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The Stamp and Coin Dealers’ Association of Australasia Inc celebrates its 50th Anniversary and the 40th Anniversary of Petersham Stamp & Coin Super Fairs. As this article to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stamp and Coin Dealers’ Association of Australasia (SCDAA) is being finalised, the world is changing dramatically on a daily, if not hourly, basis. The SDCAA Committee had planned a double celebration; 50 years of the Association with 40 years of Petersham Stamp and Coin Fairs; to be held at the May 30th Petersham Stamp & Coin Super Fair. It would now require an equally dramatic
change to what is currently being experienced to allow for the celebrations to be held as planned. Only time will tell. Regardless, we need to outline the association’s history and what is planned for whenever we are able to next meet and celebrate! SCDAA was formed by a group of ten, essentially part-time, dealers in the stamp and coin scene of Sydney in 1970. At that time there were many small dealers in Sydney and the only place
Editor’s note Dear Reader You may notice that this edition of Stamp News is a little lighter. Over the past 13 years since 2007 we have battled to keep the cover price at $8.95 for domestic readers whilst production costs have risen $1.10 per magazine. Postage for subscription copies has doubled from $1.65 to $3.30 over the same period. For overseas readers outside the Asia Pacific Region postage has risen from $6.50 to $13.50. A further increase in paper and ink may well be in the pipeline due to the shrinking value of the Australian dollar, since these materials have to be sourced overseas. So, rather than increase cover or subscription prices we have taken the
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A double celebration in a time of turmoil! Fair in Australia, attracting about 400 collectors to each event. With a wide variety of Australian & foreign stamps, coins, banknotes and accessories for collectors available at each fair. The Petersham Stamp, Coin & Banknote Fair has been held on every fifth Sunday of a month since 1980 at Petersham Town Hall, 107 Crystal Street, Petersham, Sydney. Nothing had stopped this over the years the way this COVID-19 crisis has. There are currently 37 Members from six of the Australian States and Territories. These Members are all bound by a “Code of Ethics”, which provides collectors with an assurance of integrity when dealing with a Member. Details of the current Members, the Code, and planned events may be found at the SCDAA website www.scdaa.com. au . So, what’s planned for 50th Anniversary? – Please remember that this will probably now not occur as planned on May 30th but at a later event.
Ross Waugh : the only current SCDAA member who was a foundation member. they could buy and sell was at suburban stamp and coin clubs. Most were collectors with a desire to become dealers, but they were unable to qualify to join the existing association based in Melbourne. The first Petersham Fair was organised by the late Ron Fell assisted by Ross Waugh – Ross is the only foundation member still a Member of SCDAA. Two original stall holders still trading are Peter & Cathy Craft from Prospect Stamps & Coins and Ron Baker of Ron Baker Stamps. The first Fair had 15 dealers. Current Fairs run with up to 28 dealers and Petersham is now the longest running
• A Super Fair with 10 x $100 Door Prizes (usually there are 5 x $50 door prizes drawn) • A Coin Forage for Children – for a gold coin donation, children will be able to search thousands of coins to obtain many different years. • A limited issue PNC from Australia Post to celebrate the 50th Anniversary. Only 250 will be made available – Numbers 1 and 250 will be offered as special Door Prizes. • Dealers will all be encouraged to have specials available to help collectors celebrate both the 50th and the 40th anniversaries. The Association meets on the second Wednesday of the even numbered months. We would encourage Stamp, Coin & Banknote and associated dealers to consider membership, details may be found on the website. All enquires can be directed through http://www.scdaa.com.au/contact/ or secretary4scdaa@gmail.com Stamp News - 7
reviews Welcome to two more SG catalogue reviews. Both of the catalogues reviewed here are published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 7 Parkside, Christchurch Rd. Ringwood, Hants BH24 3SH U.K. We’ll also have a look at a newly published handbook on Australian commemorative postmarks, but first, the SG catalogues..
2019 Ireland Paperback, 110 pages 7th edition RRP A $TBA
It’s been 4 years since the last edition of the Ireland catalogue appeared so we do have quite a few new issues added to this volume. The listings are very up to date, right up to the Great Irish Songs issue of May 2019. We don’t have too many changes or additions in this new edition, but there some welcome ones. Right at the front we find the listed varieties found on the basic British stamps that were used for Provisional Government and Free State overprints
are now illustrated, and in colour too. Some additional overprint and watermark varieties have also been added to this section. There has been some revamping and updating of recent definitive and booklet issues. The definitives of recent times are complex and at times confusing, so I imagine these listings will continue to be ‘tweaked’ in future editions Also welcome is the grouping together of the ‘SOAR’ (Stamps on a roll) issues. These have now been assigned their own M numbers, with the resulting ‘empty’ main catalogue numbers now left vacant. The publishers tell us that prices have been extensively revised since the last edition, and that ‘more recent issues have been specially repriced for this volume’ This is a must have catalogue for any collectors of Ireland.
2019 Southern Balkans Paperback 426 pages, 1st edition RRP A $TBA
This new catalogue provides us with a geographically logical combination of countries not previously seen in a single SG catalogue, namely Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Macedonia. These four countries are all still issuing stamps, and each of their latest issues are included up to December 2018. As well as the four main countries listed above, numerous other related stamp issuing entities are also included: Greek Occupation of Albania, Saseno (Italian Occupation), Eastern Roumelia and South Bulgaria, Epirus, Balkan War Issues, British Field Office in Salonica, Italian Occupation of Corfu, Italian Occupation of Corfu and Paxos, Italian Occupation of Cephalonia and Ithaca, Italian Occupation of the Ionian Islands, German Occupation of Zante, Castelrosso, Crete, French Post Office on Crete, Italian Post Office on Crete, Dodecanese Islands & Thrace. As with a number of recent SG catalogues, Specimen stamps are now listed and priced. It’s been 8 - Stamp News
quite a while since these countries have had a new edition, and this is reflected by the lists of Numbers added and Numbers altered found on page iv. As usual, the publishers advise that ‘Prices have been thoroughly revised throughout’ While these countries are close geographically, their philatelic output varies greatly, and this may prove something of a hurdle for this volume, but there is much to collect here, and it is, as usual, well listed and detailed. So if you buy this catalogue just for one of the countries, be sure to flick over to the others, you just might spot something that will send you off down a new and fascinating philatelic path…
Australian Commemorative Postmarks 1879-1980 By Peter Bond. Paperback, 255 pages, 3rd edition Price A $29.95
2019 also saw the publication of the 3rd edition of this very useful handbook. If you think that you missed the 2nd edition, you didn’t. It was only
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published online in the US late last year and was withdrawn from sale soon after when the publisher changed their business model for non US publishers. This new edition sees a welcome move to a larger format of 21 x 26cm. The focus of the handbook is Commemorative postmarks, so you won’t find ‘permanent’ pictorial or FDI postmarks, but you will find every commemorative postmark illustrated, with many of the rare early examples meticulously digitally recreated. You’ll also find 640 postmarks listed and 190 covers illustrated. Virtually all entries are priced, and the prices appear to be realistic and up to date. There are several pages of very useful information included, so make sure you don’t skip over these in the rush to get to the listings! Another great innovation is the inclusion of a 1981 – 2018 appendix listing of postmarks, though these are neither illustrated (although most years have one or two illustrations as an example) nor priced at the moment. This handbook will be essential to all collectors of this popular material, and at only A $29.95 is an absolute bargain. It is only available from Blurb Australia, visit au.blurb.com/b/9373124 to order.
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UAE - A BRIEF PHILATELIC HISTORY On the stamps of the United Arab Emirates the acronym of UAE is often used to indicate the country of origin in English. The stamps of course also have wording in Arabic. The United Arab Emirates is located in the south-eastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula next to the Strait of Hormuz. The state is a federation of seven emirates – Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Ras al-Khaima, Sharjah and Umm al-Qiwain. Looking at a detailed map of the area, you will discover a patchwork of larger and smaller territories making up the seven constituent emirates. Sharjah comprises three different areas as shown in Fig. 1. A president is elected among the seven rulers which might seem strange in a country which can best be described as a monarchy. The seven emirs exercise a lot of power in their respective local states and in no way can the UAE be described as a democratic nation. It’s a fact that the rights of the citizens is rather limited. Shown in Fig. 2 is Sheikh Zaid bin Sultan al Nahayan, the ruler of
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Abu Dhabi, on a stamp issued in 1975. In the 16th century the area was part of the Ottoman Empire and from the 17th century the tiny sheikdoms were frequently referred to using the pejorative collective name of the Pirate Coast. In 1820 the British government decided to put an end to piracy and the seven sheikdoms were put under British protection. From now on the area was known as the Trucial Coast. Bahrain and Qatar were also included in the protectorate. On 2 December 1971, six of the sheikdoms decided to form the United Arab Emirates. At first Ras al-Khaima preferred to go its own way but the ruler changed his mind the following year and the sheikdom became the seventh member of the UAE (Fig. 3). When it comes to land area Abu Dhabi is the giant but it is Dubai which has developed into one of the world’s great cities in a very short period of time. Dubai is also the base of the Emirates airline. Dubai is famous for some of the highest and largest buildings in the world attracting millions of visitors each year.
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Christer Brunström It has been rather difficult to find reliable information about the population of the UAE but a few years ago it was estimated to amount to 9.2 million. Interestingly enough only some 1.4 million are Emiratis while an amazing 7.8 million are expats or guest-workers from countries like India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Presumably nothing would work in the country if it were not for the very large workforce from other countries. Some 90 % of the UAE territory can best be described as desert and the climate is very hot during most of the year. Shown in Fig. 4 is Buthnah Fort in Fujeira on a stamp issued in 1973. Only some 60 years ago the seven sheikdoms were far from prosperous relying on fishing and trade. It all changed when huge deposits of oil and natural gas were discovered in mainly Abu Dhabi. The export of crude oil (Fig. 5) began in 1962 resulting in incredible improvements in all areas. The sheikdoms became emirates reflecting the higher standing of the rulers. The UAE legal system is based on Islamic sharia
laws and most of the Emiratis are Sunni Muslims. The ruler of Dubai has been very much in the news for the way he has treated one of his daughters who even tried to escape from a life she didn’t want. Women still have a very long way to go to achieve the same rights as men. The UAE maintains excellent relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Strangely enough the exact border between the two countries still remains to be determined. This particular issue appears to be a state secret. Until independence it was the British who handled the postal services throughout the Trucial Coast area. Stamps were issued for the local postal service. They were British regular stamps surcharged with new denominations in Indian currency but with no indication of any country name. In 1961 there was a set of 11 values with the country name indicated as Trucial States (Fig. 6). Despite its name it seems the stamps were only used in Dubai. In 1964 Ajman and most of the other sheikdoms em-
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UAE - A BRIEF PHILATELIC HISTORY barked on a policy of very ambitious new issue stamp programmes. A number of foreign philatelic agents had been given contracts to print and market stamps and souvenir sheets to the collectors of the world (Fig. 7). Over the next several years there were thousands of new stamps with all kinds of designs which hopefully would appeal to thematic collectors. Very few had any connection at all with the sheikdoms that issued them. In fact, it is hard to believe that some of the designs – Christianity, nudity – would have been acceptable to the very strict local Islamic authorities. It all got out of hand and many catalogue publishers have chosen not to list most of these stamps. The major exceptions were Abu Dhabi and, to some extent, Dubai which on the whole had very responsible new issue policies (Fig. 8). Many years have passed since the Trucial pictorials
were printed way back in the 1960s but their reputation has not improved with time. Very few collectors specialise in these gaudy issues. However, genuine commercial mail items from the sheikdoms when they operated their own postal services are quite scarce and covers routinely fetch high prices when sold at auction. Sheikdoms like Ajman had a very tiny population in the 1960s and the amount of commercial mail must have been very limited indeed. Since it was formed in 1973, the UAE has issued some 1.500 different stamps and more than 100 souvenir sheets. The postal service is known as Emirates Post and the local post offices have been given the rather curious designation as Emirates Post Central Happiness Centres. A number of UAE philatelists have been quite successful at international stamp exhibitions.
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Stamps in the News - Globally! Rekindling love in the lockdown Reported at www.cntraveller.in
Samir Wadekar’s stamp collection was his window to the world before he ever stepped out of home. Today, while he cannot travel, his collection helps him relive all the places he has visited. Samir Wadekar is a 30-year-old Mumbai-based interior stylist and decorator. During the lockdown in India he is rediscovering his love of stamp collecting. “I vividly remember receiving my first stamp. I was at school when we had a show-and-tell. I brought along my coin collection. A few classmates brought their stamp collections. I traded a coin from Singapore for an old postage of India and I was hooked.” “The saying—a picture is worth a thousand words— applies to postage stamps,” he says. “A tiny stamp exposed me to a nation’s political and colonial history, its art and culture, architecture and topography, indigenous flora and fauna, the name of the country in the indigenous language as well as the name of the local currency.” For a little boy, it was a window to the outside world. He spent his free hours trading to get his hands on all the stamps he could find and buying as many as he could on his travels. Friends and family who knew about his
hobby also contributed. Now, his most prized stamps are from countries that no longer exist. “Anything from the former Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, the German Reich, Siam, Burma, Gold Coast, Singapore Malaya, Portuguese India. One of his proudest pieces is from King George V’s reign as the Emperor of India. The lockdown has given him the opportunity to get reacquainted with a hobby that was so dear to him as a young boy. “I only discovered the extent of my collection during the quarantine. As I turned back the pages, I was flooded with memories. “ “As a child, I didn’t fully grasp the story the stamps told,” he says. A lot of his collection tells the tale of the tide turning on the colonial empires around the mid-20th Century, something lost on a younger Wadekar. While the hobby has always been a solitary pursuit for Wadekar, in these times of isolation, he is finding joy in sharing his collection with a similarly-minded community online. “What started out as an activity to keep my mind off the pandemic has taken on a whole new meaning.”
Posties spreading the love during lockdown
Thanks to Stampboard’s member Norvic for this contribution Reported at www.bbc.co.uk UK postman, Jon Matson from West Boldon, said when he was no longer able to work alongside his co-worker, he asked if he could do his rounds in fancy dress. He was told he could do so as long as he wore his ID and company provided shoes. So far he has dressed as Little Bo Beep and a Greek soldier for his deliveries in West Boldon and Boldon Colliery. The father-of-two, who has worked for the Royal Mail
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Royal Mail posties delivering cheer for four years, said: “The reaction on day one was amazing. “It was really nice seeing people smiling after what had been a tough first few days of lockdown. It has lifted the spirits of the entire community and it’s got a lot of people connected and talking which I think is a vital lifeline while we’re stuck inside.” His lead has been followed by staff from Royal Mail in Halifax. Delivery office manager Dean Cotton said: “Staff wanted to thank the nurses by raising some money for them, and also raise a bit of morale around the community which they serve daily. “They’ve had a lot of public responses thanking them for the job they’re doing, kids waving when they see them around. “And I think they just wanted to lighten the mood a little bit.
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“They’re fully engaged with what they’re doing. It’s a risky job but they’re fully on board with serving the community they’re in.” Staff plan to buy gift vouchers with the money raised and hand them out to nurses queueing up outside Marks and Spencers, opposite the delivery office, during the NHS priority hour. “The public support’s been brilliant, people are making them posters, giving them gifts and leaving gifts on the doorstep for them.” “The atmosphere in Halifax is quite upbeat and we’re just trying to break the monotony a bit and raise some funds and cheer some people up in the process.”
And getting some back: #ThankAPostie Reported at https://honey.nine.com.au
While many of us are fortunate enough to be able to work from home, there are plenty of Aussies whose jobs require them to continue leaving the house to keep important operations afloat — like posties, who are still delivering mail across the country. The Kindness Pandemic’s latest campaign encourages Australians to say thank you to their local postie by leaving notes of appreciation on their letterbox. There have been some very cute results shared on social media - check out the hashtag #ThankAPostie if you’re in the mood to smile. Our posties love seeing the notes of praise and the decorated mailboxes on their rounds. This morning ABC News breakfast featured a story on the #thankapostie campaign that is giving extra love to our Posties who are busy keeping Australia connected Stamp News - 15
Stamps in the News - Globally! as we #StayAtHome Meanwhile in the UK, Princess Eugenie has encouraged the nation to download stickers to help thank every postie for working tirelessly amid the coronavirus pandemic. Taking to Instagram, the royal, re-shared a post from the Royal Mail showing the sweet idea, and penned: ‘Thank you to every postman and woman for working so hard during this time. You can download these stickers to thank you postie.’ A closer look at the label reads: ‘Dear postie. Thank you for working hard so we can still stay safe and still send happy post. You are our heroes.’ Margo’s note: Sadly, there have been a number of reports of postal workers around the world dying of coronavirus. This has raised concerns for postal administrations and unions about how to continue mail services without endangering staff and the public. Here are some stories from different countries which illustrate the issues:
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Reported at www.cbs8.com A San Diego letter carrier criticized the U.S. Postal Service’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak after a second employee tested positive for the illness. The postal service said the infected employee worked at the Grantville Post Office and that the risk to others is low. Another postal worker, who did not want to be identified because they feared retaliation, said they attempted to raise concerns with management and the union. “The six-foot social distancing policy -- they tell us to do it but based on our job we do not do it. We’re in very close proximity to each other every morning and afternoon,” said the employee. The carrier said he was provided gloves and cleaning supplies, but not a mask, so he initially used his own. This week, the agency began providing them as an option. The U.S. Postal Service said it is not requiring employees to wear a mask, citing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control. Both the CDC and WHO have repeatedly said there is no evidence of coronavirus spreading through the mail. “We believe the risk is low for employees who work at the Grantville Post Office, but we will keep our employees apprised as new information and guidance becomes available,” said a USPS statement. 16 - Stamp News
The postal service has strived to maintain regular mail delivery during the crisis since it is considered an essential service. However, one worker suggested cutting back advertisements that require them to stop at every house. “My shift could be cut in half if we only deliver the essentials – packages, checks, medical information, documents -- that’s fine, I understand, but the majority is just junk mail,” said the employee. Advertisements make up a significant portion of revenue for the U.S. Postal Service, which expects to run out of funding by June. The carrier, and others nationwide, have repeatedly asked the public to help maintain social distancing during deliveries, despite temptation to say hello to a familiar face. “Starting last week, a lot more people are waiting for me at their door and it really frustrates me because I’ll tell them ‘go back inside, I’ll put it in your mailbox,” said the employee. “We’re not supposed to be interacting. You’re not supposed to be waiting by your door. That’s the whole point of this quarantine.” Postal workers have organized a petition asking for hazard pay.
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Reported at www.thesun.co.uk A “HEALTHY” postman text his partner saying “I love you, this is f***ing crazy” just minutes before dying of coronavirus. Akie Fenty, 45, had been battling symptoms of the deadly disease for two weeks - including breathing difficulties and a high temperature. But on Sunday he was rushed to hospital and passed away just four hours later - becoming the third Royal
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Mail worker to die from the disease after Bola Omoyeni and Stefan Haluszczak also died at the weekend. The postie, who had worked for Royal Mail for around 19 years, had fallen ill with flu-like symptoms in December, which left him with a cough, but he still continued to work. Around two weeks ago, he was “knackered” and unable to carry out his work. It comes after two other Royal Mail workers died just hours after falling ill with coronavirus. Bola Omoyeni worked for the company for 30 years and Stefan Haluszczak worked for 8 years at the Coventry Parcels Hub. The Communication Workers Union confirmed the deaths today on their website. A statement read: “It is with great sadness we have been advised that two postal workers, Bola Omoyeni and Stefan Haluszczak, tragically died in hospital over the weekend after contracting Covid19.” “The union is in contact with our local Branch and Royal Mail to ascertain the full circumstances and we will be supporting our members and the Branch in dealing with the situation.” “The thoughts of the whole of the CWU are with the families and friends of our two members who tragically passed away over the weekend.” Over the last week a number of Royal Mail units have refused to work in what they view are unsafe conditions. It is reported the lack of PPE is still widespread, and social distancing is at best mixed. When the senior Royal Mail health and safety manager says washing your hands is the golden standard, many postal workers ask, ‘how can you wash your hands when you’re out delivering mail’ and when the places postal workers normally use for toilet stops such as community centres, cafes, bars etc, are now closed.
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Reported at www.thesun.ie AN Post have announced the price increase of stamps will be postponed in light of Ireland’s Covid-19 outbreak. A spokesman said “We’re postponing the price increase. Now is not the time to be worrying about us as a business, it’s the time to be worrying about us as a
service.” “Our priorities at the moment are probably like everyone else- Firstly the health and safety of our staff and secondly to make sure we maintain these essential services.” An Post has urged people to send cards to their grandparents saying they will absolutely be delivered. Other measures during this period include extended opening hours and temporary agents to aid the elderly and those self-isolating avail of their services. “This Friday we’re going to open at 8am in most post offices especially to help those who are collecting pensions.” “We’re also putting in place a temporary agent option where if somebody is housebound they can appoint a temporary agent and forms can be got from post offices “They can go then and collect social welfare payments on behalf of them.’
Stamps in the time of corona Reported at www.linns.com
Linns Magazine has been assiduously tracking all new stamp issues relating to Covid-19 Here are a selection to date: SWITZERLAND: Swiss Post has issued a semipostal stamp to aid people affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. According to the April 6 press release announcing the semipostal, “the proceeds will go to people who need help now.” Called COVID-19 Solidarity, the stamp is denominated 1 franc with a surtax of 5fr, expressed in centimes as “100+500” on the stamp. However, it is sold in a Stamp News - 17
Stamps in the News - Globally!
frontline workers, including military and security professionals. pane of 10 for 50fr, not 60fr. Their design serves as “visual symbol of solidarity during the coronavirus epidemic,” according to Swiss Post. VIETNAM: Vietnam issued a set of two stamps March 31 to raise people’s awareness of the coronavirus and to promote responsibility nationwide. Called “Join Hands in COVID-19 Prevention and Control,” the stamps show “symbolic images based on electron micrographs,” according to Vietnam Post’s announcement of the stamps. Pham Trung Ha of Vietnam Post designed the stamps. The 15,000-dong stamp shows two Vietnamese doctors in the foreground and a fist in the background. According to Vietnam Post, the doctors are researchers working on treatments and a vaccine to fight the coronavirus. The 4,000d stamp depicts medical personnel and other
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IRAN: In March the Iranian President unveiled a commemorative postage stamp to celebrate the country’s medical workers. It is likely to be seen as an attempt by the regime to win back the support of medical professionals, who have criticised its slow response to the crisis. Last week the Iranian government also announced that it will make the doctors and nurses that die while battling the coronavirus “martyrs.” CHINA: Scheduled for April SRI LANKA: Scheduled for April. However Sri Lanka Post has recently announced on its website and Facebook page that “Due to Covid-19 pandemic situation the department of posts has suspended all operations until further notice.” Linn’s also has received information about a set of two stamps from Indonesia with a planned release date of April 7. Postal administrations are also using slogan cancellations with public service messages on everyday mail. Malaysia’s postal administration, Pos Malaysia, may have been the first to do so in late March with a postmark reading “You Stay At Home, We Deliver; Do your part to stop the spread of COVID-19.” On April 7 Singapore Post started using three postmark designs. One shows a person wearing a mask with the text “Let’s Do Our Part, #herewithyou,” the second shows a home and a heart with a message encouraging people to stay at home, and the third depicts two hands forming a heart with the message “Together We Can Overcome.”
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Royal Mail in the United Kingdom is using an all-text cancellation that reads “Stay Home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives; Royal Mail - keeping communities connected.” This slogan cancel started appearing on mail in late March. Linns also alerts readers to look for covers with service interruption markings- for example, the US has temporarily suspended the acceptance of international mail destined to 51 countries and is returning the mail items to the senders. Undoubtedly there will be markings on mail sent to those countries during this time. And now for some non-corona related news!
Iceland keeps on keeping on Reported at www.linns.com
In September 2019 Iceland Post announced that it will close its stamp and philatelic department, Postphil, at the end of the year and indicated a potential end to its stamp program in 2021. However, it appears that news of its demise may have been premature at the company’s website is still active and taking orders. Another glimmer of hope is that a Jan. 23 press release announced 15 new stamp subjects for 2020, consisting of 23 stamps to be issued on two dates, May 7 and Oct. 29.
In recent years Iceland typically has issued stamps on four to five occasions throughout the year, so a consolidation on that front took place. Postphil does caution that the stamp-issuing plan is subject to change. The Iceland stamp issues scheduled for May 7 comprise 11 stamps across eight subjects including the centenary of the Icelandic Meteorological office, 100 years of equal voting rights for all Icelandic citizens and two Europa stamps for ancient postal routes. The 12 stamps scheduled for Oct. 29 represent seven subjects. These include two Icelandic garden vegetables stamps showing a carrot and a beet, a souvenir sheet of two marking 800 years since the start of the Age of the Sturlungs in 1220 and two Christmas stamps showing a ptarmigan and fox in winter camouflage.
Father Ted stamps? Aw, go on, go on, go on, go on Reported at www.thetimes.co.uk
Is there anything to be said for a Father Ted stamp? An Post plans to ask the public for suggestions for what images should adorn four stamps it plans to release next month commemorating the 25th anniversary of the cult TV comedy about three Irish priests and their tea-obsessed housekeeper. ‘An Post is working on a really special set of stamps to celebrate the anniversary of the first airing of Father Ted,’ confirmed a spokesperson. ‘No details yet on dates but we will be asking everyone to tell us their best Father Ted moments.’ Father Ted ran for three series from 1995 to 1998, including a Christmas special. A total of 25 episodes were produced. Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland is delighted the series will be celebrated in this way by An Post. ‘It’s great to see Ted and Dougal joining Pope Francis and Padre Pio in the pantheon of priests on Irish stamps.’ ‘It shows in retrospect how gentle Father Ted was Stamp News - 19
Stamps in the News - Globally! compared to the reality of the Catholic Church at the time.’
Turning slime into stamps in Venice
Reported at www.dezeen.com Spanish-Italian designer Pablo Dorigo Sempere has extracted algae polluting the Venetian Lagoon and used it to make paper postage stamps for the Italian city. Dorigo Sempere made the product to showcase the qualities and ingredients of algae paper. Otherwise known as Shiro Alga Carta, this material was first produced in 1992 by Venetian paper company Favini. The designer hopes that, by using the paper method to make stamps, the innovative and eco-friendly material will be sent to and seen by people all across the world. “Stamps are very interesting objects in themselves, since they have always represented historical moments, but also show a high level of technology,” Dorigo Sempere said. “If we go into collectibles, stamps are the objects that achieve the highest weight-to-value ratio in the world,” he continued. “The stamp has the extraordinary power to travel all over the world and to tell a story.” “Being in the environmental situation in which we are, I realised that working with paper in a sustainable way can be as necessary as working with any other typical
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everyday object.” In order to make the paper into postage stamps, the designer gave each piece serrated edges and replaced the watermarks found on typical stamps with barcodes. He designed each barcode, which has been laser printed onto its algae stamp, to be both graphically and aesthetically pleasing and readable by optical sensors. Users can also scan the codes with a smartphone, which will take them to a web link telling the full story of the creation of the algae paper.
High wire act
Reported at www.thisiscolossal.com The United States Postal Service announced this week that it’ll be releasing 10 stamps inspired by renowned sculptor Ruth Asawa. The neutral-toned collection contains mostly her bulbous wire mesh hanging pieces that appear to swell and contract in vertical lines. Born in 1926, Asawa was forced into a Japanese internment camp by the U.S. government with her family during World War II. She learned to draw during her detainment, before eventually attending Black Mountain College, where she began to delve into wire
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weaving and sculpture. Later in her career, Asawa described her looped artworks as “a woven mesh not unlike medieval mail. The forthcoming stamps feature photographs by Dan Bradica and Laurence Cuneo, with the selvage image taken by Nat Farbman for a 1954-issue of Life.
Royal Mail issued a set of 10 Romantic Poets stamps on April 7, the 250th birth anniversary of poet William Wordsworth. The other poets honoured on stamps in this set are John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, Walter Scott, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Robinson, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, John Keats and Lord Byron. The stamps are nondenominated, paying the first-class rate. Each design displays lines of poetry and a related linocut illustration by artist and printmaker Linda Farquharson with the illustrations highlight nature, a prevalent theme in the poetry of the Romantic era. The Poetry Foundation defines Romanticism as “a poetic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries that turned toward nature and the interior world of feeling, in opposition to the mannered formalism and disciplined scientific inquiry of the Enlightenment era that preceded it.” Royal Mail spokesman said of this new issue, “The Romantic poets composed some of the most loved poetry of all time, and our striking new stamps celebrate the genius of their imaginations.”
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Australia 1915 Second Watermark Roo 5/-, VFU with “WHITE FACE ROO” Var:
The priciest 5/- watermark by a long way. Clean fresh copy, with really SUPERB perfs and centering for these absolute TERRORS. With very attractive light SYDNEY cds cancel as you can see, and not the usual huge Parcels Branch, rubber, thick lettered “Killers” - used on near all parcel mail. SG 30. With scarce and striking “WHITE FACE ROO” variety. These, as we all know, usually have ugly “fluffy/ woolly” perfs barely punched out, and with centering all over the place. This Second Watermark (Emergency war-time use on the KGV watermark paper) was only on sale for a short time during WWI, before the 3rd watermark 5/- was issued. I have ALL used Roos in stock, in 5 Grades, Superb to Spacefiller - contact me with your WANTS. Only one printing of 679,920 was ever made, and near all were used up on Telegrams and later destroyed. Issued in the middle of WWI, as the Germans were sinking merchant ships bringing the correct size Roo watermark paper from the UK. Deep rich, unfaded, GLOWING Chrome Yellow colour. Hard to improve on looking example for used, trust me. Clean and flat, and very fresh, with no hinges, or gook or gunk on back, to hide faults. Of the 5 x different 5/- Roos, this is the ONLY one where no CTO copies are available for VFU collectors. I’ve seen similar looking copies to this get way over $750 lately. ACSC Cat 43b, $675 for average used with NO VARIETY. Only around $US315 as I type. A great looking copy for this tough stamp, as all can see - $A525 (Stock 649GQ)
N.Z. 1858 *No Wmk* QV Chalon FU, 1/- Blue Green SG #17: £1,800 = $3,700, for under 14% Cat!: Fine Used - clean and fresh, and free of hinges and gum and gook, to hide the usual repairs or thins etc - totally sound. Really thick white paper - very nice looker as you can see. Light numeral cancel. 100% Guaranteed by me to have no repairs or faults. Bright colour, and with 3 clear margins and just touching along top. SG 17, £1,800 = $A3,700 - bought well with other scarce NZ Imperfs, to clear at under 14% of SG! Only around $US300 now - $A500 (Stock 729KR)
Australia’s Rarest Decimal FDC - the 1970 Famous “30¢ Small Cook”:
This has legendary status, and I have only handled a few genuine copies in over 40 years of dealing. In 1970 Australia Post decided to tentatively enter the FDC market. It was very low key, and it was not well promoted or publicised. For over 40 years private cachet makers had ruled supreme, and anyone with a 40 year run of ‘Wesley’ or ‘Royal’ or ‘Excelsior’ FDC, saw no reason whatever to change. And they did not! And hence the PO sold virtually none of their new product. Do NOT confuse this cover with the PO cover of exactly the same design and colour, but inscribed “Commemorative Cover” - those are far more obtainable, and do exist with April 20, 1970 cancels. In those days you needed to have First Day Covers addressed - sadly many were done in handwriting, which look really terrible. PO staff would not simply cancel stamps, and hand back the envelopes. What they mostly sold were the “Long Cook” (9” x 4» or DL sized) cover in the exact same design - bearing a se-tenant strip of 5 x 5¢, and a 30¢ i.e. a full set of 6. That “Long Cook” cover (identical cachet design at left) is not too hard to get, and sells for only $A30 today - I have them in stock if you want one. The “Small Cook” 30¢, is quite another kettle of fish. THE rarest Decimal PO FDC. My guess is that only 100 or so were serviced. Many have not survived the ensuing 50 years, and near all of those are ugly hand addressed. Given the enormous popularity of Captain Cook as a topical, it adds to their worldwide appeal. I remember back in the early 1980’s these “Small Cooks” fetched $750, and even so, were near unobtainable. I bought this one today, and can offer it at a most enticing price to turn it into fast cash. PRISTINE condition - was housed in an album at issue time - fresh with razor sharp corners. In the early 1980s when the price hit $750, there were superb fakes created. The only real difference was they used modern envelope base stock, which had 3 segments of blue green gum on the flaps - the originals like this, have a solid band of rather patchy, streaky, yellowish gum. Now 50 years old, and superb, with flap unlicked, and with yellow genuine gum on flap. A super rare beast in such pristine shape, yet about $US130 at: $A215 (Stock 594LK) Order via: tinyurl.com/GlenOrder All Cards accepted with ZERO fee - even Amex! Bank Deposit fine, or Money Orders. PayPal is accepted in ANY major currency, saving you fees - contact me first. LayBys/Layaways always OK with me!
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Postal Stationery Welcome to the postal stationery column for June 2020. This month’s column looks at Australia Post’s issue of pre-paid ‘localised postcards’, postal stationery at Canberra 2020, the 25th anniversary of the Postal Stationery Society of Australia and its Journal the Postal Stationery Collector, some new issues and new books. Localised Postcards On 17 January 2020, Bernie Beston reported a new pre-paid postcard being sold at the Bundaberg post office. The postcard showed a picture of the Bundaberg Post Office with a white band at the base and the text ‘Bundaberg 4670’ (Figures 1 and 2). The postcard was said to have been on sale for some months. Following this report, a similar postcard (Figure 3) was identified at the GPO Canberra Post Office on 6 February with a view of Lake Burley Griffin and the text ‘Canberra 2600’. One unusual feature of both postcards is that they had the same barcode, 312650448455, suggesting that these were two of a much larger issue of postcards. Frank Pauer was able to determine that this was in fact the case with about 65 postcards having been
Figure 1 Bundaberg 4670 Pre-Paid Postcard Figure 2 Front of Bundaberg 4670 Pre-Paid Postcard Figure 3 Canberra 2600 Pre-Paid Postcard Left : Figure 4 List of Known Localised Pre-Paid Postcards 24 - Stamp News
Ian McMahon issued at selected corporate post offices with each postcard only sold at one post office. A list of the known postcards is given in Figure 4. The list gives the postcode and location shown on the postcard. The location usually matches the post office at which the cards were sold, however, in some cases there is more than one corporate post office with the same postcode with the postcard only being sold at one of them. In some cases, the post office where the postcard was sold was outside the postcode area shown on the postcard, for example, the Canberra 2600 postcard was sold at the GPO Canberra postcode 2601. There were two Maroochydore 4558 postcards. The Boat Shed postcard (Figure 5) was sold at the Maroochydore Post Office while the Boat House [Wheel House] Postcard was sold at the Sunshine Plaza Post Office (Figure 6). Martin Walker reported that the Adelaide postcards (Figure 7) were part of a larger tourist-based display with other merchandise (coasters, drink bottle, mugs etc.) with the same picture. The GPO Hobart postcard also was part of a display of a larger display aimed at tourists with other Hobart/Tasmania themed merchandise. The localised postcards were presumably aimed at tourists and these post offices seemed to have done the right thing in selling these cards. Mark Diserio reported that the St Kilda postcard (Figure 8) was sold at the St Kilda Road PO 3004 (closest PO to the Shrine of Remembrance) not the post office closest to the St Kilda foreshore and beach (near Luna Park) and with the postcode 3182 as shown on the postcard. 25th Anniversary of the Postal Stationery Society of Australia (PSSA) May 2020 marked the 25th Anniversary of the PSSA and its journal, the Postal Stationery Collector. Judy Kennett, Secretary of the PSSA, has provided some comments on some of the early history of PSSA. The Society probably had its genesis in the small group of postal stationery enthusiasts who used to meet bi-monthly in the Clubroom of the Philatelic Society of Canberra. The Postal Stationery Group (PSG) met Figure 5 Maroochydore Boat Shed 4558 Pre-Paid Post- regularly to discuss aerogrammes, exhibition cards, lettercards, registered envelopes, and other postal stacard tionery topics from 1992 to 1995 and had an informal Figure 6 Maroochydore 4558 Boat house Pre-Paid newsletter edited by Ian McMahon. The newsletters Postcard show that regular attendees were Derek Brennan, Figure 7 Adelaide 5000 Pre-Paid Postcard Edric Druce, Ian Faber, Darryl Fuller, Judy Kennett, Stamp News - 25
Postal Stationery Ian McMahon and Dingle Smith. A meeting of the PSG at the 8th National Philatelic Convention in Canberra on Saturday 19 March 1994 included local and interstate visitors. It decided ‘that there was a need for Australian collectors to remain in contact with each other and the PSG undertook to maintain a mailing list of interested stationery collectors.’ The first issue of the Postal Stationery Collector Issue was dated May 1995. The Editor set out some ideas for the aims of the Society, with communication between members of prime importance, and a regular journal to facilitate this. The editorial in that issue said: Postal stationery collecting has often tended to be the cinderella of philately in Australia and, despite the revival of interest in recent years, there has until now no national society catering for collectors interested in this field. As a consequence, the opportunity has been taken to form a Society which can cater to the needs of Stationery collectors. The aim is for a Society that will enable collectors to share information and assist each other with forming their collections and keeping abreast of new developments. Because the aim is to involve collectors nationwide there will not be regular meetings in a given city, rather the opportunity will be taken to meet at national/state exhibitions and similar occasions. In addition, I hope that the officer bearers will come from different states and at any rate I hope that we will have at least a coordinator from each state and the ACT. In a Society like ours we all have to make a special effort to keep in contact, to participate and to share our ideas and knowledge with each other. The Postal Stationery Collector is intended as a medium for the exchange of ideas, news and information about stationery between Society members. As such its success depends entirely on the contributions from members. As discussed in Dingle Smith’s article, one of the major benefits of membership of a society such as ours is the sharing of common interests with others. One way of doing this is through members cooperating on research topics of common interest and for the maximum benefit, publication of the information should occur in the Society’s journal. The PSSA held its first meeting at Sydney 26 - Stamp News
Figure 8 St Kilda 3182 Pre-Paid Postcard Figure 9 Frank Pauer Receiving the Postal Stationery Society of Australia Prize at Canberra Stampshow 2020 Figure 10 Postal Stationery Society of Australia Meeting at Canberra Stampshow 2020
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Figure 11 John Vassallo Presenting at the Postal Stationery Society of Australia Meeting Figure 12 Discussing a Postal Stationery Exhibit at the Frames Figure 13 Fiji Aerogramme With Missing Impressed Stamp Centrepoint 95 Exhibition) on Saturday 12 October. The meeting agreed that Ian McMahon should continue as Coordinator, with Judy Kennett as Secretary. John Crowsley volunteered to look after the finances. This group of ‘office bearers’ continues to this day. Because it was hoped that the membership of the Society would be nationwide, it was acknowledged that all had to make a special effort to keep in contact, to participate and to share our ideas and knowledge with each other. In addition, state coordinators were appointed: Bernie Beston (Qld), Martin Walker (SA), Ray Todd (WA) Bernie Doherty (NSW), Malcolm Groom (Tas), John Sinfield (Vic) and Ian McMahon (ACT). By early 1996, the first overseas members had joined. Barry Scott was later appointed the New Zealand Co-ordinator. The Society has met regularly at exhibitions and sponsors an award for the Postal Stationery class at
Australian National (and International) exhibitions which was first awarded at Melbourne 96 National Philatelic Exhibition. The Society took on as a project facilitating and sponsoring the production of a series of handbooks on the postal stationery of the Australian colonies. At that time, Victoria postal stationery was covered by ‘The Postal Stationery of Victoria’ by Col Carl Stieg. ‘The Postal Stationery of Western Australia’ by Brian Pope was published in 2002. However, heavy commitments undertaken by the authors for the other States and the early death of John Bell (NSW) have prevented the publication of any other handbooks until recently. Sections of the handbook on New South Wales postal stationery by Dingle Smith, Michael Blinman and Peter Kowald are now on the Society website http://www. postalstationeryaustralia.com/ which was established in 2007. Stamp News - 27
Postal Stationery Postal Stationery at Canberra Stampshow 2020 13-15 March 2020 The National Postal Stationery competition for 2020 was held at Canberra Stampshow 2020 from 13-15 March 2020. The PSSA prize for the best Postal Stationery exhibit was awarded to Frank Pauer (Figure 9) for his exhibit, Australian Airletters and Aerogrammes 1944-1966. The exhibits and results were: • Air Letters to Aerogrammes 1941-1987, Anthony Scott 72 LS • Sarawak Postal Stationery, Paul Barsdell 84 LV • Sudan: The Postal Stationery, Bernie Beston 85 G • Argentina Post Office Wrappers: 1878-1945, John Courtis 87 G • Indian Aerogrammes, Madhukar Jhingan 81 LV • Postal Stationery of British East Africa, Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika to 1935, John Moore 76 V • Aerogrammes – India Post-Independence, Prashanth Shet 76 V • New Zealand Lettercards from Queen Victoria to King George VI, Tony Thackery 83 LV • Advertising Postcards of India 1975-2000, Dinesh Sharma 71 LS • Australian Airletters and Aerogrammes 19441966, Frank Pauer 91 LG SP • Postal Stationery of Natal (1885-1912), Sal- Figure 14 2019 K1.60 Christmas Card Stamped Envelope Figure 15 2019 K6.90 Christmas Card Stamped Envelope man Munir 75 V • Australian Animals – First Issue PreStamped Envelopes Alex Parry 86 G and The Barbara Bartsch Memorial Prize for Youth Fiji Aerogramme Error Figure 13 shows a Fiji QEII Aerogramme with missing PSSA Meeting 15 March 2020 Canberra Stampshow 2020 impressed stamp (or indicium) from Paul Xavier. The A PSSA meeting (Figures 10-12) was held at Canberra auction description was 1959 ‘Imperial Air Mail’ waStampshow 2020 on Sunday 15 March from 12 noon termarked blue airmail letter sheet (H&G type fig.12) - 1.30pm. Fourteen members attended with Canberra with major error ALL PRINTING MISSING. The ‘Air member John Vassallo displaying his Malta postal staMail’ tag and ‘Stamp’ imprint being just white squares. tionery. In addition, John Moore spoke on this exhibit A very unusual item and unlisted. Ex. Printers waste. of East Africa postal stationery after which he took Very scarce. members through his exhibit in front of the frames. This was followed by Bernie Beston taking members Papua New Guinea Philatelic Bureau Christmas through his exhibit of Sudan postal stationery. General Card Envelopes 2019 business included a discussion of the new Localised As in recent years the Papua New Guinea Philatelic Postcards and the NSW Postal Stationery Handbook. 28 - Stamp News
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Figure 16 The Postal Stationery View Cards of Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas Figure 17 New South Wales 1d + 1d Jubilee STO Envelope for Bulldog’s Ales and Stout Hardcover, 500+ pages, colour illustrations, unpriced, a DVD containing PDF files showing 99%+ of the view cards is included. Available from Am Osterberg 11, D-21266 Jesteburg, GERMANY, michael@bockisch.de, for €99.90 plus postage. PayPal accepted.
Bureau issued two stamped envelopes for use with Christmas cards for Christmas 2019; K1.60 envelope for domestic use (Figure 14) and a K6.90 envelope for international use (Figure 15). The Postal Stationery View Cards of Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas, Michael Bockisch (self-published). Michael Bockisch has already published a series of volumes on the ‘postal stationery view cards of Europe’ (see http://www.bpk-kataloge.de). This volume (Figure 16) covers the rest of the world. By view cards Michael means the postal stationery postcards which have views on the FRONT of the postcard such as the New Zealand postcards with Boer War scenes and the Queensland pictorial cards from the 1890s. He does not include postal stationery postcards with views on the reverse of the card. Includes precursors, postal announcements, specimens, proofs, plate arrangements, printing quantities, usage figures, printing companies, varieties, etc. Each view is illustrated.
Blanko Ganzsachen, Berlin (West), Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 3rd Edition. This book was published in 2019 by the Berliner Ganzsachen-Sammler-Verein [Berlin Postal Stationery Society], edited by Karl-Heinz Göpfert and Norbert Sehler. From 1989 until 1995, West Germany and West Berlin issued envelopes and postcards with a printed stamp and no other printing designed to allow purchasers to print private cachets on the front and/or the reverse. This catalogue lists the privately applied cachets on these envelopes and postcards. Bound softcover, A5 size, 142 pages, colour illustrations, priced in euros. In German. Available from Norbert Sehler, Kreuznacher Str. 20, 14197 Berlin, Germany, bgsv@ bgsv.de for €18 plus postage. May 2020 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector Articles in the May 2020 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector included Stamping Errors on NSW STO Stationery by Michael Blinman (Figure 17), Christmas Island 1991 Definitive [Red Crab] Aerogramme by Ian McMahon and Analysis of Extant Post Office Postal Stationery Wrappers of New Zealand by John Courtis. Stamp News - 29
Cinderella Corner
Australian Philatelic Exhibitions: 1947 To 1952
Welcome to the May edition of Cinderella Corner. This edition extends the discussion concerning the frequently studied and widely celebrated area of ‘Australian Philatelic Exhibitions’. It will closely explore cinderella labels issued from 1947 to 1952 and, akin to March’s piece, occasionally draws upon information sourced in Robert J. Kennedy’s 1988 Handbook of Australian & New Zealand Philatelic Exhibitions. This excellent reference document studies a range of non-postal items from Australian and New Zealand philatelic exhibitions extending from 1911 to 1988, including souvenir sheets and cinderellas, and these are coupled with several black and white images. A second volume was then late released. This article is the third written on the topic of Australian Philatelic Exhibitions (and contains several images of the 1950 issued labels) and a fourth Cinderella Corner article exploring 1953 onwards may be written in the future (pending interest, too).
Philatelic Exhibition Newcastle
Top Left : Figure 1 Above top to bottom : Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5 Left : Figure 6
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Vito Milana The 1947 Philatelic Exhibition celebrated in Newcastle, NSW, was held to coincide with the city’s 150th Anniversary. This exhibition was organised and held by the Newcastle Philatelic Society, in conjunction with the local Historical Society, from 8 to 18 September, in Tyrrell Hall, and attracted approximately 5,000 visitors. To help commemorate the event, a souvenir sheet (classifiable, by the author of this piece, as a cinderella) was issued, as illustrated in Figure 1. Multicoloured and imperforate on all four sides and measuring approximately 80mm x 62mm, it features the image of Nobby’s Head, Newcastle, positioned between two pillars. The label features the text: Souvenir Sheet / 150TH ANNIVERSARY CITY OF NEWCASTLE / INDUSTRY / COMMERCE / 1797 – 1947 / PHILATELIC EXHIBITION AUSTRALIA / HUNTER STAMP CO. NEWCASTLE. The gummed item was issued by the Hunter Stamp Company, which had a peak presence in philately in the late 1930s to late 1940s. The sheet is relatively common (exact numbers of production are unknown) and often found on the front or reverse of covers, with an example of the former illustrated in Figure 2.
Australian National Philatelic Exhibition
Top to bottom : Figure 7, Figure 8, Figure 9, Figure 10, Above right : Figure 11
An 11 day philatelic exhibition was held in Melbourne from 4 to 14 October, 1950. The occasion was offered the grand title: the Australian National Philatelic Exhibition & Centenary of Australian Postage Stamps (with the abbreviated to ANPEX). To help commemorate the event, a couple of cinderella labels were created. The first, illustrated in Figure 3 across two colours (red-brown and white, and blue and white), measures 33mm x 62mm and is perforated 14 on all sides. It depicts a view of the Melbourne Town Hall along with the text: ON TO MELBOURNE 1950 / AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION & CENTENARY OF AUSTRALIAN POSTAGE STAMPS. These labels were also available imperforated, as illustrated in Figure 4. This pair of labels also marked the first time that the Government Stamp Printer agreed to a suggestion from the committee to engrave the necessary die and to recess-print a cinderella to advertise ANPEX. The label was designed by Mr. W. L. Russell and printed on unwatermarked by Mr. W. C. G. McCracken. Each colour type was printed in sheets of 40 and sold for 5/ per sheet. An example of the two differently coloured perforated cinderellas on the front of a 19 May 1950 cover is illustrated in Figure 5. To help further commemorate 1950 ANPEX, another cinderella was issued. This label presented an image of the first stamp of NSW (1d Sydney View) and another of the first stamp issued in Victoria (3d Queen Victoria). The label also has the text: 1950 / AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION 1950. They were printed in Stamp News - 31
Cinderella Corner Top : Figure 12 & Figure 13 Below Figure 14 & Figure 15
x 45mm; each sheet of 12, in turn, measures 191mm x 148mm.
Adelaide Philatelic Exhibition
The following year, in 1951, a four-day philatelic exhibition was convened in Adelaide, South Australia, from 22 to 25 August. This was held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the 1901 Commonwealth of Australia. To help commemorate the event, the second issued 1950 ANPEX cinderella was reissued with the addition of a black overprint: S.A.P.A.C. / JUBILEE PHILATELIC EXHIBITION / ADELAIDE AUGUST 22 – 25, 1951. An example of this label, as issued in its sheet, is illustrated in Figure 11. It demonstrates that the overprint was applied reading upwards on 50 percent of the sheet, and was applied reading downwards on the remaining 50% of the sheet. An example of a pair of these cinderella labels affixed to the reverse of a 22 and 23 August 1951 postmarked Registered cover is illustrated in Figure 12.
GEEBEX
sheets of 12 (3 x 4) with the first cinderella in the third row inverted. An example of this sheet, with a rare example of complete imperforation at the far right, is illustrated in Figure 6. Another variety of this label was also issued with the dates of exhibition overprinted in black across the top (i.e., OCT. 4 – 14th), with a full sheet illustrated in Figure 7. Some of these sheets were also sold with the application of official ANPEX postmarks; and example is illustrated in Figure 8. A second variety of this label offered the same overprint as in Figure 7, but in green text. An example of this sheet is illustrated in Figure 9. Like Figure 8, this variety was also sold with official ANPEX postmarks, with an October 9 example illustrated in Figure 10. It is believed that these overprint sheets were issued to notify individuals of the ANPEX dates, which were finalised after the printing of the initial labels, as per Figure 6. Each square multicoloured label measures 45mm 32 - Stamp News
The Geelong Philatelic Society was formed nearly 90 years ago in 1931. To celebrate its 21st anniversary in 1952, a three-day exhibition, running from 8 to 10 May, was held and was titled GEEBEX. A black on buff label was issued to help commemorate the event, as illustrated in Figure 13. Measuring 56mm x 39mm, and featuring a large central key, it features the text: 1931 – 1952 / Geelong Philatelic Society GPS 1931 / 21st “GEEBEX’ MAY 8, 9, & 10 ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION. The label was printed in sheets of 6 (2 x 3), as illustrated in Figure 14. An example of the label affixed to the reverse of a 1952 Registered cover is also illustrated in Figure 15. It is postmarked 10 May 1952 with an unusual GPS-issued triangular postmark, as favoured by the Post Office. The event was also known as the “Birthday Exhibition”, as indicated on different GEEBEX commemorative covers. Here ends the three-part exploration of cinderella labels issued to help commemorate various Australian Philatelic Exhibition events (1911 to 1952, inclusive). It is anticipated that another piece drawing upon other issued labels (post 1952) will be explored at a later date. Any further information about this fascinating area of Australian philately is welcomed.
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small area of very faint gum toning, Mint Cat £450, Price $229 (Q52) 11. Queensland 1879-81 1d Brown/orange, 1d red (3 ea), 2d (2), 4d & 1/Good to fine used, Price $99 (Q70) 12. Queensland 1880 Lithographed 20/- Rose SG 127 with light ‘sunburst’ numeral 63 cancel, some uneven perfs as usual, scarce commercial postal usage, Cat £275, Price $379 (Q58) 13. Queensland 1882-1908 2d blues selection of 8 including a pair, each with minor plate varieties, retouches etc as listed on reverse of card, some faults, Used, unusual, Price $39 (Q74) 14. Queensland 1882-91 no figures of value 1d Vermillion-red, 2d Blue & 1/- Pale mauve, some very minor toning Mint, Price $39 (Q54) 15. Queensland 1882-91 no figures of value 1d and 2/- both with plate variety ‘LA of Queensland joined’ also 3d with ‘Broken lower right corner’, unlisted in SG, some perf faults, Used, unusual group, Price $49 (Q64) 16. Queensland 1882-91 no figures of value range: 1d, 2d, 4d Yellow, 6d & 1/- (2 ea), nice range of shades, mainly Fine used, Price $59 (Q69) 17. Queensland 1882-95 thin paper 10/- Brown SG 155, fresh MNG, Cat £250 as Mint, Price $79 (Q28) 18. Queensland 1882-95 thick paper 10/- Brown SG 160, fresh Mint with some hinge remains, Cat £130, Price $149 (Q60) 19. Queensland 1882-95 thick paper 5/- Rose SG 159, VFU with crisp corner cds, Cat £42, Price $39 (Q23) 20. Queensland 1882-95 thin paper 5/- Rose SG 163, pulled perf at right, fresh Mint, Cat £95, Price $69 (Q30) 21. Queensland 1903 perf 12½, 13 2/6d Vermilion SG 270, indistinct postal cancel, Fine used, Cat £60, Price $59 (Q27) 22. Queensland 1895-1902 1d (SG 229) & 5d (2 ea), 2d & 2½d Rose, Fine used, Price $69 (Q72) 23. Queensland 1897-1908 figures in all corners simplified selection: ½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d Rose, 2½d Purple/blue, 4d Black & 1/- all Mint with some minor gum faults, attractive group, Price $79 (Q55) 24. Queensland 1897-1908 figures in all corners simplified selection: 1d corner pair, 2½d Rose, 2½d Purple/blue, 4d Yellow (2 shades, one with tone spot) & 6d, Mint, Price $79 (Q73) 25. Queensland 1897-1908 figures in all corners duplicated range with 1d (17), 2d (16 including 1 punctured OS), 2½d purple/blue 3d (5, 2 punctured OS) 4d Yellow (4, 1 punctured OS), 4d Grey-black (3), 5d (4), 6d & 1/- (2 ea), also 1899-1906 ½d, 9d Commonwealth (2), also a few earlier 1d & 2d side faces, completely unchecked for postmarks, varieties etc. Great opportunity! Price $139 (Q75) 26. Queensland 1897-1911 figures in all corners simplified selection ½d, 2d, 3d, 4d Grey-black (7, with a nice range of shades) & 6d (2), mostly Fine used, Price $129 (Q65) 27. Queensland 1897-1911 figures in all corners simplified selection ½d, 1d, 2d (3), 3d (2), 4d Grey-black, 5d (2) & 1/-, attractive range of shades, mainly Fine used, Price $69 (Q66) 28. Queensland 1897-1911 figures in all corners simplified selection all punctured ‘OS’: 3d, 4d Yellow & 6d (3 ea), 4d Grey-black & 1/- (2 ea) nice range of shades etc, mostly Fine used, Price $109 (Q68)
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BUY OR BID SALE MAY 2020 29. Queensland 1897-1908 6d Green SG 249 block of 4, some minor toning, 3 units MUH, 1 VLH, Price $49 (Q53) 30. Queensland 1871-72 Postal Fiscals wmk Large Crown & Q 2/6d Brickred SG F20 with full original toned gum, Mint, scarce thus, Cat £400, Price $279 (Q59) 31. Queensland, attractive collection of postal stationery comprising Postcards (14) Lettercards (9) Reply Cards (2) and the scarce 4 corners reply card, H & G 6a (unpriced in the catalogue) Clean and fresh original lot all mint, 26 items. $795, now reduced to $635 (FE68) South Australia 32. South Australia 1856-58 Adelaide printing wmk Large Crown 2d Red SG 8, quite a Vermillion-red shade with four margins, large at right and base, close ay left, lightly cancelled, Price $79 (SA55) 33. South Australia 1860 – 69 4d (Gibbons type 3) Imperf plate proof pair, on ungummed, unwatermarked paper in the rose-carmine colour of the 2/-. A pair in black and a block of 4 as per this example was estimated $300 and sold for $650 at a Prestige auction. Horizontal crease, but still an attractive pair. Price $195 (MAU17) 34. South Australia 1883-99 ½d Brown x 5 including a MUH pair, range of shades and some different perfs, all Mint or MUH, Price $59 (SA56) 35. South Australia 1883-99 ½d Brown, 4d Violet & 6d Blue, perfs unchecked, minor gum mark on 4d, Mint, Price $49 (SA57) 36. South Australia 1883-99 QV 6d Blue, the three different types of ‘OS’ overprints, Good - Fine used, Price $29 (SA60) 37. South Australia 1902-04 ‘Long Toms’ with thin Postage 3d Olive-green, 4d Orange, 9d Rosy-lake & 10d Dull yellow, some mostly minor gum issues mainly affecting the 3d, Mint, Price $69 (SA58) Tasmania 38. Tasmania 1853 4d Bright Red Orange Imperf Courier, SG 5 cat. 1000 pounds. Brilliant 4 margin example with vivid colour. Cancelled by light barred numeral No. 53. Price $995 (D12) 39. Tasmania 1857-67 1d Dull vermillion wmk double lined numerals SG 28, good margin at right, others close to touching, full hinged original gum, Cat £400, Price $249 (T98) 40. Tasmania 1858 1/- Vermilion Imperf. SG41 mng, with 4 clear margins. Cat 800 pounds. Price $649 (D13) 41. Tasmania, 1867 1d dull vermilion SG 67, pin perf 13.5 – 14.5, fine used with slightly heavy barred cancel. Hard stamp to find. Cat. 700 pounds, price under a third at $389 (D14) 42. Tasmania 1871 1d Rose used IMPERF single with 4 WIDE MARGINS. Cat as SG 144a for an Imperf Pair at 1300 pounds. Priced at only 15% of the pair price at $325 (D17) 43. Tasmania c1889 1d Chalon on thick gummed card P11½ overprinted ‘REPRINT’, Mint, Price $39 (T17) 44. Tasmania 1899-1912 Pictorials simplified set of 8 plus ONE PENNY on 2d surch, all with cds cancels, attractive set, Price $89 (T100) 45. Tasmania 1899-1900 Pictorials 4d Deep orange-buff perf 14, punctured ‘T’, very lightly cancelled, Price $29 (T31)
46. TASMANIA 1900 Set of 6 MINT LETTERCARDS, 2d Pictorial on pale blue stock with a different view on the reverse of each. Believed less than 300 sets produced, this is a nice clean set in fine condition, just a little toning around edges in places, all that I have ever seen have this. These are on eBay as single cards at $125 each, sets normally get a lot more. My price, as I bought them quite well just $595 the set! (MM25) 47. New Zealand/Tasmania. Horizontal pair of 1d Universals each cancelled by cds of Hobart, Tasmania JE 18 1903. Unusual and striking! Price $195 (D25) Victoria 48. Victoria 1884/96 £5 Rose Pink Stamp Duty perf 12, SG 278. Pen cancelled, unusually has no pinholes. Cat. £1600 for cto. Unknown postally used. Very attractive bright colour example, well centred with good perfs. Price $195 (V284) 49. Victoria 1884/96 £5 Pink Stamp Duty perf 12½, SG 278a. Pen cancelled, unusually has no pinholes. Cat. £1700 for cto. Unknown postally used. Attractive example, centred left with full perfs. Light stain upper left. Price $175 (V285) 50. Victoria 1884/96 £7 Violet on Blue Stamp Duty perf 13, SG 250. Pen cancelled, unusually has no pinholes. Cat. £200. Unknown postally used. Attractive example, centred right with full perfs. Price $395 (V280) 51. Victoria 1884/96 £7 Violet on Blue Stamp Duty perf 13, SG 250. Pen cancelled, unusually has no pinholes. Cat. £200. Unknown postally used. Attractive example, centred left with full perfs. Price $395 (V283) 52. Victoria 1884/96 £7 Violet on Blue Stamp Duty perf 13, SG 250 price $325 each stamp. Pen cancelled, as usual with pinholes. Cat. £200. Unknown postally used. Attractive examples, centring varies, good perfs. Price $325 each (7 available) (V278) 53. Victoria 1884/96 £8 Red on Yellow Stamp Duty perf 13, SG 251 price $325 each stamp. Pen cancelled, as usual with pinholes. Cat. £200. Unknown postally used. Attractive examples, centring varies, good perfs. Price $325 each (7 available) (V277) 54. Victoria 1884/96 £8 Red on Yellow Stamp Duty perf 13, SG 251. Pen cancelled, unusually no visible pinholes. Cat. £200. Unknown postally used. Attractive example, centred right, good perfs. Thinned at top left corner. Price $149 (V282) 55. Victoria 1906 small advertising cover for Austral Publishing Company Melbourne to Milton, New Zealand. Bears horiz. Pr. ½d green bantams cancelled by Melbourne double ring cds of 17.5.06. Reverse bears Milton arrival cds of 26 MY 06. Neat cover, minor aging. Price $67.50 (V106) 56. Victoria 1897 1d Orange PS Card advertising PTPO for auction by Denny’s, Lascelles, Austin & Co., Wool Brokers, Geelong. Noted “GEELONG WOOLBROKERS SPECIAL TRAIN LEAVES MELBOURNE AT 6.18 AM” Cancelled by Geelong duplex No. 2 of NO 4 97 and with Melbourne receiving cds of the same date. Very fine condition. Price $98 (V105) 57. Victoria range of picture postcards all with Up-Train Victoria cds’s 19061907. Picture sides range from views to music hall stars to humour. 11 cards. Price $165 (V237 -263) 58. Victoria 1854-57 QV Half-length Campbell & Fergusson printing on poorer quality paper 1d Brown SG 26, ample margins but just touching at upper left & lower right, indistinct barred oval cancel, Cat £140, Price $119 (V196)
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BUY OR BID SALE MAY 2020 59. Victoria 1854-57 QV Half-length Campbell & Fergusson printing on poorer quality paper 3d Bright blue SG 29, two good margins, close to touching at top and right, indistinct barred oval cancels, Cat £75, Price $69 (V206) 60. Victoria 1854-57 QV Half-length Campbell & Fergusson printing on poorer quality paper 3d Bright blue & Greenish-blue SG 29/29a, both with variety ‘Wear in the NE corner and N & C of PENCE joined’ Accompanying annotation states this variety is found at ‘Position 19 in the transfer block of 24’ margins range from none to good, SG 29a has a corner nick, interesting pair from different printings showing matching varieties, Price $109 (V273) 61. Victoria 1854-57 QV Half-length Campbell & Fergusson printing on poorer quality paper 3d Prussian blue, SG 30, three large margins, close at base, indistinct barred oval cancel, Cat £110, Price $109 (V208) 62. Victoria 1854-57 QV Half-length Campbell & Fergusson printing on poorer quality paper 3d Milky blue, SG 30a, close to just cut into margins on three sides, large margin at right, indistinct cancel, Cat £160, Price $99 (V209) 63. Victoria 1854-57 QV Half-length Campbell & Fergusson printing on poorer quality paper 3d Steel blue SG 31, good, even margins all round, indistinct barred oval cancel, Cat £70, Price $79 (V210) 64. Victoria 1854-57 QV Half-length Campbell & Fergusson printing on poorer quality paper 3d Blue SG 31b, three good margins, just touching at base, indistinct cancel, Cat £50, Price $49 (V212) 65. Victoria 1854-57 QV Half-length Campbell & Fergusson printing on poorer quality paper 3d Deep blue SG 31c with variety ‘White diagonal line from sceptre to the N of PENCE’ no margins. Still quite a striking variety, Price $49 (V274) 66. Victoria 1854-57 QV Half-length Campbell & Fergusson printing on poorer quality paper 3d Blue, four examples with a range of shades, SG 29-31 mostly close to no margins, some minor faults, min Cat £200, Price $129 (V274) 67. Victoria 1854 6d Orange- Yellow Woodblock, Rouletted all four sides, SG 57, lovely example with No. 1 Barred Numeral. Cat. 95 pounds. Price $139 (MY34) 68. Victoria 1854 Woodblock, 1/- Red & Blue registered stamp, 4 margins used, with clean strike of V oval handstamp. Budget priced at $149 (MM41) 69. Victoria 6d Dull Orange Woodblock, 2 margin example SG32a on small entire to London, with clear 1V oval cancel, and Melbourne oval SE 2 1855 on reverse with Red London received marking NO28 1855. Neat little item, and very cheap at $119 (MN15) 70. Victoria 1857 small cover to London, bearing 2d & 6d Woodblocks, with 3rd adhesive sadly removed. “Per Colombian” V1 cancel of Melbourne, and oval JY 22 on reverse, vermillion arrival paid cds on face 25 SEP 1857. Attractive and rare early cover. Price $169 (MF21) 71. Victoria 1858 6d Orange Woodblock on cover to Ireland. Nice clean 2 margin example franked by barred numeral 1 of Melbourne to Mallow, Co. Cork, via Dublin with arrival cds of AU 16 1858. Scarce and attractive, price $195 (AP38) 72. Victoria 6d Woodblock, 4 margins on 1858 small neat cover Melbourne to Dublin, tied by Barred Numeral 1. Melbourne oval departure cds Jan 6 1858 and Dublin arrival cds MR 16 1858 on reverse. Sent “Per Colombian” Stamp has been affixed inverted, which would probably be to alert the addressee of bad news. We had a similar cover on last month’s list which I could have sold 3 times over, this one is nicer, as is to a way scarcer destination. $395, now reduced, just $295 (FE75)
73. Victoria 1880’s Stamp Duties, postally used, comprising 6d Blue, 3/- Grey, 5/Purple, 5/- Red, Two Pounds Blue. Lovely group. Retail $325, my price $289 (J24) 74. Victoria 1884 – 1901 1/- Stamp Duty, pale blue on pale yellow, fine mint lightly hinged. Retail $200, my price $149 (MM44) Western Australia 75. Western Australia 1854 Sg 1, Sc# 1; 1d Black Swan Superb VFU 4 margins with neat numeral cancel 1 of Perth cv $500++ Nicest you will find! $350 (MM10) 76. Western Australia 1860-64 2d Orange Swan Imperf, SG 25, lovely mint (no gum) Block of 4 with 4 margins. Blocks are very rare. Cat $1100, price $749 (J8) 77. Western Australia 1860 -64, 6d Sage Green Imperf, SG28, Local Printing, 3 margins, postally used. Cat. $800, rare stamp, but with repaired tear at top where hinge has been carelessly removed. Nice looker. My price $159 (SE39) 78. Western Australia 1860 6d sage green, Rouletted. Very fine used with small part blue duplex cancel, clear roulettes on 3 sides, imperf at top. SG32, cat $1350, one of the nicest examples I have seen. Very minor faults do not detract. Price $1125 (J22) 79. Western Australia 1860-64 6d sage green, rouletted. Lovely used example with light barred cancel in blue. SG32 cat 650 pounds. SG is way too cheap on these rouletted stamps. This is in a lighter shade and a bigger stamp than our item J22 which is priced at $1125.This one is better…. price $1249 (MY20) 80. WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1861 4D VERMILION SWAN, SG40, PERF 14 very fine used, MISPERFED so that the word Postage appears beneath Fourpence! Usually misperfs of this order are never seen on Western Australia Stamps. A few years ago I sold a similar misperf on a South Australia long type 8d blue at a Prestige Auction for $1000 plus the buyers’ premium. Cat. as normal is 180 pounds. Price for this rarity $795 (MN27) 81. Western Australia 1861 4d Vermilion, cds dated SP 27 1867. SG40, retail $350. My price $198 (FE93) 82. Western Australia 1882-85 2d Yellow Swan, SG 77. Mint unhinged top right corner marginal block of 4, very fresh. Cat $350 as hinged. Unhinged are worth 3 x the price! Price $449 (J9) Australia Pre-Decimal 83. Australia 1914 6d Claret Engraved Kookaburra, well centred postally used example, unusually with Late Fee cancel. Price $75 (APD532) 84. Australia 1927-30 selection perf OS, fresh mint unhinged. Comprises 1½d Canberra, 3d Kookaburra, 3d Airmail both types A & B, 2d & 3d Sturt & 1½d Swan. Price $259 (APD527) 85. Australia 1928 3d Kookaburra minisheet, light hinge in selvedge. Lower right marginal corner crease. Cheap at $125 (APD529) 86. Australia 1932 1/- Large Lyre, scarcer yellow green shade in imprint block of 4. hinged on top two stamps. Gum a little aged. Retail $525, price $395 (MJN38) 87. Australia 1932 1/- Large Lyre ovpt. OS, scarcer yellow green shade mint unhinged. Overprint misplaced to left. Price $140 (APD440) 88. Australia 1932 5/- Harbour bridge, cto with gum. Well centred with just one nibbed perf at top centre. Price $225 (APD531)
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BUY OR BID SALE MAY 2020 89. Australia 1934 MacArthur, mint unhinged set of 3 (no dark hills 2d) usually $120, now just $89, or the set of 4 with dark hills usually $145 for $109 (FE63) 90. Australia 1934 2d MacArthur DARK HILLS gutter imprint block. Lightly hinged on upper two stamps only. Cat. $200 & in our opinion way under-priced. $225 (APD517) 91. Australia, 1934. Airmail Stamp Hermes No Watermark. MUH. Price: $67.50 (APD418) 92. Australia 1937 1/- Lyrebird, perf 13.5 x 14, Imprint block of 4, with the longer 42.5mm imprint. Hinged on top two stamps only. Retail $450, price $335 (MJN33) 93. Australia, 1937, King George VI, First Series Die 1a (Shaved I of Australia) MUH. Price $225 (APD395A) 94. Australia 1938 1d Green Queen Elizabeth coil strip of 4, mint unhinged. Cat. $250 for a pair. Price $375 (APD426) 95. Australia 1941 5½d on 5d Ram, MISPLACED OVERPRINT in horiz. Pair. MUH. Rarely seen in multiples. Surcharge is low, descending into the margin at base by 3mm.Cat. $375 each, supplied with normal for comparison. Price $559 (APD530) 96. Australia 1949 Arms High Values 10/- to £2, fresh mint unhinged. Price $165 (3 available) (APD420) 97. Australia 1954 Red Cross 3.5d, commercially used with light slogan cancel, showing clear double print of the cross. Not recorded in ACSC. Supplied with normal for comparison. Double prints such as this frequently catalogue around $5000. Price $1950 (D3) 98. Australia 1959/64 Flowers set of 5 in mint unhinged blocks of 4. Price $62.50 (APD528) 99. Australia 1960 Girl Guides 5d, with offset, ACSC 377c, From a possibly unique block of 48 mint unhinged. Cat. $75 per stamp. I have seen a block of 4 on eBay recently offered by a well-known Sydney firm for $175. Blocks of 4 at $149 or singles at $39 (FE88) 100. Australia 1961 – 65 Helicon issues set of 12 Mint Unhinged, price $45 (APD525) 101. Australia 1963 Pre-decimal Navigators set of 6 to £2, fine used. Price $95 (APD526) 102. Australia 1963/4 Birds set of 8 in MUH blocks of 4, inc. 2/5d Wren Cream Paper, price (APD524) Australia Decimal 103. Australia 1973 7c Metric Conversion, ACSC 623c, missing pink, with normal for comparison, postally used. Vary attractive and scarce rarity, cat. $1500 as mint unhinged. (see note 1 in ACSC) Price $695 (MD24) 104. Australia 1988 80c Living Together, Missing Orange (Sand and Juggling Balls) postally used. Uncatalogued and believed unique. Supplied with certificate of authenticity and normal for comparison. Price $1450 (MY42) Australian Postage Dues 105. Australia 1922-30 3rd watermark 1½d Carmine & yellow-green ACSC D107C, a corner block of 48 from the top left of the sheet, with the ACSC listed varieties at LP1 & LP22, and value plate variety ‘e’, an amazingly fresh and fine large multiple, completely unhinged Mint, Cat minimum $660 as
single stamps, Price $799 (PDA37) 106. Australia 1922-30 3rd watermark perf 11 4d Carmine & yellow-green ACSC D111, corner block of 28 from the lower right of the sheet, approx.. ten units are affected by tiny gum tone spots, others are fresh MUH, catalogue $1400 as singles, Price $799 (PDA38) Australia Military 107. Australia 1940 censored re-addressed airmail envelope to Sydney. Bears solo use 9d Violet C of A wmk. Kangaroo cancelled by clear Field Post Office 122 cds of 9 DE 40, (Palestine), also with boxed violet passes by censor No. 1996. Stamp has retouched lower right corner, not listed in ACSC. Rare survivor, price $539 (APH1159) 108. Australia 1958 small cover to Glen Iris Vic. cancelled MIL. P.O. PUCKAPUNYAL machine cancel of 19 MAR 1958. Bears 1953 1d QEII Violet and circular violet “DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY/CONCESSION/441/POSTAGE PAID” h/stamp. Neat clean cover. Price $29 (NS623) 109. Australia 1958 small OHMS Education Dept. Vic. cover to Bendigo Vic. cancelled MIL. P.O. PUCKAPUNYAL machine cancel of 19 MAR 1958. Bears 4d Claret QEII booklet stamp. Also clear offset of the postmark on reverse. Booklet pane on cover cat. $250, and even singles are scarce. Neat clean cover. Price $39 (NS616) 110. Australia 1958 Registered air Greetings size cover to Germany. Bears 3d Green 1953 QEII & 10/- Arms in the Bright Violet shade. Cancelled by Pott’s Point NSW cds of 15DE58 and Pott’s Point R6 reg’n label No. 5006. Rate is 5 x the 2/- Airmail letter rate, plus 3d registration fee. A tad aged, and 10/- has blunt top right corner, nevertheless a scarce rates cover. The 10/- Cat $150 on cover, price $110 (APH1292) 111. Australia 1959 small registered airmail advertising cover Australian National Airlines to American Airlines Inc. Bears 5/- Arms & 3d 1959 Green Blue QEII. Total 5/3d… rates experts work it out please, maybe includes insurance. Cancelled by Collins St. Melbourne cds of 14JY59 and with reverse Registered Melbourne cds of the same day. Tulsa double ring arrival h/stamp in purple of JUL 17 1959. Also Collins St. R6 Reg’n label No. 6332. Price $59 (APH821) 112. Australia 1959 small registered airmail advertising cover for Ansett-A.N.A. to American Airlines Inc. Bears 5/- Arms 2/- Flannel Flower & 3d 1959 Green Blue QEII. Total 7/3d It was mailed 29 September 1959 beating the registration fee increase that came in on 1 October, so the reg’n fee was 1/3d. Triple weight at 2/- per half ounce would explain the other 6/-. Cancelled by Melbourne GPO cds of 29SEP59 and with reverse Registered Melbourne cds of the next day. Tulsa double ring arrival h/ stamp in purple of OCT 2 1959. Also GPO Spencer St. R6 Reg’n label No. 3197. Price $59 (APH822) 113. Australia 1964 A5 sized airmail cover from the Royal Commonwealth Society to their Sec. General, Col. D. K. Daniels, CBE at their headquarters in London. Presumably contained a newsletter, or similar. Bears 10/- Arms in the Dull Purple shade along with 5/- Stockman Cream Paper and 9d Magpie. Cancelled by Brisbane cds’s of 24 MR 64 . The rate being 7 x the 2/3d Airmail letter rate. A great rates cover with rare franking. The 10/Navigator had been issued 26 days earlier, however residual stocks of
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BUY OR BID SALE MAY 2020 the 10/- Arms would doubtless have been still on sale, since it was not a greatly used value. Neat typewritten cover. Price $225 (APH1287) Australia Inwards Mail 114. Argentina 1904. 3 x undivided back picture postcards to Launceston, Tasmania. All with views of and cancelled Buenos Aires between January & December 1904 and used with either a single 6c or 3 x 2c definitives. One dated Christmas Day. Neat and clean, scarce survivors. Nice Trio, price $72 (APH548) 115. Great Britain 1949 BPA/PTS airmail registered FDC to Sydney. Full set cancelled by Rosendale Road, Dulwich, London S.E.21 cds of 10 OC 49, and with Dulwich 1 blue reg’n label No. 3255. Reverse bears Sydney 106 transit cds of 17OC49 and Burwood NSW arrival cds of the following day. Neat handwritten cover, a little foxing around adhesives and labels. Price $55 (GB210) 116. Great Britain 1951 Festival of Britain FDC to Springvale, Vic. Cancelled by Battersea, London machine cancel of 3 MAY 1951. Neat handwritten cover, slit open at right. Price $35 (S1382) First Flight Covers 117. New Guinea 1932-34 Undated birds overprinted ‘Airmail’ 3½d Aniline carmine with ‘Post Office/16AP36/WAU’ cds also with Australian 2d Cable with ‘HAY/3AP36/N.S.W.’ cds on Flight cover addressed to Hay which appears to have been carried on the Adelaide to Wau via Hay (NSW) flight by N. Brearley and E.J.Stephens, AAMC P98, with typed ‘PER FAVOUR OF/MAJOR BREARLEY/HAY – WAU’. The Wau arrival stamps on front and back are dated ‘16AP36’ whereas the AAMC indicates the covers carried on this flight were cancelled on arrival in Wau on the 17th of April 36, interesting and unusual cover, Cat $450 for the Adelaide – Wau flight, however this appears to be a Hay – Wau – Hay Boomerang cover which is unlisted in the AAMC, Price $499 (PNG367) 118. New Guinea 1931 Huts overprinted ‘Airmail’ 3d Blue SG 141 on 1932 First Flight cover Lae to Salamaua with boxed red stamped/typed cachet AAMC P41, light central vertical filing fold, Cat $225, Price $169 (PNG368) 119. New Guinea 1932-34 Undated birds overprinted ‘Airmail’ 1/- Pale blue-green SG 199 on 1936 Flight cover with typed ‘Per ‘Lockheed’ plane/ Wau-Brisbane Flight/23..11..1936’ with Wau 23 November cds and ‘AIR MAIL/9-A26NO36/SYDNEY N.S.W’ AAMC P108a, some minor faults due to careless opening, Cat $425, Price $349 (PNG389) 120. Australia 1939 Brisbane to Gladstone Qantas first flight. 2d red and 3d Air both tied crisp ‘’BRISBANE AIR MAIL - 12 SP 38 – QLD’’, and crisp back stamp of Gladstone. AAMC says a ‘’small mail’’ was carried. This collector had a page note that only FIFTY were carried, and that would not surprise me. Never seen one before. AAMC 827 - $100 – 11 years back. SUPERB fresh condition for 81 years old. The NEW AAMC is out end year. Prices LIKELY will be WAY UP on these scarcer pieces. Addressed to very wellknown collector Saville Sheard in his very distinctive handwriting. This is so nice we are asking 10% above catalogue for this. $110 (AFC140) 121. TEAL 2 May 1940 First regular airmail flight between Australia and New Zealand, from Paterson NSW to Christchurch (AAMC900). Plain cover franked with 5d Ram. CV $100, price $65 (AFC65) 122. As above, attractive cover from Norwood, South Australia to Danne-
virke. Censored cacheted cover, franked with 1d Queen Die II and 4d Koala. CV $100, price $79 (AFC114) 123. First official airmail cover Australia – New Zealand 10 April 1934 from Sydney to Wellington (AAMC369) franked with a pair of 3d Airmail and 1d Green KGV. Has both horizontal and vertical ironed creases, affecting the left 3d. CV $60, price $35 (AFC115) 124. As above, similar franking to Timaru, without creases! CV $60, price $49 (AFC117) 125. As above, similar franking again to Timaru. CV $60, price $49 (AFC116) 126. Southern Cross Trans-Tasman Airmail 29 March 1934 from Newton NZ to Sydney (AAMC367). Franked with 7d brown-orange airmail, the cover has a frontal stain. CV $50, price $35 (AFC118) 127. First official airmail cover Australia – New Zealand 10 April 1934 from Sydney to Timaru (AAMC369) franked with a pair of 3d Airmail and 1d Green KGV. CV $60, price $49 (AFC121) 128. As above, similar franking to Timaru, somewhat stained. CV $60, price $35 (AFC123) 129. First official Trans-Tasman Airmail NZ-Australia 17 February 1934 (AAMC360), franked with 7d Blue overprinted airmail, addressed to Orlo-Smith, Melbourne. CV $75, price $59 (AFC122) 130. Trans-Tasman flight 10 April 1934, “boomerang” uprated uncacheted 2d pre-printed KGV cover (AAMC371), franked with 3d Airmail and 4d Olive KGV, with 7d Brown-orange NZ airmail for return flight. Some staining. CV $50, price $39 (AFC130) 131. Trans-Tasman flight 10 April 1934 from Sydney to Christchurch (AAMC369), franked with 6d Sepia and 1d KGV. CV $60, price $45 (AFC132) 132. Southern Cross Trans-Tasman Airmail 29 March 1934 from Kaitaia NZ to Sydney (AAMC367). Franked with 7d brown-orange airmail. CV $50, price $42 (AFC133) 133. As above, “boomerang” cover from Dunedin, franked with 7d Brown-orange (damaged) and a pair of 1d Green KGV for the return journey. CV $50, price $42 (AFC134) 134. Qantas first Round the World Service 14 January 1958 (AAMC1386), Sydney to Sydney, franked with 2 x 2/- Qantas. CV $15, price $12 (AFC134) 135. TEAL 30th Anniversary of first Trans-Tasman flight “boomerang” WCS cachet cover (AAMC1395a), franked with 2 x 8d Anniversary. CV $20, price $16 (AFC55) 136. Trans-Tasman flight 10 April 1934, “boomerang” cover from Sydney (AAMC371), franked with 3d Airmail, 3d KGV and 1d KGV with 7d Brown-orange NZ airmail for return flight. CV $50, price $42 (AFC55) 137. Round Australia Commonwealth Jubilee commemoration 7 December 1951 (AAMC1286), with a very attractive hand-drawn cachet of an aircraft over Australia enclosed in a compass in red, blue and yellow. Unusual, priced at $35 (AFC64) 138. Trans-Tasman flight 14 April 1934, Timaru to Sandringham, Melbourne (AAMC370), franked with 7d Brown-orange NZ airmail. CV $60, price $49 (AFC111) 139. TEAL first flight regular airmail between Australia and New Zealand 30 April 1940 (AAMC899) illustrated cover from Auckland to Sydney, franked with NZ 5d Centennial. CV $100, price $79 (AFC113) 140. As above, NZ 1d KGVI pre-printed cover (not illustrated) from Gore to Ascot, Queensland, uprated with 1d and 5d Centennials. CV $100, price $79 (AFC125)
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BUY OR BID SALE MAY 2020 141. As above, illustrated cover from Wellington to Cremorne, NSW, franked with a pair of NZ 2½d Centennials. CV $100, price $79 (AFC127) 142. As above, cacheted cover from Rozelle, NSW to Hawkes Bay (AAMC900), franked with 2d Red KGVI and 3d Blue KGVI. CV $100, price $79 (AFC128) 143. As above, cacheted cover from Wellington to East Malvern, Victoria (AAMC899), franked with ½d, 1d, 1½d and 2d Centennials. CV $100, price $79 (AFC129) 144. First Official Airmail Australia – New Guinea and Papua 24 July 1934, intermediate cover from Melbourne to Townsville, no cachet (AAMC395a). Franked with 2d Red and 2 x 3d Blue Victoria Centenary. CV “from” $50, price $42 (AFC81) Australian Territories 145. AAT decimal definitive mint unhinged, SG 8 – 18, advertised retail $65, my price under a third $21 (AFC81) 146. Christmas Island, 2004 Year of the Monkey minisheet overprinted Hong Kong Stamp Expo. Cancelled at the exhibition with AP Koala Pictorial Cancellation. Price $57.50 (AT4) 147. New Guinea 1925-27 Huts 2d to 9d SG 127 to 131 on 1929 large Registered cover Salamua to the UK, edge faults mainly at top and base, adhesives are unaffected, also with two ‘Globus’ red, white & blue star stickers used as seals on reverse, attractive cover, Price $219 (AT4) 148. New Guinea 1925-27 Huts 6d Yellow-brown SG 130b + 1931 Dated birds 5d SG 155 on 1932 Registered cover to Zurich, some faint perf toning, Price $119 (PNG362) 149. New Guinea 1931 Huts overprinted ‘Airmail’ 9d Violet SG 144 on 1931 Registered Airmail cover Rabaul to the UK, backstamped Rabaul, Sydney & Perth, fresh & attractive, Price $59 (PNG366) 150. New Guinea 1932-34 Undated birds & undated birds overprinted ‘Airmail’ 3½d Aniline –carmine SG 180a & 194a, a pair of each on 1934 Registered cover to NSW, Price $79 (PNG365) 151. Norfolk Is. 1960 10/- Tropic Bird Specimen Ovpt. Bottom Right. Fresh mint unhinged, centred high. Sydney retail $110, price $65 (NI245) 152. Norfolk Is. 1968 3c Queen Coil STRONG OFFSET. Mint unhinged strip of 3. Stunning variety, price $149. (2 available) (NI242) 153. Norfolk Is. 1968 5c Queen Coil STRONG OFFSET. Mint unhinged single. Stunning variety, price $49. (3 available) (NI243) Great Britain 154. GB 1840 2d Blue SG 5a, with variety, double corner letters, 4 margins, close in places lettered O A . Cat $2300. Very scarce stamp, under 20% catalogue, $495 (M41) 155. GB 1840 2d Blue,SG5 nice 4 margin (close at left) with clean strike of black Maltese Cross cancel. Lettered BL. Min. Catalogue $1800, price $649 (AP31) 156. GB 1841 1d Red Brown with lovely clear strike of No. 4 in Maltese Cross. This is the scarcest of all the numbers in cross and catalogued at 600 pounds = approx. $960. This example has 3.5 very big margins. Priced at 40% cat, only $385 this is indeed a bargain! (NO35) 157. GB 1859, small neat entire, bearing 6d deep lilac, no corner letters, SG 69, tied by neat London EC duplex of DE 21 59 to Andalucia, Spain. Arrival cds on reverse of Cadiz. Fascinating contents re the purchase of 20 butts of Cod Liver Oil @ 45 pounds per butt., to be shipped to Gibraltar. The butt was a measure of liquid volume equalling two hogsheads. This equated to 108 imperial gallons (490 l) for ale or 126 imperial gallons (570 litres) In today’s terms around
15 cents a litre. The stamp cat. 225 pounds on cover. Price $149 (SE30) 158. GB 1883 1/- Dull Green. SG 196, vfu in correct colour. Cat 300 pounds, nice socked on nose cds, price $149 (MAP25) 159. GB 1883 5/- Rose Pink QV, SG 180, lovely well centred mint light hinge example with fresh white gum. Cat $2350, my price just $795 (NO49) 160. GB 1925 Wembley 1d used on front of picture postcard “A typical bungalow in the colony Sierra Leone” posted at the exhibition with special Wembley slogan to Onehunga, New Zealand. Rare usage. $96 (MF39) 161. Great Britain 1939 – 48 Square High Values set of 6. Both 2/6d values are mint unhinged, also the 10/- light blue and one pound. 5/- & 10/- dark blue are lightly hinged. Retail $450, price $329 (FE11) 162. Great Britain 1951 Festival High Values, set of 4. 2/6d & 5/- are light hinge, 10/- & One Pound mint unhinged. Retail $90 Price $69 (FE12) 163. GB 1951 Festival HVs set of 4, SG 509/12 MLH, cat 100 pounds, price $57.50 (FE77) 164. Great Britain 1955 Waterlow High Value Castles 2/6d - £1 SG 536 – 9. Fresh well centred mint unhinged. Cat. £285. Price $249 (GB222) 165. Great Britain 1959 2nd De la Rue High Value Castles 2/6d - £1 SG 595 – 8. Fresh well centred mint lightly hinged. Cat. £280. Price $149 (GB184) 166. GB 1959 One Pound Windsor Castle. 2nd DLR printing. Mint lightly hinged. Retail $80, price $59 (FE13) 167. Great Britain 1964 Botanical Congress FDC , Philatelic Bureau London FDI cancel, typewritten to Darlington Co. Durham. Neat & clean cover. Price $35 (GB207) British Commonwealth 168. Antigua 1862 QV 6d Blue-Green SG1, MNG with expertiser’s marks on reverse. Very attractive. CV £800, price $650 (BC844) 169. Ascension 1922 KGV 1/- Black on Green of St Helena overprinted, SG9 MH with excellent gum. CV £28, price $39 (BC846) 170. British Occupation of Italian Colonies 1943 KGVI EAF set SGS1-9 MH. CV £55, price $74 (BC866) 171. British Solomon Islands 1939-51 KGVI Pictorials 2/- & 2/6d SG 69 & 70, Mint, Price $29 (BC281) 172. Canada 1942-3 KGVI Special Delivery Stamps perf OHMS SGS14-16 MUH. CV £63, price $85 (BC861) 173. Cape of Good Hope 1853 4d deep blue Triangular, SG2, nice example lightly cancelled, no faults with 2.5 good margins. Cat 275 pounds, price under a half $219 (D6) 174. Cape of Good Hope 1863 1d red brown Triangular, SG18b, medium cancel, no faults, lovely rich colour, 3 big margins. Cat 350 pounds, price $345 (D8) 175. Cape of Good Hope 1863 1/- Bright Emerald Green Triangular, SG21. 3 good margins, medium cancel, cat. 700 pounds. Lovely stamp, missing from most collections. Price $749 (D9) 176. Cayman Islands 1900 QV ½d Deep Green & Pale Green, one MH, one used SG1 and SG1a. CV £43, price $55 (BC857) 177. Cayman Islands 1900 QV 1d Rose-carmine SG2 MH, gorgeous colour, but a small hinge tone on reverse. CV £17, price $22 (BC847) 178. Dominica 1921 KGV 1½d Orange SG64 VFU. CV £22, price $29 (BC610) 179. Falkland Is. Dependencies 1956 2.5d & 3d Definitives SG G42/43 on neat small commercial seamail cover to Germany, cancelled by a single clean Port Lockroy, Grahamland cds dated 1 DE 59. Port Lockroy is a natural
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BUY OR BID SALE MAY 2020 harbour on the north-western shore of Wiencke Island in Palmer Archipelago in front of Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered in 1904 and named after Edouard Lockroy, a French politician and Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies, who assisted Jean-Baptiste Charcot in obtaining government support for his French Antarctic Expedition. The harbour was used for whaling between 1911 and 1931. During World War II, the British military Operation Tabarin established the Port Lockroy base (Station A) on tiny Goudier Island in the bay, which continued to operate as a British research station until 1962. This is the first commercial mail I have ever handled or seen from Grahamland and must be very rare. Price $149 (MN5) 180. Fiji 1903 KEVII 1d Dull purple & Black on Red SG105 MH. CV £20, price $27 (BC851) 181. Fiji 1903 KEVII 2½d Dull purple & Blue on Blue SG107 MH. CV £14, price $22 (BC850) 182. Fiji 1938-55 1½d Canoe die II perf 14, SG 252b De La Rue imprint block of 4, hinged on upper units & margin only, fresh, Cat £128 as singles, Price $169 (BC293) 183. Fiji 1938-55 2½d Map perf 13½ part imprint/plate # corner block of 6, lower centre unit with variety ‘Extra Island’ SG 256ba, fresh MUH, Cat £155+ as singles, Price $229 (BC294) 184. Fiji 1938-55 5d Blue & scarlet cane SG 258, fresh Mint with light hinge remains, Cat £42, Price $35 (BC289) 185. Fiji 1938-55 6d Map both die I & II, SG 260 & 261, fresh Mint with some hinge remainders, Cat £70, Price $59 (BC292) 186. Gibraltar 1887 QV ½d Dull Green overprint on Bermuda SG1 MH and Used. CV £45 (BC858) 187. Gilbert & Ellice Islands 1911 KGV Pandanus Pine Set SG8-11 MH. CV £18, price $25 (BC863) 188. Gilbert & Ellice Islands 1916 KGV 2d Greyish Slate SG14, MLH. CV £15, price $22 (BC863) 189. Hong Kong 1866 QV 18c Lilac SG13 Used. Has a blunt lower right corner. CV £300, price $189 (BC607) 190. Hong Kong KEVII Ovpt. Specimen group, 1c, 2c, 4c & 8c 1903, plus 4c & 10c 1907., all mint lightly hinged, cat 150 pounds each, $1800. My price just under 25% of cat. $449 (JL29) 191. Hong Kong 1947 small airmail cover to Broken Hill Pty Co. Ltd. Melbourne. Bears solo use of $1 KGVI Orange & Green cancelled with HK double ring cds of 31 JA 47. Stamp has early stage of the short leg to “R” supplied with regular used stamp for comparison. The listed variety is Cat. £95 used off cover. Price $36 (BC615) 192. India 1855 QV 4a Black and 8a Carmine on blue glazed paper SG35/36 used CV £43, price $59 (BC859) 193. India 1865 QV ½a Pale blue SG 55, Mint with some paper adhesions, Price $29 (BC576) 194. India 1876 QV 12a Venetian Red SG82 used. A few short perfs and a tiny tear at bas. CV £42, price $25 (BC576) 195. India 1912-23 KGV 5r Ultramarine & violet overprinted ‘SERVICE’ SG O93, some hinge remains Mint, Price $55 (BC578) 196. India, Bahawalpur Stamp Set Presentation Booklet. Green and Gold
ties. Price: $132.50 (BC59) 197. India, Bahawalpur Stamp Set Presentation Booklet. Red and Gold ties. Price: $132.50 (BC61) 198. KUT British East Africa Company 1890 QV ½a on GB 1d Lilac, SG1. MLH and signed on reverse. CV £275, price $369 (BC855) 199. Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika 1938-54 KGVI range of lower values to 1/- , some faults, plus 10/- perf 13.25 (tiny gum thin) SG 149b & £1 perf 14 SG 150a, Cat for the 10/- & £1 only is £97, Price $79 (DB318) 200. Malta 1863 QV ½d Pale Buff SG3a, MNG with perf issues at top and left side. MNG, good spacefiller. CV £850, price $175 (BC843) 201. Natal 1902-03 Edw VII 2/6d Purple SG 138, slight corner bend, Mint, Cat £50, Price $49 (BC553) 202. Natal 1902 KEVII £1.10/- Green & Violet SG143, with a tiny surface rub near the T of SMITH of postmark. A lovely stamp. CV £130, price $169 (BC848) 203. New Hebrides 1908 KEVII 1/- Green & Carmine overprint on Fiji SG9. A MH corner marginal inter-panneau stamp, unfortunately with toned gum. It may benefit from a bath to become fresh MNG? CV £140, price $129 (BC853) 204. New Zealand 1925 Dunedin set, MUH, Retail $135, my price just $98 (FE101) 205. Pitcairn Is. 1940 Definitives set of 10, fresh mint unhinged, SG 1/8 inc. the “a” numbers 4d & 8d issued 1951. Cat £75 = about $140, price $110 (PN71) 206. Pitcairn Is. 1940 Definitives original set of 8, fresh mint unhinged marginal examples, SG 1/8 cat £38.50 = about $70, price $38.50 (PN71) 207. Pitcairn Is. 1949 Silver Wedding pair, SG 11/12 Fresh Mint Unhinged. The £1 is a top marginal example. Gibbons cat. of £41.50 is way out of whack with local advertised price of $110. Price $82.50 (PN77) 208. Pitcairn Is. 1949 UPU set, fresh mint unhinged SG 13/16. Gibbons is entirely out of whack here at £14.50 with local advertised price of $75. Price $56.50 (PN74) 209. Pitcairn Is. 1953 QEII Definitives fresh mint unhinged set of 12 SG 18/28, inc. the shade variety of the ½d but without the 4d variety SG 23a. Cat. £47 = approx. $87, price $56.50 (PN73) 210. Pitcairn Is. 1949 UPU, the set of plate/imprint blocks in strips of 10 from the bottom of sheets, hinged/unhinged, includes both plates of the 3d and 4 plates of the 6d, one of these only being in a block of 6. Possibly Unique. Cat $675 as single stamps. Price $395 (MAU46) 211. Pitcairn Is. 1963 2/6d Freedom From Hunger. SG 32. Local advertised price is $33, forget Gibbons stupid £2.75. Price $25 (PN78) 212. Pitcairn Is. Commercial Mails. We have acquired a nice lot of genuine Pitcairn Is. Commercial covers (NOT Tourist Mail) Mostly small envelopes, some registered, and some wrappers, plus parcel pieces with values to $10! A total of 35 items, which would make a nice single frame exhibition. Island families represented among the senders are Christian, Brown, Warren, Warren – Peu, Young and McCoy. Price required is $2400, plus I will throw in for free 8 Tourist Covers, including a solo use of the 2/6d KGVI to NZ. Average retail for a very ordinary Pitcairn commercial cover is $75, this lot works out at around $68 per item and includes some very interesting and scarce usages, and the period covered is from the 1940’s to 2008. As I said an immediate display for you. Contact me for further details. Price $2400 (U4) 213. Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1954-56 QEII set to £1 + the ½d & 1d coils
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BUY OR BID SALE MAY 2020 SG1-15, fresh Mint, the three high values with only the barest hinge traces, Cat £120, Price $109 (BC249) 214. Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1959-62 pictorial set to £1 + the ½d & 1d coils, SG 18-31, fresh Mint, Cat £117, Price $99 (BC65) 215. South Africa 1925 Airmail set of 4 fresh MUH, the 6d and 9d have some very faint gum toning, Price $49 (BC539) 216. South Africa 1927-30 5/- Wagon SG 38 single inscribed ‘SUIDAFRIKA’ centred to the right, fresh MLH, Cat £300 as pair, Price $39 (BC568) 217. South West Africa, 1937 Coronation set of 16 in Bi-lingual pairs, on illustrated registered FDC Windhoek – Johannesburg. AS FRESH AS THE DAY IT WAS PRODUCED! Magnificent addition to any Royalty Collection. A less attractive similar cover with damaged corner appears on eBay at $51, my price $49. (5 available) (MF43) 218. St. Helena 1991 Royal Birthdays Booklet, containing Gutter Block of 4 of the stamps commemorating the 65th Birthday of HM The Queen and the 70th Birthday of the Duke of Edinburgh. Cover is cancelled by OC 7 91 cds of St. Helena, presumably to prove sale over the counter and prevent pilfering, much as Australia Post cancel stationery items today. Stamps are mint. Neat Royalty item which I have not seen before. Cheap price $10, I have a few so $19 for 2, $39 for 5, might suit re-seller (MJL14) 219. South Africa 1954 QEII Animal Definitives SG151-164 MUH. Six stamps are marginal examples, and the 4d has the minor variety “broken A in Afrika”. CV £32, price $44 (BC864) 220. Straits Settlements 1938 KGVI $2 Green & Scarlet SG291 FU. CV £17, price $23 (BC852) 221. Tonga 1886-88 George I 2d Violet perf 12½ SG 2, Mint Cat £50, Price $69 (BC520) 222. Tonga 1886-88 George I 6d Blue perf 12 x 11½, SG3a, MNG, Price $39 (BC521) 223. Tonga 1891 George I overprinted with stars 2d violet SG 8, centred to upper left, MNG, Cat £80 as Mint, Price $49 (BC521) 224. Tonga 1891 George I 4d and 8d surcharges SG 5-6, MNG, Cat £48 as Mint, Price $35 (BC523) 225. Tonga 1892 George I 8d Yellow-orange SG 9, MNG and Fine used examples in slightly different shades, Price $49 (BC522) 226. Tonga 1892 George I & Arms set 1d to 1/- SG 10-14, MNG, Cat £225 as Mint, Price $159 (BC534) 227. Tonga 1893 7½d on 8d Carmine surcharge in carmine, two distinct shades Mint, Cat £70, Price $89 (BC525) 228. Tonga 1893 ½d on 1d Dull blue surcharge in Black SG 19, Mint with heavy hinge remains, Cat £42, Price $39 (BC526) 229. Tonga 1894 Surcharge set of 4, the ½d on 4d and 2½d on 1/- are Mint with hinge remains, the latter thinned, others MNG, Price $49 (BC533) 230. Tonga 1895 ½d on 2d surcharge SG 30 Fine used, Cat £50, Price $59 (BC529) 231. Tonga 1895 7½d on 2½d Vermillion, SG 31, MNG, Mint Cat £60, Price $39 (BC530) 232. Tonga 1895 George II set of 4 1d to 7½d SG 32-35, the 2½d and 7½d are Mint, others MNG, Price $129 (BC532) 233. Tonga 1895 George II 5d perf 12 SG 34, centred to right, Fine used Cat
£70, Price $89 (BC527) 234. Zululand 1888 QV 2d Grey-Green & Carmine SG3 VFU. Cat £50, price $60 (BC842) Rest of the World 235. Belgian Congo 1938 Greetings card size envelope with unsealed flap re-addressed Robin Hoods Bay to Sheffield, Yorkshire. Bears 20c Red Stanley SG 147 and vertical pair 15c Grey Kraals SG 182 cancelled by cds’s of Elisabethville of 21-2-38. Scarce survivor, price $45 (ROW166) 236. German New Guinea usage of German Reichspost 10pf red Eagle on 1897 picture postcard to Germany with ‘HERBERTSHOH/22 9/97’ cds and arrival cds, shows vignettes of Island life, including one scene of the Solomon Islands, abrasion at left on the address side, Price $179 (GNG29) 237. German New Guinea 10pf Red Yacht on full colour Christmas picture post card featuring Santa Claus and an angel, to Sydney with indistinct cds some fairly light soiling, still a most attractive card, Price $199 (GNG21) 238. German New Guinea 5pf Green Yacht on 1902 Netherlands Indies picture postcard showing Groet Uit Banda, with ‘BERLINHAFEN’ cds to Germany with arrival cds, light corner crease and some surface abrasion due to part of the addressee’s name being removed, still attractive and unusual, Price $149 (GNG22) 239. German New Guinea 5pf Green Yacht on 1902 Naval/Military themed picture postcard (illustration in black & red, some surface damage), to Germany, with ‘MATUPI’ cds and ‘DARGUN’ arrival cds, Price $149 (GNG20) 240. German New Guinea 5pf Green Yacht on 1904 picture postcard showing Salzburg, with ‘HERBERTSHOE’ cds and ‘SALZBURG 2’ arrival cds, light corner bend, Price $179 (GNG23) 241. German New Guinea c1900 ‘Deutsch/New-Guinea’ overprint on 10pf red Eagle intact reply card (mit Antwort/Antwort), post card section with ‘MATUPI’ 1901 cds to Germany with ‘SPANDAU’ arrival cds, reply card unused, most attractive and scarce, Price $299 (GNG17) 242. German New Guinea c1901 5pf Green Yacht postcard with ‘HERBERTSHOE’ cds, dated 1910 to Germany with message on reverse. Price: $129 (GNG2) 243. German New Guinea c1901 10pf red Yacht reply (Antwort) card with ‘MATU(RA)? 1904 Cds to Germany, attractive use of reply portion, Price $129 (GNG11) 244. Holland. Unaddressed FDCs, all with full sets nice lot, goes to around 1980, 35 different covers for $39 (MY17) 245. Indochina 1938 small airmail re-addressed cover to Java. Bears 30c Brown Airmail plus 10c Blue Rice Worker, cancelled by Saigon Central cds of 29 – 11 38 and with Bandoeng arrival double ring cds of 1.12.38. Very fast delivery for the time. Price $29 (ROW174) 246. Netherlands 1940 Queen Wilhelmina Imperfs. Printed (but not perforated) just before the Germans invaded in 1940. In 1946 the issue was brought out of the vaults, perforated and placed on sale. Sometime between 1940 and 1946 a small quantity of the imperf sheets were “leaked” (i.e. stolen) from the State Printing Works. These imperfs are now quite scarce. Set of 4 in horizontal pairs Mint Unhinged $29, blocks of 4, $59, corner blocks of 4 $69 (SE44)
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Lot 237 German New Guinea 10pf Red Yacht on full colour Christmas picture post card featuring Santa Claus and an angel, to Sydney with indistinct cds some fairly light soiling, still a most attractive card, Price $199 (GNG21)
Lot 240 German New Guinea 5pf Green Yacht on 1904 picture postcard showing Salzburg, with ‘HERBERTSHOE’ cds and ‘SALZBURG 2’ arrival cds, light corner bend, Price $179 (GNG23)
Lot 241 German New Guinea c1900 ‘Deutsch/ New-Guinea’ overprint on 10pf red Eagle intact reply card (mit Antwort/Antwort), post card section with ‘MATUPI’ 1901 cds to Germany with ‘SPANDAU’ arrival cds, reply card unused, most attractive and scarce, Price $299 (GNG17)
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Australia 1932 5/- Bridge, Genuine **MUH** corner copy, only $A915!:
The stamp missing from 99.9% of Australian MUH collections. Perfs and centering MILES better than usual for these as you can see - as good as these get - remember, these were printed on what was essentially cheap, coarse weave, blotting paper, which hinge thins VERY readily, and also “fluffy” or “woolly” ugly perfs are the 100% norm on these. Printed at the height of the Great Depression, and hand gummed with the crude honeyed Gum Arabic, in which small natural gum “crazing” occurs check your 3d value gum, or a 1931 Sturt set, or 1932 1/- Lyre etc! Far better than most. HINGED are $500 and ACSC notes genuine MUH are 3 times hinged price or $1500. 90% of “MUH” on the market are REGUMMED. Most buyers cannot tell sadly. This is 100% guaranteed by me as MUH original gum, and luckily was hinged on top margin only! Regummers can’t do corner copies of course. These were all single line perforated by hand, in stacks of 20 sheets - one row at a time up, then the sheets were turned round 90° and ran through again, so centering and all 4 corners were terrible. On a block 4, all stamps are different centred as you can see from Auction photos, with weird corner perfs. Only 72,800 printed, our rarest stamp by miles, and near all of those were corner “CTO’d” for the Specimen packs, so mint copies are RARE, and MUH 3 times scarcer still, and even actual postal used are seldom seen. In the Great Depression 5/- was a fortune to spend on a mint collector stamp, when anyone who HAD a job got only 10/- a week pay! SG 143, £425=$A850 for hinged. Melbourne retail is $1500 for these. Bought cheap in a large collection lot, to sell in DAYS for just: $A915 (Stock 574GQ)
N.Z. 1857 No Wmk Chalon, Blued Paper FU, 1/- Green SG #6, *WITH* Cert, at UNDER 15% of SG: An EXTREMELY rare stamp. Fine Used - clean and fresh, and free of hinges and gum and gook, to hide repairs or thins etc. Crisp light “10” numeral cancel. 100% Guaranteed by me to have no repairs or faults. Bright colour, and with close margins near all round. SG 6, £3,750 = $A7,500+, and far superior to any others I have handled, near all of which are defective as you will know. With totally clear 2010 Photo Certificate. Only $US695 as I type. UNDER 20% of SG Cat - $A1,100 (Stock 729KA)
Malaya State Kelantan 1937 Sultan Ismael set 13 fresh MLH - cat $700 for $A275! One of the toughest issues to find in the entire KGVI era, and missing from most SG albums of KGVI that I see offered. Rumoured only a few 1000 sets were issued, and many of those were postally used, hence the high cat today. Very fresh bright MVLH/MUH, and a most attractive, well centred set 13 as you can see. SG 40/52 £350=$A700+. Just $US173 right now - $A275 (Stock 614BA)
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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Coronavirus Impacts Philately At the time of writing this article, we are all in self-isolation. Many of us are using this time at home to work on our collections. We have used this time to sort out items we have bought and just put aside into boxes and to work on our exhibits. Unfortunately, our club meetings have been cancelled and so have many exhibitions. Some exhibitions have been postponed. Many groups are busy promoting stamp collecting online in this crazy time. New Zealand – March 2020 In the week before NZ2020, the New Zealand Government declared that all travellers coming to New Zealand must go into isolation for 14 days. As Figure 1: The Cinderella Society meets at Canberra Stampshow this would apply to commissioners, jury and overseas dealers, and people pm Saturday. planning to come to New Zealand for the exhibition the Organising Committee had no choice but to canAntarctic Stamp, Postcard and Collectibles Exhibicel the international aspect of the exhibition. They tion - July 2020 decided to run a national exhibition instead. UnforThe Hobart Antarctic Festival (29 July to 3 August tunately, New Zealand went into lockdown and the 2020) has been postponed to a later date with no inhard decision was made to close the event as of 1:00 dication as to when that might be. Consequently, the
Figure 2: Australia Post stand at Canberra Stampshow 50 - Stamp News
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Philatelic Development Officer, APF Hobart (November 2020) and Melbourne (February 2021) will be able to be held. Keep up to date of forthcoming exhibitions by using our website: https://apf.org.au/philatelic-exhibition-timetable. Canberra Stampshow 2020 – 13th To 15th March The Canberra Stampshow took place at the Hellenic Figure 3: Australia Post Transcontinental Railway miniature sheet produced for CanClub of Canberra. This berra Stampshow was a specialised exhibition with National classes Antarctic Stamp, Postcard and Collectibles Exhibiof Postal History, Aerophilately, Postal Stationery, tion cannot proceed. Hopefully, it will be able to go Revenues, Literature, Youth and Picture Postcards. ahead later. I will keep you informed. There was also a State Level competition for all classes. The Pacific Challenge to mark the 250th Other Exhibitions anniversary of Captain James Cook’s visit to the east LONDON 2020, planned for May, has been postcoast of Australia had a special prize for the best poned to 19 - 22 February 2022. INDONESIA 2020 South Pacific related exhibit. has been postponed from August 2020 to 5 - 10 There were 61 National and 13 State exhibits, November 2020, however, the FIP Board will review mainly from Australian exhibitors together with the global situation and decide by July 2020 if the exhibits from India and UAE. The standard was very Exhibition can proceed. BULGARIA 2020 has been cancelled and Taipei 2020 is postponed from October high with over half the National exhibits achieving a medal level of vermeil or better. 7 Large Gold, 14 2020, until 4 -8 June 2021. We are still hoping that Newcastle (October 2020) Gold and 19 Large Vermeil medals were awarded. The show was opened by former ACT Senator
Figure 4: the 3 different Canberra Stampshow day cancels. Stamp News - 51
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation the Hon Margaret Reid AO. The programme for the three days included meetings for specialist philatelic groups such as the Cinderella Society (see figure 1), The Postal Stationery Society of Australia as well as a seminar on Topical Philately. The public enjoyed the 29 stands of dealers and auction houses. Australia Post also had a stand at the show (see figure 2). They had several items specially prepared for the show, including the miniature sheet with a block of 4 50-year Transcontinental Railway stamps shown in figure 3 and a special cancellation for each of the three Figure 5: APF stand with Tony Presgrave and Frank Pauer selling APF Shop proddays of the show shown in ucts figure 4. The APF stand (see figure Australia Post, with the image from Christmas Island 5) selling most items from the Store. This included Year of the Rat. The sheet is limited to 100 and is the Canberra Show miniature sheet, produced by
Figure 6: APF overprinted miniature sheet produced for the Canberra Stampshow 52 - Stamp News
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Figure 7: John Gould stamp from 1976 Famous Australians series
numbered and overprinted with the APF and Canberra Show logos and The Australian Philatelic Federation proudly supports Canberra 2020 (see figure 6). The sheet clearly differs from the one sold by Australia Post, as the top has been cut higher to cater for the overprint. At the time of writing, there were still some sheets available from the APF Store (https:// apf.org.au/store). The Awards Night was held at the Hellenic Club. The exhibit Transportation of Australian Colonial Mail - The Return to Steam 1857-1891 won Best in Show. The best State Class exhibit was Emblems Issue of Victoria 1857 to 1863. New Zealand Forces Mail to and from the Pacific 1940-45 won the Pacific Challenge. Thanks go to the Canberra Organising Committee for making our last stamp show for a while such a well-run and fun event. The Bird Emblems – Australia Post April 2020 Stamp Issue John Gould John Gould (1804-1881), a zoologist, was born on 14 September 1804 at Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. He was almost entirely self-taught, had a rare combination of qualities as naturalist, artist and businessman which enabled him to leave an extremely valuable record of birdlife. He is probably better remembered in
Australia than in his home country. He is known as the ‘father’ of bird study in Australia and The Gould League of Bird Lovers was founded in Victoria in 1909. He was one of the famous Australians on the 1976 set of stamps (see figure 7) Gould was the son of a gardener and worked at first with his father at Windsor Castle; later he was a gardener in Yorkshire and had the opportunity to observe birds and teach himself taxidermy. The Zoological Society of London was formed in 1826, and after a competition, Gould was appointed taxidermist under Nicholas Vigors. He remained with the society until his death. Elizabeth Coxen, whom he married in 1829, was skilled at drawing and took up lithography to help in her husband’s publications. She also accompanied him on his travels. They had six children. In 1830 Gould received a collection of bird skins from the Himalayas, and from them, he produced a volume of coloured illustrations with text by Vigors. The eighty plates, issued in twenty monthly groups, achieved a high level of accuracy despite the absence of living material. No publisher was willing to risk the volume, so Gould published it himself and continued as his own publisher with considerable financial success. He also published numerous scientific papers, mainly on new species, which showed his ability in dealing with taxonomic details. The plates, all lithographed and hand-painted, are among the finest bird pictures ever produced. Gould experimented with new techniques and achieved an extraordinary effect conveying the sheen on feathers. The pictures show animals in their natural habitat, and some include fine illustrations of flowers as well; they are overall accurate, but Gould has sometimes been criticized for sacrificing correct detail to effect. Gould’s most significant work was The Birds of Australia. He issued two volumes of plates and then decided that he must visit Australia before continuing. He and his wife spent 1838–1840 there with an assistant, John Gilbert. The impressive leather-bound tome was the first comprehensive survey of Australia’s birds. It contains descriptions and coloured lithographs of more than 680 species, more than 320 of which had not been previously described. While John Gould was the editor of this impressive publicaStamp News - 53
Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation tion and provided the descriptions, there would be no publication in the visual sense, if not for the tireless efforts of Elizabeth Gould in producing hundreds of sketches from the specimens collected during the couple’s two-year visit to Australia. The Bird Emblems stamp issue The Bird Emblems stamp issue was released by Australia Post in April 2020. The stamps are all six species of birds that have been proclaimed as official state or territory animal emblems. As well as the stamps there were first day covers (withdrawal date 19th May 2020), stamp packs, maxicards, self-adhesive booklets and postcards. The issue is planned for withdrawal on 31 October 2020 The designer, Sharon Rodziewicz from Australia Post Design Studio artworks, took the images from John Gould’s seven-volume The Birds of Australia, published in 1848. The lithographs by H C Richter, are featured in the designs. The images were provided by the National Library of Australia. The design uses graphic elements to evoke the idea of an emblem. Sharon joined Australia Post in 1997. A graduate in arts and design from Curtin University, she moved to the Australia Post Design Studio in 2005. She has worked on several stamp issues, including Circus: Under the Big Top (2007), Wildlife Caring (2010), Mythical Creatures (2011), the Stamp Collecting Month issue, Things that Sting (2014), Beautiful Butterflies (2017) and Norfolk Island Crystal Pool (2018). The stamps were printed in sheets of 50 by RA Printing using offset lithography. The paper is Tullis Russell 104gsm Red Phosphor/Blue PVA. The six stamps, all with a face value of $1.10 are: 54 - Stamp News
Laughing Kookaburra (see figure 8) The Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) was proclaimed the bird emblem of New South Wales in 1971. This large kingfisher, known for its laugh-like call, is native to eastern mainland Australia but has also been introduced to parts of Tasmania and Western Australia. It lives in dry eucalyptus forests, woodlands, city parks and gardens.
Stephanie Bromser
Philatelic Development Officer, APF audax) is Australia’s largest bird of prey, so named for its wedge-shaped tail. It was proclaimed as the bird emblem of the Northern Territory in 1978. These impressive birds use their 2.5-metre wingspan to soar to altitudes of up to 2,000 metres. Brolga (see figure 12) The Brolga (Grus rubicunda) has featured on the Queensland Coat of Arms since 1977 and was proclaimed as Queensland’s bird emblem in 1986. Of the 14 species of cranes worldwide, the Brolga is native only to Australia. This tall bird, known for its elaborate mating dance, is found along the Queensland coast, from Rockhampton to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Helmeted Honeyeater (see figure 9) The Helmeted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops cassidix), proclaimed in 1971 as Victoria’s bird emblem is a critically endangered bird, limited to only a few small populations east of Melbourne. As well as distinctive yellow tufts on the side of its head, this small bird has a bright yellow crest (or “helmet”) on the top of its head, which distinguishes it from other honeyeaters.
Gang-gang Cockatoo (see figure 13) This outgoing cockatoo was proclaimed as the faunal emblem of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in 1997, making the ACT the only state or territory to feature a bird as their faunal emblem, rather than a mammal. However, following community interest and a public vote, the endangered Southern Brushtailed Rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) became ACT’s mammal emblem in November 2018. During winter, small flocks of Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) are a common sight in gardens around Canberra.
Black Swan (see figure 10) The Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) was officially proclaimed as the bird emblem of Western Australia in 1973 and forms part of the state badge, seal, flag and coat of arms. It was during the voyages of Dutch explorers to the west coast of Australia in the 17th century that the existence of black (as opposed to white) swans was reported to the rest of the world. Wedge-tailed Eagle (see figure 11) The Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila Stamp News - 55
Market Matters Millennials now increasingly stamp collectors.
An interesting phenomenon has been occurring in recent years. More and more “younger” people are entering the stamp collecting hobby. Most especially, in the Millennial type age bracket - i.e. under 40 years of age. It is almost “Retro” and a little cool to them. Rather like Lava Lamps! Is YOUR Club/Society on here? I see this more and more, dealing myself with a lot more younger members joining up, as the clubs are largely “infemales, and other dealers visible” to the web-savvy general public, so the end result do too. Many younger voices on phones. Mainstream is crystal clear to all with average IQ. collectors may NOT notice it so much, who only visit It is not just old style stamp clubs of course experiencold style stamp clubs, where the gender demographic has ing this same situation. Many once flourishing and popuoften not altered for decades. lar groups like Lions Clubs, Masonic Lodges, Rotary, etc, Many “traditional” stamp clubs are experiencing far see the same issues, as do near all Religious groups, and lower attendances than a generation (or even a decade) Churches of all faiths etc. back. Often it is because they do not promote or publiA 30 something year old (especially female) will gencise themselves in any meaningful way, and then sit back erally not feel very comfortable walking into a gathering in wonderment and puzzlement, as to why membership of ten x 75 year old males, in brown cardigans, in a chilly dwindles! Community or Church Hall etc for the first time etc. Sad It is the age-old chicken and the egg theory really! but true. (They WILL and do click the Punk Philatelist The age demographic keeps getting older, and with no site nearby!) Often comprising an old mates club spanning decades, cheerfully discussing their prostate health, and old age issues, and their last biopsy results etc. These clubs are often VERY “cliquey”, and have zero idea how to promote themselves in 2020, or make themselves vaguely relevant to “younger” people.
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Positive stamp article in the UK “Guardian”
EVERY Club Committee must watch this. ity. Bizarrely - almost none of them bother to use it! Type into google Essendon Broadmeadows Philatelic Society in Melbourne and see what links you get. The first matches are all to their stampboards.com page. Why? As the Society and savvy Committee officers regularly update their activities there, and have done so FREE, for 13 years. tinyurl.com/StampClubs shows WHO is using it globally. Take a look - if your Club or Society is NOT there, and you wonder, at your next meeting of 6 elderly members, why more collectors are not present, do raise it in General Business for wider discussion. Simple to do, free to do, and easy to update, and keep relevant and current, and attracting new members all the time, via the wonders of Google. Lots of Societies do not have their own websites, and such an instant and FREE way of attracting new visitors is a total no brainer, whether you are in Essendon, Edinburgh, El Paso or Essen etc. The American Philatelic Society (APS) in the USA this week had a global “ZOOM” streamed video/audio chat with their officers, and a Millennial Australian, James Gavin in Victoria, who I gather runs the Rhodesia Stamp Society group, and also the Punk Philatelist in Melbourne was online. They now have about 400 members Gavin claims, but the Society was teetering on its last legs it sounds like, before it was rejuvenated with a decent website, relevant social media, and some 21st Century savvy that most older generation Committees sadly lack. EVERY Stamp Club Committee on this planet should be forced to click the YouTube link to that entertaining hour long and informative “ZOOM” discussion found on
In Mid-April 2020, the mass circulation “Guardian” Newspaper in the UK ran an interesting article titled - “Post modern: why Millennials have fallen in love with Stamp Collecting”. That must-read article had an interview with the President of the prestigious Philatelic Trader’s Society (PTS) in the UK. The article got wide coverage, and I was sent the link to it by several clients, in case I had not seen it. To show the changing nature of this hobby, the Chairman of the PTS London, in the 40 years or whatever I have been a member, has been male, and an elderly male at that. Nothing wrong with that - it simply reflected the average stamp dealer globally. And none
Current Chairman of the PTS London. Stamp News - 57
Market Matters had blue painted finger nails! These things are changing. Just like the hobby. The current Chairman of the PTS is a 37 year old woman from North Yorkshire. Suzanne Rae gave up her job as a management consultant two years ago, to make her hobby her business, by starting an online stamp shop, Art Stamped. “We were one of the first stamp businesses using social media” Rae said. The British stamp trade have mostly been a decade behind the rest of the globe with technology. For an eternity very many had no websites, or any real idea what the internet was, or how it created (or could create!) huge global sales in the stamp business. I kid you not. Today in 2020 it seems impossible to believe, but many huge stamp companies and stamp bodies simply did not bother to register their own domain names in the latter 1990s, as they simply did not understand the internet, or use it much, if at all. (Remember Google had just started as a 2 man show in 1999!) I typed this below in this very magazine 21 years ago, in October 1999 - tinyurl.com/ Glen10-99
Gibbons did not register their own Domain!
“Stanley Gibbons London missed out on registering www. gibbons.com and www.stanleygibbons.com They instead got www.stangib.com which is fairly OK, but they should sack their webmaster. Even so, if you just e-mail: sales@ stangib.com it bounces back “unknown”! You need to use this impossible to type out mess: sales@stangiblondon.demon.co.uk Type that 3 times, and see if YOU get it correct! ASDA New York were also too late. APTA in Australia was also too late. Other entities registered ASDA. com and APTA.com so they forever have no access to those short catchy names. The PTS London should have had www.PTS.com registered years back, but obviously did not, as that name also is taken. The PTS is still catching up - there is not even an e-mail contact listed in the current PTS directory for themselves!” So I wrote about this very matter here well over 20 years back, in the 1990s, and had repeatedly then badgered the PTS to secure the simple PTS.com name, and was ignored, so they got the current lame www.thepts.net Many UK stamp businesses I was quite sure then all used goose quill pens, and bottles of Quink Ink on a sloping ledger book, to create their monthly accounts. Some still do I suspect! Gibbons later needed to later buy back their own 58 - Stamp News
domain name at some silly price. Even 10-15 years back most UK dealers did not even own quality scanners, or have a clue how to furnish a clear scan of a scarce stamp even if you ask for one. Again, some do not NOW! Things are changing for the better, thank goodness. Anyway, having a 37 year old, tech savvy, with real world Business acumen Millennial, heading up the PTS has seen a lot of positive PTS - Industry leaders for 91 years. changes. They have been nudged firmly into 2020 very noticeably, with a Facebook page, and blogs and Forum, and other such modern things and devices, that many collectors and dealers actually use often. Philately is gaining popularity among Millennials, many of whom see the creative pursuit as an escape from their screen-based lives. Suzanne Rae said in the article - “Philately is tangible: it’s relaxing and unplugged. It’s also very Instagrammable. Twitter and Instagram enable young collectors to find people just like them, and see that it’s not only a geeky old man’s pursuit.” tinyurl.com/StampYoungies has a detailed discussion of the new wave of Millennials entering the stamp collecting hobby, with many specific examples of those collectors given. Not every 75 year old in a brown cardigan will agree with, or even understand the paragraph above, but it is the emerging stamp world in 2020.
Exactly WHO is a “Millennial”?
Wikipedia uses this definition - “Millennials are also known as Generation Y (or simply Gen Y) Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years, with 1981 to 1996 a widely accepted defining range for the Generation Y.” The subject of the recent widely reported “Guardian” newspaper article is Suzanne Rae, 37, who for 18 months has been Chairman of the Philatelic Traders Society London (PTS). They are now 91 years old, and run the vastly successful STAMPEX mega shows in the UK twice a year etc. The black and white shield PTS member logo shown nearby, is synonymous with philately and Trust.
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Suzanne Rae - The new look of the PTS. I’ve been a member of the PTS London for probably more years than Suzanne has been alive, and the Chairmen were always men, and pretty elderly men at that like me! Nothing wrong with that at all - it was just how things were always done in the stamp business, in those decades. Anyway at age 37, Suzanne certainly fits the strict definition of the “Millennial” above, and she once worked for ExxonMobil Oil and with Deutsche Bank etc, and does not come from a lifetime stamp dealing career background, as most did in the past, who ended up as PTS Chairmen. Suzanne has a University Degree with Honours, studying Economics and Business Management, and has an interesting and varied career background before starting her own stamp business in very recent years - www. artstamped.com and has been Chairman of the PTS London for about 18 months now.
and a specific Five Year Plan etc unveiled, and savvy and interesting approaches to things. This below, is part of interviews Suzanne Rae has given about her business and stamp collecting background, which as can be seen, is very different to where one might imagine a PTS Chairman came from “I collected stamps as a child, spending my spare pocket money at Robert Murray’s Stamp Shop in Edinburgh. Like many at that time, and encouraged by my parents, I would buy small bags of GB stamps, in the hope of filling some new spaces in my childhood stamp album. I loved learning about the world, and about myself as I discovered a hobby which I found competitive yet slow, never-ending yet manageable, adventurous yet calming. As a teenager with a growing number of duplicates, I started making little arts and crafts using old postage stamps, and later in life, I picked it all up again. Fast forward 20 years . I was now working long hours for an international oil company, and travelling to and from Africa most weeks. When I got home, I needed to switch off from the stresses of work and travel. I remembered my stamp collection, and the feeling I got sorting stamps and exploring their stories. I bought some African stamps, and made a stamp art map of Africa from them, as a statement piece for my living room.
The times they are a changin …
As a PTS member myself, it is refreshing to see the changes and new ideas that can occur, when someone outside the usual profile of PTS Chairman hits the scene. A lot of new social media presence, new business ideas,
A useful end for common GB Machins! Stamp News - 59
Market Matters Granny allowed me to “follow my dreams”.
I fell in love with stamps all over again. Soon I was shopping for more, making stamp art for friends and selling the excess stamps I didn’t need, to pay for frames and more supplies. My Granny passed away and left me a small amount of money to ‘follow my dreams’. I couldn’t think of anything that brought me more joy than working with stamps, and getting them on show, and into people’s lives. Art Stamped was born, and in the last four years, it has been a stamp whirlwind of fairs, STAMPEX, social media, philatelic society dinners, stamp art, quitting my day job, selling stamps, working with other stamp enthusiasts, and generally promoting the hobby An Art Stamped cricket ball creation. I love. Today, I find myself workChairman of the Philatelic Traders’ Society - a society for ing full time at Art Stamped and in my spare time, I am respected stamp dealers from around the world. I am also a proud member of the Royal Philatelic Society London. The PTS membership includes some of the most respected and influential stamp dealers in the world. By working alongside other influential and passionate philatelic organisations on the right initiatives, we can have a real impact on the future of the hobby. At the PTS London, we have a role to champion the stamp hobby globally, and to do what we can to support it. Talking is good, action is better.” Suzanne Rae concluded in the interview. Art Stamped is an un-
Newly discovered imperf perf freak. 60 - Stamp News
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REALLY off centred = $400 Catalogue! usual philatelic site, very different from the rank and file old fashioned stamp dealer sites (like mine), that offers straight forward Kangaroo stamps and 1d Black offerings etc. A lot of material offered there are montages and objects made from, or covered with, postage stamps etc. Several are shown nearby. One interesting item I saw on her site, were real cricket balls, covered in genuine GB 1860s Penny Red postage stamps, for a dinner at Lords Cricket Ground. Even the original stitched seams were visible. All of these balls were auctioned off on the evening, to attendees.
New stamp discoveries always being made.
As I often type - “the last word in Philately will NEVER be written!” Exciting new discoveries keep turning up often a century or so after the stamp was issued. I saw an eye-catching example recently and shown nearby. It was the 1932 2d Red Australia KGV head overprinted “OS” imperforate at top, offered by Auction with an estimate of $A5,000. The stamp has been torn from the margin at an angle, with a 4mm gap between the top perf, and the imperf top of the stamp. After near 90 years it is odd the first example of this should appear on the market. This is a totally new discovery. It needs to be remembered that this was issued in 1932, at the height of The Great Depression, and Commonwealth Stamp Printer, John Ash was a frugal Scots-
man! Ash was averse to waste, at any time. His mantra was that any sheets of otherwise defective stamps too poorly printed or too ugly to be sold to the public, would where possible, be put aside, and overprinted for the “Free Government Use”. So possibly a sheet part imperforate along top was put aside for this purpose - we shall never know. Sometimes only one or two stamps were affected, due to a sheet corner turn, so that not all 4 sides were perforated etc, and several such stamps exist in other values. This same 2d red CofA watermark “OS” has several stamps recorded with INVERTED OS overprints of course - cat $100,000 each in ACSC, and SG 0130a, cat £50,000. So quality control at this point in time was certainly not all it should have been.
Waste Not - Want Not, in Great Depression.
John Ash was especially zealous regarding poorly centred/perforated stamps, and they were set aside for official “OS” overprints and perfins. I illustrate nearby, a pair of the 1d Green KGV of this same set, with spectacularly poor centering, as you can see I once sold. Stamps are a strange hobby. Collectors pay a PREMIUM for very well centred stamps. The Americans pay quite INSANE premiums as we know for “Graded 100” stamps, that as we all know are often nothing like perfect centred anyway! The American almost Ponzi style, snake-oil system at work. More on that below. Poorly centred normal stamps generally halves the prices - indeed it often quarters it. From any country. Indeed, for cheap stamps you can barely give them away. HOWEVER here following is the totally perverse part of this hobby. GROSSLY misperforated stamps suddenly take on a whole new price level. Instead of a few dollars for bad Stamp News - 61
Market Matters centred, the 1d KGV pair I show nearby, I sold for a few $100s. THE ACSC of course lists and prices this pair as 82(OS)b, at $A400. So say $20 for a superb centred pair, $4 for a badly centred pair, yet $400 for a quite appalling centred pair! As THAT is a “variety”. This is indeed a strange hobby. And rather hard to explain these kind of wildly contradictory concepts, to new adherents for sure.
Another corny American passing Fad?
The 4¢ USA 1901 stamp shown nearby, the Professional (sic) Stamp Experts “PSE” graded as utter perfection - “100 GEM Condition” yet a blind man can see it is somewhat off centred to the right hand side, the black central vignette is also poorly centred, and two corners are bent, and seem about to fall off. $50,000 paid for this, I kid you not! A pretty stamp of course, but not remotely NEAR the ultimate “100 GEM Perfection” grade. Scott cat is just $US185. Six MILtinyurl.com/4c100Gem has a several hundred post LION were sold! Retail if I owned it, or most sane dealdiscussion where the two left feet PSE “Promotions ers outside the USA, a few $100s. Nevertheless, some Manager” Caj Brejtfus ducks, weaves, slides, obfuscates American Bunny with FAR more money than sense, paid and insults folks calling them ”Communists and doucheover $A50,000 for it at auction. Never, if he lives to age bags” etc, if they disagreed as to how this stamp ever got 1000, will he get even half that figure back. given anything near the perfection “100 GEM” grade, that it very clearly is NOT. His lame efforts to comically explain the unexplainable, have likely set back numerical grading by 50 years. “Sorry we screwed up badly here folks” is not in their vocabulary. Probably if they withdrew their loopy “100 GEM” number grade, the $50,000 dummy buyer would sue them for his huge loss? Only in America. PSE are based in Las Vegas, after all! “Numerical Stamp Grading” seems to be just another corny American huckster fad, like YoYos, and Hula Hoops, and Beanie Babies. The stamp sucker buyers seem to be drying up, and some grading numbers recently seem just like wild guesses. Perhaps PSE will then move on to numerically grading Coca Cola and Pepsi bottle caps out of 100? World’s first COVID-19 stamp issue. 62 - Stamp News
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A stamp for a cancelled 2020 Olympics.
COVID-19 Stamp New Issues.
As we all know, every major event in the past century or so has had some kind of stamp issue highlighting it. Wars, conflicts, Moon Landings, political upheavals, Royal Weddings, natural disasters, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions etc, etc. Stamps document the path of all these things, and the COVID-19 epidemic has now joined them. It seems like the FIRST country to issue a COVID related stamp issue was Iran. Linns reported Iran unveiled a special postage stamp honouring medical professionals as frontline fighters of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in that country. (Iran is in the “Top 10” of % deaths globally.) The unveiling was announced Wednesday, March 17, on an Iranian government website. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani launched the stamp as part of a cabinet meeting. The new stamp from Iran is inscribed “National Heroes” in English on the lower left of the main design. The design of this 18,000 Rial commemorative, shows four people and includes symbolic images based on electron micrographs of the coronavirus. Three of the four people depicted on the stamp appear to be medical professionals wearing face masks. The fourth person, just to the right of the English inscription, appears to be a soldier
wearing a gas mask. According to information posted on the website of the National Iranian Postal Company, this new 18,000 Rial stamp salutes “the sacrifices of the country’s medical staff, as front-line efforts to fight the coronavirus.” Many other countries have since followed suit of course, and a number of stamps were also issued for stamp exhibitions that were to take place, and were cancelled at short notice. Some were for the huge LONDON 2020 International of course now cancelled. Many countries issued stamps for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo before it too was cancelled, until (hopefully) July 2021. Cyprus issued a set of 4 stamps on March 16, and the 64¢ value is illustrated nearby. Many readers will form sideline collections of such stamps. tinyurl.com/CovidStamps lists all those known to be issued so far. Stamp issue programs are generally formulated months in advance - often a year or more ahead, and who was to guess an Olympic Games would ever be cancelled except in a World War? Weird times indeed.
Switzerland issues a strange Sheetlet
Switzerland was hit unusually hard by the Corona virus, with deaths in top 10 globally, % wise. Swiss Post rushed out a sheetlet in April that contained ten x 6 Franc stamps - each only good for 1 Franc (100 cents) postal value. So face value was 60 CHF, but the PO sold them for 50 CHF = $A82 as I type. Swiss Post on their website states that you are essentially getting the 10 Francs of Postage ‘Free’ as they are donating the entire 50 CHF you pay per sheetlet of 10, to Swiss Solidarity and the Swiss Red Cross. Their website shows a daily tally of how much has been donated so far. Very unusual. The Switzerland COVID-19 stamp new issue was creStamp News - 63
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Face is 60 CHF - PO Cost just 50 CHF! ated at very short notice as you can imagine, and designed by Berne based studio - Nulleins Kommunikationsdesign. The graphic design professionals designed the stamp at a safe distance from their home offices. The Post Office there states that the new stamp symbolises solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic: with Switzerland at the center, while the rotated cross reveals a shining globe. A postally used sheet of 10 on a 10 CHF Registered letter would be QUITE a scarce piece used in period I suggest, and worth well over the 50 CHF cost price.
COVID-19 Shuts down mail services.
- hence almost no airmail. SEA to Europe/Canada from here is 6 weeks. For many sellers - especially those using eBay this will be a total disaster, with endless PayPal “goods not received� claims. From reports I have had here, PayPal cheerfully pay out on those after a few weeks as usual,
The COVID-19 chaos is also heavily impacting lots of mail systems, that many may not realise. Australia is a very remote island of course, and there are basically ZERO commercial flights in or out of the country for the past month Germany-Aust Mail returned to the sender. 64 - Stamp News
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Buy a 1d Black - get a free Loo Roll!
auction of a GB 1840 1d Black imperf stamp, that came along with a toilet roll tossed in free! Pretty innovative, and good to see a little levity and fun, mixed in among all the other depressing COVIT-19 daily news updates. UK based empirecollectables-com was the eBay seller name. Their eBay auction was headed thus - *Mint Loo Roll* - comes with Used 1840 1d Black Plate 6 (FH) Used” “Not sure which of these items is scarcer but up for grabs is an Unused Mint Loo Roll Andrex Deluxe Quilted *VERY RARE!!!** Comes with a four margin Used 1840 1d Black Plate 6 (FH) red Maltese Cross This could be the last Roll you see on offer. PS - I’ve plenty of Penny Blacks if we do run out!! A member of the Philatelic Traders’ Society (PTS). We do our best to be accurate with descriptions, noting faults and giving a straight forward presentation of the items for sale. We care what you think and welcome comments and feedback about our service and items so we can improve customer satisfaction.” The news is, the 1d Black sold for what it would have got, if offered without the Loo Roll, so there might be a message of some kind in there - what that message is, I have no idea! However just a little bit of harmless fun, mixed in among all the other depressing news we seem to be hearing for hours each day in recent months.
meaning the seller loses the lot – the cost of the goods, AND the cost of the shipping. Many large countries will not send mail or parcels to Australia, and Australia cannot send any there. These include Germany, most of Scandinavia, and Canada, and more are added weekly sadly - full regularly updated global details here - tinyurl.com/CovidMail Stampboards members posting purchases and swaps to each other are now often seeing them returned by their Post Office. An early April, Paderborn Germany Priority Airmail sending to Melbourne is shown nearby, with the German PO sticker translating as - “Postal traffic to the country of destination is currently interrupted. The resumption date is currently not foreseeable. Return To Sender.”
A little stamp related COVID humour.
In this COVIT-19 global madness, and lock-downs, and disruption and deaths, that we are all facing every day, a little light humour is always a good thing, to bring us back to a tiny sense of normality. There should really be more of it, and thank heavens some folks do attempt to do it. Stampboards members pointed out a recent eBay
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philatelic clubs & societies new south wales Armidale Circle RSPC: Mtg 2nd Wed Australian Cmwlth Collectors Club of NSW: Mtg 3rd Mon 7.45pm, 1st flr. Philas House, 17 Brisbane St, Darlinghurst, Sydney 2001. Ph 02 9264 8301 Australian Numismatic Society, NSW Branch: Mtg 3rd Monday, Philas House Australian States Study Circle: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Bathurst Stamp Coin and Collectables Club: Mtg 1st Mon 7.30pm, Old Eglinton fire shed, Park St, Elington Blue Mountains Stamp Club: Mtg 4th Friday (ex Dec) 8.00pm Katoomba Public School; PO Box 76, Blackheath Boambee East PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan) 6pm Boambee East Comm. Centre, Bruce King Dr. Ph: 02 66581385 Burwood District SC: Mtg 4th Wed Campbelltown District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm (ex Jan - 4th Wed); @ Catholic Hall Acacia St, Ruse. Inquiries: mystampclub@yahoo.com.au; PO Box 478, Campbelltown 2560 Castle Hill SC Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, Hills District Bowling Club, Jenner Street, Baulkham Hills; PO Box 151 Castle Hill NSW 1765 China Study Group of PSNSW: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Cinderella SC: Produces “Cinderellas Australia” and monographs; PO Box 889, Chatswood, NSW 2057 Club WIlloughby Philatelic Section : Mtg 4th Thursday Earlwood and District SC: Mtg 1st Wed Eastwood-Epping PS: Mtg 1st Tuesday Grafton Stampers & Everything Philatelic: Mtg 1st Sun 2pm (ex School Hols). Grafton Baptist Church Hall, Cnr Queen & Oliver Sts. Ph 02 6642 1363. email gbchurch@bigpond.com. Great Lakes SC: Mtg1st Sat 9.30am , Workshop & Market 1st Sat 9-12, Tuncurry Enq: Ph 02 6555 5664 Gosford PS: Afternoon Mtg 1st Mon Hawkesbury Valley PS (Richmond Stamp Club): Mtg 2nd Thurs (ex Jan) PO Box 28 Richmond 2753 Illawarra PS: Mtg 3rd Wednesday, Room 2, Illawarra Master Builders Club, 61 Church St, Wollongong 7.00 pm. Lord Howe Island Postal History Society: Mtg by arrangement. Contact Pres: Dr William Mayo, 02 9918 6825 Maitland SC: Mtg 2nd Mon ex Jan. ‘Show & Tell’ every mtg E. Maitland Bowling Club, Bank St. Pres. Mark Saxby; Sec. David Carratt; Ph: 02 4932 4045 Email: carrotspatch@tpg.com.au Manly-Warringah Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Tues, cnr. Pittwater Rd & Federal Pde, Brookvale. Sec. Graeme Morriss Ph: 02 9905 3255 email: stampsmw@bizland.com.au Milton-Ulladulla SC: Meeting 1pm on 4th Monday of each month (ex Dec.) Milton Ulladulla Bowling Club, St. Vincent Street, Ulladulla Sec. POBox 670, Ulladulla, NSW 2539 Tel. Barbara Smith 0244555214 Morisset Uniting Church SC: Mtg 4th Sat 10am (ex Dec) Mudgee Coin Note & Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sunday Ph 02 63735324 Newcastle PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs, 7.30pm Mayfield Ex-Services Club; 10am 3rd Wed, 48 Mackie Ave, New Lambton, Juniors 11am 3rd Sun, Wallsend Pioneers Hall
act Canberra, Philatelic Society of: 1st Thursday: General Meeting,3rd Thursday: Afternoon Meeting (IF REQUIRED),3rd Thursday: (Evening) Exchange Night, 2nd Tuesday: Postcard Group, 4th Monday: Machin Collectors Group. All meetings 7:45pm, Griffin Centre, Genge Street, Canberra City Postal Address:PO Box 1840,Canberra ACT 2601,Email:psc@netspeed.com.au www.canberrastamps.org
western australia The Airmail Circle of WA: Mtg 5th Monday “Wellington Fair” Unit 18, 40 Lord St. East Perth Tel: 08 9294 3356 Armadale-Kelmscott PS: Mtg 4th Tues; Ph: 08 9397 6525 email: fit.kanga@bigpond.com Bridgetown-Manjimup SC: Mtg 1st Thurs 4.30pm Bridgetown Library Ph 08 9761 4638 or 08 9761 2005 Busselton SC: Mtg 1st Mon, 5pm 7th Day Adv. Church, Alpha St; Ph: 08 9752 4449, 0400 646 282 email witches1@westnet.com.au Canning SC: Mtg 4th Monday Wilson Community Hall, Braibrise Rd Wilson. Ph: 08 9457 7565 Daytime SC: Mtg 1st Thurs; 08 9341 3576 Denmark SC: Mtg 1st Weds Lions Lair Rivermouth Inlet Drive, Denmark. Tel: 08 9848 3325 email: fishneil@westnet.com.au Eastern Goldfields: Mtg 3rd Thurs ; Ph: 0412 156 351 Eaton SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7pm Ph. 08 9795 7744, email: scrapbit@tpg.com Fremantle and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed, St. Peter’s Church Hall, 4 Hammad St., Palmyra. Circuit books 7pm, meeting 8pm Ph: 08 9284 7125 Have a go SC: Mtg Last Thurs. 137 Edward St, East Perth. Tel: 08 9305 2073 email: nigan@iinet.net.au Kalamunda SC: Mtg 3rd Wed; Ph: 08 9291 8484
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NSW club information:The Philatelic Association of NSW, PO Box220, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1300 Phone: 02 9264 8301
NSW Postcard Collectors Soc: Mtg 1st Wed 7.30pm; Ph: 02 9264 8301 Northern Suburbs PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs, 7.45pm, Naremburn Library, Central St, Naremburn off Slade St Orange Coin and Stamp Club: Mtg Last Tuesday, Orange Community Info Centre, 79-81 Kite St, Orange 7.30pm Parramatta PS: Mtg 1st Friday Penrith and District PS: Mtg 1st Thursdays, 8pm, J3A Bldg. Castlereash St. New PO Box: 252 Kingswood 2750. Ph: 02 4733 3062 Piallaway PS: PO Box 12, Werris Creek PHILAS Stamp Auctions: Mtg 2nd Sat Mar,Jul, Nov Ph 02 9264 8301 PS of Australia: Mtg 3rd Wed (exDec) PS of NSW: Mtg 4th Sat (Philas House), 3rd Tues (Chatswood); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Richmond River (Lismore) PS: Mtg 4th Thursday Royal Sydney Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd Tues. (ex Jan); Ph: 02 9264 8301 Sapphire Coast Stamp & Coin Club: Mtg Enq 02 6495 7308. Mail to PO Box 285, Pambula, NSW 2549 St. George PS: Mtg 1st Mon Shoalhaven PS: Mtg 2nd Monday (Ex Jan) PO Box 4047, East Nowra 2541. Smithfield SC: Mtg 2nd Mon Society for Polar Philately: 2012 meetings: 2nd Wednesday of February, March, May, July, Sept and November held at Ryde Ex-Services Club 724-730 Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW Tel: 9807 3344 (in Mackinnon room) starting at 8pm.Enq 0407 277 223 or email penviews@ hotmail.com Sussex Inlet and District: Mtg 3rd Mon Sutherland Shire PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. , 7:30pm, Sutherland Uniting Services Club, 7 East Pde, Sutherland. Information Secretary, PO Box 339, Sutherland, NSW 1499 Sydney Anglican PS: 2nd Sat. even months 9.30-2.30 North Rocks Community Church132 North Rocks Road North Rocks Tamworth PS: Mtg 1st Mon ex. Jan. Tamworth Bridge Club, 7 Hilton St, Tamworth Sec. Graeme Mitchell. PO Box 678, Tamworth NSW 2340 Ph. 02 67664853 Taree RSL Club Ltd SC: Mtg 3rd Mon Toronto SC: Mtg 1st Wed Turramurra SC: Mtg 2nd Monday, 7.45pm. Twin Towns Stamp Club Inc.: Mtg 1st Monday, 7.30p, Masonic Centre, 8 Boyd St, Tweed Heads, 07 5535 3168 Wagga SC: Mtg 1st Wed (ex Jan) ARCC Building, Tarcutta St, 7.30pm. Secretary: Peter Simpfendorfer Ph:02 6922 3393 Wyong PS: Mtgs: 3rd Tues 7.30pm, daytime meetings 1st Weds, KGV Heads group 4th Weds. Jim Spence Sec. 02 4392 3610 email: dandasonter6@bigpond.com
northern territory Alice Springs SC: Meet Informally; PO Box 1529, Alice Springs, NT, 0871. Ph 08 8953 3054 Darwin Philatelic Circle: 1st Sun. 10am - 2pm. 53 Flametree Crt, Rosebery; Ph:(08) 8931 2898; PO Box 1624, Palmerston, NT, 0831; Email: Nadine.Tinsley@nt.gov.au-. WA club information: WA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Perth, WA, 6001 Mandurah PS PO Box 625 Mandurah WA 6210 2nd Tues 4.45 - 6.30pm Bortolo Park Pavilion Cnr. Bortolo and Murdoch Drives Greenfields WA 6210 08 9581 1083 keithmich@bigpond.com Northern Districts SC: Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9329 0117 Philatelic Forum: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan); Ph: 08 9294 4277 Rockingham & Kwinana (PS of): Mtg 3rd Tues (NB 2nd in Dec) Pres. Malcolm Brown; Sec. Terry Boyd; PRO Lucie Schokker Ph. 08 9419 1604; email: malcolm.b@iinet.net.au PS of WA: Mtg 3rd Tues; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Wed (ex Dec); Clubrooms, Charles Riley Reserve, Wendling Rd, North Beach, Ph: 08 9447 7256 The Postmark Circle (WA): Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Victoria Park SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9472 8072 or 08 9450 5280 WA Study Group: Mtg 4th Thurs (ex Dec) 08 9384 1050 Wanneroo SC: Mtg 3rd Mon; Ph: 08 9305 3130.
philatelic clubs & societies new zealand Air Mail Society of NZ: Ph: 03 3584838; Email: alant@snap.net Auckland PS: Mtg 1st and 3rd Tues (except Jan). Ph 09 9853212; Email kiwibrooce@ yahoo.com; Website: www.aps.gen.nz Christchurch PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Library night 3rd Tues; GB Machin 3rd Fri odd months; Postal History 1st Mon; Postcard 3rd Tues even months. Email: secretary@ cps.gen.nz; Website: www.cps.gen.nz Dunedin PS: Mtg 4th Thurs (except Nov and Dec). Ph: 03 4557643; Email: davidallison2009@gmail.com; Website: www.dunedinstampclub.org.nz Hastings Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Wed (except Jan and 2nd Wed Dec). Ph: 06 8765911; Email: clairemole@xtra.co.nz Hawkes Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Ph: 06 8439433; Email: dennmarg@paradise. net.nz Horowhenua PS: Mtg 2nd Mon. Ph: 06 3689881; Email: michael.christensen@xtra. co.nz Hutt Valley PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan). Ph: 04 5697439; Email: richards@nec.co.nz Kapiti PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec). Ph: 04 2971197; Email: ian.burttt@yahoo.co.nz Manaia PS: Mtg (Hawera) 1st Sun. Ph: 06 2784292; Email: peter.williams@xtra.co.nz Manawatu PS: Mtg 1st Wed, daytime meeting 3rd Tues. Ph: 06 3584565; Email: mps@inspire.net.nz Marlborough Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Mon (except Jan and 2nd Mon Dec). Morrinsville Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 07 8893199 Nelson PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 03 5469092; Email: paula.hucklesby@clear.net.nz North Shore PS: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: nsps@xtra.co.nz; Website: www.northshoreps.com NZ Stamp Collectors Club Christchurch: Mtg 4th Wed. Ph 03 3895511; Email: steve@ philatelic.org.nz; Website: www.nzeal.com/philately/nzscc.htm NZ Postcard Society: Ph: 03 3848463; Email: jenny-long@clear.net.nz; Website: www. postcard.org.nz
queensland Arana Hills SC: Meeting 2nd Tues; 07 3851 0213; email: petermccloskey@bigpond.com Bayside Afternoon SC: Meeting last Wed; Ph: 07 3206 6281. Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon 7pm, The Family Centre, Kensington St (in the Show Grounds); Ph: 07 4152 2403 or 07 4151 3062 Caboolture & District SC: Mtg 3rd Sat. Ph: 07 5498 6504 Cairns SC: 4th Tues. 7.30pm Comm. Hall, 15 Kamerunga Rd., Stratford 07 4033 2211 Caloundra SC: Mtg. 4th Thurs. Catholic Church Hall, Edmund St. 1.30pm. Ph: 07 5494 7233 City Daytime SC: Mtg 2nd Thurs. Ph: 07 3206 6281 City of Brisbane PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs; Ph: 07 3263 8573 (ah); email: desley@mycelebrant.com Collectors Club Queensland: Mtg 2nd Sunday each month 9am to 1pm - RSL Hall, 58 Arnold St, Holland Park. Contact 0409 130 266 or ccqueensland@gmail.com Enoggera SC: Mtg 1st and 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 3264 4157 Gladstone and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed (Ex. Jan) & 4th Wed (Ex.Dec). Ph. Sec: 07 4978 1155 Ian Rippingale, Gold Coast PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 11.30am, Southport Community Centre, Lawson St, Southport. Ph: 07 5546 3801 Gympie SC: Mtg. 2nd Sun. Jessie Witham Centre 1 - 3pm Ph. 07 5483 9188 email: sandandan@bigpond.com Hervey Bay Afternoon Club: Mtg 3rd Wed. Ph: 07 4124 1138 Ipswich SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan). Ph: 07 3282 2983 Junction Park SC: Mtg 1st Tues, 7.30pm, Annerley Baptist Hall, Lambton St. Contact: 07 3277 6724. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, righteo274@bigpond.com Lockyer Valley SC: Mtg 4th Sun, 1.30pm, Senior Citizens’s Hall, Gatton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: lvsc@bigpond.com Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, Presbyterian Church, Barry St, Slacks Creek, 6pm. Ph: 07 3805 9226. Mackay and District PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 4942 5433;
Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: secretary@nzpf.org.nz Postal History Soc of NZ: Auckland 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 09 5220311. Chapter meetings held Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington. Pukekohe Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sun. John Mounce, President 649-291-9381 johnmounce@ihug.co.nz Royal PS of NZ: Mtg 2nd Wed (ex Jan). Ph: 04 5899530; Email: office@rpsnz.org.nz; Website www.rpsnz.org.nz South Auckland PS: Mtg last Sat (except Dec), Papatoetoe, day time mtgs 3rd Fri (ex Dec and Jan). Ph: 09 2682245; Email: elowera@orcon.net.nz Southland PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (except Jan), 3rd Tue (daytime) (except Jan). Email: antqgevi@es.co.nz Taranaki PS: Mtg 1st Mon except Jan. Ph: 06 7546212; Email: murray-grimwood@ hotmail.com Tauranga & District Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Mon (except Dec). Ph: 07 5765210; Email: beducker@hotmail.com Thames Valley PS: Mtg 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 07 8689190. Thematic Association of NZ: Ph: 04 2347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Timaru PS: Mtg 1st Wed. Ph: 03 6880343 Upper Hutt PS: Mtg 3rd Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec). Ph: 04 5284123; Email: teme. isaac@clear.net.nz Waikato PS: Mtg 1st (except Jan) and 3rd Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: c.cameron@agresearch.co.nz Wakatipu PS: Ph: 03 4428865 Wanganui PS: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 06 3427894; Email: g.p.phillips@xtra.co.nz Wellesley PS: Mtg 2nd and 4th Mon (ex public holidays). Ph: 9 8271240 Wellington PS: Mtg 4th Mon (except Dec); Ph: 042347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Whakatane PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Thurs (except Jan) Ph: 07 3222054 or 07 3086193 Whangarei PS: Mtg 2nd Meeting: 2nd Tues (Ex.Jan) Ph 09 4348000; Email john-monica@xtra.co.nz QLD Philatelic Council, 18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum, Qld, 4178. Ph: 07 3396 0846 Fax: 07 3396 0842. Email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Web: www.qpc.asn.au
Maryborough and Wide Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Salvation Army Youth 7 Comm. Hall. Bazaar St Maryborough. Ph: 07 41224708 (see also Hervey Bay) Nanango SC: Mtg 2nd Sat, 10:00am, Nanango RSL. Contact Ph: 07 3103 8938 or ema il: bowtell_harris@activ8.net.au Philatelic Society of Qld: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm,18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum. Ph: 07 3245 5222 Queensland Study Group: Sunday bi-monthly 1.00pm meets QPS house. Contact Ph: 07 3396 0846 email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Redland Bay Coin and Stamp Club, 4th Thurs. Monthly. John Hardman 07 3206 9996 or 07 3822 6987 Rockhampton SC: Mtg 1st Tues. Ph: 07 4926 3336. email: rockystampclub@gmail.com Sherwood Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 3372 6096 Southport Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 07 55630384 Southside PS: Mtg 3rd Tuesday & 3rd Wednesay (9am) Ph: 07 3848 2304 (ah) email: david. appleton@mailbox.uq.edu.au Sunshine Coast SC (formerly Nambour SC): Mtg 1st Wed, 7.15pm Red Cross Rms, Price St., Nambour 07 5445 3647 Thematics Queensland: Mtg bi-monthly 9.30am. Ph: 07 3262 5605 email: j.crowsley@ uq.net.au Toowoomba SC: Mtg. 2nd Sat 1pm, Salvation Army Hall, Cnr. West St. 7 Anzac Ave. Ph. 07 4635 5623 Email: bob.benny@bigpond.com Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5535 3168 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg. 1st Thurs. 1pm & 4th Mon. 7pm. Redlands Multi SportsClub, Birkdale Ph: 07 3206 0815
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philatelic clubs & societies south australia
Information about clubs in SA can be obtained from the SA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Adelaide, SA 5001. Daytime Ph: 08 8212 3557 or 8223 4435
Australian Airmail Society: 1st Wed. 7.45pm 22 Gray Court, Adelaide. PO Box 395, Edwardstown 5039. Ph: 08 8276 3969 Barossa SC: Mtg 1st Tue 7.30 Greenock Luth Church Hall, Bevan St, Greenock; 19 Evans Street Ancaston 5353; email: ptomely1939@gmail.com; Ph: (08) 8562 8386 Blackwood PC: Mtg 2nd Wed ex Jan; Uniting Church, Main Rd, Blackwood; Ph: 08 8278 1629; PO Box 581, Blackwood 5051; email: teepee@teegee.com.au Bordertown & Districts PS: Mtg: 3rd Thurs. Bordertown PS Contact: K. Grey Tel: 08 8752 0446 or email cdhuntmundulla@yahoo.com.au Community PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Fri - 7.30pm. Marion Bowling Club, off Sturt Rd. PO Box 75 Edwardstown, 5039; Auctions, circuit books. Ph: 0408806894 City of Noarlunga PS: Mtg alternate thurs,-- Community Health Centre, Grand Boulevard, Seaford, Contact 08 85566371 or PO Box 272, Port Noarlunga 5167 Eastern Districts PS: 2nd Thurs (ex. Jan), 7.30pm Senior citizens Hall, 47 Reid Ave. Hectorville; PO Box 240, Magill, 5072; Ph: 0400 156 796 Elizabeth PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7.30pm, RSL Hall, Cnr of Halseys/Midway Rds;PO Box 701, Elizabeth 5112; Ph: 08 8255 0608 Encounter Bay SC: Mtg 1st Wed, 7.30pm; School Hall, Woolworths Centre, Victor Harbour; PO Box 317, Goolwa 5214; aydepe@bigpond.com; Ph: 08 8555 3311 SA Power Networks Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Mon (ex. Jan); Canteen, 1 Anzac Highway, Keswick; PO Box 2079, Magill North, 5072; Ph: 08 8278 7163 Frama Club: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, members homes; For collectors of CPS, Framas. Newsletter and Auctions. PO Box 62 Campbelltown 5074. Gawler SC: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Evanston Primary School, Para Rd, Evanston. PO Box 2, Willaston 5118; Ph: 08 8522 2335 Email: jo.trev@bigpond.com German Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd & 4th Mon 8pm; German Club, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide 5000; Ph: 08 8260 2251 Glenside PS: 1st & 3rd Sat 1.30pm; Uniting Church Hall, Carlton St. Highgate. c/- 9 Moore St., Tranmere, SA 5073 08 8398 2475 Lower Murray PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs,7.30pm, 2nd Sat, 10am; The Lions Den, Murray Bridge. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 lmphilsocsec@gmail.com Mount Gambier PS: Mtg 3rd Tues; Reidy Park Corn Centre. 8pm. Also1st Sunday (ex. Jan)
victoria Australian PS: Bi-monthly meetings on 3rd Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December at RSL Homes, 152 Canterbury Road [cnr Keats Street] Canterbury. Secretary, PO Box 156 Balwyn Vic. 3103 Bairnsdale SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Ballarat PS:Mtg 3rd & 5th Mon Balwyn PS: Mtg 3rd Friday; Daytime 1st Friday Bendigo PS: Mtg 1st Tues Berwick SC:Mtg 2nd Sun (ex Jan); Ph: 03 5942 7626 Blackburn Baptist SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brighton PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Tues; Daytime 3rd Tues Bulleen PS Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan) 7.30 pm Veneto Club Upstairs 191 Bulleen Rd Bulleen (PO Box 166, Niddrie VIC 3042)Contact Secretary: Frank 0438830645 Treasurer: Joe 0408560601 Camperdown SC: Mtg 1st Tues Castlemaine SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec) Colac PC: Mtg 4th Mon (ex. Dec), Colac Community College, Bromfield St, Colac. Ph:52314746 Corner Inlet SC: Mtg 4th Thurs, Foster, Ph: 03 56881100 Dandenong PS: 4th Thurs. ex Dec. 7.30pm, Meeting Room, Church of Christ, David St., Dandenong 03 5996 9501 Diamond Valley PS: Mtg 3rd Mon Essendon-Broadmeadows PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs; St Johns Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Mt Alexander Rd & Buckley St, Essendon; Murray Gorham, Ph 9306 7480 Footscray PS: Mtg 1st Mon (2nd in Jan); Maribyrnong Comm. Centre, 54 Raleigh Rd, Maribyrnong. c/24 Carrington Street Sydenham 3037. 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; The Dutch Club, 21 Greenfields Dr.,Greenfields 5107, 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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