April 2019 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).
1943: Clarrie King caricature cover, from a series of nine, used at Military P.O. Balcombe NSW
1980: Little-used Australia Post Courier service cover Adelaide-Albany
Australia WWII covers including illustrated/handdrawn a Speciality
Australia Post Services, covers and labels, a Speciality
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1937: 6d Large Kookaburra solo pays Letter rate (2d) + Express Delivery fee (4d) Rialto Melbourne-Potts Point Sydney Australia Fastpost Services, covers and labels, a Speciality
1950: Back to Mount Morgan Week cover used Mt Morgan-Brisbane
Australia Souvenir/Commemorative commercial covers a Speciality
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Abacus Auctions conducted a two-day sale on March 2-3, the second day featuring Australian Stationery Scenic Letter Cards (Sinfield), Cocos (Keeling) Is Postal History (Riddell), and New Guinea Postal History (Pate). The Scenic Letter Cards are a highly visual series, if daunting in terms of the magnitude of a theoretical “complete” collection, both for the scope and the cost such would involve. Prices have been solid for decades, and appear to have generally settled, as the recent results suggest. Unless a “twist” was 6 - Stamp News
Figure 1a-b. Delightful advertising Letter card
present, such as advertising content, State Official issue, great rarity, etc, results were generally subdued. Who wouldn’t be delighted, for example, to own Figure 1a-b? The addition of this internal advertising pushed the realization for an otherwise fairly pedestrian issue to $503 (Est $250). A new major collector of Australian Stationery, who could have significantly altered the result, was not permitted by the Auction House to participate; such is the recent state
of this collector’s payment record. The time to have collected this material passed me by, for when I started collecting, in the 1950s, these Letter Cards could be bought for as little as 6d each! Of the three collections on offer, it was the Cocos for which prices surprised, often stupendously! Three S.E. Asia collectors of means were almost solely responsible for the collection realizing $417k, against pre-sale estimate of $143k. All of the 209 lots sold and Auctioneer, Gary Watson, described the auction as “one of the most notable high-
lights” of his career. The stamps of Cocos (1963 onwards) are no challenge of course (although see later for usage result); it was Postal History that captured centre stage. Two significant results follow: I know what you’re thinking of Figure 2: “Haven’t I seen items like that sell for peanuts on eBay?” If you have, you should have bought. This is stated to be the only cover recorded with blank at base “COCOS ISLAND” datestamp. Est was $7500. The result is stated to have more than tripled the previous highest realization for a Cocos covStamp News - 7
Figure 2. Unassuming cover sells for $36,540 er. I’m considering buying a nice car for my daughter for less. Believed to be the only recorded Airgraph in to Cocos, Figure 3, realized $7190 (Est $500). One can only imagine what the sender, “Cathie”, would make of that. No doubt, however, the search is on for another (says he, wondering just where that shoebox of Airgraphs is hiding?). Cocos 1963 Pictorials are very elusive on commercial cover (not to be confused with uber common FDCs). Figure 4 is one of the nicest of the handful of 2/3d represented covers I’ve seen, the rate of 7/6d representing 1/6d half oz. airmail to India x5. It Figure 3. “Cath” would be chuffed 8 - Stamp News
fetched $4790 (Est $1500). I’m reminded at this point of a client who might have been great, had he not been convinced he knew more than I about Philately. It was during the Great Boom We Had To Have, when a Stockbroker friend introduced me to this gentleman. I was told he
Figure 4. ’63 series cover fetches far more than a set in complete sheets was a mover and shaker in shares, and maintained a research team of eight, to aid in his decision-making. We had lunch, and he explained he wanted to be big (or as he said: B.I.G.) in Philatelic investment. To conclude our conversation, I warned him to steer clear of the high-flyers of that era, and focus upon the type of material that would always be
sought-after by exhibitors, in particular. The next time I saw the gentleman, he was beaming to advise that he had commenced his
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Figure 6. High values not dear investment journey: with a set of ’63 Cocos in complete sheets . . . at $45 per set ($3600). That was 1980; present wholesale under $10 per set (<$800 in sheets). I never heard from him again; I hope he still doesn’t have those sheets. Ironically, it was around this time that Colin Riddell commenced his collection of Cocos Postal History. Visionaries generally do well. Killaware (“Kiloware” to those so inclined) robs Philately of untold items that would otherwise be proudly reposing in serious collections. Figure 5 is a good example; a fortunate survivor of the scissor-brigade, apparently the record franking of the Official overprint on 90c (SG O1 – Cat £90 CTO) on commercial cover. Est $1500, it realized $4790. The William Pate New Guinea was an 10 - Stamp News
interesting potpourri of largely commercial covers, which was refreshing (I’m no fan of the plethora of New Guinea philatelic covers). I recognize many covers which I’ve once owned, and it was tempting to see how those subsequently performed. However, I’ve taken the easy way out, and featured just three lots, which I regard as excellent value for money. After I had selected these for comment, I learnt from a shrewd friend that he in fact had purchased two of those lots. So it is, I’m locked in to this commentary. The first lot is Figure 6. Not one or two, but six parcel tags featuring £1 Bird Airmail (one has equally scarce 10/-). Just $503 bought this group (yes, there is the odd fault), which is proof-positive that even big event auctions can deliver bargains to the diligent. The overprinted Official stamps are very underrated on correct rate commercial covers. Figure 7 was amongst a group of eight Official covers (not all commercial) that realized just $275. The illustrated item alone would not be dear at that price. Mint of the “Bird” sets, regular and Official overprints, are in oversupply. A collection of commercial
Figure 7. Official cover at correct rate covers would be a treat as an exhibit (albeit not a voluminous collection, so hardto-find are nice covers/tags, etc). “Crash” mail should always look the part, I reckon, and so it is that Figure 8 I find attractive. It was aboard the ill-fated Scipio, which crashed on
Aug 22 1936 on approach to Crete. It may be the only survivor ex-New Guinea? This is an item I once owned (despite stating I wouldn’t go there), which realized $690 when I sold it. $275 on this occasion just was not enough. Highs, In-betweens, Lows. What is there not to love about Philatelic Auctions?
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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF SOUTHERN YEMEN A people’s republic should be a place where democracy reigns and where everybody has a say. However, history shows that this is rarely the case. Most people’s republics that I know of have been ruled by a small group of people with a total disregard for the wishes of the majority. After many years of struggle for national independence, the British colony and protectorate of Aden first became the Federation of South Arabia before becoming the People’s Republic of Southern Yemen on 30 November 1967. The Protectorate had comprised a patchwork of sheikdoms and sultanates and one really wonders what the people thought about the drastic changes. The change of name of the new state was first marked on postage stamps in April 1968 when the Federation of South Arabia definitives were overprinted People’s Republic of Southern Yemen in English and Arabic. Earlier in the year the same
stamps had been handstamped with the new name but they are rather scarce. It is quite interesting to study the stamp issues from the country as a people’s republic. They cover a rather brief period of time as the country’s name was changed on 30 November 1970 to the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen by removing Southern and adding Democratic. There is absolutely nothing to suggest that this was anything but a cosmetic change which in no way improved living conditions in the country. It might be appropriate to show a map of Southern Yemen as depicted on of its stamps (Fig. 1). The country is located in the south-western corner of the Arabian Peninsula with the port city of Aden as its capital. The new leadership in Aden had been greatly influenced by the Soviet Union and the other Socialist nations. It is quite possible that many members
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Christer Brunström of the new government had studied at universities in Moscow and elsewhere. This certainly could be a reason why Lenin’s 100th birthday was marked by a commemorative stamp in April 1970 (Fig. 2). The slogan of the People’s Republic was Freedom-Socialism-Unity. The struggle for independence had been long and bloody. A 1970 stamp depicted the headquarters of the National Front (Fig. 3). In view of the freedom fighters’ long struggle against the local rulers and the British army, it is not surprising that there were strong feelings of solidarity with the people of Palestine. Shown nearby is a stamp with a dramatic design featuring a charging Palestinian soldier (Fig. 4). Most Arab nations have released similar stamps in support of the Palestinian cause. Southern Yemen was anxious to be accepted by the rest of the world and during the period from
1968 until 1970 it released a number of stamps honouring the United Nations and some of its agencies. The UPU inaugurated its new headquarters in Switzerland in 1970. This was marked by two stamps depicting the new building (Fig. 5) The new government had great plans for the future. Many Yemenis were illiterate and much attention was devoted to teaching people how to read and write. A pair of 1969 depicts a classroom scene as part of the campaign against illiteracy (Fig. 6) Family Day was the topic of another set of stamps released in 1970. The stamps give a rather idyllic picture of a family and its different occupations (Fig. 7) Today life is far from idyllic in most of Yemen where a civil war has been raging for several years. The Huthi rebels supported by Iran opposes the Government of Yemen which receives help from a coalition of forces from Saudi Arabia and the Unit-
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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF SOUTHERN YEMEN ed Arab Emirates. Thousands have been killed and acute starvation is threatening millions of people. On the TV newscasts we frequently see news reports from Yemen. Whenever women are included they are completely dressed in black with their faces covered by a veil. During the time of the People’s Republic it seems women were not forced to adopt such a strict dress code. A set depicting women in national costumes (Fig. 8) presents quite a different picture of the way Yemeni women dressed. Obviously the Socialist government didn’t pay that much attention to the Islamic dress code for women. In fact, the People’s Republic of Southern Yemen issued no stamps with a religious theme.
The People’s Republic of Southern Yemen is in many ways a very handy area to collect as there were only 64 different stamps most of which are inexpensive. For collectors wanting to build collections on a global scale it certainly is a good idea to just select a certain period. This makes a worldwide collection a lot less daunting but still a challenge. In 1970 the People’s Republic of Southern Yemen became the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen. The new country name was rather long and after a few years it was generally indicated as YEMEN PDR on the postage stamps (Fig. 9). In 1990, North and South Yemen were united as the Republic of Yemen.
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Vale Hugh Hunter Freeman December 31 1934 - March 7 2019 Those of us who were closest to Hugh knew what was coming, but nothing makes such loss any the less shocking. I first met Hugh in 1969, when he joined Kevin Duffy Stamp Auctions. We formed a bond immediately, so affable did I find Hugh. A couple of years later, Hugh advised he was going to “go it alone”, and asked: “How do you think I’ll go?” I replied I’d tell him over a long dinner whereupon, learning my then wife, Nina, was with me in Sydney, Hugh insisted we join he and Rondel for dinner at the renowned Doyles restaurant, Watsons Bay. The food and conversation were memorable, and it was obvious the bill would be also. I offered to split the account, but Hugh was determined. Perhaps he felt I had shared enough “learning the ropes” during that long evening? In those early years in business, with his The Penny Black Auctions, Hugh and I did much together, and in tandem he readily warmed to my interest in Australian Colonials, particularly Victoria. That recruiting exercise would prove costly to me, for Hugh became a formidable competitor whenever important Victoria came up at auction. To curb the blood-letting, and maintain the friendship, in 1975 I made an offer which I knew Hugh could not resist. I would sell him my Victoria Barred Numeral cancellations collection (then best-of-kind), at an agreeable price. The deal would continue: I keep off Victoria cancellations; Hugh would never again compete against me for the stamps. The agreement worked a treat (perhaps not so much for auctioneers and vendors). Hugh would go on to publish bespoke reference books on his subject; I would get top awards for my stamps. At this time, in partnership with Barry Cooper, Hugh was accumulating a large stock of general Colonial material. The plan was to register the trading name State Stamps, but the NSW State Govt didn’t like competition, and so Status Stamps was born The partnership would morph in to an Auction house: Hugh and I were always destined to be competitors. Nevertheless, the friendship continued to prosper, and “Take a walk on the wild side” for many years became our mutual greeting line. Hugh and Barry played musical chairs with Status Auctions, Hugh initially buying out Barry, and vice versa later. Managing the auction division of Stanley Gibbons would be Hugh’s next challenge. When I asked why at that time he had become more serious than was usual, Hugh replied: “I have to perform”. Again, that would be no problem. Forming outstanding collections, and judging, were separate talents, seamlessly interwoven with his successful commercial pursuits.
Hugh was a renowned master of surprises. Of scores I recall, there are two I’ll relate here. At AUSIPEX 84, when my Victoria exhibit was being dismantled at end of show, Hugh wandered up to me and said “I want to buy that page, and I’ll give you $ . . .” He looked so determined, and the offer was, well, one I couldn›t refuse, so Hugh walked out of the Exhibition with that page in his briefcase. On a non-philatelic note, to my amazement, was seeing Hugh in an advertisement on TV, several decades ago. I don’t recall the brand, but Hugh was confidently lazing in a banana lounge. It transpired he had specifically joined Actors’ Equity to fulfil a long standing fantasy. Truly an enigma, our Hugh! That determination to succeed in his chosen fields was well and truly confirmed at a Robson Lowe London auction, in 1982. On offer on April 6 was a section of the great J.R.W. Purves Victoria. I was there to add to my Traditional collection of that Colony, Hugh seated beside me, intent on buying Barred Numeral lots 806 and 807. These lots were estimated at £400 and £1200, respectively. Bidding was fierce, between just Hugh and “the book”. The first lot went for £8000, the second £9500, both to Hugh. During this unforgettable contest, I noted Hugh’s eyes appeared to glaze over. I was a little concerned that he had zoned-out, and a couple of times uttered: “Hugh, Hugh”, but he was unmoved. It transpired, we later learnt, that the Auctioneer had been given instructions to “buy” one lot or the other, by an absentee bidder. The lots would have gone on forever under such circumstance but, mercifully, the Auctioneer used some discretion, albeit belatedly. I still can’t help thinking the under bidder would also have been relieved by the introduction of that discretion! Hugh, typically, laughed the episode off. He wasn’t coming home without those two lots. Yet another memorable incident involving Hugh’s collecting determination, involved his sideline collection: “Australian beaches”. Knowing I then lived in Far North Queensland, Hugh asked me to take a detour to Newell Beach, to obtain for him examples of any postal devices in use. I remarked it was not a short detour (84 kms each way) and, besides, was renowned for its population of dengue-laden mosquitoes. Hugh nonchalantly replied . . . “So?” You only get one Hugh Freeman in a lifetime; Australian Philately you’ve had yours. My sincere condolences to Rondel and Heidi. R.I.P. “Huge”.
Rod Perry
Stamps in the News - Globally! Love letters reveal their secrets? Reported at www.theatlantic.com
Last year, Gilad Japhet, the founder of a DNA-testing company, got up at an industry conference to talk about his grandmother Rosa’s love letters. His company, MyHeritage, has 2.5 million people in its DNA database. But Japhet isn’t satisfied with only testing the living; he wants to test the dead. Which brings us to the love letters—specifically, the envelopes they came in. The envelopes were sealed by his grandmother, and the stamps on them presumably licked by her. “Maybe our ancestors did not realise it,” Japhet said, “when they were licking those stamps and the envelope flaps, they were sealing their precious DNA for you forever.” Then he made the big announcement: MyHeritage would soon begin offering DNA testing on old stamps and envelopes. In the past year, genealogists have been abuzz about the possibility of getting DNA out of old stamps and envelopes. In addition to MyHeritage, a British company, Living DNA, began informally offering the service for $400 to $600 last year, and a small Australian start-up called Totheletter DNA, which specialises in DNA from envelopes and stamps, launched a similarly priced service in July. But extracting DNA from these sources opens up so many new possibilities—some unsavoury, some simply uncomfortable. Should you be able to test a parent who refused to play along by digging up
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an old letter? Or do a secret paternity test on your child, using a cup discarded by the man suspected of having an affair with your wife? Or trace anonymous letters? In California, police have also sent envelopes from the Zodiac Killer for DNA extraction. Criminal-forensics labs have long analyzed DNA from objects, but new techniques called genotyping look at hundreds of thousands of sites in the human genome and can reveal distant family relationships as well as genetic variants that can affect a person’s health and appearance. That’s a lot of information, potentially hidden in an envelope. For these reasons, the companies offering DNA services for envelopes are drawing a line: These tests are not for living people. This means saying no to potential customers. Totheletter DNA have rejected testing anonymous poison-pen letters, though the company would be happy to work with the police. MyHeritage does not plan to test items such as toothbrushes, dentures, and old clothing. Since envelopes are usually postmarked and have a sender’s name written on them, it’s easier to validate that the item is what the customer says it is and not some secretly obtained sample. The ethics of testing a deceased person’s DNA are more ambiguous, given dead people usually don’t have privacy rights. On the other hand, we don’t ask all our living relatives and future unborn descendants for consent when we ourselves mail in a DNA test even though it affects them all. The alleged Golden State Killer, for example, was identified through third and fourth cousins who took DNA tests. Right now, any one individual has relatively little control over his or her own genetic privacy. The cost of testing envelopes for DNA is unlikely to come down soon because of the complexities and there is a low success rate with very old letters. Genealogists are, by disposition, people who enjoy thinking about ways of the past. It is not
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lost on them that we have stopped writing letters and licking stamps. “There’s kind of this golden period from the late 1800s to maybe the past decade or so. Maybe DNA testing is picking up that slack,” says Japhet.
A prickly issue for Malaysia Post
Reported at www.malaymail.com Pos Malaysia recently announced that they will be releasing their first exotic themed postage stamps. Three exotic dishes are featured in this series: Sea Cucumber Salad, Turmeric Fried Grasshoppers and Porcupine Rendang. The announcement has led to huge condemnation from conservationists concerned that the stamps promote the consumption of threatened porcupines. There are three species of native porcupines: the Malayan porcupine, the Brush-tailed porcupine and the Long-tailed porcupine. According to the IUCN Red List Assessment 2017 for mammals conducted by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia (PERHILITAN), the first two species (Malayan and Brush-tailed) are Near Threatened (NT) while the Long-tailed is Vulnerable (VU). The Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 lists the first two species as Protected, which means hunting is allowed with a permit from PERHILITAN while the Long-tailed is Totally Protected and hunting is banned altogether. The former two are also on Sixth Schedule of the Act which permits Aborigine communities to hunt and consume without a permit. Aside from Aborigine communities, there is a demand for porcupine among other communities in Malaysia. As the stamp shows, the Malay community has been using porcupine meat as a substitute for beef in rendang. The Chinese community are more interested in porcupine bezoar (mass of fibres trapped in its digestive tract) for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Practitioners have claimed that bezoars can treat serious illnesses like cancer, diabe-
tes and dengue.” Critics have stressed that the stamp production will have a negative impact on the tourism sector, as it will send a message to other countries that Malaysia is ecologically insensitive. They have urged the Wildlife Department to step in and prevent the stamps from being launched. In response to the outcry, Pos Malaysia has apologised. “Pos Malaysia would like to apologise over the uneasiness it has caused to nature and animal lovers over the production of our exotic food stamp series,” the statement read. “It was never our intention to promote or encourage activities such as hunting or consuming exotic animals.”
What the…? The USA’s most controversial stamps Reported at https://247wallst.com
Whistler’s Mother stamp Year issued: 1934 Value: 3 cents The stamp was issued for Mother’s Day. The Post Office chose a famous painting by James A. Whistler called “Portrait of My Mother.” But the final stamp had little to do with the painting. The woman in the stamp is looking at flowers, while the original is staring at an empty space. Critics complained about the misrepresentation as the real painting had become a symbol of the Great Depression; the mother was seen Stamp News - 17
Stamps in the News - Globally!
as bravely handling the problems of her life.
Jackson Pollock stamp Year issued: 1999 Value: 33 cents This stamp that sparked a debate over smoking, but this time because the cigarette was edited out. The image of Jackson Pollock, arguably the most famous member of the abstract expressionism movement, was a very well-known photograph of him painting using his drip technique which appeared in Life magazine in 1949. Critics said the stamp was trying to rewrite and sanitize history.
Alcoholism stamp Year issued: 1981 Value: 18 cents The stamp was designed to heighten awareness of alcoholism, a disease that was still considered by many to be a moral rather than a medical problem. The stamp came out at a time when public opinion was shifting and there were 9 million recovering alcoholics. The problem was that recipients of packages bearing the stamp might have taken it personally and thought that the sender felt he or she was struggling with excessive drinking. Richard M. Nixon stamp Year issued: 1995 Value: 32 cents Impeached, Richard Nixon resigned from the office of the presidency in disgrace, but that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t disqualify him from having his own stamp (as is the custom with former presidents). So many people did not like him being honoured with a stamp that at least several post offices could not even sell them. 18 - Stamp News
Frida Kahlo stamp Year issued: 2001 Value: 34 cents Frida Kahlo, the first Hispanic woman to be honoured with a stamp, is regarded as one of the most influential female artists of the 20th century. The problem was that she was a strong supporter of Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Unionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dictator until his death in 1953.
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The Simpsons stamp Year issued: 2009 Value: 44 cents The Simpsons is the longest-running animated show and primetime scripted series in American history. The satire was controversial from its beginning and in the early seasons, some parents and conservatives characterized Bart as a poor role model for children and several United States public schools even banned Simpsons merchandise. Also, many people thought a stamp should celebrate something more worthy than an animated show. The Post Office printed nearly 700 million stamps too many, which it later destroyed, losing $1.2 million in printing costs. Mother Teresa stamp Year issued: 2010 Value: 44 cents The stamp was issued in honour of the life and work of Mother Teresa, who was praised all over the world for her sacrifice and dedication to the “poorest of the poor.” But some people interpreted the purpose of the stamp differently. They focused on the fact that she was a Catholic nun, and, according to USPS rules, stamps or stationery
items cannot honour religious figures. And one that almost happened…..In 1994, the U.S. Postal Service somehow thought it would be a great idea to issue mushroom cloud stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII. Naturally, the Japanese government wasn’t thrilled about the notion. The White House stepped in and basically vetoed the idea so a depiction of Harry Truman was used instead.
From the sublime to the ridiculous in the UK Reported at https://news.artnet.com
It’s rare to encounter a Leonardo da Vinci work in person, but you might soon be seeing them in your mailbox. The UK’s postal service, the Royal Mail, is issuing a run of stamps featuring some of the artist’s most renowned drawings to commemorate the 500th anniversary of his death. Museums across the world are celebrating the art
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and legacy of the Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer. The Leonardo stamp edition coincides with 12 exhibitions currently on view across the UK. Each drawing on the stamps aligns with a work on view at each of the 12 galleries. All of the works on paper are part of the Royal Collection, which has the largest and arguably most exquisite holding of drawings by the artist in the world. The works are kept inside the Print Room at Windsor Castle. Reported at https://ksassets.timeincuk.net The Royal Mail have unveiled a new stamp collection dedicated to honouring some classic Marvel heroes today. The 15-stamp collection, created by Alan Davis, features some of Marvel’s most iconic heroes in-
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cluding Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Captain Marvel and more. A Royal Mail spokesman said “Generations have grown up, spellbound by the adventures and the personalities of these Super Heroes. Our epic new stamps celebrate each in characteristic pose, emerging from the stamp frame.” The stamps are illustrated by renowned British comic book artist, Alan Davis, who has worked with Marvel since 1981.
The USA goes to the dogs Reported https://people.com
The Postal Service has honoured the nation’s brave and loyal military working dogs with a new booklet of 20 stamps. The upcoming stamp set features German shepherds, Labrador retrievers, Belgian Malinois dogs and Dutch shepherds The Forever stamp set includes five fourstamp blocks. Each block has a German shepherd stamp, a Labrador retriever stamp, a Belgian Malinois stamp and a Dutch shepherd stamp.
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Margo Campbell history through a number of videos portraying this tradition. The stamps feature four performing arts. The first is the Azi, a traditional Omani music performed in various styles all over the sultanate, and accompanied by dancing and recitation of poetry. The second, Al Rauwah, is a drummers-based performance originating from Musandam, usually performed by men and women during weddings. The third stamp highlights the Barghum, a blowing instrument, made from the horns of wild goats or oryx, which gives no more than two musical tones. The fourth stamp showcases two rhythmic musical instruments, the Kasir, known for its technical aesthetic role in performing basic rhythmical beats, and the Rahmani, which provides a deep pitch in all different patterns of traditional Omani music.
The USPS selected these four breeds because these are the canines that most commonly serve in America’s armed forces. Along with a dog illustration, each stamp includes red, white, blue and gold features “to represent the American flag and patriotism.” Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamps and DKNG Studios created the digital illustrations. The USPS will announce the release date of the Military Working Dogs stamp set in the future.
Sound of music in Muscat
Liechtenstein goes Crypto
Reported at https://cointelegraph.com Liechtensteinische Post AG, the country’s official postal service, plans to offer cryptocurrency exchange services at their physical locations. The postal service will allow customers to exchange their fiat to Bitcoin (BTC) in one of its offices in Vaduz, the country’s capital, starting on February 15. The service will likely be extended to other post offices all over the country. Moreover, the postal
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Music enthusiasts and philatelists alike are in for a very special treat from Oman Post. The company launched four interactive stamps celebrating the deep roots and variety of Oman’s traditional music and performance arts. Offering an augmented reality (AR)experience through the Oman Stamp App, the stamps pays homage to time-honoured country traditions. By scanning the stamps on their smartphones through the Oman Stamps App available on Google Play or Apple Store, customers can experience true musical Stamp News - 21
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service wants to add support for other coins, including Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Ripple (XRP). To introduce the service, Liechtenstein’s post has partnered with Värdex Suisse AG — a Swiss-based financially regulated blockchain and payment service provider. The press releases states that crypto exchange services are nothing different from conventional money exchange businesses. Switzerland and Liechtenstein are among the countries with the highest level of crypto adoption in the world. Liechtenstein introduced its crypto legislation in early 2018, when prime minister Adrian Hasler announced that the country will regulate blockchain business models and underlying blockchain systems.
Slovakia salutes its most famous soldier Reported at https://spectator.sme.sk
Slovenská Pošta will issue a postal stamp bearing a picture of Michael Strank. Strank, who was born in Jarabina village in north-east Slovakia, is depicted in the iconic photograph of Joe Rosenthal, capturing one of the key moments of the battle for the Pacific island Iwo Jima at the turn of February and March 1945. The stamp showing Michael Strank, to be issued on March 1, will have the nominal value of €1. 1 million Slovaks left for the USA between 1880 and 1938, mostly due to social 22 - Stamp News
reasons. They found work in the mining and steel industries. “Many of those have significantly contributed to the USA’s history. One of them, for long time unknown, was Michael Strank. Strank moved with his parents to Pennsylvania, where his father worked in the steelworks. Strank served with the American naval infantry. He was in command of a special forces team of the naval infantry when they disembarked on Iwo Jima. After they conquered the highest elevation on the island, Suribachi mountain, he participated in the second flag raising, symbolising their victory on the battlefield, on February 23, 1945. The picture became the model for the bronze
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monument at Arlington National Cemetery and many reproductions, including postal stamps. He died on March 1, 1945 in the continuous fighting on the island. He was not an official citizen of the USA when he served in the American army. His relatives finally received his certificate of citizenship on July 29, 2008.
On yer trike in Oz
Reported at www.abc.net.au The sound of the local postie bike coming up the street will give way to the whirl of an electric trike as Australia Post rolls out its new mail delivery vehicles. Australia Post first introduced motorbikes to its delivery fleet in the 1970s An Australia Post spokesman said “Our postie bikes in the past have been great workhorses, but they are limited in what they can carry,” he said. Online shopping growth means more to carry. Australia Post estimates the volume of parcels has grown 10 per cent per year for the past three years. It predicts that by 2020, one in every 10 items bought will be bought online So posties have had to adapt. Australia Post said the new electronic delivery vehicles (eDVs) had more sun protection and carrying capacity, and would keep posties safer from swooping magpies. “These are designed so that we park on the footpath and then service our parcels to the door.” The trikes were trialled in Tasmania in 2017, and the first wave of the new fleet is being trialled in central
Queensland. Despite their health and safety benefits, e-trikes have some limitations, according to Australia Post. “They can’t go everywhere, they do a certain speed and can go on certain terrain.” “What we’re doing now is making assessments to ensure that we’re introducing vehicles that are fit for purpose for those types of conditions,” the spokesman said. The new vehicles are a world away from what Rockhampton man Michael McCabe remembers from his time as a postie in 1970. “You had to bring your own bike but you were given a Postmaster General bag,” Mr McCabe said. “I was ‘lucky’ to be given the run that went over all the hills … probably 10 to 20 kilometres. “It was all pedal power back then.” “My favourite thing were the lovely older ladies on Agnes Street who would always have a glass of cordial waiting for you when you got to the top of the hill. “I also got to know many dogs.”
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1/4d KGV, 1927 S/Multi, Perf 14, rare *Deep Turquoise*: One of the real legendary shades from the KGV heads. Even deeper than
the Arthur Gray example - lot 307 (with Drury Cert), which being MINT should be far darker! From the quite massive THREE Generation “Townsville North Queensland Hoard” collection we flew back with - in 8 huge removalist cartons - tinyurl.com/TownsV Formed around issue time of the stamps, and I am very slowly working through it, and listing up a few more interesting pieces that catch my eye, whenever I get 10 minutes spare, here and there! I grab a few now and again, and scan and add them up here. None of these stamps has EVER been on the stamp market before, in the past Century or so. ACSC 129c, $2,750. Good perfs and centring for these, (perfs at base all fine - cancel ink on a few), and neat dated MACKAY 1928 Queensland cds. This Small Multi perf 14 is a scarce stamp in the NORMAL shade - cat $150 used cheapest shade. ACSC tells us there was only ONE quite small printing of this short lived watermark issue in May 1927, which was replaced within a year with the 12½ x 13½ perf version. And ACSC also tells us that most of these SG 93 were used on Telegrams and destroyed internally by PO. Unlike the Single Wmk 1/4d which was printed in a huge range of shades over 7 years in vast numbers, the usual shade of these is VERY consistent, and is of course far lighter than this - check your own used copy! Used copies fade fast in water, so even more striking so deep in used: $A995 (Stock 482LA)
SA 1904-1911, 5/- ”Long Tom” - with TRIPLE State SA Perfin!: What a mind boggling piece. This 5/- is not common as a normal
stamp issue - SG 290 £160, and with a normal official SA perfin is double that. This is a TRIPLE perfin - have never see one offered anywhere before. Clean and fresh MVLH ex UK - where I bought it from years back - a lovely fresh bright glowing pair. Being first printed in 1904, makes this is of course an AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH usage, and this Thick POSTAGE series stamps, being first printed in 1904, also makes it of course entirely an AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH issue, as Federation was January 1901, and these were valid nationally. This is a very popular and fast growing collector area - i.e. stamps first printed after the 1901 Federation era, up until 1913 when the Kangaroo stamps first appeared. The 5/- that replaced this, the 1913 5/- Roo is cat $3,000 a single with normal official perfin, and $1,000 used, with no perfin error! Huge eye appeal, and probably unique - for just: $A475 (Stock 517BR)
GB 1902 £1 KEVII Dull Blue Green, Clean FU. SG $2,300 for $A500:
De La Rue printing, clean FU. Lovely light dated cancel of ‘’22 JUL 04’’. SG 266, cat £1,235 = $2,300 for well centred light cancel used, which this very clearly is. Fantastic perfs and centering for these massive stamps - 4 or 5 times the size of the lower values. Clean and fresh and flat, free of the usual hinges and gook and gunk and aging on these high values, that hide thins and tears etc. This was a fortune back in the day, and were used on heavy parcels and got banged about, and got damaged, and received ugly boot-heel ‘’Killer’’ cancels. The £1 Kangaroo from this era is $3,500 for FU, so these are WILDLY under-rated right now. From a superb album of GB I am breaking down. From 1840 1d Blacks (in every Plate!) 2 sets “1d Plates’’ to 225 etc. Strong M+U line engraved, often in superb shape. QV and KEVII to £1, and KGV to both £1. Let me know what WANTS you have - all going out CHEAP! $A500 (Stock 274AX) 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 April 2019. This month’s column looks at stamped parcel cards (lesser known area of postal stationery), New Zealand datestamp postcards and a New Zealand King George V envelope error.
Parcel Cards
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) introduced regulations for the international exchange of parcels on October 1, 1881, although some countries including the USA and the UK did not initially sign the agreement which included a simplified rate scheme for parcels. One feature of the agreement was the introduction of standardised parcel cards (or despatch notes) known by the UPU as bulletins d’expédition. Parcel cards are forms attached to parcels or sent separately with details of weight, postage paid (and to be collected), addresses of sender and recipient and preferred routing. The forms have a space on the reverse for the recipient to sign the form, which is then returned to the country of origin. The UPU regulations set a standard layout for the forms. European countries in particular made considerable use of the forms. Parcel cards may travel with the parcel and be delivered at the same time, or they may indicate to the recipient that a parcel is ready to be collected from their local post office. They could also be used to record additional services such as insurance. In many countries, stamps would be added to the form to pay for postage, insurance and, in the country of delivery, customs charges. Top to bottom: Figure 1 Italy 50c King Umberto I Parcel Card Figure 2 Italy 160L ‘Italia’ Parcel Card Figure 3 Italy 200L ‘Italia’ Parcel Card 26 - Stamp News
Ian McMahon Some countries issued parcel cards with an imprinted stamp which covered part of the parcel charge. They often added adhesive stamps to pay for additional postage or fees for special services. Italy, for example, introduced stamped parcel cards in 1888 and has been a prolific user of this class of postal stationery. The first issues depicted King Umberto I with Figure 1 showing a 50c parcel card used in 1888. Figure 2 shows a 160L brown parcel card used in 1955 to accompany a parcel sent to South Africa. An additional 1465L in adhesive parcel stamps has been added. Italian adhesive parcel stamps are issued in two parts with one part affixed to the parcel card and the other used as a receipt. Figure 3 shows a 200L parcel card used to Belgium in 1954 with an additional 470L in adhesive stamps added. Austria commenced issuing stamped parcel cards in 1882. Some parcel cards they issued, such as the one illustrated in Figure 4 dating from about 1905, have an imprinted revenue stamp rather than a postage stamp. The 10h revenue stamp paid for a flat rate tax on the documentation involved in transferring goods and not for postage. Another parcel card stamped with a documentary revenue stamp is the 10h parcel card from Hungary shown in Figure 5. Australia did not use stamped Figure 4 Austria Parcel Card with 10h Impressed Revenue Stamp Figure 5 Hungary Parcel Card with 10h Impressed Revenue Stamp Figure 6 Australia Unstamped Parcel Card Used in 1974 Stamp News - 27
Postal Stationery
L-R from top: Figure 7 New Zealand 1932 King George V 1d/2d Stamped Envelope Figure 8 New Zealand 1932 King George V 1d/2d Stamped Envelope With Overprint Omitted Figure 9 1976 New Zealand 25c Queen Elizabeth II Figure 10 1977 25c Queen Elizabeth II Datestamp Postcard Figure 11 1981 35c Stylized Map Datestamp Postcard Figure 12 1987 55c Datestamp Postcard (postal stationery) parcel cards but did use unstamped parcel cards, which compared with those of many other countries are relatively uncommon. 28 - Stamp News
Figure 6 shows an Australian unstamped parcel card (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;despatch noteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) used to Spain in 1974. One reason why some of the European parcel cards are more common is that cards returned to the post office were sold to collectors after being kept for an appropriate period.
New Zealand 1932 King George V 1d on 2d Embossed Envelope The New Zealand Post Office increased the in-
Ian McMahon to produce 2d envelopes. Before the envelopes could be released, however, the Post Office decided to reduce the internal letter rate back to 1d on 1 June 1932. As a result, the 2d envelopes were no longer required. Rather than waste the envelopes the Post Office revalued them by overprinting the 2d envelopes â&#x20AC;&#x153;ONE PENNYâ&#x20AC;? in black (Figure 7) with 1,093,366 envelopes being overprinted at the Government Printing Office between 1932 and 1934. The 2d envelopes were not intentionally issued without the overprint, however, a few of the envelopes were inadvertently issued with the overprint omitted (Figure 8).
New Zealand Pictorial Datestamp Service Postcards
Since 1976, New Zealand has issued special postcards for its pictorial date-stamp service. Figure 13 1991 45c Fuschsia Datestamp Postcard This service provided Figure 14 50c Stewart Island Kiwi Datestamp Postcard collectors of pictorial postmarks with impressions of temporary and ternal letter rate from 1d to 2d on 1 March 1931. commemorative postmarks on special postcards They then commissioned the engraving of a 2d which were pre-printed with a stamp which inKing George V embossed die. This die was procluded the fee charged for the service. Postmark duced by W Bock of Wellington in 1931 and used collectors could have a standing order for such Stamp News - 29
Postal Stationery Philatelic and bore a 35c imprinted stamp. Following postal rate increases in 1985 a 40c blue card was issued with a redesigned stamp imprint. This was followed in 1986 and 1987 by 45c and 55c blue cards reflecting further postal rate increases (Figure 12). A new postcard was issued on I June 1990 depicting the fuschsia flower. The 55c stamp covered the 40c postal rate and the 15c postmark fee. In August Figure 15 $1.20c Stewart Island Kiwi Datestamp Postcard 1991 the 55c card was replaced by a 45c card in a similar design (Figure 13). postmarks with examples supplied on these cards. The value shown represented the postal rate only, The first card was a 25c brown Queen Elizabeth with the 15c fee the card sold for 60c. On 30 II card (Figure 9). The card was originally made available only as part of the postmark service and August 1992 the card issued with the new logo “New Zealand Post stamps and collectibles”. The not sold mint. This policy was later changed so card was further modified on 31 August 1994 that a small number of mint cards were sold to postal stationery collectors. The card included the with the logo shifted to the top left corner. On 2 October 1995, a new 40c card was issued as a description ‘Pictorial Date-Stamp Service’ and a result of the decrease in postage rates. A new 40c cachet depicting a Kiwi and a map of New Zeacard was issued on I January 1999 depicting the land. Karo Shrub. In 1977 the original card was replaced with a In 2004 a postcard design featuring the Stewnew design, again 25c brown Queen Elizabeth II art Island Kiwi designed by Maggie Atkinson (Figure 10). This card was replaced in 1978 with was introduced with the postcard being denoma card with a smaller stamp of similar design. inated 45c. Since then, in response to increases The backs of the cards had a printed promotional in the charge for the service, the postcards have message about New Zealand stamps. been issued in 50c (2007, Figure 14), 60c, 70c, From 1 April 1981 the fee for the datestamp 80c and $1 denominations, all in a similar design. service increased to 35c and a new card was On the $1 postcard the attribution of the design issued with a 35c carmine stamp and a cachet to Maggie Atkinson has been removed. The depicting a stylized map (Figure 11). On 15 reverse of all postcards includes a description of December 1982, a redesigned card was issued the special postmark service. A $1.20 datestamp with a new globe and map of New Zealand. The postcard (Figure 15) was issued in late 2018. card now bore the logo of New Zealand Post 30 - Stamp News
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Cinderella Corner Philately And Music Welcome to the fourth Cinderella Corner piece for 2019. This article features the world of music, a topic that will be revisited in a later issue. Music permeates all cultures, past and present, and has varied significantly across the world, with even the most isolated tribal groups having some sort of music embedded into their social and cultural landscapes. This Cinderella Corner explores some Australian labels, all on covers, which celebrate different aspects of music. These cinderellas help further shape, thanks to philately, the environment of music in Australia over time. They are by no means an exhaustive account of what exists in this field, but rather present a snapshot of some material that has surfaced over the years. As usual, I welcome any feedback about these music-related cinderella labels and look forward to seeing different types of them emerge. Albert’s Dance Folio Albert’s Music, formerly J. Albert & Son, is an Australian Company with a primary interest in music publishing and production. It was established in the late 1800s when Jacques Albert, a Swiss migrant, began importing and selling a range of musical instruments with his son, Frank. They then opened a shopfront, in 1902, in King Street, Sydney. The cinderella label illustrated on the cover presented in Figure 1 highlights one of J. Albert & Son’s music publications: the Dance Folios catalogues. This series of sheet music were published throughout the 1930s to the 1950s, with several volumes offered yearly. The imperforate Dance Folio cinderella in Figure 1 measures 45mm x 65mm, and contains the text:Albert’s DANCE FOLIO NUMBER 12 / WITH SYMBOLS FOR UKULELE PIANO ACCORDEON BANJO & GUITAR / PRICE, 2/2 POSTED ANYWHERE The label also contains the contents for the volume, namely 12 different songs, along with their page numbers. The label dates to the late 1930s and is affixed to an Adelaide cover postmarked 8 December 1938. A similar label is illustrated on the cover pre32 - Stamp News
Top to bottom : Figures 1, 2 & 3 sented in Figure 2. Coloured blue, red, white and black, and imperforate, it measures 45mm x 65mm and features the text:Albert’s DANCE FOLIO NUMBER 14 / WITH SYMBOLS FOR UKULELE PIANO ACCORDEON BANJO & GUITAR / PRICE, 2/2 POSTED
Vito Milana 1941. The cover also features a Cawthorneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Limited handstamp on the front, a music store which sold music-related products (including copies of Dance Folio). It is likely that other Dance Folio cinderellas exist from editions prior to Number 12 and following Number 14; I welcome any illustrated examples of these. Russian Orchestra As heralded in a news article dated 1967, The Osipov Balalaika Orchestra of 65 together with stars of the Bolshoi Opera and Russian Ballet was the most tremendous of all the Soviet attractions. It was presented in several major Australian cities from April 1967, and was met with acclaim, as it charmed the crowds with several performances involving Russian folk music. The cover illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 is postmarked 31 January 1967 and contains, on its reverse, a cinderella promoting the forthcoming nationwide Russian show. Coloured red and white and rouletted 9 on two sides, the 57mm x 40mm label features the text: The OSIPOV BALALAIKA RUSSIAN ORCHESTRA OF 65 together with stars of the BOLSHOI Opera and RUSSIAN BALLET The label is scarce and a wonderful reminder of the touring presence of international musicians and performers, throughout Australia, over 50 years ago.
Top to bottom : Figures 4, 5 & 6 The label also contains the contents for the volume, namely 12 different songs, including the wonderfully named The Beer Barrel Polka. Interestingly, it also lists the additional price of 2/6 for postage to New Zealand, reflecting an increase in international postage. The label dates to the early 1940s and is affixed to an Adelaide cover postmarked 21 August
The Woodpecker Song The Woodpecker Song was originally an Italian song, with the music written in 1939 by Eldo di Lazzaro. The English lyrics were then penned a short time later by American lyricist Harold Adamson. It then became a hit in 1940, performed that year by several successful artists and groups, including The Andrew Sisters. The cover illustrated in Figure 5 is postmarked in Adelaide on 13 February 1941 and contains a cinderella label on its front advertising The Woodpecker Song. This label is imperforate and measures 39mm x 55mm. It is coloured green, brown, burgundy and cream and features the text: World-Wide Novelty Song Success / The Woodpecker Song / PRICE 2/. PER COPY Stamp News - 33
Cinderella Corner The addition of the Cawthorne’s Ltd. handstamp on the front of the cover suggests that copies of the sheet music were available to purchase at Cawthorne’s Ltd. in Adelaide. That Old Feeling That Old Feeling was a popular song in the late 1930s which was written by American Jewish composer Sammy Fain, with lyrics by American lyricist Lew Brown. It was released in 1937 and was nominated that same year for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The cover illustrated in Figure 6 is postmarked in Adelaide on 3 March 1938 and contains a cinderella label on its front advertising That Old Feeling. This label is imperforate and measures 35mm x 48mm. It is coloured pale yellow and black and features the text: It’s a Big Hit! That Old Feeling / Full Words & Music Price 2/. Per Copy Like the previously explored labels affixed to covers illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 5, the addition of the Cawthorne’s Ltd. handstamp on the front of the cover suggests that copies of this sheet music were available to purchase at Cawthorne’s Ltd. in Adelaide. Peg O’ My Heart Peg O’ My Heart, written by Canadian lyricist Alfred Bryan and German-born American songwriter Fred Fisher, was first published in 1913. The cover illustrated in Figure 7 is postmarked in Adelaide on 9 December 1947 and contains a cinderella label on its front advertising Peg O’ My Heart. This label is imperforate and measures 40mm x 64mm. It is coloured pink, white and black and features the text: The Irresistible Evergreen Hit Peg O’ My Heart / Full Words & Music / 2/. Per Copy The cinderella bears the interesting inclusion of actress Laurette Taylor, who featured in the 1922 silent film Peg O’ My Heart, and who passed away a year before the postmarked date of the cover, in 1946. Perry Como Pierino Ronald “Perry” Como (1912 – 2001) was an American singer and popular television personality. 34 - Stamp News
Top to bottom : Figures 7 & 8 He sold millions of records over several decades and was heralded as one of the most popular musicians and entertainers of his time. The cover illustrated in Figure 8 is postmarked in Adelaide on 4 March 1948 and contains a cinderella label on its front advertising Perry Como. This label is imperforate and measures 45mm x 60mm. It is coloured green, red, white and black and features the text: PERRY COMO Song Folio / 10 BIG SONG HITS / 2/6 N.Z. 3/. The label also features the text and logo for J. Albert and Son (Sydney), who produced this Perry Como catalogue. Conclusion Music is a rich and everchanging feature of societies and an important reflection of their values. I welcome any reader who has other examples of music-related cinderellas to share. These will then, hopefully, combine into a second Cinderella Corner piece about these fascinating items.
BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 Buy now at the listed price or bid a lower figure. Bids will be considered Midday 15th April 2019 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 list 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 many 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 for items purchased at full price. 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 (Excluding packets, mixtures, collections and items with certificates, these items are not returnable unless significantly mis-described and then only for credit or exchange, not for refund) Cinderella Issues CN6) New South Wales Registration Labels (Blue) Pack of 55 different. Price $9.25 (we have a few of these available; content of packets will vary, with a total range of about 80 different) CN6a) As above but 50 different Queensland price $8.50 CN6b) As above but 50 different South Australia, price $8.50 CN1) Australia Pals Labels Minisheet. Reprinted set of 6 labels. Emu, Kangaroo, Koala, Platypus, Lyrebird & Kookaburra. Price $29 CN2) Australia 1934 Victoria Centenary reprinted 1st set of 25 labels. Platypus, Rosella, Koala, Lyrebird Kookaburra, Magpie, Kangaroo etc. Price $29 CN3) Australia 1934 Victoria Centenary reprinted 2nd set of 25 labels. Plane, Wheat, Vineyard, Gold Panning etc. Price $29 CN4) Australia Commonwealth Beer Duty Labels, complete reprinted set of 26, 2 gallons to 400 gallons, Rouletted. Price $39 CN5) Australia set of 12 full colour Unadopted Essay sheetlets. Produced some years back in a limited edition of 2500. We have just 4 sets available at $69 per set. HR1/6) Hutt River Province 1986 Australian Wildflowers Original Artwork of the 6 accepted designs in full colour. Each measures 130 x 185. Unique! Price $1750 SPECIAL OFFERS of Papua New Guinea If you collect this territory we have excellent stocks of both mint and used. I reckon our prices to be at least 20% cheaper than other major dealers, so please let us have your wants lists. In the meantime here are some specials! PNG5) PNG 1990 Year set mint unhinged, 7 complete issues plus set of 3 Framas, price $23.50 PNG14) PNG 2003 Anniv. Of Powered Flight. Minisheet & sheetlet, SG 987/88 mint unhinged cat. £11, price $9.95 PNG13) PNG 2003 Tree Kangaroo sheetlet of 4 sets, SG 989/92, cat. £28, stunning price $7.95 PNG10) PNG 2004 Dolphin surcharges blocks of 4 mint unhinged, price $4.95 PNG12) PNG 2005 Mushrooms minisheet SG MS 1090 mint unhinged, cat. £5.50, price $4.95 PNG21) PNG 2007 Orchids, 1st personalised stamps. 3.35K in sheet of 20 with Orchid
in Tab, SG 1179, cat. £75, so cheap at only $23.95 PNG20) as above, but with Benchback Wildlife –Western Province view with bird in tab, price $23.95 PNG17) PNG 2007 Orchids, 1st personalised stamps. 5.35K in sheet of 20 with Orchid in Tab, SG 1180, cat. £120, so cheap at only $23.95 PNG18) as above, but with Port Moresby Waterfront in Tab, price $23.95 PNG7) PNG 2007 Contemporary Art Minisheet SG MS 1220, cat. £12.20 mint unhinged, price $8.95 PNG11) PNG 2008 World Aids Day 10K Minisheet, SG MS 1285 mint unhinged. Cat. £14, price $7.95 Collections & Lots IMPORTANT! When buying collections and lots you are buying at a fraction of retail for the individual stamps. There are times when some stamps may not be perfect; we simply do not have time to check every item. We regret that we are not able to accept individual stamps or sets for return from these lots. Our 14 day guarantee covers return of complete lots for credit only against future purchases, not for a refund. CM1) World collection early – modern, in 3 large stockbooks, organised by country but not in alphabetical order. Mostly large, postally used plus some mint & cto. All different in each book, but maybe a little duplication between the books. Noted good ranges of Greece, Czechoslovakia, Papua New Guinea, Italy, Romania, Sweden, Thailand, East Germany, Denmark, USSR, Egypt, Yugoslavia, Spain, Chile, Ceylon, USA, Poland, NZ, Malaysia, GB, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Canada, France, South Africa & Indonesia. Must be near 5000 stamps total here. Great value at about 3½c each! Price $179 CM2) Tanzania plus Zanzibar early – modern on 12 Hagners, mostly mint unhinged, some used in black binder. Ex part time dealer stock, priced up to sell years ago at around $110, but much is unpriced. About 350 stamps and 20 minisheets. Price $85 CM3) South West Africa early – modern on 6 Hagners, mint /mint unhinged & used in black binder. Ex part time dealer stock, priced up to sell years ago at around $150, inc. 1973 Definitives cancelled FDI in official folder and 2001 Universal Suffrage overprints in corner blocks of nine. 130 plus stamps. Price $115 CM4) Nigeria 1912 – 1970 approx. Dealer stock unpriced on 11 Hagners in black binder. Mix of mint/mint unhinged & used, values to £1 (2 different) also some early Biafra. 385 plus stamps, fair bit of duplication here in a few definitive letter rate stamps. Still cheap at $39 the lot. CM5) Gambia 1937 – 1986 on 12 Hagners in black binder, mostly mint/mint unhinged, some used. Ex part time dealer stock, priced up to sell years ago at around $135, but some is unpriced. Noted 1949 UPU, Birds set to £1 etc. About 130 stamps and 14 minisheets. Price $98 CM6) Australia pre-decimal collection in as new Seven Seas Green Padded Hingeless Album with Slipcase. No Kangaroos but KGV heads about 50% complete mix of mint & used then 95% complete to 1965. Noted 6d Engraved Kookaburra nice postally used with Sep 8 1914 circular cancel. KGV Period commems. virtually compete mint or used, plus some cto. Inc. Kingsford Smith OS ovpts cto, Vic. Cent both perfs. cto, MacArthur set with 3d & 9d cto, missing only 3d & 5/- Harbour Bridge. KGVI inc. both papers of Robes to £1 nice used, Arms set used, then pretty much complete 1946 – 1965 mint unhinged or fine used. 5/- white paper cattle is lightly hinged mint, Navigators set of 8 inc. white paper is fine used set. Finally BCOF to 1/- fine used. A very nice lot, price $775 CM7) Australia 1966 – 1983 complete fine postally used (ex. Victoria 150th anniv. Gutter pair) on Seven Seas Hingeless Pages in near new Brown Padded Binder. A great opportunity to obtain a complete 17 year span collection inc. 1971 Christmas block of 7 at less than the cost of the new album! $98 the lot. (That is less than $6 per year!) CM8) Papua New Guinea complete mint unhinged 1952 – 1986 in near new Brown
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 Seven Seas Hingeless Album with slipcase. Sydney retail $1200 plus album cost approx. $395 total value $1595 for just $495! CM9) West Germany 1970 – 1979 Complete mint unhinged incl. minisheets, without the stamps from booklet No. 17 (Mi.-No. 734-737) in mint never hinged with original gum (Value from Michel catalogue 490 EURO) Last one to clear, cheap price $165 CM10) Japan approx 500 different all large with $30 Blue German made 32 Page stockbook, as new. Nice lot, price $98 CM11) Seven Seas Territories Album in Red, 1916 – 1978 nice condition with original plastic see through dust cover. Includes pages for AAT, PNG, Christmas Is., Cocos Is., Norfolk Is. & Nauru. Contains a very modest collection. Noted AAT Pre-decimals to 2/3d mint, PNG 26 sets, either mint or used plus a smattering of others. Good value at $45 CM12) Wordwide early to modern in A5 Club books. 4 uncirculated plus 6 circulated, containing a wide array of World early to modern inc. many complete sets. Noted GB, East Germany, India, Hungary, Malta, Mongolia, Poland, Portugal, South & Central Americas, Czechoslovakia, Cambodia, Kampuchea, Spain, Finland, USSR, Vietnam, Nth. Korea & many more. 5000 plus, all different. Very clean lot. Have to worth 5c a stamp. Price $249 CM13) Prinz “Princess” red 64 black page padded stockbook near new. Retail $65, housing Hungary early to modern used collection neatly laid out in chronological order. Roughly 1150 – 1250 stamps all different. Very nice lot. Cheapest we could find for 1200 a different packet on eBay/dealers lists was $110. Our price including the very nice stockbook $105 CM14) King red 40 page padded stockbook in nice pre-loved condition new price $30. Contains wide range of mainly Western Europe used collector’s duplicates. Decent ranges of Germany, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland, Greece, Iceland etc. 1000 – 1200 stamps with duplication, heavy in places. Cheap lot for someone $49 CM15) USA used Collector’s duplicates in King red 40 page padded stockbook in nice pre-loved condition new price $30. Contains wide range of Commems. & Defins early to 1980’s plus Airmails & higher values to $2. About 1000 stamps with duplication (heavy in places) Good value for someone at $49 CM16) Mostly Fr. Colonies & GB, plus East Germany, Indonesia & others mint, mint unhinged & used Collector’s duplicates in bulging King Blue 40 page padded stockbook in pre-loved condition new price $30. Contains wide range of Commems. & Defins early to 1980’s. Values to £5. Must be about 3000 stamps with duplication (heavy in places) Excellent value at $149 CM17) New Guinea & Papua ancient hoarders lot in old Hard Bound “Airmail” Album publisher unknown looks 1920’s, and on 4 Hagner pages. Noted Lakatois to 5/- (50) inc. some with nice circular cancels. Also Birds of Paradise undated to 5/- various inc. Airmail Ovpts. (200) and Airmails to 1/- (223) plus others 1932 defins x 35 to 5d and 5d Green KGVI Airmail SG 165 x 7. In addition a few hundred Australia Pre-decimals not counted. Has to be worth $1 per stamp. Price $479 CM17) Two ancient albums with better than average World collections. Nothing after 1948 it seems. The Globe album is bulging with possibly more than 2000 stamps mostly different. The other brown Whitman album is less well filled, with about 150 stamps. Condition as usual is mixed. So roughly 2150 mostly different stamps. Got to be worth 6 to 7c each. Hours of fun in this! Price $139. CM18) Soccer, mostly if not all World Cup 1978 - 2002 in Brand New 32 Page stockbook worth $30. Nice all different mint unhinged & used collection of 140 stamps & 17 minisheets/sheetlets. Nice clean lot, odd toning on a very small number of stamps. Price $89 CM19) Worldwide earlies to about 1990 in 4 large heavy stockbooks, near 7 kg in weight. Contains World collection organised alphabetically. Most are postally used, condition a bit mixed here & there, and appear mostly all different. About 2500 stamps at an educated guess, price $235. CMF5) Great Britain 1957 – 1965 Commemorative sets in fresh mint unhinged
blocks of 4. Commences 1957 Scouts and includes scarcer sets such as Lifeboat, Botanical, Red Cross also ITU Phosphor. Missing the odd low value, which are easy to pick up. 14 sets with a total catalogue of 173 pounds. Price under a half cat. $149 CMF12) Great Britain QEII 1952 – 1980 in Blue Padded Lighthouse 32 black page stockbook, mint & used. Noted Phosphor Commemoratives, inc. Lifeboat, Red Cross, FFH, Cable etc. Wilding Definitives inc. Graphites with Inv. Wmks. Commem. Sets from 1953 Coronation with most sets represented in Mint & used, then HV Castles and pre-decimal Wildings mint & used sets to One Pound (approx.. 20 sets total) then Machin Definitives to 5 pounds & Britannia 10 pound x 5. Also Jersey War Time issues, Regionals, Locals of Lundy, Herm & Alderney etc. A great lot! Must be 1500 plus stamps. Price $595 CJ3) Russia 1950’s -60’s Accumulation plus some Romania in 3 stockbooks. Mostly cto used in sets, 1950’s – ‘60s. Few mint noted. Must be around 1500 stamps, with light duplication. Should yield close to 1000 different. Price $96 CJ7) Papua New Guinea 1950’s – 2009 mostly mint unhinged with some used sets and odds in big red stockbook plus mint sheet file. Priced by now deceased parttime dealer very conservatively at over $500, plus some is not priced. Realistic retail would probably be at least $850. There are 250 – 300 complete hundreds of sets here at a rough guess. Some minor faults but largely fresh & clean lot. $349 CJ8) Europa 1981 – 1986 complete mint unhinged collection on Lighthouse Hingeless pages. Includes sheetlets. Cat. £1735 plus = $3050 at time of writing. Very cheap at less than 25%. $749 CJ9) Sweden Booklet Collection 1978 – 1988, plus panes and single booklet stamps. Most mint unhinged, a few of the single stamps are used. Counted 36 complete booklets plus many panes and singles. High retail. Housed in as new $40 Ka-Be Brown Leather Look 32 black page stockbook. $245 CJ12) Australia 1950 – 2009 Dealer’s fine used stock in 14 x 16 page plus 4 x 32 page near new Lighthouse German Made black page stockbooks. Stockbooks alone new cost near $500! Appears all selected examples mostly with cds cancels, all neatly organised from 1 to 10 of each with many complete sets, top values, setenant strips etc. Must be close to 20,000 stamps. Ideal re-seller, immediate Stamp Show or eBay stock! Noted pre-decimal Navigators to £1 both papers with several each of the 10/-, also $4 decimal Navigator x 10. Assume the stockbooks are free and the stamps at 5c each, then it is well worth $995 CJ14) West Germany 1949 – 1970 absolutely Complete collection in Lindner Hingeless album. It is a mix of Mint and fine postally used, with much unmounted. Cat. at 1250 pounds plus yonks ago = over $2000 on today’s exchange rate. Opportunity to buy at under 25% cat. and the album thrown in free! Price $495 CJ15) Australia FDC’s in 2 albums 1981 – 1991 a decade of 220 plus mainly unofficial fdcs, plus 20 or so PSE’s which are not counted. Values to $20 with some very minor duplication. Includes mostly complete sets with Living Together, Sports etc. inc. Booklet panes of these. Very clean lot…cheap at around 80c per cover. Price $179 CJ16) GB Soccer. 28 x Official FA, EUFA & League Cup illustrated covers 1981 – 1988, plus Edinburgh Tattoo covers & a few other FDC’s Inc. Trains, Birds etc. All contained in as new $50 Brown Padded FDC album. 39 covers in all. Have to be worth $1.50 each, price $59 CJ20) World Letter C in as new Ka-be 64 page brown padded stockbook, with original protective slipcase, worth $55. Contains good ranges of Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia etc., mint & used. Would have to be around 3000 all different mint & used. Stockbook comes free, 10c each for the stamps, $295 CJ21) World carton lot, in 15 smaller stockbooks/albums. Mint/used/early/modern. Many thousands of stamps, nearly all different it seems. Great sorting lot, weighs near 8kg. Noted some decent India & Japan. $295 the lot. CJ27) Great Automobiles of the World. 1982 Boxed set World collection of Mint unhinged stamps depicting Veteran Vintage and more recent Historic Cars, in Green Deluxe presentation case. Each stamp presented is on a full colour card with
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 background information on reverse. Absolutely as new condition. 108 items. Under 75c each, original cost $320! Price $79. CJ33) Australia Decimal used collection 1966 – 2009 in large green stockbook. Appears pretty well complete for the period, approx. 1500 different stamps. Cheap at under 10c a stamp. Price $149 CJ35) GB & Br. Commonwealth useful mostly used early – modern in large green stockbook. Noted GB KGVI Square HV’s with 10/- Dark Blue and £1 Brown, good ranges Machin heads and Commemorative sets with some mint unhinged, values to £5. Also Br. Commonwealth with good range of countries, mainly KGVI – QEII. About 1000 mostly all different. Well worth 10c a stamp. Price $98 CJ36) Czechoslovakia mainly used collection 1918 – 1976 with some mint & minisheets in older pale blue post fitting album. Appears 75% complete. Useful lot with 750 – 800 different stamps. Post 1955 is mainly cto. Price $65 CJ39) Very nice Russia 1858 - 1980 mint & used collection in thick Red Gibbons “Philatelic” springback album. New cost $125. Earlies are sparse, but largely complete from 1957. Looks like 200 or so pages. Noted much better and useful minisheets, complete mint sets etc. Roughly 2000 all different. Good value at under 10c a stamp. Price $195 CJ40) World letter C, Cambodia – Cuba mint & used to 1975 in in thick Red Gibbons “Philatelic” springback album. New cost $125. Looks like 150 or so pages with useful mint unhinged Cambodia 1961 minisheets cat £16, decent lot of Chile from 1879 roulettes, Colombia from 1904, 1975, Costa Rica from 1863, Cuba from 1878 etc. Guessing approx. 1000 all different here. Many pickings. Good lot for under 10c a stamp, price $98 CJ42) Australia Packet maker’s stock 1927 – 2005. Sorted neatly in envelopes, way better than the average similar lot. Weighs 14.3kg overall. Guestimate close to 150,000 stamps here, with many hundreds of high values spotted. No Kangaroos or KGV Heads. Must go at around 1c per stamp! Big opportunity here for someone. $1495 the lot. CJ43) Australia on paper Kiloware 1940’s – 1990’s, sorted into packets of the same type. Reasonable variety. Weighs 5kg. Cheap at $98 the lot. CJ44) Australia PNC Covers 195 - 2018. Magnificent collection of 119 different inc. stamp values to $10, and coins to $5. Cost price from Australia Post from $14.95 $29.95 each. Includes ANDA Show and numbered limited editions. At a minimum the original cost must have been well over $2000, and with a retail/catalogue value of around double that. So around $4000 retail value here, under 25%, just $995. A similar smaller lot to the above with less variety 53 PNC’s for $475 Another smaller lot, this time 24 PNC’s for $215 And yet another lot of 17 PNC’s for $149 CJ45) Papua New Guinea Year Books, 1985, 86, 87. In pristine as new condition. Sydney retail $156. Less than half, $75 the 3. CJ46) Papua New Guinea mostly fine used plus some mint dealer stock 1952 – 1995 in 1 x 32 page and 3 x 16 page German Lighthouse manufactured Dark Blue, black page stockbooks as new. Cost $110. Noted definitives: 1952 set to £1 Fisherman x 3, 1/7d cattle x 3, £1 QEII x 5, Birds set to 10/- x 3, 2/3d Anzac x 13, Butterflies to $2 x 8, Shells to $2 x 5, Panorama to $2 x 8 etc. Plus many hundreds of complete commem. sets and extra oddments. Great lot for re-seller/eBayer/Packet maker. Good coverage to mid. 1980’s a bit sparse later on. Duplication from 1 – 15 plus of a stamp. Roughly 2800 stamps. Very cheap at under 15c a stamp and the $110 worth of albums come free. Price $419 CJ47) Hungary 1898 – 1980 Used collection on 200 leaves in Norman Black Springback album. Weighs over 2kg. Earlies are sparse but overall appears about 75% compete for the period with around 1500 different stamps. Good value at under 6c a stamp, price $89 NO55) NEWFOUNDLAND. Magnificent collection on Scott illustrated album pages covering the period 1857-1943. One of the finest and freshest lots I have had the
pleasure to offer. More than £4,200 SG Cat. Value (Aus. $6,720) includes a stunning SG 11, 3 margins example 3d Green mint lightly hinged £110, SG 13 £140, SG 15 mint £350, SG 25 mint £170, SG 40-43 Roulette mixed mint 1c others fine used £115, 1897 SG 66-69 Discovery and QV Diamond Jubilee, a stunning mint set £325, SG 83-90 mint £150, 1911 SG 117-27 mint £250, no rust or toning, more than 155 different stamps, various listed shades etc. A bargain as most of the early material normally sells well at half catalogue due to its rarity, as a collection this is available for just under 40% of cat. $2685 CMN1) Belgium 1970 – 1998 in as new Red Ka-Be Ring Album, on Hingeless Illustrated leaves, overflowing with extra pages. Appears virtually complete mint unhinged 1978 – 1990. Retail of stamps approx $750, plus album and leave must have cost near $300, well over $1000 value here for just $375! CMN2) Finland 1970 - 1998, not far off complete mint unhinged for the period 1980 - 1998 in as new Ka-Be Hingeless Illustrated pages. Lovely lot, retail approx $700, plus the pages must have cost near $150. $850 retail value here, only $349 CMN9) West Germany mint unhinged collection 1977 – 1989 in $40 Luxury Red Padded Ka-Be 32 black page stockbook as new. Has a few earlier used at front but then appears pretty well complete for the period. 600 + stamps, 1 booklet & 9 minisheets. Very reasonably priced at $189 CMN10) Malawi. $40 Black Padded Ka-Be Deluxe 32 black pages stockbook, as new containing neatly organised mint unhinged Malawi Collection 1975 -1989. Appears pretty well complete for the period. Highly thematic content with approx. 220 stamps, inc. 3 long definitive sets & 18 minisheets. Lovely clean lot priced cheaply at only $95 CMN11) Dominica. $40 Black Padded Ka-Be Deluxe 32 black pages stockbook, as new containing neatly organised mint unhinged Malta Collection 1977 -1989. Appears pretty well complete for the period. Highly thematic content with approx. 115 stamp & 24 minisheets. Lovely clean lot priced cheaply at only $75 CMN15) Worldwide especially produced FDC collection in 2 massive Brown leather Look albums, weighing over 7kg. 214 illustrated unaddressed covers in all with descriptive text. Cost the original purchaser $630, our price under $1 a cover, just a third of the original cost. Just $210! CMN17) 1983 Commonwealth Day FDC collection, all full sets in Blue & Gold Padded Binder, almost as new. 53 unaddressed full set covers with descriptive text on reverse and coat of arms of the relevant country on face. Original brochure enclosed showing cost price of $7.50 per cover. Total cost $415 inc. the album. Stupidly low price of UNDER ONE QUARTER of the original price, and the quality album is free. $99 the lot. COCT1) Amazing carton lot of mainly Australia Slogans on piece, 1929-1967, plus some Meter marks. Frankings range from 1d Green KGV – 5c Blue QEII. Also some USA and a few GB Metermarks/Slogans. Must be 4000 – 5000 total with a huge variety of slogans and postmarks. Has to be worth 10c and item. Price $449 COCT8) Australia Decimal very fine corner used cto quality collection 95% complete 1966-1988 in Blue Padded near new Seven Seas Hingeless Album, currently $209 on their website. Includes Navigators to $4, 1971 Christmas Block of 7, and pretty well most other stamps. (Excludes booklet panes & Gutter Pairs) Very cheap at $7 per year for album and stamps, price $154. COCT10) Norfolk Is. 1953 – 2002 90% plus complete in near new $65 Lighthouse green padded 64 black page stockbook. Around $1200 retail for the stamps alone. Odd earlier stamp is a little aged, otherwise Post Office Fresh. Norfolk Is. In in great demand right now. Great price, $695 the lot. COCT14) British Empire Queen Victoria on quality leaves. All nice fine postally used apart from a couple of low value mint. . Includes 10 countries, Bechuanaland to Trinidad. All well written up and described. Strong in Ceylon with Chalons Perf. 10 different to 2/- cat. £220, also SG 193 cat. £140. Cyprus with SG 16 cat. £500, Gibraltar SG 5 Cat. £110, SG 6 Cat. £225 also SG 25 &33 cat. £100 each. 100 plus stamps Cat. well over £2500. Price $1795 CMA1) Vast lot of World and Australia! From Deceased Estates and other sources
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 such as charities and auctions, also private purchases. We have 12 big shipping cartons which we are breaking down into smaller lots of 10 kg. Each will contain 15 – 20,000 stamps unchecked off paper plus albums, stocksheets, stockbooks, covers, minisheets etc. Virtually all is postally used with some mint, early to modern. There really is no telling what you might find in these lots. Price per 10kg lot, inc. Post and Insurance Australia Wide, around 3c per stamp $695. Supersized double lot for $1295 (post-paid) Half lot for $375 (post extra) Remember to choose World or Australia, or a mixture of both. CMA3) Jersey Complete mint unhinged 1941-2017. Supplied in 5 Top quality German LINDNER T albums in matching slipcases. SG catalogue value £4,068 (=$A7,500) for stamps alone and albums are another $2000. Great condition formed in Europe, so no rust. Books and stamps look almost as new. Appears 100% complete. The top quality German Lindner Albums with matching slipcases have mega thick quality pages, all stamps illustrated, and onto which is affixed a clear overlay (like a Vario sheet) with applicable pockets, into which you add the mint stamps and on the printed paper page underneath, you can then hinge on USED stamps if you want, of the same issue. i.e. the albums can house a mint AND used collection if you wish. Each book is lightly annotated in erasable soft 4B pencil with SG value alongside each set (took a full day to do it!) and we have – 1941 to 1990 SG value £385 1991 to 2002 SG value £629 2003 to 2008 SG value £827 2009 to 2013 SG value £1,092 2014 to 2017 SG value £1,133 SG total catalogue value £4,068 MASSIVE face/retail, lots of £5 stamps in here too. ANYTHING post 1990 is very tough for Jersey, and post 2000 near impossible. At 40% of cat. for the stamps and with $2000 worth of albums thrown in, this is remarkable value at just $2995 CMA8) Australia KGV period used accumulation on Hagners including ‘Roos 1d (40, including 8 with private perfins), KGV heads (approx 160) noted 2d C of A inverted wmk (30+), perfin ‘VG’ (25), also 1935 2d ANZAC (500), 1936 2d Cable (100), & 1937 2d NSW Sesqui (70), majority appear to have cds cancels, great opportunity for the postmark collector! Price $175 CMA9) Australia & AAT FDC and PSE collection mint and used 1970 – 1983, plus some PO Souvenir covers in 4 big ledger type album neatly displayed. All very clean mostly unaddressed Official Australia Post Covers. Noted 1970 Grassland, Expo, Royal Visit, Cook, 1971 Christmas Block of 7 x 2, $10 Painting etc. Counted well over 500 covers. A steal at under 50c per cover. Price $249 CMA10) Australia 1970 -1993 Official Post Office First Day Cover collection house in 5 x Luxury Gold Blocked Deep Blue PW First Day Cover Albums as new, with extra pages for later issues these alone cost $750. Appears complete for the period except for the small Cook cover. All are as purchased from the Post Office, brand spanking new and unaddressed, except 1. Commences 1970 Expo and has all the early scarce covers, miniature sheets, peel and sticks, Framas and counter printed stamps. etc. 380 covers in all with values to $20, must have cost $1250 to $1500 to buy as new issues. So around $2000 total original cost here. An opportunity to buy a virtually complete collection that can be built on for under $2 a cover, the $750 worth of albums are free! Just $749. CJL2) France. Mint (much unhinged) & fine used collection 1849 Imperfs – 1989 on Hagners & Hingeless pages in black binder. All items described and priced per Gibbons 2016 Stamps of the World, and with a total catalogue value of £3095, plus some first day covers not included in the pricing. Good general overall condition with some very minor duplication in places. Excellent lot for 25% of catalogue value, price $1389 CJL5) Papua New Guinea 1990 - 1998 50 different Official First Day Covers, all clean unaddressed. Very cheap at $99
CJL6) As above, but 1990 – 2001, price $110 CJL13) China, People’s Republic. Wide ranging lot of 500 different mostly used, with brand new 64 black page padded German Made stockbook. Price $295 CJL24) Channel Islands 1940 - 1984 Guernsey + Jersey MUH colln in huge and heavy Dark Green Lindner T Hingeless album. Seldom seen material. These top quality German Lindner Albums have mega thick quality pages, onto which is a clear overlay with applicable pockets, you add the mint stamps into (see photo) and on the paper page, you can then hinge on USED stamps if you want of the same issue. i.e. this album houses a mint AND used collection. It costs $300 - 400 new. Pretty reasonable condition and a few spots on page outers seen, but very usable. From earlies up to mid 1980s. Has nice things like early 1943 Jersey set of 6 MUH, and also the scarce 1969 Guernsey Dues etc. Both countries with MUH QE2 Defins to £5. Spot checked these, and near all look to be fresh MUH. There is ALSO a pile of PO packs, and also some covers, and also Hagner of earlies, and a few other bits and pieces. With the packs etc, the SG Cat is about £325 - plus an album worth $100's = Near $1,000 value. Just $359. CMMY1) Worldwide in Albums & Stockbooks, early – modern. Mainly used. As received from Estates. Honestly could be anything in here, as we only give each lot a cursory glance. There will be a % of Australia in these lots. 5kg lot for $129, 10kg for $249, 20kg for $495 as above but AUSTRALIA only, same prices. as above but 50% Australia and World, same prices. CMMY2) Germany 1936 – 1954 on Hagners. Commences 1936 Brown Ribbon minisheets, mint x 7 with original interleaving. 1937 Hitler minisheet rouletted mint unhinged, Michel 648. 1948/9 British and American Zone issues used to 75 pfg, the West Berlin views to 5DM used, red & black Berlin Overprints mint & used to 84pfg. Then Berlin 1949 UPU used, Stamp Ex. Set of 3 mint, Bell with clapper central complete used etc, etc. W. Germany Heuss defins Mint Unhinged and fine used to 3DM. All in all a lovely lot. Some duplication. SG Cat. £2250. Good value at under 20% cat. Price $749 CMMY7) Australia KGV Heads in red 16 page Lighthouse Stockbook. All 1.5d Red and Brown values, sorted by watermark. Must be some postmark interest etc. here. All good examples it looks like. Not checked by us for varieties, postmarks or shades. 1079 stamps. Price $649 CMMY10) Australia 1975 – 95 Australia Post un-addressed First Day covers, massive clearance. 100 different for $89, 250 mixed for $169, 500 mixed for $325, 1000 mixed for $595. Massive lot of 2000 mixed for $1100. (Duplication will be kept to a minimum in the mixed lots, depending upon stocks) CMMY11) British Commonwealth, 1953 Coronation Covers, many with additional stamps & markings. Amazing lot of 65 small seamail covers virtually all to Melbourne. Wide variety of usages and cancels inc. Interbank mail, Official Mail, Registered Mail, Postage Dues, Taxed Covers, Meter Frankings, Perfins, etc. Mainly not FDCs, with a variety of cancels through 1953/54. Many better countries represented inc. Singapore, Hong Kong, North Borneo, Sarawak, Falkland Is., Gibraltar, Cayman Is., St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Ascension, Cyprus etc. Most are neat typed address. A superb addition to any Royalty or British Commonwealth Collection. Priced well under $6 a cover, $375 the lot. A similar lot to the above, these all on Artcraft Cacheted covers, mostly light pencilled address to Brooklyn, USA. Included GB Set of 4, plus the sets of 4 for Kuwait, Bahrein, Muscat and Tangier. Includes re-addressed and registered items. 36 covers in all again at less than $6 per cover, price $198 CMMY13) New Zealand 2001 – 2014 Collection in $60 64 Page as New Red Lighthouse Stockbook. Mostly one of each Mint Unhinged and very fine used with Circular cancel, appears complete for period. About 250 complete sets with a retail of around $3500. Priced very reasonably at 40% retail, price $1395
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 CMMY14) Great Britain 1999 - 2007. Extensive mint unhinged collection in as new Lighthouse Red 64 page stockbook value $50. Appears pretty well complete for the period, with some extras in used, which are not counted. Incudes Commemoratives, Definitives, Regionals, Booklets and Minisheets. Two minisheets are there only in used, with special cancels, otherwise all fresh mint unhinged. Retail approx. $1975, price $1185. CAP2) Papua New Guinea, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets just $49 As above in blocks of 4, $189 CAP3) Western Samoa, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 CAP4) Nauru, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 CAP5) Norfolk Is. 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 Packets and Mixtures: Important: Packets and mixtures are not returnable for any reason. Our mixtures are sold as received and unchecked by us. Expect duplication, unless stated as all different. PM92) Worldwide early-modern on and off paper in Blue Zip Seal Wallet. Very varied mix, looks like 2500 – 3000 stamps. Could be anything in here, ex. Estate. Cheap at around 3c per stamp. Price $95 Similar to above, but all off paper. Must be around 7000 stamps here. Again at about 3c each, Price $225 1 of each lot PM92 & PM 92a as above, save $25 price $295 PM91) Australia Minisheets & sheetlets, all fine used, some cto. 1970 Cook – very recent. 40 different, face value $135 plus. Very cheap at under $2 each, $89 the lot. Similar lot to above with duplication 1 to 4 of each. Good for re-seller. 60 items in total, price $110 PM91) Australian International Stamps, selected used examples, off paper. Maybe some cto. Some nice higher values included. Hard to source, 100 mixed for $49 PM90) Australian Antarctic Territory off paper mix pre-decimal to 1990’s mostly postally used, maybe some cto. Inevitably a fair bit of duplication. About 12,500 to 15,000 to the kg. Around 4c per stamp, 100g for $59 (Only 2 lots available) PM89) British Commonwealth off paper, large & small, early to modern but mainly QEII. A good mix, about 12,500 to 15,000 to the kg. Under 3c per stamp, 100g for $39 PM88) Straits Settlements, Malayan States, Malaysia, Singapore & Hong Kong. Off paper mixture, Queen Victoria to modern. We only have 1 lot of this weighing 125 grams. Around 1500 – 2000 stamps. Very good lot for $89 PM86) China Peoples Republic, 500 different, new lot just arrived. Great lot! Price $245 PM79) Australia latest received Mission Mix on paper with recent and latest. Absolutely unpicked, includes a small amount of foreign high values etc. Trim varies as is from a variety of sources. about 4500 stamps per kg. 100g for $12, 250g for $26.50, 450g for $45, 1kg for $89, 2.5kg for $210. Very small quantity available, be quick! PM78) Australia KGV period, values to 1/6d. No heads, but a wide variety of Commems. and Definitives. Great for postmark/variety hunters. 100g, about 1250 stamps for under 5c each, $59 PM77) World Minisheets by Weight! Many years since we first offered these. Approx 1100 sheets per kg. Great mixture of mint unhinged and cto from both British Commonwealth and Foreign Countries. We keep duplication here to a minimum, depending upon our stocks at the time of ordering. High catalogue/retail value. 100g for $33, 250g for $79. PM76) New lower price! Was $295 per kg. World off paper, latest arrivals gathered together from various sources and simply mixed into the very best available mixture. Completely unchecked by us and representing well over a century of stamps here. Roughly 12,500 stamps to the kg, cheapest way to build your World collection at around 2c per stamp. Price per kg $249, 500g for $129, 250g for $69, 100g for $35 PM75) World mostly large and commemoratives mainly on single well trimmed paper. Very colourful lot with many better values. Latest arrivals from various sources around the world. 1kg for $325, 500g for $169, 250g for $89, 100g for $45
PM74) Channel Islands charity mix on paper, just received, great variety, gathered from various sources, the Guernsey mostly on single well trimmed paper. The Jersey on single torn paper. Jersey only $195 per kg, $110 per 500g, $59 per 250g, $29 per 100g Guernsey only $235 per kg, $129 per 500g, $69 per 250g, $34.50 per 100g A mixture of both islands $215 per kg, $115 per 500g, $64 per 250g, $32.50 per 100g PM71) Australia & Territories decimal mint lots, as pulled from collections, stockbooks etc. Mostly mint unhinged, and will include Singles & Blocks of 4 (The odd few may be hinged as we do not have time to check all of this) You may also find complete sets and minisheets etc, whatever we have to hand. Will cover the period 1966 – 1986 Approx. Will include Australia, AAT, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Is.. We can also add some Papua New Guinea, Norfolk Island & Nauru if required. Price per lot of 1000 mixed $110, half lot of 500 for $60. PM69) Australia decimals, cto with gum, mid 1990’s – 2011. Nice clean lot all with corner Melbourne cto cancels. Includes high values, Internationals, a few territories, se-tenant strips and blocks etc. Good variety, but expect duplication. Under 10c a stamp, approx 1000 for $98, 500 for $55 (4 lots available) PM62) Ireland, 500 different, 1 only was on our packets list at $280, price to clear $210 PM63) Fish, 500 different, normally $90, one only available $79 PM67) Australia International stamps used on/off paper. Many good values here, huge face value. 100 mixed for $49 PM49) World mixture on mostly single well clipped paper. Latest lot to arrive from major charity in the UK. Could be anything from older to recent. 500g for $93.50 1kg for $179. PM50) Ireland, latest arrived mission mix from a new source in the “Emerald Isle” Better clip than usually seen from this popular country. Lots of stuff we have never seen before inc. a lot of Wildlife issues, plus high values to 1.25 Euros. 250g for $29, 500g for $56, 1kg for $95 PM51) South Africa Mission mix on close clipped single paper. Sold as received. Latest lot just arrived. 250g for $29, 500g for $56, 1kg for $95 PM42) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroos, bulk lot off paper, unchecked for Dies, Varieties, Postmarks etc. 100 for $59, 250 for $139, 500 for $265, 1000 for $495 PM45) Papua New Guinea off paper mixture, mostly 1960’s – 1980’s but some more recent. Good for postmark hunters! Price per 50g $62.50, per 100g $119 PM25) Australia, off paper. Contents of a shoebox ex deceased estate. Must be close to 15,000 stamps here dating from 1913 with a few Kangaroos and KGV to quite recent with many higher values, Internationals etc. noted. Huge variety here and at about 2c per stamp. Price $295. PM26) Similar lot to the above, but Worldwide, same price $295 PM27) Contents of a Brown Paper carrier Bag of World on paper, overall weight 2.15kg. Looks like a decent mix, early to modern. Brought in by Catholic Charity. Price $249 MAP10) Worldwide contents of a Box File. A super quality lot of World on Paper, early to recent, from Deceased estate, could be anything here, good variety with some better values. Around 1.5kg, must be 6000 stamps for $179 MAP11) As above, but mainly Australia. Price $129 Great Britain 1840 1d Blacks PB80) GB 1840 1d Black, unplated example lettered D C. Just 3 margin example with small bite out of lower left, otherwise would be 4. Cancelled by light red Maltese Cross. Has some paper adherance to the reverse. Better than average spacefiller. Price $149 PB70) Great Britain1840 1d Black superb 4 even margin example from Plate 1b lettered I- D from plate 4. Cancelled by full central Red Maltese Cross. Very attractive stamp, cat. £400, price $465
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 PB67) Great Britain 1840 4 margins 1d Black plate 2, lettered P-A, with doubled P tied to large piece by red brown maltese Cross and dated 31 May 1840. "Lighthouse return" from Calf of Man, with accompanying letter and Brandon 2001 Certificate. May dates are exceedlingly scarce, and Lighthouse ephemera is in high demand. Price $1350 PB22) GB 1840 1d Intense Black SG1, plate 1b. Nice 4 margin example with neat red Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered J-K. Bright fresh looking stamp. Cat. £525. Price $649 PB23) GB 1840 1d Black SG2, plate 1b. Nice 4 large margin example with red Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered M-C. Nice looking stamp. Cat. £375. Price $469 PB24) GB 1840 1d Intense Black SG1, plate 2. Nice 4 large margin example with tidy red Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered P-A. Also with variety “P doubled” Very fresh looking stamp. Cat. £525. Price $649 PB27) GB 1840 1d Black SG2, plate 4. Nice deep colour, tending towards Intense Black. 4 margin example with red Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered K-E. Attractive stamp. Cat. £375. Price $469
celled by Duplex of Armagh dated AU 19 84. A stunning and rare piece, never seen by us before. Multiples of this stamp are rare, used in Ireland are impossible! Full perfs, good colour, minor stain & wrinkle to top left in no way detracts. Cat. £480 for a single stamp, £2250 for a block of 4. Price $1725 GB153) Great Britain 1887 – 1900 Jubilee issue mint on album page. Complete set of 14, with 5d dies I & II, but less 1/- Green. 1/- & 5d Die I are MNG. Cat. £1175, cheap at $295 BD221) Great Britain 1902 5/- both De la Rue Shades in nice used condition with circular cancels. SG 263 & 264 Bright Carmine and Deep Bright Carmine. Nice for comparison. Both well centred with full perfs. Cat. £440. Price $149 the two. GB164) Great Britain 1951 Festival of Britain PTS FDC. Neat hand addressed cover with London SW1 3rd May 1951 machine cancel. Scarce and attractive, price $82.50 DB684) GB 1996 Christmas 43p, Missing Gold used on piece. Found in Kiloware, with normal for comparison. Entirely genuine, with no tampering or evidence that the gold was ever there. Previously unrecorded. Magnificent error. Price $1665
Other Great Britain BD222) Great Britain 1855 4d Small Garter, white paper, SG62b Fine Used. Rare stamp, and under-catalogued at £1100. Bargain Price $445 BD329) Great Britain 1855 4d Small Garter, white paper, SG62b Very Fine Used, cancelled by clean strike of barred numeral 88. Rare stamp, and under-catalogued at £1100. Bargain Price $695 BD339) Great Britain 1874 5/- Rose, plate 2, SG 127 On piece. Lovely looking stamp on small piece cancelled by clean strike of EC 2 Barred number. Possibly a closed tear at top. Nevertheless a nice looking piece, cat. £675. Selling as is at under 10% cat. Price $110 BD340) Great Britain 1880 1/- Orange Brown, SG 151 plate 13. Fine used example cancelled by clearly struck cds barred numeral 105. Lettered H- J, J – H. Well centred with full perfs. Premium stamp! Cat GB SG62b 4d Small garter white paper1400 inc. 100% premium for lightly cancelled well centred. Well priced at around 20% cat. $479 BD349) Great Britain 1881 6d Surcharge SG 162a. Variety “Dots slanting down to right” Cancelled by barred Numeral 42. Lettered J – S, S – J. cat. Tiny closed tear at top. £450. Priced cheaply at only 10% cat. $77.50 BD403) Great Britain 1883 2/6d Lilac on Blued Paper, SG 175. Lovely well centred, full perf example lettered H – K, K – H. Late usage, cancelled by Continental Night Mail cds of AU 21 96. Much nicer than most of these that you see, no creases, thins, rubbing or crayon marks! Cat. £1500, plus 50% premium for well centred, lightly used. Price $825 GB112) As above, another as above, with double ring cds, date unclear. Lettered C- F, F – C. Price $775 GB165) Great Britain1883-84 2/6d Deep Lilac, SG 179. Fine used well centred example with full perfs. London Hooded Cancel. Cat. £225. Much nicer than usually seen with fresh original colour. Price $119 GB128) Great Britain 1883 10/- Ultramarine on Blued paper, SG 177. Lovely well centred example lettered G – H., Well centred and with good perfs. Cancelled by oval registered cancel to top left. Much nicer than most of these that you see, no creases, thins, rubbing or crayon marks! Cat. £8250, plus 50% premium for well centred, lightly used. Dealer expertisation mark on reverse. A great price, only $1695 GB113) Great Britain 1883 10/- Ultramarine on Blued paper, SG 177. Lovely well centred example lettered G – G. , perfs slightly ragged at top and trimmed at lower left. Cancelled by neat corner Frampton squared circle of SP 25 87. 96. Much nicer than most of these that you see, no creases, thins, rubbing or crayon marks. Cat. £8250, plus 50% premium for well centred, lightly used. A great price, only 5% cat. $745 GB114) As above, this one centred high, lettered G – H, H – G. Cancelled by barred cancel “L.S. 6”. Perfs slightly trimmed at base. Cheap at only 7.5% cat. $1100 GB109) Great Britain 1883 9d Dull Green, SG 195 Vertical Pair Used in Ireland! Can-
Australian States New South Wales NSW16) Spectacular piece, with 2 of the scarcest face different NSW Imperfs, *AND* a rare postmark: 1852 6d Yellow Brown Laureate, 4 large margins, SG 74 - also being a very clear *DOUBLE PRINT*. Alongside an 1853 8d Orange Yellow, SG 80, superb 4 margin. Both tied by “55” Barred numeral of Newcastle scarce Type 1Bv (6mm x 10mm) rated “RRRR” by Freeman in new handbook. Quite Superb condition, ex Clayton and the late Mark Dankin, who formed THE finest NSW collection post-war over half a century, and who ONLY bought the very finest, fault free material. His NSW Collection won FIP Large Gold medals at Belgica 2001, Washington 2006 and España 2006. Clean and fresh and with no foxing or thins or creases. Two essential face different imperfs, missing from 99% of collections. No perforated versions were issued of either so these are globally sought. Melbourne Retail $1,000 as average used OFF piece. With a double print AND a rare “RRRR” cancel it is a gem in top condition. SG £875 for average which figure is insane - 5 years ago these were HIGHER, and all NSW around them have risen in price - often many fold. The Besancon collection sold NSW imperfs late 2017 for MULTIPLES of full SG catalogue for quality examples, and the new SG will reflect that. Details of that sale here - Tinyurl.com/Besancons. For the astute buyer, who recognises and appreciates top quality with THE finest provenance - a totally UNIQUE piece - $3450 NSW15) New South Wales 1867 Queen Victoria 10d Lilac, striking Imperforate pair: Watermark “10” in single lined figures, SG watermark number 35. Fresh attractive unused pair, with no thins, creases or hinge remains. From an Estate. SG 205a, cat £3,000 for imperf between pair. Probably from same error sheet. Nice rich colour, and most attractive for something 150 years old now! $3250 NSW4) NSW 1875 small re-addressed cover to Aldershot Camp. Bears 6d QV Bright Mauve, SG 216 Endorsed “via. San Francisco” in Manuscript and tied by Sydney Duplex of JA 15 75, and with arrival cds on face of Farnborough (Hants) Station MR 8 75. Also reverse cds of Aldershot Camp of the same date, and of Chatham Kent the following day. Addressed to Colonel Jfy. Kent of 77th Reg’d at Aldershot Camp and re-addressed to Exeter Devon. The 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot was a line regiment of the British Army, raised in 1787. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 57th Regiment of Foot to form the Duke of Cambridge's Own in 1881. Nice scarce military item. Price $179 NSW26) NSW 1880’s 6d Brown Laureate Imperf in re-printed sheet of 25. From original plates. Pre-printing paper crease to lower right corner, not affecting stamps. Price $395 NSW27) NSW 1880’s 6d Brown Laureate Imperf in re-printed sheet of 25. From original plates. Weaker strike from slightly worn plate, also brown ink smear to top right stamp. Price $395 NSW42) NSW 1885/6 NSW £1, rare clear DOUBLE SPECIMEN overprint! SG 240a, perf 12 with BLACK POSTAGE overprint. SG does not even list a Specimen overprint for
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 this stamp, and the normal non-specimen is cat. £10,000. Mint lightly hinged, with minor gum aging. Price $10,000 NSW31) New South Wales 1890 8d Lilac Rose Lyrebird, Ovpt OS perf 11 x 12. SG O43, MLH. Price: $32 NSW32) New South Wales 1890 1/- Purple Brown Kangaroo, Ovpt OS perf 11 x 12. SG O44b, MH light gum toning. Price: $32 NSW33) New South Wales 1891 cover to Sydney bearing: 2d Emu. Cancelled by Duplex of Bulli Ry STN, NSW, NO 11 1891, printed bank address cover. Price: $40 NSW39) New South Wales 1903 uprated postal stationery cover to Germany. Bearing: 3d Red Registered Postal Stationery and 2.5d Deep Blue. Cancelled by CDS of Sydney, MY 11 03, arrival CDS of Leipzig 16 6 03 Registered cover. Price: $60 NSW25) New South Wales 1903 10/- Perf 12 x 11, SG276a, cat. £60 Cancelled by Sydney No. 24 cds, date unclear. Price $69 NSW40) New South Wales 1905 2/6d Blue Green, perf 11.5 x 11. SG 349a, MLH. Price: $80 NSW41) New South Wales 1905 2/6d Blue Green, perf 11. SG 349b, MLH. Price: $65 NSW43) Useful range of 9 postal stationery items, mint & used 1893 – 1905. Includes letter cards x 2 used, & postcards 6 mint, 1 used. Mainly fine. Price $37.50 the lot. APH2) New South Wales, 1908 A SUPERB condition advertising cover from Donald Ross & Co. noted seller of horse Castrator equipment - To Jas Hatrick & Co in London who also sold Surgical Veterinary equipment - This is a COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA cover, as we Federated in 1901. A HIGHLY sought after era these days. And covers from over 100 years back are scarce from here. Clear "London May 16 – 08” arrival cancel on back. Also a brilliant cover for anyone collecting HORSES and related areas. The ½d used on any foreign cover is unusual, as the 2½d stamp was issued for this purpose. These are the scarce FINAL watermark 1907 issue stamps SG 353/354 Cat “From £125 on cover” Price $179 Queensland Q1) Queensland 1860 1d Carmine Rose Imperf Chalon Head, SG1. Near 4 margin fine used example, just into at left. Cat. £800, price $395 Q17) Queensland 1871-72 Small Chalon Postal Fiscals 6d brown, two distinct shades with very faint fiscal cancels, Price $34.50 Q9) Queensland 1880 unused Postal Stationery. 1d Rose Chalon Pristine - H&G 1b. Price: $25 Q10) Australia 1882 5/- Rose Queensland Large Chalon. With RPSV Cert. Thin paper, wmk Crown Q (SG type 5) Sideways, perf, 12, SG 154 overprinted "SPECIMEN" in Blue and showing partial Kiss Print. Certificate dated 22/1/2010. Price: $200 South Australia SA16) South Australia 1895 small cover to France. Bearing: 2.5d SG 234. Via Modane A Paris arrival CDS in Red and Black (on reverse) Jan 1896 L'Isle Serrin. Cancelled by TPO Duplex of Adelaide, SA, DE 3 95. Price: $150 SA5) South Australia 1904 1d Scarlet SG 179a, wrong perf! Fresh mint unhinged example, perf 12 all around instead of 12 x 11.5. This perf. not recorded by SG. Price $149 Tasmania T16) Tasmania 4d Bright Red Orange Courier, Die 1. Unused cut to shape on small piece. SG 5, Cat. £8500 for cut square. Good spacefiller at well under 5% catalogue, price $595 T40) Tasmania 1855 - 64 Imperforate, 1d Dull Vermilion Chalon. Mint without Gum 3 margins, SG 28 - ASC 3a. Price: $225 T57) Tasmania 1855 4d deep blue wmk large star SG17 two margins, others close to touching, FU. Price $69 T55) Tasmania 1863-71 QV 2d yellow-green perf 12 SG 7, FU. Price $179 T81) Tasmania 1865-71 1d carmine perf 12 SG 70, showing a spectacular vertical
mis-perforation resulting in the stamp being only 20mm wide, Mint no gum, striking ‘miniature’ stamp with strong colour and full perforations. Price $99 T43) Tasmania 1865 6d Dull Cobalt, imperf 3 margins, SG 47, Fine used Barred Numeral 95 Cancel. Price: $85 T44) Tasmania 1867 6d Reddish Mauve Chalon, imperf, 3 margins, Fine used, Barred Cancel. SG 49. Price: $110 T54) Tasmania 1870 Postmasters Letter Bill from Oatlands with cds rated 'R' Price $149 T53) Tasmania 1880 Postmasters Letter Bill from Campbell Town with 'CAMPBELL TOWN JN 9/80' cds rated 'R', and partial Brighton cds rated 'RR' some damage from opening, scarce and attractive. Price $179 T72) Tasmania 1891 ½d Orange Queen Victoria Sideface Imperf Pair mint SG 172a. Nice original gum pair. Left stamp is 3 margin right has 4 good margins. Very fresh looking. Cat. £300, price $275 T61) Tasmania 1903 wmk V over crown QV 1/- both perfs SG 243/243a cat £140, overall toned gum Mint. Price $79 T83) Tasmania 1909 Coloured picture postcard of Glenorchy falls rivulet to USA. Bears ½d & 1d Scenes SG249/50, cat. from x 10 on cover. Cancelled by VERY WORN Beaconsfield cds’s of JA 19 09. Price $69 T34) Tasmania 1879 Postal Fiscals 2/6d George & Dragon overprinted “Reprint” half sheet of 60 perf 12 on thin card with full unhinged gum. Originals cat. as SG F13 at £350 each = £21,000 as mint hinged. Price $1995 T35) As above the 10/- Orange value, originals cat. as SG F16 at £500 each = £30,000 as mint hinged. Price $1995 T35a) Both values as above for $3950 Victoria 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 V154) Victoria 1854 8d Orange Laureate, SG 112, a fine Mint example of this scarce stamp with fresh, almost full original gum (there is a small area of gum loss at the left), Cat £850, Price $995 V101) Victoria 1884-96 3/- Olive-drab wmk V over Crown perf 12½, Stamp Duty, SG268a, Fine used with crisp ‘ENGLISH MAIL’ cds, Price $29 V124) Victoria 1884-96 10/- Brown/rose wmk V over Crown perf 12½, Stamp Duty, SG 240b. Nice postally used with Ballarat duplex, centred to top right, unpriced in Gibbons. Price $249 V130) Victoria 1884-96 15/- Brown wmk V over Crown perf 12½, Stamp Duty, watermark upright, SG 273a. Fine used with Melbourne duplex cancel, well centred, watermark upright. Cat. £120. Price $129 V123) Victoria 1884-96 £1 Red-orange wmk V over Crown perf 12½, Stamp Duty, SG 242a, with 1897 MELBOURNE duplex, some thinning at top, Cat £120, Price $49 V129) Victoria 1884-96 £1/5s Pink wmk V over Crown perf 12½, Stamp Duty, SG 274, with light crisp 1900 MELBOURNE cds, Fine used, Cat £180, most retail lists show this scarce value as ‘POR’ Price $279 V127) Victoria 1884-96 £1/10s Pale olive wmk V over Crown perf 12½, Stamp Duty, SG 275, with light 1900 MELBOURNE cds, centred to right, Fine used, Cat £160, Price $199 V112) Victoria 1884 2/6d Orange Stamp Duty, SG 226. Clean light fiscally used example with full perfs, centred right. Cat. £325 as used. Price $89 V114) Victoria 1884 £5 Black & Green Stamp Duty, SG 230b, wmk upright. Fresh mint with gum ovpt. REPRINT. Gibbons Mint price £22,000! Full perfs, centred left, price $849. V116) Victoria 1884/96 £8 Red on Yellow Stamp Duty. Well centred 1888 fiscally used example with full perfs. As usual for these has a couple of pinholes. SG 251, price $279
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 V72) Victoria 1884/5 £10 Stamp Duty, SG 279/279a. A fine example with neat Pen Cancel, No Pinholes! Cat. £250 as postally used. Price $125 V73) Victoria 1888 1/6d Pale Blue Stamp Duty. SG 322, mint without Gum. Cat. £275 as mint hinged. Price: $100 V133) Victoria 1896-99 4/- Orange wmk V over Crown Stamp Duty SG 346, MELBOURNE CTO with slightly suntanned gum, light vertical bend, centred to lower left, Cat £50, Price $39 V135) Victoria 1896-99 15/- Brown wmk V over Crown Stamp Duty SG 350, MELBOURNE CTO cds, centred to lower right, Cat £85, Price $99 V118) Victoria 1897 £25 Dull Blue Green Stamp Duty SG 289. Clean 1902 fiscally used example. Good perfs, centred a little right. One pinhole to lower left corner. Cat. £500 for cto. Price $249 V119) Victoria 1884 – 1900 £50 Dull-Lilac SG 284. Clean fiscally used example. Good perfs, well centred. No pinholes. Price $349 V120) Victoria 1884 – 1900 £100 Analine Crimson SG 285c. Striking ink bleed through to reverse, looks like an offset! Clean 1890 fiscally used example. Good perfs, well centred. Two small pinholes not visible from front. Price $495 V108) Victoria 1897 Charity set CTO, very attractive Price $199 V144) Victoria 1897 Charity set, the 1d CTO, the 2½d with indistinct cds, attractive set, Price $179 V143) Victoria 1900 Patriotic Fund set, both values with horizontal crease, the 2d with some light paper adhesions, Mint, Cat £460, Price $199 V87) Victoria 1901-10 ‘Postage’ perf 12 x 12½ 1/- Yellow-orange Type A, SG 394, couple of small tone spots on gum at base, Mint, Cat £35, Price $25 V109) Victoria 1901-10 ‘Postage’ perf 12½ 5/- rosine & blue, advertised retail $150, Mint with some hinge remains. Price $119 V111) Victoria 1901 QV 2/- blue/pink SG 382 Mint, advertised retail $150, some hinge remains, Price $79 V155) Victoria 1901 £1 Carmine-rose perf 12½, SG 399, with bold central strike of ‘VICTORIA’ obliterator, postally used is scarcer than CTO for this issue, Price $229 V21) Victoria 1893 small cover to House of Commons, London. Bears 2 x 1d QV SG 332a, cancelled by Melbourne duplexes of JE 13 93, and with arrival cds on reverse of London S.W. JY 17 93. Addressed to James Hogan MP. James Francis Hogan MP (29 December 1855 – 9 November 1924) was an Irish history professor at University College Cork, author and Member of Parliament for Mid Tipperary 1893–1900. Born in County Tipperary in 1855, to Rody and Mary Hogan, he had one sister, Margaret. The family emigrated to Melbourne in 1856, when he was at the age of 1, and lived in Geelong, attending St. Mary's Catholic School there, before a year at St Patrick's College, Melbourne. He graduated and began to teach in 1872. He began writing in local newspapers on Catholic topics, before later editing the Victorian Review. Joining the Victorian Catholic Young Men's Society in 1884 he admired the legacy of Daniel O'Connell and campaigned to erect a memorial to him. He published works on the Irish colonisation of Australia, including “The Gladstone Colony: An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History and The Irish in Australia” in the late 1880s. He then returned to England, and in 1893 was elected unopposed to the House of Commons as MP for Mid Tipperary. He served as secretary of the Colonial Party under Sir Charles Dilke. Following retirement as an MP in 1900, he moved to Ireland to teach at the University College, Cork. There, he became associated with the Blueshirt movement, advocating a Christian democracy which clashed with the more right-wing aims of their leader Eoin O'Duffy. He remained unmarried at his death, and was survived by his sister. Great historical piece, $249 V78) Victoria 1898 small cover to USA. Bearing: Orange on Yellow 2.5d. Cancelled by 14 A CDS of Melbourne, VIC, FE 11 98, hand addressed cover. Price: $40 V80) Victoria 1905 postcard of Fire Brigade Station, Melbourne to South Africa. Bearing: 2.5d Blue SG 388a. Cancelled by CDS No. 14 of Melbourne, 16 6 05. Price: $120 V71) Victoria 1911 2/- Booklet, pristine as issued with original staple, and all stamps
Post Office Fresh. A wonderful find and rare so fine. SG SB4 cat. £6000. Price $4975 WESTERN AUSTRALIA WA80) WA 1854 1d Back Swan Rouletted SG 2. Complete roulettes easily visible on 3 sides. Shows part of adjoining stamp at right. Tiny thin at base. Cancelled by light barred numeral (number no legible) Cat. £700. Price $675 WA79) WA 1857 6d Grey Black Swan Imperf. SG 19. Fine 4 margin example cancelled by neat Barred Numeral 6. Dealer expertisation marks x 2 on reverse. Cat. £550, price $425 WA73) WA 1861 1d, 2d, 4d & 1/- Swans fine used, each with neat Commissariat puncture. Scarce. Price $295 WA116) Western Australia 1872 6d Lilac Swan, wmk Crown CC perf 12½ SG59, some minor hinge related toning along top perfs, full dull original gum Mint, Cat £300, Price $199 WA124) Western Australia 1887 cover to Germany bearing 6d Lilac, SG 59. Cat from x 10 on cover. Cancelled by cds of Albany MR 18 87, and with small triangular T handstamp on face. Reverse bears cds of Brindisi 15 APR 87 and “T” 17 4. Has been opened out for display and is a little fragile. Some toning to perfs and minor wrinkle to top right corner.. Scarce and attractive nevertheless, and in finer condition would be a $500 cover. Price $245 WA69) WA 1893 Swans Half Penny & One Penny surcharges on 3d Mint, some HR. Price $34.50 WA119) Western Australia 1902-11 9d Orange-yellow Swan wmk V over Crown perf 12½ variety watermark upright, SG 122a, hinged Mint with one lightly toned perf at top, Cat £120, Price $79 WA118) Western Australia 1905-12 2d Yellow Swan wmk Crown over double lined A, variety watermark upright, SG 140a, central horizontal crease, indistinct cds, a scarce stamp, Cat £350, Price $179 WA121) Western Australia 1905-12 4d Pale chestnut Swan wmk Crown over double lined A, perf 12½ SG 142a, a fine used block of 4 with multiple strikes of an indistinct cds, couple of nibbled perfs on one lower unit, an attractive and scarce multiple, Cat £72 as singles, Price $79 WA120) Western Australia 1905-12 9d orange Swan wmk Crown over double lined A, variety watermark upright (inverted) AS 145b, some gum skipping and a slight gum wrinkle, Mint, Cat £70 for upright wmk, upright inverted is unlisted in SG, Price $69 WA15) Western Australia 1905 undivided back Sepia Picture Postcard of Barrack Street Perth incorrectly addressed to Niagara Falls. Bears Halfpenny Green and 1d Carmine Swans cat. from x 12 on cover, tied by cds of Town Hall Fremantle JU 30 06, and Niagara Falls arrival machine cancel, plus cds of AUG 6 1905 and similar return cds of the following day. No indication of its final resting place as it bears no sender’s address. Scarce and attractive, price $179 WA47) Western Australia 1906 Christmas Postcard to Subiaco WA, with horiz. Pr. Halfpenny Green, SG94a priced from x 40 on cover! Cancelled by cds’s of Fremantle 19DE06. Price $89 WA125) Western Australia 1907 cover Norseman to Perth, re-addressed from Fremantle with straight line ‘UNKNOWN BY PETTER CARRIER” H/S AND BOXED “unclaimed”. Bears 2D Yellow swan, SG140, cat. from x 12 on cover. Various cds’s on reverse inc. Fremantle 1.MY.07, Perth MY 2 07 and Dead Letter Office(date undiscernable) A little aged, nevertheless and attractive cover. Price $89 WA51) Western Australia 1907 coloured picture postcard to Victoria of Miss Marie Studholme. Bears Penny Swan, SG 139, cat. from x 12 on cover. Cancelled by Brownhills cds OC.26.07. Nice clean card, minor crease to top left cnr. Price $60 WA122) Western Australia 1907 coloured comic picture postcard to NSW of “A Breach of Promise Case’ Bears Penny Swan, SG 139, cat. from x 12 on cover. Cancelled by Fremantle cds of 26.SE.07. TAXED 2d with Oval more to Pay h/s, and 2d plus initialled in manuscript, and marked “Address only here” as small portion of correspondence has pervaded the address section. A bit mean if you ask me! Nice clean card, minor toning to perfs. Price $89
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 WA123) Western Australia 1907 Real Photographic postcard to Sweden (Dwelling & figures outside) Bears Halfpenny Green and 1d Carmine Swans cat. from x 12 on cover, tied by cds of Perth 25.NO.07 Correspondence in Swedish for you linguists might yield more info. On the photo.. scarce and attractive, price $60 WA46) Western Australia 1908 coloured picture postcard to Sweden “Log hauling on Timber Station W.A.” (Crease to lower right corner) Bears Halfpenny & Penny swans, SG 138/9, cat. from x 12 on cover. Cancelled by Bridgetown WA cds’s of 6-AUG08 and with arrival cds of Stockholm 7 9 08. Price $129 WA49) Western Australia 1910 Booklet ACSC B5B(W) Rare booklet cat. $15,000. Has scuffed front cover. 8 x Halfpenny stamps and 14 x Penny Stamps remaining. Price $6000 APS48) Western Australia Postal Stationery 3d Green H&G #4 Western Australia Postal card circa 1890/1899. Fine mint tiny nick to top right hand corner, mentioned only for accuracy. Price $85 Australia Postal History APH171) Australia 1913 1d Engraved KGV, Rose Red plate 1 on small commercial use cover to UK. Cancelled by Sydney Machin Cancel of DE 13 1913, just 4 days after issue date, with arrival cds of West Norwood also cancelling stamp of JA 16 14 and with manuscript “New Stamp Just out” at top. 2 arrival cds’s on reverse. Stamp has coloured flaw to top right corner, which was later corrected by a retouch. Cover has a light central fold. ACSC 59B Cat. $750 on cover. Price $675 BD234) Australia 1914 small neat cover bearing 2.5d 1st wmk Kangaroo, Perth to USA. Franked by Machine canceller of 2 JUL 14. Cat. $150 on cover, this is way nicer than usually seen. Price $129 APH151) Australia 1915 small cover to Paris, France NOT CENSORED. Bears 2.5d 1st wmk Indigo Kangaroo cancelled by cds of Mosman NSW 6AU15. Quite late use for this, the 2nd wmk. being issued in July 1915. Clean attractive cover cat. $150, price $110 LM134) Australia 1915 small OHMS cover for Government Railways NSW to Somerset House London. Bears 1d Red Kangaroo…DRY INK…not recorded in ACSC and perf. OS NSW. Cancelled by Redfern NSW cds of 3 AP 15. Fine and rare, price $295 LM121) Australia 1916 small censored re-addressed cover to Germany, Via Switzerland. Mail for Germany from Australia & other countries was routed via Switzerland on a fee for service basis. Generally the letter was enclosed with the fee of 10/- or so for onwards consignment under new cover. Bears 2nd wmk 2.5d Indigo Kangaroo, tied by Smithfield NSW cds of OC 5 1916, and with St. Moritz arrival cds of 23.XI.16 on front and reverse, together with Ruvigliana receiving cds on the next day for the re-direction. Black print “Opened By Censor” tape at left. A very rare survivor. Price $210 APH427) Australia 1921 small typed address cover to Germany with Die II 3d Kangaroo. 3rd wmk Die II 3d Olive solo use to Germany cancelled by Melbourne machine cancel of 27JA21. Stamp displays the die II elongated top 'ball' of the 3. The inner frame break (as displayed in many catalogues) is obscured by the postmark but the 'tear drop 3' is a more reliable test and is accepted by experts. Dated 27/1/1921 which is before the release of die IIB stamps. The top right outer frame is not rounded, and the date used completely rules it out. Cat. $500 on cover, price $395 LM94) Australia 1922 small Orient Line cover bearing 2d Red KGV Single Wmk, cancelled by Paquebot machine cancel of Toulon 22 IV 22, addressed to Cambridge UK. Reverse bears the logo of “Orient Line of Royal Mail Steamships. Clean, attractive and rare! Price $110 APH429) Australia 1923 5d Bright Chestnut KGV Head Single Wmk Rough Paper Perf OS. Solo usage on long OHMS reg’d cover Perth to Victoria Park W.A. Office of titles cover with original Transfer of Land Act Caveat Document enclosed. Nicest of these I have seen, with Jumbo sized stamp neatly cancelled by Perth oval Reg’d cancel of 18 AP 23. Large red Perth Reg’d label No. 2781 and with “unknown” manuscript, boxed unclaimed and DLO rectangular handstamp in Violet on face. Victoria Park receiving cds on reverse of the same date, plus another on the face of 28 AP 23. Scarce, clean and attractive. Cat. $1500, price $1249
LM98) Australia 1923 late fee cover Tasmania – USA. Bears 4d Dull Blue KGV Head, ACSC 112C (3d Postage & 1d Late Fee) Cancelled by Launceston machine cancel of 24MAR23. Some minor damage to LH corners. Scarce stamp on cover. Price $129 LM130) Australia 1923 small cover to USA bearing 2d Pink, UNSURFACED PAPER, ACSC 96E and horizontal pair Halfpenny Orange KGV Heads. Cancelled BY CDS OF Albury 27? DE 23. The unsurfaced paper is a scarce stamp, catalogued at $150 used, unlisted on cover. Nice clean cover, flap is missing. Price $495 BD677) Australia 1924, superb small commercial (NOT 1st flight) Aerial Mail cover to W. D . & H. O . Wills Ltd. (Tobacco & Cigarette Company) Perth, W. A. Bears 4.5d Violet Single Wmk KGV Head, tied by cds of Carnarvon, W. A. 30 MR 24, and with incorrectly dated received stamp in violet of 1 APR 1925. (Some April foolery?) “AERIAL MAIL” straight line handstamp on front. Neat clean hand addressed cover , with “Copperplate” handwriting. (Cover has been opened on 3 sides) Carnarvon is some 900 km from Perth, so 2 days delivery time from posting is quite remarkable for the period. A scarce and attractive item. Price $389 APS5) Australia 1925 4.5d Violet Registered Envelope used to UK, no Cross to Crown ACSC RE19a. Uprated by 1.5d red KGV and with Kilmore Vic. Cds’s of 17 AP 25 and Kilmore red Reg’n label No. 97. Reverse bears a Melbourne registered cds of the following day. Scarce and attractive usage, price $65 DB543) Australia 1929 Small Registered Cover to Yugoslavia. Bears KGV Halfpenny Orange single wmk x 3, plus 1d, 1.5d & 2d Brown Small Multi. Wmk. Perf 13.5 x 12.5 to make correct registered rate of 6d. All are tied by cds of Cumborah NSW 24SE29, and with red Cumborah Reg’d label No. 552. Reverse bears arrival markings of Sydney Registered cds 25SE29 and of Ljubljana in red, date not legible. A very rare destination, with equally rare franking. Price $465 APH11) Australia 1929 Long OHMS Registered Cover Stamp Duties Office Melbourne to Colac Vic. Bears solo use 4.5d Violet single wmk KGV Head perf. OS cancelled by Elizabeth St. Melbourne cds of 31 AU 29 plus Red Reg’d label type R6 of Elizabeth St. No. 3832. Reverse has Melbourne Registered cds of 2 SE 29 and arrival cds of Colac of the same date. Cover is fine, has been opened 3 sides for display. Scarce stamp on cover, cat. $400, price $239 APH199) Australia 1930 4.5d Violet Registered postal stationery cover, uprated by 5d on 4.5d Violet KGV. Cancelled by Tooraweenah, NSW cds of 14OC30, plus Violet Gilgandra double ring Violet cds of the following day, also Sydney registered cds of the 16th. Reverse has registered violet arrival cds’s of Seattle Term Station NOV 7 1930 and Berkeley, Ca. on the 9th. Also bears Tooraweenah Blue “Rat’s Tail” Reg’n. label No. 459. Tooraweenah is a small village just off the Newell Highway about 44 km north east of Gilgandra in the central west of New South Wales, Australia. This is a very rare item! Price $449 APS2) Australia 1932 small domestic commercial Airmail cover bearing 6d Airmail Ovpt. OS. Uprated use of 2d Red oval Postal Stationery envelope Fremantle to Melbourne with additional 6d Brown OS Airmail and 3d Green Airmail. Cancelled by cds’s of Fremantle of 12JA32. Rare usage. Price $259 APH109) Australia 1932 small advertising window envelope for Yalumba Wineries, inc. picture of the winery in blue on front. Bears 1d green C of A wmk KGV, paying the printed matter rate. Cancelled by Angaston S.A. cds of 26 OC 32. A few light tone spots not affecting the stamps. Price $39 APH431) Australia 1933 KGV Head CofA Wmk Ovpt. OS 5d Brown Solo Use on Reg’d OHMS Cover. Used Melbourne to Mortlake on Office of Works long OHMS cover. Blue Reg’d Label No. 236 Elizabeth St. and cancelled by cds of Melbourne 6JY33. Reverse has receiving cds of Mortlake the following day. Stamp is centred to left with good perfs. Rare cover, cat. $1000. Price $749 APH105) Australia 1933 small PTPO cover to London. KGV 2d red Oval PTPO cover for S. Cooke Pty. Ltd. Uprated to double airmail rate by 1/4d KGV C of A wmk & 1/6d Hermes. 1/4d is rare on cover and cat. $375 alone. Cancelled by Melbourne 2 line Slogan of 20AUG33 “Always buy Australian Products” Cover has been folded twice horizontally, but still highly desirable. Price $225
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 APH568) Australia 1935 2/- Violet Silver Jubilee Solo Use Cover. Small airmail cover to Woodbridge Suffolk UK, re-addressed to Salop. Cancelled by cds of Downside? NSW of 24JE35, (Post office supposed to have closed in 1905) and also Woodbridge of 10 JY 35. Opened a little roughly at top. Very rare solo use, cat. $400 on cover. Price $280 APH652) Australia 1939 small surface mail cover to British Guiana. Bears block of 4 x ½d orange Kangaroo cancelled by central handstamp of Bathurst NSW 13 FE 39 and a further partial small cds of the same date to the left, but cancelling only the two right hand stamps. Looks as though the machine canceller had not done its job and the handstamp was applied later. Reverse bears an arrival cds of Vreed en Hoop of 27 MR 39. Vreed en Hoop is a town at the mouth of the Demerara River on its left bank, in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana, located at sea level. It is the location of the Regional Democratic Council office making it the administrative center for the region. Rare destination and unusual franking. Price $39 APH225) Australia 1930’s Pink Parcel Post Customs Declaration Label, bearing 2/- Maroon C of A wmk Kangaroo Die II & 1/4d magenta KGVI. Cancelled by undated oval violet handstamp. Sent from Hawthorn Vic. Fire Station to The Red Cross at Ipswich UK, for a weight of 4lbs 1oz and with a value of 7/9d. Scarce complete label, price $125 APH158) Australia 1953 small airmail cover to Singapore. Bear 1/0.5d Grey Blue KGVI plus 2 x 1d Princess & 3.5d Tasmania Sesqui (Paterson) to make 1/6d rate. Cancelled by scarce Adelaide 2 line slogan of 13 NOV 1953 “HELP ERADICATE T.B./USE CHRISTMAS SEALS” Price $39 APH165) Australia 1953 small airmail Triple Rate cover to City of London. Bears 2/Coronation in vertical strip of 3 cancelled by cds of GPO Perth WA 19AU5? Cat. $30 for solo use. Scarce usage. Price $49 TS244) Australia 1955 small airmail advertising cover from Clement Hack & Co. Melbourne. (Solicitors, still in business today) to New York. Bears solo use 2/- Green Olympics Fore-runner cancelled by machine cancel of Melbourne 7 DEC 1955. Cat. $40 on cover, price $29 APH180) Australia 1955 small airmail cover to Austria. Bears 4 x 6.5d Orange QEII no wmk, overpaying the 2/- rate by 2d. This stamp is scarce as a solo usage on any domestic cover, and incredibly rare to find in multiple use on overseas mail. Cancelled by a Sydney Two Line Slogan of 15 JLY 1955 “ENLIST IN THE/ REGULAR ARMY” This is a slogan I have not seen previously. Reverse bears an arrival cds of Lustenau of 21 7 55. In 1951, during the Korean War, national service was introduced under the National Service Act (1951). All Australian males aged 18 had to register for 176 days training (ninety-nine days full-time) and two years in the CMF. Later the obligation was 140 days of training (seventy-seven days full-time) and three years of service in the CMF. The regular military forces were kept as voluntary. Fine and rare neat typed address cover, price $149 TS256) Australia 1956 Airmail cover to Germany bearing solo use 2/- Olympics. Cancelled by Coolangatta Qld. Slogan (illegible) of 14 MAR 1957. Price $29 TS282) Australia 1960 small airmail cover to Switzerland bearing solo use 2/3d Green AAT. Cancelled by cds of Lake Boga of 3 AP 60. Scarce solo franking, cat. $60, price $45 APH157) Australia 1960 Airmail Greeting Card size Double rate cover to UK. Bears 1d QEII plus 2/- & 2/5d Flowers to make 4/6d rate. Each is cancelled by Toowoomba Qld cds of 6MY 60 (1d black day!) Price $39 APH26) Australia 1960 small Airmail commercial use 5d Turquoise QEII pre-stamp envelope uprated by 1/6d Christmas Bells and COIL PAIR of 2d Green QM, SG 237a to Malvern UK. Cancelled by Woomera S.A. cds. Correctly paying the 2/3d Airmail rate. Woomera Village initially operated as a "closed town" between 1947 and 1982, when the facility supported the operations of the Woomera Rocket Range during the Anglo-Australia Project. Only Australian Government personnel (mostly Defence) and contractors to the Commonwealth are able to live at Woomera on a permanent basis. The current permanent population of the town is 136 (2015).The Woomera Range was first established in 1947 as a Department of Defence rocket testing range. Since its construction over 1947–53, Woomera Village has essentially operated under a specialised Commonwealth/Defence township management model rather than a local government (council) model. This is very late usage for the QM Coil pair, which is unpriced on cover by the ACSC, and an extremely scarce
combination franking. Price $265 APH605) Australia small window advertising envelope for Eltham Engineering, Vic. Bears 2/3d Airmail, marginal horizontal pair of 2/3d Cable & 9d Sepia Kangaroo cancelled by cds’s of Eltham 3SE64. Total of 7/6d paid…..for what? postage paid for bulk mail? 7/6d is 18 x the 5d letter rate. Price $79 APH359) Australia 1970 American Express printed Airmail long commercial cover to USA. Bears 5c & 20c Expo pair to make correct 25c rate. RARE COMMERCIAL USE! Cancelled by cds of Melbourne 19 AP(?) 70. Price $129 APH181) Australia 1982 small underpaid cover South Wagga Wagga to Sydney. Bears pairs of the 2c & 10c Flower coils (Late use) to registrar of Births Marriages and deaths, cancelled by 3 line slogan of 5 JUL 1982 “POST EARLY/AND SOEEO/YOUR MAIL” Whatever that may mean! Postage rate was increased to 27c on 19th April 1982 and so this is underpaid 3c. Bears a 3 line violet handstamp “UNDERPAID/Postage/Collected from Sender” with 23 in manuscript. Atttractive item, price $49 APH602) Australia 1974 – 1999 lovely range of 11 Tourism Greetings envelopes from Katoomba, Blue Mountains, Gosford, Jenolan Caves, Perth. Western Australia, Brisbane, Gold Coast & Surfers Paradise, variously to UK(9) & Denmark (2) All bear better usage of higher value commems, defins. Price $72 APH176) Australia 1985 Tourism greetings envelope, Toormina to Tamworth. Bears strips of 3 each of the 1971 flower coil stamps, plus 2 x 2c & 1 x 5c additional to make 30c correct domestic rate. Very late commercial usage of this issue. Cancelled by cds of Sawtell NSW 25 JA 85. Price $39 APH457) Australia 1986 Greeting card size Airmail cover S.A. to W. Germany. Bears strip of 5 x 36c Animals to make double 90c rate. Cancelled by Adelaide Pictorial Slogan “ Get Stuck Into Stamps” of 21 SEP 1986. Very rare commercial usage unlisted as such in ACSC. Price $49 APH604) Australia 1986 Christmas card size Airmail cover Perth to UK. Bears strip of 5 x 36c Animals to overpay by 30c the double concessional rate of $1.20, or underpay by 50c the zone 5 double airmail rate. Cancelled by Perth cds 9.DE.86. Very rare commercial usage unlisted as such in ACSC. Price $49 APH603) Australia 1986 Greeting card size Airmail cover Perth to UK. Bears strip of 5 x 36c Animals to make double 90c rate. Cancelled by Perth cds 10.FE.87. Very rare commercial usage unlisted as such in ACSC. Price $49 APH475) Australia 1989 small airmail cover to Finland. Bears 4 x 39c Living Together cancelled by MAR 1 1989 slogan cancel of Hunter Region Mail Centre NSW 2310 “COLLECT/AUSTRALIAN/STAMPS” Have worked out the rate as double the Zone 3 Surface Air Lifted of 80c, underpaid by 4c. (Unless anyone else knows better!) Rare usage of the domestic letter rate. Price $29 APH473) Australia 1990 small airmail cover to Denmark. Bears 80c 1989 Christmas and 30c Living Together to make $1.10 Airmail rate. Nice combination. Cancelled by Geelong Vic. Pictorial cancel “City By The Sea” 2 JAN 1990. Clean and attractive, price $29 APH490) Australia 1992 small airmail cover to Denmark. Bears $1.05 1992 Australia day and 15c Living Together to make $1.20 Airmail rate. Cancelled by OC 1 1992 machine cancel of Victoria 3077 (Northern Mail Centre) Clean and attractive, price $29 APH187) Australia 1990 28c Salmon Gums perf 14.6 x Imperf, make up rate from vending machine booklet. Solo usage on small commercial cover Terrigal – Punchbowl NSW. Handstamp at left states ‘UNDERPAID POSTAGE COLLECTED FROM SENDER” Postage at the time being 43c. Scarce attractive cover on written up album page. Cancelled by Terrigal Handstamp of 20 JUN 1991. RARE! Price $89 First Flight Covers AFC39) New Zealand 1933 Faith in Australia cacheted cover for 1st Auckland – Invercargill flight. Bears 3d Brown Airmail & 1d Red KGV Admiral cancelled by cds’s of New Plymouth 8DE33 and with arrival cds on face of Auckland 12DE33 and Invercargill cds of the same date on reverse. Attractive cover. Price $39
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 AFC40) Australia - Nelson NZ Faith in Australia cacheted cover. Bears 4d Olive – Yellow KGV & 3d Green Airmail type A, cancelled by Sydney Air Mail machine cancel of 4 APR 1934. Reverse bears Wellington arrival cds of 12AP34. Neat hand addressed cover, listed as AAMC 369. Price $45 AFC52) Netherlands – Australia Macrobertson Air race illustrated cover. Bears 30c Green Triangular plus 70c & 12½c Wilhelmina, cancelled by cds’s of Amsterdam Central Station of 15 X 1934. Sydney Air Mail Section arrival machine cancel of 26 OCT 1934 plus Royal Dutch Airways Black oval arrival in Melbourne cancel of 2410-34Also red Oval Macrobertson handstamp of 20 October 1934 to left. Listed as AAMC 444, cat. $80. Neat and clean, price $59 AFC69) Australia 1934 Autogyro Card. Sent Portland to ASM Lending Library Melbourne. Bears ½d Orange and 1d Green KGV cancelled by neat Portland cds of 16 NOV 34 and with Airmail Soc. of Australia Blue double ring cds to left. Front bears illustration of the Autogyro and Aboriginal with spear. This card numbered 1832 is perfectly clean and undamaged unlike most of these which are usually creased and dog-eared. Listed as AAMC 461. Price $69 AFC70) Australia 1935 New England Airways Cacheted cover for 1st flight Brisbane – Townsville. Bears 3d Blue 1934 Vic. Cent. And 2d Red KGV cancelled by Brisbane Air Mail cds’s of 14SE35 and with Townsville arrival cds on reverse of 16SE35. Small part flap missing and small stain to lower left, otherwise fine. Listed as AAMC 527. Price $35 AFC67) Australia 1938 small plain airmail cover , Blackheath NSW – Papua. Bears 2d Red KGVI die 1 plus 3d Blue die 2 thick paper cancelled by cds’s of Blackheath 27MY38 and with Sydney Air Mail cds on face of 30MY38. Neat handwritten cover, listed as AAMC 809. Price $25 Lord Howe Island APH454) Australia 1957 Lord Howe Island Advertising cover to Melbourne. Doery & Tilley (famous Melbourne Soft Furnishings firm) small advertising cover, used LHI to Brighton Beach Victoria. Bears 2.5d Henry Lawson plus Halfpenny Orange Kangaroo & 1d Violet QEII to make 4d rate. Cancelled by 3DE57 cds of LHI. Scarce dual reign cover. Price $89 APH459) Australia 1976 Lord Howe Island small surface mail commercial cover to Registrar Generals Dept., Sydney. Bears 18c Wildflower cancelled by LHI cds of 3SE76. Opened 3 sides. Price $33 APH452) Australia 1980/81 Lord Howe Island. 2 x “Trader Nick” Tourist Covers, 1 used to Melbourne with LHI Pictorial cancel of 14 MAY 1980, the other unaddressed with LHI Post Office Centenary Cover Pictorial Cancel depicting Woodhen, dated 1 JUN 1981. Clean and attractive pair of covers. Price $54 Inwards Mail APH68) Netherlands Indies 1931 Flight Cover to Consulate General of the Netherlands, Sydney. Bears 15c Blue Wilhelmina tied by Sceraba cds of 11.5.31 and Blue & Brown Flight Stamp SG 130 with Abel Tasman special Diamond cancel of 11 MEI 1931. Sydney Airmail Section arrival machine cancel of 18 MAY 1931 on reverse flap. Listed as AAMC 196. Price $69 APH78) Straits Settlements 1935 25c Jubilee solo use on small airmail cover to Bendigo, Vic. Cancelled by 1935 cds of Singapore. Unusual and scarce solo use of top value. SG 259 Cat. £12 plus from x 4 on cover. Price $59 DB333) Johore - Melbourne, 1941 Small Salvation Army printed and inscribed with Red Shield and Map of Australia, "RED SHIELD HUTS for Australian Troops" Military Censor cover. Bears 2 x 1c, 4 x 2c & 3 x 5c (25c total) definitives of Johore franked with AIF Field P.O. 19 cds of 13SE41. Also Violet Triangular Censor Cachet No. 501, signed. Addressee is at State Taxation Office, Melbourne and sender details on reverse reads "VX 31751 Pte. R.J. Hughes, HQ Coy. 2/9 Field Ambulance, AIF. MALAYA. Clean and attractive, 1 x 5c stamp has damaged corner, mentioned for accuracy only and does not detract from fine appearance. Price $129
LM8) Bahamas - Sydney 1948 Long Registered OHMS envelope, sent by airmail. Bears 2d & 2.5d definitives of KGVI franked by cds of Nassau 19MAR48, and with blue Nassau Reg'd Label No. 0678. with cachet at left "WAR ECONOMY RE-USE OF ENVELOPES - Open by slitting along flap edge" Neat typed address and with arrival cds's of Miami MAR 23 1948, San Francisco MAR 27 1948, Sydney 28 MY 48 and Edgecliff 29MY48. Not a bad turnaround time for those days and probably started its journey by Flying Boat. Very attractive piece, price $129 GER1) Germany Inflation Period. Small 1923 Advertising cover, Leipzig – Melbourne Law Courts, bearing 20 x 3000 mk. Brown Michel No. 254. Cancelled by Leipzig cds of 27 8 23. Scarce survivor, price $125 Australia Kangaroos K670) Australia 1913 – 46 simplified set ½d to 5/- good to fine used. All will have circular cancels. 14 stamps including both colours of the 6d & 2/-. Some may have slight defects. Usual retail $250 plus. A good starter collection, price $145 K614) Australia 1913 Kangaroo Plate Proof imperforate 3d black on blue Die I ACSC 12PP(1) A Cat $1250, part gutter marginal example, small area of rubbing at lower left which hardly detracts, ACSC states ‘Approximately 40 survive’ Attractive and rare. Price $995 K445) Australia 1913 Halfpenny Pale Green Kangaroo Monogram strip of 3 plate 2 lower. Strip with CA Monogram to right, which is fresh unhinged. Hinged only on central stamp. Fine well centred strip with good perfs. ACSC 1C (2) z. Cat. $1200 as hinged cnr. Strip Price $950 K281) Australia 1913 Kangaroo ½d green 1st wmk var Inverted wmk BW1a, slightly rounded corner Mint. Price $39 K552) Australia First wmk ½d green ACSC 1, imperf at top and base, with the former margin being quite large, unusual, FU. Price $99 K641) Australia 1913 Kangaroo ½d green 1st wmk variety ‘ROSTAGE’ ACSC 1(2)e, Cat $100, light gum ‘suntanning’, short perf at right, well centred Mint Price $39 K623) Australia 1913 Kangaroo ½d green 1st wmk vertical coil pair with coil join, centred to lower left, some small areas of very faint toning, upper unit has only the faintest hinge mark, lower unit MUH. Price $49 K444) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroo Die 1 Plate 2 Monogram strip of 3, fresh mint unhinged. Well centred strip with CA monogram at centre. ACSC 2A(C)z. Cat. $1500 for a hinged cnr. Strip. Price $1195 K302) Australia 1913 1d Red Kangaroo Die II “Extra Island off Tasmania”. Well centred good perf. example cancelled by July 1913 cds of Melbourne. ACSC3(E)d. Cat. $400, price $295 K191) Australia 1913 1d Deep Red Kangaroo, Swys wmk. Very fine used example, nicely centred with full perfs. Cancelled by partial Queensland cds . This is from Die 2 with crown pointing right when viewed from the front of the stamp. ACSC 3Daa, cat. $500. Very nice example, price $349 K642) Australia First wmk 1d red die I punctured small 'OS' ACSC 3bb, horizontal pair, Cat $550, unusually well centred for this issue, some fluffy perfs as usual, Fresh MUH. Price $349 K414) Australia 1913 2d Grey Kangaroo 1st wmk. Strong Offset, unlisted! Mint example with faults, but very strong offset on reverse. Not catalogued as such. Offset on the 1d red Die II perf large OS is listed at $750. Price $395 K308) Australia 1913 2d Grey 1st wmk. Kangaroo THIN PAPER. Well centred and cancelled Launceston Tas. Cds of 22SE14. Has a few nibbed perfs, but almost unavoidable given the softness of the paper. Cat. $200 as mint, no used price listed. Price $149 K386) Australia 1913 2.5d Indigo Kangaroo in superb top left corner mint unhinged block of 15. Fresh white gum, pretty much “Post Office Fresh” hinged only in selvedge. Includes the variety on stamp 1/2, “Break in inner frame over R of Australia” Large blocks of this stamp are exceedingly rare, and there were none in the Arthur Gray collection. Cat. $325 each as normals, plus the variety stamp would be at least double. Superb exhibition piece! Price $3895
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 K525) Australia 1913 2.5d Indigo Kangaroo perf Large OS in mint unhinged block of 4. Cat. $1000 each for single stamps = $4000 plus, blocks are RARE. Decent centring and perfs for this, gum very slightly aged. ACSC 9Aba. Priced very reasonably at $1365 K630) Australia 1913 2½d indigo Kangaroo 1st wmk ACSC 9A, horizontal strip of 4, Cat $160 as singles, centred to right, l/h unit with a couple of perf faults, light, crisp cds cancels, attractive multiple. Price $99 K633) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 3d olive die I 1st wmk ACSC 13E horizontal strip of 4, centred to upper left, r/h unit with slightly rounded corner perf, multiple crisp strikes of Brisbane cds. Price $39 K368) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 3d olive 1st wmk die I punctured large 'OS' with variety 'Colour flaw off Queensland coast' similar to BW 12(U)d but larger & a little further 'north', cat for the listed variety $360, couple of nibbled perfs. Price $125 K306) Australia 1913 3d Olive 1st wmk Kangaroo Die II. Attractive used example well centred. A few ragged perfs at top otherwise fine. Cancelled by partial cds to left. Cat. $400, price $195 K257) Australia 1913 Kangaroo 3d olive-green 1st wmk die II BW 12D, centred low FU. Price $149 K222) Australia 1913 4d Orange Analine Kangaroo perf. large OS. Neat steel cds of 1915 to right. Nicely centred with good perfs. ACSC 15B Cat. $275 as normal, large OS is x 2. Price $385 K223) Australia 1913 4d Orange Yellow Kangaroo perf. large OS. Neat cds of Queensland to left. Nicely centred with good perfs. ACSC 15E Cat. $250 as normal, large OS is x 2. Price $349 K580) Australia 1913 4d pale Orange CTO ACSC 15Dwb, Cat $100, well centred unusually ‘tall’ stamp. Most attractive. Price $79 K618) Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo ACSC 16A horizontal pair, centred slightly to the right, very faint tone spot on l/h unit MLH. Price $229 K553) Australia First wmk 5d chestnut ACSC 16 well centred, one slightly nibbled perf at top, HR Mint. Price $119 K131) Australia 1913 1st wmk. Kangaroos fine used set to 1/-Retail $220, my price $169 K562) Australia 1913 9d Violet 1st wmk. Kangaroo ACSC 24A, centred to lower left, Cat $200, Price $99 K526) Australia 1913 9d Violet 1st wmk. Kangaroo, Melbourne cto. Very well centred, mng with good perfs. Cat. $120, price $79 K364) Australia 1913 1/- Green (Analine) Kangaroo 1st wmk. ACSC 30B. Nice fine used example of this scarce shade cancelled by 2 partial cds. Centred high, with good perfs. Cat. $750, price $495 K256) Australia 1913 2/- Brown 1st wmk Kangaroo. Well centred cto with generally good perfs. 1` slightly nibbed at base. Cancelled by Melbourne 3 DE 13 cds. Cat. $300 Price $179 K432) Australia 5/- Grey & Yellow 1st wmk. Kangaroo, postally used. Cancelled by 2 Melbourne partial cds’s of 8 JL 13. Nice well centred stamp, cpl. Of short perfs at base, almost unavoidable given the softness of the paper. Cat. $350, price $195 K115) Australia 1913 Grey & Yellow 5/- 1st wmk Kangaroo, postally used. Some perf faults at left, but well centred and neat Stock Exchange cds. Cat. $350, price $169 K401) Australia 1913 5/- Grey & Yellow 1st wmk Kangaroo, ACSC42B postally used. Rounded lower left corner, cancelled by indistinct central cds. Cat. $350, good spacefiller, price $125 K208) Australia 1915-16 2nd wmk. Kangaroos set to 2/- (6) Very Fine Used, cds. Cat. $645 in ACSC. Other dealers’ retail for regular fine used $390, Premium examples.. My price $365 K209) Australia 1915-16 2nd wmk. Kangaroos set to 2/- (6) Good to Fine Used. Cat. in ACSC $645, My price $195 K598) Australia 1915 2nd wmk 5/- deep grey & yellow variety ‘watermark inverted’ ACSC 43Aa Cat $750. Quite well centred for this issue. Price $395
K586) Australia 1915 2nd wmk 5/- deep grey & yellow punctured ‘OS’ ACSC 43Ab Cat $700. Centred to left, indistinct cds. Price $349 K295) Australia 1915 Kangaroo 6d pale grey-violet 3rd wmk punctured 'OS' BW 19Gba, cat $150 for non OS, unusually well centred, steel cds, superb used. Price $110 K360) Australia 1915 6d Deep Ultramarine Kangaroo, 2nd wmk perf. OS. Very fie dated example with Registered Elizabeth St. Melbourne cds of 7AU17. Good perfs and centring. Hard shade to fine OS, price $225 K307) Australia 1915 1/- Analine Green 2nd wmk. Kangaroo. Fine used example of this rare shade Cancelled by partial cds to right. Centred reasonably well, a little to the right. Has jumped perf at base making this a larger than usual stamp. ACSC 31E Cat. $500, price $375 K340) Australia 1915 2/- Light Brown 2nd wmk. Kangaroo. Fine used, well centred and full perfs. Cancelled by blue Brisbane cds. Cat. $350, price $175 K279) Australia 1915 Kangaroo 2d grey 3rd wmk die I var Inverted wmk BW 7a, centred upper right FU. Price $29 K609) Australia 1915 2d deep grey Die I 3rd wmk showing variety ‘Scratch from value circle through map to T of POSTAGE’, Cat $150, centred to lower left, MLH. Price $99 K375) Australia 1918 Kangaroo 3d olive 3rd wmk punctured 'OS' var inverted wmk, BW 13a/b cat $100+, couple of nibbled perfs, FU. Price $69 ML627) Australia 1918 2½d indigo Kangaroo 3rd wmk. variety 'Offset' BW 11c fault at top, Mint light hinge, cat $400. Cheap at $89 K361) Australia 1919 2.5d Intense Indigo 3rd wmk. Kangaroo. Well centred example of this difficult stamp. Cancelled by Wandin Vic. cds, ACSC 11D, cat. $275, price $139 K575) Australia 1918 2½d blue punctured ‘OS’ ACSC 11Ab Cat $450. Unusually well centred for this issue, Fresh MUH. Price $299 K574) Australia 1918 2½d blue punctured ‘OS’ ACSC 11Ab Cat $225. Very well centred for this issue, MLH. Price $139 K617) Australia 1915 3d Olive Kangaroo Die I, 3rd wmk. ACSC 13E Cat $175, centred slightly high, very slight gum bend, fresh MUH. Price $69 K643) Australia 1915 3d Olive Kangaroo Die I, 3rd wmk. Inverted ACSC 13Ea Cat $275, excellent centring, barely visible hinge mark MVLH. Price $199 K607) Australia 1915 3d Olive Kangaroo Die I, 3rd wmk. Inverted ACSC 13Ea Cat $525, tiny tone spot on gum, MUH. Price $249 K591) Australia 1915 3d Olive Kangaroo Die 2B, 3rd wmk punctured ‘OS’ ACSC 14Ab, Cat $200, centred to upper left, Mint. Price $99 K213) Australia 1915 3d Olive Kangaroo Die I, 3rd wmk. Inverted, perf OS. Good perf. example with cds cancel centred low. ACSC Cat. $450 ($150 x 3 for OS) Retail $360, Price $275 K310) Australia 1915 3d Yellow Olive Kangaroo 3rd wmk, Die II pair with variety. Fine postally used horizontal pair with Reg’d cds of Sydney 8MR17. Well centred and mostly good perfs, scarce in multiples. Left stamp has the variety “White flaw over T of THREE” ACSC 13B (1)d Cat $450 & $200, price $429 K616) Australia 1915 3d Yellow Olive Kangaroo 3rd wmk, Die II pair with variety ‘White flaw over T of THREE” ACSC 13B (1)d Cat $900 (see note 2 in ACSC), centred to upper left, light roller cancel, a scarce combination of die, variety & OS puncture! Price $399 DB686) Australia 1915 3d Olive Kangaroo 3rd wmk, Die II. Fine postally used with cds of Moonee Ponds, Vic. July 1918. Cat $200, price $119 ML417) Australia 1915 6d Die II Ultramarine 3rd wmk. Kangaroo. Mint hinged with lightly toned gum, centred to upper right. Has full perfs. Cat. $225, price $69 K238) Australia 1921 6d Pale Ultramarine 3rd wmk. Kangaroo Die 2B with variety “Dry Ink” ACSC 20Aca. Fresh mint lightly hinged. Centred right with full perfs. Cat. $400, price $279 K498) Australia 1920 1/- Blue Green Kangaroo Die IIB, Mullett Imprint Pair. Fresh mint unhinged, with good centring and perfs. Cat. $375 per stamp for hinged, plus value of the imprint. Price $749
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 DB503) Australia 1920 1/- Bright Blue Green Kangaroo Die IIB, OS Imprint Pair. Wonderfully fresh looking pair of this scarce shade. The stamps are fresh, well centred and with full perfs., hinged only in the central gutter. Also has unrecorded retouch to shading around “ONE” on right hand stamp. Cat. For a single unhinged stamp is $450, plus the value of the imprint. Price $750 K357) Australia 1916 2/- Brown Kangaroo 3rd wmk. Superb Fresh Mint unhinged. Impossible to better in my opinion, with full perfs and perfectly centred. ACSC 37A Cat. $2500, price $1875 K260) Australia 1916 2/- Greyish Brown 3rd wmk. Kangaroo. Attractive well centred example of this scarce shade with full perfs and cds cancel. ACSC 37H Cat. $200, price $149 K437) Australia 1924 2/- Maroon 3rd wmk. Kangaroo mint lightly hinged. Very fresh example with good perfs., centred slightly right. SG74, ACSC 38A. Cat. $300. Price $165 K608) Australia 1918 5/- Grey & Deep Yellow, 3rd wmk. ACSC 44C, Fresh, nicely centred Mint. Price $295 K584) Australia 1918 5/- Grey & Pale Yellow, 3rd wmk. ACSC 44D, Fresh, centred slightly high Mint. Price $275 K83) Australia 1918 5/- Grey Black & Pale Yellow, 3rd wmk. Fine postally used example from right of sheet with neat Williamstown, Vic. Partial cds to left. Full perf. well centred, with slightly fluffy perfs. Cat. $225, Price $129 K173) Australia 1918 5/- Grey & Chrome Kangaroo 3rd wmk. ACSC 44A, fine used. Well centred and with good perfs, cancelled by cds of Geelong Vic. 18NO19. Nice misplaced wmk. variety with part at top and part at bottom of stamp. Cat. $225, price $159 K174) Australia 1918 5/- Grey Black & Yellow-Orange Kangaroo 3rd wmk. ACSC 44B, fine used. Well centred and with generally good perfs couple at base are nibbed. cancelled by partial cds of Exchange? Vic. 2nd Hardest of all shades for this wmk. Cat. $275, price $175 K176) Australia 1918 5/- Grey & Pale Yellow Kangaroo 3rd wmk. ACSC 44D, fine used. Centred high, cancelled by central cds (socked on nose)of Abbotsford Vic. A few nibbed perfs. Cat. $225, price $125 K83) Australia 1918 5/- Grey Black & Pale Yellow, 3rd wmk Kangaroo. Fine postally used example from right of sheet with neat Williamstown, Vic. Partial cds to left. Full perf. well centred, with slightly fluffy perfs. Cat. $225, Price $129 K590) Australia 1917 10/- Grey & Deep Analine Pink, showing variety ‘Broken tail’ ACSC 48A(V)e. Cat $650, Fine used example, nicely centred with unusually clean & full perfs. Price $475 K599) Australia 1917 10/- Grey & Pale Analine Pink, ACSC 48E. Fresh Mint marginal example with unusually clean perfs, centred to left. Price $599 K449) Australia 1917 10/- Grey & Pale Analine Pink, ACSC 48E. Fine used example with part Melbourne cds. Centred to lower right, and with fluffy perfs, as usual for this issue. Cat. $375, price $239 K595) Australia 1917 10/- Grey & Pale Analine Pink, ACSC 48E. Nice used example with slightly smudged part Grahamstown? (NSW) cds., couple of nibbled perfs. Price $279 K177) Australia 1917 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo, ACSC 48A, fine used. Well centred and good perfs. Cancelled by registered cds of Sydney. Cat. $500, price $349 K411) Australia 1917 10/- Grey & Pink 3rd wmk, perf OS postally used. ACSC48Aba. Nice well centred stamp with good perfs, a little fluffy at base, which is usual for this printing. Cancelled by partial cds to top left of 1937. Some minor perf. toning at top does not detract. Cat. $500, price $295 K359) 1917 10/- Grey & Pink Kangaroo 3rd wmk, perf. OS. Lovely cto example with fresh colours and full perfs. No gum, centred to lower left. Cat. $200, price $125 K387) As above, centred right. Price $125 K452) Australia 1919 £1 Chocolate & Dull Blue 3rd wmk. Kangaroo fine used, well centred and with mainly good perfs, lower left cnr. Has been repaired. Cancelled by light cds. ACSC 52A, Cat. $2500. Good spacefiller at just $749 K149) Australia 1923 6d Chestnut Kangaroo 3rd wmk, ACSC 21Aba. Superb mint
unhinged block of 4, perf OS. Extremely well centred and with perfect perfs. Post Office fresh Gum. Impossible to better! Cat. $600 as singles, blocks are rare, particularly as nice as this. Price $575 K446) Australia 1923 Kangaroo 6d chestnut 3rd wmk Mullett imprint pair BW 21zd cat min $200 Mint. Price $129 K596) Australia 1924 £1 Grey 3rd wmk Kangaroo ACSC 53A, centred to left, a lovely fresh MUH example with a slightly blunt corner perf at upper left, Cat $3750, excellent value at only $1750 K588) Australia 1924 £1 Grey 3rd wmk Kangaroo ACSC 53A, Cat $500, centred a little to the right, Fine used. Price $379 K453) Australia 1924 £1 Deep Grey 3rd wmk Kangaroo Ovpt. Specimen Type. C. Fresh mint hinged example. Centred to left with full perfs. ACSC 53Bxb cat. $375 Budget priced stamp at under 50% catalogue. $149 K451) Australia 1924 £1 Deep Grey 3rd wmk Kangaroo Ovpt. Specimen Type. D. Well centred, full perf. lightly hinged example. ACSC 53Bxg cat. $375, much better than average, price $269 K341) Australia 1918 £2 Purple – Black & Crimson Kangaroo 3rd wmk. Mint Unhinged “Specimen” Type C with shaved P. ACSC 56Cxf. Fresh mint unhinged with full perfs, centred left. Indicative cat. for MUH $2600, price $1950 K440) Australia 1929 6d Pale Chestnut sml. Multi. Wmk Kangaroo Die IIB Fresh Mint lightly hinged Imprint strip of 6. Well centred and with full perfs. ACSC 22Bza. Minimum Cat. $375, price $279 K563) Australia 1929 9d violet sml Multi. Wmk Kangaroo ACSC 28A, nicely centred and very lightly hinged, Cat $175. Price $89 K392) Australia 1929 1/- Blue Green sml. Multi. Wmk Kangaroo Mint unhinged Bock of 4. Well centred full perf block of 4. Right hand pair with lovely fresh gum, left two are “suntanned” visually very striking piece. Cat. $1200 as singles, price $595 K438) Australia 1929 1/- Blue Green sml. Multi. Wmk Kangaroo Fresh Mint lightly hinged plate 4 Imprint strip of 6. Well centred and with full perfs. All “Jumbo” sized stamps due to skipped perf at top of all 6 stamps. ACSC 34Aza. Minimum Cat. $750, price $595 K81) Australia 1929 5/- Grey & Yellow Orange Kangaroo, small multiple wmk. Perf OS cto. Has broken coast near Sydney, and elongated Spencer Gulf. ACSC 44(D)f, full perfs, centred to top left. Cat. $450, nice fresh looking stamp. Price $269 K461) Australia 1929 10/- Grey & Pale Pink Kangaroo, sml. multi. wmk Ovpt. Specimen. Fresh mint lightly hinged example, nicely centred with good perfs. ACSC 49x, cat. $475, priced very reasonably at $395 K397) Australia 1929 Grey & Rose Crimson £2 smw Kangaroo, Ovpt. “Specimen” Lovely POST OFFICE FRESH mint unhinged, full perf. example, centred left. Cat. $1750, price $975 K418) Australia 1929 Grey & Rose Crimson £2 smw Kangaroo, Ovpt. “Specimen” Fresh mint lightly hinged, full perf. example, well centred. Kangaroo slightly misplaced downwards. Cat. $900, price $549 K460) Australia 1929 Grey & Rose Crimson £2 smw Kangaroo, Ovpt. “Specimen” Mint lightly hinged, full perf. example, well centred. Kangaroo slightly misplaced upwards and with mild Kissprint through left of Map and above. Cat. $900, price $549 K409) Australia 1929 Grey & Rose Crimson £2 smw Kangaroo, Ovpt. “Specimen” Lovely well centred, full perf. mng example, with unrecorded variety “Red flaw in value tablet” ACSC 57xa cat. $900, price $720 K265) Australia 1932 Kangaroo 6d pale chestnut SM wmk opt 'OS' BW 22(OS)B FU. Price $59 K476) Australia 1932 Kangaroo 6d chestnut 3rd wmk block of 4 BW 21, centred a little low MUH. Price $129 K441) Australia 1932 6d Pale Chestnut C of A Wmk Kangaroo Die IIB Fresh Mint lightly hinged Imprint strip of 6. Well centred and with full perfs. ACSC 23Bza. Minimum Cat. $400, price $295 K443) Australia 1932 Kangaroo 6d chestnut C of A wmk N over A Ash imprint
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 block BW 23(4)z, cat $500 for hinged, left units with faint bend, light overall gum 'tanning' MUH. Price $249 K666) Australia 1932 Kangaroo 6d chestnut C of A wmk Ovpt. OS, N over A Ash imprint gutter block BW 23(OS)4z, cat $750 left of selvedge with faint bend. Has large un-documented variety, broken A, S, R & A of Australia in imprint. Price $649. K439) Australia 1932 9d Violet C of A Wmk Kangaroo Die IIB Plate3 1st state. Fresh Mint lightly hinged Imprint strip of 6. Centred to left on 1st 3 stamps, and well centred on 2nd 3, all with full perfs. ACSC 29Aza with variety f, “Vertical white scratch over 2nd N of Nine”. Lovely positional piece. Minimum Cat. $660, price $525 K496) Australia 1940 2/- Maroon Original Die II C of A wmk. Kangaroo. Ash Imprint Gutter block of 4 from plate 1 (N over A) of sheet mint lightly hinged. ACSC 41Az. Cat. $125, price $75 K497) Australia 1945 2/- Maroon re-drawn die C of A wmk. Kangaroo. Commonwealth Imprint block of 4 from left of sheet mint unhinged. ACSC 41Az. Small tone spot to lower left stamp, not visible from front. Cat. $100, price $49 K627) Australia 1932 – 36 5/- - £2 C of A Kangaroos, an attractive well centred set of high values with mostly good perfs (the £2 has a couple of slightly nibbled perfs), Fine Used, Cat $1660. Price $975 K626) Australia 1932 5/- grey & yellow –orange Ash imprint block of 4, lower r/h unit variety ‘Opened mouth roo’ ACSC 46Aza, Cat $5000, l/h pair with very faint vertical bend, upper r/h unit with faint tone spot, lower l/h unit is MUH, attractive exhibition piece. Price $2995 K415) Australia 1932 10/- Grey Black & Pink Kangaroo C of A wmk ACSC 50Azc Well centred very fine & fresh mint unhinged hinged imprint pair, perfectly centred with full perfs. Includes the variety va, Open Mouthed Kangaroo. A very RARE Exhibition Piece. The pair is not priced unhinged, but at $3750 for hinged. The Imprint adds a big premium. There was no such pair or block in the Arthur Gray Collection. Figuring this logically, the Imprint pair for the normal Grey & Pink printing catalogues $3750 for hinged and do sell close to this price, 5 x the mint stamp and the premium for mint unhinged is x 2.5. This gives us a value of $9375. Price for this stunning piece $7500 K113) Australia 1932 10/- Grey Black & Pale Rose Crimson Kangaroo C of A wmk, ACSC 50C cat $450. Well centred very fine used full perf example with partial cds at lower left. Price $275 K116) Australia 1932 10/- Grey Black & Analine Pink Kangaroo C of A wmk, ACSC 50D cat $750. Centred to left, with a couple of missing perfs at top. Cancelled by BENDIGO Vic. Cds. Colour suffuses strongly through to the back. Rare shade. Price $249 K389) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pink C of A wmk Kangaroo. Mint lightly hinged, ovpt. Specimen type C. Full perf example, centred high. ACSC 50Ax, scarce stamp, cat. $850 price $675 K186) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pink C of A wmk Kangaroo. ACSC 50C cat $450. Well centred very fine used full perf example with light central cds. Price $275 K436) Australia 1932 10/- Grey & Pink C of A wmk Kangaroo. MNG, ovpt. Specimen type D. Centred a little right, full perf example. Has a large UNLISTED VOID AT TOP, WHICH IS NOT A THIN. Affects RA of Australia and top frame. ACSC 50Axe, Price $195 K615) Australia 1932 10/- Grey Black & Analine Pink Kangaroo C of A wmk, ACSC 50D cat $750. With telegraph puncture, centred to lower left, pulled perf at top, a rare shade. Price $149 K430) Australia 1931 – 36 10/- - £2 C of A Kangaroos, ovpt. Specimen Type D. Fine mint unhinged, better centred than average for these and with good perfs. Cat. $485, Price $269 K471) Australia 1945 Kangaroo 2/- maroon C of A wmk die II 14mm gutter Imprint blk of 10 BW 41zb, Price $149 K472) Australia 1945 Kangaroo 2/- maroon C of A wmk die II corner imprint blk of 4 BW 41z MH Price $69 K473) Australia 1945 Kangaroo 2/- maroon C of A wmk die II 25mm gutter imprint blk BW 41zd, cat $150 for hinged, MUH Price $129
K442) Australia 1945 Kangaroo 2/- maroon C of A wmk die II 25mm gutter imprint blk BW 41zd, cat $150 for hinged, MUH Price $129 Australia KGV Heads We currently have a wide range of KGV Shades, Varieties and Imprint Blocks. Please let us know your interests G158) KGV Heads from a deceased estate. In neat packets of 100 + although wmks are stated on packets these are unchecked by us for wmks, perfs, varieties shades etc. There may be some perf OS included. 1d Red $50 1d Green C of A $30 1d Green C of A ovpt. OS $75 1½d Red Single Wmk. $30 1½d Red Sml. Multi. Wmk. $50 1½d Green Single Wmk. $50 1½d Brown (shades) Single Wmk. $100 2d Orange $50 2d Red Single Wmk $30 2d Red Smw. $50 2d Red Smw. ovpt. OS. $200 2d Red C of A. $25 2d Red C of A wmk. Inverted. $250 2d Red C of A ovpt. OS. $100 3d Blue single wmk $200. 4d Olive Smw. P13½ x 12½ $150 4d Olive Smw. Ovpt. OS. $500 4d Olive C of A $125 5d Chestnut C of A $50 One of each as above PRICED AT $1890, $1395, save $495 Any 3 packets less 5% Any 5 packets less 10% G23) Australia 1913 KGV 1d Engraved with nice Kiss Print. Not catalogued as used, priced at $1000 for mint and we recently achieved full catalogue for an unhinged one. Cancelled by cds of NSW 1 AP 14, Town unclear. ACSC 59ca Price $795 G87) Australia 1914 KGV 1d Carmine Red ACSC 71A Plate 1 (i) Pane 2, position 56. Die II mint hinged, cat $750, well centred with good perfs. Price $410 G135) Australia 1915 KGV 4d Buff Orange, wmk. inv. Horiz. Pair. One stamp lightly hinged, the other unhinged. Fresh gum, with a few wrinkles on the unhinged stamp. Full perfs. Centred high. ACSC 110Fa. Indicative cat. price is $560, Price $279 G294) Australia 1915 ½d emerald single wmk marginal block of 4 variety ‘Watermark inverted’ ACSC 63Aa, Cat $300 fresh MUH. Price $179 G312) Australia 1915 ½d deep emerald single wmk marginal block of 4 punctured ‘OS’ ACSC 63Aba, centred to upper right, hinged in margin, stamps fresh MUH, unusual shade. Price $69 G319) Australia 1923 ½d orange single wmk Harrison imprint block of 8 with variety ‘Clubbed fraction bar’ ACSC 66(8)z Cat $275 as block of 4, some suntanning stripes on gum and upper right unit with tone spots. Mint. Price $149 G318) Australia 1923 ½d orange single wmk ACSC 66 marginal block of 6, centre right unit with unlisted ‘Emu egg’ variety, some suntanning stripes on gum MUH. Price $39 G314) Australia 1924 2d red-brown single wmk marginal block of 4, upper right unit
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 with variety ‘Large white flaw in left value tablet’ ACSC 97(16)f, centred to right, the variety is cat $250 for mint hinged, the stamps in this block are fresh MUH. Price $325 G290) Australia 1916 1d carmine-red, Rough paper Substituted cliché dies I & II, also smooth paper 1d carmine-rose Substituted cliché die I, ACSC 71(2)ka, 72(2)ja & ka, Cat $400, mixed centring, Good to fine used. Price $199 G284) Australia 1916 1d carmine-red, Smooth paper Substituted cliché die I ACSC 71(2)ka Cat $150. Centred to the right, Fine used. Price $89 G50) Australia 1918 KGV Halfpenny Yellowish Green, ACSC 65E (5)zd. Large Multiple Wmk. From Electro 5. CA Monogram substituted for JBC right hand corner strip of 3. Fresh mint unhinged well centred and full perfs, except has right hand selvedge reinforced with hinge. Cat $900 as hinged. Price $895 TS832) Australia 1918 KGV Large Mult. Wmk. ½d dull green irregular block of 11 MUH, some perf separation & 2 units with minor gum marks. Price $69 G292) Australia 1918 KGV Large Mult. Wmk. ½d dull green block of 4, lower left unit with variety ‘Thin fraction at right’ ACSC 63(5)s Cat $175 as Mint. The variety unit has a very light gum bend, MUH. Price $79 GS19) Australia 1918 1d Rosine Rough Paper KGV. Perf OS. Mint unhinged. Nice centring with full perfs. ACSC 72 lbb (G68) Cat. $350 as hinged. Price $495 G384) Australia 1919 KGV Large Mult Wmk 1½d black-brown gutter marginal block of 4 with variety ‘Watermark inverted’, ACSC 84Aa, Cat $700 fresh MUH. Price $495 G386) Australia 1919 KGV Large Mult Wmk 1½d chocolate lower left corner block of 6 with variety ‘Watermark inverted’, ACSC 85Ca, centred to left, Cat $1200 MUH. Price $895 G298) Australia 1924 1½d red KGV single wmk part Mullett imprint block of 8 punctured ‘OS’ ACSC 89ba, Cat $400, centred to lower right, slight gum ageing MUH . Price $159 G383) Australia 1915 4d orange KGV showing variety ‘Line through Fourpence’ ACSC 110(2)r, Cat $250, centred a little to right, FU with partial cds, Price $110 G385) Australia 1922 KGV 4d bright ultramarine ACSC 113A, part Harrison imprint block of 4, Cat $750, lower units MUH, centred a little to top, Price $449 G297) Australia 1924 4d olive Harrison imprint pair ACSC 114z, Cat minimum of $600 for a hinged imprint block, some suntanning stripes on gum, MUH. Price $199 G118) Australia 1920 1/4d Greyish Blue KGV perf OS Mint Lightly Hinged. Centred left and with some small paper adhesion to reverse. Fresh looking and full perfs. ACSC 128E. Scarce shade. Usual retail for regular shade $175, price $85 G96) Australia 1920 1/4d Greenish Blue, ASCS 128Bn, with variety. Mint light hinge and centred to left, good perfs. Thick 1 at right, cat. $400, price $199 G97) Australia 1920 1/4d Greenish Blue, ASCS 130n, with variety thick 1 at right, cat. $600,. Mint light hinge and centred to left, good perfs. Price $189 G95) Australia 1921 KGV 4d Violet perf. OS Fine Used “retouched thin 4d” Nice clean example of this variety, with partial Ship Mail Room cds. Cat. $400 plus 50% for OS. Good perfs and well centred for this. ACSC 111 (2) ra Price $449 G106) Australia 1922 1d Deep Violet Analine, ACSC 76G. Fine used example with partial Melbourne cds, centred to lower left with good perfs. Supplied with Dr. Scott Starting certificate. Cat. $300. Price $225 G316) Australia KGV 1½d green Harrison imprint strip of 4, r/h stamp with unlisted variety ‘White flaw in top right frame’ some perf re-inforcing, and light suntanning in margin, fresh and attractive appearance, Cat minimum of $1500 as an imprint block of 4. Price $349 G354) Australia 1920 KGV 2d Orange, upper right corner pair, the l/h unit showing a pronounced compartment line over the top right hand side of the stamp, the r/h unit with a faint corner bend, some marginal separation, compartment lines are seldom encountered in this issue, fresh MUH, Price $49 G104) Australia 1923 KGV 4d Dull Ultramarine, Inverted Wmk, used. Harrison Print ACSC 113Baa. UV Reaction bright blue. Centred low with full perfs, has a horizontal crease towards base. Cancelled by indistinct parcel cancel. Supplied with Dr. Scott
Starling certificate. Cat. $1000. Reasonably priced example of a rare stamp, missing from most collections. Price $249 G64) Australia 1924 KGV 1d green Single wmk lower right unit showing variety 'Run N' BW 77(4)vb in corner block of 4, lower units including the variety MUH, upper units MVLH Price $69 G365/66) Australia 1924 KGV 1d green Single wmk two distinct shades, each showing variety ‘Dot before right 1’ ACSC 77(3)m, Mint, Cat $100, Price $49 G364) Australia 1924 KGV 1d green Single wmk horizontal pair, the l/h unit showing variety ‘Flaw under neck’ ACSC 77(4)h, both stamps have a slight ‘dry ink’ appearance, well centred fresh Mint, Price $49 G367) Australia 1924 KGV 1d green Single wmk block of 4, lower r/h unit showing variety ‘Dot before right 1’ ACSC 77(3)m, reasonably well centred, fine Mint, Price $49 G362) Another similar item in a distinctly paler shade, upper r/h unit with slight gum bend Mint, Price $39 G68/69) Australia 1924 1d Green Single wmk. 2 x blocks of 4, mint hinged lightly only top pairs of stamps. Shades Pale green and Green, ACSC 77A/77B. Each showing the varieties Ferns and RA joined, positions VII, 54 and 60. Minimum cat. $400, price $200 G371) Australia 1924 KGV 1d green Single wmk Mullett imprint pair from plate 3 with variety ‘White flaw in right frame opposite emu’s feet’ ACSC 77(3)zb (pair), the stamps exhibit a ‘dry ink’ appearance which is particularly noticeable in the side shading. Hinge remains, Mint, Price $69 G372) Australia 1924 KGV 1d green Single wmk Mullett imprint pair from plate 4 with variety ‘RA joined’ ACSC 77(4)j (pair), faint overall gum ‘suntanning’, centred to the right, Mint $79 G172) Australia 1924 1d Green No Wmk. Plate 3 top left corner block of 12, mint unhinged (hinged in selvedge only) Shows the varieties “Indentation in left frame”, “Angular notch in left frame”, Top right corner of crown blunt” and Crown top slopes downwards from left to right” Positions V/1, V7,V10,V12. Nice exhibition piece. Price $295 G374) Australia 1924 KGV 1d green No wmk Harrison N over M setting imprint pair with variety ‘White flaw in right frame opposite emu’s feet’ ACSC 79(3)z (pair), fresh Mint Price $109 G373) Australia 1924 KGV 1d green No wmk Harrison N over N setting imprint pair from plate 4 with variety ‘RA joined’ ACSC 79(4)z (pair), fresh Mint Price $109 G65) Australia 1924 KGV 1d green no wmk lower right unit showing variety 'Run N' BW 79(4)vb in corner block of 4, usual slight bends, lower units including the variety MUH Price $69 G66) Australia 1924 KGV 1d green no wmk lower right unit showing variety 'Run N' BW 79(4)vb in corner block of 4, some moderate diagonal creasing, lower units including the variety MUH Price $49 G78) Australia 1924 KGV 3d blue Single wmk block of 4, upper left unit variety 'Retouched shading behind kangaroo' BW 105(3/4)h centred to right, lower units MUH, one with faint bend Price $150 G93) Australia 1924 4.5d Violet Single wmk. Mint unhinged horizontal pair positions 1R1 & 1R2, with gutter & top margins. LH Stamp with variety 118o, Broken SE Corner. RH stamp showing varieties “Damaged upper frame, top to crown and white line under E of Postage. ACSC 118p. Scarce pair, indicative cat. $450 as single stamps hinged. Centred to top left, corner gum bend to RH stamp. Price $275 G181) Australia 1924 4.5d Violet Single wmk. Fresh block of 4, top two mint lightly hinged, lower two are unhinged. Stamp 2 has variety “White Flaw in right value tablet” ACSC 118g. Cat. $330, price $229 G182) Australia 1924 KGV 4½d violet Single wmk variety 'Retouched left value tablet and numerals' BW 118s centred to upper right MLH Price $60 G63) Australia 1924 KGV 1d green no wmk upper left unit showing variety 'Roos tongue out' BW 79(4)u in block of 4, lower units MUH Price $69
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BUY OR BID SALE APRIL 2019 G307) Australia 1924 KGV 1d green & 1 ½d red no wmk, both punctured ‘OS’ ACSC 79ba & 90ba, unusually well centred for this issue, scarce fine used Cat $275. Price $199 G121) Australia 1917 5d Yellow Brown Single wmk ACSC 123B. Nice fine used example of this scarce shade cancelled by cds of Geelong, Vic. Centred left and with full perfs. Cat. $150, price $115 G216) Australia 1927 KGV Small Multi. Wmk. Very fine used complete set to 1/4d, inc both shades of the 1.5d. Most including the 1/4d are cto. Cat $500 plus, price $375 G89) Australia 1926 KGV 1d Green sml. multi. wmk. perf. 13.5 x 12.5. Lightly hinged vertical pair showing varieties ACSC 81 (4) ia and 81 (4) ja Ferns, and Ferns retouched. Positions VII 54 and VII 60. Well centred and with good perfs, cat. $325 plus 50% well centred premium. A very scarce pair, especially so well centred. Price $365 G73) Australia 1926 3d Blue Die 1a KGV Single wmk. ACSC 105C in mint lower left block of 4, 3 unhinged. All with spectacular Dry Ink and with blind perf between each pair at the same point. Cat. $250 each mint unhinged, $200 hinged. Price $765 G162) Australia 1926 3d Blue Die 1 KGV Single wmk block of 4, with variety. Top left stamp with “Broken Leg of Emu” position 2L 19. Mint lightly hinged with full perfs, centred a little left. Has some gum loss and light toning. ACSC 104A(l) Cat. $285. Cheap at well under half $125 G76) Australia 1926 KGV 3d Deep Blue type A & B pair. Mint unhinged marginal horizontal pair ACSC 105Aac, centred to left. Cat. $250, price $189 G379) Australia 1927 KGV 1d Green sml. multiple wmk perf 14, N over N Ash imprint block of 8 from plate 4 with varieties ‘Ferns’, ‘RA joined retouched’ & ‘Kangaroos tongue out’, ACSC 80(4)zb, red arrow indicators attached to selvedge, six units, including the ‘RA retouched’ and ‘Kangaroos tongue’ varieties are unhinged, the top two r/h units have a faint gum bend, a lovely positional piece, Price $229 G353) Australia 1927 KGV 1d Green sml. multiple wmk perf 14, N over N Ash imprint strip of 4 (bottom line partially trimmed), minor soiling affecting three units, MUH, Price $59 G376) Australia 1927 KGV 1d Green (deeper shade) sml. multiple wmk perf 14, N over N Ash imprint pair, fresh Mint, Price $39 G132) Australia 1927 KGV 1.5d Red sml. multi. wmk perf 14. Fresh mint unhinged corner plate dot singles Nos. 1 -4 . Shades vary. Price $149 G348) Australia 1927 KGV ½d Orange SM wmk perf 132½ x 12½ Ash imprint block with variety ‘Lower end of left fraction bar thickened’ ACSC 68(8)z, some very faint gum suntanning lines, Mint, Price $49 G346) A similar imprint block, but the upper l/h unit has a toned perf, Price $49 G378) Australia 1927 KGV 1d green SM wmk P 13½ x 12½ Mullett imprint pair with variety ‘White flaw in right frame opposite emu’s feet’ ACSC 81(3)z (pair), hinge remains Mint, Price $69 G138) Australia 1927 KGV 1½d Red sml. multi. wmk perf 13½ x 12½, Mullett imprint pair, minor perf toning on l/h unit, Mint, Price $49 G82) As above, plate 4 plate dot block of 4, hinged in selvedge only. ACSC91(4) z. Price $149 G134) As above, plate 2, ACSC91(2)z, price $125 G359) Australia 1927 KGV 2d Golden scarlet Die II sml. multi. wmk perf 13½ x 12½, N over N Ash imprint block ACSC 100(2)z, quite well centred, stamps are MUH, Cat $150, Price $89 G356) Australia 1930 KGV 2d surcharge on 1½d Golden scarlet Ash imprint block of 4 ACSC 101(2)za, the lower l/h stamp with variety ‘Sliced O in surcharge’, fresh MUH, Price $149 G164) Australia 1927 KGV 3d blue SM wmk P13½ x 12½ Die I, 2 shades, mixed centring MLH Price $100 G94) Australia 1927 4.5d Violet sml. multi. wmk. Perf. 14, Ash gutter imprint pair. Fresh mint unhinged (mounted on central selvedge) Part ACSC 119za showing Deformed left bottom frame & white flaw from left wattles to oval, state II broken left frame. Position 1R55. Indicative cat. Value for MUH Block of 4 is $1200. Price $449 G151) Australia 1927 4.5d Reddish Violet sml. multi. wmk. Perf. 14 block of 4. ACSC119B well centred fresh mint hinged and full perfs, with plate scratches in
lower margin of right hand stamps. Price $149 G98) Australia 1927 4.5d Pale Violet sml. multi. wmk. Perf. 14, Semi- surfaced paper, also appears dry ink. ACSC119Aa fine used with PARTIAL cds of ….KWOOD TASMANIA MR 13 28. Not priced as used in ACSC, cat. $275 for mint unhinged, $175 for hinged. Centred to left with full perfs. Nice shade. Price $165 G255) Australia 1927 1/4d Turquoise Blue SMW Perf. 14, ACSC 129B, fresh mint unhinged. Lovely example, vibrant colour with full perfs. centred a little left. Melbourne retail $1200, cat. $1250, this is a scarce stamp in this condition. Price $1125 G240) Australia 1927 1/4d Deep Turquoise SMW Perf. 14, ACSC 129C Fine used with certificate. Cancelled by Herberton, Qld. Cds of 21AP28. Centred left (as most of these are) with full perfs. Supplied with Starling 2015 Certificate. Cat. $2750, price $2495 G62) Australia 1927 SM wmk P13½ x 12½ 1½d Red Mullet Imprint strip of 4 (2nd line guillotined off) Mint lightly hinged and showing the variety Void Corner. ACSC 92B(2)g position 2L/59. Price $125 ML429) Australia 1927 KGV Small multiple watermark P13½ 1½d Red N over A Ash imprint pair MUH stamp, hinged in selvedge, price $39 G57) Australia 1930 KGV SM wmk perf 13½ x 12½ 1½d red-brown, deepish shade Ash imprint block of 4 ACSC 93(3)za Cat $150, fresh Mint. Price $99 G168) Australia 1928 KGV 3d smw perf. 13.5 x 12.5 Type B- A Pair. Fresh Mint Unhinged top marginal pair. Type B has white flaw back of King’s head ACSC 107g. Cat. $175 for hinged. Normal A – B Pair cat. $575 as ACSC 107c. Price $425 G291) Australia 1928 SM wmk P13½ x 12½ 3d dull blue die I plate 4 Ash imprint pair ACSC 107(4)z (pair), the r/h unit being type B and showing variety ‘White flaw over IA of Australia’ the l/h unit is very very lightly hinged, the type B is MUH, Cat $825 as an imprint block of 4. Note: The 2018 edition of the ACSC shows 107(4)z as being a Mullett imprint in error. Price $299 G166) Australia 1929 KGV 3d blue SM wmk P13½ x 12½ Die II var 'Retouched ST of AUSTRALIA' BW 108g two faintly toned perfs at top, light HR, Mint Price $60 G310) Australia 1929 KGV 3d blue SM wmk P13½ x 12½ Die II Ash imprint block of 4 ACSC 108z Cat $275. Hinged in gutter Price $199 G288) Australia 1929 KGV 3d blue SM wmk P13½ x 12½ Die II Ash imprint strip of 4, very light overall gum ageing, Mint. Price $99 G80) Australia 1929 KGV 4d olive SM wmk,P13½ x 12½ Ash imprint block, BW 116(4)z, cat $425 as hinged, very lightly aged gum, MUH Price $549 G286) Australia 1929 KGV 4d olive SM wmk,P13½ x 12½ Ash imprint strip of 4, fresh Mint, the imprint pair being hinged only in the gutter margin. Price $195 G46) Australia 1930 KGV 1.5d Red Brown sml. Multi. Wmk. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5, in Gutter Imprint Block. Fresh mint unhinged. Unusually the perfs. do not extend into the lower margin. Price $179 G198) Australia 1930 5d Orange Brown sml. Multi. Wmk. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5, fresh mint unhinged. Centred high with full perfs. ACSC 126 cat $125, price $82.50 G293) Australia 1930 5d Orange Brown sml. Multi. Wmk. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5, Ash imprint strip of 4 (cut imprint), perf re-inforcing ,and slight overall gum ageing Mint. Price $99 G303) Australia 1930 5d Orange- Brown SM. wmk. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5, punctured ‘OS’ centred to left, fresh mint unhinged corner example ACSC 126b Cat $375, Price $279 G53) Australia 1927 KGV 1/4d Pale Turquoise Blue Sml. Multi. Wmk. Perf. 13.5 x 12.5, in Gutter Imprint Pair. Fresh mint very light hinge with variety “Dry Ink” and with very faint printing to imprint text. Not listed as such in ACSC. Imp. Block of 4 cat. $3000. Price $1195 G147) Australia 1932 Halfpenny Orange KGV C of A wmk. Ovpt. OS. Top right block of 6, 2 x 3 Mint unhinged. Centred to left with full perfs. Has the variety “Hollow S” lower left stamp, also double perfs through top margin. Some minor toning does not detract from the attractiveness of this piece. ACSC 69A (OS) 8r. Cat. $75 for the variety as hinged. Price $160
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation The APF Website – Part 1
Our website at https://apf.org.au is the public face of the APF along with APF News. The website provides regular news up-dates on what’s happening in the world of philately and exhibiting. Content Figure 1 - APF Website header is based on the contributions of many APF volunteers. There is also a wealth of useful information on a wide range of philatelic topics stored on the site. We will present details on all aspects of the website in a series of articles and in this first article we will explain what’s available under the “Exhibiting” tab. In future articles we will explore other sections of the website so watch out for the next article in the series. But first, a short explanation of the front page of the site. (figure 1)
The “Home” page (figure 2)
The front page of the site shows a brief summary of the latest news, usually linked to more detail on the relevant Figure 2 - APF Website front page page on the site. At the very top of the page we list any significant announcements. On the right, you will find a APF Website Key Statistics as at January 2019 list of the latest products from the APF Store, and Statistics can be boring but a brief snapshot of some directly underneath this, a summary of upcoming of the key statistics for the site gives a good overall events, usually exhibitions. These include all future idea of the level of use of the site. These will vary planned Australian exhibitions and overseas exhibisomewhat from time to time: tions where Australia will be participating. • 2,200 sessions per month for 2018 If you want to search for items in the Store, a • 6,100-page views per month during 2018 drop-down list of store categories, headed “APF ▪▪ Australia 55% of visits Store Product Categories” shows a clickable list of ▪▪ USA 12% of visits groups of products. This can save you some time by ▪▪ India 3% of visits going direct to all products of a similar type. Up▪▪ Brazil 2% of visits coming Events also contains clickable links that take ▪▪ Thailand 2% of visits you to more detail on a separate page. ▪▪ NZ 2% of visits Last but by no means least, there is a search box ▪▪ Canada 1% of visits at the bottom of the right sidebar. This may save ▪▪ S Africa 1% of visits you time looking through the site. Enter your search • Average time on site: 2 mins 13 seconds term and click the magnifying glass symbol along• Pages per session: 3.5 pages side to see the results. 52 - Stamp News
Stephanie Bromser
Philatelic Development Officer, APF Australasian Challenge
Figure 3- Exhibiting Tab diagram
The Exhibiting Tab (figure 3).
The Exhibiting section of the website contains information about stamp exhibitions and information for exhibitors. Virtually all information available to the APF regarding exhibiting and exhibitions is available. If you have any interest in stamp and postcard exhibitions, we hope you will make use of the information on the site and will find it useful. Clicking the “Exhibiting” tab in the main menu at the top of every page shows a drop-down menu with 7 items: Australasian Challenge; Classes; Exhibition Frame set-up; Exhibiting - News Letters; Exhibition Timetable; Judges Register; Results. The following is a page-by page breakdown to help you understand what’s on each page under the “Exhibiting” tab.
Two Australasian challenges, the Australasian Philatelic Challenge and the Picture Postcard Challenge, are conducted at an Australian exhibition every two or three years. Teams come from each of the Australian States and Territories plus the North and South Island of New Zealand. The teams compete for the highest total number of exhibition points. This year both challenges will be held as part of Sydney Stamp and Coin Expo, 13-16 June 2019. Each team competing in the Philatelic Challenge can have a maximum of 6 entries, two of which must come from a novice or a youth. All FIP and Australian National classes are allowed (except Frugal and Literature) but the four experienced entrants must be different classes. The winning Team will receive the Ed Druce Memorial Trophy. Each team competing in the Picture Postcard Challenge must have four picture postcard exhibits, two multi-frame (5 frames or more) and two 1-frame exhibits. They compete to win the Perpetual Trophy. The web page contains detailed downloadable rules for both Challenges. Classes This page contains a lot of content as it lists details
Figure 4 - Exhibition results table controls Stamp News - 53
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation of each Exhibition class. These are generally available at most National Exhibitions; however intending exhibitors should check the exhibition prospectus to make sure the class is offered. There are links to the regulations for all the world-wide or FIP classes: • Traditional Philately • Postal History • Postal Stationery • Aerophilately • Astrophilately • Thematic Philately • Maximaphily Figure 5 – 1946 philatelic First Day Cover • Revenues • Youth Philately • Philatelic Literature Exhibiting - News Letters • Open Philately Newsletters received by the APF from the various • Modern Philately specialised collecting bodies and exhibition commit• Picture Postcards tees are kept here. • One Frame In Australia, the APF has additional experimental Exhibition Timetable classes. There are links to their regulations • Cinderellas Australian exhibitions, or International exhibitions • Polar Philately where Australia is involved, are listed on this page. • First Day Covers The date of the exhibition, links to their newsletter • Frugal Philately or the website (if available), APF contact or commisThe FIP Commissions define the rules, regulasioner and the closing date for entries are listed in tions and guidelines for each class. The commissions chronological order. promote and develop interest in their special field and The exhibition timetable is one of the most visitmaintain a website. The web page has links to all the ed pages on the site. The timetable usually extends FIP Commission Websites. around two years into the future. We will only The APF has delegates for all exhibition classes. publish exhibition details where a firm decision has The delegates and their contact details are also on this been made by the relevant organising committee to page. go ahead. While we do our best to show up-to-date information, it’s always a good idea to check with Exhibition Frame set-up the APD contact or directly with the exhibition orThis page contains a downloadable guide to setting up ganising committee before making travel plans. and taking down exhibition frames. It is a valuable source of information for anyone involved in setting Judges Register up a stamp exhibition. The guide includes details on: As the name suggests, this page lists details of Aus• Frame Set-up tralian exhibition Judges. The judges’ status, a list • Mounting Exhibits of exhibitions judges, and where available, an email • De-mounting Exhibits and contact is listed where applicable. • Uninstalling frames 54 - Stamp News
Stephanie Bromser
Philatelic Development Officer, APF
tion sessions before its evening meetings. The format is usually a “round table” discussion about a specific topic. A presenter leads the discussion and brings examples of items to help with the talk. The members also show items from their collections to add to the discussion. All items are passed around while the topic is discussed. One our recent topics was “Why Collect Covers”. At the start of the discussion the participants were divided quite evenly into those who loved covers and Figure 6 – Commemorative cancel 16 April 1970, Melbourne with prithose who wanted nothing to do vate cachet with them. Those in the “stamps only” camp were firmly of the view that most covers in collecResults tions were philatelic. By the time we had debated This page shows the results for all exhibitions in the the topic and looked at the covers that had been current year. Exhibitions are listed, in chronologibrought along, most people had a better appreciation cal order with the most recent at the top. Each set of how covers could add value to their collections. of results is shown in its own table. Details in each We found it difficult to agree when a cover was column can be sorted alphabetically by clicking the philatelic or commercial. If you use the definition small double arrow icon to the right of each table that philatelic usage means that the item has been heading. Results for previous years, going back to produced or contrived to be collectible and com2012, are available by selecting the year from the mercial usage is anything that isn’t philatelically menu on the top left inspired, the distinction is blurry. Some covers Each table initially shows 10 rows only by deare obvious, of course, but is a cover from a stamp fault. We have kept the default display to 10 rows dealer (laid out to appeal to a collector), or a cover because full length tables for all results would be very long and hard-to-navigate. To see more results, from a collector, with careful frankings philatelic or commercial? either adjust the “Show x Entries” control at the top We did agree that the three most important things to show more rows or use the “Next” button at the in determining if a cover is commercial were: bottom of the page. Specific results can be found • The rate for postage was correct. using in the search box top right of each table where • The usage was within a valid time-frame of the you can key the exhibitor’s name, exhibit title or stamps being issued other search term. (Figure 4) • It looked commercial, especially the address and As always, any comments, corrections, queries cancel. The full set of stamps was not there. or suggestions will be gratefully received. Please Characteristics of philatelic covers include: contact the author, Peter Allan, APF Webmaster and • The cover is still sealed and appears to be empty. APF Vice President at hesperus@netspace.net.au • The stamps face value is far above the required rate. Club Education Meeting - Covers • There is a full set of one particular issue, often in The Brighton Philatelic Society often runs educaorder of value. Stamp News - 55
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation • The stamps are tidy and the postmark is applied so as not to obscure too much of the stamps. • There is a cachet or special design, usually on the left side portion of the envelope. • The address is a small rubber stamp or label in the bottom right hand corner of the cover. We looked at a large variety of covers. There were many First Day Figure 7 –First flight cover 5 April 1973 Covers (FDCs) cancelled on the first day of the new see any, but we agreed there must be FDC’s which stamp issue. Most were are simply ordinary commercial or personal covers issued by the Post Office with a postmark relating that happened to be postmarked on the first day their to the topic but with no address. Some were made stamp was issued. by dealers or collectors such as the rather nice 1946 Most of the covers with commemorative cancels FDC of the Centenary of Mitchell’s Exploration that were judged to be philatelic. Many had an extra was registered and postally used (see figure 5). This cachet printed on the envelope to match the event. was considered philatelic because it was overpaid, One example was a special cancel from Melbourne had the full set of stamps and a cachet. We didn’t for the 10th International rally for the Veteran and Vintage Cars of Australia (see figure 6) One collector brought along some first flight covers that commemorated a new airmail route. They all looked very much like the 1973 cover for the Qantas direct flight from Tahiti to Canada shown in figure 7. We discussed the value of philatelic covers. Many are expensive and highly sought after. Zeppelin mail was a perfect examFigure 8 –1974 commercial cover, single usage illustrating purpose of issue, sent ple. We also saw a collecin correct rate period 56 - Stamp News
Stephanie Bromser
Philatelic Development Officer, APF tion of mint and used pre-paid envelopes that were really postal stationery. Most people found the commercial covers the most interesting. We saw covers with rare cancels that were only used temporarily by a post office and covers with cancellations from unusual places. We discussed that postal historians were interested in the specific usage of the stamps and the routes and special services shown on the covers. Finding any type of commemorative, or non-definitive stamp, on a commercial cover is an increasingly rare occurrence. Mail volume is down, and the bulk is not franked with postage stamps, those that with stamps are likely to have definitives. It is even harder to find commemorative stamps correctly used
on commercial covers in the rate period. Almost everyone agreed that an example of a commercial cover with a single usage of the stamp highlighting the purpose of issue would enhance any stamp collection. An good example of this is the 1974 commercial cover that was sent to the USA with a single usage of the 25c Aboriginal art stamp (see figure 8). The stamp was part of a definitive stamp issue to cover a change in overseas airmail rates A few covers still had letters inside. We discussed that most of the time the letters were interesting but not important. Sometimes, though, the content of the letters can have historical significance, or they may have been sent from significant people.
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Market Matters Cocos Covers go Gangbusters.
Interest in all things philatelic, from the very tiny Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean is raging Red Hot at present. Anyone who owns any of the better material from there, will be over the moon with delight I am sure, after reading this article! The remote islands are FAR closer to Asia than Australia, (and were of course administered by Singapore prior to Australia taking over in 1955) and the current population of around 600 people consists mainly of Cocos Malays, who practise Sunni Islam, and speak a dialect of Malay as their first language. The Islands were first settled early 1900s, and one early Scottish settler John Clunies-Ross, set up a personal fiefdom that lasted about 150 years. In 1886 Queen Victoria, by indenture, granted the islands in perpetuity Far closer to Asia than Australia. to John Clunies-Ross. The head of the family enjoyed semi-official status, as Resident Magissome of the first POWs of the War. trate and Government representative etc. It was one of the first naval battles of WWI globGermans landed in WWI and disabled the wireally, and the 2014 stamp set shown nearby marks less station, and the Battle of Cocos then ensued in the Centenary of that famous big-ship gun battle. 1914, where HMAS Sydney beached the German Again, a relevant stamp issue, that they have a strong Cruiser Emden on one island, and the Germans lost history of. the lives of 134 sailors, and the survivors became Australian collectors have had a long affinity with the stamps on this region, but global interest in them is also huge, and indeed much of the auction mentioned below sold to foreign buyers. Cocos (Keeling) Islands stamps were first printed and issued in Australia in 1963, and were fully valid for all mail within Australia of course. There are also highly sought Flight covers before that date.
Seven Seas Stamps Savvy!
“Battle Of Cocos” 1914 Stamp Centenary pair. 58 - Stamp News
The then massive stamp dealership of Seven Seas Stamps in Dubbo NSW, used Cocos Islands stamps heavily on outward mail in the 1960s and 1970s. Founder of Seven Seas, and “Stamp News” - Bill Hornadge, was a very savvy marketer, and knew that collectors receiving their approval packets and accessories, and
Glen Stephens
Invoiced for over $31,148. True! magazines, all franked with “exotic” stamps, would just love them. Abacus Auction had a large collection of Cocos material in an Auction in March, formed by the late Colin Riddell from England, and it all sold - 100% clearance, and often got simply mind-boggling prices. Some examples of which I’ll outline below. Being all “T” lot material, 10% GST was added on top of the bid for local buyers, and then ~20% Buyer Fee added on top. Ouch. The GB WW2 era Air Letter/Aerogram was one example that caught my eye. It is the common
6d civilian type used by the millions, and worth a dollar or so to most destinations. There was nothing interesting in the contents. It had a faint and indistinct backstamp, that the collector or auction house did not mention or decipher. All value was on the FRONT. The estimate was $A600, and for most readers I am sure, that was more than a generous looking price level?! It was torn at top, and both sides of it had ugly cellotape staining along base. If it turned up in a box of junk here, that is very likely where it would have stayed. Stamp News - 59
Market Matters tinyurl.com/CocosCov was where I ran a guessing poll at to what such an Air Letter was worth. I closed the poll after 50 responses, and bear in mind many folks voting knew full well the airletter had been sold, and got a huge sum, and even that did not skew the results too much! The Air Letter estimated $600 was invoiced by Abacus for $A31,148 before any shipping or insurance changes were added, and BEFORE the 10% GST was added to hammer price on top, if bought by an Australian collector, as it was a dreaded “T” lot. “Secret Island” in British Military Jargon, 50 votes, and not ONE of them was the Cocos Keeling Islands. correct!
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64% guessed at less than $100.
So the correct answer was ‘’$30,000 to $50,000’’ and that, as can be seen, was selected by none of the 50 voting. 64% of those 50 guessed the value at less than $A100, and indeed fully 82% of those voting guessed that the market value was $A1,000 or less. “Knowledge Is Power” as I often type. I certainly learned something. I learned to research this kind of material a lot more closely! I sold a handful of early Cocos covers back to 1930s last year on stampboards, for $100 or $200, and was very pleased with the sale. The buyer, a Singaporean, clearly
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Take a guess at value of this! knew a lot more about his area than me, and that will not be the first or last time that has occurred! Another pretty ordinary looking (to me!) cover from 1933 shown nearby with a 2 common stamps to the USA, also was invoiced for a gob-smacking $A36,539 before any “T” Tax GST was added, if relevant for any local buyer. Be honest - if you saw this cover at a stamp club auction, or in a dealer box marked at $100, would you have bought it? Even quite modern Cocos material got amazing prices. The 1990s 90¢ Coconut Official stamps x 3, on a large cover to Canada, (detail shown nearby) estimated a bullish $1,500, was invoiced for $A4,800 before any “T” 10% tax was added, if applicable. That is the price of a Mint £2 Kangaroo! That stamp I see monthly in sets of 8 of the 1991 Overprints I mail out, but used on cover, agree it is certainly most unusual. Even those sets of 8 x 1991 Cocos Emergency
overprints shown nearby have hardened up a lot in price in recent years. I used to ask $A200, and now it is well over $A300, and assembling COMPLETE sets is very tough, trust me. NEVER buy part sets of these, as filling in the few gaps, you will find is near impossible. Like the equally scarce PNG 1994 “Emergency Overprint” set of 11, a few values of both sets were always plentiful in the trade, and sell even today for peanuts, but buying the few cheapies for a song is not very wise, as both sets have 3 or 4 KEY values in there, and those are the ones you never see offered inexpensively.
No Elvis stamps from Cocos Islands!
Cocos (Keeling) Islands stamps, have like AAT stamps, remained VERY popular here in Australia, and indeed internationally. I suspect the very conservative and relevant New Issue policy helps. Stamp News - 61
Market Matters They are both an object lesson to PNG etc, who started spewing out Marilyn Monroe, Abraham Lincoln, Elvis Presley, and Ben Franklin subject matter wallpaper, just to make money. The Clunies Ross Family, who owned the Cocos Islands like a mini unofficial Kingdom for about 150 years, paid their Malay workers in special Store Tokens - that could only be spent at the Clunies Ross owned store on the island! A very nice payment system if you can swing it. Co-incidentally, I added to stock this Now elusive Cocos Island stamp set. week, a quartet of
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Like to own this gem pair FREE? these 1913 Clunies Ross “Private Currency Tokens” in Ivory, including the 3 high values to 5 Rupees I bought cheap in an Estate. Never owned even one these before, in 40 years of dealing. Only 1,000 sets of these Tokens were ever made, and they are fully catalogued, for $100s each, even in the local Renniks Coin catalogue. Many readers also collect coins, so more detail on the background to these curious things is here tinyurl.com/Clunies An interesting month for all collectors of Cocos Island, and it certainly proves beyond doubt that the hobby is evolving in many ways, and many directions - often some very surprising ones. Even ten years ago, such prices were totally unthinkable I am sure - to anyone!
thing away. Much less something of this value! Stampboards.com is the world’s largest Stamp Bulletin Board by miles, and in April reaches many MAJOR milestones, and the party is on. Stampboards celebrates Birthday 12 in April, and it will reach member number 20,000, and pass message number 6 MILLION, and also reach the 80,000 different topics milepost. All in that same month, and all huge achievements that no-one ever dreamed of, at its inception in 2007. A hard working team of volunteers has worked for a year and managed to convert the near one MILLION stamp images there, to be hosted on the large stampboards servers in the USA. In the past, stamp images were added that were hosted by a bunch of free image hosting sites, personal
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Glen Stephens om WHY? The Western Australia 2/6 to £1 quartet were first issued latter 1902 and all depicted QV, despite her dying nearly 2 years earlier. As were the South Australia vertical “Postage” series issued late 1902. The “Thick” Postage new design was not issued until 1904. All depicted Queen Victoria. The £1 orange shade Western Australia top value shown nearby has a Kalgoorlie 1904 cds, and was FIRST issued in November 1902. Why they did not use King Edward VII’s portrait is a constant mystery to me.
Who said royalty were vain!?
KEVII Stamp Essay fetched $A25,500. up until the Kangaroo series was issued in 1913, featured her image - which itself was over 70 years old. I have NEVER understood why the next monarch was not depicted on the letter-rate stamps. A person licking a 1d or 2d Queen Victoria stamp onto every letter they mailed for 12 years after she had died, as there was no other design choice, seems incredibly bizarre. If you lived in Victoria or Queensland or South Australia, that Monarch was your ONLY option. Entirely new designs issued well after her death depicted Queen Victoria - and not the reigning monarch, King Edward VII. I cannot fath-
The youthful image of Queen Victoria on that WA stamp was about 65 years old - looking very much like the same portrait used on the 1840 GB ‘Penny Black’. (QE2’s Machin image on all GB stamps is unchanged, for more than 50 years of course.) King Edward VII’s Coronation was 9th August 1902. Other than the well-known Victoria state £1 and £2 high values, KEVII was not depicted on any other state’s postage stamps. (But curiously, was on many Queensland, NSW and South Australia DUTY stamps!) There were certainly a number of KEVII finished stamp design essays in existence here, with the KEVII portrait, from at least 3 states, but none progressed into issued postage stamps. The unique 1905 2d Blue essay shown nearby
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Charity Stamps - low numbers printed. (ACSC E30) I have always loved. Ex Field, Kilfoyle, Ambromovich and Gray, it sold for $A25,500 in 2007, (Estimate $US10,000-15,000) despite today’s wacko ACSC value of $A10,000. The South Australian one recorded as ACSC (E20a) was in fact the design basis for that state’s 1902 Duty Stamp series to £10 - or so it appears to me anyway.
Issued well BEFORE the Coronation.
Interestingly, the £1 state of Victoria first printing KEVII high value was issued in November 1901, eight months BEFORE his Coronation! They were only issued as Victoria urgently HAD to have high value ‘Postage’ stamps above 5/- for parcel and telegraph use, as the “Stamp Statute” and “Stamp Duty” high value issues were demonetised for postal use on June 30, 1901. So very clearly new designs COULD be created, engraved, approved and printed with quite commendable speed back then - IF the PO wished to act. Victoria and Tasmania both also issued KEVII postal 66 - Stamp News
stationary. KEVII died in May 1910. The “Commonwealth Stamp Design Competition” that gave us the Kangaroo & Map series, was not announced until 1911. The oft-given argument that “cost” was an object to issue a new design is totally and completely spurious. The Australian States had discovered around this exact time, that new and interesting stamp designs were popular - and highly profitable from the ensuing collector revenue. And Post Offices have preyed on that ever since! The 1897 and 1900 large sized “Charity” issues from 3 different states all quickly sold out. The 1900 Queensland Charity pair had only 6,500 sets printed, so it was clearly economical to print even that small a number, and make money. The cost of designs, engravings and plates etc for such a tiny run was enormous.
Some CTO cancel dates scarce.
Some of the Victoria KEVII stamps can be very
Glen Stephens :13” cancel CTO set with exact same cancel, given to all Federal Members Of Parliament on the issue of the Kangaroo series. (The “Dec 3 :13” identical crisp steel cds with shiny ink cancel is of course relatively common on Kangaroo 1913 values to 5/-.)
A 100% “Australian” stamp issue.
About 100 examples ever made. scarce. The corner CTO and “OS” are pretty often seen, albeit still pricey, but not this one. The one illustrated nearby I sold to a client. This is ACSC V127D, the May 1910 printing, in Dull Rose, perforation 12.4. Literally an AUSTRALIAN stamp, given only to the 100 or so Federal MPs, so few have survived. Geoff Kellow “Stamps Of Victoria” handbook page 336, tells us that Oct and Nov 1910 CTO cancelled Victoria stamps were given to each Federal MP, to mark the recent Federal Legislation of October 13. Under the law, all State stamps were now decreed truly COMMONWEALTH issues, and were totally interchangeable in all States. There were then 75 Federal MPs, and 36 Senators. This MP presentation was the same as the “Dec 5
The £1 Kangaroo of that “Dec 5” cancel set is of identical scarcity to this KEVII, and was presented to the same persons in near all cases. That is ACSC 51wb, Cat $4,000, over 5 times the selling price of this KEVII stamp. As this Victoria £1 is absolutely an AUSTRALIAN stamp issue, the astute will be mindful of that, as this “cusp” period era is not YET widely sought, but one day most certainly will be. The market for the various official Government CTO cancels on this early era has gone totally ballistic in recent years, now they are (mostly) all listed and priced in the recent ACSC catalogue. Things like 1913 3d Olive Roos CTO have got $A1,864 at public auction (and were actually more numerous than the £1 KEVII!) with the scarcer type official cancels, as regular readers will be aware. More detail here - tinyurl. com/ozCTOs Remember in the case of the Federal MPs sets, the nearest young relative was likely given them as a curio for his collection, and of the 111 sets presented, doubtless most are now lost to philately. There are many similar examples in this KEVII era, and the wise buyers are grabbing them at today’s silly low prices. A current Post Office year book costs near the retail of these! The superb looking pair of the Victoria £1 and £2 KEVII shown nearby I mailed to a client this week, for just a few $100 the pair. That oddly is market value. If these were the £1 and £2 Roos that replaced these, in similar superb CTO, the ACSC Cat is $10,000. Today’s prices are ABSURD. Four copies of the current PO Year Book costs what he paid for the Stamp News - 67
Market Matters pair! Buyers now of these are very savvy. I have the same VFU pair with same cancels, but perf “OS” as well as CTO, for the same silly price - the “OS” Roo pair of these same values is cat $75,000!
Check your Kiloware!
How many folks see modern mail snippings, and assume it is all common fodder for soaking off? A stampboards member Heavily under-rated by catalogues. recently added a photo of a used Solomon A set of 5 stamps were printed by Walsall SecuIslands 65¢ stamp he had found in his soakings, and rity Printers in the UK on the usual CA sideways looked it up, and saw it was catalogued $US350! watermarked paper. On arrival of the stock in the
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Solomons, it was decided not to issue this 65¢ value. In error however, a small number of sheets were delivered to some Post Offices, and they were clearly used on commercial mail. The unissued stamp from this 1991 Health Campaign set was the 65¢ value, depicting “Less Healthier Food” at the left. I have no knowledge of exactly why it was decided to hold this back at the last minute. Possibly McDonalds Solomons objected?! In PNG
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The unique “Proving” piece from 1992. and Solomon PO’s, strange stamp decisions often occurred in the 1990s. Given the high obesity and Diabetes rates among the people from this region, one would think stamps like this would make perfect sense to the Solomons Government, especially when you have already paid for them to be designed and printed? Several clearly dated used in period stamps are recorded from charity kiloware - used singles have fetched up to $760 each at Public Auctions. I bought 4 of them plus another Dolphin stamp, correct $3.75 rate, all with a clear “LATA - March 12 - 1992” cds, on dated part cover front to Canada shown nearby.
Town has a population of 553.
The office of sending Lata, is a tiny remote eastern
island reached by small plane from Honiara, and is the provincial capital of Temotu Province. As of 2007, it had 553 inhabitants. That appears to be the latest official Government Census figure! There is a Post Office, a couple of guest houses and shops, and not much else there it seems. The seller was veteran Canadian dealer Ron Carmichael, who deals in kiloware and mixture type material etc. He told me last month: “I got them in a load of material from a church group. I’m assuming it was missionaries that were sending stuff here from there - they were in along with a bunch of other regular Solomon Islands used on paper stamps”. The last 2 singles Auctioned by Status Auctions in Sydney (also from Charity Mix) got $A670 and $A760 they confirm - see tinyurl.com/SolsError for Stamp News - 69
Market Matters Glen’s free eyesight test today.
details. Anyway one to watch out for if you have any mail snippings from this region, or see any 1990s kiloware material. They are noted in both Gibbons and Scott - the latter pricing them at $US350 each = around $A500 each,
as I type this. I also bought a mint block 6 from another source, and am offering singles for $A100, and a block 4 for $A325, and the unique “proving” kiloware piece of 4 stamps for $A500. Very cheap for totally unissued stamps.
How good is YOUR eyesight?
This had me smiling. These USA “Gold Certificates” were circulated for many decades, depicting many different USA Presidents. Very pretty items. Many of the different styles are on this link - tinyurl. com/1000error One of them is depicted nearby - this one is from 1882. $1000 was a fortune back then - you could buy a house with it. Hence, engravings and details were carefully checked and scrutinised by endless staffers and supervisors and engravers etc. For 138 years no-one noticed a really obvious spelling error - can you see it? Staffers at the Smithsonian were scanning one of these notes recently, and noticed a GLARINGLY obvious spelling error. How good are YOUR eyes? tinyurl.com/Answer1000 contains the answer, if you cannot see it readily here! As you can see, some got it immediately, others took an eternity! Glen Stephens has written monthly ‘Stamp Tipster’ Columns for over 30 years - globally. A vast library of his past articles and photos are found at – www.glenstephens.com/column.html
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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 Citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall, Gatton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: lvsc@bigpond.com Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, Presbyterian Church, Barry St, Slacks Creek, 6pm. Ph: 07 3805 9226. 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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1.30pm - 4pm. PO Box 2261,Mt Gambier.Ph: 08 8724 9474 Para Hills PS: Mtg 1st Sun; Community Hall Wilkinson Rd, Para Hills. PO Box 64, Para Hills; Ph: 08 8522 4345 Phillumeny SC: U3/26-28 Crozier Av, Modbury 5092. Ph: 08 8337 6533 Email: www.users.or.net/ figg/amccs Port Pirie PS: Mtg 4th Mon; PO Box532, Pt Pirie 5540; Ph: 08 8632 1105 Printed Collectables Club (SAPC): Mtg last Tues, Julia Farr Cent. Canteen, Ground Floor, Fisher St. Ph: 08 8265 7395; PO Box 657, Enfield Plaza 5085 PS of South Australia:1st & 3rdTues; 22 Gray Ct. GPO Box 9800, Adelaide 5001; Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Aust. (Aus. Com. Spect.Grp.): Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm;22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Daytime SC):Mtg 1st & 3rd Thurs; 22 Gray Ct.Ph: 08 8555 3311 PS of South Australia (Study Group):Mtg 4th Tues 7.30pm; 22 Gray Ct. Ph: 08 8522 4345 Postal Stat & Postal Hist Soc: Mtg 2nd Tues; SAPHIL House, 22 Gray Ct, Adelaide. email: psandph@arcom.com.au; Ph: 08 8260 3352 Riverland PS: Mtg 3rd Fri, 10am ;Whitmore Hall, Barmera Village; Ph: 08 8595 3023 SA Junior Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Sun 1pm - 3pm;Anyone over 5years, parents welcome. 22 Grey St, Adelaide. 08 8250 0484 Salisbury PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon;StJohns Church Hall. PO Box 336 Salisbury 5108; Ph: 08 8252 2392 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Fri 7.45pm, Old Railway Station (now Community Services Bldng.); Ph: 08 8370 2680 Strathalbyn PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 8pm; Rosa Hoare Room, Lutheran Church Complex Corner, Commercial Rd/North Pde; C/- Post Office, Strathalbyn 5255; Ph: 0429 693 747 Ukrainian Collectibles Club: Mtg Wed as per syllabus; PO Box 466, Woodville 5011; Ph: 08 8345 4033 Yorke Peninsula Collectors Club: Senior Citizens Club. Taylor St, Kardina. Mtg 3rd Wed ex. Jan; PO Box 178, Bute 5560; Ph: 08 8821 2906 Club Information: Victorian Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Melbourne, Vic, 3001 Hamilton PS: Mtg 2nd Monday 7.30 pm ex. Jan. Guide Hall, Foster St. 0407 659664 Hungarian PS: Mtg 2nd Wed Latrobe Valley PS: Mtg Last Wed ex Dec 7.30pm, St Lukes Uniting Church Hall, Princes Way, Morwell; Chris Zarb, Sec. ph. 03 5174 3394 Maryborough Stamp Club:Mtg mthly ex Jan 2nd Tues of month 8pm, St Augustine’s Hall, Maryborough. PO Box 295, Maryborough, 3465; Ph: 03 5464 2400. maryboroughsc@eudoramail.com. maryboroughsc.web1000.com Mildura PS: Mtg Last Thurs (ex Dec)Carnegie Building 74 Deakin Ave Ph: 03 5023 8789 Mooroolbark PS: Mtg 1st Tues; Ph: 03 9723 3304 Oakleigh PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan) Oakleigh Public Library, Drummond St, Oakleigh Ocean Grove SC: Mtg 4th Wed. 10am. Ocean Grove Senior Citizens Clubrooms Melways: 234 A. Ph. 03 5255 1372 Peninsula SC: Mtg 3rd Wed, 7.30pm Uniting Church Hall, Murray Anderson Rd, Rosebud. Ph: 03 5975 0574 Polish PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Prahran PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) Ringwood PS: Gen Mtg 1st Thurs; Daytime 3rd Mon Ph: 03 9725 0514 email hanszomer@bigpond.com Royal PS of Victoria:Mtg 3rd & 5th Thurs; Daytime 1st Tues Sale SC: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan) Shepparton PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Mechanics Institute, Shepparton. Ph. 0419 560 813 Sherbrooke PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs ex Jan Upwey Fire Brigade Hall, 8pm; Bob Cook Ph: 03 9758 3465 Upper Yarra SC: Mtg 3rd Tues St Arnaud SC: Mtg 3rd Mon (excl. Jan & Dec) 03 54951371 Warragul PS: Mtg 2nd Fri Warrnambool PS: Mtg 3rd Wed 7.45pm St Joseph’s Primary School, Botanic Road;Ph: 03 5561 1470 Waverley PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs 7.30pm, Mt Waverley Community Centre, 47 Miller Cres, Mt Waverley; Daytime mtg the following Friday, 9.30am, Uniting Church Hall, 482 High St, Mt Waverley. Ph. 03 9898 4102 Obtain Tasmanian clubs information from: Tasmanian Stamp Council, GPO Box 9800, Hobart, TAS, 7001. Ph: 03 6278 7084 Hobart Junior Group: Mtg 1st Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Kingston Junior Group: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Launceston PS: 1st Thurs. & 3rd Sat. ex. Jan. 6.30 pm, Max Fry Hall,TrevallynLauncestonTel: 03 6331 2580 (A/H) Mersey-Leven PS: Contact: 03 6425 3603 Rosny Junior Group: Mtg Last Sat; Ph: 03 6278 2224 Tasmanian PS: Mtg Last Monday (ex. Dec); www.tps.org.au, Legacy House, 159 Macquarie St Hobart
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