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Genesis of the Kangaroo SSS Produced in the latter part of 2011, the A2013 committee released the first of three exclusive SSS products entitled the “Genesis of the Kangaroo”, which included 10 x 60c stamps and 10 tablets with the A2013 logo. On both sides of the sheet are full colour copies of the initial essays for the first Australian stamp – the 1d Kangaroo. Each Genesis of the Kangaroo SSS is individually numbered and available from the Australia2013 website.
Genesis of the Kangaroo souvenir stamp sheet
150 Years of the Melbourne Zoo
A2013 Forthcoming Issues 1913 – The First KGV issue Following on from the Genesis of the Kangaroo SSS, the committee of the A2013 will produce a SSS for the 1913-14 KGV Recess Stamps in 2012 and in 2013 before the Exhibition will issue the 3rd in the series of SSS commemorating the KGV letterpress issues. Both these sheets will be numbered and limited editions.
To be issued toward the end of 2012 is a special Melbourne Zoo PNC, which celebrates the 150 years of the Melbourne Zoo The A2013 committee will be overprinting 150 on these. A2013 product for Indonesia 2013 In June 2012, five limited edition and numbered items bearing the Indonesia 2012 logo were released overprinted in gold.
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Colonial Heritage Series 2 imperforate intaglio minisheet $30
Royal Exhibition Building postcard $7.50
Rising Sun booklet 10 x 60c $15
Visit Australia 2013 minisheet $15
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1.SA 1902 Thin Postage variety ‘ POSTAGE and ONE SHILLING in Red-Brown’. Scarce stamp and missing from most State collections, VF grade. SG 275c (Cat £900) $1,200 2. TAS 1889 Pictorial SPECIMEN Set (8), VF and fresh.SG 229s/36s $725 3. TAS 1853 Courier Pair, Plate II. Scarce multiple. SG 10 $1200 4. 1d Red Roos, perfin OS NSW, positional block of 24 with BW listed variety ‘notch in left’ frame at L26. Fresh and unmounted. A scarce large block. BW 2(C)e $500 5.1d Papua Pictorial, Ash Imprint Block with (Lee, Type 70) KOKODA 21 MAR 33 to order Cds. Attractive piece. SG 131 $75 6. £1 Brown & Blue (1st WMk). Attractive fresh example, lightly mounted and nicely centred. Scarce stamp in this
grade. SG 15 $3,750 7. 9d Violet Roo (2nd Wmk), scarce premium grade marginal unmounted example with superb fresh gum. Rarely seen like this. SG 27 $1,250 8. 1d Deep Scarlet KGV (Aniline) block of four. Superbly fresh, nicely centred and unmounted. Some vertical perf separation on bottom units. SG 47a. BW 72A (G60) $200 9. 1971 7c Sturt Pea ‘buff and green omitted’ with normal for comparison BW 535cg. SG 468bb $100 10. 5/- Bridge, appealing CTO corner example, no gum. SG 143 $275 11. £1 Robes Specimen. Clean & fresh unmounted example. Rounded corner at upper left. 2011 RPSV photo certificate of authenticity. SG 178s $775 12. 1914 6d Engraved Kookaburra (corner block of 6)
Maroon shade. Nicely centred with fresh, clean gum. Two hinge marks in bottom selvedge only. SG 19, BW 60A $1500
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13.1890 Victoria Postage Due Set (10/10), VF grade, a few with hinge remainders. SG D1/10 $650 19868 14. NZ 1858 1d dull orange Imperf, no wmk. Reasonable margins, one is partly shaved. Large part original gum. Scare stamp (Cat £3000) SG 8 $1,250 19954 15. 6d Qld QV sideface on piece with Lee (Types 48 & 49). TAMATA strikes. Both rated F scarce! Superb strikes. Stunning exhibition grade example! Ceremuga photo certificate. $650 19998 16.1901-5 BNG Set (8/8). Wmk Horizontal. Thick Paper. VF,and well above average grade - SG 1/8 $1,200 19980
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A closer look at modern Australian stamps: Chris de Haer.....8 Woodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ................................................ 16 Revenue Review: Dave Elsmore ................................................. 24 Ireland: the Definitive Issues: Mike Lee ................................... 28 Cinderella Corner: Tony Presgrave ............................................ 32 Tiny nation, tiny collection: Christer Brunström................... 36 Looking at New Zealand: Graeme Morriss ............................. 40 Introducing the APF: John Sadler .............................................. 42 Stamps in the News: Margo Campbell .................................... 48 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................... 54 Philately of Epic Proportions: Rod Perry.................................. 66
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2012 Perth Stamp & Coin Show The inaugural Perth Stamp and Coin Show was a hugely successful 2 day event with 21 local and interstate dealers and an additional 18 collectors with tables upstairs replicating the “European” style flea markets. Attendance was over 400 with many keen collectors appreciating the opportunity to see both stamp and coin dealers in the same venue with some even venturing into new collecting fields. There was a definite “buzz” in the room and it was refreshing to see a queue outside before the show opened and the amount of socialising between collectors around the room and the café. The benefits of the WA mining boom seemed to have come through with several FIFO (fly in fly out) collectors booking their time in Perth to correspond with the show. Bargains were certainly scored on both floors with several collectors very pleased with their purchases and dealers re-stocking from the collectors tables giving a true “trading” feel to the event. The absence of an auction and exhibitor displays didn’t seem to detract from the attendance or enthusiasm of the collecting public and the free valuation tables for stamps, coins, banknotes and postcards were rarely empty. Several collectors were winners in the regular prize draws which included a Great Britain 1840
Penny Black and $200 in APTA vouchers. The overprinted souvenirs were popular with the PNC’s sold out on the first day. A few overprinted miniature sheet and booklet pairs at $32 are still available by visiting the website www.perthstampandcoinshow. com. Congratulations to Dragan Udovicic winning the “Michael Graber Memorial Trophy” for Dealer of the Show presented by Michael’s son Mark who commented on the fascinating material Dragan had on display at his stand. Dealers enjoyed the dinner on the Saturday night and feedback suggested they appreciated the genuine interest shown by WA collectors. Their custom and enthusiasm combined with some new clients resulted in 18 of the 21 dealers already booked to return for the 2013 show on 17th and 18th August next year. Ian Boulton, the show organiser, urged collectors who want tables for next year in the upstairs area, to sell off their excess and duplicate stocks, to visit the website and download an application form as soon as possible. This will ensure they secure a table at $40 and also enables them to be in the show an hour before it opens each day. For additional information, attending dealers at next year’s show, testimonials and photos of the event, please visit www.perthstampandcoinshow.com
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Sporting Legend Susie O’Neill honoured by Australia Post Champion Australian swimmer, Susie O’Neill OAM is being honoured in a new stamp issue, which is part of Australia Post’s Australian Legends program. Created in partnership with the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, the stamp issue honours an outstanding Australian athlete who has made a significant contribution to our sporting culture. Since its founding in 1985, the Sport Australia Hall of Fame has inducted more than 500 individuals, each year elevating one Member to Legend. This year Susie O’Neill, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002, joins a select group of 33 athletes, becoming the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Legend. There are two domestic base-rate (60c) stamps, one featuring a portrait of Susie O’Neill in her current role as sports commentator. The second stamp shows O’Neill swimming in the 200-metres butterfly final at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. O’Neill says of the stamp issue: “I am delighted to be honoured by Australia Post in this way. I hope these stamps inspire young athletes to pursue their dreams of sporting excellence.” Susie O’Neill was a dominant force in the pool throughout the 1990s. She holds 35 Australian titles, eight Olympic medals and a raft of international victories. Susie’s international swimming career was launched at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, where at just 16 years of age she won both gold and silver in the pool. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur her stellar performance resulted in eight medals, six of which were gold. The six at a single Commonwealth Games remains a record, shared with Ian Thorpe since 2002. The 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona were the first Olympics at which Susie competed. Her performance earned her a bronze medal in the 200-metres butterfly. In Atlanta, four years later, she took home gold in this event, also winning silver and
bronze medals. Her Olympic reputation soared at Sydney in 2000, when she took her total Olympic medal count to eight, securing one gold medal for the 200-metres freestyle, and three silver medals for the 200-metres butterfly, the 4 x 100-metres medley relay and the 4 x 200-metres freestyle relay. This made Susie the first Australian woman to win Olympic gold in the pool in successive Olympics since Dawn Fraser. It was at the trials for the Sydney Olympics that this remarkable swimmer etched her name in sporting history by breaking the world record in the women’s 200-metres butterfly, which had been set by the USA’s Mary T Meagher 19 years earlier. Susie O’Neill has made a huge contribution to Australian sport and has been recognised through a range of honours, one of which was receiving the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1997. The 2012 Sporting Legends stamps and products were designed by Jo Muré of the Australia Post Design Studio. They feature photographs by Tarsha Hosking (portrait) and Adam Pretty/Getty Images (swimming). The products include a first day cover, stamp pack and maxicard set of two. The stamps and associated products are available from participating Australia Post retail outlets, via mail order on 1800 331 794 and online at auspost.com.au/stamps from 12 October 2012 while stocks last. Stamp News - 7
A Closer Look at Modern Australian Stamps September and early October was certainly busy with four delightful issues. Though collectors were kept on their toes, with three of them issued within an eight day period! Let’s hope next year Australia Post spaces out their issues to ease collector’s finances.
Road Trip Australia (18 September 2012)
Australians and the road trip go hand in hand, with many of our famous landmarks and tourist attractions a considerable distance from where most of us live. This colourful and fun issue has been very popular with the public, and thematic collectors will find lots to interest them with everything from a VW campervan to penguins (the $1.65 Phillip Island issue was a hit amongst Penguins on Stamps Study Unit members). If you have a magnifying glass you will also notice that there’s many comical extra touches on these stamps. The number plates read ‘HIPPIE’ (on the Great Barrier Reef stamp) and ‘OMG!!!’ (Alice Springs); there’s some squashed cane toads on the Great Barrier Reef stamp; and a spider or scorpion Figure 1. Road Trip miniature sheet containing an interesting ‘L’ shape block of stamps.
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on each vehicle, except for the Port Arthur stamp, which includes the extinct Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger). In a way this issue would’ve made a perfect Stamp Collecting Month issue; perhaps Australia Post should considered producing enlarged versions of these stamps for youth stamp clubs? There is much to be discovered in these small works of art. The layout of the 60c gummed sheets has the strip of three in the first three columns, with the first two stamps from the strip repeated in the last two columns. This means the Margaret River stamp only appears 10 times in the sheet of fifty, while Port Arthur and the Great Barrier Reef appear 20 times each. An ‘L’ shaped block of five appears in the miniature sheet (Figure 1). The five self-adhesive stamps only exist from booklets of 10 (for the 60c stamp) or booklets of five (for the $1.65 and $2.35 stamps). The arrangement of the 10 x 60c booklet makes collecting a horizontal strip of three self-adhesives easier, and Western Australians will be happy to see an extra Margaret River stamp is included. This is only the second issue time 35 mm x 35 mm self-adhesive stamps have been issued (the first being the instant Royal Wedding stamp from 2011). I actually decided to make a road trip of my
Chris de Haer Figure 2. Clockwise from top left: Wandering’s ‘Fuel pump’ first day of issue postmark; Sign on the road to Wandering telling drivers there’s no fuel in Wandering; New post office and council chambers being held; Agricultural hall containing the post office, council chambers and local library.
own down to the southwest, and visited Wandering, the location of the first day of issue postmark. It is interesting that the postmark contains a fuel pump, but as noted on the sign on the road to Wandering (Figure 2) the town does not have a service station! It seems the postmark greatly amused the locals too.
Australian crossing the Nullarbor Plain either by car or train is a right of passage; the Daintree National Park borders on the Great Barrier Reef; and Cradle Mountain is another of Tasmania’s famous landmarks. The $1.65 and $2.35 stamps appear in both gummed and self-adhesive formats (Figure 3), and again collectors had to make their own self-adhesive first day covers. Collectors will also note that two of these locations have
Wilderness Australia (25 September 2012)
Linking in quite nicely with the Road Trip issue are the three new International Post definitives featuring Australian landscapes. For many a West Figure 3. The 5 x $1.65 selfadhesive booklet from the Wilderness Australia series. Stamp News - 9
A Closer Look at Modern Australian Stamps It is a shame that Australia Post did not add the $1.65 and $2.35 designs to the Personalised Stamps™ range, as has happened in the past. I was almost certain that they would, that I busily designed my own tabs (Figure 4). Perhaps they may reconsider the decision?
Table 1. New International rates from 22 October, 2012. already featured on International Post stamps, with Cradle Mountain on the 2000 $2 stamp, and Cape Tribulation in the Daintree National Park on the 2010 $2.20 stamp. Those who collect used stamps; postal history; or stamps on cover will find the $4.50 stamp difficult to find on mail before 22 October. On 22 October Australia Post will adjust its international rates combining the 50g-125g and 125g-250g weight steps into a broader 50g-250g step (see Table 1). There are no plans for a new $6.20 stamp. There are also changes in other rates. For full information visit auspost.com.au/newprices
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Stamp Collecting Month: Australian Zoos (28 September 2012)
Australia’s first zoo, Melbourne Zoo, celebrates its 150th birthday this year, and Australia Post comes to the party with seven Stamp Collecting Month stamps featuring Australia’s zoos. This attractive issue is sure to encourage children, with Australia Post adding a section the issue to their Education website (see http://auspo.st/VrUrYZ). The six smaller 37.5 mm x 26 mm stamps appear in horizontal pairs within sheets of fifty based on the continent of origin of the animals: the two Taronga stamps (African animals); Adelaide and Perth (Asian
Figure 4. My proposed Personalised Stamps™ designs.
Chris de Haer layout that was first used with the $2.10 Railways stamp in 2010 (Figure 5). The sheets of stamps have the relevant zoo’s logo in the gutter. Disappointingly to get the set of four gutters (shown in Figure 6), collectors had to purchase entire gutter strips and break them up (unless your local post office will break up a sheet for you). The seven stamps also appear in a miniature sheet, with the smaller stamps in a ‘U’ shaped arrangement. If you collect horizontal or vertical pairs, then you will find five unique pairs in this miniature sheet. The Figure 5. Layout of the sheet of 25 Sumatran Tiger stamps. miniature sheet stamps are identical to the sheet stamps. Ego Print printed all the gummed stamps and animals); Australia Zoo and Healesville (Australian miniature sheets. animals). As with all horizontal pairs this year, Self-adhesive versions of the six smaller stamps, the first stamp in the pair appears 30 times in the printed by McKellar Renown, appear in rolls of sheet, while the other appears 20 times. The larger 100 and booklets of 20. Collectors of self-adhesives Sumatran Tiger stamp (50 mm x 30 mm) appears in its own sheet of 25 stamps and features Melbourne Figure 6. The logos of the seven Australian zoos Zoo’s 150th anniversary logo, and uses the sheet feature in the gutters.
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A Closer Look at Modern Australian Stamps
Figure 7. Notice the gutter pairs in the first and last column are the same, but the middle one has a different coloured circuit! Figure 8. Layout of the self-adhesive booklet showing two sets of stamps separated by two more circuit stamps. could obtain the six stamps either as strips from the roll, or as a block of six from the booklets. Collectors may also note that the images on the seven stamps actually show animals from the relevant zoos. Four-year-old Nyaru, the orang-utan, appears on the Perth Zoo stamp.
50 Years Racing at Bathurst (2 October 2012)
This stamp issue features Peter Brock’s Torana, Will Davison’s Ford V8 Supercar and Russell Ingall’s Holden V8 Supercar racing at Bathurst, and the famous Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit. The Bathurst 1000 is an annual 1,000 kilometre touring car race, known as “The Great Race” among fans and broadcasters. The event is one of the most viewed and anticipated in the V8 Supercar Championship calendar and is widely regarded as the pinnacle of Australian motorsport. The third issue in just over a week again features gummed and self-adhesive stamps. The sheet stamps appear in a block of four, which also appears in a miniature sheet. The sheets of fifty include a gutter featuring the Mount Panorama Circuit (Figure 7). Self-adhesive versions were issued in booklets of 10 containing four of the circuit stamps, and two of each of 12 - Stamp News
Chris de Haer is published. The 50 winners of the Bathurst race are featured in the tabs, including this year’s winner. Full details on this pack will be included in next month’s article.
110 Years of Peter Rabbit Pack (2 October 2012)
This new pack contains two sheetlets of ten with tabs featuring Beatrix Potter’s beloved characters (one sheetlet is shown in Figure 9). RA Printing printed the two sheetlets; they also printed the filigree stamp in the 2011 Multisheets. Again the colour differs from the original stamp as the four-colour process was used, rather than the three Figure 9. Peter Rabbit sheetlet from the 110th anniversary pack. specific colours. The sheetlets are a new format for this stamp, and the first time the other stamps. Thankfully the arrangement of the stamp has been printed with an attached tab. the stamps makes it easy to obtain the four designs Altogether this is a very attractive pack, and well (Figure 8). Again first day cover collectors had to priced at only 95c above face value. arrange for their own self-adhesive first day covers. A special souvenir pack comprising two sheetlets Mr Men and Little Miss Prestige Booklets (2 of 20 x 60c stamps and one sheetlet of 10 x 60c stamps featuring the racing circuit should be October 2012) available from post offices by the time this article No doubt coinciding with Stamp Collecting Month,
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A Closer Look at Modern Australian Stamps Figure 10. The hidden ‘2012’ microdate included on stamps from the Mr Men and Little Miss bookelts. stamps, with all but one of the twenty stamps differing from the originals due to the addition of a ‘2012’ micro date in each design (Figure 10). It is the first time most of these stamps have appeared with tabs and also the first time RA Printing has printed them. The ‘Party Time’ booklet is perhaps the most complex of the booklets. Inside are panes of four stamps and tabs, containing the 2005 50c Birthday these four new prestige booklets are a nice gift for a young collector. Adult collectors will also find much to interest them. Each booklet contains previously released Figure 11. Gutter strip of 20 of the 2 koala $2.35 Koala reprint. Notice anything unusual about the stamps? Figure 12. The 1 koala reprint of the $2.35 Koala stamp.
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Presents stamp, 2008 55c Balloons stamp, 2012 60c Balloons stamp, 2008 55c Fireworks stamp, and 2010 60c Balloons stamp. The 2012 stamp is the only stamp that is not new having been produced by RA Printing with a tab in the ‘Hello Kitty’ pack. It is also peculiar that the 2010 stamp includes a micro date, as it is still on sale as part of the Occasions range. The ‘Day Out’ booklet includes the five ‘Under the Big Top’ stamps from 2007. ‘Down on the Farm’ includes the five ‘Come to the Show’ stamps from 2010 (the ‘2012’ micro date is very hard to find on these designs). Finally the ‘Sporty Fun’ booklet contains five of the six ‘Let’s Get Active’ stamps from 2009 (surprisingly the AFL stamp is not included).
Recent Reprints (July 2012)
Do you notice anything different with the stamps in Figure 11? If not, then compare them with the stamp in Figure 12. It appears the 2 koala reprint of has either the perforations shifted up 1½ mm or the stamp design has been shifted down by the same amount. Either way the shift is spectacular when seen in a gutter strip, although you’d be hard pressed to find a post office with a complete sheet, let alone one that hasn’t folded the sheet of fifty stamps in half through the gutter. Australia Post has confirmed the entire printing exhibits this shift and there are no plans to withdraw the stamps. This
should certainly be an easy to obtain and fascinating addition to any modern collection. This shift also illustrates why Australia Post bleeds the design into the selvedge of a sheet. Without this bleed the stamps in the top of each pane of 25 would have a white strip along the top of each stamp. With the bleed, the misalignment isn’t as noticeable, and perhaps explains why it went unnoticed.
Australia Post Postcard App Update
I’ve had a number of collectors requesting a postcard from the Australia Post postcard app (first mentioned in my August article). Allan H. has kindly scanned in the one I sent him, and it shows a significant change from the original. The ‘postmark’ has been moved up, is now smaller and is on an angle, with the font used for the date having changed as well (see Figure 13).
If you see anything new or unusual then contact me. Website: http://stamps.chrisdehaer.com.au E-mail: stamps@chrisdehaer.com.au Address: PO Box 1448, Booragoon WA 6954 Visit my website for comprehensive information on Australian and territorial new issues, and stamps for sale.
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A sideline collection or two, distinct from one’s prime collecting interests, can be a fun and rewarding pursuit. For starters, sideline collections decrease the odds that you will come home empty handed from an auction or Show. Most collectors are stimulated by adding material to a collection, so isn’t it logical the more collections the greater the stimulation? By “sideline Figure 1. Regional Postal history collecting yet to match enthusiasm of our collection”, I refer overseas cousins generally to a collection later. for which a more modest The 1970s was a wonderful time to form approach is adopted, compared with that expended specialized collections. Similarly, so are the 2010s. for a principal collection. It’s all a question of what one selects as a speciality. Most senior philatelists have sideline collections. Despite the ’seventies being a boom decade, it The great U.S. collector, John R. Boker, Jr. (1913– was only the obvious traditional material, the 2003), amassed some of the most prestigious collections of 19th century stamps ever seen. Before perceived “blue chips”, which were the subject of the speculative mania. Essays, proofs, show-stopping his death in 2003, the Collectors Club of New multiples, and covers, were not the flavours of that York declared him, in 1996, to be the “outstanding decade. philatelist of the last half of the twentieth century.” In the case of the Victoria collections, I was able The sale of Boker’s German States collection, in the 1970s to buy world class rarities virtually from 1985 to 2000, was so extensive it required eighteen auctions by Köhler to complete. I believe it unopposed. I couldn’t believe my luck. The second realized the DM equivalent of something like AU$30 collection, formed simultaneously, may come as a surprise to those who know me today. I had million. a Traditional KGV collection! And no ordinary In the Harmers of London catalogue for the Boker “Australian States Miscellany” auction, which collection was it; I hasten to add, albeit a shortlived one. I had bought the fabled 2d téte-béche I attended in 1981, the introduction provided by pair in 1975, and via an exchange of stock with Phil the auction firm stated, seemingly in disbelief, that Downie, around that time, I ended up with the 1d red another interest of Boker’s was U.S. precancels! “rusted cliché” pane. Phil had owned the pane since An interesting sideline collection indeed for so the ’sixties. Also, there were the 1914 “Unissued” influential a collector. 2d and 1/-, and the beautiful Die proofs of the 1/- in On a more modest scale, in the 1970s I formed olive, black and indigo. I appear to have started at two major collections. My Victoria (there were the top, and was planning on working down. actually two collections: Traditional and Postal Harmers of Sydney in the 1970s dominated history) is well known, the other is not. More on that 16 - Stamp News
Figure 2. Clarrie King plagiarized the Australian Commonwealth market; all of the “name” collections went their way. I pillaged and plundered my way through such great collections as H.F. McNess, ending up with many of the other famous KGV items, such as the Imperforate three sides varieties (I didn’t like wmk. varieties even back then). However, it was to be the sudden passing in 1979 of the doyen of Australian Philately, J.R.W. (“Bill”) Purves, which would bring about a rapid deceleration of my KGV collecting aspirations. Victoria was my greater passion, and I wanted to buy all I needed of the Purves’ Victoria, then estimated to be worth over $1 million (it went on to realize about £650,000, for which the Purves Estate ought to have bought me a case of Dom Pérignon). Fortunately, 1979-80 was a good time to be selling Australian Commonwealth Traditional material, and in a short timeframe my KGV collection was to be no more.
Whilst constructing the Victoria and KGV collections was demanding, I still found it refreshing at that time to work on a number of modest sideline collections, some of which I still have. The number would grow to hundreds in subsequent years, from which I’ve derived great pleasure, not least of which because they have grown, often spectacularly, in value. So, what is the nature of my sideline collections? I thought you’d never ask! I’ve selected ten of them; most of my collections lend themselves to exhibiting, competitively or just at Club social level. All of them have covers/stationery as the central theme. I touched upon the topic of regional P.H. in Nov 2010, when I featured material from my new found home, Port Douglas. I still lament that Australians have been slow to embrace forming sideline collections of this nature: such activity is HUGE in the U.S. and U.K., and some other European nations. There, virtually every serious philatelist has a collection of the P.H. of a home town, region, or other place of personal interest or significance. Figure 1 is from my extended regional collection, now embracing Cairns and places north therefrom to Port Douglas. Local Doctor, Oscar Bancke, Medical Hall, Cairns, clearly sought to impress his correspondents with the debonair photo of his good self, neatly affixed cameo-style towards upper left corner of this inscribed cover, sent 9 Jul 1901 from Cairns to Copenhagen, an unusual destination from FNQ at this early time. The Queensland stamps are tied by the Numeral “499”, then in use at Cairns P.O. I dedicated a column to Clarrie King, the cartoonist/illustrator in July 2008, when his series of nine whimsical wartime cover designs were featured. This is a fun sideline for a one-frame exhibit, which could be assembled in time (or overnight if there is a buyer for my duplicates stock!). One occasionally Stamp News - 17
finds plagiarized versions of King covers; Figure 2 has an original and an adaptation, sent in 1943 from Melbourne to Sydney, and Mingenew W.A. (A.I.F. Field P.O./51 tells us this) to Sydney. The sender of the former item added “Am I In The Doghouse.” above King’s inscription (note “ALRIGT” misspelling). In the latter the sender substitutes a koala for King’s caricature and adds “I’M STILL AROUND”! Quintessentially ’forties Figure 3. Rare solo use of 5d Merino Ram from 1930s Zoological series stuff. I’m a keen enthusiast beyond; there are many unusual and scarce/rare for KGVI usage of the British Empire, and have a usage possibilities to be found by the diligent, often fair number of collections of commercially used for sums which belie rarity. The subject is a good items from various countries. Australia of course is example of this situation, one of only three such a particular favourite, and I’ve featured a member usages I’ve noted, for the 5d concessional airmail of the original Zoological series of six, Figure 3, a service rate introduced in March 1944 for P.O.W. first perf. 5d Merino Ram. This series can provide and civilian internee mail to East Asia. Here, from for usage studies from one to eight frames, and Brisbane on 25 Sep 1944, the wife of internee Lieut
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Col Charles Kappe took advantage of the concessional rate, to Malayan Internment Camp. I like Cinderellas, used contemporaneously on cover. This was primarily why they were issued: to promote, publicize, for propaganda purposes, etc. Where possible I prefer them tied, but that is not a common occurrence; many times one finds them on the reverse side of a cover, or in the wrong position for cancelling, as in Figure 4. In the propaganda class, promoting “Queensland
Figure 5. Early Philatelic Traders, a perennial favourite
date stamp) cancellations of Australia and Colonies can sell for fancy sums. The c.d.s. cancels on Tasmanian Pictorials are in a league of their own, fetching at auction upwards of $2000 each, and beyond in private sales. No problem with that: healthy Supply and Demand equation in practice. Often as rare, but presently lacking the demand ingredient, are slogan cancellations, at least those of Australian origin. Yet, they are a very worthwhile field, more interesting than the other cancellation types, in my opinion; many have additional
Made Goods”, issued by Queensland Preference League, this is a scarce and attractive Cinderella; I thematic appeal. like the Art Deco influence and rakish automobile I do both the regular slogans, and the “Paid” parked out front. Also, this item would not be out versions (usually the ones in red), which were of place in a usage or Sydney Harbour Bridge applied to prepaid mail handed in over P.O. counter. collection. Covers so often are multifaceted. Figure 6 is an example of the latter, in use for a brief For most of my 50 year philatelic career I’ve time only in 1980, to promote the Australian Canoe been interested in the Traders who came before me. Titles in Cairns, in May of that year. This is the only Perhaps I felt a certain affinity with the oldies, even example I’ve seen, it may be the only example; a if it is only recently that I realize that I’ve become chance find amongst the 8-10 million covers I’ve one of ’em. Infrequently, I discover (usually via eBay) a Trader whom I’ve not previously noted. Figure 5 is one such, and I’ve as yet no idea who was the proprietor of “Mascot” Stamp Company, of 101 Queen St, Melbourne. That in 1904 he (presumably) was corresponding with James Bros Stamp Dealers of Ontario, Canada, we do know. Bicoloured advertising covers for the philatelic trade in this early era are unusual. I collect only Australian and Colonial Traders, but it would be tempting to select an overseas country for such pursuit. Numeral and c.d.s. (circular Figure 6. Not a numeral or cds; a rarer cancellation Stamp News - 19
sifted through in my career. Probably a Holy Grail for a serious canoe/rowing thematic exhibitor. It also would rest comfortably in my Regional Postal history collection (see under Figure 1 above)! I recommend collectors consider slogans on a favoured State only basis, unless one is very brave. It’s a huge field, albeit an inexpensive one . . . at present. Tourism promotion in Australia via printed stationery, such as in Figure 7, appears to have Figure 7. Bribie Island in the halcyon days developed from the early 1900s. Few in the pre war that fraternity, I resolved to collect such material era are as attractive as the subject item. The prolific commercially used. Figure 8 is an example, multicoloured series which appeared c.1980 is a commem cover produced for Port Germein popular, but the forerunners although harder to find Centenary Day, November 26th, 1936. This example, are a particularly worthwhile pursuit. actually the only one I’ve seen, used at Port Germein Souvenir/commemorative covers, often associated 5 Oct 1936, is unusual in that it’s to an overseas with special cancels, rightly are a popular collecting destination. The sender has paid the 3d Foreign field amongst those who prefer philatelic covers. letter rate, although Canada was eligible for the 2d Not wishing to miss out on being a member of British Empire rate. Local initiative covers such as this are usually for distribution to places where it might be expected the recipient would be inclined to attend. Given such initiative is generally non philatelically inspired, most covers end up with, well, non philatelists, hence a comparatively low survival rate. Looking remarkably like the Hyde character of Dr Jekyll notoriety, the hapless pedestrian in the 1908 copyrighted foldout card (Figure 9) has an Edwardian speedster bearing down upon him at an apparent rate of knots (for 1908). The card contains an advertisement for Goanna Salve, Figure 8. Commercially used souvenir cover, and to overseas 20 - Stamp News
franked with KGV 1d carmine used at Brisbane Figure 9. Edwardian petrol head meets Mr Hyde 17 Jan 1922 to Tasmania. Classic cars are a commercial use on cover as highly as I do, and/or if non philatelic obsession, so it’s not illogical I should have a sideline collection of material relating a Northern Territory specialist was to be added to the mix, this cover might fetch several times catalogue, to the automotive industry. for which I would applaud. Rarities deserve to be To finish off, I’ll do so with something probably appreciated, and too many usage rarities remain unexpected. Whilst you can leave me out of mint unsung heroes. and used (off cover) Framas, I really like Frama It wouldn’t necessarily be expensive to form a commercial usage items! They form an important best-of-kind collection of subjects such as those chapter in the history of postal services. Further, featured, and similar. For non Australia centric the various Australian series abound with rarities going for a song; the same probably is so for Framas collectors, some topics lend themselves to adaptation globally. What sideline collection/s do you have? of other countries. I arrange my collection in Post Office order, rather than by Frama type. For me they If the answer is none, why not consider a subject or two? If my selection above doesn’t inspire a make more sense having the common denominator brainwave, I have thousands more to suggest. being the Post Office at which they were issued, Contact me at rod@rap.com.au if you think I can which generally was the P.O. at which they were assist with a choice, and let’s get you started on a posted. In later years, when the large Mail Centres refreshing new philatelic adventure. came in to use, the picture becomes less clear, I should add. A Darwin Frama machine was commissioned 29 July 1985, but the Barred Edge (B.E.) was replaced by Kangaroo design 22 Oct 1985, less than three months later. Figure 10 is the only commercial use of the Darwin B.E. I’ve seen; a contender for the rarest usage item of Australia. Worth? My auction estimate (if I was a seller, and I’m not), oh, perhaps ACSC cat of $100. The zero (00.00) value variety, ACSC 1023Fbc, which I regard as comparatively common, catalogues $200. Of course, if there are two collectors who regard Frama Figure 10. Seemingly unlikely rarity Stamp News - 21
Stamp Mixture Bargains many high values to 5/- or 10/- with many complete sets to be found. Approx 16000 to the Kilogram. Price per approx. 1000 stamps, Less than 13c per stamp. 60g $129, half lot for $69, double lot $249. AOP3) Australia Mainly Decimal, the most basic mix, but mostly commems, mostly to 1988 or thereabouts. Approx 12,500 to the kg per. Priced at 1.5c per stamp approx 2500 or 200g for $39, half lot $21, double lot $74. AOP4) As above but greater value, with some better values, at only 2c per stamp approx 2500 for $49, half lot $25, double lot $92. AOP5) The finest Australia off paper mix we have available! Many, many better values, top values and complete sets. These largely come from the many Auction lots and Dealers Stocks we purchase each month. Comprises both decimal and pre-decimal and going up to very recent. Values to 10/- or $10 spotted. All at around 5c per stamp! Approx , 2500 for $149, half lot $$78, double lot $289. AOP6) Great Britain, genuine mission off Yours to sort, not soak approx 12,500 — paper wide variety with some better values, 16,000 to the kg .... just a few cents per loads of Commems. 5000 for $89, half lot $49, stamp, and duplication is minimized in our double lot $175. general mixtures, in the older and single country mixtures there is a great deal of AOP7) Great Britain, pre OEII commencing scope for variety, postmark, shade and 1841 1d Red imperforates, with good ranges perforation variances. through to KGV Seahorses with a nice 2/6d or 5/- in each lot, Catalogue value must be vast! All mixtures are guaranteed unchecked Price reduced by 50% from our last listing of by us, and carry our 14 day no quibble this mixture. About 1000 stamps for $249, guarantee. half lot for $129, buy a double lot with a free genuine 1840 1d Black! $498. AOP1) Australia pre-decimal, commencing AOP8) USA Mainly earlier a great happy KGV heads, a basic mix with good variety. hunting ground for postmarks, perfs, shades Approx 16000 to the kg price per approx. and varieties, 5000 for $89, half lot $49, Only 6.5c per stamp1000 stamps, 60g double lot $175. $64.50, half lot $33.50, double lot $119. AOP9) Canada, many, many large and AOP2) Australia pre-decimal, commencing commemorative, with much very modern, Kangaroos and KGV heads great variety with Many better values and some complete sets. If you are looking for the ultimate in oldfashioned stamp collecting enjoyment check out our many Off Paper Mixtures. These always provide the thrill of the hunt, and we have been offering these type of lots since our days in London in 1972. Mixtures have always been best sellers. Try some today and find some philatelic treasures. This is the easiest and fastest way to build your stamp collection. Understand that mixtures provide a greater chance of making some nice finds, but do bear in mind that mixtures also usually contain duplicate stamps. Buying our totally unpicked Stamp Mixtures is one of the most enjoyable aspects of stamp collecting today. Any duplicates offer an opportunity for you to trade with other collectors, resell on eBay, or just donate back to charities.
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Revenue Review First Beers
Beer duty firsts can be quite a challenge, even to the most avid revenue collector. Have you tried to collect just one first issue beer duty stamp from all the Australia States? [No beer duty in Northern Territory]. After 5-10 years of hunting you may be lucky to be 50% there. After that you will start to pull your hair out. The first State to tax beer was Tasmania on 1 March 1880. Next Victoria on 29 October 1880, followed by Queensland in 1885, New South Wales in 1887, South Australia in 1894 and finally Western Australia in 1898. The latter two States appear to be the biggest stumbling blocks. Figures 1 to 6 show the States beers in order of issue. When you think about it, some states were exceedingly slow in collecting this tax. Obviously Western Australia drinkers put up more of a fight than the rest of Australia, holding off for 18 years before a pint went up.
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Revenue Mini Sheets
A few of the 1966 Victoria duty issues in full sheets have come onto the market. Figure 7 is a full sheet of 10 2x5 totaling $500. Nice to have a full set from 1c to $200 in the full sheets, and a shame the owner never got in early enough to be able to sell them back to the Treasury, for a 90% refund on the face value. That said, I guess this is how they are here for us all to collect now! Keep your wits about you when buying any of these sheets, as there is a large face value to be taken into account, and you really do not want to be paying more than 30% face.
Early Tasmania
Figure 8 shows a nice 6d revenue from Tasmania dated 12/10/1863. This date, as far as I am aware, is the earliest to be recorded on the 6d. Can you please
Fig 2
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Fig 7
Dave Elsmore check your dates and let me know if you have earlier thank you.
the 85c and there is a $1.05. Both can be found with and without the ‘audit’ punch hole. Maybe you have other values to add, if so please share them here.
Quit Rent
Minutely Impressed
The ‘Quit Rent’ system was used frequently by colonial governments to collect land tax imposed on freehold or leased land by the government or its assigns. Figure 9 is from New South Wales, dated pre adhesive issues 1843, is a nice Government receipt for this tax. You may have something similar, if so please share it here.
Modern Medicine
Western Australia has a series of Hospitals Benefit Fund stamps to collect; so far only two values have surfaced from the decimal period. Figure 10 shows
Tasmania has a huge run of impressed revenues; the last pre decimal ‘Lion’ issue runs from 1d to £1000. Low values just do not turn up. You find the odd 6d if you are lucky. Most appear to be mid range, so to find a 1d or 2d value would be a rare find indeed. One can also ponder what rate the 7d, 8d or 9d would be used for. Again rare low values indeed, that is if you can find a single one of these values. Figure 11 being the unique 2d black proof. A single set of black proofs exist on card, from 1d to just £100 and most of the time collectors have more chance of getting a proof to fill the gap rather than the actual issued stamp.
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Revenue Review Double Rails
You rarely find printing errors in the states Revenue rails, so when figure 12 came up in auction I had to have a stab at it. Amazingly the double perfs at top have somewhat remained semi intact. No hinge remains tells me it may have come from a bulk mixture lot being picked out and on sold. You may have a few double perfs in your rail collection, if so please share them here.
Perfin Corner
This month shows a local Queensland Company by the name of Pike Brothers Limited. Ray from South Australia sent it in and asked, “What the heck is it?” ‘PBLTD’ being the Perfin. It has a high factor of rarity. The history behind the Perfin is as follows: Pike brothers were established in the 1890’s in Brisbane and by the turn of the century they had premises at 30-32 Queen Street, and were growing along side other Perfin using retail clothiers and Department Stores such as Finney’s, T. C. Bernie
and Stewart & Company. Later they moved to larger premises at 85-91 Queen Street, and from here they supported an extensive mail order clothing business. In addition, they had other retail outlets in Townsville and Toowoomba and a buying office in London. Figures 13 & 14 show the single head device. Figure 15 showing a ‘Trove’ newspaper advert for Pike Bros. underwear. One selling pitch the brothers used when selling underwear to men was “The healthy man hates to be “fettered and oppressed”. So not only could the Perfin collector collect the Perfin off the parcel, but, by slipping on the contents [the said, warm airy undies] soaking and drying the Perfin ready for stock book placement would be done in sheer comfort. So the lesson here is if you are feeling fettered and oppressed simply slip on a new pair of undies. I can be contacted by mail: P O Box 66 Springwood 4127 Queensland or an Email link from my web site ozrevenues.com
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Ireland: the Definitive Issues. Part 11. Hello again dear reader, and welcome back to the wonderful world of Irish bird definitives. We’ll start this month with a couple of catch up items from previous articles. First of all an apology for the rather blurred image of the £5 bird accompanying the first of the birds articles a couple of months back. I suspect this was my fault, not our esteemed publishers, however I must point out that there was a definite sighting of a new breed of gremlin, the ‘techno scanner’ variety, loitering around my computer, at the time of writing and scanning! Secondly, I had intended to touch on the area of first day covers in the last article, but space (not to mention my less than perfect memory) beat me, so once again, better late than never! The majority of the pre Euro issues are easy enough to find on FDC as AnPost provided the usual serviced FDC’s for them, including the original self-adhesive roll issues, however for most of the self-adhesive reprints and die cut perforation changes, and the booklet stamps, this was not usually the case. FDC’s were privately produced for at least some of these latter two groups, but are very few and far between, and are definitely worth tracking down (if you can) if you include FDC’s in your collection. It’s also worth noting that the exact issue dates of the 1991-2001 ISSP phosphor frames issue don’t seem to be known, only the month they first appeared, so no FDC’s can really exist for this group. You could, of course, try to track down commercial covers for each of the six values of this set used during the first month that they appeared. Probably not too hard a task for the 30p and 32p, but the other four higher values might just be a real challenge! Now, on to the next group.
2001 Dual currency issue
On the 1st January 2002, the Euro was introduced in Ireland, and eleven other European countries, as the main unit of currency, replacing each countries existing national currency. In Ireland, as we know, this was the pound (punt). It’s interesting to note that of the initial twelve countries that switched to the Euro, Ireland had the shortest changeover period (the time when both the old currency and the new Euros were valid). For several countries the period was up to twelve months. In Ireland it was around 40 days! 28 - Stamp News
Fig 1: The two dual currency stamps where the reduced design size is most obvious The punt ceased to exist as a valid currency from midnight Saturday February 9th, 2002. After this date punts could only be exchanged for Euros at banks. Possibly because this very short changeover period had been planned well in advance, a short set of six stamps showing face values in both punts/pence and Euros/Euro cents was issued on June 11th, 2001, to help people become familiar with the new currency, at least as far as using stamps and posting mail was concerned! This is by far the simplest of the bird definitive issues, with no reprints, phosphor variations, perf. changes or the like. Despite this, there are still three distinct groups within this issue. The first are the six regular sheet stamps: the 30p/38c Blackbird, 32p/41c Robin, 35p/44c Puffin, 40p/51c Wren, 45p/57c Song Thrush and the £1/€1.27 Greenland Goose. These all utilised existing designs, and were printed by ISSP. The five lower values all had phosphor frames. It’s interesting to note that as both Irish and Euro values are shown on each stamp, the amount of room left for the actual design was slightly reduced in most cases, resulting in the design size having to be ‘re-jigged’ a little. This is most noticeable on the 30p/38c and 32p/41c values Fig 1. The same date saw the issue of two self-adhesive roll stamps, both 30p/38c values, one design being the Blackbird, and the other the Goldcrest. These rolls were printed by SNP and, as usual with the Australian printed versions, were die cut perf 11 x 11½, and had the backing paper removed. The third and final group of the dual currency issue were a first for Irish stamps, and didn’t actually show any currency at all! There were four designs
Mike Lee
Fig 2: Ireland’s first ‘NVI’stamps issued on 9th October 2001 in three different selfadhesive booklets. These were the first Irish ‘No value indicated’ (NVI) stamps, where the face value was expressed as a letter indicating the service the stamp paid for rather than an actual currency amount. There were two ‘N’ or National rate 30p/38c designs for letters within Eire, again featuring the Blackbird and the Goldcrest designs, both in one booklet, one ‘E’ value 32p/41c stamp with the Robin design to cover the postage rate to other European countries, and finally a ‘W’ or worldwide rate 45p/57c Song Thrush stamp. Fig 2. The latter two values were issued in individual booklets, each consisting of ten self-adhesive stamps and ten airmail labels. And that’s it for the dual currency issues, except to note that a few of the sheet values are somewhat elusive used, particularly (in my experience anyway) the 35p/44c Puffin and the 40p/51c Wren. The NVI set of four is also a little harder to find mint, as complete booklets had to be purchased and then cut up to make sets.
2002-04 Euro Birds
New Year’s Day 2002 was the official first day of issue of the Euro currency Irish bird definitive, but in practice, as this was a holiday, sales didn’t really commence until the next day, Wednesday 2nd, which was also the day that Euro currency coins and notes first entered into circulation. The initial issue consisted of 17 different sheet format values from 1c to €10, the latter being the highest face value Irish postage stamp issued. There were also five new designs introduced, the 41c Chaffinch, 50c Grey Heron, 51c Roseate Tern, 57c Curlew, and €1 Barnacle Goose Fig 3.
Over the next two years, nine additional sheet format stamps were issued in four groups to meet postal rate changes. In most cases existing designs were re-used, but three new designs were introduced, the 47c Kestrel, 55c Oystercatcher and the 60c Jay. As with the dual currency issue, the sheet stamps are quite straightforward. All were printed in lithography by ISSP. All values from 38c to 95c have phosphor frames, but the other values do not. The 1c and 2c exist on ordinary paper and chalk paper, while all of the other values are on chalk paper. None of the sheet values are particularly hard to find used, although tracking down the €10 in fine used condition might be a bit of a challenge.
Euro Birds self-adhesive roll stamps
As you can imagine from the pre Euro versions, these are more complex than the sheet issues, but not nearly as bad as those earlier issues. The main group of eight different stamps were printed in lithography by SNP, die cut perf. 11 x 11½, with the backing paper removed. All had phosphor frames. The 38c Blackbird and 38c Goldcrest designs were issued with the initial sheet stamps on the 1st Jan 2002, with each subsequent pair, except one, being issued to meet increased postal rates. The 41c Chaffinch and 41c Goldcrest were issued in April 2002, while the 48c Peregrine Falcon and 48c Pied Wagtail appeared in September 2003. The last pair was another NVI ‘N’ issue featuring the same designs as the 48c values, and were issued a little over a month before the two 48c stamps. This was to enable customers to snap them up at the then current rate of 41c, and continue to use them after the imminent rate increase to 48c. Now we come to the only real complication Stamp News - 29
Ireland: the Definitive Issues. Part 11.
Fig 3: The five new Bird designs introduced with the first Euro set in these roll stamps. The two 41c stamps and the two 48c stamps were also printed in photogravure by the Dutch printing firm of Enschede. In both cases, the Enschede stamps were issued some time after the SNP versions. Apart from the differences in printing method, the stamps are for all intents and purposes, identical, having the same die cut perf gauge of 11 x 11½, the backing paper removed and being the same size. If you are having trouble telling them apart, you can do what I did: buy either issue on FDC (AnPost provided serviced FDC’s for both types) and use
that as a reference! Yes, I know it’s sort of cheating, and that the differences in printing methods are somewhat evident, but I found this to be a fairly fast and fool proof way of doing the job! Well, that just leaves the booklet stamps for us to have a look at next time, and our lengthy journey through all the ins and out of the Bird definitives will, at last, be over! Until next month, happy collecting! Mike You can reach me at mlphilatelic@bigpond.com I always value your comments & questions!
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Cinderella Corner
Kodak
Society for Crippled Children that dates from the 1950s I think and it is relatively common. The other one I have seen before, but a check of my index to the column shows that I have not written about it previously and nor had Bill Hornadge. Apart from the inscription, I have no idea which organisation produced it or when it was produced. (Figs. 3a & b).
W.A. State School Empire Fund
Lady Gowrie Red Cross Appeal (Fig. 4)
A reader sent me this scan of a Kodak advertising label. (Fig. 1). It was attached to the flap of an envelope, but as that is all I have I don’t know when or where it was produced. The prize money suggests either Britain or Australia, but if any reader can provide more information I will record it in a later column. Issued in November 1917 to coincide with the opening of the Trans Australian Railway, this was also a patriotic label to raise funds for World War I. I don’t think any multiples of this stamp have been found, I have only ever seen singles, so I don’t know any printing details. The stamp is perforated 11. It is listed in Jackson’s monograph on World War I Patriotic Labels as number A89. (Fig. 2).
Charity Stamps
Two Charity stamps, one from the New South Wales
Top: Figs 1 & 2 Right: Fig 3a & b
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The following information has been provided by Dave Elsmore and Dale Ansell from an article they wrote in Cinderellas Australasia issue 54 of August 2003 with a further note in issue 58 of December 2004, and a few notes from the book ‘Patriotic and Propaganda of the British Commonwealth’. Three very different colours of the sea have already been recorded in Australian Stamp Monthly over the years, Blue, Purple/blue, & Green/blue. The range of use is reported as 20 January 1942 to 1 February 1943.
Tony Presgrave
All of the stamps are printed on plain wove unwatermarked paper 1d blue line perf 11. different blocks showing small & large holes. 11mm left margin & 11mm, 13mm & 18mm right margins 10mm top margin. 12mm lower margin. 1d Green/Blue line perf 11. 10mm blank top margin. 6d Blue line perf 11. The 1d blue is also recorded rouletted 7. The printer was Modern Printing Co Pty Ltd and three different imprint fonts have been recorded. One is on the top selvedge, another one has all lower case (unidentified) to right selvedge and the last being right selvedge but thick printing and all three are in red. which tells us either three different printers or three separate plates were used. There may be more out there waiting to be added to this list. Stamps that are rouletted separation could indicate that possibly a fourth printer was involved.
A 60 stamp booklet was printed in red by McLarens of Melbourne, the booklet is a stapled 150mm x 94mm brown card divided into 6 pages allowing for 10 stamps per page plus the front and back outside cover. The inscription on the Booklet Front cover reads: Australian Red Cross Society Lady Gowrie appeal to aid the sick & wounded of our fighting services, / Souvenir Booklet for Red Cross Seals. Back cover reads: Printers imprint lower right corner. Another booklet has been recorded printed by Troedel & Cooper Pty, Ltd. This container 6 seals 3 x 2 plus a selvedge and it is possible that this is where the rouletted stamps come from. I know this information is probably a bit dated now so if any reader can add to it I will be only too happy to put it into print in the column.
Belgian Revenue
This stamp, (fig. 6), appeared among an assortment
Right: Figs 4 & 5 Below: Figs 6 & 7
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of stamps donated to a local charity in Adelaide. A search of the www brought up a number of listings mainly on Delcampe, but none of them had any details about the purpose for which the stamp was issued so I am still in the dark about them apart from the one I saw having the manuscript date 18/11/21 on it. Once my expert on Belgian stamps is back on deck I should get an answer. All I can say is that there was more than this one value, as there was also a 10c illustrated.
Victorian Centenary
Another of the Victorian Centenary issues Melbourne GPO this time. (Fig. 7). I have seen a few others, but not enough to determine the printing details.
Venexia
Issued by the newly founded state of Serenisima Republica Venexia (Venice) There are three other values 80, 70 and 20. This stamp, (fig. 5), the 50 was printed in sheets of ten, the others were
Above: Figs 8a & b Right Fig 9
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issued in sheets of six. All were issued in 2012. This information comes from the latest issue of ATALAYA (Volume 38 number 1, issue 76) where it was the free gift.
Children
With no inscription on the stamps, (figs. 8a & b), it is hard to know the reason for issuing these stamps. If any reader can provide me with information I will write about them in a future column.
A Mystery Stamp To End With
This stamp, (fig. 9), appeared among a lot of miscellaneous bits and pieces and like the children one above I don’t know what it was produced for. By the postmark it looks to be of UK origin, but as to its purpose, who knows. Was it a label from the gutter of a sheet of stamps or did it have some other use?
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Tiny Nation, Tiny Collection With a population of some 320.000 people, Iceland certainly ranks among the world’s smaller nations. Located in the North Atlantic half-way between Europe and North America, it is in many ways a fascinating place to visit. Due to its geographical location, the climate would certainly be considered rather harsh by most of my readers in Australasia. However, it is not as cold as one would expect due to the warm currents in the Atlantic Ocean. Iceland is volcanic and the Icelanders make good use of thermal energy to heat their houses and to grow tomatoes and other vegetables in greenhouses. Many parts of the island look rather barren as there are no forests. Other areas are covered by glaciers. Several years ago I spent some time in the capital city of Reykjavík. It is a modern city and also home to a large segment of the country’s population. I
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particularly remember talking to the manageress of a Chinese restaurant. Originally from Shanghai, she was far from happy with living in Iceland and found it extremely difficult to adapt to local life. Hopefully she was able to find a similar position somewhere else in Europe. Until 1944, Iceland was united with Denmark but the Icelanders wanted independence. It is thus a fairly young nation. However, their Parliament (the Althing) is the oldest in the world – the very first meeting was held in 930. In 1930, a long set of stamps was released to celebrate the millenary of the Althing. Iceland has had stamps of its own since 1873. At first they had denominations in skildings but since 1876 the currency unit is the krona which is divided into 100 aurar (often abbreviated aur).
Christer Brunström Iceland is a popular country to collect. There are even specialist groups who study different aspects of the country’s stamps and postal history and then publish their findings in periodical publications or handbooks. I prefer to collect only what interests me and ideally my collections should fit on a single stock page. This minimalist approach allows me to collect the world and to fully enjoy my stamps. I don’t believe in mounting thousands of stamps into albums and then forgetting all about them. I want my stamps to feature designs which give me general knowledge about the nations whose names they carry. Also recess printed stamps are my favourites. Let’s take a look at one of my many tiny collections. In the 1950s, Iceland released a number
of recess-printed stamps with very interesting designs. In 1955, there were two stamps devoted to sports – grima and diving. The former is Iceland’s unique form of wrestling. It has probably been practised since the first Norsemen arrived in Iceland from Norway around 800. The stamps carry the inscription Gód Idrótt Gulli Betri which can be rendered as “Good sport is better than gold” in English. The stamps were engraved and printed by De La Rue & Co, London. In fact, this company produced all the stamps discussed in this story. The September 2012 issue of this magazine proudly presented on its cover the stamps honouring the Australian gold medallists at the recent London Olympics. Fifty years ago, most postal
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Tiny Nation, Tiny Collection administrations refrained from depicting living people (except for monarchy and presidents) on their stamps. They probably wanted to wait in order to find out if the person was really worthy of being featured on a postage stamp. In many cases the wait took centuries. Today we tend to completely forget about our past by simply focusing on events of the last week or month. In 1956, the Icelandic Telephone Administration celebrated its 50th anniversary. The stamp depicts the administration’s emblem superimposed on a map of Iceland. I always try to include a map stamp in my collections of worldwide countries. In 1957, a single stamp celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of poet and naturalist Jónas Hallgrimsson. He is one of Iceland’s most famous poets. Along with three friends he founded the country’s first literary magazine in 1835. Called Fjölnir, it printed many of Hallgrimsson’s poems and short stories. Hallgrimsson’s work has also been important for the preservation of the Icelandic language. Unlike many other languages, it refrains from importing foreign words such as radio, television or computer. Instead, new Icelandic words are continually being created to meet the needs of our modern times. Iceland has a very long literary tradition. More than 1000 years ago the famous Icelandic sagas were written. They deal with the embellished exploits of what must have been real people and a large number
of Nordic deities. My collection includes three issues from 1958. First there are two delightful stamps depicting flowers. I have selected the stamp showing a violet. For centuries the Icelandic pony was used for all kinds of travel and transport in the island. The stamps depicting the horse were then in use for the next ten years or so. That same year also saw the issue of two stamps marking the 40th anniversary of the national flag of the Republic of Iceland. The flag is rather similar to the flags of the other Nordic nations but with slightly different colours. My last stamp this time is devoted to Jón Thorkelsson (1697-1759). The stamp was issued in 1959 marking the 200th anniversary of his passing. Thorkelsson was a Danish theologian who became headmaster of Skálholt school in Iceland in 1728. He is considered to be one of the major Icelandic cultural personalities of the 18th century. The design of the stamp is based on a statue depicting Thorkelsson. The 1950s were a good time for Icelandic philately. There were a limited number of new issues each year and they all have relevant topics which tell us a lot about the North Atlantic nation. Thomas de la Rue & Co. certainly produced some very handsome designs and it is a delight to have a close look at these stamps which all have interesting stories to tell. Admittedly my collection is tiny but it is rich in content. Somehow I feel this kind of collecting allows me to enjoy my stamps even more.
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Looking at New Zealand Centennial of the Red Cross Idea
Jean Henri Dunant The Wurtemberg Red Cross Society, founded in 1863, was probably the first formallystructured body to incorporate the Red Cross idea of providing medical assistance to soldiers on the battlefield, irrespective of their allegiance. Following an international conference in Switzerland in October 1863, the Geneva Convention was signed in 1864. While other countries were planning stamp issues for 1964, the New Zealand Red Cross Society was anxious that a stamp with a charity surcharge should be issued in 1959 as the Society was seriously short of funds. Surcharged Children’s Health Camps stamps had been issued annually since 1929 and the 1936 ANZAC issue was surcharged for the Returned Soldiers’ Association. It was at the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy on 24 June 1859 that Jean Henri Dunant had first formed the idea of the Red Cross movement and so the stamp was promoted as marking the centennial of the ‘idea’. 40 - Stamp News
The stamp (figure 1 - above) was printed by photogravure by Harrison and Sons in sheets of 120 (20 rows of 6). The cylinder for the frame was
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numbered 2 and for the cross 1A. The cylinder numbers and printer’s imprint were in the bottom left of the sheets and the sheet value of £2-0-0 in the top right corner (figures 2 and 3). The paper had the multiple ‘NZ & star’ watermark and the perforations gauged 14½ x14. Several positions on the sheets showed evidence of touching-up by hand and at least two sheets were issued with the Cross missing from one row of six stamps and partly missing from the row below. The NZ Red Cross Society produced an illustrated First-Day-Cover (figure 4 - above).
The stamp was on sale from 3 June 1959 and withdrawn on 31 August. There was no special postmark. 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 .
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Part 28 National Recognition of Australia Post Support The hobby overall often receives significant undisclosed support from Australia Post (AP) for many of our philatelic activities at Club, State, National and International level. This support contributes largely to the health of the hobby within Australia as well as to the success of the various events. Therefore in their recent annual awards, it was very pleasing for the APF to be able to recognize two AP employees for their considerable personal contributions. SPAN Awards were announced for Christopher Roach (NSW) and Michael Walker (South Australia). SPAN is an acronym for the Services to Philately at the National level Award. Chris Roach as the Philatelic Officer for Australia Post from 1994 to 2011 in NSW and the Australian Capital Territory, has, in the true SPAN tradition, gone beyond what was expected of his AP role in supporting organised philatelic events at State, National and International levels. Chris promoted AP as an organisation that understood and efficiently met the needs of organised philately in Australia. Although this work was carried out on behalf of Australia Post in his role as Philatelic Officer, he brought to it the friendly, approachable and “can do” manner that all who dealt with him relied on, valued and appreciated. Chris was presented with his award by Darryl
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Fuller, President of the APF, at the APF Annual General Meeting held in Sydney during midSeptember. Mick Walker contributed much over many years towards the youth publications of the APF as well as National Exhibitions held Michael Walker in Adelaide. Much of this involvement was above and beyond his obligations as an employee of AP. With regards to the APF Youth Development Programme, Mick was the AP person responsible for the production of the Young Collector magazine from its inception until 2010 when printing was centralized in Melbourne. For the past couple of years the APF retained Mick’s services in a private capacity to prepare the artwork for the Young Collector magazine, an arrangement which has only recently ceased. Mick will be presented with his plaque at the Briskham Award Dinner on 3 November in Adelaide. The Briskham Award is given annually to a club member who has contributed many years of outstanding service to philately in SA. The award is named in honour of A G Briskham (FRPSL) who was president of the Philatelic Society of Australia during the 1950s. How Healthy is Your Club? Last month I detailed how a club can self-assess its attractiveness to non-members and noncollectors. This month describes a number of actions which can be undertaken to enhance the club’s image. The following are a range of possibilities, not all of which will be suitable in all cases. It is a
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Philatelic Development Officer, APF matter of selecting those which are appropriate to your circumstances, and then acting on same. 1. Advertising in the local newspaper. 2. Solicit editorial space in the local newspaper. 3. Arrange for an interview with the local newspaper prior to a special event. 4. Advertising on the local radio. 5. Interviews on local radio. 6. Hold a Stamp Fair. 7. Hold a Street Stall. 8. Distribute leaflets, Distribute copies of your annual program, Advertise in shop windows and local clubs. 9. Advertise on local Bulletin Boards. 10. Write the History of the Club. 11. Give a short talk at a local community event. 12. Make a presentation to local Service Organisations. 13. Ensure that any club information in your State Council newsletter is up to date. 14. Advertise your special events in your State Council newsletter. 15. Ensure that your club’s information in your State Council website is up to date. 16. Review other philatelic websites such as APF. 17. Start your own website. 18. Listing via the local Council website. 19. Listing in Stamp News. 20. List special events in the Australia Post Stamp Bulletin. 21. Alter your meeting time and/or day. 22. Improve the quality of the displays at your meetings. 23. Bolster and vary the material in your club’s circuit books. 24. Suspend the annual fees. 25. Improve the quality of your supper. 26. Consider amalgamation. Local Newspaper Advertising Advertise for members in the local newspaper, taking the biggest size ad that your budget will allow. The bigger and more eye-catching the ad, the better your chances of success will be. Always remember that the smaller the ad, the less chance
there is of it being seen. The ad must list as many of the benefits of club membership that can be fitted in. After all, you want the readers to be very keen to join with such an appealing organization. Editorial Space in the Local Newspaper Approach the local newspaper to have your regular meetings, as well as any special events, included in the “What’s On” section of the paper. Such inclusions are usually free. Make sure that these insertions include the planned activity for that night, preferably with some interesting details. Interview in the Local Newspaper Prior to any special event, try and arrange for the local newspaper to interview the event organiser on some interesting topic associated with the event. This could relate to the theme of the event, or the special activities included in the event. Any photographs which can be inserted into the article are a real bonus. The interview topic must certainly be of general interest, but it is also an opportunity to get in some general information regarding the Club’s activities. Local Radio Advertising This is an effective medium for local events, and where the radio station supports local community activity, the ads can be free. The ads need to be attractive and feature the main points. Interview on the Local Radio This is similar to 3 above, but a different medium. In this case you need to consider the time when the interview will be broadcast to ensure that it reaches the target audience. Hold a Stamp Fair Many clubs already hold some annual event to attract members of the public. Stamp fairs can vary quite widely from club to club. Naturally, it is important to have a number of dealers present who are willing to both buy and sell, as well as Stamp News - 43
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Part 28 offer a valuation service. Souvenir items can be useful, and can be an added attraction. The number of such items should not be excessive. Only produce what you reasonably believe that you can sell, bearing in mind that the smaller the number produced, the more desirable the item becomes. Naturally, the quantity produced must be balanced with the costs associated with the production. Make sure that you select a venue that is easily accessible to public transport, and where parking is readily available. Lack of parking will keep people away. A special activity held in conjunction with the fair will increase the appeal. This activity need not be philatelic, but requires local participation, with the result being announced at your event. Hold a Street Stall A street stall can sometimes be very successful in attracting interest in your activities. To be effective you will require eye-catching signage to ensure passers-by stop and talk to you. Once they do this, you have the opportunity to impress them. Distribute Leaflets Prepare leaflets detailing all the good things that occur at your club together with a list of contacts. It is important that at least one contact is a telephone number, preferably with the name of the person being called. These days, an email address is equally as important. These leaflets can then be distributed by •• mail boxes within the vicinity of your meeting place; •• affixing to telegraph poles, etc; •• handing them out at busy locations; •• having them displayed in shop windows; •• having them displayed on noticeboards in local clubs, post offices and libraries; or •• by any combination of the above. •• The leaflets could be substituted with a copy of your annual program. 44 - Stamp News
Advertise on Local Bulletin Boards Most local libraries have a bulletin board for advertising local activities. Include details of your meetings and other events here, preferably changing the notice each month to ensure the following meeting is being advertised. Include as much descriptive material as possible to make the meeting attractive, and naturally, include current contact details. Write the History of the Club This can be very effective where the club is reaching a significant milestone in its existence. Under these circumstances, local newspapers would be interested in publishing the abbreviated history, which becomes good free advertising. Copies of the club history, properly presented, could be left at local libraries, and possibly, other service organisations and post offices. The history needs to be easy to read and accentuate the “fun” side of the hobby, preferably with interesting anecdotes and plenty of photographs. Give a Short Talk at a Local Community Event Community events can sometimes involve the participation of various groups and clubs within that community. Seek the opportunity to give a short talk on the benefits of both philately as a hobby, and your club as a means of advancing that interest in stamp collecting. Give a Presentation to Local Service Organisations and Church Groups Many organizations are constantly seeking speakers to present different topics of interest to their members. This generally involves a talk of from 45 to 60 minutes. An interesting talk on stamp collecting can be instrumental in attracting new members. Such a talk should include some details of the Club which the speaker represents, and be supported by a wide range of material to illustrate the talk. It is important in planning your talk to allow sufficient time for your audience to properly inspect the
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Philatelic Development Officer, APF support material. Interesting display items are a sure way to get people to talk to you. Ensure that Your State Council Newsletter Data is Current If your State Council produces a regular newsletter containing club information, ensure that the information and contact details are both current and correct. Make sure that you check both the Club News and Future Events sections of the magazine. If you find an error or omission, contact the State Council Public Relations Officer or the magazine editor. Advertise Your Special Events in Sate Council Newsletter, usually for Free Some State Council Newsletters permit free advertising for upcoming philatelic events. Usually these magazines are issued quarterly, so the coincidence of the issue date and your event must be reasonably close for this option to be beneficial. If you are in a position to take advantage of this offer to boost the awareness of your event, then contact the State Council Public Relations Officer or the magazine editor. You could have the option of sending a formatted ad or simply providing the details and the ad will be prepared for you. Ensure the State Council Website Data is Current If your State Council has its own website then it can only be kept current based upon the detail, accuracy and timeliness of the information provided by the clubs themselves. Ensure that the information currently being shown for your club is both current and complete. In checking this information, not only look at the main Clubs & Societies section, but also at the Special Events section plus any links which appear as part of your club’s information. If any changes are required contact the Webmaster. Whilst checking your Club’s data on any website, remember that a website is an electronic medium, and any visitors will expect to find
electronic contact details. Therefore the contacts should include as a minimum an email address and a telephone number. In this day and age, a mailing address only is restrictive. The email address included should be one that is regularly opened and new messages attended to promptly. Email addresses which are only visited irregularly, or which do not provide a quick response to incoming messages can present an unfavourable image. It is also important to be fully aware of the full breadth of information included on website(s), because a change to any of this data needs to be advised immediately to the appropriate webmaster. After all, the prompt maintenance of changes must also reflect favourably on the Club’s image. Review Other Websites where Your Club could be Included Another significant philatelic website in Australia is that operated by the APF. This website contains a great wealth of information regarding Philately in Australia and also for each of the States. The APF website also has Club and Society details for those States which do not have their own website. There are other websites in Australia, and new ones are appearing all the time. Check these out, looking for possibilities to have your club’s details listed. Start Your Own Website If you consider that other websites do not fully represent your club, then start your own website. A simple website is not that difficult to create nor is it expensive to maintain. Once established the website becomes a very practical and speedy means of communication. In addition, there are constantly people searching the web and your informative website could bring surprising results. Listing on the Local Council Website Most Municipal and Shire Councils now have websites containing details of News and Events scheduled to occur, and/or Recreational Clubs Stamp News - 45
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Part 28 located within their area. Your special events should be listed as soon as the date is determined. Such listings are generally free. Listing in Stamp News The monthly magazine, Stamp News, contains listings of all, or most, of the stamp clubs in Australia. Check this listing to ensure that your club’s information is correctly shown. List Special Events in Australia Post’s Stamp Bulletin In Australia Post’s regular magazine Stamp Bulletin, there is a section called Stamp Shows & Events. Investigate the possibility of listing your special events here. This magazine has a very wide circulation which can only be beneficial. Alter Your Meeting Place, Time and/or Day A quick look at the members of any stamp club will soon reveal that most of them are getting on in years. A lot of older people do not like to travel at night. It may be that your meeting venue is no longer suitable due to either an aging membership or to changes within the vicinity. Adequate parking is always an important consideration. Consult the members to determine whether a change of meeting place, time and/or day could be advantageous. There a now quite a few daylight clubs. Such a change may be the key to your club’s enhanced future. Improve the Quality of the Regular Displays Most clubs have regular displays of material at their meetings. If these are not proving to be very attractive or varied, there are a number of ways to change and improve the situation for the better. •• Invite members from other clubs to give the display; •• Invite visitations from other clubs and societies; •• Contact specialist societies to have one of their members put on a display for you; •• Make use of the APF Visiting Speaker Program – www.apf.org.au/ 46 - Stamp News
VisitingSpeakers; or •• Contact your State Council, most of which have a range of displays available for showing at club meetings. Bolster and Vary the Circuit Book Material If your circuit books or exchange branch are losing their attraction through lack of variety in the offered material, consider the Club buying appropriate auction lots which can be used to broaden the range of material on offer. Such a step provides an avenue for the Club to reward its members by attractively pricing the additional material simply to recover its outlay. Suspension of Fees Some clubs are quite well off financially. A real bonus for the members is the suspension of fees for the year, which action should be moved at the club’s Annual General Meeting. If you do take this step, I feel sure that the Treasurer will be ecstatic – collecting annual fees is a thankless task. Improve Supper Quality Supper is an essential part of a club meeting. Supper allows the members to converse on a more casual basis about things both philatelic and personal. A good supper can entice members and visitors to stay and talk longer, thus adding greatly to the harmony within the club. Consider Amalgamation If your club is struggling, look to amalgamate with another stronger club, especially if there is a contingent of common members. Such an amalgamation could greatly enhance the future of both clubs by reducing duplicated costs such as rental. Careful consideration should be given to any such contemplated amalgamation. Combining two struggling clubs could very well result in a bigger struggling club. Conclusion The above are a few suggestions regarding
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Philatelic Development Officer, APF promoting your club. Not all of them are applicable in many cases, but they will act as thought-starters. Don’t be too disappointed if your promotional activities do not yield instant results. The important thing is that you have sown the seeds, and quite often the yield may be quite some months away, but it will eventually come, generally for quite surprising reasons. From the above it can be seen that there are quite a number of different places where information regarding your club is available. If you do make any changes within the club, it is imperative that you notify all of the sources affected. One can only constantly wonder at the number of possible lost opportunities resulting from outdated information or slow responses to queries. Should your club be involved in any promotional activities other than those shown above, please let me know at the email address shown below, and we can share your experiences, and let other clubs and societies benefit from your innovation. Earlier articles in this series can be viewed on the APF website www.apf.org.au/stampnews. Generally, these articles are available one month after their publication. Should you have a subject that is either interesting, difficult to understand, or one which you would like to have explained, or if there is a particular topic on which you would like more information, please let me know by emailing jpsadler@bigpond.com.au.
Should you have a subject that is either interesting, difficult to understand, or one which you would like to have explained, or if there is a particular topic on which you would like more information, please let me know by emailing jpsadler@bigpond.com.au.
US Postal Service to unveil new To Kill A Mockingbird stamp at Samford, Alabama Joining forces with the Alabama Humanities Foundation and Samford University, the US Postmaster will unveil a pictorial cancellation stamp and cachet envelope commemorating the 50th anniversary of the film classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. Designed exclusively for the USPS by world renowned artist, Nicolosi, the stamp and envelope are to be unveiled on the Samford University campus at 12 noon Oct. 20 at Harwell G. Davis Library in conjunction with other activities and events on campus that day to mark the anniversary. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and Nicolosi will unveil the artwork. Nicolosi was chosen to create the pictorial cancellation stamp and commemorative cachet envelope because of his work’s “calibre and provenance,” said Tonya Hadley of the USPS. The focal point of the stamp is the Monroeville courthouse, fictional scene of the 1962 film based on the Alabama-born novel by Harper Lee. In addition to the iconic courthouse, the envelope gives another nod to Monroeville and the state, dubbing it, “Lower Alabama. The Other L.A.” Nicolosi is known around the world for his original style of portraiture, including those of His Royal Highness, Prince Charles of Wales, Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, opera star Placido Domingo, basketball legend Bill Russell, Marlon Brando and a who’s who of other stars of screen and stage. He began working with Alabama Humanities Foundation after Lisa Narrell-Mead, secretary of the organization, solicited his help in producing artwork to commemorate the 50th Anniversary celebration in Monroeville and AHF events surrounding it. It led to his meeting Lee for the first time and resulted in his production of a documentary, Song of the Mockingbird: Monroeville Memories. Nicolosi calls the novel Lee’s “love letter to the world.” He describes the documentary as a love letter from the world back to her. Filmed exclusively inside the iconic Mockingbird courthouse with interviews from those who know Lee best, some had never spoken of her or the book in such a public way before this film. Stamp News - 47
Stamps in the News - Globally! Postal employee’s holiday causes stamp shortage
Reported at http://news.kuwaittimes.net During the past month, Kuwait’s post office has run out of stamps that need to be affixed on larger parcels, and people looking to send packages abroad are met with the same response: “We don’t have stamps.” An investigation indicates that the stamp shortage has been caused by the absence of an employee, who is responsible for the distribution of stamps across post offices in Kuwait. According to an official at the Ministry of Communication, the person who is in charge of supplying stamps to the post offices was on holiday. “He has only arrived today. So most probably, the problem of stamp shortage should be resolved within the next week,” an official stated. Lisa, a European expat, has been shuttling back and forth between post offices for the past one month. She was turned away thrice and was even referred to other post office branches on a few occasions. “I have lost count of the number of trips,” she stated. “The only response I kept receiving was that stamps were still unavailable and that my two parcels were yet to be dispatched,” she added. A postal employee commented, “We’ve been facing this shortage since Ramadan, and I still don’t have a clue as to how long this is expected to continue. It seems that the problem will take some time to be sorted out.”
A very small exhibition
Reported at www.creativereview.co.uk Around 190 actual size Royal Mail stamps have
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gone on show at 15 venues around London in an exhibition organised by Hat-trick for the London Design Festival September 2012 in celebration of the Royal Mail’s stamp design programme. The stamps were framed in laser-cut metal, shaped to echo the perforations around a stamp. Participating venues include the V&A, the National Army Museum, the London Aquarium, Royal Society and Homerton Hospital, with relevant stamps chosen for each one.
Royal gaffe
Reported at http://thestar.com.my An error was spotted on the series of stamps issued to celebrate the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s royal visit to Malaysia in conjunction with Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. Apparently the words ‘Prince William and Kate’ were either overlooked or accepted when proofs were sent for Queen Elizabeth’s approval (possibly
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before the Duchess of Cambridge married the Duke of Cambridge). When the sheets were to be issued in Malaysia, the wording on the stamp sheets were no longer correct and so the stamps were sold without the middle sections of the sheets and with stickers for subscribers. The stickers with the corrected version of the royal couple’s titles covered the original text: “Royal Visit (Prince William and Kate)”. The Malaysian press have indicated the mistake might have been the reason why the stamps were not completely available at all post offices on Sept 13, the day of the launch.
Gangster’s stamp campaign
Reported at www.huffingtonpost.co.uk An underworld gang leader who built up a multimillion pound drug empire has been reduced to moaning about the cost of a stamp. Colin Gunn jailed for life in 2006 for conspiracy to murder an innocent couple to gain “revenge” on their son. Violence, extortion and drug dealing were part of his criminal empire in Nottingham. However Gunn is now urging fellow prisoners at the maximum security Belmarsh Prison, in south east London, to complain that they have been overcharged for sending A4 size mail. The prison has been treating all letters in A4 envelopes as packets and charging prisoners £2.70 for postage, regardless of its weight, he told the
prisoners’ newspaper Inside Time. “I would like to inform all prisoners at Belmarsh that they have been overcharged by post room staff when sending out A4 size mail and above, using a cash disbursement form,” he wrote. “A large letter which includes A4 and above has four different weights starting at 0-100gm = 90p and ending at 501-700 gm = £2.30. “Belmarsh have totally ignored these guidelines and have charged any A4 envelope as a ‘packet’ with a starting price of £2.70. “I suggest anyone with concerns should submit a Comp 1 (complaints form).” Along with his letter, the former gangster even included a table showing fellow inmates exactly how much they should be paying for stamps.
50 years of vroom, vroom
Reported at http://www.v8supercars.com.au To celebrate this year’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 milestone, Australia Post has released a stamp issue featuring four domestic base-rate (60c) stamps. The stamps include images of Peter Brock’s Torana, Will Davison’s Ford V8 Supercar and Russell Ingall’s Holden V8 Supercar racing at Bathurst, and the famous Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit. David Malone, CEO of V8 Supercars Australia says it’s a privilege for the 50 years celebration to be recognised by Australia Post. The stamps were designed by Melbourne based Sean Pethick from design firm XSD, based on photographs by Mark Horsburgh (Davison’s Ford
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Stamps in the News - Globally! and Ingall’s Holden) and Paul Cross (Brock’s Torana).
Gandhi in miniature
Reported at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com Mahatma Gandhi and his wife were the first couple to feature in an Indian postal stamp, says philatelist N Hariharan, who is the proud owner of a rare
plan to raise the price of stamps for standard letters next year, a move analysts said could add up to 100 million euros ($129 million) to the company’s mail revenues. The price hike, the first in 15 years, was due to general cost trends, the German network agency said on Monday. Davy Research analysts have said Deutsche Post’s regulated mail revenues total around 3.5 billion euros. Mail prices for letters weighing up to 20 grams will rise to 58 cents from January 1, 2013 from the current price of 55 cents, the first price increase since 1997.
Olympic first QR code stamps
stamp of the couple. The stamp was first released on October 2, 1969 on the occasion of Gandhi’s birth centenary. A retired post master, Hariharan says the department has so far released 35 commemorative stamps on Gandhi, portraying various stages of his life and involvement in the freedom struggle. “There are also more than 300 Gandhi stamps released by other nations starting with the United States on January 26th, 1961. The Congo followed the US and released their Gandhi stamp in 1967,’’ says Hariharan. During Gandhi’s centenary birth anniversary celebrations in 1969, more than 40 countries released Gandhi stamps on the same day. In India, the first postage stamp on Gandhi was scheduled to be released on 2nd October, 1948. Four types of stamps were drafted for this purpose. Unfortunately, Gandhi was assassinated in January 1948 and the first postage stamp on Gandhi was released on Independence Day in 1948.
Deutsche Post’s rates to rise
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Reported at www.insidethegames.biz Sochi 2014 has marked the 500 days countdown to the start of the Winter Olympics by releasing an innovative stamp which includes a QR-code. The stamp, a first in the history of the Olympic Movement, features the official logo of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi and a matrix code linking the user to the Sochi 2014 website, which is accessible by anybody with a mobile device via the QR (quick response) code, a two-dimensional barcode with encrypted information that can be quickly identified with a camera on a mobile phone. The Sochi 2014 Philatelic Programme began in 2011, with the launch of a stamp called “Sochi - the host city for the XXII Olympic Winter Games of 2014”. “We have taken a step into the future with the launch of Sochi 2014 stamp with QR code incorporated, which is the first of its kind both in the history of Russia and the Olympic Movement,”
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said Dmitry Chernyshenko, the President and chief executive of Sochi 2014.
The stamps that weren’t…
Reported at www.abc.net.au Central Victorian printmaker, painter and arts educator Clayton Tremlett has based his latest exhibition on his own early obsession with philatelics, his skills as a lino-cut printmaker, and a rather skewed sense of history. It’s called The Unissued Stamps of Australian History and features some very prominent faces, subjects and moments in time that have shaped our country - but have never been celebrated on a postage stamp. In the artists own words: Stamps have a significant place in my childhood and I collected them for their beauty. As a six year old I was very impressed with the release of the Captain Cook series to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his discovery of Australia. After my schooling, I was shocked to find that Cook in fact did not ‘discover’ Australia as we were taught. Imagery on early stamps was highly political. The first Australian stamp (issued in 1913) was of a Kangaroo because there was an anti Royalist sentiment in Australian politics at the time. When eventually the republicans lost power King George
V became the second issue and strangely both stamps were issued by the Post Office for a further 34 and 23 years respectively. This series is an acknowledgement of selected moments in Australian history. It is not so much about recognizing a face in the imagery but the person’s actions and events surrounding them that have left a mark in our collective psyche. Although the series is titled “Unissued”, I have used postmarks to provide an avenue to reading the location or politics of the day. I have sourced existing postmarks and in some instances the postmark was in use at the time of the event. The Unissued Stamps of Australian History was
on display at the Latrobe Visual Arts Centre in Bendigo in September.
Postal museum for Botswana
Reported www.gazettebw.com The refurbishment of the BotswanaPost headquarters incorporates a philately museum Stamp News - 51
Stamps in the News - Globally! which is expected to be officially opened in November. The museum will exhibit Botswana’s stamps and all local artists who have produced them over the years. A spokesman said the stamps tell the history of Botswana and he encouraged schools to visit. “Philatelic knowledge is still untapped in Botswana and we need to educate people about it. That is why we have started partnerships with some of the primary schools,” he added. A local school principal agreed that the partnership has come at the right time because students do not know about stamps and how they are used. “This will add value to the children’s education. Since BotswanaPost has delivered some of its stamps in our school, the students now understand that every stamp has a story to tell. I will now encourage our students to write letters to their friends and send it through post offices so as to experience it,” he said.
And some news from yesteryear… ..a stamp that almost caused a war Reported at http://bigthink.com An innocuous looking grey 10 centavo stamp almost caused a war between Nicaragua and Honduras in the 1930s. In August of 1937, the Nicaraguan postal service released a new set of Air Mail stamps, centred on a map of Nicaragua. The map also showed part of Honduras, north of the border, in the same shading as Nicaragua proper. Although the accepted border between both countries was also shown, the part of Honduras shaded as Nicaragua was labelled Territorio en Litigio (‘Territory in Dispute’). Ongoing territorial disputes in the area were
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rife from the time of independence from Spain in 1821. These were seemingly resolved in a ruling by King Alfonso XIII of Spain on 23 December 1906 providing Honduras with a large chunk of disputed territory. Although Nicaragua at first seemed to accept the Spanish king’s ruling, it later challenged its validity - thus creating an accident in waiting. That accident almost happened in 1937, with the issue of this stamp which brought both countries to the brink of war.
Margo Campbell is a Librarian, and a founder and Moderator on www.stampboards. com Each month she assembles a global selection of quirky media snippets that relate to stamps and philately. Please contact her with any interesting news pieces you may see or read to - margoz.stampboards@gmail.com
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COINS Australia RAM Coin sets in original undamaged packaging, year sets, baby sets or proof sets, collections and accumulations with good spreads of years paying $10 per set, individual years, prices on request. Australia Single 1oz or 2 oz silver coins pay $20 per ounce Australia pre- decimal silver coins, 3d to florins, pre 1946 pay 40 times face value, 1946 – 1965 pay 20 x face value Australia 1966 50c round coins pay $9.00 each Australia $100 or $150 gold coins pay 4 x face, $200 gold coins pay 2 x face, Sovereigns of any country pay $350, Krugerands pay $1450. All other Royal Australia Mint and Perth Mint product required, please offer
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Market Matters: £15 million for a stamp collection has the unique 2½d essay, Spink Auctions in printed in blue. London will finalise the sale of the Chartwell Collection with an World Record price? Auction in December. This 1912 un-adopted The wonderful stamp essay for Australia’s first collection – mostly of Kangaroo and Map stamp it early GB, will realise issue was auctioned April around £15 million in 22, 2006 for $A174,750, total. bought by Morgan. One of the key In US dollars at Commonwealth pieces least, it was a record “Missing Virgin” sells $A225,000 sold was the 1867 1/price, for any Australian Black and rose Carmine stamp item, essay or “Missing Virgin”. proof. Not in perfect condition as can clearly be seen, it My research indicates that was indeed a world was still invoiced for an impressive £144,000 – or record price for a single stamp essay, from ANY then about $A225,000. country. Spink will also auction soon, an outstanding lot of That 2006 auction result was obtained by Prestige rare Australian Commonwealth stamps in London. Philately in Melbourne. The “Morgan” collection will be sold at auction The essay in bright blue, is on thick ungummed by Spink London, on November 13/14, 2012. unwatermarked paper roughly rouletted percé en Spink say the stamps are estimated to sell for in scie, gauging 14½. excess of £3 million. Many other goodies from Australia are in the balance of the sale – contact Spink for all details.
£3 million “Morgan” collection
This famous collection was created here by “Hardy” Sale November 2 William Morgan, and continued by his well-known There will be some empty - or at least denuded industrialist son, Hugh Morgan AC. pockets, by mid-November, as another big sale takes The collection is very strong in the pre Kangaroo place here just before Spink. essays and trials and proofs etc - some of which are Phoenix Auctions in Melbourne will offer the first unique. section of the also multi-million During the development dollar Stuart Hardy “Australia”, of the Kangaroo and Map a week or so earlier - on design, a series of essays were November 2. produced. The Imperforate 1928 One of them is a horizontal Kookaburra miniature sheet design showing the kangaroo on shown nearby is estimated in a map of Australia, flanked by sale catalogue to sell for around draped flags. $200,000. Only eight known examples At the time of writing this are recorded, of which five column, there was absentee are in the National Philatelic bidding already on this collection of Australia Post. Miniature Sheet. Sold for about $A175,000 The Hugh Morgan collection My guess is around 54 - Stamp News
Glen Stephens $A300,000 will be the likely extremely wide exposure to invoice price of this sheet, very potential buyers. easily creating a new Australian price record for a single item. Gibbons “Part One” It is the only copy known released. in private hands, and several For me the “event” of this collectors “must” own it in month was the arrival of the order to have the “best” KGV new 2013 Stanley Gibbons era collection - so sparks will “Commonwealth & British probably fly. Empire Stamps 1840-1970” This is the only one buyable, catalogue. and has not been on the market This volume is known to for 44 years since Hardy old-timers and the trade as purchased it in 1968, from the “Gibbons Part One” – the Ameer of Bahawalpur’s as once, the other Volumes Collection in London. Quarter Million Kooka? were numbered, and were Hardy paid only £210 “Americas” and “Asia” etc. at that SG auction. Can an The average collector buys a new major catalogue accountant work out what annual % increase one only once every few years as they are expensive, and gets starting with £210 ($A420) and ending up with for many collectors, being a few years out of date is ~$A300,000? no big deal. Who said there was “no money in stamps”? For about 100 years Gibbons published the “Part It is widely recorded that KGV was given the One” - a detailed priced listing of ALL British imperforate sheet of 15 M/S of 4 when he opened Commonwealth stamps from 1840. the 1928 Exhibition - that he was Patron of. It got thicker and thicker with all the
KGV quietly sells sheets
The large sheet was too long for the King’s album page, and Sir John Wilson tore off (not cut!) the three right hand mini-sheets. These 3 imperf M/S were quietly sold in 1953 to finance other pieces for the Royal Collection. They were not known to exist singly, until the first one appeared in a London Auction in 1953. My advice is these imperfs were more a proof printing, and have different paper and gum than the issued sheets. Phoenix Directors flew the entire Hardy KGV sale to “Stampex” in London in October for viewing. They also airfreighted cartons of the glossy sale catalogues to hand out there. The same arrangements were made for viewing in Sydney and Adelaide in October. Nirvana for the vendor, as the material gets very
WALLPAPER new issues from places like Guyana where literally scores and scores of pages were filled with this new issue junk. Yet all of us needed to pay for a thick complicated catalogue listing of it, that we never looked at. The “Part 1” book got to be two massive hard cover volumes - so Gibbons simply stopped printing them. And seemingly had no plan “B” in mind.
Most unsatisfactory
For a good while afterwards all that one could use to look a 1953 Commonwealth definitive was to lug out the huge Simplified SG “World” cat from one of FIVE (now 6!) hard to handle soft cover volumes, and look it up there. No mini-sheets were at the time listed in there, no perf varieties, no watermark errors, no booklets, no “on cover” rates etc. Near enough totally useless for anything except simplified use. Stamp News - 55
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New SG Commonwealth a “Must Buy” Then someone at SG finally had the bright idea to issue a single volume for all Commonwealth stamps “1840 to 1952” - i.e. pre QE2. Handy and welcome, but it still did not cover the VERY popular early QE2 issues.
At LAST - a new SG format!
This all changed in 2007 with the way overdue issue of what I suggested years before - an 1840-1970 single volume. Which contains the welcome DETAILED info on the early QE2 reign. Booklets, Postage Dues and watermark errors etc. In the interim the dreary black and white photos printed on grey paper stock have been gradually upgraded to full colour photos, on bright white paper. SUCH a difference when I compare the 2 issues side by side, with only a few years difference in time frame. 56 - Stamp News
Lots of flaws shown and priced
Colourful and vibrant
Printed on a nice crisp fresh white paper stock. Cheery and “alive” compared to my already VERY yellowed 2002 SG pages with sad grey illustrations. A nice crisp clean sans serif font has been used for the last few editions, and makes it so much easier to read. Lots of constant plate flaws, and booklets are now listed. And lots of inverted watermarks - find just a medium one from a country like Australia and the entire book will be readily paid for! Did you know the “Top Hat” flaw on the 6d Kookaburra was cat £450, or the “Man with Tail” on 1937 2d Sesqui is £550 – well you do now – see photo nearby. Did you know the 1941 1/- Lyrebird with inverted watermark is Cat £3500 mint, and £2500 used - but just 10p in normal used etc.
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Now totally sold out. A weakness for some years in this catalogue was that no Australian stamp booklet covers before 1952 were illustrated. Arthur Gray has easily the best collection of these booklets extant, and kindly loaned then to me, so I could scan the covers to pass onto SG. The booklet field is complex, and 5 new covers are now added – not all are there, hence not perfect, but a good start at least. And long overdue.
Australasian Prices UP
I studied the prices for the Australasian stamp area for an hour or so today. My general impression is that there were increases sighted nearly everywhere across the board, versus the 2012 Edition. Starting with rises for Australia SG#1 mint and used - and that pattern is evident on many of the key items in the area.
All the Australian “States” seem up or unchanged overall. Australian Kangaroos, and the GRI/New Guinea/Papua area etc too. Looking at “SG #1” listings is usually a useful litmus test. Australia is up, and for WA SG #1 is up about 10% both mint and used. (My 4 year old campaign for SG to use the photo I sent them of the imperf 1d Black Swan has at last borne fruit – they had a perforated 6d Violet Swan there until now!) And the Queensland SG 1 is up too – the orange colour on photo is appalling, and highly misleading however. I’ll send them a real carmine SG#1 to consider using. Queensland stamps appear to have had strong increases right across the board, on a quick look. The South Australia and NSW SG#1’s are both up by £1000 apiece in mint. Strong increases. The enhanced listings of booklets and prewar Australia etc is great news, as the publishers of the ACSC Catalogue have totally lost the plot in the past 5 years. They have turned the world’s finest one country catalogues into frozen in time museum pieces.
ACSC Publisher loses the plot
The huge “Melbourne 2013” will be upon us sooner than we imagine, and the Australian trade and APTA itself are up in arms over the inertia coming out of Ultimo re ACSC editions being updated. There are plenty of willing senior collector and trade members anxious to assist with time, money and expertise - but they are hitting a solid brick wall. Dr Geoff Kellow keeps the data up to date as I understand it, and experienced dealers price it – but the publisher seems to refuse to print any of it. That situation hopefully will soon resolve to some positive end, for the health of the hobby here. The “Kangaroos” Volume was published well before the record breaking 2007 Arthur Gray $7.15 million sale etc, and has now sold out totally. So any keen new collector cannot buy even the outdated version catalogue. Absurd. Stamp News - 57
Market Matters “The Postage Dues” was last published 1999. A new edition including for the first time many of the “Colonies” issues was completed and ready to be printed 3 years back. ACSC owner Paul Fletcher has the finest collection of Postage Dues on earth - Gold Medal stuff, so the delay with that one is bizarre, as he stands to gain the most! Terribly sad, and hopefully the publisher will snap out of the mental freeze mode of recent years, or SG or someone else will make the running even more.
Near 25% price reduction
The GOOD news for Australian buyers is that due to the super strong Australian dollar, the even thicker than before 2013 SG edition is still around $A140 RRP this year. The UK retail price on back cover says £79.95, and being a super heavy book, the local RRP is most attractive, as shipping ex UK is £25, and SG use worthless meter franks. The 2011 locally was $A180 RRP so this is near a 25% price drop since then. I’ve sold a lot of airfreight copies on preorder, and if you ever were to choose a single year to update, “2013” is that year. Quite simply, an ESSENTIAL volume to sit on the desk of every collector, every auction, and every dealer who ever handles British Commonwealth stamps. I have to say even with the price increases, many of the stamps at full SG are under local retail given the weak Sterling in recent months. Indeed the 1928 Kookaburra sheet 58 - Stamp News
mentioned nearby is cat £90,000, and will sell for WAY over that I feel sure. It was a good compromise idea taking the catalogue listings up to 1970. It can be price updated each year, and yet not greatly affect the overall book size. An 1840 to 2013 detailed set would easily run 4 of 5 volumes, and essentially no-one could afford to buy it. Personally if I ever need to look up modern Guyana (and I never have!) I’ll do that via the massive 6 volume SG “Stamps Of The World.” This new “2013” SG is a huge hard covered book, being well over 600 large format pages in full colour, and this year is quite cheap - and trust me, you’ll do well to invest in one. Seamail stock from England will be just about to arrive in Australia as you read this, and all major dealers will stock it - I had good pre-orders for the airfreight copies.
THAT feels better Apex!
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Indian Telegraphs now listed Many collectors only buy a “Part 1” each 5 or 10 years, and the cost amortised annually, runs into what a small Pizza will cost you!
BAN the heavy card inserts
My only complaint each year is they bind in some very thick cardboard ads, across the full A4 size, that stops you being able to turn pages readily. I tear them out immediately as I am sure nearly all users do, and toss them away. MEMO to those foolish advertisers - you have paid for the most super expensive non-ads of all time, and I do hope you read this. Special Memo to APEX PHILATELICS whose annoying thick card page ad was on page 18 between New South Wales and Queensland, that I use 100 times a year. These annoying irritants USUALLY have rouletting close to spine, allowing you to quickly toss the silly things away. However the APEX PHILATELICS one on page 18 does not - at their very clear request I feel sure. I nearly wrecked my previous catalogues ripping it out. And needed to use a Stanley knife to do it. I hope they ask the SG Advertising Department for a huge discount rebate, as my bet is 90% of the catalogues sold see their intrusive ad torn out
immediately. Pure genius advertising. So SG – wake up to yourselves please, and roulette these silly things, so they are more easily binned. OR better still, use some brains in your advertising department, and NOT include them in the first place. A full colour ad on normal paper annoys noone, gives the dealer some visibility, and does not encourage buyers to take Stanley knives to their $140 catalogues.
New listings this year.
There are a few new sections in this SG that many will like. The extensive India Telegraph stamps now get a few pages of priced listings in full colour. A fascinating “new” collecting field perhaps, and as you can see, prices for the early issues are not for the faint hearted! India has around a billion people, and until recently most were on a subsistence type income level. A large chunk still are - HOWEVER the middle class is a fast growing sector, and when any sector grows, in a BILLION people market, that is a lot of new entrants! More important, is that stamps are incredibly Stamp News - 59
Market Matters popular in India for some reason. It seems they are actively encouraged to collect via the education system, and a quick search will show you 100s of articles a week on stamps in the mainstream print media. This all augers terrifically well for the future of the hobby. I do know for a fact that at stampboards.com a large chunk of new and active members are Indian based.
Junk sold for $US6300 on eBay
India KGV a “sleeper”
As outlined last month, the really ugly dog FDC shown nearby owned by a stampboards member got $US6,300 on eBay. The Indian market is not very sophisticated or logical yet. But has a LOT of adherents. Largely a bellhop/lemming mentality right now. “Follow the leader”, with not much thought behind it. They will catch up however. The recent new issue bubble there is a mug’s game, and ALL will lose their shirt on them. BIG time. In the meantime, superb high value REAL stamps from 100 years back, are selling for peanuts. I recently listed this very high value India KGV shown nearby on my Rarity Page, superb MUH genuine original gum, for $A275. It sold in one day to an American Sock these away now. 60 - Stamp News
client. I had 3 or 4 others after it soon afterwards. This is literally the 1913 £1 Australia Kangaroo face value equivalent. How many MUH will exist? That stamp is $A10,000+ retail for MUH, and this one was sold for $A275. Madness. In 10 years you can probably add a zero to the retail of many India high values of this era in TOP condition like this, mark
my words. The frenzied Bellhops/Lemmings in India paying $6,300 for the Gandhi rag above are FAR better advised to buy 25 or 30 of these, for the same money. Print out this page, and in 10 years tell me I am wrong. Indian collectors right NOW are super keen in the Post War issues – the “Independence” period from 1947 onwards.
Buy India 100 year old high vals.
6 times price increase
However, the high value Queen Victoria and King George V have been largely overlooked. This WILL change. I sold the superb bi-colour Queen Victoria 1895, 3 & 5 Rupee high values this week, fresh w/c MVLH, together for about
Glen Stephens what a PO Annual Album easy to spot. costs here. Current price on ebay for Totally incomprehensible used stamps is still around £50 low prices these are currently each, and they were well into at, and that will change. the £100s each earlier year. I recently found a dozen Find a MINT one and I can stockcards of India stamps last offer you VERY big money priced by me in 2006 and not for it! The closest anyone has looked at since. come, as at time of writing I One card had a hinged am aware of is the one shown 1948 10R Gandhi. SG Cat at nearby. that time was £45, and I had It is a 2nd class stamp, that priced the stamp at $45. was most likely used on mail, The new SG Catalogue for but as with so many modern this stamp mint is £275. Over GB stamps - escaped getting An easy $A325 Kiloware find a 6 fold increase in 6 years. I cancelled. smiled widely and re-priced it This on paper unused at $A275. stamp sold recently on ebay for £207.99 posted, I mentioned it on stampboards that day as it and started at 99p. Full detail here - tinyurl.com/ having increased a lot, and an Indian member stated MRIL2nd he would buy it for $275, and did so immediately. That sale was September 27, seller was a charity, eBay price is over $300 for hinged, and $450and the price was about $A325. Pretty nice find in $500 for MUH, so he got a decent deal, and I was Kiloware. happy. Royal Mail seem to have got lazy in recent years As an example to those who do not update books with cancelling letter rate mail, since they introduced that $45 price was all I had to work on, if I did not the “U” shape slits into the letter rate peel and stick buy this 2013. $45 to $275 is $100 MORE than the stamps. cost of the SG! They act like supermarket price stickers – try to peel one off!
Check that Kiloware!
Eagle-eyed collectors have been making good money spotting interesting variants on the current design “2nd Class” QE2 Machin stamps in blue. Some of them were printed with the security background wording reading “ROYAL MRIL” instead of ROYAL MAIL. And the lettering “MA10” is printed in line with the Queen’s eyes on the same stamps. These were for use by mailing houses, and sold in long rolls of 10,000 stamps. I understand no stamp dealer was able to secure a roll of these, to break down among the trade, hence no true mint copies have ever surfaced. As you can imagine this is a rather common stamp in kiloware, and the “MRIL” wording is pretty
New Style “Slitted” Machins
As most readers will know, UK have for a while now been issuing most new Machins in a new style. Each has two or four “U” shape slits in each stamp as shown on the blue stamp nearby. The idea is, it is impossible to peel these off an envelope that has not been cancelled, and then re-use them again on the mail. Official explanation is that this will: “act in the same way as retail price stickers, causing a stamp to rip if you try to pull it off an envelope.” This “ROYAL MAIL” overprint is in a semivisible layer, more obvious as the stamp is slanted against the light - as with phosphor bands. The semi-visible layer is an “all-over” print, Stamp News - 61
Market Matters forged, and sold to small business and family convenience/ grocery stores etc, at well under face. I bought a few sheets from an English source at the time, and dealers there are still nervous about handling them, in case of British Police action. I sell them for $A70 a MUH block Postal forgery 24p Brown Machin of 10 (tinyurl.com/ Fake24p) - see photo with the words ROYAL MAIL “reversed out” of nearby, so clearly they are not going to be used on the part which is over the dark background (i.e. in mail to defraud £2.40 of revenue! “negative”.) However on the Queen’s head, the words are smaller, and are “positive”, i.e. there is an area over Glen Stephens has written monthly ‘Stamp Tipster’ the head which has a clear background, with the Columns for over 30 years - globally. A vast library words printed in it.
The NEVER aging Queen!
All allegedly have non-soakable PERMANENT adhesive on them, although it appears not as robust a glue as the USA gum. The “Machin” series has been issued for 45 years now, the first tranche being released in 1967 – the Queen’s head design being approved in 1966. As a testament to the remarkable vanity of our Monarch, Lizzy has magically not aged a single year since then, nor added a wrinkle – the exact same portrait being used now, as in 1967. I’d hate to think how many denominations and colours they can be found in, and how many billions have been sold. Certainly they exist from ½d to £5 - and the masses of values in between. Then you can add endless specialised variations - with various phosphor bands, shades, papers, printers, elliptical perfs and the like, to the list as well. And FORGERIES too! The 24p Machin was 62 - Stamp News
of his past articles and photos are found at – www.glenstephens.com/column.html
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Harmers Of London
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2 Loddon Park Farm, New Bath Road, Twyford, Berkshire, RG10 9RY www.harmers.com auctions@harmers.demon.co.uk Tel: 0011 44 208 747 6100 Fax: 0011 44 208 996 0649 Next sale: see website for details
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Private Bag 63000, Wellington 6140, New Zealand www.mowbrays.co.nz john.mowbray@xtra.co.nz Tel: 0011 64 6 364 8252 Fax: 0011 64 6 364 8270 Next sale: 13 November 2012
Auction house Christoph G채rtner
Millennium Philatelic Auctions
74321 Bietigheim-bissingen, Germany www.auktionen-gaertner.de info@auktionen-gaertner.de Tel 0011 49 7142 789 400 Fax 0011 49 7142 789 410 Forthcoming sales: 21-25 January 2013
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Corbitts
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5 Mosley Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 1YE, UK www.corbitts.com collectors@corbitts.com Tel: 0011 44 191 232 7268 Fax: 0011 44 191 261 4130 Next sale; see website for details
Craig Chappell PO Box 521, Clayfield, Qld. 4011 craigchappell@bigpond.com.au Tel: (07) 3262 8810 Fax:(07) 3262 8816 Please contact for details of forthcoming sales.
Cygnet Philatelics 8 Clevedon Way, Karringyup, WA 6018 Tel: (08) 9325 4542 Next sale: see ad for details
Suite 401, Level 4, 64-76 Kippax Street Surry Hills NSW 2100 velvetcollectables@iinet.net.au www.stamp-auction.com.au Tel: (02) 9280 0086 Fax: (02) 9281 4053 Next sale: 8 December 2012
Robin Linke Stamp Dealer 181 Jersey Street, Wembley, 6014, Western Australia www.robinlinke.com.au robin@robinlinke.com.au Tel (08) 9387 5327 Fax (08) 9387 1646 Next sale: See website for details
Spink www.spink.com Tel: 0011 44 20 7563 4000 Fax: 0011 44 20 7563 4066 Next sale: 13, 14, 15, 22, 27, 29 November 2012 Stamp News - 63
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Philately of Epic Proportions The Donald Harkness remarkable Kangaroo franking
This column hasn’t appeared since March 2009. Highly franked mail of the kind typically featured previously is, well, thin on the ground. I will attempt to resume the column, the feedback from which was encouraging, on a regular basis in the near future. In the meantime, I’ve made a slight departure from the previous standard that subjects should be the highest franked items by airmail to Australia. Whilst the item featured is a stupendous franking, few would argue, it actually never left Australia’s shores. This makes it all the more remarkable, for the aggregate franking, easily a record for pre-war Australia, came about as a consequence of comparatively low domestic postal rates (compared to overseas airmail rates), combined with extreme weight. 66 - Stamp News
Figure 1: Kangaroos . . . used the way they were intended Now Figure 1 will be somewhat familiar to regular Stamp News readers. It was illustrated, albeit not in full, and prior to a recent professional restoration, by Glen Stephens in the May 2010 edition. Glen at the time suggested I would have “lost the house” if I had bet that such an item couldn’t exist. Be that as it may, I can’t disagree with Glen’s concluding statement on this item: “The relative pittance this item sold for will have us ALL wincing in 10 years”. We may be wincing in a lot less than 10 years, for I have just seen in the flesh the fine restoration
Rod Perry previously been stated, are Third wmk. for the £1 grey, and Small multiple wmk. for the £2. We are indeed fortunate that this item, the record and most remarkable Kangaroo franking extant, retains the essential elements required to confirm origin, destination, postal service utilized, and to determine and confirm the franking. The destination, Newcastle Waters, a 10,353 sq km breeding property in the west Barkly region of the Northern Territory, incidentally, was once owned by the late Kerry Don Harkness competing in Hill climb in 1926. No seatbelts, no safety helmets, Packer. but, hey, nice outfits, and shades. I rate this survivor against the odds as one of bestowed upon this amazing item. Greatly diminished the ten greatest items of Australian Commonwealth are the creases and tears to the parcel-wrapping, and Philately. It will be auctioned during Australia 2013 some bumps, bruises and “war wounds” affecting next May, unless sold prior. Auction estimate is some of the stamps have received skillful attention. $100,000. What we now see more accurately resembles how Historical note: The recipient of the original this philatelically essential portion of the whole parcel, Donald James Harkness (1898-1972), was a article appeared in contemporary times. pioneer in the Australian automotive and aeronautical Previously, not enough of the surviving parcelindustries, and a record-breaking racing car driver; wrapping was revealed for us to be in a position to determine just why an incredible franking of £17.1.4d the first Australian to exceed 100m.p.h. over a measured mile. The subject parcel is believed to have came to be affixed. And this on March 25 1933, contained an automotive part, dispatched during an deep in The Great Depression! So let us unravel the endurance trial across northern Australia. story. Firstly, we can now clearly see at upper left the endorsement “Accepted / Weight / 32lbs / T Hart / Inquiry Office / G.P.O / Sydney”, with “£17.1.4” Rod Perry’s other column, Woodbeneath. 32lbs exceeded the limit for parcel post, and chip-free Zone, appears in Stamp the article was therefore required to be charged at full letter rate: News. Rod invites owners of high£17.1.4d postage represents: 512ozs. (32lbs) ly franked covers of the world to at 2d per oz. Letter rate = 1024d (or £4.5.4d) + Airmail surcharge additional 3d per ½oz. = 3072d send scans of their items to him at (£12.16.0d) = Total: £17.1.4d. rap@rap.com.au. The important stamp denominations, it’s Stamp News - 67
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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 1st Mon, 5pm 7th Day Adv. Church, Alpha St; 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 Murdoch Drives
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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 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); Maribyrnong Comm. Centre, 54 Raleigh Rd, Maribyrnong. PO Box 2477 Taylors Lakes 3038. PH. 0438 901 144. email: footscraystamps@gmail 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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Phillumeny SC: U3/26-28 Crozier Av, Modbury 5092. Ph: 08 8337 6533 Email: www.users.or.net/ figg/amccs Port Pirie PS: Mtg 4th Mon; PO Box532, Pt Pirie 5540; Ph: 08 8632 1105 Printed Collectables Club (SAPC): Mtg last Tues, Julia Farr Cent. Canteen, Ground Floor, Fisher St. Ph: 08 8265 7395; PO Box 657, Enfield Plaza 5085 PS of South Australia:1st & 3rdTues; 22 Gray Ct. GPO Box 1937, Adelaide 5001; Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Aust. (Aus. Com. Spect.Grp.): Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm;22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8373 3756 PS of South Australia (Daytime SC):Mtg 1st & 3rd Thurs; 22 Gray Ct.Ph: 08 8373 3756 PS of South Australia (Study Group):Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm; 22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8522 4345 Postal Stat & Postal Hist Soc: Mtg 2nd Tues; SAPHIL House, 22 Gray Ct, Adelaide. email: psandph@arcom.com.au; Ph: 08 8260 3352 Riverland PS: Mtg 3rd Fri, 10am ;Whitmore Hall, Barmera Village; Ph: 08 8595 3023 SA Junior Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Sun 1pm - 3pm;Anyone over 5years, parents welcome. 22 Grey St, Adelaide. 08 8250 0484 Salisbury PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon;StJohns Church Hall. PO Box 336 Salisbury 5108; Ph: 08 8252 2392 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Fri 7.45pm, Old Railway Station (now Community Services Bldng.); Ph: 08 8370 2680 Strathalbyn PS: Mtg 2nd Mon; Rosa Hoare Room, Lutheran Church Complex Corner, Commercial Rd/North Pde; C/- Post Office, Strathalbyn 5255; Ph: 0429 693 747 Ukrainian Collectibles Club: Mtg Wed as per syllabus; PO Box 466, Woodville 5011; Ph: 08 8345 4033 Yorke Peninsula Collectors Club: Senior Citizens Club. Taylor St, Kardina. Mtg 3rd Wed ex. Jan; PO Box 178, Bute 5560; Ph: 08 8821 2906 Club Information: Victorian Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Melbourne, Vic, 3001 Latrobe Valley PS: Mtg Last Wed ex Dec 7.30pm, St Lukes Uniting Church Hall, Princes Way, Morwell; Chris Zarb, Sec. ph. 03 5174 3394 Maryborough Stamp Club:Mtg mthly ex Jan 2nd Tues of month 8pm, St Augustine’s Hall, Maryborough. PO Box 295, Maryborough, 3465; Ph: 03 5464 2400. maryboroughsc@eudoramail.com. maryboroughsc.web1000.com Mildura PS: Mtg Last Thurs (ex Dec)Carnegie Building 74 Deakin Ave Ph: 03 5023 8789 Mooroolbark PS: Mtg 1st Tues; Ph: 03 9723 3304 Oakleigh PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan) Oakleigh Public Library, Drummond St, Oakleigh Ocean Grove SC: Mtg 4th Wed. 10am. Ocean Grove Senior Citizens Clubrooms Melways: 234 A. Ph. 03 5255 1372 Peninsula SC: Mtg 3rd Wed, 7.30pm Uniting Church Hall, Murray Anderson Rd, Rosebud. Ph: 03 5974 1950 Polish PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Prahran PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) Ringwood PS: Gen Mtg 1st Thurs; Daytime 3rd Mon Ph: 03 9551 2235 Royal PS of Victoria:Mtg 3rd & 5th Thurs; Daytime 1st Tues Sale SC: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan) Shepparton PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Mechanics Institute, Shepparton. Ph. 0419 560 813 Sherbrooke PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs ex Jan Upwey Fire Brigade Hall, 8pm; Bob Cook Ph: 03 9758 3465 Upper Yarra SC: Mtg 3rd Tues Warragul PS: Mtg 2nd Fri Warrnambool PS: Mtg 3rd Wed 7.45pm St Joseph’s Primary School, Botanic Road;Ph: 03 5561 1470 Waverley PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs 7.30pm, Mt Waverley Community Centre, 47 Miller Cres, Mt Waverley; Daytime mtg the following Friday, 9.30am, Uniting Church Hall, 482 High St, Mt Waverley. Ph. 03 9898 4102 Obtain Tasmanian clubs information from: Tasmanian Stamp Council, GPO Box 9800, Hobart, TAS, 7001. Ph: 03 6278 7084 Kingston Junior Group: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Launceston PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan) & 3rd Sat (ex. Dec), Max Fry Hall, Trevallyn 7.30pm; Ph: 6344 3676 Mersey-Leven PS: Contact: 03 6425 3603 Rosny Junior Group: Mtg Last Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Tasmanian PS: Mtg Last Monday (ex. Dec); www.tps.org.au, Legacy House, 159 Macquarie St Hobart
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new south wales
Nov 3 - (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair, Quinn’s Nov 18 - (3rd Sun) Stamp & Coin Fair, 10am - 3pm, PioArcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02 63623754.
neers Hall, Cowper St, Wallsend. 8 Dealers. 4971 3483
Nov 3 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor, Car Nov 25 - (4th Sun) Epping Stamp & Coin Fair, Commupark Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, cnr nity Hall, 9 Oxford St, Epping. 10am - 4pm. Free Entry, Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW.
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Nov 3 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba. Ph. 0417 802 754 Nov 3 - (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin Collectors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131 Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Nov 4 - (1st Sun) Bankstown Stamp & Coin Fair, Bankstown Masonic Hall, Cnr Greenfields & Restwell Sts, Bankstown. 9am - 3pm. 7 Dealers. Nov 17/8 - Wyong Stamp Fair, Masonic Hall, Christopher Cres, Lakehaven, Central Coast. 10am-4pm. Vendors,
Nov 4 - (1st Sun) Stamp, Coin & Phone Card Fair, Ukrainian Hall, Russell St, Essendon. 9am-3pm Nov 18 - (3rd Sun) Stamp, Card - Phone Card Fair, Bentleigh-McKinnon Youth Centre, Higgins Rd, Bentleigh. Dealers plus huge range activities. Ph: John Thomas 0418 322 315. Nov 25 - (last Sun ex Dec) Stamp, Coin & Phonecard Fair, Jaycees Hall, Silver Grove, Nunawading. 9am-3pm.
queensland
displays, refreshments, Free entry & parking. Enq: 02 Nov 11 - QStamp Fair, Southside, Mt Gravatt Showgrounds, Memorial Hall, Logan Rd. Free Entry 8.30am 4392 3610 - 2pm Nov 18 - Mudgee Stamp Note & Coin Fair, Club Mudgee, Nov 12 - (2nd Mon) - Gold Coast PS Sale, Rm 1, South99 Mortimer St, Mudgee. 10am-4pm. $2 Adults. Dealers. port Comm. Centre, Lawson St, Southport. 11.30am - 2.30pm Enq: 02 6373 5324
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WorldWide NeW issues Tristan da Cunha - shackleton-rowett expedition 1921-1922 Still a youngish man, only in his late 40s, Sir Ernest Shackleton planned to explore the Polar Regions yet again and had planned to go to the Arctic on an expedition financed by private individuals and the Canadian government, but when they backed out leaving the expedition close to collapse, the merchant John Rowett stepped in with financial support. It was now too late for the Arctic season due to delays and so a programme for a very ambitious two year Antarctic expedition was proposed instead. The crew of the Quest comprised 24 members in all, but only 19 were on board for the start of the Antarctic portion Whilst in Rio de Janeiro Shackleton suffered a heart attack but would not let the ship’s doctor examine him. This delay resulted in Shackleton sailing directly to South Georgia and Quest arrived there on 4 January 1922. At 2am on January 5 1922 Shackleton called for his physician asking for sleeping pills complaining that he was in pain and the aspirin he had taken was not working. The physician warned him that he needed to take things more easily and stop working so hard; Shackleton replied with the words “You are always wanting me to give up something. What do you want me to give up now?” These were Shackleton’s last words, shortly afterwards he suffered a massive heart attack and died at the age of just 48. At first Shackleton’s body was sent to Montevideo to be returned to England, but when Lady Shackleton heard the news of her husband’s death she asked that his body be returned to South Georgia where she thought he would have wanted to be. He was buried in the whalers’ graveyard on South Georgia at Grytviken. Command of the expedition passed to Frank Wild who had previously sailed with Mawson, Shackleton and Scott. They headed southwards through the Weddell Sea and then up to South Georgia where they erected a cairn 80 - Stamp News
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