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SEPTEMBER 2014 EDITION

VOL.61 Number 9

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Contents Articles The Postage War for the Falkland Is: Albert-Friedrich Gruene ..............................6 Cinderella Corner: Tony Presgrave ............................................ 16 Liberia’s 1906 Issue: Christer Brunström ................................. 20 Stamps in the News: Margo Campbell .................................... 24 Looking at New Zealand: Graeme Morriss ............................... 34 Revenue Review: Dave Elsmore ................................................. 42 Introducing the APF: Ian McMahon .......................................... 48 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................... 52

Information News........................................................................................................6 Reviews: Mike Lee .........................................................7, 14, 15, 67 Trading Post....................................................................................... 68 Clubs & Societies ....................................................................... ......70 Calendar.............................................................................................. 73 Products & Services Directory............................................... ......74 Internet & Email Directory...................................................... ......78 List of Advertisers .............................................................. ..............82

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Stamps helping flooded areas : Ivo Ascic Ever since the beginning of life on earth people have been endangered by floods, or unusually huge amounts of water at a particular place, caused by natural forces such as rain, accumulation of ice in rivers, landslides or earthquakes, and more recently due to the collapse of dams or war destruction. In Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, the floods were caused by the rivers Tigris and the Euphrates. Even the greatest rulers of that time did not manage to prevent them. In recent history major flood disaster have caused much death and material destruction; the River Huang He (Yellow River), Yangtze and Huai in the last 150 years has taken millions of human lives. European rivers such as the Danube, Rhine, Sava, Volga, Seine and others have also flooded their banks, causing huge economic damages and also taking lives. Motifs of floods and rescuers (soldiers, firemen etc) are familiar to publishers of postage stamps, which draw the attention of the public to preventive actions, courage and charity work of rescuers, and also help flood victims through postage stamp surcharges.

Water area of Sava river

We believe that floods in May of 2014 in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia from the Sava river will encourage the production of postage stamps to create a permanent record of the event (joint publications would be more efficient) and to help afflicted people but also to educate broader masses of people whose voice is very important when it comes to long-term strategy of defense 6 - Stamp News

Floods in Croatia in May 2014 (photo: Nenad Rebersak) against natural disasters such as floods.

Examples from around the world

Hundreds of stamps with surcharges were printed to help flood victims and to raise awareness about the importance of preventive action. Some of these stamps report about flooding in Honduras in 1913, Austria in 1921, Russia (Leningrad) in 1924, Liechtenstein (river Rhine) in 1927, Hungary in 1940 and 1965, South West Germany in 1947-1948, Denmark in 1953, Netherlands (Icelandic stamp) in 1953, Argentina (Buenos Aires area) in 1958, France in 1959, Slovakia (Danube) in 1965, Iraq in 1967, Algeria in 1969, China in 1970 and other countries. Also, floods of this century in Australia and Peru in 2011, Moldova in 2010, Hungary in 2010, Bangladesh in 2007, Austria in 2006, Romania in 2005, Algeria in 2001 and other states were the reason for issuing stamps with extra payment to help flood victims. Croatian commemorative postmarks mark â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red Cross and floodsâ&#x20AC;?

reviews

mike lee

British Presentation Packs

2014 New Zealand

1st edition, published 23rd April 2014

Paperback, 224 pages 5th edition

220 pages, paperback

Published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 7 Parkside, Christchurch Rd. Ringwood, Hants BH24 3SH U.K.

Published by Packs & Cards, Oaklands House, Reading Road North, Fleet, Hants GU51 4AB, UK. Website: packsandcards. com Email: info@ packsandcards.com UK retail price: £24.95 I think it’s fair to say that here in Australia, Australia Post Post Office Packs, or ‘POP’s’ as they are more popularly known, are not exactly the flavour of the month amongst collectors, nor have they been for many years. In the UK however, the picture is quite different. British Presentation Packs have a strong following, as this excellent publication shows quite clearly. The first thing that struck me upon looking through the catalogue was the overall high quality of it’s production. The second thing was just how many different types of packs have been produced over the years! The index lists 14 different categories including Collectors Club packs, Forerunner packs, Reproduction packs, Format packs and various types of Private packs. The different language packs and insert cards are also listed, as are printing varieties etc. The catalogue illustrates, in full colour, every pack issued up to the March 2014 ‘Remarkable Lives’ issue. All of the listings are also priced, and valuations range from £1.50 to £5000! There is also a two page section on the History and development of presentation packs, and much more. This catalogue really is a gold mine of information for any collector of GB, and an excellent addition to any philatelic library Highly recommended

RRP A $49.90 It’s been four years since the publication of the last edition of this catalogue, so I can well imagine that demand will be high for this new one! The stamp issues over the last four years or so have been fairly numerous, and this has caused the new catalogue to swell a little (although it’s hard to compare as the last edition was still in the old A4 format). New issues are covered up February 2014. As usual with SG Commonwealth catalogues, the listings for issues up to 1970 have been taken from the current edition (2014) of the Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 18401970 catalogue, with the later issues being revised and updated for this new country catalogue What’s new for this edition? Well, a number of new varieties are listed for the first time, the 189141906 ‘O.P.S.O.’ handstamped officials have been rewritten and extended to include a number of new varieties, the £10 Arms postal fiscal is now listed, and there’s a priced listing for New Zealand stamps used on Pitcairn Island prior to 1940 and a full list of stamps known used at the New Zealand postal agencies on Fanning and Washington Islands. Apart from all the above, the stamps of the Antarctic Expeditions, the dependencies of Tokelau and Ross and the pre-independence issues of former dependencies; Cook Islands, Aitutaki, Penrhyn, Niue and Western Samoa are also included Continued on p.14 Stamp News - 7

The Postage Stamp War for the Falkland Islands The First British Territorial Claim for the Falkland Islands on a Postage Stamp Albert-Friedrich Gruene Argentina has issued in recent years quite a number of commemorative stamps, special cancellations and vignettes showing the Falkland Islands as part of the territory of Argentina (examples are pictured). This tradition started on 1st January, 1936, when the Argentine Postal Authorities issued a one peso map stamp (pictured) clearly showing the Falkland Islands as part of Argentine territory. The British reaction came swift in February 1936 when Anthony Eden, the then Foreign Secretary, stated in the House of Commons, â&#x20AC;&#x153;That the British Ambassador at Buenos Aires had been instructed to protest against the inclusion of the Falkland Islands in this map stamp of Argentine Territory, and to inform the Argentine Government that H. M. Government cannot admit the claim that the Islands are Argentine property.â&#x20AC;? The origin of the Argentine one peso map stamp issue dates back to the 2nd of January, 1933, when the legendary Centenary stamps of the Falkland Islands were issued (3d map stamp pictured), which were refused by the Argentine Republic and led to a kind of The one peso Argentine stamp of 1936 8 - Stamp News

Argentinian stamp of 2012 claiming the Falklands for Argentina

The Postage Stamp War for the Falkland Islands The super stamp of the British Empire (Canada 1898): The First Map Stamp of the World The First Christmas Stamp of the World The First British Claim on a postage stamp for the Falkland Islands

“postal war”. Maude Carey the then postmaster of the Falkland Islands and the ﬁrst female postmaster of the British Empire wrote to a collector in 1933 Below: Early map of the Falkland Islands

“There seems to be much disturbance going on in Argentine and I believe according to the paper “La Prensa” intend surcharging any of our letters which bear the Centenary stamps. They got the impertinence to own the Islands. I´ve just written to someone there to see what will happen to my envelopes.” Mail franked with stamps from the Centenary issue was charged postal dues as for unstamped mail and in some cases the stamps were obliterated. These are much sought after collector’s items nowadays! When the Argentine authorities issued in 1936

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The Postage Stamp War for the Falkland Islands

their one peso map stamp they were obviously not aware that the British Empire had made a territorial claim on a map stamp already, 38 years earlier in December 1898, when Canada issued a commemorative stamp that is known among collectors as the “Map Stamp”, but also as the world´s “First Christmas stamp” (pictured). The initiator of the new Canadian stamp for the Imperial Penny Postage rate (1d=two Canadian cents), Sir

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Top left: Map Centenary 3d Left: Argentinian slogan on an automatic cancellation claiming the Falklands Above: Argentinian vignette on the back of a cover claiming the Falklands Below: Argentinian stamp claiming the Falklands from 1983 William Mulock, the Postmaster General of Canada, wished a so called Mercator projection (a cylindrical map projection presented by the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569), that shows the earth as if it were ﬂat. So Sir William consulted George R. Parkin who had published in 1893 his famous “The British Empire Map of the World on Mercator´s Projection”. Parkin was then the most important protagonist of a united British Empire (at least on his maps). He attempted to demonstrate the reconstruction of the world by modern technology and tried to create the impression of an organic unity of the British

Albert-Friedrich Gruene Argentinian cancellation claiming the Falklands

Below: Plate block of 4 (FI Centenary Map)

Empire by the professional marking of naval bases, railways, telegraph lines and steamer routes on his maps. Parkins proposal of “a miniature reproduction of his map of the British Empire with Canada in the centre” was accepted soon. Two main varieties of this stamp exist; half of the total printing of 20 million was printed with blue oceans and the other half with green oceans. The countries that belonged to the British Empire were printed in red. At that time Britain held the largest empire on earth and that explains the slogan at the bottom of the stamp, “WE

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The Postage Stamp War for the Falkland Islands Map Post card published by Les Hardy a local Stanley merchant in 1933 for the Centenary celebrations. It carries the British Flag on top of the card and below the ship (on top of the card) you will ﬁnd the message: I am going to Monetevideo (not to Argentina!).

HOLD A VASTER EMPIRE THAN HAS BEEN” (borrowed from an 1887 poem of Sir Lewis Morris). Parts of German South West Africa, German East Africa, the Republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State, Portuguese East Africa and the island of Borneo plus some more countries (or at least parts of them) were also by accident included in the British Empire with the result that the empire became a bit VASTER than in reality. If you look on the red color in the Falkland vicinity, the map indeed looks already very modern. One could think that the Total Exclusion Zone an area that was declared by the United Kingdom on 12 - Stamp News

April 30, 1982 covering a circle of 200 nautical miles (370 km) from the centre of the Falkland Islands was already anticipated 116 years ago! I think it is clear by now why the stamp is called among collectors the “Map Stamp”; actually I believe it is also the world´s “First Map Stamp” showing for the first time a map of the whole world on a postage stamp. One important question is still open: Why is it also called by many collectors the First Christmas Stamp? The best explanation I found comes from Michael T. Nowlan: Stamp designs for the colonial countries had to be approved by the ruling monarch, in 1898 by Queen Victoria. When a post office official was presenting the new Canadian stamp for the Imperial Penny Postage rate, he suggested to Her Majesty that the new stamp could serve as a tribute to the prince. The official was referring to the then-Prince of Wales (3 years later King Edward VII) whose birthday occurred on November 9, the date originally selected for the release of the issue. Queen Victoria is said to have replied “Which prince?” in a tone that made clear that she would not be pleased with a royal connection other than herself. The official replied swift “The Prince of Peace” referring to the Christ child. As a result, the stamp when it was officially released on December 7, 1898, bore also the words “XMAS 1898”. Maybe the stamp can be modern interpreted as Peace to the World?

Albert-Friedrich Gruene

Argentinian post card and stamp claiming the Falklands for Argentina Apart from the discussed interesting peculiarities of the issue, one thing is clear: It is not only the First Map Stamp, The First Christmas Stamp, but it is also the ﬁrst stamp that claims the Falkland Islands for the British Empire on a postage stamp! When Les Hardy a Falkland Island resident privately produced a post card in 1933 showing a map of the Falklands (pictured) he knew which ﬂag he had to use on the top of his card. The people of the Falklands have had an easy choice when they had to answer in

March 2013 in a referendum on the political status of the Falkland Islands the question “Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom? Yes or No?” (FI referendum stamps pictured below).

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reviews Continued from p.7 All in all, an excellent catalogue, and one sure to prove popular. Now, when is someone going to produce an up to date catalogue for all of those NZ Private Post issues???

GB 2014 Concise catalogue Paperback, 452 pages, 29th edition Published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 7 Parkside, Christchurch Rd. Ringwood, Hants BH24 3SH U.K. RRP A $69.90 If you collect GB, and your interests are becoming more detailed than the SG ‘Collect British Stamps’ catalogue provides for, then this is the catalogue for you! So what more do you get in the extra 120 or so pages found in this year’s ‘Concise’ compared to this year’s ‘Collect’? Well, first of all, there is a complete listing of booklets. Many varieties and errors of various types are listed. FDC cancels are listed and illustrated. Postal Fiscals and a straightforward listing of Post Office Telegraph stamps, based on listings in the GB Specialised Catalogue, including major errors and specimens, are included. But wait, there’s more! New for this edition is a listing of booklet panes, including those with inverted watermarks, up to 1952. This will be extended in future editions. The decimal Machin definitives have been amalgamated in an easy-to-find separate section at the end of the commemorative listings, and fully updated. The listings of the ‘Security’ Machins and Post & Go stamps have been updated with the help of John Deering, writer of the popular ‘Machin Watch’ column in the Gibbons Stamp Monthly magazine, 14 - Stamp News

and an extremely useful table gives details of the increasingly popular date and source codes to be found in these issues. An excellent catalogue in all respects. Highly recommended

St Helena, Ascension & Tristan Da Cunha Paperback, 128 pages 5th edition Published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 7 Parkside, Christchurch Rd. Ringwood, Hants BH24 3SH U.K. RRP A $34.95 This catalogue covers new issues for the three years since the 4th edition, with each of the three countries stamps listed up to November or December 2013. Even though these islands have fairly conservative stamp issuing policies, this still accounts for an increase of nearly 30 pages over the 2011 edition. Included in this edition are new watermark varieties among the Queen Victoria issues of St Helen, and the Tristan da Cunha 4d. postage due with the ‘broken ‘d’ variety is listed for the first time. Also included are GB stamps used in Ascension before Ascension stamps became available, and the popular pre-stamp cachets (handstamps) of Tristan da Cunha. Prices have been revised throughout with many increases among the definitive issues up to the first QE II sets, Great Britain used in Ascension and the commemoratives of the last few years. Errors and varieties in particular show significant rises, one example being the Ascension 4d. ‘Mountaineer’ flaw (SG 42da) jumping from £650 to £850 for MUH Another great catalogue.

mike lee 2014 Western Pacific Paperback, 327 pages 3rd edition Published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 7 Parkside, Christchurch Rd. Ringwood, Hants BH24 3SH U.K. RRP A $64.95 With a country listing including Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea (including the early issues of New Guinea and Papua), the Solomon Islands and much more, I suspect this catalogue must one of Stanley Gibbons best sellers here in Australia. It is five years since the second edition was published, and there is much new information in this new edition. Apart from all of the new issues of the ten current issuing countries, there is also a completely re-written listing of the popular 2006 onwards small bird surcharges of Fiji. One of the reasons for this series having a strong collector following is that they were produced purely for postal use, and to meet a genuine need, rather than as a philatelic ‘confection’. There are now 26 basic combinations of original value and surcharge, but with the inclusion of various printings, settings, trials, errors and varieties, the listing expands to more than 160 stamps! A truly fascinating issue, clearly illustrated and set out in this new edition. PNG is an ever popular country, despite some rather dubious issuing policies in recent times, and here we have listings up to the November 2013 Cooking Methods set. Talking of dubious issues, one sad note is that two of the countries covered by this catalogue have ‘appendix’ issues, namely the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu, the former for a number of recent (2013) sets. For those unfamiliar with ‘appendix’ listings, SG provide only a cursory listing of set titles, without individual stamp details

or catalogue numbers, for stamps they deem to have been issued ‘in excess of postal needs’. There have been revisions to the notes relating to the Fiji Times Express issues, the listing of New Zealand stamps known used in the Fanning and Washington Islands have been considerably expanded, and a number of new plate flaws and watermark varieties are newly listed in this edition. An outstanding and essential catalogue for the many Pacific Island collectors out there!

Falkland Islands Paperback, 92 pages, 6th edition Published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 7 Parkside, Christchurch Rd. Ringwood, Hants BH24 3SH U.K. RRP A $TBA Another popular collecting area, a new edition of the Falklands catalogue is always welcome. Covering Falkland Is. issues up to the Penguins set of November 2013, together with the issues of the Falkland Island Dependencies, British Antarctic Territory, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, this catalogue is truly comprehensive. But it’s the listing of the Falkland Island issues used in the Dependencies prior to the issue of their own stamps, where some very interesting surprises are to be found. For example, the fairly common Edward VII ½d green used in the Falklands is catalogued at £3, but if you happen to be fortunate enough to have one used with a South Shetlands cancellation, the Continued on p.67 Stamp News - 15

Cinderella Corner

The Cinderella Philatelist journal which commenced publication in 1963 has always had a free gift stamp or related item included with each issue and this month I have drawn on some of these gifts to feature in the column.

Colby Campus Mail. (Fig. 1)

From the April 1988 issue is this block of four stamps produced to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Colby College in 1988 and also the 155th anniversary of the Geology Department. The stamps are described by the creator of them as pure fantasy.

Telegraph & Telephone Stamps. (Fig. 2).

The Telegraph and Telephone Stamp Society issued this stamp for what appears to be a receipt for the membership subscription. It is additionally inscribed

Top Row: Figs 1 & 2 Right: Fig 3

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Specimen Not valid for membership. The image on the stamp is of a single needle electro-magnetic instrument patented by William Fothergill Cooke and Sir Charles Wheatstone. The stamp was the free gift in the July 1987 issue of the journal.

Athens Publicity. (Fig. 3).

A 1985 publicity stamp issue in which Athens is described by the European Economic Community as the Cultural Capital of Europe. The stamp featured a reduced size copy of one of the 1896 Greek stamps to celebrate the first modern Olympic Games. The stamps were printed in sheets of 50. This stamp was included in the July 1988 issue.

Pepysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Island. (Fig. 4).

From the October 1986 issue comes the Pepys Island

Tony Presgrave

stamp. Pepys Island existed on maps dating from late 1600s after it was recorded in 1684 by William Dampier as being off the coast of Patagonia in South America. An expedition in the 1760s failed to find the island but it continued to be marked on maps until the 19th century even though it still had not been found. In 1986 one Anthony Insoll decided that the island would be the perfect subject for a phantom stamp issue. It was issued on 1 July 1986 printed in sheets of 100 on unwatermarked paper with “invisible” gum and imperforate.

Camel Post. (Fig. 5).

This stamp is actually the centre vignette of the Bahrain Camel Post stamp that was designed by Alan Jackson for the purpose of brightening up his mail. The stamp was included as the free gift in the

October 1987 issue. And now to other things.

Thrift Token. (Fig. 6).

After acquiring an accumulation of Cinderella stamps, I sifted through them and found this stamp. It was issued by Trade Incentives Pty. Ltd. of Sydney. The inscription at the top reads, “for spending two shillings” and below the words Thrift Token are the words “to reward your thrift” and at the bottom “redeemable in merchandise by Trade Incentives Pty. Ltd. Sydney”.

War Stamps. (Fig. 7).

These photographic war stamps are believed to have been produced by one or more photographers

Top Row: Figs 4, 5 & 6 Left: Fig 7

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Cinderella Corner

probably in Melbourne in 1915. The issue of these stamps probably attracted the attention of the Postal Authorities who would have very quickly suppressed them explaining why only the 1915 date appears on them. I have seen a few others with different portraits on them. Bill Hornadge wrote an article about them in his book Cinderella Stamps of Australasia in 1974 and as far as I know this is still the most detailed reference to these stamps.

mentioned above was this label. It is a peel and stick variety in sheets of six. I also found two other blocks of four of the same label, one in green and the other in black on gold both with the inscription Melbourne 1956, Brisbane 1992, Melbourne 1996, Sydney 2000 around the margins. With the design being the Opera House and the year 2000, I guess they were part of the publicity for the Sydney Olympic Games.

Sydpex 88. (Fig. 8).

Noel Almeida sent me this Olympic Games publicity stamp, one that neither of us have seen before and it is notable for having the red vignette of the head and rings inverted. Being a single example that was attached to a cover, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know any of the printing details although it is rouletted which suggests that it came in a sheet format and was probably gummed.

A publicity label issued for Sydpex 88 held in the R.A.S. Pavilion at the former Showgrounds in Randwick.

Back To Australia. (Fig. 9).

In that same accumulation of Cinderellas I

Above: Figures 8, 9 & 11 Right: Figure 12

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Melbourne Olympics. (Fig. 10).

Tony Presgrave

Franz Joseph Land. (Fig. 11 & 12).

I have noted these stamps in an earlier column but they are worth repeating here. Two very interesting labels from an Arctic Expedition of long ago. They originated from the Weyprecht and Payer (or Beyer) expedition of 1874. I have never seen them before and my only references to them are in Album Weeds third edition by the Rev. R.B. Earee in 1905 and Phantom Philately by Fred Melville. Earee states that this was an Austrian expedition in the S.S. Tegethoff under Payer and Weyprecht in 1871 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1874. He suggests that the letters W and B in the corners probably commemorate Lieutenants Weyprecht and Brosch. Earee also gives some details of the printing which he says was lithographed on stout yellowish white paper,

perforated 12. Melville has some further information and he states that the stamps were the invention of the Viennese dealer S. Friedl who turned them out as commemorative stamps when the two leaders of the expedition discovered the group of glaciers they called Franz Joseph Land. Melville records the stamps as one printed in carmine with the centre in blue and having the value of 25 silver crowns, the other being in green with the centre in mauve and in place of the value the inscription Er.M.d.N.P.E. 1874, being an abbreviation of Erinnerungs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Marke der Nord Pole Expedition 1874. Melville also records the details of a triangular stamp and Atalaya Vol 26 Number 2, Number 53 of Summer 2001 noted a couple of Franz Joseph triangular types, Cape Pest and Cape Wien.

Figures 10

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Liberia’s 1906 Issue Liberian philately is far more interesting than most stamp collectors realise. The stamps issued about a century ago have exciting designs reﬂecting this West African nation which was founded by former American slaves. The Republic of Liberia was established to provide a new home for the freed slaves. The name Liberia was chosen to reﬂect a new life of freedom. Liberia’s classic pictorials were printed by Perkins, Bacon & Co., a famous name in stamp printing. In this article I intend to feature the issue of 1906. It comprised no less than 13 values ranging from 1 cent to $5. The engraved mostly bicoloured stamps were printed on unwatermarked paper and perforated 14. The designs are a mix of African wildlife, symbols of freedom and a portrait of President

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Arthur Barclay on the top value. Finding a complete mint set today is probably not that easy. However, the set was also sold in cancelled-to-order condition and they are still rather plentiful. There are numerous interesting varieties of the basic stamps and they were also used to produce a selection of provisionals and service stamps. The issue can easily be the basis of a specialized collection which can keep you busy for years seeking out the sometimes surprisingly elusive varieties. Let’s take a closer look at the 15-cent stamp featuring an agama. The stamp is printed in purple and deep green and it is quite attractive. Proofs in the issued colours were produced of both the frame and the central design element as shown in the nearby illustrations.

Christer Brunström Proofs on cardboard paper in different colour combinations also exist. Depicted here is such an imperforate proof in shades of green. Mercury was the messengers of the Greek gods and he has been depicted on numerous postage stamps symbolizing the speedy and expeditious delivery of mail. Mercury with a winged helmet adorns the 2-cent denomination. This is one of seven denominations in the set which exist imperforate. These imperforates are best collected as pairs or multiples. As the stamps were printed in two colours the sheets had to pass through the press twice. If the sheet is fed into the press in the wrong direction the second time we get the spectacular inverted centre variety. They abound in Liberia’s 1906 deﬁnitives; in fact, no less than 11 denominations are known with

inverted centres. They are not terribly costly be still rather difficult to find. Shown here is the inverted centre variety of the 2c stamp. Topical (or thematic) collectors will find this set very useful as there are two bird stamps. Other species depicted include an elephant, a chimpanzee and a pigmy hippopotamus. I Liberian coin is shown as well as the Liberian flag. The entire set was overprinted OS to serve as official stamps. Several stamps exist with inverted centres and with inverted overprints. Most of the basic stamps had been printed in new colours to receive this overprint. In some cases they were released without the OS overprint producing even more interesting varieties. In the period from 1914 until 1917, Liberia proceded to surcharge a number of older stamp

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Liberia’s 1906 Issue issues with new denominations to meet postal demands. This was probably due to World War I which complicated the supply of new stamps from the printers in Europe. Several stamps from the 1906 set were thus overprinted with new values. Some of these overprints are really scarce and would have been rarities if Liberian philately had been slightly more popular. In 1909, there was a need for a 3-cent stamp for inland letters. As this value had not been included in the 1906 set, it was decided to overprint the Great Blue Touraco stamp with the new denomination of three cents clearly indicating that it was intended for inland use. The 1c Elephant stamp was overprinted “L F F / 1

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c” in 1916 to be used by the Liberian Frontier Force. They were used by the L.iberian troops sent to guard the frontier. These stamps are generally listed as Military Stamps in our catalogues. The 1c Elephant Military Stamp is a rarity. What might seem as a straightforward set of 13 stamps really has endless possibilities for specialization. Finding a commercial cover franked with some of these stamps would add a lot of pizzazz to any collection. This also proves that you don’t need to collect all of Liberia’s stamp issues in order to form a comprehensive collection of this West African nation. The 1906 issue is far more interesting than the rubbish produced by the Liberian stamp agencies today.

Stamps in the News - Globally! La Poste on the fiddle?

Reported at www.thestrad.com A bow sent via French postal service, La Poste, was reported lost by the company only to be auctioned at a later date, according to its maker. Claudia Carmona, based in Angers, France had been commissioned to construct the bow, worth €2,800, for a cellist of the Paris Opera. The artist sent the bow back to Carmona for final adjustments, but it never arrived. Instead, a postal employee rang the maker to say that the package had been discovered open and empty. Although both the bow maker and musician reported the incident to the police in Angers and Paris, the postal company would only respond that ‘the object suffered significant deterioration during transportation’, and paid the musician €50 in compensation as the package was uninsured. Carmona believed this was the end of the affair, but 18 months later, discovered her bow on a French sales website priced at €2,900. Upon contacting the seller ― owner of a clearance company in The Gers ― the maker was told that the bow had been bought in an auction organised by Ouest Enchères Publiques, a company which specialises in reselling unclaimed objects from La Poste.

The bow maker again made a police complaint and reported her findings to La Poste, who admitted, after some pressure, that a mistake had been made in closing her case. Carmona has now reported the incident to her lawyer who is pursuing the matter. ‘The cellist and I did everything possible to recover the bow without success so I am taking stronger action,’ she said. ‘I hope it can then be returned to the artist’.

Stop and smell the roses in the Philippines

Reported at http://news. pia.gov.ph PHLPost have recently issued rose-scented stamps featuring floral artworks made by the late 24 - Stamp News

Compiled by

Margo Campbell

President Cory Aquino to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the former President’s death. President Aquino took an “active interest” in painting under the tutelage of artist Jeffrey Consumo and gave many of her works to some of her dearest friends. “Next to prayer, painting became a favoured mode of keeping her mind active and her sense of humanity intact. Although she has participated in a joint exhibit with friends and has sold some of her works to raise funds for her advocacies, she does not profess to be a professional painter. She likes to paint flowers and women, usually in oil or acrylic on canvas,” a PHLPost spokesman said. The designs were from artworks lent to PHLPost including “Rosary and Roses Series,” “Blooms of Unity,” “Overflowing with Good Wishes,” and “Enchanting Blossoms” and “Fifth Painting.” PHLPost added that some 200,000 copies of the special scented stamps are printed on imported unwatermarked papers and priced P25 each. While the 7,000 copies of the souvenir sheets are priced at P100 per sheet.

World Cup winner stamps…printed in advance Reported at www.dailymail.co.uk

World Cup 2014 winners Germany printed five million victory stamps before the 1-0 extra-time final win against Argentina. Germany appear to have been confident of defeating Argentina to win their fourth World Cup last month with Germany’s Finance Ministry ordering the printing of five million stamps commemorating their fourth World Cup title before the final on Sunday had even started.

‘This year I dared to hope very early on that our team would take the title,’ Finance Minister Wolfgang Scaeuble said. The stamps were all ready for delivery before the final even started and Deutsche Post officials must have been nervous when Germany needed extra-time to defeat Lionel Messi’s Argentina. The stamps would have had to be pulped if Germany lost the final. The 60-cent stamps are now on sale after the first commemorative copies are offered to the players and staff. ‘It’s wonderful that the team turned this dream into a reality. I hope that this stamp will remind many citizens of the immense joy the team has given us.’ Scaeuble said. Meanwhile, it was reported that a new German football shirt bearing the four stars for Germany’s four World Cup wins sold out within hours of the team’s triumph in Brazil.

Tarbosaurus Bataar returns

Reported at http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn The Mongolian Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism and Mongol Post launched new postage stamps featuring Tarbosaurus Bataar at the Central Dinosaur Museum in Ulan Baator this month. Tarbosaurus, “alarming lizard” is a genus of Stamp News - 25

Stamps in the News - Globally! tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that flourished in Asia about 70 million years ago, at the end of the Late Cretaceous Period. Fossils have been recovered in Mongolia, with more fragmentary remains found further afield in parts of China. Although many species have been named, modern paleontologists recognize only one, T. bataar, as valid. Tarbosaurus and Tyrannosaurus, if not synonymous, are considered to be at least closely related genera. Like most known tyrannosaurids, Tarbosaurus was a large bipedal predator, weighing up to six tonnes and equipped with about sixty large teeth. It had a unique locking mechanism in its lower jaw and the smallest forelimbs relative to body size of all tyrannosaurids, renowned for their disproportionately tiny, two-fingered forelimbs. It was an apex predator, preying on other dinosaurs. Mongol Post artist Ch.Bat-Erdene drew the Bataar artwork. “Stamp depictions require more intricate drawings compared to other works. I spent two months drawing Bataar for the stamps. Each depiction to be used is always based on detailed research before going to design, as they represent Mongolia’s name in the international postage market.” Officials from the company conducted research for the stamps for one year before the launch. Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism Ts.Oyungerel officiated at the opening, “The launch of these new stamps celebrates both the 90th anniversary of Mongolia’s stamp production and modern museum establishment in Mongolia. It is delightful to see Bataar becoming the theme of stamps.” The Bataar stamps are Mongolia’s 12th dinosaur26 - Stamp News

themed postage stamps and a total of 25,000 copies of the stamps will be printed, reported Chief of the Postmark Department at Mongol Post D.Ganbold. Mongolian stamps are printed in China. “We create stamps after carefully researching the theme in relation to highlighting events in Mongolia, and having approval from the government. The same procedures took place for the Bataar postmarks. The next issues to launch will be about the Battles of Khalkhiin Gol,” he added.

An octopus’s garden commemorated Reported at www.bahamaislandsinfo.com

The Bahamas Postal Services have announced the release a new series of commemorative stamps this month which will pay tribute to the 75th anniversary of the world’s first undersea Post Office. The new stamps will depict the pioneering work of John Ernest (“J.E.”) Williamson (1881-1966), whose underwater photography drew mass attention to the beautiful and precious natural resources of The Bahamas. Designed by Derek Miller and printed by LoweMartin, the stamps feature a 15 cent stamp, a 50 cent stamp, a 65 cent stamp and a 70 cent stamp. Williamson’s father, Charles Williamson of

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Norfolk, Virginia, was a sea captain who had invented a tube, which when suspended from a specially outfitted ship, facilitated communication and airflow down to depths of 250 feet. When attached to a diving apparatus, this could assist in repair and salvage work. In 1912 Williamson realised that his father’s invention could be adapted for undersea photography. Using a light hung from the mother ship, artificially illuminated photographs of the depths of Chesapeake Bay taken in 1913 produced such captivating results that he was inspired to attempt motion pictures. To facilitate the tube’s new purpose, Williamson designed a special attachment: an observation chamber with a large funnel-shaped compartment, fronted by a large, thick glass window 5 feet in diameter. He called this device the “Williamson Photosphere.” With this new equipment he and his brother George set out for The Bahamas, where the sunlight can penetrate 150 feet deep in the crystal clear waters, greatly enhancing the photographic possibilities. The photosphere was attached to a special barge, christened the Jules Verne, and in March 1914, near Nassau, they shot the first-ever underwater motion pictures. In 1939, William conducted The BahamasWilliamson Undersea Expedition to film underwater for scientific purposes. It was in connection with this expedition that the Government of The

Bahamas authorised the Photosphere to become the world’s first undersea post office, officially named “Sea Floor Bahamas”. This was a great achievement for The Bahamas with stamps such as the “Sea Gardens” being posted by a limited number of visitors from the 6X10 feet Photosphere to the delight of stamp lovers around the world. Exciting images of discovery were now revealed to the general public for the first time. Visitors to the Photosphere and the Sea Floor Post Office included Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone and the Royal Governor of The Bahamas, H.R.H. Edward, Duke of Windsor. The photosphere has been previously featured on postage stamps from The Bahamas, Monaco, Turks and Caicos Islands and Palau.

Syrian President Issues New Stamps, But Can’t Deliver the Mail Reported at www.gpb.org/news

As the Middle East is in ferment from Iraq to Syria to the Gaza Strip a commemorative set of three stamps depicting Syrian President Bashar Assad may not seem hugely relevant. But these pieces of paper tell us much about the power struggles behind the bloodshed in Syria. Issued this week to commemorate Assad’s victory in the country’s recent presidential elections, they are the latest in a long line of postal projections of orderly power over chaos. However, the election he commemorates was a poll in which no one in rebel-held areas could vote, and he oversees a postal system that couldn’t deliver a letter to those places. It’s not just Assad who uses this kind of propaganda. Large chunks of his country have fallen Stamp News - 27

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under the control of the ferocious extremists now known as the Islamic State. They tweeted a picture of a building in the city of Raqqa with a sign that reads: “The civilian post office of the city of Raqqa.” The picture was cited as evidence of the Islamic State having a postal service, but a resident there who uses the nickname Abu Ibrahim al-Raqqawi, because he’s afraid of the extremists, says the picture is a lie. “We haven’t had postal service for a year,” he says. But the mere act of issuing the stamps is a tactic to enhance legitimacy, an attempt by Assad to strengthen his claim to be a legitimate leader ruling over a functioning state. It’s a strategy that dates back to the early days of the mail in Syria. The first stamps were printed in 1863, writes Donald M. Reid, in the Journal of Contemporary History. Syria was part of the Ottoman Empire then, so it had Turkish stamps. These were decorated with calligraphy and Arabesque patterns, likely in accordance with Islamic tradition of nonrepresentative art. But when the empire was shaken by World War I, which would eventually finish it off, there was a change in tack. Stamps suddenly depicted military victories and even the sultan himself. In the great colonial carve-up of the region that followed the empire’s end, Syria fell under the control of France. The French adorned their stamps 28 - Stamp News

with images of Syrian scenery and monuments as well as some telling hints about the future. On one, the pretty port of Alexandretta was overstamped with the word “Alawite” in French and Arabic. In an effort to subdue the angry country, France split the turf into four areas including one for the Muslim Alawite sect. The French also recruited the sect disproportionately into the army, hoping they would counterbalance the rebellious Sunnis. Many historians trace a line between the influence the sect gained during this period and the rise to power of the Alawite Assad family. Syria won independence in 1946 and experienced a series of military coups, the last of which brought Hafez Assad father of the current president to power in 1971. Assad was an air force commander, but in every one of his stamps, he appears in civilian clothing to “enhance his legitimacy,” writes Reid. And then came the son, Bashar Assad, who has led the country since his father’s death in 2000 and presided over a brutal war that’s now in its fourth year and left the country in ruins. His opponents have drawn him as a butcher and a devil, while the stamps are an attempt to counterbalance those images. Assad is portrayed in front of a church, bolstering a role he often plays as a protector of minorities. On another stamp, he draws on an image beloved of Arab strongmen and seeks to rebut the idea that he faces a broad rebellion: It shows a crowd of happy, representative citizens dwarfed by the authoritative face of their leader.

Stamps as Swaziland showcase Reported at www.observer.org.sz

In line with the country’s first world status vision by 2022, the Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC) recently launched new postage stamps designed to promote the country’s drive to achieving first world status.

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The new postage stamps were launched during an event held at the Royal Swazi Convention Centre. Managing Director Petros Dlamini said the production of the new postage stamps demonstrated SPTC’s common vision with government; that of achieving first world class status by 2022. The stamps capture the key development indicators towards vision 2022. Some of them reflect the King Mswati III International Airport and these would be used for mail and parcels that are being sent across the world. One of the batches shows the first national soccer team at the time of Independence in 1968. Another batch shows the national clinical laboratory services and emergency preparedness. Others indicate the implementation of the free primary education, among other things. Dlamini stated that Swaziland has tourists and these tourists needed to know about the country. He said the stamps were a significant window of what

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Swaziland is all about. He said the stamps would be used to send mail to all over the world and in the process educate the world about Swaziland. Speaking at the event, the Prime Minister said the significance of postage stamps was not only to prove payment for mail being sent but the stamp was also a means of commemorating important events or displaying of great leaders and world figures. He said the new stamps showed creativity from the SPTC as they captured the country’s

Cheap thrills from USPS Reported at www.rollingstone.com

Earlier this year, Rolling Stone reported on a series of musical stamps coming out this year that took years of planning to come to fruition. Now that the Jimi Hendrix stamp has been officially released as the first offering of the United States Postal Service’s Music Icons series, the agency has unveiled the official stamp for the series’ next star Janis Joplin. According to Linn’s Stamp News, the stamp will be released this August and will feature the singer smiling and wearing shades surrounded by a psychedelic background and lettering evoking the popular font of the Sixties. A biographical description on the sheet of 16

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Stamps in the News - Globally! genres that haven’t been covered,” she says. “For example, jazz is something that will be in the foreseeable future, or Motown and types of music that we need to recognize.”

Death of the Postman in Zimbabwe Reported at www.techzim.co.zw

stamps says: “Janis Joplin (1943-1970) was a ground breaking singer whose powerful, bluesy voice propelled her to the pinnacle of rock stardom. An icon of the 1960s, she was known for her uninhibited and soulful performances. Joplin is now recognized as one of the greatest rock singers of all time, as well as a pioneer who paved the way for other women in rock music.” Joplin, who would have turned 71 this year, and Hendrix are the latest subjects to join the Music Icons series, which had previously honoured Johnny Cash and Ray Charles. Earlier this year, it was revealed that more musicians may appear on a U.S. stamp, including John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Bill Monroe, Sarah Vaughan and Tammy Wynette. There are also plans for an issue honouring James Brown and a rerelease of the 1993 Elvis Presley stamp for 2015. Susan McGowan, the USPS director of stamp services, told Rolling Stone that 2015 should see a departure from rock & roll, but declined to reveal which genre will be its focus. “I definitely see that we need to pay a little honour to some other 30 - Stamp News

When I was a young man in our rural home there were only two households with landline phones. These doubled as phone shops and people would queue for hours to make brief calls over poor lines that buzzed like bees due to static. Understandably for the majority of us the most popular means of communication was via the postal service. It was not fast or overly efficient but it was cheap so everyone, including us kids, could afford it. For a fraction of a dollar – the US dollar I mean – one could send entire pages of messages to their loved ones. I remember my family and I used to stuff several letters into the same envelope as we sent messages to my father whenever he was deployed abroad. I have only received a total of three letters in two years. I haven’t posted a single letter in almost 8 years. The red painted ZIMPOST letter box that used to be a prominent feature of every shopping centre from Machipisa to Hauna has now been relegated to

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memories. Old Mr. Dodzo the Postmaster, one of the many postmen in our village used to deliver every letter to its recipient in the village. He didn’t have to, but he preferred that personal touch and delivered every letter and with it, pieces of village gossip in love and with relish. Postmen were ubiquitous then and as an important a job as any. They were at par with our teachers, policemen and soldiers acting as the nervous system to our nation. Most have no need for a postman now. They send their messages through email, IM, Facebook, Twitter and increasingly less through SMS and MMS. In the name of progress these “letters” are transported, sorted and delivered by machines in real time. The flesh and blood postman is giving way to the digital postman. Disturbingly more and more of these tasks are being handled beyond our borders. Old Mr. Dodzo would never have approved of such an impersonal method of delivery. But he is dead now and almost certainly the postman’s post (pun intended) will soon follow him to the grave. With the increase in the uptake of courier services it seems even the parcel delivering niche that they have enjoyed for so long might also fall to the prey.

An inside job

Reported at www.daventryexpress.co.uk A Birmingham man who is the son of a nationallyrenowned philatelist who died last year has admitted stealing his late father’s collection of rare and valuable stamps. Joseph Jennings was committed to Crown Court for sentence after magistrates heard how he sold off stamps at a knock-down price to fund a gambling habit. The 29-year-old is the son of journalist and stamp expert Peter Jennings, who died in September last year after a long-standing illness.

Prosecutor Angela Hallam told the city’s magistrates’ court that the 65-year-old’s widow was the sole beneficiary of his estate and had inherited his entire stamp collection. But, the court heard, items were taken “piecemeal” from an office at the philatelist’s home between November last year and January this year, and sold off to legitimate dealers for around £13,000. Ms Hallam told magistrates: “The collection was not very well inventoried but it was of not only sentimental value but of great financial value. “It’s the Crown’s case that the value is substantially above the value that the dealers paid.” The theft was uncovered in mid-January after Mrs Jennings - whose husband also worked as a press secretary for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham - was unable to locate items to have part of the collection assessed by a specialist. Police then arrested Jennings, who initially denied any involvement in the theft but later admitted he had taken the collection and sold it on.

Sri Lanka stamp sales soar Reported at www.news.lk

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Stamps in the News - Globally! income during last year to Rs.24.6 million. Quality and theme of stamps, nature of stamp printing, issuing stamps targeting local and international market and philatelists are some of the reasons that could be attributed the increase, the Minister added. The stamps of Sri Lanka are equally vivid in their appearance depicting its glorious past, the fauna and flora, the agriculture and industries, the divergent religious and cultural heritage Stamp issues of Sri Lanka started in 1857, when it was under the British Regime. In 1948 it became an Independent Republic and the Philatelic Bureau was established in 1968 under the authorities of the Department of Posts. The Minister further said that Philatelic Societies will be set up in schools in the Western and Central Provinces.

Internment stamps to turn a profit Reported at www.bbc.com/news

Five stamps from an Isle of Man World War One internment camp are to be auctioned off in London. The items are from the Knockaloe camp post office and were discovered by the daughter of a former camp guard in her dead father’s belongings. The spokesman said: “Very few records survive of this WWI camp so it’s incredible that we have these.” Until 1981 it was believed that only one unused sheet of twenty-one stamps, held in the Manx Museum, existed. Stanley Gibbons said the company is auctioning five used stamps with estimates ranging from £500 to £1,300. The Isle of Man became the second largest settlement of internees in the British Isles during WW1 with 25,000 Germans, Austrians and Turks brought to the island and held at Knockaloe The Knockaloe camp was purpose built using prefabricated huts, with 23 compounds divided between four camps. It had its own railway line and post office, the only British post office to operate within a British 32 - Stamp News

prisoner of war camp. The Knockaloe Post office had its own steel date stamp and printed registration labels. A 2d red stamp on ungummed paper and featuring the camp fence and huts with the three legged symbol in each corner, was designed and printed within the camp, but withdrawn by the authorities before use.

Commercial mail?

Reported at http://www.richardbarrow.com There are red faces at 7-Eleven Thailand recently over a recent stamp promotion with unexpected consequences. The well-known convenience chain have been running a popular promotional campaign for people to collect loyalty stamps. The stamps can then be exchanged these for various gifts instore. Thai kids are going crazy over this, collecting all the different stamps in the series. Although you can exchange these stamps for various items, you cannot use them at the post office but recently there has been a picture circulating on social media of an envelope with 7-Eleven stamps on it. It looks like they have even been cancelled with an official post office stamp. If this picture is genuine, then it means someone successfully used these fake stamps to send a letter. Thailand Post has released a statement now telling people NOT to use the 7-Eleven stamps to send letters. 7-Eleven has also come out with an apology for misleading people about the use of these special stamps.

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Commemorating ANZAC Part 4: Australia 1965

John Simpson Kirkpatrick was born in South Shields near the mouth of the River Tyne, east of Newcastle in the UK, on 6th July 1892. He served in the British merchant navy but deserted in Australia in 1910 and spent time travelling around the country. In 1914 he enlisted in Perth, Western Australia, under the name John Simpson (possibly dropping the ‘Kirkpatrick’ to avoid being identified as a deserter). He was made a Field Ambulance stretcher bearer, a job reserved for physically strong men. Simpson landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. The next day he took charge of one of the donkeys that had been landed to help move supplies and used it to carry wounded soldiers from the frontlines back to the beach. This would have been easier and quicker than physically carrying the soldiers himself. He apparently did not take evasive measures while making his trips between the front and the beach and he came to be known and respected for his nonchalant and cheerful manner, often whistling as he walked. On 19th May he was killed by machine gun fire, having served at Gallipoli for 25 days. He was aged 22. The legend of ‘Simpson and his donkey’ grew mainly from wartime propaganda publications designed to show the Australasian troops in a heroic light. After years of public pressure, in 2011 an Australian government tribunal examining the records of thirteen former servicemen 34 - Stamp News

considered the possibility of retrospectively awarding a Victoria Cross to Simpson. They found that many of the feats attributed to him would

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not have been possible given the conditions and the short time that he served in the field. They concluded that he was no more brave (and no less brave) than the many other stretcher bearers who served at Gallipoli. The ‘Mentioned in Dispatches’ that he received in 1915 was considered an appropriate award. Simpson’s memorial plaque at ANZAC Cove is shown nearby. Art works based on photographs have depicted Simpson and his donkey but some of these in fact used a photo of Dick Henderson, a New Zealand stretcher bearer who continued after Simpson’s death. Henderson’s donkey was known as ‘Murphy’ and wore a Red Cross band around its muzzle. Simpson had apparently called his donkey ‘Duffy’. A photo of the real Simpson is shown nearby. One artwork is The Man with the Donkey, a 1935 bronze statuette by Wallace Anderson erected on a pedestal in the grounds of Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance. A larger statue sculpted by Peter Corlett in 1987-88 38 - Stamp News

stands outside the War Memorial in Canberra. The sculptures are illustrated nearby. The Australian Note Printing Branch was first asked in July 1960 to prepare designs for a stamp issue commemorating the 50th anniversary of the ANZAC landing in 1965. Initial designs were based on a Man with the Donkey statuette made for the Canberra War Memorial in 1941 by W L Bowles. When these were considered unsuitable, designs based on Anderson’s sculpture in Melbourne were developed. The final design was a modified version of one submitted by a private artist, Carl Andrew. The Australian stamps were rotary recess-printed and guillotined into sheets of 80. The paper was unwatermarked; the perforations gauged 14 x 14¼; the engraver was E R M Jones. There were a few varieties on the 8d and 2/3d sheets – notably affecting the flap of Simpson’s shirt pocket on the 8d. The date of issue was 14th April 1965. Photogravure-printed stamps of a similar design issued by Australian territories will be looked at next month. On a lighter note, I show a postcard reproduction of the 2/3d stamp given to me by Mike Devery. In 1985, Stamp News readers could receive up to thirty postcards with different stamp designs when they renewed their subscriptions. References: Australian Commonwealth Specialists’ Catalogue. Section 8: Queen Elizabeth II 1952-1966, ed. by G Kellow, Melb., Brusden-White, 1996. The Commemorative Stamps of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II, 1960-65, Australian Post Office, 1974. Wikipedia Graeme can be contacted through his website www. stampsmw.top1.com.au

AAT fully IMPERFORATE Miniature Sheets issued by Australia Post!

In November 2013, Australia Post released 250 x IMPERFORATE panes of 15 mini sheets of stamps. The “1913 Disaster & Isolation” issue, for the Centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1911-14. The AAE left Hobart in December 1911 commanded by Douglas Mawson and returned in February 1914. Mawson was knighted for his achievements, and is regarded as one of the greatest figures of all Antarctic exploration. You needed to phone the PO “800” number, or order online. Cost was well above face value, and the maximum order was ONE sheet a person. Sold out in super-fast time, as you’d expect - within hours I am advised. There will be near none in the secondary market, as collectors who got very lucky, will not be sellers - at any price. I’d guess there are easily 20,000 keen global collectors of AAT, but only 250 of these sheets to go around. If 200 buyers hold on to their sheets for their collections, that leaves just FIFTY to service those 20,000 collectors worldwide. 99% of AAT collectors do not right now realise this IMPERF issue even exists! In the 56 years since AAT first issued stamps in 1957, I can’t recall any other *AAT* imperforates sold by the PO. Each sheet is hand numbered in top left margin, and also comes with a Certificate of Guarantee card from head of AP, confirming that only 250 panes in TOTAL were sold – globally. This is an Official Australia Post Australian Antarctic Territory issue. I am offering these as follows: SUBJECT UNSOLD – please use correct stock code!

A. Fully imperforate MUH or CTO AAT Mini Sheet - $A60 a sheet. (Stock code 629KE) B. Single imperforate sheet, with MASSIVE wide top or base sheet margin. $A80 (Stock code 629KF) C. PAIR of imperf panes from top LH, hand numbered “XXX/250” in margin, AND the matching AP card, $A170 (Stock code 629KM) G. Normal perforated M/S & IMPERF sheet used on 23x32cm air cover to you $A70 post free Global! (Stock Code 629KO) Many more choices, inc. covers, and all photos are here – www.tinyurl.com/imperfsAAT order online: www.tinyurl.com/GlenOrder Cheques, money orders, cash, all credit cards, Amex, PayPal, and bank transfer accepted at ZERO extra fee. Rigidly Packed Post is $A4 in Australia (Add $5 for Registered, if needed), or $A9 Foreign Air (Add $A12 Registered if needed.)

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Best Sellers This Month Worldwide mint unhinged complete sets and minisheets. We just bought a pile of this stuff, mainly one of each in stockbooks, most sell between $3 to $10 a set, so an average of around $6.50 These date from the 1980’s to very modern (even a few 2013 issues!) Guaranteed great value, our choice of sets, from under $2 each, return if not delighted! WM1) 25 different sets/minisheets $49 WM2) 50 different sets/minisheets $99 WM3) 100 different sets/minisheets $215 One only of these, phone to reserve, the CURRENT 2014 massive 6 volume set of Stanley Gibbons stamps of the World, weighs around 15kg total! Regular price $495, This last one for $395, PLUS POSTAGE. Order Ref. SOW2104 We can get more in from overseas, so if you are unlucky with the one above we can supply at $450 plus post, but it will be about a 6 week delivery time. MIXTURES FROM UNDER 1C PER STAMP, YES ONE CENT! What are you waiting for? M1) South Africa, wide ranging mix on single close trimmed paper, with material from the 1950’s and earlier up to quite recent. Tremendous count, approx 6250 per kilogram. Under 1c per stamp: $29.50 Per 500g, $57.50 per kg M2) World Cheap Mission, mostly close clipped single paper, count approx 5000 to the kilo. Nice mix of countries with about 10% each of Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Australia.Under 1 cent per stamp Price $24.50 per 500g, $47.50 per kg. M3) Australia Unpicked mission, mostly recent, noted unfranked, a few high values. On single well trimmed paper, approx 6000 per kg. Under 1.5c per stamp, $44 per 500g, $89 per kg. M3a) Australia Older mission, heavier paper, $22 per 500g, $44.50 per kg

M4) World Mission, wide variety of mostly modern, on close clipped, single paper. Approx 5000 per kg. Under 2c per stamp, $49.50 per 500g, $95 per kg M5) World Superior Mission, close clipped with about 50% large by weight. About 4500 per kg. Well Below 5c per stamp. $89 per 500g, $172.50 per kg. M6) World mostly large and commemoratives, close clipped, single paper. Great variety. Around 4000 per kg. Around 6c per stamp. 250g for $69, 500g for $129, 1kg for $249 M7) British Commonwealth off paper. Without doubt the best such mix we have offered in many years, mostly postally used with the odd mint. Many modern, and some going back to pre WWII. Roughly 16,500 per kg. Fantastic variety. 250g for $125, 500g for $235, 1kg for $445. Under 3c per stamp. M8) World off paper, very wide ranging mix, much postally used, with a few mint and some cto. Approx 15000 per kg. Under 2.5c per stamp. 250g for $105, 500g for $195, 1kg for $375. M9) Australia all Decimal commemoratives off paper, lovely lot with wide variety of letter rate stamps covering approx 35 years. About 15000 per kg. Under 2c per stamp. 250g for $74, 500g for $139, 1kg for $269 M10) Australia unpicked off paper, includes higher values and pre-decimals. Under 2c per stamp, 250g for $74, 500g for $139, 1kg for $269 M11) Australia Pre-decimal off paper, as received form local charities etc, values to 2/- or 2/6d. Under 2c per stamp 250g for $74, 500g for $139, 1kg for $269 We could just not hold the prices anymore! Over the past 5 or so years we have been offering packets of Kangaroos, King George V Heads and Australian States at very low prices. We recently ran out of stock, and are busily in the process of buying more…but it is not that easy,…maybe we underestimated demand or the price, or perhaps both but it is clear that prices have moved up a bit. So here are out popular packets, revised prices, but a bit extra value added where we can. KGV1) 100 mixed KGV Heads, values to 4d $69 KGV2) 200 mixed KGV Heads,values to 5d $129

KEVIN MORGAN STAMPS & COINS Postal: PO Box 1290, Upwey, Vic 3158 Tel: 0425 795 693 Fax: 03 9758 7506

Best Sellers This Month KGV3) 300 mixed KGV Heads, values to 1/4d $199 Roos1) 100 Mixed Roos values to 2/- $160 Roos2) 200 Mixed Roos values to 5/- $319 Roos3) 300 mixed Roos values to 10/- $549 States1) 100 mixed Australian States, values to 6d $62.50 States 2) 200 mixed Australian States, values to 1/- $119 States 3) 300 mixed Australian States, values to 2/- $189 Choose any 3 packets from the above and deduct 5% from the total HIGH VALUE WOUNDED ROOS! We have been selling these for many years, not a single lot returned! Prices revised, to reflect the quality of the items, in many cases the faults are very slight, perf faults, heavier postmarks etc. All at a fraction of normal prices. Usual prices indicated are for fine used. WR1) 5/- to One Pound, C of A watermark set of 3, usual retail $700 for just $279 WR2) 5/- to Two Pounds, as above set of 4, usual retail $1425 for just $569 WR3) 5/- to Two Pounds, Multiple watermark, set of 3, usual retail $1750 for $695 WR4) 5/- to Two Pounds, 3rd Watermark, set of 4, inc. One Pound Grey, usual retail $4850 for $2190 WR5) 5/- to Two Pounds, 1st Watermark, set of 4, usual retail $9000 for $3995 Bonuses: Buy any two lots from the above and get a 10/- 3rd wmk, perf OS cto for free worth $95 Buy any three lots and get a cto 1st Watermark 2/- Brown for free worth $175 Buy any 4 lots and get a cto Sydney Harbour 5/- for free worth $295 Buy all 5 lots and get all three bonuses as above for free worth $565! Recently we advertised our amazing clearance offer – Your response has been astounding! Thank you! – We sold out of the stock we had, and have had to order more from the stock in the UK. If you are still awaiting your order for this material, please be patient, it is on route!

We can now offer a further two options for this clearance sale. WCA) AUSTRALIA only. WCB) BRITISH COMMONWEALTH only. Plus the original offer: WC) WORLD WIDE. All at the same ridiculous prices, see the offer below for full details. There has never been a clearance quite like this that we know of. We did run something similar about two or three years ago when we liquidated a UK wholesaler’s stock of mainly mint Worldwide. This time we have a massive stock of Worldwide virtually all postally used to clear, it literally does run to well over a million stamps and many date from 100 years ago or more. The entire stock weighs in excess of 100 kilograms, and with an average of 12500 to the kilo, that is 1.25 million. 2 you will certainly find OLD CLASSICS, MODERN THEMATICS, HIGHLY CATALOGUED ITEMS, PERFORATION VARIETIES, INTERESTING POSTMARKS and also the possibility of some scarce ERRORS or VARIETIES. Whatever you find is only going to cost you a tiny fraction of catalogue value as each of these stamps is sold at the flat knock down price of under 5 cents each! Not only that but we are including a SPECIAL FREE GIFT, of BRITISH COMMONWEALTH HIGH VALUES FINE POSTALLY USED dating from the 1930’s and with a catalogue value of 50 pounds = AUD$90 currently, basically what we are asking for the entire parcel! PLUS….A recent Australia PNC (Stamp and coin cover) Retail value $25. AND….A 1999 Pair of Imperforate Navigators Minisheets mint unhinged advertised retail value up to $40. So here it is, around 2000 stamps, all guaranteed totally unsorted, every stamp yours to keep for a tiny fraction of catalogue value, postage, packing and insurance Australia Wide a flat $5 per lot (overseas add $20 to cover Airmail and Insurance) $95 the lot! Two lots for $179 Five lots for $419 Ten lots for $795 Really, what are you waiting for …..? Order today

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Revenue Review IP

The time has come to update information known on the somewhat scarce to rare Commonwealth of Australia Patent Fee stamps [fig1], issued between 1954-1965 prior to decimalization. Over the 12 years pre-decimal Patent Fee stamps were used, 12 separate values were issued with four different value plate designs were used. Patent Fee stamps were printed in sheets of 60 (12x5) on gummed watermarked multiple Crown/CofA (sideways) stamp paper (SG 15) comb perf 13¾x14½. The EKD for the £12 Patent Fee stamp is 2 October 1961. Fee structures for Patents were complex, while Trade Marks & Designs were simple. In 1954 there were 72 separate fee structures, and by 1965 this grew to 78. Some values like the £7/10/- issued 1 January 1955 [due to an increase from £5] were purpose values used for ‘Sealing a Patent’. Others

like the 6/8d value, was not a purpose value within the fee structure, and was purely used as a make up value for and when an ‘Enlargement of Time’ was requested. The 6/8d was in use for just 4 months before the fee structure was adjusted making that value defunct. Surprisingly the 2/- appears to be the hardest value to find. The acquisition of Australian Patent fee stamps has been a difficult one for the revenue collector. All Patents were held in house by the Government, and the only option open to collectors of the time to add some Patent fee stamps to their collections was to buy mint copies over the counter at any Patent or Trade Mark sub-office. Only in very recent times have revenue collectors been able to add used copies to collections. Firstly from a Canberra dealer from a few years ago who had a chap visit his shop with a small bag of torn

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Dave Elsmore off Patent stamps he apparently ‘found’ at the local rubbish dump. There was a bit of a ‘collector frenzy’ when this dealer first offered these, with 100% finding their way into collector’s hands within a few weeks. Secondly, a Patent worker was tasked with the job of destroying some Patent files. Fortunately for the collector, the stamps were torn off prior to the furnace. These also made their way into collector’s hands. Unfortunately, this second ‘batch’ was 90% post-1966 decimal currency swamping the market, causing the second issue decimals and their value to plummet i.e. the $100 was $40.00 but now is worth just a couple of dollars. I have been informed in recent months the total 5 kilometers in length of Patent Office files [inc. stamps] held in the main Canberra Patent Office have been sent to the furnace with no chance of any more stamps or documents leaking into collectors hands. So what is out there is

it! If you have gaps to fill in your pre-decimals, good luck! The scarcer values to look out for is the 6/8d, 10/-, £4, £7/10/-, £12 and of course the 2/-. Figure 2 is a rather unusual usage in two ways. 1. revenues have been used direct on a delivered telegram to file, I have not seen another! And 2. 2x2/6d stamps were correctly used on documents that do not fit any of the fee structures. Oddly NO 5/- stamp was made available to cover a 5/- listed fee.

GSB of FIJI

Last month I spoke of the Western Australia Government Savings Bank Stamp. This month I have a Fiji Government Savings Bank 6d stamp to show. A booklet was recently auctioned off with 5 of these crackers within. Previously listed as unissued with just a single copy perf SPECIMEN known and sold by Prestige Philately a few years ago. I have

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Revenue Review since tracked one more copy down in the UK, figure 3. Strangely the WA is listed as being used on the back of cheques, but I am yet to see evidence of this. All used WA copies I have seen of the WA stamp have the Government Savings Bank of WA on them. I believe these were used by school children to place in a saving booklet, and once an amount was saved in stamps you could then open an account up. It goes without saying, if you have a copy of the 6d in your collection please make contact with me.

Express Local

Figure 4 is one of those items that never turns up, well this one did! You could class it as a modern local 1950’s? I have not seen another and can find out very little about this company. Maybe you have similar in your collection? If so please contact me.

More WA

As more WA material comes out into the limelight there are more finds to be had. Figure 5 was unlisted by me. It was kindly sent to me by Mike Mulroy, a well known WA revenue collector to add to my free on line revenue catalogue. Keep a lookout for one as I’m sure you will have a gap where this 1/9d would fit. Thanks Mike!

Zig-Zag

Figure 6 was a must have for the South Australia revenue collector. Blocks of the 1d zig-zag roulette appear scarce to find and when they do pop up do not last long on the market. The largest blk I had recorded was just 4 [2x2]. This one shown in figure 6 was on eBay with a crazy low ‘buy it now’ price, so I bought it! We all know the

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Dave Elsmore saying ‘if its too good to be true it must be’ some people who love to hear the sound of their own voice just waffle this out time after time. Well, I for one do not believe in this, especially where stamps are concerned. If I did, my collection would be somewhat the poorer.

Bid More

Sometimes you know you should have just bid more on a lot after missing out. Figure 7 was recently auctioned so I decided to have a crack at it. After losing out and it selling for a silly low price I know I will have to wait a long time for any of these tiny OS issues to show up again. I will be more prepared next time! Keep a look out for this rare decimal issue from NSW railways and if you see any grab them as quick as you can.

Perfin Corner

Another cracking item for ‘Perfin Corner’ this month. Greg Howard from Tasmania sent me in a lovely dated strip [fig8] of the rare A Perfin on revenue usage. This is the first ‘A.a’ to be found on a Numeral issue. Exceedingly rare as was the A.a found on the 1d Platypus issue reported here from a few months ago.

I can be contacted by mail: P O Box 66 Springwood 4127 Queensland or an Email link from my web site ozrevenues.com or perfins.com.au

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation This month I look at 2014 SPAN Award, the Seven Nations Challenge and the third part of being a Commissioner to an international exhibition During the Exhibition.

2014 SPAN Award to Neville Solly

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2014 SPAN Award has been awarded by the APF to Neville Solly. The APF Services to Philately at the National Level Award (SPAN Award) was established by the Australian Philatelic Federation in order to recognise outstanding service in a specific field, area or program at the national level and honour the unwaivering commitment of those who encourage and inspire people of all ages to become involved in organised philately in a wide variety of ways. The Award is in the form of a plaque and certificate. Since at least 1997 Neville has assisted with many state and national exhibitions by working in the Bin Room. The Bin Room at an exhibition is responsible for receiving the exhibits from exhibitors, managing the distributions of exhibits to the frames and their return to the exhibitor. From 2001 he has worked in the Bin Room for many National exhibitions,

having done so in Melbourne in 2002, Stampex 2003, Sydney 2007, Canberra 2008, Melbourne 2009, Canberra and Adelaide 2010 and also assisted in Pacific Explorer 2005 and Canberra Stampshow 2006, Adelaide 2006, Canberra 2008, Canberra 2010 and 2012. He was also involved in developing a computer driven system to manage the mounting, dismounting and tracking of exhibits during an exhibition. This has enabled the mounting and dismounting of exhibitions to be done in an orderly and safe manner which has also been a major factor in the reduction of damage to the exhibition frames. Neville has also regularly worked in a supporting role on the APF frame refurbishment project. Nominations for the SPAN award are made by State Philatelic Councils, the APF, Philatelic Societies and the Philatelic Trade. To be considered for the Award, the nominee must have made an outstanding contribution, in a leadership role, through commitment, resourcefulness and creativity to philately in a specific field, area or program at the national level for not less than five years. All sectors of the Australian philatelic community are encouraged to consider suitable nominees at any time and to relay these to their respective philatelic body whether that be a State and Territory Council, APTA, or Australia Post. Previous recipients have included Arthur Gray (2013), Denis Rosenfeld (2013), Jill Presgrave (2011), Barbara Bartsch ( 2009), Marinus (Mick) Meyles (2008), Werner Pohl (2007), Ken Simkus (2005), Robert (Bob) Hill (2004), John Batson (2003), Tony Dalton (2003), Tony Steer (2003), Tony Shields ( 2002) and Mike Munzer (2002). Neville Solly is expected to be presented with his award at the APF Annual General Meeting in Brisbane in September 2014.

Seven Nations Challenge

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The Seven Nations Challenge is a worldwide national-team philatelic contest. The last Seven Nations Challenge was held in May 2012 in Perth and included some of the best exhibits seen in Australia outside of the world exhibitions held in Melbourne and Sydney. The Challenge included

Ian McMahon

Philatelic Development Officer, APF

Reception, Seven Nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Challenge Perth 2012 Australia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Thailand, USA, South Africa, and New Zealand and was won by Sweden. Each team included four exhibits with all but three of the exhibits being of national large gold medal standard. As the reigning champion Sweden is hosting the next Challenge which will take place in conjunction with BALTEX 2014, a Swedish national exhibition to be held in Malmo, Sweden from 29-31 August 2014. (Viewers of the Danish television show, The Bridge, will be aware that Malmo is in Southern Sweden, a short train trip from Copenhagen across the bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden.) The 2014 Challenge will include Sweden, Denmark, Australia, USA, UK, Germany and Belgium. Australia is putting forward a strong team which will be

hoping to reverse the 2012 result. We wish them every success.

Being a Commissioner to an International Exhibition: Part 3 During the Exhibition

In the second part of the article I covered some of the responsibilities of the Commissioner while they are attending the exhibition, before the exhibition opened. This time I will look at the Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role during the exhibition. With the exhibits up in the frames, the Jury now commences work. In judging the exhibits, members of the Jury may discover problems with the mounting of exhibits and need to have the commissioner arrange for these problems to be resolved. There may also be issues of whether the exhibit is properly Stamp News - 49

Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation exhibition. It is important that the Commissioner remain available throughout the exhibition to deal with any problems that may arise. These can include problems with sunlight, heat or rain affecting exhibits, material coming loose on the pages, issues of eligibility or other issues that need to be resolved with the Jury or the exhibition committee. In addition, exhibition arrangements including details of the Palmares and the arrangements for Commissionersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Room Philanippon 2011 returning exhibits and customs often change qualified or is eligible to be shown in 8 frames which and the Commissioner may need to be resolved by the Commissioner. must attend meetings to ensure that they are on top Almost every day of the Exhibition, the of developments. The Commissioner must remember commissioner must attend a morning commissioner that they are representing Australia, the APF and the meeting. The purpose of these meetings are to pass interests of the Australian exhibitors. on to the commissioner requests from the jury, advise commissioners of the requirements of the Expert Group, advise commissioners of the arrangements for the Palmares, of the return of exhibits, the provisions of medals, catalogues and prizes to be returned to exhibitors and the customs, travel and other arrangements for returning home. The meetings also provide the opportunity for the Commissioner to meet the commissioners from the other countries exhibiting at the Commissioner and exhibition officials Philanippon 2011 50 - Stamp News

Ian McMahon

Philatelic Development Officer, APF

Expert Group addressing the Commissioners, Australia 2013 International exhibitions usually have an Expert Group whose job it is to identify forgeries and fakes being shown in the exhibits. The Expert Group has the right to ask that any suspicious item be taken out of the frames for examination. In those circumstances the commissioner must be present when the Expert Group takes the item out of the frames for examination and when the item is returned to the frames. The Expert Group after examining the item will then decide on any action needed such as deducting points for an undescribed obvious forgery or fake, asking for a certificate before the item can be shown in competition again or deciding to take no further action. The Expert Group will pass the results of their deliberations to each commissioner who will provide a copy of the report to the exhibitor and to the APF. Once the results are announced the Commissioner will email the exhibitors who are not at the show with their results. By tradition they also usually send a postcard posted at the exhibition congratulating the exhibitor. They will also contact the Jury Secretary to obtain the points breakdown for each exhibit. The Commissioner will attend the Palmares and

encourage any exhibitors who are at the exhibition to attend. Often only the major medals are awarded at the Palmares but the Commissioner may be asked to accept major prizes on behalf of absent exhibitors. Other medals may be awarded at an award ceremony. The Jury will hold a critique for exhibitors, usually on the last day of the exhibition. The commissioner will attempt to obtain a critique from the jury teams for each exhibit where the exhibitor is not at the exhibition. The exhibition will make available to the Commissioner the medals for each Australian exhibitor, a catalogue and awards list for each exhibitor and any special prizes. Hopefully, any special prizes will be small, unbreakable and easy to carry on the plane! The commissioner is responsible for ensuring that these are safely returned to Australia. The exhibition may assist in some cases by mailing some of these so that the Commissioner does not have to carry them. Otherwise the Commissioner and any assistants have to carry them back to Australia, along with the exhibits. In the next part of this article I will look at Returning Home. Stamp News - 51

Market Matters: USED Roos worth considering

Over 35 years I have an hour reading, and quietly built what is shaking your head without doubt the at, over the absolute largest dealer stock stupidity and deception in the world of used skills of many 100s of KGV heads and eBay sellers. Until you Kangaroos. Both read it you literally normal and in both have NO idea! ‘OS’ perfin sizes. Parts of cheap I still have it tucked stamps totally missing, away in the bank, and or obliterated by truly am glad I have been ugly postmarks. Or too lazy to run ads for totally and hopelessly it in recent decades. It mis-described or covers Australia to priced, and they ignore 1980 really in scope. all well-meaning It may finance my advice relayed to them. retirement! I used The term “Bunny” to run full page ads is being generous in every month 30 years many cases! back offering the key My “Used” grading pre-war Australia was and is very eBay version of “used”! issues each in FIVE rigorous, but at that used grades, from time the fanaticism “Spacefiller” to for “MUH” pervaded “Superb Used”. this market, and used With “Average Used”, “Good Used”, and “Fine stamps of all eras were generally overlooked for Used” grades in between those top and bottom some reason. grades. For every stamp, in every Kangaroo And they still often are, however the extensive watermark, up to £2. regumming of “MUH” stamps I’ve warned about A rough condition 1913 5d Brown Roo with for decades, is changing that rapidly as folks finally heavy cancel, and off centre with a crease was a few wake up to the silliness of that. dollars, and a truly SUPERB one was priced about As Rod Perry posted on stampboards.com, when 10 times more. Folks bought exactly what suited he came into the trade 40 years ago, the number of their needs, and their budgets. “MUH” £2 Roos one saw was hardly any each year, Some folks enjoy filling up “Seven Seas” and strangely today you can buy as many as your albums for a kid or grandchild, and really only Visa card can afford! need “roughies” for that purpose and happily pay accordingly. Others want only the very finest. Both sell equally well oddly. Mint £2 Roos 20 times used. Everyone grades differently. Stampboards has A £2 Kangaroo cheapest Watermark used is about an “eBay dreamer” thread where totally clueless $600 in decent used, and a MUH example is nutters list up stuff like the 1935 2d red stamp shown TWENTY times that at $12,000. So used is the only nearby, time and time again. I kid you not! realistic collecting option for most. tinyurl.com/EbayDreamer is something to spend Some present day dealers like Richard Juzwin 52 - Stamp News

Glen Stephens

Try finding this grade used. started to illustrate Kangaroo used stamps in 4 grades on his widely distributed price list, that I have not seen for a few years now. I have typed a dozen columns over several decades warning folks that paying a 300%-400% premium for ‘MUH’ early Commonwealth was mostly just lining the pockets of the re-gummers and their MANY local shonk agents, but I was near a

lone voice in the wilderness. I still hold that view. I have seen skilled German re-gumming that 95% of dealers could not pick, much less any collector. Only a fool has paid these silly 300%-400% premiums. eBay is awash with them, and the Bunnies still buy them with gusto. When it comes time to sell, and a REAL dealer or REAL auction looks at your folly, the tears will come. A superbly struck, crisp readable cancel on a clean and attractive well centred Kangaroo, is a joy to behold. And near impossible to forge. And even today will cost you only 10% of what you pay for a HINGED 5/- CofA Kangaroo. One thing is for sure - no German regummer is going about applying nice steel cancels to mint 5/- Roos! Or virtually any mint Roo for that matter. And most importantly and often Give me this over CTO any day! Stamp News - 53

Market Matters

Unique and multi-coloured offering. overlooked - used stamps do NOT tone or ‘rust’ anywhere near as fast as mint stamps do along the Australian eastern seaboard. True. Well struck crisp steel cancels on pre-war Australian stamps can be a delight to the eye. Most especially on values higher than 6d. And on some values are truly “one stamp in a 1000” type occurrences. The three single Kangaroos I illustrate nearby, are the kind of thing I personally love to handle and sell. A 1913 First Watermark 1/- was used on parcels, so this is a lovely example. As used copies 1/- are 10 times cheaper than even hinged mint, I’d much rather have a row of 10 of these than a single mint copy. History will show I was right. The Victorian numeral “249” in that trio has great “eye appeal”. As the basic 2d 1913 stamp is only $10 retail, I’d sell such a copy for 2 or 3 times that, which is of course only a $20 premium for visual perfection! The cost of a medium Pizza.

Tip Of The Month

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mint, than it does used. That is absolutely absurd, and does not reflect relative scarcity whatever. My old 1971 ACSC says that mint was worth 3 times used. Today it is ACSC $350 used, $1,500 hinged. (And a silly $8,500 “MUH” - 5½ times.) Three times is about the correct ratio, not today’s 5 multiple. So from here, if used prices double and mint hinged stays the same, ratios are about correct - again! If you want my tip of this month, go and buy all the NICE used copies you can find. Light cancels on this 2/- that have no other faults, are truly hard to find. The crisp little ‘thimble’ cancel “Registered Kalgoorlie JY 25 15” illustrated is a beauty, most especially being entirely placed on the stamp rare on any Roo. An older scan, so excuse lack of clarity! Ten years ago I’d have added a 50% premium on that stamp over a more usual cancel. Today I’d add even more. It was priced $200 or so when I last sold it. Knowledgeable collectors looking for this grade, realise that you see a stamp like that once a decade, and thus price paid is not a major issue. $200 THEN was absolute top end price.

Glen Stephens Top end copy trebles its cost.

red PO “WESTERN AUSTRALIA/ INTERSTATE PARCEL POST” label. The 3 stamps of the Second Watermark are all tied by crisp “Post Restante - Perth 13 Oct 15 - Western Australia” cds cancels. I always really liked this colourful piece, and was delighted to buy it back.

A client liked it, bought it, and sold his Roos recently at Phoenix, and it was invoiced for near $600. So it trebled in value over what he paid me - and THAT was top dollar then. Buying quality always pays off. The 2/- rate covered The “Discovery parcel and telegram Piece” use (the latter used A most attractive 5 up most copies), so colour exhibition piece used with a Registered as you can see. Neither cancel clearly denotes the 1/- or the 2/genuine postal duty. Second Watermark was The Second recorded or catalogued Watermark (emergency on label or tag or cover, war-time use on KGV in the previous ACSC. watermark paper) was This is the only on sale for a A joy to behold. “discovery piece” that short time during allowed the new listings WW1 before the 3rd and pricing in the latest watermark 2/- brown ACSC edition. Even the 2d is cat $400 on parcel was issued. Only one printing of 960,000 was made. And most importantly, there are only 2 x genuine label - this copy has a portion of the interpanneau gutter piece. CTO 2/- copies known in the collector market The 1/- is now Cat $2,000 on parcel fragment, unlike the 1913 First Watermark 2/-, where literally and the 2/- is ACSC cat $6,000 on parcel piece, as it 6,000 x CTO exist, for folks seeking an “attractive certainly should be. used” copy for the album. The market for high value Roos used on parcel Hence nice used copies of SG 29 are very scarce, fragments or parcel tags has been exploding in recent and examples used on parcel piece/fragment or cover times. Since the ACSC has catalogued that usage, were unrecorded, according to the last 2007 ACSC. instead of just “on cover” which for most Roo higher That changed when I discovered in an estate, values, are simply not recorded. a lovely parcel tag with this stamp affixed. I sold A strikingly attractive and unique Kangaroo it to a good client a few years back, and he recently classic near a century old, and priced at a very changed collecting direction, and I aggressively sensible $2,500 I think - under one THIRD the price bought it back. of a MUH 2/- value of the same stamp - crazy! It is shown nearby – a unique trio on parcel As I told my client a few years back who bought piece use: 2d, 1/- and 2/- used on portion of bright

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Market Matters the Registered Kalgoorlie current “Year Books” are, from “thimble” cancel 2/- nearby your local PO! Madness. What - “grab this now, and it will will THEY be worth in 10 never go down in value” and years? was proven correct. It sold for The reason Grange 3 times what he paid. Hermitage wine sells for My gold plated tip of $500 a bottle, and rough reds the month is to buy up this are always $5 a bottle, is the 2/- stamp in nice USED same as VFU stamps - some condition. Check your dealer’s savvy folks recognise real stock - I bet his few copies quality - and will gladly pay there all look pretty dreadful, for it! and you’ll then appreciate just Note - unlike the 5/- second how hard truly nice examples watermark Roo, perfs on are to locate. this 2/- stamp are ALWAYS Anything really nice I’d clean and neatly punched, think you can readily pay and centering is very good $350 or so for, and put it aside too. Light cancels and with a smile. The superb used New Machin “M13L” Issue. freshness, and freedom from “ARALUEN (NSW)” copy faults are what you are buying. shown nearby is as good as you will see anywhere. Machin Muddle. A tiny NSW Southern Highlands town of just As all collectors know, the UK Machin head stamps 200 now, with a gold-rush history. Cost - what a few come in an endless range of variants and speciality items. The “Machin” head series has been issued for 47 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 is 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 Near $100 for Kiloware snipping 56 - Stamp News

Glen Stephens have been sold. These were a special Certainly they exist production for bulk from ½d to £5 - and direct mail houses, and masses of values in the only way Royal between. Mail sells these kind of Then you can add things to the trade - if endless specialised at all – usually is in variations - with rolls of 10,000, costing various phosphor £6,200. bands, shades, papers, Royal Mail surprised printers, elliptical dealers and collectors perfs and the like, to by recently offered that list as well. them in singles at In recent years face value, and the they have been adding $A100 used market various layers of “allfor them collapsed over” print to really overnight. Talk about test the eyes – and inconsistency from wallets! Royal Mail. The “ROYAL MAIL” overprint is in Victoria stamp gets a semi-visible layer, $26,795 Doubled in value more obvious when I wrote the following the stamp is slanted here after the Sydney against the light - as auction of the “Ken with phosphor bands. Barelli Victoria” collection in latter 2006 – “They The semi-visible layer is an “all-over” print, say there is a bargain in every Auction. A few with the words ROYAL MAIL “reversed out” of days after the sale I sighted an item I would most the part which is over the dark background (i.e. in certainly have bid upon at well above the sale price ‘negative’.) - had I noticed it. It was the very final lot. However on the Queen’s head, the words are The stamp was Victoria 1863 2d grey-lilac smaller, and are “positive”, i.e. there is an area over error of watermark - numeral ‘6’, SG 101ab, Scott the head which has a clear background, with the 100a. Lightly and most attractively cancelled with words printed in it. a Melbourne duplex dated “OC 26 63”. Sometimes the wording subtly changes, and when Only three examples are recorded. One is in the it does, often there its little or no advance notice to Royal Collection. The other was discovered and collectors. reported in 1897 but has not been seen by modern Stampboards.com recently reported a new red day collectors. This copy illustrated nearby is ex “1st” (First Class) Machin with background lettering Purves and Perry. It sold for just $13,400 including not seen before reading “M13L” - you can see those all premiums, on a $15,000 estimate. letters top left. That denotes it is a Walsall printing. For what is almost certainly a unique stamp in The stamp showing nearby was bid frantically up private hands, it should be worth SEVERAL times to £51 (near $A100 with post cost) on eBay recently, that sum in today’s strong market.” as Machin collectors are a dedicated lot. Yes, that I have no idea what occurred then, as it appeared postmark IS genuine – it does look odd I agree. Stamp News - 57

Market Matters to sell under estimate, but the same stamp was offered again by Prestige this year - also from the “Ken Barelli Collection”! Anyway this one seems to have been invoiced for $A26,795 on a $10,000 estimate. Double what it appears to have sold for when I last wrote, so my comments were prophetic! Great looking stamp I thought then, and I think now.

Davo Self-Adhesive mounts.

There is not much innovative new product released in the stamp accessories world, but that all changed this year. Dutch company DAVO has introduced self-adhesive “EASY” stamp mounts in a wide range of strip sizes, from 20mm to 100mm high, in both black and clear Davo “EASY” Mounts launched. mounts. Until now, collectors needed to lick the back of the traditional gummed. plastic mounts to affix them, as they were preThis was never precise, especially for larger mounts. Lick incompletely and the corners never affixed, or the mount “bubbled” and created air pockets and page buckling, all of which looks terrible.

Lick - and repent later!

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Glen Stephens backs of 100s of mounts not knowing WHERE they have been in the past, and who has touched them, and when. The same way people like using peel and stick stamps when given a choice, I think stamp collectors will take the same view with selfadhesive Davo “EASY” stamp mounts. Keep an eye out for this. Stanley Gibbons are their agents in GUARANTEED to get moisture reaching some perf the UK, and are tips, making your valuable MUH stamps gum tip promoting them heavily and using them in their SG glazed on 1 or 2 sides, dropping value a LOT. “Windsor” albums, so I am assuming they have been Dealers see this often - too vigorously licking the road tested by them, and got the tick of approval. backs of mounts causes $100s, even $1000s of stamp Australia DAVO agent is Bexley Stamps in damage. Trust me. Sydney, who reports on stamboards.com that interest These “EASY” have the adhesive paper right across the back of the mount strip, so the adhesion is quick and easy and smooth, not “bumpy” like licking can create. I tried them out and the glue is not tenacious at all, indeed it is less ‘tacky’ than I imagined, and I found I could move them around quite easily, and not tear holes in pages as occurs with normal mounts. And lastly, many collectors are just not comfortable licking the Stolen in Library working hours. Stamp News - 59

Market Matters $1 Million coin theft Sydney Library

Police are hunting for a thief who stole about $1 million worth of rare coins, during a brazen robbery at the State Library of NSW in August. This made all TV News programs here. My experience is that a large % of stamp collectors also have an interest in notes and coins, so hopefully this info and background is of some interest, and noting it here just MAY assist Police, with info - who knows? Dr Alex Byrne, the State Librarian, and Chief Executive, said the thief broke into a coin case about 3.40pm on Wednesday August 6, and escaped with 12 coins, including examples of Australia’s earliest currency. The theft was captured on the Sydney Library’s CCTV system and footage has been handed to police, staff The actual stolen coins. advise. in the new product is huge, and getting enough stock from Holland is his only problem! Owner Mike Hill tells me he has a “30% off” introductory price that brings the price of these well in line with his normal mounts, so collectors can “road test” them for themselves. His special price is $A99 for 10 packs of your choice, in black or clear mounts if readers mention this “30% off” offer. tinyurl.com/Bexly has more discussion, user comments, and detail on sizes etc. Good to see something NEW hit the market, and it seems a very positive new innovation. Price is near the same as normal mounts, so well worth looking into. 60 - Stamp News

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A $A495,000 “Holey Dollar”. The coins are part of the Library’s much larger collection of rare collectable coins, photographs, and postage stamps worth over $2 Billion according to the Murdoch press. This includes the superb “White” stamp collection. Dr Byrne said 15 coins, part of the library’s collection, were on exhibition in (an alleged) “secure locked case” in a gallery at the Library’s Mitchell wing. (Photo of Library nearby, from News Ltd.) “Late on Wednesday, somebody came in and, after hanging around for about an hour, broke into the case. It was really very difficult to break into. Eventually he, I presume it was a he, did get in, and made off with 12 of the 15 coins on show,” Dr Byrne said. Byrne said the thief used some sort of tool or implement to break into the case before stealing the coins, the most notable of which was a “Holey Dollar”, an example of one of the first coins struck in Australia. He said the library was open to the public at the time of the theft. The Library is understood to be

“reviewing security” in the wake of the theft.

Dump those Dollars!

When the colony of New South Wales was founded in Australia in 1788, it almost immediately ran into the problem of a lack of internal and trading coinage. Foreign coins - including British, Dutch, Spanish Indian and Portuguese - were common in the early years, but much of this coin left the colony by way of trade with visiting merchant ships. The currency for the first 20 years was mostly Rum. Governor William Bligh tried to outlaw that, and the Military staged the “Rum Rebellion”, arrested Bligh, and effectively set up Martial Law. More detail here - tinyurl.com/lw44ta6 To overcome this shortage of coins and fiscal mess, newly arrived Governor Lachlan Macquarie took the initiative of adapting £10,000 in Spanish dollars ordered from the British Government, to produce special coins. The base coins, 40,000 Spanish Silver Dollars, arrived in Sydney on 26 November 1812 on “HMS Samarang” from Madras, via the East India Stamp News - 61

Market Matters Company. Governor Macquarie had a convicted forger named William Henshall punch the centres out of the Spanish coins, and “counter-stamp” them both, so they were very distinctive. The central plug (known as a “Dump”) was re-valued at 15 pence (i.e.1/3d), and was restruck with a new design, a crown on the obverse, the denomination on the reverse, and milling around the edges. The remaining doughnut shaped “Holey Dollar” received an overstamp punch around the hole - “New South Wales 1813” on the obverse, and “Five Shillings” on the reverse. This distinguished the coins as belonging to the colony of New South Wales, creating the first official currency produced specifically for circulation in NSW indeed Australia. The combined nominal value in NSW of the “Holey Dollar” and the “Dump” was New SG NZ Cat at last. 6/3d, or 25% more than the value of a Spanish dollar, which made it totally unprofitable to export the coins from the new colony, which was illegal anyway.

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Export penalty: 7 years in Coal Mine!

The new currency was proclaimed in the “Sydney Gazette” of 10 July 1813, stating - ”offences of

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Lots of NZ plate flaws listed. forgery, utterance or exportation of the new currency being punishable by seven years in the Newcastle coal mines”. The project to convert the 40,000 Spanish coins took over a year to complete. 39,910 holey dollars and 39,910 dumps were made. The converted coins went into practical circulation in 1814 - 200 years back. From 1822 the Government began to recall the

coins and replace them with sterling coinage. By the time the “Holey Dollar” was finally demonetised in 1829, most of the 39,910 coins in circulation had been exchanged for legal tender and melted down into bullion. Experts estimate that only around 200 “Holey Dollars” and 800 “Dumps” remain, and quite a few of those are locked away in Institutional collections. The combinations of many Spanish Mints and varying Monarchs of the original Spanish Silver Dollars means “Holey Dollars” have different degrees of scarcity. So whilst all “Holey Dollars” are rare, some are far rarer than others. There are also, of course, very different degrees of quality. The extensive usage of the Spanish Silver Dollar as an international trading coin means that most “Holey Dollars” are found very well worn. The record price recorded for a “Holey Dollar” is $A495,000 paid by a Perth collector in 2013, for a coin from the Lima Peru Mint. Just topping the previous record of $A485,000. It is shown nearby.

New Gibbons “New Zealand”

The Stanley Gibbons “New Zealand” + Region Stamp News - 63

Market Matters Sectional Stamp Catalogue has recently been released. Been many years since this catalogue was issued, and the previous edition is long out of print. So I suggest you buy this now, as it may be some years until another is issued. Indeed the last few SG “Australia” sectionals have sold out very fast globally - the most recent one included, within months of issue, despite them printing far more of each Edition. They are NOT reprinted. EVERY dealer must own this, and all serious collectors too. Find just ONE medium value watermark variety etc, just once in the period you own it, and it has paid for itself readily. New and invaluable, this is over 150 pages in full colour, and accurately priced all through, and adds all the material past 1970 where the SG “Part 1” ceases. This catalogue provides a comprehensive priced listing of all New Zealand stamps from the early colonial Chalon stamps of 1855, to early 2014 issues. It includes Antarctic Expeditions, Tokelau and Ross Dependency, as well as other related islands and dependencies. In summary, the new catalogue covers – • Watermark varieties, shades, plate flaws, major errors, booklets, express delivery stamps, postage dues, Life Insurance Department stamps and postal fiscals are all included. • As well as New Zealand itself, the catalogue lists the stamps of the Antarctic Expeditions, the dependencies of Tokelau and Ross and the preindependence issues of former dependencies; Cook Islands, Aitutaki, Penrhyn, Niue and Western Samoa. • Colour illustrations throughout, and on good quality High Brite paper. • The listings for issues up to 1970 have been extracted from the 2014 edition of the Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840-1970. Later issues have been revised and updated especially for this volume. 64 - Stamp News

• A comprehensive introduction gives a full guide to the catalogue and provides helpful information to collectors at every level. • An easy-to-use ‘on-cover’ multiplier table allows the value of stamps on cover up to 1945 to be assessed.

New for this Edition • New varieties include the major re-entry to the 1½d. ‘Contingent’ stamp of 1900-07, the ‘Dotted line’ on the 3d. Telegraph stamp of 1962 and the ‘Bloodstained Finger’ on the 1963 Health stamp. • The “O.P.S.O.” handstamped official stamps of 1891-1906 have been rewritten and extended to include a number of new varieties • The high value £10 “Arms” postal fiscals are listed and priced for the first time in this catalogue • A priced listing is provided for New Zealand stamps used on Pitcairn Island prior to the issue of its own stamps in 1940, and there is a full list of stamps known used at the New Zealand postal agencies on Fanning and Washington Islands I’ve sold a lot of these at $A55 Air Posted Free in Australia, or $A65 foreign airmail. For such a modest sum, well worth grabbing one, before they sell out at SG again - as last one did!

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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: Meeting 1pm on 4th Monday of each month (ex Dec.) Milton Ulladulla Bowling Club, St. Vincent Street, Ulladulla Sec. POBox 670, Ulladulla, NSW 2539 Tel. Barbara Smith 0244555214 Morisset Uniting Church SC: Mtg 4th Sat 10am (ex Dec) Enq: 4977 2525 (Jenny) 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

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 The Airmail Circle of WA: Mtg 5th Monday “Wellington Fair” Unit 18, 40 Lord St. East Perth Tel: 08 9294 3356 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, Bridgetown Ph 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 Denmark SC: Mtg 1st Weds Lions Lair Rivermouth Inlet Drive, Denmark. Tel: 08 9848 3325 email: fishneil@westnet.com.au Eastern Goldfields: Mtg 3rd Thurs ; Ph: 0412 156 351 Eaton SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7pm Ph. 08 9795 7744, email: scrapbit@tpg.com Fremantle and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed, Tennis Club House, Parry St, Fremantle at 8pm; Ph: 08 6363 6415 Have a go SC: Mtg Last Thurs. 137 Edward St, East Perth. Tel: 08 9305 2073 email: nigan@iinet.net.au 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

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: Ph: 03 3584838; Email: alant@snap.net Auckland PS: Mtg 1st and 3rd Tues (except Jan). Ph 09 9853212; Email kiwibrooce@ yahoo.com; Website: www.aps.gen.nz Christchurch PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Library night 3rd Tues; GB Machin 3rd Fri odd months; Postal History 1st Mon; Postcard 3rd Tues even months. Email: secretary@ cps.gen.nz; Website: www.cps.gen.nz Dunedin PS: Mtg 4th Thurs (except Nov and Dec). Ph: 03 4557643; Email: davidallison2009@gmail.com; Website: www.dunedinstampclub.org.nz Hastings Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Wed (except Jan and 2nd Wed Dec). Ph: 06 8765911; Email: clairemole@xtra.co.nz Hawkes Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Ph: 06 8439433; Email: dennmarg@paradise. net.nz Horowhenua PS: Mtg 2nd Mon. Ph: 06 3689881; Email: michael.christensen@xtra. co.nz Hutt Valley PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan). Ph: 04 5697439; Email: richards@nec.co.nz Kapiti PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec). Ph: 04 2971197; Email: ian.burttt@yahoo.co.nz 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 3584565; Email: mps@inspire.net.nz Marlborough Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Mon (except Jan and 2nd Mon Dec). Morrinsville Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 07 8893199 Nelson PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 03 5469092; Email: paula.hucklesby@clear.net.nz North Shore PS: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: nsps@xtra.co.nz; Website: www.northshoreps.com NZ Stamp Collectors Club Christchurch: Mtg 4th Wed. Ph 03 3895511; Email: steve@ philatelic.org.nz; Website: www.nzeal.com/philately/nzscc.htm NZ Postcard Society: Ph: 03 3848463; Email: jenny-long@clear.net.nz; Website: www. postcard.org.nz

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 7pm, 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. Catholic Church Hall, Edmund St. 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 Sunday each month 9am to 1pm - RSL Hall, 58 Arnold St, Holland Park. Contact 0409 130 266 or ccqueensland@gmail.com 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. 2nd Sun. Jessie Witham Centre 1 - 3pm Ph. 07 5483 9188 email: sandandan@bigpond.com Hervey Bay Afternoon Club: Mtg 3rd Wed. Ph: 07 4124 1138 Ipswich SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan). Ph: 07 3282 2983 Junction Park SC: Mtg 1st Tues, 7.30pm, Annerley Baptist Hall, Lambton St. Contact: 07 3277 6724. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, righteo274@bigpond.com

Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: secretary@nzpf.org.nz Postal History Soc of NZ: Auckland 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 09 5220311. Chapter meetings held Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington. Pukekohe Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sun. Ph: 09 2357737; Email: pukekohestampclub@ gmail.com Royal PS of NZ: Mtg 2nd Wed (ex Jan). Ph: 04 5899530; Email: office@rpsnz.org.nz; Website www.rpsnz.org.nz South Auckland PS: Mtg last Sat (except Dec), Papatoetoe, day time mtgs 3rd Fri (ex Dec and Jan). Ph: 09 2682245; Email: elowera@orcon.net.nz Southland PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (except Jan), 3rd Tue (daytime) (except Jan). Email: antqgevi@es.co.nz Taranaki PS: Mtg 1st Mon except Jan. Ph: 06 7546212; Email: murray-grimwood@ hotmail.com 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. Thematic Association of NZ: Ph: 04 2347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Timaru PS: Mtg 1st Wed. Ph: 03 6880343 Upper Hutt PS: Mtg 3rd Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec). Ph: 04 5284123; Email: teme. isaac@clear.net.nz Waikato PS: Mtg 1st (except Jan) and 3rd Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: c.cameron@agresearch.co.nz Wakatipu PS: Ph: 03 4428865 Wanganui PS: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 06 3427894; Email: g.p.phillips@xtra.co.nz Wellesley PS: Mtg 2nd and 4th Mon (ex public holidays). Ph: 9 8271240 Wellington PS: Mtg 4th Mon (except Dec); Ph: 042347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Whakatane PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Thurs (except Jan) Ph: 07 3222054 or 07 3086193 Whangarei PS: Mtg 2nd Meeting: 2nd Tues (Ex.Jan) Ph 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

Lockyer Valley SC: Mtg 4th Sun, 1.30pm, Senior Citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Redland Bay Coin and Stamp Club, 4th Thurs. Monthly. John Hardman 07 3206 9996 or 07 3822 6987 Rockhampton SC: Mtg 1st Tues. Ph: 07 4926 3336. email: rockystampclub@gmail.com 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 1pm, Salvation Army Hall, Cnr. West St. 7 Anzac Ave. Ph. 07 4635 5623 Email: bob.benny@bigpond.com Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5598 7629 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg. 1st Thurs. 1pm & 4th Mon. 7pm. Redlands Multi SportsClub, Birkdale Ph: 07 3206 0815

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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 SA Power Networks 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

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 SC: 4th Fri, except Dec. 3rd Fri. 7.30pm, Oldaker Christian Centre, Oldaker St, Devonport, 03 6424 3449 devstampclub.org Devonport Stamp Group: Mtg 4th Fri, Public Library Mtg Rms, 7.30pm Ph. 03 6424 3449 Glenorchy SC: Mtg 1st Tues

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