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Contents Articles Woodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ...................................................6 Déjà vu from Gibraltar: Christer Brunström ........................... 12 Stamps in the News: Margo Campbell .................................... 16 Postal Stationery: Ian McMahon ................................................ 26 Obituary - Tony Buckingham .........................................................31 Looking at New Zealand: Graeme Morriss ............................... 44 Introducing the APF: Daryl Fuller .............................................. 48 Cinderella Corner: Vito Milana .................................................... 52 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................. 56

Information News..................................................................................................... 23 Trading Post....................................................................................... 68 Clubs & Societies ....................................................................... ......70 Calendar.............................................................................................. 73 Products & Services Directory............................................... ......74 Internet & Email Directory...................................................... ......78 List of Advertisers .............................................................. ..............82

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Another very successful auction by Mossgreen of Gray material was conducted May 23 2016. It has been said that Arthur’s KGV “overmatter” probably comprised the second best collection of KGV ever formed. Be that true, or not, Part II was impressive, although it must be said Arthur’s collections were under represented with covers. They displaced too much other material in his exhibits, was his Figure 1. Heavy discount when FDC is posted too late in day argument. My counter suggestion that he form ably rejoice that I failed. an auxiliary collection of covers only, fell on deaf For this overview, I’ve selected from the modest ears. Owners of fine Commonwealth covers prob(in numbers) representation of covers, concluding with a rare comment . . . on a rare stamp. The said to be unique KGV 1d red FDC was sold in Gray Part I, for $28,560 (prices include premium). Lot #79 (Figure 1) was a second day cover, prepared by legendary Philatelic Trader, Fred Hagen, as was the FDC. Problem with the lot under review is it was apparently posted too late on issue day to receive that day’s cancellation date, and was processed the following morning. A few hours is a long time in Philately, and this contender for greatness achieved only $744 (Estimate was $500, so a good result in that respect). Rumour has it the buyer of the FDC was also the buyer of the Figure 2. EKU cover for KGV 2d orange 6 - Stamp News

Arthur Gray KGV - Part II

SDC (as we shall call it), perhaps as a gesture of cementing a position of domination. I believe there are more FDCs of this stamp in existence. I found the subject SDC unrecognised in a collection, so eyes wide open! The American’s are fond of earliest known usage (so-called EKU) covers, which ought to be more popular in Australia, particularly for the many issues from Kangaroos onwards, for which no official date of issue was published. The issue date for the KGV 2d orange had long been stated to be October 4 1920. However, along came #179 (Figure 2), a cover dated October 2, and loose stamps are known with late September (1920) dates. Fair to say this is an EKU cover, and if so $372 (Estimate $400) was not a lot to pay. I do understand, of course, that if an October 1 or earlier cover turns up, it won’t be perceived as quite such a sound purchase. However, given almost a century has passed since the stamp was issued, it is more likely than not that this will remain the EKU cover. Put it this way, I would be way more comfortable paying a few hundred for an item like this, reasonably secure in the knowledge that its integrity is likely to withstand the test of time, than to pay thousands for a punctured “OS” Kangaroo, only to later be shown a “before” illustration of the stamp (i.e. as in before it fell in to the hands of the unscrupulous).

Figure 3. KGV 4d violet record franking Another under appreciated field in Australian philately is record franking’s on cover (i.e. the largest number of a given stamp). #198 (Figure 3) is the highest number of the KGV 4d violet I’ve noted on a single cover. It’s a scarce stamp on cover, period, ACSC $450 on cover price being about right, for a nice appearing cover. The Jowett correspondence, from whence the subject emanates, slipped through my hands a couple of decades ago. I was alerted that the family correspondence had been consigned to an unlikely, non-philatelic auction, estimated at $100, and that for several hundred covers. I sent a staff member to the auction, with a bid of $3,250, and looked forward to processing the lot later that day. Alas, the emissary returned empty-handed. Someone I knew, an unlikely buyer, had outbid us: it transpired Jowett was a related family! Arthur later bought a handful of special covers from the successful bidder, including this subject. The realisation of $471 (Estimate $500) was very good buying. The postage was 2d Letter rate x7, for the record. The KGV 4d blue when found on cover is almost invariably a solo franking to US. #201 (Figure 4) is one of the more attractive 4d usage items I’ve seen, Stamp News - 7

in combination with 2d red for 2nd weight step Foreign letter [4d 1st oz. + 2d additional oz.]. It left our shores destined for US uncancelled for some reason, and was cancelled in Vancouver during transit, adding to its charm. At $272 it performed well against estimate ($150), but in my opinion not a lot to pay for such an attractive and scarce usage item. From the outset, Figure 4. Attractive stamp/cancel combination franking July 31 1930 was believed to be the issue been stored in date order sequence as received at the date for KGV 2d on 1Â˝d. However, in the 1990s an time). Dates of July 28-30 were amongst this other unusually large cache of the stamp on cover (c1000 auction lot, as my luck would have it. It is reasonitems) surfaced. My auction business received able, I believe, that #264 (Figure 5) will stand the around half (August/September 1930 dates), another test of time as the EKU, on or off cover. $682 (Est auction house got the earlier dates (the cache had $500) may therefore be seen to be an astute pur-

Figure 5. Another EKU displaces long held FDI 8 - Stamp News

Arthur Gray KGV - Part II derstandably there were diversions from Philately . . . such as how to survive. The very few examples of this FDC I’ve noted were serviced at Tooraweenah (NSW), by the Postmaster (he serviced many Flight covers of the era), cancelled in violet for added visual appeal. #272 (Figure 6) unusually is to Jamaica, probably to impress a philatelic correspondent. ACSC of $1500 is far too low for this Figure 6. FDI for sister surcharge stamp unmoved since 1930 rarity, in my opinion. It realised $1488, which chase for a unique FDC. was respectable in relaThe companion 1930 surcharge stamp, the 5d tion to highly enticing half catalogue estimate. on 4½d, was given an issue date of August 2 by One of the scarcest Australian stamps on comcontemporary philatelic press, and this has not been mercial cover is the KGV 3d overprinted “OS”: I’ve challenged in the intervening 86 years. 1930 was the seen just four examples. A solo franking is of the commencement of the Great Depression, and ungreatest rarity, and #285 (Figure 7) was as nice as

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one could hope for; this Official cover to US pays Foreign letter rate. I thought about buying it for sentimental reasons (I don’t own any Gray items . . . but I will!), so did the next best thing and recommended it to the buyer, a friend, who paid $1116 (Estimate $500). He was not difficult to convince: I suggested it should be worth $5,000. Why should it be worth $5,000? Well, it’s one of two solo franking’s recorded, amongst a headcount of four covers in aggregate. As a not distant cross-comparison, take the same 3d (without overprint) watermark inverted. ACSC has that at $25,000 mint, $20,000 used, with a footnote “Three mint and three used examples can be recorded.” Mossgreen, to their credit, mention in the description: “we have recorded at least six used examples”. Another friend, with 45 years experience in commercial philately, and a close follower of Australian watermark anomalies, believe the mint/used aggregate tally for this item is closer to 20 examples. That is a large number to justify a catalogue value of $25000/$20000 (SG is higher again). It certainly supports my contention that the 3d “OS” cover ought to be worth much, much more than it realised. I’m submitting it as my “buy of the sale”. I don’t often comment on stamps in this column, preferring to adhere to my cover mantra. I do, however, have vast experience in the handling of Australian and Colonial stamps, and enjoy the occasional diversion. #184 (Figure 8) I found interesting, for in my experience this is one of the rarest varieties of KGV, 10 - Stamp News

Figure 8. Token stamp item to conclude this month and is generally not recognised as being in that league. The prominent “Large white flaw in left value tablet” (ACSC 96(16)f), is at $9750 mint, $3500 used. I may have handled just one (used) example in my career. In comparison, of the 4d violet Line through “FOUR PENCE”, $40,000/12,000, I’ve had one mint, four used examples. The Kangaroo 2½d Missing “1” in fraction, I’ve also had four used (Cat $25,000). Arthur Gray had of the stamp under review an early stage in mint block (realised $3570), nice dated used single ($1666), and the Part II example ($570, Estimate $600). Not the finest of used, but I wonder just how few of this variety are recorded? Just an observation, rather than a scientific analysis, but I think this variety is a “sleeper”. My thanks to Gary Watson at Mossgreen for use of the images. 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’

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DÉJÀ VU FROM GIBRALTAR Every now and then I receive a sales brochure from the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau Ltd. Recently the cover also included a 16-page monograph dealing with the background of Gibraltar’s definitive stamp set issued in 1953. The text had originally been published in The London Philatelist, the monthly journal of The Royal Philatelic Society, London. The authors of The Gibraltar 1953 Definitive issue are RPSL members Stephen Viñales and Richard García who both reside in Gibraltar. Today Gibraltar attracts tourists from all over the world. Many Europeans spend the winter season on Spain’s Costa del Sol and most make a day trip to the tiny British colony. When I visited Gibraltar in 1970 Spain had closed the land border with the colony. Like everyone else I had to take the ferry from the Spanish city of Algeciras to get to Gibraltar. It certainly was an exciting visit. At that time Gibraltar was a tiny city and a day certainly sufficed to get to know the colony pretty well. I even had sufficient time to climb to the top of the famous cliff where

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I met Europe’s only population of monkeys. Spain has repeatedly requested the return of Gibraltar but so far the people of the colony have opted to remain as a British territory. There is a story about such a referendum where the number of voters for reunification with Spain corresponded exactly with the number of monkeys. I don’t know if there is any truth in this story but it certainly is a good one. Gibraltar has a most interesting philatelic history. The first postage stamps were issued in 1886; as a cost saving measure stamps of Bermuda, another British colony, were overprinted GIBRALTAR. However, later that same year a new definitive set of stamps was issued. In 1889 Spanish currency (céntimos and pesetas) was introduced but in 1898 the pound currency was reintroduced. It was only in the 1930s that Gibraltar’s postage stamps depicted local scenery. They were then used until the early 1950s. In December 1946 Elio Canovas, the postmaster of Gibraltar, felt that there was a need for a new set

Christer Brunström of deﬁnitive stamps. He immediately contacted the relevant authorities in London. It turned out that his request came at a bad time. The need for postage stamps, postal stationaries and revenues was far greater in other parts of the British Empire. All stamp printing companies were already working at full capacity. Also there was a serious shortage of suitable paper. However, Mr. Canovas continued working on his stamp project. Postal ofﬁcials in Gibraltar realised that it would take several years to get a new stamp issue. This of course gave them a lot of time to carefully prepare the new set. Norman Cumming worked as a photographer for the Lands and Works Department. He was asked to take a number of photographs of selected buildings and scenery in brilliant sunshine. In July 1947 he delivered his photographs to the postmaster. At this point in time work on the selection of designs and colours started. The set was to include 14 denominations from ½d to £1. Nothing happened

until 1950 when the Governor told the government in London that the colony planned to release the new stamps in 1953. The desire was to have the stamps recess printed by De La Rue as it was believed that this would produce the best result. It appears that King George VI also had ideas about the new stamp designs; he suggested that a crown be added above the oval featuring the monarch’s portrait. The king passed away in 1952 and instead it was the young queen who was featured on the new stamps. The designs of the ½d and £1 stamps proved to be the most difﬁcult ones. The idea was to depict a map of Gibraltar and the surrounding area on the half penny stamp. There were several drawings but they all placed the queen’s head and the name of the colony on Spanish territory and this was not deemed to be politically correct. It all ended with the choice of Gibraltar’s harbour instead of the map. The coat-of-arms of Gibraltar was planned for the one pound stamp. It took the designers a very long

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DÉJÀ VU FROM GIBRALTAR time before they were completely satisfied that the coat-of-arms was historically correct. The new stamps finally went on sale on 19 October 1953. This definitive set then remained in use until 1960 when it was replaced by a new one. Several values of the 1953 sets were reprinted more than once resulting in colour shades. Today the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau is marketing its various products aggressively. It might seem rather strange that it was decided to reissue the 14 1953 designs in 2013 but with new denominations from 2p to £5 reflecting current postal needs (total face value is £13.54). Stephen Perera was responsible for the design of

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the new stamps which were offset printed unlike the 1953 originals. The day of issue was 1 August 2013. The idea was to mark both the 60th anniversary of the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II and the anniversary of the 1953 deﬁnitive stamp set. Let’s hope that Gibraltar will refrain from reissuing all its deﬁnitive stamp sets 50 or 60 years later. It all suggests a considerable lack of imagination. It is certainly not unusual that postal administrations issue stamps featuring earlier stamps. In fact, it is quite popular to collect Stamps on Stamps. When comparing the two sets it is rather obvious that the 1953 recess printed stamps give a very crisp impression which is lacking from the 2013 issue.

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.)

GLEN STEPHENS

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Stamps in the News - Globally! Overview of the mammoth Javits Centre.

One section of the exhibits

Wish you were here...New York 2016 Greetings to all Stamp News readers from the transit lounge at JFK airport, New York. Just on the long trip home from the fabulous NY 2016 Stamp Show...and what a show it was! What looked like acres of world class exhibits, dealers, postal administration counters and club booths as well as stunning ‘show stoppers’ including the tre skilling yellow, the 1c magenta from British Guiana, John Lennon’s childhood album and sheets of penny blacks and 2d blues sent in a bullet proof container from the Queen’s collection. There was even a Curtis Jenny biplane suspended from the rafters. Wow....our American friends know how to throw a party? Just a few impressions from the show which readers might enjoy.Caption: World’s most valuable object by weight. Show entrance 16 - Stamp News

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Stampboarders gather in front of the Curtis Jenny.

John Lennon’s childhood album on display

Lennon’s irreverent doodles

Wish you were here...UK Reported at themusic.com.au

World’s most valuable object by weight

The British government is paying tribute to the career of Pink Floyd this year. On July 7, the Royal Mail will issue an assortment of stamps that feature Stamp News - 17

Stamps in the News - Globally! the band’s iconic artwork and live performances. The date is the 10th anniversary of founding guitarist Syd Barrett‘s death. Calling Pink Floyd “one of the most influential and successful British bands of all time,” the Royal Mail worked with Pink Floyd to create stamps depicting the covers of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Atom Heart Mother, The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Endless River – each with a “vinyl breakout.” Four stamps feature them in concert at various stages in their career: The UFO Club in 1966, 1973’s Dark Side of the Moon tour, 1981’s The Wall tour and 1994’s The Division Bell tour. Available for pre-order are such collectibles as a souvenir cover dedicated to Barrett, personalized First Day Covers with a special handstamp in the shape of a guitar pick, a Dark Side of the Moon Maxi-Sheet, framed stamps, and several bundles of their offerings. Governments have long been putting musician’s images on stamps, most famously in 1992, when the U.S. Postal Service created a national poll to determine whether a young or old Elvis Presley should be portrayed on a commemorative stamp. Nearly 1.2 million ballots were cast, with the young Elvis winning the vote, and the stamp 18 - Stamp News

was dedicated on Jan. 8, 1993, which would have been Elvis’ 58th birthday. Other artists to be featured on stamps across the world are Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Rush.

More steamy stamps from Finland

Reported at www.bbc.com

Lakeside huts, birch twigs, steaming coals... Saunagoing is Finland’s most popular pastime. Finland’s postal deliveries will soon take on a steamy theme, as Finns have been invited to submit

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photos of their saunas for a new set of stamps. The national mail carrier, Posti, is running a competition to find the best sauna-related images, and says the stamps will share a key aspect of Finnish culture with the rest of the world. Finns are being encouraged to send in eye-catching photos of sauna buildings, “interesting sauna details”, or sauna paraphernalia such as hot stoves or birch twigs. The four best submissions will be adorning Finnish letters from next spring. “Images on stamps travel around the world and spread the image of Finland in their own right,” says Tommi Kantola, Posti’s design manager. The company has succeeded in making a splash with its stamp choices before: in 2014, it released a set featuring the homoerotic artwork of Tom of Finland. There was huge international interest, although one Finnish supermarket refused to stock them and a Russian lawmaker asked Finnsnot to send them across the border. The amateur sauna images are likely to be less controversial, but Ilta-Sanomat says they’re a natural choice for the country’s postal service: “You can’t find a more Finnish topic.”

Nassau Street 2016 Reported at www.wsj.com

From the late 1800s until the 1970s, Nassau Street in the Financial District was the stamp-collecting center of New York City. At one point there were as many as 50 stamp dealers in one three-block area. It may say something about the declining popularity of the hobby that there remains but one streetlevel stamp shop in New York City—Champion Stamp Co. on West 54th Street. Bruce Hecht, the buyer at Champion Stamp, reflects on the changes. “Back in the day there were two hobbies—stamps and coins. Younger people today have a very short attention span. They need instantaneous gratification. If you’re a stamp collector, it’s not something you can do in three seconds.” Arthur Morowitz, the owner of Champion Stamp, joked that Xanax is to blame for the demise of stamp collecting. “In the old days people would say, ‘You need to relax. Get a hobby.’ Xanax has put us

out of business.” Notwithstanding its endangered species status, Champion, with shelves full of stamps filed by nation, seems to be doing fine.

Stamps as design

Reported at www.fastcodesign.com Stamps present an interesting design challenge: how do you effectively communicate a message with such a small amount of space? Many brilliant designers have taken up that challenge, as the design publisher Unit Editionsmakes evident with its new book, Graphic Stamps: The Miniature Beauty of Postage Stamps. Drawn from the collections of Iain Follett, design director of the U.K.-based agency Six, and Blair Thomson, the Toronto-based designer who runs the Instagram feed Graphilately, the stamps collected in the book are the creations of famous and lesserknown designers alike who worked within the tiny, perforated perimeters.

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Stamps in the News - Globally!

Lance Wyman, for example, designed stamps for several different projects, including the iconic identity for 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and this amazing series for the Mexico World Cup in 1970. Meanwhile, Dutch designer Wim Crouwel dabbled in stamp design for his national postal service. Experimental Jetset recently designed stamps for the opening of the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands. These designs feature simple, vibrant graphics. They are rendered in multiple colors with superfine detailing and flourishes like special inks, embossing, and foiling. The best ones do what all good design does—they convey a message clearly and effectively, while being visually engaging—but on a tiny, tiny scale. As design writer Mark Sinclair puts it in an essay in the book, the restrictive size and shape of stamps is a “design problem distilled.” “Stamps are messages conveyed via the smallest of media,” he says. “They are communication in miniature. And they have been made in their billions.” As devices get smaller and smaller—hello, smartwatch screens—there’s a lot to be learned from these analog missives.

Engraved beauties celebrated Reported at www.globenewswire.com

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Service dedicated a souvenir sheet featuring new engravings of classic 19th-century stamps at the World Stamp Show-NY 2016. The stamps also feature a water soluble adhesive. The original versions of these classic stamps were issued between 1851 and 1866, 150 years ago or more, and they feature some of the most celebrated Americans, including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln. “It’s not surprising that Washington, Franklin and Lincoln were featured on six of America’s earliest stamps,” noted a U.S. Postal Service spokesman. “In fact, it seems fitting that we’re celebrating them again with today’s souvenir sheet — and the new Forever versions of these 19th century classics,” he said.

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The elaborately designed sheet features new versions of six of America’s earliest and most alluring stamps, now issued as Forever stamps to make them easily distinguishable from the mid-19thcentury originals. The stamps are printed using the intaglio printing method, as were the originals. These Classics Forever stamps are water soluble, although they are affixed with pressure-sensitive adhesive, enabling these special stamps to be removed from envelopes after they have been used by soaking them in plain water. This is the first time this feature has been included on Forever stamps.

Animail?

Reported at www.guardian.com The U.K.’s Royal Mail asked Andrew Ross of London-based design company Osborne Ross to design a set of stamps that would make British kids fall in love with snail mail. So he designed a charming half-dozen selfadhesive “Animail” stamps in the shapes of cheerful little creatures, which include a woodpecker, snake, chimpanzee, bat, orangutan, and koala bears. The die-cut stamps set the animals free from the cage of a standard rectangular stamp template, allowing their respective hands, feet, or tails to be folded over the edges of the envelope, as if they are clinging to it for dear life. “We were looking to design something which emphasised what makes sending and receiving a piece of post so special,” Ross told me in an email. “To the best of our knowledge there hasn’t been a stamp which wraps around an envelope before. The thought of a simple fold in a piece of paper bringing the creature printed on it to life appealed to us; we thought that this was an idea which would appeal to children and would achieve something which e-mail and texting couldn’t do.” Ross said they tried “a lot of variants” before settling on the final roster of animals—six stamps that had variety of colors, shapes, and types of animals. “Not too many birds nor too many mammals,” Ross

said. “This ruled out several creatures which may have been liked but didn’t make up a coherent set, either for colour reasons or because we had too many hanging from the top of the envelope and not enough clinging to the side. Once they decided on which critters to feature, they worked over the designs “to conform with the technical requirements of a stamp,” Ross said, “how far down the stamp should be on an envelope, how far in, which colours to use to enable a good phosphor reading for sorting. This required sending trial stamps through the system and resulted in several stages of adjustment.” One concern must have been where to place the Royal chignon silhouette. The Queen peeks out from the orangutang’s armpit. Apparently, HM was amused as this issue, along with all Royal Mail issues, are firstly approved by her.

What goes around comes around with Rotary Reported at www.fijitimes.com

THE Rotary Club of Suva, in conjunction with Post Fiji Ltd, launched a new stamp issue in Suva to mark the organisation’s 80th anniversary. A Rotary spokesman said the stamps featured some of the club’s achievements throughout its Stamp News - 21

Stamps in the News - Globally! was proud to be associated with a club that had contributed a lot to society. “Both Post Fiji and Rotary Fiji are iconic brands that have strong development links to Fiji’s past and into our future.”

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eight decades of service. “One of our very first major projects was the supply of a master radio and earphones to CWM Hospital that we installed in the 1960s and that was a huge achievement in terms of communications at that time,” she said. “We are a club of around 45 members here in Suva and we have had many other projects over the years and we tend to focus not just on an individual but on a larger base like a community so that way we are helping out more people. “On the 38 cents stamp the medical incinerator given to Wainibokasi is featured, the 62 cents stamp has the dialysis machine for the Kidney Foundation of Fiji, the $1.04 has the Rotary emergency response kit and the $5 stamp features the Braille machine for the Fiji Society for the Blind.” Post Fiji head of Finance said the company 22 - Stamp News

A few months ago I reported the China Post would be issuing Disney themed stamps to celebrate the opening of the Shanghai Disney Resort. I noted at the time that both Chairman Mao and Walt Disney would be spinning in their graves. Just to prove this wasn’t an April first report, here is the proof “The press release gushes: “Mickey and Minnie stamp shows Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse strolling in their official Shanghai Disney Resort attire. The “Enchanted Storybook Castle” stamp shows the grandeur of the world’s largest and most interactive Disney castle, with Tinker Bell soaring overhead and fireworks lighting the night sky above. Chinese elements can be seen on the stamps, with Mickey wearing Chinese style coat and Minnie wearing a traditional peony.

philatelic news Australia’s nostalgic fruit labels at stamp size Australia Post is celebrating a bygone era of Australian advertising with the latest stamp issue showcasing early 20th century fruit labels. Featuring the retro fruit labels over four domestic base-rate ($1) stamps, Australia Post Philatelic Manager, Michael Zsolt said the new stamp issue reflects a time of considerable growth in primary production when Australia began to export to the world. “The four fruit labels featured in this stamp issue not only represent a widely collected form of Australian ephemera, but also a time when Australian food production and exports began to thrive. “From the 1920s until the 1970s colourful paper labels featuring information on the produce and its associated growers, shippers and exporters were pasted onto the ends of wooden fruit cases as a means of identification and promotion. This stamp issue follows the popular Nostalgic Advertisements stamp issue released in 2014,” Mr Zsolt said. The stamps are designed by Jo Muré of the Australia Post Design Studio and feature: L H Kile “Robin” brand apples – This brightly designed label promotes apples from Tasmania – the ‘apple isle’. In the nineteenth century, the Kile family became one of many pioneering orchardist families of the Huon district. A fifth generation of the Kile family is still growing fruit in the area. The label is part of the renowned Troedel Printing Archive in the State Library Victoria.

The River’s Pride Navel oranges – This label features the town of Barham, on the mighty Murray River in NSW, complete with paddle steamer and stylised orange groves. Barham, along with neighbouring border town Koondrook, still grows, packs and exports citrus. The label is also part of the Troedel Printing Archive. Paterson & Co. “Red gum Pack” apples – This colourful label, from the Pickering Brook Heritage Collection, is from one of the largest shippers of apples and pears in Western Australia during the labels era. The P&Co. brand was registered between 1934 and 1962, when Western Australia was the second-largest apple growing region in the country. W H Price Pty Ltd Special Ohanez grapes – This label, another from the Troedel Printing Archive, is from a prominent Australian exporting firm of the labels era, which exported grapes, citrus, apples, pears and more using distinctive bright blue labels. Special Ohanez grapes are still grown in Australia, and grapes are still a significant Australian horticultural export industry. The stamp release includes a special concertina sheetlet pack. This highly collectable item uses a fold out design and presents the stamp designs in four 10 x $1 sheetlets. Other products include a prestige booklet, first day cover, stamp pack, maxicard set of four, gutter strip of 10 x $1 stamps with design, booklet of 10 x $1 self-adhesive stamps and a roll of 100 x $1 self-adhesive stamps. The Nostalgic Fruit Labels stamp issue is available from 7 June 2016 at participating Post Offices, via mail order on 1800 331 794 and online at auspost.com.au/stamps while stocks last. Stamp News - 23

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Postal Stationery

Figure 1 This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s column looks at the post office service of printing names and addresses on post office issued stamped envelopes as well as the

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2016 National Postal Stationery competition held in Canberra in March and the Postal Stationery Society of Australia. Figure 2

Ian McMahon

Figures 2 & 3 (below)

‘Address Corners’ or ‘Corner Cards’ on Stamped Envelopes

It has long been the custom of users of stamped envelopes to add their personal information such as their name and return address on stamped envelopes

and other items of postal stationery, usually in the upper left hand corner of the envelope. This was often done by arranging for a commercial printer to print the ‘address corners’ or ‘corner card’ on the stamped envelopes. An alternative in many countries has been a service provided by the post office whereby, for a fee and usually with a minimum purchase of stamped envelopes, the post office has arranged for the print-

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Postal Stationery Figures 4 & 5 (below) ing of address corners on stamped envelopes (and other stationery). The US Postal Service (USPS) has, for example, provided such a service since 1865 (Figures 1 and 2, on facing page). Currently the service is promoted as ‘personalized stamped envelopes’. The USPS will print the name, address and short messages or slogans in up to four lines of text (small envelopes) or seven lines of text (large envelopes) on the left hand corner of their standard range of stamped envelopes. The service is available for a minimum order of a box of 50 envelopes plus a small fee. The printing of logos can also be arranged for orders of 100,000 envelopes or more. The service is promoted by stating that ‘with Personalized Stamped Envelopes, the return address and postage appear on every envelope, eliminating the need for return address labels, stamps or postage meters’. A variety of fonts, font sizes and envelope types is available. This service is very popular in the US with personalized stamped envelopes, sold with the return address imprinted, accounting for $16.4 million of the total of $26 million of sales of stamped envelopes in 2015. Australia Post introduced a similar service in late 1989-1990 with the introduction of the first ‘postage pre-paid’ (PPE) stamped envelopes, the National Parks issue. From this issue the defini-

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tive stamped envelopes were inscribed ‘postage paid’ rather than having a state value. The service proved reasonably popular in the 1990s. Four examples are shown in Figures 3-6. The Australia Post Office still seems to offer the service, however, it does not appear to be popular, in contrast to the service offered by the USPS. One reason for this could be the small minimum number (a box of 50) of stamped envelopes that can be ordered from the USPS. Telling the difference between address corners printed by the post office and those privately printed can be difficult. In Australia the addresses arranged by the Post Office was printed by typography or lithography until 2003 after which the method of printing was being changed to Digital Printing similar to that used by photocopiers.

Postal Stationery Competition, Canberra Stampshow 2016

This year’s National level Postal Stationery Competition was held at Canberra Stampshow 2016, a Half-National Exhibition held in Canberra from 18-20 March 2016. There were 13 national-level exhibits as well as a Youth postal stationery exhibit and a State-level postal stationery exhibit. Entries on display included Persia - Nassereddin Shah Qajar Postal Stationery issued 18761893, Nicaraguan Postal Stationery - The Seebeck Era, The King George V Envelopes of Australia, U.S. 1907-1919 2c Oval Die-stamped Envelopes,

Ian McMahon

Figure 7 Nancy Gray receiving the Award for the Best Postal Stationery Exhibit, Canberra Stampshow 2016 Thailand Postcard Postal Stationery, Pre-decimal Australian Airletters and Aerogrammes and Air Letters to Aerogrammes. The Award for the Best Postal Stationery was awarded to the exhibit of King George V envelopes (Figure 7). The competition included a rerun of the Great Australasian Stationery Challenge (GASC) for entries of postal stationery issued post-war with seven GASC entries. The entries displayed the post-war stationery of Guyana, Fiji, and Bangladesh as well as the aerogrammes of Sierra Leone and Eastern Arabia and the New Year cards of the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Republic of China. The Postal Stationery Society of Australia provided the prize for the best GASC entry which was won by Ross Duberal for his exhibit of Fiji. There was also a National Youth entry on Australian Animals on Prestamped Envelopes and a state-level entry on Fiji airletters and aerogrammes.

Postal Stationery Society of Australia

The Postal Stationery Society of Australia (PSSA) was set up in October 1995 to encourage the study and collection of postal stationery, a field which had often tended to be neglected in Australia. The Society aims to enable collectors to share information and assist each other with forming their collections and keeping in touch with current trends, particularly in new types of postal stationery. It encourages all collectors of postal stationery to become members. Membership is not limited to collectors and researchers of either Australian Colonies or Commonwealth of Australia postal stationery, nor is membership limited to residents of Australia. The Society is not based in a particular Australian city. Opportunities are taken to meet

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Postal Stationery regularly at National exhibitions and similar occasions. Office bearers come from different States, and there is a Coordinator for each state and one for New Zealand. The Society’s most recent meeting (Figure 8) took place at Canberra Stampshow 2016 and included displays of aerogrammes from Norway, Burma, Afghanistan and Singapore and of Queen Victoria prestamped envelopes of the Cape of Good Hope. The Society produces a journal Postal Stationery Collector four times each year. It aims to serve as a means of communication between members, and to facilitate the exchange of ideas, news and information about postal stationery, primarily that of Australia. It has developed into an important source of up-to-date information about postal stationery recently issued by Australia Post, particularly No Value Indicated (NVI) stationery. Members are strongly encouraged to contribute to the journal, and all manner of contributions are sought. It is a vehicle for the research of members, and also features reviews of and notes about

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newly-published catalogues and handbooks on the postal stationery of many countries. Back issues of the journal in paper format are available from the Society. The Society’s webpage can be found at www. postalstationeryaustralia.com . It features issues of Postal Stationery Collector, and a link to the online Listing of Australian non-denominated and flat rate postal stationery December 2010. There is also a link to information about the FIP Postal Stationery Commission, and links to postal stationery collectors’ groups in other countries with which the Society exchanges journals. For more information, please contact the Secretary, Ms Judy Kennett, either by post or by email. Postal address: PO Box 16, Ulmarra NSW 2462. Email: jkennett@tpg.com.au

Figure 8 Postal Stationery Society of Australia’s meeting at Canberra Stampshow 2016

Tony Buckingham 1945-2016 The stamp world lost one of its great characters and the cover world its undisputed King, with the passing on 12 May of Tony Buckingham, the founder of the two pre-eminent names in cover collecting in the UK; Benham and Buckingham Covers. Tony’s stamp dealing instincts can be traced back to his schooldays, when he used the proceeds of his sales to fund his own collection, but like many others of his age, in the end the stamps had to go in order to fund another even greater interest – girls! – or in Tony’s case one particular girl, who was, in due course to become his wife and business partner for almost 50 years, Cath. Cath and Tony were both training to become teachers, and when Tony made the mistake of including his interest in stamps in his CV at one school to which he applied for a job, straight out of training college, he was told that part of his new post would involve running the school stamp club. One aspect of this would be to organise first day covers for commemorative stamp issues and Tony decided he could do better than those then available and with a fellow cricketer (cricket being the third great passion of his life) he set up Benham Covers – and the rest was history! The very first Benham cover, featuring a woodcut illustration by Cath’s father, was for the 1967 Christmas issue and for the next two years Tony and Cath would buy each new issue on the stroke of midnight on the day of issue and spend the early hours applying the stamps to the covers and delivering them to the post office of choice, and then rushing back to be in front of their respective classrooms for the day ahead. In 1969 they were able to set up a trade account with the Philatelic Bureau and although this gave them longer to stick the stamps on the covers, it was clearly difficult to maintain the growing business alongside their teaching careers and in 1970 they decided to run the business on a wholesale basis, selling to other dealers. It was at this time that they had a stroke of luck; while making up 1970 Churches covers they realised that one sheet of the 3d. value had the gold Queen’s head omitted and were happy to sell the majority of them for £5 each. (Today the stamp is

listed as SG 904a and catalogued at £250 each – but the few covers they had made up before they discovered the error can fetch even more). Still keen to advance his teaching career, in 1972 Tony took up the deputy headmastership of a school in Hythe, Kent. They were already attending regional stamp fairs to dispose of excess stock and, once established in Hythe, opened a stall in the local Saturday market and thus began the return to the retail business. In 1975 he finally retired from teaching in order to devote all his attentions to the Benham business, opening a stamp shop in Hythe and later the Folkestone Stamp Shop. In 1978 Benhams took over fellow cover producers, Pilgrim Philatelics, and with it their stand at Stampex. The business was transferred from the family home to offices in Hythe High Street, continued on page 67 Stamp News - 31

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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

Pay cents, not $ per stamp! D

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Pricefighter Packets, ready made collections L

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

100 YUGOSLAVIA $ 9.00 200 YUGOSLAVIA ...........................................$ 17.00 300 YUGOSLAVIA ...........................................$ 20.00 500 YUGOSLAVIA ...........................................$ 80.00

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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JULY SALE Prices valid to JULY 31st 2016, BE QUICK! Email or phone reservations highly advised. DEDUCT 30% from all prices in this list, excluding accessory items such as stockbooks which are already reduced. Bartercard customers, sorry but full prices apply. If you wish to view any item we can send a scan by email, or colour photocopy by mail. Also please remember that any order above $500 can be put on layby for up to 6 months, and that all of our items carry our 14 day satisfaction guarantee. Coins and Banknotes: CBM2) Australia 1934/4 Melbourne Centenary Florin lovely virtually uncirculated coin. Price $495 CB1) Australia 1923 Halfpenny, in lovely fine plus condition 6 pearls clearly visible, reverse would be VF. Nice clean coin, cat $2250 plus. Price $1875 CB2) Another as above, this one in VG (very good) condition, cat $1300, price $1125 CB3) Australia 1946 1d, nice VF (very fine) condition with traces of original lustre. Cat $150, price $98 CB4) Australia 1912 Penny, great coin in EF (Extremely fine) condition, 8 pearls and centre diamond with some original lustre. Cat $125, price $98 CB5a) Australia Five 1954 10 pound Commonwealth Bank Coombs/Wilson prefix WA20, nice flat note in Very Fine condition. Cat $375, price $249 CB11) Australia Silver 3d starter collection, all KGV 10 different dates for $29 CB12) Australia 1921M 3d, in AUNC Condition, cat $175, price $115 CB13) Australia 1928 3d, in AUNC condition, cat $175, price $115 CB16) Australia Halfpennies, starter collection 20 different dates price $39 CB17) Australia Baby Coin Set, 1997 mint condition as issued. Thje scarcest of All the baby sets. Cat $410, price $295 Stamps and Postal History: MY1) NSW 1894, magnificent small cover, with “copper plate” handwriting bearing 2.5d Ultramarine SG265, cancelled by Sydney cds of OC 19 94 to Boston, USA via RMS Miawera. Nice clean cover price $35 MY5) Cocos Keeling used in Australia. Small cover to Maine, USA with neat typed address bearing 4 x 6d small Kookaburra, no wmk. Tied by machine cancel of Melbourne 15 JAN 1957 via Airmail to Orlando, Florida. Correct 2/- rate. Highly attractive, price $29 MY6) Australia, Bowls thematic. Scarce Henshall & Son, manufacturer of Henselite Bowls small pictorial advertising cover, bearing 4 x 6d small Kookaburra, no wmk. Tied by machine cancel of Melbourne 15 JAN 1957 via Airmail to Orlando, Florida. Correct 2/- rate. Highly attractive, price $35 MY7) Australia 1947 local advertising cover for Jack & Jill florists, Railway Station Adelaide, bearing 1.5d green Queen Elizabeth, tied by Adelaide slogan “Send money by postal note or money order” with cds of 3 DEC 1947. Price $22 MY8) Australia Military, WWII dual censored small cover bearing 3d Blue Die II tied by AIF Field PO 15 to New York. Very attractive. Price $45 MY9) Australia 1932 Advertising window cover for Yalumba Vineyards, bearing 1d Green KGV Head tied by cds of Angaston 26 OC 32 and with received stamp on reverse of 27 OCT 1932. Price $42 MY10) Australia 1933 small advertising cover for The Goulburn Seed & Nursery Company bearing 1d green KGV Head tied by Gouldburn 11 SE 33 cds to Vaucluse. Very attractive, price $25 MY12) Guernsey 1944 WWII German occupation 2.5d Blue on FDC SG#3 - cat £15 for the used stamp. Top value of the set on clean small typed address cover. Price $37.50 MY13) GB an accumulation including many blocks & multiples mint never hinged from

1950s to 1970s ( 1000 or so) inc. many complete sets both decimal and pre-decimal inc. better like 1963 Red Cross and FFH plus another 100 assorted used in fine clean ROYAL MAIL Stockbook and super quality mint sheet file, plus a couple of 5 pound prestige booklets for the Financial Times and Royal Mail. Price for the lot $289 MY14) Australia: Three albums of AUSIPEX 1984 stamps and related material and issues. AUSIPEX 84 was a MONSTER show, At the absolute height of the stamp boom globally and every stamp issuing entity was there. Sydney Dealer Manfred Junge had the clever idea of making a set of superb albums to house these. He commissioned nice Gold Blocked Burgundy ring albums and has superb heavyweight parchment colour pages with the attractive “AUSIPEX 84” logo at top. Then he sourced all the gazillion of different stamp issues ,and proofs and stationary etc, made for the show. Some of it was made in small numbers and have always been elusive. There are things here like the Hungary perf AND imperf numbered sheets. Die Proofs, overprints and special issues. Pricey NUMBER sheets and covers. The always short supply issues like Lesotho Set of 5 sheetlets, Tonga, and all sorts of exotic places like Albania Cuba and Mongolia issues etc. All fresh MUH. Also much special stationery etc. Ex Deceased estate and the owner had receipts in there for $850 for these items, plus the albums cost close to $200. So a total cost 30 odd years ago of $1050 for just some of this lot. About 150 pages of goodies it looks like, so my price around a very reasonable $4 a page…. $595 MY15) Surinam 39 first day covers 1960 – around 1973 all with full sets or souvenir sheets and some semi- postals, clean unaddressed illustrated. Plus folder with 1961 Yuri Gagarin/Alan Shepherd Space issue on embossed full colour card. Well under $2.50 per item, price $89 MY16) Similar to above, from Netherlands Antilles, 55 covers here $119 MY17) Another similar lot, from Holland. This lot goes a bit later to around 1980, 43 covers for $64 MY17a) Special deal, the3 lots as above for $245 (Save $27) MY18) Australia Commercial covers, 4kg in weight, around 1000 covers I would guess bearing a wide range of commems and defins from the 33c to 50c period. Postmark possibilities abound! Mostly clean and slit open at top. A lot are from competition mail Nestle, Maggi etc. Selling at around 20c each… $195 the lot. MY19) Australia 1913 5d Chestnut 1st wmk Kangaroo, superb Mint Unhinged, lower marginal example, clean white gum well centered and full perfs. I challenge you to find a better example! ACTUALLY BETTER THAN MY ITEM SE9, which you can buy at $475 less the discount of 25% = $356.25. But for this one cat at $550 I can sell at $479 MY20) Western Australia 6d sage green, rouletted. Lovely used example with light barred cancel in blue. SG32 cat 650 pounds. SG is way too cheap on these rouletted stamps.This is in a lighter shade and a bigger stamp than our item J22 which is priced at $1125.This one is better….price $1249 MY21) Australia 1929 5/- Grey and Yellow Kangaroo, small multi wmk, perf OS and cto used with full unhinged gum. Perfect centering and perfs too! Cat $225. Roo is moved upwards…getting it’s ears wet, and also has the end chopped off it’s tail. You will not better this example! Price $189 MY22) Australia 1915 5/- 2nd wmk Grey & Yellow Kangaroo, used by Brisbane Telegraph office oval blue cancel and with large Telegraphic Puncture. Well centered, with fluffy perfs, as this issue often is. Cat as normal at $675, this one $179 MY23) Australia 1915 5/- 2nd wmk Grey & Yellow Kangaroo, perf OS, used by Melbourne cds. Well centered, with fluffy perfs, as this issue often is. Chopped tail. Cat $700 my price $295 MY24) Australia 1917 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo, perf OS and cto, with full mint unhinged gum. Fresh with good perfs, centered high. Cat $200, this one $149

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JULY SALE MY25) WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1860 SWAN 2d Orange IMPERF WITH PRE-PRINTING PAPER FOLD at right, resulting in the stamp having a small wing at bottom right, in addition there is a vertical paper crease running the whole height of the stamp. Cancelled by clear strike of numeral 8. Unusual. Price $159 MY26) Papua New Guinea, Imprint Blocks of 4, mint unhinged collection in as new Lighthouse 32 page stockbook ($30 value) Magnificent lot of 195 blocks, all in complete sets, 1982 – 1990 plus some extras and minisheets, values to 5 Kina. Appears pretty well complete for the period. Retail as 4 x single sets would be $1350, plus the stockbook plus something for the imprint blocks, so say $1500 plus plus! My price just 40% of the stamp price alone $540. MY27) Papua New Guinea superb mostly mint unhinged collection in as new $65 Red padded Lighthouse black page stockbook, plus a blue black page KEK stock book, commencing 1952 with definitives to One Pound Fisherman x sets, this is a $250 set alone. Then 1958 Pictorials inc. 1/7d Brown cattle, all commems with some duplicated plus 10/Rabaul & One Pound Queen x 2 of each, the duplicates appear largely lightly hinged. The PostageDues, SG2/6 are there a $150 set, the 1966 Butterflies x 2 plus the extra dies of the $ & $2, Then pretty well complete to 2002 it seems, with many extras. Also includes some of the scarcer overprints and Exhibition minisheets. Retail must approach if not exceed $2000. My price just $795. MY28) Papua New Guinea: 36 Hagner pages mint/unhinged and used collection, in binder. Inc. many mint unhinged sets and some imprint blocks of 4 inc the 5 Kina bird of paradise. Values in pre-decimal to One Pound. Looks like 100 plus sets here with a retail value of $500 plus, my price just $195 MY29) Christmas Island in Seven Seas Padded Hingeless Album 1958-1991 Mint Unhinged collection, complete except for the Birdpex Overprint on the Abbott’s Booby mainsheet. Tiny bit of toning on just a few stamps does not detract. Retail of around $285 for the stamps, plus the album would be around the $195 mark. $480 retail value for just $239 MY30) Norfolk Island in as new Seven Seas Hingeless Album 1990 - 2003 mostly complete. This is a hard to get period. Retail of the stamps alone approaching $700 plus the album retail around $175, a total value of $875 for just $345 MY31) Pitcairn Islands mint/unhinged collection on Seven Seas pages 1940-1967 complete. 1940 Definitives and sets to 1963 are lightly hinged, except the 1948 Silver Wedding which is superb mint unhinged. Retail is $370 counting the hinged at half price. A great lot for just $149 MY32) Territories & Pacifics 2000 – 2003 Mint Unhinged starter collections in Seven Seas Hingeless Album. Comprises Norfolk Is., Nauru, Samoa, Papua New Guinea. Retail of stamps alone $200 plus plus. Bargain at just $119 MY33) Flowers, 600 different. Colourful collection….One only $69 MY34) Victoria 6d Orange- Yellow Woodblock, Rouletted all four sides, SG 57, lovely example with No. 1 Barred Numeral. Cat. 95 pounds. Price $139 MY35) Queensland 1d carmine-rose, SG1. Super 4 large margin example with light oval ring cancel., cat 800 pounds. Price $1275 MY36) Australia 1932 C of A 5/- yellow and grey. Varieties: “Wet ears” & white notch on Kangaroos tail ( BW 46 (V) Variety not catalogued. Price $125 MY37) AUSTRALIA. WA FREEMANTLE PAQUEBOT ON POSTCARD TO GB 1931, bearing GB KGV 1.5d brown with Freemantle cds of 17MR31 (St. Patrick’s Day!) and boxed “PAQUEBOT” to Co. Durham. Cute! Price $57 MY38) Australia Northern Territory. Darwin to Finland Registered letter MR 6 73 serviced with $1.21 via an NCR label in red. These are becoming quite popular as they are rare to find. See Rod Perry’s column in May Stamp News. Price $42

MY39) Germany, Saxony. RARE c. 1863 ish? Sachsen Entire ties 2 NGr Blue Coat of Arms stamp with Meissen 19 OCT cds cancels on front, sent to Lauenstein Germany. Receiving cds on reverse. No contents. Lovely! Price $59 MY40) Australia 1915 2/- Brown 2nd wmk Kangaroo, superior used example with corner cds. Nice centering and good perfs. Cat. $350. Price just a half, $175 MY41) France. 1935 Delightful Sepia Real Photographic Postcard used to Melbourne, Australia 12 x 1935 bearing 90c Le Pu yen Velay & 30c Green definitive. Nice! Price $29 MY42) Australia 1988 80c Living Together, Missing Orange (Sand and Juggling Balls) postally used. Uncatalogued and believed unique. Supplied with certificate of authenticity and normal for comparison. Price $1450 MY43) Australia 1913 1st wmk 2/- Brown Kangaroo, perf small OS postally used with 28 MY 15 cds of Melbourne. WEell centered and with good perfs. Cat $500. Price $345 MY44) AAT 1957 – 2006 mint starter collection on Seven Seas pages. Just the 1st 4 pages 1957 – 73 is lightly hinged, the balance are unhinged, with the face value of the decimals alone at $53.75. Most of these sets retail for double face or more, snap up a bargain, one lot only $74 MY45) Christmas Is. Mint unhinged starter collection Seven Seas Pages, 2001 – 2006, plus extra pages for years 1988, 1990 & 1994. Face value is $77.30, plus includes the scarce limited edition 2004 Year of the Monkey minisheet ovpt. Hong Kong, sold only at the exhibition. This alone retails at $55, and the remainder at about double face. So not counting the pages, $200 plus retail for just $139. MY48) Massive World Collection in 10 large stockbooks each organized alphabetically, and appears all different in each book. 1000 plus in each book. Some nice pickings, early to modern. 12000 plus stamps at say 6c per stamp, $575 the lot. MY49) Victoria on stockcard comprising full length Queen on Throne 1d green imperf x 2, 6d blue x 5 imperf and 5 rouletted, plus 4d Orange woodblock imperf, and 1d Apple Green Commonwealth period and 2/- Blue on blue duplex used, cto. 15 stamps in all. Condition a bit mixed, but got to be worth $10 a stamp. $149 the lot. MY50) Australia 1920 neat small cover Adelaide to New York bearing 3rd wmk 3d Kangaroo Yellow Olive Die 1 nicely centered and with full perfs. Tied by Adelaide 15JAN20 machine cancel. Nice item, cat at $100 on cover. Price $74 MAP2) Australia 1932 10/- C of A wmk 10/- Grey & Pink, postally used with two partial STEEL cds CANCELS of 22 DE 36. Well centred and good perfs, cat $300, price $229 MAP3) Australia 1932 10/- C of A wmk 10/- Grey & Pink, postally used with socked on nose with rubber Canberra cds of 4 JE 35. Lovely colour and good perfs, cat $300, price $239 MAP4) Australia 1932 10/- C of A wmk 10/- Grey & Pink, postally used with two partial Sydney cds cancels of 1937. Lovely colour, well centered and good perfs, cat $300, price $249 MAP5) Australia 1932 10/- C of A wmk 10/- Grey & Pink, postally used with two partial Sydney 1937 cds cancels of 3 NO 36 Lovely well centered example, cat $300, price $254 MAP6) Australia 1932 10/- C of A wmk 10/- Grey & Pink, postally used with two partial Sydney cds cancels of 1937. Good well centered example with bright colour, cat $300, price $259 MAP6a) 5 x 10/- Kangaroos as above, MAP2 – MAP 6, priced to sell at $1200, save $100, $1100 for all 5 stamps. MAP7) Queenland Imperf Die Proof of 1864 6d Chalon Registered stamp SG 48 in issued deep green colour on cream unwatermarked paper. Very fine and fresh. Price $395 MAP8) Great Britain 1840 1d Black in the intense shade, with black Maltese cross postmark and 3 big margins. Unplated example, lettered KA and with nice pre-printing paper crease, unusual. Price $259 MAP10) As new Box File crammed, yes I mean crammed! With approx. 1.5kg of World on

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JULY SALE paper quality charity mix, just received, all on close clipped single paper, early to recent, totally unpicked as received and with great variety. I estimate 6000 + + stamps per kg, so anything up to 10,000 stamps in this lot. Magnificent value at under 2 cents per stamp, price $179 MAP11) Another box file as above, containing only Australia with maybe a smattering of foreign with mostly modern issues to 2015, good ranges of definitive and commemoratives. Noted unfranked and some better values. Count must be 5000 plus per kg, so around 7500 stamps for under 2c per stamp just $129 MAP12) Australia 1935 2d red Jubilee in mint unhinged imprint block of four from plate 2, with variety ea, retouch between IA of Australia. Cat. $375. KGV Jubilee issues are widely sought after. Price $149 MAP14) NZ Health Fdcs, 1936 & 1937 plus ANZAC 1937 pair also on fdc, very scarce. Lifebuoy stamp sadly has a missing left lower corner, but still very rare on fdc. Nice lot, price $49 MAP16) 1913 Halfpenny Green Kangaroo in mint block of 6, (3 x 2) with 4 stamps unhinged. Some gum bends but a scarce and attractive block, looks very nice from the front. Price $119 MAP19) Large shoebox with very nice World off paper mixture old and new, small and large. As donated to leading charity. Weighs 2.15kg inc. the box, must be 25,000 stamps with a great variety here. Has to be worth 2 cents a stamp, price $495 MAP20) Worldwide Cinderellas, Revenues, Reprints, Bogus issues, amazing lot of around 500 most if not all different, ranging from the 1940’s to quite recent. Priced under 20c per stamp, $98 per lot, half lot for $49. MAP34) Australia, magnificent lot of cto Commems ex PO presentation folders. Includes 1914 6d Claret Kookaburra, 3d Air type B, Sturt pair, 6d Brown Airmail normal and ovpt. OS, 1/- Yellow Green Lyre, 3d Vic. Cent. Perf 10.5, 1/- Vic. Cent perf 11.5, 2/- Jubilee, 2d & 1/- S.A., then perf OS….Canberra, 3d Kookaburra, 3d Airmails both types, 1.5d Swan and Sturt pair. A magnificent group, retail approx. $525, my price $349 MAP37) South Australia 1908 neat and clean small registered cover bearing 5d dull purple SG 240 and halfpenny Yellow- Green SG 242 cancelled by registered Adelaide squared circle AU 26 08 to Milwaukee, with arrival stamps Seattle SEP 25 1908 and Milwaukee SEP 29 1908. Scarce and fine example of a Commonwealth period cover. Price $110 MAP39) Tasmania pair of KEVII Newspaper wrappers in denominations Halfpenny Green and penny Salmon unaddressed and each cto Hobart 29 JAN 06 for the UPU distribution. Fine and scarce Commonwealth period items. Maximum 400 produced. Price $235 MAP40) Australia 1939 Dual Reign small Airmail cover bearing 1/4d Turqoise KGV And 3d Blue Die II thick paper KGVI. Scarce combination to New York via England overpaid by 1d, cancelled by neat cds of WATSONS BAY NSW AUST 3AU39 stamps appear hurridly applied and envelope a bit roughly opened, but a very scarce item indeed. 1/4d cat. on cover at $300 as the cheapest wmk (C of A) Price $249 MAP45) Australia Mining Ephemera. Comprising ancient map reproduction of Eureka Street Ballarat (Vic) and two large original 1880’s official Notices “Application for a Gold Mining Lease” and “Forfeiture of a Gold Mining Lease” the 1st printed by Robt. S. Brain (Gov’t printer) and the 2nd by John Ferres: John Ferres (1818-1898), government printer, was born 1 October 1818 at Bath, England, the second son of Robert Ferres (d.1820), printer. Read more here: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ferres-john-3513 Fascinating historical documents. Price $149 MAP46) Br. Commonwealth mission mix on paper, 250 grams. Wide range of countries and ranging from early 1950’s to quite recent on close clipped single paper. Price $75 MAP47) Br. Commonwealth off paper mixture, mostly QEII period but with some earlier and from the larger nations, a good mix of large and small with close to 15,000 per kg.

100 grams for $39, 250g $89, 500g $175 or 1kg for $329 MAP48) Malta off paper mixture. Fairly recent mix, with values to M2 pounds. Round 12,500 to the kg. Recommend you buy in 50g lots, as quite heavy duplication 50g for $39 MAP49) British Empire, pre QEII with a decent range of issues mostly postally used, but some mint unhinged spotted. This is a very scarce mix, with roughly 15,000 to the kg. Values to One Shilling. Does contain some Australia and GB. Price per 25 grams (350 – 400 stamps) $59, 50g $110, 100g $195. MAP50) Australia Commemoratives only on close clipped single paper. Approx 4000 per kg. Wide range of issues to 2014. Very scarce now as few people are still actively clipping mail Price per 500g = $79, 1kg = $149, 2.5kg = $349

AP1) New magnificent stockbook offer! Many of you will be unaware that Windmill and Importa the famous Dutch firm of Album and Accessory Manufacturers has ceased to exist. This means that the VST brand of stockbooks which were sourced form that firm will no longer be available. Other German manufacturers are now having stockbooks made in Hungary, and in our opinion quality has suffered. We do however have a great new item: Ka Be, one of the most respected German manufacturers now has a 64 black page padded binder stockbook, with double linen hinging. These retail at $66 each, however as an introductory offer we can supply at $55 each or $249 for a carton of 5. Colours available are Black, Dark Blue, Dark Green or Maroon. We only have an initial supply of 40 stockbooks so please be quick! AP6) Croatia, modern collection in near new 16 black page stockbook, looks virtually complete for the period 1994 – 2003, with both mint and used stamps. Around 250 stamps cat close to $400. A very clean lot, price $149. AP8) Japan, very nice Commemorative Kiloware mix on single paper, very colourful and wide-ranging with excellent variety. Covers from mid 1970’s to around 2011 by the look of it. This is hard to come by, high count, around 4000 to the kg, and excellent value at $54 per 100g, 250g for $129, 500g for $245. AP10) GB off paper, wide ranging QEII mix, Wildings to quite recent inc. Regionals. 1kg only of this available, price $30 per 100g, $69 per 250g, $136 per 500g. AP11) Animals, lovely collection of 500 all different, mostly large. Price $49 AP12) AIF WW1 Military Mails: 3 amazing covers to and from a Sgt. In the AIF 14th Field Ambulance a) YMCA cover, NO 5 16 censored cover to Mrs. B. R. Rainsford at Wahroonga NSW. b) 20.1.16 Red cross Cover, to Sergeant B Rainsford, at Gezira, Cairo, from Paris c) 20.1.18 Censored Cover Australian Field Ambulance AIF France 1918, addressed to Bruce Rainsford, Sergent Fournier, 14th Australian Field Ambulance, Armee Australienne, en campagne, (in the field) As 2 are dated Jan. 20 are we to assume that was or was close to his birthday? Magnificent grouping, price $269 the lot. AP15) Victoria 1879 £1 Orange George and Dragon STAMP DUTY with oval date stamp in black OFFICE OF TITLES 22.DEC.85. Price $29 AP16) Aircraft & aviation, collection of 300 different, colourful and mainly large, price $69 AP17) Nice little starter collection of 50 different Australian States. On our list at $56, special price $49. AP19) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pink C of A Kangaroo, superb used, with light cds cancel across top right third of the stamp. Good perfs, centering and colour, cat $300, you will not better this for $265. AP22) Australia 1935 Anzac. Lovely illustrated FDC with both 1/- plus a pair of the 2d, to make 1/4d seamail rate to USA. Highly under rated, and missing from 99,.99% of all collections, in fact the1st I have handled in over 40 years of dealing! Another dealer has a plain FDC on his website at $420. This one $398

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JULY SALE AP23) Australia 1935 C of A wmk One Pound Grey Kangaroo, lovely used example, with cds cancel leaving ‘roo clear and with good centering and perfs. Very fine stamp, cast $420 for just $298 AP25) Australia 1932 10/- Grey& Pink Kangaroo, C of A wmk, very fresh, mere trace of a hinge, good perfs and nicely centered. Very attractive stamp cat $700, this one $629 and worth every penny! AP28) GB 1840 1d Grey Black, SG 3 superb 4 large margined example with lightly struck red Maltese Cross cancel, from Die 1a, lettered F L , a better example you will not easily find. Cat $100, price $549 AP29) GB 1840 1d Intense Black, SG1, superior quality 4 margin example, with lovely centrally struck red Maltese Cross cancel. Unplated, but most likely from one of the later plates. Lettered H I, Minimum catalogue $1050. Price $398 AP30) GB 1840 1d Black, SG 2, budget priced stamp, very attractive, no faults, with 2.5 margins, neat black Maltese Cross cancel, unlettered, but most probably from an early plate. Lettered A L, Minimum catalogue $750. Price $169 AP31) GB 1840 2d Blue,SG5 nice 4 margin (close at left) with clean strike of black Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered BL. Min. Catalogue $1800, price $649 AP33) Australia 1917 3rd wmk 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo oveprinted Specimen mng, type.B , Perfect centering and perfs, great colour. Cat $600, price $349 AP35) GB 1884 9d & 1/- Queen Victoria Dull Green, nice cds used. Cat a massive $1550. 1/- is correct colour, 9d just slightly faded. VERY CHEAP Price $175 AP37) Australia Green Certified labels, in mint unhinged block of 25 (5 x 5) very rare to see these! Numbered U 5055 to U 5071 in reverse as issued. Price $29 AP38) Victoria 1858 6d Orange Woodblock on cover to Ireland. Nice clean 2 margin example franked by barred numeral 1 of Melbourne to Mallow, Co. Cork, via Dublin with arrival cds of AU 16 1858. Scarce and attractive, price $195 AP39) Western Australia 1960’s 2/- brown swan revenue in fiscally used block of 18 (6 x 3) Unusual. Price $39 AP40) Western Australia 1d on 2d Yellow SG 172 in mint unhinged block of 9. Minor toning on reverse does not detract from fine facial appearance. Price $39 AP42) Australia KGV 5d single wmk on reg’d cover with red registered label, Preston, Vic. 1 SEP 1923 to St. Kilda, with 3 boxed instructional markings: Not known by postmen St. Kilda, Not know by letter carriers Caulfield and Unclaimed St. Kilda. Eventually ending up at the Melbourne Dead letter office eon 12 SP 23. Lovely! Price $119 AP43) 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 AP44) Australia 1916 5/- Pale Yellow and Grey Kangaroo, 3rd wmk, perf OS, cds used, Sydney Rly Stn, Late Fee, 28 OC 21. With Kangaroo Misplaced downwards, in exactly the same position as the known 10/- of this issue, though not recorded for this value. The 10/- cat. Price is $5000. This one $2950. AP45) Australia 1915 5/- Grey and Yellow Kangaroo, 2nd wmk, mint lightly hinged, showing Albino Kangaroo on reverse, and also Double Perfs at left, which is unrecorded for this stamp. Lower left corner a little blunt, mentioned for accuracy only, as this is due to the double perforation. Catalogue price for a normal mint example is $1500. Price for this $1250. Ap48) Australia 1915 3d Olive Green Kangaroo, DieII, fine used with Melbourne cds, 23 JY 23 cancel. Very scarce stamp. Retail $120, my price $89. Ap49) Australia 1913 1st wmk 3d Yellow Olive Kangaroo, Die I, perf small OS, neat cds cancel. Cat. $100, my price $75.

Ap50) As above but 3rd wmk, Die IIb, with partial Federal Parliament cds, Cat. $60, my price $49. AP52) Victoria 1879 – 1900 One Pound Orange St. George and Dragon stamp duty, fine mint without gum, retail $600, very cheap at under 15% retail, $89. AP53) Australia KGV 4d Lemon, mint unhinged, retail $600, but gum has sadly been sweated, nice budget buy at under 20% retail. $119. AP54) Australia 1.5d Red KGV, no watermark in block of 4, two unhinged. Cat $75, has minor gum wrinkles, but otherwise fresh. Price $49. AP55) As above, but type A, no imprint, mint hinged. Cat $400. Ideal for comparison with the above, has a couple of missing perfs at right so only $79. AP56) Australia 1941 2d Purple KGVI positional block of 4 with Medallion flaw on bottom right stamp. Variety stamp is Mint unhinged. Gum is toned. Cat $150, cheap at $59. AP57) As above, but nice unhinged single, Cat. $150, my price $110. AP58) Papua New Guinea, 1952 plus a few earlier to mid 1990s in near new 64 page stockbook, this is an ex dealer stock, with 3 – 5 of most sets mint unhinged, plus some hinged and used. Noted One Pound Fisherman Specimen, MNG, looks like around 1250 – 1500 stamps probably 300 – 400 sets. vals. To 5 Kina (several of those) Very clean lot, and great value at about $1.50 a set across the board. $495 the lot. AP59) Collection of 500 different Finland, with new 32 black page stockbook, worth $32.50. The 500 Finland on my packets list is $140 alone, so at $129 this is a great deal! AP60) New Zealand Dealer stock in 2 Green 64 page stockbooks, organised by SG number and priced. Duplication with around 5 or 6 of some stamps. Strength in KGV period onwards, goes to around 2008. Many 1000s, with values to $10. Excellent lot for re-seller, hoarder or researcher! $675. AP62) New Zealand Charity, an older mixture on close cut single paper with issues covering the period 1975 – 1995 approx, plenty to interest here in postmarks etc. Normally $90 per kg, now $60 per kg, 500g for $35, 250g for $20 AP63) GB 1840 1d Black, four margin, unplated, and just a little close-ish on the margins, but still very nice stamps. Letters available are : SG (Stanley Gibbons!) or KI Cat $750. Price $399 each AP64) GB 1d Blacks with Black Maltese Cross, 4 margins and lettered NE or SF Price $399 ea AP63) GB 1d Black A superior example, with 4 nice even margins, unplated, lettered OK! Price $449 AP65) GB 1d Blacks. Now we come to the three margin examples, Intense Black, lettered FK, unplated and with centrally struck Black Maltese Cross, Cat. $1050. Price $295 AP66) A further 3 margin example as above, with red Maltese Cross, Cat $750 lettered RB. Price $329 each AP67) Again as above, we have 1 other example, which has minor faults, not visible from the face, if you just want a nice looking stamp to fill a gap. Lettered EA, this priced very modestly at $149 AP68) 1915 5/- Grey & Yellow 3rd wmk Kangaroo, perfect centering and full perfs, cancelled with rubber Hobart cds. Attractive stamp, retail $175, this one just $119, NOW REDUCED TO $95 AP69) Twopence Halfpenny 1st wmk Kangaroo, superb used, full perfs, colour and well centred with clear Rialto Vic cds of AP 17 14. Price $26 AP71) Great Britain, 1918 5/- Bradbury printing Seahorse, well centred and full perfs with nice partial cds cancel. Cat $270, my price just one third, $90. MM8) TASMANIA 1935 SMALL AIRMAIL COVER bearing 1934 3d & 9d MACARTHUR, plus strip of 3 x 2d Anzac making 1/6d rate to ENGLAND, cancelled by 9 AP 35 Devonport cds, neat clean cover. 9d alone catalogues at $400 on cover. Price $329

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JULY SALE MM9) VICTORIA Sg 17b; 1851 2d Dull-brown Half-length. Ham Printing 4th State “Vertical Drapes” . VFU with No Faults. Fine 4 margin example, cancelled by clean complete strike of No. 1 (Melbourne) Butterfly cancel. Just superb! $249 MM10) Western Australia Sg 1, Sc# 1; 1d Black Swan Superb VFU 4 margins with neat numeral cancel 1 of Perth cv $500++ Nicest you will find! $350 MM11) Denmark, 700 different, back in stock again, price $79 (1 only available) MM12) Ireland, 500 all different , lovely new collection just arrived, very hard to find, price $245 (under 50c per stamp) MM18) Australia 1927 small registered cover, bearing 6d Chestnut 3rd wmk. Kangaroo to Coogee to San Diego USA, cancelled by full clear strike of Coogee cds, 24 AUG 27. Arrival cds of Sep 19 1927. Fine and attractive with red Reg. label No. 2495. Cat $150. Price $97.50 MM19) Australia 1937 3d KGVI Die II thick paper, mint unhinged, fine and fresh. Cat $75, price $55 MM20) Australia pre- decimal commercial mail, range of frankings, mainly single usage definitives and commemoratives, 1930’s – 1965. Will contain postmark interest and some better items. Around 100 covers, condition variable. Price $299 MM22) Australia 1943 Censored Red Cross message service Airmail Cover to Geneva bearing 5/- Robes and 9d Platypus, cancelled by square duplex type cancel of Melbourne 8 MCH 1943. With red print “3 OPENED BY CENSOR” tape and violet diamond “3/PASSED/ BY/CENSOR/250” Scarce and attractive item, price $96 MM23) World Mission on paper, from a new source, early to modern with most on single close clipped paper, well worth a look at around 2.5c per stamp, approx. 5000 to the kg, price per 250g $35, per 500g $65, per kg $125, 5kg for $595, 10kg for $1125 MM24) Similar to above, but with some off paper and some on torn rather than clipped paper, same prices as above. MM25) TASMANIA 1900 Set of 6 MINT LETTERCARDS, 2d Pictorial on pale blue stock with a different view on the reverse of each. Believed less than 300 sets produced, this is a nice clean set in fine condition, just a little toning around edges in places, all that I have ever seen have this. These are on eBay as single cards at $125 each, sets normally get a lot more. My price, as I bought them quite well just $595 the set! MM27) Tasmania, 1853 1d Blue Courier SG 2, fine 4 Margin VFU, nicest I have seen in a very long time! Cancelled by neat barred numeral 68 of Hobart. Cat $2600. This is way more attractive and superior in every way to an SG1 on another dealers website at $1900, however there is a small expertly repaired hole at the centre, where a hinge has been carelessly removed. Price would have been $1650, now just $649 MM28) New South Wales, NSW 1854 8d DIADEM IMPERF, SG97 Golden Yellow, FINE USED with 3 Huge Margins, and showing part of adjoining stamp at the top, proving this is not a cut down perforated stamp, as so many of these are. Cancelled by oval rings NSW handstamp. Scarce and attractive, cat $2800. Price $1495 MM31) Budget offer For Booklet collectors. 1927 Canberra Booklet of 16 x 1.5d Canberra, one stamp removed. Cover and stamps as usual have some tone spots. Retail if finer $140, this one just $39 MM32) As above but containing only 3 stamps, price $29 MM33) Australia 1952 small neat typed address surface mail cover bearing 5d on 4.5d Violet KGV, plus 3d Red sideface KGVI to make 8d rate to USA. Has been neatly opened at top. Scarce dual reign commercial cover, cancelled by a clean single GPO Sydney cds of 27 FE 52 the 5d alone being cat at $200 on cover. Price $149 MM35) Australia 1945 (Mar) OHMS Dept of Air Redirected Cover to RAAF HQ Prahran. From Group 10 Darwin to Officer In Charge Records RAAF Headquarters Prahran Vic then cancelled and inscribed D. Manning with 5½d indigo Duke and Duchess of Gloucester with CDS “”AIR FORCE P.O./8MR45/NO. 20” and 3 x indistinct CDS “AUSTRALIA/??” with re-

verse inscribed “PEACE 1945” and “2½ SURCHARGE” Nice military/aviation item. Price $79 MM36) Australia 1931 Airmail Cover, Carnarvon, WA to Yalbalgo Station Carnarvon. These covers are highly sought after. Yalbalgo is one of the largest sheep stations in WA, and the mail must have been delivered by aircraft. This cover bears 6d & 1/- Kangaroos, plus 3d KGV all with small multiple wmk, Perf 13.5 x 12.5. The 1/- is cat. $250 on cover, and the 6d at $150. Nice clean, fresh item. We sold a similar cover recently for $395, this one is just as nice, price $349 MM37) Great Britain 1840 2d Pale Blue SG6 , lovely 4 margin example with light black Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered PL. As nice as they come! Cat $2000. Great value at less than 40% price $795 MM38) Australia 1928 part parcel label, bearing 6d Tasmania Tablet and 3d Blue Kookaburra, canclelled by cds of 9 DE 28 in Violet, believed to be Hobart Parcels Branch, but rather indistinct. Very scarce combination usage of State and Federal stamps. Price $149 MM40) Victoria 1854 Imperf 6d Dull Orange Woodblock, SG32a. Almost 4 margin mint example without gum, just touching at left hand side. Very fresh looking, tiny scuff at top left does not detract from appearance. Cat $1000. Attractive and scarce, price $295 MM41) Victoria 1854 Woodblock, 1/- Red & Blue registered stamp, 4 margins used, with clean strike of V oval handstamp. Budget priced at $149 MM44) Victoria 1884 – 1901 1/- Stamp Duty, pale blue on pale yellow, fine mint lightly hinged. Retail $200, my price $149 MM45) Australia 1918 1/- 3rd wmk Turquoise Kangaroo, fresh mint unhinged, cat $275. Couple of nibbed perfs at top and a bit of a gum bend, hardly visible form the front make this a great budget buy at $98 MM47) Australia 1918 3rd wmk 3d Yellow Olive Kangaroo, Die II, mint unhinged, cat $800. Light overall gum toning. Nice budget price stamp at $259 MM48) Australia 1918 2d & 2.5d 3rd wmk Kangaroos, both mint unhinged. Cat $150, nice budget pair with only very minor imperfections, price $79 MM50) Australia 1930/31 5d Chestnut KGV Heads, Smalll Multi Wmk and C of A wmk mint unhinged, in very differing shades. Cat $190, price $139 M1) Lighthouse Dark Green leather look Padded 3 ring binder as new, with gold blocking Australia and Kangaroo on face and spine. Contains 28 x double sided White Vario de-luxe sheets 5 and 6 strip. Some of these are a little aged, but mostly fine. Retail when new $140 plus. My price just $42 M2) Seven Seas Australia Brown Padded hingeless album, 1966 – 1989, in good condition, a few mounts strips will need replacing at beginning. Retail if new around $250, very cheap at 25%, just $62.50 M3) Australia 1930 Magnificent Airmail Cover Perth – Yalbalgo Station, Carnarvon, with cds of Perth 4NO30 bearing strip of 3 x 5d KGV Small Multi Wmk, and 2 x halfpenny orange to make 1/4d Airmail rate. Very scarce cover, we sold a similar item recently for $395. This one $349 M4) Another cover to Yalbalgo Station, from Perth with cds 2JE37, bearing 3d Blue SA Centenary and 2 x 1d Green Queen Elizabeth Die 1. This one far more modestly priced at $45 M5) Australia 1946 small airmail cover, Wahroonga, WA cds 31MY46 bearing marginal horiz. Strip of 3 1/4d Magenta KGVI, to Washington DC, USA. Rate form Mar. 1946 for Airmail all the way was 4/-, so thisd 2d overpaid. Scarce and attractive, price $120 M6) Australia 1937 KGVI 3d Blue “White Wattles” on small airmail cover, Brisbane 19/8/1937 cds – Perth, together with 2d red KGV to make 5d rate. Rare dual reign cover, the 3d being cat. $500 on cover. Price $375 M7) Australia 2000 Olympics Athletics PNC. Very scarce, and cat. $120. Price $95 M8) Luxembourg. Lovely collection of semi-postal issues virtually compete from 1921 to 1991. Well over 400 different stamps with a CV of over £3,000 = $6000 plus. The used

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JULY SALE are generally all very fine used/CTO. Postally used of many of these are almost non-existent & CTO is the only realistic way to collect them. Virtually all complete sets. The mint Pre-1939 are mixed hinged & unhinged. Generally the hinging is pretty light. 1945-1954 are mixed hinged & unhinged, any stamps displayed inverted are hinged. Generally the hinging is light, with just one of the late 1940’s sets being heavily mounted. 1955-1991 are all mint unhinged. A chance to buy at under one third of catalogue for this superb lot, price $1950. M9) Australia 1913 1st Wmk Kangaroos, 4d, 5d & 6d, all superb Mint Unhinged, post office fresh with white gum. The 5d is particularly well centred and a premium stamp. Cat. $2150. A rare opportunity to buy these in a group. Price $1595 M10) Australia 1924 6d Chestnut 3rd wmk Kangaroo, mint unhinged, cat $75. My price $55 M11) Australia 1915 2/- Brown 3rd wmk Kangaroo, with “S” Flaw, very scarce stamp, lightish parcel used, cat $450. Price $335 M12) Australia 1932 9d Violet C of A wmk Kangaroo fresh Mint Unhinged, well centred for this most are way off! Cat $125, price $95 M13) Australia 1932 Two Pound C of A Kangaroo Specimen type D, mint lightly hinged, cat $100, price $75 M14) As above, set 10/-, One Pound and Two Pound. Cat $270, price $175 M16) Australia KGV 4d Orange Single wmk, fresh mint unhinged, cat $125, price $95 M17) Australia KGV 4d Yellow - Orange Single wmk, fresh mint lightly hinged, cat $80, price $59 M18) Australia KGV Single wmk, 4d Blue, fresh mint unhinged, cat. $150, price $110 M20) Australia KGV Single wmk 4.5d Violet, fresh mint unhinged, cat. $100, centered a bit high, price $65 M22) Australia 1914 6d Claret Kookaburra, cto. Centered high, cat $80, cheap stamp at $39 M24) Another 5/- Bridge, but fresh mint unhinged, Cat $1500, price $1125 M25) Australia 1934 Vic. Centenary perf 11.5 set, mint unhinged, cat $150, price $110 M26) As above, 3d value in Ash mint unhinged gutter block of 4, inc. “Flag” variety on lower two stamps. ACSC 155za, Cat $225 price $169 M27) Australia 1935 Silver Jubilee set, fresh mint unhinged, Cat $115, price $89 M28) Australia 1935 Anzac Pair, fresh mint unhinged, cat $100. Price $76 M29) Australia 1936 S.A. Centenary set, fresh mint unhinged, cat $45, price $33 M30) Australia 1937 1/- Lyrebird, perf 13.5 x 14 in imprint block of 4, centre of sheet. Mint hinged, cat $400, price $275 M31) Australia 1937 Robes 5/- Thick paper imprint block of 4, **/* hinged on Top two stamps only, cat $90, price $65 M33) Australia 1937 Robes One Pound Thick paper imprint block of 4, **/* hinged on top two stamps only, cat $500, price $375 M34) Australia 1937 Robes set 5/- to One Pound mint unhinged set, minor probs. with the one pound cat $200, budget price $99! M35) Australia 1948 Robes 5/- Thin White paper imprint block of 4, **/* hinged on Top two stamps only, cat $75, price $55 M36) Australia 1940 AIF set mint unhinged, cat $60, price $44 M37) Australia 1940 KGVI 3d blue, die III, mint unhinged, cat $60, price $44 M38) Australia 1948 Arms High Values 5/- to Two Pounds, fresh mint unhinged, cat $325, price $249 M39) Australia 1963 Navigators 4/- to Two Pounds mint unhinged, at $210, price $159 M40) BCOF 1946 set to 5/- thick paper mint hinged, cat $235, price $165

M41) GB 1840 2d Blue SG 5a, with variety, double corner letters, 4 margins, close in places lettered O A . Cat $2300. Very scarce stamp, under 20% catalogue, $495 M43) Australia 1913 1st wmk Twopence Halfpenny Indigo Kangaroo, mlh, retail $70, this one centred low, half price, just $35 M44) Australia 1913 1st wmk 3d Olive, Die 1, perf small OS, mlh, retail $250, this one centered high, just half price $125 M45) Australia 1929 Small multiple wmk 5/- Grey & Yellow Kangaroo, perf OS cto with gum, very attractive stamp. Retail $225. My price $169. M46) Australia 1913 Halfpenny Green 1st wmk Kangaroo, in mint unhinged strip of 5, superb! retail $125, my price just $85. M47) Australia 1913 6d Blue 1st wmk Kangaroo, mint lightly hinged, retail $130, my price just $85. M49) ) Australia 1915 6d Ultramarine 3rd wmk Kangaroo perf OS, mint hinged, retail $120, my price under half just $59. MF3) All new World Mission mix 20kg just arrived, on close clipped paper, very high count with about 7000 to the kg. Plenty of higher values and smaller countries like Finland and Vanuatu noted. Mixture spans over 40 years and is the widest variety I have ever seen in such a mix. Got to easily be worth 3c to 4c a stamp, so here goes: 100g for $26.50, 250g for $62.50, 500g for $118, 1kg for $225, 5kg for $1069, 10kg for $1995. MF4) Solomon Islands, Mint Unhinged starter collection of 100 different, mainly in complete sets and minisheets, 1980’s & 1990’s, great thematics here inc. Military, planes, ships, yachts, royalty, Olympics, sports, UPU, birds etc. 12 minisheets and approx. 60 stamps you will never see again at this price, $49 the lot. (5 lots available) MF5) 100 different Christmas Island, on my packets list for $100, 1 lot only for $69 MF6) 1500 different Australia, back in stock again, only 5 available. New content, price $109 MF7) 125 Different Australia pre- decimal, lovely lot, only $8.50 per packet. MF10) Spain 1500 different, back in stock again, price $179 MF15) Victoria mixture of around 220 off paper, mixed condition, values to One Shilling, nice variety, unchecked for perfs, shades, varieties etc. Price $132 MF16) As above, Queensland, approx. 150 for $129 MF17) As above New South Wales, approx. 300 for $179 MF18) Australia Collection in Green Binder on Seven Seas Pages, contain lovely used collection, with many cto from Official folder. Noted, simplified Kangaroos to 5/-, 3d & 6d Kookaburras cto, KGV 4.5d Die II cto, Kingsford Smith pair ovpt. OS and nearly all KGV Commem period cto (No 5/- Bridge) Robes sets both thick and thin paper, Navigators set of 8 inc. white papers, then virtually complete to end 1975, all cto or very fine used. A great lot. Price $1425 MF20) Victoria 1857 6d orange Roulette 7-9 Raymonds Machine (4 sides) exceptionally rare! Roulette by Calvert on all four sides, the roulette type, very fine points, are identical to the Raymond Machine. It is believed that Calvert perforated only a few such ‘experimental’ sheets. Extremely rare with only a small number recorded or seen. This copy has four full and generous margins, is ‘full bloom” colour and nicely cancelled with barred numeral 1 of Melbourne. This roulette type is exceptionally rare and not even catalogued. The stamp has been plated and is position number 41 on the plate of 5- (25 x 25) This stamp has no thins, no creases and is in perfect condition. Price $495 MF21) Victoria 1857 small cover to London, bearing 2d & 6d Woodblocks, with 3rd adhesive sadly removed. “Per Colombian” V1 cancel of Melbourne, and oval JY 22 on reverse, vermillion arrival paid cds on face 25 SEP 1857. Attractive and rare early cover. Price $169 MF22 ) Victoria 1879 – 1900 Stamp Duties Melbourne Printing Perf. 13. Postally used 3/Olive – Drab, with Shepparton cds of AUG 3 98, also 5/- Claret on Yellow with Sandhurst

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JULY SALE cds, and 10/- Brown on Rose with indistinct cancel. Possibly fiscal, together with 2/Blue, postal use but trimmed down one side and 3 different shades of the 1d. All on a well written up album page. PrIce $79 MF25) Australia JL 3 1920 3d 3rd wmk Kangaroo Die I on small cover Sydney to Sweden, with “The Swedish Chamber of Commerce for Australia and South Sea Islands Sydney” cachet on flap, arrival handstamp for Nybro, 31 8 20. Clean and attractive cover. Cat $100 on cover, price $69 MF27) Australia 31 JAN 1930 cover Sydney – Chicago, bearing 3d Blue KGV SMW perf 13.5 x 12.5, perf OS, Type A. Cat $150 on cover. Price $110 MF32) 1929 Small Multiple wmk 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo fine commercially used with clear 12 AU 31 Collins St. Melbourne cds. Centered a little left, but a very scarce stamp in commercial used, cat $700, price $575 MF34) Australia 1934 Victorian Centenary 3d blue, both perfs, each in mint unhinged marginal block of 4, retail $80 as singles, price $59 MF35) Australia 1949 Halfpenny Orange no watermark Kangaroo corner Imprint Block mint unhinged with Coil Perf. Very scarce, cat $100. Price $69 MF36) Australia 1958 Memorial Pair, lower marginal block of 4 (2 pairs) together with 2d Green Queen Elizabeth (QM) to make 2/- Airmail rate to UK, on small Airmail cover to Portswood, Southampton UK, with Melbourne Boxed machine cancel of 18 MAR 1958. A pair is rare on cover, this is almost certainly a unique combination usage. Price $249 MF39) GB 1925 Wembley 1d used on front of picture postcard “A typical bungalow in the colony Sierra Leone” posted at the exhibition with special Wembley slogan to Onehunga, New Zealand. Rare usage. $96 MF41) GB 1948 Channel Islands Liberation set of 2 on neat printed Dealer first day cover. Very scarce to find in such fine condition. Price $37.50 each MF43 ) South West Africa, 1937 Coronation set of 16 in Bi-lingual pairs, on illustrated registered FDC Windhoek – Johannesburg. AS FRESH AS THE DAY IT WAS PRODUCED! Magnificent addition to any Royalty Collection. A less attractive similar cover with damaged corner appears on eBay at $51, my price $49. (5 available) MF44) Seven Seas Pitcairn Is. Hingeless Album 1940 - 1981 in red padded binder, in nice almost as new condition, includes a few sets mint unhinged for free from 1979 – 81. New price around $295, this one under a third….$95 MF46)) Seven Seas Papua New Guineas Hingeless Album in cream padded binder, 1952 – 1981, in nice almost new condition, includes mint unhinged sets 1980 – 1981 near complete, plus a few mint unhinged sets for free in the last couple of years. Retail for the album alone would be $295, price $95 FE2) QUEENSLAND - 1860: a most collectable example of a 2 mgn, lightly used 1d carmine-rose QV Chalon SG1 - huge mgn at right - c.v. £800 = $1750. Price below 15% cat. Just $249 FE3) TASMANIA - 1892: complete MNH pane of 60x ½d orange/mauve QV Key Plate issue SG 216 - some minor imperfections include a few gum spots, some perf. separation on the bottom selvedge and a hint of creasing in the same are (please view largest image). Overall condition and appearance is still excellent - total c.v. is £125+ = $275. Priced well at 40% cat. $110 FE9) Great Britain 1924 KGV Block Cypher definitives set of 12. 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d & 1/- and mint hinged, other values including the key 10d are mint unhinged. Attractive set, retail $250. Price $185 FE10) Great Britain 1934 KGV Photogravure definitives set of 11. Mostly lightly hinged, top value 1/- is mint unhinged, retail $85, price $59 FE11) Great Britain 1939 – 48 Square High Values set of 6. Both 2/6d values are mint unhinged, also the 10/- light blue and one pound. 5/- & 10/- dark blue are lightly hinged.

Retail $450, price $329 FE12) Great Britain 1951 Festival High Values, set of 4. 2/6d & 5/- are light hinge, 10/- & One Pound mint unhinged. Retail $90 Price $69 FE13) GB 1959 One Pound Windsor Castle. 2nd DLR printing. Mint lightly hinged. Retail $80, price $59 FE14) Great Britain 1971 1/2p Machin, left phosphor band, ex One Pound Wedgwood Booklet, with perfect perfs, (not trimmed as most of these are) Mint Unhinged, SG X842, retail $55, price $42 FE16) Worldwide mostly modern Christmas Collection on 30 plus 7 strip as new Hagners, mostly postally used plus some nice mint unhinged sets. Small amount of duplication, would be close to 1000 stamps if not more. Hagners alone retail $40 plus. Price for the lot $89 FE19) Two x Royal Mail super quality padded postcard albums, in Olive Green, as new, each with 50 brand new 2 division double sided Hagner style sheets. Space for up to 400 Postcards or Covers. Retail value for new albums, plus the Hagners would be $315, price under a half $149 FE22) Pitcairn Is. 1983 – 1994 Approx. Mint Unhinged collection in quality near new black page stockbook alone worth $30, looks like 75 complete sets. Included Fish and Ships definitive sets. Retail over $400, price under a half $195, be quick! FE26) South Australia. Two early Postcards, with undivided back with views of The Exhibition Buildings Adelaide (Sadly demolished 1962 to make way for University Buildings) and The Congregational Church North Adelaide (Thankfully still standing!) Both used to London from Adelaide (different addressees) each bearing 1d Queen Victoria and Halfpenny light green definitive. Superb condition for postally used! Price $54 the two. FE27) Australia 1928 3d Kookaburra minisheet, on First Day Cover, cancelled by two strikes of the red exhibition cancel with clear 29OC28 cancels to Nyngan NSW. Small clean attractive cover, sheet has a little surface gum seepage. Cat. $1000, good buy at $695 FE29) P.R. China 2003 Prestige Booklet Launch of 1st manned Chinese spacecraft Snenzhou.Very scarce, the only ones of these I have ever owned! 1 only left price $37.50. FE33) GB Selection on stockcards, commencing 1935 Silver Jubilee, then KEVIII set of 4, KGVI Dark Colours, 1940 Centenary, 1948 Silver Wedding, 1946 Victory, 1948 Olympics and 1949 UPU. The QEII 1963 Crowns wmk Castles, 1967 No Wmk Castles and 1969 2/6 – One Pound Machins. Some of this is hinged others unhinged. Price as hinged retail approx $110. Very cheap at $69 FE34) Great Britain Commemoratives 1953 – 65appears complete mint lightly hinged. (3d Nature week is fine used) Retail approx $70, price $49 FE36) Great Britain Decimal Commemoratives on hagner pages, mint unhinged 1971 – 1979 near complete plus a couple of extras. 60 plus complete sets. Retail $75 plus, price $49 FE37) Australia 1937 5/- Robes on thin white paper, imprint block of 4 mint unhinged, cat $100, price $69 FE39) Australia 1936 Submarine Cable pair in mint unhinged imprint gutter blocks, low value hinged in gutter and just touched on one stamp. Very fresh. Cat. $120, price $89 FE41) WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1879 Queen Victoria 6d TELEGRAPH 6d fine postally used with light barred P.O. in circle postmark. Dealers retail from 5 years ago $475. Very scarce indeed and the first we have ever handled in such nice condition. Australia leading dealers rarely have this in stock. Price $425 FE45) Australia 1934 MacArthur set of 3 on Registered Illustrated 1934 Victorian Centenary Philatelic fdc to Timaru NZ, with registered Public Offices Victoria C2 Label No. 264. Also Public Offices cds 1st Nov. 1934. Scarce and attractive. Cat $550. Price $395 FE46) Australia 1937, 3d Blue KGVI Die I, 6d Kookaburra & 1/- Lyrebird on small plain registered FDC, Enmore NSW to Christchurch NZ. No toning as usually seen on these covers! Retail in this condition $200 plus. My price just $125

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JULY SALE FE48) Syria, in the news and hopefully soon in your collection! Nice packet of 100 different, with many earlier. 3 lots only available price $57.50 FE49) USA, 3c Purple THOMAS JEFFERSON – Scott #807 Full sheet of 100 Mint unhinged Double Perf Shift Error.. in two directions. Very impressive. Image shifted up and left, resulting in dramatic double (vertical and horizontal) perf errors on all stamps. Hard to find this error in full, fault-free sheets as the stamps are usually broken up into blocks or pairs. This mint never hinged sheet has full original gum with no perf. separations nor missing selvedge. Block of 4 currently on sale on Ebay for up to $225! Offered at One Third the price of this block, the complete sheet for $1875. Blocks of 4 available if the sheet does not sell at $95 per block, please enquire. FE51) Fabulous Canada packets, all different collections: a) 1000 Different, my normal list price is $100, just $75 only 2 available at this price b) 1200 Different one only available $105 c) 1800 different one only available $159 FE52) Canada off paper mixture, nice lot with little duplication (no more than 3 of any stamp) approx 3000 for $225 FE53) 400 Different Sports, all large, one lot only $22.50 FE54) 500 Different Chile, on my list at $110, one only, $99 FE55) New South Africa Mission Mix, on close clipped single paper just arrived. 250g for $25, 500g for $45, 1kg for $80 FE56) Ireland, Commems and large on paper, from our “other” source, guaranteed unpicked, but is on heavier paper. We only have 1kg of this, be quick! 250g for $90, 500g for $170, or take the lot for $325 FE57) Channel Is. / Isle of Man on paper, nice close trimmed, single paper, mostly large. Once again we only have 1kg of this. 250g for $49, 500g for $85, or take the lot for $165. FE59) Western Europe, all large and commemoratives superb off paper mixture. Just received we only have 2 kg of this, and the only consignment of this we have had in the past 2 years. Very wide ranging, and at about 12,000 to the kg works out at about 6c per stamp, 100g for $79, 250g $187.50, 500g $372.50, 1kg $740 FE61) Really superb and guaranteed unpicked off paper mixtures just received, you will be extremely pleased you purchased these, from under 2c per stamp. Supplies are very limited. Worldwide. Approx 1000 for $24.95, 2500 for $59.50, 5000 for $110, 10,000 for $199, 15,000 for $295. FE62) Amazing lot of old British Empire, mint unhinged, in blocks of 4. Just surfaced after major dealer’s retirement, this lot is all 65 years old or more, all issued from the 1920’s to around 1950. Absolutely No India, Pakistan, Great Britain or Australia. This lot will include smaller islands, complete sets, and some semi-postals. Countries like Cyprus, Mauritius, Seychelles, NZ, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tonga, Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Values to 1/- and priced from under $2 per block, you could easily pay $5 to $10 per block for many of these if purchased singly. My clearance price, and we only have a few lots is as follows, the larger lots will have better values and scarcer stamps included.: Lot of 25 different blocks, $49. FE63) Australia 1934 MacArthur, mint unhinged set of 3 (no dark hills 2d) usually $120, now just $89, or the set of 4 with dark hills usually $145 for $109 FE64) Australia 1929 6d Small Multi. Wmk Kangaroo, perf OS, Mint Unhinged, normally $75, now just $55. FE65) Australia KGV 5d C of A wmk, Ovpt. OS, mint unhinged, usually $75, now just $55. FE66) Australia 1934 Victoria Centenary, 1/- perf 11.5, mint unhinged marginal block of 8, some faults, 5 stamps are fine, two have minor toning, and one with an ink spot. Normal price $120 per stamp. Very cheap at $450.

FE67) Australia 1931 Brown 6d Airmail, ovpt. OS, mint unhinged, normally $50, now $35 each (2 only at this price) FE68) Queensland, attractive collection of postal stationery comprising Postcards (14) Lettercards (9) Reply Cards (2) and the scarce 4 corners reply card, H & G 6a (unpriced in the catalogue) Clean and fresh original lot all mint, 26 items. $795, now reduced to $635. FE69) Bulk lot of mainly Australian stamps, covers, albums etc, decimal and pre-decimal as cleared ex deceased house recently. Nothing spectacular noted but heaps of fun especially if you love stuff in bulk to sort! This is quite an amazing varied lot. We are parceling out in 3 sizes: a) 5kg lot $129, b) 10kg lot $237.50, c) 20kg lot $449 FE70) A similar lot to the above, but all World: a) 5kg lot $129, b) 10kg lot $237.50, c) 20kg lot $449 FE71) Bulk Prinz mounts, buy at big discounts. Each pack contains a variety of sizes at around ONE THIRD of what it would cost to buy individual packs. Please note that this offer is for CLEAR MOUNTS. A 500 Gram Pack contains around the same amount of mounts as in 15 regular packs of strips. Elsewhere these are selling at up to $89, my price 500 grams just $74, 250 grams $39, 1kg for $159. (I do carry a full range of Prinz Mounts both clear and black so just let me know what sizes you want if you prefer to buy in individual packs) FE72) Tweezers, famous Solingen German Manufacture, the one dealers prefer, 150mm pointed ends supplied in protective sheath. RRP $16.50 per pair, my price NEAR HALF at $8.50, or two pairs for $15. (Dealer special 10 pairs for $62.50) FE73) French Colonies, old packet of 100 different, mostly if not all pre-independence. Made up near 50 years ago! Usual retail around $12, my price just $7.50 per pack, or two for $12! FE74) Old tyme dealers packet stock, mostly single sets in Glassines priced to sell at up to $1.50 each some 30 odd years ago. These are Worldwide mainly thematic sets, in cto condition. A chance to buy at a HUGE DISCOUNT, there will be some duplication in these lots. 100 packets mixed, $150 retail for $49, Triple sized lot, $450 retail for $99. FE75) Victoria 6d Woodblock, 4 margins on 1858 small neat cover Melbourne to Dublin, tied by Barred Numeral 1. Melbourne oval departure cds Jan 6 1858 and Dublin arrival cds MR 16 1858 on reverse. Sent “Per Colombian” Stamp has been affixed inverted, which would probably be to alert the addressee of bad news. We had a similar cover on last month’s list which I could have sold 3 times over, this one is nicer, as is to a way scarcer destination. $395, now reduced, just $295. FE76) GB 1955 Waterlow HV Castles, MLH cat 225 pounds, price $125. FE77) GB 1951 Festival HVs set of 4, SG 509/12 MLH, cat 100 pounds, price $57.50. FE78) Australia & Victoria Postal Stationery collection, 104 items, mainly postally used in album. Highlight is 1d Red octagonal envelope uprated to Celebes, Dutch Indies, (addressees name deleted. Nevertheless very scarce) Most of this is KGV, with some nice uprates to Holland. Terrific value at under $20 per item, $1950. FE88) Australia 1960 Girl Guides 5d, with offset, ACSC 377c, From a possibly unique block of 48 mint unhinged. Cat. $75 per stamp. I have seen a block of 4 on eBay recently offered by a well known Sydney firm for $175. Blocks of 4 at $149 or singles at $39. FE93) Western Australia 1861 4d Vermilion, cds dated SP 27 1867. SG40, retail $350. My price $198. FE100) World on paper, our popular mix of mainly large, as received from overseas. We only get around 2kg of this each month. Close clipped single paper in the main. Count will be about 4000 – 5000 to the kg. 100g for $29.50, 500g for $129, 1kg for $250 FE101) New Zealand 1925 Dunedin set, MUH, Retail $135, my price just $98. FE103) GB 1883 1/- Dull Green, correct colour, with fine RANDWICK GATE EDINBURGH cds. SG 196, cat $650, nice lightly cancelled example worth a 100% premium according to Gibbons, but from me just 15% $195.

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Looking at New Zealand

1940 Centennial, Part 7: 4d Progress of Transport Transport and communication presented some of the most difficult problems experienced in the early days of the settlement of New Zealand. Although a small country, New Zealand is spread out north to south, covering approximately 1,500 kilometres from North Cape to Bluff (without counting Stewart Island further south). The rugged terrain of bush and mountains made land transport extremely difficult and coastal shipping was the main form of transport for most of the nineteenth century. Sections of railway line were built in various parts of the

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country during the 1860s and 1870s. Surveying for the Main Trunk Line from Auckland to Wellington began in 1882 and the line finally opened for passengers in November 1908. The 4d stamp design by L C Mitchell contrasts the early means of freight haulage by bullock team with the contemporary 1940s modes of steam train, steam ship and propel-

Graeme Morriss

plate marked ‘A’ for the bullock team and steam train in deep chocolate and a plate numbered 1 for the remainder of the design in purple.

5d Flag-raising at Akaroa

ler-driven airliner. The image of the steamship was based on TSS Awatea, one of the Union Steam Ship Company compact liners built in the mid 1930s for the trans-Tasman express service. Awatea is Maori for “Eye of the Dawn”. Awatea is pictured nearby. Bradbury, Wilkinson printed the stamp using a

In August 1839, Captain Hobson had been authorised to agree a treaty with New Zealand’s Maori chiefs to place the country under British sovereignty and to then serve as Lieutenant-Governor under the Governorship of New South Wales (see Stamp News Australasia, May 2016). The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on 6 February 1840 and New Zealand was effectively a British territory from that date. Prior to the signing of the Treaty, European

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Looking at New Zealand settlement had been haphazard and unregulated. New Zealand was essentially lawless. French whalers had been visiting the country for some years operating out of Banks Peninsula on the east coast of the South Island. The peninsula is a group of hills formed by ancient volcanic activity. The larger of the two volcanic craters is today the commercial port of Lyttelton and the smaller crater is the fishing port of Akaroa. Today’s Akaroa is pictured nearby. In 1838 a French whaler, Captain Jean Langlois, purchased land at Akaroa from the local Maori chiefs. During 1839, he recruited settlers from

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Graeme Morriss France and in February 1840 they sailed for New Zealand accompanied by the French naval ship Aube commanded by Captain Lavaud. At the time, they knew nothing of the British intention to establish sovereignty over the country. When Captain Lavaud arrived at the Bay of Islands in July 1840 he learned of the British sovereignty and decided to continue to Akaroa to rendezvous with the French colonists and to help establish the settlement. There was no doubt of the British authority over the South Island. However, to reinforce the British claim by an act of Government in the district, Hobson dispatched HMS Britomart with two magistrates to Akaroa. Lavaud followed leisurely and arrived five days later than Britomart. The myth that there was a ‘race’ between the British and the French to claim the South Island has no basis in fact. The British flag was raised at Akaroa on 11th August 1840 and a Court was convened as an exercise of Government authority.

The 5d stamp depicting this event was designed by James Berry and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson using a plate marked ‘A’ for the blue background and a plate numbered 1 for the main design in brown. The cover shown is signed by the then mayor of Akaroa, Frederick Richard Edward Davis (1882 – 1946) and a descendant of an original colonist, Francois Le Lievre, the settlement’s blacksmith. 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 Beyond Your Local Stamp Club â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Specialist Philatelic Societies

This month I thought it would be interesting to look at philatelic societies that go beyond your local club. There are about 190 active stamp clubs in Australia. These clubs vary in size from a dozen members up to ones having 500 members or more. Most have similar activities such as displays by members, small club auctions and circuit books. Some also have stamp bourses and others libraries. Some clubs have their own premises such as the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria. There are also specialist philatelic societies based in Australia such as the Australian Airmail Society. Whilst many collectors in Australia are members of more than one local stamp club the question that often arises - is whether it is worth joining clubs from interstate and overseas? Personally I am a member of a number of societies in Australia and overseas. The best way to answer the question is to look at the different types of societies to which I belong.

Generalist Societies

There is a range of generalist societies out there that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a specific focus but do have large membership bases. I will look at three of these that I am a member of for different reasons. Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria â&#x20AC;&#x201C; This is the oldest society in Australia and will be celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2017 at the Melbourne 2017 exhibition. It is one of the few societies in Australia to have its own premises in Ashburton. It also has a large library, which is available to members and this is one of the reasons I am a member. The other main reason is its excellent journal Philately from Australia that is now up to volume 68. The cover of a recent issue is illustrated in Figure 1. The journal is produced four times a year in full colour and is 40 pages long. The articles include news about the soci-

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ety, more general articles such as estate planning and many more specialised articles with an emphasis on Australia. The journal is professionally produced and always worth reading. Current membership costs are $95 for local and overseas membership and $85 for country and interstate membership. Whilst the cost is somewhat higher than most clubs in Australia it is worth it for the journal and access to the library. It should also be remembered that maintaining a building is an expensive proposition. The RPSV is also an important publisher of books in Australia and has an expertising service with a focus on Australia including its colonies. For further information see www. rpsv.org.au.

Daryl Fuller

Philatelic Development Officer, APF Royal Philatelic Society of London – “The Royal” as it is known is the oldest philatelic society in the world having been established in 1869. It has over 2,000 members from the UK and around the world. It too has its own premises in London and a magnificent library and museum. It also has a number of bequeathed collections and a very important reference collection of stamps. The society is an active publisher of philatelic books, which are of a high standard and are eagerly sought by collectors. Another important activity of the society is that of their expertizing committee. RPSL certificates of authenticity are highly regarded and mainly focussed on British Commonwealth material. The London Philatelist is the society’s journal and is produced monthly. It is a full colour journal with the May 2016 issue having 76 pages. They are up to volume 125 of this very highly regarded journal. Whilst the journal has had a focus on British Commonwealth material it has articles in it from across the globe on all sorts of topics. In many ways it would be considered a more academic journal in that the articles are usually specialised and well researched, however, they remain eminently readable. Having a widespread membership means that there are often small chapters of the Royal in many countries, which they actively promote. This means that The Royal often has a local member to arrange a meeting or drinks or a dinner at many international exhibitions across the globe. These are well attended and often sell out. The interesting thing about the RPSL is that its membership is actively growing. This is partly due to the journal, its services to members and the meetings that are arranged across the world. It has an active program of meetings at its premises, which attract people from around the world. They also have static

displays where a member can display a photocopy of their collection to members. Membership costs £105 a year for overseas members plus a £30 joining fee. This may sound expensive but I believe the journal alone is worth this and there are many other benefits from being a member such as a free expertising certificate. Further information can be found at www. rpsl.org.uk. The American Philatelic Society – This is the American version of the Royal Philatelic Society of London, although with different areas of emphasis. The society began in New York in 1886 and is a dominant force in philately in the USA. It currently has over 31,000 members, mostly from the USA but with Stamp News - 49

Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation membership across the world. Unfortunately its membership is falling but it is actively trying to change this trend. Similar to the RPSL it has its own premises, very large library, worldwide reference collection and expertising service. It produces its own journal, The American Philatelist and is up to volume 130. The journal is produced monthly and is now about 140 pages per issue. It has a strong focus on articles to do with US philately but has articles about philatelic issues from across the world. The articles are a lot more general and quite easy to read. It tends not to have specialised research type articles. The journal also has a fair bit of advertising which of course helps cover the cost of producing a large journal. Although it is undoubtedly UScentric I find the articles enjoyable to read (see Figure 2). One of the important activities of the society is its sales circuit. This is mainly aimed at their US members but it has specialised sales circuits where you can receive sales books prepared by members that contain stamps and covers in your area of interest. They also have direct sales of material on-line, which are only available to members. I am not sure how easy it is to get access to the sales circuits from overseas, however, it should be possible to sell through them from Australia. Another very important service to members is their library. They have a fulltime librarian and an on-line searchable catalogue (as does the RPSL). As the library has a large collection of journals this is often the easiest place to find obscure articles. You can ask for copies to be made and sent to you and the cost is not high for this service. Membership cost $US68 a year for international membership or $US48 a year if you opt to receive The American Philatelist online. For more information see www.stamps.org. I am a member of all three of these societies which are similar in many ways in that they are all long established, have their own premises, excellent libraries, good journals and offer a range of services to members. I can recommend all three. There are undoubtedly similar such societies in other countries. 50 - Stamp News

Specialist Geographic-based Societies Many of us move from general collecting to specialise in one area of philately. This is sometimes based on a geographic such as West Africa or in my case the Caribbean. As you will find there is usually a society (or two) that covers your area of interest. In my case two as follows. The British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group â&#x20AC;&#x201C; As you might suspect there is a strong interest in the Caribbean area in the USA. The BCPSG was started in 1961 by a few enthusiasts, and covers all the former British colonies in the Caribbean, plus a few areas that are not technically the Caribbean (Bermuda, British Guiana and British Honduras) but are conveniently grouped within. The main output from the Society is the Journal (see Figure 3) and a range of specialised handbooks plus an annual auction.

Daryl Fuller

Philatelic Development Officer, APF elists I have dealt with. Every three or four years they also have their AGM at one the islands in the Caribbean, which I hope to get to one day. Membership is only $US35 a year for overseas members and is worth it. You can alternatively receive the journal electronically for only $US15 a year. For more information see www.bcpsg.com.

They also have a library of specialised books, which can be borrowed (although this may be expensive from Australia). Membership is spread across the world and I have been a member (on and off) since 1983. The journal has excellent articles and back issues contain information on all aspects of British Caribbean philately much of which is on-line to members. It is in full colour and produced four times a year. The big attraction to the BCPSG is that, aside from its regular committee, it has Study Group Leaders. These are people with a strong interest in a colony and there is generally one for each colony. If you have a query you need an answer to they are the first person to contact. If they can’t help they can use the network of members to get an answer. On a more personal note I have managed to meet a number of members at meetings (at international exhibitions) and they are some of the nicest philat-

The British West Indies Study Circle – This society is based in the United Kingdom, which is not surprising given they cover former British colonies. This society started in 1954 and similar to the BCPSG has a journal, which comes out four times a year and an annual auction. The auctions are somewhat larger than the BCPSG and are worth looking forward to each year. The journal is a good read (see figure 4) but I have always felt that the BCPSG journal often has the longer articles. However, where the BWISC excels is in its publications. It has a strong history of publishing the definitive works on many areas of Caribbean philately. Another strong point is that all the journals from 1954 to 2009 or so are online and available to the public. The last five years of journals are also online but only available to members. Membership is about £20 a year or £8 a year for an electronic copy. For further information see www.bwisc.org. The two societies do work together and have produced book together as well as having joint meetings. I can recommend both societies if you have an interest in the Caribbean and both are great value for money. The two online subscriptions are a bargain. I receive the BCPSG journal by mail and the BWISC journal electronically. There are other types of specialist societies, which I will cover in a second part of this article, probably in the September issue. In August I will have my take on the New York 2016 World Stamp Show, the largest international exhibition to be held for many years. Australia has the second largest group of exhibitors with 33 exhibits including seven literature exhibits. It promises to be an exciting show. If you need any further information see www.apf. org.au or contact me at Darryl.fuller@home.netspeed. com.au. Stamp News - 51

Cinderella Corner Australian Philatelic Trader Cinderella Labels

Victorian Stamp Market

(Vito Milana with thanks to Rod Perry) For over 125 years, a great number of philatelic traders and dealers have operated throughout Australia. As a collective, they have been responsible for the production of numerous philatelic items, including serviced covers, illustrated postcards, overprinted glassine envelopes, brochures, pricelists and decorative handstamps. The collector of trader material therefore has several opportunities to tap into different areas of philately to supplement their main interests. Further to the eclectic list that graces the Australian philatelic tradersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; material, the occasional cinderella also exists. A few of these are now discussed with an emphasis on those belonging to the Colonial era.

Perhaps the earliest example of the few labels in this category that has been recorded, the Victorian Stamp Market label is illustrated in Figure 1. It is neatly affixed to the top left hand corner of a Registered cover addressed to Christchurch, New Zealand. The postmark date on this gem is December 1903. The labels itself features a replica design of a Colonial Victorian stamp along with the address 325 Collins St., Melb., Vic. The details align with the early trader manager Fritz Pleuss. The label itself features the same design on several colourful postcards issued by Victorian Stamp Market at the turn of the 20th Century.

Guion, Kelson & Co.

While entering the market every so often and drawing the attention of broad cinderella and kangaroo enthusiasts alike, the Guion, Kelson & Co. label il-

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Figure 3 Figure 2 lustrated in Figure 2 is by no means a common one. Coloured in simple black and white, it features the text: Guion, Kelson & Co. Stamp Importers – Box 297 G.P.O. – Melbourne, VIC. This advertising label was produced by early stamp trader Arthur Guion Kelson who traded as Guion, Kelson & Co, commencing from the final years of the 19th Century.

The second Fred Hagen seal is trumped by the earlier one. Coloured in blue and white, it can be seen in Image 4 along with part of the envelope it was attached to (postmarked June 8, 1913). This type is far more elusive.

Fred Hagen

Fred Hagen is, without a doubt, the most famed Australian Colonial philatelic trader. His Sydney enterprise stretched several decades (from 1890 to 1930) and his contribution to philately is significant, even today. Of the many items that Hagen produced throughout his career, two cinderella seals have been identified. The first, illustrated in Image 3, is the more common of the two. It contains the text: Fred Hagen Ltd. – Postage Stamp Dealers – 182 Pitt Street Sydney – New South Wales. The text flanks a reproduction of the Sydney View one penny stamp. The seal is commonly found affixed to the rear of covers addressed by Fred Hagen and two different printings have been confirmed, most notable by retouching to void areas in the central image, as well as the depth of red.

Figure 4 Underprintings

A few months ago, I briefly readdressed the nomenclature of the term cinderella and its scope within contemporary philately. The five images presented

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in Figures 5 to 9 challenge the definition further. They present underprints of official foreign stamps, completed by five different philatelic stamp traders close to 100 years apart. If these underprint labels are showcased by collectors face up, they are stamps. However if presented face down with the underprints for all to see, I think they can fall under the cinderella umbrella. I am curious on the thoughts from readers.

Figure 5 WM. Ackland

This handstamp represented in Figure 5 is a large one. The oval shape bears the advertising text: WM. Ackland – Foreign Stamp Importer – Stamps Bought, Sold & Ex-Changed. 162 Elizabeth St. Melbourne. The stamp it underprints is actually a revenue stamp of India. William Ackland was a giant in the Victorian philately scene operating in two different Melbourne locations throughout his years as a trader, from 1892 until the 1950s. He produced a variety of philatelic items, including minisheets, postcards and philatelic literature.

A. Fenton

The faint text that forms the underprint in Figure 6 belongs to a lesser known dealer, namely A. Fenton. The text reads: A. Fenton – Stamp Importer – Newtown, Sydney. It is recorded, however, that Mr. Fenton operated at Erskineville in NSW (a short walk from Newtown) when he started his business in 1889.

Hamilton

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I especially welcome any further information about the underprint offered in Figure 7, as little is known about it. The text, while exceptionally faint and printed in green, presents the following text: Hamilton Macrae & Co. – Dealers in Postage Stamps –

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Figure 8 Thailand, Siam Stamps

Figure 7

The final underprint illustrated in this issue of Cinderella Corner, with Figure 9, highlights the practice still in existence a century or so after the earliest recorded examples in Australia. It dates from the early 1990s and reads: Thailand, Siam Stamps – Always buying – Contact Thawee.

Perth – W. Australia. The trader operated in a few different locations in Western Australia, including Hay Street in Perth, and appears to have operated from 1901 to at least 1929 whereby they were existed in voluntary liquidation.

Stamp Emporium

The most text heavy of the provided underprints is the one illustrated in Figure 8. The text, in full, reads: Stamp Emporium – 7 Elizabeth St. – Breaking up fine collection Foreign and British; 40 to 60p. ct & discount or exchange for old Australian or British, of which any quantity purchased at 10 to 30 per cent advance on all other dealers’ prices. Call at once. The total amounts to an impressive 45 words on a small foreign stamp. Stamp Emporium operated across a couple of locations in Melbourne, peaking during the early years of the 20th Century. When comparing examples of these to those of Fenton and Hamilton, they are the least scarce.

Figure 9 The philatelic trader cinderella labels presented in this issue of Cinderella Corner offer a snapshot of the elusive world of early Australian dealers where, hopefully, more material is unearthed. Stamp News - 55

Market Matters “World Stamp Show” New York 2016 Report

I have attended the last 3 massive American mega shows: “Ameripex 86” in Chicago, “Pacific 97” in San Francisco” and “Washington 2006” in Washington, so decided that this year’s New York Expo show was a “must attend” event, as I have written here several times. In my personal view, this will be the very last of the true global Mega Shows - due to the absolutely phenomenal cost these type of events incur for 8 day shows. The average collector has simply no concept of the $$s involved. ARMIES of security staff need to watch 24/7 over the Court Of Honour exhibits, the collector displays, and the dealer stock at night. The hiring cost of central, union staffed venues like the Boeing Factory sized Javits Center in New York runs the annual GNP of many small nations! Promotion via the tiniest of POs! The photo nearby is part of the front of the vast complex, which then runs a deep New square metres of Exhibition space. York city block from here, right down to the HudThe organisers predicted an attendance of about son River. For those who prefer actual statistics, 250,000 over the 8 days. I did not hear an official Javits comprises 1,800,000 square feet, or 170,000 figure at the end, but all

I spoke to, dealers and collectors and exhibitors alike, agreed it had been a very well-attended show.

Free admission to all.

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Admission was free, which amazed me, as I am sure all who did attended would have happily paid $US5 or so an entry, leaving ~$1 million in the bank for even wider show promotion, but I was not on the Committee, and

Glen Stephens centre of the Javits Centre, was nearly the size of a small city! Whilst in the USA I did some driving around the Appalachian and Smoky Mountains, and in tiny town Post Offices in Tennessee and Georgia and the Carolinas I saw huge prominent posters promoting the show, and piles of brochures etc. Only a national Post Office can furnish that kind of support.

Continent wide USPS Publicity.

Two very rare pieces! they must have had their reasons. A mid-level hotel room over that week cost me $A425 a night, when all the insane NYC taxes were added on, and before one added meal and airfares etc. Indeed $5 is HALF the tip my cabbie from JFK gruffly demanded, and is a minor cost. Americans are great organisers, and this show of course had all guns blazing, led with the full support of the United States Postal Service, whose massive footprint in the

The large front door sign poster nearby I took in the miniscule little PO in Hot Springs North Carolina. 90 minutes for lunch, and PO closes at 4pm each weekday - what a cushy job! Similar posters were in other remote POâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s I visited during my travels in the South. Well done, and it got the crowds in. Several commented to me the average attendee age was a LOT younger than one mostly sees at international shows, and it seemed that way to me too, and that is a very good sign. Appeared little effective effort had been made to reach out to the school system in the TriState area, to bus in kids for the free show. Maybe that extra million could have funded a staffer or three to join up all those dots for a few months,

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Market Matters to get the Schools on board, who knows? However to re-cap, it was very well attended, and the sheer number of Australian dealers and collectors I ran into around the place was most surprising. The airlines must have been doing mega business! I hosted a stampboards dinner near Javits one evening, and we had a very good attendance with folks there from many different countries. A ton of extra photos and Mint Sheets of the GB 1840 issue! (see also below) live comments from the show can be seen $US10 million for, a year or so back. It attracted here - of the dealers and most visitors, and stampboards Moderator Margo exhibits etc - tinyurl.com/ExpoNYC Campbell is pictured next to it nearby. On display in the Court Of Honour was the legendary 1856 1¢ British Guiana, that a New York World’s rarest stamp pieces on show. women’s shoe seller Stuart Weitsman paid near A strange looking stamp, that being so dark in real life, the design is near impossible to make out, other than the blob of deep magenta paper. However it is famous, and it is unique, and it makes history every time it is sold, and that is great for the hobby. There were near complete mint sheets of 229, of the GB 1840 1d Black and 2d blue, which if sold, would of course fetch much more than the 1¢ British Guiana. PLUS the original dies and proofs! 58 - Stamp News

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“Doesn’t it look rather shabby?” All from the British Postal Museum. The specially made large metal bomb proof briefcase shown nearby, had been fitted with sensors and shock alarms, so the Museum could check on the condition of the stamps throughout their journey to New York via the armed guards taking it across The Atlantic. There was a superbly displayed exhibit of John Lennon’s boyhood stamp collection, that would fetch $5 unless it had the name John Lennon on inner page, the actual printing plates of the “Post Office” Mauritus legendary issue, and other mouthwatering goodies. The world’s second most valuable stamp was also on show at the Expo. The 1857 Sweden “Tre Skilling Banco” Yellow stamp colour error has also changed hands for $ Millions in the past, and I have written far more about it in the English language, than anyone else. This is the first time I have been it up close, and have to agree with the Swedish King, Carl Gustav XVI who said: “Doesn’t it look rather shabby?” when he saw it at the International stamp fair in

Stockholm during 1986. It is far more dull orange than the press photo shown nearby, and is very flat and lifeless in appearance, and the re-perforated top margin makes it look far worse centred close up, than the photo suggests. It was part of an Exhibit of early Sweden in NYC that surprisingly to me, only got a Gold Medal as I recall. In 1974 the “Tre Skilling Yellow” was exhibited at the stand of Frimarkshuset A.B. - the well-known Swedish dealers, at “Stockholmia 74”. The stamp was then offered to the Swedish Postal Museum for $US1,000,000. A LOT of money 42 years back! The curator Gilbert Svensson had always suspected it to be a forgery, and arranged for it to be handed over to a group of nine Swedish stamp “experts” to examine. They decried it as a fake. The dealer got exhaustive detailed scientific opinions in 1975 that it was not, which stated so categorically, in writing. It is now accepted as totally genuine, and has changed hands for $ Millions, showing that stuffy and blinkered opinions from so called “experts” are not always correct. As has been shown with the laughable RPS London Certificate: “Glood On Da Numbahs” for the GB 1d Red Plate 77 from Victor Hugo cover, that a raft of other real experts have now Certified as genuine.

Dealers reported record prices.

Dealers reported to me of record high prices being obtained for top end material during the 8 day show, for a wide range of material. I saw a 1924 USA 24¢ “Inverted Jenny” on display at the Robert Siegel auction super-booth. It had just been invoiced for an amazing $US1,351,250, at their in Expo sale. This was for a HINGED example, and blew away by miles in price, what any other “Jenny” has ever sold for - even the unhinged mint examples! I spoke to VP John Zuckerman and Charles Shreve from Siegels, and they were over the moon with this record price. “Jennies” have been rather soft in recent years in price, so this is an amazing “about face”, and

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Inverted Jenny fetches $US1,351,250 is a great sign that the market for better material is strongly on the rise from all areas. Global low interest rates always do this. A rather curious “Inverted Jenny” story unfolded one day, related to me by George Eveleth and Richard Debney of Spink USA. As reported in my column in May, an example of this stamp was consigned to Spink NY for auction, by a young man from Ireland, who claimed he inherited it from dead Grandpa, who owned no other stamps. Hmmm. Investigation showed this stamp was stolen from a USA Exhibition in 1955 and has been missing since. The then owner willed it to the APS Library should it ever surface. The stamp was later re-perforated, and some idiot also removed most of the gum in order to hide the light pencil number on reverse, rather than simply erase it.

had opened a Criminal case on the matter, and obtained a Federal Court order over movement of the stamp. So here in the photo nearby we have the cheque handover during the Expo. The Irish “finder” Keelin O’Neill at microphone, flanked by a $50,000 poorer Mystic Stamps, an FBI Agent, a NYPD cop, the New York District Attorney, and the rather pleased APS officials etc. It was all like some Barnum And Bailey movie script, but it all happened one day I was at the show, with many cameras and press and TV cameras, and all in front of the real Curtiss Jenny bi-plane at the entrance, as can be seen. Melbourne Auctioneer Gary Watson from Mossgreen showed me a nice piece that had been consigned to him. It is a UK parcel label with a 6d KEVII stamp, addressed to the “Marconi Telegraph Officer, RMS Titanic, White Star Line, Southampton UK”, and is dated April 11, 1912. Clearly the parcel just missed the sailing, and the Liner sunk April 14/15. Sender of the parcel was the “Marconi Telegraph Company Ltd” UK head office in Chelmsford, with 2 different parcel cancels. Watson told me he imagined the auction estimate would be in the $25,000

Truth is stranger than Fiction!

It appears the young “owner” had essentially been given a “choice” of accepting the $US50,000 Mystic Stamps “reward”, or possibly getting charged with handling stolen goods! He wisely took the money. The FBI

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$US50,000 reward for stolen stamp.

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“Titanic” parcel label for Auction.

an “Aladdin’s Cave” for anyone connected with philately. Dealers I spoke to all seemed very happy with the attendance and promotion of the show and their results. European operation Delcampe were prominent, and continue to make inroads as being the ONLY real opponent to eBay for online stamp selling. eBay’s stamp division is reported to be their second WORST performer globally. Probably due to their continued inaction on career sellers of fakes and forgeries, and wildly misdescribed stamps, even when reported to Ebay, and many buyers and sellers have now moved to Delcampe. Owner Sebastian Delcampe (left in photo) says their policy of zero tolerance to stamp fakers

range. ALL things “Titanic” have a global collector base, and I am sure it will do well.

The Javits Centre “Aladdin’s Cave”.

Walking around the massive venue was like a mini-marathon! I must have walked many miles, and in every nook and cranny there were dealers and Exhibits you had not seen before. It truly was

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Market Matters and scammers reported to them is continuing to build buyer confidence in the material being offered on Delcampe.net With over 1 million members, and 66 million items sold, the future looks bright. Australia Post had a large stand, and I had a chat to the 3 staffers lucky to have been rostered onto this once in a decade 250 of this Butterfly exist globally. show. Senior staffers Rowan and In short, the main game is taking common 1930s Cheryl showed stamps - mostly USA ones, worth 10c each retail me the Butterfly related issues created solely for the on a good day, pay someone to state they are well show, and never sold in Australia. centred and grade them “98”, and hope some Yokel They made some foil numbered, from 1 to 250, hands over $100s - often $1000s for each. It has ocwith a letterpress Stamp Expo show overprint on curred. the centres. I bought some of the IMPERFORATE All those reading this column can judge a well numbered sheets, that I know totally sold out there. centred stamp. No-one needs to be told by the I have started offering them to clients, and they Americans it is well centred. And charged $A50have sold very well at about HALF the price of a $A75 for that “opinion”, when Registered Mail fees PO Year Book! both ways are costed into the tally! No Bureau “Standing Order” clients ever got The American Voodoo Cultists seem to have them, and none were sold in Australia - you needed exhausted the silly Yankee Bunnies paying $1,000s to be at the show in person to purchase these, and each for 10c retail stamps, as even they wake up to they were strictly limited. And in $US cash only, no ozzie dollar notes, or credit cards of any kind ac- such foolishness sooner or later, and sell their “investments” and wear a huge loss. cepted - which I found VERY odd. The Grading Cultists are now moving into “foreign” stamps, meaning stamps other than from Voodoo Cult Stamp Grading. USA. They claim some buyers of China are now I’ve written numerous times on the mad USA gradgrading those stamps. I have yet to see any being ing “Cult”, wherein a handful of American dealers offered, but anything is possible of course. One fad are enticing folks with far more money than sense feeding off another! or stamp knowledge, to embrace - with wide open The most absurd thing I saw was an Australia chequebooks. 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge being offered re62 - Stamp News

Glen Stephens cently as numerically top grade, as verified by the American PSE grading service. Now well centred 5/- Bridges are not very hard to find. I handle dozens each year, and nice looking ones fetch around $A450-$A500 hinged, and near 3 times that for genuine unhinged gum. No science needed. Well centred is … well centred, we can all see that perfectly easily.

Americans now number grading 5/Bridges.

Some American Einstein decided to get his 5/Bridge numerically graded. The great sages at “PSE Grading” consulted their tea leaves, and astrology charts, and Tarot Cards, and decided it NO kidding?! was graded “98 Gem”. (For non-cult members that means “very well centred”.) $A50-$A75 or whatever to be told the self-evident Locating one with cleanly cut perfs, nice corners truism that his stamp is well centred, and lists it on (they were single line perforated) and flat original eBay with the amateur image shown, expecting no gum is the tricky bit. As the geniuses at PSE very doubt, a world record price, and instant global fame foolishly take zero account of fluffy perfs or bad and fortune. corners etc, this is the stamp for them! A decent looking stamp of course, although my So eBay Schmucko “stamplife” parts with belief is, it is re-perforat-

Can anyone REALLY follow this?

ed along top, based on both top corners, but not mentioned by the Cultists at PSE of course, who are mesmerised by centering above all else. In true understated Klutz style unique to eBay, where it is always assumed the entire globe memorises to heart, all Scott catalogue numbers - the HINGED stamp was described exactly as – (Superb-98) #132 Sydney Harbor Bridge.. Best graded stamp known ! ! ! ! First he listed it up for “Buy It Now” at Stamp News - 63

Market Matters $A2,000. Even the clueless eBay Bunnies did not fall for that silly price, so he changed tack, and ran it via an “auction” starting it at 99c, doubtless convinced an avalanche of buyers would run it to the $2,000 type level he sought. Stampboards.com and other sites were amused to see a NON American stamp offered, with a high PSE Voodoo Number Grade, and the stamp had a ton of attention drawn to it globally, which SHOULD have ensured it got a greater than usual price of course.

Genius seller ends up with $A265!

Sadly for “Stamplife” Schmuck the owner, despite all this global attention it sold for $US260 after 15 bids on eBay, then and now about $A350. Deduct from that, the literally 10% or so that eBay and Paypal gouge off all sellers there, and deduct his $50 real cost in getting this graded, and seller ends up with about a miserable $A265. I’d have paid him more than that CASH same day for it, as would all other leading Australian dealers. No hassle, no large amount of wasted time, mailing it to and back to PSE, no fees, no uncertainty. Proving yet again, that eBay is NOT the place to get market price for mainstream better stamps, and showing forever, that numerically grading Australian stamps is just a waste of time and money. It is just another passing fad there, like hula hoops, striped bubble-gum, yo-yos and Baseball Cards etc. “Beautifully Centred” means just that. And always has. We do not need any American telling us the bleeding obvious, and charging us $A75 to be told it, on a piece of paper. It is self-evident and has been self-evident for 160 years. Our dear cousins the Americans, have this total obsession with stamp CENTERING. An absolute manic obsession in fact. One that has reached quite insane heights in recent years. The Scott “Specialised” USA catalogue goes so far as to “help” the novice, and publishes a chart to show all the great unwashed what it all means. Gawd help a newbie trying to get their head around 64 - Stamp News

Not a big hit with Americans! it!

Part of that chart is shown nearby. The idea is, you mail your stamp in to get a numerical grade. You pay $A50 or so and some whizzkid on a computer measures it all, and gives it a number grade out of 100. 100 is perfect, and 50 is pretty bad centred. That bit I can easily follow. But then they obsess over whether they have an “80” or a “90” etc. And trust me the prices between an 85 and a 100, can be 4 or 5 or more times higher.

Well Centred - Well Centered.

Only the Americans could give 4 totally different grades to the NEAR exact same looking stamps. All 4 of these stamps I’d gladly call “well centered” and price them all about the same if they were Roos. Take a close look at the photo from Scott shown nearby - can you see ANY real difference between a lowly “85” and “98”? Honestly, can you see any huge improvement from left to right - enough to

Glen Stephens any huge improvement from left to right - enough to pay 5 times more for? Indeed if all 4 stamps were given to 100 professional dealers globally, who were asked to place them on a stockcard in strict order of centering, left to right, most would not end up with this order, showing the stupidity of these Good ole Buddies once again. numbers. I posted up the photo nearby on stampboards of a nice £1 Grey Roo I’d sold that day off my Rarity Page. I described it as “attractive and well centred”, and had several orders in a day. NO “grading number”! An American sniffily declared it was not even close to perfect centering!

Yet another American FAD.

Surely only a fool would pay 5 times more for stamp 1 than stamp 4 on this table, assuming the reverses were identical on all 4? Yet another nutty American fad. I really pray that disease never spreads here. My Stamp News colleague Rod Perry posted this sage comment below to the stampboards discussion on this Scott catalogue grading chart illustration “That Scott page may become the text book classic for How Not to recruit budding new philatelists. In an era when Philately could and should be a haven for those seeking an escape from the complications of everyday life, who needs this unnecessarily complex introduction to minutiae?”

CUBA LIBRE!

In my opinion, better grade Cuba MINT stamps will appreciate rapidly in the next few years. Americans as I type this, are still not legally permitted to sell or buy these stamps - even the USA overprinted stamps!    List them on eBay and they are removed immediately, and your account gets a formal warning under the farcical ”Trading With The Enemy” provisions, that have existed for a half Century whilst Fidel & Raul laughed at them. That is all changing. US Cruise ships are now docking in Havana, Obama was shaking hands with Raul Castro on TV just weeks ago, and Rolling Stones played a massive concert. The major US air carriers have all applied for normal flight permissions I hear. The big US Hotel chains are poised, ready to pounce. I’ve flown to Cuba a couple of times, and you just KNOW the legal flood of American tourists later this decade will be phenomenal. It is just off the coast of Florida, and like Prohibition, when legally lifted, all hell will break loose. Stamp News - 65

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I was on a cruise ship once that skirted right down the length of it, in International waters. It is an obvious and interesting port add-on to the zillion or so, 7 and 14 day Caribbean cruises that leave from Florida each year. And it will not just be tourism. STAMPS will gain a vast new American audience who have not been able to legally sell these stamps for 50 years. And a large boost in demand for anything, means prices go ONE way. Look this one up in 5 years! Remember not all things Cuba stamps will do well. In 1899 ‘CUBA’ overprint in Deep Carmine, on the recent decades many issues USA 10¢ Deep Indigo “Special Delivery” stamp. were printed in large numbers for the thematic/ SG E252, £225. topical buyers, and packet makers etc. Most were Very fresh unused, with vibrant deep original deliberately CTO’d at the printer. eBay does not colour, it allows someone to buy the entire ‘Special ban USED Cuba stamps. However they’ll always be Delivery’ issues as there was only ONE stamp. The landfill. centre guideline along top perfs will let the experts plate it! Watch these stamps move FAST. Right now, such a piece costs not much more The mint pre WW2 stamps are NOT in that league. than $A100, and in a few years I suspect that price There are several Definitive sets in that era that will will look pretty absurd. Time will tell, as always cost you only $50 to $100 a set mint, IF you can with such areas, but remember, you read it here source them. From most other countries, such key first! high face value sets sell for many times that level. For a brief period around 1900, some USA Glen Stephens has written monthly ‘Stamp Tipster’ stamps were overprinted for sale and use in Cuba, Columns for over 30 years - globally. A vast library when they controlled the country. It is my strong feeling ALL those stamps mint, are the ones to of his past articles and photos are found at – focus upon now. www.glenstephens.com/column.html Printing numbers were low, and survival rates will also be very low, as few collectors were that interested. That has been my experience in 35 years 4 The Tor Walk, Castlecrag, NSW, 2068 of dealing, and I almost never see them in all the Ph: 02 9958 1333 large collections I buy. email: glen@glenstephens.com I bought the 10¢ one shown nearby this week. A scarce stamp, and have never owned one before. Website: www.glenstephens.com

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Tony Buckingham 1945-2016 continued from page 31 they took their first ‘International’ stand in 1978 at Amphilex in Amsterdam and in the same year launched the Benham Official Cover Series, giving added value to commemorative first day covers. The first was in association with BP for the 1978 Energy Resources issue, with covers being flown to a North Sea oilrig, while the Christmas issue of that year was carried by mailcoach in Cambridge. Both brought massive publicity for the company and for cover collecting in general. It was in 1980 that the first ‘Benham Silk’ covers were prepared, for the Birds issue. Benhams continued to go from strength to strength during the 1980s and ’90s, with the doldrums which affected most of the rest of the trade in the early ’80s not seeming to extend to cover collecting, especially Benham, now the recognised leader in the market, benefitting as of did, from Tony’s bright ideas and Cath’s award-winning design skills. Awards indeed seem to be coming in thick and fast, with Benhams picking up Kent small business of the year, followed in 1995 by Kent Company of the Year, while Tony received one of the inaugural Royal Mail, Rowland Hill awards for ‘Contribution to Philately’. But all was not always as it appeared and frustration that others did not share his business ethic while being quite happy to share his stock, led Tony and Cath to sell the company to Flying Flowers in 1995 and retire altogether from the business two years later, with the intent of relaxing, enjoying travel and writing. The pull of covers was too great however and Tony and Cath were back at the Stamp Show 2000 at Earls Court and the following year Buckingham Covers were set up as part of the Internet Stamp Group, which also included the Folkestone Stamp Shop. The new company thrived on the more imaginative Royal Mail issuing policy of the new century, non-traditional issuing subjects, bringing in new customers and Tony’s imaginative take to the covers he was producing continuing to bring massive publicity to the hobby – not to mention the benefits it brought to company turnover.

When Tony’s final illness was diagnosed in early 2014 he remained positive, working hard to ensure the future of the company, while continuing to devote his declining energies to stock acquisition via the Internet and producing his words of wisdom in every issue of Cover Lover, the house magazine, often signing off as ‘Puffing Billy’. Tony was a man with boundless energy and a great sense of humour – and though the first deserted him in his last years, it was always clear that the other hadn’t. He was incredibly generous, helping others in the trade where and when he could and cared enormously about the welfare of his staff, which they repaid with their loyalty and led to him being awarded Employer of the Year in the 2008 local business awards. But Tony did not only run a successful business – or even a successful series of businesses. By conservative estimates he raised over £1 million for charity through his various signed first day cover series. He served on the Council of the PTS (Philatelic Traders Society) and edited Collect First Day Covers for 20 years. He wrote extensively in the philatelic press, most notably in the Philatelic Exporter, where he would regularly recount the trials and tribulations that went on behind the various covers he produced and offering typically trenchant observations on current activities in the philatelic world. His articles always made entertaining reading, but you couldn’t help feeling that there must be less stressful ways of making a living! Tony recently published the first part of his autobiography up to the time he ‘turned professional’, under the title The Gravedigger’s Apprentice, available on electronic device, and this has just been followed by two murder mysteries. Looking back, it is difficult to imagine how one man could have achieved so much, but we are certain that Tony would have been the first to point out that he could not have done it all without the help and support of his family and his colleagues and we would like to close by thinking of them; his wife and business partner, Cath, daughter and sonin-law, Ellie and Tom, and granddaughters, Caitlin and Amy, not to mention everyone at Buckingham Covers – we can only imagine how much you will miss him – because we all miss him too!

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for sale For Sale; BOOKLETS Scarce Cocos SB3 Cat. 100 pounds, $130, Xmas Is. Booklet SB1 cat 160 pounds, $160, Xmas Is. 1st Postmaster provisional booklet, rare $300. Cocos Booklets 1 & 2 $80 each. All early Commonwealth booklets wanted to buy. Visa accepted. Dr. W. L. Mayo. email mayoinavalon@yahoo.com.au Tel: 02 9918 6825 (09/15) Australia, N.Zealand, West Europe, Better earlies at bargain prices. VFU only, some in quantity. Phone 0419 680 824, PO Box 93, Bexley South, 2207 Half Price stamp Sale. Loads of stamps from 5 cents. Israel, Russia, Germany. Antarctic, Malta, Falklands, Sth. Africa, Ireland & much more. Dealer enquiries welcome. Send your wants list to: John Cornelius, PO Box 23 Magill SA 5072 Phone: 0407 615 240 Collection surplus Stamps from Canada, Channel Islands, Falklands & Dependencies,

Germany Third Reich. For Germany Third Reich and other World War II material please visit www.ww2historical.com Magnificent selections on approval from Africa, Pacifics, Nth. & Sth. America, Asia, Europe, Mediterranean, Iceland, Greenland, Venezuela.P & D Nicholls, PO Box 426, Glenbrook, NSW 2773

accessories ALBUMS, CATALOGUES, AND EQUIPMENT for stamps, coins, & banknotes at mail order discount prices. Enquiries or quotes write to: SAPPHIRE COAST PHILATELIC SUPPLIES, PO Box 285, Pambula, NSW 2549, or Phone/Fax (02) 6495 7382.

buying Buying Australia and World Kiloware. We urgently wish to buy quantities of modern Australia and World Kiloware. Regular supplies needed. All mixtures to be close clipped single paper, and will pay as follows, all prices per kg. (a) Australia Commemoratives only to 2013 $12.50, 2014 $15, 2015 $25 (b) Australia Mission modern inc. 2015 issues $10 (c) Australia Territories, inc. Cocos, AAT, Christmas Is. Norfolk Is. etc. $25 (d) Australia Higher values, 53c upwards inc. Commems. $60, defins only $20 (e) Worldwide, modern mix unpicked. $30. Minimum sending $100 please. Single country mixtures also required, please enquire. Phone Kevin Morgan 0425 795 693 Wanted : Sheets or panes of 5Â˝d Emu stamps. Contact Ted on tedg@gj.com.au

approvals European stamps on approval, including all different packets, Guernsey, Austria, France, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain etc, etc. Return unwanted. P & D Nicholls PO Box 426 Glenbrook NSW 2773 Buying Australian Kiloware 55c Or 60c Values, Commemoratives and Definitives and current year kiloware too, 60c bundles wanted too, for more details email: postagestampsonpaper@gmail.com.

Fr. Antarctic, Gibraltar, GB, Ireland, Malta, Namibia, NZ, South Africa

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BRIGHTON PS Inc. Meets 8.00pm 2nd and 4th Tuesday and 10.30am 3rd Tuesday each month. 80 Gardenvale Road, Gardenvale, Vic, 3185. Visitors/new members welcome. www.brightonps.org.au

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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, 07 5535 3168 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 Citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. John Mounce, President 649-291-9381 johnmounce@ihug.co.nz 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 5535 3168 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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1.30pm - 4pm. PO Box 2261,Mt Gambier.Ph: 08 8724 9474 Para Hills PS: Mtg 1st Sun; Community Hall Wilkinson Rd, Para Hills. PO Box 64, Para Hills; Ph: 08 8522 4345 Phillumeny SC: U3/26-28 Crozier Av, Modbury 5092. Ph: 08 8337 6533 Email: www.users.or.net/ figg/amccs Port Pirie PS: Mtg 4th Mon; PO Box532, Pt Pirie 5540; Ph: 08 8632 1105 Printed Collectables Club (SAPC): Mtg last Tues, Julia Farr Cent. Canteen, Ground Floor, Fisher St. Ph: 08 8265 7395; PO Box 657, Enfield Plaza 5085 PS of South Australia:1st & 3rdTues; 22 Gray Ct. GPO Box 9800, Adelaide 5001; Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Aust. (Aus. Com. Spect.Grp.): Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm;22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Daytime SC):Mtg 1st & 3rd Thurs; 22 Gray Ct.Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Study Group):Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm; 22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8522 4345 Postal Stat & Postal Hist Soc: Mtg 2nd Tues; SAPHIL House, 22 Gray Ct, Adelaide. email: psandph@arcom.com.au; Ph: 08 8260 3352 Riverland PS: Mtg 3rd Fri, 10am ;Whitmore Hall, Barmera Village; Ph: 08 8595 3023 SA Junior Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Sun 1pm - 3pm;Anyone over 5years, parents welcome. 22 Grey St, Adelaide. 08 8250 0484 Salisbury PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon;StJohns Church Hall. PO Box 336 Salisbury 5108; Ph: 08 8252 2392 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Fri 7.45pm, Old Railway Station (now Community Services Bldng.); Ph: 08 8370 2680 Strathalbyn PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 8pm; Rosa Hoare Room, Lutheran Church Complex Corner, Commercial Rd/North Pde; C/- Post Office, Strathalbyn 5255; Ph: 0429 693 747 Ukrainian Collectibles Club: Mtg Wed as per syllabus; PO Box 466, Woodville 5011; Ph: 08 8345 4033 Yorke Peninsula Collectors Club: Senior Citizens Club. Taylor St, Kardina. Mtg 3rd Wed ex. Jan; PO Box 178, Bute 5560; Ph: 08 8821 2906 Club Information: Victorian Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Melbourne, Vic, 3001 Italian PS: Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan), 7.30pm, Veneto Club, 191 Bulleen Rd Bullen. (PO Box 166, Niddrie, 3042) Latrobe Valley PS: Mtg Last Wed ex Dec 7.30pm, St Lukes Uniting Church Hall, Princes Way, Morwell; Chris Zarb, Sec. ph. 03 5174 3394 Maryborough Stamp Club:Mtg mthly ex Jan 2nd Tues of month 8pm, St Augustine’s Hall, Maryborough. PO Box 295, Maryborough, 3465; Ph: 03 5464 2400. maryboroughsc@eudoramail.com. maryboroughsc.web1000.com Mildura PS: Mtg Last Thurs (ex Dec)Carnegie Building 74 Deakin Ave Ph: 03 5023 8789 Mooroolbark PS: Mtg 1st Tues; Ph: 03 9723 3304 Oakleigh PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan) Oakleigh Public Library, Drummond St, Oakleigh Ocean Grove SC: Mtg 4th Wed. 10am. Ocean Grove Senior Citizens Clubrooms Melways: 234 A. Ph. 03 5255 1372 Peninsula SC: Mtg 3rd Wed, 7.30pm Uniting Church Hall, Murray Anderson Rd, Rosebud. Ph: 03 5975 0574 Polish PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Prahran PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) Ringwood PS: Gen Mtg 1st Thurs; Daytime 3rd Mon Ph: 03 9725 0514 email hanszomer@bigpond.com Royal PS of Victoria:Mtg 3rd & 5th Thurs; Daytime 1st Tues Sale SC: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan) Shepparton PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Mechanics Institute, Shepparton. Ph. 0419 560 813 Sherbrooke PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs ex Jan Upwey Fire Brigade Hall, 8pm; Bob Cook Ph: 03 9758 3465 Upper Yarra SC: Mtg 3rd Tues Warragul PS: Mtg 2nd Fri Warrnambool PS: Mtg 3rd Wed 7.45pm St Joseph’s Primary School, Botanic Road;Ph: 03 5561 1470 Waverley PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs 7.30pm, Mt Waverley Community Centre, 47 Miller Cres, Mt Waverley; Daytime mtg the following Friday, 9.30am, Uniting Church Hall, 482 High St, Mt Waverley. Ph. 03 9898 4102 Obtain Tasmanian clubs information from: Tasmanian Stamp Council, GPO Box 9800, Hobart, TAS, 7001. Ph: 03 6278 7084 Hobart Junior Group: Mtg 1st Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Kingston Junior Group: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Launceston PS: 1st Thurs. & 3rd Sat. ex. Jan. 6.30 pm, Max Fry Hall,TrevallynLauncestonTel: 03 6331 2580 (A/H) Mersey-Leven PS: Contact: 03 6425 3603 Rosny Junior Group: Mtg Last Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Tasmanian PS: Mtg Last Monday (ex. Dec); www.tps.org.au, Legacy House, 159 Macquarie St Hobart

stamp & coin fairs & events new south wales

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July 2 - (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair,

July 3 - (1st Sun) Western Suburbs Stamp, Coin &

Quinnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02

Banknote Fair, Strathmore Bowling Club, 40 Loeman

63623754.

St, Strathmore. Enq: Chris. 0413355716.

July 2 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor, Car July 17 - (3rd Sun) Stamp, Card - Phone Card Fair, park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, cnr

Bentleigh-McKinnon Youth Centre, Higgins Rd,

Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW.

Bentleigh. Dealers plus huge range activities. Ph: 0418

July 2 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba. Ph. 0417 802 754 July 2 - (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin Col-

322 315. July 31 - (last Sun ex Dec) Stamp, Coin & Phonecard Fair, Jaycees Hall, Silver Grove, Nunawading. 9am-3pm.

queensland

lectors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131 Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea.

July 3 - QStamp Fair, Southside, Mt Gravatt Show-

July 17 - (3rd Sun) Stamp & Coin Fair, 10am - 3pm,

grounds, Memorial Hall, Logan Rd. Free Entry 8.30am

Pioneers Hall, Cowper St, Wallsend. 8 Dealers. 4971

- 2pm

3483

July 11 - (2nd Mon) - Gold Coast PS Sale, Rm 1,

July 25 - (4th Sun) Epping Stamp & Coin Fair, Commu-

Southport Comm. Centre, Lawson St, Southport.

nity Hall, 9 Oxford St, Epping. 10am - 4pm. Free Entry,

11.30am - 2.30pm Brisbane Table Tennis Association

6 Dealers, Buy/Sell

Centre

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WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING, CONTACT US BEFORE OFFERING ELSWHERE! We want to buy collections, accumulations, dealer stocks, etc, etc. Australia and States, Kangaroos, King George V Heads, Pre-decimal, Decimal, Covers, Great Britain, British Commonwealth, Foreign. Here are some examples of the prices we can pay: Australia C of A wmk Kangaroo High Values 10/- -Two Pounds, Specimen overprints, mint lightly hinged $120 Australia 5/- Harbour Bridge, MUH $795, MLH $295, Fine postally used $225, cto used with gum $150, without gum $135, slightly second grade (no bits missing please but may have minor thins, heavier cancel, short perfs etc) $65 Mint unhinged, pre-decimals in singles, blocks or sheets. Definitives 1d to 1/7d we pay 4c per stamp, Low value Commemoratives, 2d to 1/- we pay 5c per stamp, High value definitives 2/- to 4/- we pay 10c per stamp, High value Commemoratives 2/- or 2/3d we pay 40c per stamp. Decimals for postage including AAT, and postally valid issues from Cocos and Christmas Islands may be torn or damaged (no bits missing please) but must have gum. Values 1c to 68c we pay 40% face value, 70c to $20 we pay 50% face value, must be sorted by value in packets/envelopes and supplied with a concise list. We reserve the right to counter offer on messy lots. Post Office Packs and Year Books with stamps in place we pay 30% face value, year books with stamps in original stocksheets we pay 45% face value Mint PSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20c - 60c we pay 30% face value, 70c pay 40% face value, no stuck down flaps please Recent Commemorative Bundleware, 55c values and above we pay $1 per bundle. Small or Large format High value Definitives fine used 1989 to date with circular cancels $1 to $3 we pay 5% face value, $3 to $20 we pay 10% face value. High value commemoratives, values $1 and above as above again from 1989 onwards, we pay 10% face value. Coins, Medals, Banknotes We buy Australian coins, loose or in sets, decimal and pre-decimal, including Perth Mint and Royal Australian Mint Product. Also buying Worldwide Gold and Silver coins. Pre-decimal and Decimal Banknotes also required in all grades, also military medal groups. Our minimum purchase value is $200, smaller lots respectfully declined, please confirm all lots via phone or email before sending and send via registered/ insured mail, or contact us for an appointment, all transactions carried out in strictest confidence. WE PAY ENHANCED PRICES TO GST REGISTERED DEALERS WHO PROVIDE A TAX INVOICE.

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