bi-monthly 9.30am. Ph: 07 3262 5605 email: j.crowsley@uq.net.au Toowoomba SC: Mtg 2nd Sat 2pm; Pres. Bob Littlehales; Phone 07 46355623; email: bob.benny@bigpond.com Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5598 7629 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (afternoon); 4th Thurs (evening); Ph 07 3207 3121.
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philatelic clubs & societies south australia
Information about clubs in SA can be obtained from the SA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Adelaide, SA 5001. Daytime Ph: 08 8212 3557 or 8223 4435
Australian Airmail Society: 1st Wed. 7.45pm 22 Gray Court, Adelaide. PO Box 395, Edwardstown 5039. Ph: 08 8276 3969 Barossa SC: Mtg 1st Tue 7.30 Greenock Luth Church Hall, Bevan St, Greenock; PO Box Greenock 5360; email: Jamil49@bigpond.com; Ph: (08) 8562 8386 Blackwood PC: Mtg 2nd Wed ex Jan; Uniting Church, Main Rd, Blackwood; Ph: 08 8278 1629; PO Box 581, Blackwood 5051; email: teepee@teegee.com.au Bordertown & Districts PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs; Bordertown PSchool; Ph: 08 8752 1297 Community PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Fri - 7.30pm. Marion Bowling Club, off Sturt Rd. PO Box 75 Edwardstown, 5039; Auctions, circuit books. Ph: 0408806894 City of Noarlunga PS: Mtg alternate thurs,-- Community Health Centre, Grand Boulevard, Seaford, Contact 08 85566371 or PO Box 272, Port Noarlunga 5167 Eastern Districts PS: 2nd Thurs (ex. Jan), 7.30pm Senior citizens Hall, 47 Reid Ave. Hectorville; PO Box 240, Magill, 5072; Ph: 0400 156 796 Elizabeth PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7.30pm, RSL Hall, Cnr of Halseys/Midway Rds;PO Box 701, Elizabeth 5112; Ph: 08 8255 0608 Encounter Bay SC: Mtg 1st Wed, 7.30pm; School Hall, Woolworths Centre, Victor Harbour; PO Box 317, Goolwa 5214; aydepe@bigpond.com; Ph: 08 8555 3311 ETSA Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Mon (ex. Jan); Canteen, 1 Anzac Highway, Keswick; PO Box 2079, Magill North, 5072; Ph: 08 8278 7163 Frama Club: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, members homes; For collectors of CPS, Framas. Newsletter and Auctions. PO Box 62 Campbelltown 5074. Gawler SC: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Evanston Primary School, Para Rd, Evanston. PO Box 2, Willaston 5118; Ph: 08 8522 2335 Email: jo.trev@bigpond.com German Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd & 4th Mon 8pm; German Club, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide 5000; Ph: 08 8260 2251 Glenside PS: 1st Wed 7.30pm& 3rd Sat 1.30pm; Uniting Church Hall, Carlton St. Highgate. PO Box 29, Glenside 5063. Ph: (08) 8353 8683 Lower Murray PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs,7.30pm, 2nd Sat, 10am; Murray Bridge Showgrounds. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 purjohn@activ8.net.au Mount Gambier PS: Mtg 3rd Tues; Reidy Park Corn Centre. 8pm. Also1st Sunday (ex. Jan) 1.30pm - 4pm. PO Box 2261,Mt Gambier.Ph: 08 8724 9474 Para Hills PS: Mtg 1st Sun; Community Hall Wilkinson Rd, Para Hills. PO Box 64, Para Hills; Ph: 08 8522 4345
victoria Australian PS: Bi-monthly meetings on 3rd Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December at RSL Homes, 152 Canterbury Road [cnr Keats Street] Canterbury. Secretary, PO Box 7014, Hawthorn, Vic, 3122 Bairnsdale SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Ballarat PS:Mtg 3rd & 5th Mon Balwyn PS: Mtg 3rd Friday; Daytime 1st Friday Bendigo PS: Mtg 1st Tues Berwick SC:Mtg 2nd Sun (ex Jan); Ph: 03 5942 7626 Blackburn Baptist SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brighton PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Tues; Daytime 3rd Tues Camperdown SC: Mtg 1st Tues Castlemaine SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec) Colac PC: Mtg 4th Mon (ex. Dec), Colac Community College, Bromfield St, Colac. Ph:52314746 Corner Inlet SC: Mtg 4th Thurs, Foster, Ph: 03 56881100 Dandenong PS: Mtg 4th Wed (ex Dec) Diamond Valley PS: Mtg 3rd Mon Essendon-Broadmeadows PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs; St Johns Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Mt Alexander Rd & Buckley St, Essendon; Murray Gorham, Ph 9306 7480 Footscray PS: Mtg 1st Mon (2nd in Jan); Footscray Senior Citizens Room, 130 Buckley St, Footscray Frankston & District SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Seaford Community Centre, Broughton St Seaford. Ph: 5996 3745 Geelong PS: Mtgs 1st Sat 7.00pm, 3rd Mon 1pm (ex Jan) Sat - Diversitat Community Centre, 9-15 Clarence St, Geelong West. Mon - Belmont Library, High St, Belmont Ph: 0438578591 (Sec); PO Box 342, Belmont 3216 Hamilton PS: Mtg 2nd Monday Hungarian PS: Mtg 2nd Wed Italian PS: Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan), 7.30pm, Veneto Club, 191 Bulleen Rd Bullen. (PO Box 166, Niddrie, 3042)
tasmania Derwent Valley PS: Mtg 4th Mon Devonport Junior SC: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon Devonport Stamp Group: Mtg 4th Fri, Public Library Mtg Rms, 7.30pm Ph. 03 6424 3449 Glenorchy SC: Mtg 1st Tues Hobart Junior Group: Mtg 1st Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224
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Hall, Russell St, Essendon. June 10 - Stamp & Coin Fair, St Peter Julian Hall,234 Hull Road Mooroolbark 9am-3.30. Dealers and refreshments. Ph Peter Bradbury 97256478 June 11 - Peninsula Stamp Club Stamp Coins & Cards
June 2 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am - Fair. Dromana Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Pt Nepean Rd 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba. & McCulloch St, Dromana. Free admission. Dealers, refreshements. Enq: 0418 322 315 Ph. 0417 802 754 June 17 - (3rd Sun) Stamp, Card - Phone Card Fair, June 2 - (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin ColBentleigh-McKinnon Youth Centre, Higgins Rd, Bentleigh. lectors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131 Gymea Dealers plus huge range activities. Ph: John Thomas 0418 Bay Rd, Gymea.
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