October Quartet A selection of collecting suggestions for adventurous collectors, or to accelerate the scope of an existing collection of the relevant subject. Contact me if you have a particular interest in Australian cover/stationery fields. For individual item offerings, refer to website (www.rap.com.au) and eBay listings (search rap_com_au).
1995: $20 Paintings TaxPackExpress cover used Moonah Business centre Tasmania TaxPackExpress Covers: Selection of this special rate, utilising Paintings $10 x2 and $20, used at different PO’s (20)
1942: “Unknown by Rockhampton Postmen” Queensland “unclaimed” Markings Covers: Useful starter collection, 1930s/1990s, wide variety of the various markings applied to unclaimed mail, including Pointing hand types, (100+)
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1945: A.F.P.O. No. 201 (Gurney Air Strip, Milne Bay PNG) handdrawn cover
1996: Post Office printed to order PSE for Brodies’ Pastoral Agencies, Rylstone NSW
Australia / PNG Military Covers Collection: Excellent range of Army and Air Force Bases throughout PNG during WWII, many different Censor markings, (120+)
Australia 1990s Printed to Order PSEs Collection: The little known modern successor to P.O. StampedTo-Order Stationery (once PTPO), all different selection from various States. Elusive material. (100+)
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Contents Articles Woodchip Free Zone: Rod Perry ...................................................6 Romania’s Exile Stamps: Christer Brunström ............................. 14 Stamps in the News: Margo Campbell .................................... 18 Postal Stationery: Ian McMahon ................................................ 26 Cinderella Corner: Vito Milana .................................................... 32 Looking at New Zealand: Graeme Morriss ............................... 52 Introducing the APF: Daryl Fuller.................................................. 54 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................. 60
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The remarkable sales result for a single cover at Abacus Auctions, September 1 2018, sent my phone and emails in to overdrive, for a couple of weeks after the event. $34,740 for an Australian 1965 cover was bound to set tongues wagging. Figure 1. New record for an Australian usage article. The spectacular franking in Lot 75 (Figure 1), a block of eight no less of Navigator £2, and singles of £1 and 10/-, and the tantalising pre-sale estimate of just $1000, was a recipe for the Perfect Storm, in terms of realization potential. So what was it that made this item so sought-after? And sought-after it indeed was, for the auction house advised the underbidder for the lot that there were five other bidders beyond the $20,000 Figure 1. New record for an Australian usage article threshold. Clearly, those in the know recognised this as a Pre-decimal Usage collections, were well very special opportunity - in one-upmanship. A £2 Navigator commercial aware that this item was the key ingredient, were they to mount a successful exhibit. A postal article, suitable for exhibiting, has eluded most of us for over 50 years. In fact, second chance might not be forthcoming for decades, if ever. Until this new “find”, I know of but one other item suitable for the best an exhibitor could provide was a Usage exhibition purposes. £2 FDC, or other philatelic usage, which is This was the first £2 article to be ofvery demeaning for a usage purist, and does fered publicly, and that handful of collecnothing for an exhibit. tors anxious to exhibit their QEII 1952-66 6 - Stamp News
Let’s now analyse the nature of the item, and the aggregate franking of £17.10.0d. Abacus described it: “A truly extraordinary item which we expect was for payment of bulk postage or a telephone account. [We can’t recall seeing a used block of the £2 this large even off-cover].” Both suggested usages are possibilities, although I suspect a large firm such as MSD (Merck Sharp &
Dohme) more likely would have paid telephone charges via Accounts Dept sending a cheque in response to a mail delivered phone bill. Another possibility for the high aggregate would have been payment of Business Reply Post (BRP) accumulated charges, which were 6d per article (5d Letter rate + 1d fee for the service). 700 x 6d equals £17.10.0d. A doubter of this possibility suggested the figure is too convenient. I suggest, however, a good customer might have been afforded the courtesy of “rounding off” a close number? After all, the BRP service was a nice little earner for the P.O. Now, well may you ask, was the price paid too much? Only time will tell; more on that later. This original “find” was consigned with other high denomination multiples, which had been removed from original postal articles. #73 was one such lot: Navigator £2 block of five, £1 block of eight, and strips of three and five, and 10/- block of six. This sold for $348, confirming the bar has been exponentially raised on the gap between “on” and “off” cover status, and pricing. The subject item survived by chance: it was compact enough to not warrant its removal from cover by the perpetraStamp News - 7
Figure 2. Once a hero - $39,610 – no less tor of the off-cover rendered items. If more exhibition-suitable articles bearing the £2 enter the market, that may impact future realizations. However, the underlying demand for such material, in the highly unlikely event something does turn up, is so powerful that enthusiasm for usage articles of this iconic Australian stamp will not be dampened. (remember: six bidders above $20,000 for the subject item). Fur8 - Stamp News
ther, I believe the winning bidder is in the market for a companion usage article of significance, to complement his exhibit page for the great cover. Irrespective of the emergence of one or more “finds” of £2 usage articles, one thing is unlikely to be affected: the status of this item as the record franking will be unaffected. On a related tack, a mobile phone text on auction day from a friend, one of those six >$20k bidders, stated: “Is this madness?” I replied: “No, the madness has largely subsided”. I was referring, of course, to the sobering sale results in recent years for one of my pet “madness” subjects: Australian watermark inadvertencies. Here is an example of the fall from great heights of some such exhibition tragics: Figure 2. Once a hero - $39,610 – no less.Cross-comparison time. Status Auctions, on July 21 2004, offered Figure 2, a KGV 1d red Single-line perforation, wmk. inverted (Lot 1289). At the same time, on my website, I penned: “Now, I appear to be in a minority in that I am not particularly turned-on by an inverted watermark variety, particularly not when the price realised is the equivalent of
Figure 3. Modern rarity makes its auction debut a museum-quality piece of Australian Colonial art. For my forty grand I’d take, say, 400 covers at an average $100 each, fashion them in to two eight-frame exhibits, and derive great pleasure in savouring the fruits of that endeavour. And in years to come, when it is time to move on and part company with those exhibits, I’d reckon on being very happy with my forty grand splurge. In the meantime, that record-setting inverted watermark must look rather lonely on a single album page (or in a stockbook which may
well become its disposition).” When the Status lot was offered, it was believed there were three examples recorded. In the subsequent near one and a half decades, the headcount has increased to “around a dozen”. Collectors are rather sheepish about revealing data, which may impact upon the value of what they own, so it may be a “dozen” and counting. Whatever the census, prices for this item have not been maintained at the 2004 level. I am reliably informed that an example of this stamp was recently placed at $8,000. ACSC Stamp News - 9
Figure 4. Attractive, rare, inexpensive convergence $25,000 is optimistic. So here we have it, an absolute exhibition fail once realized $39,610. In comparison, the greatest possible, to date, embodiment of an Australian stamp icon, that £2 Navigator usage article, delectable “eye-candy”, sells for $34,740. The times they are a changing. Hurrah for philatelic saneness! Figure 3. Modern rarity makes its auction debut. Abacus Lot 169 (Figure 3) was the $1 Koala “International POST” overprint, with “Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary” tab, a correct solo franking of Mar 13 2001. Usage specialists have for years been seeking such a commercial item, in order to determine market value. That was revealed in the auction: Estimate $300, realized $550. Is Usage on the up and up? Well, yes, 10 - Stamp News
it is. Collectors are increasingly accepting that Usage is an optimal form of reflecting the study of the stamps for which they are captivated. Has the horse bolted in this collecting regard? Of course not. The Usage student will always find opportunities. Unlike traditional stamp collecting, where everyone with an appropriate catalogue can be an “expert”, Usage remains subjective. Here’s an example of a bargain at Abacus: Figure 4. Attractive, rare, inexpensive convergence. Lot 229 (Figure 4) was a 1931 large-part parcel wrapping, registered to U.S., the rare franking including Kangaroo Small multiple wmk. 5/- and 2/-. I’ve noted just three postal articles bearing the 5/-. Estimated $300, it made $575. Common mint 5/- sell for more. Opportunities abound!
The Arthur Gray “KGV Era” Collection - Huge Hardbound Leather Grained Deluxe Stamp Catalogue - $A75 posted! A dealer colleague had a small number of these stunning catalogues that we did a deal on. Brand New of course, and our price below INCLUDES the full prices realised list. The largest grossing stamp auction sale ever held here - about $3 Million, and a total sell out - far more details here from “Stamp News” at the time - tinyurl.com/GrayKGVs This sale was a combination of just two of the very many Arthur Gray “Exhibit” collections – the “Australia KGV Definitive Stamps” and the “KGV Commemorative stamps”. They earned TEN International Large Golds between them. And many International Golds, and many top national awards too. Not bad for a bloke who had never exhibited until 17 years earlier. The sale contained not only the “KGV heads” issues in huge depth with Proofs, but all the KGV era Commemoratives, the 5/- Harbour Bridge in full sheet etc, many 1927 Canberra imperfs, and corner Plate Numbers and retouches, and re-entries, and Officials etc, and cover and FDC etc. 270 pages, full colour, masses of images, and the 11 Page Dr. Geoff Kellow intro is worth the cost of book alone. “Name” Deluxe sale catalogues hold their value forever. Without doubt THE finest Auction sale catalogue ever printed in this country - more of a perpetual Australia KGV Heads and Commemoratives Handbook actually. HUGE colour photos of all the Rarities, and deeply grained "Leather" cover etc. Cost price from Auction house initially was $100 plus post, and for anyone who still does not have one, this deal is WAY better! INCLUDING Tracked parcel shipping anywhere in Australia - $A75 (Stock 368WF) TWO copies, INCLUDING tracked parcel shipping anywhere in Australia - $A125 (Stock 368WG) FOUR copies, INCLUDING tracked parcel shipping anywhere in Australia - $A220 (Stock 368WH) OVERSEAS for 1 copy, add $A25 to above for untracked postage. (Stock 368WJ) ALL sendings use real postage stamps of course. Contact us re other queries, or extra copies etc. The 2 and 4 copies deal is a beauty - many savvy buyers will keep one, and ebay off the other(s) - (we saw one get $150 in 2017!) or sell to a friend/s at the Club etc, hence making their copy basically "FREE" with any luck! Order NOW, as when sold out, they are gone forever. Credit Cards and PayPal accepted at no fee for payment
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Romania’s Exile Stamps Romania’s role in World War II was somewhat complicated. At the beginning of the conflict, the Romanian government attempted to establish closer ties with Germany while maintaining its traditional relations with the Western powers. However, German pressure forced Romania to increase its exports of oil to the German Wehrmacht. In 1940, Soviet forces occupied the Romanian provinces of Bessarabia and Bucovina and Hungary invaded parts of Transylvania. Bulgaria sent its army into southern Dobrogea. Thus Romania lost almost 40 per cent of its territory in just a few months. As a consequence King Carol II (a rather famous philatelist) was forced to abdicate in favour of his son Michael. However, the new king had very little power as the real ruler of the country was General Ion Antonescu. In 1941, Romania sided with Nazi Germany in the war against the Soviet Union and the provinces of Bucovina and Bessarabia were retaken as was Tran-
sylvania. Now started perhaps one of the most hateful periods in Romanian history – the systematic persecution of Jews and the establishment of concentration camps. After Allied bombing in 1944, Soviet troops once again entered Romanian territory and General Antonescu was removed from power in a coup d’état. The new leadership in Bucharest declared war on Germany. In December 1947 King Michael was forced to abdicate and he went into exile. From now on Romania was firmly in the hands of the Romanian Workers’ Party which became Romania’s Communist Party in 1965. From early 1948 Romania was a people’s republic with very strong ties to the Soviet Union and the other socialist nations in the Eastern bloc. A government-in-exile of sorts was established in Madrid. At the time Spain was ruled by General Francisco Franco and the Fascist party. This certainly wasn’t the best of choices for a government claiming
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Christer Brunström to work for a democratic system in the homeland. A government-in-exile certainly needs a Posts & Telecommunications Department and this is exactly what the Romanian exiles established. In 1954 the first postage stamps were released. They of course had no postal validity and at best could be used on first day covers. The first issue marked the Congress of the Latin Union in Spain. The Romanian language is of Latin origin but with many Slavic elements. The set comprised three values (5, 10 and 15 bani) and the designs featured Roman and Romanian rulers. Romania was in fact part of the Roman Empire and there are many archaeological sites in the country testifying to its Roman past. Shown nearby in Fig. 1 is one of the stamps. This first set saw a printing of 25.000 perforated sets and 5.000 imperforate sets. The promoters of this stamp set obviously expected a considerable demand from worldwide collectors.
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The Romanian exile group in Madrid went on to release stamps all the way until 1969. The last issue had a printing of just 2.000 copies which suggests that it was increasingly difficult to market the stamps. Rather surprisingly, the Romanian exile stamps have always had a following and mostly from Cinderella stamp collectors. They are of historical interest is they reflect the cold war period in Europe. I would imagine that they had a dual purpose: they served as a vehicle for anti-Communist propaganda and they also helped finance the government-in-exile. Let’s take a closer look at some of these issues. In mid-February 1955, a group of Romanian exiles in Bern, Switzerland, occupied the Romanian Embassy. The occupation lasted for about 24 hours before they were evicted. To mark its support for the occupation, the Romanian exile post in Madrid issued a stamp and a souvenir sheet. As was often the case, the Soviet Union (Russia) is represented in the form of a ruthless bear. The souvenir sheet is depicted in Fig. 2.
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Romania’s Exile Stamps The Russian bear returned on Romanian exile stamps in 1958 (Fig. 3). It is seen walking over a map of the countries of Eastern Europe. In the late 1950s and early 60s, collectors all over the world scrambled to assemble collections of EUROPA stamps. Most of the countries of Western Europe released stamps sharing basically the same design to show European unity. The Romanian exiles in Madrid also wanted to take part and the first of several EUROPA sets was released in early 1957 mimicking the design of the 1956 EUROPA issue (Fig. 4). Some of the issues celebrated events which were not really political in nature. In 1862, the Principality of Romania had been created and a century later, in Madrid, the government-in-exile issued stamps marking the centenary by showing the stamps issued by the new state (Fig. 5). They fit nicely into a collection of
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Stamps on Stamps. The 1964 EUROPA issue also marked US space achievements. The souvenir sheet nearby (Fig. 6) mentions German space researcher Werner von Braun and the successful flight of Ranger 7. Somehow the designers felt that the American space activities would one day help eliminate Communism in Europe. The Communist government in Romania was toppled by a popular revolution in 1989. It was a bloody affair with the execution of the previous leadership. King Michael eventually returned from exile in Switzerland but Romania remains a republic. Today Romania is a member of NATO and the European Union. However, the country still struggles with corruption and inequality. The Roma minority is very badly treated and many can be found begging outside supermarkets in other parts of Europe. Many Romanian women appear to be victims of human trafficking.
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Christer Brunström Cinderella Congress in Stockholm Following the extremely successful First World Cinderella Stamp Congress in London in 2016, a second congress will be organised in collaboration with STOCKHOLMIA 2019 on 1-2 June 2019 by Samlarföreningen Bältespännarna (SfB), the Swedish Cinderella Stamp Society. You do not need to be a member of it or any other organisation to take part. The Congress will have two sessions on Saturday 1st June and a closing session on Sunday 2nd June at the following times: 1st June 10.30 Local postage stamps 13.30 Revenues 2nd June 10.30 Poster stamps, etc. Each session will open with talks and displays. Everyone is of course invited to bring their own displays for all sessions but that is not a requirement. As this is an international event, it will be in English.
It is hoped to have the signing of the Maurice Williams Roll of Notable Cinderella Philatelists as part of the Sunday event. A number of philatelic souvenirs will be offered to all participants. There will also be a Lundy Island Post Office at the Congress. This is a free event but non-members of the Royal Philatelic Society London need to pay the entrance fee to the exhibition. It would be greatly appreciated if collectors planning to attend the Congress would indicate which sessions they are likely to attend and if they would like to do a short display. Please send your information to SfB Treasurer Christer Wahlbom, Humlegränd 6 A, SE-179 60 Stenhamra, Sweden or email him at christerwahlbom@hotmail.com.
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Stamps in the News - Globally! Porcine portrayal portends policy permutation in China Margo’s note: Thanks to Stampboard’s member McGooley for forwarding this story Reported at www.bbc.com/news Chinese postage stamps unveiled this month for the Year of the Pig in 2019 have led a social media buzz on whether a loosening of Chinese family planning restrictions could be imminent. The stamps show two parent pigs with three piglets. While it hardly appears to be a policy announcement, users on the popular platform, Sina Weibo, have pointed out that two years ago, before the one-child policy was abolished, China issued Year of the Monkey stamps featuring two baby monkeys. And in recent months, the Chinese government has been strongly encouraging couples to have more than one child with local authorities offering incentives, like tax breaks, education and housing subsidies. The controversial one-child policy was first introduced to reduce the country’s birth rate in 1979 and abolished in 2015. But parents have been slow to take advantage of the two-child policy that replaced it and many young Chinese say that they would struggle to afford having even one child. According to the China Daily the stamps for the new year are “the fourth cycle of zodiac stamps with the theme ‘happy family’.” One depicts a pig “running towards a better life”, while another shows “a five-member pig family living happily”. Chinese New Year, which falls annually in either January or February, is traditionally seen as a sign of new beginnings. The state often highlights certain themes and ideas ahead of upcoming policy changes 18 - Stamp News
in the new Lunar year. China’s fertility rate is one of the lowest in the world - well below the rate of 2.1 children per woman required to retain a constant population. By 2050, more than a quarter of China’s population will be over 65 years old. China also faces a worsening gender balance, a hangover from the one-child policy, when the country’s traditional bias towards male children led to forced abortions and female infanticide. It’s estimated that there are some 33 million more men than women currently in China. But the government’s efforts to get people to have more children have prompted a flood of messages on Weibo from users who say they can’t afford to have more than one child. Of course, it’s entirely possible that the stamps are not designed to signal a new three-child policy. In 2007, the last Year of the Pig, stamps were released showing a family with five piglets.
NZ conservationists see red over butterfly error Reported at www.nzherald.co.nz
A foreign butterfly has mistakenly been used on one of NZ Post’s latest stamp designs instead of a New Zealand butterfly the Red Admiral, angering the Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust. NZ Post has apologised for the blunder saying its lengthy processes failed to pick up that the stamp design was the Vanessa atalanta butterfly and not the intended butterfly Vanessa gonerilla- the New Zealand Red Admiral. The butterfly stamp features on the $2.40 stamp and is part of NZ Post’s latest release of postage
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Margo Campbell the diet of our native birds.” NZ Post Head of Stamps and Collectables apologised for the mistake that had happened despite a number of checks along the way. “In this instance, the designer researched the objects to represent, these were illustrated and then checked with a number of experts.”
The Waterbury elephant and other fancies Reported at www.atlasobscura.com stamps to mark the goal of Predator Free 2050, which aims to remove key mammalian predators from the New Zealand landscape. Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust secretary was disappointed by the blunder and said it was easy to differentiate the two species as the V. atlanta butterfly has a red band on the outer edge of its hind wings. The V. gonerilla has white spots fringed with paua blue near the tips of the forewings and four black circles on the hindwings with the paua blue repeated. “It is a travesty that New Zealand Post has not done their homework and has used the wrong species.” “These butterflies play an important part in our biodiversity - besides gracing the environment with their splashes of colour, the larvae add great variety to
From the earliest days of postage stamps, postal services have explored ways to “cancel” the stamps during transit, to indicate that they’ve been used. In 19th-century America, this was often with a scribble or by stamping another pattern across the postage with ink. These latter styles were known as “fancy cancels”—and in Waterbury, Connecticut, they were very fancy, indeed. John W. Hill, who had served as the postmaster for the Union Army during the Civil War took a job as a postal clerk at Waterbury. Townsfolk remembered him as “the man who works at the post office and is always whittling” and over the next few years, he carved slews of regionally specific cancels in cork. Some suggest seasons—a pumpkin, various maple leaves, and an acorn, for autumn. Diamonds, hatched
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Stamps in the News - Globally! grids, pierced hearts, angular rosettes, and a smattering of stars were purely geometric, while a few varieties bore phrases of the time like “Shoo fly”. A fireman’s profile commemorated the brigade’s parade through town, an elephant following the circus rolling through in 1866 while a snowstorm inspired a flurry of flakes. Some of Hill’s cancelled stamps are up for auction this autumn as part of a sale of the collection of William H. Gross, a prominent philatelist. Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, which is brokering the sale, estimates that the Waterbury stamps will fetch thousands of dollars apiece. They’re a rare bunch: In a 1979 volume dedicated to Hill’s handiwork, the Collectors Club of Chicago reported that there were no more than eight stamps of the dog’s head, and no more than five of the fireman.
Shanghai surprise in Liverpool Reported at www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
Hundreds of Liverpudlians have recently been left mystified after letters bearing a Chinese stamp were hand delivered to their homes. The three-page letter details the story of a man called Wilson, who it says went to Shanghai at the turn of the century to build a set of tunnels. Alan Ball is one of the people who received the mysterious correspondence. He said: “I’ve been
working nights and when I returned home I saw the letter. I thought it looked really weird, I googled the stamps and they’re really rare Chinese stamps from the early 1900s. I read the story and thought it was just really strange - I have no idea who would post something like that - it makes no sense.” What does it all mean? A total of 2,018 Liverpool residents received a letter delivered to their door by a postman in 1930s uniform recently. The vintage-looking envelopes also contained photographs of two buildings that are very similar in appearance - the Port of Liverpool Building and the HSBC building on the Bund in Shanghai. Together they make up a limited edition piece of art by Lu Pingyuan, who is one of 10 Chinese artists currently showing work in Liverpool. The exhibition This is Shanghai will be on display in the basement of the Cunard Building to reinforce a creative link between the two cities. All work has been curated by Jiang Jiehong - a UK expert on contemporary Chinese art. He said: “I first left my hometown of Shanghai for Britain 20 years ago and it had changed dramatically since I left – numerous skyscrapers have risen, narrow alleyways have vanished, eight-lane highways have appeared and elevated roads have created a new version of urban sky. “Despite my regular visits back, it is no longer mine. Liverpool arouses my memories and experiences of Shanghai, especially its waterfront. The shared characteristics between the two is reassuring.”
It’s a long way to the top in Japan
Margo’s note: Thanks to Stampboard’s member Norvic for forwarding this story Reported at www.nytimes.com About 300,000 people conquer Japan’s highest 20 - Stamp News
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Margo Campbell crawler tractor trundles up the 2.8 mile Fujinomiya trail to collect crates of postcards and letters. After descending 4,500 feet in altitude, the tractor hands off the mail to a regular postal van. The post office atop Mount Fuji opened in 1906. Originally, postal workers carried the mail down the trail by foot. The crawler tractor has been making the trek for the last half-century.
mountain, Mt Fuji, each year and a large number of them send a postcard from the tiny post office atop the mountain, one of the few places in Japan where a postmark is still more coveted than another “like” on social media. “We thought it would have more meaning,” Toshiyuki Kasahara, 43, said of the postcards that he and his two sons, Yushun, 8, and Seijin, 6, deposited in the mailbox to send home after arriving on the summit last month. “It’s a substantial record that they can keep.” Mount Fuji — or “Fuji-san” in Japanese — is considered sacred in Japan, and its snow-capped visage has been memorialized in countless artworks, making it an international symbol of the country. Making it to the top of Japan’s highest mountain takes a vigorous four- to six-hour hike, but it does not require much special equipment or skill – many who make the climb are corporate groups or school students. The post office atop Mount Fuji is a popular attraction for many summiteers, and close to 18,000 people visited it last summer alone, sending nearly 97,000 pieces of mail. At a time when many post offices across Japan are experiencing steep declines in mail volume, the mountain’s outpost thrives. But transporting all that mail down the 12,388-foot peak takes considerable effort, even in the absence of rain, sleet or snow. That’s where the ‘’bulldozer’’ comes in. Two days a week in summer, a weather-beaten
The strange story of the Elsewhere Philatelic Society
Reported at www.sfgate.com
At a tiny flea market on a Saturday morning in San Francisco, a gaggle of people wearing leather jackets lined with pins gather around a small wooden podium covered in stamps, bearing a central insignia: the Elsewhere Philatelic Society. Never heard of it? Neither have most people. If you go to their website, you get an elaborate series of maps, promising the seeker an “item of great import” and mention of a rival faction called the Elsewhere Numismatic Society. The Elsewhere Philatelic Society can feel a little impenetrable. But the people at the stand are more forthcoming — the phrase “public art collective” and “Bay Area scavenger hunt” come up more than once. “Really, it’s about going interesting places and collecting stamps,” says member, Tybeck. Philately, or “the study of stamp collecting” is what the Philatelic Society is supposedly all about. Really, it’s more of a performance piece, where each member can embark on quests throughout the city, and experience different semi-fictional narratives unfolding and interacting. And the proof that you’ve gone on a quest? A stamp. Just as USPS stamps commemorate certain events or figures in US history, so do the EPS.Cinderella stamps commemorate their own or events already happening in the Bay Area. Things like the Berkeley Kite festival: “We went out, we flew kites, we got stamps, it was a great time.” Stamp News - 21
Stamps in the News - Globally!
Off with their heads
Reported at www.thesun.co.uk Each EPS member has a passport that they fill with stamps earned by attending certain events. One stamp depicts a hummingbird dipping its beak into a tree to commemorate an event at the Tenderloin National Forest. If an EPS member helped at the event, they got the hummingbird stamp, and a chance to see the art installations there. “It was an opportunity to go to a neighbourhood you might not otherwise, and also help a community.” Each of the stamps is an original piece, designed by a member of the EPS for an official event, or just for fun. “A lot of us are writers, designers, artists by day,” a member explained. Characters like Tybeck, and their eccentric narratives are woven into the fabric of EPS. Most involve an intricate interchange between the history and geography of San Francisco and that of the Philatelic Society. Where one ends and the other begins is often not entirely clear. 22 - Stamp News
The popular press have long reported that placing a stamp upside down on a letter could get you into serious trouble and that in the UK it is technically illegal to post a letter with the stamp upside down. The reason is the monarch – Queen Elizabeth II – is on the stamp and the Queen’s image cannot be
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upside down on a letter Technically it’s considered an act of treason, which was usually punishable by death. Despite the UK repealing the death penalty in 1965, the punishment for treason was only changed from death to life imprisonment in 1998. So is it really illegal to place a stamp of the Queen upside down on a letter. According to legal experts the actual answer is no. The Treason Felony Act 1848 makes it an offence to do any act with the intention of deposing the monarch, but it seems unlikely that placing a stamp upside down fulfils this criterion. The Act itself certainly does not refer to stamps. Of course, there are other interpretations of placing stamps upside down on letters. One such popular one is that it indicates the sender is lovesick or lonesome.
Guinness mosque record to be shattered Reported at http://english.alarabiya.net
Y. Abdul Rasul, an IT worker from Chennai, earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for his collection of stamps on mosques in 2016. Rasul now has 8,000 such stamps and he is now setting his sights on breaking his own previous record of 5,915 mosque stamps. Mosques across the world are depicted on postage stamps often to highlight historical value and for their architectural and aesthetic elements. Rasul started collecting stamps when he was in
Grade V after he started receiving colourful and topically interesting UAE stamps from the letters received from his father who was working in Dubai. “During my father’s annual vacation to India, he used to gift me stamps collected from his friends hailing from Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Sri Lanka
and the Philippines,” says Rasul. Recalling how he chose the topic of mosques for stamps Rasul says it was a chance encounter with senior philatelist Viswanathan Iyer. The late veteran suggested him to identify a specific topic. “And from then onwards I have been passionate about collecting stamps featuring mosques and other related subjects,” he said. “I am interested in learning about the origin of the mosque, its heritage value and its architecture.” Few of the oldest stamps that are part of his collection include two stamps of mosque issued by Afghanistan which are dated 1892 and 1898 and a very rare Somalia Coast stamp issued in 1902. Abdul Rasul also collects first day covers, proof cards, deluxe cards, old postcards and miniature sheets featuring mosques.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Reported at www.postaltimes.com There has been an outpouring of support for USPS to honour the singer Aretha Franklin with postage stamp following her recent death. An Aretha Franklin postage stamp was even suggested at her funeral — and there has been an enthusiastic endorsement on social media. During her speech at Franklin’s funeral, former Stamp News - 23
Stamps in the News - Globally! that the Chinese are exploiting these rules to flood America with cheap e-commerce packages. He noted this week in the Financial Times that it costs more to post a package from Los Angeles to New York than it does from Beijing to New York. The explanation can be found in the UPU’s history. After the organisation was formed in 1874, it was agreed that the post offices would do the final deliveries for each other’s international post free of charge. Incoming and outgoing mail volumes tended to be equal in each country and so any losses from the rules were small. Of course Tanzania & Granada Grenadines have got in first But decolonisation lifted the number of developing countries in the UPU. In 1969 “terminal Detroit city councilwoman Rev. JoAnn Watson sugdues” were introduced to help fund final-delivery gested the Queen of Soul be honoured with a stamp, costs in poorer places. Richer countries would pay and the crowd went wild. “I believe that the federal 70-80% of the cost of domestic post to have their government would do well to have a postage stamp items delivered in other countries, but poorer ones honouring our queen Aretha Franklin,” she said at would pay just 20-30%. the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. “Honour Aretha As e-commerce from China has grown, so have in the same way she always honoured us.” demands to reform the system. According to the Funeral attendees aren’t the only ones on board United States Postal Service (USPS), losses from with the commemoration. The idea has spread like inbound mail more than doubled, to $135m, bewildfire on Twitter, and people want the U.S. Postal tween 2012 and 2016 (though these accounted for Service to act fast. only around 5% of its total losses last year). Canada, Many tweeted using hashtag #StickItToMe referIreland and the Nordic countries, as net importers of encing Franklin’s iconic hit. foreign e-commerce packages, are also vocal about the increasing cost of the rules. The US wants terminal-dues rules reformed so Universal Postal Union in the Trump that the USPS charges the same for domestic and crosshairs foreign postal items. But the UPU’s one-country, Reported at www.economist.com one-vote system means that poorer countries are likely to block that. On September 3rd, at a congress in Addis Ababa So the US has threatened to rip up the UPU’s of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the Trump rules and have the USPS charge its own rates. administration launched a campaign that could result No country has broken the regulations in this in destruction of the rules-based international postal way before; the one that has come closest is Russystem. sia, which bent the rules last year by charging extra At issue are terminal dues. These are the fees a for post arriving into the country. To preserve some post office pays a foreign mail service to take packappearance of obeying the UPU, it does deliver at ages from the airport they land at to the final recipiterminal-fee rates if mail arrives through Mirny, a ent. small town in Siberia. Under UPU rules, developing countries currently If America does break ranks, analysts predict a pay less for the final local delivery of their internatit-for-tat war on delivery charges as other countries tional mail than developed ones do. retaliate. Peter Navarro, Mr Trump’s trade adviser, argues 24 - Stamp News
Glen Stephens Rarity Offers For 20 years, my ’Stamp Rarity Page’ has been a “must visit” place for many collectors and dealers, globally - tinyurl.com/GlenRare Large clear photos, and lots of detail, and FIXED NETT PRICES. “Philatelic Porn” as one client jokingly described it as! No 20% “Buyer Fees” to add on top etc. All credit cards accepted - even Amex, and with NO insulting extra fees to you either! Each month I’ll add here, a couple of items from that page, for the possible interest of readers. Choice material, and special collection offers etc, from all over the globe. Material on that page often sells FAST - within hours of being listed up, and it changes often - weekly mostly, so do bookmark this page, and check often - tinyurl.com/GlenRare
1938 2d Scarlet KGVI Complete Plate “3” Gutter Block 8. Cat $2,500 for just $A1,250.
Superbly fresh unused Gutter Block of 8, absolutely outstanding centering for this issue, showing a 100% complete Plate No. “3”. These plate numbers were rare freaks, where the printer mis-guillotined the large master press sheets, down into PO sheets of 160. And he occasionally left parts of plate numbers, when his final trim aim was a couple mm out, leaving a wider than usual top margin, on some sheets that reached PO’s. Only a tiny number of the recorded plates exist, hence the huge ACSC figure. Often only HALF - or even less, of each plate number was on the issued sheets. Super fresh - and now 80 years old. Never seen or had this one before, in 40 years of dealing. ACSC 188zb, cat $A2,500 as mint hinged. Complete numbers are a huge premium on these KGVI issues. IMPOSSIBLE to find a better looker. Only $US900 or - $A1,250 (Stock 347RB)
GB 1867 £5 Orange QV attractive “SPECIMEN”: Totally free of faults. Cat £4,500+ just $A2,250! Twin
Anchor watermark, which shows superbly, white paper, handstamped ‘Specimen’ in SG Type 9 font. THE one stamp missing from near EVERY collection of GB on this planet. I see one copy each decade or so. Excellent perfs and centering for these terrors. This stamp is totally without fault - fresh flat unused, with NO usual thins, creases, tears or foxing/toning, that one always sees on these totally GIGANTIC stamps issued 151 years ago. Clean as a whistle on the back, and NO usual hinge remains, or gook or age gunk etc, to hide thins or tears, so common on these biggies. Interestingly, the SG Specialised Cat tells us that these stamps were printed with TWO passes through the presses, at different times. There was a £5 “TELEGRAPHS” (SG T18, Cat £30,000!) and a “POSTAGE” version, otherwise identical, and either word was printed separately in the top box. The darker orange later print of that “POSTAGE” and the side ornaments shows well here! In NON Specimen mint, this is SG £14,500, so this one is the only realistic option for most GB collectors. SG have now started listing all Specimens in the “Concise” cat, meaning demand is high, and prices are hardening, due to that. SG 137s cat “From £4,500” = $A8,500. Will sell very FAST, at UNDER $US2,000 as I type - $A2,750 (Stock 732KRL)
Monaco 1885 Prince Charles III, 5 Franc:
MEGA Rarity - UNDER 20% SG cat at $US1,075!: This 5 Franc Carmine on Greenish paper, is one of the rarest non classic era stamps from Europe. Only a tiny print run of this super high value, and even used copies cost $1,000+. This stamp is the £5 Orange QV of Monaco - indeed of all Western Europe! 100% sound mint original gum - no hinge remains either, to hide thins or repairs etc. Expertised on reverse, and also has my guarantee that it is 105% genuine, and 105% free of repairs or hidden faults etc. Yvert #10, Cat 4,380 Euros = $A7,150, and SG #10, Cat £4,250 = $A7,800. Usual centering for this issue, and nice colour as you can see. A totally sound original gum Western Europe Rarity, missing from near EVERY collection on the planet, yet priced at under 20% of SG, as very well bought, from an ancient Estate! (From a wonderful MONACO Collection I bought today up to 1980s, which is near complete mint and used inc Mini Sheets and sheetlets and Airs - let me know what you need, indeed I’d be happy to on-sell it as received, for a very low price.) Only ~$US1,075 as I type this! $A1,500 (Stock 429KE) Order via: tinyurl.com/GlenOrder All Cards accepted with ZERO fee - even Amex! Bank Deposit fine, or Money Orders. PayPal is accepted in ANY major currency, saving you fees - contact me first. LayBys/Layaways always OK with me!
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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for October 2018. This month’s column provides an overview of postal stationery which has been defaced by the post office or printers for use as ‘specimens’.
Specimen Postal Stationery
Post office administrations have often had the need for samples of their postal stationery, for example, to send to the UPU for distribution to UPU members or for presentation purposes. Printers of postal stationery often had similar needs to provide samples of their work to post offices and for other marketing purposes. In order to ensure that the samples produced could not be used for postage and to preserve the revenue of the post office, these samples could be either overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ or cancelled in some other manner, for example, with a ‘Cancelled’ handstamp or a postmark. In English speaking countries ‘SPECIMEN’ was often used with the equivalent in other languages, for example, ‘Muestra’ (Spanish) or ULTRAMAR (Portuguese), being used in other countries. Members of the UPU were required to send copies of their postal stationery to the UPU for distribution to other members of the UPU. A set was also retained in the UPU reference library. Many countries overprinted such postal stationery with a ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint. Figure 1 shows a Fiji ½d King Edward VII postcard with a ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint while Figure 2 shows a Queensland 2d Queen Victoria Sideface postcard with a ‘SPECIMEN’ handstamp, one of four postcards sent from Queensland to the UPU in 1889, two years before it became a member 26 - Stamp News
Figure 1 ½d Fiji King Edward VII Postcard Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ for UPU Distribution
Figure 2 2d Queensland Queen Victoria Sideface Postcard Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ for UPU Distribution
Figure 3 4d Australia QEII Stamped Envelope Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ for UPU Distribution
Ian McMahon and Figure 3 an Australian 4d stamped envelope overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ for UPU Distribution. Not all countries overprinted their postal stationery sent to the UPU ‘SPECIMEN’ or the equivalent in another language. Some countries, for example, Canada and New Zealand sent mint postal stationery, while others, including at times Australia and states, sent CTO postal stationery (Figure 4). Some UPU members receiving sample postal stationery from other countries Figure 4 1d Queensland Queen Victoria Sideface Postcard either applied a ‘receiving cancellation’ or Cancelled-to-order in 1891. a specimen overprint. Figure 5 shows a Queensland 1911 Queen Victoria 1½d + 1½d reply postcard with a receiving cancel from Madagascar (note that the postcard had been CTO by Queensland with a Brisbane postmark dated ‘JY 26 11’). Figure 6 shows a Queensland postcard distributed to one of the Portuguese colonies overprinted ‘ULTRAMAR’. Information on UPU postal stationery specimens can be found at the United Postal Stationery Society [USA] website http://www. upss.org/upuspecimens/index.php . Figure 5 Queensland 1911 Queen Victoria 1½d + 1½d Reply This site provides a detailed listing of Postcard with a Receiving Cancel from Madagascar worldwide UPU specimen stationery and is derived from the website created by James Bendon, who wrote the definitive handbook UPU Specimen Stamps 1878-1961. Both the website and James Bendon’s book are essential references to anyone interested in UPU specimen postal stationery. Besides UPU distribution, postal authorities also used sample postal stationery for a variety of other purposes such as internal distribution to postmasters of new issues, reference purposes. for presentation to politicians and others, for sale to collectors at Figure 6 Queensland 1911 Queen Victoria 1d + 1d Reply less than face value, training purposes and for Postcard Overprinted ‘ULTRAMAR’ Stamp News - 27
Postal Stationery distribution to news organisations and other marketing purposes. A CTO example of the Queensland 1913 registration envelope is shown in Figure 7. This envelopes was originally from the Australia Post Archive but were sold to the public in an Australia Post archive sale. Some of the Australian States produced a large number of specimen postal stationery for presentation and other purposes. Collectors interested in Australia States specimen postal stationery should consult Figure 7 3d Queensland King Edward VII Registered Envelope CanDingle’s Smith review of this topic, celled-to-order in Melbourne 1913. Specimen Postal Stationery of The Australian States: Background & Guide to The Literature, published in the May and August 2016 issues of Postal Stationery, the Journal of the Postal Stationery Society of Australia. Both Australia and New Zealand have used postal stationery for training purposes cancelled in various ways which for New Zealand this included black lines or a handstamp reading ‘Specimen’ for Training Purposes’. In Figure 8 4c Australia QEII Lettercard Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN an article in the November 2017 issue of the Postal Stationery Collec- ONLY’ From a Post Office Training Course tor, Mark Diserio and the late John Sinfield discuss postal stationery hand stamped ‘SPECIMEN ONLY’ and ‘SPECIMEN’ included in the Australian Post Office mailing course information provided for postal courses for mailing room staff of private business and government organisations conducted Figure 9 Aerogramme Cancelled at the GPO Melbourne in 1991 and with a ‘TEST MAIL’ Cancel 28 - Stamp News
Ian McMahon
Figure 10 2d Australia King George VI Envelope Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ From a Post Office Display
Figure 12 Mauritius 9d Envelope Overprinted ‘CANCELLED’
On a number of occasions Australian post offices had displays of postal stationery currently on sale with the stationery items overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’. Examples of these can be found in the ACSC Postal Stationery Catalogue, for example, EP36 (7)w, 2d red King George V envelope, which the Catalogue describes as “One example is recorded of EP37(7) w. This formed part of a display of current stamps and stationery at the Melbourne GPO (and possibly other Melbourne city post offices).” Figure 10 shows an example of a 2d King George VI stamped envelope Figure 11 Austria Postcard Defaced by a Diagonal Black Line for with the SPECIMEN handstamp Publicity Purposes (EP40(2)w). Collectors interested in Commonwealth pre-decimal by the Australian Post Office during the midpostal stationery will find this cata1960s in Melbourne. Figure 8 shows a 4c Queen logue a valuable reference. Elizabeth II lettercard overprinted ‘SPECIMEN Austria was one country that provided samONLY’ from one of these courses. ples of postal stationery to philatelic news organSpecimen postal stationery were also used isations with the stationery being defaced by a on some occasions for mail testing purposes. diagonal black line (Figure 11). Figure 9 shows an aerogramme cancelled at the Examples of specimens prepared for sale GPO Melbourne 25SE91 with a ‘TEST MAIL’ to collectors include remainders of Mauritius cancel. which were overprinted ‘CANCELLED’ (Figure Stamp News - 29
Postal Stationery 12) following the change to decimal currency in 1878, and stationery then current in Australia which were protected prior to sale at a discount to collectors. The Italian Post Office sold high denomination postal money orders to collectors Figure 13 Italy 8 Lira Postal Order Handstamped “ANNULATO” at nominal prices after they had been demonetized by handstamping them “ANNULATO” (Figure 13). Australia issued a number of aerogrammes for official use (Figure 14). Examples of some of these overprinted ‘Specimen’ were sold to collectors. As part of the printing process, printers would often produce proofs and essays and keep samples of the finished product as well as using samples for marketing purposes. Printers, could, for example, be required to provide samples of past work when bidding for new contracts. In some cases, these were also overprinted ‘Specimen’ or cancelled in some other manner. Figure 15 shows a 10c Canada aerogramme proof with a printer’s ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint. As you can see from this brief overview, specimen postal stationery is an interesting and surprisingly challenging field for collectors with part of the challenge being determining the purpose of the specimen overprint or other cancellation. Above right: Figure 14 Australia Official Aerogramme Overprinted ‘Specimen’ For Sale to Collectors Right: Figure 15 10c Canada Aerogramme Proof with a Printer’s ‘SPECIMEN’ Overprint
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New Stamp & Coin Fair in Melbourne commencing January 2018
Salvation Army Stamp & Coin Fair to be held 2nd Saturday of each month, 9am – 2pm At Ferntree Gully Salvation Army 37 Wattletree Road, Ferntree Gully, 3158
(Parking At Rear, Entry By Side Door) Admission Free, Tea & Coffee Available All proceeds from Dealers’ Tables to The Salvation Army. Dealer enquiries welcome. Also donations of Stamps & Coins gratefully received at the Fair, which will be offered to dealers present on the day. Proceeds to the Salvation Army. Bulky lots may be able to be collected within 50k radius, or can be mailed to us. Telephone contact: 0425 795 693
Please note that this is a Smoke Free Event.
Cinderella Corner Farming And Agriculture In Australia Welcome to the October edition of Cinderella Corner. While famous for its bustling cities and sweeping beaches, Australia’s geography and its history are also iconically embedded in its rich faming past, which continues in many rural and semi-rural parts of its great lands today. This 10th Cinderella Corner for 2018 explores some Australian cinderellas that advertise farming and agricultural-related products, with the hope that some readers will be able to provide further insight (and examples) about them. Exploring farming-related items, and in particular tractors and similar vehicles, serves as a natural extension to labels relating to cars and automobiles, a common genre of interest amongst cinderella enthusiasts. Next month’s Cinderella Corner will continue this discussion on farming and agriculture labels, highlighted with some outstanding cinderellas from Dave Elsmore’s collection. Arthur Leplastrier & Co. The cinderella label illustrated in Figure 1 presents the text: ARTHUR LEPLASTRIER & Co., HEAD OFFICE, SYDNEY. / FABRIK NICOLAUS, BREMEN. The label measures approximately 59mm x 40mm
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Figure 1 and is perforated 11.5 on all sides. It is multicoloured and features four farmers at the rear of a large tractor in operation. Arthur Le Plastrier & Co. produced various types of machinery that were utilised in the area of farming and commercial enterprise. In the mid1920s, which is when the cinderella likely dates, the company was listed as producing types of machinery for road construction, and had equipment displays at various Royal Shows. The wording in the bottom of the label is fascinating. It reads FABRIK NICOLAUS, BREMEN. These three words feature in other different types of European cinderellas, with some dating as early as 1900. Is it therefore likely that the Arthur Le Plastrier label was produced overseas, in the town of Bremen, Germany, along with other advertising cinderellas. I welcome any further information about this. Mccormick – Deering Tractors The cinderella label illustrated in Figure 2 advertising USA produced McCormick – Deering Tractors measures 40mm x 57mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. It is coloured yellow, red and black. While initially thought to be of USA origin, the label has been cited on a 1930s receipt within Victoria and may therefore have been produced and made available in Australia. ‘McCormick – Deering’ was the trademark name for of tractors and other farm machinery that was manufactured by the International Harvester Co. The name was used from its genesis in 1923 until some
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Figure 3 time in 1948 or 1949. At this time, the name ‘McCormick’ was solely used, and ‘Deering’ was removed. The tractors were sold abroad, and a peak sale in Victoria appeared to be in 1937. It is therefore likely that the label dates to the late 1930s or early 1940s. Harvester & Straw Press Combined The multicoloured imperforate label illustrated in Figure 3 presents the text: THE REVOLUTIONARY Claas / HARVESTER & STRAW PRESS Combined The cinderella measures 27mm x 37mm and features a Harvester and Straw Press machine in operation on farmland. Claas was formed in 1913 by the Claas brothers as a European straw binding company and has since risen to become a multinational conglobate in farming machinery. It currently holds offices worldwide, with strong connections in Australia. The label itself illustrates the company`s Harvester & Straw Press Combined machine. It is believed to be Australian in origin, but this is uncertain. There are examples of a few different Claas cinderella labels with German text, so the English language on this one lends further support to its Australian origin. Australian Fertilizers Limited The label illustrated in Figure 4 presents the text:
50 YEARS - SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE / AUSTRALIAN FERTILIZERS LTD. The cinderella measures 49mm x 31mm and is rouletted 9 on all sides. Multicoloured, the cinderella features the top portion of the Australian flag along with some grazing farm animals. The label was featured as part of the October 2004 Cinderella Corner issue, where it is mentioned as advertising the company Australian Fertilizers Limited (AFL). The AFL was registered in 1920 and remained until 1980,
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Figure 6 where it was then renamed to AFL Holdings Limited. The AFL was formed to establish soil testing services and then diversified to other fertilizer products, targeted mainly for farming products and wider agricultural services, nationwide, throughout its 60 years history. The label dates to the early 1960s and is the more common of the cinderellas explored in this article. The New Fordson Major Fordson was the brand name of trucks and tractors manufactured by Ford from as early as 1917. The ‘New Fordson Major’ tractor was first manufactured in the early 1960s by the Tractor and Implement Division of Ford Motor Company Australia. The cinderella labels illustrated across 5 to 7 advertise these tractors and also date to the early 1960s period. The details aligned with these three cinderellas are as follows: Figure 5 presents the following text: THE NEW FORDSON MAJOR / MAJOR FARMING LEADS IN VALUE. It measures 44mm x 57mm and is perforated 10 on all sides. The label is multicoloured and features an image of the New Fordson Major tractor. -Figure 6 presents the following text: THE NEW FORDSON MAJOR / 3 New Engines / DIESEL PETROL (GASOLINE) VAPORISING OIL (KEROSENE). It measures 44mm x 57mm and is perforated 10 on all sides. The label is multicoloured the same as the 34 - Stamp News
cinderella highlighted in Figure 5 and is likely to have been printed on the same sheet as this label, too. It is also likely that other labels exist in addition to this pair. The image on this label presents the front section of a New Fordson Major tractor. -Figure 7 presents the following text: More FARMRIGHT FEATURES than in any other tractor / NEW FORDSON MAJOR. It measures 64mm x 44mm and is rouletted 10.5 on all four sides. The label is coloured yellow, red, white and black, and features the outline of a Fordson Major tractor. Like the labels illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, this cinderella also dates from the early 1960s. All three of these Fordson cinderellas have been seen attached to Ford Australia documents and issued receipts. They are relatively scarce, with the third, illustrated in Figure 7, the more common of the three. Conclusion Australia has a rich agricultural history, which extends into various international partnerships involved in the production of farming equipment. The seven cinderella labels explored in this Cinderella Corner article shed some light on this ‘farming scene’, and they further reflect the breadth of advertising efforts over the years. They are likely to all be Australian, too. I welcome other examples of Australian farming and agricultural-related labels to help continue canvassing the landscape of this fascinating and somewhat overlooked theme within cinderella philately. Some of these will be explored in next month’s follow-up article on Australian farming and agricultural cinderellas, featuring some items from Dave Elsmore.
BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 Buy now at the listed price or bid a lower figure. Bids will be considered at Midday 31 October 2018 Orders and Bids accepted by phone, mail or email. Provided the item has not sold at the full price, bids at 75% to 95% will have a good chance of success; 65% - 74% will have a reasonable chance of success. Bids below 65% will have minimal chance of success. Bid for as many alternatives as you wish, but please put a dollar cap on your total spending, and we will allocate lots according to what is available. Orders at full price above $500 are post free within Australia. Layby welcome for orders above $500. Scans or colour photocopies of individual stamps, covers or sets are available on request. Many smaller items, including a lot that are not on this list may be found in our eBay listings. Our store name is 21st-century-auctions Postage and insurance extra, Free Within Australia above $500. We accept all cards and PayPal at no fee. Hours generally 10am – 6pm Mon – Fri, but we will often answer the phone after hours. All of our items carry our 14 day satisfaction guarantee, EXCEPTING Collections, packets and mixtures, these may not be returned for any reason. CB509) Supa-Duper Coin Deal: This offer is for 4 + kilograms of unsearched, mostly Foreign coins from a huge old time private collection/accumulation. There is enough silver here for us to guarantee that each lot will have at least 50 SILVER coins with a weight of at least 250 grams. To make this a supa-duper deal, we are tossing into every lot a genuine, high purity gold coin. It is a very small gold coin, but nevertheless it is gold! So, you will receive at least 4 kilos, around 600 Worldwide coins mostly circulated, but maybe some that are not. Some will be 100 years old or more! Price for this lot is $475, double sized lot for $895, half sized lot for $249 (No gold coin in the half sized lot) If required we can add a genuine Gold Sovereign or Half Sovereign to your lot for an additional $595 or $295 (All our other Coin Offers are at the end of this list) Cinderellas C1) Australia 1935 WASP Airlines Vignette sheet 6 superb Mint Unhinged Fresh MUH and well centred – unheard of after 83 years – been in the UK near all its life thank goodness. Western And Southern Provincial Airlines Limited Sydney = WASP! The legendary Narromine WASP flight stamp sheet of 6. Only 865 were printed 83 years ago, and a LOT were used on flight covers etc at the time, and for later projected, so the totally MUH ones that exist today will be minimal. Price $249 C2) Australia 1935 WASP Airlines Vignette sheet 6, 2007 reprinted version, no gum and no perforations, but with printed on perfs. Looks great in a Hagner and appears perforated! Price $29, (10 available) Accessories/Albums/Literature ALB4) Lighthouse Brand new “Boga” Mint sheet files, to hold 24 sheets. Normally $44.95 each, two only available at $23.95 each. ALB1) Stanley Gibbons Old Ideal Fastbound Album with maroon cover, 6th Edition to 1913. Contains spaces for all World stamps A - Z. In good used condition. (Spine has been reinforced with cloth tape. These albums are highly sought after and sell for up to $250 at auction. Price $149 Collections and lots CMJ8) Mexico Olympics 1968 Collection in Black Stockbook. 95 plus different complete sets & minisheets, mostly mint unhinged. Very popular theme and with high catalogue/retail value. Has to be worth $2 a set. Price $189 CS1) Australia 1920 2d Orange KGV. 48 pieces of postal history, covers, postcards plus a few fronts. Mostly 1921/22 usages to a variety of destinations, overseas as
well as domestic. Includes London & Liverpool UK and Malmo, Sweden. Unchecked for postmarks, varieties, shades etc. Also not checked for inverted wmk. Which is cat. $8000! Cat. $30 each on cover = $1440. a steal at below 25% cat., price $359 CS2) Stamps on Stamps. Nice mint & used collection in as new Dark Brown Hagner Binder on 21 Hagner Pages. Includes stamps, both singles and sets, minisheets, exhibition sheets, re-printed sunken die proofs etc. Early to modern from a diverse range of countries inc. GB, Australia, Falklands, St. Helena, Mauritius, Mexico, Trinidad, Malta, NZ, Malaysia, Bahamas, South Africa etc. Approx. 120 stamps and 40 other items. Very attractive lot, price $110 CS3) Hungary 1874 – 1962 Mint & Used Collection on album leaves in blue ring binder. Well organised by date and with SG numbers appended in pencil. Looks like about 1500 stamps, all different. Very cheap at 5c a stamp, price $75 CS4) Australia FDC’s 1970 - 1985 in older sturdy blue post fitting album. Most are unaddressed Australia Post covers. Priced up to sell by now deceased dealer at $200 plus. Some better noted such as 1970 National Development, 1971 Australia Asia, 1984 Barred edge 30c Framas etc. 114 covers in all. The album new today would be $65 plus. Very, very cheap at $65 the lot! CS5) Worldwide singles and sets, early to modern, mint and used in 2 as new Red & Black padded postcard albums on 2 strip stockcards. Many better countries noted, such as Switzerland, Finland, Japan, China, Ireland, Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Fiji and many more. No Australia. 330 plus items in all, mostly complete sets, many mint unhinged, including several long definitive sets. Priced to sell by now deceased dealer at approx. $1750. Wonderful clean lot, virtually all different. Suit World collector or re-seller. Priced under a third of the marked up price. Albums and stockcards alone would have cost $200 plus. $579 the lot. CS6) World Better singles in older Lighthouse Block Album on stockcards. Noted Berlin 50pf Black Ovpt. Used, PNG 5 Kina Bird of Paradise mint, Japan Airs SG 572 & 577, Norfolk Is. 10/- Specimen mint, Rhodesia & Nyasaland QEII £1 SG 15 fine used and much more. Mostly identified by SG No. and priced to sell at $675 plus. Cheap at a third of marked up price. $225 the lot. CS7) Portugal & Colonies in large blue stockbook early to modern, mint & used, with many better pickings and much not often seen these days. Includes Portugal, Angola, Azores, Cape Verde, Macau, Mozambique, Portuguese Guinea, Portuguese India, St. Thomas & Prince Timor etc, plus a few Colombia at the back. About 600 stamps with just light duplication in a few place. Should yield 500 plus all different. $75 the lot. CS8) South America in large black stockbook, early to modern. Includes Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay. Mostly used, some mint with some nice thematic sets. 750 plus all different. Good value at just $75 CS9) South America in large blue stockbook, early to modern. Includes Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, El Salvador, Peru, plus a few Portugal & Timor. Mostly used, a few mint. 750 plus all different. Good value at just $69 CS10) Worldwide minisheets mint & used in Brown 32 black page stockbook. Many good thematics plus some Cinderellas. Countries include Germany, Liechtenstein, Spain, Japan, Hong Kong, USSR etc. 56 items, priced to sell at approx $220. Stockbook although old is still serviceable. Cheap at under $1.25 each $69 the lot CS11) Malaya/Malaysia used collection in large brown stockbook, 1960’s – 1990. Well laid out in order of issue, clean fine postally used. Roughly 550 all different stamps here. Well worth $69 CS12) British Empire & Commonwealth substantial collection in old Dark Blue Wm. Ackland peg fitting album. Much earlier with strength in QV - KGVI, nothing added for about the last 40 plus years. Most postally used with some mint. Most colonies well represents with a page or so well filled, and plenty of Dominions. Decent showings of Canada, Ceylon, Cyprus, Fiji, GB, Hong Kong, India & States, Jamaica, Malaya, Malta, Newfoundland, NZ, Straits Sett’s. and much more. Looks to be around 3500
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 - 4000 stamps, all different. Great value at less than 10c a stamp. Price $325 CS13) Worldwide pickings in Schaubek 1902 Printed Gold Embossed and Leather cover Album. The bulk of this has been looted, but still some decent pickings in China, Japan, India and USA plus other bits & pieces. Album in very good condition for age. Price $89 CS14) British Empire & Commonwealth virtually all postally used. In Red Springback Binder on black album pages. Strength in earlier, and virtually nothing added for the last 50 years. Good showings of Canada, Malaya, GB, India, NZ, South Africa and much more. Estimate 2500 - 3000 stamps. Well priced at about 8c per stamp. $215 CS15) Liberia, smallish collection in medium sized buff stockbook, early to modern Includes a few things rarely seen and with plenty of good thematics, triangulars etc. All appear used, a mixture of postal and cto. 200 plus stamps, mostly all different. Very good value at $29 CS16) British Empire & Commonwealth in Gibbons Green Favourite Springback Album. Decent showings of Burma, Gibraltar, Aden, Straits Sett’s., Trinidad etc., also 3 pages of KGVI Coronation issues. Mostly pre. 1939 and virtually nothing after 1965. About 1000 stamps, most fine used. Much better than the average lot. Well worth 15c a stamp, price $149 CS17) Hungary 1960 - 1969 on Schaubek illustrated leaves in older Red Springback binder . Mix or mint and used, but mainly mint or cto compete sets. Counted about 60 long complete sets of 6 or 8 stamps, plus single issues and smaller sets. Many nice thematics. About 75% complete for the period. Very clean lot. 550 - 600 stamps. Price $89 CS18) World Collections in large stockbooks, A – Z, early to modern. Looks like about 1000 stamps, mainly postally used neatly organised alphabetically in each book. Each book is different but there may be some duplication from book to book. We have sold heaps of these from the same source over several years, and they represent great value for money. Roughly 5c - 6c per stamp, 1 book for $59, 3 for $169, 5 for $265 CS19) Useful pre-decimal Australia Collection in Seven Seas Album with almost as new Green Padded Binder. Complete set of pages from 1913 Kangaroos through to 1965 plus additional pages for Postage Dues, Specimens, Booklet Panes & BCOF. Commences 1914 KGV values to 5d, then noted both sets of 1934 Vic. Centenary, 9d MacArthur, 1936 Sth. Australia set etc, then KGVI period about 75% complete. QEII 90% complete with values to £1 Navigators. Album alone cost new $100 plus. Very cheap lot at $79 CS20) South Africa & SWA 1940’s – 1988 in as new Red Lighthouse 32 Page Stockbook, cost $30. Mostly unhinged sets, about 30 of these plus some used. Some slight to stamps, and they have been removed to this new book from the original one. Very cheap at under the cost of the stockbook. $29 the lot! CS21) Nice Australia mainly used collection in as new Seven Seas Dark Blue Padded Hingeless, 1913 – 1985. Commences Kangaroos ½d – 2/- Maroon, then KGV Heads about 50% complete ½d – 5d. KGV Commems. Include 1935 Jubilee & 1936 S. A. KGVI is about 75% complete with Arms set to £2. QEII pre- decimal is 95% complete with values to 5/- Stockman both papers, and several Mint Unhinged sets here, inc. 1962 Games, 1963 Air and 1965 Anzac. Decimals are about 65% complete, inc. Cook minisheet and definitives to $10, much of this period is very fine with light corner cancels. This is a lot well worthy of expansion. Album new cost around $350. Very cheap at Wholesale price of the album alone, the stamps come free! $235 the lot. CS22) Australian Territories modest collection mint & used in as new Dark Blue Padded Seven Seas Territories Album 1916 -1982. Noted Cocos (Keeling) Is. Pre-decimal set complete to 2/3d mint, a dozen or so Nauru complete sets & minisheets, 36 complete mint Norfolk Is. Sets, inc. planes to $5 and 80 plus Papua New Guinea sets, inc. 2 long definitive sets. Around 130 complete sets here most are unhinged, retail around $250, plus the album would cost close to $400 if purchased new. Also a bonus of some early Papua at end of album. Total retail about $650, for just 30%
$195 the lot! CS23) Japan Collectors Duplicates, approx. 1000 early – modern used in 16 page A4 brown stockbook. Condition varies a bit, and some duplication. Very cheap at under 4c a stamp, $39 the lot! CS24) Red Springback album with older World Thematic Based Collection, mint & used. Themes include Aircraft & Airmail stamps, Airships, Steamboats, Ships & Boats, Railways and Locomotives, Automobiles, Tractors, Bridges, Costume, Red Cross etc. Nothing after about 1954 in this lot and all different, with many complete sets. Fascinating! About 600 stamps. Price $89 CS25) Scouts. Collection/accumulation in big green stock Book, early – modern, mint & used. About 650 stamps, with some duplication organised somewhat haphazardly. Many complete sets and a lot of mint unhinged. Great opportunity for someone to start or expand their Scouting collection here. Price $89 CS26) Belgium Railways stamps, collection/accum. of used in 2 small stockbooks. Very early issues through to early 1950’s, plus a few regular issues at back. Interesting for cancellations, colours/shades, perfs. Etc. About 450 stamps. Price $65 CS27) Mauritius, good little collection in special red presentation stockbook, gold embossed with Map of the main island, coat of arms etc. Commences 1878 with 50c green overprint, values to 5R (Fiscal use) in the Arms series to 1910 nice ranges of later through to 1973 with much mint unhinged. About 200, mostly all different inc. many complete sets. Price $49 CS28) Flowers collection in medium blue stockbook. Appears 500 different, with some seldom seen items. Nice clean lot, all used, mainly cto. Very well priced at $39 CS29) France. Substantial 99% complete used collection to 2001 in 3 Lighthouse Illustrated Hingeless Albums, with slipcases. Huge catalogue/resale value, persons interested in a purchase into 5 figures which could be split into several payments should contact us. Price is negotiable. CS30) Israel. 1964/65. Interesting batch of airmail covers mainly from the Ministry of Posts to Australia and UK, also clean unaddressed official FDC’s from 1964 x 9. Includes registered items x 2. Total of 25 items many with multiple frankings and most with tabs. Cheap at under $2 each, $49 the lot. CS31) New Zealand mainly used Queen Victoria to 1967 collection in SG Green Favourite Springback Album. Commences QV sidefaces to 3d, KLEVII to 1/-, KGV to 1/- plus range of official ovpts. to 2/- Capt. Cook. 1940 Centennial official Ovpts. to 1/-. QEII includes 2/6d Brown Queen on Horseback & £1 Magenta Geyser. A very good clean lot, far better than usual condition. Very high retail/catalogue value. About 700 mostly all different. Price $139 MJL1) Germany Allied Occupation. British, American and German Printings of the 1945 “M” Allied Military Occupation Stamps. Extensive and virtually complete specialised collection, immaculately presented on AMG pages with superb background info. Virtually all Mint Unhinged plus some used. A very difficult assembly . Price in Michel 2016 Specialised catalogue is 3500 Euros plus. Very reasonably priced at only 25% catalogue. $1425 MJL3) Hungary 1900 - 1975. Substantial collection in 3 peg fitting albums and bundle of album leaves mint and used, mostly complete sets. Nice clean lot with a good degree of completion. Thousands of stamps pretty well all different. Price $329 MJL5) Mystery or Clearance boxes, seems every dealer has these, we are no exception! Stamps, Covers, Collections, Packets, huge variety & value. Better than the average clearance lot. Ask for Australia, Worldwide or Mixed. 2kg lot for $169, 5kg for $395, Best value lot 10kg for $695 MJL8) Australia Mint & Used Collection 1913 – 1979 in two near new 48 black page padded stockbooks. Earlies a bit sparse and mixed condition with Kangaroos & KGV Heads to 2/-, pre-decimals are about 75% complete with Navigators to 10/-. This period is mostly used. Decimals with 1966 Navigators complete to $4 mint unhinged. Then largely complete mint unhinged and some extras used with some in blocks of 4, Soil Science Gutter Blocks of 4 x 2, Cook Minisheet, 1971 Xmas Block
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 of 25, Primary Industries, 1972 Christmas & 1972 Olympics blocks of 4. 1975 on is sparse and mostly used. A very useful lot to build on with very high retail value. Many hundreds, price $249 MJL9) Olympics and Sports, 1924 – Modern Collection in Brown Leather-look 32 page stockbook. Includes both mint & used sets, and is a bit disorganised, but I managed to count at least 175 complete sets. Most are Olympics but there are other sports issues and some bits and pieces of other countries/topics which are not counted in the value. Has to be easily worth $1.50 a set across the board. Price $259 MJL11) Great Britain useful mint & used stock 1902 – 1980’s in Green 674 page Posthorn Stockbook. Noted KEVII 2/6d x 2, 5/- x 1, ZKGV 5/- Seahorse, KGVI Duplicated mint & used to 10/- then a range of Regionals mint unhinged and used. Around 1000 stamps, price $225 MJL12) Ireland mini collection. All fresh mint unhinged, and mainly complete sets from the mid. 1980’s 50 different stamps. Price $49 MJL13) QEII Coronation Jubilee 1978. Two Thick Volumes. Official Looking Heavy Embossed and Gold Blocked Dark Blue Stanley Gibbons Albums in as new condition, originally close to $400 nearly 40 years ago! Contains a wide range of sets, sheetlets, minisheets and booklets all fresh mint unhinged. Counted 220 complete issues with sets up to 14 values long. Original purchaser states his cost was over $1500 total. My realistic price is a quarter of that. $375 the lot. MJL14) AUSTRALIA 1981 – 1989 Massive used dealers stock in 64 page green stockbook. Contains up to 10 of each (more in a few cases) Many hundreds of complete sets, se-tenant strips etc. 1000s of sets. Probably around 6000 stamps. Fantastic value at around 4c a stamp. Price $239 MJL18) Better than average World Collection mint & used in 4 Albums. Noted Australia Kangaroos to 1/- , 1940 AIF set mint, 1970 Cook minisheet MUH, AAT 1966 Definitives to $1 mint, pre-decimal and decimal imprint blocks and blocks of 4. Masses of good pickings in other countries with many full sets and good thematics. 2500 – 3000 stamps and nothing after 1973. Very good value at $315 MJL24) Papua New Guinea mint unhinged stock 1952 – 2002 in 2 x Brown Davo 64 page stockbooks. Massive lot ideal re-seller, Ebayer or hoarder! Pre-decimals are sparse, but then later sets up to 20 of each. I guestimate there would be 2500 sets total her if not more, with the average retail per set around $5. So that is around $12,500 retail. This is a real steal for someone at ONLY 20% OF RETAIL $2495 FOR THE LOT! MJL25) Papua New Guinea fine used stock 1952 – 1975 in Red Lighthouse 48 page stockbook. Noted 1952 10/- x 3, Pound Fisherman, Malaria x Imprint Blocks 4 plus 4 single sets, 10/- Rabaul with Bulolo cds, dues to 3/- x 20, Butterflies to $2 x 9, Shells to $2 x 3, Panorama to $2 x 3, Large Birds heads x 6 sets plus many, many more. Guestimate around 375 – 400 complete sets. Fine used are actually a lot harder to find than mint. Price $389 the lot. CJE1) Australia massive accumulation of Pre - Decimal & Decimal Used, in well filled albums, stockbooks, on Hagners etc. Period covered 1930s – quite recent. Many, many complete sets and high values in these lots, exactly as received ex. Charities, Churches, Deceased Estates etc. Guaranteed value, at around 2c per stamp. We will also add free of charge around 250 High Values to each 5kg lot, for $135, 500 High Values in each 10kg lot for $259, 1000 High Values in each 20kg lot for $495. CJE2) Pitcairn Island. Mint unhinged collection 1967 – 1986, housed in near new Seven Seas Hingeless Green Padded Album. Cost $165 new. Sydney retail of the stamps is approx. $385. A total value here of $550 for just $389 CJE6) Australia Territories and Pacifics, mint unhinged sets. Countries include: Christmas Island, Norfolk Island, Nauru, Samoa, Papua New Guinea plus maybe some from Fiji, Cocos, Pitcairn etc. Please let us know if you wish to have any country omitted. Very high catalogue/retail. Wide range with plenty of thematic interest here. 25 different sets $49, 50 different sets $110, 100 different sets $225, 250 different sets $589 CJE8) Ethiopia, valuable lot, 1890’s – 1960’s mainly mint/mint unhinged, some
postally used. In A$ size stockbook. Mainly in complete sets, we rarely see this material. Very high catalogue, estimated around £2000. About 400 stamps, priced very reasonably at 15% cat. Price $539 CJE12) Channel Islands 1940’s – 1983 Mint Unhinged in Gibbons Green “Philatelic” Springback binder on Illustrated Pages. Noted Guernsey Wartime Occupied issues set of 3 plus the 2 blue banknote papers, 1969 Definitives complete inc. the scarce Perf 13 10/- & £1, then complete to 1983 Shipping, plus some booklet panes and Postage Dues 1977 – 1982 complete. Jersey, Wartime Occupied issues set of 2 Arms and 6 Views, 1969 Defins. complete. Then all sets complete to 1983 £5 QEII., plus some booklet panes and 1978 – 1982 Postage Dues complete. Finally the Alderney 1983 Definitives set. A fine lot, very high cat. /retail. price $465. CJE15) British Empire/Commonwealth early to modern, mainly mint some used in padded red binder on Hagner pages. Much useful earlier here. Noted PNG 1952 to 10/- used, India KGVI Officials mint to 2R, several 1949 UPU sets, better Rhodesia, Samoa, Bermuda, Bahamas etc. 500 – 600 stamps. Lovely lot, price $295 CJE16) USA, carton of collections. Early to modern, 1800s to 1980s in Scott National Album, plus Schaubek Stockbook, White Ace Album, on album leaves, complete mint year sets etc. Many thousands. Noted mint sheet No. blocks, etc. etc. Mostly better than average condition but some earlies are mixed. Will well repay sorting. Price $1195 Breaking Massive Australia KGV Specialised mint, used collection, in Safe Albums + Gibbons Album, Stockbooks etc. Contact me for full info, as far too much to detail here. Includes, mint, used, varieties, shades, imprint blocks etc. CJE18) Book2: 1d Red + Green Cat. $8950, price $3500 CJE19) Book 3: 1d Red + Green Varieties Cat. $9200, price $3650 CJE22) Book6: 2d Values, mostly Reds Cat. $10,580, price $4250 CJE25) Book9: In Green Gibbons Album + Slipcase. Mostly 1d Reds + Greens Cat. $13,180, price $5250 CJE26) Book10: Green Stockbook of 1.5d + 2d Red Varieties, Cat. $5000, price $2000 CJE27) Book11: Black Stockbook of 1.5d Red & Brown Varieties, also Halfpenny Orange Single wmk perf OS. Cat. $6600, price $2650 CJE28) Book12) Red Stockbooks of 1d Red, Green + Violet Varieties, Cat. $2000, price $800 CJE28a) the remaining 7 books as listed above for $19,850 CMA2) Worldwide Deceased Collectors unsorted Remnants, in packets, envelopes, cigar boxes etc. We even saw some Nylon Stocking boxes, circa 1950’s! Noted mint, used, on and off paper, a few covers, really could be anything! Mostly pre-1970. We have a few lots of this, price per Kilogram $125, 2kg for $199 CMA4) Great Britain Mint Unhinged Collection 1989 -1999 in near new Red Lighthouse 48 Page Stockbook. Includes Definitives, Commemoratives, Regionals and Booklet panes. Retail approx. $1350. Also includes a fair bit of used in blocks which has not been valued. Around 1200 stamps. Price $795 CMA4a) Great Britain Mint Unhinged Collection 2008 -2014 in near new Red Lighthouse 64 Page Stockbook. Includes Definitives, Commemoratives, Regionals and Booklet panes. Retail approx. $2950. Price $1750 CMA4b) The two collections as above together, save $150, price $2395. CMA6) Great Britain on album leaves and stockcards, 1841 – 1911 mostly Queen Victoria Line Engraved. Counted 39 x 1d Red Brown Imperfs, many with good margins, plus 3 x Imperf 2d Blues. Then 6d and 1/- Embossed, the latter cut to shape on piece. Surface printed & Jubilees to 1/-. About 100 stamps with very high catalogue/retail value. Sensibly priced at under $3 a stamp, $295 the lot CMA8) East Germany extensive mint & used colln. In Dark Blue Ka-Be 64 black page stockbook almost as new. Also some duplicated mint unhinged West Germany 1960’s sets, together with some Nauru, South Africa and New Hebrides. Also a 2nd stockbook with duplicated ranges of Australia decimal and more mint unhinged West Germany plus other bits and pieces. A real mishmash, but great value. Must
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 be around 5000 stamps here. Got to be great value at 10c a stamp, price $495 CMR1) West Germany mint unhinged collection 1980 – 2000 in 64 page Dark Green padded stockbook. Small amount of duplication here and there, but looks pretty much complete for the period with extras. 21 years of stamps for just $14 a year $295! CMR13) Conquest of Space. Superbly presented German Made black ring binder album and slip case in as new condition (Cost $100 plus) containing professionally described collection of mint unhinged space issues. Contains 58 complete sets & minisheets etc, inc. 5 Imperf Proofs. Very reasonable at under $2 per issue, with the album for free. Price $115 CF1) World Wildlife Fund 1983 – 1996 Official Collection in 5 Luxury Black Padded Binders as new with the WWF Panda Logo in White on face and spine. Comprises 60 complete mint unhinged sets and 240 first day covers. Huge original cost, evidenced by sample invoice enclosed at $26 per issue, plus the albums and slipcases at $49 each. Some of the rarer sets are also included here. Total original cost around $1745, my price just 20%, $349! CF3) Paintings. Massive collection in 3 large padded Black 4 ring binders with huge stacks of around 70 - 75 Hagner pages in each and a Tan Prinz Royal 60 black Luxury Stockbook with brass corners almost as new. Original cost of these alone around $600! Then there are near to 500 complete sets plus extras & oddments mint unhinged and cto carefully organised alphabetically by country. At a conservative average $2 a set, there is easily $1000 retail here, probably a lot more. Owner moving to retirement village needs space, so letting them go for a song. Total value then must exceed $1600. Price for the lot well under half replacement value, $695 the lot! CF6) British Commonwealth fine used & cto 1930s – late 1980s in Australia Post Black Padded Binder on 46 as new Hagner pages. Noted decent ranges of Gilbert & Ellice Is., Christmas Is., Seychelles, Turks & Caicos Is., Norfolk Is., Isle of Man, Guernsey etc. Counted around 200 compete sets/minisheets plus extras including 10 or a dozen long definitive sets with value to $5. Excellent clean lot. Album & Hagner retail $100 plus, and the sets between $1.50 - $20 or more per set. Estimate the total retail here to be in excess of $600, price $249 CF16) Papua New Guinea Dealer Mint Unhinged stock 1952 – 1986 in Blue 32 pages Lighthouse stockbook. Mostly complete sets, and many odds & a few hinged not counted. 460 plus complete sets, with several long definitive sets. Quantities range from 1 to 10 or more of each. Ideal hoarder, re-seller, ebayer etc. Retail form $1 to $15 a set. Very cheap at under $1 per set, $429 the lot! CF18) USA 1996 – 2014 Collection/Accumulation in As New 64 page Red Lighthouse stockbook, cost approx. $60. Massive lot with singles, panes, sheetlets & booklets, much of this is “Forever” stamps, currently selling for 49c at the USPS. Lots of High value Airmails, inc. values to $19.99 (go figure!) This is an impossible period with stamps selling at double face plus. Magnificent clean lot, face is just above US$1390, which translates into AUD$1795 at today’s exchange rate. Retail then must be $3500 plus. Selling at under face and with a near new $60 stockbook thrown in. Price $1750 CF20) Great Britain 2014 – 2017 Mint Unhinged Collection in As New $60 Lighthouse Red 64 page stockbook. This is the impossible era to buy ANYWHERE! Looks complete for the era, inc. some Regionals and Booklets. Face value is over 425 pounds = AUD$720 + on today’s exchange rate. Retail is at least double face. So a retail of $1440 plus a $60 stockbook = $1500. My price $749 the lot. (I also have the companion albums for: 1989 – 99, 2000 – 2007 and 2008 – 2014, please enquire for price) CD2) Nauru 1916 – 1937 Mostly Mint Lightly Hinged complete per Seven Seas, on Seven Seas Hingeless Pages. Comprises KGV Definitives set of 11, Seahorses 2/6d, 5/- (unhinged off centre as usual), 10/- (Fine used) Freighters set to 10/- (Top 3 values are the better Rough Paper), plus unhinged 1935 Jubilee and 1937 Coronation. Very fresh lot. Sydney retail approx $1625. Price $1195 CD3) Nauru from 1954 complete to beginning of 2000, plus a couple of later 2000 sets Mint Unhinged in Seven Seas Dark Blue Album and Slipcase as new. Stamp
retail $825 plus Album is around $375 new. Total value here of $1200 for just $675 CD4) The above 2 lots, CD2 & CD3 for $1775, a further saving of $95 CD5) Norfolk Is. 2 volume collection 1947 – 1995 with additional pages to end of 2001 housed in Seven Seas Brown Padded Hingeless Albums. Pretty well complete to 1990, decimals are mint unhinged, some of the pre-decimals are lightly hinged. Retail of the stamps is $950 plus, albums would cost albums would have cost $425 new, so a total value of $1375. Earlier album pages are a bit aged. Very good value at only $595 CD8) Victoria Barred Numerals and Post Offices Postcard Collection. Housed in 2 massive “Nostalgia” padded Tan Leather Look Albums, here we have 224 postcards, mostly of Post Offices plus 24 Covers and 97 Stamps. Each town usually has a Postcard of the Post Office, plus another postcard with a barred numeral and many with a stamp also with barred numeral. Some nice highlights inc. some scarcer inc. Nhill barred numeral on superb Art Nouveau card, a cover with 2 x 2d Imperf & a 4d beaded oval to make 8d double rate. Many real photographic cards which sell for $75 pus each on Ebay. All organised numerically. Just superb, $345 items for $11 each average, price $3795 CD13) Cocos & Christmas Is. Fine used, In red Lion Brand 64 Page stockbook. Nice ranges with duplication, 1958 – recent. Noted around 40 minisheets/sheetlets, plus strips and blocks of 4etc. with many Chinese New Year issues. Many hundreds! Price $329 CD15) Boznia Herzegovina, 25 different in complete mint unhinged sets. $49 CD16) Channel Islands, 200 different in complete mint unhinged sets. $99 CD17) China, P.R. 100 different large in complete mint unhinged sets. $59 CD18) Costa Rica, 50 different in complete mint unhinged sets. $19 CD19) Egypt, 50 different in complete mint unhinged sets. $29 CD20) Falkland Is. 20 complete different mint unhinged sets. $90 CD21) Israel, 20 different complete mint unhinged sets. $89 CD22) Penrhyn, 50 different in complete mint unhinged sets. $69 CD23) Tristan da Cunha, 35 complete mint unhinged sets. $99 CMAP3) Cyprus. Lovely Mint Unhinged Colln. Accumulation on stockcards Queen Victoria to KGVI. Mostly Very fresh unhinged lot odd minor fault as usual with these lots. Highlights include inc. SG 75, 17 x 4, 19, 46 x 4, 22 x 4, 92 x 2, 130 x 2 and 163. Some plate No. singles, SG 60, 74, 87 plus a good number of blocks of 4, some with sheet Nos. Total SG 2017 Catalogue value, and remember prices for pre. 1937 are for hinged, which are worth at least double, is 2827.50 pounds. Nice lot for research or resale. Current AUD$4800 plus at 10/4/17. Priced at under a third $1595. CO10) Australia Post 2006 Commonwealth Games folder, containing 17 sheetlets and 5 stamps released for the Commonwealth Games. The stamps are selling fine commercially used for around $2.50 each, which gives you a vast retail of $325, and these are mint unhinged. My price for the lot of 130 plus stamps is $195 Packets and Mixtures PM80) Malaya/Malaysia. 50g of off paper mixture 1940’s - 1990’s. One lot only of this, about 600 - 750 stamps for only $29. PM81) Papua New Guinea, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 PM82) Norfolk Is., 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 PM83) Samoa, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 PM84) Nauru, 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $49 PM85) Pitcairn Is., 100 different mint unhinged, mostly complete sets. Price $59 PM72) Australia just received off paper mixture. Very wide ranging from 1930’s to right up to date with recent $1 values, plus other high values to $10 and the odd International spotted. Must be near 20,000 to the Kilogram. Got to be worth 1.5c a stamp! Absolutely unpicked by us. 1kg for $295, 500g for $219, 250g for $115, 100g for $49 PM52) South Africa plus a few Homelands off paper mix, 1940’s – 1990’s. Good mix with wide range of issues, values to 10/-, good for searching postmarks, perfs, varieties etc. About 750 stamps (50g) for $29, 1500 (100g) for $55.
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 PM55) World Mostly Large, on single well-trimmed paper, just in from UK Charity. Super quality lot, great variety with lots of recent. $289 per kg, 500g for $149 PM56) As above, but with bigger % of small & medium, price $149 per kg, 500g for $79 PM57) World off paper, great variety, early to modern most postally used. About 15 – 20,000 per kg. Price $295 per kg, 500g for $154 PM21) Carton lots of World on paper mixture. This is a good mix with roughly 50% large. Earlies to modern, wide range of countries mostly on well-trimmed paper. We can offer 5 sizes: a) Shoebox size lot of around 500 grams $74.50 b) Double lot as above for $139 c) Envelope carton of about 2.5 kg $349 d) Printers box of about 5kg $649 e) Shipping carton of about 10kg Price $1249 SC1) Massive lot of 4300 different Scandinavia, inc. Denmark, Iceland, Norway & Sweden. $695, smaller lot of 2000 for $195 SC2) Denmark 600 diff. $33.50. SC3) Iceland 200 diff. $39, 500 diff. $185, 800 diff. $325 SC4) Norway 600 diff. $33.50, 800 diff. $85 SC5) Sweden 600 diff. $85, 1500 diff. $229 BE1) British Empire Queen Victoria 100 different $98 BE2) British Empire KEVII & KGV 100 different $79 BE3) British Empire KGVI 100 different $49 BE4) British Empire Mixed reigns, pre- QEII a) 100 different $75, b) 200 different $149, c) 300 different $225, d) 500 different $495, e) 1000 different $995 PM14) Great Britain Six reigns off paper mix, back in stock, really great variety with plenty of better values. You will not better this mix anywhere for the price. Approx 1000 for $49, 2500 for $115, 5000 for $219, 10,000 for $419 Great Britain 1840 1d Blacks I have more than 60 1d Blacks, the World’s 1st postage stamp in stock ranging in price from $100 to $895. Every collector ought to have one! PB3) GB 1840 1d Black plate 5, lettered TE, 4 good margins, and a Ruby Maltese Cross which leaves profile clear. Cat. 1200 pounds. Price $665 PB6) GB 1840 1d Black plate 6, lettered AH , 4 decent margins, and a neat Ruby Red cleanly struck Maltese Cross clear of profile. Cat. 1200 pounds. Price $665 PB7) GB 1840 1d Black unplated example lettered AH, 4 margins, showing part of lower stamp, and a neat Ruby Red centrally struck Maltese Cross. Cat 1200 pounds. Price $665 PB69) Great Britain 1840 1d Black SG 2, plate 5, lettered B – E. Nice 4 margin example on entire wrapper Ireland to Sheffield Yorkshire. Cancelled by bright red Maltese Cross and with cds of Enniscorthy DE 3 1840, and Dublin Diamond arrival handstamp in vermilion of the next day. Cat. £750, for use in England, this is way scarcer. Price $1195 PB65) GREAT BRITAIN 1840 1d black QV, plate 2, block of 4, used, SG # 2. check letters QG, QH, RG, RH, used with indistinct Maltese Cross Cancels. Blocks of 4 of the penny black are very rare and catalogue at £25,000. This is a very nice item without creases, thins or other faults. The two left hand stamps are 3 margin, the right hand pair each have 4 large margins. Price $22,500 PB66) GREAT BRITAIN- 1840 1d black QV, plate 6, horizontal strip of 4 on cover SG # 2. Plate 6, horizontal strip of 4, check letters SF to SI on an entire wrapper. The 4d franking was for a 2oz letter, so presumably contained several pages of correspondence, most likely of a legal nature. Has a partial 22 FEB 1841 reverse cancel. The
stamps are all 3 margin, close at bottom, and showing parts of 2 other stamps at top. Each cancelled by a neat black Maltese Cross, with a double cancel to the 4th stamp (contrary to regulations) A block of 4 stamps not on cover is catalogued at £25,000. Price $7750 LM146) GB 1840 Mint 1d Black, plate 6, with certificate. lettered C –K (SG Spec. AS 41) Mint with gum, 4 margins. Very attractive stamp, cat. £13,500. With David Brandon Certificate. Price $10,500 PB1) GB 1840 1d Black plate 1b, lettered KH, 4 generous margins, showing part of adjoining stamp at top, and a neat Red Maltese Cross. Price $595 PB4) GB 1840 1d Black plate 2, lettered KE, 4 good margins, and a neat Red Brown cleanly struck Maltese Cross. Price $595 PB5) GB 1840 1d Black plate 8, lettered BH, 4 good margins, and a lightly struck Red Maltese Cross. Price $595 PB8) GB 1840 1d Black unplated example, lettered BF, 3 good margins, just touching at bottom and a neat central Magenta Maltese Cross, cat. 3000 pounds. Price $895 PB10) GB 1840 1d Black plate 8, lettered JB , 4 margins, and a Red Maltese Cross clear of profile. Price a very reasonable $395 PB11) GB 1840 1d Black, SG 2 lettered H-A. Near 4 margin unplated example showing part of RH adjacent stamp. Cancelled by fine complete black Maltese Cross. Cat. £375. Price $365 PB12) GB 1840 1d Black, SG 2 lettered O-F. 4 large margin unplated example, cancelled by nice strike of red maltese cross. Cat. £375. Price $525 PB15) GB 1d 1840 Black SG2, plate 8, lettered J-G. Fault free 4 margin example with neat red maltese cross cancel. Cat. £525. Price $425 PB16) GB 1840 1d Black, SG 2 lettered R-C. Nice 4 margin unplated example, cancelled by complete light strike of red maltese cross. Cat. £525. Price $495 PB18) GB 1840 1d Black SG2. Lovely 4 margin example from plate 7 with neat Black Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered R – I Cat. £400 price $495 PB19) GB 1840 1d Black SG2. Great looking 4 margin example from plate 1 with Full centrally struck Bright Red Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered K – F Cat. £375 price $595 PB20) GB 1840 1d Black SG2. Very nice looking 4 margin example from plate 2 with Full centrally struck Deepish Red Maltese Cross cancel and huge top margin. Lettered A – J Cat. £375 great looking stamp. Neatly filled pin hole above right hand letter square. Price $395 PB21) GB 1840 1d Black SG2. Very good looking 4 margin example from plate 2 with centrally struck Red Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered R – I Cat. £375 price $525 Great Britain other issues GB162) GB 1840 2d Deep Full Blue plate 2, SG 4 Block of 4. Magnificent 3 margin block just into at top. Each is cancelled by a single black Maltese Cross. Very fine and rare piece. Cat. £32,000, price $27,500 GB131) Great Britain 1848 10d brown Embossed Queen Victoria Die 1. Horizontal strip of 3, cut square with generally good margins, plus two horizontal pairs of 1841 imperf. 2d blues, 4 margin plate 3. from the top left hand row of the same sheet check letters AA-AD. Used on cover, part back is missing. Each with ‘107’ numeral cancel of Bradford, Yorkshire 1 MR 1849 to Frankfurt am Main. Has been endorsed at the top in pen (underneath the stamps) “via Ostend” and “Contains only Patterns.” (In German) Has a German Aus England per Aachen Franco boxed cancel. The 38d (= 3s/2d) franking was the rate for an item under ¾oz in weight sent to the German States via Belgium. SG Cat. # 14 + 57 (Specialised Cat. Nos. ES11 + H2(1)) Reverse bears an unframed Bradford cds in Blue of MR 1 1849 plus a red arrival cds dated MR 2 1846! Clearly the year date slug is an error. 1849 A single 10d Embossed is cat. £3200 on cover, however the 1st and 3rd 10d both appear Part Double Impression, cat. £20,000 each off cover. Attractive and rare, price $27,500 GB160) Great Britain 1848 10d Brown Embossed. 3 margin lightly used example. Very presentable example facially, but is thinned. SG 67 Cat. £1500. Budget priced
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 Very presentable example facially, but is thinned. SG 67 Cat. £1500. Budget priced stamp at well under 10% cat. $249 GB2) GB 1847, 1/- Pale Green Embossed. SG 54. Fine 3 good margin example, 4th just touched at the top. Cancelled by Barred Numeral 41 (2 strikes) Cat. 1000 pounds. Well priced at under 15% cat. $249 GB168) GB 1855 small cover to The Royal Observatory Cape Town. Bears 2d Blue perf. 14 and 6d embossed, cut to shape. Cancelled by Barred numeral 62. Reverse has COGH arrival cds’s in both Orange & Green of JY 1 1855. The 6d is cat. £1900 on cover. Priced cheaply at 10% of this. $349 GB81) GB 1865 – 73, 4d Vermilion, plate 12 SG 94 Mint unhinged, lettered C – G / G - C. Cat. £575 for hinged. Superb fresh premium quality stamp, price $675 BD228) GB 1862 9d Bistre SG 86 fine used. Fresh lightly cancelled full perf example lettered KJ-JK. Centred to lower left. Cat. £575. Very well priced at $98 BD344) GB 1862 9d Straw SG 87, fine used. Well centred with good perfs, lettered CS-SC. Cancelled by neat duplex no. 71. Cat. £475, well priced at $98 GB83) GB 1867 – 80, 1/- Green plate 5 fresh mint lightly hinged. SG 117, lettered G - E / E - G. Cat. £800. Well centred stamp of fine appearance, just a couple of pulled perfs at top. Price $279 GB82) GB 1872/3, 6d Pale Buff plate 12, fresh mint hinged. Some very minor toning on a couple of perfs. at top. Lettered C - R / R - C. Very rare stamp to find n such fine condition. Full perf. example. SG 123 cat. £3400, price $1895 BD351) GB 1872/3, 6d Pale Buff plate 12, SG 123 lettered JK-KJ. Cancelled by barred numeral 466, fine used well centred with full perfs. Cat. £350, priced well at $79 GB52) GB 1873 – 80, 1/- Green Plate 13 fresh mint lightly hinged, well centred god perfs. example Lettered E – N / N – E. SG 150 cat. £650. Price $429 GB4) GB 1876 5/- Rose, Telegraphs. Maltese Cross wmk, lettered D H from Plate 1. Cancelled with cds of Dundee FE 3 80. Well centred and with good perfs. Cat 110 pounds. Nice looking stamp. Price $89 GB53) GB 1880 -83, 2.5d Blue plate 23. Mint very lightly hinged. SG 157, lettered L – H/H – L. Cat. £450. Very fresh with great colour and full perfs., centred left. Price £229 GB54) GB 1880 – 83, 3d Rose plate 21. Mint lightly hinged. SG 158 lettered K – B / B – K. Cat. £500. Fresh well centred with full perfs. Price $329 GB60) GB 1880 – 83 3d on 3d & 6d on 6d Overprints. SG 159 & 162, mint hinged, the 3d being extremely fine. Lettered A – N / N – A and D – L /L – D respectively. Both full perfs. With reasonable centring for these. Cat. £1325. Price $659 GB55) GB 1880 – 83, 4d Grey Brown plate 17, mint light hinge. SG 160, lettered J – H / H – J. Cat. £475. Fresh full perf. example, centred to lower left. Price $310 GB56) GB 1880 – 8, 2d Pale Rose SG 168, mint lightly hinged. Fresh full perf. example centred right. Cat. £340, price $239 GB65) GB 1883 5/- Rose SG 180, mint hinged. Lovely example, well centred with good colour and full perfs. Cat. £1100. Price $595 GB66) GB 1883 10/- Ultramarine, SG 183, mint hinged. Lovely example, well centred with good colour and full perfs. Cat. £2250. Price $1475 GB64) GB 1883 1/- Dull Green SG 196. Fresh mint lightly hinged. Lettered J - N / N – J. Good colour full perf. example centred to top left. Small amount of paper adherence at top from album page, not visible from face. Cat. £1600, price $685 GB74) GB 1902 – 11 Chalky paper set of 9 to 1/-, fresh mint lightly hinged, Cat. between SG 223 – 259. Price $315 GB71) 1905 2/6d KEVII Pale Dull Purple SG261. Magnificent lightly hinged example, with fresh white gum, full perfs. and perfect centring. Cat. £350 Price $295 GB70) 1905 2/6d KEVII Dull Purple SG262. Lightly hinged example, full perfs. and perfect centring.. £350, Price $275 GB72) 1905 5/- KEVII Deep Bright Carmine SG264. Magnificent lightly hinged example, with fresh white gum, full perfs. And perfect centring. Impossible to find better! perfect centring. Impossible to find better! Cat. £450 Price $415 GB78) GB 1915 DLR Seahorses set of 3, fresh mint lightly hinged. Lovely set to
10/-, between SG 408 – 413, the 2/6d being the Seal Brown. Way above average for these. Cat. £4,375. Price $3375 GB13a) GB 1915 5/- Pale Rose Seahorse SG410. DLR printing, fine used cds example, well centred and with full perfs. Cat. £500. Nice looking example, and hard to find in this condition. Priced at just 30% cat. Price $249 GB79) GB 1918 Bradbury Seahorses set of 3, fresh mint lightly hinged. Lovely set to 10/-, between SG 414 – 417, the 2/6d being the Chocolate shade. Confirming dot in top margin on all three stamps. Way above average for these. Cat. £960. Price $749 GB80) GB 1918 Bradbury Seahorses set of 3, fresh mint lightly hinged. Lovely set to 10/-, between SG 414 – 417, the 2/6d being the Chocolate shade. No dot in top margin of all three stamps. Way above average for these. Cat. £960. Price $749 GB89) GB 1929 PUC set of 4, mint lightly hinged, SG 434/8. Cat. £765. The One Pound is particularly nice, once hinged with full perfs, well centred and no gum crackling. Price $859 GB166) GB 1939 2/6d Brown on early 1940 Censored Airmail Cover to Sydney. Rare solo use on cover. Cancelled by London cds of 17 FE 40m and with Red Censor Tape. Roughly opened at top left but still an atttractive typewritten address cover. Very scarce, price $149 GB136) Great Britain 1948 – 51. You will never see this again! The three KGVI One Pound issues on separate Registered covers, all to USA. 1) 1948 Pound FDC London – Michigan, 2) 1948 Silver Wedding pair FDC London – Michigan, 3) 1951 Pound COMMERCIAL ! REG’D COVER, London – Iowa, with London Oval Reg’d cancel 9 JU 51. All with nice arrival backstamps. These are a must for any cover collector of GB, price $1325 GB167) Great Britain 1951 Festival of Britain low value pair plus 2/6d - £1 on 2 Express Delivery Postcards to Cambridge. All but the 5/- are marginal examples. Very clean and fresh, cat. £925 in 2012 as plain covers. All cancelled by neat central cds’s of Cambridge 3 MY 51. RARE! Well priced at a third of outdated cat. Price. $549 GB93) GB 1955 St. Edwards Crown Wmk. Wildings set of 18, mint unhinged, SG 515/31. Nice fresh mint unhinged set cat. £160, price $139 GB125) GB 1959 2nd De la Rue Castles High Values fresh mint very lightly hinged. Well centred set with full perfs. SG 595/8 Cat. £195 for unhinged. Cheap at $75 Great Britain Officials GB134) Great Britain OHMS piece bearing QV 1.5d and KEVII 1d, 2d and 1/- all overprinted “Govt. Parcels” cancelled by indistinct cds cancels. Cat. £410 as used stamps Super scarce dual reign piece! Price $185 Australian States New South Wales DB102) NSW 1850 1d Sydney Views Reddish – Rose, no clouds, SG3. Decent looking 2 margin example, cancelled by barred numeral 63. Cat. £475 well priced at $249 DB99) NSW 1852 6d Van – dyke Brown SG73 with Plate Scratch. Nice 3 margin example with prominent plate scratch diagonally across Queen’s face. Cancelled by indistinct barred numeral. Very attractive specialist item. Cat. £250 as normal. Price $279 NSW19) NSW 1854 6d Greenish Grey Diadem, imperf. SG 90. Example with huge margins and showing part of adjoining stamp at right. Appears on thinner than usual paper. Used by lightly struck bars cancel. Cat. £35, price $59 LM87) NSW 1855 small entire Sydney – Maitland NSW, bearing 2d Dark Blue Laureate, SG 54. Tied by barred cancel of Sydney the stamp has a huge margin at top coming from the top of the sheet. Left and lower margins are full, but torn away at top right. Reverse bears Sydney Circular Handstamp of JA 17 1855 and Maitland unframed Oval Handstamp of the following day. Scarce survivor. Price $110 NSW5) New South Wales 1859 small cover Sydney – Auckland. Bears 4 margin 6d
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 Grey Brown Diadem, error of watermark (8 instead of 6) SG 96a (cat. £110 off cover) Stamp has been removed and re-affixed with a hinge to easily display the wmk. Variety. Exceedingly scarce on cover. Cancelled by Sydney cds of OC 13 59, and with Auckland arrival cds on face of OC 28 1859. Neat clean cover, minor tear centre top has been neatly repaired internally with a hinge. Price $525 NSW23) NSW 1880 1d Salmon perf. 10, SG 208a. Mint Original Gum with massive diagonal plate scratch and two white voids either side of the Queen’s Crown. Striking error. Cat. £250 as normal. Price $395 DB105) NSW 1890 2.5d Ultramarine Monogram block of 8 mint/mint unhinged. Rare block, with CP, GPO NSW & 1890 Monograms. Fresh mint, with only 2 stamps lightly hinged at top. Some minor staining in selvedge, and perf separation to top left hand stamp hardly detract from fine appearance. SG 265, individually stamps cat. £128 as hinged unhinged would be at least double. Price $549 NSW24) NSW 1891 12½d on 1/- red, Listed by SG as perf 12 x 11½, but mostly 11½ with error in perf 12 at top right corner in 2 directions. SG 268d. Used by indistinct cancel. Price $149 NSW10) NSW 1904 3d Postal Stationery Registered letter uprated by marginal vertical pair of 2d Cobalt Blue SG 315, to Hobart. Cancelled by clear strikes of Booligal NSW cds’s of AU 3 1904. Reverse bears transit 245 duplex of Hay NSW AU 5 1904 and Melbourne Registered cds 8.8.04 plus Hobart arrival cds of A 11 1904. Rare cancellations. Price $149 South Australia LM92) South Australia 1862 small cover to UK, bearing 6d Slate Blue Rouletted, SG 17. Cancelled by Adelaide GPO cds of AP26 1862 and with arrival “thimble” cds of Wantage JU 16 62. Cat. Minimum £60 x 3 on cover. Bice clean cover, stamp is a little aged. Price $149 LM92) South Australia 1862 small cover to UK, bearing 6d Slate Blue Rouletted, SG 17. Cancelled by Adelaide GPO cds of AP26 1862 and with arrival “thimble” cds of Wantage JU 16 62. Cat. Minimum £60 x 3 on cover. Nice clean cover, stamp is a little aged. Price $149 Tasmania LM155) Tasmania 1853 4d Courier, SG 5, Bright Red Orange. Superb 4 margin example with full lightly applied Barred Numeral 59 of Launceston. Cat. £1000. Stunning example which cannot be bettered. Price $1195 T36) Tasmania 1853 4d Courier, SG 11, Dull Orange. Cut square 3 margin example with faults, plus diagonal crease. Cancelled by Barred Numeral 64 of Hobart. Cat. £375. Very cheap at $59 T24) TASMANIA 1900 2.5d Indigo SG 232 pl 2 Complete Sheet of 60 Fresh Mint Unhinged. Inc. Plate Block. Cat. . £1320 pounds as single stamps for mint hinged. Price $1750 Victoria V23) Victoria 1854 1d Rose Half Length SG 23a. Superb 4 margin example of this scarce Melbourne printing, cancelled by light duplex. Expertised twice on reverse. Cat. £750, price $995 DB56) Victoria 1864 2d Violet SG 109 Imperforate! Not listed in SG, definitely big enough margins to be imperf. Nicely used with barred Numeral cancel. Imperf between vertical pair of the 1/- from this issue is Cat. at £6500. Price $495 V63) Victoria 1879 2/6d Orange Yellow Stamp Duty, block of 4 SG 232. Each cancelled by Oval Violet “Registrar Generals Office Melbourne” of 8 JLY 1879 These only became valid for postal purposes on Jan 1 1884, and were discontinued very shortly afterwards, for this reason postally used examples are virtually non-existent. No pinholes or other faults. Cat. £1300 as 4 singles, price $569 V31) Victoria 1895 Halfpenny Yellow/Orange wrapper used to London. Cancelled by
Duplex 327 Tarnagulla JE 28 95. Fine and scarce, price $69 LM13) Victoria 1854 6d Dull Orange Imperf Woodblock on cover, SG 32a. Neat small cover Melbourne to Dublin via ship Colombia. Nice 4 margin stamp affixed inverted, possibly to warn of bad news. Cancelled by barred numeral 1, and with arrival stamp MR 16 1858. Price $395 BD515) Victoria 1857 small cover bearing 6d Dull Orange Woodblock 4 margin example, tied by barred Numeral 4 of SANDHURST (renamed BENDIGO) and Red cds “Paid 5 SP 1857” to Essex, UK. Fine and attractive, flap torn on opening. Price $195 V67) Victoria 1895 ½d Yellow-Orange newspaper wrapper simply addressed to “Punch Melbourne” Cancelled by clean strike of Nagambie second 712 Duplex of AP 5 95. Clean and attractive, small tear at left does not detract. Price $59 V41) Victoria 1897 Diamond Jubilee 2/6d Red Brown Hospital Charity stamp, cto Melbourne OC 25 97, 3 days after issue. Clean stamp with gum full perfs. And expertisation mark on reverse. Price $195 V42) Victoria 1897 Diamond Jubilee 2/6d Red Brown Hospital Charity stamp, cto Melbourne AU 24 06, late usage. Clean well centred stamp without gum and full perfs. Price $210 V58) Victoria 1905 small envelope bearing 4d Brownish Bistre ACSC V85D to Hobart. Cancelled by Yea Victoria 1905 168 Duplex of OC 19 05. Backstamps with Hobart cds of OC21 1905. Nice Commonwealth period cover, cat. in 2004 ACSC at $60. Price $48 V64) Victoria 1907 Long OHMS cover, from Chief Commissioner of Police to Coburg Vic. Bears 1d Rose Carmine perf. OS. Cancelled by Melbourne 12 cds of 3.1.07, and with Coburg arrival cds of JA 9 07. Has Pink RTS Finger on front together with boxed “Unclaimed in Coburg” and “Not known by letter carriers Coburg” Plus Coburg return cds of FE 15 07. Final DLO Melbourne cds of FE 18 07 on reverse. Clean and attractive, price $52 DB58) Victoria 1909 5/- Moss Green Stamp Duty re-issue, fresh mint unhinged, perf. 11. Listed only as used in Barefoot No. 103. Scarce thus, price $75 V18) Victoria Revenues 1934 1/8d Yellow & Black Tax Instalment Rouletted stamp with gum in unhinged horizontal pair. Wmk V over Crown. Cancelled by Fountain Pen manuscript 26-1-40 and 2-2-40 respectively . Fine and scarce, price $95 Western Australia ML505) Western Australia 1893 1d Internal Revenue postal fiscal, fresh mint unhinged. Has corner and diagonal crease. Advertised retail $75, price $30 WA45) Western Australia 1902 Undivided back Postcard of the Paquebot “INDUS” Sent Fremantle to Lisle North, France, and re-directed to Hesdin. Bear ½d & 1d Swan types SG 138/9, cat. £12.25 x 12 on cover. Cancelled by Fremantle Duplex of AU 14 02 and with arrival cds’s of Lisle North and Hesdin 17 SEP 12. Price $89 WA26) Western Australia 1885 – 93, Halfpenny Green/Yellow Green SG98/98a. 34 examples on 2 album pages, inc. 2 Fresh Mint Blocks of 9. 1 from left hand side of sheet with Guide Cross in margin. The other is a lower left corner plate 1 block. 6 units on each are unhinged. Then used block of 4, 3 pairs and 6 singles. Mostly very fine. Price $629 WA27) Western Australia 1885 – 93, 1d Carmine, SG 95. 32 examples on 2 album pages, inc. 3 Fresh Mint Blocks of 4. 2 only are hinged on each block, plus a mint pair, 2 used blocks of 4, 3 used pairs and 4 used singles. Very fine group. Price $499 WA28) Western Australia 1885 – 93, 2d Bluish Grey/ Grey, SG 96/96a. 32 examples on 2 album pages, inc. 4 Fresh Mint Blocks of 4. 2 only are hinged on each block, plus 3 used pairs and 10 used singles. Very fine group. Price $375 WA29) Western Australia 1885 – 93, 2.5d Deep Blue/Blue, SG 97/97a. 26 examples on 2 album pages, inc. a block of 4 Fresh Mint, 2 only are hinged, plus 3 mint pairs and a single and 4 used pairs and 7 singles. Very fine group. Price $365 WA31) Western Australia 1885 – 93, 5d Bistre, SG 99. 31 examples on 2 album pages, inc. a Plate 1 right hand block of 4 Fresh Mint, 2 only are hinged, plus 2 other mint blocks, again each with 2 only hinged, a mint pair and 2 mint singles, a used
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 pair and 14 singles. Very fine group. Price $559 WA32) Western Australia 1885 – 93, 6d Bright Violet, SG 100. 34 examples on 2 album pages, inc. a block of 6 and 2 blocks of 4 Fresh Mint, 2 only are hinged on each, plus a mint pair and 4 mint singles and 14 used singles. Very fine group. Price $569 WA57) 1910 usage of 1d Blue Postal Stationary Postcard, Mount Magnet to Perth. Cancelled by cds of Perth 14 NO 10. H & G 17, cat. $400. Very fine with 2 staple holes and bend to upper left corner. Price $195 WA34) Western Australia 1911 real photographic postcard “Greetings from Fremantle” to St. Louis, USA. Bears Halfpenny Green and 1d Rose Pink SG 138/9. Cat £12.25 and from x 12 on cover. Neat & clean, price $175 WA45) Western Australia 1922 3d Black & Purple Long Swan Stamp Duty. Mint vertical pair, the upper lightly hinged, the lower being fresh unhinged. Light gum bends do not detract. Scarce multiple. Barefoot No. 64. Cat. only as used. Cat. by Elsmore at $45 each for hinged. Price $75 Australia Kangaroos All of my Kangaroo stamps are accurately described and fairly priced according to condition, you may order with confidence that there are no hidden faults. K343) Australia 1913 Penny Red Kangaroo used x 36 on annotated album pages. Noted “Rostage” x 2, Coil / Booklet Stamps x 2, + varieties not listed for this value, inc. “Missing Inner Frame Top Left” and “Shading Line Over One Penny Missing”. Condition generally good to fine used. Minimum Cat. $847. Price: $539 K280) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroo die IIA, from bottom of the sheet perf. small OS, Grossly Misplaced Perfs. Centred very high to upper right corner and showing Jubilee Line at base. Spectacular! Misperfs of this magnitude are quite rare. Price $89 K86) Australia 1913 1st wmk. 2d Grey Kangaroo. Nice mint unhinged example with good perfs, centred right, cat. $300, price $120 K148) Australia 1913 1st wmk. 2.5d Indigo Kangaroo. Superb lower marginal cto example with gum, perfectly centred and full perfs. Melbourne cds of DE 3 13. They honestly do not come better than this! Price $125 K549) Australia 1913 1st wmk. 2.5d Indigo Kangaroo. Well centred full perf cto example with gum. Melbourne cds of DE 3 13. Cat. $80, price: $65 DB826) Australia 1913 3d Olive Kangaroo, Die I. Nice mint lightly hinged example with good perfs. Has light gum bend not visible from front. Cat. $250, price $119 K240) Australia 1913 3d Olive Kangaroo, Die I. Nice mint lightly hinged example well centred with good perfs. ACSC 12A Cat. $250, price $129 K282) Australia 1913 3d Olive Kangaroo 1st. wmk. Die II, perf. Large OS. Fine used nicely centred stamp with full perfs. Cancelled by 2 partial Oval registered cancels. ACSC 12Bbb, cat. $500, price $349 K63) Australia 1913 4d Analine Orange Kangaroo. ACSC 15B Mint Unhinged. Lovely example, fresh gum, good centring and perfs. Cat $2750. Rarely offered. Price $1650 K88) Australia 1913 4d Analine Orange Kangaroo. ACSC 15B Mint lightly hinged. Lovely fresh example, centring to top right. Rare shade. Cat $2000. Rarely offered. Price $595 K89) Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo mint unhinged. Well centred and fresh with a few shortish perfs at base. Cat. $650, very well priced at just $189 LM12) Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo, “Kissprint”. Nice well centred example with full perfs, fresh mint very lightly hinged. Coastline appears doubled almost all around. Cat $250 as normal. Price $495 K239) Australia 1913 1st wmk. 6d Ultramarine Kangaroo, ACSC 17A. Fresh mint lightly hinged example with good centring and perfs. One slightly nibbed perf at top. Cat. $325, cheap price $125 ML538) Australia 1913 6d ultramarine CTO with indistinct corner cds, the letter ‘S’ is just visible, indicating it may be a Brisbane CTO, attractive stamp! $99 K550) Australia 1913 9d Deep Violet 1st wmk Kangaroo cto with gum. Decently centred and with good perfs for these. Cancelled by Melbourne DE 3 13 cds. ACSC
24Cwb. Cat. $120 for cheapest shade. Price $69 K285) Australia 1913 9d Deep Violet 1st wmk Kangaroo, perf. Large OS. Fine used well centred stamp with partial cds’s of Perth. Difficult shade to find. ACSC 24Cba. Cat. $150 as the cheapest shade, price $119 K289) Australia 1913 9d Violet 1st wmk Kangaroo, perf. small OS. Fine used well centred stamp with full perfs. Partial cds cancel of Cairns 9OC14. Difficult to find as nice as this. ACSC 24Abb. Cat. $100 price $69 K290) Australia 1913 Green 1/- 1st wmk Kangaroo perf. small OS. Superb used with light corner cds (not cto) ACSC 30Aba, cat. $100. Priced keenly at $39 DB777) Australia 1913 2/- Brown Kangaroo 1st wmk SG 12. Nice used example with corner cds. Good perfs centred a little to lower left. ACSC 35A Cat $250. Keenly priced at $119 K122) Australia 1913 2/- Brown Kangaroo 1st wmk SG 12. Nice good used example with 2 partial cds cancels. Few ragged perfs to top, centred a little to left. ACSC 35A Cat $250. Keenly priced at $74 K2412) Australia 1913 2/- Dark Brown Kangaroo 1st wmk SG 12. Nice used example from right of sheet with central 1913 Parcel Post cds. Good perfs. & well centred. ACSC 35B Cat $300. Keenly priced at $129 K197) Australia 1913 2/- Brown Kangaroo 1st wmk SG 12. Perf. sml. OS. Nice fine used example with light partial cds cancels. Well centred and good perfs. Cat $400. Priced well at $195 K346) Australia 1913 5/- grey/chrome Kangaroo, 1st watermark, cancelled to order 3 De 13– without gum, full perfs. no thins, tears or bends. BW(ACSC) Cat. # 42Awb. Cat. $300, price $249 K504) Australia 1913 5/- grey/chrome Kangaroo, 1st watermark, cancelled to order with gum, full perfs. no thins, tears or bends. BW(ACSC) Cat. # 42Awb. Cat. $300, off centre to right, price $169 K483) Australia 1913 10/- Grey & Pink 1st wmk Kangaroo, Ovpt. Specimen Mint Unhinged. Post Office Fresh! Nicely centred for this issue with full perfs. ACSC 47x, Cat. $3500. Price $1950 ML534) Australia 1915 2d grey Kangaroo 2nd wmk centred high Mint, light HR, advertised retail $175 for well centred, price $89 K198) Australia 1915 9d Violet 2nd wmk. Kangaroo perf OS, ACSC 25ba. Extra fine used example with Melbourne Public Offices cds of JE 1 16. Well centred, with good perfs. Cat. $350, price $249 K372) Australia 1/- Bright Blue Green Kangaroo, 2nd wmk, Socked on Nose. Nice scarcer shade, socked on nose by Spencer St. Melbourne cds of 19AU15. Well centred with good perfs. Cat. $150, price $110 K204) Australia 1915 1/- Green Kangaroo 2nd wmk. Perf. OS. Good/fine used with 2 partial cds’s of Perth. Well centred, some short perfs at base. Has skipped perf at lower left. ACSC 31Aba, cat. $475, well priced at $89. K137) Australia 1915 2/- Light Brown 2nd wmk. Kangaroo, ACSC 36ba. Nice good used example with lightish parcel cancel. Well centred, with one short perf at left, otherwise good. Cat. $400, priced to sell at $98 K205) Australia 1915 2/- Light Brown 2nd wmk. Kangaroo, perf. OS. ACSC 36Aba. Nice fine used example with light central cds cancel. Well centred with good perfs. Cat. $400, priced very well at $195 K244) Australia 1915 2/- Light Brown 2nd wmk. Kangaroo, ACSC 36A. Well centred full perf. used example cancelled by partial Brisbane Qld. cds. Cat. $350, cheap price, $125 K140) Australia 1915 5/- Deep Grey & Chrome 2nd wmk. Kangaroo, ACSC43A. Nice used example with light partial circular cancels. Centred high with some fluffy perfs., usual for this issue Cat. $675 this one cheap at a third cat. $225 K481) Australia 1915 5/- Deep Grey & Yellow 2nd wmk. Kangaroo, ACSC43Bb. Nice used example with partial Melbourne circular cancels. Centred, left with better than average perfs. for this issue Cat. $875 minimum for this better shade. local retail for the cheaper shade $300 this one $245
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 K420) Australia 1915 2d Grey Kangaroo 3rd wmk. Fine used with OS NSW perfin. DOUBLED! FIRST I HAVE EVER SEEN. Price $525 (if this were just OS it would be worth $2000 plus) ML531) Australia 1915 2d grey Kangaroo, 3rd wmk. Die I punctured ‘OS’ two faintly toned perfs Mint unhinged. Centred to top right with good perfs. ACSC 7Aba, cat. $225 price $69 K92) Australia 1918 2d Grey 3rd wmk. Kangaroo Die IIA, mint unhinged, small amount of gum disturbance at top otherwise fresh. Nice centring with good perfs. Cat. $225, price $65 K487) Australia 1918 2d Grey 3rd wmk. Kangaroo plate 3, Cooke Printing Die IIA, CA Monogram single, perf OS. Nicely centred and with good perfs. Very lightly hinged mint, with some light gum toning not visible from the front. Cat. $1250 as normal monogram, at least double for OS. Extremely rare! Price $2250 K93) Australia 1915 3d Yellow Olive Kangaroo Die II, mint unhinged, full perf example, centred left, minor overall gum toning. Cat. $1000, missing from most dealers’ lists. Cheap price $225. K373) Australia 1915 3d Deep Olive, Die II 3rd wmk. Kangaroo. Lovely “socked on nose” example with Registered cds of 27JY21 (Ballimore NSW?) Well centred and with good perfs. Cat. $250, price $175 K141) Australia 1915 6d Milky Greyish Blue Kangaroo, 3rd wmk. ACSC 19G Harrison Printing. Fine used with Condobolin NSW cds of SP 21 19. Well centred and with good perfs, this stamp shows the undocumented variety “Broken/Missing ears” very striking! The bite out of leg of this issue catalogues $2250, and sells for around $1500. Price $995 DB796) Australia 1918 6d Pale Greyish Violet Dull Blue Kangaroo Subs. Cliché. 3rd wmk SG 38ba (shade) , ACSC 19Gja, Nicely centred and with good perfs and 2 x partial Sydney cds cancels. cat $3750. Hard stamp to find, price $1950 K94) Australia 1923 6d Chestnut Kangaroo 3rd wmk, ACSC 21A. Nice mint unhinged example well centred and with good perfs. Has skipped perfs. at top creating a larger than usual stamp. Cat. $250, priced at just a half catalogue. $125 K263) Australia 1916 9d deep Violet Kangaroo, 3rd wmk. Die II. Fine used example of this scarce shade lightly cancelled by cds at left. Well centred with good perfs. ACSC 26C Cat. $200, price $149 K292) Australia 1916 9d Violet Kangaroo, 3rd wmk. Die II perf OS. Very fine used example cancelled by small part cds at left. Well centred with good perfs. ACSC 26Aba Cat. $75, price $49 K200) Australia 1916 9d Violet Kangaroo, 3rd wmk Inverted Die II. Cooke Printing. Nicely centred full perf example, cancelled by partial Bowen, Qld. Cds. ACSC 26Aa, Cat. $325, price $239 K201) Australia 1918 9d Violet Kangaroo, 3rd wmk Inverted Die IIb. Harrison Printing. Nicely centred mostly good perf example, cancelled Armadale NSW cds. ACSC 27Aa, Cat. $275, price $195 K54) Australia 1918 9d Violet Kangaroo, 3rd wmk Die IIb. Nice mint lightly hinged example with perfect perfs, centred a tad high. Has light overall gum toning and one toned perf. at left, not visible from front. Cat. $125, cheap at $37.50 K132) Australia 1918 9d Deep Violet Kangaroo, ACSC 26Ca 3rd wmk Die II, Inverted. Nice fine used example, well centred, with a few ragged perfs. Cancelled by circular Brisbane Registered handstamp. Cat. Indication for this scarce shade $2000, price $995. K261) Australia 1918 1/- Blue Green Kangaroo, 3rd wmk Die IIb, mint lightly hinged. Nicely centred with good perfs, ACSC 33A cat. $150, priced well at $64 K371) Australia 1916 1/- Grey Green Kangaroo 3rd wmk fine cds used. Centred low, with light cds cancel to upper right and with good perfs. Nice example of this scarcer shade, listed as ACSC 32G. Cat. $125. Priced at 30% $37.50 K277) Australia 1918 1/- Blue Green Kangaroo, 3rd wmk Die IIb. Melbourne mint lightly hinged example Sideways Wmk. Centred left with full perfs., ACSC 33Aaa Cat. $200, Priced well at $99
K276) Australia 1918 1/- Blue Green Kangaroo, 3rd wmk Die IIb. Vfu example with Sideways Wmk. Well Centred with full perfs., neat corner cancel. Does not appear to be cto. Cat. $500, Priced well at $345 K486) Australia 1916 2/- Pale Brown 3rd wmk. Kangaroo, ACSC 37B. Fresh mint unhinged top left corner block of 4. Lovely well centred block with good perfs. Has been hinged in the selvedge only. Blocks are exceedingly rare, there was no block of 4 in the Arthur Gray collection. Cat. $12,000 as singles, price $8575 K367) Australia 1916 2/- Greyish Brown Kangaroo, 3rd wmk. Perf OS. Scarce shade, listed as ACSC 37Hba. Indicative cat. $700. The normal OS used being $125, 3.5 times the used regular stamp, and the shade cat. at $200. This stamp is well centred with mostly good perfs, a couple at base are nibbed. Cancelled by 2 x Melbourne slightly heavier cds cancels. A nice stamp for the shades collector. Well Priced at 30%, $210 K528) Australia 1924 2/- Maroon Kangaroo 3rd wmk.perf OS. Faintly toned top right corner perf, centred low Mint lightly Hinged, ACSC 38Aba advertised retail $325 for fine, cat. $550, price $99 ML528) Australia 1924 2/- Maroon Kangaroo 3rd wmk. Nicely centred full perf. mint hinged example, cat. $300. Well priced at under as half. $149 K470) Australia 1918 5/- Grey & Pale Yellow 3rd wmk. Kangaroo, perf. OS, mint lightly hinged. Well centred with goods perfs. ACSC44Db, cat. $1250, marked POR in most dealer lists. price $995 K456) Australia 1918 5/- Grey & Pale Yellow 3rd wmk. Kangaroo, perf. OS, cto with gum. Well centred with goods perfs. ACSC44Db, cat. $200, price $149 DB325) Australia 1918 10/- Grey & Deep Analine Pink “Kissprint”. Harrison printing mint with light hinge, nice fresh gum. Has prominent “Kissprint” of frame clearly visible on map, at top, to right of Kangaroo and clear doubling of shading to left of Kangaroo’s head. Centred to the lower right, and with some short perfs at base. This is believed unique, and is only recorded in ACSC as Perf. OS used. (ACSC 48Bc) at $3000. I did sell a mint OS example through auction as couple of years ago in Melbourne for $3750 plus buyers’ premium. This example has been submitted to the ACSC for future listing. Price $3950 K506) Australia 1918 10/- Grey & Analine Pink 3rd wmk. Kangaroo, perf. OS. Fresh with gum, very lightly hinged, nicely centred with full perfs. Cat. $200, price $129 K507) Australia 1918 10/- Grey & Deep Analine Pink, 3rd wmk. Kangaroo, perf. OS. Fresh with gum, very lightly hinged, centred to lower left and with fluffy perfs. Cat. $200, price $75 K522) Australia 1918 10/- Grey & Deep Analine Pink, 3rd wmk. Kangaroo. Ovpt. Specimen Type B, mint lightly hinged. Nicely centred with full perfs. ACSC 48Bx, cat. $600, price $449 LM66) AUSTRALIA 1919 Kangaroo £1 Light Brown (Bistre) & pale blue. 3rd pale blue. Fine used well centred and full perf. example with full “socked on nose” Adelaide 12 JA 23 cds. SG 44b cat £1800. ACSC 52D cat $2500. Price $2475 K524) Australia 1919 £2 Black and Rose 3rd wmk. Kangaroo. Ovpt. Specimen Type C mint lightly hinged. Centred left with good perfs, cat. $500, price $249 K345) Australia 1923 6d chestnut Kangaroo, 3rd watermark, top marginal block of 4 with the variety ‘broken leg on Kangaroo’ [position = 3L6], used – there is perf. separation in the middle of the block, no thins, tears or bends. BW(ACSC) Cat. # 21A(3) d. SG Cat. # 73a. Cancelled by cds of Newcombe (current spelling Newcomb) Vic. 17 JY 25 Cat. $200 as a single used stamp. Very rare commercial usage. Price $375 LM152) Australia 1924 3rd wmk £1 Grey Kangaroo SG 75S, ovpt. Specimen Type C2. Early state of shaved P. Fresh mint unhinged well centred and with full gum. BW 53xf not catalogued as unhinged, but using the same formula as the normal type C should be $2275. Price $1495 K523) Australia 3rd wmk £1 Grey Kangaroo SG 75S, ovpt. Specimen Type D. Mint fresh lightly hinged example nicely centred with full perfs. Cat. $375, price $279 LM15) Australia 1929 Sml. Multi. Wmk., 6d Chestnut “Kissprint “of left frame
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 MUH. Super Post Office Fresh left marginal example, well centred and full perfs. Unrecorded variety. Price $249 K266) Australia 1929 9d Pale Violet Sml. Multi. Wmk Kangaroo, very fine used. Well centred with good perfs. Cancelled by neat partial cds to lower left. ACSC28B, cat. $40, price $29 K276) Australia 1929 1/- Blue Green small multi. wmk. Kangaroo, cto with gum. Lovely well centred stamp with full perfs. ACSC34Aw, cat. $75, price $52.50 K272) Another as above, same price $52.50 K278) Another as above, but centred right. Price $47.50 K509) Australia 1929 Grey & Yellow Orange small multi wmk. Kangaroo. Cto with gum, Centred to upper left. A few short perfs along top. Cat. $250, price $119 DB499) Australia 1929 Small Multiple Wmk. 5/- Greyish- Black & Yellow Orange Kangaroo. Perf OS ACSC 45Bba. Lovely commercially used example. Good strong colour with good perfs. and well centred. Cancelled by partial Perth cds. Postally used examples are much scarcer than cto. Cat. $250, price $185 K508) Australia 1929 Grey & Yellow Orange small multi wmk. Kangaroo. Perf. OS. cto with gum, reasonably centred and full perfs. Cat. $250, price $139 K463) Australia 1929 Grey & Yellow Orange small multi wmk. Kangaroo. Perf. OS. cto with gum, nicely centred and good perfs. One lightly toned perf at top. Cat. $250, price $119 K510) Australia 1929 Grey & Yellow Orange small multi wmk. Kangaroo. Perf. OS. cto with unhinged gum, ex. Specimen Pack. Centred high with full perfs. Cat. $250, price $129 K512) Australia 1929 Grey & Yellow Orange small multi wmk. Kangaroo. Perf. OS. cto gum, centred high with full perfs. Cat. $250, price $119 K485) Australia 1929 Small Multiple Wmk. 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo. Fresh Mint Top marginal Block of 4! Lower pair are superb unhinged, others lightly hinged. A well centred block with full perfs. Cat. $12,000 as singles, blocks are exceedingly rare. Cat. $8200 as singles, price $7550 K2) Australia 1929 Small Multiple Wmk. 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo, fine used dated Melbourne cds 4NO31, and with variety “Very short Spencer’s Gulf” ACSC49 (D) f, cat $1100, price $695 K37) Australia 1929 Small Multiple Wmk. 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo, mint unhinged. Centred lower left and has a couple of nibbed perfs. Facially quite attractive, but gum is toned. Cat $3000, price just $695 K270) Australia 1932 9d Violet Kangaroo C of A wmk. Cto with unhinged gum, ex. PMG Specimens pack. Well centred and full perfs, ACSC 29Aw cat. $25, price $19 K464) Australia 1932 5/- Grey & Yellow Orange Kangaroo, C of A wmk. Fresh mint lightly hinged example, well centred and good perfs. ACSC 46A Cat. $325. Price $295 K514) Australia 1932 5/- Grey & Yellow Orange Kangaroo, C of A wmk. Cto with unhinged gum. Centred to upper left, with full perfs. Cat. ACSC 46A Cat. $60. Price $39 K502) Australia 1932 10/- grey/rose-crimson Kangaroo, CofA watermark, nicely used – Centred a little high, couple of short perfs. No thins, tears or bends. Cancelled by 2 partial Registered cds’s of Elizabeth St. Melbourne SG Cat. # 136. ACSC Cat. #50B. Cheap at $96 K503) Australia 1932 10/- grey/rose-crimson Kangaroo, CofA watermark, fine used – Centred to upper left with good perfs, no thins, tears or bends. Cancelled by slightly heavier Hobart cds. SG Cat. # 136. ACSC Cat. #50B. Very reasonably priced at $119 K378) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pink C of A wmk Kangaroo Specimen Type D Block of 4. Superb fresh mint unhinged block of 4. 1st we have owned, these are RARE! Cat. $1250 for hinged, not priced unhinged. Indicative cat. price for unhinged would be $1950 plus based on the difference in price for the single stamp hinged versus unhinged. A superb piece, price $1450 K484) Australia 1935 £1 Grey C of A wmk. Kangaroo, Block of 4. A fresh well centred block of 4 with god perfs. Lower left stamp showing unrecorded variety: “Three grey
coloured spots in upper left corner”. ACSC 54xa. Cat. $1500 as hinged, unhinged must be at least double. Price $1995 K348) Australia 1934 Two Pound Black & Rose Crimson Specimen with variety type D. C of A wmk. Kangaroo ACSC 58Ax(V)i, mint unhinged, with variety “Notch in Kangaroo’s snout” nicely centred, one nibbed perf at base. Normal cat. $7500 for hinged, which would be $22,500 for unhinged! As a Specimen it would actually be scarcer than the normal stamp. Price $345 K150) Australia 1935 £1 Grey C of A wmk Kangaroo, SG 137S, BW 54x. Vertical pair Mint Unhinged, ovpt. Specimen type D. Multiples are rare and a block of 4 is cat. $1500 for hinged. This pair is very fresh unhinged, with full perfs. and well centred. Using the formula for a mint unhinged single the block of 4 should cat. at $2250 for unhinged. As a pair it is worth approx. 40% of the block price = $900. Price $765… the same price that the late Simon Dunkerley paid me for a similar pair in 2005. LM148) Australia 1934 £2 Grey – Black and Rose Crimson C of A wmk, SG 138S. Mint unhinged with variety “Collar on Roo” BW 58Vr. Nice mint unhinged full perf example, centred left. The normal stamp in mint unhinged cat. $15000, and with this variety an extra 50% = $22,500. The Specimen Mint unhinged is $225, and logically the variety adds 50% to around $350. Cheap buy at $315 K377) Australia 1931-36 C of A wmk High Value Specimens type D Kangaroos. 10/- Two Pounds, superb fresh mint unhinged. Way better than average for these with full perfs. and better than average centring. Cat. $485, price $375 K521) Australia 1931-36 10/- - £2 Kangaroos ovpt. Specimen Type D Fresh Mint Unhinged. Perfs and centring vary Cat. $485, price $295 Australia KGV Heads Breaking superb KGV Collection, starting here with the 1d Red Shades, mainly mint with certificate GG2) Australia 1917 1d Orange Red Mint Unhinged. ACSC 71P (G24.5) Fresh Well centred with good perfs, a little fluffy as usual. Supplied with Drury 2014 Certificate. Cat. $600, price $449 GG4) Australia 1918 1d Rosine Mint Lightly Unhinged. ACSC 72 l (G68) Fresh centred to right with good perfs. Supplied with Drury 2015 Certificate. Cat. $700, price $525 GG5) Australia 1918 1d Plum Mint Unhinged, perf. OS. ACSC 72Lbb (G71) Fresh, centred left with full perfs. Supplied with Drury 2015 Certificate. Cat. $4125, price $2995 GG6) Australia 1918 1d Rosine Mint Unhinged, perf. OS. ACSC 72ibb (G68) Fresh, centred lower left with full perfs. Supplied with Starling 2014 Certificate. Cat. $875, price $649 GG7) Australia 1918 1d Carmine Pink, Cooke Printing LMWM. Mint Unhinged. ACSC 73A (G101) Fresh, centred left with full perfs. Supplied with Drury 2015 Certificate. Cat. $1250, price $925 GS1) Australia 1914 1d Bright Red (Analine) Die II KGV, MLH. Fresh well centred full perf example, ACSC 71B(1)i. (G11) Very scarce shade supplied with 2 certificates, Brandon 1991 & Starling 2013. Cat. $1250, price $995 GS5) Australia 1914 1d Carmine Rose Die II KGV, Post Office Fresh Mint Unhinged! Centred right, couple of nibbed perfs. ACSC 71V(1)i. (G30) Supplied with Starling 2013 Certificate Cat. $750 hinged, x 3 for Mint Unhinged = $2250, price $1795 G280) Australia 1916 1d Carmine rough paper perf. OS. Used example with STUNNING MISPERF! Misperforated with around 10% of the adjoining stamp at right visible. Far great than the usual off centre stamps from this period. Price $249 GS16) Australia 1917 1d Rose Red Rough Paper KGV. Fresh mint very lightly hinged, nicely centred with full perfs. ACSC 72E (G64) Cat. $600, very hard stamp, Supplied with Drury 2005 Certificate. Price $475 GS23) Australia 1917 1d Orange Red KGV. Post Office fresh Mint Unhinged. Nice full perf example, centred left. ACSC71P, (G24.5) Cat. $600. Supplied with Drury 2004 certificate. Price $475
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 GS24) Australia 1917 1d Pale Terra Cotta (Brick) KGV Perf. OS. Superb Post Office Fresh mint unhinged example. Full even perfs, centred slightly right. ASCS 71Q (G25) Cat. $800 for hinged, unhinged at least double = $1600. Supplied with Drury 2004 certificate. price $1275 GS25) Australia 1918 1d Pink KGV. Post Office fresh Mint Unhinged. Nice full perf example, centred right. ACSC71T, (G28) Cat. $600. Supplied with Starling 2013 certificate. Rare shade, price $475 GS17) Australia 1918 1d Rose Pink Rough Paper KGV. Post Office Fresh mint unhinged, nicely centred with full perfs. ACSC 72H (G67) Cat. $1500, very rare stamp, Supplied with Drury and Bozic 2011 Certificates. Price $1195 G232) Australia 1918 1d Rose Pink Rough Paper KGV perf OS. Fine used example centred right with good perfs. Cancelled by Melbourne Ship Mail Room cds of 22MY20. ACSC 72H (G67) Cat. $250, rarer shade, price $149 GS18) Australia 1918 1d Rosine Rough Paper KGV. Post Office Fresh mint hinged, centred left with full perfs. ACSC 72 l (G68) Cat. $700, scarce shade. Price $550 GS20) Australia 1918 1d Damson Rough Paper KGV. Mint lightly hinged. Centred right with full perfs. ACSC 72K (G70.5) Cat. $900. Supplied with Drury 2010 Certificate. Price $725 GS8) Australia 1916 – 18 1d Carmine Rose Die II Rough Paper KGV mint lightly hinged, well centred & full perfs. ACSC 72Q(1)i (G74) Supplied with Starling 2013 Certificate. Cat. $750, price $595 GS10) Australia 1918 1d Maroon Rough Paper KGV. Mint hinged, perfect centring, and good perfs. ACSC 72R(G77) Supplied with 2005 Drury Certificate. Cat. $750, price $595 G210) Australia 1916 4d Lime Yellow and Lemon Yellow, one of each fine used dated examples. Lime Yellow is cancelled by cds of North Melbourne MY 24 16. Lemon Yellow is cancelled by cds of Bairnsdale Vic. of OC 7 16. ACSC 110d & 110c respectively. Cat. $635, price $475 G127) Australia 1915 4d Orange KGV, perf OS Mint Lightly Hinged. Well centred example with just a couple of nibbed perfs at right, cat $250, price $125 G136) Australia 1915 4d Yellow Orange Analine KGV, Inverted wmk. Mint left mint marginal block of 6, 5 are unhinged. Also with blind perf at top between stamps 1 & 2. Gum with even light toning. Cat. $950 plus as cheapest shade, price $575 ML530) Australia 1921 4d Violet single wmk. Nice mint unhinged example, well centred. Has 1 nibbed perf at top, together with a light gum bend also at top. ACSC 111A, cat. $75, price $30 G260) Australia 1915 5d Chestnut Single Line Perf. cto horizontal pair. Shows complete Melbourne cds of MR 2 15. Very scarce in multiples. This pair has full gum with some toning, also small perf. separation at top. Well centred with full perfs. Very attractive piece. ACSC 122Aw Price $49 G258) Australia 1923 4d Bright Ultramarine Single wmk. Mint unhinged block of 4 with selvedge at left from gutter. Light gum toning. Well centred with good perfs, cat. $250 each as singles. ACSC 113A, priced very reasonably at $325 G281) Australia KGV 5d Chestnut Single wmk, smooth paper perf. 14. Comb perf. perf. OS. Used example with STUNNING MISPERF! Not only this but misaligned wmk, so that lines from side of the sheet are visible at left. Appears imperf. at bottom and a small part of the stamp below is visible. The blank margin at base is approx 3.5mm. Price $249 DB491) Australia 1920 1/4d Turquoise KGV Single wmk. Mint unhinged Block of 4 perf OS, with variety “Thick 1 at right” and grossly misperfed showing parts of additional stamps at right. Cat $1500. Lovely fresh condition. Supplied with certificate. Price $1150 G19) Australia 1920 1/4d Turquoise KGV Single wmk. Mint unhinged, centred lower right. Fresh full perf example, advertised retail $650, my price just $295 G133) Australia 1926 1.5d Rose Red on translucent paper. Plate 1a top right block of 4, with plate dot. Fresh Mint unhinged, with some gum disturbance to lower right
unit. Centred to left. Rare! Cat. $1000 as hinged on normal paper. Translucent paper ought to be 5 x that. ACSC 91aa (1a) z. Price $2495 G245) Australia 1924 1d Red KGV No Wmk. Perf. OS, fresh mint unhinged. Well centred with good perfs. Scarce stamp in this condition. Cat $325, price $295 G14) Australia 1927 4d Olive KGV Sml. Multi. Wmk perf. 14, SG 91 fresh mint unhinged. Centred left with good perfs. Advertised retail $300, price only $149 G243) Australia 1927 Small Multi Wmk Perf.14 4½d Violet, Ash Imprint pair Mint lightly hinged with variety ACSC 119ve “Deformed left bottom frame”. Also has wide untrimmed selvedge at base. Cat. $500 as block of 4. Price $249 G241) Australia 1927 1d Green KGV HEAD SMW WMK PERF 13½ x 12½ *PART ASH IMPRINT BLOCK OF 8* SG 95-95B. Both top 7 bottom rows of 4 are Die 1,2,2,1 but the left die 2 units are the submerged variety. Cancelled by cds’s of 5 JY 31, town unclear. ACSC 81(1) ia. Rare piece! Price $359 G70) Australia 1927 3d Dull Blue KGV smw. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5 die 1a. Mint unhinged gutter block of 4, 2 x vertical pairs of type A & B. ACSC 107c, cat. $1150 as two pairs. Very scarce, price $725 G9) Australia 1927 5d Brown KGV Sml. Multi. Wmk perf. 13.5 x 12.5, SG 103a, mint unhinged. Centred to upper right, with good perfs. Fresh gum with very light overall toning. Advertised retail $110, price $54. G262) Australia 1933 3d Blue C of A wmk ovpt. OS block of 4. Fresh mint unhinged. Minor gum toning, well centred with good perfs. ACSC 109 (OS)B, cat $30 each as singles, price $59 G5) Australia 1932 1/4d Turquoise KGV, C of A wmk. Mint unhinged. Full perf. fresh gum example centred left. Small crease at top left corner. Advertised retail $400, price for this one just $129 Australia Pre- Decimal issues APD94) Australia 1928 3d Blue Kookaburra block of 4, perf OS. Post Office fresh Mint Unhinged. Multiples are scarce. Cat. $400 as singles, price $295 DB774) Australia 1928 3d Blue Engraved Kookaburra, reprint of the Imperf Minisheet ACSC 133MSb. Cat. $350,000. On thin card, un-numbered. Price $29 APD93) Australia 1929 3d green Airmail TYPE “A” block of 48 (6 x 8) with ASH imprint, perf OS. Mint Unhinged, with some minor aging of gum and a light vertical gum crease, but a very scarce survivor! ACSC 134wa, Cat. $100 per stamp plus $525 for the Imprint = $4925. Priced very reasonably at 30% cat. $1495 APD92) Australia 1931 Kingsford Smith 2d & 3d Ovpt. OS, mint lightly hinged. Lovely fresh original gum pair, cat. $600, price $349 LM11) Australia 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- Green, SG 143 Mint Unhinged. Well centred and with full perfs, price on these is tightening now, and the SG catalogue price has risen again. Most dealers are now quoting around $1450 to $1500. Price $1350. APD158) Australia 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- Green, SG 143. Fine postally used example. Far scarcer than cancelled to order. Price $450 APD169) Australia 1934 Victorian Centenary set of 3 fresh mint unhinged perf. 11.5. Melbourne retail $140, my price $99 APD171) Australia 1935 Anzac pair, fresh mint unhinged. Melbourne retail $80, my price $65 APD165) Australia 1937 3d Blue KGVI Die 1. Mint Unhinged Ash Gutter Imprint Block. Well centred and fresh with full perfs. Very lightly hinged in gutter. ACSC 191z, Cat. $500 price $375 APD161) Australia 1937 3d Blue KGVI Die 1. Mint Unhinged Ash Gutter Imprint Pair. Well centred and fresh with full perfs. Block of 4 is ACSC 191z, and cat. $500 price $210 APD179) Australia 1937 3d Blue KGVI Die 1. Mint Unhinged block of 4. Centred a tad left with full perfs.. Cat. $400 as singles usual retail $300, price $225 APD162) Australia 1937 3d Blue KGVI Die 1. Mint Unhinged top marginal block of 4. Centred upper right with full perfs. Very minor toning in selvedge at top. Cat. $400 as singles usual retail $300, price $149
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 APD166) Australia 1937 3d Blue KGVI Die 1a, Ash Imprint Block of 4. Hinged on top 2 only and very fine looking facially. Has some perf. reinforcement and minor toning. Lower left stamp is fine mint unhinged. ACSC 192z Cat. $1250. Normal retail $875, price $429 APD163) Australia 1938 3d Blue KGVI Die II thick paper. Mint lightly hinged Ash Imprint Block. Well centred and fresh with full perfs. Lightly hinged on top two stamps only. ACSC 193Azb, Cat. $225, price $175 APD164) Australia 1940 3d Deep Blue KGVI Die III. Mint unhinged Ash Imprint Block with perf. pip at base. Well centred and fresh with full perfs. ACSC 195Az, Cat. $300, price $225 APD172) Australia 1940 3d Deep Blue KGVI Die III. Mint unhinged vertical block of 6. Well centred and fresh with full perfs. ACSC 195A, Cat. $360, as single stamps, price $247.50 APD168) Australia 1951 5/- Arms Thin Paper vfu with partial Sydney cds SG 244aab, cat. £70 together with normal cto with gum example. Nice! Price $98 DC71) Australia 1962 Commonwealth Games 5d SG 346 mint unhinged block of 4 with major colour shift of green downwards into margin. Affects all 4 stamps. Normal supplied for comparison Ex. Simon Dunkerley. Rare, price $395 APD170) Australia 1953 3.5d QEII Carmine Red, thin paper. Fresh mint unhinged block of 4, together with normal block for comparison. ACSC 296Aa, Cat. $160 as 4 singles, price $119 DC72) Australia 1962 Commonwealth Games 5d SG 346 mint unhinged block of 4 with major colour shift of red upwards affecting all stamps. Ex. Simon Dunkerley. Rare, price $295 Australia Decimals AD81) Australia 1971-73 7c Bright Purple Misperf. Fresh mint unhinged example of this better shade. Centred very low in left corner. Misperfs for this issue are rare. ACSC 447B. Price $69 AD82) Australia 1973 $1 Maroon Flinders Perf. 14.78 x 14.10 strip of 3 on piece. Vertical strip used on part Money Order Form O/N C44170/73-L. Cancelled by cds’s of Panania NSW of 2OC73. Very early usage for this perf. All stamps with small spike hole. A scarce piece. The single used stamp on cover cat. $200. Price $149 AD62) Australia 1973-74 (SG.545 variety) 1c Banded Coral Shrimp, horizontal pair with dramatic variety “black misplaced to left”. ACSC 635ce cat. $75 each in 16 year old 2002 edition. Superb MUH, rarely seen variety price $225 DC75) Australia 1975 18c Wildflower SG 608 mint unhinged block of 4 with major shift of yellow downwards into margin. Affects all units. Rare, ex. Simon Dunkerley. Price $395 Australia First Day Covers LM86) Australia 1930 Sturt pair on small plain typewritten fdcs. Each with neat Stones Corner Qld. Cds of 2JE30. Very clean and fresh. Cat $200, Price $139 APH107) As above, on a single cover from Geelong Vic. To a local address, cds of Geelong 2 JE 30. Price $149 ML574) 1938 4d Koala on Haslem FDC, some minor soiling/toning & flap damaged A rare cover. Price: $150 AFD186) Australia 1941 Surcharges set of 3 on small plain fdc to Canada. Cancelled by Sydney 4 line slogan of 10 DEC 1941 “AUSTRALIAN/PRODUCTS/ARE/EXCELLENT” And with red tape “Opened by Censor 1241” at left. Very neat and clean. Ultra-scarce to overseas destinations. Cat. $375, price $279 AFD402) Australia 1945 Duke of Gloucester small registered official PMG’s dept. Hermes Envelope to NZ. Bears full set Gloucester plus additional 5.5d, cancelled by Melbourne Registered cds of 21MY45, and with reg’n label No. 8332 of Stamp Section GPO Melbourne. Reverse bears the following on flap: “CARELESS CHATTER CAN CAUSE CASUALTIES” Neat and attractive cover. Price $42
AFD403) Australia 1945 Duke of Gloucester small registered Medawer FDC to UK. Cancelled by GPO Sydney cds of 19FE45. Scarce and attractive, price $39 ML577) 1947 Newcastle set on PSA generic FDC with Exhibition postmarks, scarcer cachet. Price: $30 AFD413) Australia 1961 Cattle Industry Northern Territory Black and Orange Boomerang and Shield cachet Royal FDC. Bearing: 5s Red-Brown Northern Territory Cattle Industry. Cancelled by CDS of Philatelic Bureau Melbourne, VIC, 26 JLY 61, unaddressed cover. Price: $25 Australia Postal History APH286) Australia 1914 1st Wmk Kangaroos. Aug.1914 usage of ½d Green + 2d Grey on small advertising cover of The City Bank of Sydney, Sydney to New York. Cancelled by Sydney machine cancel of AU 29 1914. Cat.$400+. Price $239 LM123) Australia 1915 Prisoner of War mail. Small envelope addressed to Red Cross Geneva Bearing 1d Red KGV, SG 21 tied by Melbourne cds of 23 MR 15 and with Red Censor tape at top and left. Underpaid by 1.5d and with Hexagonal T10c on face. Has arrival datestamp of Geneva on reverse of 27 IV 15. Scarce item in great condition, price $355 APS31) Australia 1915 1d KGV. ACSC LC25 (M8A) Officers and Crew with King George V on board HMAS Australia. Used by cds of Leichhardt NSW to Five Dock NSW. 18.NOV.15 Scarce and attractive, selvedge removed, correspondence inside. Cat. $120, price $95 APH152) Australia 1916 small cover to Film Co. Los Angeles, USA. Bears 2.5d Indigo 2nd wmk Kangaroo, cancelled by Melbourne Ship Mail Room cds of 4MR16. Additional “Passed” (by censor) in violet. Small opening tear at op does not affect the stamp. Nice clean cover. Cat. $180, price $129 APH577) Australia 1917 KGV 1d Red Embossed Octagonal Stationery Envelope Die 5 to UK cancelled by Queanbeyan NSW cds (date illegible) with boxed “MORE TO PAY” 2d Black Postage affixed and cancelled by London cds of 10 SP 17. Roughly opened at top and stained. Scarce Due Cover, price $159 APH501) Australia 1920 Small Advertising Cover for The Metropole, Launceston, to Ulverstone, Tasmania. Bears KGV 2d Orange cancelled by machine cancel of Launceston 1DEC20. Price $39 APH524) Australia 1922 Small Advertising Cover for Thomas A Edison Ltd. to London, UK. Bears KGV 2d Orange cancelled by Sydney machine cancel of MR 2 1922. Minor scuff to stamp at base, price $39 APH112) Australia 1925 2 x 1½d red KGV Head single watermark and 3d pale dull violet blue KGV Head, single watermark, die I on a registered cover (Red Reg. label 649) from WAGGA WAGGA 12 MY 1925, cancelled unusually by Wagga Parcel Post cds. Melbourne registered cds on reverse of the following day, to Fenneberg bei Waltershausen, Germany. The cover has been opened along the flap and the 1½d stamps are slightly damaged from being too close to the edge of the envelope. The back-stamps show an interesting journey, the letter landed in the northern Italian port of Genoa (Genova)15.6.25, then continued north across country to Milan, 16.6.25 and into Switzerland via Chiasso and finally to its central German destination the next day. BW(ACSC) Cat. # 89D, 104B. Scarce and unusual. Price $85 LM136) Australia 1926 Small Registered cover, Sydney to Grenoble, France. Bears horizontal pair of 3d Blue KGV Single wmk. Die 1a type A, ACSC 105C. Cancelled by Registered Sydney cds of 17-NO-26 and has “Rats Tail R” Sydney NSW Red Reg. Label No. A (handstamp in violet) 1033. Reverse bears arrival cds of Grenoble 19 – 12- 26. Single stamp on cover cat. $180. Rare survivor in nice condition. Two insignificant tears at top mentioned only for accuracy. Correct rate of 3d Postage and 3d Registered applied. Price $215 APH291) Australia 1928 OHMS Registered Cover from “Office of Registrar of Joint Stock Companies” to “The Commonwealth Trust Corporation” Bears solo use 1927 KGV Head SM Wmk Perf 14, 4½d Violet Solo Use. Stamp damaged at lower right corner.
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 Also bears Brisbane Red Reg’n. Label No. 3741 and with Brisbane registered cds of 27NO28 both front and reverse. Cat. $100 minimum as solo use on cover. Price $49 APH435) Australia 1929 Small Advertising Cover for Australian Films Ltd, to Singleton NSW. Bears 1.5d Red KGV SMW Perf. 13.5 x 12.5. Cancelled by Sydney slogan of 3 JAN 1929 “MINIMUM LETTER RATE/ TO U.S.A. 3d/ADDRESSEE PAYS/DOUBLE DEFICIENCY” Price $39 APH115) Australia 1930 FIVE PENCE on 4½d violet KGV, small multiple watermark, perf. 13½:12½ used on a small cover from ARTARMON NSW 2 APR 1962 to Lakemba. Cancelled by Artarmon 3 liner slogan “CHECK ADDRESS/IF INCOMPLETE/ ADVISE WRITER” Has been taxed at 1d and a 1d postage due (no watermark, die II) affixed and pen cancelled. It seems that the letter was incorrectly considered as only being franked at 4½d instead of the required 5d, so was taxed at double the deficiency. The envelope has been opened slightly roughly on two sides, the stamps are sound. BW(ACSC) Cat. # 125 Late usage, but apparently commercial. Cat. $200 on cover. Rare! Price $185 APH579) Australia 1931 long advertising Airmail cover to UK. Bears 2d Red KGV plus 6d & 1/- Kangaroos all small multiple wmk. Cancelled by Sydney cds’s of 5MR31. Has horizontal crease to base. Pays correct Airmail rate of 1/6d plus 2d Late Fee. The Kangaroos cat. on cover at $150 and $250 respectively. Nice item, price $149 LM133) Australia 1931 small Commercial Airmail Registered First Flight Cover to Holland, bearing 3d Green Airmail, 3d Blue Kingsford Smith, 1/4d Turquoise KGV sml. Multi. wmk perf 13.5 x 12.5 and 2/- Maroon Kangaroo same wmk. The 1/4d & 2/- cat. $1500 and $300 respectively on cover. All cancelled by Camberwell Vic. Cds of 21 MY 31 and with Camberwell Reg. Label No. 7051. Reverse bears the oval Violet Melbourne to Batavia Cachet, plus Melbourne reg. cds. Also of 21 MY 31 and the same of Sydney for the following day. Arrival cds of Heerenhoek, Zeeland on 6.VI.31. Correct franking for this, with 3/7d Airmail postage plus 3d Registered. First Flight AAMC cat. No. 205. Price $995 LM2) Australia 1932 small airmail cover to “British Dental Journal”. 8d Airmail rate bearing 2d Red KGV and 6d Chestnut Kangaroo sml. Multi. Wmk. Neat clean cover. Price $165 APH150) Australia 1934 1st Flight Cover on official Royal Dutch Airways Airmail Envelope TO Holland. Bears 1d Green overinked KGV plus 2d Victoria Centenary perf. 11.5 cancelled by Sydney 3 line Slogan of 6 NOV 1934 “USE/AUSTRALIAN/PRODUCTS” Reverse bears Royal Dutch Airlines Oval double ring handstamp of 24-10-34. This cover is listed in AAMC as No. 444, Official Mail from the MacRobertson Air Race carried stampless on the KLM Douglas DC@ “UIVER” and then re-mailed back to Holland. Scarce survivor! Price $115 APH288) Australia 1935 Anzac 2d Red, Imprint pair on 1937 commercial small Airmail cover Brisbane to Melbourne, together with 1d green KGV , Cancelled by cds of Air Mail Brisbane 3OC37 and with arrival cds’s of Sydney Airmail 9OC37 and Melbourne the following day. Scarce and unusual franking. Price $95 APH434) Australia 1937 Small Airmail cover to UK. Bears Block of 4 x 3d Blue Cable and strip of 4 x 1.5d Red Brown KGV to make correct 1/6d rate. Cancelled by Currumbin Beach Qld. Cds’s of 6 AP 37. Some tone spots, but a remarkable franking. Price $119 APH432) Australia 1937 small Airmail cover Cooktown, Qld. – Brisbane. Bears 3d Green airmail Type B plus 2d NSW Sesqui to make 5d Airmail rate. Cancelled by clear strikes of Cooktown cds’s of 1NO37 and reverse has slogan of Townsville the same day “POST EARLY/EACH DAY” and Brisbane slogan of the following day “SEND BIRTHDAY/GREETINGS BY/TELEGRAPH/ON SPECIALLY/ COLOURED FORMS” One I have not seen before. The 3d type B is scarce on cover, cat. $60 Price $42 APH290) Australia 1938 KGVI P13½ X 14 3d Blue DIE II thick paper in combination with 2d Scarlet KGV on small airmail advertising cover for Hotel Fitzpatrick, Kuranda North Queensland To Rose Bay NSW. Cancelled by cds’s of Cairns, Qld. Of 6JE38 and with Brisbane 2 line slogan on reverse “AIR MAIL/SAVES TIME” of the following day. Nice dual reign cover. Price $42 APH194) Australia 1944 Pictorial Souvenir of Armidale, NSW. Bears solo franking
of 1½d Green QE, sent as printed matter to AUS. 433319 Lance Corporal Brady A. D. at Auspost R.A.A.F . OTTOWA, Canada. Very Rare usage. Published by The Armidale Newsagency, has pale green cover and contains 15 monochrome views of Armidale, including the striking Cathedral. Slightly aged. Cancelled by machine cancel of Armidale on 3 OCT 1944 and with Canada transit machine cancel OCT 13 1944 and Manitoba Canada arrival cds on flap of OC 16 44. Very rare usage. Price $49 APH493) Australia 1945 KGVI 3d Brown on JAPANESE SURRENDER COVER, to Largs, South Australia. Cancelled Tokyo Bay and with H.M.A. Ships h/stamp, plus “H.M.A.S SHROPSHIRE official signing of Japanese Surrender” cachet. Small neatly repaired tear at top. Price $295 APH487) Australia 1947 6/- Triple Rate Cover to Ship’s Captain, Sydney to London. Bears 6d Kookaburra, 1/- Lyrebird, 1/6d Double Globe Hermes and 2/- Maroon Kangaroo, all C of A wmk. A further 1/- stamp, once part of a pair has sadly been removed. Addressed to Capt. Hansen, SS Northern Traveller, c/o Moller Line: Founded in 1882 in Shanghai by Nils Moller who was a Swedish captain. Since Swedish nationals living overseas were not allowed to fly the Swedish flag, he registered his ships under the British flag. In 1903 the company was divided between Nils Moller who carried on the commission business and his sons, Eric and his brother who carried on the shipping side which was reorganised as Moller Bros. and operated sailing ships. In 1907 Moller’s sold their last sailing ship and purchased their first steamer. In 1910 the brothers’ partnership was dissolved and the firm taken over by Eric Moller as sole proprietor under the name Moller & Co. Heavy losses were sustained in WWII with 12 ships lost to enemy action, 2 seized by Japan and lost under the Japanese flag and one wrecked. In 1946 Moller took over the management of Alpha South African SS Co. and their fleet and the Lancashire Shipping Co. The company transferred its operations from Shanghai to Hong Kong in 1953 and abandoned the China coast trade. Several subsidiary companies were set up Grosvenor Shipping Co., London, Red Anchor Line, Hong Kong and Redfern Shipping Co., Bermuda. The group withdrew from shipping in 1981. The SS Northern Traveller is not mentioned on The Ships List website. Cancelled by Sydney machine cancel of 27MR47. Reverse flap has oval handstamp in Violet of Australia –Oriental Line Ltd. Very attractive cover. Price $59 APH591) Australia 1953 7½d Coronation horizontal pair used on small Airmail Cover to Hawaii. Cancelled lightly by both by machine cancel and cds of Cronulla NSW dated 22 SEP 1953. Scarce franking and destination. Price $49 APH567) Australia 1953 Triple Rate long airmail advertising cover of Yarwood Vane & Co. to “The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co. Ltd. Birmingham UK. Yarwood Vane & Co. was established in 1891 and initially operated in Sydney. Later expanding, it became a leading entrepreneurial firm whose name was still in use until 1979. Until 1979, partners used to sign reports on Yarwood Vane letterhead. Subsequent mergers have seen Yarwood Vane & Co. absorbed into the firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, one of the largest professional services organizations in the world and one of the Big Four auditors. Bears horiz. Strip of 3, 2/- Crocodile no wmk. Cancelled by Sydney 2 line slogan of 20 NOV 1953 “HELP ERADICATE T.B./USE CHRISTMAS SEALS” The 2/- no wmk is scarce in multiples on cover. Price $39 APH592) Australia 1954 small commercial cover to Roseville NSW, cancelled T.P.O. 1, Nth. Coast cds of 16JA54. Bears ½d No wmk Kangaroo and 3d Green QEII to make correct 3½d rate. Scarce cancel, price $24 APH417) Australia 1954 small Airmail cover to Switzerland. Bears 5/- Arms & 1/Lyrebird to make 6/- triple rate. Cancelled by Adelaide 3 line slogan “PLEASE POST/ BEFORE LUNCH &/BEFORE 5PM P.O. CLOSE. Scarce attractive cover, price $89 APH503) Australia 1965 small registered cover to USA. Bears 2/- Flannel Flower & Block of four 6d Banded Anteater cancelled by GPO Sydney cds of 25JA65. Arrival cds of Pottstown PA in purple on reverse of JAN 28 1965. Scarce franking, price $29 APH497) Australia 1965 Forces Concession small Airmail cover to RAF Singapore. Bears 1d Dull purple QEII & 5d Hargrave. Cancelled by 3 line Melbourne Slogan of 26AUG
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 1965. “POSTING QUANTITIES/OF MAIL? USE A / POSTAGE IMPRINT” Rare cover, price $69 APH287) Australia 1968 THURSDAY ISLAND QLD. postmark on small airmail advertising cover of DOMINION (Far East Lines) cruise ship company. Bears 1966 AAT 20c solo Helicopter stamp to USA. Long letter included on Dominion Stationery for S.S. George Anson. Very Rare commercial usage of this stamp. Price $129 APH573) Australia 1969 5c Edgeworth David Booklet Pane on small Airmail Cover to Germany. Together with 5c Ports & Harbours to make 30c rate. Cancelled by Darwin cds’s of 4MAR69. Booklet panes on commercial cover are rare. Price $69 APH418) Australia 1970 Small Airmail Double rate Cover to Switzerland. Bears 40c Navigator & 20c Wheat. Cancelled by cds of Perth Mail Centre W.A. 12 MR 70. Scarce combination on cover, price $42 APH576) Australia 1970 Registered Airmail Cover to NAURU 65c Rate. Bears 1970 Expo pair plus additional 20c (damaged), 5c Grasslands and 15c Blue Gum. Cancelled by cds’s of Randwick NSW 3JY70. Rare commercial usage of 20c Expo. Price $119 APH156) Australia 1971 small airmail cover 30c Qantas to City of London. Cancelled by Ermington NSW 8 JAN 1971 4 boxed line slogan “ADDRESS MAIL TO/PRIVATE BOX NO./IT EXPEDITES/DELIVERY” Neat typewritten cover. Price $29 APH590) Australia 1971 Sitmar Line Airmailed Coloured PPC of Ocean Liner Fairsky. Bears solo use of 15c Australia Asia to Holland. Cancelled by 4 line slogan cancel of Fremantle WA dated 27 APR 1971 “ADDRESS MAIL TO/PRIVATE BOX NUMBERS/IT EXPEDITES /DELIVERY”. Rare franking, price $39 APH494) Australia 1971 RARE small Airmail cover bearing solo use 15c Australia/ Asia to Pitcairn Is! Cancelled Melbourne 4 line slogan of 3 SEP 1971 “VISIT YOUR / SCHOOLS/EDUCATION/WEEK” Pitcairn receiving cds on front of SP 10 71. The solo use of this 15c was cat. $25 in the 2002 ACSC. Way below today’s value. Price $87.50 APS32) Australia 1971 6c Red QEII small stationery envelope registered Five Dock NSW to local address and uprated by 50c Dampier & 1c Brown QEII. Cancelled by registered cds’s of Five Dock 5OC71 and with arrival normal cds’s on reverse of the same date. Blue Reg’n label of Five Dock No. 8308. Scarce usage. Price $39 APH574) Australia 1972 35c Rate Cover 18c & 12c RSPCA & 5c Flight, small Airmail cover to Germany. Cancelled by cds’s of Clifton Hills Vic. 7MR72 . All are scarce on cover. Price $39 APH563) Australia 1972 A6 size Airmail Registered Cover to Germany. Bears 35c Beef and 50c Dampier cancelled by cds of Kensington NSW of 27JE72. Scarce franking, price $39 APH520) AUSTRALIA 1972 35C BEEF SOLO USE ON SMALL AIRMAIL COVER SYDNEY TO FINLAND. Cancelled by Sydney 4 line slogan “KEEP AUSTRALIA/CLEAN/BY PLANT/ QUARANTINE” dated 8 AUG 1972. Scarce usage and destination. Price $39 APH485) Australia 1973 Airmail Registered cover Qld. – WA. Bears 30c Qantas, 10c Oil & Gas plus 2 x 7c Humbug Fish and 1c & 2c QEII to make correct rate of 57c . Scarce franking as the 30c Qantas was intended for overseas Airmail use. Cancelled by cds’s of Fortitude Valley JA 15 73. Price $45 APH193) Australia 1973 small surface rate Solicitor’s advertising cover to “Registrar of Births & Deaths, Kuala Lumpur”. (Don’t they get married in Malaysia?) Bears horiz. Pr. 1c Brown QEII and irregular block of 3 x 6c Orange. Overpays by 2c the Zone 2 Surface Mail Letter Rate of 18c, in force from 1/10/71 – 30/9/73. Cancelled by GPO Sydney cds’s of 3-MY 73. Very scarce usage and destination, price $39 APH589) Australia 1975 Philatelically inspired DL envelope bearing 5 different Australian stamps cancelled by cds’s of Lord Howe Island of 29NOV75. Price $29 APS33) Australia 1977 18c Red QEII Lettercard used 15MR77 to Hunters Hill NSW, with cds of Lord Howe Island. Scarce. Price $39 APH587) Australia 1977 Small cover to Greenwich NSW bearing 5c & 15c Pioneer Life cancelled by Trans Australia Rail cds of 7 AP 77. Transit cds on reverse of Tarcoola SA 2 days later. Scarce cancel, price $29 APH578) Australia 1977 $1.35 Rate OVERSEAS EXPRESS DELIVERY, with red labels x 2 on face and 1 on reverse. Small Airmail cover WHYALLA SA to GREECE. Bears 25 & 30c Scenes, plus 30c Performing Arts & 45c Cricket. Cancelled by Whyalla cds’s of
8JE77 and with Adelaide transit cds on reverse 2 days later together with Athens arrival cds of 10.6.77. Rare survivor, price $69 APH575) Australia 1979 OAK FLATS NSW Small Registered Cover to British High Commission Canberra. Bears $2 Red gum Painting & 20c Eastern Yellow Robin cancelled by Oak Flats cds of 2NO79. Reverse bears transit cds of Wollongong on the same day plus Canberra arrival cds of 5NO79. A little aged, price $24 APH484) Australia 1986 small cover Plumpton SA to Adelaide. Bears 25c, 5c & 2 x 3c Wildflowers booklet stamps to make correct 36c rate. (Ingenious!) Cancelled by 3 line Plumpton slogan covering the 5c and one of the 3c, plus additional PLUMPTON CDS’S FOR THE OTHER 2 STAMPS. “ CORRECT ADDRESSING/SAVES US/GUESSING” Very unusual and rare franking, price $69 Try finding another! APH401) Australia 1986 Airmail cover to Canada. Bears $2 Wallaby Track & 25c Living Together to overpay the $1.10 Airmail rate by 5c. Cancelled by Port MacQuarie cds of 2DE86. The 25c L.T. is quite difficult to find on International mails. Price $39 APH481) Australia 1983 Small airmail cover to Finland. Bears 1c Living Together, 39c Australian National Gallery and 70c Australia Cricket. Cancelled by CDS of Kingsgrove NSW 17 MR 83. Scarce destination. Price: $29 APH478) Australia 1989 Long airmail cover to Finland. Bears 32c Christmas and 90c Living Together. Cancelled by slogan of Fremantle WA 10 MAR 1989 “ADDRESS MAIL TO PRIVATE BOX NO. EXPEDITES DELIVERY”. Price: $29 APH483) Australia 1989 Small airmail cover to Finland. Bears 35c Blue Tiger Butterfly X 2, 1c Living Together and 39c Merino. Cancelled by slogan of NSW 16 MAR 1989 “AUSTRALIA POST HAS THE SPEED YOU NEED”. Price: $29 APH486) Australia 1989 Small airmail cover to Finland. Bears solo use 90c Living Together cancelled by slogan of Young NSW 17 MCH 1989 “POST EARLY AND SPEED YOUR MAIL”. Scarce destination. Price $29 APH482) Australia 1989 Small airmail cover to Finland. Bears $1 Corriedale Sheep and 10c Living Together. Machine cancel of Footscray Mail Centre VIC 21 MAR 1989. Price: $29 APH472) Australia 1989 airmail cover to Denmark. Bears 60c Living Together and 53c Microchips. Cancelled by CDS of VIC 30 JUN 89. 3c overpaid. Price: $39 APH476) Australia 1990 Large airmail cover to Finland. Bears 15c Living Together and $1 Fun Run. Cancelled by slogan of Perth WA 10 JUL 1990 “COLLECT AUSTRALIAN STAMPS”. 5c overpaid. Price: $39 APH177) Australia 1991 Priority Paid PSE Lismore to Tamworth NSW. Postage paid envelope (PPE) of Rock Falls, PO Ref. DL 599/0032 uprated by horiz. Pair of 75c Living Together. Cancelled by Lismore rubber cds’s of 17 APR 1991 and with 2 line instructional “POSTED INCORRECTLY/OR TOO LATE” Flap missing. Unusual! Price $29 APH583) Australia 1991 long Airmail Security Post cover to Auckland New Zealand. Bears 70c Cricket airmail rate to NZ, and $10 Gardens for Security Post Fee. Cancelled by counter h/s of Crow’s Nest NSW 19 SEP 1991. Rare! Price $69 APH585) Australia 1991 long Airmail Security Post cover to Auckland New Zealand. Bears $1 Sulphur Crested Cockatoo overpaying by 30c the airmail rate to NZ, and $10 Gardens for Security Post Fee. Cancelled by counter h/s of Crow’s Nest NSW 21 OCT 1991. Rare! Price $79 APH410) Australia 1992 long airmail cover to Scotland. Bears 45c Living together (late use) along with 45c Parma Wallaby sheet stamp and 3 x 10c Sailboarding. Scarce makeup for $1.20 rate. Cancelled by cds’s of Adelaide 6FE92. Price $29 TS264) Australia 1992, 1989 $10 Gardens & 1988 90c Parkinson on Long Security Post airmailed 20c Crimson Rosella PSE No. 006 to Hamilton NZ, with NZ registration label affixed. Cancelled by Dee Why NSW cds’s of 17DE92. Overpays the NZ Airmail rate by 10c. Scarce and attractive, price $79 APH470) Australia 1994 airmail cover to Denmark. Bears 60c Living Together and 65c Rock-Climbing. Cancelled by CDS of Glen Waverley VIC 4 MR 94. 5c underpaid. Price: $39 Australia inwards Mail BC107) Straits Settlements 1935 small registered re-addressed Airmail cover to
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 Melbourne. Bears 10c & 30c KGV Tablet types tied by cds of Penang 17 JA 1935, and with registration label for Mantin overprinted Penang No. 6. Addressed to Bendigo and re-addressed to Hawthorn. Reverse bears large Red & Black circular seal for “The Chartered Bank of India Australia and China” and with central PENANG” also has cds’s of Singapore 18 JA 1935, Darwin 23 JA 35, Bendigo 28 JA 35, Registered Melbourne 26 JA 35 and finally Hawthorn 30 JA 35. A much travelled cover! Neat and clean (and scarce!) Price $129 Australia Military ROW21) Australia 1940’s small On Active Service RAAF Cover, Ceylon – Sydney. Bears 1A Red & 2AS Orange KGVI of India cancelled by undated R.A.F. BASE P.O. CEYLON circular barred cancel in Violet. Additional Triangular “Field Censor India 119” and circular “Unit Censor W 170 India”, both also in Violet. Top let has manuscript “ON ACTIVE SERVICE R.A.A.F.” And on backflap: “F/Sgt Paterson E.J. R.A.F. India Command” Small neat attractive cover, has been opened 3 sides. price $49 Australian Commonwealth Postal Stationery LM26) 1916 1d KGV Sideface. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards in blue, ASC # L9a, “2nd A.I.F. EMBARKING” FU Oct 1916 letter card from Flemington to Northcote. Price $245 LM29) 1922 2d red. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards, grey stock inside & out, ASC #LC18, view ‘PINEAPPLES QUEENSLAND’ unused, fresh. Price $190 LM28) 1943 Lettercard KGVI. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 2.5d red, text on front T base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT. . ...’, ASC #L44, unused. Price $55 LM24) 1943 Lettercard KGVI. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 2.5d red, text on front at base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT. . ...’, ASC #L44, unused. Price $55 LM36) 1949 Lettercard KGVI. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 2.5d red, Arms at upper left, 127mm between perforations, text on front in red panel at base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT . . ...’, ASC #47, small mark at lower left, unused. Price $35 LM35) 1949 Lettercard KGVI. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 2.5d red, Arms at upper left, 134mm between vertical perforations, text on front in red panel at base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT . . ...’, ASC #L47a, uprated to 3.5d postage with 1d violet QEII (some toned perforations), unused. Price $50 LM34) 1949 Lettercard KGVI. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 2.5d red, Arms at upper left, 127mm between perforations, text on front in red panel at base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT . . ...’, ASC #47, unused. Price $40 LM43) 1951 Lettercard KGVI. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 3.5d red, ASC #L49,unused. Price $25 LM45) 1951 Lettercard KGVI. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 3d red, ASC #L48, unused. Price $35 LM44) 1953 (October) Lettercard QEII. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 3.5d red Die I (base of neck unshaded), Arms at upper left, text on front & back in red panel at base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT . . ...’, ASC #L51, unused. Price $55 LM42) 1953 (October) Lettercard QEII. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 3.5d red Die I (base of neck unshaded), Arms at upper left, text on front & back in red panel at base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT . . ...’, ASC #L51, unused. Price $55 LM37) 1954 (March) Lettercard QEII. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 3.5d red Die I (base of neck unshaded), Arms at upper left, text on front & back no longer in red panel at base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT . . ...’, ASC #L52, unused. Price $35 LM23) 1956 Lettercard QEII. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 3.5d red Die ll (base of neck solid colour), Arms at upper left, text on front & back no longer in red panel at base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT . . ...’, Sender’s Address & three lines added to back, ASC #L54, unused. Price $70 LM38) 1956 Lettercard QEII. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 3.5 red Die II (base of neck solid colour), Arms at upper left, text on front & back no longer in red panel at base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT . . ...’, Sender’s Address & three lines added to back, ASC #L54, unused, edge wear at top. Price $40
LM39) 1957 Lettercard QEII. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 4d red Die I (base of neck unshaded), Price and Arms at upper left, text on front & back no longer in panel at base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT . . ...’, Sender’s Address & three lines on reverse, ASC #L56,unused. Price $25 LM22) 1958 Lettercard QEII. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 4d red Die l (base of neck unshaded), Price removed, Arms at upper left, text on front & back no longer in red panel at base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT . . ...’, Sender’s Address & and three lines on reverse, ASC #57, variety Misplaced perforations through admonition legend. Price $55 LM40) 1959 Lettercard QEII. Australia - Postal Stationery- Letter Cards. 5d-and-bars on 4d red Die I (base of neck unshaded), Price removed, Arms at upper left, text on front & back no longer in red panel at base ‘DO NOT NEGLECT . . ...’, Sender’s Address with three lines, obliteration of the legend on reverse, ASC #L8, unused. Price $20 LM21) 1960 Lettercards QEII facing right. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 5d blue, yellow within, ASC #59, variety partial offset of outer cover blue legend within normal for comparison, both unused. Price $145 LM33) 1965 Lettercard QEII facing right. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 5d red, pale yellow within, ASC #L60a, unused, Light bend at lower right. Price $25 LM32) 1965 Lettercard QEII facing right. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 5d red , pale yellow within, ASC #l60a, unused. Price $35 LM20) 1966 Lettercards QEII. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 4c red, pale yellow within & grey within, ASC #61,61a, unused. Price $70 LM19) 1966 Lettercards QEII. Australia - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards. 4c red, both types, pale yellow within & grey within, ASC #L61,61a, unused, (A- condition). Price $55 Australian Territories AAT/Nauru/NWPI/New Guinea/Papua/PNG/BCOF BCOF10) BCOF 1946 set of 7, once lightly hinged, very fresh. 5/- is thick paper. ACSC Cat. $235, price $165 APH468) AAT 1954 Commercial Surface Mail cover to Denmark. Bears late usage of 7½d Blue KGVI Sideface cancelled by Mawson cds of 15FE54. Airmail Envelope has Par Avion plane cachet top left scribbled out in pencil. Rare commercial cover. Price $79 BCOF7) BCOF Commercial Airmail cover Tokyo to India, bearing un - overprinted 6d Kookaburra and 1d Princess Elizabeth. Cancelled by Aust. Army P.O. 214, 21 JY 49 and with boxed arrival h/stamp of Calcutta 27 JLY 1949. Scarce and attractive, price $110 BCOF6) BCOF 1948 Commercial usage of Australia KGVI 5.5d Registered Envelope, uprated by 1d BCOF. Cancelled by Aust. Army P.O. cds of 17DE48 and with 19? DE 48 Bexley NSW arrival cds. Sent by Maj. Jervis, C.E. Branch RA.E. Kure Japan. Scarce and attractive cover, price $119 LM112) BCOF 1948 unaddressed philatelic official cover with BCOF Crown logo in Blue on reverse, bearing 1d, 3d & 6d BCOF overprints, but with misplaced overprint on 6d Kookaburra showing the dot after F in margin. Unlisted variety. Price $98 ML483) Christmas Is. 2009 Zodiac Sheetlet with tabs for Hong Kong Exhibition. Mint unhinged, price $29 N2) Nauru 1916 – 23 Seahorses, 2/6d – 10/- (deeper shade SG23d) mint lightly hinged. 10/- centred top right, others are well centred, all with good perfs. Cat. £670, price $519 N7) Nauru 1937 Freighters smooth Paper set, SG 26B/39B, fresh mint unhinged. (The two top values are the better rough paper) Cat. approx. £300, price $329 N11) Nauru 1947 small surface mail cover to Melbourne. Bears 1d & 1.5d Smooth paper Freighters. Cancelled by Nauru Central Pacific cds of 12FE47. Price $39+ DB799) New Guinea NWPI 1919 – 23 2.5d Indigo Kangaroo. 3rd wmk perf. OS. Very fine used with good perfs. and cantering, neat top right corner cds cancel. Cat. £425. Seen elsewhere at $625. My price $549 DB399) New Guinea, NWPI 1919 10/- Grey & Bright Pink Kangaroo. 3rd wmk SG 117, Type A. Vfu example, well centred and good perfs. with light full cds cancel. List
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BUY OR BID SALE OCTOBER 2018 retail $275, price $219 PNG128) PNG 1990 Collectors Year pack, with 24 MUH Stamps. Price: $32.25 PNG129) PNG 1991 Collectors Year pack, with 19 MUH Stamps. Price: $36 British Empire/Commonwealth BC109) Churchill 1975 Official Crown Agents First Day Covers for Pitcairn Is, Gilbert & Ellice Is., Virgin Is., & Turks & Caicos Is. Scarce assembly in fine as issued condition. Price $79 DB181) Antigua 183 6d Green, SG 8a. Wmk upright fine used with barred numeral 02, full perfs and good colour. Cat. £195, price $195 BC55) Bahawalpur 1945 Officials complete to 1 Rupee, SG 01 - 06. Mint lightly hinged set, highly sought after. Cat. £110 price $115 BC56) Bahawalpur 1948 Definitives complete to 10 Rupee, SG 19 -32. Fresh mint unhinged set, highly sought after set, selling way above catalogue currently. Sighted on Ebay at up to $300! price $175 DB189) Bermuda 1866 2d Dull Blue, SG 3. Mint lightly hinged, with small part remainder, fresh full perf example, centred left, Cat. £475, price $379 DB193) Bermuda 1918 10/- Green & Carmine on pale bluish green, SG54. Superb postally used with light steel cds 1923 cancel of Hamilton, well centred and with full perfs. Cat. £350, price $420 DB194) Cayman Is. 1921 5/- Deep Green on pale yellow, SG 64a. Lovely looking fresh mint, well centred example with good perfs. Cat. £100, price $98 DC2) Ceylon 1857 2d Green Imperf, SG3. Fine used near 4 margin example. Cat. £90, price $52.50 DC1) Ceylon 1857 6d Brown Imperf, SG6. Fine used 3 margin example. Cat. £140, price $74 DB195) Ceylon 1859 6d Brown, imperf. SG6a. Nearly 4 margins, just touched at both sides of lower left corner. Postally used with lightish barred cancel. Cat. £550, price $269 DB196) Ceylon 1857 1d Blue on blued paper, imperf. SG2b. 3 good margins, postally used with light barred cancel. Cat. £225, price $110 DB197) Ceylon 1857 2d Green, imperf. SG3. 4 good margins, postally used with lightish barred cancel. Cat. £65, price $69 DB198) Ceylon 1862 1d Dull Blue, SG44. Fine used with barred cancel. Straight edge at top and with partial offset on reverse. Cat. £130, price $119 DB199) Ceylon 1861 9d Olive - Sepia, SG33b. Good used example with heavier cancel. Cat. £85, price $39 DB200) Ceylon 1857 10d Dull Vermilion, imperf. SG9. 2 margin postally used example, lightish barred cancel, with paper hinge remainder which should easily wash off. Looks great from the front. Cat. £325, priced well at $138 DB201) Ceylon 1866 5d Yellow - Olive SG54b. Used example with light indistinct cancel. Cat. £275, price $115 DB207) Another example as above, but with some minor gum toning, price $55 DB208) Cyprus 1880 1d Red ovpt. on GB Plate 218, SG2. Fine used with light cds cancel, full perf. example. Cat. £65, price $59 DB209) Cyprus 1880 4d Sage Green ovpt. on GB Plate 16, SG4. MNG, full perf. example centred high. cat. £140 mint £225 used, price $69 DB210) As above, but used with medium barred numeral 975. Cat. £225, price $169 DB211) Cyprus 1881 Halfpenny on 1d Red GB Ovpt. Plate 174, SG 7. Fresh Original Gum full perf. example, centred left. Cat. £375, price $159 DB213) Cyprus 1882 30 Paras on 1p Rose, SG 24. Nice fine used example, with light squared circle cancel at right, leaving profile clear. Well centred and with full perfs. Cat. £110, price $119 DB214) Cyprus 1894 6p Olive - Grey, SG36. Mint original gum example, well centred and with full perfs. Tiny insignificant minor scuff top left corner mentioned only for accuracy. Cat. £250, price $195 BC10) Falkland Is. Dependencies 1954 Ships Definitives vfu, SG G26/40, cat £130, price $89 DB165) Gibraltar 1907 2/- Green & Blue, SG 62a. Very fine used cds example with
full perfs and good cantering. Cat. £150, price $149 LM54) Hong Kong 1926 $3 Green & Dull Purple SG 131. Superb well centred vfu example with full perfs and cds cancel of 11 MR 37. This value was not replaced in the KGVI set of 1938. Cat. £70. A better example you will not find! Price $85 LM53) Hong Kong 1935 Jubilee set, SG 133/136. Fresh well centred mint lightly hinged set cat. £65, price $59 LM48) Hong Kong 1949 UPU set SG 173/6. Fresh mint lightly hinged set, cat. £65. Price $39 BC114) India 1880’s – 1940’s Postal History collection of 23 items Queen Victoria to KGVI. Includes Advertising covers, Registered, Taxed, Military, Censored etc, inc. two to scarce destination of Czechoslovakia. Generally fine with many interesting frankings, postmarks and instructional markings. Price $219 DB171) Jamaica 1884 1d Blue, SG 17. Mint hinged example, centred left with good perfs. Some minor gum toning. Cat. £325. Good value at 25% cat., $138 BC110) Kedah 1912 Definitives to $3, SG 1 – 13. Mint lightly hinged, and including 3 shades of the 8c. Cat. £195, price $235 DB178) K.U.T., 1935 10/- Purple & Blue, SG122. Used with light indistinct cancel. Well centred and with good perfs. Cat. £130, price $89 DB179) K.U.T., 1937 £1 Black & Red, SG 150. Fine cds used example, good perfs and cantering. Cat. £160, price $159 DB180) Kuwait 1923 4a Olive Ovpt. on India Airmail, SG 33. Nice fine used example with corner cds cancel, well centred and with full perfs. Cat. £225, price $219 BC136) Maldives 1906 Ovpts. on Ceylon. 2c - 15c SG 1 – 5 used. All with circular cancels. Cat. £325. Price $210 DB222) Malta 1878 Halfpenny Yellow Buff, SG 16. Fresh mint, lightly hinged example with good cantering and perfs. Cat. £200, price $224 LM69) Malta 1928 2/- Black & Purple, SG 188. Nice postally used example with cds cancel. Cat. £70, price $45 DB153) Mauritius 1858 - 60, 6d Vermilion on blued paper, SG 28. Lovely 4 margin used example with indistinct cancel. Cat. £120, price $115 LM68) Nauru 1923 2d orange Die II Central Ovpt. On KGV SG 5. Well centred vfu cds example with full perfs. Cat. £80, price $79 NZ4) New Zealand 1968 $2 Multicoloured Geyser, clean unaddressed First Day Cover. Rare unaddressed. Price $49 NZ8) New Zealand 1996 40c Health Teddy Bear withdrawn stamp. Fresh Mint Unhinged Peel & Stick Example, with the re-issued stamp for comparison. Price $2000 NZ10) New Zealand 2004 Wearable Art set, SG 2701 – 2705, COMPLETE mint unhinged IMPERFORATE SHEETS OF 25 SETS. Rarely seen, these are a NZ Post limited edition reserved only for those who spent $2000 plus in the preceding 12 months with the Philatelic Bureau. Price $345. We can also supply as follows: NZ10a) Imperf Singles $27.50 NZ10b) Imperf Vertical Pairs $55 NZ10c) Imperf lower right corner block of 4 with Imprint and barcode $165 NZ10d) Imperf upper left corner block of 4 with barcode $110 NZ10e) Imperf lower left block of 6 with designer & printer and colour bars $165 NZ10f) Imperf upper right block of 6 with sheet value $165 DB246) Lagos, 1876 4d Carmine, wmk swys. SG 14a. Nice used example, with lightish barred “L” cancel. Well centred and full perfs. Cat. £130, price $110 DB245) Lagos 1884 - 1886 1d Rose, inv. wmk. SG 22w. Fine used example with light barred cancel, well centred and good perfs, cat. £120, price $98 DB242) Northern Nigeria, 1911 10/- Green Red on Green, SG39. Vfu with light steel cds of 1912. Nicely centred with good perfs, cat. £48, price $45 DB240) Nigeria, 1938 4d Orange, SG 54. Nicely centred, mint hinged example, cat. £50, price $24
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Papua 1932 5d MUH Plate Number “5”!:
An incredibly rare beast, and I have seen one other in 40 years. 5d Masked Dancer Pictorial. The printer John Ash engraved these plate numbers on very outer edge of master plate, and removed them by guillotining them off, in final PO sheet trim-up. As you can see this margin is wider than usual, so this reversed recess printed “5d” and guideline crosses survived in full. Only a few values are known of these for Papua. Tim Ryback’s 5/- block Reversed Plate “5/-“ got $1,550, on estimate $500 after keen bidding at Prestige - a decade back. “SHOW ME ANOTHER” of this 5d at any price, anywhere offered on this entire planet! Well centred *MUH* original gum. I just listed up an Australia 1938 2d KGVI full plate number, also from John Ash that was not guillotined off, which is cat $2,500 - and these Papua of the same time are actually FAR scarcer. ACSC hopes to add New Guinea and Papua as a separate Edition in future, as all were printed here, and if so, this will be a $1,000-$1,500 type piece I’d suggest. Will sell fast at $A395 (Stock 682LA)
Bermuda 1938 KGVI 10/- “KEYPLATE” Defins:
SG Cat £675 for just $A425. Comb perforation 14. Superb appearance, with near perfect perfs and centering as you can see, and bright MVLH on the original sandy gum Arabic. THE most collected Definitive issue from the KGVI era, in the Entire British Commonwealth. From the £20 million stupendous mint collection of Sir Gawaine Baillie. SG 119 and 119a, cat £675. Bright original unrubbed colours: $A425 (Stock 861FQ)
1934 £2, unique MUH *PAIR* with ACSC Plate Var!: Unusually DEEP Black shade, as dark as the overprint, and
certainly not cat thus. That aside, this plate var is “Large Outer Frame Break Under N”, ACSC 58(D)o, Cat $22,500 in MUH single. (also has large Coastal break near Broome.) Horizontal pair, incredibly fresh Mint Unhinged, overprinted “Specimen”. Multiples of these are VERY rare, from Miller Brothers cunningness during the chaotic WW2 era, and a Specimen block of 4 is ACSC cat $3,500 for HINGED, as only a few exist. In 40 years of dealing, have never owned one. Unhinged “Specimens” are ACSC 2 x hinged, so a MUH block 4 is $7,000, with no variety. This is a unusually fresh unhinged Original Gum pair - amazing after 84 years, with full perfs, and nicely centered as you can see. As a MUH pair it is worth half the block 4 price = $3,500, PLUS a huge premium for the major Variety, which will be 100% UNIQUE on a Specimen multiple. Only 14,000 Specimens were ever sold, near all in singles, yet 240,000 normals were sold, and a MUH pair of those are cat $30,000 with no variety! Something fresh MUH, on a £2 Roo, in an uncatalogued striking deep shade, and UNIQUE - for just $A1,650 (Stock 783PC) Order via: tinyurl.com/GlenOrder All Cards accepted with ZERO fee - even Amex! Bank Deposit fine, or Money Orders. PayPal is accepted in ANY major currency, saving you fees - contact me first. LayBys/Layaways always OK with me!
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Looking at New Zealand 1939-1941 Health Stamps
1939 Health Stamp
The design of the 1939 Health stamps purports to show three boys playing with a beach ball. However, Mr S. Hall of the Post and Telegraph Department in Wellington based the design on a composite of three photographs. The background was based on a photograph of Wakefield Park, which is on the hillside overlooking central Wellington. It is accessible from the cable car that runs from city street level to the hilltop botanical gardens (see the nearby photo). A second photo showed boys playing with a small ball. One of the boys is about to catch the small ball and has his hands cupped. The third photo showed a boy reaching up to catch a large ball. The final design showed boys from two of the photos, taken at different
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times and in different places, with the beach ball drawn in. The Dunedin firm of Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd had recently installed photogravure printing equipment and a die proof and several proof sheets were printed to see if they could produce stamps of a satisfactory quality. However the proof stamps were unsatisfactory and the Australian Note and Stamp Printer, Melbourne, was then commissioned to print the stamps using the traditional engraved method. Two printing plates were used, one for a ½d postage + ½d health value and one for a 1d + 1d value. The plates had 192 impressions but when guillotined into four the post office sheets had 48 stamps (6 rows of 8). There were no plate numbers or printer’s imprint on
Graeme Morriss the sheets. The paper was Wiggins, Teape unsurfaced rag paper watermarked ‘NZ & star’ and the stamps were perforated with a comb head gauging 11. The stamps were received in time for an intended issue date of 2 October 1939 but shortly before this date the government announced an increase in postal rates to take effect from 1 October. The stamps therefore had to be overprinted by the New Zealand Government Printer – the ½d being changed to 1d and the 1d to 2d. The stamps were finally issued on 16 October 1939 and withdrawn on 29 February 1940. The numbers sold were 482,746 of the 1d + ½d and 516,046 of the 2d + 1d.
1940 Health Stamp
In 1940 consideration was given to producing triangular-shaped stamps featuring portraits of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose. The New Zealand Government Printer indicated that this would be too difficult for it to do. Bradbury Wilkinson in Britain indicated that they could do it but because of wartime conditions supply might be subject to unexpected delays. It was therefore decided to re-issue stamps with the design used in 1939. The stamps were printed in Australia in exactly the same format as in 1939 but with the changed denominations. The colour of the 2d stamp was changed to or-
ange-brown and the green of the 1d was slightly bluer and deeper than in 1939. The stamps were issued on 1 October 1940 and withdrawn on 28 February 1941. The numbers sold were 284,756 of the 1d + ½d and 359,972 of the 2d + 1d.
1941 Health Stamp
Because of wartime conditions, unsold stock of the 1940 stamps was not destroyed. These stamps, with a small additional printing, were re-issued in 1941 with the overprint ‘1941’ applied by the New Zealand Government Printer. The stamps were issued on 4 October 1941 and withdrawn on 28 February 1942. Numbers sold were 349,543 of the 1d + ½d and 434,855 of the 2d + 1d. The opening of two new Health Camps and of new buildings at another camp was marked by the opening of post offices at the camps for one day only and the use of special cachets. The dates were: Gisborne, 11 October; Otaki, 1 November and Roxburgh 6 November. References: Catalogue of New Zealand Stamps, Auckland, Campbell Paterson, 1952 – . The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, vol. 2, Wellington, RPSNZ, 1951.
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation An Eclectic Column This month’s column is somewhat eclectic in that I did not have a single item on which to write a long article, so I have populated it with some ad hoc items that I hope are of interest. Praga 2018 Praga 2018 was a limited FIP exhibition held in Prague between 15 and 18 August. It was the first FIP exhibition held in Europe for several years and was well attended, particularly by local collectors. Prague has a long history of international exhibitions starting in 1938, I believe. My grandfather exhibited in Prague in 1938 by posting his exhibit to Europe. Figure 1 shows a medal from that 1938 exhibition. Exhibitions are held every 10 years. Unfortunately cost and space were an issue for Praga so it had limited classes and my exhibit was not accepted. The exhibition was actually split amongst venues with the exhibits in the exhibition hotel (as it had a suitable space), the dealers were at a separate hotel about three subway stops away, the literature was at the postal museum and I believe there was a fourth venue. It was not entirely satisfactory but with limited resources what else could the exhibition do? I more felt sorry for the dealers, although I did attend a couple of times and picked up some useful Curacao covers from a Dutch dealer. One of the highlights of the exhibition was the displaying of the Mauritius “Bombay” cover shown on the exhibition miniature sheet (Figure 2). This cover cost close to 2.5 million euros. However, also displayed under the cover was a used 1d Post Office Mauritius and a mint 2d
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Figure 1 blue Post Office Mauritius. It was the most copies of these stamps I have seen in one place and they belonged to a Czech collector. The mint 2d blue was the most interesting as it was extremely fresh, even after 171 years and is a very vivid blue. It has to be seen to be appreciated. There were queues every day to see these and other major Czech rarities in the court of honour. In terms of exhibits there was some excellent material but most notably some extraordinary awards were given. Given the exhibition was only about the size of Melbourne in 2017, the jury awarded seven (7) exhibits with 97 points. I have never seen this before, and it is unusual to get more than one exhibit at this level. It must have made the choice of overall winner difficult. Australia maintained its usual high standard of awards with one gold, four large vermeil, one vermeil and an 88 points for a one-frame exhibit. Figure 3 shows Nancy Gray receiving her medal (pale dress) at the awards dinner. The Grand Prix International was a competition amongst four exhibits – Joseph Hackmey’s “Classic Switzerland”; Gordon Eubanks’ “The United States Imperforate Issues of 1853-1856 and Their Importance in the Expanding Postal System”; Tom Konaes’s “Norwegian Skilling Covers – Domestic and Abroad”; and Everaldo Santos’s “Norwegian Lines Serving South America”. In the end Joseph Hackmey (Figure 4 on
Daryl Fuller
Philatelic Development Officer, APF
Figure 3 the right) won with his classic Switzerland and a wonderful exhibit it is. Joseph has many great exhibits including the Australian States and it will be great to see them in Australia one day. One interesting aspect of Praga 2018 was the cost of entry etc. The exhibition obviously was running a tight budget and a four-day pass was the equivalent of about $A60, while a catalogue was $A30. However, Prague itself was a relatively inexpensive city to explore and eat in, with beer being very cheap, although Albania was even cheaper. Overall the exhibition was well run, and the Czech people supported it with good crowds waiting to visit each morning. One final item of interest was the card shown in Figure 5 which was given with the catalogue. I don’t know its status, but each card was numbered and had a printed hologram. Given the high number of the sheet I have I would guess they are not scarce. Expert Groups at International Exhibitions You may or may not be aware that every International stamp exhibition has an
expert group that is separate from the jury. It is composed of experienced philatelists (usually three) who are tasked with examining items that jury members consider may be an issue. Its work starts before the exhibition because any exhibitor who has had an item queried in an exhibit must inform the expert group whether the item has been removed from the exhibit or has received a certificate. Any item that has been queried in the past and re-exhibited without a suitable certificate can see the exhibit penalised. An expert group has some equipment (and a separate workspace) at the exhibition but obviously does not have what an expert committee would have to certify an item. The group generally looks at items as suggested by the jury but may also walk through an exhibition and pick a few items to additionally look at. What happens is that the Commissioners all get together and when the expert group
Figure 4 Stamp News - 55
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation wants to remove the page from the exhibit, the commissioner must be present. Once the page is removed a piece of paper is inserted in the frame (Figure 6) to indicate its temporary removal. The expert group then looks at all the items taken and makes a decision as to the action needed. The action can be one of three things: no further action; obtain a certificate; or do not show again. I have been on the receiving end of the need to get a certificate but I have also recommended items to be examined – for, of all things, a faked postal stationery proof. All items in an exhibit with a certificate should have a © positioned next to the item, as in Figure 7, to indicate a certificate exists. Even if an item has a certificate the expert group can still ask to look at it. The item shown in Figure 7 is a good example. It is an early cover from Uruguay which was part of an exhibit where I think every cover had a certificate. The reason being is that most of the stamps on cover are NOT postmarked as was the custom at the time. I spoke with one of the jury members about this exhibit and they had queried a few of these covers because they wondered about the paper shrinkage around the stamp. Was it a possible faked cover? I then spoke with another judge who told me that for these early Uruguay covers, this shrinkage around the stamp is a sign that it is almost certainly genuine. It has to do with the wetted stamp affecting the very thin envelope paper. This
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Figure 5 is also a good example of the depth of knowledge you need as an international judge. In this case I don’t know the outcome of the expert group. A record is kept of all items examined and the FIP, the National Federation and the exhibitor all get a copy of the form. I believe that these expert groups are doing excellent work, but one of the biggest issues at the moment is the inclusion of original artwork in exhibits, often thematic exhibits. If the artwork is simply a painting, these are being forged (or even just created where no artwork exists) and there now needs to be some indication on the artwork that it is genuine. So beware when buying such items.
Figure 7
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Philatelic Development Officer, APF
Figure 8 Philately in Albania You may think this a strange topic to discuss as few people know much about Albania and even fewer have visited the country. I was lucky after the Prague exhibition to go on a trip, with a fellow philatelist, to Albania. My Chinese friend collects Albanian postal history, the stamps and the postal stationery. He gave up on the revenues as too hard. We were also lucky in that he had good contacts in Albania and we were able to get a driver (also our guide) who spoke excellent Albanian, Chinese and English. The trip was a little rushed but most enjoyable with side trips to Montenegro and Kosovo, both of which were part of Albania at one stage and many of the people still speak Albanian. The reason for the driver was that public transport in Albania is poor and driving not recommended by DFAT. However, as we largely stuck to the good roads, this was not a big issue. One thing I did find out the hard way is that half the world recognises Kosovo as a country and half doesn’t. Australia is the half that doesn’t and because of this Telstra has no partner there so my phone didn’t work, at a time I really needed it.
This is the second time my phone hasn’t worked overseas, the other was in the Faroe Islands! My friend Frank had arranged to visit two of Albania’s eminent philatelists, Kozma Dashi and Vasil Xhitoni. They both collected Albanian revenues as well as the postal history and postal stationery plus stamps. They showed us through their collections, most notably the revenues, of which I would now feel more confident in judging. I also have copies of their collections for my own use. Figure 8 illustrates a page from one of the collections of revenues (taken by phone camera, so apologies for the quality). My friend Frank has a better collection of the stationery than either collector, and possibly better postal history, but I can see why he gave up on the revenue stamps. They are virtually impossible to find outside of Albania, where new discoveries continue to be made. The issue with the stamps of Albania is that there are many overprints and many forgeries, a number done almost contemporaneously. It takes a lot of knowledge and experience to sort out the forgeries. Albania has a fascinating history having been invaded a number of times as well as split up. Surprisingly it has quite good resources (such as chromium) but little industry. Possibly because it was a Socialist country cut off from everywhere for many years. It is however, a safe country, quite cheap and I can recommend a visit. It was also clear to me that the philatelists in Albania source very little Albanian material from outside Albania, although this may be in part due to much early Albanian material being quite expensive. They also need some assistance with exhibiting and I hope that we can help them, as they have little guidance on what a modern exhibit looks like and how you develop it. Perhaps Australia can assist as this is something
Figure 9 Stamp News - 57
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation we are quite good at. Finally, while I was at the airport I looked in the usual souvenir shop to find the book shown in Figure 9 which is a listing of Albanian stamps published by the Albanian Post Office. A nice souvenir to spend my last Lek on.
pocket. In the country where you go you may receive some assistance for accommodation depending on what local judges receive. For example, when I went to Columbus Ohio in 2010 I was given $US400 to assist with accommodation and meals. What judges get out of judging in another country APF Judging Accords is experience with exhibits they Australian judges are well trained would not normally judge, dif(generally) and the APF attempts ferent judging methods, meeting to keep judges up to date by havnew judges and all its associated ing refresher courses. In addition, dynamics. For example, when I all judges must have an exhibit in judged in the USA they were not the class they judge in, that has using the FIP points system and been exhibited at least once in the did not have a large vermeil medlast four years. There are excepal. This makes for some interesttions to this on a jury when it may ing results, often skewing awards not be possible to have three fully to the gold level when a large qualified jurors on one team, but vermeil would be more approprithe jury is always balanced to ate. I have yet to meet an Austraminimise this occurrence. One lian judge who didn’t enjoy their of the ways the APF attempts accord assignment and make new to increase a judge’s skill levels acquaintances. These accord jobs is by sending them overseas to are aimed at newer judges to give judge at a National exhibition. It them experience but sometimes a Figure 10 has done this by arranging Acmore experienced judge is sent at cords. New Zealand is an accord the request of the Accord country country but is treated differently as both Australia and New (often in the USA). Overall, I believe the Accord system Zealand treat each other’s exhibitions as their own, with works well with both countries benefitting. judges from both countries and results qualifying in both countries. However, Australia has had formal and informal Unusual Usage of a KGV 1d Green accords with the following countries at various times: the With people aging and less people collecting stamps the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, amount of material that is turning up at Club auctions is South Africa, UAE and Sweden. The accords allow for increasing and the Philatelic Society of Canberra is no an Australian judge (usually with 20-25 frames of exhibexception. We generally recommend that higher quality its) to attend and judge at a National show. In alternate material is sold through a dealer or major auction house. years a judge from the other country judges in Australia. However, this usually leaves plenty of lower value material The results have been mixed at times but in general have for our club auctions. A recent lot of material from a family proven especially useful for Australian judges. One of the whose relative had a chemist shop or two near Ballarat inmost recent judges to visit Australia was Robert Zeigler, cluded the item shown in Figure 10. It is a KGV 1d green the recently installed President of the American Philatelic (only Die 1 unfortunately) used on a folder for holding Society. He in fact wrote about his experience, in Newfilm negatives and prints. It is dated April 1932 and is an castle this year, in the September issue of The American unusual usage of this stamp. I thought it would be of inPhilatelist. I believe his experience was quite positive, as terest and I wondered whether it was posted including the negatives and/or prints? There is a small patch of sealing is the experience in general of Australian judges in such events overseas. wax on the front plus a small staple on the reverse which to The APF pays half the cheapest airfare of the judge gome suggests it was tied shut and the string attached to the folder by wax. Interestingly my father’s first fulltime job ing overseas so the judge must also put their hand in their 58 - Stamp News
Daryl Fuller
Philatelic Development Officer, APF
Figure 11 on leaving school was selling newly invented “sticky tape” to business such as Chemists so that they didn’t have to tie their parcels shut. If anyone out there can confirm that the postage rate for such a folder was 1d in 1932 I would appreciate it. I don’t collect KGV usages but sometimes an item takes my fancy and at the price I couldn’t resist this. Many of you will, recall that back in the 1960s and 1970s slide film came with a small bag to post it in. You added the postage and sent it off and received the slides back, as processing was included I the cost of the film. You don’t see many of those bags used these days. Research – Beyond Philatelic Books I have an exhibit which traces the development of commercial airmail routes in the Caribbean. It is quite an interesting exhibit as I write it up as postal history, rather than aerophilately. Because I only use commercial mail sent between the islands of the Caribbean or to and from Central and South America, I need to do a lot of research on airmail rates. As anyone who collects commercial airmail covers will know it is often hard to find the rates, particularly during WWII. I am always on the hunt for airmail rates relating to the Americas. When searching for information I came across some interesting information in the National Library of Australia. There was a commercial Yearbook called “The Yearbook of the Bermudas, the Bahamas, British Guiana, British Honduras and the British West Indies” by T Skinner. There are various volumes between 1931 and 1946-47 in the NLA. Some of the volumes have some useful postal rates in them, particularly airmail rates. These are only a snapshot for the year, but they have proven useful. There is a series of Postal History volumes by Ted Proud (and other
authors) which have details of postmarks and postal rates for most smaller countries of the Commonwealth. These books are good but often have significant gaps in airmail postal rates. The Skinner Yearbooks had some useful detail from the start of WWII that was not in Proud. This included proving a rather strange Barbados 6d airmail rate to Curacao was in fact correct because it was flown by KLM rather than PAA. Another example is shown in Figure 11 which is a copy of book called “KLM’s Caribbean Decade 19341944” by L.F. Bouman. When research the development of airmail routes I needed to research the actual development of the airlines in that period. This is not always easy. Aerophilatelic literature is good on first flights but not always on the subsequent development of the airline. I saw a reference to the KLM book in another book on Trinidad Airmails by R.G. Wike and out of curiosity Googled it. Lo and behold up pops a copy for sale in a Dutch on-line bookseller which surprised me for such a specialised book printed in 1944 during WWII. I paid my money and a couple of weeks later received the book. It was exactly what I needed as it was a description of the development of KLMs Caribbean Division in the detail I needed for my exhibit. My reason for raising these two examples is that it pays to look beyond the philatelic when researching your collection, particularly in postal history. Next month’s column will be about the APF annual general meeting, but more importantly about the recipients of the Australian Philatelic Order awards for 2018. 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 Don’t soak used blocks still on piece!
Readers will know my strong feelings on postally used BLOCKS. They in the past have been wildly under-rated by the local market here, and countries like Switzerland and Italy and Scandinavia have for 100+ years listed and priced such items - often at 100 times 4 used singles type levels for trickier values. Used blocks OFF cover are hard enough - finding them used on cover or parcel piece is of course far harder. Most especially the higher face values, which is common sense Sold for more a MUH Block 4, £2 Roos! of course. But NOT being soaked off, can often reap rich dividends to owners! Abacus Auctions in Melbourne offered the great deal of discussion on this receipt, and what is Navigator “cover” shown nearby in their September might possibly have been used for. A half century on, sale. With small faults, it had an estimate of $1,000 no-one will even know for sure of course, but what the vendor had suggested only a $500 estimate, direcis certain is, that someone has spent on this strange tor Gary Watson has confirmed. It was invoiced after piece, what a MUH block 4 of £2 Roos would have Buyer Fees and insurance etc, for around $A35,000! I cost! kid you not. In 10 years’ time, if this receipt, and a MUH block Why? Well who really of £2 Kangaroos were offered knows! Clearly it is not someside by side, at a large public thing that ever entered the mailauction, one will sell for about stream, and was simply a £17½ TEN times the other, is my very receipt for bulk post, Business confident guess. Most likely, Reply Paid mail fees, Telegram a larger multiple than 10 times use, or Telephone accounts etc. would prevail is my guess. The buyer of this receipt was reI did some research, and portedly from Asia, and the other discovered that “MSD” stood for high bidders were from Australia, Merck Sharp & Dohme - one of UK and USA. the world’s largest pharmaceuAs there is zero evidence of tical companies. Known in the it paying any postal fee, I realUSA and Canada as Merck & ly wonder if it being exhibited Company. After a half Century, would gain or lose points to MSD are still at the exact same experienced Judges in an “usPO Box in Granville NSW! age” Exhibit? A most strange Anyway $35,000 is an amazresult, for a piece that most many ing price for a receipt. I sold the experienced dealers would have part sheet of 25 x $10 Paintings priced nett, at about 5% of what top value shown nearby for a it finally sold for. The wonders pittance - a couple $100, so the of this hobby at work here. collector who bought that, will tinyurl.com/NavPiece has a A $100,000 piece now!? now be laughing his head off, at 60 - Stamp News
Glen Stephens
Guess time - WHAT is this worth? the $35,000 Abacus price! These were used only a few years later, for probably the same receipt type use. A first class domestic letter in 1977 was 18¢, and today is $1.50, so this is a $A2,083 type face item in today’s buying power. The client contacted me today and told me if anyone offers him $1,000 for each block they have a deal - bypassing hefty auction Buyer Fees and taxes etc. If anyone is interested, let me know and I’ll put you in touch. However, all that aside, the lesson is clear these days. Do NOT soak these items if you do not have to. A block 8 of this stamp even with a fault at base, is still a very nice animal - but is a $A1,500 type animal in the real world, not a $A35,000 one. “We live in interesting times” as the famous expression reminds us!
Norfolk Island commercial mail HOT.
A lot of things one sees at first glance look pretty ordinary and of minimal value. The Registered envelope mailed from Norfolk Island in 1967 to Wagga Wagga illustrated nearby, certainly comes into that category for most readers, I am sure. Like Australia, the postal rates back then in mid-1967 were just 4¢ for a standard letter, and 20¢ for the Regis-
tered Fee = 24¢. Cost for same thing is now $5, i.e. 20 times more, but the $100 compensation is 100% identical - a scandalously puny level that must be adjusted to be a $1,000 cap, but that is another story. So here we have a standard Registered letter, franked with the current stamps on Norfolk PO sale, themselves worth literally pennies if floated off the cover. The 4¢ is cat just 10p used by SG. So, have a close look at this envelope, and take a guess at what it is really worth on the open market. BE honest - if YOU saw it in a club auction, or circuit book, or in a dealer’s cover’s box - at what price point would you have grabbed it? I can GUARANTEE via many of those sources, it would be priced to sell at less than double dollar figures. As I often type - “Knowledge Is Power”. Well I can now tell you it was estimated to sell at $A150 in the Abacus Auction in Melbourne in September. Me, I’d have ripped your arm off if I owned it, and if anyone offered me anything remotely like $A150 for it! Indeed, I’d have VERY gladly taken $A100 for it. The cover ended up being invoiced at a public auction for $A1,320 - near 10 times the pre-sale estimate! No real idea why folks were fighting over it, but clearly some of them were. You never can tell. I sold a box of 450 different Norfolk Island totally commercial covers, for about $US1 each, never been on the market before, and the buyer of that must be laughing his head off! Value today, 5 or 10 times that already.
First NORFOLK ISLAND AUSTRALIA issue. Stamp News - 61
Market Matters tinyurl.com/NorfStamps is the detailed stampboards discussion on Norfolk covers, and errors, and stamp varieties etc, and for all keen collectors of Norfolk, is well worth visiting, and adding to, as interest in this field has grown enormously in recent years. Why? Norfolk Island from July 1, 2016 as we all know, became 100% “Australian” for the first time for postal and legal purposes - exactly as Cocos and Christmas Islands, and AAT are now. So, prices of all stamp related things NORFOLK have risen, that is for sure, especially for scarce material.
Large surge in Norfolk Island collectors.
All Australia Post standing order clients have now been getting Norfolk stamps and FDC for the first time the past 2 years, and of course many of them will opt to buy the older issues back to stamp #1. Creating vast demand - see tinyurl.com/NorfolkPO for details on the MASSIVE changes that took place from June 30, 2016. ANYTHING Norfolk after 1990 is scarce, mint or used. Post 2000 material is near UNBUYABLE from ANYWHERE in the trade. The 1980s saw a big ‘’stamp boom’’ and all Australasia Pacifics were widely bought. By the late 1980s this buying totally petered out. Come 1990, near no-one was buying. Come 2000 onwards, halve that tiny figure again. The first issues inscribed “NORFOLK ISLAND - AUSTRALIA” were the attractive $1 Seabirds pair
eBay version of “Fine Used”! 62 - Stamp News
shown nearby, issued September 2016. New Norfolk Island inscribed stamps are often on wide sale at Post Offices nationally in Australia - I see them at my little Castlecrag PO being used on outward mail often these days. So for many, adding all things Norfolk Island to their stamp collecting palette is now fully on the agenda, and this will clearly create a vast extra demand on the supply of material, for a country that has always been less than plentiful. A very interesting collecting area - join in the fun!
USED Roos worth considering.
Over the past 40 years I have quietly built up what is without doubt the largest dealer stock in the world of used KGV heads and Kangaroos. Both normal and in both ‘OS’ perfin sizes. I still have it mostly tucked away in the bank, and am glad I have been too lazy to run ads for it in recent decades. It covers Australia to 1980 really in scope. It may finance my retirement! I used to run full page ads every month 35 years back offering the key pre-war Australia issues each in FIVE used grades, from “Spacefiller” to “Superb Used”. With “Average Used”, “Good Used”, and “Fine Used” grades in between those top and bottom grades. For every stamp, in every Kangaroo watermark, up to £2. A rough condition 1913 5d Brown Roo with heavy cancel, and off centre with a crease was a few dollars, and a truly SUPERB one was priced about 10 times more. Folks bought exactly what suited their collecting needs, and their budgets. Some folks enjoy filling up “Seven Seas” type albums for a kid or grandchild, and really only need “roughies” for that purpose, and happily pay accordingly. Others want only the very finest grade. Both sell equally well, oddly. Everyone grades stamps differently. Stampboards has an “eBay dreamer” thread where armies of totally clueless nutters list up stuff for sale like the 1935 2d Jubilee red stamp shown nearby as “Fine Used”, time and time again. I kid you not! tinyurl.com/EbayDreamer is something to spend an hour reading, and shaking your head at, over the absolute stupidity and deception skills of many 100s of
Glen Stephens
Try finding this grade in used. eBay sellers. Until you read it, you literally have NO idea how bad it is - globally! Parts of cheap stamps totally missing, or obliterated by truly ugly postmarks. Or totally and hopelessly mis-described or madly over-priced lots, and they ignore all well-meaning advice relayed to them. The term “Bunny” is being generous in many cases! Those ugly stamps can be visually seen of course, but the extensive regumming of “MUH” stamps I’ve warned about for decades, is impossible to see in any scan. Indeed most of the eBay sellers do not even scan the backs. Quality regums will fool 95% of collectors, and even crude ones fool 50%. As Rod Perry posted on stampboards.com, when he came into the trade 50 years ago, the number of alleged “MUH” £2 Roos one saw was hardly any examples each year, and yet strangely today, you can buy as many copies as your Visa card can afford! That says it all. It costs $50 to have a superb regum in Germany that most readers would not pick at all. A £2 CofA Roo “MUH” is cat $15,000 and same stamp is cat $5,000 for light hinged. The eBay spivs spend $50 to rip you off $10,000. A Fine USED copy of the same stamp is about $A500. A total no-brainer.
Mint £2 Roos are 20 times used.
A £2 Kangaroo cheapest Watermark used is about $600 in decent used, and a MUH example is TWENTY times that at $12,000. So used condition is the only realistic collecting option for most. Miles cheap-
er, can’t be regummed, and they do not tone or fox like mint. Some present day dealers like Richard Juzwin started to illustrate Kangaroo used stamps in 4 different grades on his widely distributed price list, to better educate the buyers, but I have not seen that list for a decade of so now sadly. I have typed a dozen columns over several decades warning folks that paying a 300%-400% premium for ‘MUH’ early Commonwealth was mostly just lining the pockets of the re-gummers, and their MANY local shonk agents, but I was near a lone voice in the wilderness. I still hold that view. I have seen skilled German re-gumming that 95% of dealers could not pick, much less any collector, even very experienced ones. Only a fool has paid these silly 300%-400% premiums for “unhinged” versus hinged, on expensive stamps. IT makes ZERO sense. eBay is awash with these regums - from appalling grade, to superb, and the Bunnies still buy them with fevered gusto. When it comes time to sell, and a REAL dealer or REAL auction looks at your folly, the tears of despair will come. Trust me - I’ve seen it endless times. And so will a cheque for a quarter of what your eBay “BAAAHHGIN” cost you, from a long suspended or abandoned seller now of course. Try getting your PayPal refund back 2 years later from eBay shonk “Billybob**3485148273” or the usual wacko names they seem obliged to use there. A superbly struck, crisp readable cancel, on a clean and attractive well centred Kangaroo, is a joy to behold. And near impossible to forge. And even today, will cost you only 10% of what you pay for a HINGED 5/- CofA Kangaroo. One thing is for sure NO German regummer is going about applying nice steel cancels to mint 5/- Roos! Or virtually any mint Roo for that matter. Stamp News - 63
Market Matters Minimal toning or “rust” on used.
And most importantly and often overlooked - used stamps do NOT tone or “rust” anywhere near as fast as mint stamps do, along the Australian eastern seaboard. True. Well struck crisp steel cancels on pre-war Australian stamps can be a delight to the eye. Most especially on values higher than 6d. And on some values, are truly “one stamp in a 1000” type occurrences. The three single Kangaroos I illustrate nearby, are the kind of thing I personally love to handle and sell. A 1913 First Watermark 1/- was used on parcels, so this is a lovely example. As used copies of 1/- are 10 times cheaper than even hinged mint, I’d much rather have a row of 10 of these than a Give me this, over CTO any day! single mint copy. History will show I was right. The Victorian numeral “249” in that Kangaroo used. That is absolutely absurd, and does not reflect trio has great “eye appeal”. As the basic 2d 1913 relative scarcity whatever. My old 1971 ACSC says stamp is only $10 retail in decent shape, I›d sell such a that mint was worth 3 times used. Today it is ACSC superb looking copy for 2 or 3 times that base, which $350 used, $1,500 hinged. (And an absurd $8,500 for is of course only a $20 premium for visual perfection! “MUH” - 5½ times hinged!) The cost of a medium Pizza to own something really Three times is about the correct ratio, not today’s eye-catching, versus a boring “vanilla” cds cancel. Some stamps, like the 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5 x multiple. So from here, if used prices double, and mint hinged stays the same, ratios are about correct 5/- Green are iconic - and expensive! Buying a used copy with a corner CTO copy is hot hard, and will cost again! If you want my tip of this month, go and buy all the NICE used copies you can find. Light cancels on you $250 or so. Hinged mint cost near double that. this 2/- that have no other faults, are truly hard to find, Many do not realise that any postal used example is as it was used on heavy parcel during WWI. RARE of this stamp, and one with a neat date-stamp The crisp little ‘thimble’ cancel “Registered Kaleven scarcer still. The one shown nearby is worth goorlie JY 25 15” illustrated nearby is a beauty in the $450 or so. trio, most especially being entirely placed on the stamp There was surprisingly little postal use of this - rare on any Roo. An older scan, so excuse lack of stamp, and when there was, they mostly got the hidclarity! Ten years ago, I’d have added a 50% premium eous Parcel Branch “Killers”. These were printed on that stamp over a more usual cancel. Today I’d add during midst of the Great Depression, on what was even more. It was priced $200 or so when I last sold it. essentially coarse blotting paper, so these thin, crease and tear readily, and the horrible “fluffy” or “woolly” perfs are usual on these. Tiny print run, and such use Top end copy trebles its cost. neat postal used is rare. Knowledgeable collectors looking for this grade, re alise that you see a stamp like that once a decade, and Kangaroo “Tip Of The Month”. thus the price paid is not a major issue. $200 THEN The 1915 Second Watermark 2/- Roo (SG 29) is a hard was absolute top end price. A client liked it, bought it, stamp to find in top condition used - mint are actually and sold his Roos at Phoenix Auctions, and it was inrelatively plentiful. This stamp rather incredibly sells voiced for near $600. So it trebled in value over what (now) for around five times more mint, than it does he paid me - and THAT was top dollar then. Buying 64 - Stamp News
Glen Stephens
Unique and multi-coloured offering. *quality* always pays off. The 2/- rate covered parcel and telegram use, (the latter used up most copies), so used with a Registered cancel clearly denotes genuine postal duty. The Second Watermark (emergency war-time use on KGV watermark paper) was only on sale for a short time during WWI, before the Third Watermark 2/- brown was issued. Only one printing of 960,000 was made. And most importantly, there are only 2 x genuine CTO 2/- copies known in the collector market - unlike the 1913 First Watermark 2/-, where literally 6,000 x CTO exist, for folks seeking an “attractive used” copy for the album. Hence nice used copies of SG 29 are very scarce, and examples used on parcel piece/fragment or cover were unrecorded, right up to the publication of the 2007 Brusden-White ACSC catalogue. That changed when I discovered in an estate, a lovely parcel tag with this stamp affixed. I sold it to a good client a few years back, and when he changed collecting direction, and I aggressively bought it back. It is shown nearby - a unique trio on parcel piece use: 2d, 1/- and 2/- used on portion of bright red PO “WESTERN AUSTRALIA/INTERSTATE PARCEL POST” label. The 3 stamps of the Second Watermark are all tied by crisp “Post Restante - Perth 13 Oct 15 - Western Australia” cds cancels. I always really liked this colourful piece, and was delighted to buy it back. A most attractive 5 colour exhibition piece as you can
see. Neither the 1/- or the 2/- Second Watermark was recorded or catalogued on label or tag or cover, in the previous ACSC.
The “Discovery Piece”
This is the “discovery piece” that allowed the new listings and pricing in the latest ACSC edition. Even the 2d is cat $400 on parcel label - this copy has a portion of the interpanneau gutter piece. The 1/- is now Cat $2,000 on parcel fragment, and the 2/- is ACSC cat $6,000 on parcel piece, as it certainly should be. It sold very fast - once again. The market for high value Roos used on parcel fragments or parcel tags has been exploding in recent times. Since the ACSC has catalogued that usage, instead of just “on cover” which for most Roo higher values, are simply not recorded. A strikingly attractive and unique Kangaroo classic near a century old, and I sold it for well under one THIRD the price of a MUH 2/- value of the same stamp - crazy! As I told my client a few years back who bought the Registered Kalgoorlie “thimble” cancel 2/- nearby - “grab this now, and it will never go down in value” and was proven correct. It sold for 3 times what he paid. My Gold Plated tip of the month is to buy up this 2/- stamp in nice USED condition. Check your dealer’s stock - I bet his few copies all look pretty dreadful, and you’ll then appreciate just how hard truly nice examples are to locate. Stamp News - 65
Market Matters Anything really nice I’d think you can readily pay $350 or so for, and put it aside with a smile. The superb used “ARALUEN (NSW)” copy shown nearby I sold recently, is as good as you will see anywhere. A tiny NSW Southern Highlands town of just 200 now, with a gold-rush history. Cost - what a few current “Year Books” are, from your local PO! Madness. What will THEY be worth in 10 years? The reason Grange Hermitage wine sells for $500 a bottle, and rough reds are always $5 a bottle, is the same as VFU stamps - some savvy folks recognise real quality - and will gladly pay for it! Note - unlike the 5/- Second Watermark Roo, perfs on this 2/- stamp are ALWAYS clean and neatly punched, and centering is very good too. Light cancels and freshness, and freedom from faults are what you are buying here.
MEGA Million Gross USA offered.
Bill Gross, one of the richest collectors in the USA, has decided to dispose of his USA stamp collection to allow new owners to share in owning this material. Gross has been a successful Bond and stock trader for decades, and headed a massive Bond fund PIMCO that
Hardboard 236 page overside sale cat. 66 - Stamp News
A VFU Kangaroo joy to behold. controlled $US850 BILLION in assets etc. It is clearly the finest USA collection ever formed, and contains the unique 1¢ “Z” Grill and blocks 4 of the 24¢ “Inverted Jenny” Airmail, together probably worth $US8-10 million, neither of which are in sale #1, taking place October 3 in New York at Seigel’s. There are more Gross sales to come. Gross was a long-time client of Charles Shreve and then wife Tracy, who helped him assemble it all over 25 years. As Shreve now works for Seigel’s in New York, it is no surprise that is where the collection has ended up for sale, due to that strong friendship. Shreves auctioned the Arthur Gray Kangaroo Collection in 2007, and it realised about $A7.15 million - a clear record for Australian stamps. I flew over to New York for that sale, and spent much money, and their professionalism and hospitality was legendary, as was the deluxe hard cover “leather” embossed Auction catalogue.
Glen Stephens
Gross has disposed of some $US27 MILLION of non-USA stamps (he had superb GB and Canada and Europe material) in the past decade or so, and donated most of the proceeds to Charities, and $US11 million was donated to underwrite the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington. The entire hammer price of the GB collection offered by Shreve in 2007 went as an unrestricted gift to “Doctors Without Borders.” That donation is the largest ever received by Doctors Without Borders, better known internationally as Médecins Sans Frontières. Over the years, Gross has become the largest donor in history to Doctors Without Borders at approximately $US25 million. The photograph nearby shows Bill and then wife Sue Gross (on left) handing over a symbolic cheque for the hammer price of $US9,136,000 for his GB collection sale to a delighted Dr. Portnoy from Mé-
Hardboard 236 page overside sale cat. decins Sans Frontières at right, and smiling Auctioneer Charles Shreve at back. Bill Gross estimates he has spent between $US50 million and $US100 million buying stamps. “It was beyond my expectations’’ Gross said about the GB Auction result to Bloomberg’s. “It is four times profit. It is better than the stock market.’’
Donated about $US150m to Charity.
The level of Philanthropy in the USA is astounding - a quick google search shows publicly known donations by Gross to Charities and Institutions etc is at near $US150 million in the past decade or so. And likely is far higher. The huge 236 oversized paged Bill Gross Auction catalogue Charles Shreve kindly mailed me recently, Stamp News - 67
Market Matters and it is shown nearby. It surpasses even the Gray Kangaroos catalogue - if that were possible, and is hard bound, in a dust jacket, and comes in its own matched design, heavy cardboard library slip box. Siegel owner Scott Trepel claims he spent a month of 18 hour days researching the provenance of every lot on offer in this huge catalogue. Often, tracking the complete transition and ownership provenance is provided from original finder, to when and how Gross acquired a given item. Complete with photos
Sell stamps – donate the millions! and biogs of earlier owners etc. Such a collection is of course groaning with major rarities and space only allow a brief summary - the Siegel website has more detail. The one I asked Siegels for a good scan of, was the nearby 10¢ Black imperf block of 6. This is the 1847 USA General Issue, and this and an adjoining block of 4 of the 10¢ were found in the 20th Century inside the pages of the Rives family Holy Bible in Virginia, hence the “Bible Block” nickname.
“Most important item in USA Philately”.
The inverted centre on the 1869 24¢ Pictorial used block 4 is in the photo I took of the catalogue nearby. Estimate $US750k-$1 Million, it is apparently sometimes stated to be “the most important item in USA Philately”. According to the catalogue anyway! 94 invert stamps are recorded - not a small number. It is so heavily cancelled by the solid cork cancels, it is hard to see whether the centre is normal or inverted, but it is the only block recorded, and it will be interesting to see what it fetches. Oddly, it is offered with no Expert Certificate noting condition etc, unlike most others lots in the sale. The first sale is on October 3 - their website on this is superb, and the calibre of the material, and the savvy 68 - Stamp News
Glen Stephens
marketing of Siegels - who make outfits like Spink look like amateurs with these major sales, and it will doubtless see many record-breaking prices.
Fake Penny Blacks on eBay.
There are large armies of gullible collectors out there, who just can’t understand or comprehend that wonderful and VERY true old common sense expression - “In Life, There Is No Such Thing As a Free Lunch.” I am sure they are the same highly astute personages who buy “genuine solid Gold Rolex watches” at pubs on Saturday night for $100 cash. If it sounds too good to be true, ………… Anyway these people will always exist - taking
“The Bible Block” Est. $US750,000. a chance at a “BAAAHRGIN” from an unknown source, no matter how implausible it seems. A new member joined up on stampboards breathlessly showing his latest canny deal. He’d bought a GB 1840 Penny Black for ‘just’ $US100. He’d been so smart, he’d spent hours “plating” the stamp via the corner letters and corner rays etc, and cheerfully sought other opinions to verify his plating genius. Now anyone who has ever seen a REAL 1d Black knows the corner alphabet letter serifed fonts look nothing remotely like these absurd things, but hey Stamp News - 69
Market Matters who said knowing anything about stamps was necessary to be an eBay bidder! His “BAAAHRGIN” was clearly cancelled 13 FEB 1840 - very impressive, seeing the stamp was not issued until May 1840! He was told from reply #1 he’d bought a crude fake, with a fake cancel. Yet despite that, argued and argued that could not be so, and we were all nasty meanies. When the bleeding obvious bidding pattern was pointed out to him, that his seller, and a fake eBay “shill” bidding account were 2 accounts from one owner, pushing Used 3 months before issue date. up his bids, between paulkarjalainen and grampi_35 - he still did not get it. These two had been flogging these laser printed fakes for weeks at high prices - often gluing them onto bits of old envelopes, and adding their fake Maltese Cross cancels. Buyer feedback was
Why settle for just ONE fake? great - they all LOVED being ripped off it seems clear. So, what does our man do - leaves POSITIVE feedback for this crook, and despite endless reports to eBay, they of course do nothing about these spivs selling conga lines of these laser printed fakes, and shill bidding up anyone really stupid enough to bid on them. tinyurl.com/BlackFake is the discussion, for anyone who wants to see a train wreck in full flight. Victim leaves positive feedback, so as not to warn other gullible. Fakers are untouched by eBay as usual, so more Bunnies will get ripped off cheerfully. eBay loves fees, and cares not about stamp fakes. 70 - Stamp News
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philatelic clubs & societies new south wales Armidale Circle RSPC: Mtg 2nd Wed Australian Cmwlth Collectors Club of NSW: Mtg 3rd Mon 7.45pm, 1st flr. Philas House, 17 Brisbane St, Darlinghurst, Sydney 2001. Ph 02 9264 8301 Australian Numismatic Society, NSW Branch: Mtg 3rd Monday, Philas House Australian States Study Circle: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Bathurst Stamp Coin and Collectables Club: Mtg 1st Mon 7.30pm, Old Eglinton fire shed, Park St, Elington Blue Mountains Stamp Club: Mtg 4th Friday (ex Dec) 8.00pm Katoomba Public School; PO Box 76, Blackheath Boambee East PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan) 6pm Boambee East Comm. Centre, Bruce King Dr. Ph: 02 66581385 Burwood District SC: Mtg 4th Wed Campbelltown District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan - 4th Wed); @ Catholic Hall Acacia St, Ruse. Inquiries: mystampclub@yahoo.com.au; PO Box 478, Campbelltown 2560 Castle Hill SC Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, Hills District Bowling Club, Jenner Street, Baulkham Hills; PO Box 151 Castle Hill NSW 1765 China Study Group of PSNSW: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Cinderella SC: Produces “Cinderellas Australia” and monographs; PO Box 889, Chatswood, NSW 2057 Club WIlloughby Philatelic Section : Mtg 4th Thursday Earlwood and District SC: Mtg 1st Wed Eastwood-Epping PS: Mtg 1st Tuesday Grafton Stampers & Everything Philatelic: Mtg 1st Sun 2pm (ex School Hols). Grafton Baptist Church Hall, Cnr Queen & Oliver Sts. Ph 02 6642 1363. email gbchurch@bigpond.com. Great Lakes SC: Mtg1st Sat 9.30am , Workshop & Market 1st Sat 9-12, Tuncurry Enq: Ph 02 6555 5664 Gosford PS: Afternoon Mtg 1st Mon Hawkesbury Valley PS (Richmond Stamp Club): Mtg 2nd Thurs (ex Jan) PO Box 28 Richmond 2753 Illawarra PS: Mtg 3rd Wednesday, Room 2, Illawarra Master Builders Club, 61 Church St, Wollongong 7.00 pm. Lord Howe Island Postal History Society: Mtg by arrangement. Contact Pres: Dr William Mayo, 02 9918 6825 Maitland SC: Mtg 2nd Mon ex Jan. ‘Show & Tell’ every mtg E. Maitland Bowling Club, Bank St. Pres. Mark Saxby; Sec. David Carratt; Ph: 02 4932 4045 Email: carrotspatch@tpg.com.au Manly-Warringah Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Tues, cnr. Pittwater Rd & Federal Pde, Brookvale. Sec. Graeme Morriss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: stampsmw@bizland.com.au Milton-Ulladulla SC: Meeting 1pm on 4th Monday of each month (ex Dec.) Milton Ulladulla Bowling Club, St. Vincent Street, Ulladulla Sec. POBox 670, Ulladulla, NSW 2539 Tel. Barbara Smith 0244555214 Morisset Uniting Church SC: Mtg 4th Sat 10am (ex Dec) Mudgee Coin Note & Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sunday Ph 02 63735324 Newcastle PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs, 7.30pm Mayfield Ex-Services Club; 10am 3rd Wed, 48 Mackie Ave, New Lambton, Juniors 11am 3rd Sun, Wallsend Pioneers Hall
act Canberra, Philatelic Society of: 1st Thursday: General Meeting,3rd Thursday: Afternoon Meeting (IF REQUIRED),3rd Thursday: (Evening) Exchange Night, 2nd Tuesday: Postcard Group, 4th Monday: Machin Collectors Group. All meetings 7:45pm, Griffin Centre, Genge Street, Canberra City Postal Address:PO Box 1840,Canberra ACT 2601,Email:psc@netspeed.com.au www.canberrastamps.org
western australia The Airmail Circle of WA: Mtg 5th Monday “Wellington Fair” Unit 18, 40 Lord St. East Perth Tel: 08 9294 3356 Armadale-Kelmscott PS: Mtg 4th Tues; Ph: 08 9397 6525 email: fit.kanga@bigpond.com Bridgetown-Manjimup SC: Mtg 1st Thurs 4.30pm Bridgetown Library Ph 08 9761 4638 or 08 9761 2005 Busselton SC: Mtg 1st Mon, 5pm 7th Day Adv. Church, Alpha St; Ph: 08 9752 4449, 0400 646 282 email witches1@westnet.com.au Canning SC: Mtg 4th Monday Wilson Community Hall, Braibrise Rd Wilson. Ph: 08 9457 7565 Daytime SC: Mtg 1st Thurs; 08 9341 3576 Denmark SC: Mtg 1st Weds Lions Lair Rivermouth Inlet Drive, Denmark. Tel: 08 9848 3325 email: fishneil@westnet.com.au Eastern Goldfields: Mtg 3rd Thurs ; Ph: 0412 156 351 Eaton SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7pm Ph. 08 9795 7744, email: scrapbit@tpg.com Fremantle and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed, St. Peter’s Church Hall, 4 Hammad St., Palmyra. Circuit books 7pm, meeting 8pm Ph: 08 9284 7125 Have a go SC: Mtg Last Thurs. 137 Edward St, East Perth. Tel: 08 9305 2073 email: nigan@iinet.net.au Kalamunda SC: Mtg 3rd Wed; Ph: 08 9291 8484
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NSW club information:The Philatelic Association of NSW, PO Box220, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1300 Phone: 02 9264 8301
NSW Postcard Collectors Soc: Mtg 1st Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Northern Suburbs PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7.45pm, Naremburn Library, Central St, Naremburn off Slade St Orange Coin and Stamp Club: Mtg Last Tuesday, Orange Community Info Centre, 79-81 Kite St, Orange 7.30pm Parramatta PS: Mtg 1st Friday Penrith and District PS: Mtg 1st Thursdays, 8pm, J3A Bldg. Castlereash St. New PO Box: 252 Kingswood 2750. Ph: 02 4733 3062 Piallaway PS: PO Box 12, Werris Creek PHILAS Stamp Auctions: Mtg 2nd Sat Mar,Jul, Nov Ph 02 9264 8301 PS of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed (exDec) PS of NSW: Mtg 4th Sat (Philas House), 3rd Tues (Chatswood); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Richmond River (Lismore) PS: Mtg 4th Thursday Royal Sydney Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd Tues. (ex Jan); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Sapphire Coast Stamp & Coin Club: Mtg Enq 02 6495 7308. Mail to PO Box 285, Pambula, NSW 2549 St. George PS: Mtg 1st Mon Shoalhaven PS: Mtg 2nd Monday (Ex Jan) PO Box 4047, East Nowra 2541. Smithfield SC: Mtg 2nd Mon Society for Polar Philately: 2012 meetings: 2nd Wednesday of February, March, May, July, Sept and November held at Ryde Ex-Services Club 724-730 Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW Tel: 9807 3344 (in Mackinnon room) starting at 8pm.Enq 0407 277 223 or email penviews@ hotmail.com Sussex Inlet and District: Mtg 3rd Mon Sutherland Shire PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. , 7:30pm, Sutherland Uniting Services Club, 7 East Pde, Sutherland. Information Secretary, PO Box 339, Sutherland, NSW 1499 Sydney Anglican PS: 2nd Sat. even months 9.30-2.30 North Rocks Community Church132 North Rocks Road North Rocks Tamworth PS: Mtg 1st Mon ex. Jan. Tamworth Bridge Club, 7 Hilton St, Tamworth Sec. Graeme Mitchell. PO Box 678, Tamworth NSW 2340 Ph. 02 67664853 Taree RSL Club Ltd SC: Mtg 3rd Mon Toronto SC: Mtg 1st Wed Turramurra SC: Mtg 2nd Monday, 7.45pm. Twin Towns Stamp Club Inc.: Mtg 1st Monday, 7.30p, Masonic Centre, 8 Boyd St, Tweed Heads, 07 5535 3168 Wagga SC: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) ARCC Building, Tarcutta St, 7.30pm. Secretary: Peter Simpfendorfer Ph:02 6922 3393 Wyong PS: Mtgs: 3rd Tues 7.30pm, daytime meetings 1st Weds, KGV Heads group 4th Weds. Jim Spence Sec. 02 4392 3610 email: dandasonter6@bigpond.com
northern territory Alice Springs SC: Meet Informally; PO Box 1529, Alice Springs, NT, 0871. Ph 08 8953 3054 Darwin Philatelic Circle: 1st Sun. 10am - 2pm. 53 Flametree Crt, Rosebery; Ph:(08) 8931 2898; PO Box 1624, Palmerston, NT, 0831; Email: Nadine.Tinsley@nt.gov.au-. WA club information: WA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Perth, WA, 6001 Mandurah PS PO Box 625 Mandurah WA 6210 2nd Tues 4.45 - 6.30pm Bortolo Park Pavilion Cnr. Bortolo and Murdoch Drives Greenfields WA 6210 08 9581 1083 keithmich@bigpond.com Northern Districts SC: Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9329 0117 Philatelic Forum: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan); Ph: 08 9294 4277 Rockingham & Kwinana (PS of): Mtg 3rd Tues (NB 2nd in Dec) Pres. Malcolm Brown; Sec. Terry Boyd; PRO Lucie Schokker Ph. 08 9419 1604; email: malcolm.b@iinet.net.au PS of WA: Mtg 3rd Tues; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Wed (ex Dec); Clubrooms, Charles Riley Reserve, Wendling Rd, North Beach, Ph: 08 9447 7256 The Postmark Circle (WA): Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Victoria Park SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9472 8072 or 08 9450 5280 WA Study Group: Mtg 4th Thurs (ex Dec) 08 9384 1050 Wanneroo SC: Mtg 3rd Mon; Ph: 08 9305 3130.
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: 4th Tues. 7.30pm Comm. Hall, 15 Kamerunga Rd., Stratford 07 4033 2211 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. Mackay and District PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 4942 5433;
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 john-monica@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
Maryborough and Wide Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Salvation Army Youth 7 Comm. Hall. Bazaar St Maryborough. Ph: 07 41224708 (see also Hervey Bay) Nanango SC: Mtg 2nd Sat, 10:00am, Nanango RSL. Contact Ph: 07 3103 8938 or ema il: bowtell_harris@activ8.net.au Philatelic Society of Qld: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm,18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum. Ph: 07 3245 5222 Queensland Study Group: Sunday bi-monthly 1.00pm meets QPS house. Contact Ph: 07 3396 0846 email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Redland Bay Coin and Stamp Club, 4th Thurs. Monthly. John Hardman 07 3206 9996 or 07 3822 6987 Rockhampton SC: Mtg 1st Tues. Ph: 07 4926 3336. email: rockystampclub@gmail.com Sherwood Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 3372 6096 Southport Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 07 55630384 Southside PS: Mtg 3rd Tuesday & 3rd Wednesay (9am) Ph: 07 3848 2304 (ah) email: david. appleton@mailbox.uq.edu.au Sunshine Coast SC (formerly Nambour SC): Mtg 1st Wed, 7.15pm Red Cross Rms, Price St., Nambour 07 5445 3647 Thematics Queensland: Mtg bi-monthly 9.30am. Ph: 07 3262 5605 email: j.crowsley@ uq.net.au Toowoomba SC: Mtg. 2nd Sat 1pm, Salvation Army Hall, Cnr. West St. 7 Anzac Ave. Ph. 07 4635 5623 Email: bob.benny@bigpond.com Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5535 3168 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg. 1st Thurs. 1pm & 4th Mon. 7pm. Redlands Multi SportsClub, Birkdale Ph: 07 3206 0815
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philatelic clubs & societies south australia
Information about clubs in SA can be obtained from the SA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Adelaide, SA 5001. Daytime Ph: 08 8212 3557 or 8223 4435
Australian Airmail Society: 1st Wed. 7.45pm 22 Gray Court, Adelaide. PO Box 395, Edwardstown 5039. Ph: 08 8276 3969 Barossa SC: Mtg 1st Tue 7.30 Greenock Luth Church Hall, Bevan St, Greenock; 19 Evans Street Ancaston 5353; email: ptomely1939@gmail.com; Ph: (08) 8562 8386 Blackwood PC: Mtg 2nd Wed ex Jan; Uniting Church, Main Rd, Blackwood; Ph: 08 8278 1629; PO Box 581, Blackwood 5051; email: teepee@teegee.com.au Bordertown & Districts PS: Mtg: 3rd Thurs. Bordertown PS Contact: K. Grey Tel: 08 8752 0446 or email cdhuntmundulla@yahoo.com.au Community PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Fri - 7.30pm. Marion Bowling Club, off Sturt Rd. PO Box 75 Edwardstown, 5039; Auctions, circuit books. Ph: 0408806894 City of Noarlunga PS: Mtg alternate thurs,-- Community Health Centre, Grand Boulevard, Seaford, Contact 08 85566371 or PO Box 272, Port Noarlunga 5167 Eastern Districts PS: 2nd Thurs (ex. Jan), 7.30pm Senior citizens Hall, 47 Reid Ave. Hectorville; PO Box 240, Magill, 5072; Ph: 0400 156 796 Elizabeth PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7.30pm, RSL Hall, Cnr of Halseys/Midway Rds;PO Box 701, Elizabeth 5112; Ph: 08 8255 0608 Encounter Bay SC: Mtg 1st Wed, 7.30pm; School Hall, Woolworths Centre, Victor Harbour; PO Box 317, Goolwa 5214; aydepe@bigpond.com; Ph: 08 8555 3311 SA Power Networks Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Mon (ex. Jan); Canteen, 1 Anzac Highway, Keswick; PO Box 2079, Magill North, 5072; Ph: 08 8278 7163 Frama Club: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, members homes; For collectors of CPS, Framas. Newsletter and Auctions. PO Box 62 Campbelltown 5074. Gawler SC: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Evanston Primary School, Para Rd, Evanston. PO Box 2, Willaston 5118; Ph: 08 8522 2335 Email: jo.trev@bigpond.com German Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd & 4th Mon 8pm; German Club, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide 5000; Ph: 08 8260 2251 Glenside PS: 1st & 3rd Sat 1.30pm; Uniting Church Hall, Carlton St. Highgate. c/- 9 Moore St., Tranmere, SA 5073 08 8398 2475 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 Bulleen PS Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan) 7.30 pm Veneto Club Upstairs 191 Bulleen Rd Bulleen (PO Box 166, Niddrie VIC 3042)Contact Secretary: Frank 0438830645 Treasurer: Joe 0408560601 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
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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