December 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).
1969: 50th Anniversary Flight se-tenant strip pays 15c airmail rate to Gilbert & Ellice Is
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More than a generation has passed since the Philatelic Great Boom of late 1970s/ early 1980s. Many amongst the present generation of collectors may have “heard” of that phenomenon. Others, who were “there”, but for whom The Boom is becoming a fading memory, might collectively enjoy this reflection. The boom for all things philatelic was underway in earnest from the mid-1970s, but reached Australia a little later. What were, in reality, readily available stamps were the easiest to market, and to “plot” on a chart. My auction business was a beneficiary of the presiding mania, and to maximise the exuberance of the era, Figure 1. The 1979 “Rarity sale” I devised a series of annual “Rarity sales”, most of it whilst we could. for 1977, 1978 and 1979. I threw everything The 1979 auction took place in December, at what was to be the final event of the conprecisely 40 years ago, so perhaps it’s timely cept. I was realistic enough to understand that the amazing demand we were then expe- to reflect upon what transpired at the time. This auction was planned to be the first milriencing was unsustainable, and to make the 6 - Stamp News
The silver wrap-round (Figure 1) of the catalogue has not stood the test of time, unlike the memories. My handful of surviving examples has been popular at mealtime for indeterminate uninvited “guests”. Stanley Gibbons Ltd, London, were at the forefront of The Boom, and a series of their buyers spent three days at the Cavendish Hotel, inspecting every one of the 443 lots in the auction. The late Simon Dunkerley, who was then part of my team and had accompanied me to London, returned together fair to say in a buoyant mood. Come December 6, auction evening, the sale would gross $664,818 (including buyer’s premium), then easily an Australasian record. But the result was well Figure 2. The widest promotion of its era for an Australian phila- short of the hoped for one million, so what telic auction went wrong? Stanley Gibbons’ agent was a no lion dollar philatelic auction in Australia, and show, that’s what went wrong! to that end was promoted nationally and inThe late Vic Walker, then S.G.’s agent, and ternationally. Inspection of lots was available years later a member of my auction team, in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, and explained to me that he had been provided London, as well of course as in Melbourne. some $380,000 in bids for the auction, but at Stamp News - 7
the eleventh hour management pulled authorisation to proceed. I’ve more than occasionally wondered what impact the withdrawal of that huge basket of bids had on the sales aggregate for that auction? Why then did S.G. withdraw from the auction? In 1979 the firm was taken over 8 - Stamp News
by Letraset, in an attempt to diversify away from their dry-lettering business. The Letraset Chairman would later concede they had “significantly overpaid” for S.G., compounded by “indiscriminate expansion” and “imprudent” investment decisions. The purchase of the Marc Haas U.S. Postal History collec-
Figure 3. The highest realising lot in the auction
tion at the time for a reported US$10 million (some say the figure was actually $12 million!), was widely considered “imprudent” by the philatelic industry. Something had to give, and my auction, amongst other contemporary events, was indirectly rendered collateral damage.
One thing is certain: on December 6 1979, I became aware that the end of The Great Boom We Had To Have was nigh. The “party” was over. In reality, the boom would continue unabated in to 1981, even gaining in intensity, prior to the inevitable bust. But I was not about to risk it. Within months, my entire stock of “investment” material would be liquidated via my auctions and private treaty contacts. Memorable transactions at the time included Australia £2 Arms x100 mint mounted sold for £8500 (!) to another London firm, and Lot 218 in our SYDPEX 80 “Private Treaty Selection” catalogue, the balance of my mint Australia, as a single offering, sold to Kerry Packer’s Australian Consolidated Press Ltd, for $240,000. The remarkable collection of Victoria, formed by the late J.R.W. Purves, was then about to be auctioned in a series of sales, commencing in Switzerland. I would be there, suitably armed. To conclude this fleeting reflection, I’ve selected a few items from the 1979 Rarity sale for comment. Forgive the B&W images: four-colour process was used to a limited extent in the auction catalogue, but cost was then discouraging. Figure 3, Lot 57E, was a unique group of Australia 1914 Unissued, comprising the 2d and 1/- Plate proofs, and beautiful fullsize Die proofs of the 1/- in olive, black, and indigo. Estimated $30,000, the realization was $37,400, and the group ended up in the Stamp News - 9
Figure 5. Miscellany of South Australia Departments unused Chapman Collection, now part of the Australia Post Archival Collection. Value of this group today? Probably in the vicinity of $250,000. One of two examples (the other defective, on cover), the famous 1955 Y.M.C.A. with “Missing triangle” unused, fetched $3,410 against an estimate of $2,500. This eventually found its way in to the Arthur Gray Collection, where in 2017 it realised £21,600. Lots 243-64 (Figure 5) comprised a selection of South Australia Departmental overprints, formerly in the Harry Napier Collection. Realizations ranged from $171 to $743. Today’s collectors of these ever-popular issues would love to be able to buy unused at such prices, particularly Lot 260, the only unused “N.T.” in private hands, which made just $578. As I reviewed the content of the sale, it became apparent that the vast majority of lots would perform better today, some spectacularly. The material on offer was generally not reflective of the type of material that specFigure 4. YMCA Missing triangle unused 10 - Stamp News
Figure 6. One lot which bucked the general trend ulators of that era were drawn towards. The second highest realizing lot in the sale (Lot 427 – Figure 6), matching cancelled-to-order blocks of twelve of Papua New Guinea
D1 and D1a, was an exception to the general trend. It realised $26,400, which would be unlikely to be achievable today. I hope readers have enjoyed this little stroll down memory lane by me. My stories of The Great Boom We Had To Have would fill a volume, a very generous one! Stamp News - 11
The NGUEMA FAmily: A LESSON IN CORRUPTION The Republic of Equatorial Guinea in West Africa seldom reaches the headlines of the international media but in October 2019 many newspapers carried a report on a forced auction sale of 17 luxury cars in Switzerland. According to Bonhams, the auction house, the collection comprised seven Ferraris, three Lamborghinis, five Bentleys, one Maserati and one McLaren. The sale was expected to realise some 30 million dollars. The owner of the cars was reported to be Teodoro (Teodorín) Nguema Obiang Mangue born in 1968. This man has had an absolutely amazing career. After studying for just five months at Pepperdine University in California he obtained his degree. He was then appointed forestry and agri-
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culture minister in his native Equatorial Guinea. He held this position for 15 years until becoming the vice-president of the country. But let’s go back in time. Equatorial Guinea is one of Africa’s smallest countries. It has a long history as a Spanish colony. In 1968 it became an independent republic and Francisco Macías Nguema (Fig. 1) became the new republic’s first president. He was a member of the Mongomo Clan of the Fang ethnic group. Francisco Macías Nguema soon developed into a ruthless dictator. Thousands of his compatriots were killed and more than 100.000 Equatoguineans were forced to leave the country. After 11 years at the helm of his country, he
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was toppled in a coup d’état in 1979. He was then executed to mark the end of an era. The late president was replaced by his nephew Teodoro Nguema Obiang who was born in 1942. As it turned out he was no different from his uncle. Now some 40 years later he is still the president of Equatorial Guinea. He has been depicted on his country’s stamps more than once. Shown nearby is a souvenir sheet issued in 1981 (Fig. 2). Equatorial Guinea is a small country with a population of 750,000 most of whom belong to the Fang ethnic group. Spanish still serves as the country’s official language. The economy relies heavily on the export of wood, coffee and cocoa
(Fig. 3). Equatorial Guinea also has substantial oil reserves which have yet to be fully exploited. However most Equatoguineans live in poverty. There is a total lack of democratic and human rights. The elections carried out so far have all been described as farces. The president has appointed family members and other close friends and associates to govern the country. The presidential family and friends are shown on a 1989 stamp (Fig. 4). The vice-president is known under his nickname of Teodorín or Little Teodoro. For 15 years he ran his country’s forestry department and it seems he created new taxes for the logging companies. They of course went directly into his
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THE NGUEMA FAMILY: A LESSON IN CORRUPTION own pockets. Officially he had a very modest monthly salary which in no way could cover his lavish lifestyle in countries like France and the United States. He has acquired real estate, expensive works of art, luxury cars and yachts and he is also known to have organised parties for his favourite rap singers. But at times he has gone too far and he has been accused of corruption in countries like Switzerland, South Africa, France and the United States which has resulted in legal cases where real estate, luxury cars and valuable works of art have been sold to cover the costs. While Teodorín and the other members of the Nguema family enjoy a life in luxury some 75 %
of their fellow Equatoguineans live in poverty. In his capacity as vice president of Equatorial Guinea he is in charge of the army and most people probably avoid protesting too loudly. During its first four years as an independent republic, Equatorial Guinea maintained a very conservative new issue policy. In fact, there were fewer than 20 stamps. It all changed in 1972 when responsibility for the country’s stamp issues was handed over to foreign agencies (very possibly after paying bribes to suitable people in the postal administration). During the following years hundreds of large and brightly coloured pictorial stamps and souvenir sheets were printed to be sold to worldwide collectors. Very few
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issues had any connection with life in the tiny in the continental part of the country. For many African nation. years he studied in the Soviet Union. Sadly I This deluge of pictorial stamp issues lasted lost contact with him but he provided me with until the end of the Macías Nguema era in 1979. most of the stamps in my collection of Equatorial From then on many of the country’s stamps reGuinea which is limited to two periods: 1968flected daily life and culture in Equatorial Guinea 1972 and 1979-1991. They were the years when (Fig. 5). the country released a modest number of sets This rather conservative new issue policy last- which were all relevant to the country of origin Just three known ofin this rather stamps thin, if not scrawny Type VI ed for some tenexamples years. are Starting 1990, (Fig. 6).Santa. All are on notes of New York’s short-lived Knickerbocker Bank. This example of a $2 proof fetched $25,300 in PCGS Very Choice New 64PPQ. Image courtesy & © www.ha.com with no relevance to Equatorial Guinea were It is difficult to speculate about the future but notes post-dated Moore’s commercial products. It was this usage souvenir low denomination examples, once again issued. In 1996 stamps were printed at this point in timeDurand’s it certainly seems that the that saw his image appear on ban- thereby netting the bank an easy poem and pre-dated the red suit as Nguema family will remain power. Vice-presto honour people like Alfred Nobelprofit. and Marilyn well as the Ho!inHo! Ho! They show the knotes. of Santa’s persona in the development therather way, it was not Teodorín until the will The vignettes used by banks were of (By ident undoubtedly be able to refi ne Monroe. Very possibly the buyers these chosen to promote the respectability of early 20th century that Santa swapped first half of the 19th century. Vignettes unnecessary issues have helped facilitate a life in his corruptive practices allowing him and the their issues. In the US the growing his green coat for red, acquired elfish vary from the slim-line Dutch Sinterkthethrough familythe to tubby, continue their luxury forofsome of purthe Nguema helpers, family. and started other sayingmembers “Ho! Ho! of laas pipe-smoking popularity Santamembers served this Ho!” Lest there be any readers who sailor to the emerging fully-Americanpose very nicely. Apart from hoping luxurious lifestyles. Who knows, perhaps he will During the 1980s I corresponded and exSanta might inspire goodwill in a cling to urban myths, Coca Cola is a ized Nast model. one day inherit theSanta presidency from his father. changed stamps with a young man from Bata was but one of Durand’s colbank’s notes, there was always the ad- Johnny-come-lately on the Santa ditional hope that customers might
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Stamps in the News - Globally! Sri Lanka’s Kapa Haka moment
Reported at www.tamilguardian.com A social media storm has erupted over a Sri Lankan stamp issued last year as part of a set depicting the masks and the events of the Dahaata Sanniya which roughly translates to the «dance of demons» or «diseases». The 18 stamps showcase a variety of different diseases which are represented through demons wearing masks. There is a long history of ritualistic performances relating to the Daha-ata Sanniya. Sanni dancing occurs after midnight when the eighteen Sanni demons are invited, recitations are offered, and the sick person is blessed by the performance of the dance of the relevant offering. This sounds innocuous enough, however, listed alongside demons causing various ailments, including the demon of madness and demon of vomiting, is the demon of Tamil or “Demala sanniya”. The official Sri Lankan postal site describes the stamp thus: “Demala Sanniya (Demon of Tamil ) Craziness , madness , gibberish , running here and there , talking in Tamil , furrowing of the forehead and blackening of the face are the symptoms of this
disease.” Typical of the condemnatory comments the stamp has provoked were the following tweets: This is one of the new stamps released by Sri Lanka with different ‘diseases’ on them. Apparently being Tamil is one of them. ‘Demala Sanniya’ means ‘Demon of Tamil’ in Sinhala. Disgusting! The world needs to hear about this! Apparently, Sri Lanka has issued a postage stamp depicting a Hindu Tamil as a demon, 1 among many demons in sinhala tradition that causes ‘diseases’. Goes to explaining the genocide. The incident brings to mind the famous kapa haka issue in New Zealand and illustrates the great care postal administrations need to take when designing stamps on cultural issues. In 2006, the New Zealand Post Office was forced to withdraw its Maori Performing Arts ‘kapa haka’ stamp issue due to protests that the cartoon-type characters were culturally insensitive and ridiculed Māori.
Breaking bad in Japan
Reported at https://english.kyodonews.net Two executives at post offices in Tokyo embezzled some 540 million yen ($US5 million) by privately selling used stamps earmarked for shredding. Japan Post Co., a unit of state-backed Japan Post Holdings Co., retrieved the cash and dismissed them 16 - Stamp News
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in 2018, but did not disclosed the incident. The company found that an executive working at Kanda Post Office sold 400 million yen of stamps, while the second -- employed at Shiba Post Office -had offloaded 140 million yen of them, over a 3 year period. The stamps had been used for postpaid mail, a service that is often sold at a discount to companies that want to pay -- in stamps or cash -- upfront for bulk mail. Use of stamps for this practise has since ceased. They had been sold on by the two executives to discount ticket shops, and are believed to have not been postmarked. “It is true that there was an inappropriate handling of stamps at Kanda and Shiba post offices,” a Japan Post official said, adding the company is still investigating. The misconduct came to light as Japan Post seeks to regain public trust after it and Japan Post Insurance Co. admitted mis-selling some 183,000 insurance policies. The government is the biggest shareholder in Japan Post Holdings, a former state enterprise that was privatized in 2007.
stamps from charity shops, washing them and then selling them on eBay. Mubashir Khan profited more than £100,000 through running the illegal stamp ‘washing’ business for two years from his home in Birmingham. The 43-year-old was found to have 60 kilos of stamps at his property when it was searched by police. Khan was caught when Royal Mail staff were alerted to his misdemeanour as he started using the stamps on his own mail. The Crown Prosecutor said: “He was purchasing used stamps and he then adapted them so they would pass off as unused. He then sold to purchasers, primarily on eBay, between October 2016 and October 2018.” He explained that the defendant would make bulk purchases of first and second-hand stamps from charities and then subject them “to a chemical process removing cancellation markings.” “He sold them on eBay at a significant discount, up to 50 per cent of their face value which, nevertheless, represented a significant profit to himself.” However, Khan “gave himself away” in a number of ways including using the washed stamps on his own parcels - some of which “looked pale”. Across the two years that Khan was illegally selling the ‘washed’ stamps, he gained £114,000 and sold the stamps with a face value of £241,000. His fraudulent actions were uncovered after investigating officers from the Royal Mail made searches on eBay and then test purchases. Besides the large quantity of stamps, police officers also discovered a large amount of chemicals and
Breaking bad in Britain Reported at www.mylondon.news
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Stamps in the News - Globally! stamps in the process of being washed. Text messages that included discussions about the stamps were found on the defendant’s iPhone showing that “he knew precisely what he was doing.” The judge continued: “I conclude this was a planned enterprise. It was designed and indeed did yield substantial sums and caused very significant losses to Royal.”
Swan song for state duck stamps? Reported at https://lmtribune.com
When Minnesota wildlife artist, Tom Moen, won his first Minnesota duck stamp competition in 1998, he sold enough limited edition prints of his design to get by for two years without a job. He made just a fraction of that money from his painting for the 2007 Minnesota stamp before barely breaking even in 2014 on his winning state duck stamp entry. “For years people were excited to see the new
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duck stamp,” said Moen. “Now there’s no market left at all.” The drastic downturn in enthusiasm for wildlife art has led to debate at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources over whether the tradition of stamps and contests is worth keeping. Only 13 percent of state waterfowl hunters last year opted to pay an extra 75 cents to receive the actual duck stamp. Since 2007, hunters can check a box on their small game license to add the $7.50 “validation” required to harvest ducks and geese. Meanwhile, contest entries have dried up from more than 200 a year per species in the 1980s to fewer than 15 per year nowadays. The DNR’s stamp program is a funding mechanism for wildlife conservation, and stamp purchases for some species are voluntary. Proceeds are steered toward habitat projects. The five Minnesota stamps are for waterfowl, pheasant, turkey, salmon and walleye. In 2018, pheasant stamps raised $540,000 for upland game bird habitat. State duck stamp proceeds in the same year were $622,500 — separate from any dollars that flow to Minnesota from mandatory purchases of the federal waterfowl stamp. Next year, state wildlife stamp contests will be open for the first time to artists who craft images with digital tools such as Apple Pencil and Procreate. It is hoped this will enliven the program. Moen said the current era of disinterest in wildlife art was brought on by overproduction
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in the 1980s and 1990s. “The market was flooded,” he said. “People just became numb to these images.”
The boys are back in town Reported at www.irishcentral.com
Two commemorative stamps in tribute to Thin Lizzy and Phil Lynott are now on sale in Ireland to mark the 50th anniversary of the Irish group. The Thin Lizzy stamps feature the artwork of Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick—Thin Lizzy’s 1979 album “Black Rose” and a portrait of the late frontman Phil Lynott. Fitzpatrick, well-known for his famous two-tone portrait of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara which was also released as a stamp in Ireland, was a close friend of Lynott and created the artwork for many of Thin Lizzy’s albums. “This is my friend Phillip Lynott, a very proud black Irishman on an Irish postage stamp. I just wish to hell he was around to enjoy it.” “He was brilliant. The inspiration for the album art on ‘Black Rose’ came from the poem by James Clarence Mangan, ‘The Dark Rosaleen.’ Philip was heavily into Irish history.” “He felt strongly about the attempted genocide of the Irish race and he wanted to echo some of that
Jim Fitzpatrick, artist, and Aoife Beirne, chief of staff, An Post, at the Phil Lynott statue in Dublin without being confrontational because Thin Lizzy had a lot of fans of England and Northern Ireland, which he respected, but he did want to say something about Ireland and this was his chance.
The boys are back in town – Manila-style
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Stamps in the News - Globally! long been the practice in other countries but it has taken PHLPost a long time to embrace this. Smith, Garcia & Puno were pioneers in Filipino pop music. Back when local recordings were divided between traditional Filipino love songs and adaptations of foreign hits, these musicians created something distinctively local and new establishing the basis of Pinoy rock and the Manila sound. Pepe was the drummer of the Juan de la Cruz band and one day while smoking outside the stage door waiting for his next set, Pepe started strumming a guitar and singing “Ang himig natin…” The song, a wistful call for Filipinos to sing music that is theirs by birth resonated with the sentiments of the young people of the early ‘70s era. These musicians were not only cultural phenomena, they were also great moneymakers. It was their arrival that ushered in a major turn-around for the local music business when for the first-time Filipino recordings were selling more than the foreign releases.
Greeks bearing gifts
Reported at https://usa.greekreporter.com Hellenic Post has issued 5 stamps honouring the contribution of 5 ex-pat Greeks in promoting Greece abroad through their achievements. Philanthropy: The Behrakis Foundation Businessman George Behrakis has excelled in the pharmaceuticals industry and formed the Behrakis Foundation, in Boston. The Foundation is well-known for its support of issues related to Greece, Greek Diaspora communities and Greek Orthodox faith. Entrepreneurship: Dean Metropoulos An active businessman, owner and CEO of C. Dean Metropoulos & Company, he has become known in 20 - Stamp News
the business world for his ability to “revive” and increase the value of traditional products popular in the US. His company has revived or created nearly 100 business products and 300 brands. He actively participates in the Greek and Orthodox American and worldwide communities and supports many Greek cultural and religious activities in the U.S. Lifetime Work: Corinne Mentzelopoulos Corinne Mentzelopoulos is a French-Greek businesswoman who owns and runs the prestigious Bordeaux wine estate, Château Margaux. Her wines have often won Bordeaux’s Wine of the Vintage. She has been cited as one of the leading women in the wine industry. Mentzelopoulos is a founding member of The Hellenic Initiative, a movement that mobilizes the Greeks of the Diaspora to social-economic recovery in Greece. Arts and Letters: Alexandre Desplat Alexandre Desplat is a two-time Oscar winner and seven-time Academy Award-nominated composer, known for his prolific work in filmography and his collaborations with Stephen Frears, Terrence Malick, Ang Lee, Wes Anderson, Roman Polanski, and
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George Clooney and winning two Academy Awards for the scores for “The Shape of Water” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel”. Science: Professor Dimitri Nanopoulos Full Member of the Athens Academy, Distinguished Professor of Physics at Texas A&M University and a Director at the Center for Advanced Research (HARC) in Houston. His main research interests are High Energy Physics and Cosmology and he was awarded the 2009 Enrico Fermi Prize in recognition of his pioneering work in the field of string theory.
Kiwis rubbish their pollies Reported at www.dailymail.co.uk
Environmental activists have started sending rubbish for free to politicians to warn them about the dangers of the overuse of plastic. The activists have been using the New Zealand parliament free postal service to mail old bread bags, plastic cutlery and chocolate wrappers to members of parliament.
Activist group EarthSavvy, which runs an online store selling reusable products, took to Facebook to encourage its followers to bombard politicians with plastic waste. ‘Hands up if you’ve ever daydreamed about driving a dump truck filled with disposable plastics into parliament and dumping the lot of the desks of our government representatives? Well now you can,’ EarthSavvy wrote. ‘Snail mail still has its uses and one of them is sending plastic waste you’ve found to people who have the most power to do something about it.’ The online campaign, Plastic2Parliament, was launched this month by a group hoping to make politicians aware of the issue.
Secret postal business in London Reported at www.mylondon.news
Few people know that London once had an underground, driverless railway for its post. Known as Mail Rail, or formerly the Post Office
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Stamps in the News - Globally! Railway, it operated from 1927 until 2003 to move mail around between postal sorting offices - like the London Underground but for envelopes rather than people. In 2003, the railway was closed. It had previously been reported that using the line was five times more expensive than using road transport for the same task. A museum opened in September 2017 for tourists to explore part of the railway beneath the Mount Pleasant depot. The 15-minute, immersive underground experience will allow you to explore the former Mail Rail line in a 15-minute circular trip on board a mini train.
Somalia regroups
Reported at www.xinhuanet.com Somali Post has announced that it is in its final stages of restarting servicing of international outbound mail in late 2019, a major milestone in the postal
service reconstruction. “The ministry is working to make sure the postal service regains its lost glory and become the preferred logistics, e-government and payment services provider in Somalia.” The minister acknowledged that although the growing use of technology is facilitating communication, the Post Office remains relevant in this digital age as technology complements the postal services. Somalia rejoined Universal Postal Union in April after more than two-decades-long sanctions were lifted after Mogadishu undertook to pay its debt over a period of 10 years starting from 2019. The move now allows UPU’s 192 member countries to resume sending mail to Somalia once the arrangements are finalized. The country’s postal service fell into disuse when long-serving ruler Siad Barre’s regime collapsed in 1991.
Brunei privatises
Reported at www.xinhuanet.com
Interior Mogadishu Post Office 22 - Stamp News
Following the privatisation of ports in 2017, the Sultanate is now set to corporatise its postal services by 2020 to strengthen and diversify the country’s value-added products and services.
Compiled by
Post Office, Bandar Seri Begawan
Margo Campbell nology (CIT) is splitting off sections of the postal industry to the private sector. Under an agreement with Post Aval, which will serve as a central post distributor, some 30 smaller franchises will also enter into deals to deliver mail to regional localities. As things stand, the nationwide daily mail service deliveries will remain under state-owned Iran Post, but parcels and other services will be handed over to Post Aval. Iran’s parliament (the Majlis) passed a law in early 2017 allowing for the breaking up of the state monopoly on intercity and city post services. The law stated that tender processes offering licences must be open to all players.
The minister said the corporatisation aims to transform the country’s postal services sector into a sector that facilitates socio-economic development through a more efficient, competitive, secure and sustainable postal service. Postal services in Brunei have experienced a 100 percent increase in the number of packets and parcels handled from the year 2010 to 2018, reflecting consumers’ inclination towards e-commerce.
Iran divests
Reported at www.intellinews.com Iran’s first private postal company, Post Aval (“First Post”) has launched. As part of plans to break up the government-controlled mail monopoly, the Ministry of Communications and Information Tech-
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Glen Stephens Rarity Offers For 20 years, my ’Stamp Rarity Page’ has been a “must visit” place for many collectors and dealers, globally - tinyurl.com/GlenRare Large clear photos, and lots of detail, and FIXED NETT PRICES. “Philatelic Porn” as one client jokingly described it as! No 20% “Buyer Fees” to add on top etc. All credit cards accepted - even Amex, and with NO insulting extra fees to you either! Each month I’ll add here, a couple of items from that page, for the possible interest of readers. Choice material, and special collection offers etc, from all over the globe. Material on that page often sells FAST - within hours of being listed up, and it changes often - weekly mostly, so do bookmark this page, and check often - tinyurl.com/GlenRare
N.Z. QE2 MUH stamp coll. in two 7 Seas Albums. Ret. $2,656 for $A650!: 2 x Seven Seas Hingeless albums, with NZ MUH coll 1953 to 1995. Stamps here are ACS retail $NZ2,230 = $A2,100 - lightly marked on each page corner, in erasable 4B pencil for easy checking. Minor aging on some page outers, but stamps all looked nice on spot check when taking pix. The Pages alone are retail $506 as you can see - tinyurl. com/NZ7Seas - plus 2 x Seven Seas binders at $25 apiece = so $556 for albums, and $A2,100 retail for stamps = so $2,656 retail for just $A650 to clear this wonderful Estate buy. MASSES of stamps here, right up to the current $20 Mount Cook etc. Not 100% complete of course, but largely so, with heaps of key sets and top value Defins etc, and a TON of stamps here. Near all MUH - sighted a few LH sets here and there, but mostly commems of very little retail value and easily replaced cheaply. More pages photo’d here - tinyurl.com/NZCat2650 - to give a very small taste. Two THICK books here. Only $US435 or so right now - save $2,000! $A650 (Stock 387SE)
G.B. 1883 10/- QV VFU, SG $A1,575, for just $350!:
Bright and fresh and flat - amazing for 136 years - and nice bright wonderfully deep colour as you can see. For these, truly excellent perfs and centering, and neat light corner cds. SG 183, Cat £525 + 50% for well centered lightly used = £788 or $A1,575. Appalling looking copies of these are abundant. They were used on very heavy parcels, which got knocked around heavily at the time, and the ugly black “Killer” Bar Numeral cancels were so efficient, you can barely see the stamp design underneath at times! This has an unusually light face free corner cancel of GraceChurch Street London, centre of the Financial District. One 10/- in a THOUSAND looks this nice. Clean, vivid color (many are faded) and free of the usual toning and foxing - hard to locate a better looker facially. Missing from most GB collections. I have a FU 10/- Kangaroo on my Rarity page for THREE times this price - crazy! SG would ask full cat for this grade. Bought very well from an Estate so out it goes - Cat £788=$A1,575, near 20% of SG $A350 (Stock 691AJ)
Switzerland 1951 *LUNABA* Miniature Sheet: Super condition MUH original gum. What a gem - superb fresh
MUH guaranteed original gum - been in the UK near all its life. These sheets had only 121,000 printed, and PO cost was high - 3 Francs EACH, or 7.5 times face. Even so, a LARGE number of them have been cut up over the past 68 years. Why? As Michel and Zumstein catalogues both list and price the central single as an IMPERF ... and album pages make allowance for those chopped up sheets! So heaps of sheets got cut up to create that catalogue listed item, and to fill spaces in album pages. SG MS 531A, £375 = $A750. Bought well to sell cheap - $A275 (Stock 724LQ)
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PO Box 4007, Castlecrag, NSW, 2068, Australia. - Phone (02) 9958 1333 e-mail me: glen@glenstephens.com - www.glenstephens.com/rarity.html Life Member: American Stamp Dealers Association (New York.) Philatelic Trader’s Society. (London.)
Centenary of the First Flight from England to Australia
Adelaide Aeropex
A Philatelic Exhibition Celebrating Aviation
See airmails from around the world at Torrens Parade Ground Drill Hall, Victoria Drive, Adelaide
6 to 8 December 2019
For details of exhibits, dealers in attendance and souvenirs see https://apf.org.au/sa/adelaide-aeropex-2019
Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for December 2019. This month’s column looks at the Postal Stationery Collector’s Issue No 100 and new issues from Australia Post. Issue No 100 of the Postal Stationery Collector The Postal Stationery Collector, the Journal of the Postal Stationery Society of Australia, has reached a major milestone with the publication of Issue No 100. The Journal was first published in May 1995 (Figure 1) and is published four times a year. It seeks to be a source of information of collectors of postal stationery as well as providing the means for members to share their own discoveries. It was awarded a Vermeil medal at the Asian Exhibition Singpex 2019 and a Large Vermeil at the New Zealand National Literature Exhibition in 2019. Issue No 100 featured articles on Eugene Michel, Alexander Fergusson envelopes, the Rev Theodor Nickel (an Australian Stationery ‘Character’), military postal stationery of Australia, and private overprinting on Australasian wrappers as well as shorter articles and columns. Eugene Michel was a US Postal Stationery Collector who collected worldwide postal stationery into the 1920s and 1930s. He published a book called Roving the Stamp World with Eugene Michel (Figure 2). In his article in the Postal Stationery Collector, Darryl Fuller describes this book as a fascinating book and one I have read more
Figure 1 Postal Stationery Collector, Issue No 1 26 - Stamp News
Figure 3 1d + ½ d King George V ‘Star’ envelope (BW EP34) used to Germany at the 6d Registered Foreign Letter Rate
Figure 4 1d Brown King George VI Defence Canteens Envelope
Figure 2 Roving the Stamp World with Eugene Michel
than once. [Much] of the book is about postal stationery in its various forms, plus interesting facts about sizes, values etc. ….. he lists the most expensive postal stationery known at the time. They make interesting reading and some of these items are very expensive, but I wonder whether they have kept their relative values? Other matters he discusses include the fact that some postal stationery is rather large. In his article on Australian Stationery Characters, Mark Diserio discusses The one person whose philatelic legacy continues to live on, be it in advanced collections, dealers’ boxes, auctions or Ebay –the Rev Theodor Nickel. Rev Nickel was not only responsible for regular and sustained usage of post-
Ian McMahon
Figure 5 1d Brown King George VI Hospital Redirection Card Figure 6 U19 meter, cancelled AIF FPO No 19, 6 SEP 41 Figure 7 Postage Paid Malaya, used AIF FPO No. 20, 20 NO 41 Figure 8 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1987 50c Pictorial Aerogrammes, AG 1 Aircraft Flying Into the Tropical Sun
al stationery, but for creating some of the rarest Australian stamped-to-order (STO) envelopes although it is unclear whether or not he was a postal stationery collector. He was a minister in the Lutheran Church and many of the envelopes were either addressed to him or other members of the Church. Figure 3 shows an example of 1d + ½ d King George V ‘Star’ enve-
lope (BW EP34) used to Germany at the 3d foreign letter rate plus the 3d registration fee. In his article, Military Postal Stationery of Australia, Wayne Menuz states Australia did not issue any postal stationery (i.e., pre-franked) for military use in World War I of which I am aware, but did issue special letter cards and envelopes for civilian correspondence to military personnel. These are often catalogued as “military postal stationery”, such as treated in Higgins and Gage (H&G) and Brusden-White (BW). They are well covered in the latter work, and are excluded from this study, as they were sold to, and used by, civilians. Australia entered World War II on September 3, 1939 against Germany, and on December 8, 1941, against Japan, and did issue military postal stationery. The two books by the late Phil Collas dealing with the postal history of our subject are noted in the Bibliography. They include only limited references to the stationery as they primarily deal with the postal history aspects. This article is a first attempt to list in detail Australian military postal stationery. Part 1 of the article includes a description of the Australian Defence Canteens PTPO envelopes (Figure 4) and the 1d Hospital Redirection Card (Figure 5) as well as airmail envelopes stamped with ‘Postage Paid’ indicia that were circulated by authorities to Australian forces in the Malayan peninsula in Stamp News - 27
Postal Stationery 1941-1942. The first of these envelopes (Figure 6) used an imprint from modified meter machines while later envelopes were impressed with a handstamp (Figure 7). Part 2 of the article will be published in the February 2020 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector and will cover military postal stationery from later in World War II and from the Vietnam war. In the article on Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1987 Pictorial Aerogrammes, Ian McMahon looks at the development and production of the three 50c pictorial aerogrammes issued on 29 July 1987 by Cocos (Keeling) Islands: AG 1 Aircraft flying into the tropical sun (Figure 8); AG 2 Malay dancer and AG 3 Captain William Keeling. The development of the aerorgammes began on 19 February 1986, when a new philatelic officer started in the position and developed a proposal for the issuing of aerorgammes: I have been giving some consideration to introducing Aerogrammes into the Cocos (Keeling) Islands postal system. Subject to cost of production I should like four definitive Aerogrammes showing scenes and Malay culture. Production costs and lead time are currently being investigated. He was later to write I believe this to be justified in postal terms by the sale, through the Post Office, of up to one hundred blank aerograms per month to residents, and up to four hundred per month during yachting season. (The Tradewinds season of June to October, is also the yachting season. During this time Direction Island (which is otherwise uninhabited) becomes a safe haven for international yacht travellers.) In Private Overprinting on Australasian Post Office Postal Stationery Wrappers, John Courtis asks Why do some users of post office postal stationery take the time and incur the expense of adding private overprinting to the wrappers [Figure 9] they intend to mail? It would be cheaper, faster and more flexible to use a handstamp with sender name and address details. Worldwide, about 1,500 different users have chosen to have overprinting added to their post office postal stationery wrappers. The basic reason is not so much that the enclosure is necessarily useful, but that the sender is creating an image of worth, status or importance by incurring the expense of private overprinting. The regular columns included in Issue No 100 were the PSSA Forum through which members communicate their recent findings of new issues, 28 - Stamp News
Figure 9 ½d Queensland Wrapper with Added Printing for Cairns Post Used to Germany. Figure 10 Postcard for use by POWs to Notify Their Next of Kin of Their Capture Figure 11 Police Remembrance Day Pre-Stamped Envelope Figure 12 Eureka Stockade Pre-Stamped Envelope
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Figure 13 Sunset over Sydney Prepaid Postcard Figure 14 Formular Parcel Post Satchel From the 2019 Trial Figure 15 Formular Express Post Satchel From the 2019 Trial Figure 16 Formular Parcel Post Satchel Issued September 2019 Figure 17 Formular Express Post Satchel Issued September 2019
Listing of Australian Non-Denominated Postal Stationery and Literature as well as Society news from the Editor and Secretary. For further information about the Postal Stationery Collector please contact me (Email ian.mcmahon4@bigpond.com).
Military and Other Stationery Used by Italian POWs Held by The British In Libya 1942-1946 Italian POW Mail in Libya 1942-1946 by Derek Brennan documents the military and other stationery used by Italian prisoners of war held by the British
in Libya during the period 1942-1946 as well as the associated postal history and a brief summary of the military history of the period. Cards were provided for use by POWs to notify their next of kin of their capture (Figure 10) as well as for general use. The book also documents lettersheets used from the camps as well as Red Cross stationery used for notification of capture and other purposes. The publication can be found at: https://postalstationeryaustralia. com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Italian-POW-Stationery-Libya-F.pdf . Police Remembrance Day and Eureka Stockade PreStamped Envelopes and Beautiful Cities Postcards Continuing the recent trend of issuing ‘stamped envelopes’ as ‘postal numismatic covers’ (PNCs) without issuing a corresponding regular stamped envelope, Australia Post released an envelope on 3 September 2019 to mark Police Remembrance Day Stamp News - 29
Postal Stationery as a PNC (Figure 11). The envelope was not issued mint, sold for $19.95 with 7,000 envelopes being issued. An envelope was also issued for the Eureka Stockade (Figure 12) which occurred on 30 November 1854 as a PNC on 13 August 2019 and sold for $17.95 with 6,500 envelopes released. Three new pictorial postcards (Figure 13) were issued on 23 September 2019 featuring views of Sydney and Perth.
of the state of Hatay. A wonderful book placing the stationery issues in an historical context. A sample of the book including details of the authors and the contents pages can be found at https://sites.duke. edu/timurkuran/files/2019/09/FINAL-combined-compressed.pdf in colour. The Turkish text is followed by the English text throughout the book.
VALE GARY BROWN Gary Brown, a long-time member of the PSSA, passed away on 14 Trial of Formular Parcel Post September 2019. Gary’s contriand Express Post Satchels From July-September 2019, Ausbution to organised philately in Figure 18 Microhistory of the Turktralia Post trialled ‘formular’ parcel ish Posts Volume 1 1920-1950 Australia and Internationally has post (Figure 14) and express post been extraordinary. He was a past satchels (Figure 15) including president of the Royal Philatelic 500g, 1 kg, 3kg and 5kg express post satchels and Society of Victoria and served on the Australian 500g, 3 kg and 5 kg parcel satchels. As the satchels Philatelic Federation for nearly 20 years including were not prepaid, they needed to have a counter label as President and International Officer. He was the paying postage attached before they could be posted. driving force behind many exhibitions including The trial appears to have been related to the changes the FIP Australia World Stamp Exhibition 2013, in parcel post and express post satchels that occurred Melbourne FIAP International Stamp Exhibition in late September. 2017 and the planned Melbourne FIAP International Stamp Exhibition 2021. He was an Honorary Member of the Federation of Inter-Asian PhilatPrice Increases and New Stationery The end of September 2019 brought a range of price ely (FIAP) Executive and a Chairman of the FIP increases to many postal stationery items as well as philatelic literature commission. Before that he new arrangements for parcel post and express post served on the Traditional philatelic commission as satchels including changes to the parcel post and its secretary. Gary was a National, FIAP and FIP express post satchels and how they are priced with a world accredited philatelic judge (Figure 19). Gary full range of new ‘formular’ satchels (Figures 16-17) conducted judges’ training courses both nationally which are not prepaid and require a counter label and internationally. Gary Brown was a collector of paying postage to be added before the satchel can be Aden, Natal, South African revenues, and cricket stamps, plus many other subjects, winning internaposted. tional large gold medals plus a Grand Award at a FIAP show. Gary formed exhibits of Natal postal Türkiye’de Postanın Mikrotarihi, 1920-2015 / stationery, South African aerogrammes and the Microhistory of the Turkish Posts Volume 1 1920airgraph service, had written articles for the Postal 1950 by Mehmet Akan and Timur Kuran Stationery Collector and was a national postal staA handbook of Turkish postal stationery from 1920tionery judge. Gary is survived by his wife Robyn 1950 (Figure 18) published in Turkish and English. In addition, it covers a range of unstamped stationery and his daughters Melanie and Leanne. His son Adrian and his family died in the Black Saturday including formular postcards, airgraphs, domestic bushfires in 2010. He will be very much missed by return receipts, external return receipts and PPT the Australian Philatelic Community. service envelopes as well as the postal stationery 30 - Stamp News
The Salvation Army Stamp & Coin Fair is held 2nd Saturday of each month, 9am – 2pm At Ferntree Gully Salvation Army 37 Wattletree Road, Ferntree Gully, 3158
(Parking At Rear, Entry By Side Door) Admission Free, Tea & Coffee Available All proceeds from Dealers’ Tables to The Salvation Army. Dealer enquiries welcome. Also donations of Stamps & Coins gratefully received at the Fair, which will be offered to dealers present on the day. Proceeds to the Salvation Army. Bulky lots may be able to be collected within 50k radius, or can be mailed to us. Telephone contact: 0425 795 693
Please note that this is a Smoke Free Event.
Cinderella Corner The Kangaroo: A Goliath In Australian Philately Part II
This month’s article is devoted to continuing to explore the Australian kangaroo as a visual feature in many Australian (and worldwide) cinderellas. As highlighted in last month’s piece, the breadth of ‘kangaroo labels’ explored does not represent an exhaustive list but rather offers a snapshot of what exists; it is anticipated that another piece will be written to explore other native Australian animals showcased in Australian and foreign cinderellas.
Figure 1
Palace Of Industry
The Chamber of Manufactures announced, in early 1929, industrial exhibition for the following year, to be held at the Jubilee Exhibition Buildings and Grounds (Adelaide), from 21 March to 17 May 1930. The exhibition, titled Palace of Industry, was reported as a significant success. The label illustrated in Figure 1 was issued to help celebrate the 1930 Palace of Industry event. Coloured pale red and deep yellow, it features the outline of a kangaroo holding a globe (with Australia in focus), and in the background lies part of the city of Adelaide, along with a dominant rising (or setting) sun. The label is perforated 11 on all four sides and features the text: Palace of Industry / ALL AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITION ADEALIDE / March 21st to May 17th 1930. A scarcer rouletted variety of this label is presented, in a block of four, in Figure 2. These labels follow a long and rich history of ones issued by the Chamber of Manufacturers, the earliest dated to the turn of the 20th century, as explored later on.
Figure 2 with a brown kangaroo, the text: COME TO ROYAL ADELAIDE EXHIBITION / MARCH 15 TO MAY 11 1940. Given the nature of World War II and shifting priorities, the succeeding Royal Adelaide Exhibition was not held until seven years later, in 1947. This ran from 21 March to 17 May, and it was also conducted by the South Australian Chamber of Manufactures. Similar imperforate labels to the 1940 one were issued, and an example is also illustrated in Figure 3. Coloured white, brown and blue, it features a kangaroo along with the text: COME TO ROYAL ADELAIDE EXHIBITION / MARCH 21ST TO MAY 17TH 1947.
Royal Adelaide Exhibition
The 1940 Royal Adelaide Exhibition ran from 15 March to 11 May. It was held at the Centennial Hall and grounds (Wayville, South Australia), and was the 15th conducted by the South Australian Chamber of Manufactures. To help promote and commemorate the event, the South Australian Chamber of Manufactures produced more than 250,000 cinderellas. An example of this label is illustrated in Figure 3. Coloured cream, brown, blue and white, the imperforate label measures 40mm x 50mm and features, along 32 - Stamp News
Figure 3
Vito Milana National TV Service Convention And Exhibition
Australia’s first National TV Service Convention and Exhibition was held in Melbourne in 1964, and the three-day event was aimed at setting a higher standard for Figure 4 TV repair services. To help promote the event, a cinderella label was issued, as illustrated in Figure 4. This label is roughly rouletted on three sides and measures 42mm x 50mm. It is coloured yellow, black and red and features the text: We’re all going to the 1st NATIONAL TV SERVICE CONVENTION & EXHIBITION / MELBOURNE – OCTOBER 12th, 13th & 14th. The image on the label offers a comical representation of a kangaroo, with a TV repairman, briefcase in hand, riding it onwards.
Witch Soap
Figure 5 illustrates a delightfully colourful and elaborate label featuring a kangaroo. It also presents an image of a witch stirring a cauldron and the inscription NO RUB ONLY BOIL on its side. This image is embedded in a Figure 5 larger image of an advertising company called Storbridge Posters. It dates 1972 and was produced in South Australia. The brand Witch Soap was active in Australia since the 1910s and promoted a simplicity to washing clothes: the process was to simply slice a piece of witch soap bar into a copper pot of cold water, put in some dirty clothes, bring to the boil, and the clothes
would then be rendered clean.
Australia’s 150Th Anniversary (Sydney)
Australia’s 150th anniversary, in 1938, was met with much celebration nationwide. From this blossomed many cinderella labels, some of which were explored in last month’s Cinderella Corner. Figure 6 illustrates one example of a label produced to celebrate Australia’s 150th Figure 6 anniversary. Measuring 32mm x 50mm, perforated 11½ , and multicoloured, the label features a prominent central kangaroo and the text: AUSTRALIA’S 150th ANNIVERSARY / KANGAROO / CELEBRATIONS SYDNEY JAN – APRIL 1938. The label was printed as part of a sheet of 30 cinderellas (6 x 5), and it is represented twice in the sheet of 15 different labels: R1C1 and R1C4. Many other iconic Australian locations and animals, alongside the kangaroo, also feature on it.
Fameface
The short-lived Novelty Printing’s FAMEFACE cinderellas first met the Australian market more than 25 years ago, in 1993, and closed in 2000. The company was based in South Australia and produced a significant variety of cinderellas, many for private companies looking to advertise their products. Figure 7 One more famed individual in philatelic circles who ordered many different labels and sheets was Cinderella Corner creator (and Stamp News Australasia founder) Mr. Bill Hornadge of Dubbo, NSW. Figure 7 illustrates one of these FameFace labels, with two ‘boxing’ Stamp News - 33
Cinderella Corner kangaroos as its central motif. It measures 30mm x 43mm, is multicoloured, and is perforated 13 on all four sides. A detailed exploration of FAMEFACE and Novelty Printing can be found in the October and December 2017 Cinderella Corner editions.
Australian British Industries League
as displayed throughout the week’s celebrations. The increase in size also helped more clearly promote the SACM, with its Coat of Arms, and therefore the wide breadth of commerce and industry actions embraced by Australian companies, more clearly recognised. In April 1917, the Australian British Industries League issued labels to promote the purchase of Australian-produced goods. The newly formed League met at the office of the Chamber of Manufacturers in Queensland and shortly thereafter ordered the production of 500,000 patriotic stickers. As illustrated in Figure 9, this label was a close adoption of the 1907 Buy Goods one, with five main noted differences: • It is rouletted on all sides, rather than perforated • The label features the border text: AUSTRALIAN BRITISH INDUSTRIES LEAGUE • The font of the BUY GOODS MADE IN AUSTRALIA text is different • There are 13 stars in the sky, rather than 12 • There are slight differences in the spacing and placement of the stars in the sky Like those issued a decade earlier in 1907, there was some documented success of the labels. Alongside postage stamps, kangaroos also feature across many Australian and international cinderellas. I welcome readers to offer further examples of these labels in order to broaden the understanding about them.
In the middle of 1907, a national Buy Goods label was released, with the instruction that they were to be affixed to manufactured articles to declare their Australian origin. The Federal Council of the Chamber of Manufacturers of Australia awarded 10 pounds to Mr. W. J. Turner, of Sydney, for his winning design. He was one of at least 12 entrants from capital cities nationwide and the decision was made by representatives of the chambers in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Several million of the ‘patriotic stamps’ were ordered, and an example is illustrated in Figure 8. The cinderella label is perforated 11 ½ on all sides and measures 40mm by 26mm. Coloured yellow, blue and white, it features a woman draped in a blanket, staring downwards towards a world globe. The outline of Australia is seen on the globe (with the AUSTRALIA inscribed in the centre). To the left is an emu and to the right is a kangaroo. The text BUY GOODS MADE IN AUSTRALIA also serves as an injunction, and features towards the bottom centre of the cinderella label. Five years later, in late 1911, a decision was made by the Associated Chambers of Commerce to hold a weeklong celebration of the manufacturing potentials of South Australia. It was hoped that this observed “Manufacturers Week” would expand as a National recognition in 1912 and beyond. To help promote and celebrate the week, the SACM issued 150,000 patriotic stamps with identical designs to the 1906 issue, except they were larger and all were imperforated on all four sides. Rather than attached to correspondences, these labels were issued to shopkeepers to stick to their Australian-brand products, Figure 8 34 - Stamp News
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We have a wide range of these, and becoming quite popular now, each with either FDC or Post Office Pack attached. Also some posters without product. Some examples below, all prices at $29.50 each, 3 for $79, 5 for $129, 10 for $249. Let us know which you need if not listed below. SP4) 1982 Australia Post Poster New Stamp Pack Selected Issues Commemorative Issues SP5) 1982 Australia Post Poster New Stamp Pack Aboriginal Culture Music & Dance SP7) 1982 Australia Post Poster New Stamp Pack Brisbane Commonwealth Games minisheet SP8) 1982 Australia Post Poster New Stamp Pack Brisbane Commonwealth Games set SP6) 1982 Australia Post Poster New Stamp Pack Issue Christmas SP3) 1983 Australia Post Poster New Stamp Pack Historic Fire Engines SP10) 1983 Australia Post Poster New Stamp Pack Australian Animals, Reptiles 3c, 27c, 40c, 65c, 75c, 90c. SP1) 1983 Australia Post Poster New Stamp Pack Australian Animals Reptiles 1c. 70c, 85c, 95c. SP2) 1984 Australia Post Poster Australian Paintings Specimen Issue $2, $5, $10 Accessories & Publications Stockbook spectacular!
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ACC17) VST Pre-Decimal Coin Album, post type with spaces for all Australian coins 3d to Crown 1910 – 1964. Available in Black, Blue, Brown, Green or Burgundy. Price on eBay $54.50, price here $39.95 ACC16) 1896- 1897 Gibbons Stamp Monthly! 12 editions from January – June 1896 and July – December 1897. Fantastic mine of information for collectors of 19th Century. These are in very good condition for their age. Other editions may also be available. Step back into your Grandparent’s day, over 120 years old! Less than $20 each, $239 the lot! ACC15) Pre-owned empty stockbooks in decent condition. Good brands, no oriental rubbish! Mix of sizes and brands. Cheap storage! 5kg lot for $99, 10kg for $195 ACC14) Ka-Be red padded multi ring album and slipcase, decent condition. New price $125, just $39 ACC12) Springback binders x 5 large plus 1 medium, in reasonable condition, various colours. New price $59 each! $89 the lot. YB1) Australia Post Yearbooks, 2000 – 2012 minus the stamps. In original plastic sleeves and slipcases, as new. A mine of information here. Leave as is or fill up at your leisure. $65 the lot. ACC11) Recraft Magnifying Aid with Adjustable Stand Dies Cast Metal Base (100mm Lens 2.5x Mag) Price $39.50 (1 only) ACC12) Stamp Tweezers – Pouched. VST Brand Solingen Stainless Steel, 150mm Pointed End. Listed retail $18.70, price under a half….One pair for $9.50, 2 for $17.50 Dealer special, 5 pairs for $40, 10 pairs for $75 ACC9) Super Clip-on Eye Glass Magnifier - with Protective Pouch - 2x Magnification, Clear acrylic Optical clarity for every day usage Distortion free Shatterproof price $17 ACC7) Lighthouse - Mini UV Lamp model L75. Long wave. Operates on 2 x AA Batteries (not supplied) Price $17 ACC6) Lumagny - 6x Illuminated Magnifying Glass - 1.25inch Diameter. Compact High power For artists, engineers, hobbyists, photographers, scientists, stamp collectors and students Takes two AA Batteries (not supplied) Price $18 ACC10) 75mm Diameter 5x Magnification Stand Loupe Prefocused dual Handsfree observation Clear acrylic base permits ambient light to illuminate subject for clear, bright, viewing. Price $35. Also available 7 x Magnification 50mm diameter for $29, 10 x Magnification 30mm diameter for $25 ACC1) Prinz Guillotine 7004 - 170mm. The Cutting Machine with many
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 advantages: *High precision cutting *Simple handling *Solid construction *Self-sharpening stainless steel blade. Price $75 ACC2) Prinz Guillotine 7001 - 100mm. PRINZ cutting tools are an indispensable tool for all collectors who want to cut their Prinz strips themselves. The encapsulated measuring scale and the movable stop angle allow precise, quick cutting to any desired size. The blade made of special stainless steel sharpens automatically at the edge of hardened steel with every cut. The sturdy stand and the even stronger cutting lever. Max. 100 mm cutting width. Price $47 ACC3) Hands-Free Magnifier - Bi-Focal Lens - 110mm. Comes with adjustable around the neck cord for a comfortable fit. Magnification is 1.5X with 4.25X bifocal segment for fine detail. Price $25 AAP15) Seven Seas Hingeless Album 1914 – 1987 complete, inc. Dues, Framas etc. in Deep Green Padded Binder, near new, cost $299. Lacks pages only for Kangaroos & KGV Heads. Bargain price only $149 AAP16) Australian Antarctic Territory 1957 – 2007 Seven Seas Hingeless Album in Brown Padded binder with slipcase, as new. Cost price approx. $149. Price under a half $69 AAP17) PW Postcard Album, brand new. Burgundy padded 4 ring binder with gold blocking. Spaces for 60 postcards to view both sides, and 120 single sides. Listed price $69, only $39 to clear. AP13) Ka-Be Stockbooks. Clearing our shelves of almost as new (some may just be old stock that got a little shop soiled) 64 white page padded cover, available in Black, Green or Blue. Retail $64. Half price, $32 each, carton of 5 for $155 AAP11) Scott Specialty Album for AAT & Christmas Island 1957 – 2011 near new. Regular for earlier years, then Hingeless from 1990. Supplied in Heavy Duty Dark Green Binder. Current retail around $295, price $149 PZM1) Prinz Mounts, clear, mixed sizes, as they come, big bag of 500g, elsewhere $89, my price $69…will keep you going for ages! AMMY2) As new Stocksheets, some never used. Mix of brands like Hagner, Prinz & Eureka. Now at UNDER HALF NEW PRICE OF $175 per 100 our choice of sizes. Single sided sizes available 1 - 3 strips, $72.50 per 100. Double sided available in 1 – 5 strips, $137.50 per 100. ACC1) Australia Comprehensive Catalogue Hard Bound Edition, with Spiral Bound Update. This is the most recent edition with most prices still being current. Prices for all Australia, Australian States and AAT in semi-specialised listings, every stamp illustrated in full colour. Contains issues to 2010. Originally sold via Bookshops and Newsagencies at $99, clear-out price of less than 25%, and $24 per set. Re-sellers special….5 sets for $99! MN41) Magnificent Magnifier: Large 110mm Illuminated Magnifier with Stand This magnifier can be used with or without the base. It is suitable for stamp and coin collectors as well as art and craft, artists etc. Magnification: 2.5x, plus 4x Spot. Diameter: 110mm, bigger than the Lighthouse similar product. Battery operated: 2 x AA (not included). Adjustable height up to 200mm and angle to 45 degrees. RRP $36.95. Price each only $15, under 50% retail! $69 per 5 why not gives away to friends and relations, or does some trading? AAP7) Schaubek Drying Books, A4 with 12 drying sheets, just arrived. We only have 10 of these. On eBay at $27.99 plus $5 postage, my price $30 post free, two for $55. Postcards
PC1) Great Britain (mostly) Hoard of 200 plus early postcards, mostly pre 1910.
Mixture of mint & used, many to New Zealand & Australia. Wide range including Real Photographic, Street scenes, art cards etc. Condition a little mixed, but a great lot at under $1.35 per card, price $269 PC2) Comic, range of 17 cards, early to modern. All unused and including named artists, including Tom Browne, Taylor, Tempest, Fitzpatrick, Bob Wilkin, A.E.H., Prof. & Freda Mabel Rose. Condition is mixed, but very good value at $29 the lot. PC3) New Zealand. 59 early items inc. Postal Stationery cards mint & used. noted taxed card with 1d Postage due, many used with 1d Universals. Condition very mixed, but cheap at $79 the lot PC4) Mainly Australia, 70 + early cards, many used with Victoria & NSW stamps. Some possible postmark interest here. Noted real photographic, postal stationery cards, Broken Hill Silver Mines etc. Mixed condition. Price $110 PC5) Worldwide mostly earlies, 100 + items with much postally used to New Zealand. Noted Japan, Portugal, Jamaica, India, Malta, Germany, Netherlands Indies, Hong Kong, Spain, Hong Kong, Canada, USA, Mexico, Gibraltar, Cape of Good Hope, Austria, Switzerland, Turkey, France, Egypt. Some real photographic. Includes postal stationery cards. A very mixed bag! Price $129 Cinderellas and Revenues
T80) Tasmania, Independent Order of Oddfellows National Bank of Australia Illustrated cheque in red of 26 AUG 1906 in the sum of £19/9s/8d. Bears Tasmania 1s Blue Stamp Duty cancelled by date in red manuscript. Rare survivor! Price $249 T77) Tasmania, Tatlow’s Royal Mail Coaches Illustrated photo in blue of Coach & Horses outside Post Office. 1905 National Bank of Tasmania Cheque of 6th March for £1/1/- Fine condition and scarce. Bears Tasmania 1d Blue Stamp Duty manuscript cancelled with date. Price $89 T75) Tasmania, Tatlow’s Royal Mail Coaches Illustrated photo in blue of Coach & Horses outside Post Office on 14th March 1905 National Bank of Tasmania Cheque of 14th March for £6/13/- Fine condition and scarce. Bears Tasmania 1d Blue Stamp Duty manuscript cancelled with date. Price $89 T76) Tasmania, Tatlow’s Royal Mail Coaches Illustrated photo in blue of Coach & Horses outside Post Office. 1905 National Bank of Tasmania Cheque of 17th March for £10 Fine condition and scarce. Bears Tasmania 1d Blue Stamp Duty manuscript cancelled with date. Price $89 T78) Tasmania, Tatlow’s Royal Mail Coaches Illustrated photo in blue of Coach & Horses outside Post Office. 1905 National Bank of Tasmania Cheque of 2nd Oct. for £11 Fine condition and scarce. Bears Tasmania 1d Blue Stamp Duty manuscript cancelled with date. Price $89 T74) Tasmania, Tatlow’s Royal Mail Coaches Illustrated photo in blue of Coach & Horses outside Post Office. 1907 National Bank of Tasmania Cheque of 7th Jan. for £1/17s/3d Fine condition and scarce. Has Impressed Tasmania 1d Stamp Duty. Price $89 T73) Tasmania, Tatlow’s Royal Mail Coaches Illustrated photo in blue of Coach & Horses outside Post Office. 1913 National Bank of Tasmania Numbered Cheque of 4th Sep. for £20/7s/9d Fine condition and scarce. Has Impressed Tasmania 1d Stamp Duty. Price $89 CN8) Collection of 22 DIFFERENT Pristine, mint unhinged minisheets and sheetlets of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway 1992 - 2000. All are illustrated and detailed below. The stamps have a 2008 Catalogue Value of Over 260 Euros, around AUD$350 (Phillips British Locals Philatelic Agency, Vol. 3). The North
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 Yorkshire Moors Railway Letter Stamps set a new standard for Railway Stamps in the UK, producing high quality perforated stamps using commissioned photography and artwork, professional publishing and design studios, and internationally recognised stamp printers such as Walsall Security Printers. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (formerly the Whitby and Pickering Railway) was reopened to the public on 22nd April 1973. The line runs from Whitby to Pickering, serving Grosmont, Goathland, Newtondale Halt and Levisham. The NYMR signed the agreement for the Railway Letter Service in August 1976, but didn’t introduce the Service until April 1981. Price for the lot, under $10 each, $210 CN10) Australia 1934 Christmas Scouts Jamboree edition of Melbourne Centenary labels complete Flora & Fauna sheet of 20 fresh mint, hinged only in corners. Features Lyrebird, Koala, Crimson Rosella, Platypus, Kangaroo, Kookaburra, Australian Magpie, Wattle, Tree Fern, Eucalypt Gum Tree, Flowering Gum & Fuchsia. Scarce is such fine condition. This Jamboree sheet is very rare! Price $395 CN11) Australia 1934 Victorian Centenary labels sheet of 25, mint with gum. Shows scenes such as The Shrine of Remembrance, Exhibition Buildings, Royal Melbourne Show, Horseracing, Gold Panning etc. 25 different labels. These sell for $10 each on eBay. Minor faults, and some gum toning not visible form front. Has been split into a panes of 15 and 10. Could easily be re-joined with hinges. Price $225 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 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. 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 COCT2) Norfolk Is. Unaddressed official FDC’s 36 different 1982 – 1993. Nice clean lot, usual retail $3 to $5 each. Bargain at under $2 each, price $69 COCT3) Norfolk Is. Unaddressed official FDC’s 45 different 1993 – 1999. Nice clean lot, usual retail $4 to $6 each. Bargain at under $3 each, price $129 COCT4) United States Forces in New Guinea, 1943 – 45. 15 covers & 1 front, most bear Australia 3d Brown KGVI postmarked Townsville Qld, but emanating from New Guinea. Most have boxed US Army Examiner censor marking, and with name & number of servicemen. Included are 2 x American Red Cross covers. Deployments include Milne Bay, Port Moresby, Admiralty Is., Goodenough Is., Finschhafen, Nadzab, Oro Bay, Dreyer Harbour & Dobodura. The Battle of Finschhafen was part of the Huon Peninsula campaign during World War II and was fought between Australian and Japanese forces. The fighting took place between 22 September and 24 October 1943 following the landing at Scarlet Beach, which was followed by a two-pronged advance on Finschhafen as the Australian 20th Infantry Brigade advanced on the town from the north, while the 22nd Infantry Battalion drove from the south, having advanced from the landing beaches east of Lae. After the capture of Finschhafen, the Japanese forces in the area withdrew towards Sattelberg where they sought to hold the Australians before launching a counteroffensive, which subsequently threatened the landing beach. This attack was repelled by American and Australian forces, with heavy casualties being inflicted on the Japanese. In the aftermath, the Australians went on the offensive, capturing Sattelberg, and then advancing towards the Wareo plateau. Dreger Harbour was used by Allied forces after the capture of Finschhafen in October 1943. Very good lot at $479 COCT5) Australian Forces in New Guinea WWII 1943 – 45. Collection of 39 covers, expertly described with FPO details etc. Includes 19 registered covers. Most bear 3d Brown KGVI. Deployments include Bougainville, Torokina, Motpena Point, Milne Bay, Port Moresby, Wau, Salamua, Nadzab, Jacquinot Bay, Rabaul, Dobodura, Goodenough Is.,Emirau Is., NGF Training area, Siwai District, Madang, HQ NGF, Yakamul - Aitape area, Lae, Wewak etc. A fine lot, priced to sell at $1389 30 years ago! Price $1100 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
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 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. CAU1) Massive lots of Australia KGV to modern-ish ex deceased estates. On Hagners, in stockbooks, albums, pages, loose off paper etc, must be over 20,000 stamps, mostly used but some mint. No stamps on paper! Noted KGV to 1/4d, Kangaroos to 10/-, Decimals to $10 etc. Condition very mixed, but will repay sorting…weeks of fun here! Weighs 20kg! Great value at $595. (Half lot for $325 with Kangaroos to 5/- at $325) CAU2) Similar to the above but Worldwide as above (no Australia) 20kg for $595, 10kg for $325. CAU3) GB Modest used collection on leaves and in glassine envelope 1841 – 1953. Commences 1841 2d Red Brown imperf. Lettered R A, nice 4 margin example, also 2/6d & 5/- Seahorses, duplicated KGVI Square High Values inc. 10/- Dark Blue & £1 Brown x 3, 1948 Silver Wedding £1 plus 1951 Festival £ x 3. Nice little lot for $59. CAU4) Our own incoming mail, from the past 6 months. Australia Only. Wide variety of stamps and postmarkings, including a lot of new issues. This always sells well. 1kg for $85, 1 lot only available. CAU5) As above, but Worldwide. 1 lot of 500g only available $49 CJU1) Iceland new collection of 300 different mint unhinged, just arrived. Wide range of issues covering many years, mainly large pictorials. Price $98 CJU2) Iceland new collection of 100 mint unhinged blocks of 4. Wide range of issues, covering many years. Hard to repeat, price $98 CJU3) Greenland, 300 different, very wide ranging. Seen on another dealer’s list from the UK for $745 Save $500! Our price just $245 CJU4) Greenland 200 different Mint Unhinged. Great starter collection, price $145 CJU5) As above, but 100 different, price $69.50 CJU8) The 1983 Commonwealth Collection. As new Sumptuous Dark Blue & Gold Blocked Leather bound album with slipcase, for-word by HM Queen Elizabeth II. Contains full mint unhinged sets from 57 countries, plus Black Prints from Cana and Falkland Islands. Originally marketed at $625 in the 1st ever TV promotion of a stamp collection Worldwide. Price just 20% of the original price! $125 (2 available) CJU9) British Empire mint & used 1800’s to 1953 in two old Blue Springback Albums. Appears unpicked with many better. Condition mostly very nice for this type of collection. Noted nice arrays of Canada, Hong Kong, GB, India, Malaya, Malta, Singapore, South Africa etc, plus many from the smaller islands. Upwards of 2000 mostly different here, heaps of good pickings. Well worth 15c a stamp. Price $295 CJU10) India on pages Queen Victoria to 1949. About 140 mostly different mint & used, inc. the Scarce Ghandi complete set to 10R (Cat. £140), KGVI to 25R used, plus other values mint to 12as. Condition a little mixed. About 200 mostly different with a total cat. of over £300. Price $249 CJU13) West Berlin in Dark Blue as new Lighthouse padded springback album and slipcase 1971 – 1990. 99.5% complete, mint unhinged except for a few specialised definitives, and with the added bonus of 2 booklets, some Framas
& a Cars minisheet. The album & slipcase alone cost near $350 Stamps retail around $200, so a total value here of $550 for under 40%, just $219 CJU15) Norfolk Is. cto used collection on stocksheets, 1947 – 1990. Appears complete except for 1947 Ball Bay white papers & 1974 UPU minisheets. A few of the minisheets are mint unhinged. Nice clean lot. Cto of Norfolk Is. Is not easy to find, especially in collection form. Retail approx. $865, price $625 CJU16) Australia Pre-Decimal mint unhinged collection in Seven Seas Green Padded Album & Slipcase as new. Commences 1914 6d Kookaburra and is NEAR complete (less Kangaroos & KGV Heads & perf OS issues) to 1965 ICY. Missing only 3d KGVI Die 1a & KGVI £1 Robes thin paper. 3 stamps have faults, the 6d Kookaburra and 3d Kookaburra Minisheet are creased. The Kookaburra minisheet is hinged in the margin and the 5/- Harbour Bridge is lightly hinged, with some light gum toning. The Kingsford Smith OS Overprints are cto. Other than that, here we have a very nice clean collection. The as new binder & slipcase retail at $50 and the Sydney Retail for the Stamps is $3925. So a total retail value here excluding the Album Leaves, which are little aged in places is $3975, Price $2625 CJU17) Norfolk Is. Decimals 1966-2002 compete mint unhinged, housed in as new Seven Seas Hingeless Album, with pages 1947 – 2002. Album new cost approx. $425. Stamps retail at $1695. Total value $2120. Price $1275 CJU18) West Germany 1950 – 1974 in as new Lighthouse Hingeless Album with Slipcase. Would be 95% complete, either postally used or mint unhinged with just the odd gap from 1954, and all mint unhinged from 1969. 1949 – 1953 is 75% complete used. A very nice lot. Album alone retails at $400 plus the stamps cat. very high. So we figure it at $575, that is around $15 a year for the stamps and half price for the nearly new album. $575 the lot CJU25) BMA Malaya 1945 on album page, complete set fine used to $5 ex. SG 12 & 16, cheap & easy stamps to replace. In addition a horiz. Strip of 3 of the $1, SG 15. 23 stamps, cat. circa £170. Price $195 CJU26) Australia Pre-decimal FDC’s. Nice lot of 48 covers from 1956 – 1965, from a variety of cover producers. Most are neat typed address, 14 are un-addressed. These are single stamp issue covers, from Parade, Royal, Wesley & Sigma. Small amount of duplication and a few are a little aged. Price under $3.50 each. $165 CJU27) Western Australia 1882 - 1897 Internal revenue stamps, nice lot of mint & postally used on album pages. Comprises various printings inc. 1d x 7 used, 3 mint, 3d x 7 used, 6d x 2 used & 1/- x 1 MNG. 20 stamps in total cat. £492 = $925. Price $595 CJU29) Australia West-East Air Service 1929 - 1931. Range of 11 flight covers priced to sell at $860. Includes inwards mail from UK, with airmail advert. from booklet pane, Germany 1R Red Zeppelin on cover to Adelaide etc. Very clean lot extensively written up. Price $675 CJU30) Cocos (Keeling) Is. 50 different unaddressed official FDC’s issued between 1987 – 2004. Great source for fine used sets if you do not collect covers. Price well under $2 each. $89 CJU31) Similar to above, but ranging from 1988 – 2013, price $95 CMAP1) Fiji, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets just $49 CMAP2) Papua New Guinea, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets just $49 CMAP3) Western Samoa, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 CMAP4) Nauru, 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49 CMAP5) Norfolk Is. 25 different complete mint unhinged sets & minisheets, price $49
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 CMAP6) 125 different complete mint unhinged sets as above only $225, save $20 CMAP7) 250 different complete mint unhinged sets from the countries above, also including some Pitcairn Island. Normally $99, now save $50, Price $449 CMAP11) As new Prinz $55 black 48 black pages padded stockbook. Contains varied world collection early to modern. Noted Papua New Guinea mint unhinged sets, inc. Australia 1999 Sailing Ships minisheets & Philex France set x 3. Decent range of Scandinavia used, early Japan, good range of Czechoslovakia & Romania, Austria, some mint unhinged 3rd Reich etc, etc. 1800 – 2000 stamps here, mostly all different. Have to be worth 10c each, and the very nice $55 stockbook comes free! Price $189 CMAP17) Commercial Mails from all over the World. Most if not all Airmailed Covers. All Very nice range of covers 1980’s to recent that sell for up to $3 each. Price per lot of 100 all different covers $98 CMAP18) Worldwide First Day Covers, all in nice clean condition. Many of these sell for up to $4 each. Price for lot of 100 all different $98 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 CM10) Japan approx 500 different all large with $30 Blue German made 32 Page stockbook, as new. Nice lot, price $98 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 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 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, se-tenant 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 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 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. 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 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. 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 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 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
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 approx. 115 stamp & 24 minisheets. Lovely clean lot priced cheaply at only $75 CMA1) Vast lot of World and Australia! From Deceased Estates and other sources such as charities and auctions, also private purchases. We have 12 big shipping cartons which we are breaking down into smaller lots of 10 kg. Each will contain 15 – 20,000 stamps unchecked off paper plus albums, stocksheets, stockbooks, covers, minisheets etc. Virtually all is postally used with some mint, early to modern. There really is no telling what you might find in these lots. Price per 10kg lot, inc. Post and Insurance Australia Wide, around 3c per stamp $695. Supersized double lot for $1295 (post-paid) Half lot for $375 (post extra) Remember to choose World or Australia, or a mixture of both. CMA3) Jersey Complete mint unhinged 1941-2017. Supplied in 5 Top quality German LINDNER T albums in matching slipcases. SG catalogue value £4,068 (=$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 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. 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 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 penciled 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 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. 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. AD139) Australia latest received $1 values, all large mostly commems. On close clipped single paper. Unchecked by us, and so could include some scarcer sheet stamps. 4000 – 4250 to the kg, so a very high yield. Priced at around 4c per stamp. $169 per kg, $89 per 500g, $49 per 250g. Sample 100g for $25
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 PM100) Double sized lot of Australia on paper mixture, wide span covering 50 plus years to near up to date. Unpicked by us, as supplied by church group. Price $45, 3 lots for $125 PM99) Big bag of World genuine unpicked on close clipped paper. A really nice mixture of about 1250 stamps for $45, 3 bags for $125. PM98) New Zealand off paper. It is a very long time since we had any of this. This is a very nice lot, ideal for postmark/variety hunters. A good range covering at least 70 years, 1935 – 2005 approx with a few earlier. Noted pre-decimal values to 5/-, decimal to $1. Price per 100g, approx 1500 stamps for under 4c per stamp. $59 Double lot for $110 PM99) Singapore & Malaysia, 1950’s -1960’s Kiloware. Now a very scarce on paper mixture. Lots of nice thematics, Birds, fish, orchids, costumes etc. Values to $1 seen. We have just 200g of this. Price per 100g, about 400 – 450 stamps for $35 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 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 on paper. Some nice high values included and maybe some blocks of 4 or 6. 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) PM88) Straits Settlements, Malayan States, Malaysia, Singapore & Hong Kong. Off paper mixture, Queen Victoria to modern. We only have a few lots of this weighing 50 grams. Around 600 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! 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 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
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 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 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 exceedingly scarce, and Lighthouse ephemera is in high demand. Price $1350 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 PB27) GB 1840 1d Black SG2, plate 4. Nice deep colour, tending towards Intense Black. 4 margin example with red Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered K-E. Attractive stamp. Cat. £375. Price $469 Other Great Britain
BD222) Great Britain 1855 4d Small Garter, white paper, SG62b Fine Used. Rare stamp, and under-catalogued at £1100. Bargain Price $445 BD329) Great Britain 1855 4d Small Garter, white paper, SG62b Very Fine Used, cancelled by clean strike of barred numeral 88. Rare stamp, and under-catalogued at £1100. Bargain Price $695 BD339) Great Britain 1874 5/- Rose, plate 2, SG 127 On piece. Lovely looking stamp on small piece cancelled by clean strike of EC 2 Barred number. Possibly a closed tear at top. Nevertheless a nice looking piece, cat. £675. Selling as is at under 10% cat. Price $110 BD340) Great Britain 1880 1/- Orange Brown, SG 151 plate 13. Fine used example cancelled by clearly struck cds barred numeral 105. Lettered H- J, J – H. Well centred with full perfs. Premium stamp! Cat GB SG62b 4d Small garter white paper1400 inc. 100% premium for lightly cancelled well centred. Well priced at around 20% cat. $479 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! Cancelled by Duplex of Armagh dated AU 19 84. A stunning and rare piece, never seen by us before. Multiples of this stamp are rare, used in Ireland are impossible! Full perfs, good colour, minor stain & wrinkle to top left in no way detracts. Cat. £480 for a single stamp, £2250 for a block of 4. Price $1725 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 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 Australian States New South Wales
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 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 this stamp, and the normal non-specimen is cat. £10,000. Mint lightly hinged, with minor gum aging. Price $10,000 NSW50a) New South Wales 1888-89 Centennial of New South Wales imperforate 5/- colour trial in Dull Violet on ungummed unwatermarked paper. Price: $200 NSW50) 1888-89 Centennial of New South Wales all-different imperforate colour trials on ungummed unwatermarked paper comprising 1d x4, 2d x6, 4d x6, 6d x10, 8d x8, 1/- x6, 5/- x 3 & 20/- x11, all but one 2d with full margins, a couple of minor blemishes. Largely complete & colourful array. Most of these are Ex John Bell (NSW). [65 different proofs have been recorded, with between 6 and 12 of each extant, some of which remain in blocks of 4] (Qty 54) Price $11,250 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 APH2) New South Wales, 1908 A SUPERB condition advertising cover from Donald Ross & Co. noted seller of horse Castrator equipment - To Jas Hatrick &
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 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
F13 at £350 each = £21,000 as mint hinged. Price $1995 T90) Tasmania 1900 6d Lake Dilston Falls, vfu with central Hobart cds of 11 OC 05, late usage for this. Additionally perfin. “A” type 2. Very scarce on this stamp. Stamp cat. £40 for normal used. Price $98 T69) Tasmania 1d Pink Queen Victoria Sideface Postal Stationery Postcard uprated with Halfpenny Orange Oval. Fresh mint condition, price $49 Victoria
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Q20) Queensland 1882-95 £1 thick paper £1 Deep green SG 161, with crisp sunburst ‘148’ cancels, one shortish perf at upper right, FU, Cat £85, Price $59 South Australia
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 SA19) South Australia 1911 long OHMS envelope from Surveyor’s dept. Bears 1d Red QV Sideface 1d Rosine perf. SA, cancelled by Adelaide double ring cds of DEC 21 1911 and with oval Surveyor General’s Dept. h/stamp in blue of the same date. Neat handwritten cover in fine condition, just a small tear top left. Price $36 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 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 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 T86) Tasmania 1892-99 QV Tablets 10/- Mauve & brown SG 224 overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ hinge remains, Mint, Price $149 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
V162) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 3d Bright blue, SG 4, 3 close to good margins, just touching at left, area of thinning at left, still a very attractive example with bold colour, faint indistinct Butterfly cancel, Cat £600, Price $349 V163) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 3d Blue SG 4a, close margins at top and base, touching at sides, small repaired thin at left and small repaired tear at lower right, indistinct Butterfly cancel, Cat £450, Price $249 V164) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 1d red-brown SG 5, margins close to touching all around, repaired lower left corner, very faint indistinct cancel, Cat £450, Price $149 V165) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 1d red-brown SG 5, uneven margins close to cut into, indistinct Barred oval cancel, Cat £450, Price $299 V169) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 1d Dull orange vermillion SG 8, 3 good margins with part of the adjoining stamps at left and at base, cut into at top and missing lower right corner, Cat £650, Price $299 V170) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 1d Dull red SG 8a, margins close to just touching, light indistinct Barred oval cancel, Cat £200, Price $179 V171) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 1d Brownish red SG 9a, margins close to touching all around, Barred oval 1 cancel of Melbourne, Cat £180, Price $149 V172) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 1d Dull rose SG 9b, close to touching margins all around, lower right corner fault & a small nick at top, indistinct cancel, Cat £180, Price $129 V173) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 2d Olive grey SG 10a, margins close to touching all around, indistinct Butterfly cancel, Cat £200, Price $179 V174) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 3d Blue SG 11, left margin showing part of adjoining stamp, top and base are close to touching, and the right margin is huge (probably the sheet margin), indistinct Barred oval cancel, Cat £90, Price $89 V175) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 3d Pale greenish blue SG 11b, margins close to touching on 3 sides, uneven margin at right with a small nick, indistinct Barred oval cancel, Cat £170, Price $129 V176) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 1d Reddish brown ‘White veils’ SG 12, 3 large to just touching margins, cut into at base, Barred oval 1 cancel of Melbourne, Cat £170, Price $129 V177) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 1d Bright pinky red ‘White veils’ SG 12a, 3 margins close to touching, large margin at left with part of adjoining stamp, indistinct Barred oval cancel, Cat £170, Price $149 V178) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 2d Drab SG 13, margins close to touching, small nick at base and small central thin, indistinct Barred oval cancel, possibly ‘54’ – the ‘5’ is clear but not the other numeral, which is rated RRRR, Cat £190, Price $99 V180) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 3d Blue ‘White veils’ SG 14, margins touching all around, indistinct barred oval cancel, Cat £80, Price $69 V181) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 3d Deep blue ‘White veils’ SG 14a,
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 small margins at left and base, others touching, indistinct barred oval cancel, Cat £80, Price $79 V182) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 2d Red lilac, SG 15, close margins on three sides, thinned and small fault at top, Butterfly 1 cancel of Melbourne, Cat £325, Price $129 V183) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 2d Grey, SG 15b, margins touching all around, small thin at right, Butterfly 15 cancel of Geelong, Cat £425, Price $249 V188) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 2d Cinnamon SG 17, close to good margins on two sides, touching to just cut into on others, Cat £170, Price $139 V189) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 2d Drab SG 17a, close to touching margins all around, Barred oval 1 cancel of Melbourne, Cat £95, Price $69 V191) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 2d Olive drab SG 17d, good margin at left, other close to just touching, indistinct barred oval cancel, Cat £190, Price $179 V192) 1850 QV Half length Ham printing 2d Buff SG 17e, cut into slightly at left, other margins close to touching, indistinct barred oval cancel, Cat £250, Price $149 V193) 1854 QV Half length Campbell printing 1d Orange-red SG 23, margins close to touching all around, thin at right, indistinct barred oval cancel, Cat £140, Price $79 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 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 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 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.” (repaired 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 $49 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 WA143) Western Australia 1910 Colour Picture Postcard, general view of Albany, used Perth – USA. Bears ½d Green & 1d Rose Pink Swans on face, SG 138/9 cancelled by Perth cds of 16.MY.10. Cat. x 12 on cover. Price $149 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, First Day Covers & Stationery
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 APH526) Australia 1921 small surface mail cover to UK. Bears 2d Orange KGV cancelled by Binnaway cds of AP 28 1921. Scarce postmark on cover this period. Price $49 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 4½d 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 APH988) Australia 1925 4½d Violet Registered Envelope, variety “Pre-printing crease to flap.” Used Melbourne to Moe, Vic. Cancelled by Collins St. cds of 14OC25 and with R.6. Red Stock Exchange reg’n label No. 2798, overprinted with boxed Collins St. Melbourne in black. Reverse bears Melbourne Registered cds of the following day and Moe arrival cds also of the 15th. ACSC RE19d, no cross to crown. Great variety and have not seen this overprinted reg’n label before. Price $120
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 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 APH989) Australia 1929 small cover bearing 1½d WA Centenary Swan stamp, under-inked at right. Cancelled by Melbourne Pictorial Aeroplane slogan of 2 OCT 1929, “AIR MAIL/SAVES TIME” Typewritten to local city address. Nice variety cover, price $45 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 APH987) Australia 1930 small PS envelope to Carnarvon WA, 2d on 1½d KGV ACSC EP34, with Variety “Ovpt. Misplaced.” Uprated for airmail with 3d blue KGV smw perf. 14 die 1a, type B and cancelled by Perth slogan of 16 DEC 1930 “COMMONWEALTH LOAN/NOW AVAILABLE/APPLY AT ONCE” Stamp cat. $120 on cover, envelope cat. $200 for used. Very scarce and misplaced overprint previously not seen. Price $595 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 APH674) Australia 1934 small surface mail cover to Port Beekbergen, Netherlands. Bears solo usage of 3d MacArthur, cancelled by Sydney 3 line slogan of 9 NOV 1934 “USE/AUSTRALIAN/PRODUCTS” Neat handwritten cover, a little roughly opened. Reverse bears oval cachet in black of Royal Dutch Airways. Single stamp on cover cat. $60, price $45 APH767) Australia 1935. Solo use on small surface mail cover to USA of the Jubilee 3d Blue. Cancelled by cds of Penrith NSW 25 JE 35. Neat typewritten cover. Price $59 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 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 APH992) Australia 1937 long airmail cover to Germany, via Italy. Bears 1/6d No wmk Hermes plus 4d Yellow Olive KGV C of A wmk. Cancelled by Sydney Airmail Section GPO machine cancel of 10 SEP 1937. Neat typewritten cover. Price $59 APH990) Australia 1940’s small airmail cover to Melbourne. Bears 2 x coil pairs of 2d green Queen Elizabeth sideface cancelled by Sydney No. 25 Machine
Cancel, date unclear. Rare in cover, price $79 APS43) Australia KGVI period OHMS un-denominated registered envelopes for the PMG’s dept. Two different. One with circular ad. For Bonds & Savings Certificates, the other without. Size 9” x 4” printed in Red on Buff. Not listed in ACSC, and the first we have seen. Slight faults. $119 the two. APH609) Australia 1942 small censored surface mail cover to USA. Bears compete set of 3 1941 Surcharges, cancelled by Canberra cds’s of 5.JA.42. Red censor tape at left and with violet diamond h/s 2/PASSES/BY/CENSOR/1243. Neat typed address cover. Price $145 APH630-634) Australia series of 5 small surface mail covers, sent NAB to Batavia Java. Each bears 3½d KGVI surcharge with a different Sydney slogan on each sent between 31 Jan and 23 Feb 1942. All have 2 line “NOT TRANSMISSIBLE/SERVICE SUSPENDED” in violet and RTS finger in red. All additionally bear Sydney double ring DLO Office cds in red. All also with red censor tape. Probably a unique lot. Price $450 APH207) Australia 1947 small airmail cover to Ceylon. Bears 2d Mauve & 1/4d Bright Magenta KGVI cancelled by Ipswich, Qld. Slogan of 8 APR 1947 “SEND MONEY/BY POSTAL NOTE/OR MONEY ORDER” Price $35 TS895) Australia 1950 registered airmail cover to Dorset UK. Bears KGVI 1/4d + 1949 3½d UPU & 1d Princess to total 2/-. Cancelled by Guildford NSW cds of 28JA50 and with GPO Sydney Air transit cds of the same date. Also Guildford R.6 registration label. Neat typewritten address. Price $29 APS6) Australia 1952 un-denominated Airletter, ovpt. “SPECIMEN” DIAGONALLY IN Violet. Fine mint, with variety “Postage/Paid” misplaced to right. Not listed in ACSC, however misplaced to left is priced at $150 for used. ACSC AO1B. Price $149 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 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 TS335) Australia 1956 Olympics set on unaddressed GPO Hermes un FDC with Olympic Village pictorial cds. Neat clean cover, price $49 APH26) Australia 1960 small Airmail commercial use 5d Turquoise QEII prestamp 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
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 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 APH984) Australia 1962 triple rate airmail cover to Germany. Bears horiz. Pr. Of 2/6d Aborigine NO Wmk., 1/- Colombo plan, 8d Tiger Cat and 1959 1d Purple QEII to make 6/9d = 3 x 2/3d letter rate. Cancelled by cds’s of Strathfield NSW 31 JY 62. Neat typewritten cover, opened a little roughly at right. Price $59 APH991) Australia 1963 triple rate airmail cover to Germany. Bears 5/- Stockman, 1/- Colombo plan, 8d Tiger Cat and 1959 1d Purple QEII to make 6/9d = 3 x 2/3d letter rate. Cancelled by cds’s of Strathfield NSW 27 JY 64. Neat typewritten cover, opened a little roughly at left. Price $59 APH605) Australia 1964 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 APH986) Australia 1966 small Certified mail advertising cover for Electro-Mechanical Products Carlton, Vic. Bears solo use 9c Hermit crab cancelled by Nth. Carlton cds of 8MY66. Neat typed address cover to local address. Price $29 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. Attractive 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
AFC26) Australia 1931 small FFC 1st Official Airmail, Sandringham, Vic CDS 16 AP 31 to Glasgow, bears 2d Kingsford Smith, 9d Violet and 1/- Light blue Roos. Violet cachet applied to front. Opened at the top, with hinge mounting marks. AAMC188, price $30 AFC33) Australia small 1931 FFC Launceston – Melbourne. Bears 3d Airmail Type A & 2d on 1½d red KGV head cancelled cds’s of Launceston of 1MY31. Front & rear also each bear large circular violet Cachet. Reverse has Melbourne 1 MAY 1931 slogan “ADDRESS MAIL TO PRIVATE BOX NUMBER/IT EXPEDITES DELIVERY” Small tear at top and slightly aged. Still an attractive item. AAMC 198a. Price $35 AFC36) Australia 1931 FFC Launceston – Melbourne, bears ½d orange KGV, 1½d Canberra & 3d Airmail type A, three strikes of ‘LAUNCESTON/A1-MY31/TAS’ cds, large violet cachet on front and rear, AAMC 198a, Price $39 AFC93) Australia 1931 long typewritten FFC. Sent from Commonwealth Oil Refineries Melbourne to Anglo-Persian Oil Co. Ltd. London. Bears block of 4 6d Brown Airmail & 2d Red KGV Head. Cancelled by Melbourne Ship Mail Room cds of 18NO31. Has Violet Special Air Mail Flight cachet. Nice clean cover. Used multiples of the 6d Air are scarce. Price $59 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 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 24-10-34Also 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
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 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 AFC18) Australia 1934 ‘Boomerang’ FFC Australia – NZ – Australia, Bears KGV 4d olive & 3d Airmail type A, NZ 7d Airmail & 1d Admiral, appropriate violet cachets on front and back, some minor perf toning, AAMC 371, Price $39 AFC80) Australia 1934 ‘Boomerang’ illustrated FFC showing CTP Ulm, Australia – New Guinea – Australia then onwards to the UK, Bears 6d Airmail, KGV 2d red, New Guinea 2d undated bird, circular violet cachet, Lae backstamp, attractive cover AAMC 395, Price $49 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 APH812) Australia 1979 Lord Howe Island commercial DL size cover to Sydney Solicitor. Bears AAT 20c Albatross cancelled by LHI Pictorial cancel of 12 MAR 1979. Price $29 APH810) Australia 1979 Lord Howe Island commercial DL size cover to Sydney Solicitor. Bears 20c Fishing cancelled by LHI Pictorial cancel of 2 NOV 1979. Price $29 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 APH809) Australia 1980 Lord Howe Island commercial DL size cover to Sydney Solicitor. Bears 1980 22c Queen’s Birthday cancelled by LHI Pictorial cancel of 4 JUN 1980. Price $29 APH813) Australia 1980 Lord Howe Island commercial DL size cover to Sydney Solicitor. Bears 1980 22c Kingfisher cancelled by LHI Pictorial cancel of 11 JUL 1980. Price $29 APH811) Australia 1980 Lord Howe Island commercial DL size cover to Sydney Solicitor. Bears 1980 22cLife be in it cancelled by LHI Pictorial cancel of 13 AUG 1980. Price $29 APH815) Australia 1980 Lord Howe Island commercial DL size cover to Sydney Solicitor. Bears 1980 22c National Stamp Week ASC 779 cancelled by LHI Pictorial cancel of 13 OCT 1980. Price $29 APH814) Australia 1980 Lord Howe Island commercial DL size cover to Sydney Solicitor. Bears 1980 22c National Stamp Week ASC 780 cancelled by LHI Pictorial cancel of 11 JUL 1980. Price $29 APH797) Australia 1983 Lord Howe Island Commemorative Cover, No. 743 of a limited edition of 1000. Depicts map of island and HM Brig Supply in full sail.
Bears 27c 1983 Australia Day, HM Brig Supply, cancelled by LHI pictorial cancel of 17 FRB 1983. Clean unaddressed cover. Price $31.50 APH799) Australia 1983 Lord Howe Is. Long OHMS typed address Cover from Admin. Officer top Elec. Commission of NSW. Bears 27c Butterfly cancelled by LHI pictorial cancel of 26 JUL 1983. Opened 3 sides as much official mail is. Price $39 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 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 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
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 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 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 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 K526) Australia 1913 9d Violet 1st wmk. Kangaroo, Melbourne cto. Very well centred, mng with good perfs. Cat. $120, price $79 K952) Australia 1913 9d Violet 1st wmk. Kangaroo, BRISBANE cto. Very well centred, mng with SLIGHTLY FLUFFY perfs. Cat. $600, price $450 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 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 K753) Australia 1915 Kangaroos 2nd wmk 2d grey ACSC 6A, centred slightly to upper right, Mint, Price $129 K754) Australia 1915 Kangaroos 2nd wmk 2½d Indigo ACSC 10A, centred a little low, hinge remains, fresh Mint, Cat $200, $109 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 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 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
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BUY OR BID SALE DECEMBER 2019 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 K954) Australia 1916 1/- Blue Green 3rd wmk. Die 2, perf OS. Fresh mint unhinged example with inter-panneau margin at left. Well centred and with good perfs. Shows wmk. misplaced right with margin line through stamp at left. Cat. $475, price $359 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 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 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 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 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 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 K950) Australia 1923 Kangaroo 6d chestnut 3rd wmk mint block of 4 perf. OS. Lower 2 are unhinged. Block shows misplaced wmk. With A at top and crown at base of each stamp. Well centred and fresh with good perfs. Cat. $420 as singles, price $349 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 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 K941) Australia 1929 5/- Grey & Yellow Orange Kangaroo, small multiple wmk. cto. with fresh unhinged gum. Very well centred, perfs mostly full, with a few at base just nibbed. Attractive stamp. Cat. $250, price $175 K949) Australia 1929 5/- Grey & Yellow Orange Kangaroo, small multiple wmk. cto. without gum. Very well centred, perfs mostly full, with a few at base just nibbed. Vibrant colour, attractive stamp. Cat. $250, price $149 K942) Australia 1929 5/- Grey & Yellow Orange Kangaroo, small multiple wmk. cto. perf. OS with lightly hinged gum. Centred a little to right, good perfs. Cat. $250, price $175 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 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
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Aerophilately Aerophilately encompasses a wide field of material that can give hours of pleasure. Aerophilately is not just stamps for the prepayment of airmail or flown first flight covers. Aerophilately can include postal stationery, revenue stamps to pay for airport taxes, franking machine slogans for airlines, leaflets dropped from the air, parachute mail, glider mail, pigeongrams, balloon mail, zeppelin mail and rocket mail. The first postage stamp issued for an airmail flight came from Italy for a flight between Rome and Turin and return on 20 May 1917 (see figure 1 for a flown postal card from this flight). 2 sheets of the 25c express mail stamp was overprinted for this flight (200 stamps in total). In March 1918, Austria overprinted 3 of the high values of the 1916 arms definitives, and surcharged 2 of these, for the opening of an airmail postal Figure 1: Postal card from Rome to Turin May 1917 with the service between Vienna and Kiev in the Ukraine via Cracow first postage stamp issued for an airmail flight and Lvov. Many consider this regular airmail delivery to be the actual start of airmail postal history. Some aviation meetings, where flights took place, produced The first stamp to feature an aircraft in its design was the stamp-like labels. From 12-14 October 1912, the city of Re20c United States parcel post issue of 1912 (see figure 2). In gensburg in Bavaria held an Aviation meeting for which labels 1915, the Austrian War Charity issue was the first stamp issued were produced. This issue is unusual because it comprised for a standard letter rate which depicted an aircraft. The first photographic images of an aircraft in flight. The 10 pfennig airmail stamp depicting an aircraft was issued by the United value printed in black comes in two inscriptions – Regensburg States for the opening of airmail services between Washington Flying Day and First Regensburg airmail, the 20 pfennig value and New York and Philadelphia. This 24c stamp was bi-coin brown comes only with the second inscription, 200 labels of loured depicting a Curtis ‘Jenny’. This stamp is best known for each design were printed (see figure 5). one sheet of 100 with the blue centre inverted - The Inverted First flight mail was often seen in aerophilately exhibits. Jenny (see figure3). An aircraft of this type undertook the first The 16-18 July 1914 flight from Melbourne to Sydney by Sydney to Melbourne and return flight in November 1917. Maurice Guillaux in a Bleriot monoplane was, at the time, In 1913 Lord Northcliffe, owner of the Daily Mail, Lonthe longest flight covering 932 kms in Australia. The PMG’s don, offered a prize of £10,000 for the crew of an aircraft to Department produced a special double oval postmark for the fly non-stop across the North Atlantic between the British Isles flight. The flight promoters produced postcards for the flight and Newfoundland. World War I (1914-1918) interrupted the that were sold at 1/- each. The mail was post marked on arrival challenge until 1919. As the prevailing winds were west to east contestants chose to start in Newfoundland. On 18 May 1919 the 3c Trail of the Caribou stamp was overprinted by the local postmaster in Newfoundland for the attempt of the Australians Harry Hawker and Kenneth MacKenzie-Grieve (see figure 4). Of the 200 overprinted stamps 95 were used on mail, 18 defective overprints were destroyed, 11 copies were presented to the aviators and other dignitaries and 76 copies were sold on behalf of the Aid to Marines Society. When 1,100 miles off the coast of Newfoundland the aircraft was forced to ditch into the Atlantic. The fliers were rescued by a steamer and taken to Scotland. The aircraft and the mail bag were later salvaged and taken to Falmouth in England. Figure 2: US parcel post issue of 1912, the first stamp with an aircraft in its design Figure 3: Block of four of the famous Inverted Jenny 52 - Stamp News
Stephanie Bromser
Philatelic Development Officer, APF
With the introduction of Boeing 707 services from July 1959 onwards special flight covers were regularly offered. From 1946 Qantas used franking machines, meter mail, to prepay its postage. From time to time it used slogans attached to its franking machines to publicise its services (see figure 8). Figure 4: Newfoundland 1919 3c brown Hawker Some aerophilateairmail stamp lists collect commercial Figure 5: Label produced for Regensburg Aviaairmail. International tion meeting airmail from and to Australia to the end of WW II has been extensively studied and shown in several exhibits. Whilst the airmail rate from Australia to England between December 1934 and August 1938 was 1/6d per half ounce, the rate to other countries could vary depending on whether the mail flew part way or all the in Sydney on 18 July 1914 (see figure 6). This flight also carway. The rate to Germany by air all the way was 2/1d per half ried the first airfreight. ounce with mail being flown from Australia to Athens by QanAnother epic pioneer journey was the first England to tas and Imperial Airways and onwards by Deutsche Lufthansa. Australia flight by Ross and Keith Smith and their crew, in a This could be reduced to 1/9d per half ounce if flown by Qantas Vickers Vimy. It landed at Darwin on 10 December 1919 to and Imperial Airways to Brindisi in Italy and thence onwards win the air race organised by the Commonwealth Government. by rail to Germany. This flight carried the first letters from England, and points in In the early days of flying, disruptions to flights, even crashbetween, to Australia. To identify mail carried on the flight the es, occurred. Crash mail is a subsection of aerophilately. On Commonwealth Note and Stamp Printer produced around 450 31 December 1935 the Imperial Airways Short Calcutta flying stamps for use on mail from the flight for which 364 items have boat City of Khartoum carrying mail from Brindisi and Athens been identified (see figure 7). crashed as it was about to land at Alexandria in Egypt. 136kg Next year Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Serof mail was salvaged from the sunken wreck. The Australian vice (QANTAS) will celebrate the centenary of its founding in mail was sent on by ship and was off-loaded at Melbourne November 1920. Qantas was a domestic airline until December 1934. In December 1934 it operated the Singapore, Darwin Brisbane sectors of the London to Australia air route. Special envelopes were printed for the event for the full route and intermediate stops. Qantas produced philatelic items for specific flights. These include flight covers for the opening of the England to Australia flying boat service In August 1938, a pictorial airgraph (microfilmed message) depicting a Kangaroo as one of Santa’s reindeer for Xmas 1943 and 100 airletters in for Xmas 1944. Starting with the opening of Qantas services to New Guinea in May 1945 pictorial labels were produced for the opening of most Qantas Services until Hong Kong in 1949. In 1952 Qantas staged a major first flight cover promotion for the opening of its Wallaby route from Sydney to Johannesburg via Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Mauritius. In 1953 there was a promotion for a Figure 6: 16-18 July 1914 flight from Melbourne to Sydney by Maurice Coronation Day airmail by Qantas between Sydney Guillaux and London from various ports serviced by Qantas. Stamp News - 53
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation where attempts were made to dry the mail in a large oven. An example is shown in figure 9. Lesser known is that there were 2 aircraft carrying mail into Alexandria on that night and mail is known from the aircraft that did not crash. Allied with flight covers is the study of postal markings applied to mail. For the 1914 Melbourne –Sydney flight by Guillaux the Australian Postmaster General’s (PMG’s) Department produced a special double oval postmark. This was also used for mail carried in the February 1917 flight by Basil Watson from Mount Gambier to Melbourne. The design was modified in 1920 for mail carried on the Ross Smith flight from England to Australia. With the introduction by Qantas of jet aircraft in 1959 the PMG’s Department produced a special pictorial postmark for the opening of jet services. This postmark was hand engraved and there are several identifiable types From 1926 to around 1934 the PMG’s Department issued a rectangular handstamp to be applied on airmail which read “Forward / by Airmail” with provision for the postmark of the sending office. With the introduction of postmarking machines from the late 1920’s onwards special slogans were used to extoll using the airmail. In 1931, in conjunction with the first Experimental England to Australia airmail, the GPO Sydney introduced an instructional slogan Airmail / Section / GPO which was in use for many years. Most capital city GPO’s had special circular postmarks for use on airmail letters. The study of postmarks is marcophily and is a sub-class of the postal history class. The postcard produced in 1914 for the Guillaux Melbourne-Sydney (figure 6) carried on the address side Official Souvenir / Australian Aerial Mail which showed that it was intended to be flown. The postcard printed for the 1917 Basil Watson flight has a similar endorsement. For the June 1920 Lismore to Tenterfield flight, the first to be conducted under the instructions of the Postmaster General, mail had to be endorsed Per Aerial Mail. This endorsement was also used on the first Australian contract airmail between Perth and Derby in Figure 7: Ross-Smith 1919 first airmail England to Australia Figure 8: Qantas meter mails Figure 9: Crash cover Khartoum – Alexandria 31 December 1935 Figure 10: Cover carried on Neptune balloon during the siege of Paris cancelled 22nd September 1870, the day before departure 54 - Stamp News
Stephanie Bromser
Philatelic Development Officer, APF
WA commencing December 1921. From 1920 labels were produced for flights with the wordings such as Aerial Delivery Air Mail. In 1925 Qantas produced a Label with the wording By Air Mail with the additional endorsement to See / Western Queensland. In 1925 Australian Aerial Services Ltd produced a label also using the term By Air Mail and featuring an Angel in the design. By 1930 the PMG’s department commenced issuing airmail labels, called airmail vignettes, using the wording By Air Mail and its French equivalent Par Avion. Australia Post continues to produce such airmail labels Besides aircraft, there are other ways that mail can be carried through the air. The earliest form was by balloon. The first manned balloon ascent was made by the Montgolfier brothers of France in 1783 in a balloon tethered to the ground. During the siege of Paris, 1870-1871, mail and passengers were flown out by balloon of which one letter is known addressed to Australia. Figure 10 shows a cover that was flown on the Neptune, the first balloon to leave Paris. In 1850 and again in 1858 leaflets are recorded dropped from a balloon in Victoria. From 1966 onwards various philatelic souvenirs were produced for balloon flights in Australia. At the turn of the 20th Century, Count Zeppelin of Germany developed the rigid balloon (airship) to which he gave his name. Zeppelins were used by the German Navy in WW I to bomb Britain. In the 1920’s and 1930’s the Zeppelin Company built airships that opened air routes from Europe to South and North America. Figure 11 shows a Graf Zeppelin cover that was flown from Casablanca to London in October 1933. After the Hindenburg disaster on May 1937 Zeppelins were restricted to Europe. Zeppelin mail is a large field in aerophilately, and some mail is addressed to Australia. Powered wingless flight started in Australia in November 1934 with a promotional flight by Autogiro from Melbourne to Portland in conjunction with the VICVI Philatelic exhibition (see figure 12). Autogiros used an aero engine to power forward flight and a rotor for vertical flight. Helicopter mail services are known from USA, UK and Belgium. Helicopters are used in Australian Antarctic to transport mail from ship to shore and return. Pigeons have been known to carry messages in small cylinders attached to their legs called flimsies. There were several promotional events in Australia in the 1930’s and 1940’s. One of the better-known Pigeon Posts is the Great Barrier Island services of 1897 and 1899 on mail from the island to Auckland. Airgraphs, known as V-Mail in the USA, are where a message form was handed in at a Post Office, photographed onto 16mm film stock and the film sent by air to destination. At the destination the film was Figure 11: Graf Zeppelin cover that was flown from Casablanca to London 10 October 1933 Figure 12: Card for promotional flight by Autogiro from Melbourne to Portland 16 November 1934 Figure 13: WW11 V-Mail sent to St Louis on 27 November 1944 Stamp News - 55
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation processed, the individual frames printed off on photographic paper and sent through the mail. This service operated by Kodak reduced the weight of mail and is a precursor of faxes (see figure 13). In Australia there was an experimental mailing at Christmas 1942 and the regular service operated between July 1943 to June 1945. The Airletter / Aerogramme was also developed in WW II. Aerogrammes were priced below airmail postage as they were lightweight. Australia first issued Airletters in 1944 (see figure 14) and the name was changed to Aerogramme after the UPU (Universal Postal Union) congress of 1952. Australia was one of the few countries to approve Private Licence Aerogrammes. A company could apply to the PMG’s department to produce aerogramme forms, but postage had to be applied by the user. Dropping leaflets from aircraft as a method publicity dates from the second decade of the 20th Century. During wars leaflet drops were a means of propaganda. Figure 15 shows a Japanese propaganda leaflet dropped onto Australian troops in the Pacific. It suggests the soldiers should surrender. It says “This guy was smart. He got his food, he got his cigs, above all he is assured of life and the change to get back home”. Aerophilately has its own literature with books and journals to record information about the area. Like other sections of philately, there are catalogues for the airmails of specific countries. Australia has the Australian Airmail Catalogue (AAMC). If you want to learn more about exhibiting aerophilately the rules for the Aerophilately class can be found at https://apf.org.au/ classes/. The Australian Airmail Society is for collectors interested in mail and other messages carried by air. The society is based in Adelaide and be contacted through PO Box 395, Edwardstown, Adelaide, S-Aust 5039
Figure 14: Airletter from Perth to England 27 October 1945 Figure 15: Japanese propaganda leaflet dropped onto Australian troops in the Pacific Figure 16: Abandoned Stamp Card number 8
AEROPEX 2019 – 6-8 December 2019. This year, through to March 2020 a series of celebrations and events will mark the centenary of the first aeroplane flight from England to Australia. For stamp collectors the most significant will be the Air Mail Exhibition, Aeropex, to be held at the Drill Hall, Torrens Parade Ground, in Adelaide from 6 to 8 December 2019 – just a few days prior to the actual centenary of the arrival in Darwin on 10 December. The exhibition will primarily show off air mail covers from around the world along with collections of air mail stamps, labels and other items with an aviation connection. These will include several displays of letters carried by rocket. The organisers of the exhibition have been careful to ensure virtually every aspect of air mail interest is featured in the show. From messages carried by pigeons, balloons, zeppelins and rockets and aboard famous planes flown by famous pilots from around the world, Aeropex will be the place to see them. A special abandoned stamp card has been produced for the 56 - Stamp News
exhibition It shows a proposed overseas airmail stamp (see figure 16). On 14 July 1958, the postage rate for airmail letters from Australia to the UK, Europe and Africa was increased from 2s. to 2s.3d per half-ounce (14g). As no 2s.3d denomination existed in the definitive range at the time, a new stamp design was required. Apparently, it was originally envisaged that a 2s.3d stamp depicting an airmail theme would be introduced. Various preliminary designs by artists of the Note Printing Branch in Melbourne were prepared featuring graphic elements, such as the propeller and intertwined ribbon of the card’s featured image. Interestingly, the design incorporates the words “Air Mail.” Definitive stamps with the “Air Mail Service” inscription were issued in Australia between 1929 and 1931, but their sale was discontinued by 1936. The proposed re-introduction of airmail stamps around 1958 did not happen. The new 2s.3d stamp became part of the Australian Flowers definitive series, designed by Margaret Stones, and issued in 1959−60. Notwithstanding the “Air Mail” inscriptions of the 1929−31 stamps, the postal
Stephanie Bromser
Philatelic Development Officer, APF use of the stamps was not to be restricted to airmail postage, and they could be freely used for the payment of any postage fees. A free download of the exhibition catalogue is available at https://apf.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ Aeropex-2019-Catalogue.pdf CANBERRA STAMPSHOW 2020 – 13-15 March 2020, Hellenic Club, Matilda Street, Woden, Canberra 2020 marks the 21st Biennial National Philatelic Convention to be held in Canberra. Always a popular exhibition, once again the Stampshow Committee has secured a good selection of exhibits, as well as the usual line up of first-class national and international dealers. Most have been supporters of the Canberra Stampshow over many years and ready to help you enhance your collections and exhibits. A range of souvenirs are already available including a modern exploration anniversary souvenir that is unique to Canberra. The role of Honeysuckle Creek (Canberra) tracking station in transmitting the actual moments of Armstrong’s contact with the lunar surface Monday 21 July 1969 (AEST) is commemorated with a Tharwa 21 July 2019 postmark - which was a Sunday. These are limited editions. If you purchase a Supporters Club membership it will include the cover with a special gold logo
overprint as seen in figure 17. Download your souvenir order form from the Stampshow website. If you have any questions the contact details are : The Secretary, Canberra Stampshow 2020, GPO Box 1840, CANBERRA ACT 2601, E-mail: elspeth@grapevine.net.au or visit the Canberra Stampshow 2020 website for more information. http:// www.canberrastamps.org/
Figure 17: Commemorative cover from Honeysuckle Creek with limited edition Canberra 2020 gold logo
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Market Matters CTO Roos getting 10 times Cat!
As followers of the Australia PO official CTO stamps realise, copies of even the common Die 1, 3d Kangaroo 1913, with the corner “BRISBANE” cds have obtained $A1,864 at Phoenix Auctions in the past, and indeed a block 4 of the 2/- brown got $A7,000! Stampboards has had detailed discussion on these CTO’s - many 1000s of posts, and some of that info is transcribed here - tinyurl. com/ozCTOs The strength of the official CTO cancels on Kangaroo stamp market rolls on stronger than ever. The demand is unabated, and the recent auction results are gobsmacking really. The very ugly, and humble 1913 ½d green Roo seen nearby, ACSC #1wd, was invoiced way above estimate at $2,675 in the Phoenix Melbourne, November 15, 2019 Auction. Sadly the ACSC allowed an eBay seller to price these things, and realisations TEN times full ACSC are routine for these cancels. An equally humble 2d Grey, also with no date on the cds, was invoiced for $A2,900 in the same November 15 Phoenix sale. These Brisbane CTO cancels are all Very rough looker gets $A2,675! scarce, as only a sheet or so of each were done, and not all of those were distributed. All bear a quarter of the heavyish Register your stamp mail! looking cds cancel of “BRISBANE - 12 NO: 13 We all know that using Registered or insured post is QUEENSLAND”. I have the 5/- 1913 with the same cancel in stock, smart. These days it is essential for items of any value. More and more domestic mail NOT addressed to (a scarce stamp with ANY cancel) indeed mine shows the date, for a THIRD what the ½d above just PO boxes is getting stolen - sad but true. Contractors are not PO staffers, and will leave boxes and parcels sold for! A 1913 £1 with non-dated BRISBANE in unsafe places, or in the rain very often. part cancel was invoiced for $3,250 at the same I regularly get sellers nervous about mailing me Phoenix auction. stamps to buy. They often only run to $100s, or even It is a challenging field, and supply is low, and a few $1000s, but they really are not at all happy dodemand is high. There are MANY different caning it. I will in future remind them of this true story cel types. The ACSC “Kangaroos” catalogue is a about the safety of Registered Mail, and they might handy guide, despite the Froot Loop prices given be a lot more comfortable about it all! to all these BRISBANE cancels, well after strong Harry Winston, the leading American jeweller and Auction results had clearly indicated their scarcity, gem dealer, mailed the legendary “Hope Diamond” and the red-hot real world prices. 58 - Stamp News
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Insured for $US1 MILLION - in 1958! in a package via Registered Post using a single red “REGISTERED” handstamp. In November 1958, Winston donated the diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, intending it to be the foundation for a National Jewel Collection. It is a large, 45.52 carat deep violet-blue diamond, and now housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, DC. I like many others have looked at it there. Value of the Hope Diamond is estimated today at about $US350 million if it were sold. With his years of experience in shipping jewellery all over the world, Harry Winston chose to have the near priceless diamond delivered by Registered Mail.
He told a reporter for the Washington Post that: “Registered Mail is the safest way to ship gems - I’ve sent gems all over the world that way.” The massive diamond was placed in a box, wrapped in brown paper, and sent by Registered Mail, travelling down from New York in a Railway Post Office train car. The addressee, Dr. Leonard Carmichael signed the receipt for the Registered package from the Post Office delivery person. The price paid for shipping the gem, valued at $US1 million at the time, was $145.29, most of that being for the contents insurance! As you can see on the scan of the packaging, the postage was $2.44. It looks like $9 was the largest value USPS postage Stamp News - 59
Market Matters meter at the time in 1958, 61 years back, and 16 of those were used, with a $1.29 label to make up the balance. First reported about 400 years back, and reputedly discovered in India, the “Curse Of The Hope Diamond” is widely documented, with many previous owners and family members suffering strange and explained deaths and misadvenValue today about $US350 Million. tures etc, etc. Far, far larger diamonds have been found tent. of course (indeed this one started at near double this 45 carat size) but the stated faultless clarity of this one and the striking violet-blue colour, caused by boron atoms apparently, have set it apart from all others over the centuries.
How to soak peel and stick stamps?
With many large countries like the USA, GB, Australia and NZ etc, now using mostly self-adhesive stamps, the question is often asked of me - HOW can these be soaked? In the cases like the USA stamps, soaking in water is totally useless in most cases. The simple answer of WHAT to use, seems to be a low tech and old-fashioned one - Lighter Fluid. This decades old method for checking watermarks on stamps, now seems to have a valuable extra use! This fluid is available worldwide and is quite inexpensive. The Ronsonol can shown nearby, will be familiar to readers in most countries. I am advised the “ZIPPO” brand has the same chemical con60 - Stamp News
Far more economical, the Diggers “Shellite” brand is widely available in Australia for less than $A6 per Litre bottle in hardware stores like Bunnings etc. Larger 4 litre containers are sold for about $A20 if you have some serious self-adhesive stamp soaking to do!
Read the instructions carefully!
All of these of course are flammable, and should be used in a ventilated area etc, as per usage instructions on their packaging. If you are fond of having a cigarette whilst sorting stamps, do NOT use this stuff while you are doing that! The good news is that both seem to work extremely well with assisting in removing these self-stick stamps even the USA ones that otherwise do not soak off at all in water, and are famously tenacious to separate from backing paper. Stampboards.com has a long Ronsonol to the rescue! discussion on these removal methods,
Glen Stephens Shellite is under $A6 a litre nationally.
with 50,000 page views - tinyurl.com/StampSoak is the direct link, for those interested in reading more on this, and the personal experiences of many collectors globally.
Checks Watermarks AND removes gum!
In some cases, they come away cleanly from the envelope paper. In other instances, a little effort and technique is needed, as outlined with photos on the stampboards thread. A final rinse in warm water, whatever method you choose, and you are done. Short issue high face stamps like the USA $19.99 “USS Arizona” and $22.95 “Columbia River Gorge” illustrated nearby, are both worth near face value when neatly cancelled used, so taking a moment to remove them carefully is well worth the effort. Try this method out and let me know if it works for you. I understand that Eucalyptus Oil often works too to remove these stamps. For British readers, reports are that “Sticky Stuff Remover” sold in the UK by Bettaware works wonderfully well for removing self-stick GB Machin heads etc.
Kangaroo Monograms newly Red Hot.
Kangaroo Monogram stamps have gone nuts in price in the past year or so. None of them are common - even on the lowly ½d and 1d values, they are $100s, and the higher values are really hard to source. Hinged Monogram SINGLES of the £2 have fetched $A180,000 at Auction. There were 2 different printer Monograms on the lower selvedge of each PO pane of 120 for a couple of years - “JBC” for J.B.Cooke, the Government Stamp Printer, and “CA” which of course stood for the Commonwealth Of Australia. There is a photo of me nearby holding this hinged stamp, (which had a crease!) and which thankfully was not dropped into my nearby coffee, ensuring a very interesing discussion with some hostile Insurance Assessor. Near all that $A180,000 price was for the tiny piece of selvedge at the base! Several new collectors have emerged in recent
Very tenacious gum on these. Stamp News - 61
Market Matters times, seeking these Kangaroo Monograms, and they all appear to have very deep pockets, and the scarcer pieces when offered, can see Bidding Wars ensue. Such was the case with the Phoenix Auction on November 15, in Melbourne.
Strong Monogram Roo Collection.
They offered an ususually large range of these Monograms, and VERY bullish prices were obtained, often for material that did not look that attractive to me, but hey it is the nature of these issues. The 2/- Brown Third watermark hinged Monogram
The $180,000 piece of selvedge!
Sold for $5000 over full ACSC cat. 62 - Stamp News
shown nearby was invoiced for around $A20,000 despite full ACSC Cat being $15,000 etc. Arthurs Gray’s “CA” monogram 2/- single was hammered for $US5,250, so there has been nice upside on these, in that interim period. Many of the high values are recorded in only a few copies in collector hands, so these strong prices will stay solid I’d suggest. Monograms of course only occurred on the first 3 watermarks of Roos, and were soon replaced with Printer Imprints. Many of the middle value Monograms - 3d, 6d, 9d and 1/-, can still be secured for far more affordable prices to most pockets. I have both Monograms on hand now of the 9d Violet Kangaroo, for just on 4 figures each, and I see such things once each decade or two in stock. There are probably 20 each of such values in collector hands globally, so current prices are pretty silly. Many collectors look for new challenges, and seeking Australia Kangaroo Monograms is a solid
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Get down and support the show! area to chase. One chap I know has set his target on all issues to 1/-, so he dodges all the 5 figure prices then, for the 2/- and up values!
ADELAIDE AEROPEX Dec 6-8, 2019
Soon after you read this, the big national of 2019
will be taking place in Adelaide on December 6th-8th. I’ll fly down and pop in on the Sunday that Torrens Parade Ground Drill Hall location in Adelaide City is a really great location - free parking right at the door! The focus of course is the 100th Anniversary of the epic First Flight from the UK to Australia by Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith - both Adelaide born. Charles Leski has planned at big Aero related Auction sale to tie in with this on Dec 11. I heard a rumour a new AAMC catalogue will also be issued soon. Australia Post issued some very pretty product in October - the $3.20 stamp for the heavily used overseas airmail rate is shown nearby, and I urge all those reading this to buy a few, and keep them in your stamp den - superb design to use on foreign letters for years to come! The foreign letter rate was only just increased from $3, so hopefully this $3.20 will be the rate for a few years to come, and a nicer “stamp on stamp” design I can’t imagine. Spread the word - buy some today! This was an epic flight of almost 18,000 kilometres. There was widespread concern that the route had not been properly surveyed beyond Calcutta, and in many parts of Asia, airfields were simply nonexistent. Some cities they landed at, had never seen ANY kind of plane! The aircraft of the era were incredibly basic by modern standards, open top cockpits (!) and constructed from wire, fabric and wood, and had short flying ranges. They landed their Vickers Vimy Stamp News - 63
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MEGA-SUPERSTARS in this era! twin-engine bi-plane at Fannie Bay “airfield”, Darwin, on 10 December 1919, and the event was met with national and international excitement and acclaim.
1919 Ross Smith “Vignette”
The Australian “Local” item most collectors think of first, is the pioneering and heroic 1919 Ross Smith First Flight, England to Australia stamp “Vignette”. This is technically more a semi-official stamp issue, than a “Local” or “Cinderella” as some incorrectly regard it as. It was ordered by the Prime Minister’s Department (by no less than PM ‘Billy’ Hughes personally!) via the Treasury Department. Printed in great 64 - Stamp News
haste by T. S. Harrison, and the Commonwealth Note Printing Branch on watermarked paper - the identical CrownA paper we find on 1914 KGV heads, or the “Second” Watermark Kangaroos. This crew were MEGA-SUPERSTARS in this era! Ross Smith enlisted in 1914 in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, landing at Gallipoli 13 May 1915. In 1917, he volunteered for the Australian Flying Corps. He was later twice awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross three times, becoming an Air Ace with 11 confirmed aerial victories. Ross Smith (KBE, MC and Bar, DFC and Two Bars, AFC) was pilot for T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and fought in aerial combat missions in the Middle East. He is mentioned several times in
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Pricier than most £2 Kangaroo stamps! Lawrence’s book, “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”. The legendary Australian cricketer Keith Ross Miller was named after Smith and his flying brother Keith.
How to check for Ross Smith fakes.
For the dozen or so hopeful folks who phone or email me each year to ask if their “rare” 1919 Vignette they cleverly bought on eBay etc, as a super Stamp News - 65
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Sir Ross Smith still remembered in Darwin. “BAAAAHRGIN” is really a super valuable gem, my very simple and accurate answer is - “just hold it up to the light”. If there is NO watermark, you clearly have one of the many types of fakes/reprints done over the years. Not that such minor detail bothers the 100s of dreamers who cheerfully list their fakes up on eBay each year as “Grandpappys treasjure gaurinteed genueen RAYAR” ! Some of them are really crude, and some were far better productions. Endless 1000s seem to have been produced over the decades. Edgar Lewy, long term ”Philatelic Exporter” columnist, did some quite decent high grade reproductions via Philart in the UK in the 1970s. Edgar’s were by FAR the best “fakes” 66 - Stamp News
done. He offered me a large carton of 10,000s of these 30 years ago. Well after he died, I asked wife Lily if she still had them, and said she tossed them into the garbage bin in London - a shame, as they were nice efforts, and are seldom seen. Some reprints are so roughly printed virtually none of the perf holes are punched out. And in ALL cases, the colour is quite wrong, not being the deep steel blue of the genuine, as you can see in the photo of my copy nearby. It is not a “Local” or a “Cinderella” strictly speaking, but in my view is an officially sanctioned and printed label, and should be more correctly termed a “semi-official stamp” production. Major catalogues like Yvert list and price it as an Australian postage stamp issue. Major album makers like Seven Seas Stamps have made spaces for it in printed albums. Many still exist as genuine mint or used stamps, or even used on original covers. A fine MUH sheetlet generally sells for about $A20,000 these days. The fresh MUH one illustrated nearby I sold for $15,000 recently. I do not charge that for most MUH £2 Roos!
Highest on cover price c$A50,000.
A really striking looking Ross Smith flight cover was once auctioned and invoiced in the region of
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Monty Python Australia Post “Service”. $A50,000. There are still quite a small number of these Ross Smith Vignettes existing, either as mint sheetlets as illustrated nearby, or on covers with the outer margins removed, in all such cases. The last time I was up in Darwin, I drove down Ross Smith Avenue, and sought out the little known but impressive stone cairn marking his arrival in Australia in Dec 1919! Planes were near unheard of back then, and the soon to be Qantas founders, were engaged to organise an oil drum lit runway for them to use. It then took near 3 more months for the mail to arrive in Melbourne, where the “26 February, 1920” date-stamps were all applied to the hastily affixed Vignette “stamps”, and all handed over personally to Prime Minister Hughes, and then delivered via normal mail, under separate Post Office outer cover.
ABC News just reported Business owners and residents were dismayed about the length of time parcels are taking to be delivered, with widespread reports of many items going backwards and forwards between states. The new Australia Post facility at Redbank Brisbane is equipped with technology that includes parcel pickers, automated guided vehicles, and robotics they proudly tell us. But it simply does NOT work. I had a clearly addressed Registered parcel go between Sydney to Redbank Brisbane FIVE times last month - so much for their new high technology, that AP are denying to ABC News, has any issues. The clearly addressed parcel took TWO WEEKS. I could drive it there in a day. As can be seen from the PO tracking website fiasco journey nearby, even when it got there for the FIFTH time to Redbank Queensland on a Thursday, it did not move anywhere locally until the next Monday, as can be seen. HOPELESS. Zimbabwe level technology. And they just had the cheek to crank up Parcel Post rates heavily October 1, to pay for all these White Elephant machines that clearly do not work. Much more discussion here tinyurl.com/APMailMess Glen Stephens has written monthly ‘Stamp Tipster’ Columns for over 30 years - globally. A vast library of his past articles and photos are found at – www.glenstephens.com/column.html
Glen Stephens 4 The Tor Walk, Castlecrag, NSW, 2068 Ph: 02 9958 1333 email: glen@glenstephens.com Website: www.glenstephens.com Stamp News - 67
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NSW club information:The Philatelic Association of NSW, PO Box220, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1300 Phone: 02 9264 8301
NSW Postcard Collectors Soc: Mtg 1st Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Northern Suburbs PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7.45pm, Naremburn Library, Central St, Naremburn off Slade St Orange Coin and Stamp Club: Mtg Last Tuesday, Orange Community Info Centre, 79-81 Kite St, Orange 7.30pm Parramatta PS: Mtg 1st Friday Penrith and District PS: Mtg 1st Thursdays, 8pm, J3A Bldg. Castlereash St. New PO Box: 252 Kingswood 2750. Ph: 02 4733 3062 Piallaway PS: PO Box 12, Werris Creek PHILAS Stamp Auctions: Mtg 2nd Sat Mar,Jul, Nov Ph 02 9264 8301 PS of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed (exDec) PS of NSW: Mtg 4th Sat (Philas House), 3rd Tues (Chatswood); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Richmond River (Lismore) PS: Mtg 4th Thursday Royal Sydney Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd Tues. (ex Jan); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Sapphire Coast Stamp & Coin Club: Mtg Enq 02 6495 7308. Mail to PO Box 285, Pambula, NSW 2549 St. George PS: Mtg 1st Mon Shoalhaven PS: Mtg 2nd Monday (Ex Jan) PO Box 4047, East Nowra 2541. Smithfield SC: Mtg 2nd Mon Society for Polar Philately: 2012 meetings: 2nd Wednesday of February, March, May, July, Sept and November held at Ryde Ex-Services Club 724-730 Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW Tel: 9807 3344 (in Mackinnon room) starting at 8pm.Enq 0407 277 223 or email penviews@ hotmail.com Sussex Inlet and District: Mtg 3rd Mon Sutherland Shire PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. , 7:30pm, Sutherland Uniting Services Club, 7 East Pde, Sutherland. Information Secretary, PO Box 339, Sutherland, NSW 1499 Sydney Anglican PS: 2nd Sat. even months 9.30-2.30 North Rocks Community Church132 North Rocks Road North Rocks Tamworth PS: Mtg 1st Mon ex. Jan. Tamworth Bridge Club, 7 Hilton St, Tamworth Sec. Graeme Mitchell. PO Box 678, Tamworth NSW 2340 Ph. 02 67664853 Taree RSL Club Ltd SC: Mtg 3rd Mon Toronto SC: Mtg 1st Wed Turramurra SC: Mtg 2nd Monday, 7.45pm. Twin Towns Stamp Club Inc.: Mtg 1st Monday, 7.30p, Masonic Centre, 8 Boyd St, Tweed Heads, 07 5535 3168 Wagga SC: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) ARCC Building, Tarcutta St, 7.30pm. Secretary: Peter Simpfendorfer Ph:02 6922 3393 Wyong PS: Mtgs: 3rd Tues 7.30pm, daytime meetings 1st Weds, KGV Heads group 4th Weds. Jim Spence Sec. 02 4392 3610 email: dandasonter6@bigpond.com
northern territory Alice Springs SC: Meet Informally; PO Box 1529, Alice Springs, NT, 0871. Ph 08 8953 3054 Darwin Philatelic Circle: 1st Sun. 10am - 2pm. 53 Flametree Crt, Rosebery; Ph:(08) 8931 2898; PO Box 1624, Palmerston, NT, 0831; Email: Nadine.Tinsley@nt.gov.au-. WA club information: WA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Perth, WA, 6001 Mandurah PS PO Box 625 Mandurah WA 6210 2nd Tues 4.45 - 6.30pm Bortolo Park Pavilion Cnr. Bortolo and Murdoch Drives Greenfields WA 6210 08 9581 1083 keithmich@bigpond.com Northern Districts SC: Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9329 0117 Philatelic Forum: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan); Ph: 08 9294 4277 Rockingham & Kwinana (PS of): Mtg 3rd Tues (NB 2nd in Dec) Pres. Malcolm Brown; Sec. Terry Boyd; PRO Lucie Schokker Ph. 08 9419 1604; email: malcolm.b@iinet.net.au PS of WA: Mtg 3rd Tues; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Wed (ex Dec); Clubrooms, Charles Riley Reserve, Wendling Rd, North Beach, Ph: 08 9447 7256 The Postmark Circle (WA): Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Victoria Park SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9472 8072 or 08 9450 5280 WA Study Group: Mtg 4th Thurs (ex Dec) 08 9384 1050 Wanneroo SC: Mtg 3rd Mon; Ph: 08 9305 3130.
philatelic clubs & societies new zealand Air Mail Society of NZ: Ph: 03 3584838; Email: alant@snap.net Auckland PS: Mtg 1st and 3rd Tues (except Jan). Ph 09 9853212; Email kiwibrooce@ yahoo.com; Website: www.aps.gen.nz Christchurch PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Library night 3rd Tues; GB Machin 3rd Fri odd months; Postal History 1st Mon; Postcard 3rd Tues even months. Email: secretary@ cps.gen.nz; Website: www.cps.gen.nz Dunedin PS: Mtg 4th Thurs (except Nov and Dec). Ph: 03 4557643; Email: davidallison2009@gmail.com; Website: www.dunedinstampclub.org.nz Hastings Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Wed (except Jan and 2nd Wed Dec). Ph: 06 8765911; Email: clairemole@xtra.co.nz Hawkes Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Ph: 06 8439433; Email: dennmarg@paradise. net.nz Horowhenua PS: Mtg 2nd Mon. Ph: 06 3689881; Email: michael.christensen@xtra. co.nz Hutt Valley PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan). Ph: 04 5697439; Email: richards@nec.co.nz Kapiti PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec). Ph: 04 2971197; Email: ian.burttt@yahoo.co.nz Manaia PS: Mtg (Hawera) 1st Sun. Ph: 06 2784292; Email: peter.williams@xtra.co.nz Manawatu PS: Mtg 1st Wed, daytime meeting 3rd Tues. Ph: 06 3584565; Email: mps@inspire.net.nz Marlborough Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Mon (except Jan and 2nd Mon Dec). Morrinsville Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 07 8893199 Nelson PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 03 5469092; Email: paula.hucklesby@clear.net.nz North Shore PS: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: nsps@xtra.co.nz; Website: www.northshoreps.com NZ Stamp Collectors Club Christchurch: Mtg 4th Wed. Ph 03 3895511; Email: steve@ philatelic.org.nz; Website: www.nzeal.com/philately/nzscc.htm NZ Postcard Society: Ph: 03 3848463; Email: jenny-long@clear.net.nz; Website: www. postcard.org.nz
queensland Arana Hills SC: Meeting 2nd Tues; 07 3851 0213; email: petermccloskey@bigpond.com Bayside Afternoon SC: Meeting last Wed; Ph: 07 3206 6281. Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon 7pm, The Family Centre, Kensington St (in the Show Grounds); Ph: 07 4152 2403 or 07 4151 3062 Caboolture & District SC: Mtg 3rd Sat. Ph: 07 5498 6504 Cairns SC: 4th Tues. 7.30pm Comm. Hall, 15 Kamerunga Rd., Stratford 07 4033 2211 Caloundra SC: Mtg. 4th Thurs. Catholic Church Hall, Edmund St. 1.30pm. Ph: 07 5494 7233 City Daytime SC: Mtg 2nd Thurs. Ph: 07 3206 6281 City of Brisbane PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs; Ph: 07 3263 8573 (ah); email: desley@mycelebrant.com Collectors Club Queensland: Mtg 2nd Sunday each month 9am to 1pm - RSL Hall, 58 Arnold St, Holland Park. Contact 0409 130 266 or ccqueensland@gmail.com Enoggera SC: Mtg 1st and 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 3264 4157 Gladstone and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed (Ex. Jan) & 4th Wed (Ex.Dec). Ph. Sec: 07 4978 1155 Ian Rippingale, Gold Coast PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 11.30am, Southport Community Centre, Lawson St, Southport. Ph: 07 5546 3801 Gympie SC: Mtg. 2nd Sun. Jessie Witham Centre 1 - 3pm Ph. 07 5483 9188 email: sandandan@bigpond.com Hervey Bay Afternoon Club: Mtg 3rd Wed. Ph: 07 4124 1138 Ipswich SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan). Ph: 07 3282 2983 Junction Park SC: Mtg 1st Tues, 7.30pm, Annerley Baptist Hall, Lambton St. Contact: 07 3277 6724. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, righteo274@bigpond.com Lockyer Valley SC: Mtg 4th Sun, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’s Hall, Gatton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: lvsc@bigpond.com Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, Presbyterian Church, Barry St, Slacks Creek, 6pm. Ph: 07 3805 9226. Mackay and District PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 4942 5433;
Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: secretary@nzpf.org.nz Postal History Soc of NZ: Auckland 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 09 5220311. Chapter meetings held Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington. Pukekohe Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sun. John Mounce, President 649-291-9381 johnmounce@ihug.co.nz Royal PS of NZ: Mtg 2nd Wed (ex Jan). Ph: 04 5899530; Email: office@rpsnz.org.nz; Website www.rpsnz.org.nz South Auckland PS: Mtg last Sat (except Dec), Papatoetoe, day time mtgs 3rd Fri (ex Dec and Jan). Ph: 09 2682245; Email: elowera@orcon.net.nz Southland PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (except Jan), 3rd Tue (daytime) (except Jan). Email: antqgevi@es.co.nz Taranaki PS: Mtg 1st Mon except Jan. Ph: 06 7546212; Email: murray-grimwood@ hotmail.com Tauranga & District Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Mon (except Dec). Ph: 07 5765210; Email: beducker@hotmail.com Thames Valley PS: Mtg 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 07 8689190. Thematic Association of NZ: Ph: 04 2347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Timaru PS: Mtg 1st Wed. Ph: 03 6880343 Upper Hutt PS: Mtg 3rd Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec). Ph: 04 5284123; Email: teme. isaac@clear.net.nz Waikato PS: Mtg 1st (except Jan) and 3rd Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: c.cameron@agresearch.co.nz Wakatipu PS: Ph: 03 4428865 Wanganui PS: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 06 3427894; Email: g.p.phillips@xtra.co.nz Wellesley PS: Mtg 2nd and 4th Mon (ex public holidays). Ph: 9 8271240 Wellington PS: Mtg 4th Mon (except Dec); Ph: 042347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Whakatane PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Thurs (except Jan) Ph: 07 3222054 or 07 3086193 Whangarei PS: Mtg 2nd Meeting: 2nd Tues (Ex.Jan) Ph 09 4348000; Email john-monica@xtra.co.nz QLD Philatelic Council, 18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum, Qld, 4178. Ph: 07 3396 0846 Fax: 07 3396 0842. Email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Web: www.qpc.asn.au
Maryborough and Wide Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Salvation Army Youth 7 Comm. Hall. Bazaar St Maryborough. Ph: 07 41224708 (see also Hervey Bay) Nanango SC: Mtg 2nd Sat, 10:00am, Nanango RSL. Contact Ph: 07 3103 8938 or ema il: bowtell_harris@activ8.net.au Philatelic Society of Qld: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm,18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum. Ph: 07 3245 5222 Queensland Study Group: Sunday bi-monthly 1.00pm meets QPS house. Contact Ph: 07 3396 0846 email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Redland Bay Coin and Stamp Club, 4th Thurs. Monthly. John Hardman 07 3206 9996 or 07 3822 6987 Rockhampton SC: Mtg 1st Tues. Ph: 07 4926 3336. email: rockystampclub@gmail.com Sherwood Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 3372 6096 Southport Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 07 55630384 Southside PS: Mtg 3rd Tuesday & 3rd Wednesay (9am) Ph: 07 3848 2304 (ah) email: david. appleton@mailbox.uq.edu.au Sunshine Coast SC (formerly Nambour SC): Mtg 1st Wed, 7.15pm Red Cross Rms, Price St., Nambour 07 5445 3647 Thematics Queensland: Mtg bi-monthly 9.30am. Ph: 07 3262 5605 email: j.crowsley@ uq.net.au Toowoomba SC: Mtg. 2nd Sat 1pm, Salvation Army Hall, Cnr. West St. 7 Anzac Ave. Ph. 07 4635 5623 Email: bob.benny@bigpond.com Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5535 3168 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg. 1st Thurs. 1pm & 4th Mon. 7pm. Redlands Multi SportsClub, Birkdale Ph: 07 3206 0815
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philatelic clubs & societies south australia
Information about clubs in SA can be obtained from the SA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Adelaide, SA 5001. Daytime Ph: 08 8212 3557 or 8223 4435
Australian Airmail Society: 1st Wed. 7.45pm 22 Gray Court, Adelaide. PO Box 395, Edwardstown 5039. Ph: 08 8276 3969 Barossa SC: Mtg 1st Tue 7.30 Greenock Luth Church Hall, Bevan St, Greenock; 19 Evans Street Ancaston 5353; email: ptomely1939@gmail.com; Ph: (08) 8562 8386 Blackwood PC: Mtg 2nd Wed ex Jan; Uniting Church, Main Rd, Blackwood; Ph: 08 8278 1629; PO Box 581, Blackwood 5051; email: teepee@teegee.com.au Bordertown & Districts PS: Mtg: 3rd Thurs. Bordertown PS Contact: K. Grey Tel: 08 8752 0446 or email cdhuntmundulla@yahoo.com.au Community PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Fri - 7.30pm. Marion Bowling Club, off Sturt Rd. PO Box 75 Edwardstown, 5039; Auctions, circuit books. Ph: 0408806894 City of Noarlunga PS: Mtg alternate thurs,-- Community Health Centre, Grand Boulevard, Seaford, Contact 08 85566371 or PO Box 272, Port Noarlunga 5167 Eastern Districts PS: 2nd Thurs (ex. Jan), 7.30pm Senior citizens Hall, 47 Reid Ave. Hectorville; PO Box 240, Magill, 5072; Ph: 0400 156 796 Elizabeth PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7.30pm, RSL Hall, Cnr of Halseys/Midway Rds;PO Box 701, Elizabeth 5112; Ph: 08 8255 0608 Encounter Bay SC: Mtg 1st Wed, 7.30pm; School Hall, Woolworths Centre, Victor Harbour; PO Box 317, Goolwa 5214; aydepe@bigpond.com; Ph: 08 8555 3311 SA Power Networks Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Mon (ex. Jan); Canteen, 1 Anzac Highway, Keswick; PO Box 2079, Magill North, 5072; Ph: 08 8278 7163 Frama Club: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, members homes; For collectors of CPS, Framas. Newsletter and Auctions. PO Box 62 Campbelltown 5074. Gawler SC: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Evanston Primary School, Para Rd, Evanston. PO Box 2, Willaston 5118; Ph: 08 8522 2335 Email: jo.trev@bigpond.com German Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd & 4th Mon 8pm; German Club, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide 5000; Ph: 08 8260 2251 Glenside PS: 1st & 3rd Sat 1.30pm; Uniting Church Hall, Carlton St. Highgate. c/- 9 Moore St., Tranmere, SA 5073 08 8398 2475 Lower Murray PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs,7.30pm, 2nd Sat, 10am; The Lions Den, Murray Bridge. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 lmphilsocsec@gmail.com Mount Gambier PS: Mtg 3rd Tues; Reidy Park Corn Centre. 8pm. Also1st Sunday (ex. Jan)
victoria Australian PS: Bi-monthly meetings on 3rd Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December at RSL Homes, 152 Canterbury Road [cnr Keats Street] Canterbury. Secretary, PO Box 156 Balwyn Vic. 3103 Bairnsdale SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Ballarat PS:Mtg 3rd & 5th Mon Balwyn PS: Mtg 3rd Friday; Daytime 1st Friday Bendigo PS: Mtg 1st Tues Berwick SC:Mtg 2nd Sun (ex Jan); Ph: 03 5942 7626 Blackburn Baptist SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brighton PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Tues; Daytime 3rd Tues Bulleen PS Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan) 7.30 pm Veneto Club Upstairs 191 Bulleen Rd Bulleen (PO Box 166, Niddrie VIC 3042)Contact Secretary: Frank 0438830645 Treasurer: Joe 0408560601 Camperdown SC: Mtg 1st Tues Castlemaine SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec) Colac PC: Mtg 4th Mon (ex. Dec), Colac Community College, Bromfield St, Colac. Ph:52314746 Corner Inlet SC: Mtg 4th Thurs, Foster, Ph: 03 56881100 Dandenong PS: 4th Thurs. ex Dec. 7.30pm, Meeting Room, Church of Christ, David St., Dandenong 03 5996 9501 Diamond Valley PS: Mtg 3rd Mon Essendon-Broadmeadows PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs; St Johns Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Mt Alexander Rd & Buckley St, Essendon; Murray Gorham, Ph 9306 7480 Footscray PS: Mtg 1st Mon (2nd in Jan); Maribyrnong Comm. Centre, 54 Raleigh Rd, Maribyrnong. PO Box 2477 Taylors Lakes 3038. PH. 0438 901 144. email: footscraystamps@gmail Frankston & District SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (2nd in Dec) Seaford Community Centre, Broughton St Seaford. Ph: 5996 3745 Geelong PS: Mtgs 1st Sat 7.00pm, 3rd Mon 1pm (ex Jan) Sat - Diversitat Community Centre, 9-15 Clarence St, Geelong West. Mon - Belmont Library, High St, Belmont Ph: 0438578591 (Sec); PO Box 342, Belmont 3216
tasmania Derwent Valley PS: Mtg 4th Mon Devonport Junior SC: Mtg 1st & 3rd Mon Devonport SC: 4th Fri, except Dec. 3rd Fri. 7.30pm, Oldaker Christian Centre, Oldaker St, Devonport, 03 6424 3449 devstampclub.org Devonport Stamp Group: Mtg 4th Fri, Public Library Mtg Rms, 7.30pm Ph. 03 6424 3449 Glenorchy SC: Mtg 1st Tues
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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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