1. The unique KGV 1d First Day Cover Cat: $25,000; Sold for $29,016 2. 1d Die III Erupting ‘S’ in Block Cat: $5,200+; Sold for $16,926 3. 2d brown Inverted Watermark Cat: $35,000; Sold for $38,688 4. ‘CNE PENNY’ Advanced State Est: $500; Sold for $3,627 5. 1927 Canberra Imperforate at Left Cat: $20,000+; Sold for $22,971
The Arthur Gray KGV Heads & Commemoratives achieve an Australian Auction Record The combination of exceptional material, a beautifully produced limited edition catalogue and an international marketing campaign led to the outstanding results of $2,747,665 and with 96% of the lots sold.
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Contents Articles Woodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ...................................................6 Cancelled to order: Christer Brunström................................... 12 Stamps in the News: Margo Campbell .................................... 16 Postal Stationery: Ian McMahon ................................................ 26 Looking at New Zealand: Graeme Morriss ............................... 44 Introducing the APF: Daryl Fuller .............................................. 46 Cinderella Corner: Vito Milana .................................................... 50 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................. 54 Collecting Aust. Commemorative Postmarks: Peter Bond.... 66
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Another in the ongoing overview of the usage of Australia’s definitive series’, this month the 1983-88 Butterflies are featured. A made-to-order series for a one-frame (16 pages) exhibit, this beautiful little set is ripe for usage aficionados to fly in (pun intended). Generally inexpensive items for a usage study, there are Figure 2. 10c Cairns Birdwing
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Figure 1. 4c Regent Skipper nonetheless many “sleepers” for the informed to seek out. Some are featured below. A make-up denomination of course, often found uprating when a letter rate increase occurred, as in Figure 1. Here we have the 4c uprating a 33c Stationery envelope on Aug 6 1987, attending to the rise in the
letter rate to 37c the previous month. Addressed to the then Premier of Victoria, Hon John Cain. Retail: $4. I’ve yet to see an underpaid 4c solo franking. Can any reader help out? A local species where I live, the Cairns Birdwing is the largest of Australian butterflies, and a privilege Figure 4. 20c Macleay’s Swallowtail
Figure 3. Far more visual usage item for 10c it is when one flies overhead. Another make-up value, Figure 2 has one used May 24 1984 at St Marys (Tas) to uprate then applicable for letter rate 30c Stationery envelope for 40c Non-standard article up to 50g for intrastate surface delivery. Retail: $8 A usage specialist always seeks out the more eye-
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catching, as well as the scarce, which can be comparatively bland in appearance. Figure 3 is welcome in an exhibit as an unusual composition of 10c x8 for 80c Priority paid service. In this instance, a Jan 31 1986 use from Neutral Bay to Sydney South, where the article did not arrive until three days later, rather than overFigure 6. 35c Blue Tiger
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Figure 5. 30c Chlorinda Hairstreak night as the P.P. service promised within certain geographical areas. The explanation, of course, is that the day of sending was a Friday, so the sender probably did not gain earlier delivery despite the 80c premium over and above the 33c regular letter rate delivery period. The P.P. timeclocks are attractive, and rightly are highly
sought after by Postal history/cancellation collectors. Aution estimate: $30 The final of the three make-up denominations in the series, the 20c is not easy to find on covers of any type. Figure 4 is desirable as a punctured “VG” pair on Victorian Govt cover, used Apr 17 1986 at Melbourne. The letter rate was 33c, but the Ethnic Affairs Commission may have been out of stock of that denomination, and so reverted to whatever was closest to the mark. Equally sought after by Govt punctures collector. Retail: $20 The alert will note the omission of the delightful 27c Ulysses, which is deliberate. Generally considered the most beautiful of Australian butterflies, this is another local species at home, where it is not unusual to have specimens flying in and through one’s house. From a philatelic usage viewpoint, however, this common letter rate stamp is difficult to find a suitable example of for this article. So on to the 30c, where Figure 5 is a rare solo usage incorporating Priority paid service, which on Feb 20 1984, when the article was sent Woollahra to Sydney, should have provided an additional 70c franking to accompany the 30c letter rate. However, it went untaxed, arriving same day, as Sydney timeclock on reverse tells us. Auction estimate: $40
Figure 7. 45c Big Greasy The 35c was the longest-lived of the series, surviving until 1992, when replaced by the 35c Echidna. For most of its life it was for make-up purposes. Solo possibilities are not easy to find; Non-standard intrastate surface mail and Surface rate to Asia/Oceania (rare) are two. Figure 6 is an attractive make-up use, where a block of four pays 60c Non-standard intrastate surface mail (50-100gms) + 80c Priority paid fee. The pink envelope and characteristic Queanbeyan (Feb 26 1986) P.P. rectangular rubber datestamp ensure this item would draw attention in an exhibit. Auction estimate: $30 Curiously-named Big Greasy 45c perhaps provides something of an insight in to just how monotonous and boring ACSC proof reading/correcting of Decimals II could be, in that Editor, Geoff Kellow, and I would find such names as this, and Bennett’s Nudibranch (for the 1984 55c Marine Life stamp), worthy of a chuckle. Figure 7 is a Mar 29 1985 use of 45c pair paying 90c Certified fee for article Old Toongabbie to Sydney South, with the attractive rubber datestamp in purple adding interest and value. Retail: $20 Stamp News - 9
Figure 8. 60c Wood White
Figure 9. 80c Amaryllis Azure
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Similar to Figure 5, Figure 8 is another rare solo created by in alert Postal staff. Here, on Dec 13 1985, staff at Penshurst failed to add $6 for the incredibly expensive Security Post service to a Non-standard intrastate surface article (50-100gms), for which the existing 60c applied. Thankfully, over 30 years later, philatelists can be grateful to that P.O. staff member for allowing the creation of a very desirable item for a usage collection. Auction estimate: $40 ACSC record no less than seven possibilities for solo use of the 80c. One of the more elusive of these is Figure 9, a Mar 28 1985 solo use for Non-standard intrastate surface mail (100-250gms) Oatlands to Hobart. Auction estimate: $30 Solo frankings of the $1 are relatively easy to find, particularly for Zone 5 airmail and combined Letter rate/Priority paid articles (30c + 70c). To complete the series, however, I’ve featured one of the more spectacular frankings for the $1, Figure 10, where six examples (together with Bird 10c) pay $6.10 postage Melbourne to U.K., $3.30 of that attributed to registration fee. The
Figure 10. $1 Sword Grass Brown article was intercepted by U.K. Customs, which levied £13.38 in additional charges, paid for with British Postage dues. Auction estimate: $75 (bound to be exceeded given scarcity of GB £5 Postage due pair on cover)
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 - 11
CANCELLED TO ORDER Sometime in the mid-1980s I visited the Rome, Italy, headquarters of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, a mainly charitable organisation specialising in health care and ambulance services in many parts of the world. It also runs its own postal service releasing stamps with the country name of Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta or SMOM for short. During my visit to the philatelic service I noticed a man sitting at a table with a sizable pile of stamp sheets in front of him. He was busily and methodically cancelling the sheets, four stamps at a time. This must have been quite tedious and extremely boring work. The cancelled stamps were obviously intended for those stamp collectors who only want to add
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stamps with a postmark to their collections. The SMOM stamps referred to here were of course never postally used and sold with full original gum. They could best be described as cancelled to order (CTO). Shown nearby is a SMOM 2000 souvenir sheet cancelled to order with a ďŹ rst day of issue postmark. CTO stamps have a very long history. Already in the 1890s, British North Borneo released numerous pictorial stamps. They were fairly large stamps with exciting designs. The large remainders were cancelled to order using a black bars cancellation. Postally used stamps are far more valuable than the CTO varieties. The Stanley Gibbons British Empire catalogue has three price columns for the North Borneo 1888 to 1911 period: mint, postally used and
Christer Brunström cancelled to order. The valuations in the last column are generally extremely low (except for some scarce varieties). The African nation of Liberia has also marketed its postage stamps in cancelled to order condition to the trade. It began in the 1890s and went on until recent times. Some sets have been cancelled to order to such an extent that mint copies are far scarcer than catalogue prices suggest. Even today many philatelic bureaux offer cancelled to order stamps for those customers who want them but they are generally sold at exactly the same price as mint issues. In the 1930s the tiny republic of Tuva located between Russia and Mongolia became a favourite with
worldwide collectors. The amount of mail handled at Tuva’s post offices must have been very limited and genuinely used stamps are extremely scarce. Almost all of Tuva’s stamps on the market are cancelled to order (and certainly done in Moscow). This is particularly true for the very long 1936 set marking the 15th anniversary of the People’s Republic of Tuva. This set is very common in CTO condition but remarkably scarce in mint condition. Most stamp catalogues still haven’t realised this fact. During the latter part of the 20th century the philatelic marketplace was flooded with CTO pictorial stamps from countries like Bulgaria, Poland and Romania in Europe, Equatorial Guinea in Africa, Panama and Paraguay in America, North Korea
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Cancelled to order and Vietnam in Asia not to speak of the numerous dubious issues of the tiny sheikdoms on the Arabian Peninsula. Much suggests that the cancellations are printed on an industrial scale. There are also examples of stamps which have been printed with the cancellation more or less included in the design. This kind of cancelled to order stamps were of course mainly intended for the juvenile philatelic market and for the production of stamp packets and collections. I have seen endless collections composed entirely of CTO thematic stamps. More serious philatelists tend to avoid this kind of material. It should be noted that catalogue valuations for used stamps are for postally used copies.
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Strangely enough there are a few cases where cancelled to order stamps are in more demand than regularly used items. A number of early Australian stamps were sold in CTO condition to collectors and today these items fetch rather high prices. Many collectors are far from happy with cancelled to order stamps. Exchange advertisements in US stamp magazines frequently include the mention that CTOs are not wanted. However, if you want to quickly add many stamps to your collection at a very low cost it might be a good idea to concentrate on this type of material (but don’t forget that the resale value of your collection will be very limited indeed).
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. An uncut MUH and/or CTO imperf pair of 2 of the Mini Sheets $A80 (Stock code 629KI) C. PAIR of imperf panes from top LH, hand numbered “XXX/250” in margin, AND the matching AP card, $A115 (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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Stamps in the News - Globally! 2016 marks 500 years of the existence of the Royal Mail. To acknowledge this major event Stamps in the News this month features a number of stories about the life and times of the Royal Mail. Happy reading!
500 years of the Royal Mail - some things you didn’t know Reported at www.mirror.co.uk
2016 marks 500 years of the existence of the Royal Mail. The foundations were laid in 1516 during the reign of Henry VIII when he made Sir Brian Tuke the first ‘Master of the Posts’. He came up with a system where towns across the country had to have horses available to transport royal letters. In 1635, Charles I made the postal service publicly available. In 1665 Royal Mail employed just 45 people but is now one the UK’s largest employers with a workforce of more than 140,000. From these origins, the postal service has survived 21 monarchs and two World Wars. Perhaps its most famous innovation is the Penny Black stamp, introduced in May 1840. As the world’s first postage stamp, the Penny Black paved the way for the prepaid, one-price-goes-anywhere postage system we use today. Over this five centuries there have been plenty of adventures and advances. Here is a snapshot of some of the quirkier aspects of the Royal Mail’s long history: Postboxes Novelist Anthony Trollope is the man behind the introduction of post boxes to Britain in 1853. At the time, Trollope was working for the post office as a surveyor’s clerk and part of his job involved travelling to Europe, where he saw road side letter boxes in France and Belgium. Some early post boxes 16 - Stamp News
were green but after complaints from people saying they couldn’t see them all were changed to the now the iconic pillar box red colour. Early advertising In 1389, King Richard II of England compelled landlords to erect pictorial signs outside their premises. This caught on for other business too in a time when many were illiterate. This 18th century beautifully carved wooden model of a standing post boy holding a letter would have been used instead of a hanging sign outside the Andover Post Office in Hampshire. It would have assisted those who could not read to locate the post office. The wooden postboy is holding a letter addressed to the man, who was the postmaster at the time. Women’s rights As part of a women’s rights protest, two suffragettes posted themselves to 10 Downing Street on February 23, 1909. The feisty ladies Miss Solomon and Miss McLellan wanted to personally deliver a message to Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. Misses Solomon and At the time the Royal McLellan being delivMail allowed individuals ered to 10 Downing St to be delivered by a telegraph messenger boy. Occupational hazards Royal Mail staff may have to contend with the odd dog here and there nowadays but spare a thought for the staff on the Exeter mail coach in October 1816. As they made their way to London they passed Winterslow Hut near Salisbury, Wilts and were attacked by a lioness which had escaped from the Ballard’s travelling menagerie which had stopped
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for the night on the nearby Salisbury Plain. The beast had been stalking the mail coach for a short while before the attack - and the driver had initially mistaken it for a calf. When the carriage pulled into its scheduled stop at the Winterslow Hut, the lioness pounced and attacked one of the four horses named Pomegranate. The passengers stormed into the inn and locked themselves inside, shutting out the mail coach guard, Joseph Pike. Pike reached for his blunderbuss gun but was persuaded not to shoot the expensive lion by the menagerie owner who came rushing up to the scene. Instead he sacrificed his pet Newfoundland dog which was then chased and killed by the beast. The lion then hid under a granary where it was recaptured. Pomegranate survived.
1816 oil painting of the attack Multiple deliveries After the introduction of the Penny Black, the first adhesive postage stamp, in 1840, sending letters became a lot more affordable and it saw a surge in numbers. Royal Mail only makes one delivery a day now but back then some residents in London were lucky enough to get up to 12 deliveries a day. It was enough for people to be able to have a multi-letter conversation over the day – like we enjoy today via email. Uniform delivery Postmen were not made to wear uniform until 1793.
Jean Cameron- responsible for the changes to women’s postal uniforms in the 1940s And they were introduced not to help with the company’s appearance, but to make it easier for bosses to spot their workers slacking in the ale houses. It caused uproar with postmen, with many fearing they would be targeted by thieves who knew they’d be carrying large amounts of cash. Fed up with having to navigate streams and jump over stiles on her rounds in Glen Clova in Scotland, postwoman Jean Cameron asked if she could wear trousers instead of the standard-issue blue skirt in the 1940s. The General Post Office, as it was known then, agreed to issue trousers for women, which became known as ‘Camerons’. Rail mail heist It was a post train targeted by the notorious criminals in 1963. Travelling from Glasgow Central Station to London Euston, the Royal Mail Travelling Post Office train was targeted by a large gang including the likes of Buster Edwards and Ronnie Biggs who stole £2.6 million in the early hours of the morning from 128 sacks of High Value Packets of cash, registered and sent by banks. The bulk of the stolen money was never recovered. Though the gang did not use any firearms, the train driver, was beaten over the head with a metal bar and severely injured.
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Stamps in the News - Globally! After the robbery the gang hid at Leatherslade Farm. It was after the police found this hideout that incriminating evidence would lead to the eventual arrest and conviction of most of the gang. The ringleaders were sentenced to 30 years in jail. Post codes We’ve all heard of the acronym SWALK (sealed with a loving kiss) that often featured on letters sent from soldiers on the front line to their sweetheart during the Second World War. But the Victorians were a bit cleverer when it came to expressing their feelings to a lover as strict parents often censored the mail sent to their children. So a code developed using where the stamp was stuck on the envelope. Put upside down in the top left hand corner it meant: ‘I love you’ but in the top right hand corner you were saying: ‘Write no more.’ Top centre of the envelope would be a ‘Yes’ but diagonally in the top left corner would mean: ‘My heart’s with another’. Mail defenders In 1793, the postal service launched a special unit to help with the detection of crimes such as stealing bank notes from letters, the Royal Mail’s internal Investigation Department. It is the oldest recognised criminal investigations authority in the world. Royal Mail’s own army battalion, the 8th Battalion, The London Regiment (The Post Office Rifles), was founded in 1867 to protect Royal Mail buildings from attack during war. In total, 12,000 postal workers served in the regiment throughout the First World War - win-
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ning 145 awards for gallantry and four Victoria Crosses. But 1,800 were killed and over 4,500 wounded.
500 years of the Royal Mail- world firsts Reported at www.royalmailgroup.com
To mark its momentous anniversary, Royal Mail is launching a special website showcasing the people, objects and events that played a key role in the development of the world’s first national postal service. See this exhibition at http://www.royalmailgroup. com One of the featured presentation relates to Royal Mail’s ‘world firsts’ Postmarks The practice of identifying the date of posting and cancelling out a stamp with a marker was first introduced by Henry Bishop in 1661. It was initially known at the Bishopmark. Postmarks, as they are known today, are used not only to process mail but also recognise significant events, historical anniversaries or to support Postmaster Henry charitable organisations. Bishop and pup Recent postmarks include the 175th anniversary of the Penny Black, British Science
Edinburgh bishopmark on mail to London
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Week and the winner of the literary award, Man Booker Prize.
Only 1,000 were printed and sold for a shilling each.
Postcodes 1959 saw the development and trial of the UK postcode system, widely recognised as one of the most granular and precise postcode systems in the world.
Postcards Postcards have become a holiday tradition since they were launched in the mid-1800s. The earliest known picture postcard was a hand-painted design on card, posted in Fulham in London to the writer, Theodore Hook. In 2002, the postcard sold for a record £31,750.
UK consumers urged to use postcodes for Xmas mail in 1968 Stamps The UK’s most famous postal innovation is surely the Penny Black stamp, introduced in May 1840. As the world’s first postage stamp, the Penny Black marked the beginning of the prepaid postage system we use today. It allowed for items of up to a half an ounce in weight to be posted anywhere in the United Kingdom, signalling the start of the oneprice-goes-anywhere universal service. Christmas cards In 1843, Sir Henry Cole, who just three years earlier had played a key role in helping introducing Royal Mail’s Penny Post service, commissioned artist John Callcott Horsley to make the artwork for the first ever commercial Christmas card.
The card bears a colored caricature of Post Office scribes seated around an enormous inkwell and has a penny black affixed to the rear.
Airmail In September 1911, the first scheduled airmail service took place from Hendon to Windsor began as part of the celebrations for the Coronation of King George V. The service came just over six months after Captain Walter George Windham organised the first test
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Stamps in the News - Globally! flight in Allahabad, India. The launch of airmail meant that the UK could communicate on a global scale. Aviator, Gustav Hamel was at the helm for the maiden flight which opened up the commonwealth to the UK.
Royal Mail- what’s in a name? Reported at www.theguardian.com
As the millennium celebrations approached, the Royal Mail, lumbered with a stuffy old crown on its logo, decided it could do with a makeover. After an agonising two-year process of racking its brains and hiring consultants to pep up its image, chief executive John Roberts announced in early 2001 that it would take on a completely new identity – “Consignia”. “The new name describes the full scope of what the Post Office does in a way that the words ‘post’ and ‘office’ cannot,” he told bemused customers. Sixteen months later, with its plans to push into overseas markets in tatters, and the meaningless new name a laughing stock, Roberts left, Consignia was consigned to the history books, and Royal Mail bosses hoped the £2m rebranding would be forgotten as soon as possible: Consignia was consigned to history today as the postal group announced 17,000 job cuts, record losses of £1.1 billion and signalled a 1p rise in the price of stamps. Chairman Allan Leighton said the service was being “smashed” every time the name was mentioned so he decided to drop it from the end of the year, partly to boost workers’ morale. The group will be renamed Royal Mail at a cost of around £1 million, compared to the £2 million spent on launching Consignia 15 months ago. But Keith Wells of the consultancy Dragon Brands, which came up with Consignia, was unrepentant when interviewed by the BBC: “It’s got consign in it. It’s got a link with insignia, so there is this kind of royalty-ish thing in the back of one’s mind. And there’s this lovely dictionary definition of consign which is ‘to entrust to the care of’. That goes right back to sustaining trust, 20 - Stamp News
which was very important.”
Royal Mail- postscript
For most of its history, Royal Mail has been a public service, operating as a government department or public corporation. However, following the Postal Services Act 2011, a majority of the shares in Royal Mail were floated on the London Stock Exchange in 2013. The UK Government initially retained a 30% stake in Royal Mail, however it sold its remaining shares in 2015, ending 499 years of public ownership. Interestingly, even Margaret Thatcher declined to privatise the Royal Mail in the 1980s, famously stating that she was “not prepared to have the Queen’s head privatised”. Others obviously were happy to do so.
In Washington the die is cast… Reported at www.linns.com
One of Washington’s secret stamp treasures lies not at the National Postal Museum nor at the headquarters of the United States Postal Service. Instead it is stored inside a huge basement vault at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving (BEP). Ten years after the BEP printed its last postage stamps, it still retains in this vault the original dies as a legacy of its rich history as premier stamp printers. A stamp die is the original engraving of a stamp design, usually recess-engraved in reverse on a small flat piece of soft steel. In traditional intaglio printing, a transfer roll is made from a die, and printing plates are made from impressions of the transfer roll. The stamps the BEP produced belong to the Postal Service, but the dies belong to the Bureau. They date from at least 1916 to the end of BEP
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stamp printing in 2005 and for the most part, carry the hand-engraved images of the stamps the Bureau often designed and then printed. Long the subject of much collector interest, the dies have remained in the vault, most untouched for years and are virtually inaccessible by the public. Today the dies are pulled out by the engravers only when one of the philatelic souvenir cards the Bureau produces contains a design taken from a BEP stamp. An exception came when the Postal Service decided to reprint its most famous error — the upsidedown airplane on a 1918 24¢ airmail stamp. The original die was used to produce proofs used to print the new version of the Jenny. According to the BEP, approximately 3,900 die cards are in its possession. Included are cards for some of the early dies produced by American Bank Note Co. and other security printers. On a recent visit Linns writer, Bill McAllister was shown many gems including some small gray folders holding designs with the comments stamp-collecting President Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote on them in pencil. He feared the “3” in the denomination inscription was too big on the first design shown him by Postmaster General James Farley on Dec. 21, 1938. The Bureau went to work immediately and came up with a second design, which the president also rejected. FDR found the third design acceptable and wrote “OK” and his initials in black ink on the folder. As shown on the folder, this third design was approved Jan. 6, 1939. Because the stamp was issued on the opening day of the exposition, Feb. 18, 1939, the Bureau probably created a rush order to print and ship sheets of the stamp across the country in time for the first-day ceremony. FDR’s penchant for offering rough sketches for stamp designs is well-known. Less known perhaps is his critical eye on elements within a design, which these design folders illustrate. For most of the Bureau’s life, the stamp dies have created little attention. However, in 1987 after a tiny Star of David was discovered on the $1 Bernard Revel stamp (Scott 2193), the BEP ordered a search of its dies for any
other secret marks that might have been added to a design. No other such marks were found, and Kenneth Kipperman, the BEP engraver who placed the star in the beard of Revel, was returned to his duties as an engraver. Postal Service officials have said the Bureau’s stamps, which often were produced from engraved intaglio dies, became too expensive, and that the Postal Service found private printers could produce lithographed stamps at a much lower cost. The BEP does issue an occasional stamp with intaglio features, but postal officials have expressed no interest in returning to government-produced postage stamps.
“Be my Valentine?”
Reported at /www.novareinna.com Valentine greetings have been popular since the Middle Ages, when prospective lovers said or sang their romantic verses. Written valentines began to appear after 1400. However, it is not until the advent of penny post that mailing valentine cards became affordable and popular (prior to that they would be hand-delivered, or left on the doorstep for anonymity). Known as “penny postcards” (because they were mailed with a one-penny postage stamp), these valentine greetings were very popular from around 1890 to 1917. During this time, it was considered “proper” to collect and display collections of postcards and trade cards in the Victorian and Edwardian parlour. Guests would be invited to sit for hours, leafing through albums. This custom gained so much popularity that photographers, studios, printers and business continually strived for new and exciting subjects to satisfy a public which was anxious for innovative items in order to impress their acquaintances. To make their cards stand out, people often sought for real photographic postcards. The photography studios frequently employed women to hand-tint and colour the black-and-white images. It was in England that the first commercial-type valentine was produced on embossed paper, later Stamp News - 21
Stamps in the News - Globally! perforated to make a lace-type design. Some of these cards contained tiny mirrors with the message: “Look at my Beloved,” while others were called “Cobweb Valentines” because the centre could be lifted by a tassel to reveal a cobweb effect of paper and underneath, a romantic picture or message. Although pre-Victorian valentines are virtually unavailable today, these cards have survived over a century due chiefly to the fact that they began to be mass-produced around 1850. It was not unusual for a manufactured valentine pre-1850s to cost as much as a month’s earnings, particularly the “proposal valentines” which might contain the depiction of a church or a ring. In keeping with Victorian etiquette, it was considered improper for a lady to send a valentine greeting to a man. There were many different styles of early Victorian valentines, including: Acrostic -- valentines containing verses in which the first lines spelled-out the loved one’s name. Cutout -- valentines made by folding the paper several times and then cutting-out a lacelike design with small sharp-pointed scissors. Fraktur -- valentines with ornamental lettering in the style of illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages. Pinprick -- valentines made by pricking tiny holes in paper with a pin or needle and thus creating the
Valentine 1840s TG Wood 22 - Stamp News
appearance of lace. Theorem or Poonah -valentines with designs which were painted through a stencil cut in oil paper. This particular style originated in the Orient. Puzzik or Puzzle Purse -- quaint Vinegar valentine valentines, customarily homemade, which contained a folded puzzle to be read, solved and then refolded. Rebus -- valentines which contained romantic verses written in ink with certain words omitted and illustrated by tiny pictures instead. It was around this time that valentines also gradually became rather less artistic and more overly-ornamental. During the “Gay Nineties,” for example, the cards were adorned with garish spun glass, motherof-pearl, imitation gems or silk fringe. Meanwhile in the US, Esther A. Howland mass-produced the first American commercial Valentines. Howland’s father, a stationer in Massachussetts, imported valentine cards annually from England. However, Howland decided to create her own valentine messages. Around 1830, she began to import lace, fine papers and Valentine with silver lace and cupid 1850s
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other supplies for the creation of her cards. Employing several assistants (thus becoming one of the first individuals to ever use an assembly line), Howland marketed her “Worcester” valentines with a distinguishable little red “H” on the back. The first year in business brought Valentine with moving parts Howland an unexpected $5,000.00 in sales (a princely sum at that time) and her cards which sold for up to $50 eliminated the task of handmaking valentines. Larger companies followed her lead immediately. During the 1840s, the first “mechanical” valentines were introduced. By pulling a tab, a figure or object on the card could be made to move. Some even had elaborate and dramatic pop-outs or various other three-dimensional features. Evidence of the less attractive valentine is seen in
US valentine 1860s
the “vinegar valentine.” A greeting which ranged in sentiment from the caustic to the comical, the “vinegar valentine” was created by John McLaughlin, a New York printer. It was produced on cheap paper and decorated with crude colours. Comic designs of the 1870s by the American cartoonist Charles Howard were known as “penny dreadfuls,” a somewhat appropriate title since they sold for a penny and the designs really were quite “dreadful” in nature. Both “vinegar valentines” and “penny dreadfuls” came under close social, religious and postal service scrutiny. The practice also led to a somewhat obscene number of valentines being produced which caused several countries to ban the practice of exchanging cards through the mail for a period. For example, in Chicago, late in the Nineteenth Century, the Post Office rejected some 25,000 cards on the grounds that they were “not fit” be carried through the US Mail. In recent times we have seen a change in the valentine card industry from the heavy sentimentality of earlier days to what can probably be best described as a “light touch.” Nevertheless, Valentine’s Day Cards remain extremely popular and are manufactured on an enormous scale. In terms of the sheer numbers of greetings sent annually, February 14 ranks second only to Christmas.
Embossed valentine 1860s George Meek
Rebus valentine 1864 Stamp News - 23
R.I.P. Stamp Dealer Ken Baker 1912-2016 Ken’s daughter Margaret phoned me January 18, with the sad news her father passed away peacefully in his sleep the evening before, just days short of his 104th Birthday. As Margaret said - “103 years, 11 months and 9 days”. Very sad to hear, and he still must have set a record for longevity for any stamp dealer anywhere in the world? One of the TRUE oldschool Gentlemen of this business, I was honoured to have known Ken for 37 years, Ken with lifetime dealer friends, Max Stern (left) and Kevin Duffy and many of the readers of this magazine will have dealt years back all his files and invoices and telegrams etc, with him for many decades longer than that! I took the from his major stamp coups of the 1940s, 50s and 60s photo nearby of 2 of those at his 100th Birthday Party etc, so they stayed in safe hands for the future. I was Max Stern AM (left) and Kevin Duffy AO. looking over his actual Harmer invoices from the 1961 UK born Ken was founding member in 1948, of the Jack Kilfoyle auction. Two lots that cost Ken £345 Stamp Dealer Association here in Australia - ASDA/ together at that sale, are today in APTA, and he was very proud the ACSC at $A600,000. of his “Member Number One” Shown nearby is just one framed Certificate. His father page of Ken’s invoice from sold stamps, so he was born into that 1961 sale, for Lot 470 - the the business. He served overseas 1930 Tête-Bêche KGV pair in WW2, retired a Staff Sergeant, for £240, (Cat $A250,000) and and in 1945 married the lady Lot 518 - the 1928 Kookaburra who ran his shop during the War. Imperforate mini sheet for just He at some time, handled £105 - that one is cat $A350,000 essentially every stamp rarity today. Who says there is “no that existed in this country - in money in stamps” ?! this entire region really - some of Ken related to me a very them several times. He ran varidetailed background summary ous large auctions, retail stores, of his rich life of stamps, and and wholesale operations here, endless colourful stories, all in and dealt with the leading collechis own words, and that is all tors, and had a stint in the UK. transcribed here, also with many His elderly mother famously photos of his 100th Birthday bid on his behalf for the com“Queen’s Telegram” etc - a fasplete MUH pane of 60 x £2 cinating life story - tinyurl.com/ Kangaroos at Robson Lowe AucBakerKen tions for him in 1961, for £20 Condolences to Margaret and each. She told Ken afterwards the entire family, from all of us Robbie Lowe was “very courtein the stamp world, I am sure. ous, and arranged a nice cup of tea, and a front row seat in the Glen Stephens sale room.” Buy for £345 – sell $A600,000! Ken kindly gave me some
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Postal Stationery In this month’s column I look at collecting King George V Post Office issued envelopes, a withdrawn postcard error from Canada and a new ‘limited’ edition’ stamped postcard from Australia.
Collecting Australian King George V Post Office Stamped Envelopes
Collecting Australian stamped envelopes poses many of the same challenges as adhesive Figure 1 1d Kangaroo and Map Envelope stamps including die types, paper types, varieties, essays the Commonwealth stamp Printer, J B Cooke. proofs and specimens. In adThree die states have been identified and details of dition the envelopes often come in different sizes and knives. (The envelope knife refers to how the these can be found in the postal stationery volume of The Australian Specialists Catalogue (ASSC). envelope is cut and the different shapes and sizes The first distribution of the 1d Kangaroo and of the envelope flaps.) Map envelopes was on 6 January 1913 to New The Commonwealth of Australia first issued South Wales, followed by distributions to the other stamped envelopes in 1913. The stamp or indicia states over the period January-July 1913. The on the envelopes was the 1d Kangaroo and Map stamp (Figure 1). The stamp was the same design envelopes were sold to the public over Post Office counters and were initially sold in packs of 25 for as that used for the adhesive stamps issued about 2/3. the same time and was printed by letterpress by The 1d Kangaroo and Map envelope was replaced in 1915 with an envelope stamped with a 1d red King George V sideface stamp (Figure 2). The envelopes were also printed by letterpress by the Commonwealth stamp printer and as the case with the adhesive stamps, envelopes occur stamped with Die II which has a white spur in the left value tablet. Figure 2 1d King George V Sideface Envelope 26 - Stamp News
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Fig 5 Figure 3 1d King George V ‘Star’ Envelope
which was sold for 5d for three envelopes. In addition some of the 1d embossed envelope were revalued by the addition of a ½d embossed stamp added to the left of the 1d stamp (Figure 4). The ASSC records that envelopes from three of the recognised die states were revalued. The 1½d black-brown envelope was shortlived. The dark colour of the stamp meant that postmarks on the envelopes were often difficult to read. As a result the envelopes were replaced by envelopes stamped with a 1½d stamp in a much lighter brown colour from March 1919. ASSC
For security reasons many other countries, including the United Kingdom, New Zealand and some of the Australian states, used embossed dies to stamp envelopes. The Commonwealth Stamp Printer also felt that an embossed design should be used as a security measure. As a result stamped envelopes bearing an embossed stamp with a ‘star’ shaped frame and a portrait of King George V were issued in 1916 (Figure 3). 1d red envelopes were sold over Post Office counters at 5½d for five envelopes. The ASSC recognises five die states as well as at least five paper types providing considerable scope for specialised studies of this envelope. The introduction of a war tax of ½d in October 1918 required the issue of a 1½d embossed stamped envelope. A 1½d black-brown envelope was released in November 1918 in the same design. The ASSC recognises three dies of this envelope Figure 4 1d + ½d King George V ‘Star’Envelope
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Postal Stationery red envelope is recorded on both laid and wove paper. A decrease in the letter rate to 1½d on 1 October 1923 required the issue of a 1½d envelope. As considerable stocks of 2d envelopes remained, the Commonwealth Stamp Printed surcharged stocks of the 2d envelopes with ‘THREE HALFPENCE’ in black. Most of the overprinted envelopes were the 2d red envelopes with ‘POSTAGE’ under the King’s Figure 8 2d red oval Envelope Figure 7 ‘TWO PENCE’ on 1½d head. However a small King George V ‘Star’stamp with number (about 50) of the 2d ‘POSTAGE’ orange without ‘POSTAGE’ (Figure 6) were also overrecognises two dies, two knives and two paper printed. In addition three copies are known of the types for this envelope. 2d orange with ‘POSTAGE’, making it one of the As a result of the increase in the letter rate to 2d significant rarities of Australian postal stationery. on 1 October 1920, 2d orange stamped envelopes A 1½d green envelope was subsequently issued in were issued in November 1920 and sold for 6½d October 1923 to be replaced by a 1½d red envefor three. The envelopes were in the same emlope in May 1924. bossed design as the 1½d brown envelope. This In 1928 1½d stamped envelopes were isenvelope was shortlived however as a decision was made to include the word ‘POSTAGE’ in the design under the head of King George V (Figure 5). Envelopes stamped with the new design were issued in October 1921. This envelope had an even shorter life with a further change occurring in January 1922 when the stamp colour was changed to red to confirm with the colour scheme adopted by the UPU. The 2d Figure 6 ‘THREE HALFPENCE’ on 2d orange’Star’ Envelope without ‘POSTAGE’ 28 - Stamp News
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Figure 9 Hill 60 Postcard sued in a new design (Figure 7). The new design was embossed and had the head of King George V in an oval stamp rather than a star. These envelopes were replaced by 2d red envelope in August 1930 following the increase in the postage rate to 2d. In addition stocks of both the 1½d star (Figure 8) and 1½d oval envelopes were surcharged ‘TWO PENCE’. The 2d red envelopes were in use for about 7 years until replaced by envelopes stamped with a King George VI design. As a result they form a Figure 10 Reverse of the Hill 60 Postcard complex issue with the ASSC recognising two dies, 6 knives two envelope sizes and envelopes with and without a patterned security lining. For the specialist Hill 60 Stamped Postcard there are also ‘SPECIMEN’ overprints, die proofs One of the challenges of collecting modern postal and other varieties. stationery is the practice of some postal adminisStamp News - 29
Postal Stationery trations of making some stationery items only available by purchasing a pack or a collection of other products. One recent example of this has been Australia Post’s inclusion of the ‘Hill 60’ stamped postcard (Figures 9 and 10) as an exclusive product in its Remembering WWI: 1915 The Great War Collection 1915. The Collection, advertised in Australia Post’s 2015 Impression’s Figure 11 Gallipoli Field Post Office catalogue sold for $249.95 in a limited 2015; Red Bay Basque Whaling Station, Watertonedition of 250. Hill 60 was the last major allied ofGlacier International Peace Park, Wood Buffalo fensive operation on the Gallipoli Peninsular and National Park, Dinosaur Provincial Park and was conducted 21-29 august 1915. Kluane/Wrangell-St Elias Glacier Bay. The stamp Another recent example was the inclusion of on the cards was the same design as that on the two stamped postcards in a tin of ANZAC biscuits reverse of the postcard. which sold for $14.99. The illustrations on the On 6 July, in response to many complaints, reverse of the postcards were the Gallipoli Field Canada Post withdrew the Dinosaur Provincial Post Office, Gallipoli Peninsula 1915 (Figure 11) Park postcard from sale. The complaints highand the 1st Divisional HQ staff come ashore at lighted the fact that the image on the back of the ANZAC Cove. This was the second time Australia postcard and on the indicia was of a geological Post had included stamped postcards with a biscuit feature not found in Dinosaur Provincial Park. tin, the first time being a biscuit time released in The card shows a rock formation, known as conjunction with the international stamp exhibihoodoos, located at East Coulee Alberta about a tion, Australia 2013. The reverse of the postcard hundred kilometres from the Dinosaur Provincial showed a collage of Kangaroo and Map stamps. Park. The postcards were withdrawn from post ofOther countries have also used this practice fices and from sale on the Canada Post website. In with Canada, for example, including a ‘Millenniaddition packs containing sets of the five postcards um’ postcard in its Millennium collection in 2000. were withdrawn. A replacement postcard with a correct view was The Saga of the Canadian issued on August 2015. It is unclear how many Dinosaur Provincial Park Postcard of the ‘error’ postcards were issued with probably only a few being sold at post offices and some Canada issued a set of five stamped postcards showing UNESCO World Heritage Sites on 3 July standing orders being met before the withdrawal.
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The Stamp News Quiz No. 10 by David Keane 1. Why was the German stamp of Audrey Hepburn withdrawn from sale? 2. Which Asian country issued ‘phonograph record stamps’ which played the National Anthem? 3. Which European country claims to have the most valuable stamp? 4. Which Territory is the home address of Santa Claus for Australians? 5. In TV’s Heartbeat, what was Oscar Blaketon’s occupation before running a post office ? 6. In which year saw Australia introducing post codes? 7. What was Wilber’s first name in the Mr Ed series? 8. Which country had the lowest denomination stamp, with 150, million million pengo equalling one British pence, was it: a) Hungary, b) Zimbabwe or c) Haiti? 9. Which country has the Roman name ‘Helvetia’ on its stamps? 10. Which country is known as the ‘Oriental Republic’? The first six (6) all correct entries drawn will win a prize. Only one entry per household, please. Entries must be received by March 1, 2016 This month the prize will be 6 different nicely used Australian Kangaroo Stamps, with face values 2d, 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/- & 2/-, retail value $35 Prizewinners for Quiz 8 are Paul Stark, Balmain, NSW & Barry Knight, Five Dock NSW. Congratulations! Please send your entries to Stamp News Quiz February 2016 PO Box PO Box 1290, Upwey, Vic, 3158, Australia Don’t forget to include your name & address! Answers for Quiz 9
Answers: 1) Tom Kruse 2) Pre-stamped envelope 3) Email 4) Denmark 5) St James’s Palace 6) Cats 7) William Shakespeare 8) India 9) Namibia 10) 1928 (blue kookaburra)
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25 AAT .............................................................$ 3.00 50 AAT ...........................................................$ 25.00 100 AAT .........................................................$ 99.00 25 ADEN ..........................................................$ 6.00 50 ADEN ........................................................$ 12.00 100 AFGANISTAN............................................$ 15.00 100 AFRICA ......................................................$ 6.00 200 AFRICA....................................................$ 13.00 50 AITUTAKI ...................................................$ 40.00 150 AITUTAKI ...............................................$ 140.00 200 AITUTAKI ................................................$180.00 50 ALBANIA ....................................................$14.00 100 ALBANIA .................................................$ 24.00 50 ALGERIA .....................................................$11.00 25 ANDORA - SPANISH MINT U/H ...................$ 20.00 50 ANDORRA - SPANISH MINT U/H .................$60.00 25 ANDORRA - FRENCH MINT U/H ..................$ 20.00 50 ANDORRA - FRENCH MINT U/H ..................$ 50.00 25 ANGUILLA ..................................................$18.00 25 ANTIGUA .....................................................$ 5.00 50 ANTIGUA BARBUDA ..................................$ 20.00 200 ARAB STATES ..........................................$ 12.00 100 ARGENTINA ...............................................$ 6.00 200 ARGENTINA .............................................$ 15.00 25 ASCENSION ..............................................$42.00 100 AUST. (DEC MINT U/H) ............................$ 55.00 100 AUST. (PREDEC.MINT U/H) $ .......................60.00 100 AUSTRALIA ...............................................$ 4.00 200 AUSTRALIA ...............................................$ 6.00 300 AUSTRALIA ...............................................$ 8.00 400 AUSTRALIA .............................................$ 13.50 500 AUSTRALIA .............................................$ 16.50 600 AUSTRALIA .............................................$ 27.50 800 AUSTRALIA .............................................$ 40.00 1000 AUSTRALIA ...........................................$ 65.00 1500 AUSTRALIA ..........................................$100.00 25 AUSTRALIAN STATES .................................$ 16.00 50 AUSTRALIAN STATES .................................$ 56.00 100 AUSTRALIAN STATES ..............................$150.00 100AUSTRIA ....................................................$ 7.00 200 AUSTRIA .................................................$ 18.00 500 AUSTRIA .................................................$ 45.00 100 AUSTRIA (LRG.COMMEMS) ......................$ 50.00 200 AUSTRIA (LRG.COMMEMS) ....................$ 100.00
1000 AUSTRIA .............................................$ 119.00 1000 AUSTRIA (MINT U/H) ...........................$ 295.00
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100 BAHAMAS ...............................................$ 90.00 25 BAHRAIN ..................................................$ 33.00 50 BAHRAIN ..................................................$ 72.00 100 BANGLADESH ..........................................$ 11.00 25 BARBADOS ................................................$ 12.00 50 BARBADOS ................................................$ 24.00 100 BARBADOS ..............................................$ 70.00 50 BASUTOLAND/ LESOTO ...............................$40.00 50 BAVARIA ...................................................$ 28.00 100 BAVARIA .................................................$ 84.00 200 BAVARIA ...............................................$ 210.00 200 BELGIAN CONGO ....................................$ 100.00 200 BELGIUM ..................................................$15.00 300 BELGIUM .................................................$ 24.00 500 BELGIUM .................................................$ 40.00 100 BELGIUM COLONIES .................................$ 13.00 300 BELGIUM COLONIES .................................$ 80.00 100 BERMUDA ...............................................$ 90.00 100 BHUTAN ...................................................$30.00 50 BOHEMIA MORAVIA ....................................$ 8.00 100 BOHEMIA MORAVIA ................................$ 24.00 150 BOHEMIA MORAVIA ................................$ 55.00 25 BOLIVIA ......................................................$ 6.00 50 BOLIVIA ....................................................$ 13.00 25 BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA ..............................$ 20.00 50 BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA ..............................$ 33.00 150 BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA ..........................$ 170.00 100 Br.P.O. AGENCIES ...................................$ 100.00 25 BR. SOLOMONS .........................................$ 10.00 100 BRAZIL ....................................................$ 17.00 200 BRAZIL ....................................................$ 36.00 100 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ........................$ 6.00 200 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ......................$ 10.00 500 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ......................$ 30.00 1000 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ....................$ 78.00 100 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH (MINT U/H) ...$ 27.00 100 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KGVI (MINT U/H) ...$ 60.00 1000 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH( MINT U/H ) .. $ 190.00 50 BRITISH HONDURAS (LRG.COMMEMS) ......$ 40.00 25 HONDURAS AND BELIZE ..............................$ 9.00 25 BRITISH VIRGIN ISL. ..................................$ 22.00 50 BRITISH WEST INDIES ................................$ 10.00 100 BRITISH WEST INDIES ..............................$ 14.00 500 BRITISH WEST INDIES ..............................$ 75.00 25 BRUNEI .....................................................$ 27.00 50 BRUNEI ......................................................$66.00 200 BULGARIA ...............................................$ 17.00 300 BULGARIA ...............................................$ 22.00 800 BULGARIA ...............................................$ 88.00 1000 BULGARIA ...........................................$ 120.00 100 BURUNDI ................................................$ 20.00
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25 CAMBODIA ................................................$ 10.00 100 CAMBODIA ............................................$ 115.00 500 CAMBODIA ..............................................$ 65.00 100 CANADA ....................................................$ 6.00 200 CANADA ................................................$ 258.00 1000 CANADA ...............................................$100.00 1800CANADA ..............................................$ 179.00 100 CANADA (MINT.COMMS) .........................$ 50.00 25 CAPE VERDE ................................................$ 6.00 25 CAYMAN ISL ..............................................$ 15.00 50 CAYMAN ISL ..............................................$ 36.00 100 CHANNEL ISLANDS ..................................$ 19.00 300 CHANNEL ISLANDS ................................$ 130.00 100 CHILE ......................................................$ 12.00 200 CHILE ......................................................$ 24.00 500 CHILE ....................................................$ 110.00 100 CHINA .....................................................$ 19.00 200 CHINA .....................................................$ 48.00 325 CHINA ...................................................$ 130.00 500 CHINA P.R.C ...........................................$ 350.00 100 CHINA (LRG, MINT, COMP.SETS)................$ 60.00 25 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ..................................$ 14.00 50 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ..................................$ 33.00 75 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ..................................$ 50.00 100 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ..............................$ 100.00 150 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ..............................$ 150.00 200 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ..............................$ 230.00 25 COCOS ISLAND ............................................$ 8.00 50 COCOS ISLAND ..........................................$ 38.00 75 COCOS ISLAND ..........................................$ 60.00 100 COCOS ISLAND ......................................$ 132.00 300 COLOMBIA ..............................................$ 60.00 900 COLOMBIA ............................................$ 370.00 300 COOK ISLANDS ......................................$ 350.00 400 COOK ISLANDS ......................................$ 560.00 500 COOK ISLANDS ......................................$ 650.00 750 COOK ISLANDS ....................................$ 1280.00 1000 COOK ISLANDS .................................$ 2,000.00 50 CROATIA (PRE WAR) ..................................$ 20.00 100 CUBA .......................................................$09.00 300 CUBA ......................................................$ 30.00 200 CUBA (LARGE PICT.) ................................$ 18.00 25 CYPRUS ....................................................$ 12.00 50 CYPRUS ....................................................$ 30.00 100 CYPRUS ..................................................$ 60.00 100 CZECHOSLOVAKIA ......................................$ 3.00 200 CZECHOSLOVAKIA ....................................$ 15.00 500 CZECHOSLOVAKIA ....................................$ 34.00 100 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (MINT U/H)..................$ 17.00 200 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (MINT U/H)..................$ 20.00 400 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (MINT U/H)..................$ 30.00 100 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (POST WAR).................$ 11.00 1000 CZECHOSLAVAKIA ..................................$ 85.00
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50 DANZIG .....................................................$ 29.00 100 DANZIG ...................................................$ 66.00 100 DENMARK .................................................$ 6.00 300 DENMARK ...............................................$ 20.00 50 DOMINICA BR. .............................................$ 6.00 100 DOMINICA BR. .........................................$ 30.00 50 DOMINICA BR. (KGVI & QEII) .....................$ 40.00 50 DOMINICAN REP .......................................$ 18.00 100 DOMINICAN REP. .....................................$ 39.00 300 DOMINICAN REP. .....................................$ 70.00 90 DUTCH EAST INDIES ................................$ 100.00
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300 ECUADOR ................................................$ 77.00 400 ECUADOR ................................................$ 80.00 500 ECUADOR ..............................................$ 110.00 700 ECUADOR ..............................................$ 250.00 100 EGYPT .....................................................$ 10.00 200 EGYPT .....................................................$ 56.00 300 EGYPT .....................................................$ 70.00 50 EGYPT (MINT/UH, COMPL. SETS)................$ 30.00 50 EGYPT + 4 M/S .........................................$ 30.00 25 EQUATORIAL GUINEA (M/SHEET CTO) ........$ 11.00 50 ESTONIA ....................................................$ 66.00 1000 EUROPE ...............................................$ 50 .00
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20 FALKLAND ISL. COMPL. MINT SETS...........$ 100.00 25 FALKLAND ISLAND ....................................$ 18.00 50 FAROE ISLAND ..........................................$ 60.00 100 FAROE ISLAND .......................................$ 130.00 50 FIJI ............................................................$ 18.00 100 FIJI ..........................................................$ 50.00 150 FIJI ..........................................................$ 70.00 200 FIJI ..........................................................$ 80.00 250 FIJI ........................................................$ 140.00 400 FIJI ........................................................$ 300.00 100 FINLAND .................................................$ 18.00 200 FINLAND .................................................$ 40.00 400 FINLAND .................................................$ 80.00 500 FINLAND ...............................................$ 140.00 10 FIUME .........................................................$ 7.00 100 FRANCE .....................................................$ 6.00 300 FRANCE ...................................................$ 30.00 100 FRENCH COLONIES .....................................$ 7.50 200 FRENCH COLONIES ...................................$ 20.00 500 FRENCH COLONIES ....................................$70.00 100 FRENCH COLONIES (PRE INDEPENDENCE) $ 28.00 100 FRENCH. MORROCO .................................$ 25.00 50 FRENCH POLYNESIA ...................................$ 50.00
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50 GERMANY 3RD REICH ................................$ 13.00
100 GERMANY .................................................$ 7.00 300 GERMANY ...............................................$ 18.00 500 GERMANY ................................................$37.50 1000 GERMANY .............................................$ 50.00 500 GERMANY EAST ......................................$ 40.00 50 GERMANY INFLATION (MINT U/H ).............$ 10.00 100 GERMANY INFLATION (MINT U/H)............$ 20.00 100 GERMANY WEST(LRG.COMMEMS) ............$20.00 50 GHANA .....................................................$ 50.00 100 GHANA ...................................................$ 70.00 200 GHANA .................................................$ 120.00 25 GIBRALTAR ................................................$ 17.00 50 GIBRALTAR ................................................$ 45.00 25 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .........................$ 12.00 50 GILBERT, KIRIBATI,TUVALU .........................$30.00 150 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .......................$ 90.00 200 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .....................$ 100.00 300 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .....................$ 150.00 360 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .....................$ 190.00 400 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .....................$ 225.00 500 GILBERT, KIRIBATI, TUVALU ...................$ 270.00 50 GREAT BRITAIN ............................................$ 7.00 100 GREAT BRITAIN ..........................................$ 9.00 1000 GREAT BRITAIN ....................................$ 176.00 1200 GREAT BRITAIN ....................................$ 230.00 100 GREAT BTITAIN (LARGE COMMEMS) ........$ 12.00 200 GREAT BRITAIN (LARGE COMMEMS).........$ 20.00 100 GREECE ...................................................$ 24.00 200 GREECE ...................................................$ 50.00 300 GREECE ...................................................$ 70.00 100 GREENLAND ..........................................$ 100.00 50 GRENADA ....................................................$ 8.00 100 GRENADA (MINT U/H) .............................$ 10.00 50 GUATEMALA .............................................$ 14.00 100 GUATEMALA ...........................................$ 32.00 300 GUATEMALA .........................................$ 150.00 25 GUINEA M/S ..............................................$ 10.00 50 GUINEA REP. ................................................$ 6.00 100 GUINEA REP. (LARGE PICT.) ......................$ 10.00
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100 HONG KONG ............................................$ 20.00 200 HONG KONG ..........................................$ 100.00 500 HUNGARY ...............................................$ 20.00 2000 HUNGARY ...........................................$ 150.00 3000 HUNGARY ...........................................$ 440.00 200 HUNGRY ( LARGE PICT) ...........................$ 18.00 300 HUNGARY (LARGE PICT.) .........................$ 24.00 1000 HUNGARY (LARGE PICT.) .......................$ 88.00
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25 ICELAND ...................................................$ 20.00 50 ICELAND ...................................................$ 40.00 100 ICELAND .................................................$ 60.00 25 INDO - CHINA ..............................................$ 8.00 50 INDO - CHINA ............................................$ 30.00 200 INDONESIA ..............................................$ 24.00 300 INDONESIA ..............................................$ 56.00 100 INDONESIAN ...........................................$ 33.00 50 IRAN ............................................................$6.00 300 IRAN .......................................................$ 30.00 500 IRAN .......................................................$ 60.00 50 IRELAND .....................................................$ 9.00 100 IRELAND .................................................$ 18.00 350 IRELAND ...............................................$ 120.00 400 IRELAND ...............................................$ 194.00 500 IRELAND ...............................................$ 250.00 600 IRELAND ...............................................$ 360.00 100 ISRAEL .....................................................$13.00 200 ISRAEL ....................................................$ 36.00 500 ISRAEL .....................................................$90.00 850 ISRAREL ................................................$ 180.00 25 ITALIAN COLONIES .....................................$ 15.00 50 ITALIAN COLONIES .....................................$ 24.00 100 ITALIAN COLONIES ...................................$ 75.00 200 ITALIAN COLONIES .................................$ 160.00 100 ITALY .........................................................$ 6.00 200 ITALY .......................................................$ 16.00 500 ITALY .......................................................$ 80.00
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50 HAITI ........................................................$ 18.00 100 HAITI ......................................................$ 30.00 200 HAITI ......................................................$ 55.00 100 HOLLAND ..................................................$ 7.00 200 HOLLAND ................................................$ 14.00 300 HOLLAND ................................................$ 30.00 400 HOLLAND ................................................$ 40.00 500 HOLLAND ................................................$ 50.00 50 HONDURAS ................................................$30.00 100 HONDURAS .............................................$ 50.00 200 HONDURAS .............................................$ 80.00 400 HONDURAS ...........................................$ 140.00 25 HONG KONG ................................................$ 6.00 50 HONG KONG ..............................................$ 12.00
100 JAMAICA .................................................$ 50.00 200 JAMAICA ...............................................$ 130.00 200 JAPAN ......................................................$30.00 100 JAPAN (MINT U/H) ..................................$ 70.00 100 JAPAN LARGE ..........................................$ 20.00 200 JAPAN LARGE ..........................................$ 50.00 50 JERSEY ......................................................$ 13.00
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50 KOREA NORTH (LARGE PICT.) .......................$ 6.00 100 KOREA NORTH (LARGE PICT.)....................$ 10.00 500 KOREA NORTH .........................................$ 80.00 50 KOREA NORTH M/S ...................................$ 20.00 50 KOREA SOUTH ...........................................$ 14.00
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50 MACAU .....................................................$ 60.00 300 MALAYA AND SINGAPORE .......................$ 66.00 500 MALAYA AND SINGAPORE .......................$ 96.00 1000 MALAYA AND SINGAPORE ...................$ 400.00 100 MALDIVES ...............................................$ 24.00 100 MALTA ....................................................$ 10.00 500 MALTA ..................................................$ 140.00 650 MALTA ..................................................$ 270.00 50 MAURITIUS ...............................................$ 24.00 100 MAURITIUS .............................................$ 60.00 100 MEXICO ....................................................$24.00 200 MEXICO ...................................................$ 60.00 500 MEXICO .................................................$ 110.00 25 MONACO .....................................................$ 6.00 50 MONACO ...................................................$ 18.00 100 MONACO .................................................$ 10.00 500 MONGOLIA ..............................................$ 65.00 25 MONTENEGRO ...........................................$ 20.00 50 MONTENEGRO ...........................................$ 50.00 100 MONTSERRAT ........................................$ 114.00 50 MOZAMBIQUE ...........................................$ 10.00 200 MOZAMBIQUE .........................................$ 55.00 400 MOZAMBIQUE .......................................$ 270.00 500 MOZAMBIQUE .......................................$ 300.00
50 NEPAL .........................................................$ 8.00 100 NEPAL .....................................................$ 16.00 25 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ..........................$ 20.00 50 NEW CALEDONIA ......................................$ 36.00 100 NEW CALEDONIA ..................................$ 150.00 10 NEWFOUNDLAND .......................................$ 8.00 25 NEWFOUNDLAND .....................................$ 16.00 50 NEWFOUNDLAND .....................................$ 44.00 100 NEWFOUNDLAND .................................$ 190.00 50 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .........................$ 40.00 100 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .......................$ 90.00 200 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .....................$ 260.00 300 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .....................$ 440.00 400 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .....................$ 600.00 150 NEW ZEALAND ..........................................$ 6.00 200 NEW ZEALAND ........................................$ 14.00 300 NEW ZEALAND ........................................$ 28.00 500 NEW ZEALAND ........................................$ 90.00 1000 NEW ZEALAND .....................................$145.00 25 NICARAGUA ................................................$ 2.00 50 NICARAGUA ................................................$ 5.00 100 NICARAGUA ..............................................$ 8.00 200 NICARAGUA .............................................$24.00 500 NICARAGUA ............................................$ 70.00 300 NICARAGUA ............................................$ 40.00 100 NIGERIA ..................................................$ 60.00 25 NIUE .........................................................$ 20.00 50 NIUE .........................................................$ 40.00 100 NIUE .......................................................$ 88.00 150 NIUE .....................................................$ 140.00 200 NIUE .....................................................$ 200.00 25 NORFOLK ISL. ............................................$ 11.00 50 NORFOLK ISL. ............................................$ 26.00 100 NORFOLK ISL. ..........................................$ 90.00 200 NORFOLK ISL. ........................................$ 150.00 300 NORFOLK ISL. ........................................$ 270.00 100 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH.................$ 190.00 120 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH.................$ 200.00 150 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH.................$ 240.00 200 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH.................$ 360.00 250 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH.................$ 460.00 300 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH.................$ 700.00 100 NORWAY ...................................................$ 9.00 200 NORWAY .................................................$ 20.00 500 NORWAY .................................................$ 80.00 600 NORWAY ...............................................$ 100.00 800 NORWAY ...............................................$ 135.00 25 NYASALAND ..............................................$ 50.00
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50 LAOS ...........................................................$ 7.00 500 LAOS .......................................................$ 70.00 20 LAOS PRE WAR ............................................$ 6.00 100 LATIN AMERICA .......................................$ 10.00 300 LATIN AMERICA .......................................$ 50.00 50 LATVIA ......................................................$ 44.00 200 LATVIA ..................................................$ 170.00 75 LATVIA (Pre War) ....................................$ 100.00 100 LEBANON ................................................$ 40.00 200 LEBANON ..............................................$ 100.00 50 LIBERIA .......................................................$ 9.00 200 LIBERIA ...................................................$ 35.00 300 LIBERIA ...................................................$ 70.00 25 LIECHTENSTEIN .........................................$ 10.00 50 LIECHTENSTEIN .........................................$ 30.00 25 LITHUANIA ................................................$ 10.00 50 LITHUANIA ................................................$ 30.00 100 LITHUANIA ............................................$ 100.00 50 LUXEMBOURG .............................................$ 8.00 100 LUXEMBOURG .........................................$ 21.00
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25 NAURU ......................................................$ 11.00 50 NAURU ......................................................$ 33.00 100 NAURU ....................................................$ 93.00 150 NAURU ..................................................$ 134.00 200 NAURU ..................................................$ 160.00
50 PACIFIC IS (BR) ............................................$ 8.00 100 PACIFIC IS. (BR) ........................................$16.00 200 PACIFIC IS. (BR) .......................................$ 56.00 600 PACIFIC ISLANDS ...................................$ 250.00 100 PAKISTAN .................................................$12.00
KEVIN MORGAN STAMPS & COINS Postal: PO Box 1290, Upwey, Vic 3158 Tel: 0425 795 693 Fax: 03 9758 7506
50 PANAMA ...................................................$ 13.00 50 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...................................$ 7.00 100 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...............................$ 26.00 150 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...............................$ 62.00 200 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...............................$ 88.00 500 PAPUA NEW GUINEA .............................$ 400.00 600 PAPUA NEW GUINEA .............................$ 750.00 800 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...........................$ 1900.00 300 PARAGUAY ..............................................$ 60.00 100 PARAGUAY (MINT U/H)) ..........................$ 20.00 150 PENRHYN ..............................................$ 184.00 500 PERU .....................................................$ 170.00 600 PERU .....................................................$ 250.00 700 PERU .....................................................$ 470.00 100 PHILIPPINES ...........................................$ 18.00 300 PHILIPPINES ...........................................$ 70.00 800 PHILIPPINES .........................................$ 250.00 900 PHILIPPINES .........................................$ 330.00 1200 PHILIPPINES .......................................$ 500.00 1500 PHILIPPINES .......................................$ 700.00 50 PITCAIRN ISLAND ......................................$ 50.00 25 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MINT U/H) ...................$ 20.00 100 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MINT U/H)................$ 150.00 150 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MINT U/H)................$ 170.00 200 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MINT U/H)................$ 324.00 300 POLAND ..................................................$ 12.00 500 POLAND ..................................................$ 30.00 1000 POLAND ................................................$ 60.00 150 PORT AZORES ........................................$ 190.00 100 PORTUGAL ..............................................$ 18.00 50 PORTUGAL COLONIES ..................................$ 6.00 100 PORTUGAL COLONIES ..............................$ 40.00 200 PORTUGAL COLONIES ..............................$ 40.00
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50 RHODESIA .................................................$ 16.00 200 RHODESIA .............................................$ 140.00 300 RHODESIA .............................................$ 240.00 400 RHODESIA .............................................$ 400.00 500 ROMANIA ................................................$ 31.00 1000 ROMANIA ............................................$ 100.00 100 ROMANIA (LARGE PICT.) ............................$ 6.00 200 ROMANIA (LARGE PICT.) ..........................$ 11.00 300 ROMANIA (LARGE PICT.) ..........................$ 18.00 200 RUSSIA ...................................................$ 14.00 300 RUSSIA ...................................................$ 24.00 500 RUSSIA ...................................................$ 50.00 1000 RUSSIA .................................................$ 90.00 100 RUSSIA (MINT SHORT SETS) ....................$ 11.00 100 RUSSIAN INDP.STATES (MINT U/H)...........$ 33.00
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50 SAAR ........................................................$ 33.00 50 SALVADOR ................................................$ 40.00
Pay cents, not $ per stamp! 100 SALVADOR ..............................................$ 80.00 25 SAMOA .......................................................$ 7.00 50 SAMOA .....................................................$ 26.00 100 SAMOA ...................................................$ 66.00 400 SAMOA .................................................$ 272.00 500 SAMOA .................................................$ 380.00 600 SAMOA .................................................$ 780.00 25 SAN MARINO ..............................................$ 6.00 50 SAN MARINO ............................................$ 11.00 100 SAN MARINO ..........................................$ 30.00 50 SARAWAK .................................................$ 45.00 100 SARAWAK .............................................$ 200.00 500 SCANDINAVIA ..........................................$40.00 50 SERBIA ......................................................$ 40.00 25 SEYCHELLES ..............................................$ 40.00 100 SEYCHELLES ............................................$ 90.00 25 SIERRA LEONE ......................................... $ 24.00] 50 SIERRA LEONE ...........................................$ 50.00 50 SINGAPORE ...............................................$ 12.00 100 SINGAPORE .............................................$ 30.00 200 SINGAPORE ...........................................$ 100.00 75 SLOVAKIA ..................................................$ 17.00 100 SLOVAKIA ................................................$ 22.00 50 SOLOMON ISL. ...........................................$ 20.00 100 SOLOMON ISL. .........................................$ 60.00 150 SOLOMON ISL. .......................................$ 100.00 200 SOLOMON ISL. .......................................$ 160.00 300 SOLOMON ISL. .......................................$ 300.00 400 SOLOMON ISL. .......................................$ 520.00 500 SOLOMON ISL. .......................................$ 700.00 100 SOUTH AFRICA ........................................$ 12.00 200 SOUTH AFRICA ........................................$ 30.00 200 SPAIN ......................................................$ 24.00 300 SPAIN ......................................................$ 30.00 500 SPAIN ......................................................$ 66.00 1000 SPAIN ..................................................$ 135.00 1500 SPAIN ..................................................$ 275.00 50 SPANISH COLONIES ...................................$16.00 100 SPANISH COLONIES .................................$ 35.00 200 SRI LANKA ..............................................$ 30.00 10 ST. HELENA .................................................$ 9.00 50 ST. KITTS ...................................................$ 26.00 75 ST. KITTS ...................................................$ 36.00 100 ST. KITTS .................................................$ 54.00 100 ST. LUCIA .................................................$ 40.00 50 ST. THOMAS ................................................$ 8.00 100 ST. THOMAS ............................................$ 14.00 50 ST. VINCENT ..............................................$ 18.00 100 ST. VINCENT ............................................$ 30.00 25 SUDAN ......................................................$ 12.00 100 SURINAME ..............................................$ 56.00 50 SWAZILAND ..............................................$ 20.00 100 SWAZILAND ............................................$ 60.00 500 SWEDEN .................................................$ 70.00 200 SWEDEN ..................................................$16.00
100 SWITZERLAND ........................................$ 15.00 500 SWITZERLAND .......................................$120.00 800 SWITZERLAND ......................................$ 150.00 1200 SWITZERLAND ....................................$ 600.00 1300 SWITZERLAND ....................................$ 900.00 1500 SWITZERLAND ..................................$ 1600.00
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100 THAILAND ...............................................$ 40.00 200 THAILAND ...............................................$ 70.00 300 THAILAND .............................................$ 130.00 400 THAILAND .............................................$ 180.00 600 THAILAND .............................................$ 370.00 800 THAILAND .............................................$ 800.00 100 TOGO ..........................................................$7.00 50 TOKELAU ...................................................$ 60.00 75 TOKELAU ....................................................$80.00 25 TONGA ......................................................$ 16.00 50 TONGA ......................................................$ 36.00 100 TONGA ..................................................$ 110.00 100 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ...............................$ 76.00 10 TRISTAN DA CUNHA ...................................$ 10.00 50 TRISTAN DA CUNHA ..................................$ 60.00 100 TRISTAN DA CUNHA ...............................$ 170.00 35 COMPLETE SETS TRISTAN DA CUNHA .............$110 50 TUNISIA ....................................................$ 12.00 100 TUNISIA ..................................................$ 36.00 100 TURKEY .....................................................$ 5.00 200 TURKEY ...................................................$ 14.00 300 TURKEY ...................................................$ 18.00 25 TURKS & CAICOS .........................................$ 6.00 100 TURKS & CAICOS (MINT U/H) ...................$ 70.00
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100 U.N.O ......................................................$ 24.00 300 U.N.O ....................................................$ 110.00 400 U.N.O ....................................................$ 170.00 100 URUGUAY ................................................$ 20.00 200 URUGUAY ................................................$ 36.00 200 USA ..........................................................$ 8.00 500 USA ........................................................$ 60.00 1000 USA ......................................................$ 80.00 300 USA (COMMEMS) ....................................$ 14.00 100 USA (MINT COMMEMS) ...........................$ 50.00 200 USA (MINT COMMEMS) .........................$ 100.00 1031 USA COMPLETE SETS 1935-1984 ..............$ 100
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25 VATICAN ......................................................$ 6.00 50 VATICAN ....................................................$ 30.00 200 VATICAN ..................................................$ 90.00 25 VATICAN (M.U.H. ) .....................................$ 16.00 50 VATICAN (M.U.H. ) .....................................$ 40.00
100 VATICAN (M.U.H. ) ...................................$ 80.00 200 VATICAN (M.U.H. ) .................................$ 180.00 50 VENEZUELA ...............................................$ 17.00 100 VENEZUELA .............................................$ 40.00 700 VENEZUELA ...........................................$ 250.00 800 VENEZUELA ...........................................$ 350.00 100 VIETNAM .................................................$ 30.00
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25 WALLIS & FUTUNA ......................................$ 6.00 50 WALLIS & FUTUNA ....................................$ 20.00 100 WALLIS & FUTUNA ................................$ 130.00 200 WALLIS & FUTUNA ................................$ 300.00 300 WORLD ....................................................$10.00 25 WURTTEMBERG ........................................$ 16.00 50 WURTTEMBERG ........................................$ 60.00
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100 YUGOSLAVIA $ 9.00 200 YUGOSLAVIA ...........................................$ 17.00 300 YUGOSLAVIA ...........................................$ 20.00 500 YUGOSLAVIA ...........................................$ 80.00
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50 ZANZIBAR .................................................$ 76.00
World Packets
1000 WORLD .......................................................$35 2000 WORLD..................................................... $100 5000 WORLD .....................................................$300 10,000 WORLD ..................................................$800
Thematics
500 ANIMALS .................................................$60.00 500 BIRDS .....................................................$ 80.00 300 BUTTERFLIES//MOTHS ............................$ 45.00 500 CATS & DOGS ...........................................$80.00 200DISNEY ....................................................$ 49.00 500 FISH ........................................................$ 90.00 500 FLOWERS ................................................$ 70.00 200 HORSES ...................................................$ 30.00 500 PAINTINGS ...............................................$60.00 300 SHIPS ......................................................$ 40.00 300 SPORTS ...................................................$ 30.00 500 SPACE .....................................................$ 78.00 500 TRAINS .....................................................$90.00 500 TRANSPORT ............................................$ 90.00
Other thematic packets available, please ask. Postage and insurance is extra. For orders up to $50 add $4.00, $51 to $100 add $7.50 $101 plus add $15.
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FEBRUARY OFFERS LATEST ARRIVALS IN COLLECTIONS, SINGLES, LOTS AND MIXTURES: This month we are extending our offer of a chance to win up to $25,000 with all orders above $100, plus a free holiday voucher with orders above $250. In addition all orders over $500 will be post and insurance free! Many items later in the printed list are marked down in price, so look through and find the bargains. Further Discounts are as follows: Items prefixed MSP, SE, MJ or JN deduct 20% unless already reduced, in which case deduct a further 10% Remember that any order above $500 can be put layby for up to 6 months, and that all of our items carry our 14 day satisfaction guarantee. D1) Australia 5/- Harbour Bridge, lovely Commercially used example, these are 10 or 20 times scarcer than cto, yet are only about 50% more expensive! Well centred,m full perfs and with partial light cds cancel. Easily expect to pay $450 elsewhere. My price just $369 D2) Discounted packets, mostly just one of each of these lot: a) 100 diff. Brazil was $17, now $12.75 b) 300 diff Great Britain, was $27, now $19, c) 100 Iran, was $10, now $7.50, d) 200 diff Spain, was $20, now $15, 100 diff Switzerland, was $15, now $11 D3) Pre-loved Seven Seas Australia Albums complete Hingeless 1913 Kangaroos and KGV heads to 1990 (no Kangaroos) in two padded binders. Retail when new a massive $495. At under One Third retail, price $159 D4) 3 as new three ring A4 Size padded Binders in deep Blue, retail new $22.50 each, these for just $22.50 the lot. D5) Two stockbooks with mint (much of it unhinged) pre-decimal Australia 1934 – 1965, many complete sets, lots of blocks of 4 and bigger. Values to 2/- Must be around 1000 stamps here. Super value at under 10c each, $98 D6) Two Older Worlde albums, “Everyland“ and ”Victory” containing a wide variety of early World, strength in GB and Australia (States) Condition very mixed as is usual with these lots, some nice pickings. 100s of stamps. Took this in part exchange, so virtually at cost, price $79 D7) Ireland, used duplicates in green stockbook, with values to 10/- (2) and One Pound (3) About 250 stamps, price $39 D8) World Collection in 4 big stockbooks, early to modern, nothing remarkable, but appears all different, looks to be 5000 plus stamps here. $235 D9) Collection of the Engraved Stamps of Australia. Produced by Australia Post in 1999. Album and slipcase with Posthumous plate proofs in black. Starting KGV 1d Engraved, through to 1964 Navigators. These proofs are listed in the specialist catalogue and sell at $25 to $30 each. 28 Proofs in a superb and informative album. Retail for the proofs alone $750 plus. My price just a half, $375 the lot! D10) Gibbons China Catalogue, just superceded 2012 edition, RRP $115, one only $59 D11) Gibbons France Catalogue, brand new 2015 edition, RRP $75, one only $59 D12) Gibbons current Australia Catalogue, 9th Ed. RRP $59.95, my price $54.95 D13) Red stockbook with USA duplicates, mostly used, plus some Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand, earlies to 1970’s. 500 plus stamps, just $39 D14) Australia 1914 6d Claret Kookaburra, vfu commercially used, retail $60, this one $45 D15) Ausralia 1931 Kingsford Smith 3d Blue, ovpt. OS, cto Melbourne cds, retail $50, this one $39 D16) Australia 1915 5/- Grey & Yellow, 3rd Wmk Kangaroo superb cds used, with registered cancel, well centered and full perfs. Retail $175, this one $125 D17) Australia 1915 One Pound scarce Chestnut & Blue shade, 3rd wmk Kangaroo,
with Nimbin cds, well centred, with large Telegraph Puncture. Retail for fine used would be $2250. This one just $450 D18) GB KEVII 1/- Dull Green & Carmine, SG 257 DLR printing, mint lightly hinged, fresh and well centered. Cat $210, my price $109 D19) GB Queen Victoria 5/- Rose, SG 180, nice fresh fine used, cat $525. Very cheap at $129! D20) GB 1855, 4d SG62, small garter wmk, missing from 99% of all collections! Nice used example, cat $950, very cheap at $215 D21) Australia 5/- Arms, thin paper Imprint Block of 4, very rare! MLH/MUH. Fine and fresh, ACSC $2500. Price $1750 D22) Australia 1927 Canberra 7 1929 Swan Commemoratives, perf OS, Mint Unhinged, retail $50, price $37.50 D23) Australia 1915 2/- Pale Brown Kangaroo, 2nd wmk, nice full perfs fine used example with neat partial Stock Exchange cds to right, clear of Kangaroo. Cat $350, my price $179 D24) Australia 1915 5/- Grey Black and Chrome yellow Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, with socked on nose George St. West, NSW cds, 2 DE 18. Cat $225, my price $149 D25) Australia 1932 5/- green Sydney Harbour Bridge, mint very lightly hinged merest trace of a hinge) good centering and perfs. Retail $550. This one $425 D26) Austrlia KGV Heads, ovpt. OS group mint lightly hinged, complete face different set ex. 2d C of A wmk, retail $105, my price $79 D27) Australia 1915 5/- grey & Yellow Kangaroo 3rd wmk, nice used example with full perfs and well centered. Retail $130, this one just $79 D28) Australia 1913 1st wmk 1/- Emerald Kangaroo, very fine postally full perf example Part Registered 1914 cds, Watermark Inverted. Nice bright colour. Cat $500. Nicest I have seen! Price $349 D29) Australia 1918 3rd wmk 1/- Emerald Kangaroo, very fine postally full perf example Part cds, Watermark Inverted. Cat $200. Price $110 D30) Australia 1929 6d Brown multiple wmk Kangaroo, ovpt. OS, mint lightly hinged. Retail $75. Price $56 D31) NSW 1/- Large Diadem, fie used vertical pair, grossly misperfed and with pre-printing paper crease, must be seen! Price $149 D32) Spain 1930 Charles Lindberg 1pta Green, 2 examples, 1 missing Lindbergs head, and other with inverted head, very striking error! $159 the two. D33) Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo, perf large OS, cat $475, this one $239 D34) Australia 1913 3d Olive Kangaroo, perf small OS DIE II, with Perth reg. cancel. Full perfs and centered right. Cat. $350, this one just $115 D35) Australia KGV Heads, overprinted OS, fine complete used set 7 values, retail $90, this lot just a half! $45 D36) Australia 1915 2d Grey Kangaroo, 2nd wmk, mlh, well centered with full perfs, Cat $150, price just a half! $75 D37) Australia 1927 1/- Emerald Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, die IIb SIDEWAYS, mlh, full perfs, with jumped perf at top, making for a “Jumbo” stamp. Gum evenly toned. Cat $200, very cheap at $65 D38) Australia Kangaroos, simplified set to 5/-, good to fine used with both colours of 6d and 2/- 14 stamps, good starter lot, price $195 D39) As above, but to 2/- only, 13 stamps price $85 D40) Large Red SG Stockbook, plus stocksheets, album leaves etc, with mint & used remnant collection/accumulation pre-decimal Australia, with KGV Head and
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FEBRUARY OFFERS Kangaroos, to end of KGVI period 1952. Values to 10/-. 250 plus stamps. Condition a bit mixed. Would suit re-seller. Great value at $395 the lot. D41) 400 Different Russia, all mint unhinged, lovely lot. Under 20c a stamp $79 D42) 1000 Different Czechoslovakia all large! $119 D43) Great Britain QV, KEVII & KGV Collection. Over 120 stamps to include 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue plus a splendid range of Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian stamps. Good to fine used also includes a £1.00 value, a Victorian 10/- value and KEVII 5/-. (SG cat £4800+ = $10,000 plus!) Under 25% cat. $2495 D44) Great Britain QV-KGVI Collection, around 150-200 assorted stamps including all reigns to KGVI and to includes QV 5/- and KEVII 5/-. Not the best quality throughout, but at a tiny fraction of the SG Catalogue value. (SG Cat £2800 = $5900) Price under 10% SG at $567 D45) Great Britain.The complete 1858 2d blue collection. SG plates 7-15(7). All good - fine used examples. Cat 368 pounds = $775. Price just $189 D46) Australia off paper, only 2000 to 2014 issues, mainly letter rate. So hard to find this recent stuff. Last time we had some it was sold out in a matter of days! Approx 1000 for $49. D47) Vast accumulation of Romania, early to modern off paper, mint & used. Probably 10,000 stamps here, $125 the lot. D48) France off paper accumulation, early to modern, approx 1000 for $24.50 D49) India off paper accumulation, early to modern, approx 1000 for $29.50 D50) Italy off paper accumulation, early to modern, approx 1000 for $24.50 MN1) Kangaroos sale at 50% retail! We just purchased a dealers stock, and can offer values to 2/- mint hinged, fine used and good used at HALF our normal retail. (Higher values will be offered individually via this list over the next few months) So, if you have gaps in your collection, send in your wants list now! If you are new to collecting Kangaroos, or simply want a mixed lot, let us know, we can supply lots from $50 to $5000. MN2) Victoria, 1878 – 1900 postal fiscals nice range of postally used 1d to 10/Green, condition a bit mixed, and the 4/- is a spacefiller, plus a One Pound George and Dragon fiscally used thrown in for nothing. (11 stamps total) Retail if all fine used would be $250. This lot just $75 MN3) As above, the Two Pound Blue, nice Melbourne Duplex used, normal retail $200, this one under a half, $98 MN4) Australia One Pound Grey Kangaroo, C of A wmk, Ovpt. Specimen, mint lightly hinged. Specimen overprint misplaced left and extends well outside the left frame. Lovely variety, $135 MN5) One for the Coin Collector. USA 1889 Morgan Silver Dollar, Uncirculated. Lovely! $179 MN7) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo, C of A wmk, nice fine used with 2 partial cds cancels. Retail $275, this one only $169 MN7A) As above, but with partial Darwin cds, skilful corner repair at lower left. Only $98 MN8) Australia 1932 5/- Grey & Yellow Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, nice fine used with partial Ararat Victoria cds, this one in the scarcer pale shade. Retail $175, this one only $110 MN9) Australia 1st wmk 2.5d Kangaroo, perf small OS, with scarce FEDERAL PARLIAMENT cds. Lovely looking stamp price $249 MN10) Another as above with a partial cds of the same cancel, not quite so well centred, cheap at $195
MN11) Western Australia, 1d Black Swan Imperf used, good 2 margin spacefiller example, looks nice form the front, sadly is thinned where a hinge has been carelessly removed. Normal retail $130, good value at $42 MN13) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo, ovpt. Specimen TYPE C, fine fresh mint and well centered with full perfs, only 1200 of this type printed, cat $650, MY PRICE $525 MN14) 5/- Kangaroo on advertising cover! Lovely Hutchinson Books Melbourne advertising cover, to their head office in London, bearing 5/- C of A wmk Kangaroo, plus 1/- lyrebird and 1d Green Queen Elizabeth Die I. Cancelled with clear Late Fee Melbourne cds, dated 8 MR 38. Quadruple rate UK airmail cover with 1d for the late fee. Very fine and scarce, price $1175 MN15) Australia 1932 Two Pound Red & Black Kangaroo, C of A wmk. Very fine used, well centered and full perfs, apart from one nibbed at base. Light partial cds. Cat $750, this one just $565 MN17) Australia 1964 Navigators, complete set of 8, including white papers, good to fine used, usual retail for fine used $225, very cheap last set to clear at $98 MN18) Australia 1930’s ovpt. OS selection, inc. 2d & 3d Harbour Bridge, 6d Airmail and 1/- Large Lyre, all mint with light hinge, retail $140. My price $110 MN21) Australia 1915 One Pound Grey Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, ovpt. Specimen type C, mint hinged. Cat $375, two nibbed perfs at right. Price $195 MN22) As above, type D, centered to lower left and some gum toning, cat $275, just $135 MN23) Australia 1915 One Pound Grey, 3rd wmk, cds used example with good centering and perfs. Sadly has a hardly visible tear at base, cat $500, this one just $169 MN24) Australia 1931 One Pound Grey Kangaroo, C of A wmk, well centered with full perfs, 2 partial cds cancels, cat $420, this one just $269 MN25) Cardboard Envelope Box, full of mostly complete sets of stamps, mint and cto used, from a worldwide variety of countries mainly 1980’s period. Wealth of thematics, suite ebay trader,m hoarder or dealer. Weighs 2.5kg, must be close to 15,000 stamps here. This really must be seen to be believed, refund if not delighted. Very colourful lot Price $395. Super double sized lot $749 MN26) Box of World on paper, amazing variety, mostly well clipped, and appears all large with much recent. Must be about 4000 here, under 5c a stamp, $195. MN28) New Zealand 1934 Silver Florin Uncirculated price $195 MN30) Neat packet of 1000 different British Commonwealth, mint and used included. Very cheap at under 5c per stamp, price $49 MN31) As above, but Western Europe. Price $69 MN32) 1500 Different Spain, magnificent lot, currently on my packets list at $275, save $100, now only $175 MN33) Lovely Old SG Ideal Album, up to 1915, in decent condition. (Spine has been repaired with cloth tape) Mint and used. Strength is in foreign. Highlights include GB KEVII to 5/- (private perfin), a superb used 2/6d 1918 Seahorse, India 1911 KGV complete HVs to 25 rupee used, good ranges of Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Dahomey, Dominican Rep., Durch Indies, Equador, France & Cols. Germany and Cols., Haiti, Holland, Honduras, Hungary, Indo China, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, Nicaragua mint, Iran used, Portugal and Cols., Romania, Russia, Salvador mint, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, USA, and much much more. Many thousands of stamps, and plenty of good pickings here, ideal to expand or add to your own collection. I AM SELLING THIS ON CONSIGNMENT, THEREFORE ANY LAYBY ARRANGEMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE BY NEGOTIATION WITH THE VENDOR. Price $4250
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FEBRUARY OFFERS MN34) Australia 1914 6d Blue War Savings stamp, mint unhinged, but creased, these usually sell for $240 or thereabouts, this one just $95, now just $75, final price $69 MN35) Australia 1948 5/- Arms, thin paper, very fine used, retail $100, my price just $75, l;ast two now, reduced to $69, final price $59 MN36) Tasmanaia Halfpenny on 1d Red sideface in imperf plate 1 block of 12, from the reprint sheet on thin card, rare and unusual! $420, now only $359, final price $329 MN37) Australia Kangaroo, 9d Purple 2nd wmk, fine used, normally $65 each, now just $59. MN38) Australia Kangaroo, 5d Chestnut 1st wmk, mint lightly hinged, well centred , normal retail $140, plus premium for the better centering. This one just $98. MN39) New Zealand 1940 Centennial set, mint unhinged, sg 613/25, normally $100, price $59 MN40) the 2010 vst comprehensive colour catalogue of australian stamps - in full colour - case bound edition - in 3 huge volumes (3rd volume is wire bound) with total of 580 pages! This catalogue is the latest edition available, volumes 1 & 2 have now been reprinted and are in a single hardbound edition. Volume 1 covers: australian colonies, postage dues, bcof, pre-decimal australia, and australian decimal issues(1966-1988) and all related first day covers, post office packs etc. Volume 2 covers the listing of australian decimal issues (1989-2006) and all related first day covers, post office packs etc. Volume 3 is the new 2010 edition - this volume has a complete re-pricing of the australian pre-decimal issues 1913-1936, plus new decimal listings for 2007, 2008 & 2009. This is the complete comprehensive 3 volume edition - colour catalogue of australian stamps. The 3 Volumes are very detailed with COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS throughout. Note that the prices here are pretty much up to date, there having been little price movement in recent years for most issues. Originally priced at over $100, we can now offer the 3 volumes, currently being sold elsewhere for around $45 for just $24.50 BULK BUYERS SPECIAL: 5 sets for just $99! MN41) Magnificent Magnifier: Large 110mm Illuminated Magnifier with Stand This magnifier can be used with or without the base. It is suitable for stamp and coin collectors as well as art and craft, artists etc. Magnification: 2.5x, plus 4x Spot. Diameter: 110mm, bigger than the Lighthouse similar product. Battery operated: 2 x AA (not included). Adjustable height up to 200mm and angle to 45 degrees. RRP $36.95. Price each only $15, under 50% retail! $69 per 5 why not give away to friends and relations, or do some trading? MN42) West Berlin, complete collection Mint Unhinged 1960 – 1990 30 years of stamps and minisheets. Bargain! $275 LAST ONE! Now reduced to $225 MN43) World El Cheapo on paper mixture! Plenty from the bigger countries, Germany, South Africa, USA etc, plus other bits and pieces tossed in from ends of ranges etc. As always you get what you pay for, but around 4500 – 5000 stamps to the kg, if you want bulk then this is it! Per kg $45, around 1c per stamp. MN44) As above, but better quality we have 3 better grades of World on paper Mission at $75, b) Super Mission at $125 and c) All large and Commemoratives $295 per kg. MN45) New World Off paper Mix, just received, much better variety than you see in most of these mixes, around 2000 for $39, 5000 for $89, 10,000 for $175 MN46) Australia very wide ranging off paper mix, from the same source as above, lots of better values, have noted values to 10/- in the pre-decimal, and $10 in the decimal, going very nearly up to date with recent 70c letter rate values spotted here and there. Prices per the World Mixture, MN46 above. MN47) PNCs (stamp & coin covers) Recently acquired stock, with most at issue price of $14.95, let us know your needs. We can also offer all different lots at under issue price a) 10 Different for $110 b) 25 Different $259 c) 50 Different for $495
MN48) New Zealand, 1981 – 1998 in 3 Warwick 22 ring albums, plus Green 48 page Lighthouse stockbook. Mostly mint unhinged and fine used of each issue, virtually compete for the period, with a little duplication. Great Lot! Was $785, my final price $549 MN49) New Zealand 1967 $1 Glacier, top left corner marginal, mint unhinged, with double perfs, Campbell Paterson Catalogue NZ$450. Nice striking error! Under half catalogue $195, Final price $139 MN50) Australia 1929 5/- grey and yellow Kangaroo, perf OS, postally used. Normal price $160, we have four grades to offer: a) Fine used circular date stamp, with clear usage date $129, b) As above but date not clear. $99, c) Light parcel cancel $79, d) Slight seconds with heavier cancels/and or perf faults $39 MN51) Bulk World Coins, much of it holiday change…we regularly sell this at $37.50 a kg but are a little overstocked just now, so out they go! Around 150 coins to the kg, so under 20c each. Heaps of variety and some spendables from USA, UK, NZ Switzerland etc. 1kg for $29.50, 5kg for $139, 10kg for $259 MN53) Worldwide mainly complete sets, mostly cto used but with some mint unhinged, plus some minisheets. Ex Fair Dealers Stock, mainly in multiples of 5. Ideal for re-sale on Ebay or through club sheets etc. Fantastic variety, and mainly the more popular thematics. We have three lots of this, sold by weight 2.25kg in each lot, but each lot estimate to contain around 2500 sets. Sell at 50c to $2 or more per set. Each lot for $750 (That is 30c per set) LAST TWO LOTS NOW, REDUCED TO $600 EACH. FINAL CLEARANCE NOW, $495 FOR THE LAST LOT LEFT, UNDER 20C PER SET! NO3) World collection, mint & used on 73 Hagner pages, in Seven Seas padded binder in very good condition, cost of these alone more than $125, lots of mint sets. Around 1000 stamps it looks like, these are free…just pay less than the original Hagner and Binder cost. $110 the lot. NO10) As above, decimals only, SG 8 – 18, advertised retail $65, my price under a half…$32 (2 available) NO11) As above, the top value $1 Mock Sun in bottom right corner single. Retail $30, my price only $18. NO12) Australia 1937 Animals Perf 13.5 x 12.5 Mint unhinged, (6) Retail $125, my price just $89, one only. NO14) Australia 1924 One Pound Grey 3rd wmk, superb cds postally used, retail value $475, this one just $395 NO15) Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo, perf Large OS, mint unhinged, perfectly centred with full perfs, looks great! Just some very minor toning on reverse. Cat $800, very cheap at under a third…$265 NO16) As above, small OS, mint lightly hinged, again well centred and full perfs, suntanned gum. Cat $550, again under a third, price $179 NO17) Australia 1913 2.5d Kangaroo Indigo, perf Large OS, mint unhinged, cat $800. This one centred top left, and faults include gum crease, invisible from the front, rounded top left corner (only minor) and lightly suntanned gum. A steal at $149! NO18) Australia 1913 6d blue Kangaroo, perf Large OS, mint lightly hinged, , well centred and full perfs. Gum somewhat toned. Cat. $425, just $99 NO19) Australia 1915 2/- Brown Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, perf OS, well centred and with good perfs, mint lightly hinged, gum a little toned. Cat. $1250! Price under a third, $395 NO20) Great Britain Commemoratives complete mint unhinged, 1964 Shakespeare – end 1967. Retail $37.50, one lot only, be quick! $24 NO21) Israel, 1948 1st Flight Cover to Australia, bearing 1st coins series, 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 Agorot, the 4 higher values with tabs. Nice 5 colour cover, flap is sadly
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FEBRUARY OFFERS missing. Very scarce, first I have seen and not listed in the Australian Airmails Catalogue. Price $74 NO22) Australia 1932 10/- Grey And Pink Kangaroo, fine used, with perfect perfs and centering, medium Ship Room Melbourne cds cancel. Cat $300. Good value at $229 NO24) Austria, lovely clean collection in 3 stockbooks. Earlies to approx 1990. Ealier is postally used, with 1960’s onwards mint unhinged. Good degree of completeness and many complete sets it seems, with around 1000 stamps. Price well under 25c a stamp, $228 NO25) GB Royal Mail First Day Cover collection in 2 big black binders, 1969 – 1992, looks nearly complete. Lovely lot of approx 200 covers, All with full sets. Cheap lot at under $1.45 a cover, $289 NO26) West Germany, Berlin and DDR somewhat haphazardly organised in 3 binders on hagners, and in 2 stockbooks. 1950’s to early 1990’s. Many mint unhinged sets, and lots of used, need a bit of work, but is a very clean lot. 1000s of stamps! $339 the lot. NO27) Australia Schaubek Hinglesss Album, pre-decimal 1913 – 1965 plus AAT 1957 – 1988 in good clean condition. Red padded binder with original cardboard slipcase, approx. new price $250, without the AAT. Sold a similar one last month for $125. Great value at $119 NO29) Australia 1913 1st wmk Kangaroos, lovely handpicked for centering and nice clear cancels, dated where possible set of 10 values to 1/-, very tough to assemble. Retail is $195, plus premium for centering etc. My price for this set just $139 NO30) Australia 1915/16 Kangaroos 2nd wmk, fine used set with circular cancels 2d – 1/- Retail $195, not quite as nice as the 1st wmk set above, price $125 NO31) Australia 1927 3rd wmk Kangaroo Die IIb 1/- Emerald with sideways wmk, postally used Melbourne cds, cat $500. As usual for this stamp it is not centered to top left. One of the most difficult kangaroos to find postally used. Price $375 NO32) Australia 1916 1/- Kangaroo Die II, 3rd wmk, nice lightly hinged mint, centred left. Cat $90, my price $59 NO33) Austrlia 1931 One pound Grey Kangaroo, C of A wmk, nicely used, with two partial cds cancels of Melbourne Ship Mailroom. Well centered and with good perfs. Cat $420. This one just $269 NO34) Queensland 1860 1d Imperf SG1, mint with gum, near 4 margins, just touched top right. Lovely stamp, so rare in this condition. Cat $13,000. My price under one third catalogue $3995 NO35) Kiribati & Tuvalu complete collections mint unhinged 1976 – 1989 in Brown Lighthouse padded black 32 page stockbook. Includeds all definitive, commemorative and postage due sets for the period, plus official overprints. Approx 125 complete sets, very nice lot, price well under $1.50 per set $179 NO36) Australia 1932 1/- Large Lyrebird, overprinted OS, mint lightly hinged. Retail $60, this one just $44 NO37) Australia 1932 Large Lyrebird as above, but with overprint misplaced approx 3mm to the left, and weak strike of the S in ovpt. Scarce and unusual. Price $82.50 NO38) FANTASTIC COLLECTION/ACCUMULATION OF WELL OVER 3,000 AUSTRALIA USED. THIS LOT HAS KANGAROOS SIMPIFIED SET TO 10/- , PLUS A COMPLETE SET OF 1932 HARBOUR BRIDGES TO 5/- , there are at least 1500 different, so only light duplication. Price for the lot $749. (Under 25c per stamp!) NO40) Australia 1915 5/- Grey & Yellow, 2nd wmk Kanagroo, perf OS, good/fine used with circular cancel and well centred. Really hard to find in nice condition. Cat $700, this one just $449 NO41) Australia 1913 1st wmk 2/- Brown Kangaroo, mint lightly hinged, and well
centred with full perfs, very scarce thus. Cat $650, price $525 NO42) Australia 1916 One pound Chocolate and Dull Blue Kangaroo, nice used with registered cancel, and well centred with good perfs, cat. $2250, my price, $1695 NO43) Australia 1913 10/- Grey & Pink 1st wmk Kangaroo SG 14 Cat. $2000 very fine lightly hinged mint. My price just $1100 NO44) Australia 1964 Two Pound Navigator, very fine used, retail $80, my price just $69 NO46) GB 1920 KEVII One Pound Green, overprinted Specimen, lovely mint light hinge example, with full perfs. Cat. $2700, price under 30%, just $795 NO47) Australia 1920 KGV 1/4d Turquoise single wmk, mint lightly hinged, well centred and with full perfs. Retail $200, my price just $149 NO48) British West Indies, amazing collection of 1500 different, appear pretty well all mint unhinged. Many, many sets, vast range of themes and very colourful. Hard to assemble. Price only 25c per stamp, just $375 NO49) GB 1883 5/- Rose Pink QV, SG 180, lovely well centred mint light hinge example with fresh white gum. Cat $2350, my price just $795 NO50) Australia 1915 3rd wmk Kangaroos set to 5/-, good to fine used. Other dealers list price for fine used $325. My price only $185 MOC2) Queensland 1860 SG3 6d Green x 3 on piece, to make 1/6d letter rate. Each with 3 good margins. Superb item and catalogue $5160 + . My price under one third…$1695 MOC5) Australia 1913 9d Violet Kangaroo 1st Wmk, superb well centred and unhinged, cat $850, my price just $625 MOC6) Australia 1932 6d Chestnut Kangaroo C of A wmk, Ovpt. OS, with Complete Row of Double Perfs. At top. Just a hinge touch at top left, but is Post Office Fresh otherwise, well centred with full perfs. Cat $500, my price $349 MOC7) Australia 1929 9d Violet Kangaroo, multiple wmk, fresh mint lightly hinged, cat $125, this one just $89 MOC8) Australia 1931-6 Two Pound Kangaroo, Black and Rose Crimson, superb used cds, and well centred with good perfs. Featuring the vignette plate variety “Fox Faced Roo” Cat $1750. Scarce and sought after variety, in way better than usual condition Price $1325 MOC9) Spain, very nice used collection, in red padded hanger binder on 40 as new stockpages, retail $65 alone. The collection starts with 1860’s imperfs, nice range of 24 of these, then through to 1991, all appear postally used. 1500 plus stamps. Also Brand New Lighthouse Illustrated pages 1967 – 1994, these alone worth $150. Price $359 MOC10) East Germany DDR, 64 Black Page Posthorn Stock Book containing a fairly complete collection of this now quite popular country, mostly postally used. Around 1000 stamps, many, many complete sets. Plus a further Springback album with a number of cto sets. Price $525. MOC13) C1915 Herald Airmail Label, in brown, with full perfs and some gum has been stuck down at some time. Better than average. $115 MOC15) Germany, all periods, very good collection in big brown padded stockbook.Fairly extensive, with mint and used in earlier, and mainly postally used in post war issues. Close to 2000 stamps I would estimate. Good value at $449 MOC16) Canada in Blue Prinz Stockbook, KGV _ QEII with a lot of Control singles mint unhinged. Many complete sets to around 1984. Approx 300. Nice lot at $149 MOC19) Australia 1948 Arms, One Pound Blue overprint Specimen, Mint Unhinged. Retail $85, my price just $64 MOC20) As above, the Two Pound Green, same price $64
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FEBRUARY OFFERS MOC26) Printing, amazing collection covering the history of printing and publishing, in 5 Lindner Maroon Ring Binders, as new (These worth $350 retail) 2 stockbooks and a springback album, plus hundreds of covers, mostly commercial and two further stockbooks with collections of Capt. James Cook, Ships and Shipping, and Railways. Massive lot which took the original owner 30 years to accumulate. Price $1650 the lot, great value at this! MOC28) New Zealand High Values on paper, a new lot just arrived from the UK, this mix is in very short supply. Only 400g in stock.100g for $129, 200g for $245 MOC29) Great Britain 1840 SG5 2d Blue, magnificent strip of 3 on piece, each with neat red Maltese Cross cancel, letterd BH – BJ, and showing deteriorating B on second stamp and broken B on third stamp. Spectacular variety. Each stamp has three generous margins, with second & third stamp with very nearly 4. Cat. Price as singles near $6000, strips are very rare. Price $4500 MOC30) Australia 1915 2/- Brown Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, mint unhinged, full perfs. Nicest example I have owned in a while. Cat now $2500! Price $1695 MOC31) Australia KGV 1d Red, Die II, smooth paper, 2 examples in widely differing shades, both mint, one without gum, the other with patchy gum. Fresh and bright visually. Cat. Minimum $750 each as mint hinged. Ideal for study purposes, and very cheap at $149 the two. MOC35) 1966 Navigators specimen overprints, set of 6 inc. the scarcer perfs, mint lightly hinged, retail elsewhere for MUH $450, my price just $149 MOC36) Australia 1929 5/- Grey & Yellow Kangaroo, multiple wmk, with superb socked on nose “PP Postal Hall”, Melbourne cds. (date unclear) very attractive full perf nicely centred example. Cat $225, price $165 MOC37) Australia 1915 2/- Brown 2nd wmk Kangaroo, the most superb examp[le I have ever seen, full perfs and perfectly centred, with unframed Horsham cds of SE 26 16. unashamedly asking full catalogue for this! $350 MOC38) Australia 1915 6d Pale Utramarine Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, with BROKEN LEG variety. ACSC20(3)d, nice fine used with indistinct cds cancel, full perfs. Very scarce variety, seldom offered. $559 MOC39) Australia 1913 6d Ultramarine Kangaroo, 1st wmk, with inverted wmk, ACSC 17Aa, Cat $1000, lovely well centred, full perf example, with partial light parcel cancel to right, kangaroo is clear of cancel. Brilliant example of this rarity. $749 MOC40) Australia 1915 6d Ultramarine Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, with inverted wmk, ACSC 19Aa, Cat $275, well centred, full perf example, light parcel cancel. Very nice example of this scarce variety. $179 MOC42) Australia 1932 One Pound Grey, C of A wmk, ovpt. Specimen type D, mint unhinged gum toned. Full perfs. Cat $120. Very cheap at $49 MOC43) Australia 1932 Two Pound Black & Red, C of A wmk, ovpt. Specimen type D, fresh mint unhinged gum centred high. Full perfs. Cat $140. Very cheap at $64 MOC44) Australia 1929 10/- Grey & Pink, Multiple wmk, ovpt. Specimen type C, fresh mint hinged, well centred and full perfs. Cat $375, price $279 MOC46) Australia 1913 3d Olive 1st wmk Kangaroo, Die II, cto, cat $500. Attractive nicely centred stamp, very scarce. $329 MOC47) Australia 1923 6d Chestnut Kangaroo, with Broken Leg, ACSC 21(3)d, postally used, centred to lower left, cat $200, hard to find postally used. $110, or cto (fluffy perfs) $99 MOC48) Australia 1915 9d Pale Violet 2nd wmk Kangaroo, mint lightly hinged, full perfs, centred high. Cat $350, under half just $169 MOC49) Australia 1915 9d Violet 1st wmk Kangaroo, mint lightly hinged, full perfs, well centred Cat $175, lovely! $129 SC 58(V @ position38
MOC50) 300 DIFFERENT GERMANY ALL ERAS MANY OLDER INCLUDES STATES AND THIRD REICH This superior selection includes early to modern stamps including 19th century, with commemoratives, definitives and higher values. Includes stamps from German States then Germany through all eras including Third Reich and occupation post war through to Modern, condition is generally excellent. Last lot of these. Price just $32.75 Oct6) Large brown paper carrier bag, with world accumulation on paper, early to modern. Who knows what lurks in here! We have had several of these from the same source, and all sold very quickly. Weighs 2.2kg. $165 the lot. Oct8) Australia 1932 1/- large lyrebird, overprinted OS, in horizontal pair, cds used in the scarcer Yellowish Green shade, supplied with normal for comparison in the deeper shade. Scarce in pairs, and cat. $100 each as singles. $119 the pair. Oct10) Australia KGV 1/4d Turquoise. C of A wmk, fresh mint lightly hinged, centred right. Cat. $150, this one just a half…$75 Oct11) Australia 1936 SA Centenary 3d solo use on Surface Mail cover to Denmark. Scarce usage. Launceston 21APR37 cds, with slogan “Post Early Each Day” Cheap at $29 (I have lots of other nice commercial covers if interested, ranging in price from $5 to $500) Oct12) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 4d Orange 1st wmk, mint lightly hinged, well centred. Retail $140, my price $110 Oct13) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 5d Chestnut 1st wmk, mint lightly hinged, well centred. Retail $140, my price $110 Oct14) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 9d Violet 1st wmk, mint lightly hinged. Retail $140, my price $110 Oct15) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 1/- Emerald 1st wmk, mint lightly hinged, Retail $140, my price $110 Oct19) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 4d Orange 1st wmk, perf Large OS mint lightly hinged, Cat $500, my price $285 Oct20) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 9d Violet 1st wmk, perf Large OS mint lightly hinged, Cat $550, my price $315 Oct21) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 1/- Emerald 1st wmk, perf Large OS mint lightly hinged, Cat $600, my price $345 Oct22) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 3d Olive Die 1 1st wmk, perf Small OS, mint lightly hinged, cat $400, my price $225 Oct23) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 6d Blue 1st wmk, perf Small OS, mint lightly hinged, cat $425, my price $255 Oct24) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 9d Violet 1st wmk, perf Small OS, mint lightly hinged, cat $600, my price $345 Oct25) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 1/- Emerald 1st wmk, perf Small OS, mint lightly hinged, cat $600, my price $345 Oct26) Australia 1915 Kangaroo 2d Grey 2nd wmk, mint lightly hinged, retail $140, this one just $105 Oct27) Australia 1915 Kangaroo 2.5d Deep Blue 2nd wmk, mint lightly hinged, retail $90, this one just $72 Oct29) Australia 1915 Kangaroo, 6d Brown, 3rd wmk mint unhinged, marginal example, very fresh, retail $50, this one $45 and well worth it! Oct31) Australia 1915 Kangaroo, 2/- Maroon, 3rd wmk mint lightly hinged, retail $175, my price $139 Oct33) Australia 1915 Kangaroo, 10/- Grey & Analine Pink, 3rd wmk, perf OS, mint lightly hinged, cat $2000. Suspect this may have been reperfed, so very cheap at
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FEBRUARY OFFERS under a quarter cat. Price $495 Oct34) Oct33) Australia 1915 Kangaroo, One Pound Grey, 3rd wmk, perf OS, COMMERCIALLY USED, cat $750 as cto, this one used with heavy cds, but amazingly scarce stamp, thought for a long time not to exist. This has been repaired at some time in the past, but looks fine from the front. Very cheap example of a rarity, price $595 Oct35) Australia 1929 Kangaroo 2/- Maroon small multiple wmk, mint unhinged, cat $850, this one off centre, so only $495 Oct40) New South Wales, 1/- Red Diadems imperf, lovely fine used 4 margin example, two are huge! Price $75 Oct41) Australia 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge, fine used cto with good perfs and well centred, they do not come better than this! $285 Oct46) Australia 2nd wmk 2.5d Kangaroo, well centred lovely block of 4, with 2 mint unhinged, two lightly hinged, retail as singles $780. Magnificent piece. $585 MSP9) Australia 1955 1/6d no wmk Hermes, in a muh block of 4, retail $80, my price $59 MSP10) Australia 1949 10/- Arms, in a bottom right corner marginal block of4, muh. Very fresh, retail is $120 as singles, my price just $89 MSP12) 1949 Robes Thin Paper set, 5/- to One Pound, nice used. Retail $125, my price just $95 MSP22) Dark Blue padded as new Seven Seas Binder, with standard pages for 1983 – 2000. New price $195, my price under one third! $59 the lot. MSP23) Australia Seven Seas Green Padded hingeless album in as new condition, with pages for 1953 – 1987. New cost $280, my price well under a half, $119 MSP28) NZ Seven Seas Hingeless pages1983 - 93 in binder with some extras standard pages, mainly the Health Minisheets, not counted $59. MSP29) Czechoslovakia, mint unhinged collecti0on of 200 different, mostly large commemoratives, on our packets list at $20, (only 6 left) at $14.95 each. Great value! MSP30) New packet collection of 1500 different Australia, including many top values and complete sets, retail elsewhere $150 plus, my price just $89 (6 available) MSP31) New South Wales, 1/- Red Diadems Imperf. With 4 good margins and light cancel, retail is $100 for 3 margin examples. My price for this just MSP33) Prinz Imperial Stockbooks, top of the range 64 white pages, padded cover, brand new shrink wrapped, in Red or Dark Blue, (only 2 of each available) Usual retail $79 each price just $49 each MSP34) Handy A4 size 8 page stockbooks, with glassine strips and interleaving. Normally $12.95 each, now just $7.95 each (24 available) MSP35) New packet of 125 different Australia Pre-decimal, nice lot. Only $8.95 (17 available) MSP36) Nice packet of 500 different Australia, on our packets list for $16.50, a few surplus to clear at $9.95 (20 available) MSP37) Lucky dip packets, made up by a local part time dealer soon to retire to Queensland, lucky bloke! Each contains a different assortment, comes with a free postcard or maximum card, these are sold unopened as received and is priced at $14.95 per pack, 5 packs for $69, 10 packs for $135, 15 packs for $189 Choose from: a) 25 different worldwide minisheets mint and used, b) 50 grams Animals thematics off paper, c) 50 grams World off paper, d) 50 grams USA off paper, e) 50 grams Australia off paper, f) 50g World on and off paper inc fdc clippings, g) 50g Australia inc. sets clipped from fdcs, h) 50g Europe off paper, i) 35 grams Space Thematics off paper, j) 35 grams Africa off paper, k) 35 grams Middle East & Arab States off paper, l) 30 grams Russia off paper, m) 50 grams Europe off
paper, n) 40g GB appears mostly large, off paper, o) 50 grams Czech. Off paper, p) 40 grams Asia off paper. MSP39) Australia Decimals, mostly recent cto with gum, lovely lot of 300 different, inc blocks and strips as issued, plus Internationals. Very hard to assemble, great value at under 20c per stamp, price $59 (6 available) MSP41) Australia 1966 – 1987 mainly complete and mostly cto in Seven Seas Hingeless Album, 140 plus complete sets, plus the album, has to be worth $149! SE2) Seven Seas Australia Hingeless Album, in 2 padded binders, 1913 – 1990 complete, from KGV Heads except for the Kangaroo pages. Very good condition, most pages being as new. New cost would be $436.50, my price, under one third at $139. SE3) Renniks Coin Albums, brand new, complete with pages and backing sheets to fit all Australian coin sizes, spaces for 227 coins. Retail is $32.50 each, One lot of 10 only at Half Price $162.50 the lot. SE4) Lindner 22 Ring Padded Binders and Slipcases, almost as new, will take standard 22 ring pages. Retail $90 each, One lot of 6 only, under a third of retail, price $175 SE6) Australia 1931 6d Brown Airmail, Overprinted OS, on First Day Cover, 1st Flight Airmail to England, this is the only way you will normally find this FDC, and is extremely scarce, cat. $1500. Missing form 99.999% of all Australia FDC collections! The first I have handled, indeed the first I have seen in over 40 years. Frank Pauer the well known Melbourne FDC collector agrees. With additional franking of a 3d green airmail, two normal 6d Airmails, plus 2 x Halfpenny Orange, 1 x 1d Green & 1 x 3d Blue KGV Head. The cover, an official printed one, is a bit World Weary, however the important stamp is intact with a clear Ship Mailroom Melbourne CDS Cancel, of 17 NO 31. Probably your only chance to secure one of these….Cat. $1500, price would be full catalogue if in a little better condition, this one just a half $750. SE7) Australia 1949 Lovely 10/- Arms on neat clean small typed address First Day Cover, with neat GPO Sydney 9-A3 - OC 49 cds cancel, not obscuring design. A very scarce cover, cat. $450, my price $329 SE8) Australia 1949 5/- & 10/- Arms on similar neat covers as above, each with clean Burwood NSW cds of 11 OC 56, Cat $185 if commercially used, but assuming these are philatelic. $49 the pair. SE9) Australia 1913 1st wmk 5d Chestnut Kangaroo, lovely fresh mint unhinged, well centred top marginal example, cat $550. Nicest I have owned, $475 SE10) Australia 1913 1st wmk 1/- Blue Green Kangaroo, superb postally used example, with Inverted wmk. Socked on nose with Melbourne dated cds of 29 JA 14. Usually these come with faults, or perfs missing. This is the best I have ever seen. Cat $500. Price $450 SE11) Australia 1915 3rd wmk 2/- Brown Kangaroo, perf OS, lovely postally used example, Inverted Wmk, with Melbourne cds. Again the nicest I have ever seen. Cat $1500, price $1125 SE12) Australia 1931 3rd wmk One Pound Grey Kangaroo, nice attractive postally used with light cds cancel, minor perf fault at bottom. Cat $420, my price well under half $189 SE13) Australia 1914 6d Kookaburra, beautiful well centred Melbourne cto example, cat $80, my price just $59 SE16) Australia 1935 Anzac Pair, 2d & 1/-, mlh, cat. $52, price $39 (3 available) SE17) Australia 1915 2nd wmk, 6d Blue Kangaroo, perf OS, mint unhinged. Cat $1750, and missing from 99% of all Australia collections. Nice looking stamp, but does have a diagonal crease, hardly visible from the front, hence below 20% catalogue. Price $349
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FEBRUARY OFFERS SE19) Australia 1921 3rd wmk die IIB 6d Pale Ultramarine Kangaroo, from the Harrison Printing, mint unhinged, perf OS. Centrered high. Nice looking stamp, with great colour, nice white gum and full perfs. Under 60% cat. Price $249 SE21) Australia 1918 2d Grey 3rd wmk Kangaroo, Die I, Inverted wmk, nice attractive cds used example, perfect centering and perfs, wmk from the top left cornet of the sheet (bottom right if not inverted) Cat $60, price $49 SE22) Similar to above, with neat corner cds cancel. Not quite so well centered. Price $39 SE23) Australia 1913 3d Olive Green Kangaroo, Die II, perf small OS, nice well centred example, with cds cancel. Cat $350. Price $249 SE24) Australia 1913 3d Olive Green Kangaroo, Die I, inverted wmk, nice well centred example, with cds cancel. Odd minor perf fault, but very attractive example. Cat $225. Price under half $99 SE25) Australia 1918 3rd 3rd wmk , Yellow Olive Kangaroo, Die 1, mint unhinged full perf. example. Hard to better! Cat $125, price $99 SE26) Falkland Is. 1d Brown, SG1, reasonable 2nd grade copy, good spacefiller at under 10% catalogue. Cat $900, price $89 SE27) Australia 1915 3rd wmk, 9d Purple Kangaroo, fine used with inverted wmk. Braidwood 4 JL 20 Cancel. Retail $250, my price $185 SE31) Australia 1934 MacArthur set of 4 inc. 2d Dark Hills, mint unhinged, retail $125, my price $95 SE32) Australia 1937 10/- Robes thick paper mint unhinged retail $35, my price just a half! $17.50 SE33) Australia 1937 Robes thick paper set, 5/- to One Pound fine used, retail $60, my price just a half! $30 SE35) Australia 1946 BCOF overprint on 1d Queen, overprint double. Not recorded on this value. The 3d value catalogues at $2500. Fine used with slightly blunt top right corner perf. Very rare item, price $1495. SE38) Western Australia 1861 4d Vermillion, with Perth cds, SP 27 1867 cleanly struck cds, SG40 retail $350, minor perf faults, but a scarce stamp. My price $198 SE39) Western Australia 1860 -64, 6d Sage Green Imperf, SG28, Local Printing, 3 margins, postally used. Cat. $800, rare stamp, but with repaired tear at top where hinge has been carelessly removed. Nice looker. My price $159 SE41) St. Lucia KEVII 5/- , as SG 76, but in Grey and Carmine instead of Green & Carmine, mint lightly hinged. Not a colour changeling, but most likely a colour trial proof, on watermarked. Cat $170 as normal. Unusual. Price $98 SE45) Australia 1914 6d Engraved Kookaburra, and 1d Red Die 1, KGV fine used on piece, very unusual to find. 6d Kooka on cover is almost impossible and cat. $2500, selling this at 5% of the cover price, $125 SE46) Australia 1/4d KGV small multi wmk perf 13.5 x 12.5 horiz. Pair on parcel piece, along with 1/- Kangaroo and 3d Airmail making 3/11d, with Use The Airmail slogan cancel. Single 1/4d stamp on cover cat. $400. Attractive piece for rates collector too. Price $249 SE47) Australia 1948 Arms, 5/-, One Pound and Two Pound, cds used on parcel piece, making a 65/- rate. Attractive and scarce, the two higher values cat at $350 and $1250 respectively. Priced at just 5% of the on cover price. Nice piece for the rates collector. Price $80. SE48) Australia 1937 3d Die I, mint unhinged, well centered and with good perfs. Retail $75, this one with ever so slightly toned gum, half price….$37.50 SE50) Australia 1938 1d Green Queen Die II, in coil strip of 3, central stamp is mint unhinged, others have been lightly hinged. Well centered and with full perfs. Cat
$150 as a hinged pair. My price for this, just $119 MAU2) USA, great lot of Charity Mix, just received on single paper, very wide variety covering many decades, 1940’s to quite recent. Best mix we have seen out of the USA in quite a while. 250g for $22, 500g for $39, 1kg for $74.50. Be quick and take the lot! around 10kg for $695 MAU3) English Speaking Countries on paper mix, comprises Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, South Africa, Canada, USA, Ireland. 250g for $22, 500g for $39, 1kg for $74.50, 5kg for $349, 10kg for $695 MAU4) As above, but without the USA, same price MAU8) Australia 1909 10/- Green & Red Postage Due, SG D72, lovely mint example retail $470, my price $365, NOW REDUCED TO $289 MAU9) New South Wales Queen Victoria 10/- Mauve and Claret Long Type, SG 241c perf 12 x 11, superb used with neat central cds strike of Hurstville 19 MR 1900. Full perfs and fresh, a lovely stamp. Unpriced in Gibbons! $95, NOW REDUCED TO $76 MAU10) New South Wales 20/- Ultramarine Carrington, SG 264c, Magnificent fine used example with Broken Hill cds of DE 31 1900. Nicest you will find! $139, NOW REDUCED TO $189 MAU11) Stanley Gibbons “The Philatelic” album. This is the Rolls Royce of stamp albums, a magnificently leather bound peg fitting binder, plus slipcase in Green and Black Leather, with Gold blocking on the spine. Comes with 50 leaves, which have previously been used to house postcards, so the photo corners are still in place. This album retails at an astounding $775 new, this one is in great condition, for under 25% of the price. $189, NOW REDUCED TO $149 MAU14) WWI Cinderellas on Hagner. Inc. full colour military types, Loyal North Lancs, Third Dragoon Guards, The Queen’s Own, Prince of Wales Royal Lancers, Royal Fusiliers, The King’s Own Malta Regiment of Militia and The Royal Garrison Artillery, plus 3 different large War Savings Certificate types, and 3 French military types. (13) Nice lot. We had a similar lot a few months ago which were snapped up very quickly by a dealer! $89 the lot. MAU15) Massive lot of Cigarette and trade Cards, Around 1200 in albums, in bundles and loose. Many complete sets, including early Victoria Football League and Australian Cricket cards. Noted Don Bradman. I know next to nothing about cigarette cards, except that many of these popular themes sell for 100s of dollars per set, and up to $50 for a single card. In much better than average condition generally, and got to be very good value at under $1.50 per card. $1650 the lot, NOW REDUCED TO $1195, under $1 per card! MAU16) New South Wales, 1867 4d Red Brown Imperf Plate Proof horizontal pair on ungummed watermarked paper, from left hand edge of the sheet. Attractive and scarce piece. $295. NOW REDUCED TO $236 MAU17) South Australia 1860 – 69 4d (Gibbons type 3) Imperf plate proof pair, on ungummed, unwatermarked paper in the rose-carmine colour of the 2/-. A pair in black and a block of 4 as per this example was estimated $300 and sold for $650 at a Prestige auction. Horizontal crease, but still an attractive pair. Price $195. NOW REDUCED TO $149 MAU18) Switzerland, lovely postal history collection, well written up on album leaves, dating from 1832 – 1944. 30 items including many scarce, inc. some 1st flights, interesting markings such as “DETAINED IN FRANCE DURING GERMAN OCCUPATION” Also includes seated Helvetias on cover both perf an imperf. A really fascinating lot. Very cheap at average $20 per item. $600 NOW REDUCED TO $479 MAU19) Australia, valuable stock of pre-decimal mainly mint unhinged predecimal in hagners, noted Sturt Pair in blocks of 16, Robes 5/- Imprint Blocks (4) 1940 AIF set imprint blocks, many, many other imprint blocks and masses of
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FEBRUARY OFFERS complete sets, inc. many in blocks of 4. Priced to sell at $1750 plus, this lot is great for an Ebayer or re-seller. Price $695, NOW REDUCED TO $549 MAU46) As above, the set of plate/imprint blocks in strips of 10 from the bottom of sheets, hinged/unhinged, includes both plates of the 3d and 4 plates of the 6d, one of these only being in a block of 6. Possibly Unique. Cat $675 as single stamps. Price $395. NOW REDUCED TO $315 MAU47) Pitcairn Is. 1953 Coronation, imprint/plate number strips of ten, hinged/ unhinged, for both plates. (20 stamps) Cat $80 as single stamps, price $49 NOW REDUCED TO $39. MAU48) Pitcairn Island, 1963 Red Cross, plate/imprint blocks of ten for both plates of each value, hinged/unhinged (40 stamps) Cat. $120 as single stamps, price $59. NOW REDUCED TO $49 MAU49) Pitcairn Island, 1964 Return set, in sheet number top right blocks of 4, as issued on the Island. Hinged/unhinged. Plus 1965 ITU 8 pairs in corner blocks of 4, Cheap lot, $29, NOW REDUCED TO $24 MAU50) Australia 1929 Long Airmail Envelope bearing Small Multiple Wmk perf 13.5 x 12.5 2d, 4.5d and 1/4d, all tied by Perth 10 DE 29 cds cancels, to Yalbalgo Station. Yalbalgo Station is a sheep and goat farm in Carnarvon of 86,499.00ha (213,743.69 acres) (approx) Scarce tri-colour cover, price $395, NOW REDUCED TO $315 AU11) The Numeral Cancellations of NSW, on CD Rom, by Hugh Freeman, the Hardback Book is out of print, and sold out. Original price for the bookwas $225, and 2nd hand copies are non-exisitent. I have just 1 copy of this, price $49 Invaluable! AU12) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroo, Die IIA, fresh used example, with large part original gum, and Strong Offset on reverse under the gum. Cat $600 for mint, unpriced used. Lovely item. $495 NOW REDUCED TO $395 AU14) Great Britain 1840 1d Black, plate 4, in horizontal pair, (Pairs are scarce!) cancelled with nicely struck Red Maltese Crosses, AU14) unplated, lettered CI – CJ, this pair both with 4 margins. Price $1100. NOW REDUCED TO $880 AU15) Final of these pairs of 1d blacks, this in the scarcer Grey Black shade, and with Black Maltese Crosses. Lettered EC – ED, both are 4 margin examples, close at bottom. Price $1175. NOW REDUCED TO $939 AU16) Australia 1920 3rd Wmk 1/- Blue-Green, SIDEWAYS WATERMARK, lovely block of 4, top tow very lightly hinged, lower two are unhinged. Centrered a little high, as is usual for this stamp. Cat. $200 each for hinged, and unpriced for unhinged, but other items in this periods are normally near 3 times the price, so around $1600. Never seen a block so nice before! Price $975. NOW REDUCED TO $779 AU17) Australia 1913 2/- Brown 1st Wmk. Kangaroo, lovely postally used, with partical cds at base. Centred low, but such a nice stamp! Cat $250, my price just a half, $125, NOW REDUCED TO $99 AU20) Australia 1908 5/- Green Postage Due, with stroke. SGD59, Cat. $95. Lovely well centred, ful perfs and “socked on nose” with scarce Perth Poste Restante cds, 7 AUG 09. Price $72. NOW REDUCED TO $57.50 AU21) Australia 1964 10/- Navigator, overprinted 15.5mm Specimen, on cream paper mint unhinged. OVERPRINT MASSIVELY MISPLACED INTO PERFS AT LHS. Never seen this before and is not catalogued. Stamp is perfectly centred. STRIKING ERROR! Cat. $1500 as normal, Unashamedly asking $3000. NOW REDUCED TO $2395 AU23) GB 1955 Waterlow Castles 2/6d to One Pound, mint lightly hinged and well centered. Retail $125, my price $75! NOW REDUCED TO $59 AU24) GB 1840 1d Black, nice 4 margins, approaching the Intense Black shade, un-
plated, lettered CB, and bearing TWO Red Maltese Crosses, contrary to regulations! Price $895. NOW REDUCED TO $715 AU25) Australia 1948 5/- Arms, thin paper horizontal strip of 3 POSTALLY USED! Never ever seen a multiple of this in 50 years of stamp dealing, must be a very rare usage. Left hand stamp thinned at top, otherwise fine. Cat $125 each as singles. Must be worth full catalogue. Supplied with normal for comparison. $375. NOW REDUCED TO $289 AU26) Australia 1948 5/- Robes, thin tinted paper Imprint Block of 4, mint unhinged, cat $150. Price $110. NOW REDUCED TO $89 AU29) Australia KGV 4d Orange, Inverted wmk, MLH, Cat $80, cheap at $45 NOW REDUCED TO $36 AU30) Australia KGV 4d Purple, single wmk, perf OS, MUH, cat $375, with what appears to be a vertical doctor blade line in gum. My price $195. NOW REDUCED TO $149 AU31) As above, but MLH. Cat. $200, my price under a half, $98, NOW REDUCED TO $79 AU33) Australia KGV, 4d Orange, perf OS, MLH, minor gum toning. Cat $250, under a half at $119 NOW REDUCED TO $95 AU34) Australia KGV, 1d Red single wmk, rough paper, perf OS, MLH. Cat $50, price $39, NOW REDUCED TO $31 AU35) Australia KGV, 1d Green C of A wmk, Overprinted OS, in a mint unhinged left marginal block of 8. Centered low, with appearance of almost imperf between the vertical rows. Nice fresh appearance. Cat $160. Price $119, NOW REDUCED TO $95 AU37) As above, on 1d Green. Cat $40, price $25 AU38) As above, but on 1d Violet, in horizontal pair with normal at left. $39 AU43) South Africa, shoebox of collectors duplicates in envelopes, plus some loose in packets with earlies, between SG3 – 834. Also some Zimbabwe. $69 the lot. AU45) As above, Canada, some on album pages, $49 the lot AU47) Carton of Philatelic and other Literature, includes: History of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Americas Story as told in Postage Stamps, US 19th Century Fancy Cancels, Paper Ambassadors (the politics of stamps), Dietz Confederate States catalog and handbook 1959, The Blue Mauritius, Billigs Philatelic Handbook, vol 33: 19th Century US Fancy Cancels. Essay – Proof Journal 1944, A Historical Catalog of US Essay and Proof, the 1847 Issue, plus many others. 14 items, fascinating and educationsal lot for the avid reader…you can put down your Harry Potter! price $129. NOW REDUCED TO $99 AU50) Australia 1966 Navigators Specimen Overprints, the Scarce 75c & $1 smaller 15mm overprints, mint unhinged, retail $350, my price just a half $175. (I also have the same in MLH if required for $89) MJY1) Mostly mint unhinged, collection/accumulation of Norfolk Island 1960’s to 1990 approx mainly in pairs, counted over 100 complete sets and minisheets including 4 definitive sets to $3, plus ranges of other British Commonwealth countries in big green stockbook. Many 100s, great value at $375, NOW REDUCED TO $295 MJY5) Part Contents of huge shipping carton, with mass of World on paper, just as received from local charity appears unsorted, could be anything in here. Many 1000s. Weighs 2kg Another cheap lot $149 MJY8) British Commonwealth off paper newly received mixture, this is much better than the average with stamps from Queen Victoria to quite recent. Must be 15 - 20,000 to the kg. Lovely lot at under 4c per stamp, appears unpicked. Around 1500 – 2000 stamps, 100g for $69, 250g $159, 500g $295 Few lots only. MJY11) Silk Cigarette Cards, in ancient album, features dogs, coats of arms, Military Crests, Flags etc. approx 95, must be worth $1 each…album is free. $95, NOW REDUCED TO $76
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Looking at New Zealand
1940 Centennial, Part 2: ½
The ancient Polynesian peoples of the Pacific islands were great navigators, eventually settling all suitable territory in that ocean. Although many must have perished in their attempts, there was a tradition of colonising groups setting off into the unknown in large sea-going canoes (waka) to find new homes. The first peoples to arrive in New Zealand centuries ago were purely huntergatherers with no agricultural practices. They called themselves Moriori (a dialectical variation of Maori). This variation in food sources differentiated the Moriori from the later Maoris culturally but there was no racial difference. By the time of European exploration in the 18th century, the Moriori culture survived only in the Chatham Islands, 862 kilometres east of Christchurch. The later Maori migrants brought with them the kumara, the Pacific 44 - Stamp News
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2: ½d Maori Migration islands sweet potato, which they cultivated as a staple food source. In Maori tradition, different groups of settlers arrived from the eastern Pacific at various times in the 14th century. The later tribal groups took their names from the names of the canoes that legend said they had arrived in. The ½d stamp, designed by L C Mitchell, shows a group of colonists arriving in an exhausted state after weeks on the open sea. The canoe pictured is of the Polynesian double type – two canoes lashed together with a central platform. A leader is pointing to the lushness of the new country while others carry baskets of kumara from the canoe. The border design is of a Maori spiral motif. The value tablets are tewhatewha, war clubs also used as chiefs’ ceremonial staffs, e.g. when leading a haka (war dance). All values were recess printed by Bradbury
Wilkinson. The ½d was printed on two plates, each divided into two panes of 120 impressions (10 rows of 12). The panes were numbered 1T (top); 1L (lower); 2T and 2L. Because of changed postal rates, the first printing of 38,040,000 was sufficient to meet demand from the date of issue on 2nd January 1940 until the set was withdrawn on 31st May 1946. References: Catalogue of New Zealand Stamps, Auckland, Campbell Paterson, 1952 – . The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, vol. 2, Wellington, RPSNZ, 1952. Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand - http:// www.teara.govt.nz Graeme can be contacted through his website, www. stampsmw.top1.com.au .
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Melbourne to Hold International Exhibition in April 2017 The Australian Philatelic Federation has agreed to hold a FIAP (Federation of Inter-Asian Philately) exhibition in April 2017, from Thursday 6 April to Sunday 9 April. This will be only the second FIAP exhibition held in Australia. The last was held in 1986 in Adelaide and was a full International with all FIP Classes. This exhibition is in place of the National exhibition that was to be held in Melbourne in 2017. For those collectors who are unfamiliar with the sizes of exhibitions, an Australian National exhibition is generally between 650 and 800 frames. A FIAP exhibition, of which there are usually two a year range from 900 to 1300 frames, depending on which country is holding the exhibition. Finally a full FIP world exhibition is between 2,000 and 4,000 frames. Melbourne is expecting between 1,000 and 1,200 frames and will be the 34th FIAP International Stamp Exhibition. One of the big issues with holding a stamp exhibition (of any size) is finding an affordable venue. It would be marvellous to be able to afford venues like the Exhibition Building used for Australia 2013, but even using the ground floor only is beyond the
means of the APF. Stamp exhibitions require a lot of space and as anyone who has tried to organise an exhibition knows, space costs money. Exhibition spaces used for large exhibitions, like car shows, are based on the assumption that the exhibitors have large budgets - stamp exhibitions never do. However, the organising committee for Melbourne 2017 has been lucky in finding an affordable exhibition space – the Caulfield racecourse. It is pictured and the space has plenty of room for both exhibits and dealers. It is also very conveniently located on train and tram lines plus has significant free parking.
Competitive Entries
Over 25 FIAP member countries will be invited to send a Commissioner and entries to help fill the 1000+ frames of competitive entries. The exhibition will have all the usual FIP classes – Traditional, Postal History, Postal Stationery, Revenues, Aerophilately, Astrophilately, Thematics, Maximaphily and Literature. Open Philately – Melbourne will be the first FIAP exhibition to have the Open Class receiving exhibition medals. In the past it has been an experimental class and exhibits only received certificates. Qualified exhibits can now be entered as either 5-frames or 8-frames, the same as the other FIP classes. Modern Philately – this class covers exhibits for the period from 1980 to now, and can be Traditional, Postal Stationery or Postal History. It is becoming a popular class and helps the organising committees show the postal administrations that modern stamps are collected and exhibited. This has been missing from exhibitions in the past but most FIAP
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Philatelic Development Officer, APF exhibitions at least try to have a modern class, albeit often with different timeframes. ROYALPEX 125 – An area of the exhibition will be set aside for the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria to celebrate its 125th Anniversary. There will be frames set aside for a non-competitive display by members of the Society. Details will be sent out to RPSV members directly how they can participate. Qualification to Enter an Exhibit – For any international exhibition, either a FIAP or FIP, your exhibit needs to have achieved a vermeil medal at a National exhibition. This will qualify you to enter a 5-frame exhibit. If you have achieved a large vermeil medal at international level then you may enter an 8-frame exhibit. If you have an exhibit that you would like to enter but it isn’t yet qualified you will have the opportunity in 2016. It is too late to enter Canberra Stampshow 2016 but there is Mandurah 2016 to be held 3-5 November, Hobart 2016 to be held 18-20 November (for 1-frame exhibits) and the New Zealand National exhibition to be held in Christchurch also on 18-20 November. For those seeking to qualify for an 8-frame exhibit you can try the Bangkok 2016 FIAP exhibition (10-15 August) or Philataipei 2016 World Stamp Exhibition (21-26 October). For further information on any of these exhibitions refer to the APF website (www.apf.org.au).
Dealers
It is expected that over 60 stamp dealers, auctioneers and postal administrations will be in attendance. It will be your best opportunity since 2013 to see such a wide range of dealers and postal administrations, both national and international, in one place.
Exhibition Funding
The two major sponsors to date are the Australian Philatelic Federation and Australia Post. Australia Post can help market the exhibition through its publications, as they did such an excellent job in 2013. International exhibitions are expensive to run and the days of postal administrations covering the full
cost of extravagant exhibitions are long gone. Current exhibition committees put in a lot of hard work to cover the cost of exhibitions as exhibitors’ fees and dealer stand fees do not cover much more than the venue cost. To do this, committees need to raise money from sponsors, through souvenirs and other methods, or cut costs. The organising committee for Melbourne 2017 will be doing both especially seeking to cut costs wherever possible including both judges’ and commissioners’ costs. The APF is seeking support from all levels of philately - State Councils, stamp clubs and individuals - to raise money to make Melbourne 2017 a great show. It is not always appreciated that exhibitions such as this are the public face of stamp collecting. Most stamp collectors are NOT members of clubs yet it is these large exhibitions that attract such collectors, and others with only a vague interest, some of whom become involved with organised philately. Without new collectors coming into the hobby it may fade away, but I remain optimistic that it will be an active hobby for a long time. There are a number of ways you can assist as follows. Sponsorships – as with all international exhibitions we will be seeking major sponsors to assist with those costs not easily covered by other income. All sponsors will be acknowledged on the website, in the catalogue and at the exhibition. Patrons and Supporters – as with Melbourne 2013 we will be having both a Patron’s and a Supporter’s club. Details are still being worked out of course but the Patron’s club will be a lower cost than in 2013. Both will provide a range of benefits and both are a way for individuals and clubs to support the exhibition in a positive way. Major Auction of Donated Items – another way you can support the exhibition is to donate an item to our major auction. We are obviously looking for items that will make an individual lot, whether it is a single item or a small collection you may no longer want. We already have the promise of a major item to be donated by Australia Post. This is an easy way to assist and remove some of the clutter from Stamp News - 47
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation your collections. All donors will be acknowledged on the Exhibition website, in the catalogue and at the exhibition but donations may also be given anonymously. The organising committee will need to make all of the above fundraisers to work in order to make Melbourne 2017 a viable proposition. There will be further information coming out on all of the above, but in the meantime if you would like any additional information, or have an item to donate to the auction you can contact Darryl Fuller (darryl.fuller@home. netspeed.com.au) or Gary Brown (garyjohn951@ optusnet.com.au).
Canberra Stampshow 2016
When you read this Canberra Stampshow 2016 will only be six weeks away (18-20 March) and I hope I can persuade you to attend. It is a popular exhibition on the philatelic calendar and attracts a great range of dealers from Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the USA and even South Africa this year. The venue is excellent being in the Hellenic Club of Canberra with an area large enough for 327 frames
and 33 dealer stands all in a fully carpeted and air conditioned venue. There are also multiple refreshment areas within the Club. It is also a great time to visit Canberra as it during the week that celebrates Canberra Day. There are many activities on during the period 12-20 March including the hot air balloon festival. There are many things to see and do outside of the festival activities so make holiday of it and see both Canberra and the exhibition. Australia Post will be present and is likely to have some items for sale that are only available at the exhibition so you will need to be there. The exhibition itself has a great range of exhibits from Australia, New Zealand, the USA and the United Arab Emirates. The popular Open class has some interesting exhibits and we also have 21 frames of youth exhibits, which is the most we have seen in some time. At the time of writing there were still some supporter’s packs and other souvenir items left for sale but get in quick with your orders because these often sell out, especially the supporter’s packs. If you need any further information please take a look at www.canberratsamps.org.
CANBERRA STAMPSHOW 2016 18-20 MARCH HELLENIC CLUB OF CANBERRA, MATILDA STREET, WODEN
Souvenirs • • • • • • • •
Friday 18 March, 10am-6pm Saturday 19 March, 10am-6pm Sunday 20 March, 10am-3pm 35 Dealers in Attendance
Items are overprinted with the exhibition logo and numbered.
Supporter’s Club Membership includes Animals in War PNC, Joint Malta-Australia special postcard pair, Australian Malta Anzac Memorial IPPE and Malta WWI ‘Help the Wounded’ miniature sheet + other benefits (100) $100 (SELLING FAST) Animals in War Miniature (250) $15 50th Anniversary of Decimal Currency Sheetlet of 10 (250) $22 2016 Canberra Stampshow Miniature Sheet (250) $15 Impressions Christmas Blocks (The pack overprinted with Exhibition logo and numbered). Only 50 numbered packs available. $75 (10 LEFT) Set of 3 covers each with one of the three exhibition postmarks. $12 IMPERFORATE 50th Anniversary of Decimal Currency Prestige Booklet (125) $50 APF “Unadopted Australian Stamp Design” card with 1928 Bert Hinkler Stamp Design. Number 3 in the series (250 numbered only) $10
E-mails: Secretary: elspeth@grapevine.net.au Souvenirs: bruceandjudy.parker@bigpond.com Telephone: Darryl Fuller 0417 672 543 Post: The Secretary, Canberra Stampshow 2016 Web: www.canberrastamps.org GPO Box 1840, CANBERRA ACT 2601
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Cinderella Corner Welcome to another issue of Cinderella Corner. I hope you enjoy the labels presented in this issue and the discussion points offered about them. If you would like to share some of your cinderellas, please email me: vitomilana@hotmail.com
The Grahame Book Company
The Grahame Book Company was established in Martin Place, Sydney (New South Wales) in the 1940s and was registered as printers, printermakers and sellers of new and used technical books (they were foremost known for providing school textbooks). Articles and other research documents highlight the business as most prominent throughout Australia in the 1950s. Many libraries across the country have examples in their collections of books printed by the company. Three different, similarly-designed cinderella labels have been identified that advertise the Grahame Book Company. Of these three advertisingbased labels (Figures 1 to 3), two different prints are noted, with details as follows: Printing 1: Red border design, black centre. Printing 2 (Type 1): Black border design, red centre
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Printing 2 (Type 2): Blue border design, brown centre All three types are perforated 12 x 12, with frames measuring 30mm x 21mm, and present the text GRAHAME BOOK COMPANY – SYDNEY. Each of the three types presents the central (and appropriate) figure of Thot, the Egyptian god of wisdom, writing and music, as he examines a short opened scroll. Noticeable differences in the facial features of Thot are apparent in the two types of Printing 2, including size of the beak and length of hair. This vignette also appears on official Grahame Book Company stationery, such as the image of an envelope provided with this article postmarked 1959 (Figure 4). The two types of Printing 2 (foremost differentiated by colour) also present the base imprint: Waterlow & Sons Limited London. This engraver was one of the major companies from the United Kingdom in operation for over 100 years until its acquisition in 1961. The Grahame Book Company labels appear occasionally on internet sites and auction houses and retail from $20 - $50 each. Printing 1 appears to be rarer than the two known varieties of Printing 2.
Vito Milana
These cinderellas are examples of book trade labels, often found affixed to the inside covers of books printed within Australia and examples have been cited dating as early as the late 1800s. As such, an afternoon rummage inside one of the few surviving second hand bookstores across the country may uncover some of these labels glued inside an old textbook or two. Any further information about these cinderellas is welcomed.
a much smaller, simple grey and white imperforate cinderella label bearing the text: FIRST AUSTRALIAN PHILATELIC STATIONERY EXHIBITION. This label is much scarcer and, on cover, can fetch a few hundred dollars.
Philatelic Stationery Exhibition
The first Australian Philatelic Stationery Exhibition was held in Melbourne (Victoria) on September 18, 1935. With its free admission, a few reports highlight that the occasion drew reasonable crowds with stalls exhibiting a range of registration labels, post cards, postmarked items, meters and other etiquettes (including interwar Australian cinderellas). To help commemorate the event, a special cinderella was issued (Figures 5 to 7). Coloured in red and cream, this label illustrated a tall red Post Office box with some superimposed text about the event. They were rather large at 59mm x 40mm and were offered perforated 11, rouletted 7 and imperforate. It is also known that these labels were printed in strips of four. So while the label does occasionally surface, the collector should try to claim all three varieties (perforated, rouletted, imperforated) of this label. A special cover was also issued that contained
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Cinderella Corner Australia-Themed On Foreign Labels (Part 1)
A growing interest amongst worldwide collectors of Australian cinderellas is to broaden their interests to include non-Australian labels that advertise or celebrate Australia and Australian-related themes and events. Cinderella Corner will aim to exhibit a range of these labels over upcoming issues.
Tasmanien (1982)
This modern label (Figure 8) is part of a series issued by Germany over several different years to help celebrate some of the world’s earliest postal stamps. The cinderella pictures a one penny stamp from Van Diemen’s Land released in 1853. The label was offered for free throughout Germany to coincide with Junior Stamp Collector’s Day (April 18, 1982). Several other labels in this set have been cited but it is not known how many exist. Any further help about these poster stamps would be greatly appreciated.
Neusüdwales
The presented Neusüdwales labels (Figures 9 to 11) date to 1913. They are part of a large series of 100s if not 1,000s designed for those businesses who could not or did not want the expense of having their own poster stamps designed. So, for relatively little money, they could have their details added to the margins of a stock 52 - Stamp News
Vito Milana poster stamp design. Figure 9 illustrates the ‘original’ label, part of a series showcasing different flags and people from around the world, and it is numbered No. 45 Neusüdwales (New South Wales). Its frame is 61mm x 36mm and it is perforated 11 on all sides. The other two labels, Figures 10 and 11, are examples of added German advertising. Details are as follows (translated with the help of my German friend, Chris Gerlach): Figure 10: New South Wales. Pharmacist Wilhelm (Wilm.) Lahusen. Bremen (town in Germany). The best and most effective (powerful) cod-liver oil. Iron Liver iodine brand, Jodella. Figure 11: New South Wales. O. Fritze & Co. Inc. Demand – the products of the Offenbach/Main varnish factory. The advertising of these two companies found in Figures 10 and 11 have been cited across several different labels in the series and the companies have also advertised on different labels outside of the flag/people set. These labels are rather rare and offer a unique insight into the philatelic advertising processes in Europe pre-WWI.
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Market Matters Tracked mail now ESSENTIAL.
I am a large dealer in mail order stamps and accessories, as most readers know. I mail a LOT of packets and parcels, and have done so for decades. I know the “ins and outs” better than most. The following relates to Australia, but will apply overseas in many cases. Sadly receiving these items in 2016 is not as secure as they were in 1996, or even 2006. Many pieces these days simply are never received by those ordering them, and many other dealers report the same problem in discussion. We are talking here GENUINE non-receipt from honest collectors, as distinct from the thriving global business of “Goods Not Received” claims from armies of Ebay ‘buyers’. As they know paypal will instantly refund them, leaving seller paying 100% for the stamps AND the postage cost. Free stamps forever. In Australia the main reason for this, is that parcels are no longer delivered by Post Office staff to homes in most cases. 80% of our parcels these days are delivered by outside contractors, who do not work for the Post Office. They often may be illegal migrants or foreign students, being paid a pittance. The Post Office calls for Public Tenders to deliver larger than letter mail, and they choose the lowest one of course. If you look at the Public Notices ads, or AP website, you will see Australia Post calling for parcel delivery quotes for Gladesville, Burnie, Ararat, Kalgoorlie or Bundaberg etc.
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$3.80 WELL spent today.
Deliver parcels for $9 an hour.
Someone large often secures the tenders, and they often then subcontract the delivery work. The drivers are paid typically $1 or so a parcel for most suburban areas, as is reported in Media. Drivers were last year quoted by the ABC News as saying they earn as little as $A9 an hour for their long days - tinyurl.com/ParcelAP For that measly dollar, the driver needs to go to a mail centre, collect the parcels, sort the mail, drive them to the street addresses in all kinds of weather, get no over-time or loadings, and pay their own tax and superannuation, and often allegedly need to obtain a signature. Coff. In practice the guys doing this job try and get it done in the fastest time possible, as around $1 a parcel means unless you deliver near one per MINUTE average, you do not generate a normal hourly wage, before all your taxes and expenses etc. One such driver Tiffany Hovey in QLD told the ABC: “I would start every
Glen Stephens day at 4:00am and often not finish until 6:00pm, to sort and deliver between 200 and 250 parcels. The lowest I worked for was $9 an hour. That was for a big day,” Another, Mr. Manvir Singh said: “I do 200 parcels, and I make $220. Out of that $220 I have to pay my own tax and I have to pay my superannuation, and probably end up with $140 or $150, so it’s like, $13, $14 an hour. That’s without any break”, he told the ABC in the linked article above. The ABC report late 2015 spoke to subcontracted Australia Post and parcel “My package went missing. Durrhh.” deliverers in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria, who all claim they are paid below-award tracted out the work’ ” Mr. Doyle said. wages.
“Overseas Student Labour used”
“The failure to pay awards wages and superannuation and workers’ compensation is very widespread, and it’s becoming increasingly so, as overseas student labour is used more” CEPU Union Victorian branch secretary Joan Doyle told the ABC “7.30 Report” re Australia Post. Stampboards.com highlighted a news story recently, where someone had bid for a large number of these parcel delivery tenders in Victoria, and then engaged illegal student immigrants to deliver the mail, paying them very low wages. One student working illegally admitted leaving 30 bags of parcel mail in his home for a month as he could not meet the mail flow. AP publicly made the expected ”we are truly shocked” noises, but clearly that scenario is widespread nationally. Victorian Trade Union branch secretary Joan Doyle told the ABC’s “7.30” Television program that Australia Post was deliberately turning a blind eye to mail contractors cutting corners, and underpaying those making deliveries. “I think Australia Post are getting very cheap labour out of this system of work, and so it suits them not to ask any questions, and for them to say ‘oh well our hands are clean because we’ve con-
“They don’t get paid to care.”
President of the Licensed Post Office Association, Angela Cramp said: “They’re just putting it on a doorstep, and going onto the next one, because they don’t get paid to care. We need to pay people to care.” The era decades back of friendly Postmen walking parcels to your door, and pressing your buzzer, and having a short chat, are all ancient history now. Very often the packet is simply left on your fence, if you have those silly little letter boxes that suburbia is littered with, that take nothing bigger than normal letter mail. Why so many people have those mystifies me, as these days with so many of us ordering goods online, a little 6” x 1” wide slot in a concrete fence pillar, that worked perfectly in the WW2 era, is useless for today’s deluge of parcels and small packets ordered off ebay etc. I had a client recently advise a small catalogue I mailed to his street address had not arrived. It was sent in an A4 type envelope, and was a “Large Letter”. I used the wonderfully useful “google maps” and discovered this photo nearby of his suburban Melbourne home shown nearby. As you can see, not only is his front door a long way from driveway, and not only does he have one Stamp News - 55
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Silly little tiny letter slots.
He did not pay the $3.80 extra for RegPost Office box the only safe bet. istered, and of course any item covered in nice pretty stamps is likely to be “pilger than letter mail. None of this is known to ME of fered” if the PO driver simply leaves it on top of his course. silly little concrete pillar or fence, in full view of The simplest solution of course is to rent a Post every passer-by, and all those getting on and off the Office box, and then all mail is held at your Post buses etc. Office until you come to collect it. Sadly under Yes we sorted the issue out, but only after 10 Ahmed Fahour’s destructive and short sighted emails, which chewed up a ton more in time my “Wrecking Ball Management” of Australia Post, the end, than I ever made from the original modcost of those has skyrocketed too, so unless you get est transaction. Leaves a bad taste in everyone’s a lot of packets, that may not be cost effective. mouth, and in this case, is not really something that These days, more and more, I urge domestic can be blamed on AP. clients to pay the $3.80 extra for Registered Mail. I have started to add this boilerplate wording The appalling compensation level of $100 has not below to all material I list for sale on stampboards, altered one cent for over FIFTY years literally, and my own website. All other dealers would do despite the cost of it being hiked over 22 fold. It well to consider adding something of this nature, SHOULD clearly be $2,000+ MAXIMUM. You as the problem has exploded in recent years, in my always need to prove the value of contents, so in observation. practice PO payouts will not vary much over today. Mailing ANYTHING unregistered, larger than And sadly stamps these days cannot be used to normal letters, to street addresses these days is pay that $3.80 Registered fee - until recent years super risky, as PO contractor often leaves them sitone COULD pay the entire cost of the service with ting on fence if they do not fit into those silly little stamps domestically, and the orange labels were slots, and go on their way, and passers-by often free. You can still use stamps for overseas parcels, “souvenir” them while wandering past. Or they get but not letters. Americans (and many others) can soaked in rains - never good for mint stamps etc! pay for all Registered and insured fees with postage I spell this out all the time, and only the client stamps. knows if packages to THEIR house are safe, and Registered Mail within Australia not only gets not me. Signed for mail, or mail to Boxes is the scanned in at the sending PO, but you are supposed only safe way for packets really. Some folks have to personally sign for it upon receipt. So it is a very large secure mail boxes in quiet streets, and other secure system. The main failing is a 50 year old have those silly little tiny slots that fit nothing bigoutdated compensation limit, but at least it is SAFE. 56 - Stamp News
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Was 24¢, and now is $5.30.
Registration cover an insult in 2016.
increased price each year, was never going to last. “The Carnival Is Over”. Competitors are appearing. In 1966 when we changed to decimal currency, a First Class letter rate stamp cost not $1.50 as it does today, but just 4¢ (I kid you not !) and the Registration Fee was 20¢, so a registered letter cost just 24¢ to mail nationally, and mostly arrived next day. The 24¢ “Azure Kingfisher” bird stamp shown nearby was issued in 1966, solely to cover the combined Registered and letter rate fee 20¢ plus 4¢ - few realise that, and it was widely used for that purpose. A pretty “Bird” stamp. TODAY a First Class letter costs $1.50 and a Registered label costs $3.80 = $A5.30 - but giving the exact same $100 maximum compensation level as a half Century back, when it cost 24¢, but now more than 22 times the cost. A half century ago, most Registered sendings would not contain goods worth even $100. Today, near everything I send Registered costs way more than $100, and if lost or damaged the BUYER
$100 maximum is an insult in 2016. If I mail even a Post Office Year Book from the past 10 years, they EACH all retail for way over $100! Indeed the current books costs $110 to buy from Australia Post - get that lost in the post ordered direct from them, and you are out of pocket even if you DO Register it. Crazy. The history of commerce shows when you get fat and bloated, and take your dominance as an automatic right, you will get knocked off your perch VERY fast. The sloppy and often painfully slow delivery service that Australia Post is offering more and more often these Unchanged Compo for 50+ years days, at a VASTLY
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YOU can get this changed.
It needs mail recipients like YOU to write to the Communications Minister and the PO, to demand the cap on Registered Mail compensation be upped from $100 to say $1,000, which even so, is under half what it should be, inflation adjusted. Until this change is made, you the consumer need to take out seperate insurance cover for the real value of your goods, simply as the Post Office is not doing its job in offering a realistic cover on your Registered sending for the 2016 cost. The photo nearby is of a 24¢ Registered pre-paid envelope from stock, that shows the very top £50 or $100 compensation payable, for loss or damage by the PO, all in the small type on face. Indeed even in the pre-Decimal era, the exact same £50 ($100) figure was payable - OVER HALF A CENTURY back. I offer “all risk” Marine Transit insurance for more valuable goods now, as in the event of any claim, is far quicker than dealing with Australia Post. For the cost of a Pizza, a $1,000 sending is Value $1000 mint and $50 if wet. fully covered for loss or damage, and is VERY cheap peace of mind. $50 as “VFU” - and that is exactly what you have if it gets wet, and sticks to the stockcard. Mint stamps & water don’t mix! Transit Insurance for your pricier stamp purOddly many folks decline to do that, and WHEN chases is just that. It gives peace of mind for a really the goods arrive soaked in transit (never wise for tiny cost. It really should NOT be necessary, and mint stamps!) damaged, bent in two, or lost entirely decades back it really was not needed locally, but in etc, it suddenly becomes MY problem to sort and 2016 it IS wise, until enough folks lobby AP to raise replace it free - trust me, that is the response near the $100 Reg’d compo to $1,000 or $2,000. every time. Many dealers do not offer it at all, and a $1,000 WRONG. It is like booking a flight with an air- Kangaroo from them sent Registered will get you line or a rental car and declining up front, the small $100 back from the Post Office - after much pacost insurance cover they all offer. Decline that, and perwork. You cannot expect that dealer to wear later tell Qantas you missing the plane is their fault, the other $900 loss if the PO loses or damages the or telling Avis you hitting the power pole or a BMW stamp, or it gets wet. And for a collector trying to is their fault, and let me know how you fare! secure a one-off insurance cover for a mailed sendRegistered mail DOES arrive domestically, no ing - FORGET it! argument there, but packets getting wet or damp in Most auctions charge you the buyer 15% or 20% transit is of zero concern to Australia Post. A MUH on top of your $1,000 stamp, and charge the seller 5/- CofA Roo is $1,000 retail, and a no gum one is 10% or 15% too. So they certainly may well have 58 - Stamp News
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plenty of “padding” to absorb such losses or damage in the mail if it occurs. I have no idea, but I doubt it. On a $1,000 stamp I am often only making $150 or so nett, as better pieces sell fast, but are expensive to source, and am not about to bear a real $850 loss, just because someone opted up front to say “no thanks” to a few $$s extra, to insure it for full $1,000 value. For overseas Registered mailings the situation is farcical. The very cheapest Red/White/Blue envelope costs $A14.90 each, even if you send just 10 grams overseas. Even to NZ where an airmail letter costs only $1.85, so you pay $13.05 extra for a Maximum $100 cover. Despite the huge cost, there is still ZERO tracking for senders on these things.
No lodgement tracking even.
Using the Australia Post tracking website, there is not even tracking acknowledging the item has been lodged! I am constantly getting asked by overseas clients where their mailing is. Mostly from Americans who of course expect all mail to arrive “yesterday - if not sooner, please”. I need to go back and say: “it was sent a month
ZERO lodgement or tracking data. back. You need to trust me on that, as in this Third World country, we have no tracking or lodgement proof. You were charged $15, but I can’t even show you when it was sent, or where it is now. Sorry about that”. Zimbabwe has a better system! Again Australia Post will only amend and expand this hopeless system if the USERS complain that it in 2016 is hopelessly inadequate, and not anywhere near World’s Best Practice. Every other main country offers full on-line tracking for senders - why not us? The Fat Cats sitting on the top floors like Fahour drawing an obscene $A4½m salary have no idea how bad and antiquated some things are down at the user coalface. For $15 they MUST offer on-line tracking - and lodgement data at a bare minimum, for overseas Registered. DEMAND they do, and it will occur.
$1.50 “Priority” 1st Class mail SLOW.
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livery you got for 60¢ only 2 years back. What does trebling the cost mean to a man earning millions a year, after all? “Let Them Eat Cake”. So the grand plan is now in place. Pay AP $1.50, and your letter goes at the usual speed you are used to. In theory. The problem is, they do NOT. Stampboards had many members mail a bunch of letters with $1 stamps, and just as many with $1.50 to same address, and in the main the delivery time was the same - or often the “Priority” system was actually slower! “Stamp News” Editor Kevin Morgan, advised on stampboards of his first letter received under this Wunderkind new system. It took 6 days from mailing - Sydney to Melbourne. My letters often get to London or the USA much faster. The order was from a client in the Newcastle NSW region - for Australia Post purposes, that is “Sydney”. In the quite recent days of 60¢ First Class mail, that would near always arrive in Melbourne by Monday. Let’s check what change we see, when you near treble the price. It went through an un-named mail centre somewhere in Sydney region NSW on Friday January 8, as can be seen from the rectangular Friday “6pm - 8 Jan - 2016” cancel on the $1 Rose Cone Flower new issue definitive. We do not know WHEN it was posted, as of course much mail is not cancelled these days, but let’s be generous to Australia Post, and assume it was sometime on that same day, Friday January 8. Postcode very clearly written, so it should not
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“Priority” letter service a con.
The fact it was already in a Sydney regional mail centre at 6pm Friday should have seen it packed onto a plane, and flown to Melbourne anytime that weekend, as per the “Premium Service” guarantee, or even by truck it would easily arrive over the weekend. Kevin advised on stampboards that he received this first ever “Priority Mail” piece on Wednesday January 13. So that is 6 days from mailing this $1.50 “New Expedited Service Letter”. FAIL. Here is a hot tip for Mr Fahour and his Corporate cost cutters. Don’t fuss with jets and trucks and all that nasty un-green pollution, as when it takes you 6 days, there a CHEAPER method. Many of us remember when wiry old 61 year potato farmer Cliff Young shuffled and walked his way from Sydney to Melbourne in 5 days. AP can perhaps pay “Cliffy” or some other keen jogger to toss a few letters into his backpack, and they’ll get them delivered faster than the You Beaut new $1.50 “Priority” service does! The new system clearly does not work as advertised. Is AP obliged to offer a refund on your $1.50 when the system totally fails as it has here? If not, why not? They boasted a fast system, that is slower than the far cheaper old one was. Express Mail has a service delivery guarantee, and if that is not met, you get a full refund. The issue seems to be this system was a brain fart in the Give the mail to CLIFFY! Executive
Towers, and no-one gave any thought to grass roots implementation. The Brass imagined LPOs would have seperate bags for “Priority” Mail, and none that I have visited actually do. The letters ether get tossed in with normal mail and delivered at that speed, or are thrown into the gold colour “Express” bags which actually SLOWS the system, as in mail centres they are then extracted, and taken over manually to the normal letter mail stream area. Bottom line, a dopey and expensive system that does not work, barely thought through by anyone, and I predict it will fade quietly off the scene the moment Mr Fahour gets his matching orders down the track. Which hopefully for the good of AP, will be sooner - not later.
Canada Eye Candy!
Few countries print stamps in this modern era using the old fashioned recess/intaglio steel plate engraved system, due to cost. Sad, as the quality is quite superb, and unlike flat print photogravure, the fine detail that one can get on steel engraving is quite amazing. Stampboards.com has a current discussion on the hidden security features on recent Canadian stamps. Some of the secret features are on photogravure stamps, but the real gems of course are on the huge Definitive stamps. Member there “Canada Stamper” has taken time to scan the current stamps, to show some of the super tiny detail up large. With the naked eye much of it you simply would not see, and many thanks to Jean for sending me these great scans. tinyurl.com/MicroCAN has much more on them, than can be shown here, with superb high detail pix, but I offer just a little taste of it for hopefully your enjoyment. Engraving on steel allows the tiniest size lettering to be created on the metal plate. The tiny “ALCES” wording is miniscule in real size. Such micro-printing is of course used on currency banknotes of many nations, which again are intaglio recess printed in most cases, and allow super fine micro detail like this. All designed of
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Moose Microprint. course to thwart forgers. And Canada current stamps have of course been heavily forged in recent years. Scan of $8 Grizzly stamps and the close up detail two scans here - Hidden “8” on $8 Grizzly Bear The wonderful $8 Grizzly Bear design has a beautifully hidden “8” in the leg area as can be seen. Very skilfully worked in, and the design line underneath the bear foot is made up of a conga line
of solid green Grizzly Bears as can be seen. The most stunning stamp in the brilliant Canada Definitive high value series, in my opinion, is the $10 Blue Whale, shown nearby on a large A4 size cover to me. They are so large, a “complete PO sheet” is TWO stamps - each with margins on 3 sides - with 6 Scuba divers as colour controls! Not only is it a quite massive stamp - see it dwarfing the tiny looking little 10¢ and 25¢ make up values alongside, Hidden “8” on $8 Grizzly Bear
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but it has endless security features interwoven into the design. But only if you know WHERE they are hiding! Read on. It does show once again, that my lifelong crusade for all collectors to use INTELLIGENT and
Impossible to read at same size.
105% correct rate to Australia. thoughtful franking to others in the hobby is always possible. Someone paid more for that cover than the face value of the stamps, due to the wonderful franking and cancel. 105% correct rate too, for ‘AR’ Registered Air to Australia at the time. The stampboards thread has far more detail, but the fine engraving on this beauty is worth showing here a bit more carefully. The denomination (and 1 Scuba diver!) are in a wonderful metallic copper colour type ink, that shines and reflects differently, when you turn it to different angles. There are 9 x wavy shading lines in the water, each side of the whale, that you would pay no attention to at stamp size. I’ve added a super blow up here on part of those “waves”, and you can see (hopefully) that they are in fact made up of the micro words “BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS” - the Latin name. Stamp News - 63
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Try spotting this at normal size!
can see a large colony of plankton under UV, that is invisible to the naked eye. The coolest thing is the Scuba diver as depicted in the side margin colour registration, also shows right in the centre of the stamp, when you use the UV light! He is totally invisible in normal light. The other large size stamps in this same set, the various $1 and $2 values of Birds and Horses and Walrus and Polar Bears also have similar cunning engraver tricks buried in their designs. Take a moment to visit the entire range of them here that Jean
That is only part of the Microprinting tricks. Along the top margin the Scientific name is inscribed in tiny print, but the engraver made a deliberate TYPO to fool any forger - “EA” instead of “AE” in the 6th repeat of “BALAENOPTERA”. Talk about clever! Not all the clever stuff is restricted to the engraved metal plates. Superb use has also been made of design features that ONLY show under ultra violet light. The image shown nearby gives you an idea of what you will see. The engraved Latin wording “waves” all light up wonderfully. The hidden Scuba Diver image. And to the right hand side you
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Glen Stephens All leading dealers should have stock of this new catalogue as you read this. I had a lot of pre-orders. Go and peruse one you’ll be glad you did. Having these new editions as fast as you can source one is wise, as often stamp bargains are a begging in dealer stocks! This volume is completely revised, with new details of numbers printed, new shades and varieties, and many dramatic upward price adjustments, based on actual market realisations. On the first few stamps in the book, many prices were up about FIVE times the old edition. That general trend continues through the volume. Even the very pricey material often increases a lot here. The front cover block of 4 of 7½d violet, “Double Print at base”, goes from $15,000 to $25,000 for instance. I received this new book on return from vacation, so will review it in more detail next month, but do grab one fast if you collect or deal in this area. First Edition for 10 years. has scanned in high magnification - tinyurl.com/ MicroCAN
New ACSC QE2 1953-1966
The last edition was in 2006 - TEN long years back. At $A105 the value is there - finding just ONE half decent stamp - a scarcer type Specimen overprint, watermark variations, printing errors, or re-cut or re-entry etc will readily repay that outlay many times.
Glen Stephens has written monthly ‘Stamp Tipster’ Columns for over 30 years - globally. A vast library of his past articles and photos are found at – www.glenstephens.com/column.html
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Collecting Australian Commemorative Postmarks On a sunny February day in 1880, Frank Smith took his family to visit the Sydney International Exhibition at Garden Palace. While not strictly ‘international’, it was modelled on the great exhibitions of Europe and promoted NSW’s commerce, industry, art, science and education. Frank had carried a letter for posting and stopped at the temporary post office. He neatly addressed his letter to Miss Adelaide Smith of Boston Highlands, Massachusetts in the USA, affixed the requisite postage stamp and dropped it into the post box. He could not realise that the 991 barred numeral postmark which cancelled the stamp would later be regarded as Australia’s first commemorative postmark. Nor could he dream that the envelope would survive the years to be held permanently in the Powerhouse Museum collection in Sydney, thus making a return journey. It is one of only two such examples of the postmark known on cover, even though over 26,000 items were posted at the exhibition. Frank Smith is fictitious, but the rest of the story is factual. So started the fascinating story of Australia’s commemorative postmarks. Nineteenth century postmarks number only six, each being used at exhibitions. All are rare and it would be virtually impossible to assemble a complete set. Commonwealth period postmarks, on the other hand, are easier to acquire, though some demand a substantial investment. Collectors of modern material can find plenty of commemorative postmarked covers priced at a couple of dollars or less. It is fortunate too that for many years we have details of the number of impressions of such postmarks. From the 1953 Brighton Fig 1: 1953 BRIPEX 66 - Stamp News
Philatelic Exhibition, statistics were diligently maintained. We thus know that some 17,522 articles were processed with the square BRIPEX postmark (figure 1). For earlier events, it’s a matter of estimating, except in one respect. For many events, dedicated R6 registration labels were provided and the number of items sent by registered post can be calculated with some degree of accuracy. Registered covers are in greater demand than their ‘ordinary’ equivalents so, of course, are valued accordingly. Their relative scarcity alone might see a cover worth $100 rather than $10 for the unregistered variety. Absolute scarcity of some postmarks on registered covers makes valuation extremely difficult. It’s not unusual for some covers with commemorative postmarks to have been registered in single digit numbers. For the 1980 Centenary of Euroa Local Government postmark (figure 2), just a single registered cover was processed. How do you put a value on that? Even standard covers of this anniversary are difficult to find, as only 2,735 items were posted with the special postmark. The relevant illustrated cover might fetch $20.
Fig 2: 1980 Centenary of Euroa Local Government
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Fig 3: 1940 Opening of the Story Bridge A collector preferring early material has a simpler, if more expensive task compared to one content with modern covers. The number of events commemorated with special postmarks prior to the Second World War is just 41. Most of these are very hard to locate and one could not rely on the more popular online sources that might provide ‘regular’ items. Exceptions are the philatelic exhibition postmarks which account for nearly a quarter of the output of the period. The first such event was the 4th ANPEX of 1928. These postmarks are easily found and not overly expensive, although examples on the 3d kookaburra miniature sheet obviously command a premium. As with all early covers, condition plays an important role in determining value. In any case, pristine examples are virtually non-existent as most, quite rightly, actually passed through the postal system. The sole inter-war commemorative postmark was for the 1940 Opening of the Story Bridge (figure 3), in Brisbane, and was a one-day only issue. An esti-
mated 200 covers were sent by registered post and fetch about $50, while the ordinary, albeit special illustrated cover can be found for about half that. Being war time, some covers have official censor
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Figure 7 - 1966 Launch of Europa 1 markings, thus making a unique contribution to a commemorative postmark collection. The introduction of decimal currency is a popular cut-off point for many collectors and anyone content to stop at 1966 still has a small number of events to
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deal with, just 120. Despite this, a collector aiming at ‘completion’ would find that some events present a challenge. For the 1956 Olympic Games (figure 4), 52 postmarks were provided. The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (figure 5) – to give the event its full title – featured 26 postmarks. These were extremely popular in their day and are still plentiful. Olympic Games in particular, is a favoured thematic subject and demand is constant. Registered covers were produced in limited numbers and fetch healthy prices when offered for sale. Another theme in demand is air mail and powered flight generally. Some of the Fig 6: 1959 Inauguration of the earlier 20th cenQANTAS Boeing Jet Service tury postmarks
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Fig 8: 1970 Royal Visit
Figure 9 - 1970 Captain Cook Bicentenary
were ‘first aerial mail’ events and were extremely popular in their day. The pioneer pilots include wellknown names such as Basil Watson, Maurice Guillaux, Harry Butler and Ross and Keith Smith. A regularly reused postmark design was the 1959 Inauguration of the QANTAS Boeing Jet Service (figure 6). This Sydney to San Francisco flight carried 14,674 items of mail, mostly the dedicated QANTAS souvenir cover. Most of the mail was delivered to the USA but some items were addressed to Fiji, Hawaii and other destinations. Some even made a return trip. Collecting the full series is an affordable challenge although registered covers, as always, adds to the cost. Australia’s postmark contribution to the space theme started in 1966 with the launch of the Europa 1 rocket (figure 7) at Woomera, South Australia. From May 1966 to June 1970, flights 4 to 9 were commemorated with one-day usages of a special triangular postmark. The five year series is all the more interesting thanks to the variety of special covers produced. A collector satisfied with a simplified set can however, be content with the two types of postmark, with or without the 5720 Woomera postcode. From 1970 there was a gradual increase in the number of events treated to special postmarks.
This included the 1970 Royal Visit (figure 8) and Captain Cook Bicentenary (figure 9), which added 22 and 12 examples to the tally. In 1980 alone – where this writer’s collection finishes – 47 events were commemorated with one-off postmarks. This is on top of a number of repeat usages such as the Moomba Festival, Brisbane Exhibition and several Royal
Shows. Wherever you draw your own line in the sand, Australian commemorative postmarks provide a fascinating and sometimes frustrating challenge. They range from the unobtainable to 50 cent ‘junk box’ covers. No matter what end of the rarity scale they occupy, commemorative postmarks record special moments in Australia’s history. They occasionally complement postage stamp issues, but more often stand alone as sole philatelic contributions to special events. An excellent guide to these postmarks is Australian Commemorative Postmarks 1879-1980, from Scribbled lines Publishing. It is available through Amazon in USA, UK and Europe. Australian Commemorative Postmarks 1879-1980 300 pages over 480 events over 640 postmarks thousands of entries over 150 covers illustrated Available now from Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Scribbled Lines Publishing
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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 Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd 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 Lambton, Juniors 11am 3rd Sun, Wallsend Pioneers Hall NSW Postcard Collectors Soc: Mtg 1st Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301
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 4.30pm Bridgetown Library 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
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. www.sass.asn.au 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. 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 Lockyer Valley SC: Mtg 4th Sun, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’s Hall, Gat-
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
ton. 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 2nd Sat; Ph: 07 4169 0256 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 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 PS Contact: K. Grey Tel: 08 8752 0446 or email cdhuntmundulla@yahoo.com.au 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)
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 156 Balwyn Vic. 3103 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: 4th Thurs. ex Dec. 7.30pm, Meeting Room, Church of Christ, David St., Dandenong 03 5996 9501 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
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 Feb 6 - (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair, Quinn’s Arcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02 63623754. FEb 6 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor, Car park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, cnr Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW. Feb 6 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba. Ph. 0417 802 754 FEb 6 - (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin Collectors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131 Gymea Bay
victoria Feb 7 - (1st Sun) Western Suburbs Stamp, Coin & Banknote Fair, Strathmore Bowling Club, 40 Loeman St, Strathmore. Enq: Chris. 0413355716. Feb 21 - Dromana Uniting Church Hall, Cnr. Pt. Nepean Rd. & McCulloch St. 9am - 3pm Stamps, coins and cards fair, free admission. Contact John Thomas 0418 322 315 Feb 21 - (3rd Sun) Stamp, Card - Phone Card Fair, Bentleigh-McKinnon Youth Centre, Higgins Rd, Bentleigh. Dealers plus huge range activities. Ph: 0418 322 315. Feb 28- (last Sun ex Dec) Stamp, Coin & Phonecard Fair, Jaycees Hall, Silver Grove, Nunawading. 9am-3pm.
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