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Contents Articles Woodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ...................................................6 Canadian Special Delivery 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

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The sale of the Arthur Gray Australian Commonwealth KGVI section,

by Spink London, September 19, delivered generally strong results.

For one of the best of its kind ever assembled, I suppose no less was anticipated.

With FDCs, the collection contained a number of what can fairly be described as “the impossibles”, those for certain stamp issues which generally appear just once in a generation. These include wartime, and perforation/watermark variations, subsequent to the appearance of the relevant inaugural Figure 1. One of several highly elusive FDCs in sale stamp issues.

Spink realisations are calculated the Gray sale. Parish was employed in the Distribuas 60p = AU$1, exclusive of premium. My thanks tor of Stamps office at Sydney GPO at the time of to Nick Startup at Spink for permission to capture the 1940s change of perforation, and later appearthe images. ance of unwatermarked paper for Zoological, and Figure 1 (Lot #555) was one of a number of some contemporary definitive issues. As the new so-called “impossible” FDCs in the sale, which printings arrived in stock, Parish prepared FDCs featured more such items than any collection previ- for himself, and a small band of family/friends. He ously publicly auctioned. Said in ACSC to be one of also is believed to have checked incoming sheet five such covers recorded, we have one Hayward C stock for the presence of Plate numbers (of which Parish to thank for this, and many other rarities in the Gray collection contained an abundant selection), and other variations desirable by specialists. The lot realised $2890 (£1700) against ACSC $5000.

For the record, the other Zoological perforation changes realised £850 (4d – cheap!), £1400 (5d and 9d), £950 (6d – also on low side), and £1500 (1/-).

One recorded example only of each is stated in ACSC, and priced at $5000 (the 5d is unlisted, an omission).

Frank Pauer, the preeminent collector of Australian FDCs, and I are in agreeFigure 2. £1 Robes usage article good value ment that the number of sur6 - Stamp News

Figure 3. £1 Thin paper “easier” on FD than Commercial cover viving covers is on average three (and see comment under Figure 3). Irrespective, I rate these FDCs as important, and good value for money.

Figure 2 (#610) is a less usual usage article for Robes £1 (Thick paper). The stamp is elusive on commercial mail, more usually found on domestic parcel tags, and heavier airmail covers to UK. When opened to its full extent, the manner in which it would be better served in an exhibit, the article reveals a Customs declaration indicating the enclosure was a mulga wood vase, weighing 9Ibs 8ozs. Realisation was $391 (£230), which was good value.

Figure 3 (#617) is a rare FDC for the Robes £1 Thin paper, produced for/or by J.C. Thompson of Rushcutters Bay. I say “or by” as I’ve seen many Pacific Islands covers similarly addressed by that typewriter. Hayward C. Parish was likely involved; I’ve read (unconfirmed) that he and Thompson were related by marriage. I’ve seen four of this FDC, one of which indicated in pencil on reverse that it was the fourth of six produced. I think it likely that up to six examples were produced of the change of perforation/unwatermarked paper FDCs mentioned earlier. This FDC realised $6800 (£4000) against ACSC $7500. I’ve noted only three commercial

articles bearing this printing of the £1, making it even rarer in that form than the FDC rarity.

The study of varying taste in philately I find an irresistible pastime: such probably stems from my marketing background as a philatelic auctioneer for so many decades: auctioneers are supposed to be “informed”. So it is that I find the realisation of $3400 (£2000) for Figure 4 (#622) puzzling. Described as “delightful” by Spink, to which I wholeheartedly agree, this superb and large Die proof of the 1943 QE 1d is one of two recorded examples, the other (appropriately) in The Royal Collection. ACSC has this item at $15000, a figure I agree ought to be indicative of its market value. This great for value, unique in private hands, and beautiful item I cannot resist comparing with Figure 5, which follows.

Figure 5 (#633) emanates from the infamous 1940s Note Printing Branch thefts. ACSC states: “Probably less than ten pairs are recorded” (of this tête-bêche variety). Yet, it realised $4760 (£2800).

Catalogue is $10000 and, although I have a problem with that figure, the realisation does not so much

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come as a surprise. What, however, does puzzle me, lay within the aforementioned cross-comparison with Figure 4. Consider this: Up to ten times as many of one item (Figure 5) are available in relation to the other (Figure 4); the Die proof is worthy of inclusion in the Australia Post Archival Collection.

The former sells for approaching half ACSC, the latter a little over a fifth. In summation: I don’t get it. SG has resisted listing the stolen material: hold on to your hats if that policy is ever relaxed! When I commenced philatelic trading in the 1960s, it was illegal to handle this material. It was, after all, stolen from the Commonwealth. Firstly: the Federal Police would pay an unscheduled visit; secondly: you would unceremoniously be separated from your “prize” material.

Figure 6 (#635) featured two rarities: FDC versions of the stamp featured under Figure 5. The “1942” 2½d, it is stated in ACSC was “First distributed from the Note printing Branch on 13 December 1941”. This lot featured what is purported to be the only known FDC for this stamp issue, dated Jan 1 1942, serviced at Thornbury North. Some readers may find it difficult to comprehend that there is just one purported example of an FDC for an Australian new issue, in the era when FDCs had become a popular pursuit. But, this is how it is. The aforementioned Parish, the record indicates, did not process FDCs for this stamp (he did for the 3½d denomina-

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Figure 5. Crime pays tion of this series – issued months later on March 25 1942 – but just one example of that FDC is thus far recorded. Footnote: announced the day I sent off this copy, Phoenix Auctions have that very cover coming up for auction – Nov 3 2017!)

So, returning to the regular stamp issue FDC in this lot, here is some of my input: (i) the gap between distribution (Dec 13 1941) and this purported FDC (Jan 1 1942) may be significant; (ii) that lengthy duration may have been skewed by Pearl Harbour the week prior to distribution: public focus naturally was directed elsewhere; (iii) the addressee, Keith Epstein, I knew, and he may have been influential at Thornbury North PO (the new year’s day date is not necessarily a problem – it was a Thursday, and Sub-POs – usually aligned to newsagencies

issue, a remarkable commercial FDC, used by Queensland Land Court. It realised an impressive $9350 (£5500). There are probably only three or four genuine FDCs of this stamp. I really like this one.

ACSC is $5000.

The highest realising item in the auction was the 1945 redrawn 2/Kangaroo with watermark inverted.

This uber underwhelming item, by my standards, realised $13600 (£8000). The ACSC for this is a whopping $45000, which I cannot comprehend (SG is £24000).

Figure 7. Result will surprise many, as it did 20 years ago ACSC states “The only recorded examples with watermark inverted are a used pair, cancelled Kooy– would have generally been open); (iv) I bought the Masonic Lodge Brisbane intact correspondence, ong (Vic.) c.d.s. of 6 JL 48, and a used single.” The Gray example was offered as that single. In fact, it 1930-1951, some 90,000 covers, Australia-wide is the right hand unit of the former pair, mentioned correspondents. The material was filed in date of receipt order: earliest date of use for this stamp was in ACSC. Arthur gave in to temptation and sepaJan 3 1942 (a Saturday).

This is one of the most enigmatic FDCs of Australia. If a date prior to Jan 1 1942 is found, the Spink realisation of $8160 (£4800) will wilt.

However, the Thompson Booklet pane, extremely rare, is a significant contributor to the realisation for this aggregate lot.

To conclude: there are ways to fortify the contention that this Epstein cover is a contender for the FDC for the regular stamp issue. However, divulging such forensics is beyond the scope of advice I generally offer in this column.

On April 4 1997, my auction firm conducted what was to become recognised as a groundbreaking auction: Philatelic Covers of Australia.

Lot 370 in that auction was a 1942 5½d Emu FDC, described: “The only FDC for this stamp issue recorded to date.” Estimated $1500/2000, it went on to realise $6500 hammer. Given the reasonably popular Australian Stamp Catalogue had this FDC priced at $15, there were doubters-a-many that this was a legitimate realisation. It was.

Figure 7 (#647) is the Gray FDC for this stamp Figure 8. A lot for the money Stamp News - 9

rated off the left hand unit for sale at a huge price to an American squillionaire, intent upon having a complete collection of Australian watermark anomalies (is that the whiff of burning fingers I detect on the barbie?). Expect more of these to turn up, if they haven’t already.

Figure 8 (#650) I would rather own than that 2/- Kangaroo. This delightful entrant (100 x 125mm) in the 1946 Stamp Design Competition, sold for a frugal $408 (£240).

Now that’s what I call value for money.

Figure 9 (#686) was offered in the exhibit (and auction catalogue) under the Arms series, perhaps given the dominant franking of the 5/- of the series. When the catalogue came online, I went straight to the £2 denomination amongst the Arms lots, ignoring the 5/-, which is not a scarce usage item, like its big brother. I simply did not notice the presence of the Robes 10/- x3, Thin paper, which is a rarity on tag or cover. I’ve noted just two tags (the other had one 10/-) and one cover. It appears I’m not the only one who missed this opportunity. At $128 (£75) it’s my nominaFigure 9. It’s all in the presentation tion for the bargain of the sale. So, what’s it really worth? North of $2500. tions for is Figure 10 (#688). This impressive 1964 On then to the £2 Arms. The first of two franking of £6.17.2d, on a parcel post tag, features items in Gray that I was eager to note the realisaan impressive strip of three of the £2. This is the record franking for this denomination for postage.

(There is an aggregate postage document bearing the £2 x5). The lot had an additional £2 article, a Diplomatic mail label (seen just protruding in the image), making this a very astute purchase at $935 (£550). I was expecting two/three times that sum for this lot. The £2 is a really tough stamp on commercial postage article. The £2 Navigator which succeeded it? Near impossible.

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Crocodile made £2600, and the subject 2/6d $4250 (£2500): neither is catalogued. I suspect the rarity of this group is much of a muchness. Incidentally, ACSC states for 2/6d “issued in January 1957”, but this is dated Dec 28 1956. I rate this FDC a far more important item than the grossly overrated 2/6d Watermark sideways inverted (ACSC 265a, $5750 mint, $1500 used – SG 253aw, £5000, £1500). New finds of this visual fail are being reported with monotonous regularity.

Don’t expect that to happen Figure 11. For collectors who prefer standard in their covers with Parish FDCs. Figure 13 (#766) is a delot for which I was eagerly awaiting a result. This is a composite for payment of Business Reply Post: lightful series of Die proofs of 1946 Mitchell set.

130 items @ 6d each = 65/- (£3.5.0d). I once owned Five sets were produced, no more than three of which are available to collectors. ACSC has them at one of the few recorded airmail covers bearing a $15000 combined, which I agree is a fair indication £2 (they sell for $5/6000), but could never interest of what they ought to be worth. They realised $3400 Arthur Gray: it took up two exhibition pages, and (£2000), which I find a disappointment. Compared space was always at a premium in his exhibits. The with this lot, of National importance, the next lot subject cover was perfect, however, for it demonin the catalogue was an uber unimportant block of strated usage in a compact form. Some collectors 2½d, with just partial double perforation, affectprefer that criterion, which was clear on auction ing six units. That item catalogues an unjustifiable day, for it realised an impres-

sive $3400 (£2000). A usage specialist delights in diversity, and so it is that big and small have their place in a collection.

Figure 12 (#713) is a Parish prepared FDC for unwatermarked 2/6d Aborigine.

The extremely rare unwatermarked Zoologicals and 2/- Crocodile FDCs realised respectable sums, former a little on the light side with 4d £900 (Cat $5000), 9d £950 (uncatalogued), and 1/- £1100 (Cat $5000). The

Figure 12. True 2/6d Aborigine rarity Stamp News - 11

$1500, and at $884 (ÂŁ520) realised a far higher proportion of ACSC catalogue than did the proofs. Difficult cross-comparison for me to comprehend.

On that note, so concludes this narrow in scope overview of Gray sale.

I’ll finish with two other auction house recent realisations I found interesting: Australia’s inaugural Decimal series usage, with a high degree of justification is very popular: it abounds in attractive designs, short-lived and everchanging rates, and scarce/rare usages, generally affordable for Figure 13. Beauty and rarity, let down by price those who are motiPhoenix Sep 29 2017 #1182 (Figure 14) featured a vated to seek them out. particularly scarce and attractive use of the $2 Bass (and 40c), an early example of SAL (Surface Air Lifted) service, which provided a more economical alternative for international parcels than full airmail. This $2.40 rate was for a parcel to UK weighing up to 2lbs. It realized an impressive $620 (including premium).

Errors on commercial cover are optimal usage candidates, rare, and generally expensive, particularly when the subject stamp is a popular topic. Mossgreen Oct 3 2017 #166 (Figure 15) possessed the essentials to set a record, but proved to be Figure 14. Decimal usage demand gaining traction 12 - Stamp News

Figure 15. Rarity and value for money converge exceptional value for money. A 1970 commercial cover bearing popular Cook stamp, Black omitted, this unique item catalogues $12500 in ACSC Decimals I (2002). I was expecting a realisation above full catalogue, but $7200 (including premium) was where the hammer fell. This will be seen to be a very astute purchase.

My thanks also to Phoenix and Mossgreen for use of images.

Rod Perry has been a philatelic trader since 1962 and a Stamp News advertiser since the 1960s . He founded Rodney A Perry Auction Galleries (now Millennium Philatelic Auctions) in 1971. As a collector he has exhibited nationally and internationally. Rod prefers his used stamps on cover and likens taking a stamp off its original cover to converting a tree to woodchips. Past editions of this column may be accessed on Rod’s ‘rap.com.au’

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CANADIAN SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMPS Early one morning a few years ago I was preparing to embark on a fairly long train journey when it dawned on me that I had nothing to read. The local newsagent’s had not yet opened so they could not really help. Then all of the sudden the doorbell rang. My early visitor was a postman who handed me an express parcel which contained the new issue of an American stamp magazine for which I had written a fairly long article.

Thus I had a very pleasurable journey enjoying the many stories in the magazine. I certainly appreciated that the editor had paid for special delivery of my package.

In many countries it has been possible to secure special or express delivery of letters and packages by paying an extra fee. Such

mail items are delivered immediately on arrival at the post office by a special messenger.

Many postal administrations have released express or special delivery stamps for this service. In this month’s column I’ll spotlight Canada’s remarkable special delivery stamps.

It all started in 1898 when the Canadian post office released a 10-cent stamp inscribed “Special Delivery Within City Limits”. Obviously this service was only available in urban areas.

A hundred years ago inflation was very low and postal rates remained the same for years.

It was only in 1922 that Canada issued a new special delivery stamp with the increased face value of 20 cents. The stamp’s text had been modified to “Special Delivery For First Class

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Christer Brunström Mail Only Within City Limits”. As was the case with the 1898 issue, the new stamp had inscriptions in English only which must have outraged the country’s sizable French-speaking population.

In 1927 Canada celebrated its 60th anniversary with a set of stamps which included a special delivery stamp. It is quite interesting as it depicts several kinds of postal transportation in the country. By now postal officials had finally realised that Canada is a bilingual nation and the purpose of the stamp is indicated as SPECIAL in English and EXPRÈS in French. As can be seen the denomination is still 20 cents. There are some interesting varieties of this stamp with missing perforations either vertically or horizontally.

The 1927 issue was of course of a commemorative nature and in 1930 there was a new express stamp in a new design. This time the inscriptions read SPECIAL DELIVERY and EXPRÈS but the denomination was indicated as TWENTY CENTS in English only.

Once again the French-speakers must have voiced their objections to the stamp.

Three years later the above express stamp was reissued in a slightly modified design.

Instead of TWENTY CENTS only the word CENTS was included this time. The wording on all subsequent express stamps have been identical to the 1933 issue.

In 1935 there was another new express stamp in an entirely new symbolic design featuring progress in industry and commerce.

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CANADIAN SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMPS Starting in 1928 Canada’s coat of arms was chosen for a new issue of special delivery stamps. The denomination was still 20 cents.

A year later the fee was lowered to 10 cents and the above stamps was overprinted with the new denomination. There was also a printing of the stamp with the revised 10-cent value.

Canada took active part in World War II and this was of course reflected on the nation’s postage stamps. In 1942 there was a new express stamp with a patriotic design featuring the coat of arms with flags on each side.

Canada’s last express stamp was released in 1946. The design of 1942 had been reworked

and laurels replaced the flags. If the 1942 stamp is known as the War Issue the 1946 stamp is frequently referred to as the Peace Issue.

All in all Canada released 11 different first class special delivery stamps (some also exist overprinted or punched OHMS to be used as service stamps. This certainly is a rather limited area which lends itself to a specialized collection. The basic stamps can be obtained easily but finding the stamps on nice covers will certainly prove to be somewhat of a challenge. All of Canada’s special delivery or express stamps are beautifully engraved and a joy to add to any collection.

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Bought these today from an estate. I do not stock coins, and buy them cheap as I sell them cheap, to keep them moving OUT the door. HEAPS more pix here - tinyurl.com/ OzCoinYr Retail is $630 in the latest Renniks as per link above, and that IS around what levels these sell for in the real world. These Annual sets are VERY strong in the retail market. Indeed leading dealers have these priced at 100% of Renniks levels - see - tinyurl.com/OzSets - Great deal for a collector who missed them, or an ebay re-seller etc. All very fine, in original outer slipcase packaging, as received from the Royal Australia Mint. $A285 (Stock 293AD)

South Africa Leather VIP Album, from 1947 UPU Congress just $A450:

Rare complete album. Soft green kid leather quality covers, with deep gold Coat Of Arms embossing on front cover, and tissue interleaving on all the pages, which are heavy grade thickness, non-acidic, deckled card stock. Has the complete Definitives 1933/48 set 10 x bi-lingual pairs, SG 54/64 cat £300, and the South West Africa Definitives to 20/-, also in joined bi-lingual pairs, cat £220, and both Royal Visit sets. All hinged by SAPO staff onto the specially arted, heavy grade light card pages. Also includes 3 business cards of the SAPO big shots at the Congress, inc then SAPO Postmaster General. Cat of mint stamps alone is over £520, and possibly only a few of these albums remain intact, being busted down over 70 years, for the high cat contents. 70 years old now, and in nice shape. More pix here: tinyurl.com/AlbumSA From the same source I have Brazil (with IMPERFS!) Australia, Hungary - with 240 diff MUH stamps, cat £280, in tassled classy book, Japan with high cat M/S etc, USA with many stamps, inc 1938 Prexies to $5 etc $A450 (Stock 728PQ)

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The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance … ask the USPS

Reported at http://magazine.promomarketing.com Almost unbelievably, the United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a stamp of the Statue of Liberty in 2010 which featured the wrong statue. Instead of the original statue in New York Harbor, the stamp featured the replica of the statue in Las Vegas. As 3 billion of the stamps were already in circulation prior to the discovery of the error, the USPS took no action.

Four years ago the sculptor of the Las Vegas Liberty, Robert S. Davidson, took action against the USPS for its supposedly improper use of his artwork on a stamp and the trial over this matter has just concluded.

Since 1886, the Statue of Liberty has proven a celebrated symbol of freedom and opportunity.

Davidson has argued that the USPS improperly extended those concepts to its benefit by using his sculpted rendering of the iconic work on more than four billion stamps, with roughly a quarter of the prints issued even after the entity had learned it was not the original statue.

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For 21 years, the disputed Liberty has stood outside the Las Vegas-based New York, New York Hotel, with Davidson claiming it was devised not as an attempt to duplicate the Statue of Liberty exactly but rather as an effort to make a piece that features a “more fresh-faced,” “sultry” and “sexier”.

Davidson is seeking damages for a 2010 gaffe through which the defendant, in preparing a “Forever” stamp of the Frederic Auguste Bartholdi creation, chose a Getty Images representation of the Vegas work instead.

Stock photo agency Sunipix noticed the mistake a year later, notifying USPS of the differences, which Davidson’s lawsuit stated drew inspiration from “certain facial features of his close female relatives”.

Despite having the information on its error, USPS printed 1.13 billion additional stamps, increasing the total to almost 4.63 billion items.

The USPS have argued that the differences between the New York Harbor sculpture and the Las Vegas depiction “are too subtle to warrant protection as an original work.”

What adds to the mix is that the USPS continued to market the incorrect image, with a spokesman saying in 2013 that the design proved so popular

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that they “would have selected this photography anyway.” However, another official responsible for stamp designs contended that he would never have made the in-question selection had he known it featured a replica.

The trial has now concluded and a judgement is expected in the coming months.

In September 2013, a federal court judgment ruled the USPS had to pay a sculptor $685,000 after not acquiring permission to use his Korean War Memorial design on a stamp.

Margo’s note: Wonder if the estate of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi is considering suing Robert S. Davidson for taking liberties with the original design?

Pictures of Lillie

Reported at www.itv.com Eight stamps which feature Jersey-born actress, Lillie Langtry, have been released by Jersey Post, marking 100 years since her retirement from the stage

Better known as ‘the Jersey Lily’, Langtry was born in 1853 at the Old Rectory in St Saviour, Jersey.

From these humble beginnings she moved in the highest social circles and received critical acclaim on the world stage and, when nearly bankrupt, re-invented herself as an actress and entrepreneur, challenging Victorian society’s attitude to women..

She was discovered by high society when she moved to London in 1875. Wearing a simple black dress and plain hairstyle at a party, Lillie captivated those artists present with her beauty and simplicity.

Soon artists were competing for her as a model and photographs and sketches of Lillie, produced by the hundreds, appeared in shop windows, making her an overnight sensation.

She soon attracted the attentions of the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII, and became his mistress. Her association with the Prince and other notable society figures increased Lillie’s celebrity. Her friends included Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, Prime Minister William Gladstone, and American railroad magnate Diamond Jim Brady.

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As her relationship with the Prince waned, Lillie was suddenly beset by creditors and in need of an income and she took to the stage. She made a successful debut in 1881 then formed her own troupe, which toured the US in 1882.

Lillie generally played lightweight roles never received critical acclaim and was often censured for the risque nature of her characters.

Nevertheless British and American audiences inevitably flocked to see her, attracted by her beauty and fashion, and the ongoing romantic scandals that Lillie never publicly refuted.

As her theatrical engagements began to bring in huge box office receipts, Lillie also made many other shrewd investments, including real estate and race horses, so that she soon became one of the wealthiest independent women of her time.

She died in Monte Carlo 1929 and was buried where she was born in St Saviour’s Jersey.

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A Post office at your doorstep in Lithuania Reported at http://postandparcel.info

Lithuania Post has announced that it has been implementing a new mobile postie service in rural areas.

Due to “rapidly decreasing” populations in some rural areas, it has had to develop innovation solutions to continue providing postal services in a financially viable manner.

As a result, the company closed 77 “rarely visited” post offices and replaced them with 124 mobile posties who provide all postal services by visiting people’s homes or in “designated service provision locations”.

The mobile posties are fully equipped with tablets, mobile phones, portable receipt printers and scales and regularly update their knowledge with

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remote and direct training.

Head of Strategy and Business at Lithuania Post, commented: “According to the new operating model, the mobile postman is able to provide services, which before used to be available only at stationary post offices. Moreover, new operating model allowed to cut operating costs by 15% while increasing mobile postmen wages up to 20%. I am pleased to note that this radical change made postal services more acceptable from client’s perspective and more flexible from company’s perspective.”

The mobile posties can also act as information gatherers and early warning systems: “Lithuania Post and various non-governmental organisations cooperate to use the mobile postmen operating model with regard to social services, e.g. inform responsible authorities and police about noticed disasters or other social risks.”

Living language in the limelight Reported at www.tvnz.co.nz

A new set of postage stamps has been issued by New Zealand Post featuring Te Reo Maori words that look to highlight the modern Maori language.

The release was timed to coincide with Maori Language Week and the Chairman of the Maori Language Commission hopes the stamps will show people that Te Reo Maori is a living language that changes with the times.

“If your language doesn’t adapt with the modern world it gets lost in time,” he said.

Only 3 per cent of New Zealanders can hold a conversation in te reo Māori. However, more than 300,000 young people are studying te reo Māori at school, and 10,000 are studying it at a tertiary level.

Te reo Māori is being revitalised and the language is

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Stamps in the News - Globally! growing to meet the ever-evolving world.

The stamps highlight Te Reo Maori words for things like text, Wi-Fi and computer. For example, the Te Reo Maori word for computer is rorohiko, literally meaning electric brain.

The Commission has expressed hopes that the stamps will engender a greater appreciation “that the Maori language is a part of our country, our business and our lives.”

Falklands’ philately flourishing Reported at http://en.mercopress.com

The following are extracts from a recent article about the Falkland Island’s philatelic direction written by Andrew Francis FIG Postmaster.

A country’s stamp issues are important for many reasons. They are an indication of sovereignty, a chance to promote the country throughout the world and to raise money for the government.

In a changing world where so many other things compete with stamp collecting, stamp issues everywhere have modernized both in terms of artistic output and production methods.

Nevertheless, Falklands issues are still based on beautiful paintings and illustrations. This is part of the reason why Falkland Islands stamp issues have always been and still remain very popular with collectors.

Stamp issues in the Falkland Islands are effectively controlled by the Stamp Advisory Committee, which meets on a quarterly basis.

The committee discusses ideas for future stamp issues and sets a plan for releases. The meetings are interesting and creative and the Falklands Islands is lucky in having many wonderful and diverse features to provide inspiration.

These meetings are open to members of the public.

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decades. In the 1960s Intaglio was a common method of printing. However, the Intaglio method is expensive, and whilst certain large countries still use this method for stamp production, it is generally reserved for bank note printing. Similarly photogravure is uneconomic unless millions of stamps are produced. For these reasons the Falkland Islands stamps are currently printed by lithography as is the case with most countries.

The most recent Falkland Islands stamp issue is the New Small Bird Definitive that includes a booklet designed for the benefit of the public.

The Falkland Islands’ good philatelic reputation in part stems from many excellent stamp issues over a long period of time.

Hong Kong Post preorder popularity peaks Reported at www.scmp.com

Selling philatelic products has earned Hong Kong Post an average of HK$150 million each year for the past three years.

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That income has grown steadily since 2014, along with an increase in the number of people pre-ordering products more than a year before their release.

There are currently about 50,000 registered users of the advance order service.

The postal service disclosed the figures as it unveiled the 2018 philatelic program.

Among the items was a set featuring characters created by prominent martial arts novelist Jin Yong, the pen name of Dr Louis Cha Leung-yung, whose 15 bestselling novels, written between 1955 and 1972, have been devoured by Chinese readers of all ages across the world.

“Jin’s novels are well read in the Chinese community in Greater China and overseas. The customer coverage is huge, and we believe the set will be popular,” a spokesman said.

Other themes for special stamps next year include Hong Kong festive customs, the Year of the Dog and the 150th anniversary of Hong Kong Fire Services.

Charity stamps US style

Reported at www.sandiegouniontribune.com

That’s 11 cents more than for a regular first-class stamp.

The Alzheimer’s money will be distributed to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Postal Service hasn’t yet announced where the PTSD funds will go, a spokesman said.

Some successful prior campaigns have raised significant sums for breast cancer research and to protect threatened wildlife species.

Charity stamps Canada style Reported at www.lfpress.com

Canada Post recently released a stamp designed by Andrew Lewis to raise money for its community foundation.

The stamp bears the image of a mother cat and kittens.

It’s the second stamp Lewis has designed for the foundation, the first — a colourful bird — raised more than $1 million in sales.

“They asked me to do it again after last year’s success,” said Lewis.

“I thought people would take to the cats. The mother cat represents the charity looking after the

The U.S. Postal Service will issue two new stamps that raise money to fight post-traumatic stress disorder and Alzheimer’s disease — afflictions that affect U.S. military veterans and older Americans.

The Alzheimer’s stamp is scheduled for issue in November. Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, afflicts more than 5 million Americans.

The PTSD stamp will be released in 2019. It will acknowledge a medical condition facing up to one in five U.S. military veterans coming home from recent battlefields.

The stamps bring in money because they cost more than a normal first-class stamp.

Currently, purchasers pay 60 cents for this category of stamp, which the Postal Service refers to as “semipostal.”

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Stamps in the News - Globally! kids (the kittens). I use vibrant colours. They’re fun and playful and human.”

Lewis is also working with the Royal Canadian Mint to develop a design for a 25 cent coin expected to be released in 2019 and a redesigned loonie. In 2016, he designed a new silver coin for the Mint.

The stamps, which come in two colours, are being sold in booklets of 10 — five in each colour — for $8.50 with $1 going to the foundation.

The foundation provides funds to local and national non-profit groups serving the needs of children and youth.

Lewis’s work is included in some of the world’s most impressive collections, including the French National Library, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

A stamp with no name Reported at www.linns.com

Egg on face in Luxembourg where it has been revealed that its two Europa stamps issued this year had to be removed from sale due to the country’s name not being inscribed on the stamps.

Part of this year’s multination Europa series with the theme of castles, the 70¢ stamp pictures Beggen Castle, and the 95¢ stamp shows Dommeldange Castle. Beggen houses the Russian embassy in Luxembourg, and the Chinese embassy is in Dommeldange.

A Linn’s reporter writing a review about Chinarelated stamps issued in 2017 by different countries,

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noticed that these two stamps had no country name on them.

He emailed Post Luxembourg and they confirmed that the name “Luxembourg” is missing on both of these stamps.

A spokesman commented “This is due to a mistake that happened during the printing file exchange between the graphic designer and the printer. The mistake was only noticed when a big part of the stamp issue had already been sold to the public.“ There will be no second printing of the stamps with the “Luxembourg” and the postal service stopped selling the stamps as of July 1.

Although the stamps are missing the country name, they have several inscriptions on them, including the name of the designer, B. Carter, in the lower right. The Bpost inscription in the lower left refers to the security printer of Belgium’s post office, which printed the two stamps.

Discussion board gossip suggests that initially the Europe logo was missing from the design and when this was rectified the country’s name dropped off with the fairly obvious error was not picked up

by Post Luxembourg. The issue is not listed on the authority’s website.

They swoop to conquer

Reported at www.canberratimes.com.au We all heard the warning: Spring time means magpie swooping season in Australia.

While most of us try and avoid any interaction with a magpie or experiment with different methods to deter the birds, this postman has become friends

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with them.

John Kanard has been delivering mail in Canberra for the past two years and has never been swooped.

“As soon as I started, I thought, there are magpies everywhere in Reid and Campbell, the best thing I can do is educate them about who I am, which is basically what I do.”

Mr Kanard grew up in Canberra and as a young boy was schooled in the art of magpie whispering by a local ornithologist.

“Really, it’s as simple as gaining the animal’s trust when it’s not spring time and you feed them,” he said.

He feeds the magpies along the route and doesn’t get swooped.

“When spring time comes along and the magpies know who you are they just come and say hello and expect to be fed.”

His secret? Muesli bars.

“There’s a little section in Campbell where I can easily be surrounded by 30 birds,” he said.

“You have to develop a relationship with the birds, that’s the way to do it. If you get to know them, they get to know you and life’s pretty good.”

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Postal Stationery This month’s column looks at the postal stationery listings for Commonwealth issues in the new edition of the Australasian Stamp Catalogue (ASC), results from Bandung 2017 and forthcoming exhibitions with postal stationery classes as well as Emoji postal stationery from Switzerland.

Postal Stationery Listings in the Australasian Stamp Catalogue (32nd Edition)

Figure 1 ASC E37 5d Queen Elizabeth II Envelope

After many years, a new edition of the Australasian Stamp Catalogue has been published by Seven Seas Stamps. The Australasian Stamp Catalogue is important for collectors of Australian Commonwealth postal stationery as it includes a simplified priced listing of Australian postal stationery. While there is now a specialised catalogue for predecimal postal stationery as part of the Australian Commonwealth Specialised Catalogue (ACSC), the Australasian stamp catalogue provides a straightforward listing of the pre-decimal issues and the only Figure 2 ASC P4 King George V Coronation postcard priced catalogue of decimal issues.

The Catalogue covers postal stationery issued by the Commonwealth of Australia from the first issues of 1911 up to issues from 2016. The listings include postal stationery sold over post office counters (‘regular’ issues) but not printed to private order (PTPO) issues. Modern postal stationery such as express post envelopes, and prepaid parcel satchels are not covered.

Stamped envelopes (Figure 1) are listed from the 1d Kangaroo and Map issue of 1913 until the CenteFigure 3 ASC L5 1d Kangaroo and Map Lettercard 26 - Stamp News

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Figure 4 ASC LS3 5c Queen Elizabeth II Lettersheet

Figure 5 ASC W1 ½d Kangaroo and Map Wrapper

nary of the Justices of the Peace issue of November 2016. The listing, especially that of the modern prestamped envelopes, is very useful to collectors of Australian Commonwealth postal stationery as information on modern issues is not easily found elsewhere. The listing would be more useful if the envelopes were illustrated with only some of the stamp imprints of earlier envelopes illustrated. The envelopes are priced mint and used. Both modern definitive envelopes, called postage prepaid envelopes (PPEs) by Australia Post and commemorative envelopes, pre-stamped envelopes (PSEs), are included.

Postcards (Figure 2) are listed and priced mint and used from the King George V side face issue of 1911 until some of the issues of 2016. The listing from 1911 until 1988 provides a simplified listing of the regular issue postcards with many of the postcards issued up to 1957 illustrated. The listing from 1990 onwards is however, incomplete, in general listing only postcards which have been recorded in the Australian Philatelic Bulletin.

This is not surprising as since 1990 Australia Post has issued many prepaid postcards which have not been officially announced or recorded in the Bulletin.

The many pre-paid postcards issued in conjunction with adhesive stamp issues (sold

by Australia Post as maximum cards) are comprehensively listed in the Catalogue under the maximum card listings. As Figure 6 ASC R18a FOURPENCE HALFPENCE on 5d King George V Registered Envelope

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Postal Stationery stated in the Catalogue, from 1990, all of these postcards were pre-paid and could be used for postage. The listings could be made easier to use by the addition of illustrations, but I understand the space limitations in a modern catalogue.

The lettercards (Figure 3) are listed from the first issues in 1911 until the 1985 pictorial issue, with many of the lettercards illustrated. As expected in a simplified listing, the many illustrations on the reverse of the King George V and Kangaroo and Map lettercards are not listed. These can be Figure 7 ASC R33 5½d KGVI Registered Envelope used to USA found in the ACSC. The three values of Queen Elizabeth II lettersheets (Figure 4) are also listed.

Newspaper wrappers (Figure 5) sold over post office counters issued from 1913 to 1980 are listed in the Catalogue. PTPO wrappers are not included. The wrappers are not illustrated. In addition, the details in the listing are sometimes abbreviated making the listing a little difficult to follow if you are not familiar with these issues.

Registered envelopes (Figures 6 and 7) are listed from the 1913 Kangaroo and Map issues of 1913 to the 1967 24c Queen Elizabeth II registered envelopes. Many Figure 8 A33 10c aerogramme with oval '0' in '10c' of the registered envelopes are illustrated assisting readers to follow the listing. Modern registered envelopes, issued since 1996, are not covered by the listing.

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Figure 10 Postal Stationery Class at Bandung 2017

aerogrammes issued from 1944 until 2016 are listed with most aerogrammes illustrated. The listing also includes airmail stamped envelopes (‘international PPEs’). The aerogrammes are priced mint and cancelled first day of issue (FDI).

Including pricing for used aerogrammes would improve the listing. Official aerogrammes used by the Postmaster-General’s Department are also covered. Australia’s first stamped aerogramme, the 7d airletter with the text ‘For letters to members of Forces Overseas’, is listed under a listing of wartime stationery as is the 5c Queen Elizabeth II aerogramme for use by Australian forces in Vietnam.

The separate listing of wartime stationery also includes a number of other postal stationery items such as the 5c Queen Elizabeth II envelope, the 1d King George V World War One envelopes and the prisoner of war aerogrammes and postcards including the 5d aerogramme intended for use by Japanese prisoner of war of which only two are known, one of which sold at a recent Moss Green auction for $10,200 including buyers’ premium.

Christmas Island aerogrammes, and registered envelopes are also listed in the Catalogue along with the lunar new year stamped postcards and envelopes and Cocos (Keeling) Islands aerogrammes and stamped envelopes.

In summary, the listings of postal stationery in the Australasian Stamp Catalogue remain important to collectors of Commonwealth postal stationery and as, has been said previously, are reason Figure 11 Judging the Postal Stationery Class at Bandung 2017

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enough for postal stationery collectors to purchase the Catalogue.

Figure 12 Postal Stationery Seminar at Bandung 2017

Purple Tassles Aerogramme

ranked exhibit was British India Queen Victoria Postal Stationery which received a Large Gold and special prize. Special prizes were also awarded to Frank Li for his exhibit of Albania and to Ian Bridle for his exhibit of Republican Postal Stationery of Java.

There were four one-frame postal stationery exhibits including an exhibit of the Black Jack Envelopes and Wrappers [of the USA], the 2c black envelopes (Figure 13) of the USA which depicted Andrew Jackson, the seventh US president, issued 1863-64. This exhibit was a specialised study of these issues and received the best result of the postal stationery one-frame exhibits.

Australian results were a Large Vermeil to Nancy Grey for her exhibit of the King George V Envelopes of Australia, a Vermeil for Charles Bromser and his exhibit USSR Postal Stationery of the 10th Standard Issue 1961 – 1967 and a

A new aerogramme was issued by Australia Post on 2 October 2017. The aerogramme (Figure 9) which sells for $2.40 has a wildflower design featuring Purple Tassles, Sowerbaea laxiflora, a wildflower found in south-west Western Australia.

Postal Stationery Class at Bandung 2017 World Stamp Exhibition

Bandung 2017 was a world stamp exhibition held 3 – 7 August 2017 in Bandung, Indonesia.

The postal stationery class (Figures 10, 11 and 12) included twenty-four exhibits with a wide variety of topics including Netherland Indies and Indonesia, German Post Office in China, Korean postcards, Sweden and Bechuanaland. The top

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Ian McMahon Large Vermeil for Gary Brown and the Postal Stationery of Natal.

Postal Stationery Exhibits at Royalpex 2017

The 2017 national postal stationery competition for Australia and New Zealand will take place at Royalpex 2017, a New Zealand Specialised National Stamp Exhibition to be held from 24 – 26 November 2017 at the Distinction Hotel, Te Rapa, Hamilton. New Zealand, http://www.nzpf.org.nz/ exhibitions/royalpex-2017. National exhibitions are a great opportunity to view postal stationery exhibits. If you are able to, please plan to attend.

2018 National Postal Stationery Competition at Newcastle Stamp & Coin Expo, 25-27 May 2018

As mentioned in the October 2017 issue of Australasian Stamp News, the next national postal stationery competition including the Postal Stationery Society of Australia Aerogramme competition, will take place at 2018 Newcastle Stamp & Coin Expo to be held in Newcastle on 25-27 May 2018. Entries for the Exhibition close on 28 February 2018 and entry forms can be found at http://newcastlephilatelicsociety.org.au/2018-newcastle-stamp-andcoin-expo/ . Please consider entering!

Emoji Postal Stationery

Top: Figure 13 USA 2c Black Jack Envelope Stamp Middle: Figure 14 Swiss Emoji Postcard Bottom: Figure 15 Reverse of Swiss Emoji Postcard

Gloria Bradley advises that Switzerland issued two postcards (Figures 14 and 15) and five stamped envelopes on 9 September 2017 to celebrate emojis. For those who have not followed electronic communications, emoji or smileys are graphic symbols used in electronic messages and web pages often to convey emotions. Originating on Japanese mobile phones in the late 1990s, emoji have become increasingly popular worldwide since their international inclusion in Apple’s iPhone, which was followed by similar adoption by Android and other mobile operating systems.

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Looking at New Zealand Ross Dependency II On 10 July 1967 New Zealand changed from sterling (£. s. d.) to decimal ($. c.) currency. All previous New Zealand stamps, including those of the Ross Dependency, were withdrawn and replaced by stamps of the same designs but with values expressed in decimal currency equivalent to the sterling denominations. Collectors made sure that they obtained first day covers of the new definitive stamps, an expensive exercise as the 18 stamps ranged from ½c to $2.00, a total cost of $4.89.

However, many collectors either overlooked the Ross Dependency stamps or decided that they could not afford them. The new stamps and a First Day canceller had been sent to the Antarctic on the 18 June mid-winter flight. About 2,500 covers for first day cancelling were also sent on the flight – about a quarter of the usual demand for special Ross Dependency cancels.

One schoolboy part-time dealer in Dunedin, Michael Hudson, made sure that his company, B. K. Stamps, received adequate

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supplies. First Day Covers are today catalogued at about $100.00 but in practice there is limited demand for them and they can be purchased for less.

Definitive stamps with new designs were issued on 18 January 1972, the 60th anniversary of the arrival at the South Pole of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his party. The values and subjects of the stamps, designed by Mark Cleverley, were: 3c Skua gull 4c RNZAF Hercules 5c Shackleton’s Hut & Scott’s 1910 – 13 hut 8c HMNZS Endeavour, the summer support ship 10c Scott Base 18c Ice floes.

The 1972 lithograph printing by Bradbury Wilkinson was on cream-toned chalky paper with shiny gum arabic. The four small-format lower value stamps were perforated 12¾ x 13¼ and the

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Coins & Banknotes CB99) Australia 1918 Florin, choice uncirculated with original lustre. Cat. $4750, price $3325 CB61) Australia 1923 Halfpenny in good VF condition, 6 pearls and near complete centre diamond. Has some mint lustre. Nice fault free coin, much better than usually seen. Cat. $3750, price $2495 CB57) Australia 1925 Penny, in Almost Uncirculated Condition. Lovely Chocolate Colour Coin. Has small planchette flaw to right of King’s Bust at base. Cat. $5500, price $4125 CB59) Australia 1925 Penny EF condition with 8 pearls and full centre diamond, cat. $1500, nice chocolate colour coin. Price $895 CB97) Australia 1925 Penny, lovely original lustre coin. Good VF / EF. Cat $400 $1500. Price $665 CB55) Australia 1927 Florin in Uncirculated Condition, with original lustre. Cat. $1400, price $1050 CB58) Australia 1927 Florin in nice VF condition, price $28 CB100) Australia 1932 Florin, rarest date, so hard to find, almost fine. Price $375 CB101) Australia 1932 Florin, rarest date, so hard to find, Price $349 CB54) Australia 1934 Florin in Choice Uncirculated Condition. Superb coin with original lustre and bloom. Cat. $3000, price $2250 CB98) Australia 1934/35 Victoria Centenary Florin in Choice Uncirculated Condition with Foy’s bag, cat. $1450 plus $350 for the bag = $1800, price $1495 CB104) Another as above, with Foy’s Bag in better condition. This one with slightly weak strike of reverse, price $1495 CB56) Australia 1934/35 Victoria Centenary Florin, Proof - Like, type2. Choice Uncirculated with original lustre and bloom, cat. $3500, price $2625 CB102) Australia 1938 Crown A/UNC, Cat. $450. Small die crack on face.

CB103) Another as above $329 CB96) Australia 1942 KGVI One Pound Note, Renniks. No. R30a Armitage/McFarlane.

Very nice EF condition. Lovely crisp note, with just one fold. Cat $270, price $179 CB83) Australia 1941 KGVI FIVE POUND NOTE Renniks No. R46 Armitage/McFarlane. Very nice EF condition. Lovely crisp note, tiny 3mm nick centre top, hardly visible. Cat $800, price $659

Albums, Literature and Accessories AP1) Magnificent stockbook offer! We have a great new item: Ka - Be, one of the most respected German manufacturers now has a 64 black page padded binder

stockbook, with double linen hinging. These retail at $66 each, my price $55 each or $249 for a carton of 5. Colours available are Black, Dark Blue, Dark Green or Maroon PZM1) Prinz Mounts, clear, mixed sizes, as they come, big bag of 500g, elsewhere $89, my price $69…will keep you going for ages!

AMMY2) Eureka Stocksheets, not being made anymore, due to de-commissioning of the machine. Originally $1.45 each, $2.75 for double sided. Selling Brand New now at HALF PRICE per 100 your choice of sizes. Single sided sizes available 1 - 4 strips $72.50 per 100. Double sided available in 1 – 8 strips, $137.50 per 100.

AMMY3) Gibbons Empire 1840 - 1970 Part One Catalogue, 2016 edition. Pretty well up to date in as new condition. Cost $225. Price $149 AMMY4) As above but 2013, small fault at top of spine. Published at $175, price just $49.

ACC1) Australia Comprehensive Catalogue Hard Bound Edition, with Spiral Bound Update. This is the most recent edition with most prices still being current. Prices for all Australia, Australian States and AAT in semi-specialised listings, every stamp illustrated in full colour. Contains issues to 2010. Originally sold via Bookshops and Newsagencies at $99, clear-out price of less than 25%, $24 per set. Re-sellers special….5 sets for $99!

MN41) Magnificent Magnifier: Large 110mm Illuminated Magnifier with Stand This magnifier can be used with or without the base. It is suitable for stamp and coin collectors as well as art and craft, artists etc. Magnification: 2.5x, plus 4x Spot.

Diameter: 110mm, bigger than the Lighthouse similar product. Battery operated: 2 x AA (not included). Adjustable height up to 200mm and angle to 45 degrees.

RRP $36.95. Price each only $15, under 50% retail! $69 per 5 why not give away to friends and relations, or do some trading?

AAP7) Schaubek Drying Books, A4 with 12 drying sheets, just arrived. We only have 10 of these. On EBay at $27.99 plus $5 postage, my price $30 post free, two for $55.

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

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

Collections & Lots 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 CO2) Nauru & Samoa 1966 – 82 mainly mint unhinged collection in large blue stockbook. Looks reasonably complete for the period and includes Nauru Independence Overprint definitives& Island Life definitives, plus Samoa 1972 definitives. Counted 70 plus compete sets, priced very reasonably at average $1.25 per set. Price $87.50 CO3) Norfolk Island ex. estate lot mostly mint unhinged in big blue stockbook and in packets unopened from new issue service. 1947 to around 2009. Counted 170 complete sets, minisheets & booklets. Most of this is priced up at $3 to $8 per set.

Values to $5 and with several long definitive sets. Very hard to source Norfolk Is. right now and most lots sell as soon as we get them. Light duplication here, suit re-seller. Priced at $2.50 per set, many sets have a face value of well over $5. $425 CMA2) Australia KGV Heads Mint on Seven Seas Hingeless Pages. A mixture of Hinged and Unhinged, Halfpenny to 5d. Best stamp is 4d Blue Single wmk, mint unhinged. Lovely lot to build on. Retail value is approx.. $900, price as a lot $675.

CMA4) Australia KGV Heads, large lot in as new 32 Page Lighthouse black leatherbound stockbook with slipcase, cost $75. Around 1000 stamps, mostly KGV with a few pre-decimals at end. Nice variety of values from Halfpenny to 1/4d organised by watermark. Near complete collection per Seven Seas Album, plus 100s of extras.

Noted 2 x 1d Red Die III. Mostly used, with a few mint. Excellent value at $749 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 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 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 CJL3) World, earlies to around 1980 substantial better than average collection in 3 Peg Fitting Albums. 2 x Maroon 1 x Dark Blue. Noted countries with better stamps/ ranges of stamps are Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Vietnam etc., etc. Estimate 6000 – 7000 stamps. Priced well at around 7.5c per stamp. $489. Now reduced to $365 CLJ9) France & Belgium plus Belgian Colonies, mainly used early (Ceres and Napoleon Heads, some imperfs. to modern (2000s) collection in Large Red Stockbook.

Also noted some revenues. Mostly all different with 1350 – 1500 stamps. Some nice items in here. Got to be worth $279. Now reduced to $210 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 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 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 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

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NOVEMBER SALE 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 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 NO55) NEWFOUNDLAND. Magnificent collection on Scott illustrated album 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 40-43 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!

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 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 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 CMF15) France, Postal History Collection in Blue Padded Ka-Be 32 black page stockbook. Commences 1839 to 1870’s with both stamped envelopes and prestamp 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

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 PM46) Australia KGV Commemoratives, low values used. On album pages, in bundles and loose. Includes 1931 Kingsford Smith, 1932 Harbour Bridge, 1934 Vic. Centenary, 1935 Jubilee, 1935 Anzacs, 1936 Cable, 1936 South Australia Centenary plus 1937 NSW Centenary. Unchecked for varieties, postmarks, perfs. Etc. 400 plus stamps, cheap at around 15c each, price $59 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) 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 PM34) Our own incoming mail, from letters and parcels, plus some from a retired Reverend Father, who coincidentally is also called Morgan. Complete envelopes and parcel pieces many with better values. Lots of very modern stuff included here.

Australia Only, 1.5kg for $85 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

Packets and Mixtures

Great Britain 1840 1d Blacks

PM48) Australia postmarks on piece, on trimmed single paper collected 1998 – 2003 approx. Includes high values and clippings from registered mail. Totally unpicked it seems with stuff from all over. Only a small amount of this available.

500 grams for $79, 1kg for $149

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

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NOVEMBER SALE 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 GB116) Great Britain 1840 2d Blue. Lovely 4 margin example, SG 5 plate 2 lettered P – L. Cancelled by Black Maltese Cross. Beautiful looking stamp. Tiny 5mm cut at lower L.H. square. Cat. £900, price $295 BD60) GB 1841 2d Blue, wmk. Inverted. SG14wi, used with barred numeral 47. 2 good margins, others close or touching. Cat. £875. Cheap Price $139 GB115) Great Britain 1854 1/- Green Embossed SG55. Nice used example with 2 good margins, indistinct cancel. Cat. £1000. Very good value at only 7.5% cat. Price $135 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 GB11) Great Britain 1862 9d Straw, SG 87 nicely used, cancelled by barred numeral Numeral 96. Lettered A – Q, Q – A. Price $129 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 BD342) Great Britain 1880 1/- Orange Brown, SG 151 plate 13. Fine used example cancelled by cds of W.C. London lettered I – T, T- I, Well centred with perfs. slightly trimmed at left, nice stamp. Cat. £700. Priced around 10% cat. $119 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.

GB117) Great Britain 1929 PUC £1 Black SG 438. Iconic St. George and Dragon design, mint lightly hinged. Couple of tiny insignificant faults. Usually $900, price $749 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 GB107)( Great Britain 1962 – 65 Phosphor Commemoratives 1962 NPY – 1965 Parliament complete mint unhinged. My how these have come down in price, may be the last chance to buy at this level. Cat. £280 = $500 at time of writing…price under a third $165 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 DB512) NSW very late 1941 Official Use cover. 1882- 5, 1d Orange perf. 11 x 12 Ovpt. OS, SG O20b used by Canberra slogan “REGISTER VALUABLE MAILS” 17 APR 1941 with violet “Dept. of the Air Concessional Postal Rates” cachet. To Brisbane.

Rare and unusual. Stamp has pre-application horizontal crease which does not detract. Price $149

South Australia SA3) South Australia 1897 small cover to Germany bearing vertical pair of 1d Green Over-inked, SG 175a plus Halfpenny Chocolate bantam SG 182. Cancelled by Adelaide cds of FE 23 97 and inscribed manuscript “via Brinidisi on face. Reverse bears Hamburg arrival cds of 29 3 97. Fine and difficult to find varieties on cover. Price $96

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NOVEMBER SALE Tasmania T6) Tasmania 1858 1/- Chalon Imperf, SG 41 Mint OG. Lovely fresh 3 margin example, (just touched at base) Cat. £800. Price $489 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 DB493 TASMANIA 1889-91 SIDEFACE 1/2d on 1d Red opt REPRINT corner marginal block of 8, imperf. on thin card. Unhinged, attractive. Price $125

Victoria V6) Victoria 1872 usage of Horizontal Pair 3d QV Bright Orange SG 143b on small envelope, Geelong – London. Tied by No. 2 Duplex of Geelong AP 23 72 and with London E2 “PAID” cds of JU 20 72 in red on front. Reverse bears the logo of Taylor & Buckland Solicitors on flap. Price $110 V4) Victoria 1884 usage of Horizontal Pair of 6d Deep Blue QV, SG 151b on small envelope Creswick to Ingelton UK. Adhesives tied by duplex of Creswick MR 26 84 and with reverse cds’s of Geelong MR 27 84, Ballarat 28 MR 84 and Ingelton 7 MY 84. Fine condition, minor wrinkles at top right do not detract. Price $110 V2) Victoria 1910 Picture Postcard of the Statue of Louis 15th in Reims, posted from Stawell, Victoria to Vineyard at Magill S.A. Bears horizontal pair of QV Bantam Halfpenny Green, SG 416. Very scarce usage and nicely tied by complete cds of Stawell 8 JA 10. SG states from x 10 on cover. Price $49 V16) 1931 Relief Overprint, plus star shaped punctures x 2 on £5 Blue & Maroon Stamp Duty, SG 324. Cancelled by Collector of Imposts (Law) red oval handstamp of 7 MAR 1931 Cat. $35 (Elsmore) Price $25 V20) 1931 Relief Overprint, plus star shaped punctures x 2 on £10 Mauve Stamp Duty, SG 279. Cancelled by Collector of Imposts red oval handstamp dated “1 OF FEB 1931” Cat. $150 (Elsmore) Price $110

Western Australia WA21) Western Australia 1865 4d Carmine, SG56. Mint lightly hinged original gum example, well centred with good perfs. Cat. £140, price $98 WA23) Western Australia 1865 4d Carmine, SG56. Fine used with small commissariat puncture. Very minor fault at base. Price $39 WA20) Western Australia 1865 1/- Bright Green, SG61. Mint lightly hinged fresh original gum example, well centred. Few perf. faults at base. Cat. £250 price $125 WA18) Western Australia 1893 – 95 Halfpenny on 3d Pale Brown. Fresh mint original gum block of 4, well centred and with full perfs. Hinged only on top two stamps. SG 110. Blocks command a considerable premium, price $112 LM74) Western Australia 1893 neat clean re-addressed small cover Fremantle to Sweden, bearing solo use of 2.5d Blue Swan SG 97a, cancelled with Fremantle Duplex SP 22 1893, and with arrival Duplex of Perth on reverse of the same date, together with arrival cds of Lund, Sweden 23 10 1893 and Eslof (now Eslov) of the same date. Cat. £2.25 SG states x 40 on cover. This one is in fantastic condition.

Price $129 LM81) Western Australia 1896 neat clean small cover Albany to Surbiton, England.

Bears solo use of 2.5d Deep Blue Swan SG 97, cancelled with Albany duplex of MR

12 (Year slug missing!), and with arrival Kingston on Thames cds of AP 13 96. Cat. £2.25 SG states x 40 on cover. Very attractive piece. Price $119 LM75) Western Australia 1901 neat clean small cover Fremantle to Reading, PA., USA. Bears solo use of 2.5d Blue Swan SG 113, cancelled with Fremantle duplexes of JA 21 01 and MISSENT to UK with arrival cds Reading, FE 17 01, and later PA cds and oval “Received 1” of MAR 1 01. Also has printed J & W Bateman. Merchants.

Fremantle in Wedgwood Blue boat shaped logo on reverse. Cat. £3 SG states x 40 on cover. Fascinating cover. Price $129 DB490) Western Australia 1895 1d on 3d Pale Brown, SG 107. Fresh mint block of 9, with one stamp only hinged, plus another with very minor tone spot. Cat at £15 each for hinged. Attractive multiple. Price $139 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 WA4) Western Australia 1904 Small Registered cover, Kookynie to Commercial Bank, Hobart Tasmania. Bear 1d Carmine Rose Swan SG 117 x 3 (Single and vertical pair) plus 2d Yellow Swan SG 118, all tied by neat strikes of Kookynie OC 7 04. Arrival cds of Launceston 17.OC.04 and Hobart a day later. Also Perth “R” Registered handstamp. Rated 2 ++ on cover. A rare item in fine condition. Kookynie is now a Ghost town with few inhabitants, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookynie,_ Western_Australia Price $375 WA1) Western Australia 1907 small registered cover Davyhurst to Hobart Tasmania.

Bears 2d Yellow Swan SG 140 (damage to lower left) and 3d Brown Swan SG 141, lower marginal example each tied by cds of Davyhurst 24 JUN. 07 and with Perth “R” registered handstamp on front. Perth Large Blue Double Ring Oval Registered Handstamp JUN 26. 1907 and Hobart cds of JL 10 1907 on reverse. All nicely written up on album page and mounted with photo corners. Davystown is an old Gold Mining Town, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davyhurst,_Western_Australia Neat clean, scarce and attractive, price $175 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 WA2) Western Australia 1907 small registered cover Donnybrook to Hobart Tasmania. Bears 5 x 1d Rose Pink Swans , SG 139 (Vertical pair & strip of 3) plus 2d Yellow Swan SG 140, all cancelled by neat strikes of Donnybrook cds 1 OCT.07.

Perth “R” Registered Handstamp on front, plus Perth Large Blue Double Ring Oval Registered Handstamp OCT.2 – 1907 and Hobart cds of OC 14 1907 on reverse. All nicely written up on album page and mounted with photo corners. Neat clean and attractive, price $275

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

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NOVEMBER SALE 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 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 APH1) Australia 1927 Advertising cover for John McCabe & Sons North Melbourne Vic. Bearing horiz. Strip of 3 of the 1d Green KGV Single Watermark, to Hamburg.

Cancelled by cds of Melbourne 24 MY 27, and received Boxed Rectangle 29 JUN 1927 in purple on face. Scarce multiple franking Price $39 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 LM99) Australia 1929 small cover to USA bearing solo use 3d Grey Blue KGV Head Die 1a Type, smw perf 13.5 x 12.5. Cancelled by Mosman NSW cds of 8JE29. Cat. $1000, price $69 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 BD730) Australia 1931 Small Airmail Cover to Germany. Bears 2 x 3d Deep Blue KGV Heads, ACSC 108B Die II, letter rate plus 3d Airmail fee. Cancelled by Sydney circular handstamp of 18JE31. Nice clean cover, flap partially missing. Price $54

LM108) Australia 1932 small Minerals Ltd. advertising cover to Holland. Bears 2d Red & 1d Green KGV Heads, cancelled by 3 line Sydney slogan of 12 APR 1932 “ADDRESS MAIL TO – PRIVATE BOX NUMBERS – EXPEDITES DELIVERY” Very clean cover, price $39 DB542) Australia 1933 uprated 1.5d brown p/stationery card to Argentina. Uprated with Halfpenny Orange KGV smw perf. 13.5 x 12.5 and cancelled by Rochester Vic. cds of 26AP33. Fascinating reading on reverse. Scarce destination. Price $89 LM102) Australia 1934 Autogiro Flight Illustrated Postcard, used Portland – Geelong, Vic. With 2d MacArthur Light Hills. As new condition. AAMC 451, price $59 LM135) Australia 1935 Late Fee Consular surface mail cover to Peru. Bears 3d Blue KGV Jubilee and 1d Green KGV Head, (3d postage and 1d late fee) tied by Late fee Spencer Street, Melbourne cds of 31 JL 35. Face has raised printing in dark blue: “CONSULADO GENERAL DEL PERU – MELBOURNE” and typed “VIA SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA” Reverse bears cds of Air Mail Sydney CDS OF 1 AU35, and Lima, Peru arrival slogan of 12 IX 1935 “PERUANOS PREFIERAN LOS PRODUCTOS DE MANUFACTURA NACIONAL” roughly translated “Peruvians prefer locally manufactured product” Lovely scarce cover, price $149 LM96) Australia 1935 small airmail advertising cover for Joubert’s British Motors Melbourne to England. Bears 1/6d Hermes plus 1d green KGV head. (1/6d postage & 1d late fee) Cancelled by Melbourne Late Fee cds of 3 SE 35. Nice example of a Late Fee cover, price $89 APH53) Australia 1938 Airmail cover to Garoet, Java. Now known as Garet. Bears 3d Blue Die II KG VI, plus 1932 6d Typo. Kookaburra. (6d postage and 3d Airmail) Cancelled by Sydney Airmail Section machine cancel of 22 JUL 38 and has received cds of Garoet 29.7.38 reverse. Scarce destination. Price $89 BD232) Australia 1941 small censored Hardie Trading Pty. Ltd. Melbourne advertising Airmail cover to USA. Bears vertical pair of 2/- Maroon C of A wmk Kangaroo, original die, tied by Ship Mail Room cds of Melbourne, 3AP41 and with typed “Clipper Mail” in red, together with red censor tape at left and boxed “Passed

By Censor V74” in Purple. Clean and attractive cover. Price $55 BD676) Australia 1941 Small Advertising Censored Airmail Cover from Noel P. Hunt & Co. Pty. Ltd. Textile Merchants Melbourne to Lancashire UK. Photo of their factory here: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab80070 Bears 5/Robes plus horiz. Pair of the 56d Ram, to make 5/10d, tied by Melbourne Ship Mail Room cds of 30JY41 and with Red Censor Tape at left and Violet Boxed “Passed By Censor 105” Neat small cover, price $72 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 DB546) Australia 1942 Small Registered Military Cover. Bears 1d Red- Brown Die II QM, and 3.5d Blue Surcharge KGVI. Tied by R.A.A.F. P.O. Somers cds of 15JA42 and Violet 2 line “DEPARTMENT OF AIR - CONCESSION RATE” CACHET. Also RAAF Somers registered label No. 429. Addressed to Strathfield NSW and with reverse cds of Registered Melbourne 16JA42, T.P.O.I. SOUTH NSW 17JA42 and Strathfield 19JA42.

Neat and clean item. Price $79 DB525) Australia Forces Mail 1945. Small envelope bearing 1943 1d Purple Brown QM block of 4. Cancelled by A.F.P.O. 26 cds of 11MY45 inscribed “PAR AVION” in manuscript and with oval violet “R.A.A.F. CENSOR 41B” cachet. Addressed to Sydney Tech. College. Scarce item, sent a few days after the cessation of hostilities

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NOVEMBER SALE with Germany. Price $79 BD678) Australia long Airmail Triple Rate Registered Cover Dubbo NSW – Reading UK. Bears 5/- Stockman plus 1/- Colombo Plan, with 5d Blue AAT and 1d QEII to make 6/6d. (2/- triple Airmail rate plus 6d Registration) Neat clean typed address cover cancelled by Dubbo cds of 26JY61 and with GPO Sydney cds of the following day on reverse. Nice attractive rates cover, the e5/- Stockman is very scarce on cover. Price $69 BD675) Australia 1964 Small Airmail Advertising Cover, from Cook’s World Travel Service Perth, W. A., to Thos. Cook & Son Ltd, Aberdeen, Scotland. Bears 6d Anteater & 8d Tiger Cat, plus 1/- Colombo Plan and 1d QEII to make correct 2/3d rate. Cancelled

by Perth 3 line slogan “PROMINENT/HOUSE NUMBERS/ HELP EVERYONE” of 5 FEB 1964 on the e8d, plus Perth GPO rubber cds of the following day for the remainder.

Stamps placed lower on the envelope have clearly escaped the slogan, and been hand cancelled at the GPO. Magnificent cover for the rates collector. Price $59 APH49) Australia 1990 Certified Mail cover to Gladstone Park, Vic. Bears 40c & 50c Living Together plus 3c & $1 Sports to make $1.93. Cancelled by Northland Centre circular handstamps of 18 DEC 1990, and with rectangular Tullamarine 19 DEC 1990 receiving handstamp on reverse. Price $29

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 K246) Australia 1913 – 36 Kangaroos, 1/- Emerald bundle of 100, unchecked by us for wmks, perfs, shades and varieties. Price $150 K247) As above, 2/- Maroon, price $135 K190) K191) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroo, Swys wmk. Very fine used example, well centred with full perfs. Cancelled by partial cds . This is from Die 1 with crown pointing right when viewed from the front of the stamp. ACSC 2Aaa, cat. $500.

Very nice example, price $349 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 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 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 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 K108) Australia 1913 Grey & Yellow 5/- 1st wmk Kangaroo, cto. Lovely example well centred and with good perfs, mng. Price $295 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 K128) Australia 1915 – 24 2d – 5/- 3rd wmk Kangaroos, inc. both colours of 6d & 2/-. Fresh mint set. Melbourne Retail $1195, my price $930 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 K126) Australia 1915 – 24 2d – One Pound 3rd wmk Kangaroos, inc. both colours of 6d & 2/-. Fine used set all with circular cancels. Melbourne Retail $1100, my price $859 DB686) Australia 1918 3d Olive Kangaroo 3rd wmk, Die II. Fine postally used with cds of Moonee Ponds, Vic. July 1918. Cat $200, price $119 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 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 K175) Australia 1918 5/- Grey Black & Deep Yellow Kangaroo 3rd wmk. ACSC 44C, fine used. Well centred and with y good perfs. Cancelled by partial cds. Cat. $225, price $125 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 K16a) The 4 shades of 5/- 3rd wmk. as above, save $59, price $525 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 $349

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NOVEMBER SALE K179) Australia 1917 10/- Grey & Pale Analine Pink3rd wmk. Kangaroo, corner cto no gum, perf OS. ACSC 48Ewa, fine used. Perfect centring and perfs, best you will find. Cat. $200, price $169 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 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 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 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 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 K180) Australia 1929 5/- Greyish Black & Yellow Orange sml. multi. wmk. Kangaroo cto without gum. Superb example of this with gorgeous colour, full perfs and perfect centring. Small corner cto cds at lower right. ACSC 45B Cat. $275 Price $195 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 K182) Australia 1929 10/- Grey & Pale Pink sml. multi. wmk. Kangaroo fine postally used. Full perf. example centred right. Socked on nose with cds of Halls Creek WA. ACSC 49 Cat. $700 Price $549 K119) Australia 1929 10/- Grey & Pale Pink small multiple wmk. Kangaroo. Lovely mint very light hinge example with Post Office Fresh Gum. Centred slightly to the right with full perfs. Great looking stamp. Cat. $1100, price $769 K183) Australia 1929 Two Pounds Grey & Rose Crimson sml. multi. wmk. Kangaroo fine postally used. Perfectly centred full perf. example with two light cds cancels.

Lovely stamp. ACSC 57 Cat. $1200 Price $975 K109) Australia 1931 – 36 6d, 9d & 2/- Kangaroos, C of A wmk, all cto with gum.

Cat. $90, price $59 K110) Australia 1932 5/- Grey & Orange Yellow Kangaroo, C of A wmk, fine postally used with good perfs and Melbourne cds. Price $34 K111) As above, pale yellow shade, with small partial cds at left corner. Price $39 K184) Australia 1932 5/- Grey & Orange Yellow Kangaroo, C of A wmk, fine cto without gum. centred to left with good perfs and Melbourne cds. Cat. $60, Price $34 K185) Australia 1932 5/- Grey & Orange Yellow Kangaroo, C of A wmk, fine cto with gum. Well with good perfs and Melbourne cds. Cat. $60, Price $39 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 K188) Australia 1935 £1 Grey C of A wmk Kangaroo. Very fine used example, with small partial cds cancel to top left. Well centred with full perfs. Cat. $450, price $349 K112) Australia 1935 £1 Grey C of A wmk Kangaroo. Good/fine used example, with 3 partial Queensland cds cancels. Centred a little high, but with good perfs. Cat. $450, price $195 K189) Australia 1934 £2 Grey & Rose Crimson C of A Kangaroo. Very fine used well centred stamp with good perfs and small partial cds to top left. Cat. $850.

Fantastic stamp, price $795 K114) Australia 1934 £2 Grey & Rose Crimson C of A Kangaroo. Good/fine used with tiny closed tear at base, and other minor faults. Cancelled by Adelaide cds of 15 JL 40. Well centred stamp, with good perfs. Cat. $850. Very good spacefiller at $325

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. ­­a) Halfpenny Green $45, b)Halfpenny Orange $90, c )perf OS $135 d) 1d Green $30, e) perf OS $75 f) 1d Violet $90 g) 1.5d Red perf OS $30 h) 2d Brown $225 i) 2d Orange $35 j) 2d Red $30, k) perf OS $75 l) 3d Blue $110, m) perf OS $150, n) Sml. Multi Wmk., perf 13.5 x 12.5 $150, o) 4d Orange $180 p) 4d Blue $240 q) 4d Olive $110 r) 4.5d Violet $150 s) 5d Brown $110 t) One of each as above $1600, save $475 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 G99) Australia 1913 KGV 1d Engraved Rose Red, ACSC 59B, with variety. Fine used cds with extra perf at base so that top crown and top frame line are showing at bottom. Nice! Price $59 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

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UPDATED JANUARY 2017, KEEP THIS LIST, UPDATES WILL BE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN! Discounts from this list: Spend $100 and deduct 5%, $101 to $250 deduct 10%, $251 plus deduct 15% All different in each packet

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25 AAT ......................................................$ 3.00 50 AAT ................................................... $ 25.00 100 AAT ................................................. $ 99.00 50 ADEN ................................................ $ 12.00 100 AFGHANISTAN .................................. $ 15.00 100 AFRICA ..............................................$ 6.00 200 AFRICA ............................................. $ 13.00 50 AITUTAKI ........................................... $ 40.00 150 AITUTAKI ....................................... $ 140.00 200 AITUTAKI ........................................$180.00 50 ALBANIA ............................................$14.00 100 ALBANIA ......................................... $ 24.00 50 ALGERIA .............................................$11.00 25 ANDORRA - FRENCH MINT U/H .......... $ 20.00 50 ANDORRA - FRENCH MINT U/H .......... $ 50.00 25 ANDORA - SPANISH MINT U/H ........... $ 20.00 50 ANDORRA - SPANISH MINT U/H ......... $ 60.00 25 ANGUILLA ...........................................$18.00 25 ANTIGUA ..............................................$ 5.00 50 ANTIGUA BARBUDA............................ $ 20.00 200 ARAB STATES ................................... $ 12.00 100 ARGENTINA .......................................$ 6.00 200 ARGENTINA ..................................... $ 15.00 300 ARGENTINA.......................................$28.00 25 ASCENSION .......................................$42.00 100 AUST. (DEC MINT U/H) ..................... $ 55.00 100 AUST. (PRE-DEC.MINT U/H) ............. $ 60.00 100 AUSTRALIA ........................................$ 4.00 200 AUSTRALIA ........................................$ 6.00 300 AUSTRALIA ........................................$ 8.00 400 AUSTRALIA ...................................... $ 13.50 500 AUSTRALIA ...................................... $ 16.50 600 AUSTRALIA ...................................... $ 27.50 800 AUSTRALIA ...................................... $ 40.00 1000 AUSTRALIA .................................... $ 65.00 250 AUSTRALIA CTO PACK (MODERN).......$60.00 300 AUSTRALIA CTO PACK (MODERN) ......$70.00 25 AUSTRALIAN STATES .......................... $ 16.00 50 AUSTRALIAN STATES .......................... $ 96.00 10 AUSTRALIAN STATES – NSW ...............$16.00 10 AUSTRALIAN STATES – QLD.................$20.00 10 AUSTRALIAN STATES – SA....................$20.00 10 AUSTRALIAN STATES – TASMANIA .......$20.00 10 AUSTRALIAN STATES – VICTORIA .........$10.00 10 AUSTRALIAN STATES – WA...................$30.00 100 AUSTRIA ............................................$ 7.00 200 AUSTRIA .......................................... $ 18.00 500 AUSTRIA ........................................ $ 130.00 100 AUSTRIA (LRG.COMMEMS) .............. $ 50.00

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100 BAHAMAS ....................................... $ 90.00

50 BAHAMAS (MINT SETS)........................$42.00 25 BAHRAIN ........................................... $ 33.00 50 BAHRAIN ........................................... $ 72.00 100 BANGLADESH ................................... $ 11.00 25 BARBADOS ........................................ $ 12.00 50 BARBADOS ........................................ $ 40.00 100 BARBADOS ...................................... $ 70.00 50 BASUTOLAND/ LESOTHO ....................$40.00 50 BAVARIA ........................................... $ 28.00 100 BELGIAN CONGO ................................$32.00 200 BELGIAN CONGO ............................ $ 100.00 100 BELGIUM .............................................$6.00 200 BELGIUM ..........................................$15.00 300 BELGIUM ......................................... $ 24.00 100 BELGIAN COLONIES ........................... $ 13.00 300 BELGIAN COLONIES .......................... $ 80.00 500 BELGIAN COLONIES .........................$166.00 25 BERMUDA ...........................................$24.00 100 BERMUDA ........................................ $ 90.00 100 BHUTAN ...........................................$30.00 50 BOHEMIA MORAVIA ............................ $ 8.00 100 BOHEMIA MORAVIA ........................ $ 24.00 150 BOHEMIA MORAVIA ........................ $ 55.00 25 BOLIVIA ...............................................$ 6.00 50 BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA ....................... $ 33.00 150 BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA ................... $ 170.00 25 BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA (MUH IN SETS) $50.00 100 Br.P.O. AGENCIES ............................ $ 100.00 25 BR. SOLOMONS .................................. $ 10.00 100 BRAZIL ............................................ $ 17.00 200 BRAZIL ............................................ $ 36.00 100 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ................. $ 6.00 200 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH .............. $ 10.00 500 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH .............. $ 30.00 100 BRITISH C'WEALTH (MINT U/H) ........ $ 27.00 100 BRITISH C'WEALTH KGVI (MINT U/H) $ 60.00 500 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MINT ....$100.00 1000 BRITISH C'WEALTH LRG (COMMEMS190.00 50 BRIT. HONDURAS (LRG.COMMEMS) .... $ 40.00 25 HONDURAS AND BELIZE .......................$ 9.00 25 BRITISH VIRGIN ISL............................. $ 22.00 100 BRITISH WEST INDIES ....................... $ 14.00 25 BRUNEI .............................................. $ 30.00 50 BRUNEI ...............................................$66.00 200 BULGARIA ........................................ $ 17.00 100 BURUNDI ......................................... $ 20.00

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25 CAMBODIA ........................................ $ 10.00 100 CAMBODIA .................................... $ 115.00 100 CANADA ............................................$ 6.00 1000 CANADA .......................................$100.00 100 CANADA (MINT.COMMEMS) ............ $ 50.00 25 CAYMAN ISL ...................................... $ 15.00 50 CAYMAN ISL ...................................... $ 36.00 100 CHANNEL ISLANDS .......................... $ 19.00 150 CHANNEL ISLANDS(MINT).................$90.00 200 CHANNEL ISLANDS, MINT SETS ...... $ 110.00 100 CHILE .............................................. $ 12.00 200 CHILE .............................................. $ 24.00 100 CHINA ............................................. $ 39.00

300 CHINA ........................................... $ 130.00 500 CHINA ........................................... $ 350.00 50 CHINA & TAIWAN ................................$16.00 200 CHINA & TAIWAN ..............................$60.00 300 CHINA & TAIWAN ............................$130.00 500 CHINA & TAIWAN ............................$260.00 100 CHINA (LRG, MINT, COMP.SETS) ........ $ 60.00 25 CHRISTMAS ISLAND .......................... $ 14.00 50 CHRISTMAS ISLAND .......................... $ 33.00 75 CHRISTMAS ISLAND .......................... $ 50.00 100 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ...................... $ 100.00 150 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ...................... $ 150.00 200 CHRISTMAS ISLAND ...................... $ 230.00 25 COCOS ISLAND .....................................$ 8.00 50 COCOS ISLAND ................................... $ 38.00 75 COCOS ISLAND ................................... $ 60.00 100 COCOS ISLAND ............................... $ 132.00 300 COLOMBIA ....................................... $ 60.00 300 COOK ISLANDS ............................... $ 350.00 400 COOK ISLANDS ............................... $ 560.00 500 COOK ISLANDS ............................... $ 650.00 750 COOK ISLANDS ............................. $ 1280.00 1000 COOK ISLANDS .......................... $ 2,000.00 50 COSTA RICA (MINT SETS) .....................$20.00 50 CROATIA (PRE WAR) ........................... $ 20.00 50 CROATIA (POST WAR, MINT) ................$40.00 100 CUBA ................................................$ 9.00 200 CUBA (LARGE PICT.)...........................$18.00 300 CUBA ............................................... $ 30.00 25 CYPRUS.............................................. $ 12.00 50 CYPRUS............................................. $ 30.00 100 CYPRUS............................................ $ 60.00 100 CZECHOSLOVAKIA ...............................$ 3.00 200 CZECHOSLOVAKIA ............................. $ 15.00 500 CZECHOSLOVAKIA ............................. $ 17.00 100 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (MINT U/H)........... $ 17.00 100 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (POST WAR).......... $ 11.00 400 CZECHOSLOVAKIA MINT.....................$30.00

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50 DANZIG .............................................. $ 29.00 100 DANZIG ............................................ $ 66.00 100 DENMARK .........................................$ 6.00 200 DENMARK .........................................$12.00 500 DENMARK .........................................$60.00 25 DOMINICA BR........................................$4.00 50 DOMINICA BR. ......................................$ 6.00 100 DOMINICA BR. .................................. $ 30.00 50 DOMINICA BR. (KGVI & QEII) .............. $ 40.00 50 DOMINICAN REP ................................ $ 18.00 100 DOMINICAN REP. ............................. $ 39.00

E

200 ECUADOR ......................................... $ 96.00 400 ECUADOR ....................................... $ 120.00 500 ECUADOR ...................................... $ 150.00 100 EGYPT .............................................. $ 10.00 200 EGYPT .............................................. $ 56.00 300 EGYPT .............................................. $ 70.00 50 EGYPT (MINT/UH IN COMPL. SETS) ..... $ 30.00

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Pricefighter Packets, ready made collections 50 EGYPT + 4 M/S .................................. $ 30.00 25 EQUATORIAL GUINEA (M/SHEET CTO) .$ 11.00 50 ESTONIA ............................................ $ 66.00

F

20 FALKLAND ISL. COMPL. MINT SETS.... $ 100.00 25 FALKLAND ISLAND ............................. $ 24.00 50 FAROE ISLAND ................................... $ 60.00 100 FAROE ISLAND ................................ $ 130.00 50 FIJI ..................................................... $ 18.00 100 FIJI .................................................. $ 50.00 150 FIJI .................................................. $ 70.00 200 FIJI .................................................. $ 80.00 250 FIJI ................................................. $ 140.00 400 FIJI ................................................. $ 300.00 100 FINLAND ......................................... $ 18.00 300 FINLAND ......................................... $ 60.00 10 FIUME ..................................................$ 7.00 300 FRANCE ............................................ $ 30.00 500 FRANCE .............................................$70.00 100 FRENCH COLONIES .............................$ 6.00 200 FRENCH COLONIES ............................ $ 20.00 500 FRENCH COLONIES .............................$70.00 100 FRENCH COLONIES (PRE IND) ............ $ 28.00 100 FRENCH. MOROCCO .......................... $ 25.00 50 FRENCH POLYNESIA ............................ $ 50.00

G

50 GERMANY 3RD REICH ......................... $ 13.00 25 GERMANY..............................................$5.00 100 GERMANY .........................................$ 7.00 300 GERMANY ........................................ $ 18.00 1000 GERMANY ...................................... $ 70.00 100 GERMANY (PRE WAR)........................$24.00 500 GERMANY EAST................................ $ 40.00 50 GERMANY INFLATION (MINT U/H ) ..... $ 10.00 100 GERMANY INFLATION (MINT U/H)..... $ 20.00 500 GERMANY WEST ................................$60.00 100 GERMANY WEST (LARGE COMMEMS).$20.00 50 GHANA .............................................. $ 50.00 100 GHANA ............................................ $ 70.00 200 GHANA .......................................... $ 120.00 25 GIBRALTAR ......................................... $ 17.00 50 GIBRALTAR ......................................... $ 45.00 500 GILBERT, KIRIBATI, TUVALU .............$270.00 25 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU ................. $ 12.00 50 GILBERT, KIRIBATI,TUVALU .................$30.00 150 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU ................ $ 90.00 200 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .............. $ 100.00 360 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .............. $ 190.00 400 GILBERT,KIRIBATI,TUVALU .............. $ 225.00 50 GREAT BRITAIN .....................................$ 7.00 100 GREAT BRITAIN ...................................$ 9.00 1000 GREAT BRITAIN ............................. $ 176.00 1200 GREAT BRITAIN ............................. $ 230.00 100 GREAT BRITAIN (LARGE COMMEMS) ..$12.00 200 GREAT BRITAIN (LARGE COMMEMS).. $ 20.00 500 GREAT BRITAIN (LARGE COMMEMS) ..$70.00 100 GREECE ............................................ $ 24.00 200 GREECE ............................................ $ 50.00

300 GREECE ............................................ $ 70.00 100 GREENLAND ................................... $ 100.00 100 GRENADA MINT................................ $ 24.00 50 GUATEMALA ...................................... $ 14.00 100 GUATEMALA..................................... $ 32.00 300 GUATEMALA................................... $ 150.00 25 GUINEA M/S ...................................... $ 10.00 50 GUINEA REP. .........................................$ 6.00 100 GUINEA REP. (LARGE PICT.) .............. $ 10.00

H

50 HAITI ................................................. $ 18.00 100 HAITI ............................................... $ 30.00 200 HAITI ............................................... $ 55.00 100 HOLLAND ...........................................$ 7.00 200 HOLLAND ......................................... $ 14.00 300 HOLLAND ......................................... $ 30.00 400 HOLLAND ......................................... $ 40.00 50 HONDURAS .........................................$30.00 100 HONDURAS ...................................... $ 50.00 200 HONDURAS ...................................... $ 80.00 400 HONDURAS ................................... $ 140.00 100 HONDURAS REP. ................................$60.00 25 HONG KONG .........................................$ 6.00 50 HONG KONG ...................................... $ 12.00 200 HONG KONG ................................... $ 100.00 500 HUNGARY ........................................ $ 30.00 2000 HUNGARY ................................... $ 150.00 3000 HUNGARY ................................... $ 440.00 200 HUNGRY ( LARGE PICT) .................... $ 18.00 300 HUNGARY (LARGE PICT.) ................. $ 24.00

I

25 ICELAND ............................................ $ 20.00 50 ICELAND ............................................ $ 40.00 100 INDIA ..................................................$6.00 200 INDIA ................................................$16.00 25 INDO - CHINA ......................................$ 8.00 50 INDO - CHINA ..................................... $ 30.00 200 INDONESIA ...................................... $ 24.00 100 INDONESIAN (RECENT COMMEMS).... $ 33.00 100 IRAN .................................................$14.00 300 IRAN ............................................... $ 30.00 50 IRELAND ..............................................$ 9.00 100 IRELAND ......................................... $ 18.00 300 IRELAND ........................................ $ 210.00 400 IRELAND ........................................ $ 240.00 500 IRELAND ........................................ $ 280.00 100 ISRAEL ..............................................$13.00 20 ISRAEL COMPLETE MINT SETS ............ $ 90.00 25 ITALIAN COLONIES ............................. $ 15.00 100 ITALIAN COLONIES ............................ $ 75.00 200 ITALIAN COLONIES .......................... $ 160.00 100 ITALY ..................................................$ 6.00 200 ITALY ............................................... $ 16.00 300 ITALY .................................................$36.00 500 ITALY ............................................... $ 80.00

J

100 JAMAICA ......................................... $ 50.00 50 JAPAN ...................................................$4.00

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200 JAPAN ...............................................$30.00 100 JAPAN (ALL MINT) ........................... $ 70.00 100 JAPAN (COMMEMS) ......................... $ 20.00 200 JAPAN (COMMEMS) ......................... $ 50.00 50 JERSEY ............................................... $ 13.00

K

50 KOREA NORTH (LARGE PICT.) ................ $ 6.00 100 KOREA NORTH (LARGE PICT.)............. $ 10.00 50 KOREA NORTH (M/SHEET) .................. $ 20.00 50 KOREA SOUTH .................................... $ 24.00

L

25 LAOS......................................................$4.00 50 LAOS ....................................................$ 7.00 20 LAOS PRE WAR .....................................$ 6.00 100 LATIN AMERICA ................................ $ 10.00 300 LATIN AMERICA ................................ $ 50.00 50 LATVIA ............................................... $ 44.00 75 LATVIA (Pre War) ............................. $ 100.00 100 LEBANON ......................................... $ 40.00 200 LEBANON ...................................... $ 100.00 50 LIBERIA ...............................................$ 9.00 100 LIBERIA .............................................$25.00 200 LIBERIA ............................................ $ 35.00 300 LIBERIA ............................................ $ 70.00 25 LIECHTENSTEIN .................................. $ 10.00 50 LIECHTENSTEIN .................................. $ 30.00 25 LITHUANIA ......................................... $ 10.00 50 LITHUANIA ......................................... $ 30.00 100 LITHUANIA ..................................... $ 100.00 50 LUXEMBOURG ......................................$ 8.00 100 LUXEMBOURG .................................. $ 21.00 200 LUXEMBOURG....................................$50.00 300 LUXEMBOURG ...................................$70.00

M

50 MACAU .............................................. $ 60.00 300 MALAYA AND SINGAPORE ................ $ 66.00 1000 MALAYA AND SINGAPORE ........... $ 400.00 100 MALDIVES ........................................ $ 24.00 100 MALAYSIA .........................................$13.00 100 MALDIVES .........................................$24.00 100 MALTA ............................................. $ 10.00 500 MALTA ........................................... $ 140.00 100 MAURITIUS ...................................... $ 60.00 100 MEXICO .............................................$24.00 200 MEXICO ............................................ $ 60.00 50 MONACO ............................................ $ 18.00 100 MONACO ......................................... $ 40.00 100 MONGOLIA ........................................$10.00 25 MONTENEGRO ................................... $ 20.00 50 MONTENEGRO ................................... $ 50.00 100 MONTSERRAT ................................ $ 114.00 25 MOROCCO AGENCIES .............................$8.00 50 MOZAMBIQUE ................................... $ 10.00 200 MOZAMBIQUE .................................. $ 55.00 400 MOZAMBIQUE ................................ $ 270.00 500 MOZAMBIQUE ................................ $ 300.00 50 MYANMAR (BURMA) ...........................$30.00

Pay cents, not $ per stamp!

N

25 NAURU ............................................... $ 11.00 50 NAURU ............................................... $ 33.00 100 NAURU ............................................ $ 93.00 150 NAURU ........................................... $ 134.00 200 NAURU ........................................... $ 160.00 100 NEPAL .............................................. $ 16.00 25 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ................... $ 20.00 100 NEW CALEDONIA .......................... $ 150.00 10 NEWFOUNDLAND ................................$ 8.00 25 NEWFOUNDLAND .............................. $ 16.00 100 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU ............... $ 90.00 200 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .............. $ 260.00 300 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .............. $ 440.00 400 NEW HEBRIBES/VANUATU .............. $ 600.00 100 NEW ZEALAND ....................................$5.00 150 NEW ZEALAND ...................................$ 6.00 200 NEW ZEALAND ................................ $ 14.00 300 NEW ZEALAND ................................ $ 28.00 500 NEW ZEALAND ................................ $ 90.00 25 NICARAGUA .........................................$ 2.00 100 NICARAGUA .................................... $ 12.00 200 NICARAGUA ......................................$24.00 300 NICARAGUA ......................................$40.00 500 NICARAGUA ..................................... $ 70.00 300 NICARAGUA ..................................... $ 40.00 50 NIGERIA ............................................. $ 36.00 100 NIGERIA ........................................... $ 60.00 25 NIUE .................................................. $ 20.00 50 NIUE .................................................. $ 40.00 100 NIUE ................................................ $ 88.00 150 NIUE .............................................. $ 140.00 200 NIUE .............................................. $ 200.00 25 NORFOLK ISL. ..................................... $ 11.00 50 NORFOLK ISL. ..................................... $ 26.00 100 NORFOLK ISL. ................................... $ 90.00 200 NORFOLK ISL. ................................ $ 150.00 300 NORFOLK ISL. ................................ $ 270.00 100 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH......... .$ 190.00 120 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH.......... $ 200.00 150 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH.......... $ 240.00 200 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH.......... $ 360.00 250 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH......... .$ 460.00 300 NORTH BORNEO AND SABAH......... .$ 700.00 100 NORWAY ............................................$ 9.00 200 NORWAY ......................................... $ 20.00 500 NORWAY ......................................... $ 90.00 25 NYASALAND ...................................... $ 50.00

P

50 PACIFIC IS (BR) .....................................$ 8.00 100 PACIFIC IS. (BR) ................................$16.00 200 PACIFIC IS. (BR) ................................ $ 56.00 100 PAKISTAN .........................................$12.00 200 PAKISTAN ..........................................$30.00 50 PANAMA ............................................ $ 13.00 25 PAPUA NEW GUINEA .............................$5.00 50 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ............................ $ 7.00 100 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ....................... $ 26.00 150 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ....................... $ 62.00

200 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ....................... $ 88.00 500 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...................... $ 400.00 600 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ...................... $ 750.00 800 PAPUA NEW GUINEA .................... $ 1900.00 300 PARAGUAY ...................................... $ 60.00 100 PARAGUAY (MINT U/H)) ................... $ 20.00 50 PENRHYN (MINT SETS) ...................... $ 70.00 100 PERU.................................................$30.00 300 PERU .................................................$50.00 500 PERU .............................................. $ 170.00 600 PERU .............................................. $ 250.00 700 PERU .............................................. $ 470.00 100 PHILIPPINES .................................... $ 18.00 300 PHILIPPINES .................................... $ 70.00 800 PHILIPPINES .................................. $ 250.00 900 PHILIPPINES .................................. $ 330.00 1200 PHILIPPINES ................................ $ 500.00 1500 PHILIPPINES ................................ $ 700.00 25 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MINT U/H) ........... $ 20.00 100 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MINT U/H) ........ $ 150.00 150 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MINT U/H) ........ $ 170.00 200 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MINT U/H) ........ $ 324.00 50 PITCAIRN ISLAND (MOSTLY MINT) ...... $ 50.00 100 POLAND .............................................$ 4.00 300 POLAND ........................................... $ 12.00 500 POLAND ........................................... $ 30.00 1000 POLAND ......................................... $ 60.00 100 PORTUGAL ...................................... $ 18.00 200 PORTUGAL ...................................... $ 40.00 100 PORTUGAL COLONIES ....................... $ 40.00 300 PORTUGAL COLONIES .................... $ 130.00

Q

50 QATAR .................................................$40.00

R

50 RHODESIA ......................................... $ 16.00 200 RHODESIA ...................................... $ 140.00 300 RHODESIA ...................................... $ 240.00 400 RHODESIA ...................................... $ 400.00 100 ROMANIA ............................................$3.00 200 ROMANIA ............................................$5.00 500 ROMANIA ......................................... $ 31.00 1000 ROMANIA ..................................... $ 100.00 200 ROMANIA (LARGE PICT.) ................... $ 11.00 300 ROMANIA (LARGE PICT.) ................... $ 18.00 200 RUSSIA ............................................ $ 14.00 300 RUSSIA ............................................ $ 24.00 500 RUSSIA ............................................ $ 50.00 1000 RUSSIA............................................$90.00 100 RUSSIA (MINT SHORT SETS) ............. $ 11.00 18 RUSSIA COMP. MINT SETS ....................$30.00 100 RUSSIAN INDP.STATES (MINT U/H).... $ 33.00

S

50 SAAR.................................................. $ 33.00 50 SALVADOR ......................................... $ 40.00 100 SALVADOR........................................ $ 80.00 25 SAMOA ................................................$ 7.00 50 SAMOA .............................................. $ 26.00

100 SAMOA ............................................ $ 66.00 400 SAMOA .......................................... $ 272.00 500 SAMOA .......................................... $ 380.00 600 SAMOA .......................................... $ 780.00 25 SAN MARINO........................................$ 6.00 50 SAN MARINO...................................... $ 11.00 100 SAN MARINO ................................... $ 30.00 50 SARAWAK ......................................... $ 45.00 100 SARAWAK ...................................... $ 200.00 500 SCANDINAVIA ...................................$40.00 1000 SCANDINAVIA .................................$90.00 50 SERBIA ............................................... $ 50.00 25 SEYCHELLES ...................................... $ 40.00 100 SEYCHELLES ..................................... $ 90.00 25 SIERRA LEONE ................................... $ 24.00 50 SIERRA LEONE ................................... $ 50.00 50 SINGAPORE ........................................ $ 12.00 100 SINGAPORE ...................................... $ 30.00 200 SINGAPORE ................................... $ 100.00 75 SLOVAKIA ........................................... $ 17.00 100 SLOVAKIA (NEW REPUBLIC) .............. $ 22.00 50 SOLOMON ISL. ................................... $ 20.00 100 SOLOMON ISL. .................................. $ 60.00 150 SOLOMON ISL. ................................ $ 100.00 200 SOLOMON ISL. ................................ $ 160.00 300 SOLOMON ISL. ................................ $ 300.00 400 SOLOMON ISL. ................................ $ 520.00 500 SOLOMON ISL. ................................ $ 700.00 100 SOUTH AFRICA ................................ $ 12.00 200 SOUTH AFRICA ................................ $ 30.00 100 SOUTH WEST AFRICA ........................$80.00 100 SOUTHERN RHODESIA .........................60.00 100 SPAIN .................................................$ 8.00 200 SPAIN ............................................... $ 24.00 300 SPAIN ............................................... $ 30.00 100 SPANISH COLONIES .......................... $ 36.00 200 SRI LANKA ....................................... $ 30.00 100 SRI LANKA / CEYLON ........................ $ 24.00 10 ST. HELENA ..........................................$ 9.00 50 ST. KITTS ............................................ $ 26.00 75 ST. KITTS ............................................ $ 36.00 100 ST. KITTS ......................................... $ 54.00 100 ST. LUCIA ......................................... $ 60.00 50 ST. THOMAS .........................................$ 8.00 100 ST. THOMAS ..................................... $ 14.00 20 ST. THOMAS (MS) .............................. $ 11.00 50 ST. VINCENT ...................................... $ 18.00 100 ST. VINCENT ..................................... $ 30.00 25 SUDAN ............................................... $ 12.00 100 SURINAME ...................................... $ 90.00 50 SWAZILAND ...................................... $ 20.00 100 SWAZILAND ..................................... $ 60.00 100 SWEDEN ............................................$ 8.00 500 SWEDEN .......................................... $ 70.00 100 SWITZERLAND ................................. $ 20.00 200 SWITZERLAND ................................. $ 40.00 500 SWITZERLAND ................................$120.00 800 SWITZERLAND ............................... $ 150.00 1200 SWITZERLAND ............................. $ 600.00 1300 SWITZERLAND ............................. $ 900.00

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Pricefighter Packets, ready made collections 1500 SWITZERLAND ........................... $ 1600.00 50 SYRIA .................................................$16.00

T

100 THAILAND ........................................ $ 40.00 300 THAILAND ...................................... $ 130.00 400 THAILAND ...................................... $ 180.00 600 THAILAND ...................................... $ 370.00 50 TOKELAU ............................................ $ 60.00 75 TOKELAU ............................................$80.00 25 TONGA ............................................... $ 16.00 50 TONGA ............................................... $ 36.00 100 TONGA ........................................... $ 110.00 100 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ....................... $ 76.00 10 TRISTAN DA CUNHA ............................ $ 10.00 50 TRISTAN DA CUNHA .......................... $ 60.00 100 TRISTAN DA CUNHA ....................... $ 170.00 35 TRISTAN DA CUNHA COMPL. SETS ......$110.00 50 TUNISIA ............................................. $ 12.00 100 TUNISIA ........................................... $ 30.00 100 TURKEY ..............................................$ 6.00 200 TURKEY ............................................ $ 14.00 300 TURKEY ............................................ $ 20.00 25 TURKS & CAICOS...................................$ 6.00 100 TURKS & CAICOS (MINT U/H) ........... $ 70.00

U

100 U.N.O ............................................... $ 24.00 300 U.N.O ............................................ $ 120.00 100 URUGUAY ......................................... $ 20.00 100 USA ...................................................$ 4.00 200 USA ...................................................$ 8.00 500 USA.................................................. $ 60.00 1000 USA............................................... $ 80.00 1031 USA (1935/84 50 YEARS USED SETS) ... $100.00 300 USA (COMMEMS) ............................. $ 14.00 100 USA (MINT COMMEMS) .................... $ 50.00 200 USA (MINT COMMEMS) ................. $ 100.00

V

25 VATICAN ...............................................$ 6.00 50 VATICAN ............................................ $ 30.00 100 VATICAN ........................................... $ 70.00 200 VATICAN ........................................... $ 90.00 25 VATICAN (M.U.H. ) ............................. $ 16.00 50 VATICAN (M.U.H. ) ............................. $ 30.00 100 VATICAN (M.U.H. ) ............................ $ 70.00 200 VATICAN (M.U.H. ) .......................... $ 180.00 50 VENEZUELA ........................................ $ 17.00 100 VENEZUELA ...................................... $ 40.00 700 VENEZUELA ................................... $ 250.00 800 VENEZUELA ................................... $ 350.00 100 VIETNAM ......................................... $ 30.00

W

100 WALLIS & FUTUNA ......................... $ 130.00 200 WALLIS & FUTUNA ......................... $ 300.00 25 WURTTEMBERG ................................. $ 16.00

50 WURTTEMBERG ................................. $ 60.00

Y

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

Z

50 ZANZIBAR ......................................... $ 80.00

THEMATICS

50 AIRCRAFT ............................................$6.00 100 AIRCRAFT ..........................................$12.00 50 ANIMALS..............................................$6.00 100 ANIMALS...........................................$13.00 300 ANIMALS...........................................$40.00 500 ANIMALS ..........................................$60.00 100 ANIMALS (WINDOW DISPLAY)...........$13.00 200 ANIMALS (WINDOW DISPLAY)...........$30.00 50 BICYCLES..............................................$9.00 100 BYCYCLES..........................................$13.00 100 BIKES AND CARS................................$13.00 50 BIRDS ..................................................$7.00 100 BIRDS................................................$13.00 200 BIRDS................................................$20.00 500 BIRDS............................................... $ 80.00 50 BIRDS (WINDOW DISPLAY)..................$8.00 100 BIRDS (WINDOW DISPLAY)................$15.00 200 BIRDS (WINDOW DISPLAY)................$30.00 100 BUTTERFLIES .................................... $ 14.00 300 BUTTERFLIES .....................................$50.00 100 BUTTERFLIES (WINDOW DISPLAY) ....$15.00 200 BUTTERFLIES (WINDOW DISPLAY) ....$30.00 50 CARS....................................................$8.00 100 CARS .................................................$14.00 200 CARS .................................................$30.00 100 CARS ALL MINT..................................$24.00 50 CATS...................................................$10.00 100 CATS..................................................$20.00 50 CATS & DOGS........................................$6.00 100 CATS & DOGS.....................................$10.00 200 CATS & DOGS.....................................$30.00 300 CATS & DOGS.....................................$50.00 500 CATS & DOGS .....................................$80.00 50 COSTUMES...........................................$5.00 100 COSTUMES ........................................$10.00 200 DISNEY ............................................ $ 49.00 50 DOGS...................................................$9.00 100 DOGS ................................................$18.00 100 DOMESTIC ANIMALS (WINDOW DISPLAY) ... $15.00 100 FISH...................................................$12.00 500 FISH ................................................. $ 90.00 50 FISH & SEA LIFE (WINDOW DISPLAY)....$8.00 200 FISH & SEA LIFE (WINDOW DISPLAY).$30.00 100 FISH (WINDOW DISPLAY)..................$15.00 200 FISH...................................................$21.00 100 FLAGS................................................$12.00 50 FLOWERS.............................................$6.00 100 FLOWERS ..........................................$13.00

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500 FLOWERS ......................................... $ 70.00 50 FLOWERS (WINDOW DISPLAY) ............$8.00 100 FLOWERS (WINDOW DISPLAY) ..........$15.00 200 FLOWERS (WINDOW DISPLAY)...........$30.00 50 FOOTBALL .........................................$10.00 100 FOOTBALL..........................................$12.00 50 HORSES................................................$6.00 100 HORSES .............................................$13.00 200 HORSES .............................................$30.00 100 INSECTS............................................$12.00 50 MUSHROOMS (WINDOW DISPLAY).......$8.00 50 MUSIC (WINDOW DISPLAY)..................$8.00 50 PAINTINGS ...........................................$8.00 100 PAINTINGS.........................................$10.00 50 PAINTINGS (WINDOW DISPLAY) ..........$8.00 100 PAINTINGS (WINDOW DISPLAY) ........$15.00 100 REPTILES .............................................$6.50 50 ROSES ................................................$8.00 100 ROSES ...............................................$13.00 100 SCOUTS .............................................$16.00 25 SHELLS ...............................................$4.00 50 SHELLS.................................................$6.00 100 SHELLS .............................................$20.00 50 SHIPS...................................................$8.00 100 SHIPS.................................................$12.00 300 SHIPS................................................ $ 40.00 50 SOCCER (WINDOW DISPLAY) .............. $ 8.00 50 SPACE..................................................$ 6.00 300 SPACE................................................$19.50 500 SPACE .............................................. $ 66.00 50 SPACE (WINDOW DISPLAY)................. $ 8.00 100 SPACE (WINDOW DISPLAY) .............. $ 13.00 50 SPORT ................................................$ 6.00 100 SPORT................................................$11.00 50 SPORT (WINDOW DISPLAY)................. $ 8.00 100 SPORT (WINDOW DISPLAY) .............. $ 13.00 200 SPORTS............................................. $ 13.00 300 SPORTS............................................. $ 30.00 100 STAMPS ON STAMPS......................... $ 11.00 500 TRAINS ..............................................$90.00 100 TRAINS (WINDOW DISPLAY)..............$15.00 200 TRAINS (WINDOW DISPLAY)..............$30.00 100 TRANSPORT ...................................... $ 6.00 10 TRIANGLES........................................ $ 10.00 50 TRIANGLES........................................ $ 16.00 64 UN FLAGS...........................................$60.00 100 UNIFORMS.........................................$13.00

World Packets

10,000 WORLD (IN 10 ALBUMS) ............$900.00 100 WORLD (IN GLASSINE BAG) ................$4.00 300 WORLD (IN GLASSINE BAG)...............$10.00 5000 WORLD (IN GLASSINE BAG) ...........$300.00 100 WORLD (WINDOW DISPLAY) ..............$4.00 500 WORLD (WINDOW DISPLAY) ...........$18.00 1000 WORLD (WINDOW DISPLAY) ...........$35.00 2000 WORLD (WINDOW DISPLAY) ........$100.00 3000 WORLD (WINDOW DISPLAY) ........$150.00 5000 WORLD (WINDOW DISPLAY) ........ $310.00

Graeme Morriss larger 10c and 18c stamps 14¾ x 14. Each value was printed from two plates numbered 111 and 1a1a1a (the 5c plates used two shades of grey and were numbered 1111 and 1a1a1a1a).

A second printing, issued in January 1979, used plates numbered 222 (5c numbered 2222). The 10c and 18c stamps were also printed from an additional set of plates numbered 2a2a2a. The new printing was on thinner, white chalky

paper with matt PVA gum. The larger format 10c and 18c stamps had a new perforation gauging 13¾ x 13¼.

The colours of the four lower value stamps also appear slightly darker and brighter than stamps from the 1972 printing.

This issue continued in use until January 1982. Postage rates from the Ross Dependency were the same as from mainland New Zealand. As the stamp denominations failed to meet later, increased postage rates, higher denomination New Zealand stamps were stocked at Scott Base and were often used in combination with the Ross Dependency stamps.

References: Catalogue of New Zealand Stamps, Auckland, Campbell Paterson, 1952 – .

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, vol. 8, Wellington, RPSNZ, 1998.

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Cinderella Corner The Ashes

Welcome to the November edition of Cinderella Corner. With the 2017/18 cricket season about to start, it is an appropriate time to remind readers that England will be in Australia to defend The Ashes. The Ashes originated from the solitary Test which the two nations contested in 1882. England lost the match, played at the Oval in London, and a mock obituary was posted in The Sporting Times, declaring the death of English cricket. It stated that: “The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.” This issue explores several cricket labels that commemorate The Ashes.

SS Great Britain carried the first English Cricket team to Australia, arriving 24 December 1861, which initiated a now famous sporting rivalry. Figure 1 illustrates this, with a setenant vertical pair of FameFace poster stamps printed by Novelty Printing for David Kirby and released at the Melbourne World Stamp Expo 1999. Singles are 42mm x 28mm and perforated 12½ x 13½.

The three cricketers shown in Figure 2 are two Englishmen, Herbert Sutcliffe and Wally Hammond, and our Don Bradman. Each measures 32mm x 42mm with perforation 11. These labels were produced by Amalgamated Press London as part of a 1935 set of 64 titled ‘Champion Record Breakers’.

Thirteen years after the Amalgamated Press labels were issued, in 1948, marked the final tour for Bradman. The Team, captained by Bradman was invincible, not losing a single match of 34 played.

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Fig. 3 Figure 3 illustrates a setenant pair of FameFace stamps produced for David Kirby in 1998 for the 50th anniversary of this Tour and the 90th birthday of Don Bradman. Singles are 28mm x 42mm, perforated 13½ x 12½.

As part of the Ashes Series Fig. 4 1954/55, Seven Seas Stamps Dubbo issued sheets (red, purple or green) of 18 labels showing the English touring party. Team Australia

Fig. 2

Vito Milana

Fig. 5 never made it on a stamp because the exercise was a marketing flop as stated by Bill Hornadge. The purple sheet and a single in red were illustrated in Cinderella Corner (November 2016). A single in green showing Len Hutton who captained the winning side is presented in Figure 4. Monty Wedd of Sydney was the designer with printing by Dubbo

Fig. 8

Fig. 6

Printing Works. It measures 34mm x 52mm with 11½ perforation.

Some years later, the 1970/71 Ashes Series in Australia, was an important part of the cricket landscape. Perth staged its first Test Match in December 1970, making it a six-match series, and it shifted into the first ever seven-match affair because one Test was washed out and crickets’ administrators wanted a result as the Series could have gone either way. It was a pretty heated Series with claims of cheating and a walkout staged by England in the 7th Test in Sydney played from 12-17 February 1971.

England regained the Ashes winning 2-0.

During that time, a massive post office strike occurred in the United Kingdom that commenced on 20 January 1971. To cope with this major disruption to all postal services, the British Post Office authorised organisations and individuals to provide for the carriage of mail throughout the nation. Before the nearly eight week strike ended on 7 March, more than 600 services were granted a licence to handle mail. Four of the authorised services issued ‘stamps’ to pay for the service with a cricket theme.

These are described below and illustrated across Figures 5 to 10.

Barnard’s Pirate Postal Service operated by an Australian expatriate, Fred Barnard Fig. 7 from his shop in Stamp News - 49

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Fig. 9

Fig. 10 Attleborough in Norfolk. Being a cricket enthusiast he issued eight stamps devoted to cricket with five of the eight relating to The Ashes being played in Australia at the time. Figure 5 illustrates a set of three of these five, captioned First “Seventh” Test Series, in pale olive, blue and green showing Kangaroo and Lion, with each measuring 45mm x

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30mm. Figure 6 highlights a single in green colour, with a 48mm x 35mm size, showcasing the Ashes Retrieved with Lion holding The Ashes Urn. Figure 7, the last in the five issued, illustrates a single in light green captioned ‘All Over’ with an umpire drawing stumps. Its size is 44mm, square. All five stamps are rouletted 9 printed on white gummed paper.

Gloucester Emergency Postal Service was organised by mail order stamp dealer, Paul Montanaro of Monty Stamps in Longlevens, Gloucester. Two stamps of the set showing Gloucester Cathedral, as illustrated in Figure 8, were overprinted in black ‘England Win The Ashes 1970/1971 Tour’. Of note, the old currency is obliterated because of the introduction of decimal currency on 14 February 1971.

The imperforate labels are printed red on blue and red on green on gummed paper and measure 37mm x 57mm.

London Express handled a considerable amount of mail in the London postal district from 27 January. Mark Purnell of Guthrie Fig. 12 Street London pro-

Vito Milana

Fig. 13 vided the service. Three stamps of the same design with the boxed inscription ‘The Ashes Return’ in black on pale blue, black on dark blue and black on green were produced and measure 40mm x 35mm, 6 roulette, on gummed paper. This is a very scarce issue, mint or used on cover. A cropped example of the latter is shown as Figure 9.

Norwich Local Post was organised by Colin Ward of Colin Ward Enterprise Ltd in Norwich and it too processed a large volume of mail. Five issues comprising thirteen stamps were issued, with one being cricket related, as illustrated in Figure 10.

This 1p green label has the caption ‘the ASHES’ superimposed on a batsman. It measures 38mm, square, and is rouletted 6 on gummed paper.

During the 1972 Ashes Series in England, the London tabloid The Sun wrote about the 1970/71 tour won by England and the friction on that Tour.

It issued a sheet of 18 stamps titled ‘England Stars 1972’. John Snow was named the Man of the 1970/71 Series taking 31 wickets bowling short and fast. His commemorative label is illustrated in Figure 11 and measures 35mm x 52mm, roulette 9 on gummed paper.

A FameFace poster stamp showing The Ashes

urn, was printed for David Kirby, marking the 116th anniversary of The Ashes played in Australia in 1998/99. Figure 12 illustrates this 28mm x 42mm label, with 13½ x 12½ perforation.

Australia retained The Ashes winning 3-1.

Steve Waugh, who was Player of the 1998/99 Series, was depicted on the FameFace stamp produced for Stamp PublicFig. 14 ity of Sussex in 2005 for the Marylebone Cricket Club commemorating the 100th Test Match at Lord’s Cricket Ground. Waugh was Captain in 2005. This label, featured as Figure 13, measures 28mm x 42mm and is perforated 13½ x 12½.

After 16 long years of Australian dominance, England regained the Ashes in 2005, with much rejoicing and fanfare having won 2-1. Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff was the Player of the Series taking 24 wickets and was awarded an MBE for this effort. Figure 14 illustrates a stamp of Liberia, with no postal validity, of Andrew Flintoff. It measures 35mm x 50mm, perforated 13½ on gummed paper.

The Ashes have been back and forth since 2005 and are currently held by England. The story behind this small terracotta vase containing the mythically Ashes since 1892 is simply amazing.

References

1. All images shown in this article are from the collection of Noel Almeida, Honorary Life Member, Cricket Philatelic Society, London.

2. Smith, Clive, British Private Posts 1680-1980, Self-Published, Effingham, Surrey, 1980.

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation APF Annual General Meeting and APO Awards The APF Annual General Meeting was held on the weekend of 16-17 September in Melbourne. Due to a personal commitment, I was unable to attend, but the meeting went well with a lively “Soviet� on the Saturday and Sunday. For those of you not familiar with the APF AGM, it comprises the formal AGM on the Saturday morning where reports from the executive and APF Project Officers are presented.

The election of office bearers is then made and then the Fig. 1 delegates to the AGM plus project officers go into one meeting, known as the Soviet, where matters/questions raised by individuals or State Councils etc are discussed in an open forum. The executive goes off and has its executive meeting at the same time. On the Sunday morning the two groups re-join and discuss any matters raised in the Soviet. These matters are taken away by the executive and in most cases, are dealt with as or if appropriate. This may involve no action or changes in policies and procedures. In rare cases matters may be brought back to an AGM. Figure 1 shows the executive, delegates and project officers at the AGM. Figure 2 is the new APF Executive less myself. They are from left to right, David Figg (Treasurer), Gary Brown (International Officer), Glen Stafford (Immediate Past President), Peter Allen (Vice President), John Moore (President) and Ian McMahon (Secretary) and I was reelected as Philatelic Development Officer.

Australian Philatelic Order (APO) Awards The APO awards have been detailed in a few previous columns, but the three awards comprise a Fellow of Australian Philatelic order(FAP), a Member of Australian Philatelic order (MAP) and the Australian Philatelic Research award (APR). The FAP is the highest award given in Australian philately 52 - Stamp News

and both FAPs and MAPs must have undertaken a considerable level of activity across a number of areas of philately over many years. The APR is given to philatelists who undertake and publish significant levels of research, but who do not have the other levels of activity in the criteria used to assess the APO awards. FAPS and MAPs are assessed when a submission is made by a State Council, and the assessment team comprises two previous FAPs and the President of the APF. Fellows are rotated through the committee. APR awards are assessed by the APF Executive.

Many philatelists do a lot for philately but are unlikely to ever meet the points needed for a MAP or FAP. To recognise such people, the APF developed another award for Services to Philately At the National level or SPAN award. It is important to note that this award is for services at the National level, not just within a State. All States have their own awards for such philatelists. This year Dr Geoffrey Kellow was upgraded from a MAP to a Fellow - to date only three others have achieved this recognition. Mr Gordon Monk and Mr Hugh Freeman were awarded research awards, and two couples were awarded joint SPAN awards. All these awards were richly deserved and amongst the seven individuals this represents well over 200 years of

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Fig. 2 effort by the nominees. The citation for each follows.

Dr Geoffrey Kellow RDP FAP Dr Kellow is unique in that, besides now being only the fourth MAP to be upgraded to a Fellow, he also received an APR and is the only philatelist to have received all three awards. He has also signed the British Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (RDP) and is without doubt our most awarded philatelist. His citation read as follows: Dr Geoffrey Kellow has been a tireless worker for philately wherever he has lived. He has been involved at Club level as an office bearer of several clubs. At State level as Chairman of Philas Library Inc., and he was also been part of a team that reintroduced national exhibitions to New South Wales.

Geoffrey has also been recognised at both the national level initially with an Australian Philatelic Research award and later as a Member of Australian Philately. At the International level, Dr Kellow is one of the few Australians to have signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.

Since 2006 Dr Kellow has maintained his collecting interests in Australian Colonies particularly Victoria. He has also developed collections of traditional philately and postal history of Sierra Leone.

Although this level of award looks at his efforts since 2006, Dr Kellow has worked for over 35 year. Firstly in Victoria with the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria Inc, and since 2003 in New South Wales with the Royal Sydney Philatelic Club through its Australian States Study Circle and with the Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club (ACCC).

Geoffrey has served as a Vice President of Philas (Philatelic Association of NSW) since 2004 through his chairing of the Philas Library Inc. The Philas Library is housed on one floor of Philas House and contains an extensive collection of books, journals, catalogues and Auction catalogues. Dr Kellow has been instrumental in composing electronic catalogues of the Book and auction catalogue collections. Through the efforts of Geoffrey Kellow the Philas Library is one of three Australian members of the Global Philatelic Library that is co-ordinated by the Royal Philatelic Society of London and the American Philatelic Society. Under his editorship, the Australian Commonwealth Specialists Catalogue has been extensively updated by the inclusion of data from archival records. In 2013 Brusden-White, the producers of the catalogue, issued the first detailed listing of Australian Commonwealth postal stationery in the pre-decimal period. Geoffrey has maintained his hand in authorship with the publication in 2011 of “Australia: 1927 The Canberra Commemorative�.

He has also assisted other authors by taking on the task of general editor of their publications. As editor of the ACCC Bulletin, Dr Kellow has overseen the progress of this pre-eminent journal of the philately of the Australian Commonwealth, with the introduction of colour covers and most recently the option of an electronic version.

On the trade side Geoffrey has been involved with philatelic research and journalism. Since movStamp News - 53

Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation ing to Sydney he has become involved with the preparation of philatelic auctions. More recently he has been part of the team that has launched an on-line philatelic auction. Before moving to Sydney Dr Kellow was a member of the Expert Committee of the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria. From this he became the Australian Delegate to the FIP commission for the fight against forgeries. At the FIP Congress in 2016 he was elected chairman of the commission. Geoffrey maintains his interest in detecting and Fig. 3 identifying material deleterious to our hobby. Dr Geoffrey Kellow is an all-round philatelist, a collector of postage stamps, a postal historian, researcher, an author, an editor, a member of organised philately and has been associated with Philatelic exhibitions as an entrant and a judge.

Geoff’s commitment to philately has now been awarded three times in Australia and is well deserved. Figure 3 shows Geoff receiving his FAP from the newly elected APF President, John Moore, at the APO dinner held in conjunction with the APF AGM. Mr Gordon Monk APR This awardee is probably the most appropriate person to receive an APR. As noted on the menu for all APO dinners - The medal design is symbolic of Australian philatelic research, while the collarette ribbon colour is of philatelic significance in that it represents, in limited form, the complex shades and colours of Australia’s most written about and extensively researched stamp – the 1914 KGV One Penny red. As this is one of Gordon’s areas of specialisation it seems most logical for him to receive this award. Gordon was unable to be at the APO Awards Dinner so it was presented by John Moore at the Adelaide Stampex awards dinner held on 7 54 - Stamp News

October (see Figure 4).

Gordon Monk’s passion has been the study of Australia’s George V Penny Stamps – not just the red stamps issued during the years of the First World War, but all the issues through to the late 1930s.

One may wonder what can possibly be left to learn about Australia’s most studied and probably most important stamp issues but Gordon’s furtherance of the knowledge about these stamps has been invaluable. With an exhibiting pedigree that extends back to the late 1980s, Gordon has continually strived to improve and succeed in this field. Whilst the medals awarded to his exhibits may be considered reward enough, for Gordon it has also been a catalyst to share his findings with the collecting community through articles appearing in the journals of the societies specialising in Australian philately. These include the Bulletin of the British Society of Australian Philately, “Stamp Talk” the Journal of the Philatelic Society of South Australia, and the Bulletin of the Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of New South Wales.

In 1994 Gordon self-published “A Collectors’ List for the Surface Printed KGV1d Sideface Issues.” Prior to this in 1992, Gordon published the first edition of “The Surface Printed KGV 1d Sideface Issue Variety Catalogue”. Two further editions

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Fig. 4 of this work have since been published each extending the knowledge of these issues and a testament to Gordon’s ongoing research.

In 2005, the Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of New South Wales recognised Gordon’s additions to the knowledge base on the Penny Georges with their Research Award.

It did not stop there and in the twelve years since, the story has been continually added to – a remarkable achievement for a series of stamps that have been intensively studied for a century.

In recent times Gordon has also taken an interest in the perfins applied to postage, parcel and duty stamps by companies in South Australia and is continually adding to the already fine works in this field.

The APF has great pleasure in awarding Gordon Monk the Australian Philatelic Research Award.

Mr Hugh Freeman APR Having known Hugh for over 30 years I was very glad to see that he has finally received an APR for his seminal postmark works. Unfortunately, Hugh is not well and the APF has not been able to present him his award to date. We are hoping to do this at an APF meeting to be held in Hobart next April. If this does not occur then Peter Allen, the newly appointed Vice President, will travel to see Hugh and

make the award. His citation is as follows: Hugh Freeman’s interest in numeral cancellations of the Australian Colonies has resulted in two seminal works on this type of cancel as used in Victoria and New South Wales the colonies until Federation which had the largest number of Post Offices.

Victoria and New South Wales each had over 2000 Post Offices in colonial times that used numeral cancels. Many of these Post Offices existed for only a short period of time and examples are of considerable rarity. Within the term ’numeral cancel’ both Victoria and New South Wales used a range of different types of design each of which is identified in Hugh’s publications. The data for each Post Office recorded includes the operating dates of the office and the type(s) of cancel used.

To assist other collectors of this field the entry for each office includes a ‘rarity rating’ to give an indication between common and extreme rarity.

Strikes for most Post Offices are illustrated allowing the collector to differentiate between partial strikes from full strikes.

Within Philately Hugh Freeman worked as a collector and a member of the trade. This cross over allowed him to develop a wide ranging network of people interested in postmark collecting Hugh Freeman has been an enthusiastic supporter of the hobby of philately. A significant area for that support has been the publication of separate monographs on the numeral cancellations on the post offices of the Colonies of Victoria and New South Wales. Hugh has been a valued and long term supporter of Australian philately and the research of Australian philately.

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation ing couples receiving SPAN awards than the Chequers and the Dwyers. I know from personal experience the amount of effort that both couples have put into philately around Australia. Both couples are selfless and expect no reward for their efforts. They simply pitch in where needed and often go the extra mile.

I can attest to this at Melbourne earlier this year when Ross Wood, Kevin Dwyer and myself were emptying a shipping container of frames.

Even when we had finished Kevin was looking around to Fig. 5 help more and we started on stripping the plastic covering from spare Perspex sheets used in the frames. This is not a fun job but Kevin kept at it. Similarly, the Chequers are always at exhibitions and pitch in to help. There is no need to ask them. Figure 5 shows the Chequers receiving their SPAN award at the APF AGM from the (then) President Glen Stafford. The Dwyers received their award at the Adelaide Stampex dinner, as they always support exhibitions by exhibiting, wherever possible.

Figure 6 has them receiving their award from John Moore.

Graeme and Gaye Chequer Graeme and Gaye Chequer have been supporting Philatelic Exhibitions throughout Australia as unpaid volunteers for some 14 years. While volunteering at exhibitions is not unusual, it is certainly unusual for volunteers to continually support exhibitions all over Australia, at their own expense for such a long period.

Feedback from key Exhibitions indicates that their service goes above and beyond what would normally be expected and that their “nothing-istoo-much-troubleâ€&#x; attitude has been inspiring and highly appreciated by many Exhibition management committees.

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Since around 2004 the Chequers have been assisting in the running of philatelic Exhibitions in Hobart, Launceston, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney and Perth. They have also been heavily involved in two International Exhibitions, Melbourne2013 and Melbourne2017. For these International exhibitions, amongst many other duties, they prepared and laminated large numbers of frame labels and numbers. In the case of Melbourne2013 the number was almost 3,500.

Reports from Exhibition committees indicate they not only assist with the initial set-up but work in a variety of capacities right through the exhibition and, in particular, at the end when volunteers tend to become tired and workers harder to find.

Over the years, they have gained considerable experience in a wide range of Exhibition tasks.

Their knowledge of managing exhibitions has been particularly important at two Hobart National One-frame exhibitions, 2012 and 2016. They have been asked to provide training for other volunteers in mounting exhibits and bin room procedures on both occasions and Graeme took on the role of Floor Manager in 2016. They both managed the Bin room at the same exhibition. These Hobart Exhibitions could not have occurred without both their input into the planning stages and in the

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Fig. 6 actual running of the exhibitions.

Throughout this period they have been regular exhibitors, achieving a Gold medal at Melbourne2017 International for their Open Class Exhibit, “Orchids and Their World”.

Kevin and Kim Dwyer Kim and Kevin Dwyer have been regular volunteers at State, National and Australian International Exhibitions since the Canberra State Exhibition in 1988 (Ed. actually 1980). They have always provided the best and fullest support to the Show at which they are Volunteers. For example, at the most recent Show in Australia, the FIAP Exhibition, “Melbourne 2017”, despite their own considerable health problems, they insisted on helping to set up the frames to meet the deadline for mounting the exhibits.

Kim and Kevin have been regular and strong supporters of exhibitions at State Shows in Australia, at National Shows in Australia and New Zealand, and at International level shows in Australia.

At the National Show in 2010 the Canberra Philatelic Society organising committee presented Kim and Kevin with a special award in gratitude for their continued support for the Shows in Canberra.

They have helped to add to the range of Exhi-

bition Classes as supporters and pioneer exhibitors in the Open Philately and Polar Philately Exhibition classes. This involvement has strongly contributed to the Polar Philately Class and the Open Philately Class becoming accepted APF National Exhibition classes and to the Open Philately Class becoming an FIP Experimental Class.

As contributors to organized philately they have been long term members of State and National Philatelic Societies and have been executive members of the Australian Society for Polar Philately.

Kim and Kevin Dwyer have always done more than is required as volunteers and exhibitors at National and International Shows and as contributors to Organized Philately at the National level. Their long term and committed contribution to philately at the National level is widely known and highly regarded.

Exhibition Update One area left off last month’s listing of exhibitions were the National One-Frame exhibitions for the next three years. All the following are probable, particularly Hobart in 2020, but please refer to the APF website for the most up to date information.

National One-Frame Exhibitions 2018 Geelong, Victoria(tbc) 2019 Bunbury, Western Australia (tbc) 2020 Hobart, Tasmania (tbc) Next month I will provide information about Adelaide Stampex plus continue the series on exhibition and collecting changes.

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.

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Market Matters New way to detect Die 2, 3d Roos.

You would think after over 100 years, that the main Dies of the Kangaroo stamps would be clear cut in all minds. Not so. Nearly EVERY copy of the 3d green I see offered these days as the scarce “Die 2” quite clearly are NOT. On eBay, about 90% of those offered are wrong, and I often see real dealers who SHOULD know a lot better, offering the normal issue very common Die 1, as the scarce and pricey “Die 2” in their auctions and pricelists.

The 1913 First Watermark Die 1 (SG 5/5a) is retail $15 fine used, and the scarcer Die 2 (SG 5e/5ea) is retail $A250 in FU. The later Third Watermark Die 2s, SG 37 and 37d are very slightly cheaper, but still rather expensive stamps in true Die 2.

That watermark also has a common Die 2B, SG 37e, but outside many eBay sellers, that one is pretty easy to sort using the top outer frame break above “ST” and the rounded NE corner. Mint Die 2s in either watermark are valued at several times the used prices above of course.

So, very fertile fodder for the perpetual “dreamers” who always exist in the stamp world, to grossly misidentify these stamps. Most do it deliberately to part the Bunnies from their money, but often sellers simply are clueless, and do not know how to ID them.

Show near every novice (and many dealers) a used 3d Roo stamp, and tell them it is EITHER a $15 stamp, or a $250 stamp if they squint hard enough, and long enough, - and they’ll come up with the latter identification in near all cases!

Die 1 on left, Die 2 on right.

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”JBC” Die 1, “CA” is Die 2.

“Fool’s Gold” Die 2s.

Human nature. They are mostly wrong of course.

“Fool’s Gold”. To be fair, the difference between the two is miniscule. And in used stamps, the area you need to look at, is often obscured by cancel ink, making it an ever tougher guess.

On eBay it will be often offered with the standard gibberish like this following, with a fuzzy, grainy, tiny photo - “Grannie lef me hur stemps and this Dye 2 wus en itt. Deeler pryce $250 - by itt noe fur jest $100.”

Don’t laugh. This pidgin English nonsense on eBay generally attracts higher bids than describing stamps normally! And yet another clueless Bunny pays 10 times retail for misdescribed junk, off spiv sellers. And it will end in tears - as always.

During my 40 years in dealing, the accepted way to pick them apart was the inner left frame break to the top left of “T”. An unbroken frame line was Die 2, and broken frame line was Die 1. In THEORY that is the simple path.

Sadly, over-inking often meant the inner frame line on Die 1 stamps is in-filled, hence often looking like the many times scarcer Die 2. And of course all the common Die 2B have complete inner lines,

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”A Watertight Die 2 Test” creating another layer of confusion for Third Watermark 3d stamps.

There was never an accepted and easy alternative way to sort these apart. Neither SG or ACSC offers any assistance there really, and for a novice sorting these is a real minefield, as VERY easy to mess them up.

Simon Dunkerley quick test.

In his later years, the late Simon Dunkerley posted a most helpful new “test” on stampboards.com Simon pointed out a very simple quick visual test, that sorted the “wheat from the chaff” in most cases.

Simon’s new test relates to the top loop or “blob” of the numeral 3. On Die 1 this loop is a fat nearly perfect round circle, as can clearly be seen in the close up nearby. On the scarce Die 2, this top loop is noticeably less wide, having the effect of a “tear-drop”

First time on the stamp market.

hanging off the top of the 3.

This is a fast and ABSOLUTE test. You can see it readily with the naked eye once you keep it in mind. Tear out this page perhaps! As Simon posted at the time - “The size and shape of the top circle on the ‘3’ has proven to be a watertight test.”

Look at the fairly fuzzy Monogram stamp scans nearby from a Prestige Auction.

The top blobs on the 3s can be easily picked apart. The “CA” monogram stamp is a Die 2, and the “JBC” stamp is Die 1. Easily seen - agree?

Die 1 + 2 pairs impossible!

Another crazy anomaly with this stamp is the number of “Die 1 + Die 2” horizontal pairs that one sees offered. Again often on eBay. There is NO such thing possible. You can have horizontal pairs of: Die 2+1, Die 2+2 or Die 1+1.

But Die 1+2 is totally impossible to own, due to the occurrence of the Die positions on the pane, which are well documented. Sadly the ACSC lists and prices these non-existent “Die 1+2 pairs”, and even Gibbons lists pairs, so folks with vivid imaginations go out and offer them for sale, when they just cannot exist.

New discovery after 90 years

I love my job - EVERY day is different! After 40 years being a dealer, one still gets excited by something new or unusual turning up in collections or offerings. This little gem shown nearby turned up recently, after never being seen before for 90 years.

A newly discovered Design Competition Essay of the 1927 1½d Canberra Parliament House stamp. After 90 years you’d imagine nothing new in this field would turn up - wrong! I was mailed this handsome Essay from an overseas seller. The Australia Post Office back then called for public submissions for the design of this new stamp.

A big deal back then, as this was our FIRST ever Commemorative

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There were 1,055 submissions, including 87 from overseas countries.

Very few entrants asked for them to be returned. Hence VERY few Essays are in public hands.

The ACSC, and Kellow’s excellent 2011 “The 1927 Canberra Commemorative” handbook shows the few known survivors in private Artistic merit of entries varied a LOT! hands. Artistic merit is vastly lacksome being of appalling artistic ‘merit’, and copies in ing in some, and some exist only as the Arthur Gray collection got strong 4 figure sums. photographs. The few known examples are listed and Indeed this is larger and more attractive than the Gray illustrated in the ACSC. I’ve submitted this new find for next “KGV” ACSC essay ACSC 132ES(6) which invoiced $A2,825.

An artistically skilled entry, stamp sized, (22 x Edition being worked on now, and suggested it be num33mm) with watercolour fine brush detail painted on bered ACSC 132ES(18) - Cat $5,000. Editor Dr. Kellow kindly added it to the front cover of the September card in black and burgundy. Artist has cut that out, added zig-zag simulated perforations with a razor edition of the ”Australian Commonwealth Collector blade, and then affixed it to hand painted card, (184 Club” (ACCC) journal that he is also Editor of. x 107mm) and inscribed it with the non-de-plume “Ivanhoe”.

Quality of artwork varied WILDLY!

As it was a public competition, the artwork standard Only 4 “non-de-plume” known. ranged from top end grade standard - from profesThe ACSC and detailed Kellow handbook records sional designers and trained artists, to primary school that only 4 of the 11 x 1927 Design Essays in prilevel! The really crude Essay shown nearby on the left in Kellow handbook, looks like it was created by a vate hands, have the artist ‘non-de-plume’ recorded - however all entries to the global design competition 10 year old - and most likely WAS! needed to supply one, when submitted.

However, it is listed in ACSC as 132ES(11) at Blue crayon “94” was added on reverse by PO. $A3,000 - the other 2 are listed at $A2,500 each. (AcThe small number of artworks requested returned, tually I bought both of those 2 on right at the Arthur were accompanied by a PMG letter dated on issue Gray Sale, and they are now lost on my desk/garbage date (see image nearby) enclosing a Mint and FDI dump, among the other 100 cubic yards of stamp CTO example of the issued stamp - the “Ivanhoe” artrubble here!) ist has neatly affixed them to either Many overlook the fact this side of his artwork! stamp was the very FIRST ComI posted this on stampboards memorative stamp from this new tinyurl.com/Ivanhoes - and had nation. (Indeed even Britain had a mini stampede of interest from never issued Commems until the leading dealers, auctions, and 1925/25 Wembley Exhibition isserious collectors on 3 continents, sue.) All we had were Roos and and it sold in a day. Great to see KGV heads before this, so it was a quality, and interesting, and unique VERY big deal at the time, in the material still gets the red blood Ozzie stamp world. cells coursing in the hobby!

The ACSC values of the very On there, I nominated a fair Fake ‘perfs’ added with razor few buyable Essays are from asking price for $A1,500, and very $2,500 to $5,000 apiece, despite blade!

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“Ivanhoe” affixed issued stamps to Art. clearly that was literally 4 figures too low in this case, as some offered me far MORE than I asked. As my dealer Mentor Ken Baker would often repeat - “Son, you can’t go broke by making a fast profit” and that has always been my business mantra.

Walter Burley Griffin founded Castlecrag.

ership etc, who has lived here a lot longer than that.

Castlecrag is a high bushy Harbour Peninsula, very “Village Like” and (so far) totally free of Units/Flats and high-rise development etc.

Before the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in 1932, getting here by land was basically impossible from the Sydney CBD, despite it only being a few Kms out of town. Griffin was of course an American - a protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright.

I’ve never understood why an AMERICAN would choose to name all streets in his new suburb after parts of Edinburgh Castle! I live in The Tor Walk, and we have Edinburgh Road as the main drag. And heaps of weird street names like - The Scarp, The Rampart, The Bastion, The Bulwark, The High Tor, and The Battlement etc, etc.

Anyway, Burley Griffin is a huge deal locally, and when a pair of 5d Walter Burley Griffin stamps errors, imperf one side were auctioned for $A33,000, the “North Shore Times” got very interested. They ran a large piece on these on pages 1 and 3. The largest suburban newspaper in NSW, probably Australia.

They sent out a photographer to get some shots of “rare stamps” and the resultant publicity for stamps was a nice change from their usual fodder! I literally got calls a year later from folks who had torn out the pages to act on “later”. More detail here - tinyurl. com/WalterBG The page 3 of that piece I illustrate nearby. Readers will smile wryly to notice that a “North Shore Times” sub-editor had decided to take the photo of the ERROR scan I sent them - and chopped off all the wide imperf margins off the scan, so it looked like a normal mint pair - value 20¢!

The find had extra relevance to me, as Walter Burley Griffin, who laid out and designed our new Capital City Canberra from total rural farmland, took all his huge fees and profits from that, and purchased another wild tract of total bush in Sydney, that he named Castlecrag.

Where I have lived and worked for near 30 years. As has Kevin Duffy who many readers will know from his Seven Seas Stamps own- Imperf at side sold $A33,000

No gum - NO problem!

This market is strange at times. No gum on most Twentieth Century issues is very bad news for the sale price. For early classics the market is far more forgiving on that, but no gum is bad news for 1901 onwards - usually.

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Market Matters arrest that etc, and buyers do NOT want it. So I noticed with interest this week when a copy of the New Zealand 1906 1d Claret was involved by mossgreen Auctions in Melbourne, for over $A12,000 on an estimate of just $5,000.

The last no gum example I sold had a BPA Certificate, and deep colour, and I sold it for $4,500, so $5,000 looked around the mark to me, and I would not have been surprised to see it get about that figure. So $12,000+ was a big surprise for a stamp that was not wildly facially attractive - to put it mildly!

I’d speculate that the stamp was pretty VERY noticeably colour faded, but that might just be the scan - hard to say for certain, as I have never inspected it, but these are a very DEEP Claret usually.

SG 371a cat for mint is £8,000, so this copy with no gum went for near full SG for gummed!

Anyway, some vendor was darn happy with that Sub-Editor cut off imperf margins! very bullish price I can bet! The story of the origin of these 1d Claret stamps is worth re-telling. As Dr. Alan S. Craig wrote a most revealing and detailed all collectors know, the stamp was issued and sold in article on these in the Campbell Paterson newsletter a vermillion orange red, and is fairly common - SG 371 couple of years back. is cat £16 for mint.

This Dr. Craig is a senior and highly respected NZ collector and NZ specialist, and has been on the scène Sheet of 1d Claret purloined by Boss? there for many decades. He was pointing out the The Secretary of the Christchurch Exhibition, Mr E. absurdity to Warwick Patterson, that these 1d Clarets Righton basically purloined the sheet of “1d Clarets” were fully listed and priced in the CP cat, despite none that were to have been displayed there at the Exhibiever being on sale at any Post Office, at any time. tion. He used many of them on covers addressed to Dr. Craig was then pointing out that the 2006 himself, or in his hand, and kept others mint it seems.

“Kapa Haka” Maori Performing Arts set was oddly I know of three covers addressed to him each bearing NOT listed in CP. This Maori Dancer set of 5, and 3 stamps (3d) despite domestic post being just 1d.

FDC, and Plate Blocks 6, and coils, and booklets, The sheet given to the Organising Committee were indeed advertised for sale, and sold, and all should have stayed in their archive etc, just as the PO credit cards charged by NZ Post, and mailed out to a Archive sheet stayed put. These stamps were NEVER number of NZ Post standing order clients. sold to the public, were NEVER Some were used on normal sold at any PO, and should mail - one collector Bernard sent NEVER thus have attained full a $2 value to Scotland with an catalogue status anywhere. order. Edinburgh kiloware dealer Sadly it is one of those ‘inside Robert Murray had all his charjobs’ that Gibbons was suckered ity snippers on the lookout for it, into listing a century back, and it as not much NZ current material has stayed there ever since. The was in their inwards mail. The SG listing criteria today totally letter rate 45c are also known on precludes such an insider listing. commercial mail pieces.

No gum gets $A12,000.

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At the very last moment, whines from a few politically correct New Zealanders that the new stamps were “cartoonish” in nature and “insulting”, oddly saw the PO pull back on the full release as planned.

The Maori Museum and Cultural Centre “Te Papa” had of course been fully consulted, and approved the designs in advance.

and he soon after resigned from the NZSDA dealer body.

The late Warwick Patterson declined to add these Kapa Haka to his respected Campbell Paterson NZ catalogue, as he had been unable to secure any “cheaply” for sale to his best clients! Clearly no owners of them were happy to sell for a “song”, when Public Auctions were getting $14,000+ a set, so he missed out.

That is weirdly how things often work over in New Zealand - a rather closed shop. Thank goodness the very widely sold Len Jury catalogue was more evenhanded and sensible and unbiased, and now lists them at $17,500 a set 5, FDC at $25,000, and $2,500 apiece for the letter rate 45c coil and booklet stamps, of which about 100 each of those were sold.

I spoke to David Holmes at Melbourne EXPO this year who owns Auckland City Stamps and now also owns Campbell Paterson, so things may now be re-visited under the new ownership for CP listing - we shall see. Other leading NZ dealers I spoke to in Melbourne like Don White of Dunedin Stamps agree this Kapa Haka is a 100% legitimate stamp issue.

I receive my first ever Maori Curse!

Now added in Stanley Gibbons.

Dr Alan Craig with $25,000 NZ FDC.

A “old school” New Zealand stamp dealer Donald Ion Stanley Gibbons recently added these into the “New Zealand” sectional catalogue, and more and more colwas about as Maori as me I suspect, but all the same, lectors and dealers now accept this was in fact a Post placed a Maori Evil Curse on me at the time, for ‘disrespectfully’ stocking these items. I am still in perfect Office issued set. Largely withdrawn at the Eleventh Hour no doubt, but a good number were mailed and health 11 years on - Don sadly passed away in 2015. charged to those who ordered them John Mowbray had a Public specifically. New Zealand Post has Auction in Wellington soon after always agreed on this. issue date, where a set of 5 mint Indeed the New Zealand Philarealised $NZ14,025, and a single telic Bureau politely contacted all self-adhesive sold for $NZ2,570. those to whom they had mailed the Mowbray needed to hire burly seKapa Haka stamp sets, and offered curity staff, and alerted local police buyers a full refund of price paid, to the potential disruption of this AND a free NZ Annual Album as auction. a gesture to compensate for the I understand dealer Donald Ion “inconvenience” of returning them, (mentioned above) had threatened if they chose to do that. to organise a noisy Maori protest The Year Book is only worth against the sale of these “offensive” $100 or so, and a set of 5 was getstamps. There was of course, no ting $14,000, yet some of these protest there. I am advised Police folks cheerfully mailed back their spoke to Don Ion about this matter, Jury cat lists at $17,500 a set 5.

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Market Matters stamps that were quite legally theirs! NZPO has admitted in writing that this occurred, and all I can think is WHY would anyone comply??!!

I bought some sets of 5, pairs, and coil pairs and a booklet of 10 early in the piece from some over there who were lucky to get these as New Issues, and I still have one of each left. Some clients who bought them early on, 11 years back have now passed, and they mostly come back through my hands via Estates.

The coil roll singles, or stamp booklet singles I sell for $A1,500 each, and given their great scarA bargain at just $80,000! city do feel in the fullness of time they will prove very astute buys. Would I rather have EIGHT of those in 10 years superb Mint, or a faded no gum 1d Gibbons “Part One” Catalogue released.

Claret for the same money - total no brainer to me!

For me the “event” of this month was the arrival of It is odd how some things get into mainstream cataan air freight copy of the new 2018 Stanley Gibbons logues like the “1d Claret” that clearly should never “Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840have been regarded as anything other than purloined 1970” catalogue. The 120th Edition in fact. I get a stamps. Yet things sold and shipped and charged by tad jaded with many things in this business, but am NZPO are ignored in some quarters, due to naked NOT jaded about receiving this monster each year! financial blackmail in essence - that backfired!

This volume is universally known to old-timers and John Mowbray Auctions in NZ had a truly battered the trade as the “Gibbons Part One” - as once, the and gruesome looking cover with 3 “Claret” singles other Volumes were numbered sequentially, and were on it, in his October 14 auction, that looked like it had “Americas” and “Asia” etc. It is the absolute “Bible” been residing on Highway 1 for a few weeks, and a globally for British Commonwealth stamps. Forget mint single.

Scott etc - they are meaningless for Commonwealth stamps.

Large CHUNKS missing from stamp.

The average collector buys a new major catalogue The cover as you can see from the photo nearby, has only once every few years, as they are expensive. For large CHUNKS missing from the central stamp which is many dealers and collectors, being a few years out of also creased, and all are terribly affected by foxing and date is no big deal. THIS is definitely the year to uptoning etc. Horrible perfs and centering too. In typical date, if you have not done so for a while! Lots of big NZ cavalier style - the Auction estimate was $80,000! changes and updates in here.

Mowbray’s basically non-functioning website was Printed on a nice crisp fresh white paper stock. not working at all when I went to look today if they Cheery and “alive” compared to my already VERY sold - or not. I keep goading John about his joke of a yellowed early 2000’s SG pages, with sad grey illuswebsite, and assuring him he’d make TEN times the trations. Colour illustrations right through, very many cost of upgrading to a functioning one in just a year of them on each page. And many new varieties and in extra sales, but he ALWAYS smiles and says: ‘he is listings are added this year. Near 750 huge pages now. working on it’.

A nice crisp clean sans serif font has been used for I understand that 3 such covers, each with 3 stamps the last few editions, and makes it so much easier to are recorded addressed to Righton by Righton, that read. And in recent editions the country headings are never left the Exhibition, and several other used singles in RED - a very simple thing to do, and they really from same source exist I believe. Some claim the exhi- stand out. The small things like that are often overbition had actually closed by the date he cancelled them. looked for years!

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Glen Stephens very popular flaw, and very seldom offered. Buy off someone foolishly using last year’s cat, or better still, 2 years before, and YOU win by £850!

Or the “Man with Tail” on 1937 2d NSW is now £700 mint, and £140 used. I found 2 used copies in a kid’s collection - those 2 alone will literally pay for this catalogue. A very, very, popular variety, as it is VERY easy to spot with the naked eye - see photo nearby.

Ever seen a “Green Mist Retouch”?

Were you aware a ½d Orange Kangaroo Coil Block of 4 is now Cat in SG at £950 mint? Or the “Green Mist Retouch” on the 1/- Lyrebird SG 230da is 2d “Man With Tail” flaw ever popular. £4,250 mint and £3000 used etc. “Knowledge Is Power” - as I have probably typed here 1,000 Colourful and vibrant SG Catalogue. times!

Lots of constant plate flaws, and booklets are now There are some increases in the new book which listed. And lots of inverted watermarks - for the UK all can only be described as spectacular, such as the 1942 inverted and sideways watermarks are now fully listed.

4d Koala stamp of Australia with inverted watermark Find just a really medium one from a country like AusSG 188w, more than doubling from £4,000 to £10,000 tralia or UK, and the entire book will be readily paid used. Without this book you’d have no idea. for MANY times! Often stamps cat 10p each used are Did you know the 1941 1/- Lyrebird, also with cat many £1,000s each with inverted watermark. inverted watermark SG 192w is Cat £5,000 mint, and Throughout the book there are new and improved £4,000 used - but just 10p in normal used etc? This is illustrations, helpful new notes on subjects as diverse up by £1,000 mint and £2,000 used over last edition. as the early lithographs of British Guiana, and the Check your duplicates! Many are still out there to be 1962 Emancipation overprints of Tonga. There are found. several new watermark varieties, newly listed plate The 1962 Inland Mission 5d with red omitted has flaws and ‘used abroads’ and many stamps, previbeen deleted this year, and a note added that these are ously listed without a price, are now given a valuation, now considered to have been faked. In Papua there for the first time. are illustrations for the ‘POSTAGIE’ and ‘C’ for ‘O’ Major plate flaws are being added and priced all varieties on the popular Lakatoi the time, as is shown in the page series. close up nearby. New plate vaMaterial from other Commonrieties appear each year, some of wealth countries is where this huge which I suggested, such as the 1929 book comes into its own. Where Australia 3d Airmail “Long Wing else would you look up prices for To Plane”. At £275 mint and £160 KGVI Ceylon, or a 1940 Pitcairn used, find just one of EITHER, in stamp booklet? They are ALL very a junk lot or club circuit book, and valuable, as I will show you below, this catalogue is easily paid for and all might be easily overlooked INSTANTLY! if you do not own this new book.

Did you know the “Top Hat” The Ceylon 3¢ KGVI MUH pair flaw on the 6d Kookaburra is now shown nearby, I found in a junk lot, cat £1,400 mint - up from £550 Found in junk box – sold for not noted as being other than a $5 only 3 years before? A scarce and $350. pair of the lowest value of a definiStamp News - 65

Market Matters tive set, as it appeared to be. I listed it on my Rarity Page for $A350, and it sold fast, as it is cat £550. If you looked this up in the “Stamps Of The World” you’d only see 2 cheap stamps.

It does not have a plate variety, design flaw, or printing flaw of any kind, or a watermark error or omission etc, or any kind of shade variety. So WHY it is listed in SG at £550 you may be asking yourself? Well unless you own this new “2018 Part 1” catalogue you 500 made, but only a few survive. will never know!

Again I point out the (SG #1-8) with waxed interleaving between each screamingly obvious, that a single find of just ONE stamp ‘pane’. stamp like this, just ONCE in your lifetime, pays

for this catalogue several times over. It is as simple Sold via a rowed longboat! as that. They VERY often are catalogued at £100s, The Pitcairn Island Postmaster Roy Clark offered if not £1,000s apiece, and many are overlooked by these to the 2 or 3 times a year cruise boats that would owners. anchor in deep water offshore, as souvenirs to bored Then there are the things that you see at times tourists - so most were lost over time as they were that look a bit interesting, but you have no idea of very fragile, and later tossed away in the ensuing 77 value. The Pitcairn Island stamp booklet illustrated years. Issued during WW2, they got no philatelic pubnearby is a case in point. If you found one of these in an old lot, it is self-evident it has some good value licity, only 500 were made, and totally sold out before WW2 ended.

- but WHAT value? WHERE do you look these Remote Pitcairn Island (pop 60!) had no harbour, weird things up - in the SG “Part 1” of course! so a longboat was rowed out selling souvenirs - mostly For many years in the early 1980s, I ran facing large, hand painted soap tree leaves etc, or stamp full page ads in “Stamp News” and headed them as FDC. These 2 books sold for $A6,500 apiece 9 years “The Pitcairn King”. I had more Pitcairn Island back at Spink USA – tinyurl.com/PitBks In the new stamp material than anyone on earth. I handled all the rarities - but NEVER this booklet, of which only cat, it is SG SB1, Cat £3,250 so a nice book to stumble across! a few exist globally.

Collectors are famously tight fisted with cataI bought my first one in 35 years of dealing in logues, but a strong and profitable SG catalogue divirecent times, and sold it in weeks. It is Pitcairn Island 1940 KGVI 4/8d, SG #SB1, with black on deep sion is ESSENTIAL for a robust and healthy world green cover. Original 17mm staple intact, containing stamp market. Many totally forget that, so do your bit, and add to their sales volume. I have a “Free Global the original 1940 KGVI Definitive set of 8 to 2/6d 66 - Stamp News

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New find : St. Helena 1d Sideways Watermark.

Freight” special promo on these catalogues this month to assist!

Recent research by Richard Watkins, now published in Bermuda Post, has shown that the original 1873 3d. of Bermuda was in the orange shade, with the yellowbuff coming from a subsequent printing. The revised listing reflects this important new information.

In Cyprus, there is a new listing of the 17mm handstamped ‘HALF-PENNY’ surcharge of 1881 - currently only known used. This scarce new variety is clearly illustrated in this 2018 Edition.

The stamps issued during the British Occupation of the Faroe Islands during World War II are now listed for the first time - all are overprints on the stamps of Denmark, which was under German occupation at the time. I was lucky to visit there a few months back.

In Malaysia there are expanded notes in Straits Settlements concerning the 1880 10c on 30c. (SG 33/9) and in Johore on the 1884-6 overprints, and there is helpful guidance on the compound perforations of certain Federation period definitives.

New plate flaws from NZ.

New Zealand sees two new plate flaws on the ‘Second Sidefaces’ and one on the 3d Christchurch Exhibition

stamp of 1906, and there is a new note on telegraphic use of the ‘long’ fiscal stamps with postal cancellations provided by David Smitham in NZ. India continues to see a significant number of price increases, with the Convention and Feudatory States also moving up. Australian States stamps are also on the rise once again, especially for Mint material.

In Great Britain the popular 1840 Mulready envelopes and letter sheets with advertisements printed on the inside are now included in this catalogue, and there have been some additions to the British Post Offices Abroad section.

For Aden, where there is a new listing of Indian stamps used there. In Sudan the Official and Army Service perfins are now illustrated and the Military telegraph stamps, hitherto only listed when used in Bechuanaland are now also included with distinctive Sudan cancellations.

The ever-popular ‘Badge’ set of St. Helena now includes the distinctive ‘Storm over rock’ variety, as well as the startling new discovery of the 1d stamp with sideways watermark. This new discovery on an otherwise pretty ratty looking low value worth $1 normally, is offered for 26,500 Swiss Francs ($A35,000) by a Swiss dealer.

A great effort from editor Hugh Jefferies MBE, and his Catalogue team - how they get the vast swag of SG Catalogues out each year, sure beats me! A never ending process, and juggling, logging, and tracking all the New Issues etc, must be an absolute nightmare.

DO secure one - a strong SG Catalogue division is essential for the ongoing health of this hobby. Many collectors have VERY narrow or non-existent “Big Picture” vision sadly - and I can only repeat - DO support these fine works - without them each year, we’d be in a terrible mess. Do YOUR bit.

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

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

AUSTRALIAN PS meets 3rd Monday monthly. RSL Homes, 152 Canterbury Rd (cnr Keats GLADSTONE AND DISTRICT PS Inc. Meets on the 2nd Wednesday each month at St) Canterbury. All visitors most welcome. Contact: 51 Camperdown St, Brighton East, 7.30pm. Venue: Neighbourhood Centre, 10 Toolooa St, Gladstone. Postal: PO Box 1089, Gladstone, Qld, 4680. Ph: (07) 4978 1155.

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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 Thursday (ex. Jan) Wollongong Master Build. Club Ltd, Oasis Room, 7.30pm. All welcome. Tel. (02) 42252011.

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 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9457 7565 Daytime SC: Mtg 1st Thurs; 08 9341 3576 Denmark SC: Mtg 1st Weds Lions Lair Rivermouth Inlet Drive, Denmark. Tel: 08 9848 3325 email: fishneil@westnet.com.au Eastern Goldfields: Mtg 3rd Thurs ; Ph: 0412 156 351 Eaton SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7pm Ph. 08 9795 7744, email: scrapbit@tpg.com Fremantle and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed, 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 Citizens’s Hall, Gatton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: lvsc@bigpond.com Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, Presbyterian Church, Barry St, Slacks Creek, 6pm. Ph: 07 3805 9226.

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 Wed 7.30pm& 3rd Sat 1.30pm; Uniting Church Hall, Carlton St. Highgate. PO Box 29, Glenside 5063. Ph: (08) 8353 8683 Lower Murray PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs,7.30pm, 2nd Sat, 10am; The Lions Den, Murray Bridge. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 lmphilsocsec@gmail.com Mount Gambier PS: Mtg 3rd Tues; Reidy Park Corn Centre. 8pm. Also1st Sunday (ex. Jan)

victoria Australian PS: Bi-monthly meetings on 3rd Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December at RSL Homes, 152 Canterbury Road [cnr Keats Street] Canterbury. Secretary, PO Box 156 Balwyn Vic. 3103 Bairnsdale SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Ballarat PS:Mtg 3rd & 5th Mon Balwyn PS: Mtg 3rd Friday; Daytime 1st Friday Bendigo PS: Mtg 1st Tues Berwick SC:Mtg 2nd Sun (ex Jan); Ph: 03 5942 7626 Blackburn Baptist SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brighton PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Tues; Daytime 3rd Tues Camperdown SC: Mtg 1st Tues Castlemaine SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec) Colac PC: Mtg 4th Mon (ex. Dec), Colac Community College, Bromfield St, Colac. Ph:52314746 Corner Inlet SC: Mtg 4th Thurs, Foster, Ph: 03 56881100 Dandenong PS: 4th Thurs. ex Dec. 7.30pm, Meeting Room, Church of Christ, David St., Dandenong 03 5996 9501 Diamond Valley PS: Mtg 3rd Mon Essendon-Broadmeadows PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs; St Johns Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Mt Alexander Rd & Buckley St, Essendon; Murray Gorham, Ph 9306 7480 Footscray PS: Mtg 1st Mon (2nd in Jan); Maribyrnong Comm. Centre, 54 Raleigh Rd, Maribyrnong. PO Box 2477 Taylors Lakes 3038. PH. 0438 901 144. email: footscraystamps@gmail Frankston & District SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Seaford Community Centre, Broughton St Seaford.

Ph: 5996 3745 Geelong PS: Mtgs 1st Sat 7.00pm, 3rd Mon 1pm (ex Jan) Sat - Diversitat Community Centre, 9-15 Clarence St, Geelong West. Mon - Belmont Library, High St, Belmont Ph: 0438578591 (Sec); PO Box 342, Belmont 3216 Hamilton PS: Mtg 2nd Monday Hungarian PS: Mtg 2nd Wed

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

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

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

Nov 5 - (1st Sun) Western Suburbs Stamp, Coin &

Quinn’s Arcade, Summer St, Orange. Ph: Norm 02

Banknote Fair, Strathmore Bowling Club, 40 Loeman St,

63623754.

Strathmore. Enq: Chris. 0413355716.

Nov 4 - (1st Sat) Northside Stamp Fair. 1st Floor,

Nov 18 - Sale Stamp Fair. Sale Band Hall, Princes Hwy.,

Car park Building, Manly-Warringah Leagues Club, Sale. (Next to Museum and opp. Old Service Stn) 10am cnr Federal Parade/Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, NSW. Nov 4 - (1st Sat) Katoomba Stamp & Coin Fair, 9am - 4pm, Masonic Hall, Cnr Station & Civic Sts, Katoomba. Ph. 0417 802 754 Nov 4 - (1st Sat) Sutherland Shire Stamp & Coin Collectors Fair, Gymea Anglican Church Hall, 131

4pm Contact 03 5144 5670 or 0419 132 824 Nov 19 - (3rd Sun) Stamp, Card - Phone Card Fair, Bentleigh-McKinnon Youth Centre, Higgins Rd, Bentleigh.

Dealers plus huge range activities. Ph: 0418 322 315.

Nov 26 - (last Sun ex Dec) Stamp, Coin & Phonecard Fair, Jaycees Hall, Silver Grove, Nunawading. 9am-3pm.

queensland

Gymea Bay Rd, Gymea.

Nov 19 - (3rd Sun) Stamp & Coin Fair, 10am - 3pm, Pioneers Hall, Cowper St, Wallsend. 8 Dealers. 4971 3483 Nov 18/19 - Wyong Stamp Fair, Masonic Village,

TBA - QStamp Fair, Southside, Mt Gravatt Showgrounds, Memorial Hall, Logan Rd. Free Entry 8.30am - 2pm Nov 13 - (2nd Mon) - Gold Coast PS Sale, Rm 1, Southport Comm. Centre, Lawson St, Southport. 11.30am -

Stan Gergory Dr, Lake Haven, Central Coast. Free

2.30pm Brisbane Table Tennis Association Centre

Admission Contact 02 4392 3610

Nov 18 - Caloundra SC, Kawana Community Hall,

Nov 26 - (4th Sun) Epping Stamp & Coin Fair, Com-

Nayima St. Buddina (Behind Kawana Shopping World)

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

8.30am - 3.30pm. Free Admission. Sale by tender. Con-

Entry, 6 Dealers, Buy/Sell.

tact 07 5494 7233

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WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING, CONTACT US BEFORE OFFERING ELSWHERE! We want to buy collections, accumulations, dealer stocks, etc, etc.

Australia and States, Kangaroos, King George V Heads, Pre-decimal, Decimal, Covers, Great Britain, British Commonwealth, Foreign. Here are some examples of the prices we can pay: Australia C of A wmk Kangaroo High Values 10/- -Two Pounds, Specimen overprints, mint lightly hinged $120 Australia 5/- Harbour Bridge, MUH $795, MLH $295, Fine postally used $225, cto used with gum $150, without gum $135, slightly second grade (no bits missing please but may have minor thins, heavier cancel, short perfs etc) $65 Mint unhinged, pre-decimals in singles, blocks or sheets.

Definitives 1d to 1/7d we pay 4c per stamp, Low value Commemoratives, 2d to 1/- we pay 5c per stamp, High value definitives 2/- to 4/- we pay 10c per stamp, High value Commemoratives 2/- or 2/3d we pay 40c per stamp.

Decimals for postage including AAT, and postally valid issues from Cocos and Christmas Islands may be torn or damaged (no bits missing please) but must have gum.

Values 39c we pay 35% face value, 40c to 98c we pay 40% face value, $1 & above we pay 60%. Must be sorted by value in packets/envelopes and supplied with a concise list. We reserve the right to counter off er on messy lots.

Post Office Packs and Year Books with stamps in place we pay 30% face value, year books with stamps in original stocksheets we pay 45% face value. Mint PSE’s 20c - 70c we pay 30% face value, $1 pay 50% face value, no stuck down flaps please.

Recent Commemorative Bundleware, 55c values and above we pay $1 per bundle.

Small or Large format High value Definitives fine used 1989 to date with circular cancels $1 to $3 we pay 5% face value, $3 to $20 we pay 10% face value.

High value commemoratives, values $1 and above as above again from 1989 onwards, we pay 10% face value.

Coins, Medals, Banknotes We buy Australian coins, loose or in sets, decimal and pre-decimal, including Perth Mint and Royal Australian Mint Product. Also buying Worldwide Gold and Silver coins.

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