Stamp News Australasia - February 2018 by Stamp News Australasia

February Quartet A selection of collecting suggestions for adventurous collectors, or to accelerate the scope of an existing collection of the relevant subject. Contact me if you have a particular interest in Australian cover/stationery fields. For individual item offerings, refer to my website (www.rap.com.au) and eBay listings (search rap_com_au).

£1 Arms 1951 gold parcel tag used at Perth Australia KGVI Usage collection 1937-52 (includes QEII-era no wmk. printings), entirely commercial covers/cards/etc, highly representative showing of the various stamp issues of the reign (200+ items). Detail of rates, etc, for every item provided.

1993 Emu Frama stamp design inverted (ACSC 1576Jab) on commercial cover Australia 1980s/1990s Frama stamp collection purely on commercial covers/postcards (many 100s)

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1930 Ford advertising cover Automobilia in Australia as seen via commercial advertising covers (few postcards), 1906-1970. My personal collection (200+ items)

1958 Heidelberg West provisional registration label Victoria registered commercial cover collection, 1930s/1980s, different Post Office/registration labels (many provisional types), good representation of scarcer cancels (several hundred items)

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Contents Articles Woodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ...................................................6 Laos - land of beautiful stamps: Christer Brunström ............... 14 Stamps in the News: Margo Campbell .................................... 18 Postal Stationery: Ian McMahon ................................................ 26 Looking at New Zealand: Graeme Morriss ............................... 32 Cinderella Corner: Vito Milana .................................................... 48 Introducing the APF: Daryl Fuller.................................................. 52 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................. 58

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

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Advertising covers are widely collected, and can be great fun. Many collectors have sideline collections of particular subjects they enjoy, as depicted on commercial advertising covers. My choice of subject amongst advertising covers: Automobilia. By way of introduction to the concept of collecting advertising covers, this month I feature a number of Figure 1. When Melbourne had four-digit phone numbers items from my personal collection, arranged from The Tarrant Motor and Engineering Co, in date sequence. This is a picture-tells-the-story Melbourne. In 1901, Harley Tarrant launched the article, as advertising covers tend to be. company, which made the first petrol-driven car One of my earlier items is Figure 1, a cover in Australia that actually worked successfully, and sold commercially. By 1907, when this cover was posted, the company had produced 20 cars, but production then ceased, as it could not compete against cheaper imported cars. Figure 2 is from Charleville Motors Ltd, sent in 1930 to Hudson Fysch (sic). Hudson Fysh (late Sir) was a co-founder of Figure 2. Business good at QANTAS in 1930? 6 - Stamp News

Figure 3. Fashionable ladies and gentleman of 1936

Figure 4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Count the Indians on the roadâ&#x20AC;? Stamp News - 7

QANTAS, and its managing director at the time the cover was sent. The sender was an agent for General Motors; perhaps business at QANTAS was good enough in 1930 for Fysh to be in the market for a Cadillac? On a philatelic note, at my first Exhibition as a trader, ANPEX 70, a rather diminutive elderly gentleman Figure 5. More striking cover for 1930s approached me at my stand (shared many items at the auction in Melbourne of the Fysh with Lionel Evans). “I’m Hudson Fysh, co-founder Aerophilately collection. of QANTAS. Do you have any Ross Smith covFigure 3 is from another General Motors dealer, ers?” he enquired. A few years later, I would buy Webb & Lamond of Bowen. I won’t take a guess at what make of GM car is featured. My collection contains a handful of motorcycle advertising covers, such as Figure 4. This cover features an Indian, the sender Page’s of Cairns. Stewart Jack Motor Garage, Dalby, apparently wanted their covers not Figure 6. Ford dealer, amongst other enterprises 8 - Stamp News

Figure 7. Phone 6 at Clermont for your Chevy

Figure 8. Art Deco in advertising

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to go unnoticed. Yet another General Motors agent, for cars and trucks. Commercial Garage, Killarney, for the 1936 Ford Touring Sedan, encouraged a “Ride in this car before you buy”, as if such was a novelty offer for the time? General Motors apparently supplied a stock illustration for use by their agents, for Figure 7 has the same vehicle and entourage as that in Figure Figure 9. Rather subdued, but effective cover 3. On this occasion used by Dobson’s Motor and Engineering Co, Clermont. Figure 8 is from Motors Ltd, Adelaide, featuring Art Deco style ad for 1936 Terraplane and Hudson. Unusually, addressed to the vehicle distributor in Buenos Aires, Argentina. An unusual style Figure 10. Postal stationery makes an appearance 10 - Stamp News

Figure 11. 1937 edition of Figure 8

Figure 12. Mirror-finish as only a woman could achieve? Stamp News - 11

Figure 13. American tanks coming to the fore

Figure 14. Is that a Riley? 12 - Stamp News

Figure 15. 1960s Pontiac nostalgia stimulant 1937 cover by Henry B Smith, Melbourne, featuring the company building with three 1930s roadsters parked out front. Smith was a Woolbroker. In the 1990s, a large cache of covers from a wide variety of countries addressed to the firm in the 1930s came on the market. I bought most of the “find”, and regard it as one of the more exciting correspondences I’ve handled. A rather cool stamped-to-order Stationery postcard promoting Goodyear tyres, Figure 10, from Crichton and Hall Motor Garage, Cohuna, with colourful spiel on reverse. The addressee was a member of the pioneering Henty family of Victoria. Motors Ltd for 1937 updated their advertising from that which appeared in 1936 (Figure 8). Emphasis was shifted to Hudson over Terraplane, it appears. On the rare occasions I polish my car, it never

looks like the finish in Figure 12. Perhaps it was the female touch in 1951 that was the special ingredient? Irrespective, I’m not game to ask my wife can she achieve the same result for my car. Waltham Motors, Melbourne, was one place to go in 1954 to source the rapidly expanding American tank invasion. Figure 14 looks a much earlier design than the 1963 date of posting suggests. Perhaps Wilson’s Garage, Mundubbera, over-ordered its envelope stationery a decade or more prior? In the early 1950s, my uncle bought a late 1940s Pontiac. Riding in the back of that American tank provided my inaugural experience of a hoon at the wheel. S & M Car Sales, Mt. Gravatt, were responsible for this muscle-car ad, a fitting end to this introduction. As can be seen, collecting advertising covers can be a fun sideline. Why not start a collection of one of your favourite interests? Stamp News - 13

LAOS - LAND OF BEAUTIFUL STAMPS For many stamp collectors the South-East Asian nation of Laos is one of their absolute favourites. This is mostly due to the fact that from the ﬁrst stamp issue in 1951 until the early 1970s, Laos released some of the world’s most beautiful stamps. I certainly enjoy leaﬁng through my Laos album during my arm chair travels to all kinds of exotic destinations. When researching and writing about stamps you tend to pick up a lot of pretty useless information. Here is one example: when the French began taking an interest in Indochina in the latter part of the 19th century they discovered a land-locked country tucked in between today’s Vietnam and Thailand. This mountainous country comprised three small kingdoms which each had the word Lao in their name. In the French language (as in English) the

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plural form is generally formed by adding the letter s to the singular form. This is exactly what the French colonial administrators did. Thus in most foreign languages the country is known as Laos. In 1893, the French included Laos in French Indochina along with Annam, Tonkin and Cambodia. They obviously never asked the Laotians what they thought about Europeans turning their country into a colony ruled from Paris. The Mekong is one of world’s great rivers and it runs through Laos from north to south. It has always been important for transports in a country which has a poorly developed road system. Laos ranks among the poorest nations on planet earth but in recent years much has been done to improve the situation. Still most of the 7.8 million

Christer Brunström Laotians make a living from farming and fishing. However, in recent times tourism has been on the increase and many foreign visitors travel to Vientiane, the capital, or other cities. Laos finally became an independent kingdom in 1954. For the next 20 years or so there were endless conflicts and civil war in the country. The Vietnam War also spilled over into Laos. In 1975, the country became a People’s Republic and a communist economic system was introduced. This is still the case today but a number of economic reforms have been introduced in recent times. Laos is home to some 48 different ethnic groups with their own languages, cultures and traditions. Some of these ethnic groups have been depicted on stamps.

Buddhism is bar far the main religion in the country and there have been numerous stamp issues featuring temples, pagodas and depictions of Buddha and other deities. For the ﬁrst 20 years or so the Laotian Post Ofﬁce worked closely with French state stamp printing company. The stamps are generally engraved and of the highest artistic and technical quality possible. The artists who designed and engraved the stamps included such famous names as Marc Leguay (19102001) and Jean Pheulpin (1907-1991). Leguay and Pheulpin produced what must be one of the most beautiful stamp design ever – the 1954 view of Luang Prabang marking the jubilee of King Sisavang Vong. It was used on two ordinary stamps and one airmail value. These large-sized stamps are also

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LAOS - LAND OF BEAUTIFUL STAMPS the keys to any collection of the Kingdom of Laos period. French painter Marc Leguay lived in Laos from 1936 until 1975 when he moved to Thailand. He was featured in a LIFE magazine story on 30 November 1959. According to this story, he was living in Vientiane with his wife, mistress and 25 children. He used members of his family as models for most of his Laotian stamp designs. Jean Pheulpin engraved the vast majority of Laotian postage stamps from 1952 until 1967. Laos has a very rich ﬂora and fauna and the country has issued many sets of stamps depicting beautiful ﬂowers in natural colours and a variety of animals. The elephant can also be found in the forests of Laos where it is sometimes still used in pulling

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large tree logs. In 1958, Laos released a splendid set of seven large-sized pictorial stamps featuring elephants being used in processions or hard at work in the woods. The designs were by Chamnane Prisayane and the engravings by Jean Pheulpin. The set was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix de l’art philatélique in 1958. I remember acquiring the three lowest denominations in the early 1960s and they were probably found in many selections of approvals aimed at juvenile collectors. They are still frequently found in stamp albums from that period. One of the stamps is shown nearby and you don’t need to be a collector specialising in elephants to fully appreciate the beauty and quality of the design.

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Roo 1913 2/- Brown Kangaroo FIRST Watermark, super attractive MVLH:

A wildly under-rated stamp - 20 times scarcer than the 2/- Brown Third Wmk in MINT, despite their similar retail. ACSC 35a in $650 in cheapest shade. FAR, FAR, Better than usual perfs and centering for this “terror” issue, as you can see - impossible to improve on. Deep rich strong colour, and crisp proof-like impression. SG 13, and most you see are TOTALLY stuffed and terrible centered, with short and/or ripped out perfs etc. Mint super light hinge touch, with no hinge remains - almost MUH. INCREDIBLY fresh and flat and bright for these. A really lovely stamp for what condition one usually sees, yet at $225 UNDER the cat value for average grade! Bought well today, so out it goes - $A425 (Stock 593AJ)

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Stamps in the News - Globally! Royal Mail and the politics of Brexit stamps Reported at www.telegraph.co.uk

Firstly the debate was whether Britain should stay or go. Now there is a standoff between ‘Brexiteer’ politicians and Royal Mail over the authority’s decision not to produce stamps commemorating Brexit date. In a letter seen by the Telegraph, a Royal Mail executive told MPs that it printed 13 sets of “special stamps” each year, but these only tended to “mark important anniversaries and activities that reflect the UK’s heritage and contribution to the world”. The national postal service also said that Brexit stamps would damage its “strict political neutrality” during elections and referendums, adding it does not get involved in “political matters”. Leading Brexiteers including Boris Johnson have urged the Royal Mail to release the commemorative stamps next year to mark Brexit. The Sun newspaper has been actively campaigning for the stamps – for example it recently reported “FIRST-CLASS IDEA Liam Fox joins The Sun’s call for special stamps to mark Brexit. The Trade boss is the THIRD Cabinet minister to back us in our campaign to mark throwing off of Europe’s shackles.” But Stourbridge MP Margot James, who has responsibility for the Post Office as part of her brief as the Small Business Minister, has refused to put pressure on the postal service. Royal Mail bosses insist there will be no commemorative release when Britain leaves the bloc on March 29 next year, as there was to mark entry into the European Economic Community in 1973. Ms James said: “I don’t think it was such a divisive issue then. They have no plans to produce them and I am not going to interfere one way or another.” A number of high profile Brexiteers have criticised the Royal Mail’s decision. Mr Johnson said: “Leaving the European Union will be a monumental moment in British history, so let’s deliver a commemorative stamp that shows the world we’ve got Brexit licked.” Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: “We definitely need Brexit stamps to celebrate this joyous and momentous occasion – we will have one for Prince 18 - Stamp News

Harry and Meghan’s wedding won’t we? And former Brexit Minister David Jones said: “It is outrageous. This is a new and important chapter in the history of this country - and they have got a positive duty to mark it. “If they can mark our accession to it then they should mark the country’s liberation.” A Government spokesman said: “All commercial and operational matters, including stamp themes, of the Royal Mail are independent of the government. “The Royal Mail has a well-established independent process for choosing stamp themes, including considering proposals from the public and organisations. “Stamp themes are selected up to three years ahead to allow for the design process and production schedules.” Lib Dems called on the Foreign Secretary to focus on his day job. A spokeswoman said: “It is quite sad that people are getting so worked up over stamps. “You would think Boris would have something important to do, as he is Foreign Secretary, than trying to design a new stamp.” Margo’s note: And if Royal Mail does need any inspiration with possible designs, they might like to check out the above illegals from Stamperija.

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Send a raven

Reported at www.royalmail.com Royal Mail has announced the release of a new set of stamps featuring characters from the hit series Game of Thrones. The set of 15 first class stamps is being released to highlight British contributions to the hit HBO fantasy programme and they go on sale on January 23. The seven series so far have been heavily filmed in Northern Ireland, with a predominantly British and Irish cast. As well as the characters played by Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington and Maisie Williams, the roll-call of characters from Westeros also includes Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey), Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner), Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance), Eddard Stark (Sean Bean), Olenna Tyrell (Dame Diana Rigg), Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), and Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).

There is also a five-stamp sheet featuring images of the Night King and his undead White Walkers, giants, direwolves and dragons, and the Iron Throne. The stamps were designed by studio GBH and represent one of the biggest ever commissioned by the Royal Mail comprising 10 main stamps and a mini-sheet of five. Key characters from all seven series are captured in the stamps – each as part of an image which depicts their “story arc” from the show, according to GBH co-founder and creative director Mark Bonner. “All of the actors passed comment on their stamps and it was a delicate operation as [television network] HBO had to be consulted as well.”

Who let the dogs out?

This is a Year of Earth Dog, starting from Feb. 16, 2018 (Chinese New Year) and lasting to Feb. 4, 2019. Dog is the eleventh in the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac sign. The Years of the Dog include 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994 and 2006. A number of postal administrations have started to release Year of the Dog stamps ahead of the CNY. In Australia, designer Dani Poon was given the responsibility of designing lunar new year stamps for twelve years, the length of a Chinese Zodiac cycle. This year is her eleventh year. This year’s stamps feature traditional Chinese designs and customs, in the hope of giving everyone an opportunity to send wishes of good fortune and health to family and friends, both in Australia and

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Stamps in the News - Globally!

overseas. In her design, Ms Poon used paper cut motifs, a popular form of Chinese art, to represent the dog in the $1 stamp. The Chinese calligraphic character for the Dog is shown in the $3 stamp. “People born under the Dog zodiac sign possess the best traits of human nature. They are intelligent, honest, loving, loyal and quick learners, who hold much of their thought process deep inside,” says Ms Poon. In China, China Post invited 99-year-old artist Zhou Lingzhao to design this year’s zodiac stamps. Zhou is noted as the portraitist of Chairman Mao Zedong on the Tian’anmen Rostrum at the founding ceremony of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Zhou is something of a legend in Chinese design circles, having led the design of China’s national emblem, the emblem of the Chinese Communist Youth League and the Medal of Liberation, not to mention being the chief designer of the second, third and fourth sets of renminbi banknotes. At the launching ceremony for the dog stamps, the aged Zhou Lingzhao did not do anything more than simply sending a New Year’s greeting. Zhou spent about one year working on this year’s zodiac stamps design. The theme for the fourth round of zodiac stamps is “happy family,” and the new stamps depict Chinese domestic dogs. 20 - Stamp News

China Post says the first stamp depicts a male dog with its chin up and its eyes straight ahead. Its two ears point upward, while its hind legs are forcefully thrust against the ground, ready to pounce on any intruders. The second stamp shows a mother lovingly gazing at its puppy. The black puppy holds its head up high and tries to stand straight. The mother and the puppy stand side by side, demonstrating maternal love. The two stamps are connected, signifying a peaceful, harmonious family, and a prosperous, flourishing nation. The characters on this year’s dog stamps used “ink-free” carving to improve the effect of the format and prevent counterfeiting. The USA released the latest stamp in its Lunar New Year series in Hawaii. The stamp, celebrating the Year of the Dog, was designed by Asian-American artist Kam Mak. It features an arrangement of lucky bamboo and a square of red paper with the Chinese character fu, meaning good fortune, rendered in calligraphy. This is the 11th special stamp in the 12 year se-

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ries, which will continue through 2019 with a stamp for the Year of the Boar. Mak, the series’ illustrator, has focused his designs on some of the common ways the Lunar New Year holiday is celebrated. Previous stamps in the series have featured dragon masks, drums, Chinese lanterns and fireworks.

Denmark gives peace a chance Reported at http://imaginepeace.com

The legendary artist Yoko Ono has for the first time designed special postage stamps. She has created the motifs of two new PostNord postage stamps, containing the strong, universal messages of “DREAM” and “SMILE”. Martin Pingel, Design Director of PostNord: “Yoko Ono is one of today’s greatest artists and a symbol of an entire generation. She has for a long time held a great desire to design postage stamps and we are incredibly proud to have given her the opportunity. With this release, Danes and tourists now have the opportunity to send greetings with Yoko Ono’s message of peace and understanding to families and friends around the world.” These are the first official stamps that Yoko Ono has created. She has chosen to design simple but

powerful messages in the form of “DREAM”, written in the middle of a yellow moon, and “SMILE” written in the middle of an orange sun, decorate each of the two stamps. Finally, the stamps are encircled by the words “We’ll meet again” and “I love you”. The stamps are published in connection with Yoko Ono’s exhibition TRANSMISSION in Copenhagen Denmark. In addition to the artworks, the show also includes 900 billboards at bus stops throughout the country, radio broadcasts and newspaper advertisements. At the exhibition, which runs until 18 February 2018, visitors can experience how the stamps have taken shape from the first loose sketches to the final editions. 84-year-old Yoko Ono has been a significant advocate of peace and human rights since the 1960s – topics that have filled a lot in her music and art. IInterestingly, in January 48 years earlier, John Lennon and Yoko Ono had flown to Aalborg in Denmark to be with Ono’s daughter Kyoko over the new year period. They stayed with Tony Cox, Ono’s second husband, and his new wife Melinde. The local press soon discovered that Lennon and Ono were living in the area, and began asking what would bring them to the Danish countryside. A press conference was therefore held on this day.

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Stamps in the News - Globally! Danish television broadcast the event, which featured both couples and Kyoko seated on a sofa in front of a Christmas tree.

The USA gives Lennon a chance Reported at www.huffingtonpost.com

A US postage stamp due out later this year is honouring the British rock legend, John Lennon, as part of the Music Icon series. He joins other stars in the series including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Ray Charles. Although born in Liverpool, Lennon made his home in New York City with wife and musical collaborator Yoko Ono until his death on December 8, 1980 at the age of 40 (He received his U.S. green card in 1976). The stamp features a photograph of the rock icon with his signature and trademark glasses. Fittingly, a peace symbol is shown between ‘USA’ and ‘Forever.’ There is no word yet on when and where the Lennon stamp will be issued on its first day of release, although it’s a good bet that a ceremony for it would take place in the Big Apple. The USPS previously honoured the Beatles on a 1999 postage stamp as part of the Celebrate the Century series. That issue depicted the classic Yellow Submarine from the Beatles animated movie

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and soundtrack. Margo’s note: The huge irony of the proposed Lennon stamp is that the US government actively tried to deport Lennon in the early 1970s. After Lennon moved permanently to New York in 1971 to escape the intense media spotlight, President Richard Nixon was hell bent on having him deported. The Nixon administration, concerned that the musician’s peace campaigning could cost Nixon re-election, tried to use a conviction for cannabis possession in London as a reason to deport him and actually served him with a deportation notice. The Watergate scandal which led to Nixon’s resignation overtook matters, the deportation attempts were dropped and Lennon was granted permanent residency in the US in 1976.

Jersey also stuck in the 60s Reported at www.sepacstamps.eu

Popular culture of the 1960s is the subject of the latest set of six stamps to be issued by Jersey Post on 26 January 2018. The second in a five part series looking at popular culture through the decades, this new stamp issue explores different aspects of 1960s culture: language, music, fashion, events, food and leisure pursuits. The concepts and designs have been created by Hat-Trick Design (London) Ltd, working with specially commissioned illustrators. The 1960s was a prominent period of large-scale socio-political change and counterculture during which people felt increasingly at-ease to express themselves through music, fashion and leisure pursuits. Young people, unencumbered by the post-war blues of rationing and austerity, embraced these aspects of the “Swinging Sixties” with enthusiasm. Flower power, music festivals and fashion were the order of the day, whilst progress in scientific discovery led to the space race and moon landings which gripped the world. In 1960s Jersey tourism was in its hey-day; accommodation and travel were affordable and duty free goods highly sought. The Miniature Sheet accompanying the stamps is illustrated by award winning illustrator and designer, Malcolm English,

Compiled by

Margo Campbell

and represents a playful interpretation of Jersey’s main shopping area, incorporating King Street and Queen Street.

When is a well not a well? When it’s a stepwell Reported at www.thehindu.com

AD The builders dug deep trenches into the earth for dependable, year-round groundwater. They lined the walls of these trenches with blocks of stone, without mortar, and created stairs leading down to the water. The majority of surviving stepwells originally served a leisure purpose as well as providing water. This was because the base of the well provided relief from daytime heat. Stepwells also served as a place for social gatherings and religious ceremonies. Usually, women were more associated with these wells because they were the ones who collected the water. Also, it was they who prayed and offered gifts to the goddess of the well for her blessings. This led to the building of some significant ornamental and architectural features, often associated with dwellings and in urban areas. It also ensured their survival as monuments.

India Post has taken a step towards keeping stepwells – indelible symbols of ancient water conservation techniques – alive in the hearts of people. The department has released stamps featuring 16 stepwells of India highlighting growing concerns over the deterioration of these iconic structures, so beloved of tourists. Stepwells are examples of the many types of storage and irrigation tanks that were developed in India, to cope with seasonal fluctuations in water availability. A basic difference between stepwells on the one hand, and tanks and wells on the other, is to make it easier for people to reach the ground water and to maintain and manage the well. The first rock-cut stepwells in India date from 200-400

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Stamps in the News - Globally! The chequered history of the world oldest working post office Reported at www.irishtimes.com

The GPO on Dublin’s O’Connell Street was around for almost 100 years before the Easter Rising and has been around for nearly a century since. It took four years to build, was opened in January 1818 and is the oldest working post office in the world. Prior to its creation, the GPO had lived a peripatetic existence, moving from Fishamble Street in Dublin to Sycamore Alley and a house opposite the Bank of Ireland in College Green, before finding its permanent home in what was then Sackville Street. It was opened in the middle of the 19th century, in

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the days before stamps or post boxes came into common usage. Delivering the mail was then a dangerous occupation and mail coachmen were frequently at risk from highway robbers. The GPO was designed by the architect Francis Johnson who also designed Nelson’s Pillar, which stood outside on O’Connell Street until it was blown up by the IRA in 1966. It remains one of the finest buildings in Dublin and its distinctive portico survived the worst shelling of Easter Week, 1916. The Easter Rising rebels paid it a back-handed compliment by occupying it instead of Dublin Castle, which was the centre of British rule in Ireland. The Irish Free State rebuilt the GPO as a matter of priority and it was reopened in 1928. The GPO has recently had its 200th anniversary and this was marked with a play by Colin Murphy performed by the Fishamble Theatre Company. It featured the actor Rory Nolan as Sir Edwards Lees. Lees was Ireland’s post office secretary, a title he inherited from his father. He lived in the GPO in some luxury with his staff. His living quarters were a source of a scurrilous pamphlet at the time. After a number of financial scandals, he was removed from his post in 1831. The Sir Edward Lees character raised guffaws among an invited audience when he predicted both the GPO and Nelson’s Pillar would be around in 100 years and in 200 years time. An Post has also issued a stamp to mark the occasion.

Australia 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge Choice *COMMERCIAL* used :

100 times more elusive than the corner CTO copies, which were given away in the Specimen packs for 15 years. Gibbons current “Part 1” Catalogue now has a note outlining this very important distinction - ‘postally used are worth much more” . The ACSC of course prices postal used at much more than CTO - ACSC $500 - 80% higher than CTO. These were printed essentially on very coarse blotting paper, and they thin and crease and scuff readily, from the heavy parcel use. And the thick huge oval rubber Melbourne Parcel Office cancels mostly found are often HORRIFIC! Clean and flat and fresh, totally free of hinges and gook, with neat dated BALLARAT Vic cds of “2 - AU - 32”. As nice as you’ll find offered anywhere for POSTAL used, with good centering as you can see. Strange FACT - I was born in Ballarat, as were Richard and Andy Juzwin, Gary Watson, and Stewart Wright - probably the 5 largest dealers in this country. $A450 (Stock 584EQ)

GB FDC 20 year run. Cat £1,500 for $A400!

20 years of GB FDCs x 485 - 1976 to 1996, all official Royal Mail - FACE alone is £503! 2 different cancels where applicable, and where offered by Royal Mail, so a totally "all different" run. SG cat is average 3 x face for FDC or used, as can readily be seen in a SG “Concise” = £1,500 cat. Nice looking lot overall. Estate lot I bought cheap today - great buy at just $A400. Complete sets, strips, mini sheets, and high values. Royal Mail of course used a machine to add addresses in this era to all FDC, according to strict regulations. The Deceased had an account with Royal Mail, and most of these were still in the sealed outers envelopes from Royal Mail Edinburgh - those he had never opened, and never been in mail, and hence clean and fresh.  Took me an hour to take them all out of the outers, and another 2 hours to add face value! These cost him WAY over £500 from Royal Mail, and is this era that was about $1,250 actual cost due to strong Sterling. Sterling was up to $A2.5 to 1 then. Brilliant and cheap lot for someone looking for an instant collection of FDC - or Fine Used. TOTALLY untouched by me - as usual - exactly as purchased from estate. Some top end goodies all here, as you can see. Gotta be a goldmine for an ebay seller on a free listing month etc? You are paying WAY under $A1 a cover, for things that often sell for $10. HEAPS more pix here - tinyurl.com/ GBFDCs - $A400 (Stock 372AJ)

British Solomon Islands 1907 Large War Canoe 2½d Orange Yellow, very fresh pair, IMPERF AT RIGHT: One the classic British Pacific stamp issues, with a true global following. The debut issue, crudely local designed, and primitively produced, these are far better than usual - clean and fresh, bright deep colour, with white MLH original gum. Been in Europe near all their life – luckily, as out here they fox badly. SG 4b is cat £12,000 - the imperf between pair of this value. One sheet of those were recorded, and one sheet with imperf at side. Only a few pairs exist globally. SG do not list imperfs one side from anywhere, but in this case, they are equally as scarce as SG 4b. $A1,875 (Stock 598AC)

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Postal Stationery Welcome to the second postal stationery column for 2018. This month’s column looks at Belgium ‘Do Not Deliver on Sunday’ postal stationery and the results of a recent auction of Danish West Indies and Icelandic postal stationery.

Belgium ‘Don’t Deliver on Sundays’ Postal Stationery

Figure 1 1893 10c Orange-Brown Lettercard with Do Not Deliver On Sunday 'Bandelette' Back in 1893, the postman delivered ‘bandelette’ (or printed box) under the impressed mail much more stamp that read ‘NE PAS LIVRER LE DIMANoften than is currently the case. In Belgium that CHE / NET BESTELLEN OP ZONDAG’, that included delivering mail on Sundays. The delivis, Do not deliver on Sunday in French and Flemery of mail on Sundays, however, was against the ish. To the left of the ‘bandelette’ was an asterisk religious beliefs of some of the people of Belgium. in brackets referring the sender to the instructions To placate those concerns, the Belgian Post Office gave people a choice of whether their mail would be “Cette inscription peut être biffée. – Dat opschrift mag doorgehaald norden” or This inscription can be delivered on a Sunday or not. crossed out in French and Flemish. In late 1893 postal stationery was issued with a People who did not want their mail delivered on a Sunday left the text untouched but if you did want

Figure 2 1898 10c Carmine Lettercard Perf 11 Light Grey Paper With 'Bandelette' Crossed Out Allowing Delivery on Sunday 26 - Stamp News

igure 3 1898 10c Carmine Lettercard Perf 12 Blue-Grey Paper with 'Bandelette' Crossed Out

Ian McMahon your mail delivered on a Sunday you crossed out the text in the ‘bandelette’. A 10c lettercard impressed with a stamp depicting King Leopold II in orange brown with a ‘bandelette’ was issued on 1 December 1893. Figure 1 shows a copy of this lettercard used from Ormeignies with the text not crossed out, indicating that the sender did not want the lettercard delivered on a Sunday. The colour of the stamp on the 10c lettercard was changed in 1898 to carmine. Figure 2 shows a copy of the 10c carmine lettercard posted from Figure 4 1894 25c Blue Foreign Postcard Used to Germany with 'Bandelette' Liege with the text crossed out, Not Crossed Out indicating that the sender was happy for the lettercard to be delivered on a Sunday. The lettercard shown is Perf 11 and on light grey paper. The lettercard was also issued Perf 12 on blue-grey paper (Figure 3). A 25c blue lettercard (Figure 4) was also issued for use to foreign countries. The stamp on the foreign rate card also included the ‘bandelette’, even though it may not have been relevant in most other countries. In 1905, 10c and 25c lettercards were issued with a new portrait of King Leopold II (Figure 5) while in 1912 lettercards bearing a portrait of King Albert I were issued. The King Albert stamp was printed on lettercards in two sizes and the ‘bandelette’ was Figure 5 1905 10c Carmine King Leopold II Lettercard

Figure 7 10c Carmine King Albert I Postcard with 'Bandelette' Crossed Out

Figure 6 1904 5c Postcard with Address Lines for Sender's Address on Left of Postcard. Stamp News - 27

Postal Stationery separated from the stamp. Postcards with ‘bandelette’ were issued in 1893-4 with a 5c grey-green domestic rate postcard with a coat-of-arms stamp being issued on 15 December 1893 and a 10c orange-brown foreign rate postcard being issued on 1 February 1894. Reply cards were also issued on the same dates. The stamp colours of these cards were changed in 1908 in line with UPU regu- Figure 8 Reverse of Postcard Issued for the 75th Anniversary Of The Independence Of lations to yellow-green Belgium Showing King Leopold I And King Leopold II (5c) and carmine (10c). Address lines for the 8) on the reverse of the cards depicting King Leosender’s name and address were added on the left of pold I and King Leopold II in brown, red-brown, the cards in 1904 (Figure 6). Postcards with a new olive, blue, green or red (5c) or in blue (10c) with stamp design of King Leopold II (similar to that the inscription 1830-1905. shown in Figure 5) were issued in 1905. Postcards Stamped envelopes were also issued with stamps with 5c heraldic lion stamps and 10c King Albert with ‘bandelettes’. The envelopes were stamped stamps (Figure 7) were issued in 1912-13. with 10c brown King Leopold II stamps (1 DecemThe 75th anniversary of the independence of Bel- ber 1893), 10c carmine King Leopold II (1901), gium was commemorated by the issuing of 5c and the revised stamp design of King Leopold II (1905, 10c postcards with a commemorative image (Figure with address lines for the sender’s name and address (1907) and with the 10c red stamp of King Albert I (1912). An Acknowledgment of receipt postcard was issued in 1897 stamped with a10c stamp of a design similar to Belgian railway parcel stamps of the period and inscribed ‘CHEMINS DER FER’.

Figure 9 1877 6c Danish West Indies Postcard used from St Thomas to Denmark. 28 - Stamp News

Ian McMahon to Denmark of the 1877 6c dull purple Postal Card (Figure 9) Facit #BK1, Cat SKr18,000 (= $A2,500). Estimated at $600, and despite exhibiting minor tone spots, this rare item sold for $5,280 (all prices include the 20% buyer’s premium), more than double the current catalogue value. St Jan is the Figure 10 Danish West Indies 2c Envelope Used to New Zealand in 1900. smallest of the major islands; mail The use of postal stationery with ‘bandelettes’ from there is eluceased on 15 October 1915. sive. An 1892 usage of a Barbados 1d Postal Card forwarded from St Thomas with light ‘ST JAN’ arrival cancel sold for $900. A 3c Envelope used from Hans von Strokirch Collection of St Jan realised $660. Danish West Indies and Iceland Destination mail is an increasingly popular Postal Stationery subject. A 2c Envelope (Figure 10) uprated in 1900 The Hans von Strokirch Collection of Danish West to New Zealand was estimated at $400 but sold for Indies and Iceland postal stationery were sold at the $900. Mossgreen Auction on 21ST November 2017. This is not the sort of subject one expects to find in an Australian sale. However, the sale was advertised internationally with lots being available for viewing at London’s Stampex in September and to Nordia in Denmark in October. The sale produced some exceptional results as Gary Watson reports below. From the Danish West Indies, the highlight was an in-period Figure 11 1889 5a postcard-size composite proof use from St Thomas Stamp News - 29

Postal Stationery The extensive Icelandic collection included a Postal Stationery section of 21 lots, all but two of which achieved at least estimate. Proofs of the First Issue Postal Card exist in a wide array of colour combinations (Figure 11). Eleven different proof cards plus two strips of three, offered in four lots, were estimated at Figure 12 Privately Added View on the Reverse of Iceland Postcard $2,250 but were bid up to $3,468. appear at auction. Hans von Strokirch had manNo scenic Postal Cards were produced by the aged to assemble a complete used set which realised Icelandic Post Office. However, a Copenhagen $11,400. businessman named Agnus Munck organised the The 1902-03 ‘I GILDI’ Overprints are a popular private overprinting of six different black & white subject. Commercially used Postal Cards are very illustrations on the reverse of 5a and 8a Postal Cards elusive. A specialised group identifying the three (Figure 12). These are very scarce items that rarely different overprint settings and including several

Figure 13 4a Printed Matter Postcard with Ship Illustration on Right 30 - Stamp News

obviously commercial usages plus two trial overprints and two with Double Overprints was estimated at $1,750 but soared to $8,400. By comparison, a mostly unused group of the ‘I GILDI’ Reply Cards sold for “only” 150% of estimate. Two philatelically used ‘I GILDI’ Reply Cards, noted as one of two and the only recorded examples, sold for $780 and $1320 respectively. Printed matter rate postal cards were utilised in Iceland. A

Ian McMahon usage at Skinnastadur. Estimated at $600, it sold for $2,880. The undated “Crown & Posthorn” cancellations are the most popular Icelandic markings. Many of them are exceedingly rare on cover. Two Christian IX 5a postal cards (Figure 15) used at the tiny settlements of ‘GRINDAVIK’ and ‘SAURBAER’ were each estimated at $1,000: they sold for $10,200 and $12,000 Figure 14 10a Postcard with 'Skst' Manuscript Cancel of Skinastad each. Not bad for cards that might have sold for less than $20 group of eight such cards, Cat SKr5,800 ($A830), each if they originated in Reykjavik. sold for $1,020. The very attractive 4a (Figure 13) It is always difficult to know if such items are with blue ship illustration at left, used locally, sold being acquired by postal stationery collectors or, for $840. In addition to the material under the Postal Statio- perhaps more likely, postal historians or collectors of postmarks. However, what is abundantly clear nery heading, many other Postal Cards were promiis that rare postal markings can send the value of nently featured in the Postal History and Postmarks humble stationery items into the stratosphere! sections. In fact, Hans von Strokirch used to interchange them between his awardwinning Postmarks and Postal Stationery exhibits. An 1893 commercial usage of a 10a Postal Card bore a “Skst” manuscript cancellation (Figure 14). Until the discovery of this item, it was believed that the originating post office was Skagastrond. However, the message here was headed “Skinastad”, proving

Figure 15 Christian IX 3a (+3a) Message Half Stamp News - 31

Looking at New Zealand Children’s Health Camps In the period after World War I, concern for disadvantaged, malnourished and potentially tuberculous children led to the formation of local committees to run short-term camps to take the children out of the cities and to provide them with country air and good food and to try to instill habits of personal hygiene and attentiveness to school work. The first such camp was organized in November 1919 by Dr Elizabeth Gunn, taking children from Wanganui to a farm for three weeks. The children’s weight gain and overall health improvement was so marked that the camp was considered an outstanding success. On the 50th anniversary of this first camp, Dr Gunn was pictured on the 1969 Health stamp (Fig. 1). Dr Gunn continued to organize camps annually through the 1920s and arranged for visits to the camps by influential medical, educational and political figures including Prime Minister Bill Massey. One influential Health Department bureaucrat was Dr Ada Paterson, head of the Division of School Hygiene. She was also a founder of the Wellington Children’s Health Camp Association and was the main force in establishing the first health camp with permanent buildings, the Raukawa Children’s Health Camp at Otaki, in 1932 (Fig. 2). Land for this camp was donated by local dignitary Byron Brown and part of the cost of building the facilities came from the sale of the first Health stamps in 1929.

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The inspiration for the Health stamps (a stamp with a surcharge which was then directed to the Children’s Health Camps) came from the Christmas charity seals sold annually in Danish post offices since 1904. That idea was later taken up by other European countries. Switzerland, with its Pro Juventute children’s fund series from 1913, changed the idea from a seal to a surcharged stamp. The credit for suggesting the idea to the New Zealand Post Office is attributed to Kirstine Nielsen, a Danish immigrant living in Norsewood. Philatelic aspects of the Health stamps will be discussed in future articles – the first, 1929, issue is pictured here (Fig. 3). By the summer of 193536 nine different regional groups were running camps in over a dozen locations and all were making applications for subsidies from the sale of Health stamps. Dr Ada Paterson’s advisory role in relation to these disparate groups enabled her in 1936 to persuade most of them to come under the aus-

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AAP8) Great Britain Stanley Gibbons One Country Album, 2 volumes, 1840 – 1970 and 1971 – 1987 absolutely as new. Housed in 2 luxury padded deep red 4 ring binders. Pre-Decimal is standard, and decimal is hingeless. New price $269.60, but now at less than 50% , price $119 CMF9) Lighthouse Australia Hingeless Albums (2) 1966 - 2000, including AAT. Superb Two Volume set on heavy duty leaves and in Black Padded Leather Grain Binders. Virtually as new, original cost $825. Price well under a half $395.

Cinderella Issues HR1/6) Hutt River Province 1986 Australian Wildflowers Original Artwork of the 6 accepted designs in full colour. Each measures 130 x 185. Unique! Price $1750 Special Offers of Papua New Guinea If you collect this territory we have excellent stocks of both mint and used. I reckon our prices to be at least 20% cheaper than other major dealers, so please let us have your wants lists. In the meantime here are some specials! PNG5) PNG 1990 Year set mint unhinged, 7 complete issues plus set of 3 Framas, price $23.50 PNG4) PNG 1997 Year Pack, Post Office fresh as issued. Complete year set of 4 sets and 3 minisheets for just $9.95 PNG14) PNG 2003 Anniv. of Powered Flight. Minisheet & sheetlet, SG 987/88 mint unhinged cat. £11, price $9.95 PNG13) PNG 2003 Tree Kangaroo sheetlet of 4 sets, SG 989/92, cat. £28, stunning price $7.95 PNG8) PNG 2003 Dolphins minisheet mint unhinged, SG MS1000, price $6.95 PNG10) PNG 2004 Dolphin surcharges blocks of 4 mint unhinged, price $4.95 PNG15) PNG 2004 Athens Olympics set of 4, mint unhinged SG 1034/7 in blocks of 4, cat. £19. Price $7.95 PNG6) PNG 2005 Frangipanis, SG 1074/9 set of 6 mint unhinged, blocks of 4 cat £42, only $19 PNG12) PNG 2005 Mushrooms minisheet SG MS 1090 mint unhinged, cat. £5.50, price $4.95 PNG21) PNG 2007 Orchids, 1st personalised stamps. 3.35K in sheet of 20 with Orchid in Tab, SG 1179, cat. £75, so cheap at only $23.95 PNG20) As above, but with Benchback Wildlife –Western Province view with bird in tab, price $23.95 PNG17) PNG 2007 Orchids, 1st personalised stamps. 5.35K in sheet of 20 with Orchid in Tab, SG 1180, cat. £120, so cheap at only $23.95 PNG18) As above, but with Port Moresby Waterfront in Tab, price $23.95 PNG19) As above, but with Lakatoi in tab, price $23.95 PNG7) PNG 2007 Contemporary Art Minisheet SG MS 1220, cat. £12.20 mint unhinged, price $8.95

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FEBRUARY SALE PNG11) PNG 2008 World Aids Day 10K Minisheet, SG MS 1285 mint unhinged. Cat. £14, price $7.95

Collections & Lots IMPORTANT! When buying collections and lots you are buying at a fraction of retail for the individual stamps. There are times when some stamps may not be perfect, we simply do not have time to check every item. We regret that we are not able to accept individual stamps or sets for return from these lots. Our 14 day guarantee covers return of complete lots for credit only against future purchases, not for a refund. CJ1) USA Collection of Mint unhinged sheetlets and se-tenant strips, 1976 – 2007 approx in Dark Blue Ring Binder housed in 68 as new Hagner pages 1 & 2 strip, new price $1.75 each. 90 items with values to $5, lots of nice thematics here and a face value of about US$400. Retail would be double that. Exchange rate at time of writing US$1 = AUD$1.29. So a retail of about $1030 plus the value of the Hagners another $120. Total retail value around $1150 for just a half. $575 the lot. CJ2) Israel in old red Springback on stock pages. Weird lot, from early coins issues to 1990’s, plus some forerunners/Cinderellas. Mixture of mint and used, some with tab. Also some booklets. Duplication in places. I know next to nothing about Israel, so could be some finds for the knowledgeable. 500 – 600 stamps all up. Got to be worth $129 CJ3) Near new Blue 32 page stockbook containing useful ranges of Mint unhinged Norfolk Island and Nauru sets 1983 - 2008, plus other oddments. Priced to sell very reasonably by now deceased part-time dealer at near $170, full retail would be $275 plus. Price inc. $30 new stockbook $129 CJ4) Papua New Guinea 1970’s - 80’s Mint unhinged dealer stock in Red Lighthouse stockbook. Fresh and clean with many good thematic sets & singles in blocks, strips etc. Retail between $2 to $4 a set, I counted 64 complete sets plus hundreds of odds. Has to be great value at $59 the lot. CJ5) Large blue stockbook, empty at front but with modest ranges of Norfolk Island and Papua New Guinea 1960’s -1970’s Mint Unhinged sets plus some used oddments. Noticed Norfolk 1968 Ships and 1970 Birds definitives complete (Retail $50 plus) counted 25 other sets besides these. Total retail would be $100 plus. $49 the lot. CJ6) Papua New Guinea 1950’s to 1982 mostly mint near complete unhinged collection in large blue stockbook. Noted 1/7d Cattle, 1964 Birds, 1966 Butterflies, 1968 Shells & 1973 Panorama Definitives. Some of the pre-decimal are lightly hinged. Counted 90 plus complete sets. Very cheap at under $1.50 per set, retail must be several times that. Price $129 CJ7) Papua New Guinea 1950’s – 2009 mostly mint unhinged with some used sets and odds in big red stockbook plus mint sheet file. Priced by now deceased part-time dealer very conservatively at over $500, plus some is not priced. Realistic retail would probably be at least $850. There are 250 – 300 complete hundreds of sets here at a rough guess. Some minor faults but largely fresh & clean lot. Price for the lot $349 CJ8) Germany 3rd Reich mainly fresh mint unhinged collection 1937 -1945

in Red Ka-Be Hingeless peg fitting album. Many, many complete sets and good degree of completeness. Values to 5RM. 400 plus stamps here, good value at $395 CJ9) Japan 1876 – 1971 in Blue Seven Seas Binder and on pages and stockcards. Lots of interesting stuff here and as I do not know much at all about this area, could be some good finds. About 750, inc. some occupation issues of Burma, China and Philippines. Strength in earlier items. Price $295 CJ10) World array inc. some nice looking China in as new padded green binder on 69 as new British Made Hagner pages 5 to 8 strip. Cost of binder and Hagners new is about $145, the stamps number 750 – 1000 and come free. $129 the lot! CJ10A) Similar to above, no China, price $119 CJ10B) Another as above $119 CJ10C) Again as above, but Blue binder. $119 CJ11) Sudan on pages 1902 – 1988 mostly postally used. Includes a fair number of S G official overprints. Not my field so this will be a bargain for someone out there! Counted 277 stamps, mostly all different. Got to be great value at $110 CJ12) USA sheetlets 1992 - 2010, on FDCs in Bulging Australia Post black padded album on 36 single strip as new Hagners. Retail approx $350 - $400, plus cost of Hagners and binders of around $85. Well under half retail at $159! CJ13) Old stockbook of used Germany mostly West with some Germanias and 3rd Reich. Duplicated ranges of Definitives inc. some Hitler heads sorted by issue and value. Condition better than usual for this type of lot, and I would be surprised if there were not some postmark interest here. Looks like 1200 plus stamps here. Must be cheap at 3c each, $36 the lot! CJ14) West Germany 1949 – 1970 absolutely Complete collection in Lindner Hingeless album. It is a mix of Mint and fine postally used, with much unmounted. Cat. at 1250 pounds plus yonks ago = over $2000 on today’s exchange rate. Opportunity to buy at under 25% cat. and the album thrown in free! Price $495 CJ15) Russia early to 1999 substantial collection in 2 Brown Lighthouse 48 page stockbooks in near new condition (Worth $100 new) Neatly organised by period. Commences early arms type postally used, then a few cto issues from the 1960s/70s. From 1980 is Mint Unhinged, with good degree of completion through to 1999. Very attractive lot. Priced at just $15 a year for the mint, the used and stockbooks come free! Price $285 CJ16) Bulgaria in Lighthouse Maroon near new 64 page padded stockbook, cost $60 new. Earlies to 2010 organised chronologically. Most are a mixture of postally and cto used, last few issues are mint unhinged. Looks like about 1000 all different. Lovely lot for just $119 CJ17) Hungary collection in 2 near new Lighthouse Blue 48 page stockbooks, worth $90 to buy today. Well organised lot, earlies are sparse, then fair ranges with a good degree of completion from 1950 onwards, cto to 1980, then mint unhinged to 1999. Lovely clean collection. About 1500 all different. Price $195 CJ18) Poland in as new Lighthouse Red 64 page stockbook, cost $60. Good

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FEBRUARY SALE ranges early to modern organised Chronologically. Postally used to 1960, then cto to about 1986. Mint unhinged to 1996. Lovely clean collection all different. Hard to assemble, price $195 CJ19) World Letter A in near new $60 Lighthouse Brown 64 page stockbook. Aden to Azerbaijan. Good ranges of Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Antigua, Argentina etc. Mix of mint & used, looks to be 2500 or so, all different. Lovely clean lot, 10c per stamp and the stockbook for free. Price $249 CJ20) World Letter C in as new Ka-be 64 page brown padded stockbook, with original protective slipcase, worth $55. Contains good ranges of Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia etc., mint & used. Would have to be around 3000 all different mint & used. Stockbook comes free, 10c each for the stamps, $295 the lot. CJ21) World Letter S in as new $60 Lighthouse Brown 64 page stockbook, with original protective slipcase. Good spread from most countries with decent Singapore, South Africa, Spain & Sri Lanka (Ceylon). 1750 – 2000 stamps here, all different, mint & used. Price $185 the lot, stockbook comes free. CO1) Worldwide collection, earlies to 1990s in 6 quality Springback Albums. A very good lot. Noted good Australia, China, Denmark, France, Germany, GB, Hungary, Ireland, India, Romania, Russia etc. Must be close to 20,000 different mostly postally used. Albums alone cost around $100 each new. Price $1495, NOW REDUCED TO $1125 CMA10) Norfolk Island, 25 different Mint Unhinged Sets $49 CMA11) Nauru, 25 different Mint Unhinged Sets $49 CMA12) Papua New Guinea, 25 different Mint Unhinged Sets $49 CMA13) Worldwide, no Australia, early to modern well presented and organised collection in 2 black padded binders on 75 Hagners as new, (cost $180) and 3000 + stamps, mainly postally used with some light duplication. Very good value at $289, NOW REDUCED TO $215 CMA15) Nicaragua 1862 – 1976 housed in Dark Blue Minkus Illustrated peg fitting album. I think this is the first collection of this country I have seen in over 30 years. Mainly mint lightly hinged it commences with the 1st set of 1862. Also some of the 1st rouletted issues. Would be 75 – 80% mint complete to 1952, then mint or used to 1976, no minisheets. This is a really cheap country to collect, and should not cost a lot to fill the gaps. Price $239, NOW Reduced TO $179 CMA21) Vast lot of World and Australia! From Deceased Estates and other sources such as charities and auctions, also private purchases. We have 12 big shipping cartons which we are breaking down into smaller lots of 10 kg. Each will contain 15 – 20,000 stamps unchecked off paper plus albums, stocksheets, stockbooks, covers, minisheets etc. Virtually all is postally used with some mint, early to modern. There really is no telling what you might find in these lots. Price per 10kg lot, inc. Post and Insurance Australia Wide, around 3c per stamp $695. Supersized double lot for $1295 (post-paid) Half lot for $375 (post extra) Remember to choose World or Australia, or a mixture of both.

CJL2) France. Mint (much unhinged) & fine used collection 1849 Imperfs – 1989 on Hagners & Hingeless pages in black binder. All items described and priced per Gibbons 2016 Stamps of the World, and with a total catalogue value of £3095, plus some first day covers not included in the pricing. Good general overall condition with some very minor duplication in places. Excellent lot for 25% of catalogue value, price $1389, Now reduced to $1050, FINAL REDUCTION $945! CJL19) Great Britain. Massive used collection/accumulation 1840 – 2007 in as new Lion Brand Dark Blue 64 page stockbook (cost $65) Bulging with around 5000 stamps from Line Engraved to present day. Very well organised chronologically. Noted Queen Victoria to 1/-, KEVI to 5/- (Both printings) KGV to 10/- (2) KGVI to 10/- (7) QEII Wildings organised by printing, then a wide range of Machin Definitives and Commemoratives, with literally hundreds of complete sets and values to £10. This really is a great lot, well worth an average of 20c per stamp. Price $1000. Now reduced to $750, FINAL REDUCTION $675! CJL20) Australia PNC covers, wide ranging lot of 40 different 1995 to 2013, each as new housed in protective heavy duty plastic sleeve. Post Office cost approx. $600, plus free the 2013 $10 Kangaroo PNC. Only one of these lots available, around $1200 retail for only $395. Now reduced to $350, FINAL REDUCTION $315! CJL27) Australia and AAT 1981 – 1992 used collection in Dark Blue Padded Seven Seas Hingeless Album. Appears complete for the period, inc. Framas & Booklets panes with many sets superb cto. Approx 185 complete sets inc. minisheets, also noted all gutter pairs inc. the scarce 70c photography. Album would have cost around $295 new, plus the stamps approx. $550, so a total value here of $845 for just $329. That’s only about $1.75 per set/ minisheet. Now reduced to $245, FINAL REDUCTION $219! CMMY2) Germany 1936 – 1954 on Hagners. Commences 1936 Brown Ribbon minisheets, mint x 7 with original interleaving. 1937 Hitler minisheet rouletted mint unhinged, Michel 648. 1948/9 British and American Zone issues used to 75 pfg, the West Berlin views to 5DM used, red & black Berlin Overprints mint & used to 84pfg. Then Berlin 1949 UPU used, Stamp Ex. Set of 3 mint, Bell with clapper central complete used etc, etc. W. Germany Heuss defins Mint Unhinged and fine used to 3DM. All in all a lovely lot. Some duplication. SG Cat. £2250. Good value at under 20% cat. Price $749. Now reduced to $559, FINAL REDUCTION $499! CMMY5) Australia 1913 – 1979 nice used collection in Dark Blue Errimar Apollo Springback Album. Commences 1913 Kangaroos x 23, values to 2/- Brown, then KGV x 4, values to 5d all wmks. & Perfs. represented. Most KGV General issues are there Including 5/- Harbour Bridge and 6d Claret Engraved Kookaburra (both Spacefillers) Vic. Cent., Macarthur set of 4, Anzac pair, 1935 Jubilee set, 1936 SA Centenary etc. KGVI near complete with 3d Blues, all dies, Robes set and all commems. QEII predecimals are 95% complete, then decimals 80% complete. Most are nice fine used. About 1000. Price $750. (For another $250 could replace the 5/- Bridge & Kookaburra with decent cto examples) Now reduced to $559, FINAL REDUCTION $499! NO55) NEWFOUNDLAND. Magnificent collection on Scott illustrated album

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FEBRUARY SALE pages covering the period 1857-1943. One of the finest and freshest lots I have had the pleasure to offer. More than £4,200 SG Cat. Value (Aus. $6,720) includes a stunning SG 11, 3 margins example 3d Green mint lightly hinged £110, SG 13 £140, SG 15 mint £350, SG 25 mint £170, SG 4043 Roulette mixed mint 1c others fine used £115, 1897 SG 66-69 Discovery and QV Diamond Jubilee, a stunning mint set £325, SG 83-90 mint £150, 1911 SG 117-27 mint £250, no rust or toning, more than 155 different stamps, various listed shades etc. A bargain as most of the early material normally sells well at half catalogue due to its rarity, as a collection this is available for just under 40% of cat. $2685. Reduced, now only $1995! FINAL REDUCTION $1795! CMF6) Christmas Is., 1958 – 2002 with pages to 2003. Mint Unhinged collection in as new Seven Seas Hingeless Burgundy Album in Padded Red Binder and Slipcase. Odd fault in a few earlies pre-decimal but generally all fresh mint unhinged. Album alone cost $175 plus and the stamps which are 99% complete, retail at $1015, a total value of $1190 for just 50%, only $595. Reduced, now only $445, FINAL REDUCTION $399! CMF8) Papua New Guinea MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION in 3 Ka – Be Hingeless Albums with Slipcases. 1990 – 2011 virtually complete, with 1995 Emergency Overprints set of 11 both mint & used etc. This is essentially a Mint Unhinged collection, plus some extras in fine used. The albums alone would have cost around $1200 plus the stamps retail value conservatively is $4600, so a total value of near $6000 for $3295. Reduced, now only $2475, FINAL REDUCTION $2225! CMF12) Great Britain QEII 1952 – 1980 in Blue Padded Lighthouse 32 black page stockbook, mint & used. Noted Phosphor Commemoratives, inc. Lifeboat, Red Cross , FFH, Cable etc. Wilding Definitives inc. Graphites with Inv. Wmks. Commem. Sets from 1953 Coronation with most sets represented in Mint & used, then HV Castles and pre-decimal Wildings mint & used sets to One Pound (approx.. 20 sets total) then Machin Definitives to 5 pounds & Britannia 10 pound x 5. Also Jersey War Time issues, Regionals, Locals of Lundy, Herm & Alderney etc. A great lot! Must be 1500 plus stamps. Price $595. Reduced, now only $445, FINAL REDUCTION $399! CMF15) France, Postal History Collection in Blue Padded Ka-Be 32 black page stockbook. Commences 1839 to 1870’s with both stamped envelopes and pre-stamp entires. 56 items, incIuding around a dozen Local Post covers. Fascinating stuff! Priced by previous owner at $1600, my price under a half at around $13 an item. Cheap buy for someone! $749. Reduced, now only $560, FINAL REDUCTION $499!

Packets and Mixtures PM61) France, lovely packet of 500 different, 1 only. Was on our mixtures list at $70, price $62.50 PM62) Ireland, 500 different, 1 only was on our packets list at $280, price to clear $210 PM63) Fish, 500 different, normally $90, one only available $79 PM64) British Commonwealth, 1000 different, mixture of mint & used.

Cheap lot and a good starter collection. Price for 500 on our packets list is $30, so this is good value at $59 PM65) Malta, recent all large mix on close clipped single paper, just received from Church Mission. Very colourful. 1 lot of 180 grams = approx 600 – 650 stamps. Price $99 PM66) Australian Territories recently collected on paper mix, well trimmed single paper. Mostly Christmas & Cocos Islands, a little AAT. Spotted values to $2. Price per 50g $55, 100g $99, 250g (1 only) $249 PM67) Australia International stamps used on piece. 100 mixed for $49 PM49) World mixture on mostly single well clipped paper. Latest lot to arrive from major charity in the UK. Could be anything from older to recent. 500g for $82.50 1kg for $157.50. PM50) Ireland, latest arrived mission mix from a new source in the “Emerald Isle” Better clip than usually seen from this popular country. Lots of stuff we have never seen before inc. a lot of Wildlife issues, plus high values to 1.25 Euros. 500g for $49, 1kg for $89 PM51) South Africa Mission mix on close clipped single paper. Sold as received. Cheaper than previous lot, was $79 per kg, now only $33 for 500g, $63 per kg. PM42) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroos, bulk lot off paper, unchecked for Dies, Varieties, Postmarks etc. 100 for $59, 250 for $139, 500 for $265, 1000 for $495 PM43) Western Australia bulk lot of letter rate Swans 1d & 2d values. Unchecked for shades, perfs, varieties, postmarks etc. Mainly off paper, a few on piece. 100 for $59, 250 for $139, 500 for $265, 1000 for $495 PM45) Papua New Guinea off paper mixture, mostly 1960’s – 1980’s but some more recent. Good for postmark hunters! Price per 50g $62.50, per 100g $119 PM47) Australia WIDE RANGE BUDGET ON PAPER MIX. As received from Churches & Charities around Australia. Covers a wide period mainly from 2000 to recent. Also a few Foreign may be present. Our top selling recent mixture is selling well at $89 per kg, but if you want better variety at a cheaper price this is the lot. Under 1 cent per stamp! 1kg for $44.50, 2.5kg for $99, 5kg for $195, 10kg for $379, 20kg for $695 PM25) Australia, off paper. Contents of a shoebox ex deceased estate. Must be close to 15,000 stamps here dating from 1913 with a few Kangaroos and KGV to quite recent with many higher values, Internationals etc. noted. Huge variety here and at about 2c per stamp. Price $295. PM26) Similar lot to the above, but Worldwide, same price $295 PM27) Contents of a Brown Paper carrier Bag of World on paper, overall weight 2.15kg. Looks like a decent mix, early to modern. Brought in by Catholic Charity. Price $249 PM33) Australia unpicked charity mix, modern lot on close clipped paper with issues to end of 2015. A few high values noted here and there, and Commems. to 70c. We were selling this at $89 per kg, but just have around 10kg to clear at half price. Price per kg $44.50, 2.5kg for $99, 5kg for $195 or take the lot for $379

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FEBRUARY SALE MAP10) Worldwide contents of a Box File. A super quality lot of World on Paper, early to recent, from Deceased estate, could be anything here, good variety with some better values. Around 1.5kg, must be 6000 stamps for $179 MAP11) As above, but mainly Australia. Price $129

Great Britain 1840 1d Blacks PB22) GB 1840 1d Intense Black SG1, plate 1b. Nice 4 margin example with neat red Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered J-K. Bright fresh looking stamp. Cat. £525. Price $649 PB23) GB 1840 1d Black SG2, plate 1b. Nice 4 large margin example with red Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered M-C. Nice looking stamp. Cat. £375. Price $469 PB24) GB 1840 1d Intense Black SG1, plate 2. Nice 4 large margin example with tidy red Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered P-A. Also with variety “P doubled” Very fresh looking stamp. Cat. £525. Price $649 PB25/26) GB 1840 1d Black SG2, plate 2. Nice 4 large margin example with neat red Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered L-L, and with matching lettered plate 2 1d Red Brown (SG7) on piece, 4 margins and black Maltese cross. Scarce and hard to find. Cat. £700. Price $895 PB27) GB 1840 1d Black SG2, plate 4. Nice deep colour, tending towards Intense Black. 4 margin example with red Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered K-E. Attractive stamp. Cat. £375. Price $469 Other Great Britain BD222) Great Britain 1855 4d Small Garter, white paper, SG62b Fine Used. Rare stamp, and under-catalogued at £1100. Bargain Price $445 BD329) Great Britain 1855 4d Small Garter, white paper, SG62b Very Fine Used, cancelled by clean strike of barred numeral 88. Rare stamp, and under-catalogued at £1100. Bargain Price $695 BD339) Great Britain 1874 5/- Rose, plate 2, SG 127 On piece. Lovely looking stamp on small piece cancelled by clean strike of EC 2 Barred number. Possibly a closed tear at top. Nevertheless a nice looking piece, cat. £675. Selling as is at under 10% cat. Price $110 BD340) Great Britain 1880 1/- Orange Brown, SG 151 plate 13. Fine used example cancelled by clearly struck cds barred numeral 105. Lettered H- J, J – H. Well centred with full perfs. Premium stamp! Cat GB SG62b 4d Small garter white paper1400 inc. 100% premium for lightly cancelled well centred. Well priced at around 20% cat. $479 BD349) Great Britain 1881 6d Surcharge SG 162a. Variety “Dots slanting down to right” Cancelled by barred Numeral 42. Lettered J – S, S – J. cat. Tiny closed tear at top. £450. Priced cheaply at only 10% cat. $77.50 BD403) Great Britain 1883 2/6d Lilac on Blued Paper, SG 175. Lovely well centred, full perf example lettered H – K, K – H. Late usage, cancelled by Continental Night Mail cds of AU 21 96. Much nicer than most of these that you see, no creases, thins, rubbing or crayon marks! Cat. £1500, plus 50% premium for well centred, lightly used. Price $825

GB112) As above, another as above, with double ring cds, date unclear. Lettered C- F, F – C. Price $775 GB113) Great Britain 1883 10/- Ultramarine on Blued paper, SG 177. Lovely well centred example lettered G – G. , perfs slightly ragged at top and trimmed at lower left. Cancelled by neat corner Frampton squared circle of SP 25 87. 96. Much nicer than most of these that you see, no creases, thins, rubbing or crayon marks! Cat. £8250, plus 50% premium for well centred, lightly used. A great price, only 10% cat. $1485 GB114) As above, this one centred high, lettered G – H, H – G. Cancelled by barred cancel “L.S. 6”. Perfs slightly trimmed at base. Cheap at only 7.5% cat. $1100 GB109) Great Britain 1883 9d Dull Green, SG 195 Vertical Pair Used in Ireland! Cancelled by Duplex of Armagh dated AU 19 84. A stunning and rare piece, never seen by us before. Multiples of this stamp are rare, used in Ireland are impossible! Full perfs, good colour, minor stain & wrinkle to top left in no way detracts. Cat. £480 for a single stamp, £2250 for a block of 4. Price $1725 BD221) Great Britain 1902 5/- both De la Rue Shades in nice used condition with circular cancels. SG 263 & 264 Bright Carmine and Deep Bright Carmine. Nice for comparison. Both well centred with full perfs. Cat. £440. Price $149 the two. GB118) Great Britain 1929 PUC £1 Black SG 438. Iconic St. George and Dragon design, superb used. Small partial cds cancel to lower right corner. Well centred and full perfs. Lovely item. Price $950 GB110) Great Britain 1929 PUC £1 Black SG 438. Iconic St. George and Dragon design. A must have for any GB collector, this one is sound used with heavier Registered Cancel of 23rd JAN 37. Originally one of a pair or block. Cat. £550, price $475 GB111) As above another from the same pair or block, with portions of 3 cancels, price $445 MMY1) Great Britain 1958 1st DLR Set of 4 Values Sg 536a-9a MINT UNHINGED top marginal examples. Superb and perfect beautifully fresh, well centred and with good perfs. Premium quality. Cat. £600. Price $795 DB684) GB 1996 Christmas 43p, Missing Gold used on piece. Found in Kiloware, with normal for comparison. Entirely genuine, with no tampering or evidence that the gold was ever there. Previously unrecorded. Magnificent error. Price $1665

Australian States New South Wales NSW1) NSW 1851 2d Ultramarine Sydney View SG 34. Very fine used 4 margin example of type B from plate 4. Cancelled by barred numeral 46 of Gundagai. Price $189 NSW4) NSW 1875 small re-addressed cover to Aldershot Camp. Bears 6d QV Bright Mauve, SG 216 Endorsed “via. San Francisco” in Manuscript and tied by Sydney Duplex of JA 15 75, and with arrival cds on face of Farnbor-

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FEBRUARY SALE ough (Hants) Station MR 8 75. Also reverse cds of Aldershot Camp of the same date, and of Chatham Kent the following day. Addressed to Colonel Jfy. Kent of 77th Reg’t at Aldershot Camp and re-addressed to Exeter Devon. The 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot was a line regiment of the British Army, raised in 1787. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 57th Regiment of Foot to form the Duke of Cambridge's Own in 1881. Nice scarce military item. Price $179

Queensland Q1) Queensland 1860 1d Carmine Rose Imperf Chalon Head, SG1. Near 4 margin fine used example, just into at left. Cat. £800, price $395 Tasmania T2) Tasmania 1861 (24 Jul) most attractive small envelope from Launceston to Hobart with 1857-60 4d Blue Imperforate Chalon (massive margin at left, with portion of adjoining stamp) tied by lovely crisp '52' numeral of Launceston, with 'PREPAID' despatch and arrival handstamps in red – both the circular and Diamond type, the despatch one a superb strike and neatly “ties” the stamp to cover. SG 37 SG Cat “From £140” on cover. Lovely little piece. $249 Victoria V15) Victoria 1855 6d Too Late stamp, SG 33. Stunning huge 4 even margin example cancelled by light barred numeral leaving Queen’s head clear. Price $375 V21) Victoria 1893 small cover to House of Commons, London. Bears 2 x 1d QV SG 332a, cancelled by Melbourne duplexes of JE 13 93, and with arrival cds on reverse of London S.W. JY 17 93. Addressed to James Hogan MP. James Francis Hogan MP (29 December 1855 – 9 November 1924) was an Irish history professor at University College Cork, author and Member of Parliament for Mid Tipperary between 1893–1900. Born in County Tipperary in 1855, to Rody and Mary Hogan, he had one sister, Margaret. The family emigrated to Melbourne in 1856, when he was at the age of 1, and lived in Geelong, attending St. Mary's Catholic School there, before a year at St Patrick's College, Melbourne. He graduated and began to teach in 1872. He began writing in local newspapers on Catholic topics, before later editing the Victorian Review. Joining the Victorian Catholic Young Men's Society in 1884 he admired the legacy of Daniel O'Connell and campaigned to erect a memorial to him. He published works on the Irish colonisation of Australia, including “The Gladstone Colony: An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History and The Irish in Australia” in the late 1880s. He then returned to England, and in 1893 was elected unopposed to the House of Commons as MP for Mid Tipperary. He served as secretary of the Colonial Party under Sir Charles Dilke. Following retirement as an MP in 1900, he moved to Ireland to teach at the University College, Cork. There, he became associated with the Blueshirt movement, advocating a Christian democracy which clashed with the more right-wing aims of their leader Eoin O'Duffy. He remained unmarried at his death, and was survived by his sister. Great historical piece, price $249

Western Australia WA11) Western Australia 1902 2d Slate Blue Lettercard, text on reverse, H & G LC 3 cancelled to order by UPU 4 ring cancel. Fine and fresh, price $100 WA12) Another as above, in a slightly deeper shade. Price $100 DB497) Western Australia 1902 2/- Bright Red on Yellow, perf 11, SG 134. Nice fine used example with partial SEP 03 cds cancel. Centred slightly low, with good perfs. Cat. £180, price $119 WA6) Western Australia 1907 2d Ultramarine Lettercard, text on reverse used Perth - Sweden and cancelled by Perth cds of 1 AU 07. H & G LC4. Selvedge intact. Fine and scarce, price $195 Australia Postal History BD234) Australia 1914 small neat cover bearing 2.5d 1st wmk Kangaroo, Perth to USA. Franked by Machine canceller of 2 JUL 14. Cat. $150 on cover, this is way nicer than usually seen. Price $129 LM134) Australia 1915 small OHMS cover for Government Railways NSW to Somerset House London. Bears 1d Red Kangaroo…DRY INK…not recorded in ACSC and perf. OS NSW. Cancelled by Redfern NSW cds of 3 AP 15. Fine and rare, price $295 LM121) Australia 1916 small censored re-addressed cover to Germany, Via Switzerland. Mail for Germany from Australia & other countries was routed via Switzerland on a fee for service basis. Generally the letter was enclosed with the fee of 10/- or so for onwards consignment under new cover. Bears 2nd wmk 2.5d Indigo Kangaroo, tied by Smithfield NSW cds of OC 5 1916, and with St. Moritz arrival cds of 23.XI.16 on front and reverse, together with Ruvigliana receiving cds on the next day for the re-direction. Black print “Opened By Censor” tape at left. A very rare survivor. Price $210 DB526) Australia 1922 small Taxed cover to USA. Bears 1d Violet & 2d red single wmk. KGV tied by cds of Watersleigh NSW 15DE22 to Washington USA. Additionally T2d in Blue Crayon, with NSW T30 in Shield shape handstamp and with two line “U.S. CHARGE TO COLLECT 6 cents” Attractive and scarce, price $159 LM98) Australia 1923 late fee cover Tasmania – USA. Bears 4d Dull Blue KGV Head, ACSC 112C (3d Postage & 1d Late Fee) Cancelled by Launceston machine cancel of 24MAR23. Some minor damage to LH corners. Scarce stamp on cover. Price $129 BD677) Australia 1924, superb small commercial (NOT 1st flight) Aerial Mail cover to W. D . & H. O . Wills Ltd. (Tobacco & Cigarette Company) Perth, W. A. Bears 4.5d Violet Single Wmk KGV Head, tied by cds of Carnarvon, W. A. 30 MR 24, and with incorrectly dated received stamp in violet of 1 APR 1925. (Some April foolery?) “AERIAL MAIL” straight line handstamp on front. Neat clean hand addressed cover , with “Copperplate” handwriting. (Cover has been opened on 3 sides) Carnarvon is some 900 km from Perth, so 2 days delivery time from posting is quite remarkable for the period. A scarce and attractive item. Price $389 LM130) Australia 1923 small cover to USA bearing 2d Pink, UNSURFACED

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FEBRUARY SALE PAPER, ACSC 96E and horizontal pair Halfpenny Orange KGV Heads. Cancelled BY CDS OF Albury 27? DE 23. The unsurfaced paper is a scarce stamp, catalogued at $150 used, unlisted on cover. Nice clean cover, flap is missing. Price $495 DB543) Australia 1929 Small Registered Cover to Yugoslavia. Bears KGV Halfpenny Orange single wmk x 3, plus 1d, 1.5d & 2d Brown Small Multi. Wmk. Perf 13.5 x 12.5 to make correct registered rate of 6d. All are tied by cds of Cumborah NSW 24SE29, and with red Cumborah Reg’d label No. 552. Reverse bears arrival markings of Sydney Registered cds 25SE29 and of Ljubljana in red, date not legible. A very rare destination, with equally rare franking. Price $465 APH11) Australia 1929 Long OHMS Registered Cover Stamp Duties Office Melbourne to Colac Vic. Bears solo use 4.5d Violet single wmk KGV Head perf. OS cancelled by Elizabeth St. Melbourne cds of 31 AU 29 plus Red Reg’d label type R6 of Elizabeth St. No. 3832. Reverse has Melbourne Registered cds of 2 SE 29 and arrival cds of Colac of the same date. Cover is fine, has been opened 3 sides for display. Scarce stamp on cover, cat. $400, price $239 APH99) Australia 1930 small airmailed Sturt FDC, Darwin – Melbourne. Sturt pair cancelled by Darwin cds 3JE30 being the 1st day of issue in the Northern Territory. Arrival cds on reverse of Postal Hall Melbourne 12JE30. Clean neat typed address. Rare! Price $195 DB506) Australia 1931 small cover surface mail to India, accidental FDC! Bears 2d & Horizontal pair of 3d Kingsford Smiths, to pay 8d rate. Slit open at left. Tied by SHIP MAIL ROOM, MELBOURNE cds of 19MR31, and with Bombay arrival cds on reverse of 5APR31. Superb example of an accidental first day cover. Price $210 APH102) Australia 1931 Kingsford Smith set on small plain FDC to India, addressed to Rev. H. Westropp, East India Railways, Jamalpore and readdressed to Jhapha (Jhapha is a Village in Bochahan Block in Muzaffarpur District of Bihar State, India) Cancelled by Sydney cds of 19MR31 and with arrival cds of Jhahja 7 APR 31. Small tape repair at right and very minor tear at top, not affecting stamps. Rare survivor! Price $279 APH100) Australia 1935 Legal Size cover bearing solo usage of 9d MacArthur to New York. Cancelled by Sydney No. 5 machine cancel of M R 5 1935 and endorsed “S.S. Maripooa” Company received handstamp of MAR 27 1935, not a bad trip for those days, 3 weeks to New York by Steamer! Very rare on commercial cover. Price $549 APH97) Australia 1938 Airmail Advertising cover with 5/- Kangaroo. Tait Bros. Comedy Theatre Melbourne Contract Envelope to Berlin, bearing 5/Grey & Yellow Orange C of A wmk Kangaroo plus 1/6d Hermes and 4d Olive KGV making the 2oz Airmail letter rate plus 1d late fee. Cancelled by single Melbourne Late fee cds of 22MR38. Neat typed address. Some toning at top affecting the 5/- & 4d stamps. Very scarce usage. Price $329 LM127) Australia 1942 Airmail Registered Censor cover to New Zealand, with 5.5d & 3.5d Surcharges. Bears 5.5d Emu plus the two surcharge stamps. Cancelled by Rialto, Melbourne cds of 17 AP 42. Registered Melbourne cds of the same date and Sydney GPO AIR cds of the following day. Has red printed censor tape at left and Diamond shape passed by censor 24

in purple. Surcharges on commercial cover are very rare. Price $149

Inwards Mail DB333) Johore - Melbourne, 1941 Small Salvation Army printed and inscribed with Red Shield and Map of Australia, "RED SHIELD HUTS for Australian Troops" Military Censor cover. Bears 2 x 1c, 4 x 2c & 3 x 5c (25c total) definitives of Johore franked with AIF Field P.O. 19 cds of 13SE41. Also Violet Triangular Censor Cachet No. 501, signed. Addressee is at State Taxation Office, Melbourne and sender details on reverse reads "VX 31751 Pte. R.J. Hughes, HQ Coy. 2/9 Field Ambulance, AIF. MALAYA. Clean and attractive, 1 x 5c stamp has damaged corner, mentioned for accuracy only and does not detract from fine appearance. Price $129 LM8) Bahamas - Sydney 1948 Long Registered OHMS envelope, sent by airmail. Bears 2d & 2.5d definitives of KGVI franked by cds of Nassau 19MAR48, and with blue Nassau Reg'd Label No. 0678. with cachet at left "WAR ECONOMY RE-USE OF ENVELOPES - Open by slitting along flap edge" Neat typed address and with arrival cds's of Miami MAR 23 1948, San Francisco MAR 27 1948, Sydney 28 MY 48 and Edgecliff 29MY48. Not a bad turnaround time for those days and probably started its journey by Flying Boat. Very attractive piece, price $129 Australia Kangaroos K304) Australia 1913 Halfpenny Pale Green Kangaroo cto. Attractive used example nicely centred. Couple of nibbed perfs. Cancelled by Melbourne cto of DE 3 13. Cat. $50, price $24 K302) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroo Die II “Extra Island off Tasmania”. Well centred good perf. example cancelled by July 1913 cds of Melbourne. ACSC3(E)d. Cat. $400, price $295 K224) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroo, perf small OS, Die IIA. Lovely fresh mint lightly hinged, well centred and with full perfs. ACSC 4Aba Cat. $100, price $75 K191) Australia 1913 1d Deep Red Kangaroo, Swys wmk. Very fine used example, nicely centred with full perfs. Cancelled by partial Queensland cds . This is from Die 2 with crown pointing right when viewed from the front of the stamp. ACSC 3Daa, cat. $500. Very nice example, price $349 K306) Australia 1913 3d Olive 1st wmk Kangaroo Die II. Attractive used example well centred. A few ragged perfs at top otherwise fine. Cancelled by partial cds to left. Cat. $400, price $195 K210) Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo, cto without gum. Well centred with just one short perf top right and tiny grease spot to left of Roo’s head. Cat. Min. $100, budget price $24 K222) Australia 1913 4d Orange Analine Kangaroo perf. large OS. Neat steel cds of 1915 to right. Nicely centred with good perfs. ACSC 15B Cat. $275 as normal, large OS is x 2. Price $385 K223) Australia 1913 4d Orange Yellow Kangaroo perf. large OS. Neat cds of Queensland to left. Nicely centred with good perfs. ACSC 15E Cat. $250 as normal, large OS is x 2. Price $349

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FEBRUARY SALE ML416A) Australia 1913 6d Ultramarine 1st wmk. Kangaroo, unused. Has been expertly re-gummed. Centred left with good perfs. Nice spacefiller, cat $875 as unhinged. Price $49 K130) Australia 1913 10/- - £2 1st wmk. Kangaroos, ovpt. Specimen. The 10/- is a superb example, with neat strike of the overprint, well centred and with good perfs, mng. The £1 is fresh original gum, centred high and with a few minor perf. faults. The £2 is centred a little high with 1 pulled perf. at top mng. Attractive set, up to $2000 or more elsewhere. Price $1595 K131) Australia 1913 1st wmk. Kangaroos fine used set to 1/-Retail $220, my price $169 K127) Australia 1913 1st wmk. Kangaroos fresh mint original gum set to 5/-. Price elsewhere $1825, my price $1435 DB518) Australia 1913 – 46 Kangaroos, simplified used set to 2/-. Has both colours of the 6d & 2/-. Nice basic starter Kangaroo Collection, most are 1st watermark. Retail for fine used is approx. $200. Price $69 K308) Australia 1913 2d Grey 1st wmk. Kangaroo THIN PAPER. Well centred and cancelled Launceston Tas. Cds of 22SE14. Has a few nibbed perfs, but almost unavoidable given the softness of the paper. Cat. $200 as mint, no used price list. Price $149 K303) Australia 1913 2.5d Indigo 1st wmk. Kangaroo cto with gum. Centred high with full perfs and cancelled Melbourne DE 13 cds, probably the 3rd. $80, price $49 DB516) Australia 1913 6d Ultramarine 1st wmk Die IIa Kangaroo “Substituted Cliché”. CDS used example with dated Spencer Street, Melbourne Late Fee cancel of 1 DE 14. ACSC 17(1) ja, cat. $4500. Well centred, with fluffy perfs. Listed by Gibbons as SG 9b. A nice dated stamp from the November 1913 printing. Price $3450 K256) Australia 1913 2/- Brown 1st wmk Kangaroo. Well centred cto with generally good perfs. 1` slightly nibbed at base. Cancelled by Melbourne 3 DE 13 cds. Cat. $300 Price $179 K106) Australia 1913 2/- Brown 1st wmk Kangaroo. Well centred fine used example with good perfs. cancelled by light Perth Registered oval cancel of May 21 1915. Price $119 K115) Australia 1913 Grey & Yellow 5/- 1st wmk Kangaroo, postally used. Some perf faults at left, but well centred and neat Stock Exchange cds. Cat. $350, price $169 K208) Australia 1915-16 2nd wmk. Kangaroos set to 2/- (6) Very Fine Used, cds. Cat. $645 in ACSC. Other dealers’ retail for regular fine used $390, Premium examples.. My price $365 K209) Australia 1915-16 2nd wmk. Kangaroos set to 2/- (6) Good to Fine Used. Cat. in ACSC $645, My price $195 K311) Australia 1915 2d Grey 2nd wmk. Kangaroo Horiz. Strip of 4.Nice clean strip centred left, with generally goods perfs, couple are nibbed. Cancelled by Registered cds of Sydney, 17JE15. Scarce in multiples. Cat. $80 as singles, price $59 K307) Australia 1915 1/- Analine Green 2nd wmk. Kangaroo. Fine used

example of this rare shade Cancelled by partial cds to right. Centred reasonably well, a little to the right. Has jumped perf at base making this a larger than usual stamp. ACSC 31E Cat. $500, price $375 K340) Australia 1915 2/- Light Brown 2nd wmk. Kangaroo. Fine used, well centred and full perfs. Cancelled by blue Brisbane cds. Cat. $350, price $175 K305) Australia 1915 2/- Light Brown 2nd wmk. Kangaroo. Fine used, well centred and generally good perfs. Couple nibbed at base. Cancelled by cds. of St. Kilda, Vic. Cat. $350, price $149 K339) Australia 1915 Deep Grey & Yellow 5/- 2nd wmk Kangaroo. Well centred full perf good used example cancelled by 2 partial cds of Outer Harbour Sth. Australia. Cat. $675, very cheap at $165 K227) Australia 1915 3d Pale Olive 3rd wmk. Kangaroo Die II perf OS. Nicely centred example with good perfs. and cds cancel of Sth. Australia . ACSC 13Bba, cat. $200, price $129 K129) Australia 1915 – 24 10/- - Two Pounds Specimen Ovpts. 10/- is type B, superb fresh well centred and full perfs, no gum. One Pound is type C centred to top left, good perfs. Light overall gum toning. Two pound is type C centred a little low with good perfs, overall even gum toning. Normally $790, price $619 K213) Australia 1915 3d Olive Kangaroo Die I, 3rd wmk. Inverted, perf OS. Good perf. example with cds cancel centred low. ACSC Cat. $450 ($150 x 3 for OS) Retail $360, Price $275 K310) Australia 1915 3d Yellow Olive Kangaroo 3rd wmk, Die II pair with variety. Fine postally used horizontal pair with Reg’d cds of Sydney 8MR17. Well centred and mostly good perfs, scarce in multiples. Left stamp has the variety “White flaw over T of 3” ACSC 13B (1)d Cat $450 & $200, price $429 DB686) Australia 1915 3d Olive Kangaroo 3rd wmk, Die II. Fine postally used with cds of Moonee Ponds, Vic. July 1918. Cat $200, price ML417) Australia 1915 6d Die II Ultramarine 3rd wmk. Kangaroo. Mint hinged with lightly toned gum, centred to upper right. Has full perfs. Cat. $225, price $69 K260) Australia 1916 2/- Greyish Brown 3rd wmk. Kangaroo. Attractive well centred example of this scarce shade with full perfs and cds cancel. ACSC 37H Cat. $200, price $149 K293) Australia 1916 2/- Greyish Brown 3rd wmk. Kangaroo perf. OS. Attractive well centred example of this scarce shade with full perfs and light cds cancel. ACSC 37Hba Cat. $200 as normal plus 100% for perf OS. Price $295 K255) Australia 1924 2/- Maroon 3rd wmk Kangaroo fine used. Well centred with full perfs and corner Melbourne cds cancel. ACSC 38A, cat. $60, price $39 K83) Australia 1918 5/- Grey Black & Pale Yellow, 3rd wmk. Fine postally used example from right of sheet with neat Williamstown, Vic. Partial cds to left. Full perf. well centred, with slightly fluffy perfs. Cat. $225, Price $129 K173) Australia 1918 5/- Grey & Chrome Kangaroo 3rd wmk. ACSC 44A, fine used. Well centred and with good perfs, cancelled by cds of Geelong Vic. 18NO19. Nice misplaced wmk. variety with part at top and part at bottom of stamp. Cat. $225, price $159

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FEBRUARY SALE K174) Australia 1918 5/- Grey Black & Yellow-Orange Kangaroo 3rd wmk. ACSC 44B, fine used. Well centred and with generally good perfs couple at base are nibbed. cancelled by partial cds of Exchange? Vic. 2nd Hardest of all shades for this wmk. Cat. $275, price $175 K338) Australia 1918 5/- Grey Black & Yellow-Orange Kangaroo 3rd wmk. ACSC 44B, good used. Well centred and generally good perfs, one at top is nibbed. Cancelled light parcel roller cancel leaving Kangaroo clear. Vic. 2nd Hardest of all shades for this wmk. . Nice misplaced wmk. variety with part at top and part at bottom of stamp. Cat. $275, cheap price $89 K176) Australia 1918 5/- Grey & Pale Yellow Kangaroo 3rd wmk. ACSC 44D, fine used. Centred high, cancelled by central cds (socked on nose)of Abbotsford Vic. A few nibbed perfs. Cat. $225, price $125 K177) Australia 1917 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo, ACSC 48A, fine used. Well centred and good perfs. Cancelled by registered cds of Sydney. Cat. $500, price $349 K178) Australia 1917 10/- Grey & Deep Analine Pink 3rd wmk. Kangaroo, ACSC 48B, fine used. Centred low and a couple of nibbed perfs. From base of sheet. Cancelled by partial cds top left. Cat. $375, price $225 DB503) Australia 1920 1/- Bright Blue Green 1/- Kangaroo Die IIB, OS Imprint Pair. Wonderfully fresh looking pair of this scarce shade. The stamps are fresh, well centred and with full perfs., hinged only in the central gutter. Also has unrecorded retouch to shading around “ONE” on right hand stamp. Cat. For a single unhinged stamp is $450, plus the value of the imprint. Price $750 K238) Australia 1921 6d Pale Ultramarine 3rd wmk. Kangaroo Die 2B with variety “Dry Ink” ACSC 20Aca. Fresh mint lightly hinged. Centred right with full perfs. Cat. $400, price $279 K83) Australia 1918 5/- Grey Black & Pale Yellow, 3rd wmk Kangaroo. Fine postally used example from right of sheet with neat Williamstown, Vic. Partial cds to left. Full perf. well centred, with slightly fluffy perfs. Cat. $225, Price $129 K338) Australia 1918 5/- Grey Black & Yellow Orange, 3rd wmk Kangaroo. Postally used example with misplaced watermark, cancelled by light parcel roller leaving Kangaroo clear. Centred left with just one nibbed perf at top. Scarce shade Cat. $275, Price $89 K82) Australia 1918 5/- Grey Black & Yellow Orange Kangaroo, 3rd wmk. Perf OS cancelled to order example from top of sheet, with selvedge also showing the OS perfin. Full perf. fresh never hinged gum example of this scarce shade. Price $224 K341) Australia 1919 £2 Purple – Black & Crimson Kangaroo Mint Unhinged Specimen, Type C with shaved P. ACSC 56Cxf. Fresh mint unhinged with full perfs, centred left. Indicative cat. for MUH $2600, price $1950 K120) Australia 1924 £1 Grey Kangaroo 3rd wmk. Fine used. Centred a little high, with reasonably good perfs. Cancelled by partial cds of Spencer Street, Melbourne. Cat. $500, price $295 K216) Australia 1929 1/- Deep Blue Green sml. multi . wmk. Kangaroo ACSC 34B. Socked on nose by cds of Meekatharra, W.A. OC 3 31. Nice full perf. well centred example. Cat. $75, price $49

K217) Australia 1929 2/- Pale Maroon sml. multi . wmk. Kangaroo ACSC 39C. Cancelled by Parcel Post steel cds of 5 OC 32. Nicely centred with full perfs. Cat. $100, price $49 K273) Australia 1929 2/- Maroon sml. multi. wmk. Kangaroo cto unhinged with gum. ACSC 39Aw. Cancelled by Melbourne cds of at top right. Centred to top right. Cat. $125 price $59 K81) Australia 1929 5/- Grey & Yellow Orange Kangaroo, small multiple wmk. Perf OS cto. Has broken coast near Sydney, and elongated Spencer Gulf. ACSC 44(D)f, full perfs, centred to top left. Cat. $450, nice fresh looking stamp. Price $269 K181) Australia 1929 5/- Grey & Yellow Orange sml. multi. wmk. Kangaroo perf. OS cto with gum. Lovely example, full perfs. centred high. Small corner cto cds at upper right. ACSC 45Awb Cat. $250 Price $135 K219) Australia 1932 9d Violet C of A wmk. Kangaroo, cto without gum. Lovely example, nicely centred and full perfs., corner Melbourne cto to top right. Cat. $25, price $19 K269) Australia 1935 2/- Maroon C of A wmk Kangaroo cto unhinged with full gum. Fresh example with full perfs, centred top left. Cat. $25, price $19 K275) As above without Gum, price $15 K113) Australia 1932 10/- Grey Black & Pale Rose Crimson Kangaroo C of A wmk, ACSC 50C cat $450. Well centred very fine used full perf example with partial cds at lower left. Price $275 K116) Australia 1932 10/- Grey Black & Analine Pink Kangaroo C of A wmk, ACSC 50D cat $750. Centred to left, with a couple of missing perfs at top. Cancelled by BENDIGO Vic. Cds. Colour suffuses strongly through to the back. Rare shade. Price $249 K186) Australia 1932 10/- Grey Black & Pale Rose Crimson Kangaroo C of A wmk, ACSC 50C cat $450. Well centred very fine used full perf example with light central cds. Price $275 K187) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo C of A wmk, ACSC 50A cat $275. Very fine used full perf example centred left with light cds. Price $175

Australia KGV Heads We currently have a wide range of KGV Shades, Varieties and Imprint Blocks. Please let us know your interests G158) Bundles Galore! KGV Head Bundles from a deceased estate. Mostly tied with cotton, some with a paper band. In neat bundles of 100 + Unchecked by us for wmks, perfs, varieties shades etc. There may be some perf OS in the normal bundles. b)Halfpenny Orange $90, c )perf OS $135 d) 1d Green $30, e) perf OS $75 g) 1.5d Red perf OS $30 h) 2d Brown $225 j) 2d Red $30, k) perf OS $75

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FEBRUARY SALE l) 3d Blue $110, m) perf OS $150, q) 4d Olive $110 s) 5d Brown $110 u) Any 3 bundles less 5% v) any 5 bundles less 10% w) ANY 10 BUNDLES LESS 15% G23) Australia 1913 KGV 1d Engraved with nice Kiss Print. Not catalogued as used, priced at $1000 for mint and we recently achieved full catalogue for an unhinged one. Cancelled by cds of NSW 1 AP 14, Town unclear. ACSC 59ca Price $795 G112) Australia 1913 – 26 KGV heads single wmk set fresh mint. Includes one of each value and colour to 1/4d. 20 stamps, normal retail $725, price $569 G87) Australia 1914 KGV 1d Carmine Red ACSC 71A Plate 1 (i) Pane 2, position 56. Die II mint hinged, cat $750, well centred with good perfs. Price $410 G102) Australia 1914 KGV 1d Carmine Red ACSC 71Aka Plate 2 substituted cliché fine used, centred to right, with Tasmanian machine cancel, one nibbed perf to tope left. Cat $150, $110 G135) Australia 1915 KGV 4d Buff Orange, wmk. inv. Horiz. Pair. One stamp lightly hinged, the other unhinged. Fresh gum, with a few wrinkles on the unhinged stamp. Full perfs. Centred high. ACSC 110Fa. Indicative cat. price is $560, Price $279 G50) Australia 1918 KGV Halfpenny Yellowish Green, ACSC 65E (5)zd. Large Multiple Wmk. From Electro 5. CA Monogram substituted for JBC right hand corner strip of 3. Fresh mint unhinged well centred and full perfs, except has right hand selvedge reinforced with hinge. Cat $900 as hinged. Price $895 G51) Australia 1918 KGV Halfpenny Pale Bluish Green, ACSC 65A. Large Multiple Wmk. From Electro 4 & 6? Fresh mint centrally hinged block of 4. Show 2 clear varieties on lower pair: Dot before 2 in value tablet Electro 4 variety r and White Spot on back of King’s head Electro 6 variety j. A rare combination of 2 listed flaws apparently from different Electro on the one block. Price $89 G52) Australia 1918 KGV Halfpenny Bluish Green, ACSC 65A(5)zc. Large Multiple Wmk. From Electro 5. JBC Monogram mint single Cat $250. Price $225 TS832) Australia 1918 KGV Large Mult. Wmk. ½d dull green irregular block of 11 MUH, some perf separation & 2 units with minor gum marks. Price $69 G211) Australia 1920 1/4d Greenish Blue KGV Mint Hinged. Centred left and with some gum loss, this will make and ideal spacefiller. Full perfs but a bit fluffy. Usual retail $200, price $65 G118) Australia 1920 1/4d Greyish Blue KGV perf OS Mint Lightly Hinged. Centred left and with some small paper adhesion to reverse. Fresh looking and full perfs. ACSC 128E. Scarce shade. Usual retail for regular shade $175, price $85 G96) Australia 1920 1/4d Greenish Blue, ASCS 128Bn, with variety. Mint light hinge and centred to left, good perfs. Thick 1 at right, cat. $400, price $199 G97) Australia 1920 1/4d Greenish Blue, ASCS 130n, with variety thick 1 at

right, cat. $600,. Mint light hinge and centred to left, good perfs. Price $189 G95) Australia 1921 KGV 4d Violet perf. OS Fine Used “retouched thin 4d” Nice clean example of this variety, with partial Ship Mail Room cds. Cat. $400 plus 50% for OS. Good perfs and well centred for this. ACSC 111 (2) ra Price $449 G106) Australia 1922 1s Deep Violet Analine, ACSC 76G. Fine used example with partial Melbourne cds, centred to lower left with good perfs. Supplied with Dr. Scott Starting certificate. Cat. $300. Price $225 G104) Australia 1923 KGV 4d Dull Ultramarine, Inverted Wmk, used. Harrison Print ACSC 113Baa. UV Reaction bright blue. Centred low with full perfs, has a horizontal crease towards base. Cancelled by indistinct parcel cancel. Supplied with Dr. Scott Starling certificate. Cat. $1000. Reasonably priced example of a rare stamp, missing from most collections. Price $249 G170) Australia 1924 1d Green Single Wmk, perf. error strip of 3. Top marginal strip **/* with spectacular diagonal misperf in top selvedge. Price $275 G93) Australia 1924 4.5d Violet Single wmk. Mint unhinged horizontal pair positions 1R1 & 1R2, with gutter & top margins. LH Stamp with variety 118o, Broken SE Corner. RH stamp showing varieties “Damaged upper frame, top to crown and white line under E of Postage. ACSC 118p. Scarce pair, indicative cat. $450 as single stamps hinged. Centred to top left, corner gum bend to RH stamp. Price $275 G181) Australia 1924 4.5d Violet Single wmk. Fresh block of 4, top two mint lightly hinged, lower two are unhinged. Stamp 2 has variety “White Flaw in right value tablet” ACSC 118g. Cat. $330, price $229 G120) Australia 1917 5d Deep Bright Chestnut KGV Single wmk perf. OS. ACSC 123Eb. Nice fine used example of this scarcer shade cancelled by Reg’d cds of Perth WA 2DEC21. Nicely centred for OS and with full perfs. price $49 G121) Australia 1917 5d Yellow Brown Single wmk ACSC 123B. Nice fine used example of this scarce shade cancelled by cds of Geelong, Vic. Centred left and with full perfs. Cat. $150, price $115 G216) Australia 1927 KGV Small Multi. Wmk. Very fine used complete set to 1/4d, inc both shades of the 1.5d. Most including the 1/4d are cto. Cat $500 plus, price $375 G214) Australia 1927 1/4d Turquoise Blue small multi wmk. Perf 14. Superb used corner cds example with full perfs and excellent centring for this issue. They really do not come any finer than this. Price $295 G89) Australia 1926 KGV 1d Green sml. multi. wmk. perf. 13.5 x 12.5. Lightly hinged vertical pair showing varieties ACSC 81 (4) ia and 81 (4) ja Ferns, and Ferns retouched. Positions VII 54 and VII 60. Well centred and with good perfs, cat. $325 plus 50% well centred premium. A very scarce pair, especially so well centred. Price $365 G76) Australia 1926 KGV 3d Deep Blue type A & B pair. Mint unhinged marginal horizontal pair ACSC 105Aac, centred to left. Cat. $250, price $189 ML430) As above, but Ash N over N imprint pair, hinged only in margin, price $249

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FEBRUARY SALE G43) Australia 1927 KGV Halfpenny Orange, small multi. Wmk. Perf 14 Mullet Imprint Block of 4 from Electro 9, fresh mint unhinged (hinged only in selvedge at top) Printing to Imprint quite faint (dry ink?) Has variety i “Break in top frame left of crown” ACSC 67 (9) z. Cat $250 as hinged. Price $189 G61) Australia 1927 KGV 1.5d Golden Scarlet sml. Multi. perf 14. Fresh mint lower left corner block of 6, **/* showing dramatic diagonal perf. error at base in selvedge. 3 stamps unhinged. Price $210 G132) Australia 1927 KGV 1.5d Red sml. multi. wmk perf 14. Fresh mint unhinged corner plate dot singles Nos. 1 -4 . Shades vary. Price $149 G82) As above, plate 4 plate dot block of 4, hinged in selvedge only. ACSC91(4) z. Price $149 G134) As above, plate 2, ACSC91(2)z, price $125 G81) Australia 1927 KGV 4d Greenish Olive Sml. Multi. Wmk. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5, in Plate 3 Gutter Imprint Block of 4, **/* very fresh with 3 stamps unhinged. Cat. $300 as hinged. Price $269 G94) Australia 1927 4.5d Violet sml. multi. wmk. Perf. 14, Ash gutter imprint pair. Fresh mint unhinged (mounted on central selvedge) Part ACSC 119za showing Deformed left bottom frame & white flaw from left wattles to oval, state II broken left frame. Position 1R55. Indicative cat. Value for MUH Block of 4 is $1200. Price $449 G151) Australia 1927 4.5d Reddish Violet sml. multi. wmk. Perf. 14 block of 4. ACSC119B well centred fresh mint hinged and full perfs, with plate scratches in lower margin of right hand stamps. Price $149 G98) Australia 1927 4.5d Pale Violet sml. multi. wmk. Perf. 14, Semi- surfaced paper, also appears dry ink. ACSC119Aa fine used with PARTIAL cds of ….KWOOD TASMANIA MR 13 28. Not priced as used in ACSC, cat. $275 for mint unhinged, $175 for hinged. Centred to left with full perfs. Nice shade. Price $165 ML428) Australia 1927 KGV Small multiple watermark P13½ 1½d Red N over A Ash imprint pair MUH, price $59 ML429) As above, but hinged in selvedge. Price $39 G178) Australia 1928 2d Red Brown plate 2. Ash N over A Gutter strip of 4. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5 fresh mint unhinged, well centred and good perfs. Stamp 3 has variety ACSC 99(2) e, “irregular left frame” Block of 4 cat. $200 for hinged, and variety stamp is $70 for hinged. Price $175 G168) Australia 1928 KGV 3d smw perf. 13.5 x 12.5 Type B- A Pair. Fresh Mint Unhinged top marginal pair. Type B has white flaw back of King’s head ACSC 107g. Cat. $175 for hinged. Normal A – B Pair cat. $575 as ACSC 107c. Price $425 G46) Australia 1930 KGV 1.5d Red Brown sml. Multi. Wmk. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5, in Gutter Imprint Block. Fresh mint unhinged. Unusually the perfs. do not extend into the lower margin. Price $179 G180) Australia 1930 KGV 2d Scarlet smw. Plate 2 Ash Imprint N over A Gutter Block 12 perf. 13.5 x 12.5 hinged only on 2 stamps. Imprint block of 4 is unhinged and cat. $125 for hinged. Good perfs, with overall gum toning. Centring better than usual for large multiples. Cat. $300 minimum. Price $225 G198) Australia 1930 5d Orange Brown sml. Multi. Wmk. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5, fresh

mint unhinged. Centred high with full perfs. ACSC 126 cat $125, price $82.50 G53) Australia 1927 KGV 1/4d Pale Turquoise Blue sml. Multi. Wmk. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5, in Gutter Imprint Pair. Fresh mint very light hinge with variety “Dry Ink” and with very faint printing to imprint text. Not listed as such in ACSC. Imp. Block of 4 cat. $3000. Price $1195 G110) Australia 1932 5d Orange Brown KGV C of A Wmk, fresh mint unhinged. Well centred with full perfs. ACSC 127 cat $40, price $29 G111) Australia 1932 1/4d Turquoise Blue KGV C of A wmk. Fresh mint lightly hinged, centred left and with 1 nibbed perf at right. Usual retail $150, this one just $75

Australia Pre-Decimal BD872) Australia 1931 Kingsford Smith 2d & 3d Overprinted OS, mint lightly hinged. 3d is a marginal example. Cat. $575. Price elsewhere, $475, my price $359 BD857) Australia 1932 5/- Harbour Bridge, lovely cto without gum. Nice example price $225 BD673) Australia 1934 9d MacArthur top marginal mint light hinge. Well centred with full perfs. Price $29 APD14) Australia 1935 1/- Black Anzac, cto without gum. Well centred with good perfs. Top left corner cds. Cat. $60, scarcer than the catalogue would suggest, so well-priced at $42 BD743) Australia 1945 Duke of Gloucester 2.5d Red in Mint Light Hinge Block of 4, showing uncatalogued large blue blob on Duke’s Nose, top left stamp, visible parts of Moustache also are over inked. Unusual. Price $49 DB689) Australia 1948 2/- Aboriginal Art Crocodile in NO IMPRINT lower left corner block of 4. Mint light hinge. ACSC 263ze. Cat $100, price $59 APD10) Australia 1949 Arms 5/- Carmine Thin Paper superb used. Light corner cds cancel well centred and full perfs. Measured at 0.06mm on Digital Micrometer. ACSC 268a, not priced as used. Mint unhinged listed at $225. Supplied with normal for comparison. Price $95 APD11) Australia 1949 Arms One Pound Blue, Thin Paper very fine used. Light cds cancel well centred and full perfs. Measured at 0.06mm on Digital Micrometer. ACSC 268a, not priced as used. Mint unhinged listed at $1500. Supplied with normal for comparison. This is a very rare stamp! Price $995 APD25) Australia 1949 Arms One Pound Blue, Overprinted “Specimen” Mint Unhinged. Superb Post Office Fresh with perfect centring and full perfs. Price $85 APD67) Australia 1961 11d Bandicoot, bag of 200 grams on paper. Lovely unpicked lot, well worth checking for Postmarks and Varieties. Would be 750 – 1000 stamps here. ACSC 361. $39 the lot. Australia First Day Covers AFD5) Australia 1938 Red Cachet Haslem FDC. Bearing: Halfpenny Orange Kangaroo block of 4. Cancelled by CDS of Hobart, Tas, 3 OCT 38, neatly addressed. Price: $60

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FEBRUARY SALE AFD13) Australia 1938 2 designs featuring QEII and KGVI, Green + Red cachet Haslem FDCs. Bearing: 1d Green QEII and 2d Red KGVI Die II. Cancelled in Hobart, TAS, 1 AU 38, hand addressed covers. Price: $125 the pair AFD14) Australia 1938 Australia Day "Nar Nar Goon" Means Koala or Native Bear. Dark Blue cachet Souvenir Cover. Bearing: 1/2d Orange KGV pair. Cancelled by CDS of Nar Nar Goon, Vic, 26 JAN 38, typed address cover. Price: $100 AFD25) Australia 1938 The Merino Sheep Red - Brown cachet Haslem FDC. Bearing: 5d Purple Merino Ram. Cancelled by CDS of Hobart, TAS, 1 DE 38, Hand addressed cover. The Merino sheep was first brought to Australia by Captain John Macarthur, in 1834. Price: $60 AFD37) Australia 1938 Australia Ships and Planes Red White and Blue cachet Souvenir FDC. Bearing: 1.5d Brown KGVI. Cancelled by CDS of Hobart, TAS, 20 AP 38, typed address cover. Price: $50 AFD29) Australia 1945 Commemorating the Appointment of H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester as Governor General of Australia Dark Blue cachet FDC. Bearing: Duke of Gloucester set. Cancelled by CDS of Pagewood, NSW, 19 FE 45, hand addressed cover. Price: $75 AFD30) Australia 1946 Peace FDC Blue and Red cachet not previously seen by us. Set of 2 covers. Bearing: Peace set. Cancelled by CDS of Footscray, Vic, 18 FE 46, unaddressed cover. Price: $30 the pair AFD67) Australia 1947 150th Anniversary of Newcastle Photographed cachet Hunter FDC. Bearing: 150th Anniversary of Newcastle set. Cancelled by CDS of Newcastle, NSW, 8 SE 47, typed address registered airmail cover. Price: $35 AFD62) Australia 1948 Pan - Pacific Jamboree Wonga Park Victoria Green and Yellow cachet Smyth FDC. Bearing: 2.5d Red Brown Pan - Pacific Scout Jamboree. Cancelled by CDS of Cunderdin, WA, 15 NO 48, hand addressed cover. Price: $10 AFD64) Australia 1949 Australian Explorer and Politician Lord John Forrest Blue and Black cachet Miller Bros. FDC. Bearing: 2.5d Dark Red John Forrest 1847 - 1918. Cancelled by CDS of Perth, WA, 28 NO 49, hand addressed cover. Price: $15 AFD12) Australia 1949 75th Anniversary of Universal Postal Union 1874 1949 Black cachet Mitchell FDC. Bearing: 3.5d Dark Blue Outback Mail Carrier. Cancelled by CDS of Perth, WA, 10 OCT 49, typed address cover. Price: $75 AFD9) Australia 1951 Australia Dark Blue cachet Taylor Generic FDC. Bearing: 3d Red KGVI. Cancelled by CDS of Vic, 28 FE 51, hand addressed cover. Price: $50 AFD10) Australia 1951 Australia Dark Blue cachet Taylor Generic FDC. Bearing: 6.5d Green KGVI. Cancelled by CDS of Carlton South, Vic, 9 AP 52, hand addressed cover. Price: $50 AFD15) Australia 1951 Australia map with Kangaroo and Aboriginal multicoloured cachet Guthrie Generic FDC. Bearing: 2.5d Ochre KGVI strip of 3. Cancelled by CDS of Perth, WA, 23 MAY 51, typed address Air Mail cover. Price: $30 AFD16) Australia 1951 Australia map with Kangaroo and Aboriginal multicoloured cachet Guthrie Generic FDC. Bearing: 3.5d brown KGVI pair. Cancelled by CDS of Perth, WA, 28 NOV 51, hand address cover. Price: $30 AFD21) Australia 1951 New Postage Stamp Issued Chocolate cachet Wide

World FDC. Bearing: 3d Grey - Green KGVI pair. Cancelled by CDS of Burwood, Vic, 14 NO 51, unaddressed cover. Price: $15 AFD24) Australia 1952 Postage Stamps Of Australia (Increased Telegram Rate) Black and White cachet FDC. Bearing: 2/6d Aboriginal. Cancelled by CDS of Brisbane, QLD, 19 MR 52, stamped address registered cover. Slight stain. This cover has a picture of the new rate, featuring Djungarai the King of the Wailbri Tribe in Central Australia. Price: $15 AFD47) Australia 1952 Pan - Pacific Scout Jamboree Graystanes, N.S.W. Yellow and Green cachet Standard Stamp Co, (QLD Stamp Mart) FDC. Bearing: 3.5d Brown Pan - Pacific Scout Jamboree 1952 - 53. Cancelled by CDS of Brisbane, QLD, 19 NO 52, hand addressed cover. Price: $20 AFD7) Australia 1953 QEII Coronation Red and Blue cachet Standard Stamp Co, (QLD Stamp Mart) FDC. Bearing: QEII Coronation Set. Cancelled by CDS of Brisbane, QLD, 25 MAY 53, hand addressed cover. Slight crease to left hand side. Price: $30 AFD53) Australia 1953 Commonwealth of Australia QEII Red, White and Blue cachet Standard Stamp Co, (QLD Stamp Mart) FDC. Bearing: 1d Purple QEII block of 4. Cancelled by CDS of Brisbane, QLD, 19 AU 53, hand addressed cover. Price: $20 AFD55) Australia 1953 Commonwealth of Australia QEII 3d Green cachet Standard Stamp Co, (QLD Stamp Mart) FDC. Bearing: 3d Green QEII. Cancelled by CDS of Brisbane, QLD, 17 JE 53, hand addressed cover. Price: $20 AFD397) Australia 1953 Young Farmers Clubs ARTHUR BERGEN FDC. Unaddressed and cancelled by Pennington S.A. cds of 3 – SE53. Signed and dated on reverse in fountain pen “Arthur D Bergen” Price $59 AFD398) As above, signed, not dated. Small water stain to top right. Price $49 AFD58) Australia 1953 Commonwealth of Australia Tasmania Sesquicentenary Green cachet Standard Stamp Co, (QLD Stamp Mart) FDC. Bearing: 150th Anniversary of Settlement in Tasmania set. Cancelled by CDS of Brisbane, QLD, 23 SE 53, hand addressed cover. Price: $60 AFD35) Australia 1954 Commonwealth of Australia Standard Stamp Co, (QLD Stamp Mart) FDC's, with Red and Blue, Dark Blue and Yellow cachet. Set of 2 covers. Bearing: 2.5d Dark Blue QEII pair and 6.5d Yellow QEII. Cancelled by CDS of Brisbane, QLD, 23 JE 54, hand addressed novel covers. Price: $40 the pair AFD36) Australia 1954 Post Office Hermes FDC. Bearing: 2.5d Dark Blue QEII and 6.5d Yellow QEII. Cancelled by CDS of Brisbane, QLD, 23 JE 54, typed address cover. Price: $25 AFD40) Australia 1954 Australian Red Cross Society 40th Anniversary Red and Blue - Grey cachet Standard Stamp Co, (QLD Stamp Mart) FDC. Bearing: 3.5d Multicoloured Red Cross Society. Cancelled by CDS of Brisbane, QLD, 9 JE 54, hand addressed cover. Price: $10 AFD54) Australia 1954 Commonwealth of Australia QEII Red, White and Blue cachet Standard Stamp Co, (QLD Stamp Mart) FDC. Bearing: 2.5d Dark Blue QEII. Cancelled by CDS of Brisbane, QLD, 23 AU 54, hand addressed cover. Price: $15

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Graeme Morriss pices of an umbrella organization, the National Federation of Health Camps, run by both government departmental representatives and representatives from the regional associations of volunteers. From this time, the emphasis was in building a number of permanent camps with suitable buildings and facilities rather than on the ‘summer camps’ under canvas. Following the death of King George V in 1936, the government initiated a drive for funds to finance the permanent camps, to be called the King George V Memorial Fund. The public appeal raised over £74,000 and with the government’s contribution the Fund was established at £180,000. A map showing the sites of the seven permanent camps was featured on the official Health stamp First Day Cover in 1964 (Fig. 4). After World War II, the emphasis on children’s health shifted from malnutrition and diseases such as tuberculosis (which were by then much less of a problem than they had been in the 1920s and 1930s) to assisting children with emotional and social problems. Financial problems affected the running and physical maintenance of the camps by the 1960s. The subsidy from the annual sale of Health stamps covered a much smaller proportion of the camps’ budgets than it had. Nelson Health Camp, which had been used only in the summer, closed in 1967. A new camp, at Rotorua, was opened in 1983. Following a 1968 report, financing and standardized administration became almost wholly government controlled with much less volunteer involvement. This had a negative effect on the health camps from the mid-1980s as governments reduced public sector and social welfare spending in favour of encouraging private enterprise. In the 1980s, the emphasis of social policy also shifted to providing for children outside institutionalized

frameworks. In the 1990s a new government entity, the Children’s Health Camps Board, was created separately from the Health Department for the first time. It was required to obtain funding by contracting with the government to provide short-term residential care for children with minor physical or behavioural health problems. In 2013, the organisation changed its name to Stand Children’s Services (in Maori ‘Tū Māia Whānau’ ) “taking a stand for children and for family”. The organisation aims to do more than just provide services through camps, although these are still important. It is a specialist social service working with families, teachers and communities to protect the most vulnerable children and to help them heal. Reference: Tennant, Margaret, Children’s Health, the Nation’s Wealth: a History of Children’s Health Camps, Wellington, Bridget Williams Books, 1994. Website: healthcamps.org.nz

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New Stamp & Coin Fair in Melbourne commencing January 2018

Salvation Army Stamp & Coin Fair to be held 2nd Saturday of each month, 9am – 2pm At Ferntree Gully Salvation Army 37 Wattletree Road, Ferntree Gully, 3158

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Cinderella Corner The Myer Philatelic Department: Cinderellas

Welcome to the second edition of Cinderella Corner for 2018. For Australia, February signifies another month of warm weather and, hopefully, a welcomed opportunity to read this article under the backdrop of the glorious sun. This piece discusses a few of the cinderella labels affixed to items from the Myer Philatelic Department, including some that directly advertise Myer-related products and services. It is, of course, by no means exhaustive and only offers a snapshot of the different labels that exist under the Myer theme. Outside of the cinderella world, Myer is an area of interest to many philatelists, as the organisation is an Australian juggernaut with a richly instituted history. The finer points of difference between ephemera and philately can, on occasion, pose difficult for established and prospective collectors. The former holds one definition of collectible items with the initial expectation to be short lived, and philately, in a

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Figure 1 broader sense, is the study and collecting of postage stamps. Somehow, with the rise of popular philately over several decades, both terms have expanded (and continues to do so) and as a result, there exists several questions concerning the ‘boundaries’ of items with specific philatelic endeavours and those with ephemera ones. Postcards, for example, often adorn the collections of both philatelic and pure ephemera enthusiasts. And, since the term was coined in 1959, so too do the vast array of cinderella labels that exist throughout the world. There is a broad array of collectors who are interested in philatelic and ‘philatelic-related’ ephemera items concerning the Australian goliath The Myer Emporium (hereon identified as Myer/Myer’s), including The Myer Philatelic Department. However, as a foremost cinderella enthusiast and collector, this piece is limited to exploring a few covers that herald interesting ‘Myer’s labels’ affixed to them, along with other labels not on cover that have also been linked to Myer

Vito Milana

Figure 3 department stores. The Myer Philatelic Department in Melbourne (also known as the Myer Emporium Philatelic Department) was fairly elusive, especially when compared to some of the giant Philatelic Traders and Dealers in Melbourne and surrounds at the time of its early operation, including William Ackland, Ken Baker and Max Stern. It was established in 1938

by Phil Downie and his wife Zita and the following year the Department began circulating Myer Philatelic News. Over the span of many decades, The Myer Philatelic Department helped nourish the philatelic needs of many collectors from the Myer store in Bourke Street, Melbourne. It has also been documented that some of the cinderellas that have been seen on Myer-related items were produced within the Myer Philatelic Department in Melbourne. Australian cinderellas occasionally adorned either the front or reverse of Myer covers. Figure 1 illustrates one such item with a rather simplistic blue and black label attached to the front (top left hand corner), which reads ROYAL SHOW 20th to 29th SEPTEMBER. The postmarked date of 17 September

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Cinderella Corner 1956 ascertains the year of the label, which promoted the Royal Agricultural Show, held that year at the Showgrounds in Ascot Vale, Melbourne. Of interest, the Myer Emporium occupied several ventures in the 1956 show, including promoting of its some of its products. Its function on the cover was therefore likely to encourage people to attend the show, sample and purchase items that were available throughout the 10 days. The label measure 55mm by 31mm and is rouletted 7 on all sides. Figure 2, while sharing similar simplicity to the cinderella featured in Figure 1, promotes and echoes a 21st consumerism trend more than 60 years after its usage. The advertising label reads: For Your Better Comfort & Convenience SHOP AND POST EARLY THIS CHRISTMAS Coloured red and white, the label is imperforated and measures 47mm by 61mm, and is affixed to the rear of a Myer Emporium Limited cover with a 1951 postmarked date. It is likely that local printers were sourced by Myers to produce them and their purpose was to ensure that customers purchased products, as Christmas gifts, from their stores. Figures 3 and 4 are scans from the front and

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Figure 5

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Figure 7 reverse of one cover. Postmarked 5th October 1935 (Melbourne, Victoria), the cover, which I have been informed is a scarce one, promotes The Myer Mural Dining Hall and Grill Room (which opened the previous year in 1934), and contains the text: The Myer Mural Dining Hall and Grill Room provide a setting of unusual beauty and comfort for your Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea. Affixed to the reverse flap of the Printed-to-Private-Order stationery envelope is a colourful and rare cinderella label, which illustrates a woman on the telephone (right) and a dormant telephone (left). The text on the label reads: Now A NEW AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE NUMBER for MYER’S – OR IF YOU ARE NOTON THE AUTOMATIC RING AS USUAL CENTRAL TEN THOUSAND – Simply Dial F-Y-220 Coloured green, black, white and yellow, the label measures 66mm by 44mm and is imperforate on all sides. In a similar spirit, Figure 5 highlights a parallel message to the label illustrated in Figure 4, but with far less detail. The text reads: To Telephone Myer’s SIMPLY DIAL FY220 FY-Double-two-oh. The label is coloured blue, green and white, is imperforate on all sides, and measures 38mm by 55mm. Figures 6 and 7 are scans from the front and reverse of one cover. Postmarked 11th November 1947 (Melbourne, Victoria), the cover promotes The Myer Library, which operated from the 1930s

to the 1960s, and contains the text: THE MYER LIBRARY has – over 4,000 books – all the best Magazines – those “hard-to-get” books unobtainable elsewhere – Low Subscription Rates On the reverse of the cover is the additional text “FOR VALUE AND FRIENDLY SERVICE” along with an affixed red and white label with the text: POST your Christmas mail NOW. The square label measures 45mm by 45mm and is imperforate on all sides. Another variety of this label is illustrated in Figure 8. It is identical to that offered in Figure 7, except it is coloured black and white. It is unsure if these Christmas Mail labels had any direct links to Myer, except several have been sighted on different Myer covers. I welcome any further information from readers who have insight into these types of cinderellas, especially those that specifically advertise Myer’s. There are, surely, many more that exist.

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Protecting Your Collection Firstly, Happy New Year and I hope it turns out to be a great year philatelically. I thought the best topic to start the year with was protecting your collection. Most stamp collectors spend hundreds or thousands of dollars a year on their collections, so why not spend a few extra dollars on buying good quality items for storage? This is a theme often pushed by my fellow columnist Glen Stephens. What and where you store your stamps is very important. As an example, think of books. A two-hundred-year-old book is likely to be in relatively good condition when compared with a 50-year-old paperback. There are two reasons for this, the quality of the materials and storage. Two hundred years ago books were expensive because paper was not cheap. That paper was not cheap because it was made from recycled fibres such as linen, hemp and cotton. This made the paper expensive but of high quality and it was long lasting. It was not until the 1840s that cheap wooden pulp was used to make paper. This made books much cheaper but not always long lasting. The second issue relating to books longevity was good storage, often in a library in a house, with much better control of heat and humidity. Now compare that to a paperback which were literally made to read and dispose of, rather than long term keeping - still the preserve of hardbacks. Paper in a paperback is often poor-quality paper and with heat (such as storage in a garage) it becomes brittle and if it gets damp, mould and/or rust will appear (Figure 1 shows typical rust and how it can spread onto a stockbook). There is still some debate about how rust forms, but it is believed that moisture helps mould (or possibly bacteria) oxidise small traces of iron in the paper creating â&#x20AC;&#x153;rustâ&#x20AC;?. This is hard to remove from most stamps although there are some methods that can remove rust from used stamps, particularly engraved stamps with non-fugitive inks. However, the methods often affect the paper (most likely the sizing in the paper) and may have long term negative impacts. Great caution is needed in 52 - Stamp News

cleaning stamps and rusty material. Any cheap rusty stamps are best disposed of (in the bin, NOT to junior collectors!). Rusty covers are a different story (Figure 2) as it may be possible to save the stamps by removing them from the cover. One of the issues that many collectors donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand is that the mould that causes rust remains alive and can easily spread. A cover like that in Figure 2, only has a few spots and under UV light they are quite dull, which suggest they may be no longer active. However, Figure 3 shows a cover under UV light and the rust shows up darker and although not visible in this image, there is a glow coming from the rust. I believe that the rust marks that glow are still alive. They need to be treated to at least kill the rust. I have read that sunlight will kill the mould, but before leaving covers or stamps in sunlight remember that sunlight fades many colours or tans some paper. Before trying this on anything of value, try it out on something of little value. The other thing to try is to use one of the commercially available philatelic products (usually a type of bleach) on the spot. The problem with this latter method is that you cannot wash off the bleach on a cover, which may negatively impact the paper. I cannot warrant either of these methods as I have not tried them, so be very careful if you try this approach. It is best to Google it and read some of the online discussion. The other key factor mentioned above is heat and

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Philatelic Development Officer, APF humidity. Any Queensland collector will tell you that the Queensland climate is no good for stamps. A cool dry climate is best and I must admit that Canberra is a good place for stamps. Heat however, can be a killer. When I was working for Rod Perry back in the 1980s, one day a women bought a bag of stamps in and asked if they had any value. The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father had died some years before and her mother had simply put the stamps in a bag and thrown them under the house. Possibly her mother had then died and she had found the stamps. We pulled out a block of four 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge stamps and they crumbled in our fingers. When we told her what they worth if they were in good condition, she was somewhat shocked. Unfortunately, none of the stamps were salvageable. Heat and very dry conditions are just as bad for stamps as high humidity, so beware. What follows is a discussion on how best to store your stamps so that they have a long-term future and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end up in the bin, either as dust or as mouldy paper. Stockbooks Firstly, do not use the cheap Chinese stockbooks shown in Figure 4, they are a false economy. They have numerous issues, the main one being they are made from cheap paper and are very prone to rust. This will spread to your stamps particularly mint copies. The other major issue I have found, as I used them when I was young, is that they tend to warp. The pages buckle which means the cellophane strips warp and stamps fall out. Some people believe they are safe to store bulk used in, but I think even this is a mistake. I prefer to store bulk used material in old envelopes, particularly those which came as bills and have a clear window. Stored in a box they appear relatively safe and most importantly allow the stamps to breathe, which lessens the chance of rust or mould. You

are far better buying a good quality stockbook (Figure 5) from Lighthouse or one of the other makers which will cost $20-50 depending on the number of pages. As to whether you use black or white pages, I use both but I now have a preference for white pages. The simple reason for this is that if you are unlucky and the pages get wet, black is likely to be a bigger issue than white. Stock Sheets and Stock Cards Stock pages, often just called Hagner sheets (which is a particular brand) are like single stockbook pages. They come as single or double sided. The big difference is that they have from one to eight strips on them which allows different size blocks to be stored (Figure 6). They in fact provide more protection than storing such items in a stockbook. In addition, they are easily stored in a ring binder. They are highly recommended for that odd-sized material. They come in both black and white pages but black appears to be the more common. Stock cards are smaller cards with usually one to three strips and are designed to hold a single stamp, miniature sheet or set of stamps. They are mainly used by dealers, and fit into standard envelopes for posting. They are very useful if you have a lot of single items to store, or you are processing stamps for sale, but most collectors tend to use stock pages. Printed Stamp Albums The first album most collectors own is a book-type album Stamp News - 53

Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation with printed pages listing countries as headings and/or simply a letter of the alphabet. These can be fairly simple albums that were given away, such as the ETA album shown in Figure 7. This was given to my father in the 1930s. I received such an album in 1964 when I was six years old and started collecting. These albums are not just for children as there are a number of quite large versions of these albums with stamp images printed in them plus spaces for other stamps. The one I know best is H.E. Harris in the United States. Such albums are not as popular as they once were. Far more popular are single country albums which have a space for each stamp issued. They come as albums with pages where you mount your stamps with hinges or hingeless mounts, or pages with mounts in place (Figure 8). The latter can be quite expensive but are still popular. A full set of Lighthouse albums for Great Britain costs over $2,300 plus more for some specialised pages. Despite this, hingeless one country albums are popular, but it is debateable that you ever get your money back on the album. It is often worthwhile looking for a second-hand album at Club auctions. Certainly, for some collectors they are all that they inspire to, and are relatively easy to keep up to date. Stanley Gibbons also produces British Commonwealth one reign albums that are quite popular, particularly for KGVI.

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These are not cheap but are popular and can sometimes be found second hand. With the internet and cheap at home printing there is a third alternative. There are now a number of online sites where you print your own one country pages. They are also available on eBay from some sellers as readily printed. These pages can be easily placed in a ring binder for safe keeping and if you are patient you can prepare your own hinge free mounts. I have never used the print your own pages services so I cannot recommend any one in particular. Another plus for print your pages is that you can make sure you print on archival quality paper. Blank Album Pages There are many types of blank album pages. From relatively cheap pages with a printed grille pattern on the page and space at top for a country name, through to high quality pages with a feint grille. The grille is printed on to help position stamps and to assist with the write-up, particularly when done by pen. Blank album pages are often sold as a complete album with the cover holding the pages in place either by ring binding, spring back or peg mounted. The latter being the most expensive. The cost of these albums with pages can run from $50 through to hundreds of dollars each, depending on the quality of the paper, the size and the album binding. Pages in higher quality albums also come with each page faced with light translucent paper used to protect the surface of the stamps from rubbing. Using such albums can be quite expensive, but the paper will be archival quality which is important. These albums are a good choice albeit they can become expensive if you have a large collection. Exhibition Pages The one problem with blank album pages is that in general they are not suitable for exhibiting. They are often the wrong size to fit in the frames of most exhibitions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; usually too wide (Figure 9 compares printed pages with exhibit pages). If you intend to exhibit then it is best to get pages cut to the right size. Australian frames need pages that have a maximum height of 28.5cm (including protector) and can take four pages of 23cm width. Slightly wider pages are usually not an issue as the pages can be overlapped as most written up pages have a border. In addition, you can use double pages of 46cm width. There is also a new size of page, so called one and third pages where three fit in arrow in a frame. They are 31cm wide

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and are popular with thematic exhibitors or those with a number of larger envelopes to display. In general, your local stamp dealer does not carry exhibition pages cut to these sizes, but will likely sell blank album pages. To get these pages you have two choices, find a paper supplier and have some cut to order or buy them from the APF. If you are going to use reams and reams of pages then getting your own cut may be worthwhile but please ensure you buy archival quality paper that has a decent weight â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 140gsm is suitable. Photocopy paper (80gsm) is most certainly not. It may be okay to use such paper to draft an exhibit but not for a permanent display. I would note that good photocopy paper is often a lot more neutral (ph) than in the past. The other time that exhibitors arrange to get their own paper cut is when they want a different coloured paper such as light blue or other colour that will suit the exhibit. It is important to remember that black exhibition pages are NOT allowed. It will almost always be cheaper and easier to buy good archival quality pages for displays from the APF. In addition to blank pages they also do one with a feint grille pattern. The paper comes in off-white suitable for most exhibits. Bright white paper is not usually a good choice for exhibitions. There are currently seven variations of paper on the APF website (www.apf.org.au). The APF started selling exhibit pages a number of years ago because they were so hard to source otherwise. The APF makes virtually no profit from these sales but does it as a service to exhibitors. Storage of Albums I mentioned at the start of this article about the importance of storage and heat and humidity. Cool dry conditions (but not too dry) are best. If you live in a humid climate then air conditioning is a must. If this cannot be

guaranteed then storing the albums in an airtight container with silica gel would be good. When I moved to Norfolk Island for a year I used a good quality suitcase which had a rubber seal, and stored my best material with a bag of silica gel. Figure 10 shows silica gel that is both bright blue and pinkish. This gel contains a cobalt salt that goes from blue to pink as it absorbs water. Once the gel turns pink it needs to be refreshed by placing it in a not too hot oven (NEVER a microwave) and waiting till it turns blue again. Not everyone likes using this blue silica gel because cobalt salts are poisonous. However, you would need to eat a fair bit to get sick. If you have small children around I would not use it, but otherwise the change is colour is most useful. You can also get white silica gel (commonly seen in small packets with electronic goods) but you would need to remember to regularly heat treat it. In terms of quantity you would probably need about 500 grams in a sealable suitcase â&#x20AC;&#x201C; tied up in muslin will do. If you want to use the blue silica gel, just take sensible precautions. Use rubber gloves to handle it and NEVER leave it around where small children can get it. It cannot hurt the stamps when used as described. The other key issue with albums and stockbooks is that it is best to store them upright, not stacked flat, particularly stockbooks. When stacked flat, a fair bit of pressure can be exerted and this stops air flowing over the stamps. Also, in the longer term the plastic strips used in stockbooks can affect stamps by leaving a line, or worse the weight may cause mint stamps to stick. Keeping all albums and stockbooks upright stops these problems. Finally, it is best not to fill albums and stockbooks and just leave them, particularly for long periods (years). Get your stamps out and look at them. This is not vanity it is just allowing the material to breathe and can assist in stopping rust or moulds. I also find that looking at my Stamp News - 55

Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation stamps stimulates the mind and you want to do more with them – never a bad thing. Page Protectors Individual exhibition pages when exhibited must be in a protector. There are two common type of protectors sold by the APF, and both are archival. The first are made of polypropylene, are not overly heavy and are reasonably clear. The other are made of Mylar, a proprietary plastic that is crystal clear and much stiffer. Most high-end exhibits would be stored in Mylar. There is a big price difference between the two types but both are worthwhile getting, depending on the exhibit. I use mainly Mylar protectors because of their stiffer quality and very clear plastic. Mylar is used by archivists across the world. The one potential downside of using Mylar protectors is that they mark easily (as in fingerprints) and also any rubbing affects the finish. For example, after being used a number of times the envelopes in a postal history exhibit may leave an envelope-size mark on the inside of protector. These marks are not obvious when the sheet contains an exhibition page, only when the page is removed and do not stop it being re-used. They are the preferred storage medium for exhibitors and collectors worldwide. Polypropylene protectors do not have that crystal-clear finish of Mylar and are lighter but are inert and widely used also. Many people use polypropylene protectors to store exhibits and have a separate set of Mylar protectors for use when exhibiting. This is a cost-effective method if you have several exhibits. I use both types of protectors as I use polypropylene for exhibits with double pages, mainly due to cost. There are other plastic protectors that collectors sometimes use that are often bought cheaply from a stationer. DO NOT USE THESE. They virtually all have plasticisers in them that can badly affect stamps and covers. They are not archival and in the long term will affect your stamps. The plasticisers are in the plastic to give it flexibility and often UV protection, but can leach from the plastic. The worst type are the heavy soft plastic protectors. Pay the little extra and get protectors from the APF or from archival product sellers. You will almost certainly find that the APF is competitive on price because we get them made in the thousands. Polypropylene protectors are only $30 for 50 plus postage. They don’t need to protect much to pay for themselves. Mylars are $2.40 each but are worth the expense I believe, particularly for good quality exhibits. 56 - Stamp News

Stampsafe Boxes These plastic boxes are also an archival quality box that can hold several frames of an exhibit including protectors. They are highly recommended and are best stored upright to minimise pressure on the contents. Archivists also use good quality wooden boxes for the storage of rare paper products as the wood maintains a good temperature and humidity. I strongly recommend that if you are writing up your collection that you get the paper and protectors (plus Stampsafe boxes) from the APF, which can be ordered on-line. If you want printed albums, stockbooks or stock sheets then see your local stamp dealer. If you are not near a dealer then look for one on-line and there are several specialist philatelic product dealers. There will be a couple at Canberra Stampshow 2018 in March and also at least one in Newcastle next May. It is one area of philately where cheap product from non-specialist sellers is false economy. Royalpex, Hamilton New Zealand Royalpex 2017 was held in Hamilton in the North Island of New Zealand from 24-26 November. It was a half national, the other half of the Adelaide exhibition. In addition to the classes of Traditional, Modern, Postal History, Postal Stationery, Thematics, Youth and First Day Covers, it also had a jury class plus adult development class. However, the big event at Royalpex was a challenge amongst four of the Royal Philatelic Societies from around the world. The Societies that participated were the Royal Philatelic Society of London, The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria and the Royal Sydney Philatelic Society. There were a number of high quality exhibits in the “Royal” Challenge and in the end the Royal of Victoria won with London and New Zealand coming equal second and Sydney rounding out the result. Figure 11 shows Gary Brown receiving the trophy on behalf of the Royal of Victoria from Mark Benvie, Chairman of the organising committee. Lindsay Chitty is behind and Peter Cockburn (the UK commissioner) at left. As it is likely that the next exhibition in Victoria will be a FIAP exhibition, the next Royal Challenge is likely to be in Sydney in 2019. Victoria hopes to attract one or both of the other Royal Philatelic Societies – South Africa and Canada to make it a six-way competition. The exhibition was well attended by Australian exhibitors with all the executive members of the APF being

Daryl Fuller

Philatelic Development Officer, APF accord for many years but the individual documents were not the same. Over the past few years we have been ironing out the differences and recently finalised a concordant document. We decided to have a formal signing and did this at the awards dinner. Figure 12 shows the current APF President, John Moore (left), and the current New Zealand President, Steven Chivers, signing the document. This agreement formalises, but allows some flexibility, on what each nation will do in terms of exhibits and judges for each other’s exhibitions. Basically, Australian and New Zealand exhibitions are treated as equivalent National exhibitions. The exhibition itself had around 400 frames of exhibits, including some from the UK and the UAE plus one from the USA, with some quite interesting displays. There were four grand award nominations with exhibits from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. The runner up was Russell Boylan from Australia with “St Vincent – The De La Rue Period” and Figure 13 shows one of the Australian commissioners, Murray Collins, receiving Russell’s prize. The Grand Award winner was Lesly Marley from the UK with “A Whale’s Tale”, and Figure 14 shows Peter Cockburn receiving the prize from a representative of New Zealand Post. Figure 15 illustrates the first frame of the exhibit, which was a powerful thematic exhibit. Overall an excellent exhibition in a great venue but the numbers through the door were not high, although most dealers seemed satisfied. Next year’s exhibition in New Zealand will be the Armistice Exhibition in Dunedin in November and will be a full national. It is not hard to get to New Zealand so take the opportunity next year to visit, and have a great holiday at the same time. If you need any further information about stamp collecting see www.apf.org.au or contact me for information pertaining to this article at Darryl.fuller@home.netspeed. com.au.

present. There was a good reason for this as the Australian and New Zealand Federations had a meeting to finalise a few issues. Australia and New Zealand have had a judging Stamp News - 57

Market Matters Mossgreen Auctions DEAD. I was on a flight at Christmas at 40,000 feet, using WiFi on my laptop, flying from Vienna to Nicosia Cyprus (on-board plane WiFi is a wonderful invention!) reading stampboards. com, and got a nasty shock to see the ASIC Administration notice shown nearby. Mossgreen Auction were of course well known to stamp and coin collectors. Charles Leski, Gary Watson, Nick Anning and Torsten Weller etc had all worked in the stamp and coin department there for years until Xmas 2017, and have over 100 years of stamp dealing experience between them. Mossgreen conducted 14 different stamp/ coin/postcard auctions in 2017, and were one of the largest firms in the country in this field, and they attracted much top end material Mossgreen Auctions now Kaput. including the $A3 million Arthur Gray KGV collection which I flew down for, and reported trator on January 16, and no further Mossgreen auctions on extensively here - tinyurl.com/GrayKGV are to take place. So this large operation, that employed over 50 staff (a Vendors who sold material at Mossgreen during 2017 large part of their debt problem), collapsing like a house and who were not paid out already, have zero chance of cards, was a huge surprise to me, and was an even of getting all their money. It may transpire in the final huger surprise to those staff working there, who trust me wash up, they get a few cents on the dollar owed, but the had zero idea this crash was on the horizon. future looks very bleak, to put it mildly. From that Administration notice on December 21, to when I am tying this about a month later, things have Assets <$3 million, and debts $12 million. moved VERY fast, despite the long holiday break. Near The Administrators reported that company owed about all the remaining staff were sacked by the Adminis$A12 million but had assets of about $A3 million. And those “assets” include about $A1.2 million for purchases made and not yet paid, and clearly not all those invoices will be settled, given this mess. Would YOU bank transfer $1,000 or $10,000 now, and HOPE some beancounter mailed you the goods?? The Administrators of course charge like wounded bulls - with even a “Junior Cadet” billing out their time at $236 an hour - I kid you not! As a creditor, I got the full fee schedule being charged out. Their fees between the December 21 appointment, and the January 4 first creditor meeting were about $200,000 alone - and near everyone was on holiday then! THEN the fees clock went mad I am sure, fending off legal and vendor enquiries, and media interviews, Court actions and so on, all billed out at mega hourly rates. That is how these things often pan out, as history shows us - much of what modest cash assets are on hand, A memento from happier times. evaporate in Administrator and legal fees etc.

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“GRINDIVIK” cancel ‘sells’ for $A10,000 I personally only had a minor exposure to this crash, due to some appallingly described material I had mailed back for credit only in December, and had paid for in full a month earlier, so I ended up on the “list” with ~400 others. Many other stamp world figures were heavily impacted, sadly. The family of the late Hans Von Strokirch is owned $225,000, whose collection of Danish West Indies Postal History and Iceland Postmarks and Stationery was auctioned by Mossgreen on November 21. Many of his philatelic pieces got fabulous prices – see photo, but the family will barely see a cent of those sums it appears. The foxed and tatty looking postcard from the Von Strokirch collection shown nearby, from St Thomas in the Danish West Indies to Copenhagen was invoiced for $A5,300 on an estimate of $600. If I saw it in a dealer box for $20, I’d not look twice to be honest, but for some reason it attracted heaps of bids. No idea why. Tom Frommer, Gary Watson, Max Watson, Tom Carter and Torsten Weller and other well known stamp names were on the creditor list that was compiled by the Administrators, that had about 400 creditors listed. Near all were “UNSECURED” creditors in the eyes of the law. Most were vendors at Mossgreen. The highest on the list was $A1.75 million for goods sold October last year on behalf of one unlucky seller, the Copley family. In these cases the buyers have very likely paid Mossgreen, and taken delivery of goods, but the SELLER may get little or nothing of that. The Hickinbotham family in Adelaide are owed about $A1.2 million - for material sold at auction 8 months back. That story was a lead article in the “Adelaide Advertiser” January 18. This Mossgreen crash has been

Tatty old postcard “sells” for $A5,300. heavily reported in leading Australia and New Zealand newspapers. Many other ‘‘mum and dad’’ and collector vendors were on the list, and are owed just a few hundred, ranging to over a million dollars each as in the instances above. Being “unsecured creditors” these poor souls are totally at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to seeing even one cent. There was one large “SECURED” creditor - active stamp collector Jack Gringlas, shown in photo nearby with Sumner in happier days. Jack was owed around $6 million from when he sold the business mid 2017 to the current owners Paul Sumner and his partner Amanda Swanson. That couple founded Mossgreen in 2004, and it seems were the sole Directors at time of collapse. NO trust accounts needed it seems? This sounds absurd when huge figures like $1.75 million a vendor are involved. Most homes are not that value, but THEY have trust account protection. The meeting chairman advised the January 4 first creditor meeting: “the company was not required by law to operate a trust account. Auction monies were essentially used to fund the working capital and trading losses of the business.” The NZ business webb/Mossgreen was indebted to the Australian parent company for in excess of $A1 million. It was placed into Liquidation mid-January. It was yet another hare-brained purchase and venture by Mossgreen owner Paul Sumner. John Mowbray had owned it before, and who also lost money on Webbs, so learn from mistakes of others. Ex CEO Sumner seems to be living in some kooky fantasy world that all was hunky dory, and not $10 million in the red. He kept assuring media and staff even

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Market Matters for Sotheby’s and Christies, and was doubtless charm on wheels. Seems like many folks in life - they are best kept away from cheque books. Not everyone is a businessman. He was obscenely overstaffed (55 of them!) running around bringing out Mick Fleetwood the musician, and running ritzy “Tea Rooms”, and buyCharles Leski, Paul Sumner and Jack Gringlas Leski and Gary Watson in happier ing a deadbeat NZ days. company, and all after the Administrators were appointed, and he was sort of things NOT removed as a Director, that all was fine, and this was focused on running a successful local AUCTION busijust a blip of some kind, and auctions would be taking ness. place as usual in 2018. A sorry mess and I can only feel sympathy for those Sumner told the Sydney Morning Herald - “I want to friends and colleagues and collectors who will lose assure every vendor that they will get their money - every millions due to this unexpected Auction collapse. There cent of it.” The same assurance was made repeatedly might be a final twist to the tail - if so, stampboards.com to media, and Sumner also stated no offices would be as always will have it first - tinyurl.com/mossAuct closed, and no staff would lose their jobs. Well 50 of HOW you can possibly go bust, when Seller Fee was them did – him and wife included. 17½% plus 2½% insurance plus GST = 22%, PLUS the Sumner was quoted in the media as recently as Janu26.5% Buyer Fee inc GST, and 4% to use a credit card ary 17 that Mossgreen had not traded whilst insolvent. that costs you only ~1%, sure beats ME! I have no idea what Dictionary he uses, but he surely needs a new one? You cannot be ~$10 million in the Staff seemed totally unaware. hole, and not have been trading whilst insolvent - that I had conversations with Gary Watson, Charles Leski would seem pretty clear to anyone. and Torsten Weller during December, on different matASIC of course have strict rules about Directors of ters, at different times, and none gave me the slightest Companies that trade whilst insolvent, and their own indication anything was amiss in there. personal assets can be ordered to be forfeited to cover I was chasing info on a Victoria postmark this week, losses if the Courts so choose. Hopefully there is a class and spoke to Gary Watson on it, who is the whizz in this action mounted from among the 400 creditors. They live field for some advice and of course touched on this colin a ~$A3 million home in St. Kilda, so are not on the lapse. breadline. I asked Gary when he first heard of this mess, and Someone asked at the creditor’s meeting if his passsaid like pretty much everyone else - just before Christport had been surrendered, and as it appears Sumner is mas when the Administrator was appointed. I asked if British born, such actions really do seem prudent, when he had suffered any loss in the collapse and he said: “yes losses of this magnitude are in the pipeline, with potenthe family has lost around $100,000 it looks like, unless tial legal action possible on many fronts. we witness a miracle.” I have never met Sumner, and by all accounts he That was very sobering, and he advised his Superanwas a personable English smoothie, who had worked 60 - Stamp News

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I own it, but seller Watson not paid. nuation Fund “Jeriana” was the main loser with about $50,000, and his elderly father Max Watson lost about $35,000, and he personally lost about $15,000. Naturally, I clearly asked if that kind of detail could be mentioned here, and Gary said he was fully agreeable to that, as it is all on the public record, via the debtor list. Gary had sold off a lot of his superb CEYLON collection in the Mossgreen October 3 sale, and clearly would not have been doing that, if he thought the monies would never reach him. Even working in there, he did not chase the monies up, (vendor payment was due 60 days = early December) as he assumed they’d all be paid in due course. Watson family loses ~$100,000. So the Watsons lost ~$100,000, and that is truly terrible to see happen to folks you’ve know well for very many decades - especially when it involve Superannuation money that is earmarked for a move to a comfier retirement. I feel sorry - and angry, that a senior employee there was not cautioned by Paul Sumner to hold off on auctioning personal goods, or at least chase his cheque owed, when Sumner was then already meeting with the Administrators. I asked Gary if he or others working there had any inkling any troubles were in the wind, and he replied he had seen or heard nothing to worry him on that score, and felt sure others thought along those lines. Also asked Gary if he knew if Torsten Weller was owed any money as well, as I had heard he did, and Gary said he felt sure that he was, but did not have the creditor list to hand to check on how much. As random chance had it, I bought a pretty Ceylon

superb 1903/1910 KEVII De La Rue UNISSUED value Die Proof from that same October 3 Auction, that Gary had bought from the stupendous Sir Gawaine Baillie collection. It is shown nearby - a superb looking, and probably unique piece. I listed this on my Rarity Page before Christmas, well before this all occurred, and it was fully paid for of course at time of sale. Naturally I had absolutely zero idea who the vendor was at that time. Very sad that 1000s of similar lots were paid for, but all those vendors never got that money from Mossgreen. Gary mentioned he has now moved on from Mossgreen, and is just “taking it easy” for the immediate future, and will likely work with assisting existing personal collectors and good clients, of which he has many of course. He was not sure how long Torsten would be in there, but had the feeling it was likely for just a few weeks, to assist with getting material back to consignors and the like. I recall he said Nick Anning had left too. These stupid Administrators totally disabled the Mossgreen website on Friday January 19, so the 100s of hapless vendors trying to look up their sold lots from past auctions that have not been paid for etc, or see what lots they need to check must get returned etc, cannot now see a thing. Web Hosting costs near ZERO. A horrible mess, and when senior staffers at the coal face, personally stand to lose $100,000, clearly they had absolutely no idea this collapse was imminent. Remember the music is not over totally yet. Sumner or others might well submit a late offer to Administrators - until end January that option is still open to anyone. Even if a “White Knight” offered to bear just 10% or 20% or so of the vendor sums owed, I suspect debtors would vote to accept it. One or two million is better than nothing etc, if it looks like a $10 million total whitewash is the only other option. So by the time this is published, the full story will be known and posted here - tinyurl. com/mossAuct First Velvet, and now Mossgreen. Velvet Auctions (previously Mowbrays/Stanley Gibbons Auctions) went Bankrupt in 2016, leaving stamp collectors in the hole for another million dollars or so of total losses, far more details here - tinyurl.com/VelvetAuct Owner Danny Jurd, who it was clear had been trading whilst insolvent for years, (and was APTA Treasurer at that time for goodness sakes!) seems to have simply walked away from that disaster with no ASIC penalty, Stamp News - 61

Market Matters and went working for another Auction. Crazy. This leaves Phoenix Auctions in Melbourne as the leading stamp auction company in the country, indeed the only realistic choice in 2018. I feel sure David Wood is being absolutely flooded with material frantically removed from the already lotted Mossgreen 2018 sales, by prospective vendors. David is an experienced operator, and runs a tight ship. No sponsored Mick Fleetwood Tours there, or million dollar Sydney office refurbs, or 55 staff, or wanky “Tea Rooms” alongside. Just a normal well established stamp auction, described by people who know what they are doing. Well run, stand-alone stamp auctions are a far better and leaner operation, than being a very minor part of a mass of other collectibles sideshows in my view. The current Mossgreen disaster underscores that perfectly. Stamp auctions know about - STAMPS. Oz WW2 First Day covers scarce. Many collectors do not have a mental picture of any big dollar FDC coming from the WW2 era. Did you know single Definitive stamp can fetch over $10,000 on FDC? And probably not even be a FDC all the same! As you will see. A 1942 5½d Emu on Registered FDC from Brisbane Queensland was invoiced for over $10,000 at the Arthur Gray auction, and a few of those are recorded in collector hands, so a very bullish figure - as full ACSC value is only $A5,000! I listed up the pretty FDC shown nearby this month on my Rarity Page, and it sold in days for a 4 figure sum, so no sales pitch here, just an general overview as to WHY these covers are scarce, and why so few were created. Australia 1941 FDC seven DIFFERENT STAMPS on the One FDC. In 40 years of dealing have never seen another. On a raised print crested envelope, and mailed REGISTERED from “Parliament House, New South Wales” with the very sought after Registration label of that House. Cancelled with a crystal clear December 10, 1941 date “tying” all 7 stamps and label. Bears not only the 3 surcharge stamps rush-issued December 10 - themselves very scarce on FDC and cat $350, but ALSO all the 4 ‘new colours’ Definitives that the UPU insisted upon. A ½d “WAR TAX” was decreed with almost no prior notice, to apply to all Australia letter mail from December 10, 1941, and the 3 overprints were hastily 62 - Stamp News

Phoenix the only real choice. rushed out as an Emergency stop-gap to cover this sudden levy, as the new denomination stamps to cover the 4 most used rates, were of course not yet printed - or even started to print. These 4 low value stamps did NOT get the usual advance notice of issue in the “ASM” Monthly magazine, as they were true Emergency issues, and hence almost no-one knew they were about to be released, and thus their $600 type values apiece on FDC. The most heavily used was the 2½d letter rate, which had new stamps rush printed starting December 12 for this new rate, but were not issued until January - one alleged “FDC” exists for that value, bizarrely dated January 1, 1942, and Cat is $A7,500 for that one alone. More on that later. December 10, 1941, was NOT a great date to issue new Stamps! The Japanese bombed and decimated Pearl Harbor with no advance warning, on Sunday December 7, Hawaii time, (Monday December 8, Australia time) and the United States Congress and President declared

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A possibly unique 7 stamp FDC? War on the Empire of Japan later that day. The United Kingdom also declared war on Japan the same day. Partially due to Japanese attacks on the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and partially due to Winston Churchill’s promise to declare war “within the hour” of a Japanese attack on the United States. “War Declared” newspapers on same day. WAR was formally declared here in Canberra at 11:15am December 9, Australian time, and was of course front pages of all newspapers December 10, the day all these 7 stamps were issued! Following the USA’s Declaration Of War, Japan’s allies, Germany and Italy, also declared war on the United States, bringing the United States fully into World War II. We often forget TV did not exist then of course, phone calls overseas were a total rarity and super expensive, so news was not ‘instant’ back then as now, and HEAVY Press and Media Censorship was of course in 100% full swing in late 1941, so all this first hit the newspaper front pages on Wednesday December 10. The same day these 7 stamps were issued, so clearly the last thing on anyone’s mind, was a change of colour on the existing postage stamps, when the Japs had just bombed Hawaii and British Asia the day before, with War Declared! (242 Japanese aircraft surprise bombed Darwin very soon afterwards of course.) So we have all 4 of the Definitives here, that were all issued December 10 in these new colours based on the new “War Tax” rates, and the 4 new UPU regulations re

stamp colours for different rates. The best-selling Seven Seas Stamps “ASC” catalogue of course lists FDC for these colour change stamps, all of which are rare even on SINGLE covers - at $600, $600, $550 and $500 respectively, and all sell fast when they appear. In 40 years of dealing I have only seen a few occasional examples of each FDC, and after 77 years, most of those were ratty and foxed etc. NONE were Registered or backstamped, the only way to PROVE something was not back-stamped later on, by a mate in a PO somewhere etc. (See below!) All were stamps clean and fresh, and well centred, with full perfs, and the cover itself was also absolutely clean and flat pristine. This cover with all 7 is almost certainly unique. Have never seen another example offered even in auction catalogues. Condition was PRISTINE - it looked like it was serviced last week, not 77 years back! The “PARLIAMENT HOUSE” clear cds of December 10, and the Registration label verify it beyond all doubt, and it is backstamped Sydney GPO also on December 10, and also has a superb crisp back-stamp of Balgowlah (Sydney suburb) arrival of “7.30AM - 11 DE 41” as further proof. Worth $A11,000 to you? Take a look at this fuzzy “FDC” scan nearby - sadly the best quality Spink London generally do, on their stoneage website. It was offered in their September Arthur Gray sale as a “FDC”, and was accompanied by a real FDC of the booklet pane of the same stamp, from April 1942. Sold for by Spink £4,800, PLUS 5% Tax on that hammer price, PLUS 24% Buyer fee (taking invoice to about $A10,500 before our banks pillage, using fake exchange rates) PLUS Spink’s outrageous 4% fee to use a credit card to pay it all. So this alleged “1 JA 1942 - FDC” buy cost someone at the time over $10,500, or indeed some $A11,000 if someone here paid by credit card. On a $7,500 full ACSC value “FDC”. Quite the bargain - I do NOT think! NOT being Registered, and being from an obscure PO, I certainly would not have paid even a tiny fraction of that personally, as I am unaware that Epstein was a Stamp News - 63

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“FDC” or a backdated favour? collector with such fantastic inside contacts, that the REST of the Australian stamp world did not have! I am sure had I traded from Castlecrag PO in 1942, a kindly PM might have backdated his cds if asked sweetly - and we will never know re “THORNBURY NORTH” for goodness sakes. January 1 was a Public Holiday in Victoria in 1942, to make it smell even riper. Epstein ran a business/lived in Flinders Street Melbourne, so why did he go to obscure “Thornbury North” PO to have covers postmarked - addressed back to Flinders Street!?? It would have involved a train trip on the Thomastown line or a tram trip along High Street. Crazy.

1941.” “Given Christmas occurred in the time frame to which we’re referring, more 2½d’s other than the Surcharge must surely have been issued to service seasonal demand? I highly recommend that readers check dates on their KGVI 2½d covers - even clear dates on used stamps prior to Jan 1, 1942 would be enlightening” Perry concluded. Gary Watson from Mossgreen popped in for a coffee in December, and saw the 7 stamp FDC sitting on my desk as I was about to mail it out, and was gobsmacked. He said in 40 years in the trade he could never recall seeing another, and told me what he thought it would get in Auction. (FAR more than I’d very happily sold it for - but now very glad I was not tempted!) My client paid about 10% for a superb REGISTERED FDC, of 7 scarce WW2 issues, to what the “Jan 1, 1942” unregistered, purported 2½d “FDC” lot fetched. In 10 years’ time my buyer will be laughing his head off I suspect! Some reader likely has a 2½d KGVI commercial cover or piece with a December 1941 date, as Rod Perry surmises should exist. Let me know if you find one. Even Decimal FDC can be scarce. Everyone knows that the pre-war era from Australia has many scarce and valuable FDC like those above, but even the Decimal material as recent as the 1970s can have quite serious value. Not all collectors realise that

All highly suspicious to me. There were many Post Offices closer, including the GPO, and Degraves Street PO (then called Commerce House PO), both a very short walk apart. And why would anyone assume a small suburban PO on a Public Holiday, would have the only stocks in the entire country of the new issue?! Makes ZERO sense at all to me. Discussing this “FDC” on stampboards, cover specialist Rodney Perry stated - “I find it difficult to fathom why a date closer to distribution date of Dec 13, 1941 for the stamp has not been found? The Letter rate had increased from 2d to 2½d on Dec 10, Even 1970s covers can be $100s. 64 - Stamp News

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POST 1970 “PO Shield” FDC very scarce. reality. One such modern icon is the 1970 “Small Cook” 30¢ FDC shown nearby. This one has pretty legendary status, and I have only handled a few copies in 40 years of stamp dealing. In 1970 Australia Post decided to tentatively enter the FDC market, making a pictorial design FDC for each new issue. This decision was very low key and it was not well promoted or publicised. Prior to then, the PO had sold “Generic” First Day Cover envelopes for a few cents each, that had a vertical “Shield” type logo design, that one could buy, and keep them at home. One could simply then add your own stamps to them, and have them canceled with those new issues when they came out. Back then thankfully, were only a few new issues a year - unlike today. For over 30 years private cachet makers had ruled supreme, and anyone with a 30 year run of Wesley or Royal or Excelsior saw no reason whatever to change. And they did not. Hence the PO sold virtually none of their new product! In those days, a half century ago, you needed to have First Day Covers addressed and truly mailed - either neatly typed like this one shown, or sadly many were done in handwriting, which almost always looks terrible. Quick test for erased addresses! PO staff would almost never simply cancel stamps, and hand back the envelopes. Some dealers and collectors addressed the covers in pencil to comply with the rules and erased it later. Hold those envelopes obliquely to the light and you will near always see the impression of the pencil original address! What the PO mostly sold were the “Long Cook” (9 x

4” or DL sized) cover in the exact same design - bearing a se-tenant strip of 5 x 5¢ and a 30¢ - i.e. a full set of 6. That “Long” Cook cover (identical orange cachet design to “Small Cook”) is not too hard to get, and sells for only $30 today - I always have them in stock if anyone needs one. The “Small Cook” 30¢ shown above is quite another kettle of fish. My guess is only a few 100 or so were serviced. Many have not survived the ensuing 48 years. Given the enormous Global popularity of Captain Cook as a topical, it adds to their worldwide appeal. I sold the one nearby off my Rarity Page for $A200 this month and it lasted only a few days, and 4 folks asked after it. Excellent “Small Cook” Forgeries made. I remember even back in the 1980’s the real rare one - the 30¢ “Small Cook” was $750 a FDC, and even so were near unobtainable! “PW” was the big FDC album maker, and they made a page for the “Small Cook”. Bingo. In the early 1980s when the price hit $750, there were superb fakes created. The only real difference was they used modern envelope stock, which has smooth blue green gum on the flaps - the originals have patchy, very streaky, yellow gum. See a glued down flap on these, and think “FORGED” as the fakers all panicked when the magazines highlighted the easy to spot gum differences! The Post Office illustrated FDC as pointed out above, made their debut with the 1970 “Expo” of March 16. Some collectors simply seek “1970 Onwards” FDC, and only want Post Office issued ones. However - slight complication - the Expo was not the first stamp issue in 1970. That honour went to the February 11 issue, 5¢ Standard Gauge Railway. I found a quite superb Post Office “Shield” FDC of that issue in a collection this week and it is shown nearby. They actually are as scarce as the expensive first 4 PO FDC from 1970s, probably moreso, as most folks bought only Wesley or Royal or Excelsior in 1970. Anyone missing it let me know - it will cover the pizzas for dinner! These “Shield” Logo Post Offices covers of course largely ceased when the PO started printing illustrated ones for each new issue. However they DO exist, and Stamp News - 65

Market Matters are naturally rather scarce, to very scarce. Stampboards has a thread on them illustrating known examples and they are many and varied. tinyurl.com/ShieldPO is that discussion, for those interested. One of Australia’s leading FDC collectors Brad Baker scanned me the 1971 Xmas Block of 7 on a Long PO “Shield” cover to use here, and that is shown nearby. Scarce is really the right word here, and I defy you to show me another of those ANYWHERE! Better China remains RED Hot! The FIRST Post Office FDC from 1970! China material remains red-hot globally, and the collector base China “Large Dragon” stamps. These are a super poputhere for top end stamps and covers is totally insatiable. lar issue, and on-cover the prices often go crazy as past For anyone who collects this area, the long established auctions have shown us of course. Hong Kong firm INTERASIA would be hard to beat, no The undoubted highlight is the iconic October 5, doubt about that. 1878 envelope from Peking to Shanghai bearing a 5 INTERASIA produce superb auction catalogue Candarin pair, and single. This is earliest recorded ussets for each sale, and secure mind-boggling prices for age of the Large Dragons - and thus the earliest cover the key pieces. Director Rod Schneider sent me some franked with Imperial China stamps. highlights from the next June 16-17 sales, and advises Schneider says it promises to be the most expensive that material for the sale is accepted until mid-February Chinese cover ever sold at auction, and is anticipated to should any readers have this area to sell. realise well in excess of US$1,000,000. The initial ofI notice they are continuing to offer more sections fering of Olsson collection last year realised over $HK15 of the amazing Jane and Dan Sten Olsson collection of million, and 3 more sections are to come! The Hong Kong and Treaty Ports are highlighted by two complete sheets of 60 of the 1891 “Jubilee” issue, the Philippe Orsetti collection of security markings and perfin covers, and a very fine usage of the rare “Shanghai Crown”, the important earliest mark of this major Treaty Port. The specialised offering of 1894 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress and 1897 New Currency surcharges includes large multiples, varieties, cancellations and covers, with the various printings represented in choice quality. The 1897 Red Revenue surcharges include an outstanding mint block of four A $US1 million China cover? of the small figures 2¢ on 3¢ with “Sur66 - Stamp News

Glen Stephens charge Inverted” and the lower two stamps also showing the comma for stop and inverted “s” in “cents” varieties, as well as a choice offering of cancellations. The super popular “Coiling Dragons” stamps and later issues are well represented, with a fine showing of the Provisional Neutrality overprints, and unissued Postage Dues. A superlative mint example of the “Red Ruby” - the large figures surcharge 1.5mm. setting on the Dowager first printing 30¢ on 24 candarin (ex Dr. Robert C.H. Lee and “Isleham”) is another highlight of this powerful section of classic China stamps. Complementing these amazing groups above are many exceptional essays and proofs, complete sheets, rare Settings, and other important Large Dragon covers,

including spectacular frankings, as well as France and Japan combinations.

Glen Stephens has written monthly ‘Stamp Tipster’ Columns for over 30 years - globally. A vast library of his past articles and photos are found at – www.glenstephens.com/column.html

Glen Stephens 4 The Tor Walk, Castlecrag, NSW, 2068 Ph: 02 9958 1333 email: glen@glenstephens.com Website: www.glenstephens.com

STATEMENT RE Mossgreen AUCTIONS P/L It’s important that the philatelic community be informed of the truth of the situation at MG. I’ll keep this brief. MG was placed into voluntary administration the last trading day before Christmas. Nobody in the Stamp & Coin Department had any inkling this would happen. The entire staff were advised that this was a temporary situation to allow the company to be refinanced. The message was positive and upbeat. We were told that Jack Gringlas was a secured creditor for $6,000,000 but that he would place himself at the bottom of the list so that all the vendor creditors would be fully paid out. Mossgreen’s director, Paul Sumner, said he would present a Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA) under which all unpaid vendors would receive 100c in the dollar. Several other meetings were held between our department and the administrator, with the message always being that it was “business as usual”. Unfortunately, Paul Sumner was unable to present a DOCA by the due date and yesterday, 17th January, liquidation proceedings were instituted, at which point my employment - and that of most of the staff - was terminated, effective immediately. Torsten Weller, Nick Anning and Charlotte Mills will complete a formal stocktake and return of goods to vendors. They too will then be terminated. Unlike Prestige Philately, Mossgreen did not operate a quarantined account for vendors’ money. However, the administrator has advised he will seek a ruling from the Supreme Court in respect of there being a constructive trust that would provide protection to the vendors. The administrator has consistently advised that all unsold lots and all unoffered material remains the property of the vendors and will be returned once the stocktake is

completed. Torsten, Nick and I have at all times acted in the best interests of our vendors, many of whom have enjoyed longterm business relationships with us. These clients have trusted us, as we trusted Mossgreen. The most difficult aspect of this whole situation is not losing our jobs but being unable to protect those vendors who are now unpaid creditors. Torsten, Nick and I had no idea of the gravity of Mossgreen’s issues. It was a large organisation with a separate Finance Department that handled all invoicing etc. We had no access to any financial information. I, too, am an unpaid vendor from the October auction, as is our self-managed superannuation fund. My father is also an unpaid vendor. Between us we are owed about $100,000. Torsten is still owed a significant sum in respect of Mossgreen’s acquisition of his business in 2016. There are about 70 stamp vendors impacted, and the administrator has said they are unlikely to be paid in full, even if the Supreme Court rules that a constructive trust existed. In addition to our personal situation, some 50 employees are now or soon will be unemployed. The administrator has advised that contractors with outstanding invoices will probably not be paid. Most importantly for collectors and the industry the options to buy and sell through quality auctions have been significantly impacted. These are the facts. However, life goes on and I am hopeful that something good will come out of this.

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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 9264 8301 Australian Numismatic Society, NSW Branch: Mtg 3rd Monday, Philas House Australian 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 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 Burwood District SC: Mtg 4th Wed 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: Produces “Cinderellas Australia” and monographs; PO Box 889, Chatswood, NSW 2057 Club WIlloughby Philatelic Section : Mtg 4th Thursday Earlwood and District SC: Mtg 1st Wed Eastwood-Epping PS: Mtg 1st Tuesday 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, Tuncurry Enq: Ph 02 6555 5664 Gosford PS: Afternoon Mtg 1st Mon Hawkesbury Valley PS (Richmond Stamp Club): Mtg 2nd Thurs (ex Jan) PO Box 28 Richmond 2753 Illawarra PS: Mtg 3rd Wednesday, Room 2, Illawarra Master Builders Club, 61 Church St, Wollongong 7.00 pm. Lord Howe Island Postal History Society: Mtg by arrangement. Contact Pres: Dr William Mayo, 02 9918 6825 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) Mudgee Coin Note & Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sunday Ph 02 63735324 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

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 4th Monday Wilson Community Hall, Braibrise Rd Wilson. 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, St. Peter’s Church Hall, 4 Hammad St., Palmyra. Circuit books 7pm, meeting 8pm Ph: 08 9284 7125 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

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NSW club information:The Philatelic Association of NSW, PO Box220, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1300 Phone: 02 9264 8301

NSW Postcard Collectors Soc: Mtg 1st Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Northern Suburbs PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7.45pm, Naremburn Library, Central St, Naremburn off Slade St Orange Coin and Stamp Club: Mtg Last Tuesday, Orange Community Info Centre, 79-81 Kite St, Orange 7.30pm Parramatta PS: Mtg 1st Friday Penrith and District PS: Mtg 1st Thursdays, 8pm, J3A Bldg. Castlereash St. New PO Box: 252 Kingswood 2750. Ph: 02 4733 3062 Piallaway PS: PO Box 12, Werris Creek PHILAS Stamp Auctions: Mtg 2nd Sat Mar,Jul, Nov Ph 02 9264 8301 PS of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed (exDec) PS of NSW: Mtg 4th Sat (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. 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 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 PS: 2nd Sat. even months 9.30-2.30 North Rocks Community Church132 North Rocks Road North Rocks 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 Toronto SC: Mtg 1st Wed Turramurra SC: Mtg 2nd Monday, 7.45pm. Twin Towns Stamp Club Inc.: Mtg 1st Monday, 7.30p, Masonic Centre, 8 Boyd St, 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 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 Mandurah PS PO Box 625 Mandurah WA 6210 2nd Tues 4.45 - 6.30pm Bortolo Park Pavilion Cnr. Bortolo and Murdoch Drives 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: 3rd Tues. 7.30pm Leagues Club 99 Anderson St. Cairns. Ph 07 4055 1302 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, Gatton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: lvsc@bigpond.com Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, Presbyterian Church, Barry St, Slacks Creek, 6pm. Ph: 07 3805 9226.

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

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, 10:00am, Nanango RSL. Contact Ph: 07 3103 8938 or ema il: bowtell_harris@activ8.net.au 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 Red Cross Rms, Price St., Nambour 07 5445 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 & 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 St Arnaud SC: Mtg 3rd Mon (excl. Jan & Dec) 03 54951371 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

victoria

Feb 3 - (1st Sat) 9am to 4pm Orange Stamp Fair,

Feb 4 - (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.

Feb 3 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor,

Feb 10 - (2nd Sat) Salvation Army Stamp Fair, Fern-

Car park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, tree Gully. For details see full page advertisement cnr Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW.

Feb 18 - (3rd Sun) Stamp, Card - Phone Card Fair,

Feb 3 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am

Bentleigh-McKinnon Youth Centre, Higgins Rd,

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