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Contents Articles Woodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ...................................................8 Cinderella Corner: Tony Presgrave ............................................ 14 Equatorial Guinea: Christer Brunström .................................... 18 Stamps in the News: Margo Campbell .................................... 22 Looking at New Zealand: Graeme Morriss ............................... 32 Australian Impressions: David Mallen ...................................... 36 Revenue Review: Dave Elsmore ................................................. 42 Introducing the APF: Ian McMahon .......................................... 48 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................... 52
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AFL CHAMPIONS & BROWLOW Australia Post is celebrating Hawthorn’s triumphant win over the Sydney Swans in Saturday’s highly anticipated Toyota AFL Grand Final, with a 2014 AFL Premiers Souvenir Stamp Sheet featuring the winning team. This year’s Brownlow Medallist, Matt Priddis, from the West Coast Eagles is also being honoured on a Souvenir Stamp Sheet, to be released at the same time. The victory at the MCG on 27 September gave Hawthorn their twelfth AFL Premiership and was a back-to-back win for the club. Australia Post Philatelic Manager, Michael Zsolt said, “The AFL Grand Final is one of Australia’s greatest annual sporting events enjoyed by millions of fans around the country and overseas. Hawthorn fans will understandably be elated with Saturday’s win especially as it follows last year’s win. We hope the AFL Grand Final Souvenir Stamp Sheet serves as a constant reminder of this year’s premiership and the team’s remarkable achievement.” The 2014 AFL Premiers Souvenir Stamp Sheet features a celebratory post-match image of the 2014 Hawthorn team with the title “AFL Premiers 2014”. The souvenir stamp sheet includes 8 x 70 cent Map of Australia stamps. The tabs of the stamps display an image of the Hawthorn Football Club logo. “We are also thrilled to honour this year’s Brownlow Medallist, Matt Priddis of the West
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Coast Eagles – a highly deserving recipient of this prestigious award,” said Mr Zsolt. The Brownlow Medal has been awarded since 1924 to the Fairest and Best player of the VFL/ AFL Premiership Season. The Brownlow Medallist 2014 Souvenir Stamp Sheet features Matt Priddis of the West Coast Eagles proudly displaying his Brownlow Medal. The Souvenir Stamp Sheet includes 8 x 70 cent Map of Australia stamps. The tabs of the stamps display an image of the Brownlow Medal. To celebrate 90 years of AFL’s highest individual honour, Australia Post has also released a prestigious Brownlow stamp pack. This stamp pack comprises two sheetlets each containing 10 x 70c Map of Australia stamps with an image of the AFL Brownlow Medal featured in the tabs of the stamps. Also available is a highly collectable medallion cover featuring a replica of the AFL Brownlow Medal. Sporting enthusiasts and collectors can purchase both souvenir stamp sheets from 6 October 2014 for $15.95 each. The two souvenir stamp sheets, Brownlow stamp pack and Brownlow medallion cover are available at participating Post Offices, via mail order on 1800 331 794 or online at auspost. com.au/stamps from while stocks last. The Souvenir Stamp Sheet program is a continuation of Australia Post’s ongoing support of the AFL and the 18 clubs.
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The Phoenix Auctions sale of October 4 2014 contained a number of items which caught my attention, and some of these form the basis of this month’s column. My thanks to Phoenix for use of the scans. Lot #4668 (Figure 1) was a re-offer of an item offered earlier this year. This is the pre-eminent usage item for Kangaroo First wmk. 2/-, a pair on rare black/ red ‘INTER-STATE PARCEL POST’ label which, in combination with same wmk. 6d Figure 1. Eye-catching, record and unique franking, a buyer the only rarer and 1d pair, paid 4/8d ingredient rate for an interstate parcel weighing Gold medal Kangaroo collection, in which it 8-9lbs. Despite a reduction in the estimate (from would rightly earn a prominent position in the $5000 to $4000), a buyer again did not emerge at exhibit. This same 2/- issue unmounted mint, the auction reserve ($3000). which is comparatively readily available, and can This item ought to be reposing within a Large sell for close to what would have purchased the subject great usage item, would struggle to find space in a Large Gold medal exhibit. One often encounters those who believe auctions are not a place to seek out bargains. Those of us who intently follow auctions know that is uninformed comment. Auction realisations in fact are generally a cocktail of extremes, encompassing highs, Figure 2. Real value for money lows, and most levels 8 - Stamp News
Figure 3. Rare franking, with looks to complement in-between. My interpretation of a “bargain” materialised in #4747 (Figure 2), a fashioned parcel tag bearing Kangaroo (CofA wmk.) £1 and £2 for 360ozs. of gold from Electrolytic Zinc, Wollongong, to Canadian Banking Corporation, San Francisco. Estimated at a tantalising $1000, it realised $1300, a figure at which I would suggest the buyer would be well satisfied. The £1 Robes Thick paper is rare on cover (the Thin paper extremely so!), and examples are seen on average only several years apart. Surprising to me it was then to find #4965 (Figure 3) was another lot which did not change owners on auction day. This August 19 1941 use to Red Cross in Geneva went via the very expensive Clipper Service across Pacific and Atlantic oceans, for which the franking of 23/9d represented the quadruple rate (6/- 1st ½oz. + 5/11d x3 for each subsequent ½oz.). The catalogue description mentioned “minor edge blemishes”, but this ought not to have discouraged a buyer for this particularly attractive and rare usage item. Estimated at $800, the post auction reserve of $640 presents as very sound buying in my opinion. I’ve commented previously on the 2/6d Aborigine wmk. inadvertance, ACSC 266a, where it is described as “Watermark sideways inverted”, with footnote stating “showing top of crown facing right”, and SG 253aw, “Wmk Crown to
left of C of A”. ACSC further states “Two used examples are recorded” (2006), and prices the item at $5000 (SG £5500!). Aside from the confusion this item presents to many (most?), exacerbated by ACSC classification referring to viewing of the wmk. from the front of the stamp, and SG from the back of the stamp (!), it is proving not to be anywhere near as “rare” as initially proffered, mint (in which condition it is not priced in either catalogue, but exists in ever increasing reports) or used. Some while ago, I suggested that this item is destined to be regarded
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as no more than moderately scarce, as we master the decoding of the classification. Why then do I rake over old coals? Simply put, to provide a valid comparison with Figure 3, this other KGVI-era issue, #4966 (Figure 4), estimated at $500, realized $825 (buyer’s premium here and elsewhere not included). Forgive me for shouting: “I don’t get it!”. This nondescript, highly Figure 5. Kingfisher makes solo journey to Rome confusing to classify, absolute fail in the (Figure 5) appeared. This Oct 22 1966 use from visual stakes, and to sum up not particularly Mangrove Mountain underpays the 25c airmail scarce item, sells for $825, and an item worthy rate to Italy, but the deficiency was undetected, of inclusion in the finest Australia KGVI-era and the article went untaxed. A novel and rare exhibition collection, at a paltry $640, does not? 24c solo, fully accepted for its postal purpose. The 1966 Decimal Birds, and indeed the Estimated $100, it proved to be in demand, entire inaugural Decimal series to $4, make for realising $145. an attractive and challenging series for the usage The early Decimal mini series, such as 1972 specialist, and rightfully are very popular for that Primary Production quartette, have become collecting discipline. I recently sold my personal popular as one-frame usage exhibits. Such pursuit collection of the series to a friend, and although it was a difficult collection to part company with, I’m consoled in knowing it has an apperciative new home. The 24c Kingfisher is easy to find as a solo franking; it was issued for combined Letter rate (4c) + registration fee (20c). Other than for that, however, I had not seen any other type of solo use, until #4985 Figure 6. Sending Rice to The Philippines 10 - Stamp News
Figure 7. Trees an evergreen favourite
I featured the 1978 Trees quartette as a usage study. They have gone on to become one of the more popular mini series, and #5028 (Figure 7) is a good example of that status. It is the 25c and 40c which are most difficult as solo frankings, and the featured latter denomination, a Dec 12 1978 solo paying unsealed airmail Greetings card rate to U.K. is most desirable. Deservedly, it realised $210 against $140 estimate. In August 2007 I featured an introduction to usage of the 1978-84 Bird series, which has gone on to enjoy a wide following amongst specialists. I was puzzled, therefore, that one of the scarcer solo frankings of the series failed to sell, until I became aware the rate was not quite right. #5030 (Figure 8) was an 80c Rainbow Pitta utilised May 19 1981 for combined 50-100g non-standard article (40c) + Priority Paid fee 35c
is fun, and very affordable if one is prepared to invest the time required to seek out the material. Readily available given Traditional stamps in average quality sell in auctions around the world at sums which would comfortably fund the formation of a best-of-kind usage collection of, say, this 1972 series. The 20c and 25c are the “tough” ones as solo frankings amongst the group, and an excellent example of the latter was #5009 (Figure 6), paying Zone 3 airmail rate to The Philippines Feb 9 1973, the addressee untraced and Return to Sender handstamp applied. Realising $240 against estimate of $85 provides due acknowledgement to just how popular the scarcer frankings are becoming. Just on six years Figure 8. Another Bird series favourite ago in this column,
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= 75c. The article is commercial, but someone was not precise with the franking, and it’s interesting that specialists appear to have determined this, and enthusiasm was dampened, albeit perhaps a little unsympathetically. The time-clock cancel is attractive, as is the overall “package”, and I would not be discouraged by the estimate of just $65 Figure 9. Aerogrammes uprated for special services likely to be a slim collection (post auction $52) for this very scarce popular. Aerogrammes are perhaps amongst the denomination solo. least likely form of Stationery to be so treated; I Postal Stationery uprated for special services, doubt that I’ve seen more than a few registered such as registration, certified, Priority Paid or uprates in a lifetime, for example. #5082 (Figure other fastpost delivery, is both attractive and 9) is probably the only Aerogramme uprated for
Figure 10. National standard exhibit of KGV Commem usage: on my bucket list 12 - Stamp News
Special Delivery I’ve ever seen! Sent Feb 8 1965 to U.S., the additional service required 1/3d, and the use of 9d Kangaroos and 6d Thornbill could equally see this item end up in an exhibit of the Zoological or Bird series’. Estimated at $90, the realisation of just $70 provides great value for money for such an attractive item, another of which is unlikely to be seen in a lifetime.
I’ve occasionally considered constructing an 8-frame exhibit of KGV Commem usage, and over the years have handled the material which would have achieved such an initiative . . . quite handsomely. At this stage of my career, I’ll probably settle for assisting another to have the pleasure of such achievement. The philatelic world is in much need of some original endeavour, rather than the same old Traditional churn that appears to have captivated so many Commonwealth collectors in the past decade, in particular. Of the “Top Ten” Commonwealth collections auctioned during the past decade, the Kevin Nelson collection remains the solitary exception to have made any discernible effort to present our stamps used as they were intended on essentially intact commercial postal articles. I’ll dream on, and in the meantime learn to be satisfied to see the occasional item suitable for inclusion in a National-standard exhibit, such as #5426 (Figure 10). This attractive Feb 18 1935 use of a pair of Macarthur 9d for U.K. airmail rate + KGV 1d for Late fee does a lot more for my taste than, say, a fifth rate quality bicoloured Kangaroo at several times the realisation of $300 (Estimate just $120!) which the lucky buyer needed to call this his or her own. Next month I propose to feature the Phoenix auction of Roland Geitenbeek collection of Woodblocks of Victoria, included within which were many of my old “friends”. Rod Perry has been a philatelic trader since 1962 and a Stamp News advertiser since the 1960s . He founded Rodney A Perry Auction Galleries (now Millennium Philatelic Auctions) in 1971. As a collector he has exhibited nationally and internationally. Rod prefers his used stamps on cover and likens taking a stamp off its original cover to converting a tree to woodchips. Past editions of this column may be accessed on Rod’s ‘rap.com.au’ Stamp News - 13
Cinderella Corner
A bit of a mixed bag and some reruns of past items this month. This column is being prepared in the week or so leading up to Adelaide Stampex 2014 and with a bit of a shortage of things to write about and my involvement with the exhibition committee, I have had to dig into the archives of the column to find some extra items.
QANTAS. (Fig. 1).
These colourful labels were sent to me by Norm Hart. Obviously used by Qantas to advertise some of the destinations of their flights. With the Sydney Opera House featured on one it dates them from the mid to late 1970s at the earliest
These items with denominations of three pence, four pence and six pence have turned up at a reputable Australian auction house. Don’t touch them with a forty foot barge pole, they are completely bogus. They are the sort of rubbish that I would expect to turn up on one of the on line selling websites. I suspect they come from the same stable as the forged OS overprints on Commonwealth stamps or the forged punctures on the State issues between 1901 and 1913, prior to the Kangaroo and Map issues. Although South Australia was notorious for overprinting stamps, it was done to provide stamps for short lived overseas postage requirements, or used for the Departmental stamps that had by
Figs 1 & 2
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South Australia. (Fig. 2).
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the purported time of issue of these things almost been lost to memory. I suppose it could be argued that they were an interim measure in 1901 after Federation and before the Long Stamps of 1902, but the three denominations chosen by the perpetrators of this scam had no valid postal use at the time, that could not be covered by the existing stamps that were not inscribed with the word “Revenue”. The term “Caveat Emptor” certainly applies here.
Music Rewards. (Fig. 3).
These stamps were issued by various music clubs and similar organisations back in the 1960s and possibly into the 1970s. I remember one being Concert Hall and the stamps were a kind of reward
or bonus for purchasing particular records, of the Vinyl type. With the value at 17/6 (Seventeen shillings and six pence or in decimal currency $1.75) it was quite a lot of money and it also dates this stamp to before 1966. I remember my first pay in decimal currency after 14 February 1966 was $30.80 a week.
Indonesia. (Fig. 4 and 5).
These stamps were in among a lot of bits and pieces I bought recently. A bit of investigating revealed that they are not listed by Gibbons, although the 1960 Part 3 catalogue does note that they were produced in 1949 by either the Staatsdrückerei in Vienna or in the United States at the instigation of some private
Top Row: Figs 3 & 5 Left: Fig 4
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Cinderella Corner
parties outside Indonesia when the Republic was under blockade. About two years later they were “legitimised” by being put on sale at post offices in very small quantities for collectors, but as their origins were dubious and never saw proper postal service Gibbons refused to list them. Scott however does list them.
Venezuela Exhibition. (Fig. 6).
An interesting advertising stamp issued for a philatelic exhibition in Caracas, Venezuela from 10 to 17 March 1986. I have not been able to identify all six of the flags on the stamp, but Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru all appear to be represented, as for the other two I am not sure.
Above: Figures 6 & 7 Right: Figure 8
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Australian Wetlands Conservation. (Fig. 7 and 8).
Commonly known as the “Duck” stamps, these stamps were sold by the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service and used as the receipt for the entry fee to Wetland Parks, most notably Kakadu Wetlands in Northern Territory. The stamps were used on entry tickets to the Park and all visitors had to pay an entry fee. The entry ticket was receipted with a cancelled copy of the stamp affixed. Different designs were used for each year. This one is for the year 1989 and features the Plumed Whistling Duck. The following year the stamp featured the Chestnut Teal also shown here. The stamps really fall into the Revenue category,
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so is there some adverturous soul out there who has attempted to build a collection of them complete and attached to the ticket?
“Curioser And Curioser”. (Fig. 9, 10 and 11).
This item appeared in the January 2004 column but I don’t recall getting any response from readers so I will give it another run. I haven’t a clue as to their use, and their origin makes them all the more confusing. It is possible that they were proofs of an issue for use by the British occupation forces in Crete from 1899. The Stamp Atlas notes that at this time Britain as one of the occupying powers issued stamps for use by the troops and civilians in their
area of control. The International Encyclopedia of Stamps does have a detailed entry regarding Crete and this has some vague references to stamps that could be related to these items. The inscription on two stamps indicates they are from Crete, (figs 10 and 11), and the other one from Greece and there is a date of 1897 on one stamp and also inscriptions too small to read above and below the design. They are printed on laid paper unwatermarked and imperforate. The year 1897 was the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne and the two issues of Crete feature an image of Britannia. If any reader can provide me with information about these stamps I will be pleased to publish it in this column.
Above: Figures 9 & 10 Left: Figure 11
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Equatorial Guinea’s Ethnic Stamps Stamp collectors tend to have a multitude of interests in addition to philately. A few years after I discovered the joys of stamp collecting, I also found out about shortwave radio. In the early 1960s, the shortwave bands were replete with radio broadcasts from all over the world. Radio Australia was one of my favourites. In Africa, shortwave radio was used widely to reach local listeners. These broadcasts could also be heard in many other parts of the world. I frequently tuned in to Radio Santa Isabel broadcasting from the island of Fernando Poo and Radio Ecuatorial in Río Muni on the African mainland. In the 1960s, these areas were still Spanish colonies using stamps of their own. In 1968, the two colonies were united as the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. From 1968 until
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1972, the new nation released only 17 different stamps which is very reasonable indeed. However, in 1972, a foreign agency apparently signed a contract to print and market stamps for the young nation. Until the contract expired in 1978, there was an avalanche of gaudy stamps and souvenir sheets. They all had topics with basically no relation at all to the African nation. It is doubtful if they were ever on sale at post offices in Equatorial Guinea. In 1979, an important change in stamp issuing policies occurred. Now once again the nation’s stamps featured local people and local themes. Starting in 1981, the stamps were printed by the Spanish national stamp printing works. From 1982 until around 1990, most of the stamp issues had designs reflecting daily life,
Christer Brunström cultural traditions, local institutions and religion in Equatorial Guinea. This certainly is the most interesting period in the philatelic history of the tiny West African nation. It is quite possible that this kind of designs did not sell to worldwide collectors as well as expected. This certainly might be the reason why the new issue policies changed significantly around 1990. The previous “ethnic” issues ceased completely as they were replaced by stamps depicting Japanese and US locomotives, famous movies, Ford cars, famous paintings and many other irrelevant topics. It is obvious that these stamps are mainly intended for the worldwide thematic stamp market. Let’s take a closer look at some of the more interesting “ethnic” stamp issues.
In 1984, there were two stamps featuring maps of the two regions making up the country. The 100 bipkwele denomination features a map of the continental region or the former colony of Río Muni. The capital is Bata. Maps of the islands of Bioko (formerly known as Fernando Poo) and Annobon are depicted on the 50b stamp. The design gives the impression that the two islands are of more or less equal size but this certainly is not the case. Bioko is very much larger than Annobon. Along with the tiny islands of Elobey and Corisco they constitute the insular region (“Región Insular” in Spanish). A rather curious error occurred when printing the 50b stamp. It was discovered that the stamp carried the wrong inscription of “Regiones Insulares” in the plural form. The stamps were
Equatorial Guinea’s Ethnic Stamps withdrawn before they were issued and a new and corrected version was printed. However, some of the error stamps reached the stamp market. The error stamp is shown nearby. Equatorial Guinea has a population of some 650.000 people but there are several ethnic minorities using languages of their own. This rich ethnic diversity formed the basis for several interesting stamp issues. In 1986, there were four folklore stamps featuring various dances. Shown here on a 50-franc stamp is a Fang dance at Mokom (in 1985 Equatorial Guinea introduced the CFA franc as its currency). The Fang is the major ethnic group in the country. In 1988, there was a set of three stamps devoted
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to traditional economic activities. On one stamp we see a man climbing a palm tree to fetch some cocoa nuts and another stamp depicts a man chopping down a tree. The 75-franc stamp shown nearby shows a woman carrying home fish. Farming and fishing have always been important activities for the people of Equatorial Guinea. However, all this changed when important oil deposits were discovered in the late 1900s. Today crude oil is the country’s most important export. Equatorial Guinea’s newfound riches has led to an influx of people from neighbouring countries. Equatorial Guinea is Africa’s richest country per capita but unfortunately the riches are distributed very unevenly. Child mortality is high. The regime in the capital of Malabo is far from
Christer Brunström democratic and many citizens have been forced into exile when they demanded democratic reforms. The country’s human rights record is very poor indeed. Today tourism is a most important economic activity in many countries but it is still poorly developed in Equatorial Guinea. It seems, however, that the country has a lot to offer in this respect. In 1989, there was a set of three stamps which gives a rather idyllic picture of the country. The 15-franc stamp depicts a couple of girls bathing at the Ilachy Falls, a waterfall in the jungle is shown on the 35-franc value and the 60-franc denomination features boys enjoying themselves on Luba Beach. Spanish missionaries were very active in Spain’s West African colonies and today most of the people of Equatorial Guinea are Catholics. Pope John Paul
II visited the country in 1982. Three stamps were issued to mark this important event. During the period discussed here there were several Christmas stamps many of which featured local traditions and artefacts. A 1986 100-franc stamp shows a variety of musical instruments used during the Christmas celebrations. Throughout the 1980s, I had a penpal in Bata. He provided me with most of the stamps in my collection of Equatorial Guinea. They helped me better understand this highly interesting African nation. One can only hope that the oil riches will improve the living conditions for all Equatoguineans in the near future. Today most of that money is undoubtedly being pocketed by the presidential family and their associates.
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Stamps in the News - Globally! The most Canadian reason not to deliver a package
Reported at www.dailymail. co.uk A Canadian postal worker left behind a reasonable explanation for not delivering a package to a British Columbia home. “Bear at door,” the note read. The Vancouver-area homeowner, who admits bears in the neighbourhood are not uncommon, posted a photo of the postal worker’s note on Twitter, adding: “Ok, fair enough @canadapostcorp that’s a decent reason to not drop the package off at my door.” The note was left on his postal box farther up the street. Canada Post responded on Twitter, asking for more information and that they’d like to investigate. The B.C. man later tweeted he has no problem with Canada Post’s service.
The cocky postie
Reported at www.dailytelegraph.com.au George the Postie always delivers as he rides shotgun with Australia Post worker Bob Johnston IT is not the screeching of tyres that alerts residents of Aberdeen to the arrival of the postman but a sulphur-crested cockatoo. “George the Postie” has ridden shotgun with Australia Post worker Bob Johnston since he was a six-month-old chick. George enjoys somewhat of a celebrity status as he putters around with Mr Johnston, who will often get off his bike to deliver mail by hand to some of the Hunter Valley town’s elderly residents. Mr Johnston got George from a neighbour who found him on the ground after the fledgling cocky 22 - Stamp News
was “kicked out of his nest by his mother”. “He’s an unusual bird in that he just likes people.” The cocky goes on the 80km mail run every day unless it is raining and enjoys a bit of chitchat whenever he’s greeted at the post box with the bird calling out, “Hello, how you going George?” The cocky has an unusual job, but his eating habits are even weirder. “He likes to eat a lot of chicken and pork, he’ll also get into the red wine, coffee, anything,” Mr Johnston said.
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Four of our Jennies are missing Reported at http://www.nytimes.com
In 1955 a block of four inverted jennies were stolen in an audacious robbery from the American Philatelic Society convention the Virginia. Despite an extensive FBI investigation in the nearly 60 years since that theft, two of the stamps remain lost. Now, Donald Sundman, of the Mystic Stamp Company, is offering a $100,000 reward to try to help close the case with the American Philatelic Research Library offering a further $10,000 reward for information leading to their recovery. The stolen block belonged to Ethel B. Stewart McCoy, one of the most prominent philatelists of her day. Ms. McCoy was a New Yorker and an heir to the Dow Jones & Company. Her fortune allowed her to indulge her collecting passions, including airmail stamps of the world and stamps depicting palm trees. Her Inverted Jenny block was one of just a half-
dozen surviving intact from the original sheet of 100 misprints, bought over a post office counter in 1918 by a broker’s clerk who quickly resold them to a prominent collector. That collector dispersed the sheet, mostly as single stamps, after numbering each one on the back in pencil. Ms. McCoy’s had been a gift in 1936 from her first husband, so its sentimental value to her greatly exceeded the $15,000 she insured it for before lending it to the American Philatelic Society to exhibit at its convention. In 1958, the first of the four stamps resurfaced in the possession of a Chicago stamp dealer, Louis Castelli. Experts, comparing details like the perforations around the stamp’s edge and flyspeck variations in its printing to photographs of the stolen block, were in no doubt as to its identity. How Castelli had obtained it was not adequately explained, but the FBI declined to pursue the matter as the stamp’s value was below their investigation threshold. When Castelli offered the stamp for sale again twenty years later the FBI seized it, but Castelli was not charged. Ms McCoy donated the recovered stamp to the American Philatelic Research Library and it was auctioned for $115,000. Shortly after she died in 1980, a second so-called McCoy invert reappeared in the hands of another Chicago-area stamp dealer, who offered it to the library as a tax-deductible gift. The FBI investigated again, but after a quarter century the trail was cold. A federal court in New
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Stamps in the News - Globally! York affirmed the library’s ownership, and the second McCoy stamp remains on display there. The last two of the stamps are still at large. “It’s possible that the two remaining missing stamps were innocently acquired by collectors decades ago,” Mr. Sundman said. “With the passage of time, the heirs of those collectors may not realize they’ve inherited stolen property.”
Singapore slings spares
Reported at www.channelnewsasia.com The Singapore Philatelic Museum will hold its first ever stamp auction this month, and rare surplus stamps from its collection will be available for sale. These include 1953 Queen Elizabeth II revenue stamps which were used during the 1950s mainly by lawyers for payment of stamp duties i Singapore. Bids for each sheet of 50 stamps in $500 denominations will start from $12,000. Other stamps include 1955 Queen Elizabeth II definitive stamps, which were printed for postage use. They come in a range of denominations ranging from 1 cent to 50 cents. Each stamp is overprinted with the words “Postal Training School”, as they were used for staff training in the 1950s. Bids for each sheet of 50 stamps will start from $1,000. Post independence stamps from 1968 are also up for auction. They reflect Singapore’s multicultural society, featuring traditional ethnic dances, masks and musical instruments. Bids for each sheet of 100
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stamps in 15 denominations, ranging from 1 cent to $10, will start from $1,200. The proceeds from this auction will go towards the future development of the museum, which over the last three years, has seen close to 120,000 visitors each year. Said the General Manager of the Singapore Philatelic Museum: “We really need it to raise funds for our future development for maybe bigger galleries, more programmes, more exhibitions. So that we can reach out to a wider audience.” Postscript: The auction realised close to $US340,000 before commission. The highest prices were for 13 unmounted mint sheets of 50 Singapore Revenue Stamps 1954 $500 purple and yellow.
China Post Group cashes in on stamp boom Reported at http://www.wantchinatimes.com
China’s very first online exchange platform for stamps, coins, and cards opened on Sept. 5 in Shanghai and is expected to have turnover of US$97.8 billion. The Shanghai Stamp, Coin, and Magnetic Card Exchange Centre, established by the state-owned China Post Group Investment and located at the General Post Office Building in Shanghai, provides a platform for collectors to trade, circulate, invest in, appraise, store, and apply for loans with the commodities. The online services allows for more efficient and cheaper trading cost than traditional means. The centre provides services such as item appraisal and escrow to lower the threshold for starter collectors and raise the security of transactions. There are currently 62 brick-andmortar trading markets in China, and the average amount of daily trading in Shanghai and Beijing alone tops US$8 million. There are also 21 online markets with 2,713 online stores and 5,854 staff.
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The gross scale of the market is nearly US$97.8 billion, with daily transaction value reaching US$3.2-$4 billion. The absence of an open, efficient and integrated platform for exchange has kept a major portion of the assets from being traded in the past.
Scottish crisis averted ?
Reported at www.thisismoney.co.uk Now in the realms of the hypothetical but an independent Scotland could have lost Royal Mail services altogether, a leading expert warned. Royal Mail currently delivers anywhere in Britain for a single price, under what is called the ‘universal service obligation’ but an independent Scotland would be forced by EU law to establish its own postal service. Government sources said interim mail services would have been part of the independence negotiations but in time Scotland will be forced to establish its own provider under EU law. Under the current system, easy to reach parts
of England subsidise the postal delivery service in remote parts of the Highlands, where the costs to Royal Mail are significant because of the distances involved. Any company offering postal services in Scotland would have to charge significantly more, a leading expert warned. Gert Zonneveld, analyst at stockbroker Panmure Gordon, said: ‘Because Scotland is typically reasonably sparsely populated it’s probably quite costly to distribute. ‘If Royal Mail was to cover an independent Scotland it would need to generate an appropriate return on sales, which may have resulted in a significant uplift in prices for users of the mail system in Scotland.’ It is not currently known whether Royal Mail would have automatically pulled out of Scotland in the event of a ‘Yes’ vote. A spokesman for Royal Mail said: ‘The Scottish independence Referendum is a matter for the Scottish people and we await the outcome of the Referendum. Any negotiations following the Referendum would be a matter for the UK and Scottish Governments.’
Postmen gone to the dark side: UK Reported at http://www.telegraph.co.uk
A UK postman made £1,500 by ripping open parcels then using eBay to sell stolen toy meerkats, a court heard. David Livesey, 61, stole packages which contained dolls from the Comparethemarket.com TV adverts. He then made extra money by selling them on eBay for between £5 and £43 a time. Livesey was caught after Royal Mail investigators put an electronic tracking device in a meerkat parcel. Burnley Crown Court heard how Livesey, who sorted mail as well as delivering it, was stealing for two years. He owned up when he was questioned, telling bosses he had constantly stolen from other people’s rounds. The defendant received six months in prison, suspended for a year, with a three-month 10pm to 7am curfew. He was ordered to pay a £80 victim surcharge. The presiding judge noted that meerkat toys had Stamp News - 25
Stamps in the News - Globally! some ‘cult interest’ to people seeking to acquire them. He said to the defendent: “You had some financial difficulties. That only explains it. It doesn’t excuse what you were about. It went on for over two years.”
Postmen gone to the dark side: US Reported at http://nypost.com
A troubled Brooklyn mailman took his depression and alcohol addiction out on his postal customers by failing to deliver some 40,000 pieces of mail and hoarding the massive stash in his home, car and post office locker. Joseph Brucato, a Vietnam War vet, admitted hiding a ton of mail meant for customers in Flatbush since 2005, according to a Brooklyn federal court complaint. It took five postal agents five hours to remove the massive stash of purloined letters from the 67-yearold’s Flatlands apartment. “It really shocked me,” said a neighbour. “I thought maybe he was moving and the post office was helping him out by lending him a truck.” A postal supervisor became suspicious when he noticed Brucato’s personal car was stuffed with undelivered letters. Investigators pressed Brucato about the letter cache, and he admitted hoarding more than a ton of mail over the past decade.
The haul included priority, first-class and regular mail that had once been headed for Brooklyn businesses and residents in Flatbush, according to court papers. Brucato, who faces up to five years in prison if convicted, blamed alcohol and depression for his bizarre hoarding habit at his arraignment in Brooklyn federal court Wednesday. A Postal Service spokesman said officials will tackle the task of trying to deliver the stash.
Postmen gone to the dark side: NZ Reported at www.stuff.co.nz
A New Zealand Post employee has been charged with theft after 8000 pieces of mail destined for Manawatu and Rangitikei homes were never delivered and taken since late last year. Some of the items had been tampered with, a New Zealand Post spokesman said. Letters were sent to the intended recipients of the stolen mail, along with items that had been recovered, this week. The letters state the issue was discovered by the organisation’s security team, and the missing mail was recovered following an internal investigation. “As a consequence, an employee is no longer employed by New Zealand Post,” it reads. The letters say police are investigating, but two representative charges of theft over $1000 have been laid against a former contractor, Burne Erroll Maxted. “These sorts of incidents are rare and New Zealand Post takes them very seriously. We will review our practices and apply any lessons that we learn,” the spokesman said.
The Royal Mail rollercoaster Reported at www.iii.co.uk
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Royal Mail has had an eventful 12 months. Floated almost a year ago at 330p amid incredible interest and controversy in equal measure, the share price quickly topped 600p. But then it all went wrong, and the business is
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worth a third less than it was in February. Now, one analyst thinks the sell-off has gone far enough. Just a week ago, rival UK Mail (UKM) warned that parcel volumes were still falling, raising concerns about an industry-wide slowdown. Dutch peer TNT Express is having similar problems in Europe. Royal Mail itself had already warned in July that parcel revenue had dropped amid fierce competition. “Royal Mail faces a number of challenges, including modernising its network, managing the decline in letter mail volumes, the threat from competition in both letter and parcel, as well as dealing with a highly fixed cost base,” reckons analysts, UBS. “We believe the company faces particular issues with having a highly unionised, relatively well paid workforce at a time when its revenue visibility is low and when both the letter and parcel markets are undergoing significant change.” We regard Royal Mail as more of a work in progress than the likes of Austrian Post, bpost, and Deutsche Post,” concludes the broker.
Meanwhile Israel Post belts are pulled in Reported at www.globes.co.il
The crisis in the Israel Postal Company is likely to resume if a dispute over the number of mail delivery days is not solved soon. The dispute focuses on the Ministry of Finance’s demand on a switch to two mail delivery days a week as part of a general reform in the company, despite opposition from Minister of Communications, which is demanding an initial transition to three mail delivery days for a trial period, after which a transition to two mail delivery days would be considered. The Communications Ministry’s position is based on concern about further deterioration in the company’s already poor service. The ministry fears that a switch to two mail delivery days will harm mainly small businesses. A senior Communications Ministry source commented that a transition to three mail delivery days was extreme enough, because no country in the world had only two mail delivery days, and Israel
should not be the only one. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-erdan-wants-3weekly-postal-deliveries-1000974594
And South African Post Office under siege Reported at www.iol.co.za
Johannesburg - The SA Post Office (Sapo) has opened a case of malicious damage to property against protesters who vandalised a Gauteng mailsorting depot. “Two vehicles were set alight and windows of the building were broken,” said a Sapo spokesman. There was no damage to mail and protesters did not enter the building. Sapo’s casual workers have been on strike for the past few weeks demanding permanent positions. According to the City Press, post office employees claimed management was dragging its heels in converting casual workers to permanent staff. This was part of Sapo’s labour strategy approved last year to convert 7945 casual workers to permanent employees. Sapo was using a phased approach, offering casual workers part-time positions as an alternative to being contracted to the company through labour brokers. “The aim of the flexible labour strategy has always been to advance the part-time employees to more permanent positions with full benefits. However, a staggered approach had to be adopted given the difficult financial position the company is in,” said Sapo group chief operating officer.
And SingPost provides largesse Reported at www.channelnewsasia.com
Ahead of an increase in postage rates, about 10 million stamps will be given out to around 1.4 million households in Singapore, SingPost announced in September. The stamps in the booklet, now being delivered by SingPost’s 1,200 delivery staff, are 1st Local stamps, which take the prevailing postage rate of 30 Stamp News - 27
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cents from Oct 1. SingPost - which revealed that the average Singaporean posts just six letters or cards a year said it will also distribute free stamps to more than 130 charity homes for the elderly, young, disabled and other residential facilities. SingPost on Sep 2 announced its first hike in postage rates in eight years, citing increased costs. Local postage rates for letters weighing 20g or less will be adjusted upwards by 4 cents to 30 cents from Oct 1, while adjustments to international rates will range from 5 cents to 25 cents, depending on weight and the zones. On Tuesday, SingPost also announced that all franked mail customers will enjoy a 5 per cent rebate for a year from this October until Sep 30, 2015.
Guyana record stamp Reported at www.linns.com
Four new stamps from Guyana commemorate the recent auction of the 1856 British Guiana 1¢ Magenta for a record sum. The unique stamp was auctioned June 17 at Sotheby’s in New York City for $9.48 million, including a 20 percent buyer’s commission. Guyana, the South American republic that once was the crown colony of British Guiana, honoured that historic sale on $80, $200 and two $800 stamps issued Aug. 27. Each stamp features a stamp-on28 - Stamp News
stamp design of the 1¢ Magenta. On the new $80 commemorative, the famous stamp is shown on a background with a map at the top and a decorative design at the bottom. The commemorative was printed in panes of 12 with a header that reads “Rarest & Most Famous Stamp in the World.” The large selvage area at lower right on the pane shows a vintage postcard, circa 1930, picturing the post office buildings in the background and the Hand-in-Hand insurance company in the foreground. The following short paragraph of text is superimposed on the image of the postcard: “The British Guiana 1c Magenta is the world’s rarest stamp. Issued in 1856, only one copy is known to exist. On June 17, 2014, it was sold for a record breaking 9.5 million USD, making it the most expensive item in the world by weight.” This same paragraph is included in the selvage of the pane of four $200 stamps and on the two souvenir sheets, each containing a single $800 stamp.
Swiss record stamp
Reported at www.linns.com/ Rather than commemorating or breaking a record, a new Swiss stamp is an actual vinyl record that plays music. The 5-franc stamp was issued Sept. 4 in a souvenir sheet. In announcing the issue, Swiss Post said: “In
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many of us, the black 45 and 33 rpm vinyl discs evoke nostalgic memories. Now they are the subject of an exclusive miniature sheet included in the latest stamp issue. “Even if the stamp, which is suitable for franking, is detached from the miniature sheet, a specially engraved soundtrack still allows the miniature sheet to be played on a record player which is set to 33 rpm. The soundtrack includes a brass band version of the Swiss national anthem.” The 5fr stamp is designed to look like a vinyl record. The label area of the record surrounding the central spindle hole includes the country name “Helvetia”; the denomination “500” (for 500 centimes, or 5fr); the name of the national anthem Swiss Psalm in German, French, Italian and Romansh; and the name of the composer, Alberich Zwyssig.
Only in America
Reported at www.9news.com/story Tab Bonidy, a licensed handgun owner in Colorado,
has sued the US Postal Service over its ban on guns in post offices. The agency also barred Bonidy from leaving a gun in his vehicle in the parking lot. A federal judge last year ruled that the ban on firearms in postal parking lots violated the Second Amendment. But the agency can keep Bonidy from
carrying a gun in the lobby. Both Bonidy and the Postal Service both appealed. A Department of Justice attorney says it’s a safety issue. Bonidy says it is inconvenient to disarm just to pick up his mail.
Gibraltar trumps Belgium
Reported at www.gibraltar75years.com Editor’s note: In last month’s Stamps in the News I reported a Belgian stamp breaking the world record for the most words on a stamp. No sooner was the record broken than Gibraltar have broken it again: A new £2 stamp from Gibraltar has set a record for ‘Most words on a postage stamp’. The stamp is part of a set of five that commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Evacuation of the civilian population of Gibraltar and details the WWII event in 2,183 words. For over 300 years Gibraltar has been a British
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Original issue showing image of Panama
overseas territory of military importance. During the Second World War there was a fear that if Nazi Germany took Gibraltar and the strait, there would have been catastrophic consequences and to accommodate the influx of military personnel required to reinforce the Rock, it was decided that 16,000 civilians who were not deemed essential to its defence, should be evacuated. May 2014 marked the beginning of the 75th anniversary of this mass-migration. Within a matter of weeks over 70% of the total population of Gibraltar was evacuated to French Morocco. The story of Gibraltar’s evacuation is one of the few untold stories of the Second World War. This commemorative stamp issue serves to remember the hardships endured by so many Gibraltarians in this time of conflict.
Egg on Egyptian faces Reported www.linns.com
When the Egyptian government proudly announced plans to build a new Suez Canal last month, a new series of stamps was issued to mark the £2.4 billion project. Embarrassingly, the designers have managed to mix up their canals and the stamps were printed with pictures of the Panama Canal. The stamps feature images of a map of the Suez Canal, along with photographs of a waterway in a desert setting which do indeed appear to come from Egypt. However they also show another two lane 30 - Stamp News
waterway in a green, fertile landscape which bears an uncanny resemblance to the Panama Canal – the 48 mile Central American passage which links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Shortly after Egypt’s stamps received worldwide attention for the error, Egypt’s postal authority issued a replacement design. This time, instead of showing locks of the Panama Canal, the stamp in the centre of the se-tenant strip of three shows the Suez Canal in Egypt. Ships are pictured on all three £2 stamps, and the Suez Canal Authority administration building in Port Said is featured in the design of the stamp on the left. Also, unlike the first version of Egypt’s stamps commemorating plans to build a new Suez Canal, the new stamps all are inscribed in English, “The New Suez Canal.” According to a report in the online edition of Cairo Post, Egypt’s postal authority ordered sales of the stamps with the design error halted on Saturday, Sept. 13. They were issued Aug. 5 and the responsible Minister has “ordered an investigation into who was responsible for the error.”
New issue with Suez image
Sydney Stamp Expo 2015 ANZAC Centenary A Full National Philatelic Exhibition will be held at Hurstville, NSW, to commemorate the Centenary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in 1915. The Exhibition will be open for four days from Thursday 16th April until Sunday 19th April 2015. All Philatelic Classes will be available, including Postcards. Special Prizes will be awarded for ANZAC and other Military related Exhibits.
Entries close on Friday 12th December 2014.
Download your Prospectus and Entry Form now from the exhibition website www.sydneystampexpo2015.org.au. Entries may be lodged by mail to The Commissioner-General, PO Box 220, Darlinghurst, NSW 1300; or through any of the Commissioners shown below; or by email to lindajoy@optusnet.com.au. Emailed entries are acceptable in PDF or JPEG format, or as a Word file.
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Phone Contact (Mobile) 0408 832 257 (Mobile) 045 007 3311 03 9571 3686 (Mobile) 0419 468 528
For further information, also refer to the regular updates on the above website. Sydney Stamp Expo 2015 is being run as a joint venture with the Australasian Philatelic Traders Association (APTA). There will be many stamp and coin dealer stands at the Exhibition, and APTA will run this side of the Exhibition. Full details of trader events can be accessed from the Dealers section of the website.
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Commemorating ANZAC Part 6: New Zealand 1965
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and New Zealand Army Corps. There were discussions concerning the possibility of using a common stamp design for the two countries and also of asking Turkey to take part in the stamp issuing programme. In the event, each country
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issued its own stamps, with Turkey’s being issued on its Remembrance Day, 18th March. Designs for the New Zealand stamps were requested from fourteen artists and ten submitted designs. The selected designer was R M Conly. The stamps showed ANZAC Cove and the 5d also showed a Flanders poppy to commemorate the later service of the Corps in France and Belgium. The stamps were printed by photogravure in sheets of 120 by Harrison & Sons with the printer’s imprint and cylinder numbers in the bottom left selvedge. The 4d also had sheet numbers but the 5d did not. Chalky paper with multiple ‘NZ & star’ watermark was used. The comb perforation gauged 12½. Both stamps showed minor spots and touchups in a number of positions on the sheets.
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For the first time, special rubber cancellers were used on the day of issue at the four main city GPOs and those GPOs also had ‘First Day of Issue’ machine slogan cancels. It was also possible to put your covers in a special box to receive a cancellation on ANZAC Day, 25th April (a Sunday). References: Catalogue of New Zealand Stamps, Auckland, Campbell Paterson, 1952 – . The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, vol. 6, Wellington, RPSNZ, 1975. 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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Australian Impressions
Australia Post’s “Limited Edition” Stamps Introduction It all began in 2005. On 10th November that year Australia Post released a range of expensive “limited-edition” products. They called it their “Impressions” range and published a special catalogue showing all the “unique gifts and collectables” available. A lot of the products didn’t even contain stamps. One item, a replica Commonwealth Games baton, was priced at $1995! Selling sports memorabilia and coins is not really related to Australia Post’s core business of providing postal services. It is just intended to separate you from your money! Australia Post has been doing it ever since. November has become known as “Stamp Variations Month” because many of the “Impressions” items contain special formats or variations of previouslyissued stamps. Often the product description did not list the stamps included. This forced collectors to buy the product. In some cases the stamps were no different from those issued earlier in the year thus causing the collector to waste money. On-line stamp forums, such as www.stampboards.com, and Stamp News Australasia were often the only source of detailed information about each product. The format of the variations has been quite innovative. It includes special sheets, stamps with special foiled or flocked images, gold foil stamps, stamps on coins and golf balls, different minisheets, fully- and semi-imperforate stamps and reprints of decimal and pre-decimal stamps. (The influence of the ‘marketing department’ was also evident in the pricing, as many ended in 95c!) The editor of one popular catalogue published in USA calls this stuff “spew” and said Australia Post leads the world in this regard! It is probably one of the main reasons “one of every Australian mint stamp” collectors have stopped collecting Australian decimal stamps. Most stamp dealers do not stock these expensive special variations and they are quite scarce. I have summarised each year’s “Impressions” releases that contained new mint Australian stamp variations. In the statistics tables below, the quantity and face value of the stamps are those of mint Australian stamps only. (I have excluded the Annual 36 - Stamp News
Mint and CTO Collections, Souvenir Stamp Sheets (SSS), products containing cancelled stamps and products that do not contain a new stamp variation.) The difference between the price of the product and the face value of the stamps, I call “the cost of packaging”. It is the cost of the books, picture frames, wooden boxes, coins and plastic sleeves, etc. that one puts in the rubbish bin after removing the stamps and putting them in one’s album. (Some stamps were not printed on paper, so it also includes the cost of the material on which they were printed.) Australia Post calls it “profit”. From a stamp collector’s point of view, I just call it a “rip-off”! Collectable Stamps
As a pre-cursor to the 2007 “Impressions” release, Australia Post updated their General Post Guide in October 2007. In this update they declared a new category of stamps: “Collectable Stamps”. These were special stamps that were deemed “not valid for postage”. Examples include: • An individual fully- or semi-imperforate stamp cut out from its surround. • A stamp with the integrated tab removed. • A stamp with a superseded country or state name. • A stamp with a superseded currency value. This immediately classified over 60 previously-issued “postage” stamps as Collectable Stamps. They were previously valid for postage. For example the imperforate 5c and 30c stamps cut out from Australia’s first ‘Captain Cook’ minisheet issued in April 1970 can no longer be used for postage. (Note that whole imperforate minisheets remain valid for postage.) From 2007 onwards there were many Collectable Stamps released, especially those made of silver and gold foil.
Statistics Many of the “Impressions” products are not related to stamps at all. Some products listed in the catalogue had already been issued during the year. A few products were listed twice in the same catalogue! Occasionally products from previous years were also shown. The most expensive product containing a new stamp variation was the 2013 $1000 ‘Colonial Heritage Collection’. It contained 4 minisheets with a face value of $17. The most expensive product
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was the 2011 ‘Year of the Rabbit’ gold proof coin set priced at $3525 in the 2010 “Impressions” catalogue. Just what every stamp collector wants!
Australian Impressions : 2005 – 2013 Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Totals
Products Products with with Stamps No Stamps 9 25 27 40 28 33 40 56 44 302
17 26 32 54 51 53 56 43 59 391
Total No. of Products 26 51 59 94 79 86 96 99 103 693
Total Price of All Products $4199 $8608 $5745 $14307 $22967 $15130 $16504 $13785 $10828 $112073
Australian Impressions : New Stamp Variations : 2005 – 2013 No. of No. of Face Value Cost of Price Products* Stamps of Stamps “Packaging” 2005 1 10 $50 $100 $150 2006 0 0 $0 $0 $0 2007 5 166 $132 $280 $412 2008 8 178 $243 $359 $602 2009 9 166 $129 $1163 $1292 2010 12 198 $166 $1372 $1538 2011 8 188 $136 $977 $1113 2012 15 114 $284 $1583 $1867 2013 13 249 $280 $1913 $2193 Totals 72 1269 $1420 $7747 $9167 Note: *Only products that contained new mint Australian stamp variations are listed. The mint and CTO annual collections and single SSSs have been excluded. The face value of pre-decimal stamps has been converted to decimal currency. Year
2005 On Thursday 10th November 2005 Australia Post released its first range of “Impressions” products. The products were only available by phone or mail order. Of the 26 products released only one contained a mint Australian stamp variation. 05-1 Treasures from the Archives framed imperforate stamp sheet: • OSD = 10th November 2005 (FDI of remaining 400 imperforate sheets, without the frame = 10th January 2006) • 10 x $5 NSW 20/- Specimen imperforate stamp sheet • Individually numbered “xxx/ 500” • Certificate of authenticity • Engraved plaque • Limited Edition = 100
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No. of Face Value Cost of Stamps of Stamps “Packaging” 10
$50.00
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2006 51 products were included in the 2006 “Impressions” range. Many were products that had been released earlier in the year. Only the Annual Mint Collection contained a stamp variation – the special Queen’s Birthday sheetlet.
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lottery and was the final issue of the year. Most of the previously-issued stamps were microdated with the “2007” year code in the image. Two special prestige booklets were included in the range: ‘Behind the Stamp’ and ‘Cricket in Australia’. The details below are a summary of my article in January 2008 Stamp News. 07-1 Behind the Stamp prestige booklet: This prestige booklet presented “10 fascinating stories about Australian stamps”. It gave details of some stamp issuing highlights, such as the first stamp, the first miniature sheet, ‘instant’ stamps and Queen’s birthday stamps. Each story was illustrated by a stamp or minisheet on 8 pages of gummed stamps. These pages contained 9 postage stamps, 17 perf and imperf collectable stamps and 2 imperf collectable 4 x 3d minisheets = 34 stamps in total. A footer on specific pages indicated which stamps were Collectable Stamps but was missing from some pages of imperforate stamps by mistake. Every stamp was different from the original, particularly in perforation, image and size. All stamps were microdated with the “2007” year code in the image, except the 3d Kookaburra imperf minisheet stamp. Some of the special variations were “firsts” for Australia Post: e.g. Decimal & pre-decimal se-tenant pairs, stamps from two different issues as an imperforate setenant pair. Behind The Stamp – Reprints (5th November 2007) Stamp Original Issue Date 1d Kangaroo & Map 2nd January 1913 3d Kookaburra 29th October 1928 2/- Olympics 1st December 1954
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6d Yellow-tailed Thornbill 5c Yellow-tailed Thornbill 10c Australia Post 10c Telecom Australia 22c Queen Elizabeth 24c Christmas 1983 37c Living Together – Postal Services 41c Thinking of You 43c Thinking of You 45c Ian Thorpe
19th August 1964 14th February 1966 1st July 1975 1st July 1975 21st April 1980 14th September 1983 17th February 1988 7th February 1990 3rd September 1990 18th September 2000
07-2 Cricket in Australia prestige booklet: Cricket was featured on 19 stamps from 10 issues between 1974 and 2007. This prestige booklet presented the stories behind each of these stamps and the stories were illustrated by gummed stamps from the 10 issues contained in 7 pages. These pages contained 14 postage stamps and 5 imperf collectable
Part 1 : 2005–2007 stamps. Two unique pages contained both perforate and imperforate stamps on the same page. The face value of the 19 stamps was $9.77. Every stamp was different from the original. All stamps were microdated with the “2007” year code in the image. Cricket in Australia – Reprints (5th November 2007) Stamp Original Issue Date 7c Non-Olympic Sports – Cricket 24th July 1974 18c Test Cricket Centenary – Wicketkeeper 18c Test Cricket Centenary – Batsman 18c Test Cricket Centenary – Fieldsmen 18c Test Cricket Centenary – Non-strike 9th March 1977 Batsman 18c Test Cricket Centenary – Bowler 45c Test Cricket Centenary – Batsman’s end of pitch 35c Sporting Personalities – Victor Trumper 18th February 1981 $1 Australia’s Bicentenary – Joint Issue with st 21 June 1988 the UK (Sport) 70c Sports (Series 1) – Cricket 13th February 1989 45c Centenary of Sheffield Shield Cricket – Bowler 15th October 1992 $1.20 Centenary of Sheffield Shield Cricket – Batsman 45c Australian Legends (Sir Donald Bradman) – Portrait 23rd January 1997 45c Australian Legends (Sir Donald Bradman) – Cover Drive 45c Sir Donald Bradman Memorial Issue – Portrait 13th March 2001 45c Sir Donald Bradman Memorial Issue – Cover Drive 50c Sports Treasures – Sir Donald Bradman’s th 8 March 2005 Baggy Green Stamp News - 39
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Australia Post’s “Limited Edition” Stamps 50c Australia Wins The Ashes 2006-07 $1.85 Australia Wins The Ashes 2006-07
16th January 2007
07-3 SAS folder: • 10 x 50c sheetlet of gold embossed stamps • Uncirculated $1 coin • Limited Edition = 2000
07-4 50 Years in Space: • Blast Off ! minisheet with the 5 x 50c & 1 x large $1 stamps • Special 100 x 65mm numbered 50c Sputnik minisheet • Lenticular $1 silver proof coin • Limited Edition = 1000
07-5 Landmarks imperforate sheets: • Released on 14th November via telephone lottery • Left and right panes available – maximum = one of each per customer • Twelve imperforate collectable minisheets per pane • 4 stamps (50c, 50c, $1 & $2.45) per minisheet in the special 90 degree format 40 - Stamp News
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Part 1 : 2005–2007 Impressions 2007 #
No. of Face Value Cost of Stamps of Stamps “Packaging”
Product
Behind the Stamp 07-1 (Issue 1) prestige booklet Cricket in 07-2 Australia prestige booklet 07-3 SAS folder 50 Years in Space 07-4 folder Landmarks 07-5 imperforate sheets (2 panes) Totals • •
Each half sheet numbered in silver Limited Edition = 2000 left panes + 2000 right panes
Price
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$14.43
$19.95
19
$9.77
$5.18
$14.95
10
$5.00
$74.95
$79.95
7
$5.00
$94.00
$99.00
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$91.20
$198.00
166
$132.09
$279.76
$411.85
Note: The face value of pre-decimal stamps has been converted to decimal currency. 2008-1014 To be continued. Full details, images and costs of the 2008 to 2013 “Impressions” stamp variations will be in future editions of Stamp News. I wonder what exotic variations will be released in November this year. A glance at the statistics and trend graph above, I expect there will be over 100 products and you will have to spend over $2000 to obtain all the stamp variations. Start saving now! Keep an eye on the Australia Post website: http://shop.auspost.com.au/ stamp-coin-collectables/impressions
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Revenue Review More WA
Yet more and more Western Australian Revenues flood the market. eBay user Plonkydon continues to sell off high priced items, and he’s getting it! Figure 1, was sent to me by Mike Mulroy of Western Australia. This imperf horizontally between is pictured in the Dzelme book, and I am told it emanated from Dzelme via a part time WA dealer. Collectors in WA pursuing this material are continually being told this is all there is, when suddenly there’s more and more and more. Phoenix Auction house also have several lots of WA revenue material, which went off this month, again originating from Dzelme but apparently being sold by others.
Nice Imperf
The Tasmania 4d blue sideface always appears sort after, and sells well at auctions. The imperf variety also attracts collector’s beady eyes, but when an imperf used fiscally appears [fig 2] it is a somewhat, more highly prized revenue, chased that tad further at auction. It’s the first imperf I have recorded, providing its not been clipped! I’m hoping it will end up coming to Qld!
RG
Figure 3 popped up in auction recently in a mixed lot. The 30/- REGISTRAR COMPANIES is known but rarely seen. The £1 REGISTRAR GENERAL is never seen, and if you missed it you may have to
Fig 2
Fig 1
Fig 3
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Dave Elsmore wait a good while longer for another to come along.
Two Pence
These [no value] Victorian ‘Duly Stamped’ [fig 4] Stamp Duty exempt revenues are well recorded. But when one with a manuscript 2d on it was bought to my attention it baffled me, and still does. Maybe you the reader can help me fill in the blanks?
Canberra Rails
Figure 5 is probably one of the rarest of the Commonwealth Railway issues. The small ‘COMMONWEALTH/RAILWAYS’ at top and ‘CANBERRA’ at the base is the give away. If you see any at any price grab them and don’t look back!
Rows of Cattle
Figure 6 is a rather impressive survivor of the $10 perfed CATTLE overprint, sent to me by a reader due to my plea for info and graphics on these last issues prior to the even harder to find roulettes. Can you beat this strip of 7 as the largest recorded block/ strip?
Papua & New Guinea
Papua & New Guinea, black impressed revenues often turn up. I have recorded a small handful of pre decimal values but the auction picture in figure 7 includes a 3/- value, which I had not recorded. Please update your records if you have fun in chasing this area of revenue.
Fig 4
Fig 5
Fig 6
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Revenue Review VIC on NSW
This issue is turning out to be full of snippets, so I will continue with another auction graphic [fig 8]. Not much there I hear you say! Well I have to agree, as at first look the four NSW rails appear to be plain common low values from the numeral series. Look again and you will spot the station name ‘SPENCER ST. (VIC.)’ on two of them. With this in mind it now values these twenty times their base value. NSW used in Victoria are exceedingly rare and very nice to see a couple of survivors. Please check your holdings as you may have one or two or more within. If you are lucky enough to find some please let me know so I can record them here in ‘Revenue Review’.
Betting Again
Two rather nice Betting Ticket cut outs [fig9] were up for grabs recently in auction with both
having the early overprint setting prior to the first T of BETTING being damaged which can be seen on most of the surviving tickets. A hard issue to accumulate for study, so if you have some I would welcome an email or letter from you.
More Cattle
I have been shown, an unrecorded, £5 CATTLE [fig10]. This is the first I have seen and it needs to be recorded. Apologies for the poor scan but this is how it was sent to me.
Imposter
Figure 11 is showing a rather blatant forgery of the 60 numeral cancel. If you have some please place in the bin! This copy appears to be clean, which is a shame as the 6d violet is a scarce revenue in its own right, without having to forge postal cancels over it.
Fig 8 Fig 7
Fig 9
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Fig 10
Dave Elsmore Academics
You often hear all academics reside in Victoria. To be honest I’m yet to believe it! Anyway looking at figure 12 you would instantly think, how the heck can you spell CHARGEABLE wrong, well there it is as plain as plain can be. This was spied, by me on a Queensland document in the last Phoenix sale with the spelling error going unnoticed in the description. A bargain at any price!
Perfin Corner
The WA alphabet in the free online Revenue Perfin book has been increased with a new revenue find the letter ‘D’ [fig13]. D for DJF.a. this device was a 4-die device in a 2 x 2 format and it was located at the D J Fowler warehouse at 38-40 Henry St, Fremantle, WA. The 4 dies are subtly different but not readily discernable so we list them as a single pattern.
Approval to use the device was sought and gained in June 1910 and the earliest usage dates from June 1910. DJF.a replaced an earlier device used at the Fremantle warehouse. The warehouse was purpose built for the company and it was completed in 1900. The pattern of this earlier device is not reported used on revenues but is found on the postage stamps of Western Australia between 1901 and 1911. The DJF.a device had a long life and is found used on the postage stamps of Western Australia and later Australia from 1910 until the early 1960s.
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Fig 12 Fig 11
Fig 13
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation This month I look at the APF’s 2014 Australian Philatelic Order and Australian Philatelic Research awards.
Australian Philatelic Order Awards 2014
The Australian Philatelic Federation conducts a formal system of Awards, the Australian Philatelic Order (APO) awards, which aim to recognise and honour philatelists and others who have made a significant contribution to the development and promotion of philately in Australia. Nominees are considered on the basis of their services to organized philately, distinguished philatelic study and research, exhibiting, judging, promotion of philately and public dissemination including teaching. There are two levels of award, Fellow and Member as well as the APF Research Award. Awardees receive a medal based on the design of the stamp of the New South Wales embossed lettersheet of 1838 which is the Coat of Arms
Dinner menu for the APO Awards Dinner showing the medal design
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of William IV, engraved by Mr W Wilson. The lettersheets were struck in blind embossing on a sheet of writing paper approximately 330m x 210mm, to be folded and sealed to envelope size and were initially sold at 1/3 per dozen and intended to be used for the 1d local Sydney District, postal rate. They were not popular, only small quantities were used and even today, unused examples are not common. It is generally conceded that the introduction of this embossed lettersheet established New South Wales, as the first Country in the world to accept prepayment of the postage by means of an impressed stamp. The medal is accompanied by a ribbon each in three colours which also have philatelic significance. The major Award, Fellow, is in the three colors red, blue and green representing the 1d, 2d and 3d “Sydney Views�, the first issue of postage stamps in the Colony of New South Wales 1850, while the Ribbon for the lesser Award, Member, is in orange, lilac and blue representing the
Ian McMahon
Philatelic Development Officer, APF 1d, 2d and 3d “Half Lengths”, the first stamps issued in the Colony of Victoria, also 1850. For the APF Research Award, the medal design is symbolic of Australian philatelic research, while the ribbon color is of philatelic significance in that it represents, in limited form, the complex shades and colors of Australia’s most written about and extensively researched stamp - the 1914 KGV One Penny Red. The awardees for 2014 are Malcolm Groom, who has been made a Fellow of the Australian Philatelic Order, Dr Geoffrey Lewis who has become a Member of the Australian Philatelic Order and Ben Palmer who has received the Research Geoff Lewis receiving his award from Philip Levine President APF Award. Dr Geoffrey Lewis was presented with his award Malcolm Groom was made a Member of the at a special dinner held on 20 September 2014 in Australian Philatelic Order in 2003 for his work in Brisbane in conjunction with the APF’s Annual philately in Australia and internationally. He has General Meeting. now been made a Fellow for his contributions to philately since that date, most notably as President of the organising committee of the very successful Malcolm Groom FAP Australia 2013 World Stamp Exhibition held in May 2013 in Melbourne. Malcolm was a member of the executive of the APF from 1986-2011 including President (1998‐99) and International Officer (2005-2011). He has been a member of the Australia Post Stamp Advisory Committee since 1998, was Chairman of the Organising Committee of Pacific Explorer 2005, has been a member of FIP Postal History Bureau from 1998 and represented Australia on the FIAP Executive Council from 1999 until 2010. Mr and Mrs Lewis at the Awards dinner
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation His exhibits have included Tasmanian Postal History until 1912, Australian Contract Mails, Frank & Free Mails of Tasmania, One Man’s War (Social), Tasmanian Postal Stationery Tasmanian Pictorials 1899-1912 (National Large Gold), Australian Commercial Airmails to 1945, and Tasmanian Embossed Postal Stationery. His other collecting interests include Cote d’Ivoire, Irish PS, Tasmanian West Coast social postal history, Australia 1959-63 Animals series, and South Africa. Malcolm has been a qualified national judge since 1985 and a FIP qualified judge in Postal History since London 1990 and has Ben Palmer served on juries for many international exhibitions including Washington 2006 (assistant Jury secretary), Praga 2008, China 2009 (Jury secretary), London 2010 (Jury secretary), and Philanippon 2011. Malcolm has been active in promoting philately through seminars in Dubai, Qatar, Taipei, Washington, Malaga & Wuxi and has published articles in Philately from Australia, Postscript and The Courier.
Dr Geoffrey Lewis, MAP
Dr Geoffrey Lewis is an all-around philatelist, an inveterate collector, a high level philatelic researcher particularly in the field of postal history and a strong supporter of organised philately. He has given many years of service to the Philatelic Society of New South Wales, initially as Vice President and subsequently as President and now Treasurer. He established the Society’s Postal History Group that over time became the Chatswood group which still has an emphasis on postal history. Dr Lewis has been Chairman of two successful 50 - Stamp News
national exhibitions staged in Sydney both at the Royal Randwick Race Course. He was the inaugural Chairman of the New South Wales Exhibition Standing Committee (NESC) which oversights the organisation and conduct of exhibitions in New South Wales. In his collecting interests Dr Lewis started with the Spanish Philippines and subsequently moved on to Cuba, another Spanish colony. He is one of the few overseas members of the Spanish Academy of Philately. He is best known as a postal historian but he has collections of the stamps of the Philippines and Philippine International airmails. Dr Lewis is a judge at Australian National Level and is also an FIP accredited judge in Postal History and Traditional Philately. He readily imparts his knowledge on exhibiting to other exhibitors. On 27 April 2014 he presented a session at the Malmö 3rd International Philatelic Summit in Malmö, Sweden on Postal History Collecting and Exhibiting. The Australian Philatelic Federation has assigned Dr Lewis as a national commissioner to Espana 2006 at Malaga and Italia 2009 in Rome. The Philatelic Development Council of PHILAS appointed him as the Commissioner/Judge and Coordinator of the Australasian Challenge, Baypex 2014. Dr Lewis, who was awarded the Australian Philatelic Research award in 2006, has co-authored a monograph on the Postal History of the Spanish Philippines. Corinphila has also published his collection of “Stampless Mail entering Spain” as part of their Gold Edition series. Geoffrey Lewis is an accomplished member of the philatelic community who has served organised
Ian McMahon
Philatelic Development Officer, APF philately over many years, is distinguished in Philatelic study and research, a well-respected judge and teacher of exhibitors both here and overseas and a strong promoter of our hobby to the general public.
Ben Palmer APR
Ben Palmer has received the APF Research Award for 2014. Ben Palmer is an all around philatelist, an inveterate collector, a high level philatelic researcher particularly in the field of postal history, and a supporter of organised philately. Ben has spent close to twenty years working in the area of Australia Colonial Philately and Postal History. He holds various positions where he is required to answer questions from collectors on Australian colonial philately. Research in this area is never easy because archival holdings and library collections are never complete and can be widely scattered. Ben’s research has combined primary archival documents with philatelic items to give postal historians a detailed understanding of the international rates, routes and means of conveyance used by the Postal Authorities of the Colony of Victoria before it joined the Universal Postal Union
(UPU). This research was published in the book Pre UPU Destination mail of Victoria. Subsequently Ben applied a similar approach to a census of the First issue on New South Wales Sydney Views - on cover which was published as Sydney Views on cover- a census. Ben has formed a number of collections and exhibits that have assisted him in his philatelic research. Ben has given many years of service to the States Study Circle of the Royal Sydney Philatelic Club as Secretary of the Circle and also as Librarian of the parent club. He has been a regular contributor to Sydney Views, the journal of the study circle Ben wrote an article for the Pacific Explorer 2005 FIP Exhibition Catalogue in Sydney on pre U.P.U. mails between France and Australia and vice versa that had texts in English and French. He also assisted in the production of the exhibition catalogues of Sydney Stamp Expo 2007, and Sydney Stamp Expo 2011. Ben has been a member the Royal Philatelic Society London since 2002 and a Fellow of that Society since 2010. He has also accepted an invitation to be an associate of the Society of Postal Historians, a criterion of which is publication of an article in the society journal. Ben has been part of the team at the PHILAS Library and has participated in researching for other collectors as well as in State based projects. He is a tireless worker for our hobby and he enjoys researching difficult topics so his peers can expand their knowledge. Equally by undertaking research Ben has expanded his own philatelic education. Ben Palmer is an accomplished philatelic researcher who has promoted the cause of Australian Colonial Philately through the publication of two books and in journal research articles.
APF Service Award
Ross Wood receiving the APF service award
At its annual general meeting in Brisbane, the APF awarded Ross Wood with the APF Service Award for long and distinguished service on the APF Executive. Stamp News - 51
Market Matters: Ever heard of “Tyrian Plum”?
A stamp many readers have never heard of, just sold for about $A130,000 at Spink London. The stamp was the GB May 1910 King Edward VII, 2d “Tyrian Plum” colour. 100,000 sheets – 24 million stamps were printed, but few stamps survived, as the King died a few days later. Spink invoiced it for £67,200 on September 25, (then about $A130,000) following the London sales, of part of the Lord Vestey Great Britain stamps. The stamp sold had a few gum wrinkles, and a 1982 RPS London Expert Committee Certificate. Current 2105 catalogue is SG 266a at £115,000. Although over 24 million stamps were printed of this 2d Tyrian Plum in early May 1910, and delivered to the Inland Revenue, release to the post offices was cancelled after the King’s death on May 6. The existing 2d bi-coloured stamps were used up instead. All the “Tyrian” stock was destroyed, apart from a few examples which survived from the official records, although a mint copy turned up in a “junk lot” in 1993!
The “Glamour” stamp
This 1910 KEVII 2d “Tyrian Plum” is rated at
$130,000 “Tyrian Plum” stamp. £115,000 in SG, taking the Gibbons value to around 6 times what it was just a few short years back. Who said there was “no money in stamps”? Auction results supported the catalogue price rise on SG 266a. A mint corner of this rare 2d KEVII stamp was invoiced for £102,000 late 2011 by Spink in London.
Auctioned for over £100,000
Prince of Wales &c, &c, &c” 52 - Stamp News
One example is known used on cover to KGV from East Strand London, dated May 5 - the day before KEVII died, and KGV hence became the next King. That cover is shown nearby from a very blurry small scan ex the Royal Collection, and the lazy “etc, etc, etc” address amused me - “His
Glen Stephens
First issued 1905. Royal Highness the Prince Of Wales KG, &c, &c, &c.” Almost all others were destroyed without being issued, when Edward VII died. Only 12 are now believed to exist - three of which are in The Royal Philatelic Collection of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The example offered in the 2011 Spink “Chartwell” Collection was a lower right corner example. With part original gum, it showed a colour dot in right margin. There were a couple of defects in that copy – a sizeable tear in the bottom margin, and a small mark on Edward’s cheek near his earlobe, but it is one of the finest examples of this exceptionally rare stamp. The Vestey Collection example just sold by Spink was well centred, and quite attractive looking as you can see from photo nearby.
We didn’t like KEVII?
Curiously, despite Queen Victoria dying in January 1901, nearly all stamps on sale across Australia
until the Kangaroo series was issued in 1913 featured her image - which itself was over 70 years old. I have NEVER understood why the next monarch was not depicted on the letter-rate stamps. A person licking a 1d or 2d Queen Victoria stamp onto every letter they mailed for 12 years after she had died, as there was no other design choice, seems incredibly bizarre. If you lived in Victoria or Queensland or South Australia, that Monarch was your ONLY option. Entirely new designs issued well after her death depicted Queen Victoria - and not the reigning monarch, King Edward VII. I cannot fathom WHY? The Western Australia 2/6 to £1 quartet were first issued latter 1902 - and all depicted QV, despite her dying nearly 2 years earlier. As were the South Australia vertical “Postage” series issued late 1902. The “Thick” postage new design was not issued until 1904. All depicted Queen Victoria. The £1 orange shade Western Australia top value shown nearby with CTO cancel was not issued until mid-1905. Why they did not use King Edward VII’s portrait is a mystery to me.
Who said women were vain!?
The youthful image of Queen Victoria is about 65 years old - looking very much like the same portrait used on the 1840 GB ‘Penny Black’. Who said women were vain about their photos?! King Edward VII’s Coronation was 9th August 1902. Other than the well-known Victoria state £1 and £2 high values, KEVII was not depicted on any other state’s postage stamps. (But curiously, was on many Queensland, NSW and South Australia DUTY stamps!) There were certainly a number of KEVII finished stamp design essays in existence from here, with the KEVII portrait, from at least 3 states, but none Stamp News - 53
Market Matters progressed into issued postage stamps. The unique 1905 2d Blue essay shown nearby (ACSC E30) I have always loved. Ex Field, Kilfoyle, Ambromovich and Gray, it sold for $A25,500 in 2007, (est $US10-15K) despite today’s wacko ACSC value of only $A15,000. The South Australian one recorded as ACSC (E20a) was in fact the design basis for that state’s 1902 Duty Stamp series to £10 - or so it appears to me anyway.
Issued well BEFORE the Coronation.
Interestingly, the £1 state of Victoria first printing of the KEVII high value was issued in November 1901, eight months BEFORE his Coronation! They were only issued KEVII Stamp Essay fetched $A25,500. as Victoria urgently HAD to have high value Competition” that gave us the Kangaroo & Map “postage” stamps above 5/- for parcel and telegraph series, was not announced until 1911. use as the “Stamp Statute” and “Stamp Duty” high The oft-given argument that “cost” was an object value issues were demonetised for postal use on June to issue a new design is totally and completely 30, 1901. spurious. The Australian States had discovered So very clearly new designs COULD be around this exact time that new and interesting stamp created, engraved, approved and printed with quite designs were popular - and highly profitable from the commendable speed back then - if the Powers That ensuing collector revenue. Be wished to act. The 1897 and 1900 large sized “Charity” issues Victoria and Tasmania both also issued from 3 different states all quickly sold out. The 1900 KEVII postal stationary. KEVII died in May Queensland Charity pair had only 6,500 sets printed, 1910. The “Commonwealth Stamp Design so it was clearly economical to print even that small 54 - Stamp News
Glen Stephens
a number, and make money.
Charity Stamps - low numbers printed.
Some CTO cancel dates scarce.
Some of the Victoria KEVII stamps can be very scarce. The corner CTO, and “OS” perfins are pretty commonly seen, albeit still pricey, but not this one. The one illustrated nearby I have on my Rarity Page this month. This is ACSC V127D, the May 1910 printing, in Dull Rose, perforation 12.4. Literally an AUSTRALIAN stamp, given CTO only to the 100 or so Federal MPs etc, so few have survived. Kellow “Stamps Of Victoria” handbook page 336, tells us that Oct and Nov 1910 CTO cancelled Victoria stamps were given to each Federal MP, to mark the recent Federal Legislation of October 13. Under the law, all State stamps were now decreed truly COMMONWEALTH issues, and were totally interchangeable in all States. There were then 75 Federal MPs, and 36 Senators. This presentation was the same as the “Dec 5 About 100 examples ever made. Stamp News - 55
Market Matters :13” cancel CTO set, with exact same cancel type, given to all Federal MPs on issue of the Kangaroo series. (The “Dec 3 :13” identical cancel is of course relatively common on values to 5/-.) The £1 Kangaroo of that “Dec 5” cancel set is of identical scarcity to this £1 KEVII, and presented to the same persons in near all cases. That is ACSC 51wb, Cat $4,000, over 5 times the asking price of this KEVII stamp.
A 100% “Australian” stamp issue.
As this Victoria £1 is absolutely an AUSTRALIAN stamp issue, the astute will be mindful of that, as this “cusp” transitional period era is not YET widely sought out, but one day most certainly will be. The market for the various official Government CTO cancels from this early era has gone totally ballistic in the past year or two, now they are (mostly) all listed and priced in the recent ACSC catalogue. Things like CTO 1913 3d Olive Roos are getting $A1,864 at public auction (and are actually more numerous than the KEVII!) with the scarcer type official cancels, as regular readers will be aware. Far more detail here - tinyurl.com/ozCTOs Remember in the case of the Federal MP sets, the nearest young relative was likely given them as a curio for his junior collection, and of the 111 sets presented, doubtless most are long ago lost to philately.
Vestey still alive and well
Getting back to the Vestey sales. Sam, Lord Vestey was born 19 March 1941 and is the great grandson of 56 - Stamp News
Three VERY recent Kings on 1 card the 1st Lord Vestey, and current head of the family, and Chairman of the Group. He owns the 6,000 acre Stowell Park Estate in Gloucestershire, valued at about £15,000,000, as well as a villa in Nice France, and an elegant Townhouse in Belgravia London etc. The Vestey family of course are known to many readers for their early livestock interests in outback Australia and South America etc. Sam Vestey is very much alive and well - I spoke to him at “Expo 2013” in Melbourne. The Trustees of the stamp collection have simply chosen to divest themselves of parts of it. Another section of the Vestey stamp collection goes under the hammer just after this article was typed - October 16 in London, and contains the Australian material. Also offered by Spink, it featured some lovely material - with very high estimates I thought for much of it, but we shall see how it goes. One block of 6 will get a very high price that much is certain. It is shown nearby - also of another “Edward” Monarch - his grandfather was the Edward VII depicted on the 2d “Tyrian Plum” stamp nearby.
Glen Stephens
The Wallis Simpson scandal.
This stamp subject was of course, the unpopular-tothis-day monarch, King Edward VIII - centre of the American divorcee Wallis Simpson scandal. If Edward married Wallis Simpson, a divorcee who would soon have two living ex-husbands, it would conflict with his ex officio role as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The fancy raised print card shown nearby I sold in recent times, and is from after the abdication - it is signed by “Edward Duke Of Windsor” and the term Mrs Simpson later adopted - “Wallis Windsor.” Whilst that political storm was brewing 10,000 miles away, Australia was to see itself on the edge of it all, stamp wise at least! The Governor of Victoria had visited the Note and Stamp Printing Branch of the Commonwealth Bank Of Australia when these 2d KEVIII stamps were
Mr and Mrs “Wallis Windsor” being printed, on September 29, 1936.
Stamp Freebies to Governor here.
Australian Stamp Printer John Ash wrote to Governor Huntingfield’s Private Secretary a month after that visit, on October 23, 1936 grovelling about “His Excellency’s visit” and attaching a (free) sheet of the new stamps, as “an interesting memento of his visit.” At Fort Belvedere UK, on 10 December 1936, Edward signed his written Abdication notices. The following day, it was given legislative form by special Act of Parliament: “His Majesty’s Declaration of Abdication Act 1936”. Edward’s abdication required the consent of each Commonwealth country, which was duly given. By Stamp News - 57
Market Matters the Parliament of Australia, which was at the time in session, and by the Governments of the other Dominions, whose parliaments were in recess. Upon this Abdication Act of December 11 passing, The Australian Post Office was caught on the hop. A huge number of these 2d red letter rate definitive stamps had been printed, starting in September, and were just about to be issued.
“BURN EVERYTHING”
Memos flew around everywhere here, and the edict went out that EVERYTHING connected to these stamps was to be totally destroyed “by smelting or burning”. Plates, artwork, proofs and all stamps etc. All this to be done under the supervision and signed certificate of the Auditor General of the Commonwealth of Australia - very heavy duty high level supervision. Stamp Printer John Ash Million Dollar KEVIII stamp block? frantically wrote again the Governor’s Private secretary December 16, urgently asking that the freebie sheet Who it went to in 1936 we do not know, and HOW of stamps be returned, so they could be destroyed, to it was now offered complete with all kinds of private comply with this new order. and official letters relating to it, is an even larger The Governor complied, but indicated he had mystery. already mailed a corner block of 6 to a friend in the UK. (The pen initials “H” on the selvedge, is how AP and Royal Archives empty. Huntington signed things.) To this day I understand nothing remains in the Ash asked if those could be returned to him and the Governor said it was “very doubtful” if he could Australia Post Archive collection. No stamps and no proofs. And even stranger, NOTHING of this issue get them back, and so the matter rested. Stamp resides in the Royal Collection of Her Majesty The Printers do not argue with Governors. For SIXTY years the block of 6 was not known to Queen. Full catalogue value for the 6 stamps shown is exist to the stamp world - until 1996. This block has “only” $A150,000. What did they sell for? Some just been sold as you read this. ACSC 174(E)2 - cat predict MANY times that. As you read this you will $25,000 apiece. know, by clicking here - tinyurl.com/2dKEVIII 58 - Stamp News
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Stampboards.com had a discussion on the block there, and Rodney Perry guessed the invoice figure would be “North of £500,000” - which is getting up around $A1 million when buyer fees etc are added. If that figure is correct, it will be about FIVE times full catalogue price. Rod usually has a good feel for this kind of material, so I’ll be interested to see how it fares.
Do others see the foxing?
Whatever it gets, Spink are to be chastised for NOT mentioning the plainly obvious rust/foxing patches evident in margin. Very heavy at top and even noticeable to me at lower right corner. Spink call it “very fresh”! On a million dollar type block not a mention of that, and as this is a “modern” issue, buyers should not expect to see bad foxing, and SHOULD be told
Specific 2d KEVII stamp timeline. of it from all reputable sellers. I’d mention that on a $100 block, much less a Million Dollar one. Rod also speculated The Queen may be the buyer, as a ”must have” item for the Royal Collection. And suggests just a few surplus stamps from the Royal Collection could be sold to finance it. As Rod points out here - tinyurl.com/2dKEVIII - The Royal Collection contains the only known examples of the Unissued Australia 1914, 2d and 1/stamps … and in complete sheets of 120. ACSC value of each perforated stamp is $125,000 apiece, so just a block 4 of those offered for sale would readily pay for the KEVIII Block, and still leave the Royal Collection with 116 “spares” of each! Rod relates on that discussion a funny story about his previous attempt to prise some of these Stamp News - 59
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“unissued” stamps away from the “Keeper Of The Royal Collection”! He also suggests that Australia Post might well be a “Dark Horse” potential buyer, as they own nothing from this issue, (but that may lead to more PO “Archive Sales”) so again this link will tell all, as you read this - tinyurl.com/2dKEVIII
KEVIII stamps a nice sideline.
For anyone looking for a challenging and quite inexpensive collecting field, the stamps depicting King Edward VIII are a perfect field. They were issued in September 1936, and he abdicated in 60 - Stamp News
Queen owns complete sheets! December! The ONLY stamps issued anywhere in the entire British Commonwealth were the 4 stamps from GB shown nearby - and some of those were overprinted for Morocco Agencies etc. None are expensive as mint stamps, and for the UK at least they were pretty widely used on covers, so a decent “usage” collection can be assembled with time, and at little expense. One from June 1937 is shown nearby with the New King’s ½d stamp - KGVI, the abdicated King
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KEVII stamp, and their father King George V, who died in 1935. Three Monarchs in 18 months. I listed up a KEVIII stamp booklet on stampboards recently for $A65 and these short lived booklets as you can see had 3 of the values in there, in varying quantities. Near 80 years old now, and prices are most affordable I’d suggest. As can be seen from the detail photos nearby, these often had attached stamp size “Tabs” with advertisements on them, and MANY different ads exist, so make for a fascinating collecting field. All the booklet panes also came with Inverted Watermark, and the set also can be found overprinted “Specimen” and a few other printing varieties, so quite a nice collection can be formed, and offers a nice challenge! SG lists them all.
Interesting sideline collection. “Buyer Fee” added, and their obligatory Siegel 3% credit card fee, it cost the buyer $US4,443 plus shipping. AND to Australia, Siegals charge a minimum $US50 shipping for a single stamp - I kid you not. Let no-one ever complain about MY mailing costs! Australian banks also now charge local buyers a 3% gouge fee to use any card overseas, and convert at a bad rate too, so that “$US3,750” bid will have cost a local buyer around $A5,400 on their Visa account at the time.
Higher price than a GENUINE £2!
A lot of money for a stamp FORGERY! Full ACSC
Stamp Forgery Costs $5,400!
Sperati Kangaroo forgeries get high prices globally, not just locally. On October 7, 2014, Robert Siegel Actions in New York sold the Sperati forgery shown nearby for $US3,750 hammer price. With the now inescapable 15%
Even KEVIII Stamp Booklets issued. Stamp News - 61
Market Matters cat for a genuine used £2, 1913 First Watermark Kangaroo is $A5,000 (SG 16 - £3,750) and retail, you would pay less than $A5,000 for a quite superb example. So the fake stamp shown nearby is worth far more than a rare genuine stamp. It is most likely a World Record Price for a total stamp forgery - can anyone tell me of a higher price obtained from anywhere? Jean Sperati was an interesting chap, and the world’s greatest stamp forger. I ran a poll on stampboards.com asking members to guess who the man shown was in the photo nearby. I offered a list of 50 well known global stamp collectors to choose from, and after 120
Sperati £2 Kangaroo forgery votes, the vast majority of voters chose collectors OTHER than Sperati in the photo! 5% of votes nominated Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and 3% of voters said Arthur Gray! Second highest vote was 8% for Count Philipp la Rénotière von Ferrary. Poll is at - tinyurl. com/jeansperati - see how you’d have voted!
BPA calls forgery “GENUINE”.
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tinyurl.com/speratifake has much more info on the Sperati stamp fakes from this region - they include the Tasmania £1 “Tablet”, and the WA £1 QV, and the Papua 2/6d Lakatoi - all worth many $1,000s each. As you can see there, the British New Guinea 2/6d Lakatoi Sperati I sold, had a BPA Certificate signed by Sir John Wilson (“Keeper of the Royal Collection” no less!) stating the stamp was a genuine SG 16, now cat £3,750. I sold it for more the full SG at the time, of the genuine rare stamp! Sperati started a personal stamp collection the “Livre D’Or” (Gold Book). These were his own forgeries that were “Guaranteed Genuine” by dealers or experts.
Glen Stephens
Sperati Forgery Tasmania £1 Tablet
Sperati “Livre D’Or” (Gold Book)
Some stamps in his famous album contained as
many as six different signatures or Guarantees of Authenticity. The “Livre D’Or” would eventually contain 125 different expertised stamps. I understand the BNG Lakatoi was among them. There are just 2 examples recorded of that BNG forgery, and ditto the Tasmania £1 “Tablet”. I have sold both of those in recent months for many $1,000s each. The one shown nearby I bought off Harold Bynoff Smith, who wrote a wonderful Forgery Book series. I have owned it several times since, and when Sir Gawaine Baillie unexpectedly popped up with the other copy at Sotheby’s (hitherto unrecorded) I bought that too, for a lot of money. 20 times what a genuine used would have cost me. As with all his fakes, Sperati took a genuine low 1d value stamp from the correct set, and bleached out the design, and printed the higher value on correct paper. Meaning the postmark, watermark and perfs were all correct.
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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: Mtgs: 3rd Tues 7.30pm, daytime meetings 1st Weds, KGV Heads group 4th Weds. Jim Spence Sec. 02 4392 3610 email: dandasonter6@bigpond.com
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 Citizens’s Hall, Gatton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: lvsc@bigpond.com Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, Presbyterian Church, Barry St, Slacks Creek, 6pm. Ph: 07 3805 9226. Mackay and District PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 4942 5433; Maryborough and Wide Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Salvation Army Youth 7 Comm. Hall. Bazaar St Maryborough. Ph: 07 41224708 (see also Hervey Bay) Nanango SC: Mtg 4th Thurs. Ph: 07 4162 2945 Philatelic Society of Qld: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm,18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum. Ph: 07 3245 5222 Queensland Study Group: Sunday bi-monthly 1.00pm meets QPS house. Contact Ph: 07 3396 0846 email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Redcliffe SC: Mtg 2nd Sat. Ph: 07 3204 6095 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; 19 Evans Street Ancaston 5353; email: ptomely1939@gmail.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; The Lions Den, Murray Bridge. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 lmphilsocsec@gmail.com 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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stamp & coin fairs & events new south wales Nov 1 - (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair, Quinn’s Arcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02 63623754. Nov 2 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor, Car park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, cnr Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW. Nov 1- (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba. Ph. 0417 802 754 Nov 1 - (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin Collectors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131 Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea. Nov 2 - (1st Sun) Bankstown Stamp & Coin Fair, Bankstown Masonic Hall, Cnr Greenfields & Restwell Sts, Bankstown. 9am - 3pm. 7 Dealers. Nov 15/16 - Wyong Stamp Fair RFBI Masonic Centre, Lakehaven, 10am-4pm. 02 4392 3610 Nov 16 - (3rd Sun) Stamp & Coin Fair, 10am - 3pm, Pioneers Hall, Cowper St, Wallsend. 8 Dealers. 4971 3483 Nov 23- (4th Sun) Epping Stamp & Coin Fair, Community Hall, 9 Oxford St, Epping. 10am - 4pm. Free Entry, 6 Dealers, Buy/Sell
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