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Contents Articles Obituary - Rod Perry ..........................................................................6 Review : John Mahoney ...................................................................8 Spanish Philatelic Souvenirs : Christer Brunström ................... 10 Stamps in the News: Margo Campbell .................................... 14 Postal Stationery: Ian McMahon ................................................ 24 Cinderella Corner: Vito Milana .................................................... 30 Introducing the APF: Stephanie Bromser ................................... 50 Market Matters: Glen Stephens .................................................. 56

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IN REMEMBRANCE All who knew him well will be saddened to learn that Rod Perry passed away at the beginning of May. To quote his friend of 50 years, Allan Levy, we have lost a giant of our industry. Rod Perry started trading in stamps while at school. Right from the beginning he was a bold risk-taker. He opened his first bricks-andmortar business, a retail shop in Melbourne’s CBD, in the early-1970s and made his first fortune as a major supplier to the speculative ‘investment’ market through that decade. Always alert to opportunity, Rod saw that public auctions gave him far greater access to the market, not just in Australia but overseas. Right from the beginning, he took an international perspective, courting both buyers and vendors from England, America and elsewhere. In addition, he became a familiar figure at auctions in those countries, on many occasions making huge purchases that cemented his reputation as a major player. His Rarities Auctions conducted in 1977 1978 and 1979 offered some truly astonishing material, much of which Rod owned. I think I’m right in saying he is the only person who has twice owned and twice sold the iconic KGV 2d têtebêche pair! A keen believer that one had to spend money to make money, Rod spent bucketloads. Stewart Wright from Status has many times been the dominant buyer at other auctions, especially in Sydney. During the 1970s, Rod Perry was like Stewart Wright on steroids. At the time, Harmers of London were running regular auctions in Sydney. Rod was the major buyer at all these sales. Phil Downie, Rod’s direct competitor in Melbourne, was more than happy to have Rod vacuum up all he wanted from his auctions. And if there wasn’t enough to buy locally, there was always the Northern Hemisphere. I well remember

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Rod coming back from a 1988 Corinphila sale in Switzerland with many of the best items from Robert Gibbs’ famous collection of GRI Overprints plus an array of New Zealand Chalons that certainly were not the flavour of the month! Everyone in the trade thought he had gone totally bonkers. True to form, Rod ignored the naysayers, successfully re-offered all this material straight away, and reinforced his status as an outstanding operator. Along the way, Rod developed a passion for collecting the stamps of Victoria. From the mid-1970s, mentored and nurtured by JRW (‘Bill’) Purves, Rod became THE buyer of Victoria. Purves had encouraged him to purchase outright the Gold Medal collection formed by John Gartner, which was the basis of one of Rod’s earliest public auctions. Rod was nonplussed that many of the important items failed to sell, which inspired him to start his own collection of his home State. Rod went on to be the major purchaser at the Henry Harvey sale in London in 1976. When Bill Purves’ monumental collection was presented in six Robson Lowe auctions in London between 1980 and 1982, Rod Perry was seated front and centre and was virtually unbeatable, buying the lion’s share of all those offerings. He also made major private acquisitions, notably the holdings of Melbourne dealers Robert Rex and Greg Fair. On one occasion, Rod flew to California to buy the important collection formed by Dale Forster’s grandfather, completed the transaction at the airport, and flew straight back to Australia! The result of all this frenetic activity was that, in a period of less than a decade, Rod created what must be the most comprehensive and important collection ever formed of the stamps and postal history of a single issuing entity. By his own assessment, and he would have known, Rod said that he owned at least 90% of the key items available. In 1984 at ‘Ausipex’ Rod showed just the 1850-58

NCE OF ROD PERRY period and, as a novice exhibitor, walked away with the Grand Prix National, the first time an Australian had achieved a Grand Prix at an international exhibition. I can say that I played a small part (alright, a very small part) in Rod’s exhibiting success. In 1979, Rod threw a disillusioned young solicitor a lifeline and I happily moved from the horrors of Family Law to the delights of “playing with stamps” for a living. I was essentially clueless but a fast learner. And I learned a lot from Rod, about stamps, about business, and about life. Some of the lessons I embraced, and some of them…I didn’t. For instance, I was never as interested in making money, and never as brave at spending money. However, working for and with Rod was a fantastic apprenticeship for an aspiring stamp professional. The stories I could tell you (but that’s for another occasion). With the quantity of Victorian material that Rod was acquiring, it was inevitable that he would not have enough hours to process it all. Simon Dunkerley was also employed by Rod at the time and we were both enlisted to assist with the Victoria project. I must have drawn the short straw because my job was to plate the Half-Lengths. I don’t recall how many of these challenging little stamps I assessed, or the number of reconstructions that I created, but both figures were significant. We parted company in 1982 but that initial period was the most important in my career and I will be forever grateful that Rod gave me my start. Rod often complained that the Australian Commonwealth Specialists Catalogue was inaccurate or not detailed enough. About 1990, he purchased the business of Brusden White and installed Geoff Kellow as editor, with a brief to make the ACSC the best single-country catalogue in the world. This was a masterstroke for which every member of the trade should applaud Rod for his courage and his foresight. Today the ACSC has grown from one to nine volumes and is the primary general-access work on everything from the pre-Kangaroo period to the Postage Dues, plus the Postal Stationery. If he had done nothing else, the catalogue would be a fitting legacy for Rod. Despite having made his name in stamps, Rod’s interest in traditional philately had begun to wane. His epiphany was to realise that stamps were far more

interesting on cover than loose, whether mint (which bored him) or used. A cover told the whole story and Rod decided to turn his attention to acquiring as many as he could. It is no exaggeration to say that he bought millions of them. They occupied his time, and his premises. This new passion caused him to decide that he had done all he could with auctions. The final Rodney A Perry Auction Galleries public sale was on 22nd November 2001. It was his sale Number 210. Rod, as only Rod could, managed to find two white knights in the form of Arthur Gray and Paul Fletcher. Not only did they pay Rod an eye-watering amount for his auctions, they also acquired the ACSC and Geoff Kellow along with it. Rod not only landed on his feet, yet again, but he was paid to call Millennium’s early auctions and negotiated a low-cost outlet for his own stock. A win/win, at least for Rod! Rod’s interest in covers wasn’t so much about postal history as about the usage of the stamps themselves. Ever the innovator, he set about spreading the Gospel According to Rod, penning one of the longest-running series of articles in Australian philatelic publishing history. He championed things like solo usage and the largest-known frankings of a particular stamp. He encouraged his readers to form collections of single definitive series and to search out examples of every possible purpose for which a stamp could be used. He attracted many people of like mind, both here and overseas, who have created usage collections of distinction. They will sorely miss his leadership, his flag-waving and his advice. We last saw Rod in October last year. He and Madel visited Abacus to view one of our sales. He appeared to be in high spirits and good health. Only a month later we learned that Rod was critically ill. Outside of stamps, Rod loved his family, his dogs, classic cars, good food and fine wine, especially fine wine. As we reflect on the career and achievements of the man who for more than half a century was one of the most important players in world philately, it is appropriate that we all raise a glass of chardonnay to his memory.

Vale Rodney Arthur Perry. Rest in peace. Gary Watson

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reviews Kibble, Daryl. Captain James Cook : Third Voyage 1776-1780 First Day and Event Covers. Self-Published 2020, ISBN 978-0-6487725-0-7. 495 Pages. After crossing the Antarctic circle for the third time during his 2nd voyage of discovery, Cook wrote “Ambition leads me farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I

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think it is possible to go”. Cook’s historical afterthought applies equally well to the philatelic journey undertaken by Daryl Kibble in his two-volume reference classic, Captain James Cook: Third Voyage 1776-1780 First Day and Event Covers. Kibble’s voyage sets sail on an authoritative journey documenting covers exclusively related to Cook’s 3rd voyage of discovery. Published in 2020, this extensive work has roots in the 1970s collecting interests of a young boy from Queensland, Australia. In his preface, the author writes “…this book is the result of 40 years of personal collecting, research and

market knowledge …”, bona fide proof the lad from the “Land Down Under” has matured to become the reigning Captain Cook philatelic literati. Painstakingly and exhaustively researched, this two-volume work illustrates over 1400 covers (in full colour) chronicling Cook’s 3rd voyage. The front and backboards of each hardcover volume is illustrated with a peaceful scene from John Weber, R.A title “A View of Karakakooa in Owhyee”. Both volumes are conveniently colour-coded on the fore and top edges making it easy to locate and open to any of the six chapters. Volume one documents cachets and postmarks for the January 1978 USA FDCs, lists worldwide FDCs 1928-2018 and illustrates exhibition/show covers with a Cook 3rd voyage theme. Throughout volume one, accompanying graphics and colour-framed sideboards are interposed with covers with additional details about events and cachet makers. Among the many highlights of Kibble’s work (Vol.2) is a biographical and rare glimpse of Elwood Etter’s life and his cachet printing prowess. Here, the author describes the various printing methods Etter used to create his 3rd voyage cachets (1976-1981), shining a spotlight on over 200 of his covers in full color. Moreover, part of Vol.2, a section is dedicated to event covers (e.g., cachets of Capt. Charles Burroughs, Cook’s visit to Nootka Sound, Alaska, Hawaii and others). The author “thematically” connects encounters between Cook and Kamehameha at Maui and Hawaii by including “Kamehameha Day” event covers. The final volume closes with a chapter showcasing covers borrowed from the author’s 2019 Large Gold Medal, Cook FDC award winning exhibit. Featured, are covers embellished with hand-painted, hand-drawn cachet artworks by Karl Lewis and others.

john mahoney Kibble introduces a five-star cover rating system - a guide for judging scarcity – five stars for the rarest down to one star for the most common and easily sourced covers. The author has also created a catalogue numbering system that uniquely identifies any cover in the two-volume work - useful to cross-reference and transfer information among collectors. To smooth the reader’s philatelic journey, the two-volume edition concludes with several useful reference aids: glossary, bibliography and cachet maker & artist index. Unlike the 1770 New Holland natives, refusing provisions and conveniences offered by Cook on his 1st voyage, we active Cook hobbyists continue searching for new “provisions” to add to our collections. Kibble’s book facilitates our search – and more - by allowing us to tap into a comprehensible and impeccable reference for available and scarce 3rd voyage material. In addition, the author provides details, valuable information and support material to identify and describe 3rd voyage covers in our own collections and exhibits. This reviewer holds the opinion that, had the author not undertaken this well-researched work, much of Cook’s 3rd voyage philatelic material would be lost or unavailable to future Cook collectors. More importantly, this valuable two-volume, 500 page study, illustrating over a 1000 Cook 3rd voyage covers, merits our applause for a 1st and 2nd voyage encore – one only hopes that Mr. Kibble will find the time, resources and energy to take the stage once again.

John Mahoney For more details on pricing information and how to order this two volume study, contact the author at kibbled@bigpond. com Stamp News - 9

SPANISH PHILATELIC SOUVENIRS While this is being written in mid-April 2020, the entire world is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic which has brought the tourist and hospitality industries to a complete standstill. However, let’s remain hopeful and start planning our next holiday when things have returned to normal. In this story I’ll discuss the importance of the tourist industry in Spain and the ways the Spanish Post Ofﬁce has helped promote the country as a major destination for worldwide tourists. Some 60 or 70 years ago the creation of inexpensive package tours marked the beginning of mass tourism in Europe and other parts of the world. For sun-thirsting people in Northern Europe, travel agencies organised holiday trips to mostly Spain where the Mediterranean island of Majorca was the favourite destination for many. Majorca and the other Spanish resorts offered sunny beaches and an exciting night-life.

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The fact that Spain was a cruel dictatorship probably did not bother most of the sun-seeking holiday makers. During my travels in Spain in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I often witnessed police brutality towards the civilian population. It was also a society where the state organs exercised considerable control of every-day life. Police brutality was probably not a major topic of the holiday messages scribbled on the millions of colourful picture postcards mailed to envious friends and family back home in other parts of Europe. The cards were generally inscribed with the words RECUERDO DE ESPAÑA which can be translated as Souvenir of Spain (or the locality visited). Quite early on Spain realised that the country had the potential needed for a prosperous tourist industry. The country offered a pleasant climate, endless beaches, exotic food, a functioning infrastructure

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Christer Brunström and a vast selection of cultural experiences. When the International Tourist Year (ITY) was celebrated in 1967 Spain obviously took part. A stamp marking the ITY was issued (Fig. 1). In 1964 the Spanish Post Office initiated an annual series of postage stamps which was given the heading TOURISM. They were all engraved stamps in a standardised format which makes them a suitable subject for a separate collection or exhibit. The first three sets comprised all of ten stamps each. There were eight further sets until 1977. The long series was then finalised with an additional eight stamps issued in 1986 and 1987. All in all the Tourism series includes 83 different stamps with views from all over the country. Shown nearby is a 1973 stamp depicting the windmills of La Mancha (Fig. 2) which feature prominently in Cervantes’ famous book Don Quijote de La Mancha. The stamps are well executed and they all have

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interesting designs which are familiar to all those who have travelled to different parts of the country. However, if one is to be critical they are somewhat lifeless – people are missing from almost all the stamps. We get to admire impressive landscapes, magniﬁcent buildings, splendid church interiors and much more but the stamp artists have obviously decided not to include any human beings. There are a few exceptions. On the 5-peseta value of the 1975 set there is a street scene from the small idyllic town of Mijas in the province of Malaga. If we look carefully we discover an old man riding his donkey along one of the streets in the town. (Fig. 3). The design on the 1.50 Pta stamp (Fig. 4) issued in 1967 comes from the Catalonian region of north-eastern Spain and it shows a human pyramid which is known as casteller in the Catalan language. The participants are referred to as castellers,

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SPANISH PHILATELIC SOUVENIRS a word which is also given in the bottom margin of the stamp. Building these human towers has a 200-year-old history in the regions of Catalonia and Valencia. In 2010 the UNESCO added these human pyramids to its World Heritage list. The city of Elche (Elx in Catalan) is located on Spainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mediterranean coast just south of the much larger city of Alicante. A number of very important archaeological discoveries have been made near Elche. Perhaps the most famous one is the bust La Dama de Elche (Fig. 5), a work by Iberian craftsmen sometime between 500-300 b. C. The bust is 56 centimetres high and made of limestone. At the back there is a cavity which might once have contained some pre-Christian relics. Today the Lady of Elche can be inspected at Madridâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Archaeological Museum. The Iberian people is now extinct but before they

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disappeared from history they managed to name the Iberian Peninsula. It is an interesting observation that no designs are devoted to the popular beach resorts. Instead the idea was to promote everything else that Spain has to offer. The frequently very low denominations suggest that the stamps were mainly intended to promote tourism within the country. Shown in Fig. 6 is the mountain village of Torla in the province of Huesca in the far north of Spain. Starting in 1979 there were three additional sets under the headline of Landscapes and Monuments but they have basically the same appearance as the previous Tourism issues. Included in the 1983 set were two values featuring views from Ceuta and Melilla, the Spanish cities located on the northern coast of Morocco. The Ceuta stamp (Fig. 7) shows the Cathedral.

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Christer Brunström Spain also operates post ofﬁces in the principality of Andorra. Separate stamps are used for these ofﬁces. In 1963-1964 there was a set of eight values which closely resemble the Spanish tourist issues. The 25-céntimo stamp (Fig. 8) depicts the San Antonio Bridge in Andorra. Also starting in the 1960s there was a number is sets featuring Spanish castles. As they are identical to the tourist stamps described in this story they can easily be added to a collection of Spanish tourist destinations on postage stamps. Spain presents an incredible variety of historic buildings and monuments. Some date back to Ro-

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man times and others were built during the period when the peninsula was ruled by Arabs. Many rivers, buildings, towns and cities have names with Arabic origins. One example is the Alhambra in Granada which was shown on a 1-peseta stamp (Fig. 9) issued in 1964. Depending on which sets you decide to include in your collection the number ranges from 83 to some 200 different designs. The good news is that they are all extremely inexpensive but they can also be exquisite souvenirs of a visit to Spain. They can also serve as inspiration when planning the next visit to Spain, a country which has so much to offer.

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Stamps in the News - Globally! Royal Mail under threat

Reported at https://www.forbes.com Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský has purchased a 5.3% stake in the UK’s national postal service, Royal Mail, an investment of £85 million. Křetínský’s move opens the door for a takeover attempt with Royal Mail’s worsening financial performance making it more vulnerable to buyout since the onset of the pandemic in March. Křetínský has an estimated net worth of $3.4 billion. His principal asset is the biggest energy group in Central Europe. Royal Mail has struggled since going public under the coalition government led by former Prime Minister David Cameron. Pundits claim that the current share price puts it “in reach” of those who see an opportunity to snap up a prestigious asset “on the cheap.” But Křetínský would have to contend with Royal Mail’s Universal Service Obligation–requiring Royal Mail to deliver to every address in the U.K., six days a week, at a standard price. One theory is that Křetínský is looking to leverage Royal Mail’s extensive UK infrastructure in the fast-growing markets of the Asia-Pacific

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region. A billionaire Czech owner of a prestigious U.K. national asset is unlikely to change the mind of a public fiercely opposed to a privately owned Royal Mail. The move to privatisation was opposed by 67% of Britons and supported by just 20%.

US Postal Service under threat Reported at https://theweek.com

Louis DeJoy, a North Carolina businessman who has made large donations to President Trump and the Republican National Committee, will serve as the new US Postmaster General, commencing on 15 June. This puts a Trump ally in charge of an agency that he has been criticising for years. Trump has accused the Postal Service of not charging Amazon and other companies enough to deliver their packages, calling the agency “a joke” last month and saying it needs to quadruple its shipping prices. The Postal Service said it charges enough, and has to keep its prices competitive. Due to the coronavirus pandemic and an ongoing decline in first class mail, the Postal Service is projecting a $13 billion revenue shortfall by the end of its fiscal year in September. The agency has said without assistance, it might not be able to make payroll or offer uninterrupted mail service past September. As part of the coronavirus relief bill passed in March, the Postal Service can have access to a $10 billion line of credit, and the agency is negotiating over this now with the Treasury Department. Trump has indicated in order to tap this line of credit, the Postal Service must

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Margo Campbell Post in the Pandemic: United Kingdom Reported at https://www.aol.co.uk

Royal Mail has scrapped Saturday letter deliveries across the UK until further notice due to the coronavirus pandemic. The delivery giant said it will “temporarily” halt the deliveries on Saturdays from early May. It said it will continue to provide its letter delivery service from Monday to Friday as normal and to collect all mail from businesses, post offices and post boxes. A spokesman said, “We understand the importance of the postal service in keeping the UK connected at this time. We have also listened to our hard-working colleagues who have asked us to ease the additional burden on them if possible. As a result, we are making some temporary changes to postal services.” Louis DeJoy

Post in the Pandemic: France Reported at http://www.rfi.fr

raise its fees. The Postal Service has long been an apolitical agency, and DeJoy is the first postmaster general in two decades who did not rise up the ranks. Federal Election Commission records show DeJoy has given more than $2 million to Republican causes and the Trump campaign. The current postmaster general, Megan Brennan, announced her retirement last year, after clashing with the Trump administration over attempts to assert more control over the agency’s finances and operations.

The CEO of France’s postal service, La Poste,

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Stamps in the News - Globally! has rebuffed accusations that the state body has let the French people down during the Covid-19 lockdown, promising to re open all 7,700 post offices by late May. He defended the service amid criticism that the organisation had failed in its duty as too many post offices have been closed since restrictions started on 17 March. As an example of its activity in lockdown, he said post offices distributed social security benefits to 1.5 million people during April. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To do this, we had to prioritise our bigger post offices, and that created the impression in rural areas that the service had closed down.â&#x20AC;? Before the pandemic, the closure of public services outside big towns and cities was already a key grievance cited by the Yellow Vest protestors. During lockdown more post offices have been temporarily closed and deliveries of letters and parcels in France have also been reduced from 6 days a week to 3 or 4 times a week.

Post in the Pandemic: India Reported at https://www.bbc.com

Red postal vans are a familiar sight in India. They make thousands of journeys every day, criss-crossing the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wide network of post offices in 600,000 villages. Now the largest postal service in the world will also be transporting medical equipment and drugs to where they are needed most, at a time when transport has come to a standstill. The Indian lockdown announcement was made barely four hours before going into effect, leaving many hospitals, pharmaceutical compa16 - Stamp News

nies and labs at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 stranded. Unlike courier services which were forced to stopped operating, India Post has been exempted as an essential service with unhindered access across the country. Many institutions and companies have used the postal service to deliver everything from batches of lifesaving drugs to Covid-19 tests, to N95 masks and ventilators, moving medicine and equipment between major cities and states mostly via the red postal vans. For longer or very urgent journeys - such as a consignment of defibrillators that had to be transported from the state of Tamil Nadu in the south to Uttar Pradesh in the north - cargo planes are used. And with the lockdown set to be extended, it is anticipated that the service will play a larger role in the weeks ahead.

Post in the Pandemic: Canada

Reported at https://www.nelsonstar.com With more people home during the coronavirus pandemic, postal workers are dealing with more aggressive dogs as well, resulting in increasing

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numbers of attacks reported. Now Canada Post is asking people to keep their dogs inside during mail delivery. “Our request to dog owners: Please do not open the door during deliveries or allow your dog to approach our employees,” said a spokesman. “This makes it difficult to adhere to physical distancing when owners need to retrieve their dogs, and it increases the risk of dog bites.” A number of postal workers have required medical attention due to dog bites. If there’s an issue with a dog at a particular home, mail delivery may be temporarily suspended to that home with residents getting a notification of how to pickup their mail.

Post in the Pandemic: Malta Reported at timesofmalta.com

MaltaPost customers can buy local or international postage stamps, of any denomination, without stepping foot outside of the house. Stamps can be bought from www.maltapost. com/postagestamps after registering online and will be delivered to the customer free of charge. Customers can calculate local and international postage rates on the postage calculator available on MaltaPost’s website. Meanwhile, post offices have remained open for business and so has delivery of post and parcels.

Post in the Pandemic: UPU Reported at http://english.chinapost.com.cn In a world first, mail-only trains from China are helping to clear the huge backlog of mail destined for Europe and provide medical supplies. The trains carry around 300 tons of mail and are the result of cooperation between China Post, Lithuania Post, Polish Post and railway operators. Around 2,000 tons of mail is slated for rail transport from China in the next 2-3 months. Many of the train journeys end in Lithuania, with trucks then taking the mail to their final destination in more than 30 countries spread across Europe. UPU’s Director of Postal Operations said, “Given the lack of flights, the train network is the best solution for moving the huge volumes of mail.” Transport takes between 12-14 days, but the use of trains to deliver mail is a success for the UPU’s Supply Chain Team, which has long championed the rail network for the delivery of mail between Europe and Asia. Stamp News - 17

Stamps in the News - Globally! for their cash-on-delivery products with proof of delivery and prompt reconciliation of their payments. Pakistan Post is also targeting the parcel export market. Pakistan Post provides postal services throughout the country via a network of around 13,000 post offices with delivery services to about 20 million households and businesses as community service without any cost considerations.

The UPU is also working with Deutsche Post on the rail transport for mail from Europe to Asia that aims to complete the delivery circuit.

Foreign franking stamped out in Pakistan Reported at https://tribune.com.pk

Pakistan Post Office (PPO) has abolished the requirement for stamps on letters to foreign countries The national regulator revealed that receivers have long complained about paying extra money for the stamps “missing” on the letters. In other words, the stamps were stolen. Now letters posted to foreign countries will only bear a seal of the PPO. Also, the PPO has fixed the new increased rates for foreign postal letters. Pakistan Post faced Rs61 billion loss in 10 years PPO spokesperson said “Pakistan Post has recently initiated e-commerce and financial services to cater to the customers’ requirements in line with the changing communications market.” He said that Pakistan Post has the capacity and commitment to deliver for online vendors 18 - Stamp News

‘Like painting ghosts’… the poignant story behind 2020 ANZAC stamp

Reported at https://www.smh.com.au

If you have recently queued at the post office you may have noticed new issue stamps commemorating Anzac Day. The one with an image entitled Bomber Crew is worth a closer look. None of the airmen are looking at each other and they have a haunted look about them. It is from a painting by Australian artist Stella Bowen, one of only three women to be commissioned by the Australian War Memorial as official war artists of the Second World War. For her best known painting Bomber Crew she was stationed with the Royal Air Force at Binbrook, Lincolnshire, where No. 460 Squadron was based. She started drawing the crew of a Lancaster bomber before they went off on a mission on April 27, 1944. Preoccupied with their preparations, the men expressed no particular interest in Bowen’s attempt to draw them, but their bravery and youth captivated the artist.. That night their operation took them over Friedrichshafen, a vital industrial centre in southern Germany. By morning, Bowen’s subjects were reported missing.

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Margo Campbell ghosts.” Pilot Officer Thomas Lynch, a rear gunner, was the sole survivor. He wrote in his diary under the heading ‘P.O.W. Germany’: “ I woke up in hospital on the 5th of May 1944 in a place I was later to learn was Baden Baden. I could not recall how I came to be there in strange surroundings.” He was about to look under the bedclothes “because everything did not seem as it should be” when a nurse and doctor entered the room. “She said: ‘How are you Thomas - for you, the war is over.’” It was only when they left the room that he learnt that his right leg had been amputated.

VE Day ‘One-eyed ghost’ in Canada Reported at https://www.kelownanow.com

The artist had only made preliminary sketches, but she returned to her London studio to complete the painting, working from pencil sketches and official photographs. She later wrote to her brother: “It was horrible having to finish the picture after the men were lost. Like painting

Canada Post has unveiled two new stamps to mark the allied victory in Europe during the Second World War. May 8 is the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, when the Nazis surrendered. Private Léo Major, who helped liberate the Netherlands, will appear on one stamp; the other will feature factory worker Veronica Foster, who recruited women to the wartime workforce. They have been chosen to symbolise the 2

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Stamps in the News - Globally! million Canadians who helped the Allies win the war. Private Major, who was known as the “oneeyed ghost,” single-handedly captured dozens of prisoners and, with the help of the Dutch resistance, forced Nazi forces to retreat from the town of Zwolle. He earned the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the lasting gratitude of the townsfolk for his heroism. Foster, meanwhile, helped assemble Bren machine guns at a factory in Toronto during the war. The Canadian government created a promotional campaign around her that helped motivate a generation of women to work in the war economy. She is thought to have inspired the fictional “Rosie the Riveter” character in ads that later appeared in the United States.

VE Day grandfather ghost in UK Reported at https://www.dailymail.co.uk

The man behind the iconic VE Day stamp that captured the jubilant mood of Britain was a London market trader who pulled bodies out of blitz-damaged buildings, his grand-daughter has revealed. George Sumpter was the smartly dressed man in a trilby hat photographed waving allied flags in Trafalgar Square on the afternoon of May 8 as the whole country embarked on celebrations. This snapshot of joy at the end of hostilities in Europe has been immortalized in a first-class stamp entitled ‘Jubilant public 1945’ - one of a set issued to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day. ‘George was a member of the Home Guard and was out selling flags in Trafalgar square on 8 May 1945,’ his grand-daughter Jacqui Diletti said. ‘His wife Hilda had run off with the butcher when mum was two and she was put in a child’s home in Bournemouth 20 - Stamp News

‘George, my grandad, chucked every single penny he had to get her back and won after he took on a child-minder to look after her.’ Jacqui said George was determined to care for his only daughter. ‘Back in those days men didn’t look after children on their own. He was single parent in wartime and that was unheard of.’ ‘He fought an expensive legal battle for three years to get my mum but she had to be evacuated and he couldn’t have her home until the children were allowed to return to London. ‘So that picture was more than a celebration of the end of the war in Europe for my granddad – he was going to get his daughter back.’

New Zealand bears all

Reported at https://www.stuff.co.nz/ Hunting for teddy bears in neighbourhood windows is a fun way to help children keep active during New Zealand’s lockdown. New Zealand Post has now asked the public to enter their teddy bears as models for a special stamp issue that will commemorate the national response to Covid-19. In partnership with NZ Bear Hunt and New Zealand Red Cross, the stamps will celebrate the Kiwi spirit said NZ Post.

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“We’re asking Kiwis to post a photo of their bears in their windows at home on our Facebook page, and to tell us a bit about their toys and life at home. Six will be chosen to be featured on the stamps,” a spokesman said. “The hearts of New Zealand families have been captured by the phenomenon of the Bear Hunt. Through the simple act of putting a teddy bear in the window of their homes, New Zealanders have been able to participate in creating a magical experience for kids (and big kids) during a stressful time.” Mail volumes were significantly low during alert level 4, but the mail provider is hoping to remind people that letters, like the bear hunt,

is one way to keep a connection alive from a distance. Charities and non-profit groups who have had fundraising avenues dry up overnight asked the Government to fund a rescue package to ensure their survival last week. From the sale of every sheet of teddy bear stamps, $3 will be donated to New Zealand Red Cross. For those interested in entering, NZ Post have advised: “Please remember to only show us photos of your own house. While you take your picture, make sure to look out for pedestrians and vehicles and follow physical distancing rules.”

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Glen Stephens Rarity Offers For 20 years, my ’Stamp Rarity Page’ has been a “must visit” place for many collectors and dealers, globally - tinyurl.com/GlenRare Large clear photos, and lots of detail, and FIXED NETT PRICES. “Philatelic Porn” as one client jokingly described it as! No 20% “Buyer Fees” to add on top etc. All credit cards accepted - even Amex, and with NO insulting extra fees to you either! Each month I’ll add here, a couple of items from that page, for the possible interest of readers. Choice material, and special collection offers etc, from all over the globe. Material on that page often sells FAST - within hours of being listed up, and it changes often - weekly mostly, so do bookmark this page, and check often - tinyurl.com/GlenRare

GB 5d Queen Victoria 1887 “Jubilee” the rare *Die 1* - Cat £800, for just $A275! A truly rare stamp, and wildly under-rated by SG - I see one each decade or so. Bright unused, with original colour, and SG Cat 207, £800=$A1,600 mint. The Die 1 had small blue squares at sides, and the very common Die 2 has very thin vertical dotted lines. Without a good magnifier these are very hard to see, and of course near everything offered on ebay etc is misidentified by the dreamers or scammers. Around $US175. SG Cat $1,600, for just - $A275 (Stock 395AJ)

BNG 2/6d Black and Brown 1901/1905 Lakatoi, with Cert: Absolutely superb used, free of hinges and gook and gunk and aging and foxing etc. Neat Barred BNG cancel, and as you can see - stunning perfs and centering for this first issue that was single line perforated. Absolutely as good as you will get. The “5/- Bridge” of Papua, with a tiny print run, of just 2,235 sold in both papers and watermarks combined! A major Pacific rarity. With clear 2008 colour, Expert Committee Photo Certificate. SG 8, £550=$A1,100, and oddly, unchanged for years - SHOULD be double this - MILES scarcer than any used £2 Roo. I only get one in stock each few years - only $US315 - $A495 (Stock 413BA)

SG 2018 “Stamps Of The World” 6 volumes. $300 under Retail!: The set is $A700 retail locally. SAVE $300! To buy direct off SG UK costs you $750 with post and GST. Buy off me, and pay $350 less than buying discounted direct off SG in UK! Stanley Gibbons Stamps of the World Vol 1-6, 2018 - THE most useful set in your library! Scott recently split their World set from 6 to TWELVE expensive volumes, costing locally here, WAY over $A1,500. If SG do the same next year, you will save a FORTUNE buying these NOW! A STACK more photos and detail and info here - tinyurl. com/SOW400 BRAND NEW in SG factory storage Carton - mention it at your stamp club for Library purchase. Feds are handing out YET ANOTHER $750 cash to most readers next month - I will happily RESERVE a set for you at just $A399 (Stock 892JQ) 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 Abacus Auction’s sale of Alan Griffiths’s Queensland postal stationery, a new book on the postal history of the postal card and new issues from Australia Post. Alan Griffiths Queensland Postal Stationery Collection: Abacus Auctions Public Auction 1 March 2020 Alan Griffiths’s extensive collection of Queensland postal stationery was put up for auction at Abacus Public Auction 240 on 1 March 2020. His collection included many scarce items and a wide range of essays and proofs many of which were previously part of the collection of Ron Butler. The highlight of the Auction was the 1895 ½d Queen Victoria (with void background) wrapper with the stamp impression inverted (Figure 1) which sold for $2,400 (all prices are exclusive of buyer’s commission), a truly outstanding postal stationery error. Two essays of 1d Queen Victoria (numerals in four corners) wrappers with the stamp in brown (Figure 2) and in blue sold for $550 and $525 respectively. A 1d Queen Victoria (numerals in four corners) wrapper (Figure 3), handstamped ‘OHMS’ and perforated ‘OS’ used by the Statistical Office sold for $550. A used example of the 1891 McCorquodale & Co formular registration envelope 225 x 100mm (Figure 4), likely Above top : Figure 1 1895 ½d Queen Victoria Wrapper with The Stamp Impression Inverted Above : Figure 2 Essay of 1d Brown Queen Victoria Wrapper Left : Figure 3 1d Official Wrapper Used by the Statistical Office Handstamped ‘OHMS’ and Perforated ‘OS’ 24 - Stamp News

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the only known used example, sold for $1,900 while a used example of the 1888 150 x 98 mm size registration envelope sold for $2,400. An official postcard for the Department of Public Instruction with the view ‘A Suburban school’ on the reverse sold for $725, a 1911 1d postcard perforated ‘OS’ and used by the Department of Public Lands (Figure 5) sold for $500 and a 1d official postcard with a 1d Queen Victoria stamp with numerals in four corners (Figure 6) but with the heading of an 1889-91 postcard and perforated ’OS’ sold for $480. A STO postcard for Alfred Shaw &Co, Brisbane sold for $380. The auction included many postcard essays including for a 1½d pictorial Top : Figure 4 Used 1891 McCorquodale & Co Formular Registration Envelope 225 x 100mm Middle : Figure 5 1911 1d postcard perforated ‘OS’ for the Department of Public Lands Bottom : Figure 6 1d Queen Victoria Stamp with Numerals In Four Corners Official Postcard 1889-91 Postcard Heading and Perforated ’OS’ Stamp News - 25

Postal Stationery postcard (Figure 7) with the stamp of similar designed to the issue 1890-91 postcards, a 1d pictorial postcard with a 1d ‘widow weeds’ stamp design (Figure 8) and a number of postcards with the stamp design and headings of the 1906 pictorial issue but without the pictorial design (Figure 9) in black, red and brown. In addition, there was a proof of a 1½d pictorial postcard with the stamp of similar design to the issued pictorial postcards. Surprisingly none of these sold on the day. A lot containing three copies (two mint, one used) of the 1904 1d + 1d reply card (with ‘REPLY’ 1 x 6.5 mm) sold for $230. A proof of the 1d + 1d Chalon head postcard (Figure 10) sold for $380 while an 1d +1d Queen Victoria sideface essay for a reply postcard (Figure 11) sold for $380. There were also five colour trials for the 1½ d + 1½ d 1891 reply postcard (Figure 12) in green, purple, carmine and brown which did not sell on the day. At the 1892 Australasian Postal Convention, the colonies agreed to issue lettercards at a rate of 1½d. Queensland prepared essays of a 1½d lettercard before it decided to issue the lettercard at a 2d rate. A copy of one of these essays (Figure 13) sold for $1,500. The Auction also included a range of STO envelopes including a 227 x 140 mm ½d ‘widow’s weeds’ envelope produced for the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co, one of the most prolific users of STO envelopes in Queensland. An interesting collection of over 200 Right - top to bottom : Figure 7 1½d Pictorial Postcard Essay Figure 8 1d Pictorial Postcard Essay Figure 9 1d Postcard Essay in Red 26 - Stamp News

Ian McMahon postal stationery items including postcards, wrappers, lettercards and STO envelopes sold for $480. Remembering Animal in War Stamped Envelope A stamped envelope to remember Animals in War (Figure 14) was issued on 24 February 2020 featuring a stylised version of a purple poppy and sold for $1.35. The National Day for War Animals in Australia is observed annually on 24 February to recognise the important roles that animals have played in war for transport, communications and companionship with the purple poppy being a focus of that recognition. The envelope was designed by Jason Watts, Australia Post Design Studio with images from Shutterstock.com. The envelope was also issued in the form of a ‘medallion cover’. Stadium and Northern Territory Pre-Paid Postcards Postcards showing Adelaide Oval and the Rod Laver Arena were issued on 24 March 2020. Both postcards sold for $2.20. Four Northern Territory themed postcards were issued in April 2020: Florence Falls, Litchfield Park, Black-necked Stork (colloquially known as the Jabiru), Karlu Karlu/Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, and the Saltwater Crocodile. Cocos (Keeling) Islands Formular Aerogramme The article on Cocos (Keeling) Is-

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Postal Stationery lands 1987 Pictorial aerorgammes in the November 2019 issue of the Postal Stationery Collector made mention of a formula aerogramme being sold at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Post Office before the issue of the pictorial aerorgammes with the issue of these aerogrammes being in part justified by the number of formular aerorgammes sold: I believe this to be justified in postal terms by the sale, through the Post Office, of up to one hundred blank aerograms per month to residents, and up to four hundred per month during yachting season. A candidate for the formular aerogramme is shown in Figure 15. It is an Australian ‘permit’ aerogramme which has been overprinted for the Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The Postal History of the Universal Postal Union: The Postal Card Worldwide, 1869 – 1974 “The Postal Card” (Figure 16) is part of a larger work, The Postal History of the UPU by James Peter Gough, RDP. Published in two volumes, this book addresses the postal history aspects of postal cards, reply-paid postal cards and even letter cards, making these volumes highly relevant for all collectors of postal stationery. “Jamie” is a well-known philatelic writer, speaker and researcher as well as a three-time grand prix exhibitor of postal history who, through this book, is reshaping the way we view postal cards. While the postal card was introduced before the UPU began, it was the UPU that would expand its global use by making it a required class of mail. The postal card evolved through many changes of UPU rules and regulations that affected postal card formats, usages, anomalies Top to bottom : Figure 12 1½d + 1½d 1891 Reply Postcard Essay and postal rates. Figure 13 1½d Lettercard Essay The Book is a history of the postal card, reply postal cards and letter cards Figure 14 Remember Animals In War Stamped Envelope as told in the timeline of the UPU. It 28 - Stamp News

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had all the important items of which he was aware. The Appendices give a glimpse of the scope and depth of this book: First Postal Card Issues of the World (a chronological list of all past and current countries, with dates); First Letter Card Issues of the World (this book also covers lettercards as they derived from the postal card concept); UPU Membership Dates (in chronological date order, followed by one in alphabetical Order; Table of Rates from Overseas Countries and Colonies to France- 1875 to 1920: Foreign Currency with approximate British equivalents in various years: The 200 Year Calendar, a tool for determining the day of the week, handy when trying to determine the postal history of an item; Bibliography; and Index. This book is destined to become the standard reference for all postal card philatelists. But just as impressively, this book is setting the bar for philatelic publications on any subject. No matter which country’s postal cards or letter cards you collect, this book is essential. If you collect and/or exhibit international postal history, this book is essential. The book is published by the Royal Philatelic Society, London and ordering information can be found at rpsl.org.uk.

Figure 15 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1980s Formular Aerogramme Figure 16 The Postal Card by Jamie Gough starts with the pre-Union concepts and models of the postal card, through the various Congresses from 1874, and ends with the Congress of Lausanne in 1974, the official acknowledgement of the impending death of the international postal card. Postal cards of early issuers are described in their approaches, uses, restrictions and rates from 1869 to the start of the UPU for both domestic and foreign destinations. From the start of the UPU period, the evolution of the postal card is covered chronologically by each congress until 1974 when the UPU removed the requirement for member countries to issue postal cards or even maintain a postal card class of mail, effectively ending a global century of the postal card. The book is laid out in a very user-friendly manner. Interspersed throughout are blue boxes of texts entitled “Contextual Information” to give auxiliary information to the main story line. The book, therefore, facilities its reading as a narrative history story with lots of pictures. Most are from Jamie’s collection but many are from collectors worldwide to ensure that he

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Cinderella Corner Welcome to the June edition of Cinderella Corner. This article builds on four previously explored themes, thereby extending the narrative on these topics, namely: electricity, department stores, printing, cars, and Philatelic Dealers and Traders.

Electricity

Several cinderella labels related to electricity and associated events were explored in the July 2017 Cinderella Corner, and a few more are now discussed to help extend the understanding about them. Australian cinderella collector Peter Simpfendorfer provided the scan illustrated in Figure 1. This image of the rear of a late 1938 postmarked Victorian cover showcases an uncommon electricity-themed label. Rouletted on three sides and coloured pale yellow and red, the label presents the following text: THE Box Hill City Council INVITES YOU TO THE FOURTH ANNUAL Electrical Exhibition AND Cookery Demonstration in the Town Hall, Box Hill on Tuesday, 29th November / Wednesday, 30th November AT 7 P.M. It appears that several Councils throughout Melbourne and its surrounds held similar electrical events throughout the 1920s to the 1940s, which often ran alongside national ones. Figure 2 illustrates a block of 12 multicoloured labels. As previously identified in the July 2017 Cinderella Corner, each measures 61mm x 33mm and is perforated 11Â˝ on all sides. The left of each cinderella illustrates a godlike figure, riding the clouds, with a charge of electricity beaming from his right hand. It has been cited postmarked on the front of a cover dated 22nd July 1927. This marked the first year that the All-Electrical Exposition was celebrated, over 90 years ago, and, across the course of three weeks, the various uses of electricity were showcased. These have been documented as ranging from household appliances to railways and switchboards. Some other newspaper reports across Victoria also mentioned that the event was a success, with many products ordered and purchased. The one shilling entrance fee into the Exhibition Buildings helped support and fund some of the costs associated with the various displays housed in Melbourne across the days. This block represents a 12/- purchase of the uncommon labels and helps to identify some further information about the size of sheet (i.e., it was greater than 12). The margin Top : Figure 1 on the top of the sheet Middle : Figure 2 is also significantly narrower that the margin Above L-R Figure 3 & to the left. Figure 4 The label illustrated Right L-R: Figure 5 & in Figure 3 was issued Figure 6 in 1938. Measuring 30 - Stamp News

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Above L-R : Figure 10 & Figure 12 Left ; Figure 8

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many new radio receiver designs and broadcasting apparatus.

Left : Figure 11 Above : Figure 9 35mm x 41mm, multicoloured, and perforated 13 on all four sides, it features the text: GO! To the ELECTRICAL & RADIO EXHIBITION / SYDNEY TOWN HALL 23RD to 5TH MAR. The exhibition served as an official function of the 150th Anniversary celebrations held across Sydney and boasted a range of new and interesting products, including an electric lie detector and self-tuning radio receivers. The eighth annual Sydney Electrical and Radio Exhibition was held across 11 days in 1933, from 22 March to 1 April. To help commemorate the event, the label illustrated in Figure 4 was issued. It measures 26mm x 35mm, is perforated 11 on all four sides, and is coloured yellow, green and black. At the base of the cinderella is the top portion of the Sydney Town Hall where the event was held, too. One of the reported highlights of the event was a replica of one of the Australian Broadcasting Commission’s studios, which was placed on the Town Hall stage. The final electricity-themed label in this article is illustrated in Figure 5. This imperforate cinderella measures 44mm x 65mm and is multicoloured. Presenting a towering image of the Exhibition Concert Hall in Brisbane, the label also features the text: Brisbane’s 1ST. RADIO & ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION Aug. 9th. To Aug. 14th. 1926. The six-day event was met with much success and showcased

Department Stores

The January issue of Cinderella Corner explored labels advertising a number of Australian department stores. One of these labels, as illustrated in Figure 6, is a Sydney-produced item that features the storefront of the Brisbane David Jones’ store and is coloured black, white and red. Measuring 37mm x 39mm and perforated 11 on all sides, the cinderella features the text: DAVID JONES’ 118 BIRTHDAY / SYDNEY – ADELAIDE – PERTH – WAGGA WAGGA – BRISBANE. As illustrated in Figure 7, it is now known that these labels were printed in sheets of 15 (3 x 5), with large margins at the top and bottom. The sheet itself measures 190mm x 152mm. The label illustrated in Figure 8 celebrates the centenary of Charles Davis Limited, a hardware and general store originally operating in Hobart, Tasmania. The cinderella measures 45mm x 33mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. It is multicoloured and features the text: 1847 100 YEARS 1947 / CHARLES DAVIS LIMITED. Charles Davis himself was a businessman born in London in the 1820s and died many years later in 1914 (survived by his fifth wife and eight children). The company was renamed Harris Scarfe Holdings Limited in the 1990s, and this chain of department stores still operates today. Dahlsens of Bairnsdale is a hardware and department store that operates in the Victorian town of Bairnsdale. The label illustrated in Figure 9 was issued to commemorate its Stamp News - 31

Cinderella Corner 75th anniversary. Imperforate and coloured red, blue and cream, it measures 51mm x 25mm. The cinderella features the text: Celebrating 75 Years of Service and Progress / DAHLSENS of BAIRNSDALE. Further information about this label and its date of issue is required.

Top L-R Figure 14 & Figure 15 Below L-R Figure 16 & Figure 17

Printing

A few cinderella labels exploring the theme of ‘printing’ were discussed in last year’s May Cinderella Corner. One included the company Ford & Son Printers (commonly abbreviated to F & S, and formerly known as Ford and Son Press), which operated in Melbourne on Drummond Street, Carlton, from as early as the 1890s. They established as stationers, and then printers, and operated for several decades in Melbourne. Ford & Son were responsible for printing many books and pamphlets, of which many reside in several libraries throughout Australia. The label illustrated in Figure 11 illustrates an old-time printing machine in use. It is coloured green, white and red and is imperforate. The cinderella measures 30mm x 47mm and features the text: F & S / FORD & SON PRINTERS CARLTON. MELB. The label likely dates to the 1920s or 1930s and further information is needed to ascertain a more precise date. Another similar label has since surfaced, as illustrated in Figure 12. Its central image of a man operating a printing machine is strikingly similar to the F & S cinderella, and the label advertises the Australian-based company Jackson & O’Sullivan. The multicoloured cinderella measures 39mm x 62mm and is perforated 11 on all four sides. It features the text: Jackson & O’Sullivan POSTER STAMP EXPERTS / “We have a Design for YOU”. This label also likely dates to the 1920s or 1930s.

Cars

The January and May 2016 Cinderella Corner editions illustrated a number of very scarce cinderella labels showcasing Essex and Hudson vehicles (one is included with Figure 13). These were all likely printed some time between the late 1920s and the early 1930s, with a reported peak in sales in Hudson Super Six vehicles in 1926. 32 - Stamp News

Since that time, another label has surfaced, as illustrated in Figure 14. Measuring 53mm x 33mm and roughly rouletted, this multicoloured label features the text: Invincible / HUDSON SUPER SIX. It is likely that other labels in the Hudson and very similar Essex range exist, and further information is needed about them.

Queensland Philatelic Society

March’s Cinderella Corner was devoted to some Philatelic Exhibition cinderellas issued between 1936 and 1938. Many thanks to Dave Elsmore for extending the narrative on those produced and available during the 1938 Queensland Philatelic Society Exhibition. As supplied by Dave and subsequently illustrated in Figure 15, an additional variety exists in the blue colour, with complete imperforation between two of three strips, and partial double perforation between the other two. Many thanks to Dave for his ongoing comments and support.

Stalley’s Stamp Shop

Many thanks to FDC collector and enthusiast Simon Cronk for providing images of the two wonderful covers illustrated in Figures 16 and 17. These collectively illustrate two more examples of labels issued by Australian Philatelic Dealers and Traders, and in doing so extend upon those covered in the July 2016 Cinderella Corner. These labels both advertise Stalley’s Stamp Shop, based in Adelaide. In addition to producing Wide World FDCs in the late 1940s and early 1950s, owner and stamp dealer Peter. K Stalley also designed and manufactured a range of philatelic items for his shop.

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Lot 54: Australia 1928 3d Kookaburra Minisheet First Day of Issue Superb Used! (APD545) Price $1195

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Visit us at our new premises by appointment, Opposite Upper Ferntree Gully Station. 9.30 – 5.30 Monday – Saturday to view any of the lots in this sale, plus a whole lot more! Suite 1, 1174 Burwood Highway Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic. 3156 Buy now at the listed price or bid a lower figure. Bids will be considered Midday Tuesday 30th June 2020. Bids accepted by phone, mail or email. Provided the item has not sold at the full price, bids at 75% to 95% will have a good chance of success; 65% - 74% will have a reasonable chance of success. Bids 50% to 64% will have minimal chance of success, but still worth a try. Bids below 50% are respectfully declined. Bid for as many alternatives as you wish, but please put a dollar cap on your total spending, and we will allocate lots according to what is available. Orders at full list price above $500 are post free within Australia. Layby welcome for orders above $500. Scans or colour photocopies of individual items are available on request. Many smaller items, including many that are not on this list may be found in our eBay listings. Our store name is 21st-century-auctions Postage and insurance extra, Free within Australia above $500 for items purchased at full price. We accept Visa, MasterCard & PayPal at no fee. Hours generally 9.30 am – 5.30pm Mon – Fri, but we will often answer the phone after hours. All of our items carry our 14 day satisfaction guarantee. Lot 1:

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Great Britain 1882 5/- Plate 4 BLUED PAPER lettered E B – B E (GB267) Price $1250

Great Britain 1883 10/Ultramarine on Blued paper (GB114) Price $1100

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Great Britain 1884 £1 Brown- Lilac SG 185 lettered A O - O A (GB262) Price $1125

GB 1902-11 KEVII £1 Green SG 266, De la Rue printing (GB269) Price $995

Lot 5: GB KGV 1913 £1 pound Deep Green Seahorse SG 403 fine used (GB654) Price $1695

Lot 6: GB 1915 DLR Seahorses set of 3, fresh mint lightly hinged (GB78) Price $3375 Lot 7: 1850 Sydney View 1d Brownish red No trees on hill SG 12a (NSW147) Price $900

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New South Wales 1853 Two penny Deep Ultramarine Imperf. Plate 2, SG 60 (NSW99) Price $1850

New South Wales 1853 medium blued paper 8d Orange-yellow SG80 (NSW125) Price $1650

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NSW 1855 8d Dull Yellow Orange Imperf, SG 98 (DB116) Price $975

NSW 1855 8d Golden Yellow Imperf, SG 97 (DB115) Price $885

Lot 12: New South Wales 1859 small cover Sydney - Auckland (NSW5) Price $525

Lot 13: New South Wales 1862-86 1d Brownish-red imperf (NSW46) Price $495

Lot 14: NSW 1885-86 5/- Lilac & green overprinted ‘POSTAGE’ in black perf 12 x 10 (NSW126) Price $750

Lot 15: South Australia 1858 1d Deep yellow-green SG 5, good to close margins (SA43) Price $600

Lot 17: Tasmania 1854 4d Bright Red Orange Courier, unused on piece CTS Die 1 (T16) Price $595

Lot 16: South Australia 1906 2d Bright Violet Queen Victoria, ACSC 9A (SA6) Price $995

Lot 18: Tasmania 1857 4d Bright Blue Imperf. Chalon, OFFSET SG38 (T71)

Lot 20: Lot 19: Tasmania 1858 1/Vermilion Imperf mint (D13) Price $650

Lot 22: Western Australia 1854 4d Pale Blue Swan, imperf SG 3 VARIETY. (THICK RIGHT LIMB TO A OF POSTAGE) (WA148) Price $2950

Lot 25: Western Australia 1859 6d Grey Black Swan SG 19 “Hillman” imperf (WA150) Price $1495

WA 1854 1d Black Swan Rouletted SG 2. Complete roulettes easily visible (WA80) Price $675

Lot 21: Western Australia 1854 1d Black Swan, superb used vertical pair 4 big margins (WA147) Price $1495

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Western Australia 1854-55 rouletted 71/2 to 14 1/- Pale brown Swan SG 6a (WA86) Price $1095

Western Australia 1855 1/- Pale brown Swan, SG 6a VARIETY (Broken A of Postage) (WA149) Price $2895

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Western Australia 1860-64 6d Sage Green, Rouletted. Lovely used example (MY20) Price $1250

Western Australia 1860 6d Sage Green , Rouletted. Very fine used (J22) Price $1125

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Western Australia 1861 4d Vermilion Swan, misperf SG40 (MN27) Price $795

Western Australia 1895 Surcharge ‘Half-Penny’ in green and red mint pair (WA110) Price $495

Lot 30: Western Australia 1896 Coolgardie Camel Express set of 3 MNG (WA146) Price $995

Lot 31: Western Australia 1902-12 Melbourne printing Postcard (with border), PTPO (WA132) Price $500

Lot 32: Australia 1913 2.5d Indigo Kangaroo in superb top left corner MUH (K386) Price $3895

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Australia 1913 4d Analine Orange Kangaroo. ACSC 15B Fresh Mint Unhinged (K784) Price $1995

Australia 1913 2.5d Indigo Kangaroo perf Large OS in mint unhinged block of 4 (K525) Price $1365

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Australia 1913 5d Chestnut Kangaroo, superb mint unhinged (K14) Price $595

Australia 1913 4d Orange Kangaroo Imperf at base (K1069) Price $795

Lot 38: Australia 1913 9d Pale Violet Kangaroo 1st Wmk MUH (K320) Price $1250

Lot 39: Australia 1913 10/Grey & Pink 1st wmk Kangaroo, Ovpt. Specimen MUH (K483) Price $1950

Lot 41: Australia 1915 Bluish Indigo 2nd wmk Kangaroo in a fresh mint (*/**) block of 4 (K850) Price $1350

Lot 40: Australia 1915 9d Violet 2nd watermark ACSC 25A MUH (K800) Price $1950

Lot 42: Australia 1916 2/- Brown 3rd wmk. Kangaroo variety ‘Watermark inverted’ BW (K814) Price $1200

Lot 43: Australia 1918 9d Deep Violet Kangaroo , ACSC 26Ca 3rd wmk Die II Inverted (K132) Price $995

Lot 44: Australia 1918 1/- Blue Green Kangaroo, 3rd wmk Die 11b (*/**) Harrison two line imprint block of 4 (K635) Price $1250

Lot 45: Australia 1919 £2 Purple Black & Rose 3rd wmk. Kangaroo ACSC 56C(D)h (K424) Price $3600

Lot 46: Australia 1924 3rd wmk £1 Grey Kangaroo SG 75S, ovpt. Specimen Type C2 MUH(LM152) Price $1495

Lot 47: Australia 1932 Grey & Pink C of A wmk Kangaroos. Well centred very fine MUH (K415) Price $7500

Lot 48: Australia 1916 4d Lemon KGV Perf OS, superb fresh MUH (G654) Price $2695

Lot 49: Australia 1919 1.5d Bright red brown, Cracked Electro Bottom right corner? (G177) Price $995

Lot 50: Australia 1920 1/4d Turquoise KGV Single wmk MUH (DB491) Price $1150

Lot 51: Australia 1927 KGV 1/4d Pale Turquoise Blue sml. Multi. Wmk fresh mint very light hinge (G53) Price $1195

Lot 52: Australia 1927 KGV Pale Turquoise KGV smw. SG 93 Perf. 14 Mullett Imprint Pair MUH(G264) Price $2350

Lot 55: Australia 1932 1/Yellow Green Lyrebird MISPLACED Ovpt. OS fine cds used (APD547) Price $1875

Lot 53: Australia 1927 11/2d Canberra, PLATE NUMBER 6 corner block of 4 MUH (APD520) Price $1500

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Australia 1948 11/2d Green QE, no wmk. Top gutter block of 8 post office fresh MUH (APD199) Price $2700

Australia 1950 Â£2 Arms Authorith imprint block of 4 MUH (APD519) Price $1100

Lot 58: Australia 1923 5d Bright Chestnut KGV Head Single wmk Perf OS(APH429) Price $1250

Lot 59: Australia 1923 small cover to USA bearing 2d Pink, UNSURFACED PAPER (LM130) Price $495

Lot 60: Australias 1929 Small Registered Cover to Yugoslavia (DB543) Price $465

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Australia 1946 BCOF 1d QE block of 4 with Trial opt in thin serifed MUH (BCOF25) Price $1000

Australia 1946 BCOF 3d KGVI with Trial opt in thin serifed type (BCOF27) Price $500

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New Guinea 1914 GRI overprints on Marshall Islands, 5mm spacing, 5d mint (BC963) Price $479

New Guinea 1914-15 GRI overprints on German New Guinea, 6mm spacing 1d mint (BC952) Price $600

Lot 65: 1914-15 GRI Ovpts. On Yacht Type of Marshall Is. Variety middle stamp at left (broken left foot to 1) cover locally addressed (PNG610) Price $1195

Lot 67: New Guinea 1915-16 NWPI overprints Third wmk £1 chocolate & dull blue (BC199) Price $750

Lot 66: GRI Ovpts. On Yacht Type of Marshall Is. 1915 Reg’d cover Rabaul to Paris (PNG609) Price $995

Lot 68: New Guinea NWPI 1916 small reg’d & censored cover to Switzerland. (PNG611) Price $995

Lot 69: New Guinea 1916 NWPI/GRI combination reg’d/Censored small cover (PNG620) Price $995

Lot 70: GRI Ovpts. On Yacht Type of Marshall Is. 1915 Regâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d cover Rabaul to Paris (PNG609) Price $995

Lot 71: New Guinea NWPI 1917 registered and censored cover to Switzerland (PNG621) Price $995

Lot 72: New Guinea NWPI 1917 registered cover to the UK bearing 3rd wmk 2/Brown (PNG619) Price $995

Lot 73: New Guinea 1917 NWPI 5/- Grey & Orange Yellow 2nd wmk. Kangaroo on cover to Switzerland (PNG623) Price $995

Lot 75: New Guinea NWPI 1919-23 2.5d Indigo Kangaroo (DB799) Price $550

Lot 74: New Guinea NWPI 1919 5/- Grey & Yellow 3rd wmk Kangaroo type C ovpt on cover to Switzerland (PNG622) Price $995

Lot 76: New Guinea 1935 MUH £2 Bright violet & £5 Emerald-green SG 204 & 205 MUH (PNG551) Price $1800

Lot 77: New Guinea 1939 Airmail set of 14 to £1 SG 212-225 (PNG548) Price $1000

Lot 78: Bermuda 1865-1903 QV wmk Crown CC 2d Bright Blue SG4 (BC235) Price $600

Lot 79: New Zealand SG 1349-51 1984 Christmas imperf set fresh MInt unhinged (NZ6) Price $975

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Fernando Poo 1868 20c Brown SG1, fine mint lightly hinged example (ROW105) Price $995

France 1853 40c Orange Imperf. Napoleon III mint (BD363) Price $495

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Italian States: Sicily 1859 King Ferdinand II 1/2gr yellow imperf (ROW141) Price $750

Italian States: Naples 1858 Heraldic Symbol 20gr red (ROW145) Price $700

Lot 82: Iceland 1873 2s Blue SG1 MNG (ROW247) CV ÂŁ750 Price $875

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Lot 85: Italian States: Sicily 1859 King Ferdinand II 1/2gr yellow imperf (ROW129) Price $500

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Italian States: Sicily 1859 King Ferdinand II 50gr brown imperf (ROW143) Price $750

Italian States: Tuscany 1851-59 Arms 1q black/ grey imperf SG 2 (ROW124) Price $675

Lot 87: Italian States: Sicily 1859 King Ferdinand II imperfs (ROW136) Price $700

Lot 89: Italian States: Tuscany 1860 Provisional Government imperfs (ROW134) Price $550

Lot 90: Italian States: Tuscany 1860 Provisional Government 1c purple imperf (ROW139) Price $600

Lot 91: Italian States: Tuscany 1860 Provisional Government 80c dull red imperf (ROW140) Price $850

Lot 92: Australia 1930 AN INWARDS ZEPPELIN-FLOWN COVER: 31 May 1930 (AFC141) Price $5500

Lot 68: New Guinea 1916 NWPI/GRI combination regâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d/ Censored small cover (PNG620) Price $995

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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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Modern Philately Exhibiting Class Modern Philately is a relatively new exhibiting class where the exhibits are restricted to stamp issues during the previous 40 years. These days, this class is included in most National and International stamp exhibitions. The section below summarises the FIP guidelines. The full version can be seen on the following website https://www.f-i-p.ch/wp-content/ uploads/Modern-Philately-Guidelines. FIP Modern Philately Guidelines The Modern Philately class was set up to encourage collectors of recent or modern philatelic material to exhibit and to demonstrate to Postal Administrations that many philatelists collect and study the material issued by them since 1991. This class is available at all National and International exhibitions that have Traditional, Postal History, and Postal Stationery Classes. Exhibits for Modern Philately must contain philatelic material issued by postal authorities that had been produced from within approximately the last 30 years. Stamp series or philatelic topics that were substantially issued after 1991 are qualified as topics

for the Modern Philately exhibits. However, there is meant to be some latitude in the dates of the material shown and there is not an arbitrary limit that material issued before 1991 cannot be shown, as long as the majority of the exhibit fits the criteria of Modern Philately. The exhibit is restricted to 5 frames. The allocation of points recognises that Modern Philatelic material is worthy of study and in many instances is difficult to acquire, treat and present. The short passage of time since their issue has not provided an accurate or precise indication of importance or rarity. The exhibits are judged according to the guidelines of their respective classes with the points awarded as follows: Treatment & Importance 30 points Knowledge & Research 35 points Condition & Rarity 30 points Presentation 5 points Total 100 points. The following Questions and Answers also come from the FIP website: Q: Will the Modern Philately category ever become its own separate Class? A: No, because the material and rules for these ex-

Figure 1: 14/10/1986 photo essay from Stuart Billington

Figure 2: 14/4/1987 same photo essay as figure 1 with a clearer emphasis on the piggy bank

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Stephanie Bromser

Philatelic Development Officer, APF inside the period, it can be shown

Why exhibit in the Modern Philately class There are so many countries issuing large numbers of stamps, no longer can you collect, let alone exhibit the stamps of the whole world. At exhibitions, you will see many wonderful exhibits of the classic 19th century stamps, but every year we see more and more people exhibiting beautiful modern stamps. The ones issued to publicise the events and history of the modern world. Collectors are starting to realise that Figure 3: Back and front of Stamp Collector Cards issued by Australia Post to ducks and monuments and promote the series Olympians belong in Traditional exhibits as well as hibits are the same as Traditional, Postal History, Thematic ones or Postal Stationery classes so the exhibits can be As stamp exhibitions become more sophisticated judged by accredited Jurors from these classes. it is difficult for new exhibitors to compete with the Q: Can modern philately exhibits receive Large Gold well-established classic exhibits. Many new exhibawards? itors have collections that have been accumulated A: Because of the brevity and recent time frame of during their lifetime that do not include the older the exhibits, the development and importance of rarities owing to the cost and difficulty of acquisithe exhibits are restricted thus not allowing for tion. Modern philatelic material that can be used the demanding nature of achieving a Large Gold in exhibits is anything produced between the near award. recent past and the current day. Most of the material Q: Why have yet another category of exhibits? in the exhibit should be post-1990. It includes recent A: There is a demand for showing more recent or current definitive sets from a country and all the philatelic material that can be recognized as such. contemporary commemorative issues of almost any Much of this demand comes from newer exhibicountry one may choose to collect. tors. Since most of all worldwide philatelic material has Q: Can a stamp series that was first issued in 1985 only been issued in the past 20 years or so, the scope and is still used today be exhibited in Modern of what could potentially be exhibited is immense. Philately? The exhibitor needs only to keep in mind that any A: Modern Philately exhibits emphasize material exhibit of modern material will be judged in terms of issued since 1990. However, this is not meant to Treatment, Knowledge, Study and Research, Rarity be a rigid time rule and if most of the material falls and Condition and Presentation, in identical fashion Stamp News - 51

Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation mental vending machine postage, personal stamps, and various aspects of printing e.g. holograms and koala reprints. Many of these exhibitors are receiving high awards at national and international shows. I encourage them to press on, for it is only by showing such material that its significance eventually becomes established and recognized for the modern rarities they are. In many ways, the exhibitor of such modern material is thus a pioneer. Not only may little published information be yet Figure 4: Page from John Moore’s Modern Philately exhibit available on the complexities of some issues, what may exist is only still a to how these are used in the evaluation of all other beginning, as it often takes many years for philatelic exhibits. research to catch up with the full complexity of the postal issues, for commercial usages to be discovered The challenge of Modern Philately in dealers’ stocks, and for such issues to be recogExhibitors of modern material face some major nized as “worthy” of serious pursuit by our more challenges, the biggest one perhaps being that modhidebound pontificates of all things philatelic. ern material is perceived as being relatively more available than classic or other earlier material, and 1988 Australia Living Together – a Modern Philaas such does not usually warrant, in the eyes of the telic Exhibit judges, due acknowledgement of its rarity. Yet ask One highly awarded Australian Modern Philately exany serious collector of modern material instead about “difficulty of acquisition”, particularly in terms hibit is the Australia Living Together series of 1988 that has been put together by John Moore. Issued of short-lived postal rates, general availability of to coincide with the bi-centenary of European Setnon-philatelic covers, printings on different paper tlement, this series provides a light-hearted look at stocks, or limited distribution of uncommon perforaAustralian society in its two-hundredth year. It has tions, and the real challenge of finding such material, received a vermeil medal at the China 2019 Interin the proper period of use, becomes apparent. It national Stamp Exhibition and Gold at the recent might take a significant amount of searching, folCanberra Stampshow. lowed by some rather arduous primary research, to During the design process for this series many of fully outline, categorize and describe the significance Australia’s leading cartoonists were invited by Ausof what is being shown. tralia Post to submit designs for consideration. These In Australia, we have a few collectors actively designs were prepared in “stamp form” by Australia producing exhibits of modern definitive series, peel Posts’ graphic artists for presentation to the Stamp and stick stamps, modern postal stationery, experi52 - Stamp News

Stephanie Bromser

Philatelic Development Officer, APF

series was issued in February, March and September of 1988 replacing all existing definitive stamps up to the $1 denomination. The issue was heavily promoted by Australia Post as “A Cartoon View of Australia” with an additional product in the form of Stamp Collector Cards being made available to the public. Figure 3 shows the back and front of 2 of these cards. This type of promotional material is uncommon as it is not generally available for sale. The series had a relaFigure 5: Greetings card from 7/12/1988, going to Malaysia, showing 2c as a tively long period of issue make-up value and the exhibit covers the inevitable rate changes as well as changes in printAdvisory Committee. 55 of the archive photographs ers, papers, and methods of reprint indicators. One of the proposals (photo essays) are shown through of the difficulties of exhibiting modern philately this exhibit. This is believed to be a complete set. is finding all the possible mint examples and comThis is extremely unusual as the rejected designs are mercially used covers with the correct rate from the scarce. A few of the photo essays are shown with a actual period, when the rate was valid. This exhibit different value than the adopted face value. Figure has plenty of examples such as the page shown in fig1 shows an example from Stuart Billington that was ure 4. On this page there are the photo essays, white presented om 14/10/1986 with a face value of 36c. and cream paper varieties, printings from two printThe design needed to be simplified with a clearer emphasis on the piggy bank. Figure 2 shows the revised photo essay that was accepted on 14/4/1987. The stamp was issued on 17/2/1988 with a face value of 90c. The inclusion and writeup of this type of material adds to knowledge and research as well as rarity. A total of 27 stamps Figure 6: 4.25m traffic light – 1st reprint, September 1988, Harrisons paper, printer Leigh Mardon, Moorabbin in the Living Together

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Introducing the Australian Philatelic Federation Booklet that was issued with the 37c value re-printed in imperf and perforated form with a micro year date (2007) incorporated into the design. The Expo 1988 Sachet Packs were prepared and sold in a “hang sell” fashion in the Australia Post Pavilion at the Brisbane World Exposition (See figure 9). These packs contained postage for one or for five postcards by airmail Figure 7: 5m traffic light – 2nd reprint, February 1989, CPL paper, printer to overseas destinations. CPE Stamps used in the packs were separated by guillotiners, and examples of the different reprints. There is ing often resulting in partially shaved to fully shaved also a postcard sent on 8/11/1989 to the USA. These varieties all add to the difficulty of acquisition (condi- perforations. The exhibit is presented on A3 sheets which gives tion and rarity) which is often overlooked during the judging. Philatelic knowledge is demonstrated by the enough space for most of the variations of the stamps and important usages to be show without overcrowdcompleteness and relevant descriptions of each item. ing. This enhances the presentation by making the The exhibit shows almost a complete collection exhibit quite easy to read. of all the stamp varieties with appropriate usages. Of course, there is little if any archival material The values of the 30c and below were only used for available for a Modern Traditional exhibit, since the make-up purposes. These are illustrated with covers bulk of the design and pre-printing items are computsuch as the cover in figure 5 where the 2c stamp has er generated and thus only available in digital form. been added to make up the airmail rate to Malaysia. Without such documentation provided by this exhibit Wherever possible it is good to show covers that have been sent to unusual locations. This is a consistent feature of this exhibit. When an exhibit is of a definitive series that covers a large time period the changes in the various letter rates can prove to be a challenge. It is important to demonstrate a knowledge of the postal rates for all the routes and types of postal services. Another difficulty is reprint identification. Early reprints can be identified by the paper used, the size of the traffic lights in the gutters (see figures 6 and 7) or, in the case of the 30c first reprint, UV reaction. During 1989, reprints started to be identified by printing a koala on the left and right selvedge of every second stamp. This identification later appeared on every stamp selvage. One to four koalas indicate first to forth reprint (see figure 8). Different selling formats should also be included. Examples from this exhibit are the 2007 Prestige 54 - Stamp News

Figure 8: 2 “koalas” indicating this stamp is from the second reprint November 1990 CPL paper, printer Leigh Mardon, Moorabbin

Stephanie Bromser

Philatelic Development Officer, APF

Figure 9: Different formats of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;hang-sellâ&#x20AC;? Expo 1988 Sachet Packs

Figure 10: Abandoned Stamp Card 9A overprinted for NZ2020

and others, the research into modern philately would be relatively unknown beyond a small group of modern specialists.

at 1:00pm Saturday. The Palmares was also cancelled. All competitive exhibits present were qualified to be exhibited internationally, and therefore the level of awards was high with eight philatelic and two literature large gold medals, and 13 philatelic and two literature gold medals awarded. The APF had prepared a special overprinted Abandoned Stamp Card (9A) for sale at the exhibition. 100 cards, numbered 150 to 249, were overprinted with both the NZ2020 and the Melbourne 2021 logos. At this stage we are waiting to see if travel restrictions are going to be lifted so that Melbourne 2021 can go ahead. These cards are available from the APF store on https://apf.org.au/product-category/ abandoned-stamp-cards.

NEW Zealand 2020 When the New Zealand Government placed restrictions on travel into New Zealand it meant that Commissioners, Jury members and overseas dealers, as well as individual people planning to come to New Zealand for the exhibition would not be able to attend. The Organising Committee therefore has no choice but to cancel the international aspect of the exhibition. They decided to run a national exhibition instead. The entries were the New Zealand exhibits already entered in NZ2020. Unfortunately, further coronavirus restrictions forced the exhibition to close

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Market Matters NZ ceases “Health” Stamps.

New Zealand post in recent years announced that the very familiar NZ “Health” stamps, which have been issued annually in New Zealand since 1929, have now totally ceased - ending an 88 year tradition for this very popular series since the first issue. In 1929 New Zealand Post worked with Children’s Health Camps - now called Stand Children’s Services (“STAND”) - to create an annual postage stamp issue, to help New Zealand’s most at risk children with the funds raised. These funds were raised via the clearly visible Charity surcharge on each stamp. The members of the public and collectors who purchased the stamps, in effect donated the surcharge to the All time classic NZ Health set. “Health” cause. The iconic New Zealand “Smiling Boys” stamp pair each set purchased was donated. issue from 1931 shown nearby, as can be seen, raised Each issue had a different theme, with the aim 2d to the cause (1d each stamp) and were only valid to educate children of New Zealand and their famifor 3d of postage value. Near half (the value) of lies about good health. The donation from the sale of each stamp provided important funding for the Children’s Health Camps across New Zealand. In later years sets of stamps AND Miniature Sheets were issued, for each year since 1957 - so 60 years of Health Mini Sheets exist.

“Stamps not financially viable.”

Very last NZ Health Stamp issue. 56 - Stamp News

In recent times, NZ letter mail volumes have been in decline, a global reality, and this has of course been reflected in the number of Children’s

Glen Stephens “Health” stamps sold. Unfortunately, this has led to it being no longer financially viable for New Zealand Post to administer this stamp issue each year, they advised the stamp world. Not sure why - the “Health” surcharge was only 10¢ on the then current $2 health stamp as can be seen nearby, versus near HALF of the purchase cost of the 1931 set shown above, so the monies raised one imagines were not breaking NZ Post - or the purse of the public who bought them?? So these Health issues survived each year right through the Great Depression, and even right through World War 2 they did not miss a beat, and a set was issued every year. Sad to see them go, and at least a “complete” collection can now be formed with some certainty. Try getting them all on FDC THAT is an incredibly tough ask!

Very last NZ Health Stamp issue. As a result, this annual stamp issue will be no longer. However New Zealand Post claims they will continue to support the great work that STAND does, by other means. I hope so. However as can be seen below, the new May 2020 COVID Teddy Bear stamp issue makes a $3 donation to Red Cross so maybe the thinking is changing?

The NZ 1996 “Teddy Bear” Healths.

NZ 40¢ “Teddy Bear” normal and coil.

The most notorious issue of these NZ Health stamps was in 1996. The 40¢ value was about to go on sale when the Road Safety “powers that be” noticed the baby in the back seat was facing forward. Shown clearly, as the Teddy Bear toy had a belt across the left shoulder, proving both it and the baby were facing forward. In this PC world, that is not OK it appears, and I gather the NZ law even back in 1996 stated babies in these ”pods” or capsules must face backwards in the car, so they do not get flung forward in any accident. The stamp issue depicting “Road Safety” was not doing a great job here! So all hell broke loose in PO Headquarters and the NZ Media. The offending Teddy Stamp News - 57

Market Matters Bear design was amended at the last moment, and the original large printing supposedly destroyed. The final issued design having no Teddy Bear, and no seat belt, it was not apparent if the restrained child was facing in the “illegal” direction. This largely kept everyone happy. The amended design stamps were issued on June 5, 1996. It soon became apparent, due to an alert stamp collector, that at least some of the original “Teddy Bear” stamps had not been destroyed as the Post Office had claimed was the case. A Made the main NZ newspapers. few commercial covers were business mail. A part sheet was sold broken down sighted, one of which was a somewhat, and the $60,000 proceeds donated by the FDC. The hunt was on! Bank to charity. A daily newspaper clipping of the Further investigations showed that a financial institution, The Auckland Savings Bank, had purchased time is nearby, re that auction. The error stamps were sold from only two NZ most of the error stamps, and used them on normal Post Offices that did not bother to read their “DO NOT SELL THESE STAMPS” Memos - Royal Oak PO in Auckland, and the Te Ngae PO of all places - near Rotorua. The only stamps sold, and only in a few 100 total, were 40¢ sheet and coil stamps – but never the Miniature Sheets for some reason.

Rapid Global publicity.

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I wrote extensively about these “Teddy Bear” issues at the time, and several of my stories were on page 1 of the mass selling “Linn’s Stamp News” in the USA.

Glen Stephens

The genuinely issued NZ “Kapa Haka” set 5. This link shows some of my 20 year old reports tinyurl.com/TeddyStamp A Linn’s reader in the USA read one, and bid for 2 singles, paying $A2,640 and $A2,210 in the Auction sale below. Stanley Gibbons Auctions in Australia offered three lots of these stamps in their Sydney auction on February 25, 1997. These lots were a corner block of 6, and two single stamps. The corner block of 6 sold to a telephone bidder in Japan for $A10,450. No Miniature Sheets were ever sold by NZ Post, to anyone, at any time. The Linn’s reader had no idea these errors even existed until that article, he told Linn’s staff, so it does prove that stamp magazines articles DO sometimes get read! The self-adhesive 40¢ single is known to be many times scarcer than the regular gum version, so him paying 20% more for it was a good buy, but I think he bought right at the top of the market. The New Zealand Post Office was NOT amused when Dutch dealers and individuals started offering the “Teddy Bear” Miniature sheets to dealers here mainly because the sheet had never ever been on sale in NZ! I refused to handle them, as it appeared, they were stolen property, and NZ Post was breathing fire and brimstone that legal action would ensue, if anyone offered them. I am most surprised to see that the Auckland City Stamp Catalogue fully catalogues and prices these

sheets in their latest 2020 catalogue. None were sold by the Post Office, and their legal status would be “very dark grey” at best I’d suggest, even today. STOLEN goods would be a term many would prefer. Stanley Gibbons quite correctly does not list or price these Dutch printed unissued sheets. From what I have been offered over 2 decades, MANY exist. Both normal as shown, and overprinted CAPEX for the big show. Stolen from the printer type material I’d say. Even more oddly the ACS catalogue does not number or price the 2006 Kapa Haka sets of 5, coil stamps, booklet stamps, and booklets, plate blocks and FDC. Quantities of all of which were mailed to collectors by NZ Post and their credit cards charged

Instant Death for Enschedé Security Printers

The Error 40¢, and the Miniature Sheets were printed in the Netherlands by Enschedé Security Printers, in Haarlem. The Miniature Sheets exist both normal, and with “CAPEX 96” wording on them. It seems clear that staffers at Enschedé got their hands on these sheets despite NZPO never “issuing” them. I do know the brass at NZPO were furious with this breach, and as far as I know, Enschedé has never printed another stamp issue for NZ. I was told by an ex-Employee there, that visitors there to Enschedé - potential future clients, or PO big Stamp News - 59

Market Matters

Two of the May 2020 NZ issue. shots, or VIPs etc, were routinely given a “Goodie Bag” of recent stamp issues they had printed, as a memento of their visit. Things that might have been printed but not yet issued by the respective Government etc. So staff internally had access to such material it seems pretty clear.

se-tenant stamps at either side of the miniature sheet. New Zealand Post will allegedly “donate” $3 from the sale of each sheet it sells to the New Zealand Red Cross “to support New Zealanders to stay at home and save lives”. Big deal - the BUYERS are making the donation, not the PO!

New NZ COVID Bear Hunt 2020 set.

New Zealand Post released a miniature sheet on 20 May 2020, which includes 6 images of Teddy Bears chosen from national entries in its Bear Hunt photograph competition. The New Zealand public was asked to enter to capture the spirit of the people of New Zealand, during its recent COVID-19 lockdown. The stamps are arranged so that there are 3 different vertically 60 - Stamp News

Apologies for the terrible image!

Glen Stephens 2020, THAT is a PO “Donation”. Right now NZ Post is adding nothing themselves to the tally raised, despite stating to media THEY are “donating $3 a sheet sold” - stamp collectors are making any donation, not the Post Office.

Swiss PO donated *EVERY* Cent.

COLLECTORS are the “donors” here!

Most buyers of such sheets retain them for stamp collections, and the stamps thereon never see any postal use, so essentially each $11.70 of stamps on here is pure profit to NZ Post anyway. Switzerland in April issued a COVID sheetlet 10 of 100+500 CHF stamps = 60 CHF. However a 50 Swiss Francs (CHF) cost price was shown on sheet of 10, and Swiss Post are donating the entire 50 CHF paid per sheetlet of 10 (about $80), to Swiss Solidarity and the Swiss Red Cross.

The new issue was designed by Cam Price of New Zealand Post in Wellington, and were printed by Collectables and Solutions Centre, Whanganui. They are perforated 14.4 x 14.6 on gummed paper, in a miniature sheet format of 6 stamps. Unless stocks are exhausted earlier, these stamps will remain on sale until 19 May 2021. Please excuse the appallingly fuzzy low-rez image of the full mini sheet shown nearby - it is the very best NZ Post can offer us on their website, in 2020! Shameful. $1.30 x 3 and $2.60 x 3 in each sheet - face value of stamps is thus $11.70, giving a total postal franking value of that sum, but they will charge buyers $NZ14.70. Pretty stingy by the NZPO - had they sold these for $11.70 franking value, and then donated $2 or $3 per sheet to Red Cross - as Australia did for the Bushfire issue earlier in THIS is how a “donation” works, NZ Post!

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Market Matters Their website shows a daily tally of how much has been donated so far. Very unusual. Australia Post in February 2020 sold panes of 5 different $1.10 letter rate stamps for $5.50, and THEY donated $2 of that $5.50 to Red Cross. THAT is a donation, and THAT shows some corporate concern to the issue at hand - full details of that I reported in this magazine 3 months back - tinyurl. Madel and Rodney Perry at left. com/DisasterAP The NZ idea to deA very great loss to this hobby, and to all those pict Teddy Bears on these new stamps came about who knew Rod, or dealt with him. Margo and I had from people self-isolating - placing Teddy Bears in a lonnnnng lunch with Rod and wife Madel in latter house windows and on front porches, or at entranc2019 up in Cairns, over many bottles of wine, and es to homes etc. The New Zealand Prime Minister grandson Raphael popped in at the end, for a photo Jacinda Ardern, seems to have embraced and ennearby taken by his mum Alana. couraged the idea. I’ve known and dealt with Rod for over 40 years, “People can also take children or dogs to a park and he was a font of knowledge on all aspects or field for walks, as long as they maintain social of stamps, and on the dealers and collectors who distancing with others outside of their self-isolamake up the hobby. His current collecting passion tion groups.” Ardern also said they accept people was assembling covers and ads and material and would go for a walk and take their children outside pricelists relating to the vintage Australian dealers to get some fresh air. right from the 1860s, all seen here - tinyurl.com/ “They might look for teddy bears in windows OzDealers but as they pass people, keep your distance, don’t Rod ran the largest Stamp Auction here for ages, talk to others, just stay within your bubble,” Ardern and helped launch and fund the current Brusden continued. “And if you’re in Wellington, and you’re White ACSC Catalogues set - the finest one country walking in a local neighbourhood, you might see catalogue series on this planet, into their current one in my window.” form. Rod and Geoff Kellow started this off when

Rodney A. Perry - R.I.P.

It was with great sadness I took a call from a close colleague on the morning of May 8, to advise Rodney A. Perry had passed away peacefully in Cairns, an hour or so earlier. Rod Perry had been very ill for months, and sadly lost the long battle at age 72. 62 - Stamp News

Geoff occupied an entire floor of Rod’s large heritage ex Tramways Trust Building in downtown Melbourne, with his vast reference library. He was a past President of APTA, the dealer body, but also collected on a serious level, forming the finest ever collection of the stamps of the state of Victoria - FIP Grand Prix D‘Exhibition Award, and

Glen Stephens Rod Perry’s rainforest ALKIRA legacy.

Gold Medals for his material, and he had many other many varied and unusual stamp collecting interests.

Infectiously enthusiastic about covers.

Rod above all was passionate about collecting stamps on COVER. His passion was infectiously enthusiastic, and 1000s of current collectors of covers were inspired to do so by Rodney Perry. His monthly columns in Stamp News Australia - “Woodchip Free Zone” constantly stressed that soaking or snipping stamps off covers was vandalism in his eyes. tinyurl.com/RodPerry is the stampboards tribute to Rod - pages of messages from the global stamp family Rod was part of there - add yours by all

means. Rod posted near 4000 messages, and 1000s of images there, over 10 years. All are still visible, and are a permanent memorial to his huge knowledge. Rod lived most of his life in Melbourne of course, but a decade or so back, moved the family and his stock from there to the tropical and humid Cairns area, in Far North Queensland. Near 3000 km or 30 hours driving away - as distant as London to Moscow! Rod and Madel built the most talked about home in the history of World Philately, in 75 acres of World Heritage Rainforest in the truly remote Daintree wilderness - the massive ALKIRA. It looked more like a Sheraton Hotel Resort! Rod’s stories about the complexities and approval paperwork of getting that built were well worth hearing. Each huge wing has stamp perforation designs in the concrete walls – very striking. The swimming pool outline was shaped based on the famous One Pound Jimmy 2/6d Aboriginal stamp profile, that Rod loved the design of - see image nearby. It sold for near 8 figures, after a long international campaign. A great man, an icon of philately – and not just here, but globally. A true Encyclopaedia of stamp knowledge, that he was always ready to share patiently on stampboards and elsewhere. My condolences to Madel and his children and family. R.I.P. - Rodney Perry. Your friendship and support and enthusiasm will be sorely missed.

Major Kangaroo Auction June 12.

Phoenix Auctions in Melbourne Australia will auction off on June 12, the fantastic Large Gold Medal mouth-watering exhibit of the Australia Kangaroo Stamp News - 63

Market Matters and Map stamps, formed by Gold Mining identity, Peter O’Rourke of Queensland, who exhibited it widely. This wonderful collection is full of top Kangaroo rarities, many of which have not been on the market for decades. There are a staggering number of now very popular Monogram and Non-Monogram items. Also a wide range of watermark and perforation errors, and other major varieties. This is one of the most significant collections formed of this era. Unlike the Arthur Gray collection, there are no proofs or essays in here, as the owner did not like them, but plenty of nice stamps! O’Rourke started collecting in 1944, and some of these pieces have not been seen for a generation.

$A2.5 MILLION of pre-sale estimates!

COVID rules affect Auction.

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David Wood, the owner of Phoenix Auctions told me today, that the pre-sale estimates total around $A2.5 Million, and that advance internet bidding on the material was already strong. With the COVID rules, only 10 people can attend in person, but extra phone lines have been set up, as well as enhanced internet bidding. I smiled reading the June 12 2020, sale catalogue shown nearby, to see the £2 “OS” mint Kangaroo I’d illustrated in a previous column, and had this to say about it, after reading the original Phoenix press release on the O’Rourke Kangaroo sale, where it was stated to be 1913 First Watermark “I sell more Roos than just about anyone, and you get to be able to sort most of them by watermark just by looking at them - perf characteristics and colour etc. If I were asked to guess at the watermark off this photo, I’d opt for THIRD watermark almost certainly. I have not seen the stamp in person, so assume it

Glen Stephens is correctly ID in a Gold Medal collection. Interesting.” The auction description now says it is indeed the THIRD Watermark Kangaroo, as I had guessed immediately, without ever seeing the stamp, or the reverse! Nonetheless, a very rare stamp in fresh MUH original gum, and I’ll bet that it will fetch a good deal more than the $8,000 estimate. The sale is weeks away, so plenty of time to take a look at the material being offered. Better Kangaroo material is going absolutely gangbusters this year, and all nice looking material I list up on my Rarity Page sells in days, if not hours. Often for a few $1000, you can buy pieces that are unique or very close to it, and that is a tiny price for pay for such scarcity. Stamps from the USA, or other major collected countries, of which 1 or 2 or 3 pieces are known, can and do fetch 6, 7 or even 8 figures as we know, so a mere $1000 or two, obtained for many Kangaroo pieces, is actually insanely low when you think on it. Still plenty of good buys exist, and with bank interest rates near zero today, not a bad option!

say or trial would precede that AND be in the ACSC catalogues. It has a John Ash printer imprint at base. The geniuses bidding on this garbage clearly do not realise printer John Ash did not even ARRIVE in Australia until 1923 and then went on to be stamp printer. This waste paper fantasy is one of 100s of similar nonsense pieces peddled on eBay out of Taiwan for a few dollar apiece. eBay rules ALLEGEDLY state they must be backstamped FACSIMILE on reverse, but of course they never are. eBay make money on all levels of it, and of course do not care one iota if such rubbish wrecks the stamp hobby. There are endless more examples, as the dopes keep breeding and buying it sadly. For that same $650 I, or any real dealer, can sell anyone an absolutely SUPERB used £2 Kangaroo stamp, with a decent chunk of change left over. THAT will be worth more than you paid for it in years to come. It seems just basic common sense, but these Bunnies never read stamp magazines!

Loopy eBay Bunnies Breeding up.

The mind-numbing dumb waste of money one sees on eBay in buying utter garbage is depressing. If these Bunnies spent the same kind of money buying GENUINE material, they’d stay in the hobby, and heaven forbid, actually see their outlay increase in value over time! However no IQ test is needed to open an eBay account - and it shows! The worthless piece of landfill illustrated nearby should not fool a blind nun, but it sold for £321= $A640 on 31 bids - that is the scary part. Seller was UK based nsmnic3 who of course is offering all kinds of other bogus material - some of it selling to other Bunnies. tinyurl.com/FakeRoo Is the stampboards discussion on this madness, that is simply a fantasy creation photoshopped onto ungummed blotting paper just months ago, and “perforated” with a blunt nail, and peddled on eBay as: “Australia GV 20sh (£1) essay or trial for the Kangaroo issue.” The Kangaroo issue was released 1913. Any es-

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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

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northern territory Alice Springs SC: Meet Informally; PO Box 1529, Alice Springs, NT, 0871. Ph 08 8953 3054 Darwin Philatelic Circle: 1st Sun. 10am - 2pm. 53 Flametree Crt, Rosebery; Ph:(08) 8931 2898; PO Box 1624, Palmerston, NT, 0831; Email: Nadine.Tinsley@nt.gov.au-. WA club information: WA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Perth, WA, 6001 Mandurah PS PO Box 625 Mandurah WA 6210 2nd Tues 4.45 - 6.30pm Bortolo Park Pavilion Cnr. Bortolo and Murdoch Drives Greenfields WA 6210 08 9581 1083 keithmich@bigpond.com Northern Districts SC: Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9329 0117 Philatelic Forum: Mtg 1st Mon (ex Jan); Ph: 08 9294 4277 Rockingham & Kwinana (PS of): Mtg 3rd Tues (NB 2nd in Dec) Pres. Malcolm Brown; Sec. Terry Boyd; PRO Lucie Schokker Ph. 08 9419 1604; email: malcolm.b@iinet.net.au PS of WA: Mtg 3rd Tues; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Stirling PS: Mtg 4th Wed (ex Dec); Clubrooms, Charles Riley Reserve, Wendling Rd, North Beach, Ph: 08 9447 7256 The Postmark Circle (WA): Mtg 2nd Mon; Ph: 08 9294 4277 Victoria Park SC: Mtg 1st Wed; Ph: 08 9472 8072 or 08 9450 5280 WA Study Group: Mtg 4th Thurs (ex Dec) 08 9384 1050 Wanneroo SC: Mtg 3rd Mon; Ph: 08 9305 3130.

philatelic clubs & societies new zealand Air Mail Society of NZ: Ph: 03 3584838; Email: alant@snap.net Auckland PS: Mtg 1st and 3rd Tues (except Jan). Ph 09 9853212; Email kiwibrooce@ yahoo.com; Website: www.aps.gen.nz Christchurch PS: Mtg 2nd Tues, Library night 3rd Tues; GB Machin 3rd Fri odd months; Postal History 1st Mon; Postcard 3rd Tues even months. Email: secretary@ cps.gen.nz; Website: www.cps.gen.nz Dunedin PS: Mtg 4th Thurs (except Nov and Dec). Ph: 03 4557643; Email: davidallison2009@gmail.com; Website: www.dunedinstampclub.org.nz Hastings Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Wed (except Jan and 2nd Wed Dec). Ph: 06 8765911; Email: clairemole@xtra.co.nz Hawkes Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Ph: 06 8439433; Email: dennmarg@paradise. net.nz Horowhenua PS: Mtg 2nd Mon. Ph: 06 3689881; Email: michael.christensen@xtra. co.nz Hutt Valley PS: Mtg 1st Tues (ex. Jan). Ph: 04 5697439; Email: richards@nec.co.nz Kapiti PS: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec). Ph: 04 2971197; Email: ian.burttt@yahoo.co.nz Manaia PS: Mtg (Hawera) 1st Sun. Ph: 06 2784292; Email: peter.williams@xtra.co.nz Manawatu PS: Mtg 1st Wed, daytime meeting 3rd Tues. Ph: 06 3584565; Email: mps@inspire.net.nz Marlborough Stamp Collectors Club: Mtg 3rd Mon (except Jan and 2nd Mon Dec). Morrinsville Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 07 8893199 Nelson PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 03 5469092; Email: paula.hucklesby@clear.net.nz North Shore PS: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: nsps@xtra.co.nz; Website: www.northshoreps.com NZ Stamp Collectors Club Christchurch: Mtg 4th Wed. Ph 03 3895511; Email: steve@ philatelic.org.nz; Website: www.nzeal.com/philately/nzscc.htm NZ Postcard Society: Ph: 03 3848463; Email: jenny-long@clear.net.nz; Website: www. postcard.org.nz

queensland Arana Hills SC: Meeting 2nd Tues; 07 3851 0213; email: petermccloskey@bigpond.com Bayside Afternoon SC: Meeting last Wed; Ph: 07 3206 6281. Bundaberg PS: Mtg 2nd Mon 7pm, The Family Centre, Kensington St (in the Show Grounds); Ph: 07 4152 2403 or 07 4151 3062 Caboolture & District SC: Mtg 3rd Sat. Ph: 07 5498 6504 Cairns SC: 4th Tues. 7.30pm Comm. Hall, 15 Kamerunga Rd., Stratford 07 4033 2211 Caloundra SC: Mtg. 4th Thurs. Catholic Church Hall, Edmund St. 1.30pm. Ph: 07 5494 7233 City Daytime SC: Mtg 2nd Thurs. Ph: 07 3206 6281 City of Brisbane PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs; Ph: 07 3263 8573 (ah); email: desley@mycelebrant.com Collectors Club Queensland: Mtg 2nd Sunday each month 9am to 1pm - RSL Hall, 58 Arnold St, Holland Park. Contact 0409 130 266 or ccqueensland@gmail.com Enoggera SC: Mtg 1st and 3rd Mon. Ph: 07 3264 4157 Gladstone and District PS: Mtg 2nd Wed (Ex. Jan) & 4th Wed (Ex.Dec). Ph. Sec: 07 4978 1155 Ian Rippingale, Gold Coast PS: Mtg 2nd Mon, 11.30am, Southport Community Centre, Lawson St, Southport. Ph: 07 5546 3801 Gympie SC: Mtg. 2nd Sun. Jessie Witham Centre 1 - 3pm Ph. 07 5483 9188 email: sandandan@bigpond.com Hervey Bay Afternoon Club: Mtg 3rd Wed. Ph: 07 4124 1138 Ipswich SC: Mtg 1st Thurs (ex. Jan). Ph: 07 3282 2983 Junction Park SC: Mtg 1st Tues, 7.30pm, Annerley Baptist Hall, Lambton St. Contact: 07 3277 6724. PO Box 177, Annerley, 4103, righteo274@bigpond.com Lockyer Valley SC: Mtg 4th Sun, 1.30pm, Senior Citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall, Gatton. Kerri Martin, Sec. Ph: 07 5465 3390 Email: lvsc@bigpond.com Logan City SC: Meetings 2nd Thurs, Presbyterian Church, Barry St, Slacks Creek, 6pm. Ph: 07 3805 9226. Mackay and District PS: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 4942 5433;

Further information can be obtained from the NZ Philatelic Federation, PO Box 58139, Whitby, Porirua, 5245, NZ. E-mail: secretary@nzpf.org.nz Postal History Soc of NZ: Auckland 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 09 5220311. Chapter meetings held Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wellington. Pukekohe Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Sun. John Mounce, President 649-291-9381 johnmounce@ihug.co.nz Royal PS of NZ: Mtg 2nd Wed (ex Jan). Ph: 04 5899530; Email: office@rpsnz.org.nz; Website www.rpsnz.org.nz South Auckland PS: Mtg last Sat (except Dec), Papatoetoe, day time mtgs 3rd Fri (ex Dec and Jan). Ph: 09 2682245; Email: elowera@orcon.net.nz Southland PS: Mtg 1st Thurs (except Jan), 3rd Tue (daytime) (except Jan). Email: antqgevi@es.co.nz Taranaki PS: Mtg 1st Mon except Jan. Ph: 06 7546212; Email: murray-grimwood@ hotmail.com Tauranga & District Stamp Club: Mtg 2nd (except Jan) and 4th Mon (except Dec). Ph: 07 5765210; Email: beducker@hotmail.com Thames Valley PS: Mtg 1st Mon (except Jan). Ph: 07 8689190. Thematic Association of NZ: Ph: 04 2347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Timaru PS: Mtg 1st Wed. Ph: 03 6880343 Upper Hutt PS: Mtg 3rd Mon (except 2nd Mon Dec). Ph: 04 5284123; Email: teme. isaac@clear.net.nz Waikato PS: Mtg 1st (except Jan) and 3rd Wed (except Jan and Dec). Email: c.cameron@agresearch.co.nz Wakatipu PS: Ph: 03 4428865 Wanganui PS: Mtg 2nd Wed. Ph: 06 3427894; Email: g.p.phillips@xtra.co.nz Wellesley PS: Mtg 2nd and 4th Mon (ex public holidays). Ph: 9 8271240 Wellington PS: Mtg 4th Mon (except Dec); Ph: 042347218; Email: bob@gibsonz.com Whakatane PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Thurs (except Jan) Ph: 07 3222054 or 07 3086193 Whangarei PS: Mtg 2nd Meeting: 2nd Tues (Ex.Jan) Ph 09 4348000; Email john-monica@xtra.co.nz QLD Philatelic Council, 18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum, Qld, 4178. Ph: 07 3396 0846 Fax: 07 3396 0842. Email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Web: www.qpc.asn.au

Maryborough and Wide Bay PS: Mtg 1st Wed (ex. Jan). Salvation Army Youth 7 Comm. Hall. Bazaar St Maryborough. Ph: 07 41224708 (see also Hervey Bay) Nanango SC: Mtg 2nd Sat, 10:00am, Nanango RSL. Contact Ph: 07 3103 8938 or ema il: bowtell_harris@activ8.net.au Philatelic Society of Qld: Mtg 4th Wed 7.30pm,18 Coolcrest St, Wynnum. Ph: 07 3245 5222 Queensland Study Group: Sunday bi-monthly 1.00pm meets QPS house. Contact Ph: 07 3396 0846 email: QPC-stamps@acenet.net.au Redland Bay Coin and Stamp Club, 4th Thurs. Monthly. John Hardman 07 3206 9996 or 07 3822 6987 Rockhampton SC: Mtg 1st Tues. Ph: 07 4926 3336. email: rockystampclub@gmail.com Sherwood Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Tues. Ph: 07 3372 6096 Southport Afternoon SC: Mtg 2nd Sat; Ph: 07 55630384 Southside PS: Mtg 3rd Tuesday & 3rd Wednesay (9am) Ph: 07 3848 2304 (ah) email: david. appleton@mailbox.uq.edu.au Sunshine Coast SC (formerly Nambour SC): Mtg 1st Wed, 7.15pm Red Cross Rms, Price St., Nambour 07 5445 3647 Thematics Queensland: Mtg bi-monthly 9.30am. Ph: 07 3262 5605 email: j.crowsley@ uq.net.au Toowoomba SC: Mtg. 2nd Sat 1pm, Salvation Army Hall, Cnr. West St. 7 Anzac Ave. Ph. 07 4635 5623 Email: bob.benny@bigpond.com Twin Towns SC: Mtg 1st Mon; Ph: 07 5535 3168 Waterloo Bay SC: Mtg. 1st Thurs. 1pm & 4th Mon. 7pm. Redlands Multi SportsClub, Birkdale Ph: 07 3206 0815

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philatelic clubs & societies south australia

Information about clubs in SA can be obtained from the SA Philatelic Council, GPO Box 9800, Adelaide, SA 5001. Daytime Ph: 08 8212 3557 or 8223 4435

Australian Airmail Society: 1st Wed. 7.45pm 22 Gray Court, Adelaide. PO Box 395, Edwardstown 5039. Ph: 08 8276 3969 Barossa SC: Mtg 1st Tue 7.30 Greenock Luth Church Hall, Bevan St, Greenock; 19 Evans Street Ancaston 5353; email: ptomely1939@gmail.com; Ph: (08) 8562 8386 Blackwood PC: Mtg 2nd Wed ex Jan; Uniting Church, Main Rd, Blackwood; Ph: 08 8278 1629; PO Box 581, Blackwood 5051; email: teepee@teegee.com.au Bordertown & Districts PS: Mtg: 3rd Thurs. Bordertown PS Contact: K. Grey Tel: 08 8752 0446 or email cdhuntmundulla@yahoo.com.au Community PS: Mtg 1st & 3rd Fri - 7.30pm. Marion Bowling Club, off Sturt Rd. PO Box 75 Edwardstown, 5039; Auctions, circuit books. Ph: 0408806894 City of Noarlunga PS: Mtg alternate thurs,-- Community Health Centre, Grand Boulevard, Seaford, Contact 08 85566371 or PO Box 272, Port Noarlunga 5167 Eastern Districts PS: 2nd Thurs (ex. Jan), 7.30pm Senior citizens Hall, 47 Reid Ave. Hectorville; PO Box 240, Magill, 5072; Ph: 0400 156 796 Elizabeth PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7.30pm, RSL Hall, Cnr of Halseys/Midway Rds;PO Box 701, Elizabeth 5112; Ph: 08 8255 0608 Encounter Bay SC: Mtg 1st Wed, 7.30pm; School Hall, Woolworths Centre, Victor Harbour; PO Box 317, Goolwa 5214; aydepe@bigpond.com; Ph: 08 8555 3311 SA Power Networks Stamp Club: Mtg 1st Mon (ex. Jan); Canteen, 1 Anzac Highway, Keswick; PO Box 2079, Magill North, 5072; Ph: 08 8278 7163 Frama Club: Mtg 2nd Wed 7.30pm, members homes; For collectors of CPS, Framas. Newsletter and Auctions. PO Box 62 Campbelltown 5074. Gawler SC: Mtg 4th Mon 7.30pm; Evanston Primary School, Para Rd, Evanston. PO Box 2, Willaston 5118; Ph: 08 8522 2335 Email: jo.trev@bigpond.com German Philatelic Club: Mtg 2nd & 4th Mon 8pm; German Club, 223 Flinders St, Adelaide 5000; Ph: 08 8260 2251 Glenside PS: 1st & 3rd Sat 1.30pm; Uniting Church Hall, Carlton St. Highgate. c/- 9 Moore St., Tranmere, SA 5073 08 8398 2475 Lower Murray PS: Mtg 3rd Thurs,7.30pm, 2nd Sat, 10am; The Lions Den, Murray Bridge. PO Box 810, Murray Bridge; Ph: 08 85704074 lmphilsocsec@gmail.com Mount Gambier PS: Mtg 3rd Tues; Reidy Park Corn Centre. 8pm. Also1st Sunday (ex. Jan)

victoria Australian PS: Bi-monthly meetings on 3rd Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December at RSL Homes, 152 Canterbury Road [cnr Keats Street] Canterbury. Secretary, PO Box 156 Balwyn Vic. 3103 Bairnsdale SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Ballarat PS:Mtg 3rd & 5th Mon Balwyn PS: Mtg 3rd Friday; Daytime 1st Friday Bendigo PS: Mtg 1st Tues Berwick SC:Mtg 2nd Sun (ex Jan); Ph: 03 5942 7626 Blackburn Baptist SC: Mtg 3rd Thurs Brighton PS: Mtg 2nd & 4th Tues; Daytime 3rd Tues Bulleen PS Mtg 2nd Mon (ex Jan) 7.30 pm Veneto Club Upstairs 191 Bulleen Rd Bulleen (PO Box 166, Niddrie VIC 3042)Contact Secretary: Frank 0438830645 Treasurer: Joe 0408560601 Camperdown SC: Mtg 1st Tues Castlemaine SC: Mtg 3rd Tues (ex Dec) Colac PC: Mtg 4th Mon (ex. Dec), Colac Community College, Bromfield St, Colac. Ph:52314746 Corner Inlet SC: Mtg 4th Thurs, Foster, Ph: 03 56881100 Dandenong PS: 4th Thurs. ex Dec. 7.30pm, Meeting Room, Church of Christ, David St., Dandenong 03 5996 9501 Diamond Valley PS: Mtg 3rd Mon Essendon-Broadmeadows PS: Mtg 2nd Thurs; St Johns Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Mt Alexander Rd & Buckley St, Essendon; Murray Gorham, Ph 9306 7480 Footscray PS: Mtg 1st Mon (2nd in Jan); Maribyrnong Comm. Centre, 54 Raleigh Rd, Maribyrnong. 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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